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OBOC Author Erica Bauermeister to Visit Alliance on March 27
Erica Bauermeister, the author of 2025 One Book One Community selection No Two Persons, will visit Alliance on Thursday, March 27. She will speak at 7 p.m. inside Brush Performance Hall on the campus of the University of Mount Union, and she says she is looking forward to her visit as she believes No Two Persons is perfect for One Book One Community. |
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"No Two Persons: A Conversation About Creating Art" with Chelsea Shar March 1 at 11 a.m. Artists of every kind and everyone with an appreciation for art are invited to discuss complexities of creativity, artistic intention, and the profound impact art has on our lives in this book discussion hosted by Alliance High School visual arts teacher Chelsea Shar. |
No Two Persons: A Novel Together with Hagan Whiteleather March 12 at 7 p.m. Hagan Faye Whiteleather, professor of creative and critical writing at Kent State University, will lead an interactive book club experience that will explore, among other things, the interconnected web of characters found in No Two Persons and the book’s short story cycle. |
"The Storyteller's Story: How Audiobooks Are Made" with Dan Popp Dan Popp, a veteran voice actor based in Akron, will explain how the written words on a page become the spoken words in your ear as he discusses the process that it takes to create audiobooks, one of the services that he provides at Colors Studio. |
OBOC Program Guide Available Four programs are scheduled in February and March for the 2025 One Book One Community program, leading up to the author visit with Erica Bauermeister. Printed program guides are available at the Main and Branch libraries. |
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Friends of RPL Plan One-Day Sale
The Friends of Rodman Public Library will hold a meeting as well as a one-day book sale on Saturday, March 29. The combined annual membership and board meeting will be held 10:30 a.m. inside the Rodman Auditorium. Immediately following the brief meeting, a one-day book sale and bake sale will be held in the children’s program room. During the book sale, the following categories of books will be available: hardback and paperback fiction, large print, biographies, gardening, young and older children’s books and games. All items will be sold by donation. |
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Alliance Area Preservation Society to Hold Annual Meeting at RPL
Martha McClaugherty will deliver the keynote address of the annual meeting of the Alliance Area Preservation Society.
The meeting will be held Monday, March 24 at 6 p.m. inside the Rodman Auditorium.
McClaugherty will present “Eric Johannesen: A New Era of Trailblazers.” She will share her recent research on Johannesen, a professor of art at Mount Union for 18 years, and his journey to becoming the savior of Haines House and Ohio’s first State Preservation Officer.
Registration is required.
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Chess Club
The popular Rodman Chess Club will meet at Rodman Public Library on Wednesday, March 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Main Auditorium. Although it is called a club, the program has no formal membership and is open to all interested in the ancient game of strategy. Players of all ages and levels are welcome to come and go throughout the evening. Several boards are set up in the auditorium and players mingle to find opponents. Chess Club is held on the third Wednesday of each month. |
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Mary Rose Bihler
Meet Mary Rose Bihler,
the Makerspace Specialist at Rodman Public Library. |
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JOIN ONE OF OUR BOOK CLUBS For book descriptions or to place a hold, click on a book cover |
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I Read YA
A club for adults 18 and over who enjoy reading literature written for young adults meets every first Monday of the Month at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Library. Registration Required For information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 213. |
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MARCH 3 Dearest Josephine Caroline George |
APRIL 7 Uglies Scott Westerfeld |
Books and Coffee The Books and Coffee Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m. every second Monday of the month at the Rodman Branch Library. The next meeting will be held March 10 when the selection will be The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni Copies are available at the Main and Branch libraries, through the library's catalog, or digitally through the Ohio Digital Library and Hoopla. For more information, call 330-821-1313. |
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True Crime Junkies The True Crime Junkies, a book discussion group, meets at 6:30 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library. The selection for the March 18 meeting is The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber Books can be obtained through the Rodman Library catalog or the Ohio Digital Library. Registration is required to attend the meeting. For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 215. |
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Evening Book Club The RPL Evening Book Club meets every fourth Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Main Library.. The next meeting is March 24 when the selection will be Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures with John Shiffman For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 204. |
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Women's Monday Book Group Meets every first and third Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Main Library. MARCH 3 "A Silent World Shouts Back" (Chapter 9) of An Immense World by Ed Yong MARCH 17 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie |
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DAR Book Club Open to all, the club hosted by the Jain Bain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets quarterly at the Main Library. The selection for Friday, May is First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role by Jeanne E. Abrams. Registration is Required. For information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 204. |
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Cookbook Club The Cookbook Club, a group for cooking and baking enthusiasts, meets inside the Main Auditorium on the last Tuesday each month to discuss their experience creating a recipe of their choice from a selected cookbook or from a specific theme for the month. Participants can bring in small samples of their recipes for the group to try. For the March 25 session, each member of the group will create an Irish-inspired recipe from the cookbook of their choice. Registration is required each month to participate. For more information, or to register, call 330-821-2665, ext. 210. |
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Maker Monday continues inside Rodman Public Library’s Main Auditorium on March 17 when crafters will create an Easter wreath. Maker Monday is an in-person craft program for adults that is held monthly on select Mondays. All materials are provided free of charge, thanks to Friends of Rodman Library, but space is limited and registration is required for each session. |
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Did You Know? The Bookmobile Department provides home delivery service to patrons who can't travel to the library. For information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 108. The Bookmobile's 2024-2025 academic year schedule brochure is available on the Bookmobile as well as the Main and Branch circulation desks. A digital PDF version can also be found |
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Consumer Health Complete Consumer Health Complete offers full text journals, magazines, and reference books dealing with health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition. This resource allows users to browse medical, health-related, and drug reference books, read articles on health and fitness, and find sources for alternative health information. For information or help accessing RPL’s free databases, call 330-821-2665, ext. 217. |
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