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News and events at Rocky River Public Library January - April 2021 A Message From the Director Table of Contents 2 Director’s Message 3 What’s New/Cowan Pottery Museum

4 Children’s Programs

7 Teen Programs 8 Adult Book Discussions CRAFTING WITH THE CURATOR KIT PICKUP 9 Adult Programs Paint By Numbers Viktor Schreckengost Plate Pickup will run from April 5 to 11 12 Computer Training Programs Discover the work and career of Cowan Pottery Studio artist Viktor Schreckengost. This paint by numbers art activity will inspire you to learn more 14 Between The Covers about Schreckengost’s artistic legacy.

16 Calendar of Events RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF YOUR HOME Monday, April 26, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Rocky River Public Library Curious to learn about the history of your home? This lecture will show how to use library and county resources to discover the history of a house, building, or land. 1600 Hampton Road, Rocky River, Ohio 44116 440-333-7610 rrpl.org

Director Jamie L. Mason

Deputy Director Trent Ross

Editors Chanel Steiner Stephanie Oswald “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” What’s New 2021 CLEVELAND HUMANITIES FESTIVAL Rocky River Public Library is excited to be a part of the 2021 Cleveland Humanities Festival focused onIdentity. “ ” The Festival is a collaborative event bringing together the great cultural institutions of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, all offering public programs exploring basic questions about why identity matters, especially in a world reshaped by a pandemic and economic distress, and contemplating what now matters most to our collective identity as a society. We hope you join the discussion with us!

LIBFLIX - NEW MOVIE/TV SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE January 11, February 15, March 22, & April 26 Book Harbor, our new book subscription service, has become so popular that we are adding a new movie/TV subscription service to meet your at-home watching needs. Sign up once, and we’ll take care of the rest. Based on your requests, the reference staff will select a variety of movies or TV series that can be picked up monthly. Sign up now and you’ll receive an email with all the details. Registration Required. Table of Contents Cowan Pottery Museum

Registration begins January 1. Please register to receive the Zoom link for programs noted with History TALKS Please register to receive pickup information for programs noted with Lectures on Ohio Arts, All of these programs are subject to change in order to protect our Culture, and History patrons, community, and staff. ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT: KOKOON CRAFTING WITH THE CURATOR KIT PICKUP ARTS CLUB OF CLEVELAND Paint By Numbers Viktor Schreckengost Plate Monday, January 25, Pickup will run from April 5 to 11 7:00 to 8:00 pm Discover the work and career of Cowan Pottery Studio artist Viktor Cara Gilgenbach, Head of Special Schreckengost. This paint by numbers art activity will inspire you to learn more Collections & Archives at Kent State about Schreckengost’s artistic legacy. University Library, will share the history of Cleveland’s Kokoon Arts RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF YOUR HOME Club including highlights from the Monday, April 26, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Archive’s collection of ephemera Curious to learn about the history of your home? This lecture will show how to use from the club’s one-time president library and county resources to discover the history of a house, building, or land. Philip Kaplan. Gilgenbach will also share how you can access the university’s special collections. Collection Spotlight Vase THE GOLDEN AGE OF SHOPPING 1976.1.365 | Circa 1929 Monday, March 29, 7:00 to 8:00 pm The vase silhouette in the Museum’s new logo is based A speaker from the Western Reserve on this piece in our collection. A 1929 catalog lists this Historical Society will share the design as “V-648” and it was available in red, plum, and history of Cleveland’s retailers- foliage. This piece was likely one of a kind as it features from small grocers to giant palaces a unique glaze drip that was not listed as an option like Higbee’s, The May Company, in the catalog. and Halle Brothers who sold Cowan Pottery in the studio’s heyday. Learn more about companies that grew with the city and came “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” to define Cleveland fashion and shopping for decades. TWEEN COOKING CLUB January 27 & March 10

Children’s Programs Please register to receive the Zoom link for programs noted with Please register to receive pickup information for programs noted with For programs requiring a pickup, the pickup will be available for the “We all can dance,” he said, “if we find the music that we love.” week prior to the event unless otherwise noted. All of these programs are subject to change in order to protect our patrons, community, and staff.

Registration for Winter Programs Begins Saturday, January 9, at 9:00 am. To register, visit our Children’s page at rrpl.org, and click on Programs, call 440-333-7610 and press 4, or stop by the Children’s Department.

“Don’t you know that everybody’s got a Fairyland of their own?”

- Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers ADOPT-A-PUP April 15

“We all can dance,” he said, “if we find the music that we love.”

- Giraffes Can’t Dance, Giles Andreae MESSY ART @ HOME January 2, Febrauary 1, April 1

“Sometimes I feel like a rabbit, quick and alert. I like to eat my carrots and leap into new adventures.”

- Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox, Danielle Daniel Comix Club Teen Programs Wednesdays, February 3, April 21 Please register to receive the Zoom link for programs noted with 6:30 to 7:30 pm Please register to receive pickup information for programs noted with Join Mses Amanda, Megan, and Nicole for a graphic novel book club. We’ll All of these programs are subject to change in order to protect our patrons, read a variety of fiction and nonfiction community, and staff. comics and graphic novels and connect them to real life with discussions and special activities. Grades 6-12. TEEN WINTER READING CHALLENGE BOOK HARBOR SUBSCRIPTION Registration required. January 1 to March 20 SERVICE FOR TEENS Cozy up with some good books this Mondays, January 18, February 3: This month we’ll read and winter and earn raffle tickets for February 22, March 29, May 3 discuss New Kid by Jerry Craft,The reading! Sign up or log in to your Not sure what to read next? Let us Crossover by Kwame Alexander, and Beanstack account to check out all pick for you! Take a quick survey about Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. the challenges and badges you can your reading style and we’ll pick three April 21: In honor of Earth Day, we complete to earn raffle tickets. books we think you’ll love. We’ll check will read comics that explore both Grades 7-12. Register them out for you and even include little earth science and science fiction by with rrpl.beanstack.org. gifts with each bundle!Grades 7-12. discussing Wild Weather: Storms, Registration and a library card in good Meteorology, and Climate by M.K. TEEN ACTIVITY KITS standing required. Reed, Primates: The Fearless Science Week of January 10, February 7, of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and March 7, April 4 EVENING WITH THE ARTS: Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani, and Each month pickup a new kit with crafts, THE ART OF ZINES On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden. puzzles, and other activities to work on Thursday, April 8, 7:00 to 8:30 pm at home. Kits will be in the Teen Room, Learn about the history of zines before while supplies last. you create your own zine art at home in this introductory workshop led by artistEmily Poor. A list of suggested supplies will be emailed to you after your registration is complete. Presented by the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory. Grades 6-12. Registration Required.

We Read Together, We Stand Together Discussions Mondays, 7:00 to 8:00 pm January 18: LGBTQIA+ Voices | March 15: Women’s Voices “There’s no shame in fear, This discussion group is a community collaboration that will provide students in my father told me, what grades 6-12 and their interested parents or guardians with an opportunity to read matters is how we face it.” diverse voices and have conversations on a variety of topics. Grades 6-12 and parents/guardians. Registration required. - A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin Adult Book Discussions Registration begins January 1. Please register to receive the Zoom link for programs noted with RIVERINOS NOVEL TRUE CRIME All of these programs are subject to change in order to protect SCARES our patrons, community, and staff.

WINTER READING CHALLENGE ADULT ROCKY RIVER January 1 to March 20 READERS BOOK CLUB Spend these frigid winter months Thursdays, 7:00 to 8:00 pm plowing through your To Be Read list February 11: How Much of these Hills and discover some of the many services is Gold by C Pam Zhang we offer at RRPL. Our winter reading Near the end of the American Gold Rush, challenge gives you a little something Lucy and Sam, two newly orphaned Adult Programs to look forward to from January to children of immigrants, flee their western Registration begins January 1. All programs are online, via March. For each badge you complete, mining town on a quest to bury their Zoom or our YouTube channel. Please register to receive the you will earn a raffle ticket to be father. This debut novel is an adventure- Zoom link for programs noted with submitted in one of our five raffle prizes. filled story about family, race, memories Please register to receive pickup information You can participate by visitingrrpl.org . and what makes a home. for programs noted with The Vanishing Half RIVERINOS TRUE CRIME April 15: All of these programs are subject to change in Wednesdays, 7:00 to 8:00 pm by Brit Bennett order to protect our patrons, community, and staff. You don’t have to read the books to Spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, ADULT this unforgettable novel follows twins, ROCKY RIVER join our discussion. You are welcome to READERS learn about the cases we cover through light-skinned Black sisters Desiree and BOOK CLUB January podcasts, tv shows, and documentaries. Stella Vignes, who run away together from their racially-fixated small Louisiana town, WINTER READING CHALLENGE January 13: Good Kids, Bad City: A Story only to separate a year later, when Stella Spend these frigid winter months of Race and Wrongful Conviction in decides to begin passing as a plowing through your to-be-read list America by Kyle Swenson white woman. This program supports the and discover some of the many services February 10: Helter Skelter: The True 2021 Cleveland Humanities Fest. available with your RRPL card. Our Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent winter reading challenge gives you Bugliosi or Chaos: Charles Manson, the SPRING BOOK BUZZ something to look forward to from CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties Thursday, February 25, 7:00 to 8:00 pm January 1 - March 20. For each badge by Tom O’Neill We’ll talk about what’s new in Spring you complete, you will earn a raffle books and other sure-to-be-popular titles. ticket to be submitted in one of our The Kirtland Massacre: The March 10: Get the inside scoop and we’ll help you five raffle prizes. You can participate by True and Terrible Story of the Mormon begin curating an exciting holds list or start visiting . Cult Murders rrpl.org by Cynthia Stalter Sasse downloading tomorrow’s April 14: Who Killed These Girls: The best sellers. STREAMING STORIES SPOTLIGHT Unsolved Murders That Rocked a Texas Each month staff will highlight a movie Town by Beverly Lowry BOOKED BY THE POLICE CHIEF available to stream through Kanopy or Thursday, April 29, 7:00 to 8:00 pm BOOKED hoopla, dropping monthly on YouTube. NOVEL SCARES Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar BY THE Thursdays, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Read this inventive fictional story inspired POLICE CHIEF THREE-PART WELLNESS/YOGA January 28: The Devil in Silver by the author’s personal experiences, to SERIES WITH RIVER YOGA by Victor LaValle explore life as a first-generation American- Thursdays, January 7, 14, 21 Landing in a budget-strapped mental born Muslim man. Chief George Lichman 7:00 to 8:00 pm institution after being accused of a will lead the discussion as we consider Each week, Elcin and Monique of River crime he does not remember, Pepper what creates personal and cultural identity. Yoga will begin the series with 40 is assaulted by a monstrous creature This program supports the 2021 Cleveland minutes of slow flow yoga and breath that has been attacking patients but the Humanities Fest. work to be followed with a 20 minute hospital staff does not believe exists. learning series on goal setting, clean eating, and self-care. Join us for one or March 18: Wonderland by Zoje Stage all of these programs to help create a Moving to a rural farmhouse in far healthy beginning to a new year. upstate New York, Orla, a retired dancer, must protect her family from an “Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. unknown entity that is calling to them It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds from the land, in the earth, beneath the trees and in their minds. around us, the worlds of Science.” FLAVORS OF THE WORLD January & March

NOVEL SCARES

Adult Programs Registration begins January 1. All programs are online, via Zoom or our YouTube channel. Please register to receive the Zoom link for programs noted with HISTORY TALKS: Please register to receive pickup information KOKOON TAKE IT for programs noted with ARTS CLUB OF AND MAKE IT All of these programs are subject to change in CLEVELAND CRAFT KITS order to protect our patrons, community, and staff. January 25 Once a month

January TAKE IT AND MAKE IT CRAFT KITS WRITER’S GROUP OF ROCKY RIVER The weeks beginning January 10, Wednesdays, January 20, February 17, WINTER READING CHALLENGE February 14, March 14, April 11 March 17, April 21, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Spend these frigid winter months Stop by the library and pick up a craft Writers wanted! New and experienced, plowing through your to-be-read list kit that you can make at home. We’ll writers of fiction, nonfiction, and and discover some of the many services provide the instructions and materials all genres in-between. Have your available with your RRPL card. Our and you provide the creativity! Kits will work critiqued and give constructive winter reading challenge gives you be available beginning on the Sundays feedback to others in a fun and friendly something to look forward to from listed above at a table in the Reference environment. Participants are expected January 1 - March 20. For each badge Area. While supplies last. to read each piece, think about (and you complete, you will earn a raffle note!) how it can be improved, and ticket to be submitted in one of our DNA 101 come to the group prepared to discuss. five raffle prizes. You can participate by Monday, January 11, 7:00 to 8:00 pm visitingrrpl.org . Join genealogist Mary Jamba for an MEET THE AUTHOR: BRIAN PETKASH introduction to DNA testing and an Thursday, January 21, 7:00 to 8:00 pm STREAMING STORIES SPOTLIGHT overview of what you get when you buy Brian Petkash will discuss his debut Each month staff will highlight a movie a spit kit from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, book, Mistakes by the Lake, a collection available to stream through Kanopy or MyHeritage, or FamilyTreeDNA. of ten thematically linked stories set in Cleveland, spanning the city’s history. BOOKED hoopla, dropping monthly on YouTube. BY THE ONLINE GAME NIGHT The collection and its stories have POLICE CHIEF THREE-PART WELLNESS/YOGA Wednesdays, January 13 garnered numerous accolades including SERIES WITH RIVER YOGA February 10, April 14, 7:00 pm winning the 2014 Lake Prize in Fiction Thursdays, January 7, 14, 21 We’re taking our game night for adults from Midwestern Gothic. 7:00 to 8:00 pm online and playing card and board Each week, Elcin and Monique of River games on Board Game Arena. All you FLAVORS OF THE WORLD: Yoga will begin the series with 40 need is an email address, a computer, RUSSIAN PIROSHKI minutes of slow flow yoga and breath tablet, or smartphone, and an account Sunday, January 24, 1:00 to 2:00 pm work to be followed with a 20 minute with Board Game Arena. Ms. Adila Bidzonova will be learning series on goal setting, clean (en.boardgamearena.com) demonstrating how to make delicious eating, and self-care. Join us for one or and crispy Russian Potato Piroshki. all of these programs to help create a Piroshki are baked or fried yeast- healthy beginning to a new year. leavened, boat-shaped buns with a variety of fillings. Pirozhki is a popular “Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. street and comfort food in Russia and a stereotypical part of Russian culture. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science.”

