Main Library Events

Preschool Storytime

Story times for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 include stories, songs, activities, and rhymes specially designed to support reading readiness and foster the social and emotional skills that kids need to succeed as they enter Kindergarten.

Microsoft Word IV

Add headers and footers to documents; insert hyperlinks, citations and save templates.

My Digital Life: Windows Basics

Microsoft Windows is one of the most popular operating systems. In this module you will explore what exactly an operating system is, and how it helps you interact with the computer. You will also get to try many of the programs that you find on the computer and discover how they can make daily tasks easier.

Poem for Cleveland Workshops

Add your voice to the mosaic of Cleveland voices to tell the story of our city. Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, Ray McNiece, leads monthly intergenerational and multicultural poetry workshops that pair youth poets with community elders aged 50 and older. Prompts created by youth poets jumpstart the conversation, resulting in poems that serve as a bridge between cultures, generations, and neighborhoods.  

Don't miss the July 2023 intergenerational reading and celebration at Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library Auditorium, sponsored by the Ohio Center for the Book and Heights Arts.

Poem for Cleveland, an anthology of the works created from the project, will be published by Red Giant Press.

This project is made possible by the Academy of American Poets with funds from the Mellon Foundation.

Silly Saturday

Come share some laughs as we celebrate April Fools’ Day with a silly craft and laugh-out-loud books.

Chinese Basic Conversations & Reading

Enjoy a free, 50-minute course in reading Chinese and learning basic conversations.

Yoga Exercise

Enjoy a free 50-minute Yoga exercise session for all ages. (Signed waivers required for all participants. Parent/guardian must sign a waiver for minors.)

Maker Monday Workshop

Preschool Storytime

Story times for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 include stories, songs, activities, and rhymes specially designed to support reading readiness and foster the social and emotional skills that kids need to succeed as they enter Kindergarten.

Microsoft Excel I

Learn how to enter and edit data and perform simple tasks.

My Digital Life: Internet Browser Basics

The Internet is a wide and varied digital place where you can find and do so many things. It can be a bit overwhelming, this module will take you through the basics of how to use a browser to view and interact with webpages. Once you get your feet wet, we will take a tour on the internet, exploring the many things that you can do and how you can become internet savvy.

Virtual Afternoon Adventures

Join us for a beginner-friendly virtual game of Dungeons & Dragons where players of all skill levels are welcome! Never played before, but curious? Come by and enjoy a fun, creative game where YOU get to be the hero! For players ages 12 to 18.

Genealogy Clinic

Genealogy Clinics are informal sessions during which you can receive help from expert volunteers and Library staff. For beginners: volunteers provide informal instruction in starting your family history/genealogy. For more advanced researchers: volunteers draw on their extensive experience to help you answer your genealogy questions and to help you find strategies to move your research forward. 

Beginners should plan to arrive by 10:45 to take advantage of the group instruction for beginners. All others can arrive at any time between 10:30am and 1:30pm.  

  Please contact the Center for Local and Global History at 216-623-2864 or clgh@cpl.org with any questions. 

Open Mic Poetry

Come share or listen to original works of poetry as we celebrate National Poetry Month with a special guest poet Cardell Belfoure, formerly with the ID13 Prison Literacy Project.  For more details, visit ohiocenterforthebook.org.

Musically Crafted

Let your imagination sing as we turn old sheet music into fun, recycled crafts.

Chinese Basic Conversations & Reading

Enjoy a free, 50-minute course in reading Chinese and learning basic conversations.

My Digital Life: Computer Basics

Computers can seem complicated, but learning some basic terms and ideas can help a lot. This module will introduce you to the words that we use when talking about computers. We will also learn the idea behind how a computer works, and how parts of a computer connect together to make the computer a very useful tool.

Yoga Exercise

Enjoy a free 50-minute Yoga exercise session for all ages. (Signed waivers required for all participants. Parent/guardian must sign a waiver for minors.)

Maker Monday Workshop

Preschool Storytime

Story times for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 include stories, songs, activities, and rhymes specially designed to support reading readiness and foster the social and emotional skills that kids need to succeed as they enter Kindergarten.