There are things in the book you could never do in a movie -Noah Hathaway Do you agree? Disagree? Our upcoming reading challenge might give you a chance to ponder. The temperatures are dropping, which means the annual all-ages autumn reading challenge is back! This year, participants will read great works that made it to […]
Last night, Make It Monday featured Eastlake Public Library’s two Cricut Makers, which can cut out custom shapes on paper, vinyl, sticker paper, and assorted other flat materials. A demonstration on using the Cricut Maker was the subject of a previous Power to the WEPL post. For this class, we designed custom stickers using Canva, a free […]
Welcome to Books, Board Games, and More, a blog series where librarian Bryn showcases some of the board games, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, and adjacent items that the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Libraries own! Join us for a unique feature of what’s available to you. In the inaugural post of this series, I am undertaking the […]
The budget bill has passed the Ohio House and Senate and is now headed to Governor’s Desk to be signed on Monday. The bill contains a provision that would restrict where libraries could place materials discussing “sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.” The bill would also require those materials be placed “in a portion […]
We are so excited about the opening of our new Administrative Offices later this year! Our current Administrative Offices have been housed at Eastlake City Hall since 2015. We are deeply grateful to the City of Eastlake for this partnership opportunity. In 2021, during the pandemic, we purchased the old Citizens Bank building at 38115 […]
Thank you to each and every one of you who contacted your representatives and for speaking up on behalf of Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library and all libraries in Ohio. Your efforts paid off. Your stories made a difference. Our voices were heard, and progress was made. The Ohio House changed their budget bill. The state budget […]
Yesterday, the Ohio House introduced their version of the proposed state budget which drastically reduces the amount of funding going to Ohio’s public libraries. The substitute bill introduced in the House Finance Committee proposes to place library funding into a budget line-item instead of using a percentage of the state’s general revenue fund (GRF). The […]
After you’ve watched the previous video “How to Use the Cricut Maker” to learn how to cut vinyl into any shape you’d like, you can use this tutorial to transfer HTV (heat transfer vinyl) onto fabric using our heat press! Call Eastlake Public Library at 440-942-7880 ext. 2 to set up an appointment, and bring […]
Here’s how to use the Cricut Maker at Eastlake Public Library. Just call the library at 440-942-7880 ext. 2 to set up an appointment. Bring the material you’d like to cut, such as sticker vinyl, heat transfer vinyl (for ironing on to fabric), scrapbooking or cardstock paper, and more. Here’s a tutorial on how to […]
Last spring, dozens of patrons completed the “Warm-Up Challenge”. Participants were asked to read about heroes and daring escapades, in conjunction with the 2024 Summer Reading Program (SRP) theme, Adventure begins at your library. The Warm-Up Challenge is back and ready to embrace the 2025 Summer Ready Program theme, Color Our World. If you want […]
