Marantz Symposium Comics Extravaganza
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Library staff showcased our library's services during this comic book author event held at Kent State University, and some of our library teens cosplayed at the event. Teen Librarian Christina and Children's Librarian (and Marantz board member) Chris offered prizes to attendees (librarians, college students and teachers) who spun the Comics Character Wheel and correctly identified the comic/anime character. Authors and artists signed their books and talked with fans, and promoted their work.
August 6 2018
2018 Photo Contest Winning Photos
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Winning entries in our annual amateur photography contest for teens and adults. Winners received certificates, ribbons and cash prizes, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.
July 31 2018
2018 Battle of the books
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Our team of teens emerged victorious in this year's battle against teams from Akron, Twinsburg, Cuyahoga Falls, and Hudson libraries. We won the Semi-Final battle and then the Final battle against last year's winners, Hudson. Congratulations, team!
July 23 2018
Teen Author Fest
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The library hosted four YA authors (one of whom is an accomplished comic strip artist as well) in an afternoon of literary love. Teens attended a writing workshop taught by one of our authors, Jody Casella, mingled with the authors, bought their books and got autographs, and a lucky 6 won raffle prizes of more autographed books. Everyone got to take home a free paperback book, too, courtesy of The Learned Owl Bookshop. The event was sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
July 21 2018
Hamilton Throwdown
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Teens were excited to be "in the room where it happened"! They competed in Hamilton musical and history trivia games, faced off in "lyric duels" (complete with Nerf guns!), sang Hamilton karaoke, and made Hamilton-themed bottlecap necklaces. Rise up!
July 10 2018
Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Our intrepid teens are preparing to go on an adventure set in an imaginary realm full of dragons and wizards, oh my! This fun roleplaying game is easy to learn and yields hours of entertainment.
July 6 2018
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