The Town of Porter's Story Hour is perfect
for toddlers and preschoolers! Every week, we read together,
make crafts, and practice socialization skills while having
fun! No registration required.
• Tuesday, May 2 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, May 2 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, May 9 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, May 9 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, May 16 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, May 16 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, May 23 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, May 23 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, May 30 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, May 30 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, June 6 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, June 6 from 11-12 PM
• Tuesday, June 13 from 9:30-10:30 AM
• Tuesday, June 13 from 11-12 PM
Explore our newest Scavenger Hunt in the
Children's Room!
• May the Fourth Be With You (Star Wars theme)
• (coming soon!) Blossoms in the Library (Garden Club Plant
Sale theme)
Tabletop Roleplaying Games is your chance to
try out RPGs for the first time or play D & D for the
hundredth time! We will be playing Pathfinder 1e. No
registration is required. Beginners are welcome!
*Pre-made level one characters, pens, paper, dice, and
refreshments included!*
• Tuesday, May 16 from 6-8PM
• Tuesday, May 23 from 6-8PM
• Tuesday, May 30 from 6-8PM
Non-Fiction Book Club meets on Tuesday,
June 6th at 1:30 PM. This month, we'll be discussing The
Assault on American Excellence by Anthony Kronman. This
book came out in 2020, and its synopsis is below:
"College education is under attack from all sides these days.
Most of the handwringing—over free speech, safe zones, trigger
warnings, and the babying of students—has focused on the
excesses of political correctness. That may be true, but as
Anthony Kronman shows, it’s not the real problem [...] The
Assault on American Excellence makes the case that the
boundless impulse for democratic equality gripping college
campuses today is a threat to institutions whose job is to
prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. Three
centuries ago, the founders of our nation saw that for this
country to have a robust government, it must have citizens
trained to have tough skins, to make up their own minds, and
to win arguments not on the basis of emotion but because their
side is closer to the truth. Without that, Americans would
risk electing demagogues."
Because this book club will meet every other month, we will
not meet again until August.
Evening Book Club is on hiatus right now.
More information will be posted soon.
Afternoon Book Club is on hiatus right now.
More information will be posted soon.
All are welcome to any of the book clubs! To receive a copy of the book, you can order
it here. If you have questions or you'd like to receive
the Zoom invitation to the meetings, please contact Sonora at
745-3555 or smiller@nioga.org.
Library Board of Trustees is meeting on
Monday, May 22nd at 7 PM. The June board meeting will be held
on Monday, June 26th at 7 PM. The meetings will be held in
person at the Youngstown Free Library. Meeting reports are available online the
weekend before the meeting.
From June 26th to August 12th, the
Youngstown Free Library will be holding its Summer Reading
Programs! There will be programs for all ages, and all will be
free to attend!
It’s only with volunteer assistance that our tiny
library can offer 50-60 programs a summer for children.
Are you comfortable planning and running something
semi-independently or independently? Are you interested in
being an important part of the annual Summer Reading Season at
the Youngstown Free Library? Summer Reading Season planning is
underway, but we still need several volunteers for small (or
large!) pieces of the programs.
In the past, adult volunteers have planned and assembled Take
& Make Craft Kits, set up outdoor StoryWalks, run science
craft programs, run bicycle repair programs, run book clubs
for middle-grade kids, and run hands-on problem-solving
programs.
What are you passionate about, and what would YOU like to
share with our community? Here are some ideas to get you
started:
• a weekly game organizer for kids on Wednesday afternoons
• monthly middle-grade or teen book club
• an art program for 8-13 year olds
• anything involving learning about animals and how they work
together!
• StoryWalk setups on Friday afternoons and take-downs on
Friday evenings in Falkner Park
LEARN MORE
here.
The mission of the Youngstown Free Library is to be a community center which inspires learning and provides access to a vast range of information and resources for patrons of all ages.
The Youngstown Free Library Board of Trustees meetings are held on the last Monday of the month, with the following exceptions: in May, the Board meets on the 3rd Monday of the month, and the Board has no meetings in August or December. The public is always welcome to attend.