Steve Luxenberg is an associate editor at The Washington Post and an award-winning author. During his forty years as a newspaper editor and reporter, Luxenberg […]
Steve Luxenberg on Plessy versus Ferguson
When you just want to get away
I don’t know about you, but when the weather turns snowy and gray, I long to be somewhere much more tropical than Cleveland. Since travel […]
Help us plan Heights Libraries’ future
Heights Libraries is starting to work on its next strategic plan, and we need your help. Our goal is to be the best public library […]
So, You Want To Buy A New Computer? A Guide To Purchasing a Computer
So, you want to buy a new laptop or desktop computer. But what do all the abbreviations and jargon mean? Let’s start by looking at […]
Former Heights LIbraries Director Rachel Wayne Nelson Dies Age 96
Obituary courtesy Shapiro Funeral Home Mar 13, 1925 – Jan 12, 2022 Rachel Wayne Nelson of Shaker Heights died on January 12, 2022. She […]
Andrea’s Best Books of 2021
Happy New Year (somewhat belatedly, 2022 is already shaping up to be another strange year, right?) from the Matchmakers team! I like to read “Best […]
Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project
Professor Ibrahim K. Sundiata is Emeritus Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University, […]
The Global Humbling: Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”
Zadie Smith’s Intimations is the first book I have read about the pandemic. It is a short book of six essays, written during the first […]
Library breaks ground on Coventry branch renovations
On Wednesday, January 5, Heights Libraries, the Albert M. Higley Company, and Robert P. Madison International, Inc., broke ground on a $1.7 million renovation project […]
New Books Based on 1619 Project
Recently, Nikole Hannah-Jones published two new 1619 Project books. The first is an expanded edition of the original magazine entitled, 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. The […]
