• Free Class: Build a Business Plan Using LivePlan

    Thursday, Feb. 5 | 6:30 p.m.
    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave. (Meeting Room 3A)

    Business Librarian Ryan Frick will guide you through the process of creating a business plan using LivePlan, including how and where to find everything you’ll need.

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  • Mocktail Mondays at Main: True Crime

    Local true crime authors will join us and share new stories each month about Columbus’ sordid past. Enjoy a themed mocktail while we journey back in time!

    Next up: Authors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker will join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 at Main Library (Meeting Room 3B) to share stories from their books, Wicked Columbus, A Murder in Amish Ohio: The Martyrdom of Paul Coblentz, and Ohio’s Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America.

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    Receive occasional texts about happenings at the library. Click below to choose which locations you’d like to hear from. We’ll only send two to four texts per month about location activities.

    Stop by our programs & events page to stay current on all events and programs happening at all locations.

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  • Get a Haircut and Read!

    Help your child develop a love of reading, anytime, anywhere! We’ve partnered with 10 local barbershops to provide free books for children to read before and during their haircut.

    Click below for participating locations.

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