Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Recall Otto Moser’s pub on East 4th Street? Remember his amazing old photo collection of actors, comedians, acrobats, singers, dancers and magicians that lined the walls? Those images tell the story of Vaudeville—America’s first choice for live entertainment in the era before cinema. During this presentation we’ll discover who those celebrities were, why they all […]
Enjoy royal treatment as professional musician Katherine Calvey performs a set of English airs and dances on the flute while accompanied by the historic sounds of the harpsichord and other instruments. Learn about the history of rarely heard compositions and composers from the late 16th to 18th centuries. The presentation includes lovely slides of English […]
Police detective Jim Wilson (Robert Ryan) is the type of cop you might expect to find in a film noir. He gets information with carefully parsed questions and carefully aimed fists. His boss decides to send him upstate to cool off, but his noirish tendencies follow him like a dark shadow. While investigating the death […]
Enjoy a performance of delicate, graceful Japanese dance accompanied by traditional Japanese music. This concert is intended for patrons and guests of all ages.
Forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and […]
Join Cleveland native Matthew Hashiguchi, Professor of Communication Arts at Georgia Southern University, for a screening and discussion of his film.
Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic comes to life in Dune, a sweeping adaptation of the classic 1965 novel about politics, prophecy, and survival on the desert planet Arrakis. Timothée Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides, a young noble caught in a deadly struggle for control of the universe’s most valuable resource. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade […]