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The largest library fire in the history of the United States wasn’t the lead story in the media the next day. Best-selling author Susan Orlean, who only learned of the 1986 Los Angeles County Public Library fire six years ago, wondered what could have pushed such a cataclysmic incident from the headlines.

The heart-breaking opening few pages of Cleveland native Salvatore Scibona’s new novel, “The Volunteer,” (Penguin Press) are based on a real-life incident he witnessed years ago while waiting to board a plane in Germany.

Cleveland’s museum of contemporary art, moCa, celebrates its 50th anniversary with exhibits both exploring its past and what contemporary art can be. “The Mending Project” invites people to have a conversation with a stranger. Visitors are to bring an item of clothing for a volunteer mender to fix or embellish at the museum. The mender then sews the item on the spot and chats with the visitor. The idea is for the visitor to then leave that item at moCa to become tethered to other articles of clothing as part of a visual display.

Tasha Smith had been told she had fertility issues, so in May of last year there was unexpected but welcome news. “To my surprise did I not find out I was pregnant, not just with one but with two babies — two fraternal twins. Baby A was Aubrey; baby B was Abe,” said Smith. The pregnancy progressed fine up until late summer when, at week 23, she started severely cramping. The doctor told her not to panic but to come in immediately. “Minutes into getting hooked up onto the machines,” she said, “I was alerted that Aubrey’s heartbeat was no longer beating.”

Under the new law, polling places cannot be changed 60 days before an election, and it will take longer for people who choose not to vote to be removed from the state's voter registration list.

Welcome to the WVXU "Do" List, a roundup of arts-focused events happening around the Tri-State we think public radio listeners may enjoy.

The month of May is prime birding season along the Lake Erie shore. One of the best birding spots in Northeast Ohio is in Lake County where the Cleveland Museum of Natural History has restored a birding boardwalk. It's known as Wake Robin Trail, located just south of Mentor Headlands in the Mentor Marsh.

As Ryan Zinke steps down amid a string of ethics investigations, his deputy David Bernhardt — a former oil-industry lobbyist and a polarizing figure — will take over at the Department of the Interior.

Expect to see an environmental thread in the local arts and culture scene this year in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River burning. There will be celebratory events, as the fire made way for environmental protections and improvements, but artists also seek to provoke change around this occasion.

Members of Cleveland City Council are renewing a push to bring police mini-stations back to the city. The idea is to have an officer assigned and stationed in each of the city's wards who would focus on community engagement and addressing quality-of-life complaints such as noise and illegal dumping. The proposal is similar to a program that existed over 15 years ago. At a meeting of the Police Mini-Station Sub-Committee at City Council Friday, former Cleveland police officer Bob Guttu shared his experience working in a mini-station.