Grandview Heights Public Library

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Solar Eclipse Viewing 

A total solar eclipse is happening in parts of Ohio on Monday, April 8, 2024, at 3:10 pm!

The last visible total solar eclipse in Ohio was in 1806, and the next one visible in Ohio will be in 2099.

Our community is just outside the path of totality, but we’ll see a nearly complete eclipse right here, weather permitting.

Limited Glasses – SOLD OUT!

GHPL offered a limited supply of free eclipse glasses beginning Monday, March 18, but we no longer have any available.

Solar Eclipse Viewing 

Join the library, Grandview Heights Parks & Recreation, and Grandview Heights Schools for a solar celebration!

Come to Wyman Woods Park on Monday, April 8, 2024, from 2-4 pm, for:

• Solar eclipse viewing
• GHPL PopUp Library
• Tortilla Street Food food truck
• Cotton candy
• Educational activities leading up to the eclipse

We will have a limited supply of safe eclipse glasses at the event while supplies last. 

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event!

Space Week

Visit Youth Services April 7-14 to celebrate Space Week!

We’ll have space-themed story times, crafts, scavenger hunt, and other out-of-this world activities. 

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JAN 15: Library, parking lot, book drops closed

The library will be closed on Monday, January 15, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The back parking lot and book drops will also be closed during this day for site construction.
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Winter Reading Challenge

Cozying up with a few good books this winter?

Take part in our virtual Winter Reading Challenge through Beanstack from January 2-February 11!

HOW TO GET STARTED

Download the Beanstack app to get started:

• Desktop: Visit ghpl.beanstack.com. If you participated in our 2023 Summer Reading Club, you can use the same login information. No need to create a new account.
• Mobile: Download the free app Beanstack from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
• Paper: Visit the library, call us at 614-486-2951, or print this Points Tracker.

Adults can register yourself and your children. From the account, you will be able to log reading for yourself and your children.

HOW TO EARN POINTS

• Log your reading. Every 100 points you earn may be redeemed for a raffle ticket for one of our grand prizes.
• Complete challenges.
• Attend programs.

PRIZES FOR KIDS

• A commemorative Brag Tag for signing up.
• A snowman craft kit for finishing.

RAFFLE DRAWINGS FOR KIDS

• Family Pass for Four to Grandview Heights Municipal Pool (Summer 2024 – Grandview residents only).
• Four passes to the Ohio History Connection.
• Four passes to the Franklin Park Conservatory.

Thank you to these organizations for their generous donations!

PRIZE FOR ADULTS

• GHPL mug (while supplies last).

RAFFLE DRAWINGS FOR ADULTS

• $25 gift card to The Rail Grandview.
• $25 gift card to DK Diner.
• $25 gift card to Grandview Theater.
• $25 gift card to Krema Nut Company.

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Libraries host author Ta-Nehisi Coates  

The Grandview Heights Public Library, in collaboration with 11 other Central Ohio libraries, is bringing award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates to Columbus on February 4, 2024, at 3 pm.

Coates is an author, journalist, National Book Award winner (Between the World and Me), MacArthur Fellow, and writer for Marvel’s Black Panther (2016-2021) and Captain America (2018-2021) comics series.

The event will feature Coates in conversation with Sophia Fifner, president and CEO of the Columbus Metropolitan Club, at the Upper Arlington High School Performing Arts Space (1625 Zollinger Road).

Tickets are on sale now and available exclusively at:
app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=214762

The event is presented by:
Bexley Public Library
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Delaware County District Library
Grandview Heights Public Library
Granville Public Library
London Public Library
Marysville Public Library
Plain City Public Library
Southwest Public Libraries
Upper Arlington Public Library
Westerville Public Library
Worthington Libraries

Recent national author events presented collaboratively by Central Ohio public libraries include Margaret Atwood at the Palace Theatre (2022), a community read and online discussion with Jason Reynolds (2020), and Rick Steves at the Southern Theatre (2019).

Learn more at ghpl.org/coates.

