Put down your book, slip on your dancing shoes and head to Cleveland Public Library to party with a few literary greats for a good cause. On Saturday, November 16, the Cleveland Public Library Foundation will host “Black, White and REaD” 150th Anniversary Affair benefiting the Cleveland Public Library. The fundraiser celebrating the Library’s sesquicentennial will kick off at 6:30…
10/11/2019 – Cleveland Scene
Cleveland Public Library’s Writers & Readers series returns on September 24 to welcome broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien in conversation with rapper and political activist Michael “Killer Mike” Render. The event, which is part of the Library’s 150th anniversary celebration, also highlights a new mission for the Writers & Readers series: to bring together authors, performers, journalists, activists, and educators to…
07/26/2019 – WKYC Channel 3
7/24/2019 – Rust Belt Chronicles
On Saturday, July 27, the Library will host a daylong celebration featuring big name talent, free entertainment, art, and summer fun for all ages in downtown Cleveland.
In honor of its 150th anniversary year, Cleveland Public Library is launching two ongoing, community-based projects to document and celebrate the lives of Clevelanders. Throughout 2019, in partnership with ideastream and the Cleveland Print Room, the Library will share the diversity of everyday life in the city through photographs and stories. “Through these photography and oral history projects, we’re committing to capturing life in Cleveland as…
03/23/2019 – Cleveland.com
“We want to remove barriers, not block people from accessing the Library,” said Cleveland Public Library Executive Director Felton Thomas, Jr., who announced the elimination of overdue fines at his February 27 State of the Library address at The City Club of Cleveland. “We want to connect people to knowledge and ideas, not stand in the way. This important step…
