Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
From fending off wolves to concocting a supper of rattlesnakes and corn pone, pioneer women did whatever was necessary for the survival of their families. Meet our foremothers who created a refined society from the rough wilderness of the Western Reserve. Beryl Prusinoski joins us from the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) at Baldwin Wallace University.
Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home to LA after two years of drifting and trying to forget his ex-wife Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). He can’t. She is now married to mobster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea), but they nevertheless become involved in a clandestine affair. He gets his old job back as an armored truck driver, […]
A young aspiring scholar is sent to research the mysteries of an adventurer’s inn—only to uncover a centuries-old secret, while finding true friendship and a new home, in this uplifting […]
Regina Brett, a Pulitzer Prize finalist (2008 and 2009) and five-time Ohio Associated Press award winner, is an acclaimed journalist and author who has inspired readers with her lucid, helpful […]
Yellowface is a biting satirical thriller about June Hayward, a struggling white author who steals a deceased literary prodigy's unfinished manuscript about Chinese laborers in WWI. After passing the book off […]
David Burroughs is serving a life sentence for the murder of his 3-year-old son, Matthew. Five years into his sentence, his former sister-in-law, Rachel, shows him a photo of a […]
Lakewood Public Cinema Special Programming
This 1993 historical romantic drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder and Miriam Margolyes, is based on Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel, Age of […]
The Winter of My Soul is a deeply personal memoir that traces one woman’s journey through the lasting impact of growing up under the shadow of a narcissistic mother. With […]
More Programming Special Programming
Word Stage II returns to the Library both to participate in the omnibus programming that explores the Pulitzer Prizes and Pulitzer Prize winners, and to celebrate April, National Poetry Month. Pulitzer Prize winners Aaron Copland and Mary Oliver, with their music and words, celebrate the majesty and infinite variety of living things. Join Word Stage […]