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Main Event Many Voices: Amanda Flower

2024-02-12 18:30:00 2024-02-12 20:00:00 America/New_York Main Event Many Voices: Amanda Flower Main Event Many Voices series returns with new captivating authors sharing their stories and most recent work. This month's speaker Amanda Flower joins us to discuss "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died." Main Library - Auditorium

Monday, February 12
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-02-12 18:30:00 2024-02-12 20:00:00 America/New_York Main Event Many Voices: Amanda Flower Main Event Many Voices series returns with new captivating authors sharing their stories and most recent work. This month's speaker Amanda Flower joins us to discuss "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died." Main Library - Auditorium

Main Library

Auditorium

Main Event Many Voices series returns with new captivating authors sharing their stories and most recent work. This month's speaker Amanda Flower joins us to discuss "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died."

Amanda Flower

Local Author and former Akron-Summit County Public Library Employee Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author of over forty-five mystery novels. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Romantic Times, and she had been featured in USA Today, First for Women, and Woman’s World. Her first Emily Dickinson Mystery, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," was a Agatha Award winner and Mary Higgins Clark Nominee. She currently writes for Penguin-Random House (Berkley), Kensington, and Sourcebooks. A former librarian, Flower and her husband own a farm and recording studio, and they live in Northeast Ohio with their eight adorable cats, Editors Cheeps and Tummy and Studio Cats Cheddar, Michelangelo, Dr. Z, Fender, Marmalade, and Colby Jack.

Amanda Flower joins us for a fun evening to share her latest novel, "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," the second installment of her historical Emily Dickinson Mystery Series.

This is a free event. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you wish to purchase a Main Event: Many Voices speaker's recently released title during their event, you will find The Friends of Main Library located in the Atrium before and after each event. Author book signing will follow each event located in the hallway beside the auditorium.

Titles available for purchase through Friends of Main Library:

February 12: "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," by Amanda Flower

March 25: "Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe,"  by Dr. Philip Plait

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served. Auditorium doors will open at 6:15 pm for early seating. If you have any questions, please contact the Culture & AV Division by phone at 330.643.9015 or email at cadiv@akronlibrary.org.

Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
Mon, Mar 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 20 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 22 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 23 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

Wed, Mar 19, 10:30am - 11:30am
Registration is now closed

Wed, Mar 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Wed, Mar 19, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
TechZone
Registration is now closed

Thu, Mar 20, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Mar 20, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Computer Lab 2

Thu, Mar 20, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Mar 20, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
TechZone
This event is full

Thu, Mar 20, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Mar 20, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Mar 24, 10:30am - 11:00am

Tue, Mar 25, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Mar 25, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Wed, Mar 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
This event is full

Wed, Mar 26, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Wed, Mar 26, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thu, Mar 27, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Mar 27, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Computer Lab 2

Thu, Mar 27, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Mar 27, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Mar 27, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Mar 27, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Mar 31, 10:30am - 11:00am

Mon, Mar 31, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Tue, Apr 01, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Apr 01, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Wed, Apr 02, 10:30am - 11:30am
This event is full

Wed, Apr 02, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Apr 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thu, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Apr 03, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Computer Lab 2

Thu, Apr 03, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Apr 03, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 03, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Apr 05, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Apr 05, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium

Sun, Apr 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Apr 07, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Apr 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Apr 08, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Apr 09, 10:15am - 1:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB

Wed, Apr 09, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Educator Lab,Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Apr 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Wed, Apr 09, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Wed, Apr 09, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone

Wed, Apr 09, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Apr 10, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Computer Lab 2

Thu, Apr 10, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Educator Lab,Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Apr 10, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Apr 10, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 10, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Apr 12, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Apr 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Mon, Apr 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Apr 14, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Registration opens Sunday, March 23 2025 at 10:00am

Mon, Apr 14, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Apr 15, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Apr 15, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Registration opens Sunday, March 23 2025 at 10:00am

Wed, Apr 16, 10:30am - 11:30am
This event is full

Wed, Apr 16, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Registration opens Sunday, March 23 2025 at 10:00am

Wed, Apr 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Wed, Apr 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Atrium

Thu, Apr 17, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Computer Lab 2

Thu, Apr 17, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Apr 17, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Thu, Apr 17, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Registration opens Sunday, March 23 2025 at 10:00am

Thu, Apr 17, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 17, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium