New perspectives. A new day. In an era of traditional media collapse, we celebrate The Land, a new nonprofit journalistic voice in our region. CPL kicks off Neighborhood Voices with a virtual launch. Akron Soul Train offers residencies so artists can express their vision.The pandemic cannot silence the shutter of photographers Joe Kleon and Anastasia Pantsios, who’ve created eight separate virtual galleries to exhibit over 1000 of their concert & backstage photos. Mansfield Frazier is shouting out loud with five essays this week, from recommending mandatory public service to a heartfelt thank-you to Alex Trebek.We’ve made our voices heard. Now let’s follow through.
While traditional journalism is failing — Clevelanders watched with dismay as The Plain Dealer purged talented and experienced reporters — new models are being tested to take up the slack. One of those is nonprofit journalism, the model embraced by new Cleveland digital publication The Land. Created by writer/Lit Cleveland founder Lee Chilcote, it aims to utilize the area’s pool of strong journalists to report on overlooked communities and issues of equity, accountability and solutions. Read More
Well, this is a first. Still offering special menu items, this time around Cleveland Restaurant Week To Go makes it easy to to get a delicious meal to take home. View our interview with Bridget Thibeault from Luna Bakery & Cafe and David Culi of Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse.
Either way, you’re supporting the local restaurant industry, hit hard by the pandemic, and you’ll be eating well, plus getting the best prices of the year. Treat yourself and your family for the holidays. Read More
Akron Soul Train provides “residencies” for artists in all disciplines — visual, performance & literary — giving them resources to do new work to be presented in their galleries. Applications are now open for 2021. Read More
The 43rd annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival at Dobama Theatre is now open for submissions from kids in grades 1-12 for short plays, with some of the winners getting a production at Dobama next June, pandemic permitting. Read More
The Kent Historical Society has just released a new book, Historic Facades of Kent, Ohio, that tells the story behind every building in downtown Kent, along with hundreds of vintage photos. Read More
Starting in 2017, Cleveland-based music photographers Joe Kleon & Anastasia Pantsios launched a series of annual gallery exhibits of their extensive achieves of concert and backstage shots.
Alas, this year the pandemic made an encore impossible. So the duo conceived the idea of a series of virtual galleries which allow them to show more of their catalog than would’ve been possible in a gallery. They’ll show more than 1,000 photos in eight separate galleries during Thanksgiving week, November 23-29.
Special programming will be part of their nightly video presentations, including an interview with the BOP STOP’s Gabe Pollack & the Beachland’s Cindy Barber about the current state of live music and the debut public airing of a taped oral history with Michael Stanley. Read More
SUN 11/15 More Than Blimps A University of Akron archivist has published a book about the history of Akron mainstay Goodyear Rubber & Tire, which he’ll sign at Learned Owl Book Shop in Hudson.
TUE 11/17 Lighting Up the Night In the middle of he longest, darkest days of the year, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo brings relief with its Wild Winter Lights, through January 3. You can stroll through the displays and enjoy special activities or view them safety from your car.
Thanks, Philadelphia Poll Workers
It’s an established fact that poll results from precincts with large black populations are slower to come in for a variety of reasons. But primary among them is the fact that the workers in these polling places know the level of scrutiny their work is going to be subjected to, so they take the extra time… Read MoreHow Alex Trebek Made My Last Bid Easier
My second day on the compound I went into the TV room to play Jeopardy! By this point in my life I’d been in my share of lock-ups, jails and prisons, but one thing was common in all of them: At 7:30 the TV was going to get turned to Alex, and the other convicts didn’t care if your daughter’s wedding was being televised…. Read MoreAn Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come
There’s an idea that has been floating around national politics and debated for years, but now it’s time for action on it: Two (or three) year terms of MANDATORY national service for all young adults. Meaning that every young citizen at age 18 is compelled by law to give something back to the country… Read More
Please Mr. President
I mean, you’re going to go to your grave sincerely, truly believing that the election was somehow stolen from you — and so too will all of your cult-like followers, because that’s really what you truly believe; the artificial reality you make up to serve your purpose for the moment… Read More
What’s His Next Move?
The fact that he was out playing golf when the news broke that Biden was the president-elect demonstrates another aspect of his personality: bluffing. He’s playing golf to show the world how little he is concerned over the recent news, but it’s all part of his act. He scared, really scared…. Read More
