When Scott Nathanson made the unexpected announcement that he planned to close Collinwood’s neighborhood Italian restaurant, Scotti's, he never could have imagined the reaction he got.
Last fall, a walk taken around the Fairfax neighborhood signified the possibilities for powerful change. Almost a year later, a unique bike ride continues that forward momentum.
With the help of a $50,000 Cuyahoga Arts & Culture grant, the Hispanic Business Center is helping Latinx artists get more exposure, increase their reach, and receive business development support via the new Artist Colectivo network.
Life is sweeter with honey for the residents of St. Herman House, who are exploring beekeeping.
The sixth annual Backyard Nature Bash is geared at helping Clevelanders enhance Ohio's biodiversity, one backyard at a time.
The hashtag #NikkiForever is taking on new meaning as Lake Erie Ink and Cleveland.com prepare to launch Write About Now, a 10-week training program for teen journalists.
Join us on the Tour de Bruell as local chef Zack Bruell takes foodies on a delicious progressive dinner party through five Bruell-owned restaurants.
When the new and improved Euclid High School opens in a year, new campus amenities will include a 9,000-square-foot welding lab. It’s a fitting (and long-awaited) development for the school’s celebrated welding program, which has ranked among the country’s top five programs for the last decade.
When the city of Cleveland revised its 6-year-old Climate Action Plan in 2018, it set an ambitious goal: to use 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050.
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All daddy-daughter dances have that “aww” factor, but the Him & Me Dance is truly awe-inspiring. With its seventh go-round scheduled for this Sunday, August 4, the annual event is planned by suicide prevention nonprofit Alive on Purpose to strengthen the bond between dads and daughters—and bring much-needed awareness to the fact that 63 percent of all suicides come from fatherless homes.
When 76-year-old Fairfax resident Walter Stanley attends a community meeting with a packed room, he sits close to the presenters so he doesn’t miss a thing. And at a recent Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) meeting this spring, there was plenty to take in as residents and stakeholders provided input on the Cleveland Board of Education’s budgetary decisions concerning the fate of Fairfax’s Bolton Elementary School.
Jean Garcia and Xaidy Rodriguez aren’t like other siblings their age.
For one, they’re both bilingual transplants native to Ponce, Puerto Rico, a small city of 145,000 on the southern part of the island. At 19 and 15 respectfully, Garcia and sister Rodriguez helm one of the youngest restaurant startups to open on Cleveland’s West Side, well, in ages.
For one, they’re both bilingual transplants native to Ponce, Puerto Rico, a small city of 145,000 on the southern part of the island. At 19 and 15 respectfully, Garcia and sister Rodriguez helm one of the youngest restaurant startups to open on Cleveland’s West Side, well, in ages.
Not every high school junior can knowledgeably drop terms like “reiki” and “acupressure” into conversation, but thanks to her summer internship, Ashley Hayden can talk Eastern healing modalities with the best of them.
On Friday, July 19, 188 volunteers flooded the Burke Lakefront Airport for Cleveland GiveCamp's tenth year in the city, ready to rebuild 18 nonprofits’ websites over the course of one weekend. Some volunteers even opt to take the title literally and pitch a tent.
For members of the Boys & Girls Clubs (BGCC) at Luis Muñoz Marin and Walton Elementary Schools, beating the summer heat means getting on beat.
From the Dublin Theatre Festival in Ireland to the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, Dale Heinen and Jeffrey Pence have had no shortage of inspiration in planning the debut BorderLight Festival—which they hope will add Cleveland to the list of “second cities” that have become perennial theatre festival destinations.
Since its opening on July 1, the Rock Hall's new Garage exhibit has attracted MLB all-stars like Mike Trout and Francisco Lindor, along with members of Blue Oyster Cult and the Alice Cooper Band. But the interactive Garage exhibit isn’t just for celebrities. It’s for everyone—and that’s kind of the point.
Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River caught fire, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Student Allison Meyer is demonstrating how Clevelanders continue to persist no matter the struggles they encounter.
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.