Luke Epplin, Author, Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series, speaks at the City Club in a conversation moderated by Felton Thomas, Jr., Executive Director and CEO, Cleveland Public Library.
The story of Cleveland’s 1948 baseball season is America’s story. A year that happened to include a World Series victory is also the year when the integration of Major League Baseball took major steps forward, with Cleveland breaking barriers for the American League. The relationships among some of the central figures–Negro League stars Satchel Paige and Larry Doby, ace pitcher Bob Feller, and team owner Bill Veeck–both reflected and shaped how America understood race and the possibilities of bridging racial divides.
In his book Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series, Luke Epplin examines the lives of those four men–the experiences that shaped them and challenged them, the impact they had, how they were understood and misunderstood, and what they came to represent in the national imagination. Epplin will be interviewed by a lover of books and baseball, Felton Thomas, the Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Public Library and Guardians fan.
The livestream will be available beginning at 12:30p.m. Have questions? Tweet them at @TheCityClub or send a text to 330.541.5794.
Production and distribution of City Club forums in partnership with Ideastream Public Media is generously provided by PNC and the United Black Fund.
City Club members $25 / nonmembers $38
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2022/03/30 - 2022/03/30
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In person, and the livestream will be available beginning at 12:30p.m. Have questions? Tweet them at @TheCityClub or send a text to 330.541.5794.
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Our new address is 1317 Euclid Ave., Suite 100. We are located on the north side of Euclid Ave., between E. 13th and E 14th Streets, which means the RTA’s free E-Line and C-line trolleys, and the Healthline all stop in front of our building.
If you are driving, park in the Playhouse Square Parking Garage, located at 1450 Chester Ave. You can view a map of the garage here. If you are at the City Club between 10:30 am and 3 pm, bring your ticket with you into the City Club and we will provide validation to reduce your cost to $3.00. Special rates do apply outside those hours.
After parking in the garage, you can walk to the City Club’s entrance on Euclid Ave. via the covered walkway. The walkway is accessible from the 2nd floor of the garage – keep walking through it until you reach Euclid Avenue, then turn right and our entrance is located just beneath the blue gong logo!
Valet parking is available at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, located at 1260 Euclid Ave. Mention the City Club when you pull up to valet, and your rate will be reduced to $20.
Additional, non-discounted downtown parking can be found at the Lumen Garage (1600 Euclid Ave., enter E. 17th St.), Hanna Garage (1509 Prospect Ave.), or U.S. Bank Garage (2060 E 14th St.). More Playhouse Square District parking information can also be found here.