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The Bean Trees Facebook Livestream Event

Community Read Book Discussion

2024-11-18 18:30:00 2024-11-18 19:45:00 America/New_York The Bean Trees Facebook Livestream Event Join ASCPL Librarians for an interactive Facebook Live book discussion of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees. Main Library Virtual Event - Facebook Live

Monday, November 18
6:30pm - 7:45pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-18 18:30:00 2024-11-18 19:45:00 America/New_York The Bean Trees Facebook Livestream Event Join ASCPL Librarians for an interactive Facebook Live book discussion of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees. Main Library Virtual Event - Facebook Live

Join ASCPL Librarians for an interactive Facebook Live book discussion of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees.

This virtual book discussion is part of the Community Read, a shared reading experience where we’ve invited our entire community to come together to read the same novel. This year’s theme is “Where We Live.” Bring your own book questions or just join as the librarians discuss the themes and characters of The Bean Trees in this Facebook Live event.

The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable literary career. Taylor Greer leaves rural Kentucky to find a new life. She navigates the challenges of poverty, discrimination, and systematic inequality in a charming story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.

Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
Mon, Oct 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Oct 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Oct 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Oct 24 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Oct 25 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Oct 26 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 27 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

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

Sun, Nov 17, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium

Mon, Nov 18, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Nov 18, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Nov 19, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Nov 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Nov 20, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Nov 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room
This event is full

Thu, Nov 21, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium