Salutations!
 No, we haven't changed our name,
but there are
so many music events in the month of August we had to call your
attention to it. Have you been to the LitArts room lately? We had
great turn-outs for Ted Steinberg's book signing, and the Edie Carey
concert, and the energy in that room is great. Hope you can come check
it out! Click on the icon
to the left to download this newsletter in a
handy pdf easy-to-print format (so you can tell your friends!).
Exciting
recent acquisitions
- We've rearranged the natural history and architecture &
design sections. Why move the books around? 'Cause it looks great,
makes sense, and
is now better organized. Come see...
- lots of excellent poetry, poetry, poetry
- a signed, limited, leatherbound set of Rafael Sabatini
- a whole estate of coffee table art, gardening and interior
design books
- Alfred Stieglitz's book of photographs of Georgia O'Keefe
- a CIM professor's library of music history and theory
- is it possible the best greeting card selection in
Cleveland just
got better? It's possible.
Book Signing
 Bruce
Marshall, Shaker Heights (Images of America)
Saturday,
August 19, 1-3pm
Our own Shaker Heights achieved international renown in the early
20th century
as an enclave for wealthy residents—a city of stunning homes,
substantial green space, an excellent school system, and attentive
municipal services. Cleveland entrepreneurs O. P. and M. J. Van
Sweringen established Shaker Heights as a haven from the stresses of
city life and claimed a connection with previous residents of this
land, the North Union settlement of Shakers. Shaker communities sought
to create paradise on earth by living communally and focusing on the
life of the spirit. Buyers in Shaker Heights were assured that their
paradise would last forever because of restrictions on what could be
built and who could live there. Nevertheless, Shaker Heights has
changed from a protected environment for the wealthy to a stable,
integrated city that intentionally promotes diversity in its
population. This is a remarkable story of dramatic change but also
continuity as residents pursue the goal of creating an ideal community.
Arcadia Publishing, 07/26/2006,
128 pages, $19.99
Stump
the Bookseller Selection of the month
 Q15: Queen Ann's Lace
I am going to give you what I know about the story. It was read to
me in the 50's or early 60's. It was a story about how the flower Queen
Ann's Lace came to be. I do not remember very much except a witch was
trying to get a girl (princess, maybe). Somehow white flowers grew up
and trapped her. If you look at the flower Queen Ann's Lace you will
see a little black speck in the middle. This represents the witch amid
a sea of white flowers. That is why Queen's Ann's Lace blooms with the
back speck in the middle. Every year about this time when it blooms I
am reminded of this story. Please help me locate this fairy tale or
folk lore story. No one seems to remember it but me.
 Concerts
 Pamela Means
Friday, August 4, 8pm
Pamela Means is a Boston-based Out (spoken), Biracial
indie folk artist whose "kamikaze guitar style" and punchy provocative
songs have worn a hole in her guitar. Armed with razor wit poetry and
irresistable charm, Pamela Means' "stark, defiant songs" (New York
Times Magazine) set the status quo and the stage afire. Tickets: $10
in advance / $12 at the door
 Rita de Quercus
Saturday, August 5, 8pm
Rita de Quercus (known as Rita Coriell when she lived in
Cleveland) has been writing songs and singing them for over 40 years.
Her music is eclectic, covering a wide range of themes and styles. Her
songs are generally poetic with extensive use of
natural imagery and metaphors, and often humorous. Rita will accompany
herself on guitar in the relaxed and intimate Loganberry Books.
Suggested Donation: $10
 Gene's Jazz Hot
Thursday, August 17, 6-8pm
jazz quartet CD release party
Gene’s Jazz Hot is hosting a party in celebration of its first CD
release. This popular quartet plays seriously happy, swinging music
twice monthly at Cafe Limbo on Larchmere Blvd., performing for art
openings, benefits and concerts, and appearing on Channel 8 Fox TV’s
morning show. The CD Release Party, which is free and open to all, will
feature live music between 6:30 and 7:30, and refreshments. CDs will be
available for purchase ($15 each) and autographing.
 Carrie Cheron
Friday, August 25, 8pm
The lovely, lilting voice of Boston-based singer/songwriter Carrie
Cheron is an art-form all to itself. With a sound that is as warm and
rich as velvet, this gifted songwriter and master song interpreter is
absolutely mesmerizing. Following the release of her debut full-length
cd, One More Autumn, Carrie brings her charm to the midwest and
promises to captivate the crowd amongst the books at Loganberry.
Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door
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Gaming
Girls
 Thursday, August 10, 7pm
Second Thursday Game Night continues. Mexican Train, a version of
dominoes, is the current game of choice. We seem to be on the cutting
edge here: there was a national competition held in Cleveland last
month with high stakes and huge winners, but no contestants from
Cleveland! Well. Just wait 'til the next competition....
Annex Gallery
 Jeffrey
Davis: Fine Nature Photography
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 3, 6-8pm
Jeffrey Davis takes photographs up-close-and-personal. His subjects
are in our own backyards and parks, but with such amazing clarity and
magnification that they take on new meanings. His love for color,
texture, and juxtaposition will make you smile and wish for summer to
continue forever, even in the dog days of August. These beautiful
images are made even more luxurious by Jeffrey's exquisite use of
multiple mattes and fancy edging. Show continues through September 4.
I hope to see you browsing at Loganberry soon!
peace,
Harriett
Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Boulevard; Shaker Heights,
Ohio 44120; 216.795.9800
Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm
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