Show peeple your creativity from home!

Our annual Peeps Diorama Contest will be a virtual contest this year. Families and individuals can work together on creating their diorama and submit it from home.

Who can enter?

All ages—adults, teens, tweens, and children

What’s the theme?

Wizards, witches, and muggles of all ages are invited to attend the Triwizard Tournament at the library on Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 6-8 PM.

Around the library you will find photo opportunities as well as activities including chances to:

Come celebrate the newest book by local children’s author, Shelley Pearsall.  Things Seen From Above (grades 4 - 6) is the heart-warming story of an outcast boy who sees the world in his own unique way—and the sixth grade girl who discovers his secret. This opportunity to meet Shelley Pearsall also includes a short program and reading, refreshments, and introductions of local students who helped with the book. All ages welcome. Books will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of The Learned Owl Book Shop. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Library.

This family-friendly program is back by popular demand! Come see a polka band with attitude. The Chardon Polka Band breathes new life into the polka genre with their offbeat antics and one-of-kind style. Performing polka favorites with new energy and excitement, this is a great concert for polka aficionados and non-polka-fans alike. The Chardon Polka Band plays traditional polkas, but sometimes morphs into modern renditions of the same songs. The band’s range of style is as eccentric as its members.

Celebrate our local teen authors at this awards reception for the winners of our Teen Creative Writing Contest

Join us as the Avengers assemble to defeat Thanos and reclaim the Infinity Gauntlet at SMFPL on Saturday, November 2 from 1-4 PM.

Visit the Pop-Up Library at Paw Fest on September 15 from 10 AM-4 PM at Bow Wow Beach Dog Park in Silver Springs Park, 5027 Stow Road.

Fortnite unplugged! Join in a Nerf battle in the library, after hours. Will you outlast your opponents? All Nerf guns provided. For teens who have completed 6th grade through 12th grades. Registration required. Call the Teen Information Desk at 330-688-3295 ext. 4 beginning May 15. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Compete on the Nintendo Switch for GameStop gift cards. For teens who have completed 6th grade through 12th grade. Registration required; space limited. call the Teen Information Desk at 330-688-3295 ext. 4. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Want to write stories or poems, but don't know where to start? Or do you want help editing your work to make sure your creations stand out? Write and learn with your peers in the 7th-12th grades in the Young Writers Club. The 7 sessions (one Wed., all others on Tuesdays) are led by Jimmy Miller, magazine editor and 2018 Akron High Arts Festival literary arts champion. (You may also be interested in entering our fall Teen Creative Writing Contest; details will be posted in August.) Registration required and space is limited to 14 participants.