Join the Facebook event!
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Food Drive

The library is collecting food items for the Mid-Ohio Food Collective’s food pantries now through December 14.

Drop off your donations in the designated bin inside the library’s back doors during business hours.

No glass containers, please.

Consider donating these most-needed items:

• Chili with beans
• Canned fruit (in juice/light syrup)
• Tuna
• Canned vegetables
• Canned meat
• Soup with vegetables
• Peanut butter

You can also donate cans of tuna and boxes of macaroni & cheese in a designated box in the atrium through November 17 as part of the Stevenson Elementary first grade service learning project.

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GHPL breaks ground on new outdoor stage, site improvements for 2024 centennial 

The Grandview Heights Public Library is excited to kick off construction for improvements to its east lawn, drive-thru, parking, and pedestrian pathways beginning in late November 2023. 

A significant portion of the project is being funded with a donation from the Grandview Heights Public Library Foundation.  Thank you to the Foundation for making this project possible!

Improvements will include a new covered outdoor stage for library events, a permanent exterior drive-thru, enhanced traffic flow and parking, and improved pedestrian accessibility and walkways.  

Phased construction will continue through early spring 2024.  

The project is expected to be completed in time to kick off the 38th Annual Music on the Lawn summer concert series and celebrate the library’s 100th birthday.  

The library will remain open during updates but there may be temporary disruptions. 

WSA Studio is the architect, REALM Collaborative is the landscape architect, and Lehman Daman is the contractor for this project.
 

The Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) is an award-winning, independent suburban library system known for progressive leadership and friendly, personalized service. 67 million items are available to cardholders through a partnership among the Central Library Consortium (CLC) and statewide networks SearchOhio and OhioLINK. GHPL is a founding member (1988) and the Administering Library for the CLC, a cooperative among 17 Central Ohio library systems. GHPL has been recognized as the #1 public library in America 2020-2021 and Top 5 public library in the nation 2011-2021 among libraries its size by Library Journal.   

The Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) Foundation raises private funds to ensure the long-term financial security of the library and enhance its services, enabling it to serve as a dynamic place where lifelong relationships and learning develop. The GHPL Foundation’s Endowment Fund, established through the Columbus Foundation in 1993, serves to fulfill this mission. 

 

Rendering by WSA Studio/REALM Collaborative 

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Final Salute online

Final Salute salute is now available online and on view at the library.

This publication of the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society commemorates local residents who died in service to our county.

The digital project, created in partnership between the library and the Society, is now available at ghpl.org/finalsalute.

You can also explore Final Salute on the Interactive Historical Timeline touchscreen (provided by the Society) on the second level of the library.

Browse more Local History resources ghpl.org/localhistory.

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COSI Connects Kits

Pick up a free COSI Connects Kit at the library while supplies last!

These free kits include water-themed STEM activities and science experiments for grades K-8. (Kits do not contain food.)

The kits are provided to GHPL through a partnership between COSI and the Ohio Library Council.

Kits are first-come, first-served while supplies last in Youth Services on the lower level of the library. (Only 100 will be available.) Limit is one per child.

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History Walks: Italian Connection

October is Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month!  

Discover the Italian Connection in Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff with a new History Walks tour. 

Learn about fascinating people, businesses, and cuisine including: 

• The nation’s largest limestone quarry (early 1900s; now Metro Parks Quarry Trails) that provided stone for Ohio Stadium, the Ohio Statehouse, and the LeVeque Tower. 
• Scottish castle-inspired residence designed by acclaimed architect Frank Packard.  
• The American-Italian Club’s Woman of the Year who championed Italian culture.  
• Golf pro & co-founder of Raymond Memorial Golf Course. 
• World’s largest meatball (2011) – more than a thousand pounds! 
• Beloved markets, pizza, and the “King of Columbus Dive Bars”. 

History Walks offers self-guided walking tours that explore fascinating local history, inspiring landmarks, and notable people in Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff.   

Download the free History Walks app for Apple or Android. 

History Walks is presented by the Grandview Heights Public Library and the Grandview Heights Marble/Cliff Historical Society.  

 
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