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What: Children's Sumer Reading
Dates: June 1 -- August 25.
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 1
Description:
This year's summer reading theme is "Dig into Reading!" and we've got plenty of programs for our young readers to dig into, from creatures that dig to digging for fossils to digging in the dirt. Plus, if you sign up for the summer reading program, you'll get prizes all summer just for reading, something you like to do anyway! Registration Begins June 1
What: Kids' Cafe Afterschool Snack Program
Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, May 21, & 23.
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Join us for snacks provided by the Cleveland Food Bank for children ages 0-18. Each healthy snack has components from two food groups. Drop in anytime between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Snacks must be eaten on site.
What: Story Stop
Dates: Fridays, May 24, 31; June 7, 14, 21, 28; July 5, 12, 19, 26; and August 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.
Time: 10:30 - 11:00 am
Age Level: Children
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Hear stories, sing songs, do a little dancin', too! Bring the entire family and get in on the action. Books, music and activities help develop early literacy skills during our weekly reading adventure.
What: Library Afterschool Fun at Noble: Wonderful Wednesdays
Dates: Wednesdays, May 22, & 29.
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Come and join us every Wednesday after school for fun in the library. We might be playing games, making origami, painting, doing wacky weird science, crafting, or something else! Every week is different so stop in and see what we're up to!
What: Summer Luau
Dates: Friday, June 7.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 24
Description:
We are going to celebrate the beginning of summer vacation with a luau! Come and enjoy Hawaiian-themed games, crafts, and more. Registration Begins June 24
What: Foster Brown Is Coming to Town
Dates: Monday, June 10.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins May 27
Description:
We are kicking off the summer reading program with a performance from Foster Brown! Foster Brown accompanies himself with the guitar, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer and various percussion instruments. You can participate with hand motions, call-and-response and sing-alongs. Join us for the fun! Registration Begins May 27
What: Garden Party
Dates: Monday, June 17.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 3
Description:
Learn how plants use sun, water, and soil to grow by making 3-D flowers and planting a seed in your very own flower pot (or in our garden area outside). Please wear old clothes -- we will get dirty! Registration Begins June 3
What: Sing and Swing Demo
Dates: Friday, June 21.
Time: 9:30 - 10:15 and 10:30 - 11:15 am
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 7
Description:
Sing and Swing is offering a demo of their Music Together classes. Music Together is a music program for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners and the adults that love them. Registration Begins June 7
What: Wonderful Wednesdays
Dates: Wednesdays, June 19, 26; July 10, 17, 24, 31; and August 7 & 29.
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Join us every Wednesday for a new and exciting craft, including these three special days:
July 3: No Program
July 17: Edible Rocks -- Make models of the three kinds of rocks -- igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary -- with food! (While supplies last.)
July 24: Learn how to write your name in hieroglyphics!
July 31: Upcycle crafts -- from trash to treasure!
What: Wiggle Worms
Dates: Monday, June 24.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 10
Description:
A day dedicated to all things wiggly and wormy! Make a piece of worm artwork, hear and write your own worm poems. Don't worry, no worms will be harmed before, during or after the program. Registration Begins June 10
What: Pajamas in the Playroom
Dates: Tuesdays, June 25; July 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.
Time: 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Come for books, music, rhymes, puppets, toys, and playtime at the Noble PLAYroom. Wear your PJs and bring your favorite bedtime friend!
What: Slimy Saturdays
Dates: Saturdays, June 29; July 27; and August 17.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Required -- See Below
Description:
Join us every Wednesday for a new and exciting craft, including these three special days:
June 29: Slime Registration Begins June 15.
July 27: Oobleck Registration Begins July 13.
August 17: Flubber Registration Begins August 3.
What: Dinosaur's Dead!
Dates: Monday, July 8.
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 24
Description:
Be a paleontologist for a day and discover the fascinating world of the prehistoric! Some activities will include making fossil imprints and piecing together dinosaur bones. Registration Begins June 24
What: The Land Before Time
Dates: Tuesday, July 9.
Time: 7:00 - 8:15 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins June 25
Description:
Take a break from the blazing sun and come on in to enjoy some popcorn and watch the animated adventure film The Land Before Time! Registration Begins June 25
What: Egyptian Adventures
Dates: Monday, July 22.
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins July 8
Description:
Explore Ancient Egypt -- mummies, sarcophagi, pyramids, oh my! Registration Begins July 8
What: We Could Be Happy Underground
Dates: Monday, July 29.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins July 15
Description:
Tons of animals make their homes and live their lives underground. Investigate the secret treasures (animals) beneath the earth with us! Registration Begins July 15
What: Caveman Art
Dates: Friday, August 9.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins July 26
Description:
Create your very own cave paintings using the mysterious art of the Lascaux Caves as inspiration. Registration Begins July 26
What: Construction Challenge
Dates: Monday, August 12.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Age Level: Children
Registration: Registration Begins July 29
Description:
Let's get creative with regular household and pantry items. See who can build the tallest tower or the strongest bridge! Registration Begins July 29
Teen Programs:
What: Teen Sumer Reading
Dates: June 1 -- August 14.
Age Level: Teen
Registration: Registration Begins June 1
Description:
This year's summer reading theme is "Beneath the Surface!" Come join our summer reading club! Sign up anytime to receive your reading log. The first book you read gets you a prize. Each visit after that gets you into the weekly raffle, with drawings Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in our teen room. Be sure to get your reading log stamped during your visit, too! Registration Begins June 1
What: The Spot
Dates: Mon-Fri
Time: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Age Level: Teen
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Looking for somewhere to gather with friends, play games, relax, and escape the summer heat? If you're between the ages of 11 and 19, the Spot's the place for you!
