Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Jenna Martínez is a finalist for the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a 2023–2024 Literary Cleveland Breakthrough Writing Resident, and a recipient of the 2023 Unidos Por El Arte Grant. Her work has been supported by the Macondo Writers Workshop and Community of Writers Workshop. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, HAD, […]
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This groundbreaking musical sensation tells the story of one of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton. Hip-hop, R&B, jazz and traditional Broadway style music are used to tell the story of Hamilton's life- including his role in the American Revolutionary War and serving as the first Secretary of the Treasury. The show has won many accolades, including 11 Tony […]
George Washington went from a young, inexperienced officer in the British colonial forces to supreme commander of a revolutionary army challenging the very same British Empire. How would a man who never led more than a few hundred men command a nascent army facing the best military in the world? How would he keep that army in the field in the face of incredible adversity? And how did he plan and execute a campaign that was daring, innovative […]
Known for its campy humor, colorful design, and heartfelt LGBTQ+ themes, But I’m a Cheerleader is considered a cult classic—worth watching for its sharp social commentary and quirky charm. After the film, Tom Stebal from the LGBT Cleveland Community Center leads a casual discussion.
A Redcoat is here once again in Northeast Ohio! Outfitted with exact reproductions of the clothing, arms and equipment of an original Redcoat, Private David Zeih recreates the stirring days of the Revolutionary War as a British soldier serving King George III. With a piece-by-piece explanation of his uniform and a musket demonstration, he describes life as it was in the Crown’s army. Zeih is a retired history teacher and longtime […]
Nardine 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, […]
Dix Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is a troubled, violence-prone screenwriter who hasn’t sold a screenplay in over a decade. His new neighbor, Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame), is an aspiring actress who is romantically interested in him. When Dix is accused of the murder of a hat-check girl, she comes to his aid as a witness. Their mutual attraction is evident, but can […]
In a world ruled by the cruel and merciless Stars, Elara has been cursed by fate. A prophecy promises she will fall for a Star, but that it will kill them both. A runaway TikTok sensation, Heavenly Bodies is the first book in a dazzling new romantasy series that blends Greek mythology and shadow magic with a […]
Book by Dr. Shrabani Basu and Watch the Film Victoria and Abdul (2017) Directed by Stephen Frears Based on previously unseen diaries and letters, Dr. Shrabani Basu’s book, Victoria & Abdul, reveals how a humble, 24-year-old Indian clerk found his way to Queen Victoria’s heart and rose rapidly through the ranks to become her private Indian secretary and teacher. After a screening of the film, Dr. Basu will join us remotely from London to discuss how […]
Book by Dr. Shrabani Basu and Watch the Film Victoria and Abdul (2017) Directed by Stephen Frears Based on previously unseen diaries and letters, Dr. Shrabani Basu’s book, Victoria & Abdul, reveals how a humble, 24-year-old Indian clerk found his way to Queen Victoria’s heart and rose rapidly through the ranks to become her private Indian secretary and teacher. After a screening of the film, Dr. Basu will join us remotely from London to discuss how […]
While Kelleys Island is only a few miles from the mainland, living on the little Lake Erie island during winter requires meticulous planning to avoid costly, and potentially dangerous situations. In The Island in Winter, Alexi Panehal discusses the various aspects of island life, from the quirky to the cantankerous, the generous to the genial and everything in between. She […]
A literary thriller about an aspiring writer who meets and falls in love with her literary idol—only to find him murdered the day after she gave him her manuscript to read. There's nothing easier to dismiss than a conspiracy theory—until it turns out to be true