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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_77 align=center><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_52><B style="RIGHT: auto">Just Announced</B>! </DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_179 align=center><FONT id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_180 color=#0000ff size=3><B>Everyone's a Critic with Bob Abelman</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_176 align=center><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Wednesday October 2 7pm<BR><BR></FONT>Beachwood Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library<BR>25501Shaker Blvd in Beachwood </B></DIV>
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<H2 style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 1px; unicode-bidi: embed; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; DIRECTION: ltr; RIGHT: auto" class="yiv808921524username yiv808921524ms__id746"><FONT id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_66 size=2><FONT id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_1006 color=#0000ff>Presenter</FONT>: Bob Abelman is the award-winning theater critic for the daily <I>News-Herald</I> and the weekly <I>Chagrin Valley Times/Solon Times/Geauga Times Courier</I>. He is a member of the American Theater Critics Association and Cleveland Critics Circle, a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts fellow in Arts Journalism, and the recipient of three Excellence in Research Awards from The International Mensa Education and Research Foundation for his work on media/arts literacy and artistic giftedness. Bob is also a Distinguished Professor at Cleveland State University, a produced playwright and (when it does
not conflict with his reviews) a professional actor. <BR><VAR id=yiv808921524yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR>He is the author of the just-released REFEREEING THE MUSES: A THEATER CRITICISM/ARTS JOURNALISM PRIMER, which is intended for lay critics and journalism students.<BR><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>Description:</FONT> Bob will discuss the changing face and function of theater criticism/arts journalism and explore the ample opportunities for fledgling critics in the local marketplace and in cyberspace. <BR></FONT></H2>
<H2 style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 1px; unicode-bidi: embed; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; DIRECTION: ltr; RIGHT: auto" class="yiv808921524username yiv808921524ms__id746"><FONT id=yiv808921524yui_3_7_2_36_1375884649089_1067 size=2>Register at the Beachwood page at <A href="http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/">http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/</A> or call 216-831-6868.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></FONT> </H2>
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