Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
The Girl with the Louding Voice is a 2020 coming of age novel and the debut of Nigerian writer Abi Daré. It tells the story of a teenage Nigerian girl called Adunni who becomes a maid and struggles with many things growing up, including her limited education, poverty and the inability to speak up for herself.
Twenty years ago, Charlie’s mother went missing near the family beach shack. Now he’s back living in the shack, on disciplinary leave from his police job. Then the skeletal remains of two people are found in the excavation of a building site—and the past comes crashing in on Charlie.
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This docu-drama brings to life the story of a young Muslim woman’s extraordinary courage tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. Noor Inayat Khan, a Sorbonne-educated musician and author, joined Britain’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and trained as a wireless operator. In early 1943, she began her assignment as a covert agent with the Special […]
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This film follows Besnik, a lonely shepherd and devoted Muslim, haunted by unfulfilled love. He is the son of a Catholic mother and formerly Communist father whom he takes care of in an Albanian village in the mountains where Christians and Muslims have found a way to co-exist peacefully. This film, which captures the beauty […]
Ruth M. Farrington has generated over five billion dollars in a forty-eight-year career in retail sales. Join us for an engaging and insightful talk with the internationally recognized author of Sales Mastery Essentials Made Simple as she shares her unique journey and the powerful strategies that have led to her extraordinary success. Books will be […]
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Brotherhood is an uplifting story of loyalty amongst African American young men.
The hours leading up to a lavish New York society dinner party reveal the hopes and heartaches of an all-star cast featuring Jean Harlow, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery and Billie Burke. Director George Cukor serves up equal helpings of comedy and drama in this 1933 pre-Code film, Dinner at Eight.
Please join us as we embark on an inclusive march forward in addressing the most pressing issue of the twenty-first century.
Join Dr. Michael Skladany and friends for a unique presentation that includes readings, performance art and an interactive audience discussion.
Sign up for this Literary Cleveland Workshop instructed by Jen Jones Donatelli on the second Saturday of the month.
A man walks through the long corridors of a police precinct until he finally reaches homicide headquarters. “I want to report a murder” he says. “Who was murdered?” they ask. “I was” he answers. At some point during the past 24 hours, CPA Frank Bigelow (Edmond O’Brien) was slipped a mickey of slow-acting poison. With […]