Today was suppose to be the day we in Cleveland celebrated Pride Month with the annual festival and parade downtown. It has been postponed until Saturday, September 12 due to COVID-19. But that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate and honor the LGBT history here! 2014 Gay Games Cleveland and Akron hosted ninth Gay Games in […]
Today, the Statler offers Cleveland apartment living in the heart of downtown but in its past it was the Hotel Statler with several restaurants, a speakeasy and a grand ballroom! The hotel opened in 1912 as part of what would become one of the first hotel chains in the country started by E. M. Statler. […]
Cleveland Businesses Blog Series We continue our series of blog and social media posts that look at local small businesses and people that have been affected by the COVID-19 shutdown in Cleveland with an interview with Jennifer Wirtz of Der Braumeister, a local German restaurant in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland. Der Braumeister Family […]
Cleveland Businesses Blog Series We continue our series of blog and social media posts that look at local small businesses and people that have been affected by the COVID-19 shutdown in Cleveland with an interview with actor Brian Golub from Jesus Christ Superstar. Brian Golub Brian is an actor that was in Cleveland as part […]
Cleveland Businesses Blog Series We are starting a series of blog and social media posts that look at local small businesses and people that have been affected by the COVID-19 shutdown. I sit down (virtually) with the owner and discuss how they, their business and their staff are doing through this crisis. We also chat […]
The Cleveland Museum of Art is home to so many amazing collections and special exhibits. Back in late February I went to the museum to see the PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet. I had written a blog post a couple weeks later but then never shared it. So here it is! […]
The 50th Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice’s groundbreaking rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar opens its national tour here in Cleveland Tuesday, March 10 at the Connor Palace theater. Cleveland not only kicks the tour off but will have an exclusive musical enhancement. In addition to the 11-piece ensemble of touring musicians, only […]
Are you familiar with the Hermit Club? It is a bit of a secret here in Cleveland but chances are you passed by it. The Hermit Club “is the nation’s oldest continuously operating private club devoted to amateur performing arts”. It sits just behind Playhouse Square and is attached to the Hofbrauhaus. The Hermit Club […]
The City Club of Cleveland is one of the nation’s oldest continuous independent free speech forums. It was founded in 1912 and is often called Cleveland’s Citadel of Free Speech. The mission of the City Club is “to create conversations of consequence that help democracy thrive”. They have hosted everyone from sitting presidents to community […]
The Cleveland Public Library this week, just opened their new exhibit called Cleveland 2020: A Photographic Exploration of Cleveland, in conjunction with the Cleveland Print Room. I was able to attend the grand opening on Monday afternoon (Martin Luther King Jr. Day). The exhibit is a celebration of Cleveland through photography. Cleveland 2020 contains works […]
