Pride in the CLE is getting stronger and louder and bigger and prouder every year. Don’t miss out on the fun: the parade itself on Saturday is a blast, and so are all the activities the rest of the day. The Peninsula Flea kicks off, the Art & Wine Festival takes over Kent, and the party goes on all night.Friday is another big day, with Little Italy’s summer art walk, the Hildebrandt Building’s First Friday open studios, a photo show in our national park, and another First Friday Hop taking place in 3 locations downtown. And the rest of the week is nothing to be ashamed of, offering the 23rd Annual Cleveland Classical Guitar Festival, the Cleveland Ballet dancing in a vineyard, and an Akron Art Museum Family Day honoring Pride month, among many other sweet events we’ve curated below.
Vanity Crash is psyched to be hosting the coolest Pride afterparty this Saturday after the parade and after the afternoon festivities. Rest up, hit the streets and plan to stay up late. You have a lot to be proud of.
The Cleveland Metroparks connect humans with nature. So writer Claudia Taller reminds us as she shares a recent visit to Metroparks’ Rocky River Reservation, one of the local outdoor treasures you can enjoy without making a long drive and spending a lot of money. And she notes how seasonal changes make return visits rewarding.
“We visited in late April—the trails were mucky, vernal pools hid young frogs and salamanders, downed trees crossed each other like pick-up sticks, and ephemeral spring flowers barely hid the leaves and mud forest floor. At the end of May, we drove through deep green forest, the leaves on the trees no longer that sweet yellow-green that possesses them soon after they unfurl. We walked on dry trails through a quiet greenway of tall plants and wild purple phlox.” Read more
In The Land, everyone is welcome and the celebration never stops. Join us for Pride in the CLE on June 3, 2023 at Mall B. #ThisisCLE.
The LGBT Cleveland Community Center and Cleveland Pride, Inc. have joined forces to throw a multi-day celebration of the city’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community.
Dubbed Pride in the CLE, the inclusive event combines entertainment, education, and activism — with the goal of exuding unity and acceptance, raising awareness and generally just creating good vibes all around. Read more.
Take this rare opportunity to catch V☆nity Cr☆sh in a late-night intimate club setting with no admission. After the big Pride in the CLE parade and celebration from 11AM-6PM, many folks will head down to the East Bank of the Flats for Flat Out Pride to keep the party going with DJs, drag queens, dancing and fun, all going to help support various nonprofits such as Plexus LGBT & Allied Chamber of Commerce.
Then, if you’re not ready for the party to end, kick it into high gear with live music in high style from V☆nity Cr☆sh performing a rare club gig on the East Bank of the Flats. Compete for Pride Trivia, while the band showcases brand new music, plus glam classics. Stay up late for the hottest Pride afterparty in town! Read more.
The season announcement party is becoming a popular trend among local theaters. Two more area ensembles are holding events this week to share their 2023-24 in person instead of a dry press release: its oldest, the Cleveland Play House, and its newest, the Spanish-Language LatinUs Theatre. Read more
Now that the weather’s nice, it’s a great time to explore downtown Cleveland — and two groups give you a chance to do so with an informed guide who can teach you something about its history. The Take a Hike tours start this week, offering seven-days-a-week excursions, while Tours of Cleveland continues to offer an inside look at local landmarks. Read more.
We didn’t pick this fight, but we’re ready to continue the struggle to uphold our democracy. Let’s make it as simple as possible: Republicans have illegally gerrymandered the districts in the State of Ohio (so says the Ohio Supreme Court — three times), and those unrepresentative representatives are now trying to eliminate majority rule when voting on changes to the Ohio Constitution. Issue 1 will be voted on during a special election on August 8, which is itself illegal since the Ohio legislature banned special elections earlier the year. But that’s not stopping them… and that won’t stop us.
They’ve even admitted they sponsored Issue 1 in August in response to the citizen initiative to ensure women’s reproductive rights are protected by the Ohio Constitution at the next election in November. But they can’t bully us, and they can’t fool us. We will swarm the polls on August 8 and VOTE NO on Issue 1. Then we’ll hit the polls again in November to support women’s reproductive freedom. Mark my words. And mark your CALENDARS. Read more.
WED 6/7 Lock Launch Lock 3’s Cascade Plaza opens its free concert series with Akron reggae band Umojah Nation. Bring your chair or blanket, grab some dinner form a downtown restaurant and come chill.
