What can you do at a park? Run, skip, leap, walk, play, frolic, kick up your heels, let down your hair, read...
Read? Yes indeed. The Columbus Commons is home to a very special outdoor reading room. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the friendly staff of the Columbus Commons Outdoor Reading Room invite visitors to the southern end of the park to enjoy all the pleasures of a library in the natural setting of Columbus Commons.
Sit at a shady table or chair and enjoy the hundreds of adult and children’s browsing materials -- supplied courtesy the Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. For those who prefer to read online, the Columbus Metropolitan Library also provides free Wi-Fi access in the Reading Room.
And there’s room for more than reading in our reading room...
With children and youth especially in mind, watch the calendar for special events at the reading room. Each Friday, the Columbus Metropolitan Library hosts a Book Mobile visit, and will also provide special programming throughout the summer in conjunction with its summer reading club.
Commons For Kids brings OSU athletes and coaches every Friday from June 3 through September 2 for a celebrity story time and book giveaway in partnership with the 2nd & 7 Foundation. Join us for some tall tales and all the fun festivities that follow like free carousel rides and inflatables!
You’ll go home with memories and fantastic stories of your very own to share.
