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Celebrate all your hard work during the SummerQuest challenge! On Monday August 5, stop by the Abington Community Library anytime between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm to participate in our pop-up makerspace. Use the materials provided for kids, teens, and...

Join us for a trip around the world on Sunday July 28 from 2:30 to 4:00 pm! Leela Baikadi will present a traveling photo exhibition and slide show that will also include performances by Debbie Koshinski-Urban and Group Step by...

Join presidential expert Dr. Laurence L. Cook for an engaging presentation focusing on presidential first ladies on Monday, July 22 from 6:30-8:00 PM. You will be delighted and captivated at this presentation on first ladies which will include: Julia Grant,...

Historic Fun Planned for Children’s Day at the Catlin House SCRANTON, PA – Bring your kids and grandkids to the Catlin House on Saturday, July 27 for Children’s Day!! This special open house and porch party for kids will be...

This summer, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with SummerQuest: A Universe of Stories! We cannot wait to have astronomer Kevin Manning here at the Abington Community Library on the actual anniversary, July 20. From 7-9PM,...

At All Lackawanna County Libraries If you’re looking for a quiet place to read, study or work, are distracted by piped-in music, and don’t want to feel obligated to buy a cup of coffee, the library is your kind of...

Scranton Public Library will be presenting a 30th anniversary screening of the 1989 musical Sing on Wednesday, July 17th at 6:30 PM in the Henkelman Room. A Brooklyn high school teacher (Lorraine Bracco) assigns two disparate high school students, he...

Join Aaron Turner of Tiger Karate Academy for two weeks of self defense classes! He will teach you basic and fun self defense and karate moves, give you confidence building tools, and teach you how to break a board with...

Magic and Ice Cream!!!!! What can be better at the library!  Prepare to be dazzled! Juggler, Rob Smith, will flawlessly juggle five balls, clubs, fire torches,and rings, not to mention flying knives and a chainsaw! All with razor-sharp accuracy! After...

In the 10th episode of Lexivore, Renee and Megha welcome a guest for this episode, Chris Fotta, and have some lovely conversation with him about libraries, books, and other interesting things. We also have some listener participation going on, like...