Cherry Blossom Festival - this weekend!

Don't miss the Cherry Blossom Festival,
taking place at the Main Library in downtown Fort Wayne
tonight and tomorrow -- May 14th & 15th!

Saturday's schedule includes Japanese anime films and live Japanese music. Sunday's activities include kamishibai storytelling, origami, and Japanese children's games. There are events appropriate for all ages!


For more information, including the schedule of events, see Japan in Fort Wayne.com.

Johnny Appleseed Festival!

You still have time to get to the Johnny Appleseed Festival if you are in the Fort Wayne area -- festival hours are from 10:00am to 5:00pm today.

Whether you made it to the festival or not, come to the library and learn more about this legendary figure! Start out with some of the books on our Johnny Appleseed booklist.

Three Rivers Festival Today

The Three Rivers Festival is in full swing ~ don't miss this great Fort Wayne tradition!
If the heat gets too much, feel free to stop in the Children's Services department!
We have three beautiful aquariums, a computer room just for children, a reading tower, and of course, books and magazines! You can also visit our famous (with the six and under set!) Early Learning Center which has puzzles, puppets, a writing center, and dress up clothes.

Today and Sunday

Johnny Appleseed Festival

35th ANNIVERSARY!

September 19th & 20TH, 2009

Saturday 10:00AM - 6:00pm

Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

There is NO admission fee!
Celebrating the life and times of Johnny Appleseed.

Germanfest at the Library Tomorrow

Please join us tomorrow, June 8th at 2:00 at the main library for an hour filled with German vocabulary, songs, stories, a craft and yes...the Chicken Dance!
We will also have lots of books for you to take home, like these versions of the German folktale, Little Red Riding Hood!

ACPL at Freimann Family Night!

Be sure to visit the Children's Services table at Freimann Family Night tomorrow night (Thursday, June 4th, 2009) from 6pm-9pm.

Don't miss out as Freimann Square will be transformed into a fun filled flurry of activity that is sure to delight the child in all of us.

Local vendors will provide a variety of activities for the little ones along with live music, food from local restaurants and of course - the annual balloon launch!

Admission to this event is free.

Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossom Festivals are held all over Japan in spring every year. Hanami is the Japanese word for cherry blossom viewing parties. At hanami parties, people have fun, drinking, eating, and singing during the day or night. It is like a picnic under the trees. Usually, people bring food, do BBQ, or buy food from vendors for hanami parties.

People of all ages are warmly invited to attend a Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival right here at the Main Library, May 31st from 12:00 - 6:00 PM.
There will be Japanese food, traditional dance, a bonsai exhibit and a karaoke competition among other activities.

Sol-Fest 2009

Celebrate the sun by visiting Sol-Fest this Saturday and Sunday, May 2nd and 3rd, between 12:00p.m. and 8:00 p.m.



This event will be held at Fox Island County Park.

Stop by the Children's Services table between 12:00pm and 5:00pm to pick up a calendar of free activities at the downtown library and to
do a creative craft to take home!



$5 per person, kids 11 and under are FREE!

Three Rivers Festival

The Three Rivers Festival is in full swing! Click here for full information about Festival activities around town.

Enjoy the Festival ... and don't forget to stop into the Library to visit us when you are downtown! We'd love to hear what parts of the Festival you are enjoying the most.