Editing Lakewood, Ohio (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Lakewood civic auditorium 2.jpg|thumb|Lakewood Civic Auditorium]]
Lakewood Public Library has won numerous awards<ref>http://www.lkwdpl.org/about/awards/awards {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and has two branches: the main branch on Detroit Avenue and a smaller branch on Madison Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lkwdpl.org/ |title=Lakewood Public Library (Lakewood, Ohio)<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=March 2, 2004 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091007222057/http://www.lkwdpl.org/ |archive-date=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm|title=Library Name|access-date=February 13, 2007|archive-date=March 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323192759/http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The Lakewood Library's 2008 expansion increased the main library to 93,000 square feet; the collection then grew to over 474,000 items by 2015. The Lakewood Library celebrated its centennial in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kovach|first1=Carol|title=Lakewood Public Library turns the page on its first 100 years|url=http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2016/05/lakewood_public_library_turns.html|website=cleveland.com|date=May 31, 2016|publisher=AdvanceOhio|access-date=November 21, 2016|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805062204/http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2016/05/lakewood_public_library_turns.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Madison branch of the Library, designed by architectural firm Walter and Weeks, opened in 1929 in the southeastern part of the city. It underwent a $2.1 million renovation and expansion, and reopened to the public in March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John Benson |first=special to cleveland com |date=2022-03-25 |title=Lakewood Public Library opening newly renovated Madison branch: Photos |url=https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/03/lakewood-public-library-opening-newly-renovated-madison-branch-photos.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=cleveland |language=en |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216133939/https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/03/lakewood-public-library-opening-newly-renovated-madison-branch-photos.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Lakewood Civic Auditorium, a 2,000-seat performing arts venue located on the campus of [[Lakewood High School (Lakewood, Ohio)|Lakewood High School]], opened in 1955. The auditorium hosted the [[Great Lakes Theater|Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival]] from 1962 to 1981.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=William |date=April 19, 1981 |title=Can Great Lakes Shakespeare round out Playhouse Square? |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio }}</ref> The facade of the auditorium features the world's largest free-standing ceramic sculpture, ''Early Settler'', created by [[Viktor Schreckengost]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=lha5401 |url=https://clevelandmemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/lakewood/id/29/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=clevelandmemory.contentdm.oclc.org |language=en |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219224832/https://clevelandmemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/lakewood/id/29/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The sculpture is commonly known as "[[Johnny Appleseed]]" who was the subject of Schreckengost's design.<ref>{{cite news |last=Amata |first=Carmie |date=August 14, 1983 |title=An Artist Catches the Essence of an Era |work=The Plain Dealer Magazine |location=Cleveland, Ohio |quote=Of course, somewhere along the line city fathers decided that Johnny Appleseed wasn't a proper image for young people. They figured that he was a wanderer — an early hippie — and they started calling him Early Settler. But they can call him what they want, I made him and I know he's Johnny Appleseed all right.}}</ref>

The [[Beck Center for the Arts]] is the largest cultural arts center on Cleveland's west shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mellottinvestments.com/about-lakewood-ohio|title=About Lakewood Ohio|website=Mellott Investments LLC|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093830/http://www.mellottinvestments.com/about-lakewood-ohio/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Geiger's]], a retailer of clothing and ski equipment and accessories, was founded in downtown Lakewood in 1932. The company, now run by the third generation of the Geiger family, moved to its present location in 1936.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Segal|first1=Grant|title=Geiger's count on downtown for their third store|url=http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2015/11/geigers_count_on_downtown_for.html|access-date=April 18, 2017|work=The Plain Dealer|publisher=Advance Ohio|date=November 5, 2015|archive-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101055601/http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2015/11/geigers_count_on_downtown_for.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The home of [[Malley's Chocolates]] is in Lakewood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malleys.com/stores/victoria-corporate-headquarters/|title=Malley's Chocolates Corporate Headquarters|website=Malleys Chocolates|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930164945/https://malleys.com/stores/victoria-corporate-headquarters/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Aladdin's Eatery]], a national restaurant brand, is also based in Lakewood. Their first restaurant was founded in Lakewood by Fady and Sally Chamoun in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-production-facility-and-bakery-behind-aladdins-40-restaurants/Content?oid=9883696|title=The Production Facility and Bakery Behind Aladdin's 40 Restaurants|first=Douglas|last=Trattner|website=Cleveland Scene|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094604/https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-production-facility-and-bakery-behind-aladdins-40-restaurants/Content?oid=9883696|url-status=live}}</ref> Aladdin's Lakewood Headquarters was expanded in 2007.