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Kim Stagliano, author of “All I Can Handle: I’m No Mother Theresa” will sign copies of her book July 23 at the Learned Owl bookstore, 204 N. Main St. in Hudson. For details, call 330-653-2252. In All I Can Handle: I’m No Mother Teresa, mother, wife and down-to-earth human beingKim Stagliano tells the inspiring, heartwarming, and utterly hysterical story of [...]
Mystery writer Les Roberts will speak and autograph copies of his new book, The Cleveland Creep, on Saturday July 23, 2011 from 1-2 pm at Borders Books & Music; 335 Howe Avenue in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The event is free and open to the public. The Cleveland Creep (hardcover / $24.95 / 264 pages) is the [...]
Largely Literary Theater Company co-founders Sara Showman and Mark Dawidziak will present a spirited program of ghost stories at the Books for Africa Library Project’s annual fundraising dinner. The event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 16, in the St. Bernard Church Social Hall. The church is in downtown Akron, at the intersection of Broadway [...]
Kim Howdyshell of Cuyahoga Falls will have a booksigning July 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Berean Christian Store, 143 Rothrock Road # A, in Copley. Howdyshell will be available to sign copies of her Christian Life book, Becoming Wives Who Please God: Our Goal, Our Aim, Our Desire.
On July 6, Diane Stresing will bring the newly updated edition of her hiking book, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles to the Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N Main St, Hudson) for a autographing and Q & A session, beginning at 7 p.m. This popular collection of day hikes in the Cleveland area (including Akron and [...]
On June 21, New York Times Bestselling author Linda Castillo will join the Learned Owl Book Shop’s Book Club in a Bar to talk about her series of thrillers. These gritty police procedurals are set in a fictional Ohio Amish community. The talk kicks off at 7 p.m., upstairs at the Old Whedon Grille (200 N [...]
Pam Spremulli will sign her latest picture book, Woof!, at the Learned Owl Book Shop May 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. Woof! is a delightful introduction to a group of furry friends, drawn in Spremulli’s signature bold and colorful style. Fun, rhyming verses give children (and their parents) insight into the different personalities of each breed of [...]
Join education and library staff May 12 at 6 p.m. for a heated discussion of art crime and theft as the group discusses “Priceless: How I went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures” by Robert K. Wittman, founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team. Wittman pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for [...]
On March 27 at 2 p.m. at F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Road in Akron, Naturalist Sarah Matheny will lead an engaging discussion of the third Nature Realm Book Club selection: “The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places” by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble. In alternating essays, the authors draw on [...]
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss March 4 and 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The celebration will include a Cat n the Hat craft from 11 a.m. to noon, and from 2 to 3 p.m., with cake at 1:30 p.m. For more information about The [...]