Downtown Main Library

Congrats to our own Chris Smith (Reference Librarian) for receiving an Award of Merit from the Hamilton County (Ohio) Genealogical Society!

The Button Book Club is here! Kids and teens can read, share, and collect fun book-themed pins all month long. Choose a book at the right level—Picture Books, Beginning Reads, Middle Grade, or Teen—then come back anytime to write or draw your favorite part. October picks include:

Picture Books: “Monster Needs a Costume” by Paul Czajak
Beginning Reads: “The Bad Guys” by Aaron Babley
Middle Grade: “The Haunting of Bellington Cottage” by Laura Parnum
Teen: “A Mastery of Monsters” by Liselle Sambury

Each book earns a new button, and your first one comes with a free lanyard!

Today's Monday Meditation is cancelled (10/5). We apologize for the inconvenience.

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"It's a Hard Back Life" has arrived at the Outreach Services department!

Hit a genealogy brick wall? Meet experts from regional genealogical and historical organizations, lineage societies, and public records offices at A Day with the Experts on Saturday, October 3, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Downtown Main Library. Department tours begin at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Feel the beat at Linton Music Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions: “Hit It!” on Friday, October 2, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. at the Downtown Main Library. Get up close with percussion instruments and explore the sounds and rhythms of music from all kinds of styles. Please note: This concert is loud!

Find legal help and reliable information on Thursday, October 1, from 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. with partners from the Clerk of Courts Help Center, Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center, and VoteRiders: Voter ID Help. Support is available every first Thursday.

Celebrate Black Speculative Fiction Month with the Midwest Black Speculative Fiction Alliance and CHPL on Saturday, October 3, from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Downtown Main Library. Local scholars and writers explore Toni Morrison’s use of magical realism in “Sula,” “Beloved,” “Tar Baby,” and “Paradise.”

We made fire-breathing dragons at After School Hangout: Kids Edition last week! Join us every Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Main Library for a fun activity.

Enjoy live music on Sunday, September 27, from 2–3 p.m. at the Downtown Main Library as electronic musician Yusef Quotah brings analog synths, dance beats, and infectious melodies to the Social Stairs. Part of our monthly Sunday on the Stairs concert series.