Every Child Ready to Read Polar Bear storytime
The Children’s Place of the Wood County District Public Library is offering a storytime for babies and
toddlers with caregivers on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
The polar bear-themed storytime will feature tips from the early literacy initiative Every Child Ready to
Read @ Your Library. This early literacy initiative encourages parents and caregivers to talk, sing,
read, write and play with young children every day.
Children’s Place staff will share stories about polar bears, songs, conversation and play. For more
information, contact the Children’s Place staff at 419-352-8253.
Once Upon a Time with Fancy Nancy
PERRYSBURG — Come to Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave., for the fanciest story time around on
Saturday at 10 a.m.
Fancy Nancy from Laurel’s Princess Parties will give a storytime followed by a meet and greet. All ages
are welcome and no registration is required.
Play Rigamajig at the library
Families are invited to play and build with the library’s Rigamajig, a giant building set, in the
programming room of the Children’s Place of the Wood County District Public Library on Sunday from 2-3
p.m.
The library staff will provide stories and books for creative ideas, as well as a group building
challenge.
For more information, contact the Children’s Place at 419-352-8253.
Homeschoolers are All Mixed Up
PERRYSBURG — Do oil and water mix? Find out at the Homeschoolers’ Afternoon Adventures: All Mixed Up on
Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave.
Children ages 5-7 will work with a partner to conduct experiments combining water, oil and food coloring
and observe the results.
Crafternoons at Weston library
WESTON — Youth in grades kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to be a Crafternooner at the Weston
Public Library, 13153 Main St.
Come to the library on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and make something to help warm outside friends during this cold
time of year.
Call 419-669-3415 to register.
Lots to do in N. Baltimore
NORTH BALTIMORE — Join in Lego play or hear a story at the library, 230 N. Main St.
Watch a movie on Monday at 1 p.m. Lego play is Tuesday at 3 p.m. There will be a preschool storytime on
Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Make fuse beads on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Play bingo on Jan. 24 at 3 p.m.
New year celebrations continue
PERRYSBURG — After School Program: Celebrations! is set for Jan. 24 at 4:15 p.m.
Children ages 8-12 are invited to celebrate the new year together with balloons and fireworks (painting).
Learn how to do some dances from Fortnite. Refreshments will be provided.
Take art classes at BGSU
The School of Art at Bowling Green State University offers youth art classes each semester for children
ages 5-19. Young people will develop their creative abilities, increase their artistic skills and learn
about art of the past and present. All classes involve hands-on participation.
Classes meet for 10 Saturdays each semester from 10-11:30 a.m.
This spring, classes will be meeting Feb. 23–May 11, with no classes on March 23 or April 20.
The fee is $79, plus $10 material fee.
Class descriptions, registrations and wavier forms can be located on the BGSU website. Go to
http://www.bgsu.edu/arts-andsciences/school-of-art/community-engagement/saturday-artprogram.html or
email Shari Densel, director of the BGSU Saturday Children’s Art Program at [email protected]
Children interested in these classes will need to be preregistered by mailing, faxing or emailing the
forms as indicated on them. Class sizes will remain low so pre-registration is required.
Pick up a prom dress
WAUSEON — Choose from hundreds of dresses at Prom Trend 2019 Beauty Comes From The Heart, next month at
West Clinton Mennonite Church, 18029 County Road C.
Dates are Feb 8 from 3:30-7 p.m. and Feb. 9 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
This is the 7th year for this event and it has grown each year. In 2018 over 800 dresses were found for
prom, homecoming, special occasions, and weddings. Dresses have been donated from Northwest Ohio,
Eastern Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Florida.
All sizes are available, from size 0-28, all colors and styles. Many dresses are new, still with tags on.
There are over 1,200 long and short dresses available. Also available are shoes, purses, jewelry, wraps,
suits, shirts, pants and ties. Nothing is priced and is all offered by a donation only, and if you can’t
donate it is free.
This year the money donations will be going to a local mission, Children’s Lantern, helping survivors of
human trafficking Northwest Ohio, based in Defiance.
For more information, contact Lori King at 419-822-7379.
Student Focus Art Show highlights work from student classes
TOLEDO — The Toledo Museum of Art Student Focus Art Show, highlighting work from TMA’s fall semester, is
on view until April 11 in the Community Gallery.
This exhibition showcases some of the projects created in the Museum’s youth and teen studio art classes.
Students ages 3 to 18 produced the diverse and imaginative works of art through their own
interpretations of objects in the TMA collection.
“It’s always such a pleasure to prepare and install art projects from our youth and teen classes in new,
creative ways,” said Sara Daniels, studio programs manager. “From matting and framing paintings to
finding the right hardware to hang intricate mobiles, it’s all about letting the students’ amazing work
shine through.”
The show features more than 150 works from 15 different classes covering mixed media, sculpture, drawing,
painting, glassblowing, and digital photography.
“Once the show is open, I adore seeing students return with their families, watching their eyes light up
with pride and excitement as they find their work,” Daniels said. “It brings them such joy to see their
art on display in their museum and I see that same joy sparked in our visitors and staff who pass
through the Community Gallery halls. At surface level, it brings a smile to people’s faces but
underneath it all, it’s a reminder of the ongoing legacy of art classes at TMA, shared by students past
and present, old and young.”
The museum offers studio art classes year-round for all ages and levels of experience in a wide variety
of media. Learn more at toledomusem.org/education/classes