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The final 2009 "Music at Main" event will feature "Ensemble Lautenkonzert" on December 5th, 2009 at 2PM on the 3rd floor lobby of Main Library (325 Superior Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114). Ensemble Lautenkonzert was formed in 1995 to explore late 17th and early 18th century chamber music. Please join us for this FREE eve...nt!

The group features:
Stephen Toombs, baroque lute, theorbo and director of the ensemble, is the Music Librarian for Case Western Reserve University.
Lisa Rainsong, soprano, is a member of the Music Theory faculty of The Cleveland Institute of Music and is active in the Cleveland area as a singer and composer.
Tina Spencer Dreisbach, baroque flute, chairs the music department at Hiram College and is active in the Cleveland area as a flutist in both early and Irish music.
Janet Winzenburger, viola da gamba, is the Acquisitions Librarian at The Cleveland Institute of Music, directs the Collegium Musicum at Baldwin-Wallace College and is active in the Cleveland area on early strings and winds.
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Time:2:00PM Saturday, December 5th
Location:CPL Main Library
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Cleveland Public Library Do you have any memories of librarian Ruth Hadlow? Share them with us.

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Librarian Ruth M. Hadlow was known affectionately to generations of young Clevelanders as the Story Lady. Always ready to tell a good story and recommend a good book to children and their parents, Miss Hadlow helped to instill a love of reading in countless thousands of young readers. ...
Rev. Jimmie Dean Smith
Rev. Jimmie Dean Smith
Ruth Hadlow was a very nice librarian.
12 hours ago
Cindy Maxey
Cindy Maxey
I remember bringing a group of children to the Children's Room a number of years ago. Ms. Hadlow was so warm and welcoming!
12 hours ago
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Cleveland Public Library Music at Main: Passport Project video from yesterday's program. They brought everyone on stage for a dance. Check it out.

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Johnny Flamingo
Johnny Flamingo
my only quibble? Our little sign out front said "Free African Dance Program". . .sigh. . .Maybe they couldn't fit International on the board. . .very good program. . .not quite a hundred people there, but not bad for a Saturday afternoon. . .
Yesterday at 6:09pm
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We would like to celebrate the life of Effie Lee Morris, advocate and children's librarian who began her career at the Cleveland Public Library, where she established CPL's first Negro History Week celebration for children.
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Hundreds of local residents had the opportunity to interact with such famous literary characters as Harry Potter, Narnia’s White Witch, Mark Twain, Alice in Wonderland, Scrooge and Dracula, at the recent fundraiser. ...
Tena
Tena
What a great event! It was fun. Can't wait until next year. I"m still mad though that I didn't get the Silent Auction trip to Naples, Florida! Maybe next year...
November 18 at 2:41pm
Amy Nusrala McMaken
Amy Nusrala McMaken
Thank you to Squire Sanders for their support as well! And thank you to everyone who attended - it really was a great party The characters were too much fun!
November 18 at 8:35pm
Tonya Thompson
Tonya Thompson
The event was a clever way of bringing literary characters alive. I enjoyed interacting with them; my favorite was Sacagawea and her tiny companion. Hats off to the Friends' for this great affair.
November 19 at 5:29am
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Cleveland Public Library Themed after 'The Night at the Museum' movies, the 2009 Friends of the Cleveland Public Library event brings alive literary characters as part of the the Night at the Library: Characters Come Alive fundraiser on Saturday, November 14 at 7 p.m. It will be held at the Cleveland Public Library in downtown Cleveland. For more information call 216-623-2821

Tonya Thompson
Tonya Thompson
I thought the channel 3 WKYC, bit was clever : )
November 11 at 12:18pm
Michael A. Miller
Michael A. Miller
I hope someone is portraying Bette Davis' take on the aged Elizabeth I from "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex." Creepy!
November 11 at 1:25pm
Lisa Back

Lisa Back Hi, I was wondering how do you handle posting photos, especially of children? Do you get releases? Thanks!

November 10 at 11:07am · Report
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Cleveland Public Library
Patrons who are photographed or recorded fill out a Permission to Photograph/Record release form. Group shots do not require a release form. For children, the release form requires the signature of a parent or guardian.

Permission to Photograph/Record statement:
"In order to publicize and promote the resources and materials of the Cleveland Public... Read More Library, I understand that the photography/recording may be duplicated and distributed, or posted on the Library's website to promote public understanding of the Library. I understand that no compensation can be made by the Library for the use of the photography or recording."
November 18 at 1:18pm
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Cleveland Public Library This Sunday, November 15, Cleveland Public Library will welcome Loung Ung, an acclaimed author, killing fields survivor, Cambodian-American human rights activist and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World.

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This Sunday, November 15, Cleveland Public Library will welcome Loung Ung, an acclaimed author, killing fields survivor, Cambodian-American human rights activist and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World.
John Guscott
John Guscott
went to see her speak at the Beck Center in Lakewood a few years ago - very inspirational person!
November 9 at 7:39pm
Beverly Austin
Beverly Austin
I haven't seen her speak...yet, but I read both of her books. Should be a great talk.
November 10 at 11:10am
Jim McCluskey

Jim McCluskey Congratulations on being one of the top libraries on Twitter. http://www.nfiresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=314

November 5 at 2:08pm · Report
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland Public Library
Wow. That's great news. Thanks for the update.
November 5 at 5:14pm
Cleveland Public Library
Published since 1951, PS: Preventive Maintenance Monthly is a comic book intended to help illustrate proper preventive maintenance on army equipment. Highly entertaining comics and characters populate the magazine...
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Cleveland Public Library As part of the Music at Main series, the Passport Project Global
Dance & Music Collective will present music and dance from around
the world. November 21st at 2pm.

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Passport Project's mission is to provide exciting educational experiences that build community through the arts, encourage respect for diversity and rejection of racism, and inspire a passion for learning and the global community. ...
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Cleveland Public Library Listen to the Oberlin Bassoon Quartet's performance from Saturday.

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Welcome to the Cleveland Public Library's "Music at Main" archive. Please right-click and "save as" on each MP3 file link to save or click the blue play icon to listen directly, enjoy! ...
Secundra Beasley
Secundra Beasley
Thanks Michael!! I will.
November 3 at 4:30pm
Bruce Biddle
Bruce Biddle
nice recording job Michael. Gracias!
November 3 at 5:28pm
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Cleveland Public Library
Before there was reality television and Jerry Seinfeld, there was Harvey Pekar. And Harvey Pekar knows that ordinary life is pretty complex stuff. For over 30 years, his autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” has elevated day-to-day existence into art. Now, don’t just read about Harvey Pekar in “America...n Splendor”—get up close and personal with the master of the mundane when he visits the Eastman Branch on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. Read More

Time:2:00PM Saturday, December 5th
Location:Eastman Branch Library