Children ages 5 and up are invited to gear up for the Winter Olympics on Saturday, February 1, at 11:00 am. Play games to get into the Olympic spirit, make a craft, and enjoy a snack.
Registration is required and begins Saturday, January 25. Please stop by or call the Youth Services Department at 330.673.4414.
The Kent Free Library will host the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble for a free concert celebrating the Chinese New Year on Sunday, January 19 at 2:30 p.m.
The Ensemble will present a program of graceful and festive music, including several pieces about horses, as this is the Year of the Horse, interspersed with historical Chinese stories and poems about horses.
Formed in the fall of 2008, the Ensemble plays on an assortment of traditional Chinese musical instruments, including bamboo flutes, mouth organs, fiddles, lutes, gongs, drums, cymbals, and other percussion. They even invite audience members to try out some instruments on a few numbers.
No registration is required for this all-ages program. For more information, please contact the Information Desk at 330-673-4414.
Do you have questions about how the Affordable Care Act will effect you? We’re offering 2 programs in the next 2 weeks by experts who can provide some answers.
Ryan Allen, franchise owner of Liberty Tax in Kent will be here to discuss the Affordable Care Act’s effect on your taxes. He will also discuss recent changes to tax laws and how social security effects your taxes.
No registration required.
The Library’s fourth annual winter reading program begins Saturday, January 4 and runs through March 1.
Kids in preschool through grade 5 can collect snowflakes for attending library programs, checking out library materials, or filling out book reviews. Each snowflake earned is a raffle entry for a chance to win prizes, including popular books, DVDs, and a rainbow loom.
Teens in grades 6-12 can earn a Bingo card for reading and attending library programs and also have the chance to win prizes.
Find more information and view the prizes in the Dubois Children’s Room.
Beatles scholar, blogger, and teacher Aaron Krerowicz returns on Saturday, January 4 at 2 pm with another fascinating presentation about the Beatles.
Krerowicz’s presentation will use audio excerpts of early drafts and discarded takes to bring to life the history and development of the album “Strawberry Fields Forever,” considered one of the Beatles’ greatest musical and artistic accomplishments, which established the Fab Four as a studio band rather than a concert band.
No registration is required for this free program.
