Coffee, community, and connection! Meadville Public Library’s weekly coffee hour offers a chance to sip, chat, and discover all the wonderful things our community has to offer. Plus, meet representatives from local organizations doing great work in our area.
Visit with therapy dogs every week! These adorable companions offer more than just furry friendship; they're experts at reducing stress and anxiety. Hang out in the Library’s Community Space and pet a pup while you’re at it.
Come watch G or PG rated movies every Wednesday morning at Cochranton Area Public Library.
Movie license compliments of the Friends. Call 814-425-3996 or stop by the library for movie titles.
Heather Flick, Environmental Education Specialist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Northwest Region, will teach about owls and bring some cool owl bio-facts to share, as well as a variety of owl mounts.
Meeting inside the Nature Center. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Join Meadville Public Library for a 3-part monthly class to learn beginner weaving skills! While the class works best if you attend all 3 sessions so you can build on your skills, you are welcome to attend any class you choose, even if you missed the previous ones! All experience levels are welcome.
Class #1: Coaster (September 17)
A simple small project to introduce weaving techniques.
Class #2: Bracelet (October 15)
Build on weaving skills, experiment with stripes and shapes.
Class #3: Mini-Tapestry (November 12)
Bring all your skills together to try freehand design and colorwork!
Registration is required. Register here on the library’s website: https://meadvillelibrary.libcal.com/event/17288901
Coffee, community, and connection! Meadville Public Library’s weekly coffee hour offers a chance to sip, chat, and discover all the wonderful things our community has to offer. Plus, meet representatives from local organizations doing great work in our area/
An afternoon of Music Theatre Scenes featuring Allegheny students. The event is free and open to the public. Located in Ford Memorial Chapel.
An afternoon of music by the Symphonic Band and Civic Orchestra. Located in Shafer Auditorium.
Visit with therapy dogs every week! These adorable companions offer more than just furry friendship; they're experts at reducing stress and anxiety. Hang out in the Library’s Community Space and pet a pup while you’re at it.
About Paws Hand Delivered: Our handlers are compassionate people who love sharing their four-legged family member with others in need. These volunteers often obtain clearances in order to visit and lovingly give their time. They are local community members who collectively make Crawford County a better place! We provide services to local nursing homes, retirements communities, reading programs, classrooms, companionship, and much more.
This Thanksgiving season, join CCCD to welcome Jim Murphy, PA Trappers Association, and find out all about turkeys as well as those wildlife species who prey on them. There will be a variety of animals and furs included in this super interesting program!
Meeting inside the nature center. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Come watch G or PG rated movies every Wednesday morning at Cochranton Area Public Library.
Movie license compliments of the Friends. Call 814-425-3996 or stop by the library for movie titles.
Join Meadville Public Library every week in the top floor Community Space for a take and make craft. All supplies will be provided.
Join Meadville Public Library’s Silent Book Club in collaboration with Blissful Meads! Bring a book and settle in for two hours of reading. This is the perfect opportunity for those who find it hard to concentrate at home, or want a dedicated time to dive into their books. After reading, stick around for a brief conversation where you can share what you're reading, discover new titles, and connect with other book lovers.
Coffee, community, and connection! Our weekly coffee hour offers a chance to sip, chat, and discover all the wonderful things our community has to offer. Plus, meet representatives from local organizations doing great work in our area.
Join Meadville Public Library for a free movie hosted by Armstrong, this event welcomes everyone. Chairs will be available, but feel free to bring a blanket if you’d like to sit closer to the screen. Plus, enjoy complimentary popcorn during the show!
An afternoon of music by the Allegheny Choral Ensembles.
An afternoon of music presented by the AC Jazz Ensemble and the Gamelan Ensemble.
Visit with therapy dogs every week! These adorable companions offer more than just furry friendship; they're experts at reducing stress and anxiety. Hang out in the Library’s Community Space and pet a pup while you’re at it.
Join Meadville Public Library every week in the top floor Community Space for a take and make craft. All supplies will be provided.
Coffee, community, and connection! Meadville Public Library’s weekly coffee hour offers a chance to sip, chat, and discover all the wonderful things our community has to offer. Plus, meet representatives from local organizations doing great work in our area.
Join us every month for a casual opportunity to meet other crafters, learn new skills, and share tips and patterns! All experience levels are welcome.
Visit with therapy dogs every week! These adorable companions offer more than just furry friendship; they're experts at reducing stress and anxiety. Hang out in the Library’s Community Space and pet a pup while you’re at it.
Come watch G or PG rated movies every Wednesday morning at Cochranton Area Public Library.
Movie license compliments of the Friends. Call 814-425-3996 or stop by the library for movie titles.
Join Meadville Public Library every week in the top floor Community Space for a take and make craft. All supplies will be provided.
