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Lakewood Recreation Department
Explore music, history, art, science; play sports; learn to swim; get the University of Akron summer and fall schedules; find out about community events
Spring/Summer Course Booklet now available online
University of Akron Lakewood
Chinese Culture and Language
Spring Splash - Free!
Chinese folk music
May 24, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Chinese Summer Camp
for students grades 7-12
July 16-20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
more info...
Lakewood High School Performances
at the Civic Auditorium
Orchestra Concert
May 17, 7 p.m.
Lakewood Project Concert
May 19, 7:30 p.m.
Choral Concert
May 23, 7 p.m.
Jazz Band Concert
May 30, 7:30 p.m.
more info...
City of Lakewood
Friday Night Flicks
Free movies in Lakewood Park
June 15 - African Cats
June 29 - The Smurfs
more info...
Skateboard Lessons
at Lakewood Skatepark
Ages 3 and up
14532 Lake Ave.
Sessions
May 12-June 9, June 12-July 14, July 17-Aug. 18
more info...
City of Lakewood Events
Meet the Trucks, June 2
Bike Rodeo, June 9
H20 Sharefest Carnival, June 29
Fourth of July Celebration
H20 Clothes 4 Kids Super Sale, July 28
Arts Festival, August 4
Car Kulture Show, August 18
Community Festival, September 8
more info...
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Family Music & More
7 p.m., Multipurpose Room
May 26 - Air Bud: World Pup
more info...
It's time to sign up!
Summer Story Times
June 18-July 26
more info...
Summer Reading Club
May 21 – August 11
Around the World In 30 Books
For children birth-grade 5
Get Global
For youth grades 6-12
Read 30 books or 30 hours,
earn prizes
more info...
Tail Waggin' Tutors
School-age children read to certified therapy dogs
June 9, July 14, August 11
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Multipurpose Room
more info...
Like to keep your kids busy after school?
Homework help and after school activities are available at the library!
more info...
Story Times outside
in the Learning Garden
Madison Branch
Fridays June 1, June 29, July 27, August 24, 10:30 a.m.
Stories, music, and activities about vegetables, fruits, and flowers, plus good things to eat!
more info...
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Save The Children brings us the 2012 report on the State of the World's Mothers. Every year, they remind us of the link between the well-being of mothers and their children. When mothers have health care, education and economic oportunity, both they and their children have the best chance to survive and thrive.
Lakewood Library now offers NoveList for adults and NoveList K-8 Plus for children and families. These sites are great tools help people find good fiction and nonfiction based on topic, setting, style or other books they have enjoyed. Go to the Library's website at LakewoodPublicLibrary.org and click on the links to these readers' advisories under RESEARCH or CHILDREN'S & YOUTH SERVICES on the left side of the page.
Time.com lists the 50 Best Websites of 2011, including a section for Family & Kids.
Huffpost Parents, part of The Huffington Post Internet Newspaper, brings together bloggers from diverse fields such as medicine, family therapy, acting, technology, journalism, religion and modeling to write opinion pieces on many aspects of parenting.
Motherlode tackles it all — homework, friends, sex, baby sitters, eating habits, work-family balance and so much more — subjects culled from the news, from experiences as a parent, from the latest books and studies and from reader input.
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SPRING & SUMMER EVENTS
Hessler Street Fair
FREE annual community arts and music festival, celebrating its 43rd year on historic Hessler Road in Cleveland’s University Circle. It is a family-friendly event, showcasing local artists, food, musicians and poets.
May 19-20, 11 a.m. to dusk
more info...
Lorain County Metro Parks and TrueNorth Cultural Arts present
Cinderella (The Enchanted Edition)
French Creek Nature Center, Sheffield Village, Route 611
May 4 - 20, Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m.
more info...
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center
Wild Summer Reading Camp, July 16-August 10
more info...
Great FREE programs from Cleveland Metroparks
Children's Fishing Derbies, May 19 and 20
Farm & Garden Day, June 2
Train Day, June 16
Royalview Mountain Bike Expo, June 17
Cruise In Movie, June 22
Knee-High Naturalists, June 24
more info...
CoolCleveland.com has a great list of things for kids to do all around Northeast Ohio.
Looking for something different to do in Northeast Ohio? PositivelyCleveland.com hosts the Cleveland Plus Events Calendar. From live music to ethnic festivals, art classes for kids to Amish Buggy Rides, this site has something for everyone.
ONGOING
ACTIVITIES
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, University Circle
Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids
Eye-popping models, paintings, textiles and cultural objects from around the world depict strange and wonderful creatures
March 3 through August 12
more info...
Lake View Cemetery's Garfield Monument & Wade Chapel
Open April 1 - November 19, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily
more info...
Kent State University Museum, 515 Hilltop Drive in Kent
On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life
Women’s and children’s clothing, photographs, decorative arts and magazines illustrate the daily life of the American civilian population during the Civil War
Through August 26, 2012
more info...
Great Lakes Science Center, downtown Cleveland
Free Tuesdays for Youth
All youth 18 and under enjoy free general admission on Tuesdays when accompanied by an adult.
more info...
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