Keep up with the latest activities from the Library and Recreation departments with our all new seasonal activity guide. The Spring guide is about to launch and features highlights on some of our different programs and activities coming up. You’ll be able to pick up a paper copy at the Library, Solon Community Center, and Solon City Hall or download a digital copy beginning February 1st on our website, solon.lib.ia.us.
Do you have a collection you would like to display at the library? We would love to showcase your special collections or a themed display for a month. Please contact Library Director Liz King at [email protected] or call the library to schedule a month to showcase your talents and creativity.
The 2nd Annual “Put a Bid On it” Art Auction hosted by the Solon Public Library Foundation will be held in March 2023. The Foundation is seeking donations for the art auction. If you have a piece that no longer works in your space, are an artist, collector, or just love the Library, please keep the Foundation in mind. Donations can be dropped off at the Library during regular hours, receipts are available. Thank you for supporting the Solon Public Library Foundation.
Library Events
Game Night returns on Thursday, January 26th at 6:30 p.m. as adults (16+) enjoy table-top games, card games, and lively conversations. Enjoy Cribbage, Scrabble, or discover a new game with us!
Join us Tuesday mornings at 10:30 for Storytime! We’ll share songs, books, and games with friends and caregivers. We also continue to share Digital Storytime with you, anytime on your favorite device! Visit our website or find us on YouTube to enjoy.
Early-out Thursdays at the Library are all about the kids! BAM POW activities begin at 1:45 for Kindergarten through 5th graders, walk over to the Library after school to Build and Make, Play or Watch with us! CATS activities begin at 3:30 for 6th-12th graders and include some of our Creative Amazing Teens of Solon favorites like outdoor games, Kahoot!, trivia, and more. When the winter weather creates chaos with our Thursday schedule and school isn’t an early-out, we’ll still have a drop-in activity after school until 4:30 p.m. for K-12th graders.
Chair Yoga continues this winter — keep your body and mind in healthy form. During January and February we’ll utilize instructor Julie’s video instructions for Chair Yoga on Mondays at 12:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Don’t miss Coffee and Conversations on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. for a chance to catch up with friends over a warm cup of coffee.
We’re looking forward to a special Iowa author visit with Joseph LeValley, on Monday, February 6th at 5 p.m. Joseph LeValley is the author of a series of award-winning mystery/thriller novels. Featuring a young newspaper reporter based in Iowa, the four published novels have won a total of nine awards and honors from competitions in the U.S. and Canada. Dive into these great novels and join us for this visit!
Save the date! Fun For All Night (formerly Family Fun Night) is Saturday, February 11th with gym games starting at 6 p.m. at the Solon Community Center. We’ll move to the auditorium for Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile on the big screen at 7 p.m. It’s fun for all ages!
Library Access
Regular Library hours are Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sundays.
Don’t forget, the digital library is always available! Find an eBook, eAudiobook, magazines and more with the Libby app. You can even stream classic films, discover new favorites, and more with Kanopy on your favorite smart device.
Everyone is welcome at the Library and our programs. Please contact us with access needs.
What’s New?
Discover something new in fiction, romance, large print, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and Westerns. You just might have a new favorite genre!
Calder Brand by Janet Dailey. When Joe Dollarhide, a cowboy in need of redemption, rescued Sarah Foxworth from a violent attack, he won her heart. Years later, when Sarah walks back into Joe’s world, he’s shaken to the core. Sarah’s only hope is to find a better life for herself and her son–a child that is Joe’s. Now a prosperous rancher, Joe yearns to finally make a home with Sarah and their boy. Only Joe’s own road to riches has been strewn with obstacles, some looming even larger than the demons he still struggles against. But life has also shown Joe that nothing worth having ever comes easy, and that Sarah is a woman worth fighting for. Continue the story with Calder Grit, book two in the series.
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo. Alex Stern returns in #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent, another tale of murder and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of hell-even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. But Alex is playing with forces far beyond her control, and when faculty members begin to die off, she knows these aren’t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if Alex is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university’s very walls. Book 2 in the Alex Stern series. Leigh Bardugo is well known for her best-selling young adult fantasy novels, The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, recently adapted into a tv series.
Wicked Dreams by Lisa Jackson. On the wild Oregon coast, tucked between the mountains and the sea, stands Siren Song, home to a group of women known as The Colony. Their aunt hoped the isolated lodge would be a sanctuary, a place where she could protect them and their special gifts. But nowhere is safe from the man who has marked them for death. The note pinned to the dead body found on the remote beach has no name, just Ravinia Rutledge’s phone number and the words Next of Kin. Ravinia insists she doesn’t recognize the man on the mortuary slab, but she suspects Detective Nev Rhodes doesn’t believe her. He can tell that she’s one of them, the Siren Song women. Book 5 in The Colony series.