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Fairview Park Branch

21255 Lorain Road
Fairview Park, Ohio  44126-2120

Just west of West 210th Street

Phone  440-333-4700 or 440-333-4898 (TDD)
Fax  440-333-0697 or 440-333-4887
Email  Branch Manager
Hours

 Monday–Thursday, 9:00 AM-9:00 PM
 Friday–Saturday, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
 Sunday – 1:00 - 5:00 PM

Branch Manager Elaine Wilkinson

FREE wireless access info Self CheckOut info Branch is accessible about special needs services


Events & Classes 

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Winter Program Guide

  

 

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Thursday, February 02, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join representatives from a professional tax firm for an hour long presentation to help you understand the new tax laws and changes for 2011. Registration requested.

 

 
/uploadedImages/Branches/Branches/Fairview_Park_Regional/bruce erwin.JPGViolin Recital with Bruce Erwin 

Sunday, February 05, 2012 2:00 PM

Enjoy an afternoon of classical music with violinist Bruce Erwin and his keyboard accompanist.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Fairview Park Branch Library.  Registration requested.

 

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/careerManAndWoman.jpgDeveloping a Career Action Plan 

Monday February 6, 2012 6:30 PM

Cuyahoga County Public Library's Career Center will lead a Career Planning Workshop aimed at those making a major career change and job seekers in transition. This program includes career assessments with a licensed or certified counselor. Registration is required.

 

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Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Come and get free, on-site professional assistance filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Financial aid professionals will be available to talk about financial aid resources and help you apply. Parents, please bring completed Tax forms or other documentation of 2011 income.

Registration required at www.ohiocollegegoalsunday.org

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/CareerSeekers180x120.jpgThe Over 40 Job Seeker 

Wednesday February 22, 2012 1:30pm

A Career Counselor will present an informative and motivational program designed for the over-40  job seeker.  Learn how to increase your marketability and success in today's job market. Registration is required.

 

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Join Paul Goebbel as he traces slavery from its beginnings in the Western Hemisphere to the Civil War.

 

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Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:00 PM

Enjoy traditional Irish tunes with Turn the Corner on Saturday, February 25, 2012.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Fairview Park Branch Library.  Registration required.

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Program_Bank/WWIIartifacts.jpgTheodore Roosevelt 

Sunday, February 26, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Bob Hodder of We Made History--Living Presidential Historians will re-enact President Theodore Roosevelt.  Take a look back on Roosevelt's life and accomplishments.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Fairview Park Branch Library.  Registration required.

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Program_Bank/Coupons96x96.jpgFairview Park Saves Coupon Club 

Monday, February 27, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Are you looking for ways to save money?  Looking for a local coupon club to participate in?  Join us for our coupon swap club and share your passion for saving with other likeminded shoppers.  Bring your scissors, and your stockpile of manufacturer coupons to share.

 

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:00 PM

Noelle Akin of Petitti Garden Center will present the new plant varieties and colors for your garden this spring.  Sponsored by The Friends of the Fairview Park Branch Library.  Registration required.

 

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Program_Bank/detectiveMagnifying.gifThe Mysterious Affair at Styles 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Great Lakes Theater in partnership with Fairview Park Branch invites you to a FREE WORLD PREMIERE one-act mystery! Agatha Christie's first mystery is brought to life in this free, 60-minute touring play!

 

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Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Friends of the Fairview Park Branch Book Sale.

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Music/swirledstaff96x96.gifFolk Songs with a Twist 

Sunday, March 11, 2012 2:00 PM

Lisa and Heather Malyuk play Celtic and Appalachian folk music with a hammered dulcimer, electric guitar and fiddle.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Fairview Park Branch Library.  Registration required.

 

InterviewerApplicantsBehavior Based Interviewing 

Monday March 12, 2012 6:30 PM

 Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Career Center will show participants how to answer competency-based or behavior-based interview questions that are popular with hiring managers today. This program will include a session with mock interviews. Registration is required.

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Program_Bank/Coupons96x96.jpgFairview Park Saves Coupon Club 

Monday, March 19, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Are you looking for ways to save money?  Looking for a local coupon club to participate in?  Join us for our coupon swap club and share your passion for saving with other likeminded shoppers.  Bring your scissors, and your stockpile of manufacturer coupons to share.

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Food_and_Drink/peas.jpgUrban Spring Harvest 

Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00 PM

Join Brian Doyle, one of Cleveland's premier chefs, as we celebrate the joys and tastes of the spring harvest. Learn how to prepare foods of spring. Sponsored by the Friends of the Fairview Park Library. Registration Required.

 

 

/uploadedImages/Image_Library/Women/earhardt.jpgFamous American Women: Amelia Earhart 

Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Visit with this famous lady of flight! Carol Starre-Kmiecik portrays Amelia and gives us an inside glimpse of this daring adventure. Registration required.

 

 

/uploadedImages/severancehall.jpgCleveland Orchestra Music Study Group 

Weekly

Explore the Orchestra's "concert of the week" through informal lectures and listening at the Fairview Park Branch Library with Dr. Rose Breckenridge.  Pick up a mail-in registration at the Fairview Park Branch Library or call the Cleveland Orchestra to register (fee required): (216) 231-7353.


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Bookbeat

Book Discussion Schedule 2011/2012

2nd Wednesday of the month 
7:00 pm.


 December 2011:  No Book Discussion

January 11, 2012:  Room by Emma Donoghue

February 8, 2012:  Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jaimie Ford

March 14, 2012:  Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

April 11, 2012:  Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

May 9, 2012:  Rin Tin Tin: the life and the legend by Susan Orlean

 

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Coterie

Book Discussion Schedule

2011/2012

3rd Wednesday of the month
7:00 pm.

 

November 16, 2011: Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

December 21, 2011: No Book Discussion

January 18, 2012: Manhunt: The 12 Day Search.... by James Swanson

February 15, 2012: 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

March 21, 2012: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

April 18, 2012: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

May 16, 2012: TBA

 

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About the Fairview Park Branch

The Fairview Park Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library is a 44,000 square foot facility which specializes in genealogy. Special features at our branch are quiet study rooms, several art pieces, a story/craft room, and a large aquarium maintained by the Friends of the Library.

Read More about Fairview Park Library

Link to Fairview Park community page .pdf file requires Adobe ReaderFairview Park's government, emergency phone, hospitals, school info HERE.

 

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What's New

 

Library in Spanish

CCPL has a large collection of materials in Spanish! Check out books, music CD's, movies and magazines, in Spanish and all for free. On our website, cuyahogalibrary.org, browse research databases on a variety of subjects available in Spanish. We have Mango Languages, Hispanica Saber Gran Enciclopedia Hispanica, Learning Express Library, Universal Class, and ConsumerReports.org.

 

Career Info

Fairview Park Job Club
Thursdays, 1:30– 3:00 PM

Receive helpful tips on résumés, job search strategies and interviewing while sharing your experiences with others in a supportive atmosphere.


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Local Links

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FP Historical Society
 

 

Friends of Fairview Park Library                       

The Friends of the Fairview Park
Branch was formed in 1974 under
the leadership of Sally Knurek,
the group’s president, to help the
library secure funding so that
up-to-date materials, resources,
and services would be available
to everyone.

Become a Friend!

Read More about Friends

 

Upcoming Friends Book Sales

Saturdays, 9 AM - 4 PM

January 14, 2012

March 10. 2012

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