Sponsored by NOBS 7:00 PM 8:30 PM Congregation Mishkan Or, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Beachwood, Ohio, is the steward of an extraordinary collection of more than 200 rare volumes of Hebrew and […]
The Celebrate People’s History poster series has organized and curated by Josh MacPhee since 1998. The over 200 posters in the ongoing series are rooted in the do-it-yourself tradition of […]
Sponsored by FABS On July 28 join your host Reid Byers and the gang for another lively discussion about Living With Books. Our topics this month: (1) "Prints, Paintings, and […]
Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday - A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, August 3 @ 8pm EST Guest Presenter: George Snook, Educator and Vice […]
Few people realize that Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize, was written in California in 1939-41. After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936, […]
Sponsored by FABS August 10 FABS Handpress Era Group: “Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I” with historian Valerie Schutte. Mary Tudor has always enjoyed a reputation of […]
For many people, the concept of landscape is associated with gardens, especially estate gardens. California Eden reaches far beyond the elite circle of private estates; this book highlights a wide range of […]
Sponsored by FABS August 17 FABS Bindings Group: This group devoted to the art, craft and history of bookbinding meets monthly on Zoom. To join their mailing list, contact Jennifer […]
Out of the Gutters: Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression, edited by Jorge J. Santos and Patrick S. Lawrence, explores US comics that have been challenged for their boundary-breaking content. Covering well-known […]
Sponsored by FABS August 25 FABS Living With Books Group. Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. Our topics this month: […]
During the First World War the American Red Cross mobilized fundraising with the slogan “All you need is a heart and a dollar.” It was so successful that it was […]