Adult

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Presenter: Lorain County Historical Society
Location: Central Branch: Rotary Meeting Room (Entire Room), Central Branch: Scheide Room, Central Branch: Toni Morrison Room, Central Branch: Founders Room

Elyria's "Petticoat Mayor" tells about her struggles in 1917 to help women get the right to vote. Presented by the Lorain County Historical Society.

Registration Required.

Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Keystone Branch: Meeting Room

Join us for a mix of fiction genres that will spark interesting conversation and lead to exploring genres that you typically do not read. You do not need to have read the book to attend. For May, we will read The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak.

Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: West River Branch: 2nd Floor Conference Room

Let your secret artists shine through when we take some paper and throw some geometric patterns together to make our own art piece.

Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Central Branch: Toni Morrison Room, Central Branch: Founders Room

Lisha Nasipak is returning to offer more watercolor classes.  Beginners welcome!  All supplies provided.  Registration is limited and required. 

Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: West River Branch: 2nd Floor Conference Room

Let's take and old deck of playing cards and make something new and fun - a specimen card.

This program is intended for adults 18 years or older. We strictly adhere to our program age intentions. If you have any questions, please contact EPL.

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Keystone Branch: Meeting Room

Join us in our large meeting room and catch up on your diamond painting, stitching, crocheting, or any other work in progress you have at home.   

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: West River Branch: 2nd Floor Conference Room

Make some time for yourself to rest, relax, and paint. 

Canvases will be tiny, the paints will be plenty, and there is no pressure to make a masterpiece. 

Join us on the first  and third Wednesdays of the month at West River. 

Registration is not required to attend, but can help the library know how many supplies will be needed. 

 

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: South

Let's talk about your most recent or current read! We will discuss plot, characters, setting, author techniques...

Let's discover new authors, series and genres. Be prepared to be curious and inspired!

Bring your own (covered) beverage, and we will supply bagels, cream cheese and butter!

Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: West River Branch: Miller Room

Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in our pot - and it isn't nine days old. It is spring and the peas are ripe on the vine and ready for popping straight from the pod and into our mouths. Come find out how good peas can really be...they're not your mother's peas anymore - unless your mother was one of the few who knew not to serve those canned mushy mistakes! Join us for the utter deliciousness that peas can be!

Date: Monday, May 13, 2024
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: West River Branch: 2nd Floor Conference Room

Discover a wide range of fiction. Reserved books are available to check out the month prior.

January – The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal