Arts & Culture
Discover diverse arts and culture events at Cleveland Public Library, featuring live music, dance, theater, art, spoken word, and interactive experiences for all ages.
Live Music
Music at Main
A presentation of our Fine Arts Department, Music at Main leverages the talent of musicians from every point on the musical spectrum in the beauty of our Library’s public performance spaces.
Awareness
PRISM PROJECT
An interdisciplinary initiative platforming art and justice to end mass incarceration.
Jan 21, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Main Library – Downtown
Teen Community Puzzle
Decorate a giant puzzle piece and we’ll add it to our teen space wall in Studio 525.
Asian Lunar New Year Celebration
Children and parents are welcome to join us to learn some Lunar New Year traditions and the culture of the color red. A performance of a traditional Chinese musical instrument "Pipa" by a young player will be presented to the audience. Other activities include singing a new year song, making paper snakes for the Year of Snake, and more.
Rockin’ Roll Penguins
Get ready to rock with the coolest crew in the Arctic! Sway into a frosty world of paper waddling penguins.
Black Cinema Through the Decades 1920s-1960s
Join us to discuss black cinema through the 1920s to the 1960s.
Music at Main: Theron Brown Group
Join us as jazz pianist Theron Brown returns to CPL with The Theron Brown Group.
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