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  • Toddler Storytime

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for our Toddler Storytime! For ages 2 to 3 1/2, registration required. Please call the Youth Services Desk at (570) 823-0156 ext. 217.

  • Toddler Storytime

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for our Toddler Storytime! For ages 2 to 3 1/2, registration required. Please call the Youth Services Desk at (570) 823-0156 ext. 217.

  • Toddler Storytime

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for our Toddler Storytime! For ages 2 to 3 1/2, registration required. Please call the Youth Services Desk at (570) 823-0156 ext. 217.

  • Trivia Night

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Have fun showing off your trivia aptitude and win a prize! FREE with light refreshments.

  • No Teen Night

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    There will be no Teen Night this week.

  • Gabbin’ About Books

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Come to our new open-ended book discussion! Learn about new titles and genres and expand your overall reading experience! FREE with light snacks provided.

  • Friday Movie Matinee

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    July is a Time to Celebrate Real Life Heroes! Showing: Stand and Deliver (1988). Jaime Escalante is a high school teacher who uses unconventional teaching technics to become an inspiration […]

  • Third Friday Art Walk: Author Heather Harlen

    Celebrate the local art and history of Wilkes-Barre! Take a walking tour of the permanent art collection in the library. Welcome special guest author Heather Harlen as she reads from […]

  • Author Discussion – Jo Piazza O’Mara

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Meet author Jo Piazza O'Mara as she discusses and reads from her book Garden of Hope, a novel which follows the seemingly perfect Agosti family as they struggle to reconcile […]

  • Author Discussion – Leslie Golding Mastroianni

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Meet author Leslie Golding Mastroianni as she discusses and reads from her book Buying a Year. This novel follows the young divorcee Sharon as she lives frugally and does her […]

  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s Gala

    Westmoreland Club 59 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for the annual Osterhout Free Library Gala from 6-11pm at the Westmoreland Club in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The gala has a Breakfast at Tiffany's theme to honor the well-known […]

    $150

  • Teen Book Club

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for the first meeting of the Teen Book Club! We don't have a selection this month, but we'll still talk about books and select future titles, eat food […]

  • Teen Night: Creativity Hour!

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Every Wednesday night from 6-7:30pm in the Reading Room we have a Teen Night event. Come enjoy each week's offering, eat food, make new friends and just relax. This week […]

  • Socrates Cafe

    Socrates Cafe
    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Discuss, listen to, and raise questions about a chosen topic with our Socrates Cafe Discussion Group every second Thursday in the Reading Room.

  • Read With Me!

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Special Friday Storytime!

  • Friday Movie Matinee

    Friday Movie Matinee
    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us every Friday for a themed movie selection and popcorn. Yum!

  • One More Row: Knit and Crochet Group

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Knit and crochet club.  New members welcome. Light refreshments!

  • Scratch Day

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for Scratch Day! Make a Banana Piano!

  • Teen Library Council

    Teen Library Council
    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join the Teen Library Council (TLC) and let your voice be heard! We meet every third Wednesday of the month from 5-5:45pm in the Reading Room. Hope to see you […]

  • Teen Night: Coloring Time!

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Every Wednesday night from 6-7:30pm in the Reading Room we have a Teen Night event. Come enjoy each week's offering, eat food, make new friends and just relax. This week […]

  • Fine Arts Fiesta

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for storytimes and bookmark making at the Fine Arts Fiesta Children's Tent. For location and other information about Fine Arts Fiesta click here. Thursday, May 19 & Friday, […]

  • Read to a Dog @ South

    Read to a Dog @ South
    Osterhout Free Library - South Branch 2 Airy Street, Wilkes Barre, PA, United States

    Join us at our South Branch for our weekly Read to a Dog program. Each week, kids have the opportunity to read a picture book to a furry friend.

  • Fine Arts Fiesta

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for storytimes and bookmark making at the Fine Arts Fiesta Children's Tent. For location and other information about Fine Arts Fiesta click here. Thursday, May 19 & Friday, […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee

    Friday Movie Matinee
    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us every Friday for a themed movie selection and popcorn. Yum!

  • Third Friday Reading

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    As part of Wilkes-Barre's 3rd Friday Art Walk, the members and patrons of the library will be reading poems, stories and other excerpts in the Reading Room.

  • Fine Arts Fiesta

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for storytimes and bookmark making at the Fine Arts Fiesta Children's Tent. For location and other information about Fine Arts Fiesta click here. 11:30 A.M.      – […]

  • Fine Arts Fiesta

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for storytimes and bookmark making at the Fine Arts Fiesta Children's Tent. For location and other information about Fine Arts Fiesta click here. 1:00 P.M.   –Story Telling; […]

  • Teen Book Club: Of Mice and Men

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for the Teen Book Club meeting! This month's selection is Of Mice and Men. Come even if you haven't read the selection to discuss books, eat food and make […]