Kids Movie and FREE Pizza — August 2025

Promo for our movie and free pizza event

August 30 @ 2:00 pm 4:00 pm

Spend one last Saturday before the grind of school starts up. SHoWLE is host­ing a movie and FREE PIZZA and oth­er snacks in the audi­to­ri­um of the West Toledo Branch Library

Promo for our movie and free pizza event

This free event is aimed at kids but we wel­come fam­i­lies and care givers to join us as well. The audi­to­ri­um is in the base­ment of the build­ing.

The movie to be shown is TBA. We nev­er show any­thing above PG-13. Come back to this page to see what film will be shown.

We will be in the Auditorium in the base­ment.

Programs like this are fund­ed by donors who want to help build a com­mu­ni­ty though com­pas­sion and rea­son for a bet­ter tomor­row. If you would like to donate to this project click here.

Free

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Kids movie and free pizza

This is option­al just to give us a heads up

0 Going
50 remain­ing
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Not A Book Club Book Club — August 2025

Promo for not a book club

August 23 @ 10:00 am 12:00 pm

Promo for not a book club

Join our book club. Unlike most book clubs, we don’t name a book all should read to dis­cuss lat­er. Come to the club to share with us a book you are read­ing now or have read and tell us why we should read it. You can also share any inter­est­ing news­pa­per or mag­a­zine arti­cles you’ve read.

We will be in Community Room B

This event is FREE and open to the pub­lic

This event is sub­ject to the SHoWLE Cancellation Policy

Free

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Optional RSVP

Just want­i­ng to get a heads up to expect you

2 Going
8 remain­ing
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Humanist Happy Hour: Nick & Jimmy’s (change in date and loction)

Image showing new date and location for July Happy Hour

July 16 @ 6:00 pm 7:30 pm

Image showing new date and location for July Happy Hour

Monthly social after work at a local water­ing hole, Nothing fan­cy and no struc­ture just being in a small autonomous col­lec­tive par­tak­ing in bev­er­ages, adult or oth­er­wise and shar­ing a joke or two.

Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feel­in’ alright

The only cost involved is what you want to spend on food and/or drinks

This is a change in date and loca­tion. The orig­i­nal date con­flict­ed with a National protest event and the own­er of Voodoo Brewing is run­ning for the GOP nom­i­na­tion for the 9th Congressional dis­trict. SHoWLE tries to avoid sup­port­ing busi­ness­es or own­ers that don’t share our val­ues

Free

Douglas Berger

567–302-0209

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Kids Movie and FREE Pizza: July 2025

Kids Movie and Free Pizza Thunderbolts

July 26 @ 2:00 pm 4:00 pm

Schools are dis­missed for the sum­mer and SHoWLE is host­ing a movie and FREE PIZZA and oth­er snacks in the audi­to­ri­um of the West Toledo Branch Library

Kids Movie and Free Pizza Thunderbolts

This free event is aimed at kids but we wel­come fam­i­lies and care givers to join us as well. The audi­to­ri­um is in the base­ment of the build­ing.

We will be show­ing Thunderbolts*.

Programs like this are fund­ed by donors who want to help build a com­mu­ni­ty though com­pas­sion and rea­son for a bet­ter tomor­row. If you would like to donate to this project click here.

Free

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Kid’s Movie and FREE Pizza: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

June 27 @ 3:00 pm 5:00 pm

Schools are dis­missed for the sum­mer and SHoWLE is host­ing a movie and FREE PIZZA and oth­er snacks in the audi­to­ri­um of the West Toledo Branch Library

This free event is aimed at kids but we wel­come fam­i­lies and care givers to join us as well. The audi­to­ri­um is in the base­ment of the build­ing.

This movie is rat­ed PG

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Sign-up for our Summer Solstice Picnic

We now have a potluck sign up form for the pic­nic on June 21st. This just to avoid dupli­cate food but feel free to bring what­ev­er you want to share.

SHoWLE will have a lim­it­ed num­ber of ham­burg­ers and hot dogs as well has cold soda and water to drink and plates and uten­sils to use. Feel free to bring any games you want to share.

Food sign-up here

More infor­ma­tion about the pic­nic can be found the events page.

Humanist Happy Hour: Fortune Inn Restaurant

May 22 @ 5:30 pm 7:00 pm

Image of Happy Hour next to Fortune Inn Restaurant

Monthly social after work at a local water­ing hole, Nothing fan­cy and no struc­ture just being in a small autonomous col­lec­tive par­tak­ing in bev­er­ages, adult or oth­er­wise and shar­ing a joke or two.

For May we are at a new loca­tion Fortune Inn Restaurant on Central Ave. They serve good Chinese food we are told.

Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feel­in’ alright

Free

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact:

Douglas Berger

567–302-0209

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Not A Book Club Book Club: May

May 24 @ 10:00 am 12:00 pm

Join our book club. Unlike most book clubs, we don’t name a book all should read to dis­cuss lat­er. Come to the club to share with us a book you are read­ing now or have read and tell us why we should read it. You can also share any inter­est­ing news­pa­per or mag­a­zine arti­cles you’ve read.

This month we are at a new loca­tion — our host Jerry’s House in the Franklin Park area of Toledo. If you need direc­tions or think you are lost, feel free to reach out to Doug at 567–215-2694

This event is FREE and open to the pub­lic

This event is sub­ject to the SHoWLE Cancellation Policy

Free

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Creating with Glass in the Greater Glass City

Join us as we create at Copper Moon Studio

May 17 @ 2:00 pm 4:00 pm

Join us as we create at Copper Moon Studio

Fused Glass — Lil’ Chips Class

Learn how to cre­ate fused glass mosaics at the Copper Moon stu­dio in Holland.

This is NOT a free event. Prices for mate­ri­als and fir­ing range from $22 to $200 depend­ing on the item you make. Payment is made at the time of cre­ation.

For full price list and infor­ma­tion check out

https://www.coppermoonstudio.com/lil-chips

RSVP below. If we have six or more than we will make a reser­va­tion

Free

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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Summer Solstice Picnic 2025

June 21 @ 11:00 am 2:00 pm

Join us on the Summer Solstice for our annu­al pic­nic. It will be potluck style — bring a dish to share. We will have a hot grill if you wish to cook some food and we will pro­vide water and soft drinks as well as some condi­ments.

We will be at Ottawa Park using the Liz Pearson Shelter which is off Kenwood Blvd. Although the sched­uled time is 11 am to 2 pm we have shel­ter reserved all day so bring some toys and games to share and have a good time. There is a play­ground next to the shel­ter and trails to hike if you need to walk off your food.

We have a sign-up form so you can let us know what you plan to bring. This is a potluck so feel free to bring a dish to share. We will have a char­coal fire if you would like to grill some­thing. There is no set types of food allowed this is just to inform peo­ple what is being brought to avoid dupli­cates. We will have some lim­it­ed ham­burg­ers and hot dogs you can cook up and we will be pro­vid­ing plates and uten­sils if need­ed

https://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=EMYG9133

This event is FREE and open to the pub­lic

*Note* It will be very humid and pret­ty hot by the time this event is over.

West Toledo Branch Library

1320 W. Sylvania Ave
Toledo, Ohio 43612 United States
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