The Library is closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
Do you rent a home or apartment in the city of Cleveland? Attend a free seminar presented by judges, magistrates, specialists, and social workers from the Housing Division of Cleveland Municipal Court. Learn about your rights and responsibilities as a tenant in Cleveland as well as assistance and resources available through the Cleveland Housing Court, including: Assistance from Housing Specialists…
Cleveland Public Library is celebrating Juneteenth with a month of cultural education programs to help Clevelanders remember the day and honor their ancestors. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration observing the end of slavery in the United States. “June 19 celebrates more than just the freedom of the nation. It marks a new beginning for Black people in America,” said…
The Rock Hall and Cleveland Public Library have begun their collaborative programming, Rock X CPL, Powered by PNC, throughout Cleveland. Rock Hall education staff worked with the Library to determine the kind of programming that would be beneficial for their audiences. The Rock Hall team then designed a program about the power music has to help ignite social change. Rock…
In the early hours of March 24, 1970, one of Cleveland’s most visited landmarks, an enlarged cast of Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker, was changed forever. The beloved statute outside the Cleveland Museum of Art was rocked by an explosion caused by a metal pipe bomb attached to a ten-foot, military-style fuse. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art,…
Cleveland Public Library’s South Branch, a historic Carnegie building on Scranton Road, is undergoing an extensive restoration and expansion process. The project is currently on schedule and on budget, with a tentative completion date anticipated in late November 2018. South Branch opened on June 12, 1911, as the eighth branch within the Cleveland Public Library system built with Carnegie funds.…
My name is Owen Rodemann. I am sixteen years old, born and raised in Cleveland, and have been homeschooled. I became involved in the Cleveland Print Room through an instant photography class. The Cleveland Print Room’s teachers took me under their wing after seeing my work at Cudell Fine Arts. They invited me to a film class, which led to…