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April Events at Lakewood Public Library

Postby Lakewood Public Library » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:10 am

April 2
Health and Wealth:
Power Living: Power Getting
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of the life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back into control
Monday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 3
Poetry Month
The Life and Works of Hart Crane: From Garretsville to Brooklyn and Beyond
The life of Hart Crane was tragically short, but his impact on the world of poetry was large and the list of those he has influenced is long. Tim Tavcar, the artistic director of WordStage invites you to contemplate the legacy of this buckeye-born literary giant through poems, letters and the music of his time. Inspired by the epic achievement of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland, yet also repulsed by its ironic despair, Crane challenged himself to articulate, “a mystic synthesis of America” that celebrated the possibility of life. Sometimes disturbing and often transporting, his body of verse emphasizes the strange beauty and innate spirituality of the modern world as he saw it at the dawn of the 20th century.
Tuesday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 7
Western Cinema
Stagecoach (1939) Directed by John Ford
Once critics had finally declared the western dead for good, John Ford led a caravan of cameras and crew into Utah’s Monument Valley to breathe new life into his favorite genre. Nine characters from all classes of society—and from both sides of the law—find themselves confined and in danger as they cross through red-rock country on the Stagecoach to Lordsburg.
Saturday, April 7 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 9
Health and Wealth:
Power Living: Power Lovin
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of your life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back into control
Monday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 10
Poetry Month
Medieval Ohio: a Poem for d.a. levy
New Words Inspired by a Cleveland Original
Poet Richard Blevins has recently completed a major new work inspired by the short, fervent life of Cleveland poet, publisher and artist d.a. levy. Kenneth Warren, the former Director of Lakewood Public Library, and poet-publisher Tod Thilleman will join Blevins for a roiling discussion of the deep Cleveland history and unchecked hermeticism that gripped the imagination in the 1960s and continues to speak in poetry. The lowercased levy, best known for works such as The North American Book of the Dead, Cleveland Undercovers, and Suburban Monastery Death Poem aspired to nothing less than reading everything, writing everything and losing himself in infinity. His vision and ambition live on over forty years after his death.
Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 11
Lakewood Historical Society: Meet Me on Lake Erie, Dearie!
It was the biggest party Cleveland ever threw… In the middle of the Great Depression, the Great Lakes Exposition filled 135 acres of the downtown lakefront with everything from industrial exhibits to ethnic eateries and from Shakespeare to strippers. All these, plus Billy Rose’s Aquacade, will be covered in an illustrated talk by Lakewood writer John Vacha.
Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 12
Documentary
Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) Directed by Michael Rappaport
Rated R
Will A Tribe Called Quest ever make music together again? That’s the question that drives this fan-letter documentary through the history of hip hop into the mystery of creative collaboration. For the uninitiated, A Tribe Called Quest was the animating force behind the Native Tongues movement, positive rappers more concerned with self-expression than gold chain status. You should know.
Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium


April 12
Booked for Murder
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
Many mystery fans got their first taste of the genre as young girls with the Nancy Drew. In 1930, Edward Stratemeyer started the series that would endure for decades. Rehak follows the story behind the amateur sleuth with her creator Stratemeyer, and his daughter and a journalist who continued the series after his death under the name Carolyn Keene. The evolution of the Nancy Drew character is told alongside the story of women’s lib.
Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

April 14
Lakewood Public Cinema
Dead Poets Society (1989) Directed by Peter Weir Rated PG
Oh Captain, My Captain... There is nothing more dangerous than a teenager exposed to the passions and sorrows of those who choose to live as poets. The boys who lead this film are being groomed to rule the world, not to experience it. And any teacher who dares his charges to face death and feel each moment of their lives is only courting danger. Get up on your desk and celebrate National Poetry Month with defiance.
Saturday, April 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 15
Sunday with the Friends: A Tribute to Daniel Thompson: The People's Poet
To celebrate National Poetry Month, we offer this video presentation of a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of the late poet laureate's peers, critics, friends and admirers that took place last year at Lakewood Public Library. Testimonials and readings of major works are interrupted by spontaneous poetry and other works of art. It makes it seem like the big-hearted, mischievous man was there the whole time.
Sunday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 16
Health and Wealth:
Power Living: Power Healing and Joy Part 1
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of your life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back into control
Monday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 17
Knit and Lit
Gail Eaton hosts a social club for multitaskers - a combination book club and stitchery group. She’s looking for readers who can enjoy intense discussion of modern classics while relaxing with their latest project. Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. At the close of every meeting, the group decides which book will be read for next time. Visit http://www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs for a complete list of the books being considered and find out which title you should read for the next discussion.
Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

