Dance Performance: The Sho-Jo-Ji Dancers
Enjoy a performance of delicate, graceful Japanese dance accompanied by traditional Japanese music. This concert is intended for patrons and guests of all ages.
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Yume Daiko Taiko Drummers
Yumo Daiko is a Japanese drum group that performs percussive music centered on traditional and contemporary taiko. Children, youth and families are all welcome to attend this exciting and informative program.
The Hidden Life of Trees
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 […]
Presentation and Documentary: Good Luck Soup: The American Experience Through Asian Eyes (2016)
Join Cleveland native Matthew Hashiguchi, Professor of Communication Arts at Georgia Southern University, for a screening and discussion of his film.
Beautiful Ugly
The book follows Grady Green, a once-successful author who retreats to a remote Scottish island after his wife Abby's disappearance, only to encounter unsettling events and a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
Dune (2021) based on the book Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert
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 […]
Dear Miss Breed: The Children’s Librarian Who Made a Difference
Although the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war is a painful chapter in American history, there are many beautiful stories that come from this troubling time, one of which involves a children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library, Clara Breed.
Write Now: Fiction Writing Group
Main Library Multipurpose RoomNardine Taleb is a speech-language pathologist and a writer. She worked as a prose editor at Gordon Square Review for several issues. She is the author of warda, published in 2023 by Passengers Press. Her poetry and fiction stories have been published in award-winning online journals including Electric Literature, The Offing, The Rumpus, Rattle, Frontier Poetry, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, […]
Write Now: Nonfiction Writing Group
Main Library Multipurpose RoomJen Jones Donatelli has worked in various forms of media and entertainment for nearly 20 years. Her resume spans feature films, award shows, talk shows, sitcoms, red carpet reporting, and print/online journalism for outlets including Glamour, REDBOOK, Business Insider, Playboy, Los Angeles Confidential and many more. Jen's work has taken her into the kitchens of Wolfgang Puck and Thomas […]
Laura (1944)
While Police Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of advertising executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) he sees a portrait of her and falls in love. Laura’s friend and mentor, gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), joins the investigation and derides the detective for falling in love with a painting. David Raksin’s haunting musical score adds to […]
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love. Join Kiela the librarian and her assistant, Caz the sentient spider plant, as they navigate the low stakes market of illegal spellmaking and the high-risk business of starting over.
An Annotated & Illustrated Atlas of the Lake Shore Electric Railway Company
Step back into the golden age of American electric railways. Manny Marotta is a 20th century historian who, in 2025, collaborated with famed Northeast Ohio railway historians Tom Patton and Dennis Lamont to produce a definitive guide to the Lakeshore Electric Railway (LSE). The train ran between Toledo and Cleveland from 1884 to 1938, passing prominently through Lakewood. Marotta will […]