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NOBS Forum is this Thursday at 7 pm

NOBS Forum: Altered Book Group: Journeys Gallery Talk , April 25th, 7:00 pm Journeys is the seventh annual exhibition of new works by the Altered Book Group. This year’s theme reflects on real and imagined journeys, the artist transforming the original content or structure … Continue reading

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Upcoming NOBS Forum March 21st, 7:00 pm

Our Next NOBS Forum will be: Gary Esmonde: From Boathouse to Books Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Eleanor Squire Library opened to the public on December 4th, 1930 in a renovated boathouse. After 80 years, the library still continues to serve gardeners, Garden members, … Continue reading

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Upcoming NOBS Forum” February 21st, 7:00 pm

Our Next NOBS Forum will be: Bonné de Blas: Artists’ Books Book artist Bonné de Blas is a self-taught artist and the Artists’ Books editor for Kattywompus Press. The founder and former director of Arts Books Cleveland, her artists’ books are … Continue reading

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Upcoming NOBS Forum: January 17th, 7:00 pm

Our Next NOBS Forum will be: Show & Tell Get anything great for Christmas? 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 … Continue reading

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Reminder: NOBS Forum is tomorrow, November 15th, 7:00 pm

Our NOBS Forum this week will be: Andy Leach: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s new Library and Archives is the world’s most comprehensive repository of written … Continue reading

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Upcoming NOBS Forum: October 18th, 7:00 pm

Our Next NOBS Forum will be: Henry Adams: Out of the Kokoon: The Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland Founded in 1911 by Carl Moellman and William Sommer, the Kokoon Club was one of the most exclusive avant-garde arts organizations in … Continue reading

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Upcoming NOBS Forum will be at Kent State on Saturday, September 15th, 1:00 pm

Our upcoming NOBS Forum will be: Dr. Carolyn Brodie: Kent State University Children’s Book Collection. Dr. Carolyn Brodie of the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science will conduct a tour of the Marantz Children’s Book Collection and … Continue reading

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NOBS Forum is this Thursday, August 16th at 7:00 pm

This month’s NOBS Forum will be: Suzanne McGinness: Children’s Illustration, Publishing, and the Creative Process. Multi-talented local author and illustrator Suzanne McGinness will talk about her book My Bear Griz, children’s publishing today, and her creative process. McGinness, a Shaker … Continue reading

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NOBS Forum Guest Featured in Plain Dealer

This Thursday Joy M. Kiser will be speaking at this month’s NOBS Forum on Genevieve Jones: America’s Other Audubon. In today’s Cleveland Plain Dealer she is featured in the Sunday Arts Section. To view the online version please click here. … Continue reading

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Upcoming NOBS Forum: July 19th, 7:00 pm

This month’s NOBS Forum will be: Joy M. Kiser: Genevieve Jones, America’s Other Audubon. Inspired by John James Audubon’s engravings  at the 1876 World’s Fair, 29-year-old amateur naturalist Genevieve Jones embarked on her own project, Illustrations of the Nests and … Continue reading

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