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Register to Vote: The Deadline is Oct. 7
Click here to get started. Don’t forget your ID! Plus, click the link below for candidate bios, sample ballots and more.
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We’re Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, our staff put together booklists for kids, teens and adults! Plus, stop in any of our 23 locations and ask for a Discovery Quest to learn about Hispanic and Latine book characters.
And mark your calendars: We’re hosting a Spanish Book Fair at our Main Library (96 S. Grant Ave.) on Saturday, Oct. 12 in partnership with La Asociación de Escritores de Ohio. From 9 a.m.-6 p.m., connect with more than 20 Latine authors, enjoy live music and dance, food trucks, Bilingual Storytime and more.
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See Author Stephen Graham Jones
Sunday, Oct. 6 | 2 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.Our 2024 Carnegie Author Series continues with Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Angel of Indian Lake. Register for your free ticket below.
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The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio presents “Big Fish”
Sept. 12-29
Studio One, Riffe Center | 77 S. High St.The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio opens its 2024-25 season with a musical adaption of Tim Burton’s fantastical 2003 film that follows a young man’s journey to find the truth at the heart of his father’s stories and reveal the man behind the myths.
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- HOLIDAY HOURS
ALL LOCATIONS CLOSED
Sunday, Sept. 1
Monday, Sept. 2
in observance of Labor Day
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