We are excited to participate for the first time in Columbus, Ohio’s Community Festival! ComFest is a“a free, non-corporate, yearly celebration of Columbus, Ohio’s community organizations, performers, artists and volunteers.” Meet Cbus Libraries’ founders, Andrea Dixon and Bryan Loar, and visit the Eco Library June 23-25 at Goodale Park in Columbus, Ohio.
The Eco Library is a little free library that promotes environmentalism and sustainability. The library illustrates a tale of two cities, one sustainable and the other not. The sustainable city features a green roof, natural moss exterior and a rain collection system. On the reverse, the Eco Library unites local street art, a bench encouraging discussion and space for the community to create their own art.
Our Eco Library aligns with ComFest’s purpose by
- Being a testament to collaboration for the collective good
- Promoting basic necessities like clean air, water and soil as well as access to high-quality books
- Advancing reading and libraries while giving citizens the necessary resources to conduct their lives with environmental harmony
- Informing participants that our actions have direct consequences and begin changing behaviors
Click on our flyer to learn more about features and resources
UPDATE!
We are exited to announce that the Eco Library is now permanently placed at 934 Gallery! The gallery focuses on bringing a fresh perspective to contemporary art through exciting and thought-provoking exhibitions, installations, performances and public art projects. The Eco Library is now dedicated to the life of Daniel Sebastian Loper, the gallery’s former director of operations. Visit the library and give & take a book at 934 Cleveland Ave. Columbus, OH 43201.
Our Eco Library is made possible through a generous grant from ComFest and the support of several collaborators. We are thrilled to partner with Half Price Books, The Lookout Shop, Lucida Dynamics, Michael Creath and Rebuilding Together of Central Ohio.
We are thrilled to be a part of Columbus, Ohio’s first Flyover Fest! Through multiple arts in walkable, distinctive venues, Flyover Fest will engage the city, stimulate creativity and spark conversation. Flyover includes literature, music, film and a book fair. Buy your tickets today at https://www.theflyoverfest.com.
Join and chat with us about bookstores and libraries as important spaces for civic engagement.
Resistance + Refuge : Bookstores + Libraries
In an environment seen by millions as regressive, learn how bookstores and libraries are places of activism and refuge.
When: 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2017
Where: Rambling House, 310 E. Hudson St., Columbus, OH 43202
Cost: FREE!
Angie Sharkey is a youth services manager within Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML). She has been with CML for nearly 10 years and was previously with Upper Arlington Public Library. As a politically engaged librarian, she brings a fresh perspective from women’s rights to serving immigrant populations. Connect with Angie here.
Charlie Pugsley is the founder and owner of Bookspace Columbus, an ever-evolving concept whose main aims are to spread awareness through the Columbus, Ohio area through self-education, self-empowerment and community involvement. Learn more about Charlie here.
Linda Kass is founder and owner of Gramercy Books, an independently-minded, carefully curated neighborhood bookstore located in the heart of Bexley, Ohio. Three years in the making, Gramercy Books opened its doors on December 12, 2016. learn more about Linda here.
As co-founder of Cbus Libraries, Bryan champions libraries, library professionals and the love of reading. Through grassroots community involvement, including Cbus Libraries’ Libraries Everywhere program, Bryan believes a strong democracy is created, in part, through libraries and intellectual freedom.
The Flyover Fest is presented by Two Dollar Radio (founders), Outer Orbit Booking, Wild Goose Creative and Wexner Center for the Arts. The festival is brought to Columbus in part by Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Dispatch Media Group and Columbus Makes Art/Greater Columbus Arts Council.
Special thanks to Eric Obenauf & Eliza Wood-Obenauf of Two Dollar Radio for inviting Cbus Libraries to participate!
Get to know Leigh Bonds, The Ohio State University’s first digital humanities librarian. Listen in below.
Dr. Leigh Bonds is a digital humanist, textual scholar, and book historian. Leigh earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English, and her Doctor of Philosophy in English literature, specializing in Nineteenth-Century British literature, book history and digital humanities. She joined The Ohio State University as its first digital humanities librarian in August of 2016.
Today’s episode was generously underwritten by independent publisher, Two Dollar Radio, whose books are Too Loud to Ignore. Learn more at twodollarradio.com.
Cbus Libraries is proud to participate in The Flyover Fest. On May 13, 2017, hear and discuss perspectives on bookstores and libraries as places of resistance and refuge.
Resistance + Refuge : Bookstores + Libraries
In an environment seen by millions as regressive, learn how bookstores and libraries are places of activism and refuge.
When: 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13
Where: Rambling House, 310 E. Hudson St., Columbus, OH 43202
Who: Angie Sharkey (Columbus Metropolitan Library), Charlie Pugsley (Bookspace Columbus), Linda Kass (Gramercy Books)
Music was generously provided by Correy Parks. See Correy at The Flyover Fest on May 12, follow him on Twitter and buy his music on iTunes. You can stream his album “The Road Less Traveled” at Listen Columbus, a project of Upper Arlington Public Library.
