National Library Week is April 7-13

It's National Library week and we're celebrating all week long:

All week:  Library spring survey
 

Take a brief survey - tell us how you use the library and be entered into a drawing for one of two $50 Amazon gift cards.

Take the survey here

Tuesday, April 9 

all day: National Library Workers' Day
A day for everyone to recognize the valuable contributions made by library workers. Give a shout out to your favorite library staff!
 

2pm via zoom: American Mother

Join us for a one-of-a-kind conversation with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann as he is joined by Diane Foley, the inspiration behind the heartrending book American Mother.

American Mother is the story of a mother who, in the course of confronting her son’s killer, gets to the elemental heart of violence and forgiveness. Diane Foley is the mother of Jim, a freelance journalist captured and beheaded by ISIS in 2014, an image that became one of the most iconic of the 21st century. Seven years later, Diane gets the chance to spend three days with the murderer of her son in a Virginia courthouse, inspiring her to tell her life story. What unfolds is one of the most compelling narratives in recent literary history, channeled into searing reality by New York Times bestselling author Colum McCann, who brings us on a journey of strength, resilience, and radical empathy. You are sure to be moved by McCann's writing and Foley’s uncompromising love.

register here

Wednesday, April 10

all day: National Library Outreach Day
A day the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons where they are.

noon-1:30pm in person or via zoom:
MEET LOCAL AUTHOR JOHN GRABOWSKI
Author John J. Grabowski will discuss his book, Cleveland Cultural Gardens: A Landscape of Diversity

more info / register here

Thursday, April 11

10am - 3pm: FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE

Purchase gently-used books to support the Friends of the Library