Election officials return to paper Aug 7, 2008
Jenean Harper (center), the training coordinator at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, plays the role of voter in a mock voting scenario as she leads a training session for poll workers at the East Cleveland Public Library. Ohio has switched this year to optical scan paper ballots instead of electronic voting machines. (USA Today -- News)
Businesses, universities get Second Life Jul 23, 2008
The Cleveland Public Library, which houses one of the world's largest chess-set collections, has gigantic in-world chess boards, said Lynn McRae, Stanford libraries' integration architect. Through Stanford's island, the general public around the world can access works formerly hidden from public view, according to Deni Wicklund, the libraries' manager of technical support. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
RTA public meetings on fare increases, service cuts Jul 18, 2008
Noon, Cleveland Public Library auditorium, 325 Superior Ave. and 6 p.m., Cleveland City Council Chambers, 601 Lakeside Ave.. Wednesday, Aug. 6. (Cleveland.com)
Alan Klein, an educator for public, religious schools - Obituary Apr 22, 2008
He worked as a page at the Cleveland Public Library while attending Cleveland College of Western Reserve University in the early 1940s. Following his Army service in Europe during World War II, Klein resumed his education at Western Reserve University. (Cleveland.com -- News)
Homeless Men Find Shelter in Book Club Mar 2, 2008
Anthony and Dudley are staying at the shelter and Ron is a librarian with Cleveland Public Library ... The books are supplied by the Cleveland Public Library which has partnered with Ms. Kelly's employer, Care Alliance, a health care provider for the homeless. (ABC News)
Tri-C Jazzfest Cleveland Salutes the American Classics Mar 1, 2008
29th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Schedule of Performances Parade and Kick-off Party April 17, 5 p.m., Tower City and Public Square, FREE Jazz Meets Hip-Hop, Part 6 April 17, 8 p.m., House of Blues, Tickets: $25 John Pizzarelli & The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Salute Frank Sinatra with special guest Nnenna Freelon April 18, 8 p.m., Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square, Tickets: $45/35/25 Jazz for Kids April 19, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m., The Children's Museum of Cleveland, Tickets: $12 ($9 for Museum... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Homeless men find shelter in a book club Feb 28, 2008
The books are supplied by the Cleveland Public Library which has partnered with Ms. Kelly's employer, Care Alliance, a health care provider for the homeless. Kelly, an outreach nurse, began the club last fall after noticing how many homeless men brought books to the health clinic she helped run in the shelter's cafeteria. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Review: 'Bang Crunch' offers first look at Neil Smith Jan 8, 2008
Ron Antonucci is the head of literature for the Cleveland Public Library. This article appeared on page E - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Art dialogue at Cleveland library Dec 12, 2007
endhead%% "Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues: Pen & Ink," will be presented by the Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland Public Art at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the library's Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue. The dialogue will feature author Dave Eggers and Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for the New York Times. (Cleveland.com -- News)
Bookmobiles' final chapter? Oct 2, 2007
"I sold bookmobiles for 15 years, and I would come across people who said 'bookmobiles are dinosaurs' and 'bookmobiles are fading,' " said Tina Wilson, a branch manager at Cleveland Public Library. The Boston Public Library stopped operating its bookmobile in 1980. (Boston Globe)
Pittsburgh's libraries could be in a bind over funding Jul 1, 2007
The Cleveland Public Library, for example, received $65. 2 million in state funds, more than 10 times more than the Carnegie Library was paid by Pennsylvania. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The way some of us were some of the time Jun 29, 2007
Whether or not individual photos tell the truth about the past, there s no doubt that this collection of them, carefully curated and annotated by seasoned Cleveland Public Library staffers Ronald Burdick and Margaret Baughman, makes a claim to historical veracity ... Granted, 200 photos (all but a dozen of which come from the Cleveland Public Library collection) isn t a lot when you re covering 150 years in the life of a major city ... Burdick s reason for publishing these photos is to get more... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Portrait of the cartoonist as a charming extrovert Jun 9, 2007
Launched by the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and Cleveland Public Art (CPA) in 2005, the program is funded by a gift from the late Lockwood Thompson, a local attorney with a passion for modern art. Despite that high-concept description, conversation between Spiegelman and Kimmelman was probably much funnier than anything performed in local comedy clubs, and brainier than any lectures held on local college campuses. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Tri-C JazzFest schedule Apr 20, 2007
Debut Series -- 4 p.m., East Cleveland Public Library, 14101 Euclid Ave. Featuring Helen Sung and the Barber Brothers. Free. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Tri-C JazzFest Features Free Events Apr 4, 2007
Free Community Shows at Cleveland Public Library, Main Branch Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20, 3 p.m., Stokes Auditorium, 325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland 44114 Experience and learn about jazz through the music of Duke Ellington and the talent of local artists Evelyn Wright and the artists at the Passport Project ... Debut Series with the Helen Sung Trio and the Barber Brothers Sunday, April 22, 4 p.m., East Cleveland Public Library, Main Library, 14101 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44112 For the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Skin Feb 7, 2007
19 The Cleveland Public Library, Harvard Law School, and Brown University all have books clad in skin stripped from executed criminals or from the poor. 20 Hopefully, they didn't have to reprint it: One such volume is Andreas Vesalius's pioneering 16th-century work of anatomy, De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). (Discover Magazine)
Black History month Feb 3, 2007
The Fire Inside: The Story and Poetry of Nikki Giovanni -- 3 p.m. Feb. 17, Cleveland Public Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 325 Superior Ave. Debut stage reading of the Karamu House production. The Fire Inside presents an ensemble cast in a dramatization of the life and works of the African-American poet. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
