Main Library

Rodman Public Library offers children the chance to try their reading skills on local therapy dogs such as “Bear”, the cute five-pound bundle of Chihuahua joy owned by Ruth DeFranco. Dogs will “listen” to stories in the Children’s Program Room at the Main Library.

Rodman Public Library offers children the chance to try their reading skills on local therapy dogs such as “Bear”, the cute five-pound bundle of Chihuahua joy owned by Ruth DeFranco. The dogs will “listen” to stories in the Children’s Program Room at the Main Library.

Participate in a “Summer Art Experience” at Rodman Public Library. Children, ages 5-13, will work with local art instructors for three sessions of free art classes on Mondays or Tuesdays beginning June 17, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. for ages 5-8, and 2:30-4:00 p.m. for ages 9-13. At the end of the program, children will receive a certificate of completion and art materials to take home.

Participate in a “Summer Art Experience” at Rodman Public Library. Children, ages 5-13, will work with local art instructors for three sessions of free art classes on Mondays or Tuesdays beginning June 17, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. for ages 5-8, and 2:30-4:00 p.m. for ages 9-13. At the end of the program, children will receive a certificate of completion and art materials to take home.

Art Gala for children who participated in summer art classes at the library. (jm)

SARTA will present a Travel Training Session at Rodman Main Library every other month on the third Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon. Whether you're concerned with easing the strain on our environment or the strain on your wallet, Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) is something to consider.

SARTA's Travel Trainers will talk about our public transportation system, how to use it and how to plan trips. A 31-day bus pass is available the first time you attend a Travel Training Session. A picture ID must be presented to receive a pass.

Univerisity of Mount Union education students will have the opportunity to look at books that could be used in the classroom.

A community spinning group meets at Rodman Public Library on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the main auditorium. The next meetings are scheduled for May 7, and May 21.  Bring your fibers and wheel or spindle. Anyone who spins, or who wants to learn how, is invited to network and compare notes.

Please note that due to Election Day on May 7, the meeting will be held in the Children’s Programming Room.

Not open to the public - Author Michael Hingson will be interviewed by the Alliance Review. (jm)

In a multimedia presentation for the Alliance Historical Society, Alliance native and former City Band member, Ralph Holibaugh, will share information he has compiled for a biographical study of the band’s least known director, Frank P. Atherton. The presentation to be given at Rodman Public Library’s Main Auditorium on Monday, June 3, at 7:00 p.m., will discuss a 12-month period between 1905 and 1906, at which time Atherton directed the band and the Craven Opera House Orchestra.