There are some gifts you just can’t find locally. But honestly, they’re getting fewer and fewer every year. By now, most of us know to look for cool local goodies in places like Farmer Jones’ Holiday Market at Chef’s Garden. Even the Cleveland Metroparks offers games, books and more at their Nature Shop. Most of our museums have shops stocked with local artists. And many of our 36 CoolNEIGHBORHOODS are packed with local boutiques, galleries and shops.Still, experiences make excellent gifts. How about a workshop of art making project at CMA’s Community Art Center at the Pivot Center? Or a toboggan ride at the Cleveland Metroparks at the Chalet at Mill Stream Run Reservation? Maybe chuckle along with vintage holiday films at Wizbang Theatre? Or rock out with Missile Toe at Jilly’s, or Apostle Jones at the Beachland, or Carlos Jones at the Music Box, or the Modern Electric’s “North Coast Christmas” at The Grog Shop. Or bring your tuba to EJ Thomas Hall and make your own holiday music.
Sit still for a frank and enlightening video interview with CoolCleveland correspondent Liv Ream’s grandfather Jack, who just happens to have started the largest food pantry in the region. And mourn with the community for the loss of chocolatier Cassandra Fear, who brought joy to so many. In her well-spent life, she was never still; may she rest now in peace.
December Deals are here at Cleveland Metroparks Nature Shop this holiday season. Spend $175 online or in-store and receive a free Naked Bee gift set. Cleveland Metroparks Nature Shop offers T-shirts, hats & beanies, games, books, and more for the nature lover in your life.
The newest item, the 2024 Cleveland Metroparks calendar, features stunning views of some of your favorite reservations. Pick up your calendar during our 2024 deals! Read more.
Philanthropist Jack Ream sat down for an interview with CoolCleveland Correspondent (and cool granddaughter) Liv Ream to detail how he got the ball rolling on his mission to end hunger in Tuscarawas County, resulting in his co-founding the Greater Dover New Philadelphia Food Pantry; the largest food pantry in the Akron-Canton Food Bank Region.
Jack recalls his experiences with the church, his community, and how society views social problems. Unlike others, the pantry is fully managed and operated by volunteers. Each week, more than 100 volunteers unload and organize food items, pack boxes, and assist in loading cars. Currently, there is a need for home-delivery volunteers who can use their own vehicles to make the deliveries and have the ability to lift 30-35 pounds. Read more.
On the evening of Saturday December 16, Cassandra Fear, who was beloved of Cleveland’s entrepreneurial, creative and activist communities, was hit by a car and killed on Cleveland’s west side. Where to begin to talk about Cassy? Many of us got to know her through her chocolate business, Fear’s Confections, which she launched in 2010, opening her first storefront shop in North Collinwood in 2013 and moving to Lakewood the following year.
Cassie was dynamic, creative, hard-working, vivacious, good-hearted, generous and kind. She was always stepping up to help organizations that addressed issues such as domestic abuse and LGBTQ rights. She uplifted other people instead of looking at them as competition. “Stronger together” was a principle she lived. Read more.
WED 12/27 Unleash Creativity Come to CMA’s Community Arts Center at the Pivot Center all week and join a workshop or art-making project geared for all ages and skill levels.
In his latest work, Jack Ruby — The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin, author/cultural historian Danny Fingeroth looks at the life of a Jewish man, who in a demented way sought to be an American superhero by killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
For those who are too young to remember, which is now much of the population, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Within an hour, his accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and taken into custody by the Dallas police department. Since it was not a federal crime in 1963 to kill the president, the prosecution of the murder of the president would be carried out by the Dallas County prosecutor’s office and investigated by the Dallas police. Read more.
