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Get a Jumpstart on Your Holiday Shopping
Looking to get a jumpstart on your holiday shopping? Check out the Library Store at Main Library. You’ll find a quirky collection of gifts and used books perfect for library fans. Click below and scroll down for store hours.
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Meet the Griffin Family
Tuesday, Nov. 18 | 6:30 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave. (Auditorium)Join Black Heritage Special Collections Librarian Nicole Sutton for this month’s talk about Black History in Columbus. We’ll have a conversation with special guests Jim, Larry, Daryle, Archie, Raymond, Duncan, Keith, and Krystal Griffin using photographs and materials from the library’s digital collection, My History, to give context to the past. You can also join us virtually starting at 7 p.m.
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Jan. 6-Feb. 28.
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