Don Hisaka, architect has designed buildings from Cleveland to Tokyo with a single focus: graceful and attractive no matter how commercial the setting or utilitarian the agenda. Beginning in 1960 when he opened his practice in Cleveland, he has designed buildings like Beachwood’s Signature Square office complex (1986-9), the glass atrium connecting Thwing and Read more »
On display at the Shaker Historical Society December 26, 27 and 28, 2012.
Mrs. Yusko and Miss Ellis’s third grade students from Laurel School, who recently participated in the “How to create your own exhibit” Program at the Shaker Historical Society will have their work on display throughout the museum for the public to Read more »
Sunday December 9th 2:00 – 5:00pm
Free to the Public!
Join us in celebrating the holiday season! The SHS will be decorated in its holiday best and will offer refreshments and revelry as well as A Capella music by Nightingale.
Sunday, December 2nd at 4:00 p.m.
In many times and places, people have used music as a powerful tool for social change. Groove with Jason Hanley, Director of Education at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as he tells the story of how rock and roll influenced some of the most turbulent times Read more »
Friday, September 14, 2012 5:30-7:30pm
Free to the Public!
Celebrate the opening of our new exhibit! Shaker Heights residents joined the national voice in the turbulent times of the 60s to support civil rights, integration and social activism, and to participate in the counterculture trends that were sweeping the country. Citizens mobilized on Read more »
Tuseday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m.
A free event!
Presented by local herbalist Cathy Manus-Gray at the Shaker Historical Society. Learn how to harvest and preserve herbs and create a variety of tasty items such as dried herb seasoning blends and rubs, herbal butters, herb-infused honey, herbal jelly, vinegars, and oils to have Read more »
Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Dr. Campbell, world renowned for her social activism, talks about her personal friendship with Martin Luther King Jr., and the dangers faced by her family when she brought Dr. King to Shaker Heights, worked for social justice and campaigned for Carl Stokes’ Cleveland mayoral election.
Reservations Required. Read more »
Sunday, October 14th at 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Laura Davis, professor of English and faculty coordinator for May 4 Initiatives at Kent State University and a witness to the shooting of students at Kent State during an antiwar protest will share her experience and present a multimedia slide show about the place of the shootings Read more »
The Shakers lived in communal, self-sufficient farm communities working the land and tending to animals. Although they preached equality of the sexes, their day to day labor activities were segregated; women partook in domestic jobs such as weaving, cooking, and cleaning while men did manual labor, such as carpentry, farming, and other Read more »
