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Fantasy Book Bingo 1/2-2/28

All Day 1/2
Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Books & Reading, Games, Gaming & Puzzles, Passive

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading, Games, Gaming & Puzzles, Passive
Event Details:

From January 2 to February 28, enjoy this passive program and escape the bitter winter cold by playing fantasy book bingo! Play to win five in a row or fill up the entire card for a prize!

Animal Tracks and Signs

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library

Program Type:

Animals & Nature, Educational

Age Group:

Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Educational
Event Details:

Look for clues with a naturalist from Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park and find out what animals live in the park by identifying tracks, scat, sounds and other tell-tale signs of animal life.

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Seasons Across the Universe

Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Large Meeting Room A - Grove City at Grove City Library

Program Type:

Educational

Age Group:

Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

January in Ohio may be cold, but what if you were to spend a winter season on Pluto? Or take a (very short) vacation on the Sun?

Spools of yarn

Fiber Fanatics

Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Do you enjoy needlecrafts and socializing with fellow fiber fanatics? Join us in a crafting session and work on your projects while chatting and trading tips!  

Multi-colored wall with the word Museum on it.

From the Museums to Your Library

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Age Group:

Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Virtually explore world-class museums and their works at the library. Library staff will act as docents or guides to the museums near and far—all from the comfort of the Westland Area Library’s meeting room.

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Adaptive Art for Adults

Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Large Meeting Room - Westland at Westland Area Library

Program Type:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Life Skills, Other

Age Group:

Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - Westland
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Life Skills, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Adults with disabilities and their caregivers are invited to join us to make an abstract art piece! 

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Kids Take and Make

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

Pick up a Take & Make kit for kids on the first 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. 

New Year's Take and Make

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

It's 2026, Happy New Year! Pick up a special New Year Take & Make kit 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.

Animal Tracks and Signs

4:00pm–5:00pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Educational
Event Details:

Look for clues with a naturalist from Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park and find out what animals live in the park by identifying tracks, scat, sounds and other tell-tale signs of animal life.

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.

Loon the Therapy Dog

11:00am–12:00pm
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:

Therapy dogs at the library. Meet a visiting therapy dog, a goldendoodle named Loon. Loon thinks libraries are great, she thinks you're great too and would love for you to visit her at the library.

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.

Slate Run Farm Visit

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

Our friends from Slate Run Farm are coming for a visit. Come see what they are all about.

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.

Throwback Thursday Party

4:30pm–5:30pm
Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Take a trip back in time with some fun, retro crafts and tunes! Dress for the occasion in your favorite decade’s fashion!

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.

Decorate a Snowman

11:00am–3:00pm
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: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Swing by the Youth Department at Westland Area Library to decorate your very own paper snowman.

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.

Lego Club

1:00pm–2:00pm
Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: LEGO
Event Details:

Come build your way through LEGO challenges or just free play with friends old and new! The only limit is your imagination! Monthly program. No registration is required.

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.

Books with Bo (GCPD Therapy K9)

4:30pm–5:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite GCPD Therapy K9, Bo! Bo is a Great Pyrenees and loves pets, snuggles, and to be read to. Stop by to meet Bo and his handler Officer Shaw. 

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.

Winter Science Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Kids (grades K-5)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: STEAM
Event Details:

Embrace STEM and join us once a month for Science club! This January we will foster our creativity by making Marshmellow Snowflakes. In February we will pursue our curiosity and problem solve while creating indoor-friendly Snowball Launchers.

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.

Bo 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, Other
Event Details:

Come meet Bo, the white golden retriever and therapy dog, at the Westland Area Library. Bo is a good boy who likes books and wants you to come to the library to see him, and the books, and maybe chase a squirrel on the way.

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.

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.

Kids Take and Make

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

Pick up a Take & Make kit for kids on the first 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. 

Create a Valentine Card

All Day
Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Spread the love to others in our community by dropping in and creating a card for seniors at the Lincoln Lodge. 

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.

Create a Valentine Card

All Day
Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Westland Area Library
Room: WAL Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Spread the love to others in our community by dropping in and creating a card for seniors at the Lincoln Lodge.

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.

Valentine Take and Make

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

Be mine Valentine! Pick up a special Valentine themed Take and Make at the Westland Area Library with supplies and instructions to enjoy a craft or activity at home. Available during service hours while supplies last. 

Lego Club

1:00pm–2:00pm
Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: LEGO
Event Details:

Come build your way through LEGO challenges or just free play with friends old and new! The only limit is your imagination! Monthly program. No registration is required.

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.

Lunar New Year Take and Make

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

It's the year of the Horse. Pick up a special Lunar New Year Take & Make kit at Westland Area Library with supplies and instructions to enjoy a craft or activity at home. Available during service hours while supplies last.

Books with Bo (GCPD Therapy K9)

4:30pm–5:30pm
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults, All Ages
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), Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Animals & Nature
Event Details:

Enjoy time with our favorite GCPD Therapy K9, Bo! Bo is a Great Pyrenees and loves pets, snuggles, and to be read to. Stop by to meet Bo and his handler Officer Shaw. 

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.

Loon the Therapy Dog

11:00am–12:00pm
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:

Therapy dogs at the library. Meet a visiting therapy dog, a goldendoodle named Loon. Loon thinks libraries are great, she thinks you're great too and would love for you to visit her at the library.

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.

Columbus Symphony Instrument Petting Zoo

10:30am–11:30am
Tots (babies - pre-K), Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), 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), All Ages
Program Type: Educational, Other
Event Details:

Come to the Instrument Petting Zoo and have a hands on experience with real instruments provided by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

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.

Winter Science Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Kids (grades K-5)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: STEAM
Event Details:

Embrace STEM and join us once a month for Science club! This January we will foster our creativity by making Marshmellow Snowflakes. In February we will pursue our curiosity and problem solve while creating indoor-friendly Snowball Launchers.

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.

Let's Talk Reptiles with the Ohio Division of Wildlife

11:00am–12:00pm
Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Library Branch: Grove City Library
Room: Large Meeting Room A - Grove City
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Animals & Nature, Educational, Performance/Presentation
Event Details:

Join a naturalist from the Ohio Division of Wildlife as we talk all about Ohio's reptiles! See real-life reptile artifacts and learn about our scaly, skittery, and slithery friends!

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.