- Ada Lovelace “Every social justice movement that I know of has ATTRACTING BIRDS TO EXPLORE OHIO STATE PARKS come out of people sitting in small groups, telling YOUR BACKYARD: FEEDERS, WATER March 3 AND NATIVE PLANTS their life stories, and discovering that other people Tuesday, March 23, 7:00 to 8:00 pm have shared similar experiences.” Sunflower seeds and suet are important for attracting some birds to your yard, - Gloria Steinem but if you want to enjoy a larger variety of birds all year, there are things you can do with plants, water features and nesting structures to make your yard more desirable. This presentation is MEET THE AUTHOR: D.M. PULLEY SPRING BOOK BUZZ from Matt Valencic, a Master Gardener Tuesday, February 9, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday, February 25, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Volunteer and member of Audubon Meet Northeast Ohioan and author We’ll talk about what’s new in Spring Society of Greater Cleveland. D.M. Pulley, whose novels include No books and other sure-to-be popular One’s Home, The Unclaimed Victim, titles. Get the inside scoop and we’ll PRETTY/FUNNY: WOMEN COMEDIANS The Buried Book, and The Dead Key. help you begin curating an exciting AND BODY POLITICS Pulley’s historical mysteries shine a holds list or start downloading Thursday, March 25, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Hear an overview of women’s comedy light into the darker side of life in the tomorrow’s best sellers. beginning with Mae West and ending Midwest during the twentieth century, with the new generation of women when cities like Detroit and Cleveland March comedians such as Tina Fey, who flout struggled to survive. the pretty-versus-funny dynamic, EXPLORE OHIO STATE PARKS NATIVE AMERICAN VISIBILITY targeting glamour and in some cases HISTORY TALKS: ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT: Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 to 8:00 pm making it clear that in popular culture, Thursday, February 18, Plain Dealer Travel Editor KOKOON ARTS CLUB OF CLEVELAND Susan Glaser “pretty” almost always means “white.” 7:00 to 8:00 pm will present ideas for regional travel, Monday, January 25, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Presented by , Ph.D, Join Cynthia Connolly, a citizen of the including her recent series on Ohio Linda Mizejewski Cara Gilgenbach, Head of Special Distinguished Professor in OSU’s Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa State Parks. Susan has worked at the Collections & Archives at Kent State Department of Women’s, Gender, and Indians located in Northern Michigan, Plain Dealer for 22 years, and has University Library, will share the Sexuality Studies. This program supports for a conversation about racial equity, been the travel editor for the past 12. history of Cleveland’s Kokoon Arts Club the 2021 Cleveland Humanities Fest. including highlights from the Archive’s and the problematic portrayal of Native Highlights of the job include a trip in American people in society. Learn collection of ephemera from the 2018 to Iceland, a 2008 trip to Paris, FLAVORS OF THE WORLD: Club’s one-time president Philip Kaplan. how to take active steps to change and numerous trips to Pittsburgh, UZBEK PLOV Gilgenbach will also share how you the narrative about Native people and Cincinnati, and Wapakoneta. Sunday, March 28, 1:00 to 2:00 pm can access the University’s become more inclusive. Ms. Adila Bidzonova will demonstrate Special Collections. RAIN GARDENS 101 how to make Uzbek Plov, the national ARE YOU MY COUSIN? USING Wednesday, March 10, 7:00 to 8:00 pm dish of Uzbekistan. Plov is a rice pilaf FILM DISCUSSION CLUB ANCESTRY DNA MATCHES Rain gardens are not only beautiful Monday, February 22, 7:00 to 8:00 pm cooked with lamb or beef, onions, Thursdays, January 28, February 25, but functional. They help control garlic, raisins, and carrots. Restaurants March 25, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Ancestry DNA leads you to relatives you stormwater runoff (rain) from hard never knew you had. Join genealogist serve Plov with bread, tea, and a Do you consider yourself a bit of a surfaces such as roofs and driveways selection of side salads.This program movie buff or simply a film lover? Join Mary Jamba to learn how to find your by holding it in place to soak into the connections to these new cousins and supports the 2021 Cleveland us the last Thursday of the month to ground slowly. Elizabeth Hiser from Humanities Fest. discuss a film currently being offered expand your family tree. Cuyahoga SWCD will talk about the on our streaming services, Kanopy or importance of rain gardens at this HISTORY TALKS: THE THE DELICATE DANCE OF TALKING hoopla. You will receive a set of study online workshop hosted by the Rocky GOLDEN AGE OF SHOPPING TO CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK, questions in advance to be prepared River Public Library. Presented by the Monday, March 29, 7:00 to 8:00 pm for a robust conversation with fellow INDIGENOUS, AND OF COLOR ABOUT Cuyahoga Soil and Water RACE AND RACISM A speaker from the Western Reserve film lovers. The film club will begin with Conservation District. Tuesday, February 23, 6:30 pm Historical Society will share the history The Farewell, a 2019 American-Asian Racism is a difficult topic for everyone, of Cleveland’s retailers. From small comedy/drama film. IRISH GANGS, GANGSTERS grocers to giant palaces like Higbee’s, but especially hard for children of color AND GAMBLERS and their families. Join Dr. Adrianne the May Company, and Halle Brothers February Monday, March 15, 7:00 to 8:00 pm who sold Cowan Pottery in the Studio’s M. Crawford Fletcher, Assistant Dean From the McCart Street gang to for Diversity & Inclusion and Assistant heyday. Learn more about companies THE RESULTS ARE IN! USING YOUR Shimmy Patton, “Black Jack” McGinty, that grew with the city and came to DNA TO FIND ANSWERS Professor at Case Western Reserve and Danny Greene, Cleveland’s University, as she presents a thoughtful define Cleveland fashion and shopping Monday, February 8, 7:00 to 8:00 pm cast of “notorious” characters has for decades. The excitement of receiving and compassionate talk on how to included Irish Americans. Sketching your DNA results can quickly turn speak to your Black, Indigenous, some of their haunts—the Angle, the to confusion. Join genealogist Mary and children of color about race Harvard Club, the Mounds Club, and the Jamba in understanding how to and racism. docks, IAAS Executive DirectorMargaret use this information to further your Lynch traces their paths into a life on genealogical research. the wrong side of the law. “Every social justice movement that I know of has ATTRACTING BIRDS TO EVENING WITH THE ARTS: HOUSEPLANT SWAP come out of people sitting in small groups, telling YOUR BACKYARD: FEEDERS, WATER THE ART OF ZINES Saturday, April 17, AND NATIVE PLANTS their life stories, and discovering that other people Tuesday, March 30, 7:00 to 8:30 pm 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Tuesday, March 23, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Learn about the history of zines, before Are you an indoor plant enthusiast have shared similar experiences.” Sunflower seeds and suet are important you create your own zine art at home, looking for new plants? Spend the for attracting some birds to your yard, in this introductory workshop led by winter starting clippings to sway! Bring - Gloria Steinem but if you want to enjoy a larger variety artistEmily Poor. A list of suggested your pest free plants to trade and go of birds all year, there are things you supplies will be emailed to you after home with a new one. Plants may be can do with plants, water features and your registration is complete. potted or bare root, as long as they nesting structures to make your yard Presented by the Morgan Art of are healthy. more desirable. This presentation is Papermaking Conservatory. from Matt Valencic, a Master Gardener GARDENING WITH NATIVE PLANTS Volunteer and member of Audubon April Saturday, April 17, 2:00 to 3:00 pm Society of Greater Cleveland. A representative from theHolden MEET THE AUTHOR: Arboretum will recommend native PRETTY/FUNNY: WOMEN COMEDIANS GRETCHEN BERG plants and cultivars for the home AND BODY POLITICS Tuesday, April 6, 7:00 to 8:00 pm garden and how to combine and care Thursday, March 25, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Author Gretchen Berg will be with for them. She will share how to select Hear an overview of women’s comedy us to read from her debut novel, The plants based on ornamental value, size, beginning with Mae West and ending Operator. A Q&A session will follow. and cultural conditions. with the new generation of women comedians such as Tina Fey, who flout TITANIC: THE UNSINKABLE LEGEND RESEARCHING THE HISTORY the pretty-versus-funny dynamic, Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 to 8:00 pm OF YOUR HOME targeting glamour and in some cases The RMS TITANIC sank in 1912 yet, Monday, April 26, 7:00 to 8:00 pm making it clear that in popular culture, even with hundreds of books written on Curious to learn about the history of “pretty” almost always means “white.” the tragedy, many areas of inaccurate your home? This lecture will show how Presented by Linda Mizejewski, Ph.D, information remain. This program to use Library and county resources Distinguished Professor in OSU’s discusses five areas of myth that to discover the history of a house, Department of Women’s, Gender, and persist surrounding the sinking of the building, or land! Sexuality Studies. This program supports great liner. the 2021 Cleveland Humanities Fest. THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TRAVEL SERIES: IDITAROD CRISIS IN AMERICA FLAVORS OF THE WORLD: TRAIL TALKS Tuesday, April 27, 7:00 to 8:00 pm UZBEK PLOV Saturday, April 17, 10:00 to 11:00 am More than 6,000 pedestrians are Sunday, March 28, 1:00 to 2:00 pm Come learn all about the “Last Great killed every year on American streets, Ms. Adila Bidzonova will demonstrate Race on Earth,” the Iditarod Trail Sled representing an enormous increase how to make Uzbek Plov, the national Dog Race, with local Iditarod enthusiast from the first part of the decade. dish of Uzbekistan. Plov is a rice pilaf Eleanor Csizmadia. Eleanor will share Angie Schmitt, the author of the new cooked with lamb or beef, onions, photographs and videos, fun facts, book, Right of Way: Race, Class, and garlic, raisins, and carrots. Restaurants race history, and discuss her own the Silent Crisis of Pedestrian Deaths serve Plov with bread, tea, and a experiences braving Alaska’s in America, will talk about the social selection of side salads.This program sub-zero temperatures. trends that are putting people at risk supports the 2021 Cleveland and why, fundamentally, it is a problem Humanities Fest. of systematic, structural inequality.

HISTORY TALKS: THE GOLDEN AGE OF SHOPPING Monday, March 29, 7:00 to 8:00 pm A speaker from the Western Reserve Historical Society will share the history of Cleveland’s retailers. From small grocers to giant palaces like Higbee’s, the May Company, and Halle Brothers who sold Cowan Pottery in the Studio’s heyday. Learn more about companies that grew with the city and came to define Cleveland fashion and shopping Book Harbor Subscription Service for decades. January 11, February 15, March 22, April 26 Not sure what to read next? Let us help! Register once for our subscription service and we’ll take care of the rest. The reference staff will select a variety of books that can be picked up every five weeks. Sign up to receive an email with all the details. Registration required.

Adult Programs Adult Computer Training Registration begins on the st1 of each month. All of these programs are subject to change in order to protect our patrons, community, and staff.

Senior Lecture Series 10:00 to 11:00 am January Registrants will receive information on how to connect to sessions.

FLU & COVID-19 PREVENTION by Cleveland Clinic Friday, January 8

2020 TAX UPDATE by H&R Block Friday, February 5

PEACE OF MIND: FUNERAL PLANNING by Busch Funeral Homes Friday, March 5

MUSIC AS HEALING by Cuyahoga Community College Friday, April 9

February

Travel Series Registrants will receive information on how to connect to sessions.

PORTUGAL by Carol O’Keefe Saturday, January 16 10:00 to 11:00 am

HAWAII by Jerry Slusser Saturday, February 13 10:00 to 11:00 am

EXPLORE OHIO STATE PARKS by Susan Glaser, Plain Dealer Wednesday, March 3 7:00 to 8:00 pm

THE IDITAROD by Eleanor Csizmadia Saturday, April 17 10:00 to 11:30 am INTERNET SAFETY SERIES “It’s the inspired student that continues to learn on their own. That’s what separates the real achievers in the world from those who pedal along, finishing assignments.”

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

March

April

Career-Minded Series 6:30 to 7:30 pm Registrants will receive information on how to connect to sessions. JOB SEARCH SKILLS 101 by Sherry Shuster Wednesday, January 6

LINKEDIN TIPS AND TOOLS by Dominic Imwalle Wednesday, February 3

CRITICAL THINKING by Holly Klingler Thursday, March 11

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP Dr. Lindsay English Thursday, April 8 Between the Covers A selection of new books coming to Rocky River Public Library this Winter/Spring! If you’d like to put any of these titles on hold, contact the library at440-333-7610 , or go to rrpl.org to place an online hold. January February Waiting for the Night Song Greenwood by Julie Carrick Dalton by Michael Christie When her estranged best-friend Daniela This sweeping family historical drama sends her an urgent message, Cadie tells the story of the Greenwood family, Kessler is forced to face the truth of her whose timber empire begins in 1934 childhood experiences and the secrets and who, by 2034, are giving tours to that she and Daniela share. one of the world’s only remaining forests. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins The Echo Wife Dogwalker and petty thief Jane sees by Sarah Gailey her next mark in Eddie, the mysterious Martine is a genetically cloned replica man in her neighborhood. As they fall in made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award- love, Jane is haunted by the story of his winning research. She’s patient and deceased wife. gentle and obedient - and she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Writing, Reading, and Life by Bill Gates by George Saunders Gates shares what he has learned Saunders discusses seven classic in over a decade of studying climate Russian short stories by Chekhov, change and investing in innovations to Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol that he’s address climate problems, explaining been teaching for two decades at the how the world can work to build Syracuse University graduate MFA the tools it needs to get net-zero creative writing program. greenhouse gas emissions.

Nick The Four Winds by Michael Farris Smith by Kristin Hannah Smith’s unofficial prequel to F. Scott During the Great Depression as the dust Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby explores bowl settles in, Elsa Martinelli must Nick Carraway’s life before moving to decide whether to stay and fight or West Egg, his service in World War I, head west to California. and trips from Paris to New Orleans during the golden age. The Survivors by Jane Harper The Fortunate Ones A body discovered on the beach of his by Ed Tarkington hometown brings old memories and As a teen, Charlie Boykin yearns to past mistakes flooding back to Keiran be part of the privileged set at his Elliott upon his homecoming. southern private school. As he grows older, the shine begins to rub off this Super Host golden world, exposing the tarnish and by Kate Russo hypocrisy beneath. With his art career and marriage both in tatters, British artist Bennett Driscoll is The Little Sleep forced to rent out his house on AirBed. by Paul Tremblay Three different guests help him to South Boston private detective Mark reassess and turn his life around. Genevich awakens from a hallucination to find revealing photos of reality talent show star Jennifer on his desk. In his hallucination Jennifer was trying to hire him to retrieve her stolen fingers. Was it real? Or, is it a case of blackmail? Volume 36, Issue 1 February March April Greenwood Klara and the Sun The Light of Days by Michael Christie by Kazuo Ishiguro by Judy Batalion This sweeping family historical drama Klara, an artificial friend, watches from The untold story of a group of Jewish tells the story of the Greenwood family, the store hoping that someone will buy women in Poland who became whose timber empire begins in 1934 her soon, in this endearing tale of love resistance fighters in the ghettos and who, by 2034, are giving tours to and friendship. fighting Hitler’s regime. one of the world’s only remaining forests. Later Hour of the Witch by Stephen King by Chris Bohjalian The Echo Wife A young boy is recruited by an NYPD In Boston in 1662, a young Puritan by Sarah Gailey detective to use his unnatural abilities woman plots her escape from an Martine is a genetically cloned replica to help search for a killer who threatens abusive marriage while being careful to made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award- to strike from beyond the grave. avoid any accusations of witchcraft. winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient - and she’s having How Beautiful We Were Of Women and Salt an affair with Evelyn’s husband. by Imbolo Mbue by Gabriela Garcia In Kosawa, a small African village, an Longtime immigrant Carmen How to Avoid a Climate Disaster American oil company has ruined the still feels unsettled in Miami, her by Bill Gates farmland and polluted the drinking frustrations exacerbated by daughter Gates shares what he has learned water. Now, the people of Kosawa are Jeannette’s addiction as well as tensions in over a decade of studying climate determined to fight back. with her mother in Cuba. But, it’s change and investing in innovations to Jeannette who returns to Cuba to sort address climate problems, explaining The Committed out the family’s troubled past. how the world can work to build by Viet Thanh Nguyen the tools it needs to get net-zero A follow-up to his Pulitzer prize winning The Good Sister greenhouse gas emissions. novel The Sympathizer, Nguyen moves by Sally Hepworth his protagonist to France as a refugee Twin sisters, Rose and Fern, have an The Four Winds who befriends left-wing intellectuals unbreakable bond. Only Rose can by Kristin Hannah and discovers the world of capitalism support Fern as she navigates the world During the Great Depression as the dust by selling drugs, never escaping his with an intense sensory sensitivity bowl settles in, Elsa Martinelli must haunting memories. disorder. That is until Waldo steps decide whether to stay and fight or into Fern’s life and opens up new head west to California. The Rose Code possibilities. by Kate Quinn The Survivors Three very different women answer Dial A for Aunties by Jane Harper their country’s call to Bletchley Park to by Jesse Q Sutanto A body discovered on the beach of his help break German military codes. An A hilariously quirky novel that is equal hometown brings old memories and encrypted letter, a royal affair, and an parts murder mystery, rom-com, a past mistakes flooding back to Keiran asylum are just some of the obstacles celebration of mothers and daughters, Elliott upon his homecoming. the trio will face. and a deep dive into Chinese- Indonesian culture. Super Host Every Vow You Break by Kate Russo by Peter Swanson Second First Impressions With his art career and marriage both in Abigail Baskin’s dream honeymoon by Sally Thorne tatters, British artist Bennett Driscoll is to her new husband, millionaire Ruthie, who runs the front desk at the forced to rent out his house on AirBed. Bruce Lamb, is ruined when her one- Providence Luxury Retirement Villa, Three different guests help him to night stand from her wedding night hires Teddy, the spoiled lazy son of reassess and turn his life around. unexpectedly shows up. the owner, as a personal assistant to the Parloni sisters, two eccentric and difficult to please 90-year-old residents. Calendar of Events PROGRAM LOCATIONS O: Online Program January F 1 Winter Reading Challenge Begins Sa 2 Messy Art @ Home ...... All Day O We are currently Th 7,14, 21 3-Part Wellness/Yoga Series with River Yoga ...... 7:00 O open for 30-minute W 6 Career-Minded Series: Job Search Skills 101 ...... 6:30 O browsing. But if F 8 Senior Lecture Series: Flu & COVID-19 Prevention...... 10:00 O the Ohio Public Su 10 Take It and Make It Craft Kit Pickup Begins Su 10 Teen Activity Kits Pickup Health Advisory M 11 Libflix Subscription Service Pickup...... All Day O system’s threat level M 11 Book Harbor Subscription Service Pickup ...... All Day increases to level 4 M 11 DNA 101 ...... 7:00 O in Cuyahoga County, W 13 Discover Your Creative Power with Goldieblox...... O the library will close W 13 Riverinos True Crime Discussion ...... 7:00 O to public access. All W 13 Online Game Night ...... 7:00 O F 15 Tech Tales @ Home ...... O programs listed are F 15 Internet Safety Series: Online Citizenship ...... 10:00 O subject to change in Sa 16 Travel Series: Portugal ...... 10:00 O order to protect our M 18 Book Harbor Subscription Service for Teens ...... All Day patrons, community, M 18 We Read Together, We Stand Together Discussions ...... 7:00 O and staff. Tu 19 Minecrafters: Home Edition...... 4:00 O Tu 19 STEAM Studio ...... 4:00 O W 20 Writer’s Group of Rocky River ...... All Day O Interpretation W 20 Computer Breakfast Series: Free Online Classes ...... 10:00 O Services Th 21 Tween Creative Club...... O The Library makes every effort Th 21 Meet the Author: Brian Petkash ...... 7:00 O to provide interpretation of Sa 23 Guild of the Brick ...... All Day O Library programs for patrons Su 24 Flavors of the World: Russian Piroshkl ...... 1:00 O who are deaf or M 25 Winter Baby & Me Storytime @ Home Begins hearing-impaired. Please call M 25 Winter 2s & 3s Storytime @ Home Begins 440-333-7610, at least one M 25 Movin’ With Books & Music ...... O week prior to the Library program to request M 25 HistoryTalks: Archive Snapshot: Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland ...... 