Join us for a family friendly concert featuring The Boogie-Woogie Kid.  Described as “Michigan’s Best” in ragtime and blues, Matthew Ball returns to perform piano favorites from the swingin’ days of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. Enjoy classic American songs like Swanee River, Over the Rainbow, The Entertainer, Waltzing Matilda, When the Saints go Marchin’ In, and more!  Now with over 3.3 million YouTube views, see why Matthew is called “Michigan’s Best”! This free program is cosponsored by the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library and the Friends of the Library.

Over the past seven years, Chef Sarah Mentzer has been leading informative and entertaining cooking classes at our library. We’ve tasted everything from bacon risotto to marshmallow pie. We’ve learned how to make fantastic main courses, quick side dishes, and easy finger foods. Join us for a special “Best Of” cooking class. Chef Sarah will be pulling out some old favorites, sharing silly memories, and revealing the best questions she’s ever been asked. You won’t want to miss out on this special program. Please call if you need to cancel your reservation.

Over the past seven years, Chef Sarah Mentzer has been leading informative and entertaining cooking classes at our library. We’ve tasted everything from bacon risotto to marshmallow pie. We’ve learned how to make fantastic main courses, quick side dishes, and easy finger foods. Join us for a special “Best Of” cooking class. Chef Sarah will be pulling out some old favorites, sharing silly memories, and revealing the best questions she’s ever been asked. You won’t want to miss out on this special program. Please call if you need to cancel your reservation.

Coloring is just for kids, right? Not anymore! Recently, adults across the country have picked up coloring books as a way to relax and unwind. Join us in the Stow-Munroe Falls Room at the library for an adult coloring session. The health benefits go beyond relaxation, and include exercising fine motor skills and training the brain to focus. Doctors have known about these benefits since the early 1900s. Psychiatrist Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, prescribed coloring to his patients to calm and center their minds.

The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II—and one of the bloodiest in United States history—began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now.

Meet Mark Price, award-winning journalist and author of Lost Akron, as we continue our exciting Meet the Author Series.  From a prehistoric locale like the Big Falls of the Cuyahoga River to the cavernous 1970s majesty of the Coliseum, explore the places that have melted away in Akron’s changing landscape. Remember M. O’Neil Company? Akron Times-Press? The North Hill Viaduct? WAKR-TV? Norka Soda? Rolling Acres Mall? These are icons that all defined the city and its people.

Curious about what our city of Stow looked like years ago?   Join our Local History Librarian, Beth Daugherty, as she gives a walking tour of the area immediately surrounding the library.  This tour will include a visit to the original Stow Library which opened its doors in 1925! 

You’ll be amazed as magician Rick Smith Jr. brings cutting edge breathtaking magical entertainment and illusions to this exciting family-friendly event! A Guinness Book of World’s Records holder for card throwing, Rick Smith Jr.’s skills have been seen on television shows nationwide.  (This is a repeat of the 6 PM performance.)