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CANCELED | October 27 Teen Campfire has been canceled.

Join the library and the Miami Valley Astronomical Society at Old River for International Observe the Moon Night—an annual NASA-sponsored event. The moon will be in the Waxing Gibbous phase, and depending upon conditions and timing, Jupiter and Saturn may be visible through MVAS’s telescopes, too. Astronomy-themed books will be available for checkout at the program. All ages are welcome.

Come get hands-on with this exhibit of animal pelts and sixteen animal skulls from Miami University’s Hefner Museum of Natural History.

Saturday Oct. 15, from 2-4 p.m.

Experience live glassblowing behind the library on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2-3 p.m.

6:30-8pm Tuesday, September 6

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Hosted by the Oakwood Inclusion Coalition. Stop by for refreshments and a tour of the Mapping Equity Exhibit.

2-3pm Saturday, September 10

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

7-8pm Tuesday, September 13

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Join Professor Myla Cardona-Jones of Sinclair College to learn more about Redlining, a 1930s U.S. government practice that ranked the viability of a neighborhood based on a color-coded map system to decide who could receive subsidized housing loans and other resources. Find out how this government-sponsored policy was responsible for large scale disinvestment in black and brown communities and how redlining's legacy is still felt today.

7-8 pm Thursday, September 15

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Join Cherise Hairston and Raven Cruz Loaiza from the Dayton Mediation Center, Lt. Stephen Clark from the Dayton Police Department, and Sinclair College Police Chief Tom Thompson for a panel discussion of this exciting new project.