Who doesn’t have extra stuff at home? Can some of the items be given another useful function instead of throwing it in the trash? Join District Education Specialist Kathy Uglow for a fun, hands-on and eye-opening program appropriate for all ages!
Meeting at the Nature Center. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
A student recital in the Ford Memorial Chapel featuring Casey Walowitz, accompanied by Wendy Plyer.
Drop into Meadville Public Library’s monthly Learning Labs to practice your American Sign Language! At these labs, get introduced to library books that help teach ASL, from handbooks to children's picture books that feature Sign Language. Plus, pick up some basic signs like names, colors, and the alphabet with volunteer instructors Aleta and Mellie. These labs are designed to help support sign language learners of all ages and abilities.
A screening of a contemporary Indonesian horror film, Setan Jawa, accompanied by a live score composed and performed by guest artist Peni Candra Rini, with Andy McGraw and Hannah Marie Standiford. Garin Nugroho’s Setan Jawa evokes Javanese mythology as inspired by the silent film classic, Nosferatu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.
Indonesian snacks and desserts will be served after the showing. The event is free and open to the public. Located in the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts screening room.
Coffee, community, and connection! Meadville Public Library’s weekly coffee hour offers a chance to sip, chat, and discover all the wonderful things our community has to offer. Plus, meet representatives from local organizations doing great work in our area.
Zach St. Laurent, DCNR Forester, will present “Wildfires in Pennsylvania”. He will do an overview of the history of wildfires in PA starting with the deforestation and subsequent wildfire prevention measures that started at the turn of the century. It also touches on past and present wildfire occurrence statistics, along with details on the most common causes.
Meeting at the Nature Center. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Come watch G or PG rated movies every Wednesday morning at Cochranton Area Public Library.
Movie license compliments of the Friends. Call 814-425-3996 or stop by the library for movie titles.
Join Meadville Public Library for a free movie hosted by Armstrong, this event welcomes everyone. Chairs will be available, but feel free to bring a blanket if you’d like to sit closer to the screen. Plus, enjoy complimentary popcorn during the show!
Join Meadville Public Library every week in the top floor Community Space for a take and make craft. All supplies will be provided.
DCNR Service Forester Mark Lewis will answer the question “why do the leaves turn colors in the fall”. Be ready to take a fall tree walk and enjoy the season!
Meeting at the Nature Center. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Give a puzzle, get a puzzle!
Donated puzzles will be accepted now through Saturday, October 17. Any individual that donates a puzzle will receive a swap ticket, which acts as admittance on the day of the swap. For every puzzle you donate, you will receive a swap ticket that can be used in exchange for a puzzle.
We will accept gently used puzzles of any size and piece count, in their original boxes with no missing pieces. Drop off at our Adult Services Desk in exchange for swap tickets that you can redeem the day of the event. You can receive tickets for as many puzzles as you donate.
Join Meadville Public Library for a 3-part monthly class to learn beginner weaving skills! While the class works best if you attend all 3 sessions so you can build on your skills, you are welcome to attend any class you choose, even if you missed the previous ones! All experience levels are welcome.
Class #1: Coaster (September 17)
A simple small project to introduce weaving techniques.
Class #2: Bracelet (October 15)
Build on weaving skills, experiment with stripes and shapes.
Class #3: Mini-Tapestry (November 12)
Bring all your skills together to try freehand design and colorwork!
Registration is required. Register here on the library’s website: https://meadvillelibrary.libcal.com/event/17288878
Terry Lobdell will teach about bats while dispelling some of the commonly held “myths” about the creatures. Halloween wouldn’t be the same without the bats program!
Meeting at Nature Center backyard. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Celebrate the season with District Environmental Education Specialist Kathy Uglow and make an animal magnet! Be ready to have fun listening to some fall animal stories.
Meeting inside the nature center! Register today by calling 814-763-5269.
Traditional book clubs can be exhausting and too much pressure at times. For this book club, you pick what you want to read based on a monthly theme. The meeting is held in the top floor community space.
The theme for October: Caldecott Winners
Show up on book club day to learn about other books that people read this month and share about yours! Happy reading!
Learn from Fly Fishers International Certified Casting Instructor Mark Signorino from Erie, PA. He is a helper/instructor for PA Fish & Boat Commission fly fishing seminars, teaches Fly Fishing 101 class at state parks in Western PA, and volunteers with Project Healing Waters & The Mayfly Project.
Meeting at the Nature Center. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Come watch G or PG rated movies every Wednesday morning at Cochranton Area Public Library.
Movie license compliments of the Friends. Call 814-425-3996 or stop by the library for movie titles.
Visit with therapy dogs every week! These adorable companions offer more than just furry friendship; they're experts at reducing stress and anxiety. Hang out in the Library’s Community Space and pet a pup while you’re at it.