7:00 O this service. W 27 Tween Cooking Club ...... 4:00 O Th 28 Novel Scares ...... 7:00 O Th 28 Film Discussion Club ...... 7:00 O February Interested in Sa 1 Messy Art @ Home ...... All Day O 3D printing? W 3 Career-Minded Series: LinkedIn Tips and Tools ...... 6:30 O Our Mini Lulzbot 2 prints W 3 Comix Club ...... 6:30 O PLA filament in a range Th 4 Book Babble ...... 7:00 O of colors. Th 4 Celebrate World Read Aloud Day ...... 7:00 O F 5 Senior Lecture Series: 2020 Tax Update ...... 10:00 O Cost is Su 7 Teen Activity Kits ...... All Day $.05/gram Su 7 Take It and Make It Craft Kits ...... All Day M 8 Friends, Fun, & Valentines (Pick-up begins) ...... All Day O M 8 Going Graphic! ...... 4:00 O M 8 The Results Are In! Using Your DNA to Find Answers ...... 7:00 O Tu 9 Meet the Author: D.M. Pulley ...... 7:00 O W 10 Discover Your Creative Power with Goldieblox...... O W 10 Online Game Night ...... 7:00 O W 10 Riverinos True Crime Discussion ...... 7:00 O Th 11 Adult Rocky River Readers Book Club ...... 7:00 O Email [email protected] for F 12 Internet Safety Series: Cyberbullying ...... 10:00 O additional information. Sa 13 Smart Art @ Home...... All Day O Sa 13 Travel Series: Hawaii ...... 10:00 O Su 14 Take It and Make It Craft Kit Pickup Begins M 15 Libflix Subscription Service Pickup...... All Day O M 15 Book Harbor Subscription Service Pickup ...... All Day Tu 16 STEAM Studio ...... 4:00 O Tu 16 Minecrafters: Home Edition...... 4:00 O W 17 Writer’s Group of Rocky River ...... All Day O W 17 Computer Breakfast Series: Online Gardening Tools ...... 10:00 O Th 18 Tween Creative Club...... O 2021 Cleveland Th 18 Native American Visibility...... 7:00 O Humanities Festival Sa 20 Guild of the Brick ...... All Day O M 22 Movin’ With Books & Music ...... O M 22 Book Harbor Subscription Service for Teens Pickup ...... All Day Identity M 22 Are You My Cousin? Using Ancestry DNA Matches ...... 7:00 O The Festival is a collaborative Tu 23 The Delicate Dance of Talking to Children...... 6:30 O event bringing together the W 24 Head to Toe, Now I Know! ...... O great cultural institutions of Th 25 Spring Book Buzz ...... 7:00 O Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Th 25 Film Discussion Club ...... 7:00 O all offering public programs F 26 Friday Fun Day ...... 4:00 O exploring basic questions F 26 Internet Safety Series: Privacy Online ...... 10:00 O about why identity matters, especially in a world reshaped March by a pandemic and economic Tu 2 6th Annual Dr. Seuss Family Night Birthday Bash ...... 7:00 O distress, and contemplating W 3 Explore Ohio State Parks ...... 7:00 O what now matters most to our collective identity as a society. Th 4 Book Babble ...... 7:00 O F 5 Senior Lecture Series: Peace of Mind: Funeral Planning ...... 10:00 O We hope you join the Su 7 Teen Activity Kits ...... All Week O discussion with us! W 10 Discover Your Creative Power with Goldieblox...... All Day O W 10 Tween Creative Club...... 4:00 O Below are programs offered W 10 Riverinos True Crime ...... 7:00 O this season that support W 10 Rain Gardens 101 ...... 7:00 O the festival. Th 11 Career-Minded Series: Critical Thinking ...... 6:30 O F 12 Internet Safety Series: Digital Footprint ...... 10:00 O PRETTY/FUNNY: Su 14 Take It and Make It Craft Kit Pickup Begins WOMEN COMEDIANS AND M 15 We Read Together, We Stand Together Discussions ...... 7:00 O BODY POLITICS Thursday, March 25, 7:00 pm M 15 Irish Gangs, Gangsters and Gamblers ...... 7:00 O Tu 16 Steam Studio ...... 4:00 O FLAVORS OF THE WORLD: W 17 Writer’s Group of Rocky River ...... All Day O UZBEK PLOV W 17 Computer Breakfast Series: Facebook 101 ...... 9:30 O Sunday, March 28, 1:00 pm Th 18 Tween Creative Club...... All day O Th 18 Novel Scares ...... 7:00 O ADULT ROCKY RIVER F 19 Tech Tales @ Home ...... All Day O READERS BOOK CLUB Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm Sa 20 Winter Reading Challenge Ends The Vanishing Half Sa 20 Guild of the Brick ...... All Day O by Brit Bennett M 22 Libflix Subscription Service Pickup...... All Day O M 22 Book Harbor Subscription Service Pickup ...... All Day O BOOKED BY THE POLICE CHIEF M 22 Spring Baby & Me Storytime @ Home Begins Thursday, April 29, 7:00 pm M 22 Spring 2s & 3s Storytime @ Home Begins Homeland Elegies Tu 23 Attracting Birds To Your Backyard: Feeders, Water & Native Plants . . . . 7:00 O by Ayad Akhtar Th 25 Spring Kindergarten, Here I Come @ Home Begins Th 25 Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics ...... 7:00 O Th 28 Film Discussion Club ...... 7:00 O Library closing dates F 26 Internet Safety Series: Private/Incognito Browsing ...... 10:00 O January to April 2021 F 26 Friday Fun Day ...... 4:00 O Su 28 Flavors of the World: Uzbek Plov ...... 1:00 O Friday, January 1 M 29 Movin’ with Books and Music ...... All Day O NEW YEARS DAY M 29 Book Harbor Subscription Service Pickup for Teens ...... All Day O M 29 History TALKS: The Golden Age of Shopping ...... 7:00 O Sunday, April 4 Tu 30 Evening with the Arts: The Art of Zines ...... 7:00 O EASTER SUNDAY April Winter Reading Th 1 Messy Art @ Home...... All Day O Challenge Su 4 Teen Activity Kits...... All Day M 5 Crafting with the Curator Pickup Begins January 1 - March 20 M 5 Celebrate National Library Week!...... All Week Enter to win a raffle Tu 6 Meet the Author: Gretchen Berg...... 7:00 O with our Winter Reading Th 8 Career-Minded Series: Women in Leadership...... 6:30 O Challenge for every Th 8 Evening with the Arts: The Art of Zines – Teen...... 7:00 O reading level! F 9 Senior Lecture Series: Music as Healing...... 10:00 O More information on Su 11 Take It and Make It Craft Kit Pickup Begins pages 4, 7, 8 & 9. Su 11 Crafting with the Curator Pickup Ends Su 11 Take It and Make It Craft Kits...... All Week Tu 13 Titanic: The Unsinkable Legend...... 7:00 O W 14 Backyard Bingo ...... All Day O W 14 Online Game Night...... 7:00 O W 14 Riverinos True Crime...... 7:00 O Th 15 Tween Creative Club...... All Day O Th 15 Adopt-A-Pup Pickup ...... All Day Th 15 Adult Rocky River Readers Book Club...... 7:00 O F 16 Internet Safety Series: Account Security...... 10:00 O Sa 17 Smart Art @ Home...... All Day O Sa 17 Guild of the Brick ...... All Day O Sa 17 Travel Series: Iditarod Trail Talks ...... 10:00 O Ten Minute Sa 17 Houseplant Swap...... 10:00 Teach Tips Sa 17 Gardening with Native Plants...... 2:00 O Join the Training M 19 Live Zoom Poetry with Author Shelley Pearsall...... 4:00 O Department every Tuesday Tu 20 Steam Studio...... 4:00 O morning at 10:00 am to W 21 Writer’s Group of Rocky River ...... All Day O learn helpful tech tips. W 21 Computer Breakfast Series: Spring Cleaning Your Digital Life...... 9:30 O W 21 Comix Club...... 6:30 O livestream.com/rrpl W 21 Writer’s Group of Rocky River ...... 7:00 O F 23 Internet Safety Series: Secure Passwords...... 10:00 O M 26 Spring Baby & Me Storytime @ Home Ends M 26 Spring 2s & 3s Storytime @ Home Ends M 26 Movin’ With Books & Music...... All Day O M 26 Libflix Subscription Service Pickup ...... All Day O M 26 Book Harbor Subscription Service...... M 26 Researching the History of Your Home...... 7:00 O Tu 27 The Pedestrian Safety Crisis in America...... 7:00 O Th 29 Kindergarten, Here I Come @ Home Ends Th 29 Celebrate Dia – Children’s Day...... All Day Th 29 Booked by the Police Chief...... 7:00 O F 30 Friday Fun Day...... 4:00 O Meet the Authors Discover your DNA!