What: Game On!
Dates: Tuesdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25; July 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Age Level: Teen
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Now that school's out, it's time to get your game on! Every Tuesday we'll bring out the Wii and board games for you to play.
What: Express Yourself
Dates: Thursdays, June 13, 20, & 27.
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Age Level: Teen
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
We'll supply the materials, you supply the creativity!
June 13: Painting
June 20: Beading
June 27: Design your own book cover
What: TMZ - Teen Movie Zone
Dates: Thursdays, July 11, 18, & 25.
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 pm
Age Level: Teen
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Join us for snacks and a summer-reading themed movie!
What: Adult Sumer Reading
Dates: June 1 -- August 3.
Age Level: Adult
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Join us this summer for our adult summer reading program, "Groundbreaking Reads," running from June 1 to August 3. There will be weekly drawings at each branch and a grand prize drawing for an eReader on August 9. Complete an entry form for every book you read this summer and deposit it in the entry form box at any branch. Good luck and happy reading!
What: Noble Needles Knitting Circle
Dates: Thursday, June 6, 20 & 27; July 18; and August 1 & 15.
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Bring your current project or bring in a ball of knitting worsted and size 8 or 9 needles and we will teach you to knit.
What: World Wide Knit in Public Day
Dates: Saturday, June 15.
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Bring your current project plus a lawn chair and join the Noble Knitters for World Wide Knit in Public Day on the lawn of the Noble Neighborhood branch. Crocheters are also welcome.
What: Music to Knit By
Dates: Saturday, June 15.
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Soothing, live music performance by Matt Mancini will accompany knitters participating in World Wide Knit in Public Day.
What: Noble Mystery Readers
Dates: Thrusdays, June 13, July 11, and August 8.
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: No Registration Required
Description:
Discuss mystery fiction with local mystery expert Jo Ann Vicarel.
June 13: The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly. When an Englishwoman is found murdered in Calcutta in 1922, Scotland Yard Commander Joe Sandilands is asked to remain in India to conduct the investigation.
July 11: Writ in Stone by Cora Harrison. In 1509 in Burren, on the West Coast of Ireland, Mara, the investigative judge must find who killed a man in the Cisterian Abbey one day before her wedding.
August 8: Vienna Blood by Frank Tallis. Vienna, 1902, is in the grip of a serial killer imitating Jack the Ripper.
What: Cool Jazz for a Hot Summer Night
Dates: Tuesday, July 2.
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: Registration Begins June 18
Description:
Tuesday night Jazz returns with the improvisational stylings of guitarist Matt Mancini. Registration Begins June 18
What: So You Want to be a Blogger
Dates: Tuesday, July 23.
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: Registration Begins July 9
Description:
Blogging is all the rage, it looks good on your resume, and it gives you a way to share a hobby or passion with the rest of the world. But, how do you get started? If you can send an e-mail, you can blog. Knowledge of e-mail is required. Register or bring your own laptop. Registration Begins July 9
What: Creating Personal Journals: A Bookmaking Experience
Dates: Thursday, July 25.
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Age Level: Adult
Registration: Registration Begins July 11
Description:
Each participant will create a blank journal using a simple bookbinding technique. Supplies will be provided. Participants can bring additional special papers. Presented by local artist Melissa O'Grady. Registration Begins July 11
The Noble Neighborhood library offers an outstanding Mystery Fiction collection as well as Horror and African American titles. The overall collection offers something for everyone, but places emphasis on Cookbooks and Crafts and Travel in the Adult Non-fiction area. The Children's book collection places an emphasis on Picture books and Concept books (Numbers, Alphabet and Shapes). Noble Neighborhood Library has an ongoing Mystery Book Discussion Group that has met monthly for over six years. A wide array of books in numerous languages are available.
Noble Neighborhood Library Event Calendar
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| History: |
| 1923, January 23 |
Noble opened in a movable building on the grounds of Noble Elementary School. |
| 1923, October 15 |
Noble was opened three days per week. |
| 1924, October 1 |
Noble changed its hours so that the library would be open six days per week.
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| 1925 |
Noble Library moved into a different portable building. |
| 1937 |
Noble Library moved into its current location, a new brick building located at 2800 Noble Road. The building is in the Georgian Revival style and was designed by Cleveland architects Frank Walker and Harry Weeks.
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| 1963 |
Noble Library was expanded and the Non-Fiction Room was added.
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| 1995 |
Noble Library was renovated. An elevator and new meeting rooms were added.
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1995
2010-2011 |
Noble Library was featured in the Heights Heritage Home Tour in September.
Renovation of interior and exterior completed including new door to parking lot, children's room on whole lower level, new teen area, new staff office, new computer area and adult reading room. |
Did you know?:
- Noble Library has hosted a monthly Great Book Discussion Group since 1946.
- The school district has taught English as a Second Language classes at Noble for many years.
- Noble Library has a Knitting Circle that meets every first and third Thursday of each month. The group knits blankets and apparel for Women’s shelters and the homeless.
- On 1/23/23 when the library opened its doors for the first time, staff circulated 55 books and issued 48 library cards.
| Contact Information |
Phone:
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216-291-5665 |
| Fax: |
216-291-1798 |
| Public Fax: |
216-382-5713 |
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