• Free Class: Funding Your Art

    Thursday, Jan. 23 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.
    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave. (Meeting Room 3A)

    Calling all Columbus artists: Join us and learn more about funding options to support your work. Representatives from the Greater Columbus Arts Council will share resources and funding programs, including local grants, fellowships and more.

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  • Author Talk with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

    Saturday, Jan. 25 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.

    Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries is a professor of history at The Ohio State University. His talk will explore how race and racism have shaped Ohio, influencing both its neighborhoods and its politics. 

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  • See Author Lisa Genova

    Sunday, Jan. 26 | 2 p.m.
    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.

    Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart. Her new novel is More or Less Maddy.

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  • See Author Amber McBride

    Friday, Jan. 31 | 10 a.m.
    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.

    McBride’s work has been published in literary magazines including Ploughshares and Provincetown Arts. Her debut young adult novel, Me (Moth), was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the 2022 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

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