Battle of the Books 2017
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Five library teams faced off against each other in this exciting battle of literary knowledge and speed, hosted by Stow this year. This year's books: All Fall Down by Carter, Booked by Alexander, The Iron Trial by Black and Clare, and Dangerous by Hale. Hudson Library & Historical Society and Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library won the first, "Semi-Final" battle against Cuyahoga Falls Library and Twinsburg Public Library. Stow and Hudson then competed against last year's winner, Akron-Summit County Public Library. Hudson ended up winning the Final Battle, with Stow in second and Akron in third. Congratulations to all the teams for their great efforts!
July 31 2017
2017 Amateur Photo Contest Winning Photos
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(album not yet complete; more entries coming) The winning entries in our annual photo contest for teens and adults. Entries were judged by three local professional photographers; cash prizes and ribbons were provided by the Friends of the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library.
July 18 2017
Escape Room: Totally 80's Adventure
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Teens worked in teams to find clues and solve puzzles in order to unlock five locks before time ran out! The theme was "Radically 80's", so the first step was figuring out 1980's technology: how to play an audiocassette tape!
July 11 2017
Pride in Library Day 2017
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At our annual summer celebration during Stow Pride Week, we had a day full of fun and learning! The Community Jazz Band performed, as did the Morning Star bluegrass trio; we gave a historical walking tour of Stow Corners; there was a Beginning Beekeeping demonstration; free ice cream pops provided by Handel's Ice Cream; and a Petting Zoo and farm-related children's activities in the evening! Wow!
June 29 2017
Super Smash Bros. Tournament 2017
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Teens competed against each other in this popular video game; the winner and runner-up won GameStop giftcards.
June 6 2017
Silent Library
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Teens kicked off the summer reading season at this fun program, where they had to perform various silly tasks within a time limit, racing against another team, and supposedly SILENTLY, too! (But we quickly threw that rule out the window.)
June 3 2017
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