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I’ve had a busy past few weeks. Three more videos are — OK, have been — up now at the Record Publishing Co. sites. Two of the three events have already passed. Deathtrap at Western Reserve Playhouse. A short, sweet video. I had some fun getting some secondary shots of the set behind the actors [...]
On Oct. 2 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., author Steve Vander Ark will be discussing all things Harry Potter at Christ Church Episcopal, 21 Aurora St. in Hudson. Steve Vander Ark is the author of The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials. He is a librarian and frequently keynotes academic conferences [...]
Patrick Taylor, author of An Irish Country Doctor, an Irish Country Village, and An Irish Country Christmas, will be at the Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N. Main St, Hudson) from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 3. Reviewers compare The Irish Country series (Forge) to the writing of Maeve Binchy and James Herriot. Born in 1941, Taylor [...]
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland is once again having a Grossology workshop Sept. 27 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The workshop is geared to children ages 4 and older. Workshop fee is $10 per child, in addition to museum admission. Do you want to learn about the science of some pretty gross things? If so, [...]
Presidential historian H.W. Brands will visit The Hudson Library and Historical Society as part of the library’s Flood Family Lecture Oct. 1. Brands will talk aboutFranklin Delano Roosevelt and his presidency at 7 p.m. Following his speech, Brands will greet the public and sign copies of his books at a reception in the library’s rotunda. [...]
On Oct. 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dirk Wales brings his book, The Further Adventures of a Lucky Dog: Owney, U.S. Rail Mail Mascot to the Learned Owl Book Shop, 204 N. Main St. in Hudson. Wales’ story follows the imagined adventures of real-life dog Owney, who rode the rails from coast to coast when the U.S. [...]
Former Hudson resident Frank Fuerst will be visiting this area in October to talk about his book and about his experiences in caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s. Fuerst’s Alzheimer’s Care with Dignity, a guide based on the author’s own experience of caring for his wife at home for 17 years after she was diagnosed [...]
Marilyn Weymouth Seguin of Cuyahoga Falls has published her 14th book, No Ordinary Lives: Four 19th century teenage diaries. According to information provided by Seguin, the diaries in this collection include the writings of four young people between the ages of 12 and 20—a boy growing up on a lake in Maine, a sea captain’s [...]
Well, it looks as if this issue was resolved: http://libwww.freelibrary.org/donate/thankyou.cfm To say I am glad to hear this would be a gross understatement.
The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti. 2009 Alex Award. This was a rather strange story, but enjoyable. The plot centers around Ren, a 12-year-old boy who is missing his left hand. He was abandoned at an orphanage as an infant, where he has lived until a young man named Benjamin Nab enters the scene claiming [...]