Columbus Metropolitan Library

A Tribe for Jazz presents: Jazz Lab

Our friends at A Tribe for Jazz are bringing their Jazz Lab to our Parsons and Martin Luther King branches this fall. These hands-on, creative STEM experiences connect school-age kids to science and technology through live jazz. Click below to see the full schedule. Next up:

Wednesday, Sept. 17 | 3:30-5 p.m.
Parsons Branch | 1113 Parsons Ave.
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Enter to Win Free Tickets

Through Sept. 26: Stop in any Columbus Metropolitan Library location and enter to win a family 4-pack to Broadway in Columbus’s upcoming production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Ohio Theatre.

One winner will be selected at random from each of our 23 locations. Winners will be notified the week before the show. Library staff members and their immediate families are not eligible to participate.
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Opera Columbus Joins Our Culture Pass Program!

NEW: Check out FREE tickets to select performances of Opera Columbus! It’s part of our Culture Pass program, offering free access to central Ohio cultural destinations. All you need is your library card!

Hurry: Availability is limited and passes are first come, first served!
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On display Aug. 12-Oct. 30

On display Aug. 12-Oct. 30

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Get ready to find your new favorite book! Browse fiction, nonfiction, bestsellers, new arrivals, classics that stand the test of time – whatever you’re interested in, we have a book for you.

Replaceable You

Roach, Mary

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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

Desai, Kiran

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Clown Town

Herron, Mick

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We Love You, Bunny

Awad, Mona

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Among the Burning Flowers

Shannon, Samantha/ Cai, Rovina (ILT)

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It's Me They Follow

Cook, Jeannine A.

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Will There Ever Be Another You

Lockwood, Patricia

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows

Pinker, Steven

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