Meet the Author in Bertram Woods Reading Garden, 1994

Library Board of Trustees President Glen Krassen welcomes the audience to the Bertram Woods Library Reading Garden, who have come to hear local author Gini Hartzmark read from her new book, Final Option.

Pictured: Bertram Woods Branch Manager Sara Schiller (standing, left), Glen Krassen (standing, center), author Gini Hartzmark (seated, center), and Library Director Fran Buckley (seated, right).

Hillcrest Concert Band, August 1994

J. Everett Prewitt visits Bertram Woods Library, 2005

Shaker Heights author J. Everett Prewitt came to the Bertram Woods Library on June 29, 2005, to discuss his new book Snake Walkers, the story about a young black man who is changed by a variety of life’s situations. The event was held in the Bertram Woods Reading Garden.

Prewitt is a Glenville High School graduate who attended Ohio University and Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. A real estate appraiser and consultant, Everett has worked for fair housing in Cleveland and served as the first black president of the Cleveland Area Board of Realtors. Committed to improving the urban environment, he has encouraged local realtors to become involved with their communities. Snake Walkers is Prewitt’s first book.

Pet Show at Bertram Woods, 1994