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BIG READ EVENT: Meet a 4 Paws For Ability service dog in training at Wright Library on March 22.

At this two-part program, families will find inspiration in the inventive creations of students from Hillel Academy and enjoy free-building with cardboard and child-safe tools. Join us at 1:30pm for an artist reception from the students of Hillel Academy. They will be speaking about the cardboard inventions they created, as inspired by selected masterworks of American art. Their pieces will remain on display at the library until June 1. Then, at 3pm, the free-building begins! Copious cardboard and child-safe tools will be provided.

Join us for a festive and lively dance celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, featuring the Nugent School of Irish Dance!

A Big Read event - Wright Library invites dogs and their owners to a Community Dog Walk on Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. 

Join us for in inter-cultural conversation and question/answer session with Dr. Jamal Assadi and his wife Dalia, visiting Dayton from their home in Israel.

Rock n Roll meets oil pastels on these artistic afternoons! Elementary-age children are invited to make art in a provided medium while the library plays the best music of a genre. Get inspired by the music! Make a mess on us! Try out new songs and art! Please note: the Library will be playing radio edits of songs.

Bring your wild self to the library to meet 5-7 live animals, most likely including a red-tailed hawk, a barn owl and an African pygmy hedgehog. Dress up like an animal and enjoy activities before and after the 1 hour educational and interactive program.

At this community gathering co-led by the Wright Library and Oakwood Public Safety, we will all gather around a campfire at Katharine Wright Park to sing songs and share stories. Start and end times are approximate. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Come Kumbayah with us!

Special guest performers are Oakwood residents, musicians, and artists Michael and Sandy Bashaw. They will play gentle music throughout the Read-a-Thon and finish the program out (approximately 30 minutes beginning at 11:30am) with a participatory drum improvisation.

Play games of all sorts while visiting booths, enjoying live music, and catching up with friends at this long-running annual Oakwood tradition held at Shafor Park. At the library booth, families can help create a musical mosaic and learn about fall happenings at the library.