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Kids Take & Make Kits

All Day 5/20 - 5/25
Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Recommended for ages 3 - 7Get creative and pick up a fun craft kit to do at home. Kits for children will be available for pick up at the Children’s Desk and drive-thru window durin...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Recommended for ages 3 - 7
Get creative and pick up a fun craft kit to do at home. Kits for children will be available for pick up at the Children’s Desk and drive-thru window during the weeks listed. (While supplies last.)

Teen Snacktivities

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 4:00pm - 7:30pm
Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18Stop in the Teen Zone after school for a snack and fun activity!

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18
Stop in the Teen Zone after school for a snack and fun activity!

Aromatherapy: Spring Edition

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Educational, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come for a fun and creative night to learn aromatherapy and its benefits. Make your own perfume blend with assorted sweet-smelling floral scents. 

Required
Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Required
Event Details:

Come for a fun and creative night to learn aromatherapy and its benefits. Make your own perfume blend with assorted sweet-smelling floral scents.
 

Prequel to Prohibition

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Educational, Entertainment & Games
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Smith Library and Cummins Room Manager Brad Spurlock for a talk on Hamilton’s brewing, distilling, malt, ice and tavern industries prior to the enactment of Prohibition. Topic...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment & Games
Event Details:

Join Smith Library and Cummins Room Manager Brad Spurlock for a talk on Hamilton’s brewing, distilling, malt, ice and tavern industries prior to the enactment of Prohibition.

Teen Snacktivities

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 4:00pm - 7:30pm
Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18Stop in the Teen Zone after school for a snack and fun activity!

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18
Stop in the Teen Zone after school for a snack and fun activity!

S.A.G.A.

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18  A social support group for LGBTQIA+ youth. Have fun, create art and make connections with peers!

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18

  A social support group for LGBTQIA+ youth. Have fun, create art and make connections with peers!

Cultural Academy

Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Educational
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us each month to discuss a new topic in the humanities and find out how one thing can lead to another! Prepare by watching videos posted about the monthly topic on the library...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

Join us each month to discuss a new topic in the humanities and find out how one thing can lead to another! Prepare by watching videos posted about the monthly topic on the library’s online calendar.   

Kids Take & Make Kits

All Day 6/3 - 6/8
Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Recommended for ages 3 - 7Get creative and pick up a fun craft kit to do at home. Kits for children will be available for pick up at the Children’s Desk and drive-thru window durin...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Recommended for ages 3 - 7
Get creative and pick up a fun craft kit to do at home. Kits for children will be available for pick up at the Children’s Desk and drive-thru window during the weeks listed. (While supplies last.)

Riddle Me This

All Day 6/3 - 6/15
Hamilton Library
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Stop by during one (or all!) of the listed dates to pick up a riddle describing a local Hamilton place. Solve the riddle for a chance to win one of four themed prizes!  Riddle...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Stop by during one (or all!) of the listed dates to pick up a riddle describing a local Hamilton place. Solve the riddle for a chance to win one of four themed prizes!

  Riddle 1: June 3 - 15
 

*Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Toddler Time:

Ages 2 - 3 Explore fun stories, songs and rhymes in this interactive story time.

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 2 - 3 
Explore fun stories, songs and rhymes in this interactive story time.

Teen Tuesdays

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Hamilton Offsite Location at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Entertainment & Games
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18    Join us each Tuesday in June and July to experience rotating outdoor and indoor fun!     June 4 – Popsicle Party @ Marcum Park

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Offsite Location
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment & Games
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18  

  Join us each Tuesday in June and July to experience rotating outdoor and indoor fun!   

  June 4 – Popsicle Party @ Marcum Park

Tuesday’s Titles

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Hamilton South Reading Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us each month in the South Reading Room for an enjoyable discussion of books.    June 4 – The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman 

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton South Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Join us each month in the South Reading Room for an enjoyable discussion of books.  

  June 4 – The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

 

*Movers & Shakers

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Movers and Shakers:

Suggested ages 12 - 24 months Enjoy fun stories, songs and rhymes!

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Suggested ages 12 - 24 months 
Enjoy fun stories, songs and rhymes!

Disclaimer(s)

* Participants must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Only Murders in the Library

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Entertainment & Games
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Listen to a true crime podcast and then come to join the discussion! This summer we are discussing two different cases around the city of Akron, Ohio by the Ohio Mysteries Podcast....

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Entertainment & Games
Event Details:

Listen to a true crime podcast and then come to join the discussion! This summer we are discussing two different cases around the city of Akron, Ohio by the Ohio Mysteries Podcast. 

*Preschool Story Time

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Childrens Floor at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Preschool Story Time:

Suggested for ages 4 - 6 Engage in stories, songs and activities that encourage learning and fun.

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Childrens Floor
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Suggested for ages 4 - 6 
Engage in stories, songs and activities that encourage learning and fun.

Disclaimer(s)

* Participants must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Destination: Deep Space

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Educational, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 7 - 11    Suit up for “Space Camp”! Join us every other week to explore a fun, hands-on topic.  June 6 – D&D in Space (Priority registration for those who h...

Required
Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Required
Event Details:

Ages 7 - 11  

  Suit up for “Space Camp”! Join us every other week to explore a fun, hands-on topic.

“The Street Project”: A Documentary About Safer Streets

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hamilton Offsite Location at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Educational, Community Interest
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Fitton Center for Creative Arts (101 South Monument Ave)  “The Street Project” (2022 documentary) is an inspiring story about the global, citizen-led fight to make our streets...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Offsite Location
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Community Interest
Event Details:

Fitton Center for Creative Arts (101 South Monument Ave)

Crafts to Go!

All Day 6/10 - 6/15
Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Love crafts but short on time? Grab one of these kits from the drive-thru and craft on your own time!  June 10 – Button Bouquet 

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Love crafts but short on time? Grab one of these kits from the drive-thru and craft on your own time!

  June 10 – Button Bouquet
 

*Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Toddler Time:

Ages 2 - 3 Explore fun stories, songs and rhymes in this interactive story time.

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 2 - 3 
Explore fun stories, songs and rhymes in this interactive story time.

Food for Thought

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Hamilton Octagon Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading, Educational
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A lunch and learn summer series! Enjoy themed appetizers and a book talk from a local enthusiast!  June 11 – Niki Motley, Hamilton Community Foundation Board Member and commun...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Octagon Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading, Educational
Event Details:

A lunch and learn summer series! Enjoy themed appetizers and a book talk from a local enthusiast!

  June 11 – Niki Motley, Hamilton Community Foundation Board Member and community volunteer 
 

Teen Tuesdays

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Entertainment & Games
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18    Join us each Tuesday in June and July to experience rotating outdoor and indoor fun!     June 11 – Take Me Back Tuesdays: Gremlins Edition!...

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment & Games
Event Details:

Ages 12 - 18  

  Join us each Tuesday in June and July to experience rotating outdoor and indoor fun!   

  June 11 – Take Me Back Tuesdays: Gremlins Edition! 

*Movers & Shakers

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Meeting Room at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Movers and Shakers:

Suggested ages 12 - 24 months Enjoy fun stories, songs and rhymes!

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Suggested ages 12 - 24 months 
Enjoy fun stories, songs and rhymes!

Disclaimer(s)

* Participants must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Yoga in the Park

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Hamilton Offsite Location at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Educational, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Meet in Marcum Park for evening yoga! 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Offsite Location
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Meet in Marcum Park for evening yoga! 

*Preschool Story Time

Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hamilton Childrens Floor at Hamilton Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Preschool Story Time:

Suggested for ages 4 - 6 Engage in stories, songs and activities that encourage learning and fun.

Library Branch: Hamilton Library
Room: Hamilton Childrens Floor
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time

Suggested for ages 4 - 6 
Engage in stories, songs and activities that encourage learning and fun.

Disclaimer(s)

* Participants must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.