Upcoming programs at the Bay Village Branch Library

Happy Summer Break to all students and teachers! Although it’s time away from the schedule of school, the days seem to quickly fill with many activities. Be sure to include the Bay Village Library in your travels to those activities. Find the perfect book for the pool, that trip, or just relaxing at home.

Students need to maintain their reading skills over the summer and visits to the library make that fun. Join us for the many programs for all ages, play the Summer Reading Game and stop in to browse the collection. The ultimate prize is the lifelong joy of reading!

ADULT DEPARTMENT

Wednesday, June 12 (1 p.m.) WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK DISCUSSION – Join us for a discussion of the book "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers.

Monday, June 17 (7 p.m.) ETSY 101 – Lori Paximadis from Cleveland Homemade will explain this e-commerce website focused on handmade and vintage items and share the four keys to Etsy success.

Monday, June 24 (7 p.m.) GROWING HERBS – Learn how to get the most from your herb garden and how to buy, preserve and store herbs.

Wednesday, June 26 (7 p.m.) MUDRAS: ANCIENT GESTURES TO EASE MODERN STRESS – Emily Fuller Williams has been a massage therapist for 30 years. Join us as she explains how we can use simple, easy-to-do gestures anywhere and any time to change from anxious to calm, tense to relaxed, and scattered to focused. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation.

Thursday, June 27 (6-7:30 p.m.) ICE CREAM SOCIAL – Join us for the Second Annual Ice Cream Social and we’ll celebrate the summer season with Mitchell’s Ice Cream! Sponsored by the Friends of the Bay Village Library.

TEEN DEPARTMENT

Wednesdays, June 19 to July 10 (1:30 p.m.) BIG BUDDIES FOR BOOK BUDDIES – Students in grades 5-12 are encouraged to help a Little Buddy and share the joy of books by reading aloud to each other and playing reading games. Big Buddies must attend a training session taking place a half-hour before the first session.

CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT

Thursday, June 13 (11 a.m.) CONSTRUCT A STORY – For families with children ages 3-8. Let’s build a tale together! Join storyteller Jennifer Johnson in constructing a silly story using puppets, toys and your ideas. We’ll create one-of-a-kind adventures together and a craft to take home.

Wednesdays, June 19 to July 10 (1:30 p.m.) LITTLE BUDDIES FOR BOOK BUDDIES – For children in grades 1-3. Share the joy of books with a Big Buddy by reading aloud to each other and playing reading games.

FAMILY PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES

Tuesday, June 18 (2 p.m.) THE BUBBLE LADY – Pop into the library and be astonished and amused as Sue Durante creates acrobatic bubbles, bouncing bubbles, supersize bubbles and more!

Monday, June 24 (2 p.m.) SHO-JI-JO JAPANESE DANCERS – Enjoy classical dances from Japan by performers dressed in colorful kimonos, and learn to dance Japanese folk dances.

Tuesday, June 25 (4 p.m.) PHANTASMAGORICAL STEAMPUNK EXTRAVAGANZA – Join us for an extraordinary afternoon as Jim Kleefeld entertains with strange and amazing phenomena. See a mysterious mechanism that predicts the future and take part in an attempt to travel through time to mark a map location!

Please register to attend these programs by going online to cuyahogalibrary.org, calling 440-871-6392 or when you stop in to the library at 502 Cahoon Road. We look forward to seeing you!