Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Kari Gunter-Seymore! Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour will discuss literature derived from the 32 Ohio counties “nestled within the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.” The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and educational opportunities to members. Some of our … Read More
Learning from Dr. Joe Stahlman
Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Dr. Joe Stahlman! Dr. Joe Stahlman (Tuscarora/Pennsylvania Dutch) is an anthropologist, historian, scholar, and researcher. He has over 30 years of research experience working with First Peoples and allies. His research focuses on culture and history, as well as … Read More
Aldus Society Speaker Series: Rhiannon Knol
Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Rhiannon Knol! Rhiannon Knol will speak about the role wrong ideas have played in Renaissance and early modern science, focusing on the writings of Aristotle, Christopher Columbus, and Athanasius Kircher—and reactions by their readers, from Galileo and Harvey to Sor Juana de la Cruz—and … Read More
Free Beer Tomorrow: Rough Cut
Three years after work began to obtain a historical marker for legendary lesbian bar, Jack’s/Summit Station, the team behind Free Beer Tomorrow is excited to host a rough cut screening of the film as part of Lesbian Visibility Month. Join us for our first public screening of the work in progress (essentially you will be seeing a rough draft, so … Read More
Vietnam 101: Performed by the Children’s Theatre Workshop of Toledo
Come visit the Children’s Theatre Workshop in Toledo (CTW) to see students perform the play Vietnam 101! Vietnam 101 is a historically based play by Rich Orloff. This play is a documentary theatre piece about the events of the Vietnam War from the perspective of the students at the Oberlin College campus, and was written with the help of firsthand … Read More
Closing Night with Rabbi Sharon Brous
The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Rabbi Sharon Brous to discuss her book, The Amen Effect. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Brous makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as … Read More
Author Talk with Margalit Fox
The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Margalit Fox to discuss her book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum. In 1850, Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high society and an admired philanthropist. How was she … Read More
Aldus Society Speaker Series: Alan Farmer
Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Alan Farmer! Farmer will discuss recent advances in estimating the numbers of lost books to consider how lost books might reshape our view of the early modern English book trade and the cultural history of England from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. The … Read More
YogaProse: Using Your Practice to Write Your Story
Join author and yoga instructor Jennifer Lang for an inspiring experience of play and work! The workshop will incorporate pranayama, asana, meditation and writing exercises. You will explore how using the body, focusing the breath, emptying the mind and practicing physical poses can help us see clearer and enrich your writing. This program is for all levels of yoga practitioners … Read More
Author Talk with Jonathan Sanflofer
The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Jonathan Sanflofer to discuss his book, The Lost Van Gogh. From celebrated artist, legal counterfeiter and award-winning Jewish author Jonathan Santlofer comes The Lost Van Gogh, a spellbinding thriller of masterpieces, masterminds and the mysterious underbelly of the art world. In this highly-anticipated sequel to The Last Mona … Read More