Arts + Culture

HEDGE Gallery celebrates its 10th birthday at 78th St. Studios with new exhibition
Today 78th Street Studios is regarded as one of Cleveland’s primary art meccas with more than 60 creative businesses housed in its cavernous 170,000-square-foot complex, but a decade ago, there were less than 15 businesses inside the space. When it opened in April 2009, contemporary art gallery HEDGE Gallery became one of them.
Now hear this: The five Cleveland podcasts you need to add to your rotation right now
When Lakewood resident Katie Tackett started her Muse Room podcast in late 2018, fellow podcaster Katie Dalebout shared some sage wisdom: “Podcasting is the new networking.” This assertion rings true for just about every podcaster—affording the chance to curate a dream lineup of interviewees—and we listeners get to go along for the ride. 
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE for April 2019
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland. This month's installment includes events from Sustainable Cleveland, Loganberry Books, HEDGE Gallery, and more. Give it a read here!
The savvy Clevelander's guide to supporting local films at CIFF
Running from March 27 through April 7, the 43rd installment of the Cleveland International Film Festival is in full swing. With a theme of “Welcome,” #CIFF43 is spotlighting 211 feature films and 237 short films representing 71 countries—but even with such a diverse cast of characters, there is no shortage of selections with Cleveland connections.
Bohemian rhapsodies and business woes: Coventry routinely cycles through good times and bad
As businesses depart the street and pedestrian traffic wanes, Cleveland Heights' iconic street is gearing up to get its groove back.
Into the groove: Wax Mage owner spins vinyl records into trippy works of art
Heath Gmucs sees his world in living color. As pressing operations supervisor for Tyler Village-based record pressing plant Gotta Groove Records, Gmucs started to see a more colorful potential behind the traditional black vinyl records he's been turning out since 2010.
Baroque music, pioneers in history & modern drama: CAC partners go big to celebrate women in March
March is Women’s History Month—a time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women through the years. Many Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC) partners are taking the month to heart with meaningful projects that spotlight iconic women through drama, music, and historical recreations. Find out how Women in History, Dobama Theatre, and Burning River Baroque are making Women's History Month 2019 one to remember.
A new chapter: Cleveland Public Library prepares for the next 150 years
The "People's University" will enter its next era with an ambitious, library-wide revitalization project and a yearlong CPL150 celebration, along with the announcement that it will now be fine-free.
PHOTOS: On your marks, get set, glow! Peek inside the fluorescent fun of the Waterloo Arts DayGloSho
See the DayGloSho through the eyes of our managing photographer Bob Perkoski, who captured this Cleveland tradition in all its neon glory.
Reel talk: Three Cleveland film festivals that you need to bookmark right now
As Cleveland gears up for CIFF43Ohio’s largest film festival—moviegoers have many other opportunities to see the work of Northeast Ohio filmmakers on the silver screen in March. From adrenaline-fueled adventure films to shorts by local artists to Oscar-winning documentaries on the Black experience, these three events will fuel Clevelanders’ creativity and inspiration over the coming weeks.
Get out and enjoy the remaining days of February with CAC-fueled events
With February drawing to a close and Cleveland weather set to warm up for a few days, there’s no excuse not to get out and enjoy the many Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) activities that focus on the outdoors—from a Slovenian-inspired Mardi Gras to a one-of-a-kind music and art festival to close encounters with birds and owls. Check out these family-friendly events that are sure to seal the deal for an unforgettable winter weekend, Cleveland-style.
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE for February 2019
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland. This month's installment includes events at Terrestrial Brewing Company, Asian Town Center, Visible Voice Books, and more. Give it a read here!
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE for January 2019
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.
Wrap up your shopping with these CLE-made stocking stuffers
Whether your holiday shopping was done in November or you’re still working your way down the list, chances are you may have overlooked the stocking stuffers. Enter this handy-dandy list of ideas perfect as stocking stuffers (or for however you celebrate the season of giving). Even better—each one was made right here in Cleveland.
What 78th Street Studios did for art in CLE, Hamilton Collaborative is doing for innovation
If you haven't tuned into the Hamilton Collaborative yet, it's time to find out what's "happening at the Ham."
This University Circle theatre company is the only one of its kind in the U.S.
When Mark and Bill Corcoran laid eyes on an elegant ballroom stage in their new senior living community at Judson Manor, Bill got a glimpse of the retired couple’s "second act"—bringing professional theatre to University Circle.
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE for December 2018
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.
CIA's ThinkCraft: Fresh Takes crafts a new appreciation for modern makers
If the word “craft” brings to mind Pinterest projects or hot glue guns, you’re not alone. “For people who don’t know that much about the art world, they have a notion of Michael’s or Hobby Lobby, or going to outdoor craft fairs,” says Jessica Calderwood, a 2001 Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) alumna. Enter “ThinkCraft: Fresh Takes," an exhibition running at CIA's Reinberger Gallery through next Friday, December 14 that aims to broaden that perspective.
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture names 29 new grant recipients in its 2019 lineup
Let there be art! Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) announced on Monday, November 13, that it will invest $12,077,556 in 282 Cuyahoga County nonprofit organizations through its general operating support and project support grant programs in 2019. Of those grants, 29 organizations are first-time CAC grant recipients; for many of them, 2019 marks the first year they even applied. Meet four of CAC's first-time grantees and learn about the colorful work they're doing in Cleveland.
Fresh Lab brings the funk to Detroit Shoreway
Refresh Collective has long been hanging out at the intersection of cool, creativity, and community, but now it has an actual brick-and-mortar storefront to call all its own.