Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Wayne Stewart tests and expands your knowledge of professional baseball- covering players' careers from draft day, rookie season, the All-Star Games and beyond- with a special focus on important men and moments from Cleveland Guardians history. Stewart has appeared as a guest historian on ESPN, numerous radio shows, television programs and podcasts. Books […]
Cousins in Crime is the true story of Alfred and Charles Polizzi. After struggling to grow up on the streets of Cleveland at the turn of the century, they became members of the Mayfield Road Mob, an Italian American gang that had […]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a fantasy novel by V.E. Schwab about a French woman who makes a Faustian bargain for immortality in 1714, but is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets, leading to a life across centuries where she can leave no mark on the world until she meets a man […]
Trace the origins of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 as it made its way across several states and into Ohio, with award winning author, Mark Strecker. Workers pushed back on repeated cuts in wages and hours, unsafe working conditions and job […]
Tiffany Graham Charkosky was eleven years old when her mother, Julie, died. Years later, she discovered the genetic mutation that took her mother had been passed down to Tiffany herself. With prose both lucid and revealing, Tiffany shares […]
Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is just out of prison and plans the heist of a racetrack, in order to make a “killing” of over two million dollars. Clay puts together a team […]
Exploding with rage, heartbreak, and love, I, Medusa portrays a young woman caught in the crosscurrents between her heart’s deepest desires and the cruel, careless games that the Olympian gods play. Gray has written a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.
Did you know that early books: Bibles, textbooks, storybooks, and books of science and technology were handwritten on animal skin? Many were beautifully decorated with colored inks, paints and precious metals. Dr. L’Engle will share real examples of medieval manuscripts from her private collection after an informative PowerPoint presentation describing how they were made. Dr. L'Engle has worked at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City […]
Inspired by Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner is a landmark of science fiction cinema. Set in a rain-soaked, dystopian future, the film explores what it means to be human through the pursuit of artificial beings who are nearly indistinguishable from people. Visually striking and philosophically rich, it’s an adaptation that has grown in influence over time. […]
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Join over 100,000 film lovers across the world as they unite in over 500 cities on six continents for one reason... to view and vote on the Finalist Short Films eligible for the […]
Lakewood Public Cinema More Programming
Join over 100,000 film lovers across the world as they unite in over 500 cities on six continents for one reason... to view and vote on the Finalist Short Films eligible for the […]
Lakewood Public Cinema More Programming
Join over 100,000 film lovers across the world as they unite in over 500 cities on six continents for one reason... to view and vote on the Finalist Short Films eligible for the […]