Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge—aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner—is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke. Zeke is a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother's unhappy house and is as lonely and awkward as Frankie is.
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This French war drama recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other Muslims in Paris played in the French Resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944). The film features two historic figures: Si Kaddour Benghabrit, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, and Salim Halali, an Algerian Jewish singer. Tahar Rahim stars as a young Algerian and Michael Lonsdale as the rector. […]
Middle-aged store cashier Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is walking home through Greenwich Village after being celebrated by his employer for 25 years of service. They gave him a gold watch. Dressed in a tuxedo, he comes across Kitty March (Joan Bennett) who is being accosted by a drunken assailant (Dan Duryea). He saves the […]
Presenter Jamie Miles from the Cleveland Restoration Society will highlight Phillips’ career, his development as an artist and the importance of his work to Cleveland’s historic black churches.
Join Tom Stebel from the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland as he screens and discusses this award-winning and critically acclaimed film
Young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw the crime, corroborates the girl’s story. Eventually, they wed out of convenience; the meek Walter is genuinely in love, and Martha thinks that her secret is safe since she has married […]
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
Did any Arabs save Jews during the Holocaust? That’s the question author Robert Satloff had in mind when he set out to discover the lost, true stories of survival, courage and betrayal in Arab lands during World War II. The truth is remarkable: not only did Jews in Arab lands suffer many of same elements […]
Julius Petro was known for good looks and bad behavior. Cleveland’s most arrested criminal escaped the electric chair, pulled off the biggest bank robbery ever in the city of Warren and, after joining Jimmy “the Weasel” Fratianno in Los Angeles, met a violent end. Author Allan R. May recounts the exploits and final capture of […]
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This film follows the important stories and moving photographs contained in Neil H. Gershman’s critically acclaimed book, Besa: Muslims who Saved Jews During World War II. A selection of original Gershman photographs is on display at the Main Library Gallery and this documentary provides context to the exhibition. Join Dr. Afridi for an introduction of […]
A captivating fantasy novel set in a world constantly threatened by catastrophic geological events. It follows the story of three women with extraordinary powers, exploring themes of oppression, prejudice, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Cordelia Gray is tough, intelligent and the proprietor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment is to investigate the death of a student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. She delves into family secrets and soon realizes it is not a suicide but something more sinister.
John Schepley explores this fascinating Cleveland history with the help of photographs, maps, printouts and exhibits.