Sunny and sparkling clean, the Eastman Reading Garden is open!
Between the Main Building and the Louis Stokes Wing, the Eastman Reading Garden is the most beloved green space in downtown Cleveland. At its center is a waist-high fountain and reflecting pool of smooth charcoal granite, designed by Maya Lin who is best known for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Mark your calendars for May 28, 5:30 p.m. for an official opening party. Join the Library, the Friends, and Cleveland Public Art for an evening of refreshments and music (by Mifune) as we officially open the garden for the 2009 season.
Additionally, we are launching See Also, a new annual program that invites artists to create temporary art in the garden during the spring and summer months.
Click here for more information about Maya Lin.
The Cleveland Public Library has put together a list of helpful resources related to the current flu outbreak. Although there has only been one confirmed case in Ohio as of April 30, 2009, we feel that the best form of preparedness is to be informed.
Click here for public health contact information and resources related to the Swine Influenza (Flu).
Photo Credit: C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish, CDC
As of Oct. 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) redesigned the citizenship test for immigrants who want to become naturalized Americans.
The reason for redesigning the test was to create "a more standardized, fair, and meaningful naturalization process." The newly revised test contains questions on the core concepts of American democracy, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, reading and writing proficiency, and an additional 100 history and government questions.
Did you know the History and Geography Department has an extensive collection of travel guides and pamphlets?
Travel Encounters! The new webpage of the History and Geography Department is dedicated to providing travel tips, trips and tales to all those who seek adventure. The new webpage includes useful information for the most experienced business traveler, for a family planning a vacation, and for a student studying abroad: Suggested destinations, helpful travel resources, timely news for the traveler and event information from across the globe is presented.
See featured selections from the Library’s extensive and up-to-date collection of maps, pamphlets, and travel guides from all of the major publishers, and from some of the lesser-known publishers. Travel series included are: Lonely Planet, Michelin, Insiders’ Guide, Moon Handbooks, Access Guides, Rick Steves’, Rough Guides, Off the Beaten Path, Eyewitness Travel, Insight Guides, and more. Before you travel visit Travel Encounters!
To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, the Fine Arts & Special Collections blog will feature information about jazz artists and its music. Visit the Fine Arts Department for jazz book collections and music CDs.
The Smithsonian Institution will also feature a webpage highlighting events & activities related to jazz.
The 30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland runs from April 23 to May 3, 2009 that will be “Celebrating 30 Years of Jazz” in Northeast Ohio.
The Special Collections Department of the Cleveland Public Library will have a temporary installation of several unique and creative chess sets created by students enrolled in the Cleveland Institute of Arts Foundation Design course led by Professor Barbara Stanczak. The sets will be on display from March 30, 2009 to April 10, 2009. Click here to view creative chess sets created by Professor Stanczak's students.
This week the Cleveland Orchestra presents a fully staged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Conductor Franz Welser-Möst leads the orchestra in the first staged opera at Severance Hall for over 30 years. Images from this historic production can be seen here.
You may remember the hilarious gag at the end of the famous Warner Bros. cartoon "Rabbit of Seville" where Bugs Bunny drops Elmer Fudd into a huge wedding cake with the words "The Marriage of Figaro" on it. On April 1st, 2009 (April Fool's Day) at 4PM, the Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department will host Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor Daniel Goldmark as he presents "Tunes from the ‘Toons: Cartoon Music from Mickey Mouse to Wall-E" in the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium. This program is free and appropriate for kids of all ages and will include audio and visual examples of music in cartoons.
A visit to the Popular Library is your chance to pick up the latest best-selling fiction and nonfiction books. The department separates fiction into genres for quick and easy browsing. Choose from mystery, urban fiction, horror, science fiction, gay & lesbian, graphic novels and many more. This spring, Stuart Woods, Amanda Quick, David Baldacci, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, Mary B. Morrison and Lisa Scottoline have new titles coming out. Click on the author's name to place a hold on these hot titles so you will be the first in line to get a copy when they arrive. If none of these titles strike your fancy, stop by or call the Popular Library to find a new book that you will love.
Photo courtesy of Marianne Pedersen