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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
We're closed Tuesday December 24
We're closed Wednesday December 25
Mon, Dec 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 24 Closed
Wed, Dec 25 Closed
Thu, Dec 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Dec 27 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Dec 28 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Dec 29 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

Cancelled
Thu, Dec 26, 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Thu, Dec 26, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Dec 30, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Thu, Jan 02, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Tue, Jan 07, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Jan 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Jan 08, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Jan 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone

Wed, Jan 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Jan 09, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Jan 09, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thu, Jan 09, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
TechZone

Thu, Jan 09, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Jan 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Mon, Jan 13, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Jan 14, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Auditorium

Rescheduled
Tue, Jan 14, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
New date Tuesday, January 14, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Tue, Jan 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Wed, Jan 15, 10:30am - 11:30am
This event is full

Wed, Jan 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
This event is full

Thu, Jan 16, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Jan 16, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Jan 18, 10:15am - 12:00pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Tue, Jan 21, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Jan 21, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
Registration opens Tuesday, December 31 2024 at 9:00am

Wed, Jan 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
This event is full

Wed, Jan 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
This event is full

Thu, Jan 23, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Jan 23, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
Registration opens Tuesday, December 31 2024 at 9:00am

Thu, Jan 23, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Jan 23, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Jan 25, 10:15am - 3:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3

Sat, Jan 25, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Educator Lab,Children's Library Programming Room