Next week, April 14-20, is National Library Week. We're celebrating this year by giving you a chance to "Cover Your Bases." Stop into any library location and pick up a Cover Your Bases game card. Complete four of the simple tasks to score a run and receive a chance to win one of four prizes: 4 tickets to an Indians home game, a membership in Summer's Fitness, a basket of hair care products from Wakenda's Hair Design, or a kid's basket courtesy of Target. Get in the game and Cover Your Bases. |
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Community Health Fair
Thursday, April 18 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm we will be partnering with Mercy Medical Center for our Annual Community Health Fair. Health screenings such as blood pressure, lung function, cholesterol and blood sugar will be available for free at the Main Library, 715 Market Avenue N. Staff from Mercy and other health practitioners will be on hand to answer your questions. |
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Annual Poetry Contest
It's National Poetry Month and we're holding our 14th Annual Poetry Contest. For the second year, this contest isn't just for kids, there is also an adult division. Enter your original poem, then attend one of our Poetry Cafes in May. Read your work for a live audience. |
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Blackout Poetry Contest
You still have time to enter our 3rd Annual Blackout Poetry Contest with the Repository. Blackout words on a newspaper page leaving a poem. Entries are due this Saturday, April 13. |
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New Program Calendar
We're excited to debut a new Program/Events Calendar at the end of the month. We will flip the switch to this new calendar on April 29, with the publication of the new Stark Scene. You'll then be able to search and register for programs in the catalog, just as you search for and place holds on books, movies and music. To register online you'll need your library card. Once registered you'll receive handy emails reminding you about upcoming programs. And, moms, you can register the entire family using your own library card - no need to register multiple times. |
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Wild About Eyes
Through April 23 the Prevent Blindness Ohio Wild About Eyes kiosk will be at the Main Library. It is a hands-on exhibit designed to help kids appreciate the gift of sight through fun activities. Bring your family in and take a look.
The Wild About Eyes kiosk was developed as a joint venture between the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton, OH, and Prevent Blindness Ohio. The kiosk and associated programming are funded by the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Child and Family Health Services, Save Our Sight Program.
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Arts at Main
Canton City Schools elementary school art show and Big Brothers Big Sisters Art from the Rainforest displays are happening now at the Main Library. Kids' school projects will be on display in the Children's Department. The Big Brothers Big Sisters display is on the Circulation floor. Stop in and see how talented Canton's kids are.
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by Edward Kelsey Moore
In the mid-Sixties, three black teenage friends Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean start meeting at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, the first black-owned business in Plainview, IN. Watched over by Earl, they keep meeting there for 40 years. If you liked The Help, Waiting To Exhale, and Fried Green Tomatoes you'll enjoy this one.
Benediction by Kent Haruf Author of Plainsong, a best seller and a finalist for the National Book Award and Eventide, also a best seller, revisited Plainsong's setting, high-plains Holt, CO. Haruf again returns to Holt but with a new cast, among them Dad Lewis, dying of cancer and comforted by his wife and daughter though still estranged from his son. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki In Tokyo, shy, bullied 16-year-old Nao determines to end it all-but not before chronicling the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun. After the 2011 tsunami, a novelist named Ruth opens a Hello Kitty lunchbox that's fetched up on a remote island off North America's coast and is immediately drawn into the story of Nao and her ancestor. Ozeki lives part-time in British Columbia and was recently ordained a Buddhist nun, so in some ways she's writing close to home. Ozekis is the award-winning author of My Year of Meats. |
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