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Investing Fundamentals: Understanding the basics to help you achieve your goals

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

Join us for a comprehensive session on investing essentials. Learn about asset classes, strategic asset allocation, risk management, and more to empower your financial decisions. Discover how investing can potentially […]

Event Series Kindergarten Readiness

Kindergarten Readiness

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

Join us for our Kindergarten Readiness Program, specially designed to prepare incoming kindergarteners for the school year! When you register, you are registering for the program series as a whole […]

Friendship Bracelet Party

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

Friendship Bracelet Party Learn how to make your own Friendship Bracelet! Make new friends, trade bracelets, enjoy yourselves! All materials provided! Registration is required: https://osterhout.info/program-registration/ Teens Wednesday August 7th 5:00 […]

Event Series 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 topic chosen. All are welcome!

Socrates Cafe

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

Discuss, listen to, and raise questions about a topic chosen. All are welcome!

Family Fun Night: Pinwheel Craft!

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

Join us in the Children's Department on Thursday, August 8th for Family Fun Night! From 6:00-7:00PM, you can create your own jumbo pinwheel to take home with you! Registration is […]

Friday Movie Matinee: The Day of the Jackal

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

Join us for a free showing of The Day of the Jackal. This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours and 25 minutes. This is a free event […]

Market Volatility: Keep Calm and Plan Ahead

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

Join us for a presentation by Financial Advisor Blair Saba as she discusses the highs and lows of investing, how to manage current fluctuations, and strategies to prepare for future […]

Science Adventure

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

Join us for a Science Adventure on Saturday, August 10th in the Children's Department! Stop by any time from 11AM-1PM to experiment with our Ozobots (mini robots you can control […]

Read & Share

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

Read & Share What are you reading this Summer? We want to know. Stop in for this laid back version of a book club and share what you're reading with […]

Friday Movie Matinee: The Pink Panther (1963)

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

Join us for a free showing of The Pink Panther. This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter […]

Superhero Adventure Day!

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

Please join us on Saturday, August 17th from 11AM - 1PM for our Superhero Adventure Day! Make your own heroes, comics, masks, and more! Registration is not required. For more […]

Movie Night – “Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”

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

Movie Night - Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Experience the story of THE HUNGER GAMES - 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus […]

Lego Club: Superheroes!

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

Join us on Wednesday, August 21st from 5:30 - 7:00 PM for our superhero themed Lego Club! Registration is required. To register, please call 570-823-0156 ext. 217. 

Friday Movie Matinee: Double Indemnity

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

Join us for a free showing of Double Indemnity. This film is rated PG and runs for 1 hour and 47 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the […]

Book Shop BOGO

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

Buy one book, get one free in the Friends of the Osterhout Book Shop! Sale valid the last Saturday of each month. The library is closed August 31 for Labor […]

Horror Club: Hereditary

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

This month, we'll be meeting in the Reading Room of the Osterhout Free Library to watch and discuss the film Hereditary. We'll learn what happens when a tragedy-based family drama […]

Kidz Club: Bracelet Making Fun!

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

On Monday, August 26th, children ages 9-12 are invited to the Children's Wing from 6-7PM for some bracelet making fun! All materials will be provided by the library; just bring […]

Adulting 101: Guided Meditation

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

Adulting 101: Guided Meditation Join Howard Thomas for a guided meditation. Focus on your mental health and get yourself centered! Participants receive a free Yoga mat! Teens and Young Adult […]

Friday Movie Matinee: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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

Join us for a free showing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours and 27 minutes. This is a free […]

Event Series Fall Storytime

Fall Storytime

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

Fall Storytime!  Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. No need to register, just stop in for stories, songs & a fun craft! For more information, please call 570-823-0156, ext. 217.

Make your own Cemetarium

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

Make your own Cemetarium! We're celebrating the spooky season a little early but just in time for the new "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice" movie! We'll provide all the supplies. You can choose […]

Franklin Street Sleuths

Osterhout Free Library - North Branch 28 Oliver Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

Join the Franklin Street Sleuths for our monthly mystery book discussion! This month, we will be discussing Last Day by Luanne Rice. A limited number of copies are available to […]

Friday Movie Matinee: Sorry, Wrong Number

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

Join us for a free showing of Sorry, Wrong Number. This film is not rated and runs for 1 hours and 29 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by […]

20th Anniversary Gala & Auction: An Evening in the Secret Garden

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

Save the Date for the Osterhout Free Library’s 20th Anniversary Gala & Auction event:  An Evening in the Secret Garden We hope you will join us for this very special […]

Falling for Crafts!

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

Join us in the Children's Department on Saturday, September 7th for a variety of fall-themed crafts. No need to register for this event! Just stop in any time from 10AM […]

Event Series Fall Storytime

Fall Storytime

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

Fall Storytime!  Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. No need to register, just stop in for stories, songs & a fun craft! For more information, please call 570-823-0156, ext. 217.

YOUR Vote & Voice

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

Register to vote, check your status, and learn how and why to vote. All ages are welcome! No politics, just voting. To register, please call, fill out our online form, […]

YOUR Vote & Voice

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

YOUR Vote & Voice Register to vote, check your voter status, learn why and how to vote during this all ages program! No politics just voting. All Ages Welcome Wednesday […]

Event Series 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 topic chosen. All are welcome!