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welcome to Loganberry Books!
We are open on both Thursday and Friday evenings,
May through October, featuring special events, live
music and an open mic event we dub Broadsides
&
Ephemera. Our big summer street fair is in
the works too, with 3 dozen authors already signed up to
participate in our annual Author
Alley.
114E: child threatens misbehaving
teddy bear with boogeymanThis was a rhyming book or poem from the 60s. It began, “My teddy bear was bad one day, I could not get him to obey” the child tries to scare the bear into behaving with a scary description of the boogeyman and I think it ends “I don’t believe it said my bear, and neither did I so we left it there.”
Live
Music
Red Brick
Rhoades
Friday, May 31, 7-8:30 pm
~ Friday
night music ~
Singer-songwriter, Red Chrosniak, learned guitar to
make his habit of doodling lyrics on old envelope backs
both productive and sustainable. Far from her native
prairie, Becca Rhoades lends her improvisational
fiddling skills and a little of her Texas drawl to the
songs he writes. Red and Becca started playing together
upon discovering their shared love of heart-free
dancing, getting lost, and making both mischief and
music. Their voices create a sweet lyrical blend with
the fiddle harmonies and their onstage chemistry is
often augmented with cheeky interplay. Red Brick Rhoades
offers original songs about the permutations of love,
the trials and tribulations of life, and the joys of
moonlight, moonshine, and being moonstruck. Check out a
sample.
Donations for the band gratefully accepted.
Annex Gallery
Steve Cagan: Women
and Children of Colombia
Thursday, June 6, 6-8pm
~ first Thursdays ~
Award-winning photographer Steve Cagan returns home to
Cleveland to exhibit some of the evocative images he
captured while photographing the people of Colombia’s
Pacific coast rain forest. While this collection focuses
on the women and children of the region, Steve spent the
past nine years traveling and documenting the region in
hopes of discovering and distilling the “social reality”
of the area. These unforgettable photographs offer a
glimpse into the lives of the region’s inhabitants. Steve
has previously exhibited his pieces in cities all across
the globe, including the Bibliotheque National in Paris,
and Rio de Janeiro’s Museo de Arte Moderna. Steve is also
a talented and enthusiastic educator, and was named
Teacher of the Year at Rutgers University in 1991. He most
recently taught photography at Case Western Reserve
University, following stints at Cleveland State and
Cuyahoga Community College, as well as universities in El
Salvador and Germany. Exhibition
continues through July 1.
Live Music
Istvan
MedgyesiFriday, June 7, 7:00-8:30pm
~ Friday Night Music series ~
Inspired by a wide range of music, you can hear the echoes of an array of American musical traditions intertwined with modal explorations and occasional forays into noise and drone. Istvan Medgyesi played at Larchmere Porchfest in 2009, and we're pleased to welcome him (and all his instruments) back to the Larchmere neighborhood. Donations for the band gratefully accepted.
Live Music
Gene's Jazz HotFriday, June 14, 7:00-8:30pm
~ second Fridays ~
Gene's Jazz Hot has been the official house band at Loganberry Books, playing a monthly gig since October 2007. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room. Come see what it's all about. Donations for the band gratefully accepted.
NOBS Forums
Show and Tell Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm
~ third Thursdays ~
What’s on your summer reading list? Now’s the time to share your interesting, unusual, and otherwise noteworthy reads with other bibliophiles at our semi-annual Show and Tell session. Anything goes: you can bring treasured tomes and tell us about them, or you can bring odd curiosities you know nothing about and let group members tell you what they think. Either way, there’s always something to learn and some great books to discuss. Bring a book and join us!
Live Music
Second Hand DogsFriday, June 21, 7:00-8:30pm
~ Friday Night Music series ~
Second Hand Dogs plays original music along with a variety of cover material, from such artists as Neil Young, Cowboy Junkies, Bob Dylan, The Cranberries, The Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, The Weavers, R.E.M., to name a few. Donations for the band gratefully accepted.
Live Music
Larchmere
PorchfestSaturday, June 22
~ fourth Saturday in June ~
30 bands, 30 porches! We are pleased to once again be a part of this neighborhood celebration of music. Loganberry will be hosting Thor Platter at 2:00pm. Thor Platter blends the sounds of folk, country, rock and bluegrass into a mid-west Altnernative-Country sound for the discerning ear. Be sure to bring your bike or a lawn chair and come enjoy the day of ecclectic live music throughout the Larchmere neighborhood.
Classics Club
W.P.
Kinsella: Shoeless JoeThursday, June 27, 2013, 7pm
~ fourth Thursdays ~
“If you build it, he will come.”
These mysterious words inspire Ray Kinsella to create a cornfield baseball diamond in honor of his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home.
Open Mic
Broadsides &
EphemeraFriday, June 28, 7:00-8:30pm
~ fourth Fridays ~
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!
Friday Music
Brian
HenkeFriday, July 5, 7:00-8:30pm
~ Friday music series ~
Brian Henke composes and performs his music like a painter putting images on canvas, a kind of sonic shaman, drawing his inspiration from the natural world around him. His unique guitar style has been called everything from Folk to New Age to Neoclassical to Pastoral or, as Brian like to call it, "a big stewpot of everything stirred up, simmered, and served to taste." His music appeals to everyone who likes their music lyrical, thought provoking and performed with virtuosity. Through it all is an undercurrent of spirituality and mysticism that Brian says is very much a part of the creative process. Check out a sample. Donations for the band gratefully accepted.
Annual Street Fair
Larchmere
Festival & Author Alley
Saturday,
July 6
~ first Saturday in July ~
Our seventh
Festival boasts magicians, paper making, Bazaar Bizarre,
Author Alley, food trucks, and a host of fun and
interesting vendors. Know some vendors who might
like to join us? Are you an author looking to
promote your new book? Now is the time to sign
up. See the www.Larchmere.com
website to learn more and to download a contract.
We look forward to having you join us!
Classics Club with the author
Mary
Doria Russell: The SparrowThursday, July 25, 7-8:30pm
~ fourth Thursdays ~
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong. Mary Doria Russell will join the discussion.
Author
Alley
first Saturday in July
Photo Albums
Annex Gallery
Most Requested
Book Club Members
Back in Print!
Otis' Old Curiosity Shop
a holiday shop
Edible Books Festival
first Saturday in April
Saturday, April 6
Photos from 2013 now up!
