Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
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 […]
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 […]
Join Cleveland native Matthew Hashiguchi, Professor of Communication Arts at Georgia Southern University, for a screening and discussion of his film.
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 […]
Enjoy a performance of delicate, graceful Japanese dance accompanied by traditional Japanese music. This concert is intended for patrons and guests of all ages.
Police detective Jim Wilson (Robert Ryan) is the type of cop you might expect to find in a film noir. He gets information with carefully parsed questions and carefully aimed fists. His boss decides to send him upstate to cool off, but his noirish tendencies follow him like a dark shadow. While investigating the death […]
Enjoy royal treatment as professional musician Katherine Calvey performs a set of English airs and dances on the flute while accompanied by the historic sounds of the harpsichord and other instruments. Learn about the history of rarely heard compositions and composers from the late 16th to 18th centuries. The presentation includes lovely slides of English […]
Recall Otto Moser’s pub on East 4th Street? Remember his amazing old photo collection of actors, comedians, acrobats, singers, dancers and magicians that lined the walls? Those images tell the story of Vaudeville—America’s first choice for live entertainment in the era before cinema. During this presentation we’ll discover who those celebrities were, why they all […]
Gain a fresh perspective on two remarkable first ladies of the 20th century: Betty Ford and Ella Fitzgerald. Dressed in period costume, actors Lynna Metrisin and Debra Rose bring historical accuracy and attention to detail in their dramatic portrayals of the former First Lady of the United States and the First Lady of Jazz. Women […]
Monk, an African American professor, is frustrated that his academically acclaimed novels are selling poorly, so he writes the terrible novel that everyone seems to want - full of negative stereotypes, tropes and cliches- just to prove his point on the banality of modern publishing. Much to his chagrin, his new book becomes a bestseller, […]
Only three Americans have held supreme military command in wars critical to the future of the United States and gone on to serve as President. This talk will look at the lives and careers of George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower- addressing both the secrets to their success and why we may have […]
Join Dr. Donna Nagata, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, who will describe the long-term impacts of the Japanese American incarceration experience, with a focus on the intergenerational consequences of this historical trauma.