Monfort Heights Branch Library

Need help workshopping your writing? Connect with Intisar Khanani, the Library's 2026 Writer-in-Residence, for an office hours session at the Monfort Heights Branch Library on April 8. Bring questions about how to best put your ideas on the page or how to address that challenge you've encountered in your current project. Intisar's expertise is in young adult fantasy, but she welcomes writers of all genres!

Oh the places you’ll go… at the library! Our Monfort Heights meeting room transforms to host a variety of library programs: in February it was a hotel escape room for teens, and in March we held our Spring into Spring program to welcome the new season!

Did you know that you can book library meeting rooms for your own events? Details here --> https://chpl.org/meeting-study-rooms/

Come to the library for Bilingual Storytime with Alex! Once a month, we will have bilingual stories and songs. Books are preschool level, but all ages are welcome.

📅 Saturday, April 4, 10:30 a.m.

Venga a la biblioteca para Hora de Cuentos Bilingues con Alex! Una vez por mes, tenemos cuentos y canciones bilingues. Libros son nivel de preescolar, pero todos edades son bienvenidos.

Check out our upcoming March events! Registration and more details here --> https://bit.ly/47vgc4T

❄️Congratulations to our 2026 Winter Checkout Challenge grand prize winner, Ashley!❄️ A huge thanks to everyone who participated: this year, we had over 150 grand prize entries at Monfort Heights and it looks like you all were staying cozy – over 1/3 of entries were from the “Cozy Up” category! We hope you’re enjoying your totes and mugs, and we hope to see you again next year! ☃️

Spring into Spring at the Library!

Kids will have the opportunity to go on a nature themed library scavenger hunt, make water bottle crafts (alongside other crafts), make collages and more. Join us to celebrate the beginning of a new season. Designed for ages 6-12.

Come test your knowledge of Ohio’s entertainment at trivia night! Bring a team or join one here for a night of facts and fun. We’ll have a variety of categories based on Ohio entertainment, music, and movies; get ready to be challenged! Register in advance --> https://bit.ly/3OS9rna

Join us as we get a head start on the library's Spring vegetable garden. Help us start our seeds indoor then decorate your own plant pot and take some seeds home!
After the program stop by anytime to watch our plants' progress and come back April 23rd when we celebrate moving them outside with garden games and crafts!
Registration required --> https://bit.ly/4kIYvEm

Thank you for joining us for Children’s Carnivale! We had over 70 people join in the festivities on February 16th to learn about Mardi Gras, decorate masks, and play games! It was so much fun to dress up and party with everyone, we hope to see you next year for another annual Presidents’ Day event!

Powel Crosley Jr. built radios for the masses, not the high classes, and soon was known as the “Henry Ford of Radio.” He was a pioneer in radio broadcasting and so much more. Hear of the many innovative products he produced, and particularly the ones used to help win WWII. Did you know he built airplanes and a hair restorer machine? Learn of his hardworking, talented brother, Lewis. Powel would get an idea and Lewis would make it work. Their partnership made the name Crosley well known and profitable when many other companies failed. Register in advance --> https://bit.ly/45OzBwS

Presented by a docent from the Cincinnati Museum Center Heritage Speaker programs.

Beginning on March 2nd, you can stop in every Wednesday to get answers to your technology questions or get started on Northstar Digital Literacy lessons! Register --> https://bit.ly/4rzjwUm