Kent Free Library

Get YETI for Winter Reading! Sign up for the Winter Reading Program starting January 6 and earn points for reading, completing challenges, and attending library programs. We’ll keep track of your point total, which you can use to spend on all kinds of cool prizes! Different prizes cost different point amounts, so you...

Kids ages 3 – 12 are invited to a Leap Day Party. Discover your leap age, indulge in a leaping sweet treat, find out how far you can leap, and more! Registration is required. Visit www.kentfreelibrary.org or call the Youth Services Department at 330.673.4414....

Storytelling is a vehicle by which history and traditions are passed from one generation to the next. Storytelling breathes life into the past and gives the listener a sense of belonging and an understanding of what came before. Dr. Geraldine Hayes-Nelson, President of the Portage County NAACP, leads a celebration of...

Rev. Julie Blake Fisher, Rector, Christ Episcopal Church in Kent shares fascinating background on the life of Harriet Tubman. Best known as an abolitionist and Conductor on the Underground Railroad, Tubman was also a Civil War scout who participated in the rescue of 750 slaves in South Carolina, and an...