• Black Heritage Collection Spotlight: Suzan Bradford Kounta

    Tuesday, March 10 | 12-12:30 p.m.
    Virtual | Click below to register

    Join our Black Heritage Special Collections Librarian Nicole Sutton for this month’s afternoon talk about Black history in Columbus, using photographs and materials from the library’s digital collection, My History, to give context to the past.

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  • Get Connected!

    Thursday, March 12 | 5-7 p.m.
    Parsons Branch | 1113 Parsons Ave.

    Join us for a Community Resource Fair! Connect with community partners and learn about resources available to you and your family.

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  • Girl Scouts: Earn Your Badge!

    Saturday, March 14 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Southeast Branch | 3980 S. Hamilton Rd.

    Calling all Brownies: Earn your “Playing the Past” badge! We’ll learn how girls and women of the 1800s lived in Columbus and beyond, play Victorian-era parlor games, learn the language of folded fans (and decorate our own!), explore period recipes, and practice our correspondence skills. Click below to register.

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  • The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio presents “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”

    March 5-22
    Studio One, Riffe Center | 77 S. High St.

    Welcome to Jaja’s, a buzzing, bustling Harlem salon where West African immigrant braiders create masterpieces on New Yorkers’ heads. Pull up a chair as love blossoms, dreams flourish, and secrets are revealed. But beneath the surface lies a current of uncertainty, pushing this close-knit community to confront the challenges of being seen as outsiders in the place they call home.

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