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Hands Creating Vibrant Linocut Art Prints

Teens Try: Print-Making

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Grove City Teen Area at Grove City Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Teen

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Grove City Teen Area
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Teen
Event Details:

Join us for our “Teens Try” series this summer, where you’ll get hands-on experience with a variety of creative crafts and activities, including cupcake decorating, printmaking, world-building, and fiber arts!

Homemade Croissants

Introduction to Handmade Croissants

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come learn the basics of crafting a buttery, flaky croissant with us. This one-hour class will introduce the fundamentals of pastry dough, lamination, shaping, and baking.

colorful recycling trash cans lined up against a white wall in order of red, green, yellow, and blue from left to right

Recycling Drop-off

Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Outside space - Westland at Westland Area Library

Age Group:

All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Outside space - Westland
Age Group: All Ages
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COTA Informational Session

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Educational, Life Skills, Performance/Presentation

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Educational, Life Skills, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Learn about COTA’s Reduced Fare Program, Transit app, boarding with a mobility device, & how to read bus route maps/schedules!

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COTA Informational Session

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Educational, Life Skills, Performance/Presentation

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Educational, Life Skills, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Learn about COTA’s Reduced Fare Program, Transit app, boarding with a mobility device, & how to read bus route maps/schedules!

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Ohio School of Falconry

10:30am–11:30am
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a falcon! Come see these majestic birds of prey in action with the Ohio School of Falconry.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Ohio School of Falconry

1:30pm–2:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Combined Meeting Room A/B - Grove City
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a falcon! Come see these majestic birds of prey in action with the Ohio School of Falconry.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Darby Creek Naturalist

1:30pm–2:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Come and chill with some cool critters at the library. A Darby Creek naturalist will be bringing some of their scaly friends for us to learn about and meet.

Disclaimer(s)

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Columbus Symphony Instrument Petting Zoo

1:30pm–3:00pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Come and see a performance by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, followed by a chance to get up close and personal with real symphony instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo!

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Poppy the Therapy Dog

11:00am–12:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Stop by and give her some pets or read her a story.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Farm Animals with Horse-N-Round Fun, SRC Wrap-up Party

10:30am–11:30am
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Summer Reading Challenge is coming to a close July 31. Come and celebrate a summer’s worth of reading at the

Disclaimer(s)

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Farm Animals with Horse-N-Round Fun @ Town Center Park, SRC Wrap-up

1:30pm–2:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Grove City Town Center Park
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Summer Reading Challenge is coming to a close July 31! Come and celebrate a summer’s worth of reading with

Kids Take and Make

All Day
Kids (grades K-5)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: Take & Make
Event Details:

Pick up a Take & Make kit for kids on the 1st Friday of each month at Westland Area Library with supplies and instructions to enjoy a craft or activity at home. Available during service hours while supplies last.

Tinker Lab Take and Make

All Day
Kids (grades K-5)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: STEAM, Take & Make
Event Details:

Become an inventor with Tinker Lab Take and Make. Children can take home and complete STEAM-based challenges promoting critical thinking skills and creative reasoning. Geared towards grades 2-6.

Poppy the Therapy Dog

11:00am–12:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Stop by and give her some pets or read her a story.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.

Poppy the Therapy Dog

11:00am–12:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Come meet therapy dog Poppy, a white golden retriever and goodest girl. Poppy loves books, people, and the library. Stop by and give her some pets or read her a story.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Library events may be photographed/filmed for promotion in library publications and online. Attendance automatically confers consent for your likeness to be used. Please notify staff if you do not wish for you or your child to be photographed.