2026 Cleveland Humanities Festival: FREEDOM Events

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  • Film Screening and Discussion: We Were Here - The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

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    March 16, 2026

    5 pm Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom B, 11038 Bellflower Road

  • Plum City Reading

    March 18, 2026

    7 pm     Loganberry Books, 13015 Larchmere Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44120     

  • Lunch on Fridays: Nate Powell

    March 20, 2026

    12:15 pm     Peter B. Lewis Theater, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106

  • Artist in the Atrium: Nate Powell

    March 21, 2026

    11 am - 3 pm Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106

    This event is sponsored by the Rust Belt Lab at Ursuline College and Cleveland Museum of Art.

  • The Revolution Takes Time: Peter Watkins' LA COMMUNE (PARIS, 1871)

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    March 22, 2026

    2 pm Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106

    Director: Peter Watkins Run Time: 345 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2003 Language: French

    Starring: Bernard Bombeau, Eliane Annie Adalto, Geneviève Capy, Maylis Bouffartigue, Pierre Barbieux

  • Windows of Hope: A Joy Filled Art Project

    March 23, 2026

    7 pm     CCPL Bedford Branch, 70 Columbus Road, Bedford, Ohio 44146

    Imagine being in a room with one window—what view would keep your spirit alive? In this program, participants will create a layered collage made of stacked frames, creating the illusion of looking through a window to the space beyond. Through color, texture, and creativity, you’ll craft a personal piece that reflects your vision of interior freedom.  

    This event is sponsored by Cuyahoga County Public Library.

  • Radical Visions for Re-Connecting Academia and Nature A Community Truth, Reckoning, and Right Relationship Convergence

    March 24-25, 2026

    8:30 am – 4 pm moCa Cleveland, 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106

  • Freedom to Play

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    March 25, 2026

    4 pm Midtown Collaboration Center, 1974 E 66TH Street, Cleveland, OH. 44103

  • Suffragettes - USA!

    March 25, 2026

    7 pm Cuyahoga County Public Library, North Royalton Branch, 5071 Wallings Road, North Royalton, OH 44133

    Celebrate Women's History Month and explore the friendship of two iconic women’s rights leaders.

    Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were close friends for 50 years.  They collaborated fighting for women’s rights and advocated for the rights of others. Join us to hear about their challenges, setbacks and legacies. Discover how their pioneering significantly contributed to the passing of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. 

  • Pepón Osorio: The Imperfect Practice of Freedom

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    March 26, 2026

    4:30 pm Linsalata Alumni Center, 11310 Juniper Road, Cleveland, OH 44106