We're sitting at the table with the Alzheimer's Association for a program covering the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia, risk factors, and what care actually looks like across generations. The elders in our community deserve this knowledge, and so do we.

Young Latino Network invites neighbors from all around Cleveland to join them for an evening of food and civic power.🍛💪🏽✨

This event is designed to support our comunidad with the tools needed to navigate local government and make an impact in our community.

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Invitamos a nuestros vecinos de toda Cleveland a unirse a nosotros para una noche de comida y poder cívico.🍛💪🏽✨

Este evento está diseñado para apoyar a nuestra comunidad con las herramientas necesarias para interactuar con el gobierno local y tener un impacto en nuestra comunidad.

📅DATE/FECHA: March 26, 2026
🕕TIME/HORA: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍LOCATION/UBICACIÓN: West Cleveland (Details will be shared upon registration)
🍽 FREE DINNER/CENA GRATIS (Please Register in the Link in Bio)

Join us for our March Book Discussion of Break the Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buqué.

Together, we’ll explore how generational trauma impacts our communities and how healing can become a source of resilience, power, and collective transformation.

Healing is an essential part of our ability to walk hand in hand on the road to liberation. It starts here.

Recreation and play are vital for the healthy development and well-being of children. Yet disparities in neighborhood resources and the criminalization of everyday youth behavior often deny children — particularly Black youth — the freedom to play safely and openly.

Drawing from his experience as a former city recreation supervisor and his research in recreation and youth development, Dr. Pinckney will explore how communities can protect childhood, expand equitable play opportunities, and ensure all youth can thrive.

This event is part of the Cleveland Humanities Festival, co-sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Studies and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities.

Refreshments will be served.

Registration Link

RSVP to attend: https://case.edu/schubertcenter/node/3072

Sometimes the most radical thing we can do is slow down and breathe. Join us for a free community yoga session at the Reading Room — no experience necessary, just show up.

This course is a “deep dive” into the 11 novels of the Lorain native and Nobel Prize-winning author that provides participants four weeks of preparation for each session due to the dense nature and intricate artistry of Morrison’s prose.

Explore the work of a local hero and one of the greatest writers of all time as a uniquely illuminating version of the American narrative, beginning in the 1680s with a mercy and ending in the 2000s with God Help the Child.

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Session 1
March 21 - A Mercy
April 18 - Beloved

You can purchase your Morrison books at a discount for this class this link: Toni Morrisson Collection – ThirdSpace Reading Room

Reader series classes are designed to help you gain a more advanced understanding of literature and the world. Experienced instructors will provide history, context, and analysis, and guide in-depth discussion that will help make you more knowledgeable on a single text or author’s body of work.

Each participant can decide how they choose to engage with the classes. You can read the books ahead of time, read them as the class progresses, or read them after the class has concluded. No matter your level of prior knowledge, you will receive a wealth of materials and insights in a condensed period, like a masterclass or a great course, only right here in Cleveland.

Reconnect with the communal joy and strategic genius of Black leisure at the Card Party Cabaret. In partnership with the Presidents' Council, we’re hosting an evening of Spades, Whist, Tonk, and Dominoes—the games that have served as the heartbeat of our social capital for generations. Pull up for a night of healthy competition and organic networking, where we celebrate the culture of the table and the bonds that keep our professional and personal communities thriving.

New club, new book. 🌈 In honor of Ohio Celebrating Toni Morrison all year long, our next LGBTQ+ Book Club pick, we’re diving into Sula.

Meet us March 19th to talk through it all. And, as always, book club picks are 10% off online and in-store.

The BLK-Queer Collective is creating an intentional space for queer and trans BIPOC to connect, be themselves, and celebrate life together at the Reading Room. Come as you are, no RSVP needed..

This group’s mission is to create a safe, affirming, and joyful space where queer and trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color can show up as their full selves, build community, and make new memories together. We’re all about healing, representation, and celebrating our lives and stories through conversation, support, and shared experiences.

All BIPOC fam are welcome—come as you are, bring a friend, and tap into a community that sees you, honors you, and holds space for you. 🖤🌈

Join the Young Latino Network in celebrating International Women’s Day at our first International Women’s Bazaar, a vibrant community market highlighting women-owned businesses, creatives, and entrepreneurs.

You might as well call us the Toni Morrison Bookstore for the rest of the year because we are dedicating our next official TSRR book club to the icon’s first title, The Bluest Eye.

So come on in. Purchase the title for 10% off. To sweeten the pot, we're also giving a volume discount as well. Make sure you go to our website and shop the Toni Morrison collection. It's Buy More, Save More.

Gather at the table for a multi-generational exchange of wisdom and history. We are honored to host Ronald Kisner, a veteran journalist formerly of Ebony and Jet Magazine, to share insights from a career spent documenting the Black experience. This lunch program is designed to bridge the gap between our elders and our current practitioners, ensuring the lessons of the past continue to inform our movements for the future.

Get the blueprint for community sovereignty in this virtual fireside chat with Lyneir Richardson. As a leader in commercial real estate and anti-racist investment strategies, Richardson will discuss how we can transition from being residents to being owners of our neighborhoods. This is a must-attend for community developers and supporters ready to implement tangible strategies for buying back the block and securing our economic future.

Celebrate the soundtrack of Black excellence at our Decades Karaoke Night. From Motown soul to 90s R&B and modern Hip-Hop, we’re paying homage to the genres Black artists pioneered and perfected. Dress in your favorite era’s fashion and join us for a night of pure, unadulterated Black joy—where the only rule is that you sing from the heart and celebrate the music that defines us.

3 rules:

1. It must be a song from a genre of music invented by Black Americans (rock, funk, gospel, soul, R&B, etc)

2. It must be a song by a Black artist from the 20th or 21st century

3. You SHOULD/ must know the words and the melody to the song without the karaoke lyrics. Don't go up there singing gibberish and mumbling

Landscape Lore is a tea + book discussion to introduce people to the world of landscape storytelling. The featured book is Do Not Separate Her from Her Garden by Carlyn Ena Ferrari, which analyzes the nature-themed poetry of Anne Spencer, civil rights activist and artist. Maci will start with a book presentation and then move into discussion. Reading the book is not required for participation but reading some of it leads to lively conversation. Pick up your copy at the ThirdSpace Bookstore today!

Maci Nelson, founder of The Landscape Nerd, is a storyteller, nerdy mom, and advocate for inclusivity in the built environment. She is trained as a landscape architect and created a platform to study landscape through an inclusive and trailblazing lens. She dives into the intersections of design, history, culture, and community, while amplifying underrepresented voices in the field to make landscape architecture more accessible and inspiring.

Tickets Here

Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.

Experience the "listening session" that maps the DNA of the global soundscape. From the vocal arrangements of The Clark Sisters to the mainstream crossovers of Kirk Franklin, we are examining the profound influence of Gospel music on R&B, Pop, and Hip-Hop. Join this interactive lecture to hear how the sanctuary birthed the world’s most iconic genres and why the Gospel sound remains the bedrock of Black cultural expression.

Step into a virtual "think tank" for the culture as we process the media currently shaping the Black imagination. In the spirit of the best social media discourse, After the Credits brings us together to analyze how modern film and television depict Black labor, family dynamics, and survival. This is a space for practitioners and creatives to deconstruct the narratives we consume and collectively define what these stories mean for our cultural trajectory in 2025