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Welcome to the Library

Welcome to the LibraryLisa Schmidt2025-04-24T19:33:30-04:00

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  • Meet the Entrepreneur: Owner of Lavish Me Spa to Join Entrepreneurship Week Panel at Toledo Library

    With help from the Toledo Library, entrepreneur Angela Hansard’s Lavish Me medical spa is celebrating three years in business. Hear from her at our upcoming Entrepreneurship Week panel in November.

  • Women-Owned Businesses Represent 42% of all U.S. Businesses

    During National Women's Business Week, join in celebrating them with ideas from our Small Business and Nonprofit team.

  • Sports Romance Writers at Romance-Con, November 2 at Main Library!

    Our first-ever Romance-Con (featuring Abby Jimenez!!) is happening on Nov. 2, and we want you to be part of the fun!

  • Stuck Together: 6 Romance Novels Dealing with Forced Proximity

    Our first-ever Romance-Con (featuring Abby Jimenez!!) is happening on Nov. 2, and we want you to be part of the fun!

  • 5 Titles That Shred: Honoring the Legacy of Pioneering Skateboarder Patti McGee, 1945-2024

    Skateboarding recently lost one of its original heroes, the first professional female skateboarder, Patti McGee.

  • Rachel Recommends: Autumn Reads

    Autumn means mugs of cider, supermoons, accessories with the color palette of a 1970s kitchen and, of course, a pile of good books.

  • 5 Forbidden Love Titles from Romance-Con (Nov. 2 at Main Library) Authors!

    Our first-ever Romance-Con (featuring Abby Jimenez!!) is happening on Nov. 2, and we want you to be part of the fun!

  • 15 Comics for National Sports Day to Spark Your Competitive Side

    Celebrate your favorite competitive physical activities with these 15 comics.

  • (Insert Name Here) the Teenage Witch

    If it were as simple as casting a spell to finish all our chores and pass classes, we wouldn't really have any good stories, would we?

  • Happy 100th Birthday, Comics MADman Harvey Kurtzman

    When a young Harvey Kurtzman asked a professional cartoonist for career advice, the mentor told him to give up. Good thing he didn't listen.

  • 9 Enemies to Lovers Titles That You Will Love to Hate!

    Our first-ever Romance-Con (featuring Abby Jimenez!!) is happening on Nov. 2, and we want you to be part of the fun!

  • 11 Thrilling Horror Titles You Really Need to Know

    Sometimes it’s ghosts. Sometimes it’s the who, what, when, where, and why the ghosts are haunting.

  • Magic, and Witches, and Shifters, Oh My! 4 Paranormal Romance Writers at Romance-Con, November 2 at Main Library!

    Our first-ever Romance-Con (featuring Abby Jimenez!!) is happening on Nov. 2, and we want you to be part of the fun!

  • Dimming the Lights for Ohio-Born Broadway Star Gavin Creel (1976-2024)

    Megawatt performer Gavin Creel leapt from Ohio to Broadway but never discarded his midwestern decency.

  • Laugh Yourself to Death: Top 10 Darkly Humorous Horror(ish) Novels

    For those who want to get into a Halloweeny mood, but can't do scary without psychic damage to themselves, try one of these for a fun, spooky, amusing, and possibly weirdly unsettling reading (or viewing!) experience …

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