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Glassblowing Demonstration

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  • Sat, 10/22/2022 - 2:00pm
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Experience live glassblowing behind the library on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2-3 p.m.

Redlining: Mapping Racism - Sept. 13, 2022

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  • Tue, 09/13/2022 - 7:00pm
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7-8pm Tuesday, September 13

Wright Library Community Room
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Join Professor Myla Cardona-Jones of Sinclair College to learn more about Redlining, a 1930s U.S. government practice that ranked the viability of a neighborhood based on a color-coded map system to decide who could receive subsidized housing loans and other resources. Find out how this government-sponsored policy was responsible for large scale disinvestment in black and brown communities and how redlining's legacy is still felt today.

Dayton’s Mediation Response Unit - Sept. 15, 2022

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  • Thu, 09/15/2022 - 7:00pm
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7-8 pm Thursday, September 15

Wright Library Community Room
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Join Cherise Hairston and Raven Cruz Loaiza from the Dayton Mediation Center, Lt. Stephen Clark from the Dayton Police Department, and Sinclair College Police Chief Tom Thompson for a panel discussion of this exciting new project.

Native Plant Social

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  • Thu, 09/22/2022 - 6:30pm
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Celebrate the library's new Native Plant Gardens.

Poetry Reading

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  • Fri, 09/09/2022 - 7:00pm
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David Lee Garrison and Herbert Woodward Martin will be at the library Sept. 9, from 7-8 p.m. for a poetry reading and book signing.

Teen Advisory Board

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  • Wed, 10/11/2023 - 3:30pm
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The Teen Advisory Board meets monthly to plan and participate in volunteer projects for the library and community. This meeting also serves as an update for the library’s teen volunteers. 

Please pick up a TAB application at the library or download from the Teen Volunteers page

Adults Read YA: The Wee Free Men (Oct. 22)

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  • Mon, 10/24/2022 - 7:05pm
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Oct 24 22

7:05 p.m., October 24, 2022 | Register

Join Christina, Adult Services Librarian, for Book Club: Adults Read YA! This book club will provide a discussion space for Adults 19+ who read Young Adult/Teen Literature. Every month we'll read a new YA title and discuss the book via Zoom. We plan to be genre inclusive and read a variety of titles.