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On-Your-Own Book Club

"Tom Lake: A Novel" by Ann Patchett

2024-03-01 00:00:00 2024-03-01 23:59:00 America/New_York On-Your-Own Book Club No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month’s title is "Tom Lake: A Novel" by Ann Patchett. Pick up a copy of the book at the Culture & AV service desk. Main Library - Culture & AV

Friday, March 01
All day

Add to Calendar 2024-03-01 00:00:00 2024-03-01 23:59:00 America/New_York On-Your-Own Book Club No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month’s title is "Tom Lake: A Novel" by Ann Patchett. Pick up a copy of the book at the Culture & AV service desk. Main Library - Culture & AV

Main Library

Culture & AV

No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month’s title is "Tom Lake: A Novel" by Ann Patchett. Pick up a copy of the book at the Culture & AV service desk.

Enjoy fiction and nonfiction, large print, and audiobooks. Author information, questions to ponder, and readalikes are included with each book.

In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.

"A swoony, luminous reminder about the endurance of love and happiness in a broken world." — Oprah Daily

"A tender, absorbing tale about becoming who we are." — People

Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
Mon, Oct 14 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Oct 15 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Oct 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Oct 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Oct 18 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Oct 19 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 20 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

Upcoming Events

Rescheduled
Thu, Oct 17, 10:00am - 1:00pm
New date Thursday, October 17, 10:30am - 12:00pm

Thu, Oct 17, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 2AB
Registration is now closed

Thu, Oct 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TechZone
Registration is now closed

Thu, Oct 17, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Thu, Oct 17, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Oct 18, 10:00am - 6:00pm
Garden Trio Corridor

Sat, Oct 19, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Garden Trio Corridor

Sun, Oct 20, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium

Mon, Oct 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Oct 21, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 23, 9:30am - 11:00am
Auditorium

Wed, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 23, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Auditorium

Wed, Oct 23, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Oct 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 24, 11:00am - 1:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Oct 24, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Oct 24, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 24, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Oct 26, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3,Atrium

Sat, Oct 26, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Sun, Oct 27, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Oct 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Oct 29, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Oct 29, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 29, 4:45pm - 5:15pm
Teen Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 30, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Rescheduled
Thu, Oct 31, 10:00am - 1:00pm
New date Thursday, October 31, 10:30am - 12:00pm

Thu, Oct 31, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Thu, Oct 31, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 31, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Oct 31, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room
This event is full

Cancelled
Sat, Nov 02, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Sun, Nov 03, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Computer Lab 1

Mon, Nov 04, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Nov 06, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Nov 06, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Wed, Nov 06, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Nov 07, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Nov 07, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Nov 09, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Nov 09, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium,Meeting Room 2AB

Mon, Nov 11, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Nov 12, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Nov 12, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Tue, Nov 12, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Wed, Nov 13, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Nov 13, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Nov 13, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Nov 13, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone
This event is full

Thu, Nov 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Nov 14, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Meeting Room 1

Thu, Nov 14, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Nov 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Nov 14, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium