Literature
Nature is a Language
A READING WITH JILL BIALOSKY AND LINDSAY TURNER How does language shape our relationship with nature and with each other? What is poetry’s role in the future of our planet? Join Literary Cleveland and Orion Magazine at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes for a literary reading and conversation between Jill Bialosky, editor at Norton […]
Naturalist Notebook: Season on the Wind
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, OhioSEASON ON THE WIND BY KENN KAUFMAN It's migration season! Kenn Kaufman is well known for his guide books (particularly, his bird guides) but he has also written many books. Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration could not be more perfectly suited to read both because it deals with spring migration […]
The Free People’s Village: Sustainability Book Discussion
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, OhioJoin Shaker Heights Public Library at the Nature Center for a captivating sustainability-minded book discussion. We'll delve into "The Free People's Village" by Sim Kern, exploring an alternate 2020 where environmental policies shape a transformed America. Free. Registration required. Copies of the book are available at the Shaker Heights Main Library one month before the […]
Is Nature More Cooperative Than We Think? A Talk with Kristin Ohlson
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, OhioThursday, August 15 | 6:00PM-7:00PM | Nature Center Join us for a very special author talk from writer Kristin Ohlson! Books available for purchase from Mac's Backs-Books on Coventry. Most people believe that nature is characterized by competition and conflict—red in tooth and claw, as the poet Tennyson said. But recent science suggests that cooperative […]
History of the Van Swerigen Brothers: An Author Talk with Lauren Pacini
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, OhioHistory of the Van Swerigen Brothers: An Author Talk with Lauren Pacini Thursday, October 10 | 6:00PM-7:30PM | Nature Center Join local history author and architectural photographer Lauren Pacini at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes as he discusses his new book, Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland's Van […]
Naturalist Notebook: The Living Mountain & You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, OhioNaturalist Notebook: The Living Mountain & You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World Sunday, November 17 | 1:00PM-3:00PM | Nature Center We close out our year by reading memoirs and poetry. The Living Mountain is a memoir that is more a prose poem to nature. This amazing piece of nature writing by Scottish author, […]