Posted May 13, 200916 yr Well, it appears we've never had a thread devoted to our great library system we have in Cleveland. (Cleveland Public Library website: http://cpl.org/ ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First article: Neil Gaiman, Garry Trudeau, Kareem Abdul-Jabber among authors set to speak in Cleveland by Karen R. Long/Plain Dealer Book Editor Wednesday May 13, 2009, 12:01 AM Crack open your date book -- celebrated storytellers are coming to Cleveland, starting this fall. Seven authors -- including Neil Gaiman, Ann Patchett and Kareem Abdul-Jabber -- will appear for free as part of Cleveland Public Library's Writers & Readers series. Garry Trudeau, Christopher Buckley, Mary Oliver and Jhumpa Lahiri will form the Writer's Center Stage line-up hosted by the Cuyahoga County Library Foundation. Its tickets are $30 apiece ($100 for a package of four). More at http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2009/05/authors_scheduled_for_free_and.html
May 13, 200916 yr I got to see Peter Bogdonovich speak at the library via a series like this, it was great.
May 13, 200916 yr This sounds really awesome!! Wish I could be there. I seem to say that a lot lately.
May 13, 200916 yr Mary Oliver! She is utterly brilliant, and hers is a must-attend event. Sleeping in the Forest I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed, nothing between me and the white fire of the stars but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths among the branches of the perfect trees. All night I heard the small kingdoms breathing around me, the insects, and the birds who do their work in the darkness. All night I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling with a luminous doom. By morning I had vanished at least a dozen times into something better.
May 13, 200916 yr ^damn...i always search and search "cleveland public library" "library" "libraries" and nothing ever comes up...! I swear to God I searched for a good 15-20 min to make sure since I thought I remembered starting one a couple years ago... EDIT: well at least this one is in City Disussion for other items...but still the article I posted is about events. I say keep it.
June 24, 200915 yr Anybody know what the gathering outside the main building of the library is this morning?
June 24, 200915 yr i believe protests for govenor strickland wanting to slash the state library funding to next to nothing, which would pretty much cripple the system.
June 24, 200915 yr http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2009/06/tell_gov_ted_strickland_public_1.html Tell Gov. Ted Strickland public libraries are needed now more than ever: Regina Brett by Regina Brett/Plain Dealer Columnist Tuesday June 23, 2009, 9:33 PM CLEVELAND -- Gov. Ted Strickland holds the keys to 251 public libraries across the state of Ohio. Don't let him close them. Don't let him cut their hours. Don't let him cut their materials. We have only six days to stop him. A budget decision by the state legislature is due by June 30...
June 24, 200915 yr Unbelievable. Im sure theres a million other places that Gov. Strickland could cut before slashing the public libraries budget.
June 24, 200915 yr so call his office and let him know. :) i'm pretty sure he wants to get re-elected, and if enough voters let them know of their displeasure he may have a change of opinion.
June 24, 200915 yr Ive sent him an email on a couple of issues already, ill try to find time today or tomorrow to write another one up about the libraries.
June 24, 200915 yr One thing I don't get about libraries is their lending out movies and even video games to patrons. I don't see any real social benefit to these transactions.
June 24, 200915 yr It allows them to retain customers and charge fees when they are not returned on time. Most have a 2 day rental with one renewal. After that its like $2 a day. So really they are used as a revenue source.
June 24, 200915 yr One thing I don't get about libraries is their lending out movies and even video games to patrons. I don't see any real social benefit to these transactions. i get my movies at the library all the time. it's a great service, and i pay for it out of every paycheck.
April 25, 201114 yr CPL opens Sports Research Center Highlights collection of Cleveland sports history. (Cleveland) - The Cleveland Public Library is now home to the largest collection of baseball-related materials outside the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. The Sports Research Center opens today at the Louis Stokes wing at East 6th St. and Superior. It features a look at some of the great moments in Cleveland sports history. Among the treasures on display are scrapbooks, posters, magazines and even Bob Feller’s baby picture. Read more: http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=8474094#ixzz1KWh67LdM
April 25, 201114 yr Also from channel 5 http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/cleveland-public-library-opens-new-sports-research-center
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