Join Meadville Public Library for a free movie hosted by Armstrong, this event welcomes everyone. Chairs will be available, but feel free to bring a blanket if you’d like to sit closer to the screen. Plus, enjoy complimentary popcorn during the show!
Learn from Arborist Joe Grabinski about the trees that populate our region and how they contribute to our ecosystem and well-being! This event, which is open to everyone, offers an opportunity to gain a renewed appreciation of the vast diversity of our woody neighbors as many of them prepare to exhibit their brightest colors. This program is a collaboration with Stabile Arbor.
A basic American Sign Language (ASL) class free to the public.
Join Meadville Public Library for a 3-part monthly class to learn beginner weaving skills! While the class works best if you attend all 3 sessions so you can build on your skills, you are welcome to attend any class you choose, even if you missed the previous ones! All experience levels are welcome.
Class #1: Coaster (September 17)
A simple small project to introduce weaving techniques.
Class #2: Bracelet (October 15)
Build on weaving skills, experiment with stripes and shapes.
Class #3: Mini-Tapestry (November 12)
Bring all your skills together to try freehand design and colorwork!
Registration is required. Register here on the library’s website: https://meadvillelibrary.libcal.com/event/17288792
Always a favorite! Join DCNR Service Forester Mark Lewis and District Educator Kathy Uglow to learn about conifer trees and enjoy some tea from evergreen needles. We will make and taste several varieties…white pine, spruce, etc.! Mr. Lewis will be doing the “cooking”. Come and enjoy the fun!
Meet at Shelter #1 in Stainbrook Park. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
FCVC’s Annual French Creek Cleanup is a chance for volunteers to help collect garbage, on land or in the water, throughout the watershed. Participants chose a location (public or FCVC’s properties) and clean up! Then trash is weighed in and collected at the Crawford County Fairgrounds, with a volunteer picnic to follow. Trash collection is from 11am to 3pm. Individuals, teams, schools, clubs, and organizations are entered into drawings for cash prizes. The schools with the most participants will win a cash prize for their science program.
In 2025, 225 volunteers collected more than 37,000 pounds of trash and planted 100 trees!
Register to participate in the cleanup on the FCVC website: https://www.frenchcreekconservancy.org/french-creek-cleanup/
Ready, aim, archery! Discover how to shoot a bow and arrow in this fun, hands-on program. Join Crawford County Conservation to welcome Pennsylvania Game Commission staff and learn the basics of archery, proper shooting technique, and range safety. Whether you are picking up a bow for the first time or looking to improve your shot placement, this program is suitable for all skill levels.
Participation is open to adults and children ages 10 and up. All equipment will be provided. Meeting in Stainbrook Park. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
District Educator Kathy Uglow will show you how to put together easy flower presses. We will take a walk about and gather some flowers, then you can use your new press!
Meet at Shelter #1 in Stainbrook Park. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Learn the basics about using a compass and then try the fun exercises designed to enhance your new skills! Watershed Specialist Brian Pilarcik and Educator Kathy Uglow will be on hand and bring the compasses and everything needed.
Meeting in Stainbrook Park. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Join District Education Specialist Kathy Uglow for this fun program!
Meeting in Shelter #1 at Stainbrook Park. You must call 814-763-5269 to reserve a spot.
Join Meadville Public Library for a free movie hosted by Armstrong, this event welcomes everyone. Chairs will be available, but feel free to bring a blanket if you’d like to sit closer to the screen. Plus, enjoy complimentary popcorn during the show!
Find out the latest information about Crawford County mosquitos and ticks at this super informative program. Clair Covert, Mercer County, will update everyone on the latest information based on her ongoing surveys of these pests. Take home some great and useful facts and handouts!
Meet at Shelter #1 in Stainbrook Park. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Entomologist Maggie Murphree will lead everyone on a bug excursion and teach about many insects we see every day in Crawford County. Appropriate for all ages!
Shelter #1, Stainbrook Park. Register today by calling 814-763-5269
Tool City Summer Fest (previously called Thunder In The City)! Get ready to have some fun!
Saturday, August 1st:
2 pm: Mitch Litler
3 pm: RLS Trio
4 pm: Zach Johnson
5-6:30 pm: Riffriders
7-9 pm: Necessary Experience
Master the Mic Singing Competition sponsored by Armstrong
Saturday, August 1st
On the Tool City stage from noon-2PM
Make it a weekend, Make It Meadville @ Tool City Summer Fest!
Events will be happening throughout Diamond Park and Downtown Meadville, lots of great LIVE music all weekend, vendors, the Annual Classic Car cruise-in Saturday (register near Pizza Villa by the Diamond), Master the Mic, Magic Steve and more.
A huge THANK YOU to our Sponsors, they help make this event possible! We’re also incredibly grateful to the talented musicians, dedicated vendors, downtown businesses, and volunteers who help make this event a success!
Hope to see you there!