April 19
Poetry Month
Langston Hughes Listens to America
Presented by the Players of Karamu House
Langston Hughes spent some important formative years in Cleveland—and Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and New York City. But it was during his days as a Cleveland high schooler that he first began to write. Designated as the class poet against his will—because black kids were supposed to have rhythm—he trudged through banal themes of school spirit and eventually grew to become one of our country's most penetrating and insightful voices as a poet, playwright, screenwriter, short story writer and novelist. The Karamu Theatre Outreach Performance Series makes a special contribution to our poetry celebration with a stylized ‘choreopoem’ of eleven of Langston Hughes’ most profound and moving poems set to the music of drums and brought to life with stylized movement. Writing at a time when the contributions of African Americans to our history were often minimized or disregarded, Hughes brought hidden struggles and dreams to light with humor, pathos and an unerring sense of justice.
Thursday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 21
Five Star Films
A Woman’s Face (1941) Directed by Cukor Not Rated
Given a new face and a fresh chance at life by her plastic surgeon, blackmailer Joan Crawford remains attached to a cash-strapped and living large Conrad Veidt, her cruel accomplice. When he concocts a diabolical plan to eliminate his main obstacle to a family fortune, will she have the will to stop him?
Saturday, April 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 22
Sunday with the Friends: Transportation Boulevard Jazz Quintet
The Boulevard swings hard through jazz, blues, Latin, and Bop, channeling the night club energy of the 50s and 60s—but they're best known for pinpoint control and mastery of small, intimate environments. This is an opportunity to observe the streetcar up close and watch the sparks fly.
Sunday, April 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 23
Health and Wealth:
Power Living: Power Healing and Joy Part 2
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of your life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back into control
Monday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 24
Poetry Month
Great Poems of the Classical Era: In Greek, Latin and English Translation
An appreciation of poetry and its founding role in our language, our history and our culture is incomplete without a little Greek and Latin. From the Theogeny to the Iliad to the Odyssey to the Aeneid, the building blocks of metaphor, expression and thought were first laid down in the verse of the ancients and have been repeated ever since. Stergios Lazos and Daniel Cavoli of St Edward's High School will read selections from the Classical tradition in both the original language and English translation and breathe new life into the stories that shaped our world. Selected students will also read from their own modern interpretations of the Aeneid and the Metamorphosis.
Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 25
Lakewood Historical Society: Buckeye Tales and Legends
The singing, storytelling naturalist and folk historian Foster Brown spits out tall tales of the lives of early Ohioans. He’ll also throw in some true stories, mix in a few Native American legends and sing good old fashioned folk songs from a past way of life. This program just might have something to teach the whole family.
Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 26
Poetry Month
Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen: A Controversial Ohio Poet in His Own Words
New insights into life of a rebel poet, born in the shadow of Youngstown's steel mills, are brought to light with the publication of Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen by Bottom Dog Press. Patchen's biographer, Dr. Larry Smith, joins the new volume's editor, Allen Frost, for a live rekindling of the poet's journey with readings of his poems and letters and a discussion of his impact on jazz poetry, the Beat Generation and many others who followed. Read over Patchen’s shoulder with correspondence to and from such literary giants as Henry Miller, Kenneth Rexroth, e.e. cummings, Dylan Thomas, as well as publishers James Laughlin and Cleveland's Jasper Wood. Many artists are averse to labels, but Patchen simply refused them, encompassing yet growing beyond proletariat poetry, dadaism, surrealism with a forceful and original gift that never stopped innovating with protests, elegies, jazz plays, experimental novels, picture poems and love poems. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
Thursday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 28
Art House Cinema
Bright Star (2009) Directed by Jane Campion Rated PG
Poet John Keats left behind a brilliant body of work. He also left behind Fanny Brawne. After a magical three year love affair, his life was cut tragically short at the age of twenty-five. This moving period piece explores the tenderness and innocence of their love in lyrical strokes reminiscent of his ageless poetry.
Saturday, April 28 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 29
Sunday with the Friends: Muszikat Shalom: The American Folk Music Revival
Nancy Bernstein and Drene Ivy sing the story of America's rediscovery of a rich folk tradition that stretches back through the centuries. Pete Seeger started it off with his rendition of Leadbelly's “Good Night, Irene” back in 1949. Now, in much the same way, they'll reignite distant memories of The Weavers, Burl Ives and the Kingston Trio.
Sunday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

April 30
Health and Wealth: Power Living: Power Eating
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of your life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back into control
Monday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium


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