<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
">Jacques Brel </span></i></b><b style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">and the
Men Who Saved PlayhouseSquare</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Date:
Saturday, September 14</span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Time:
Meet in the State Theatre lobby, 10 a.m.</span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">10 a.m.-noon:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> Tour of
PlayhouseSquare </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Noon-1 p.m.:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> Panel discussion </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">1-2:30 p.m.:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> Lunch on your own</span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">2:30-4 p.m.:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> Come to the main
branch of the Cleveland Public Library for afternoon program </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> Free</span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Join
On the Road with Ohioana and the Ohio Center for the Book at the Cleveland
Public Library for this exciting event.</span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;">Drama, rescue, restoration — you’ll find it all
at PlayhouseSquare, the largest performing arts center in the country outside
New York City and the world’s largest theater restoration project. </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;">Meet in the State Theatre lobby at 10 a.m.
for a behind-the-scenes tour with author Jeannie Emser Schultz. Then, meet the
celebrity guests who led the crusade to save and restore these beautiful
buildings: Ray Shepardson — who received a 2013 Governor’s Award for the
Arts in Ohio for his theater restoration efforts around the country that
began in 1970 at PlayhouseSquare; and Joe Garry, who directed the stellar
production of <i>Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris</i> that
led Clevelanders to fall in love with live theater in Cleveland again. This
event is hosted by Ohioana and <i style="">Ohio
Magazine</i> senior editor Linda Feagler.</span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Following
the morning at PlayhouseSquare, we move to the Cleveland Public Library for
refreshments and a presentation of WVIZ’s acclaimed documentary, <i>Staging
Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story</i>, produced in celebration of the center’s
90th birthday. <i>Staging Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story</i> is a WVIZ/PBS
ideastream® production in collaboration with Think Media Studios made possible
by the Cleveland Foundation and in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County
through a public gra<a href="" rel="nofollow" name="_GoBack"></a>nt from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.</span></div>
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"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv8838261065MsoNormal" style="
"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">This
free event is presented by the Ohioana Library Association in partnership with
the Ohio Center for the Book @ Cleveland Public Library. Space is limited. <b style="">Deadline for registration is September 6.</b>
To register, please call the Cleveland Public Library Literature Department @ </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="callto:216-623-2881"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:darkblue;text-decoration:none;">216-623-2881</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;"> or the Ohioana
Library Association @ </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="callto:614-466-3831"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:darkblue;text-decoration:none;">614-466-3831</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">.</span></div></div></body></html>