Shaker Historical Hike @ Hike & Run

September 14, 2025 | 8:45-10:45am | Nature Center at Shaker Lakes | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Bust out your walking shoes and join the Shaker Historical Society for a history-focused 2-mile hike around Lower Lake during the Nature Center's annual Hike & Run! Hikers will learn through stories, photographs, and historic sites how the landscape around Lower Lake has changed as land use and urban development evolved since the 19th century. This tour may include elevation changes with hills and stairs.

Learn more and register at shakerlakes.org/hikerun.

Shaker Soirée: Gala in the Grove

September 26, 2025 | 7-10pm | Shaker Historical Society | TICKETS REQUIRED

Join the Shaker Historical Society for our 4th Annual Shaker Soirée! Inspired by SHS's first social event, a community garden party in 1948, we are thrilled to invite you to an evening filled with live music, an autumn-inspired menu, and seasonal drinks among our heirloom apple trees. Our Gala in the Grove kicks off a celebration of fall and is followed by our annual AppleFest community festival on September 27.

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AppleFest

September 27, 2025 | 12-4pm | Shaker Historical Society | FREE

Join our 4th Annual AppleFest, a day of history, culture, and fall harvest fun for all ages! Enjoy live music, craft demonstrations, seasonal refreshments, walking tours, and family-friendly activities in a celebration of the season. See the event schedule here.

What if...Why not? Exhibit Opening

September 27, 2025 | 12-4pm | Shaker Historical Society | FREE

Cleveland artist Chi-Irena Wong invites viewers into a playful and absurd world where the illogical becomes ordinary. Through humorous “what if” scenarios—like grocery shopping in claw machines, wearing shoes as hats, or dining on lint-burgers—her work challenges perceptions of what is normal and what is absurd. Layered with quirky details and whimsical characters, the pieces reward active looking, sparking discovery and delight. Wong’s fantastical worlds encourage us to question our own reality with humor and curiosity, leaving space for joy, laughter, and the invention of our own silly possibilities.

What if...Why not? opens September 27 during AppleFest and will be on view through February 15, 2026. This exhibition is supported in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

Shaker Sells — March 7 - September 7, 2025 

In the 19th century, the Shaker name signified quality through the brooms, furniture, seeds, and medicinal herbs that sustained their communities. After the decline of Cleveland’s North Union Village, the Van Sweringen brothers repurposed Shaker imagery to market Shaker Heights as an idyllic escape from industrial Cleveland. Their exclusive suburb contradicted Shaker values, yet the romanticized image of a “peaceful Shaker village” fueled the city’s growth and remains a lasting brand to today.

Shaker Sells is co-curated by Cleveland State University student Elliot Rendall and is supported in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

What if...Why not? — September 27, 2025 - February 15, 2026 

Cleveland artist Chi-Irena Wong invites viewers into a playful and absurd world where the illogical becomes ordinary. Through humorous “what if” scenarios—like grocery shopping in claw machines, wearing shoes as hats, or dining on lint-burgers—her work challenges perceptions of what is normal and what is absurd. Layered with quirky details and whimsical characters, the pieces reward active looking, sparking discovery and delight. Wong’s fantastical worlds encourage us to question our own reality with humor and curiosity, leaving space for joy, laughter, and the invention of our own silly possibilities.

What if...Why not? opens September 27 during AppleFest and will be on view through February 15, 2026. This exhibition is supported in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.