The Singing Seniors Plus One will be bringing their keen sense humor and joy as well as their voices to Lakewood Public Library’s “Sunday with the Friends” series on Sunday, June 22 at 2 p.m. in the Main Auditorium. The group, led by Ione Smith, will be performing a variety of oldies but goodies, hymns, patriotic songs and show tunes...

At a critical time and place in Lakewood's history, the nationally renowned designer of cutting-edge pre-literacy learning tools, Burgeon Group, has delivered big on a promise to advance early childhood cognitive, social and linguistic development with the recent unveiling of the Lakewood Public Library’s Librainium for reading readiness...

On Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 p.m., Doug Wood brings his innovative instrumental music to the Lakewood Public Library auditorium. Wood combines folk, jazz and acoustic rock to create his own original sound...

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Here comes the sun! Having fun in the summertime includes a chance for you and your little ones to listen to stories, share songs and visit with friends...

SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2008 FROM 12:00 P.M. TO 1:00 P.M. The Lakewood Public Library Board of Trustees cordially invites one and all to attend the official opening of the expanded and renovated Main Library. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the new facility has nearly doubled the size of the Main Library from 55,000 to 93,000 square feet with room for greatly expanded children’s services and computer access, not to mention more books, movies, music, newspapers and magazines...

The Friends of Lakewood Public Library will hold the first book sale in the newly renovated Main Library Friends’ Book Sale Room located on the lower level at 15425 Detroit Avenue.

 

 

A preview for Friends will be held on June 5th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memberships may be purchased for $2 the evening of the preview. The public sale will be held on Saturday, June 7th from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m...

Are you looking for something fun and educational for your children to do this summer? Look no further than Lakewood Public Library’s Summer Reading Club! All ages of children can join the club, read great books and receive cool prizes. ...

Friday, May 16 will mark a highly anticipated day at Lakewood Public Library’s Main Library with the return of Family Weekend Wonders. Library construction forced the popular drop-in story time to go on hiatus last spring, although the program continued as usual at the Madison Branch...

On Wednesday, April 16th Lakewood Public Library employee Dan Slife joined attorney Thomas Corrigan and former world traveler turned substitute teacher Paul Dalalau to judge this year's student poetry contest at St. Cyril & Methodius School...

“When I’m in my uniform, people are always assuming I’m a flight attendant,” says pilot and Lakewoodite Lynda Meeks. “Many people are surprised when I tell them that I am a professional pilot. Most people don’t know that women have been flying since 1910, and there are more and more girls getting their pilots’ licenses every day.”..

When playing jazz the term “playing in the pocket” refers to playing perfectly in time. It has also been described as an almost spiritual experience where musicians are taken to a place where they allow the music to take control. Find out what being in the pocket is all about when Duo in the Pocket performs for Lakewood Public Library’s “Sunday with the Friends” series on Sunday, May 4 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. The program is free and open to the public...

Living in Ohio, it’s hard to overlook our state’s strong connection to the Underground Railroad. Placards abound in hundreds of towns, dedicated to folks who broke the law and opened up their homes to runaway slaves. And yet, for all the trees in this forest, it’s difficult for us to appreciate the breadth and depth of this secret social network...

Twin sisters and two brothers pick, pluck and strum traditional American instruments, including fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bass, carpenter’s saw, banjo and dancing board for a heaping helping of old-time country music. Soaring voices in close harmony make them the Waxwings. On Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. come watch The Waxwings Old-Time Stringband perform for Lakewood Public Library’s “Sunday with the Friends” series at 2 p.m. in the auditorium on the lower level...

Patrons of all ages of Lakewood Public Library have a truly special evening to anticipate on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Spring will be upon us, the renovation continues in its final phase of collection restoration and the Saturday Night Family Music and More Program will return from its long absence with a performance by one of Northeast Ohio’s most celebrated and beloved family entertainers and a Parents’ Choice Award recipient, Foster Brown...

Philosophical consultant Kerry Tobin uses her training in philosophy to help people solve their everyday problems. She is bringing her skills to Lakewood Public Library where she will guide people through a Socratic dialogue that will try to answer the questions, “What is fellowship?” and “What is unity?” You can come to one or both of these programs which will take place in the Main Library Auditorium on Saturday, April 5 and Saturday, April 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Through collective thinking, people can find out what they have in common by exploring their own experiences. Participants will also discuss how unity and fellowship are can be applied to the Lakewood community...

It still stands as the greatest weather-related disaster in the history of the state—Ohio’s Hurricane Katrina.

 

Commonly referred to as the Great Dayton Flood, many people have forgotten that the entire Midwest from Pittsburgh to St. Louis was nearly washed away as well. Three months of rain fell in four days and the lowlands of Ohio became a veritable inland sea. The locks of the old canal systems had to be dynamited for flood relief and were lost forever. Damage was estimated at $100,000,000 (in 1913 dollars.) And 65,000 people from Dayton alone were forced to flee their homes...