Salutations!
Yes, spring is finally here, and the bargain cart is back on
the sidewalk! Speaking of sidewalks, don't miss the biannual Larchmere
Sidewalk Sale with 20% off at Loganberry on Saturday, May 26th! Also
good this month: a talk by the man who saved Cleveland archives, and
an Annex Gallery show of poetry on window frames. And in case you
missed the Edible Books Festival, all the entries are posted on our Edible
Books 2007 webpage. Read on for more...
Exciting
recent acquisitions
- A fashion history book by Laurence Genaim called Pants: A
History Afoot
- vintage postcards, including old roads and bridges
- lots of Cleveland books, including sports and suburb
histories
- a newly organized comic and graphic novels section
- signed books by Nicholas Basbanes, including a hardcover A
Gentle Madness
- newly reprinted homeschooling favorite, Another Celebrated
Dancing Bear
Book signings
Frank E. Wrenick: The
Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals
Saturday, May 12, 1-3pm
In post-Depression America, Greyhound brought the
glamour of travel within the reach of everyone, regardless of financial
status. Their bus terminals functioned as gateways to the cities in
which they were located. With this in mind, the Greyhound bus company
found an architect who could embody in architectural form the sleek
aerodynamics of the buses that served its transportation system:
William Strudwick Arrasmith. Retired attorney Frank E. Wrenick is a
freelance contributor to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He writes articles
for a variety of other publications and lives in Cleveland Heights.
McFarland Publishing, 2007, hardcover, 194 pages, $49.95
Helen Boyd: She's
Not the Man I Married
Friday, May 25, 4-6pm
Helen Boyd's book was inspired by a crisis in her marriage: her
husband, who had long been open about being transgender, was
considering living as a woman fulltime. Boyd was confronted with what
it would mean if her husband actually were to become a woman socially,
legally, and medically, and whether or not her love and desire for her
partner would remain the same if he became ‘she’. Boyd’s first book, My
Husband Betty, explored the relationships of crossdressing men
and their partners. She’s Not the Man I Married is in
some ways both a sequel and a more serious and expansive examination of
gender roles in relationships, for couples who are homosexual or
heterosexual, and who fall anywhere along the gender continuum. Seal
Press, paperback, 2007, $15.95
Stump
the Bookseller Selection of the month
N93: night is falling,
bang
late 70s or early 80s. All I remember is the last words of the book
on last page are Night is falling, bang. Page is black. It may have
been a first colors book for ages 4-8. I think it may be a small black
covered book with a small peacock on it. Our family to this day all say
"Night is falling!" and another will answer "Bang." Have saved all
books from that time but can't find this one among them! Very
frustrating. I won't give up!
N.O.B.S. Forums
Martin
Hauserman: Saving Cleveland Archives
Thursday, May 17, 7pm
~third Thursdays ~
On a cold windy day in March, 1998, Martin
Hauserman, Chief City Archivist, City of Cleveland, Office of the
Council, answered a call about 10,000 rolls of blueprints from
1903-1985 from the City's Building Department: either save the 250,000
sheets or lose them. This is the story about them and the 1,300,000
sheets of legislation and 700 bound volumes going back to 1803 that
need to be preserved. NOBS Forums is part of a monthly series of
meetings sponsored
by the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society. Suggested donation: $3
Bloomsday Book Club
Thursday, May 24, 7pm
~fourth Thursdays~
We continue with one of the greatest books of the 20th century, James
Joyce's Ulysses. Averaging 2 chapters per month (~40 pages), it isn't
too daunting or too late late to join us. An annotated guide or
Bloomsday Book is recommended, and the group will further help analyze
and make sense of the complex literary games for which Joyce abounds.
We meet the fourth Thursday of each month; May will be our third
meeting.
Larchmere Events
Saturday, May 26
Larchmere Sidewalk Sale
Bargain sales abound as spring cleaning meets
Memorial Day weekend. Join the many and varied shops on Larchmere as
we put extras, oldies, and specials on the sidewalk, and take a home a
treasure or two!
All books at Loganberry Books will be 20% off. This kind of
sale only happens twice per year.
Annex Gallery
Judith Angelo: Lost Love Letters
Thursday, May
3, 6-8pm
~first Thursdays ~
somewhere between our dreams and our fears, we
put the stamp of desire on our life and send it out - over and over.
we get lost. undelivered. unread. misunderstood. misspelled. damaged in
the mail. lost in time, in transition... we litter the earth, waiting
to be opened. This show is a place to think about how and when and why
we love - all the chances we have to unfold and read ourselves, float
into the world, in love with being a letter.
Show continues through May June 4.
Gaming
Girls
Thursday, May
3, 7-9pm
After a brief hiatus, Game Night
continues, on the same night as the Annex Gallery Opening Reception.
So come early to see the show and meet the artist, and then try your
hand
at a round of Mexican Train!
Looking Ahead
Larchmere Flea
Market & Festival
Saturday, June 30, 11am-5pm
The dozens of merchants on Larchmere join forces with invited antiques
dealers, vintage and specialty vendors, and community residents for a
huge sales extravaganza all along Larchmere Boulevard. We'll have
entertainment too: musicians, Flower Clown, and the Euclid Beach Rocket
Car! Portobello Road Antiques Fair meets the Burton Flea Market, with
a dose of Ingenuity. (If you know vendors or entertainers who might be
interested, have them contact Harriett at 216-795-9800).
I hope to see you browsing at Loganberry soon!
peace,
Harriett
Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Boulevard; Shaker Heights,
Ohio 44120; 216.795.9800
Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm; most Thursdays 'til 8pm
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