What’s hop-pening?! Kids can sing songs, hear stories, and dance during a Preschool Dance Party at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 15, at our Main Branch.
The party is open to kids (three to six years old) and free to attend. Due to limited space, the library does require registration. Families can sign up online or call us at (440) 255-8811 ext. 3.
Chris Mentrek from Geauga Park’s Observatory Park explains why eclipses occur, the different types of eclipses, what to look for on April 8, and how to view an eclipse safely.
Discover the life and legacy of a woman who — in many ways — was Princess Diana before Princess Diana.
Alexandra of Denmark was beloved by her people but is often forgotten when compared to her antecessors. Learn about the charities she created, the strange way in which she made chokers and limping fashionable, and what her relationship was like with her notoriously unfaithful husband.
This year-long series on Queen Consorts is led by our in-house royalty expert Traci.
For more from Traci, watch her series on the House of Windsor.
Scientific polyglot Kevin Magee discusses the total solar eclipse that will occur on April 8.
He also explores the cultural myths around eclipses. Then he explains how both lunar and solar eclipses occur, and what makes this particular eclipse so special!
Discover what gives blood moons their red tint. Find out why solar eclipses occur so rarely. Learn how an eclipse saved Christopher Columbus’s life.
Witness a one-of-a-kind conversation with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann and Diane Foley online at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.
McCann is the bestselling author of seven novels, three collections of stories and two works of nonfiction. Diane Foley is the mother of Jim Foley, a freelance journalist who was captured and beheaded in by ISIS in 2014. Seven years after that horror, Diane spent three days with her son’s murderer in a Virginia courthouse. She shared her experience in her and McCann’s book, American Mother. Discover a story of strength, resilience and radical empathy!
Join the conversation to learn about Diane’s experience and American Mother. Sign up here. A recording of the program will be available to watch afterward.
