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A collaboration among the City Club of Cleveland, ideastream, Playhouse Square, and all nine local public library systems, One Community Reads is designed to broaden and deepen our appreciation of reading and to cultivate dialogue based upon a shared reading experience for the Greater Cleveland community. From January through March 2020, county residents are encouraged to read Palaces for the People by…
A century ago, Cleveland Public Library’s Lorain Branch, a 1912 Carnegie building located in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, was surrounded by natural wonders. According to a document in the Library’s Archives, the exterior of this neighborhood library once featured flowering cherry trees, ivy, lilacs, and a mulberry tree laden with berries. “Birds flocked to the berries and sang as they built…
3830 East 131st StreetCleveland, OH 44120Phone: 216-623-6941Email: E131.Branch@cpl.orgManager: Marina Marquez Hours About The East 131st Street Branch offers free wifi and public computers with Internet access. Printing, copying, scanning, and faxing services are available for a fee. The branch offers a spacious multipurpose room that can be reserved for meetings; please visit the branch to request a reservation. Free parking…
1566 Crawford RoadCleveland, OH 44106Phone: 216-623-6997Email: Hough.Branch@cpl.orgManager: Lexy Kmiecik Hours About The Hough Branch is a busy neighborhood library with three schools in its immediate service area. The patron population is diverse, and both its youth and adult collections reflect the needs and tastes of the community. Hough offers free wifi and public computers with Internet access. Printing, copying, scanning,…
African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947 (CPL Cardholders) The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to “secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence” and “to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people. This collection comprises of the voluminous working…
Improving Cultural Competency Through Community Reading Book Club Discussion Sets from Ohio Center for the Book The inevitability of these It’s Time to Talk (ITT) book sets developed out of the YWCA of Greater Cleveland’s It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race, the annual forum that brings together individuals, community groups, and organizations for open and frank conversations about race,…