DNA 101 Monday, January 11, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Join genealogist Mary Jamba for an introduction to DNA testing and an overview of what you get when you buy a spit kit from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage, or FamilyTreeDNA. PRESENTED BY THE MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY. Learn about the history of zines, before you create your own zine art at home, in this introductory workshop led by artist Emily Poor.

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DNA 101 THE RESULTS ARE IN! USING YOUR ARE YOU MY COUSIN? USING Monday, January 11, 7:00 to 8:00 pm DNA TO FIND ANSWERS ANCESTRY DNA MATCHES Join genealogist Mary Jamba for an Monday, February 8, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Monday, February 22, 7:00 to 8:00 pm introduction to DNA testing and an The excitement of receiving Ancestry DNA leads you to relatives you overview of what you get when you buy your DNA results can quickly turn never knew you had. Join genealogist a spit kit from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, to confusion. Join genealogist Mary Mary Jamba to learn how to find your MyHeritage, or FamilyTreeDNA. Jamba in understanding how to connections to these new cousins and use this information to further your expand your family tree. genealogical research. Rocky River Public Library Non-Profit 1600 Hampton Road Organization Rocky River, Ohio 44116-2699 U.S. Postage PAID (440) 333-7610 • www.rrpl.org Cleveland, Ohio Permit No. 2849

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We are currently open for 30-minute browsing. But, if the Ohio Public Health Advisory system’s threat level increases to level 4 in Cuyahoga County, the library will close to public access. All programs listed are subject to change in order to protect our patrons, community, and staff. Discover. Connect. Engage.