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Visit the library every Saturday this summer at the Howe Meadow Farmers Market! Tour the bookmobile, check out items and enjoy the special guests and activities each week. Weather permitted.
Dates and activities:
7/2: Face Painting
7/16: Cooking demo with Dannika Stevenson
7/30: Family-friendly Tai Chi with Nancy Gardner
8/6: Henna Tattoos
8/13: Face Painting
Click here for more information about the bookmobile, van and homebound services provided by our Mobile Services division.
AGE GROUP: | Tween | Toddler | Teen | School Age (Grades K-2) | School Age (Grades 3-5) | Preschool | Baby | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Nature & Outdoors | Community Event |
TAGS: | All Ages | Activities for Families |
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.