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Akron Eats: World Cuisines

2022-11-12 12:00:00 2022-11-12 15:00:00 America/New_York Akron Eats: World Cuisines Travel the world through food and drink! Enjoy live entertainment, sample cuisines from around the globe, and get a passport. No registration is required. Main Library - Atrium, Auditorium, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2AB, Meeting Room 3

Saturday, November 12
12:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-11-12 12:00:00 2022-11-12 15:00:00 America/New_York Akron Eats: World Cuisines Travel the world through food and drink! Enjoy live entertainment, sample cuisines from around the globe, and get a passport. No registration is required. Main Library - Atrium, Auditorium, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2AB, Meeting Room 3

Main Library

Atrium, Auditorium, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2AB, Meeting Room 3

Travel the world through food and drink! Enjoy live entertainment, sample cuisines from around the globe, and get a passport. No registration is required.

Find your next favorite flavor with a taste from:

Akronym Brewing will provide a free 5 oz. drink to the first 100 adults 21+ (ID required). 

Chef Jennifer Tidwell will offer live cooking demonstrations at 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm.

Druk Fusion Band will play Nepali instrumental music from noon to 1 pm.

The Himalayan Arts Language and Cultural Academy will close the event with a song and dance performance at 2:15 pm. 

No registration is required.

Like what you’re tasting? While you’re here, get a passport so you can travel the world and enjoy each cuisine in its native country! Staff from Main Library's passport acceptance facility will accept passport applications during Akron Eats. Free passport photos for all applications processed during Akron Eats. Check our website and Travel.State.Gov to come prepared with the appropriate documents and forms of payment.      

For additional information, contact the Business, Government & Science Division at 330.643.9075 or bgsdiv@akronlibrary.org.


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AGE GROUP: | Teen | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Travel | Special Events | Live Performance | Food & Cooking | Community Event |

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Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
Mon, Aug 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 20 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 22 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Aug 23 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 24 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

Upcoming Events

Mon, Aug 18, 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Registration is now closed

Mon, Aug 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Aug 19, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Business, Government & Science

Tue, Aug 19, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Wed, Aug 20, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Wed, Aug 20, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Aug 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Aug 21, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Aug 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Aug 21, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Aug 21, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Thu, Aug 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
1 South High St.

Fri, Aug 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Fri, Aug 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Aug 25, 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Mon, Aug 25, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
115 E Market St, Akron, OH 44308

Tue, Aug 26, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Business, Government & Science

Wed, Aug 27, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space B

Wed, Aug 27, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Aug 27, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Aug 27, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1

Thu, Aug 28, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Aug 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Aug 28, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Aug 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Aug 30, 2:00pm - 4:45pm
Auditorium

Tue, Sep 02, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Wed, Sep 03, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Sep 03, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
TechZone

Wed, Sep 03, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Sep 03, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Sep 04, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 04, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Sep 04, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 04, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
TechZone

Thu, Sep 04, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Sep 04, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Sep 05, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Fri, Sep 05, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium

Sat, Sep 06, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Sat, Sep 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
TechZone

Mon, Sep 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Sep 08, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Sep 09, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Tue, Sep 09, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Sep 10, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Wed, Sep 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Sep 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Sep 10, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone
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Wed, Sep 10, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Sep 11, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Sep 11, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 11, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 11, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Sep 11, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Sep 11, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Sep 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Sep 13, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Special Collections

Sat, Sep 13, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Mon, Sep 15, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Sep 15, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
Registration opens Monday, August 25 2025 at 10:00am

Mon, Sep 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Sep 16, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Tue, Sep 16, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
Registration opens Tuesday, August 26 2025 at 10:00am

Tue, Sep 16, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Sep 17, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Wed, Sep 17, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Sep 17, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
Registration opens Wednesday, August 27 2025 at 10:00am

Wed, Sep 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Sep 17, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Atrium

Wed, Sep 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Library Educator Lab