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Cleveland Public Library is "The People's University," the center of learning for a diverse and inclusive community.

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Pieces like this one from the The Columbus Dispatch highlight the impact of libraries in summer learning, connection, and community.

Grateful for our Summer Reading Program ☀️📚 and the staff who make it happen every year.

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The People’s Playlist is now live 🎶

A free platform from to discover local artists across genres like jazz, hip hop, folk, classical, and more.

No account needed. Just press play and listen to the sound of Cleveland.

Listen now 👉 https://t.co/cDHRjcVRCV

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Clevelanders say it best. ❤️

What makes you proud to be a Clevelander? Tell us in the comments 👇
#ONECLE

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This week’s honorees helped build a stronger Cleveland by creating pathways forward for others. 🧡

Identified by the community as leaders who expanded opportunity across our city.
#Cleveland230 #ONECLE

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Thresholds invite us to look through or step into another space, evoking memory, passage, or curiosity. (2/2)

CP00621: Buildings- Cleveland Public Library (1937)

WS0182: Theaters- Cleveland Playhouse (1992)

CSH_655_03: Streetcars (1951)

CP02537: Expositions-Great Lakes (1936)

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This #TBT, we’re exploring portals throughout the city, some familiar, some lost to time. (1/2)

CP00478: Buildings-Case Observatory (1930)

CP00773: Buildings-Colonial Arcade (1900)

CP05607: Stores- William Taylor Son & Co. (1934)

WS0025: Bridges- Detroit-Superior (1990)

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“‘One's own mind dancing with another’s’ is the way [Toni Morrison] describes reading and writing. But it's not necessarily communicating a single message . . . What you're looking for is a way to interpret the richness of the language that's coming to you.” -Namwali Serpell

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All Cleveland Public Library locations are closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.

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Help us keep our Blessing Boxes full 💙

Located at every Cleveland Public Library branch, Blessing Boxes provide essentials like food, hygiene products, and baby supplies to anyone who needs them.

Amazon Wishlist: https://t.co/kDQQWBnjyG

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This week’s Cleveland 230 honorees were identified as coalition builders who are driving change across Cleveland.🗳️✨
#Cleveland230 #ONECLE
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#TBT: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe in Cleveland. 👞

The Mother Goose Shoe was a giant slide at Luna Park from the1905 opening until closing in 1929. The site later became Woodhill Homes in 1940.

PC001948: Luna Park (undated). Publisher: A.C. Bosselman & Co.

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#ClevelandReads: 2026 Ohio Center for the Book Great Reads from Great Places Selections Announced https://t.co/QBesoDONYN

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Join Executive Director & CEO Felton Thomas Jr. on May 27 as he joins Cleveland Leadership Center for their Leadership Lunch Break series to talk about One Cleveland.
Follow the link to register and be part of the conversation.
#OneCLE

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You voted, we listened. 🗳️

The first 10 names on the Cleveland 230 list are here, celebrating the people and groups who helped shape our city.

Check back next week to see who else Cleveland voted for.

#Cleveland230 #ONECLE
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The truth is out there. 👽🛸📁

With Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot pilot in the works, this #TBT we’re diving deep into the mysteries of the Photograph Collection with historic UFO sightings.

Subject General: Unidentified Flying Objects. Source: United Press International.

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Looking for something fun and free in The Land?
Check out this great roundup of free things to do in Cleveland featuring us and other local favorites! 💙
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Stories that inspire, challenge, and connect 💫 Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with our reading list. https://t.co/D9LQopzTOP

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#TBT to a painterly scene at what was once Perkins Farm along the Lake Erie coast. These two parcels, purchased in 1894 by the city's Second Park Board from industrialist Jacob B. Perkins, later became Perkins Beach and Edgewater Park.

CP03680: Parks – Edgewater (1890).

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Five young Northeast Ohio writers share their work, which will soon be published in @LakeErieInk's 10th annual teen book project, on the Page Count podcast. Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/z3JGbQUPNF

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If Met Gala looks were book covers… 👀
Here’s what our staff picked. 📚✨