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08 5, 2024

Free computer classes this August at our Main Branch

By |2024-07-24T16:10:06-04:00August 5, 2024|

We’re hosting six free computer classes this August at our Main Branch! The classes include introductions on how to use the email, Android smartphones, and iPhones.

The classes are:

  • Learn to Use your iPhone at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. This class is designed for people who got an iPhone but don’t understand how to operate it. Bring your iPhone with you to the class.
  • Microsoft Word: Labels and Mail Merge at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Learn how to create labels, envelopes and form letters in Microsoft Word. (Word experience necessary.)
  • Basic Email at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Learn how to send and reply to emails, as well as how to attach photos and other files to your emails.
  • Word: Flyers, Pictures and Drawing Tools at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Learn how to use Microsoft Word to create flyers and manipulate pictures, as well as use Word’s drawing tools.
  • Learn to Use your Android Phone at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22. This session is perfect for people who own an Android smartphone but don’t understand how to operate it. Bring your Android with you to the class.
  • PowerPoint at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22. Learn how to create and run a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.

All of the classes are free. However, registration is required. For the classes at the Main Branch, sign up online at the hyperlinks above or call us at 440-255-25128811 ext. 3.

The library also offers several online computer classes through the LinkedIn Learning database. The courses are free to watch with a public library card. For more information, visit www.mentorpl.org/linkedinlearning.

07 30, 2024

Mentor Public Library offers guide to streaming services & cord cutting

By |2024-07-18T16:33:16-04:00July 30, 2024|

Learn how you can save money – while still getting the entertainment you want – when you cut cable during a free program at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at our Main Branch.

There are several streaming services out there: Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Apple+, Paramount+, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Peacock, and more. MPL Librarian Cailey Hutchins will help everyone find out what services are worth your money.

She’ll also talk about the streaming services that are free to use with a Mentor Public Library card like Hoopla and Kanopy. Learn how to stream movies, TV shows, documentaries, animated picture books, and more to your preferred device. The program is free to attend and registration is required. Sign up online or by calling us at 440-257-2512.

03 22, 2024

Catch the Hatch!

By |2024-03-12T15:35:18-04:00March 22, 2024|

Starting Monday, March 25, we’ll have special guests – chicken eggs that are getting ready to hatch – in the children’s department at our Main Branch. We’ll have an incubator set up and families may even get to see the eggs as they hatch.

They’re expected to hatch in April. Once the eggs are almost ready, you ‘ll be able to watch the Hatch Cam on our Twitch channel. After hatching, the chicks will live at our Main Branch for a week before heading onto their forever home.

Additionally, families can learn all about chicks and eggs during a program we’re hosting with Jess Nestor from Meyer Hatchery at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at our Main Branch. Nestor will talk about the process of chicken egg hatching and answer any questions kids may have. She may also have some chicks of her own with her. Registration is required. Sign up online or by calling us at (440) 255-8811 ext. 3.

02 23, 2024

Celebrate a Seuss-pendous birthday at the library

By |2024-02-20T10:19:35-05:00February 23, 2024|

Kids can celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with games, activities, crafts and a special story time on Friday, March 1, at our Main Branch.

From 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., children can play games and make crafts inspired by many of Dr. Seuss’s memorable picture books. We’ll also host a Seuss-pendous story time at 10:30 a.m. It’s open to all ages and no registration is required.

02 2, 2024

Treat yourself to a blind date with a book

By |2024-02-01T08:48:02-05:00February 2, 2024|

Looking for something new to love?

May we suggest a book?

From now through Feb. 29, you can check out one of our Blind Date books. And, if you rate them, you could win a prize!

It’s easy to spot our Blind Date books. They’re wrapped so you can’t see the title—they are Blind Date books, after all—but you can see a short description.

They’ll be shelved on one of the main displays when you first walk into our Main Branch.

Check them out, rip them open and give them a good reading.

Each Blind Date book has a Rate Your Date card. If you fill it out and drop it off at Mentor Public Library, you could win dinner and a movie for two.

Each Blind Date book has a Rate Your Date card. If you fill it out and drop it off at Mentor Public Library, you could win dinner and a movie for two.

Inside each Blind Date book is a Rate Your Date card.

Fill out the card and drop it off at our Main Branch.

At the end of the month, we’ll pick a rating card at random, and that reader will win a gift card to a local restaurant.

By the way, you can enter more than one rating card; so check out as many blind dates as you like.

Who knows? You might fall in love with a book you just met.

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