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Talk with CVNP Ranger Pamela Barnes about how lucky we are to have a National Park so close by. Take a peek at recent PHOTOSTREAMS of nearby hikes in Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Geauga and Summit counties.
Looking beyond the pandemic, BOP STOP ramps up their streaming capabilities. The Rock Hall re-opens safer and better then ever. CoolCleveland columnist Dru Thompson introduces us to some well-dressed dads. CoolCleveland columnist Jenna Thomas offers a guide to allyship for white people.
And when you do set out, be prepared, be flexible and be kind, as Ranger Barnes would say. What trail are you on?
Ranger Pamela Barnes feels both ways about the flood of new people visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park due to the coronavirus lockdown. “On the one hand, we’re so thrilled to see so many people out visiting their national park… and on the other hand, we’re kinda nervous about so many people visiting their national park.”
Ranger Barnes talks with CoolCleveland about the new protocols on the trails, which facilities are open, and her favorite saying: “Be Prepared, Be Flexible, Be Kind.” Read More
A pharmacist. A pastor. A federal security officer. A Sherwin Williams supervisor. A postal worker — still on the job at age 83! These are some of the well-dressed Cleveland dads CoolCleveland fashion maven Dru Thompson has spotlighted for Father’s Day. They shared their fashion secrets with her — and us. Read More
We’ve been getting outside and taking walks around northeast Ohio from Lorain to Lake County to Youngstown, and we’ve been sharing the photos with you. Check out our PHOTOSTREAMS and resolve to take one of these hikes yourself. Read More
Holden Arboretum’s Murch Canopy Walk and Kalberer Emergent Tower are open again — and included in your admission. You have to wear a mask though! Read More
Looking beyond the pandemic, the BOP STOP is creating high-quality streaming capacity to be a permanent integral part of its presentations. It’s hoping to have it up and running by late summer. Read More
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that encourages and guides white people in helping to confront and dismantle white supremacy and fight for racial justice. CoolCleveland political columnist Jenna Thomas speaks with Avery Martens of the Cleveland SURJ chapter to learn how white people can most effectively be partners in this effort and what pitfalls to avoid. Read More
Greg Harris, CEO of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, found an opportunity when the Rock Hall was forced to close. “We didn’t just kind of hunker down and think about how do we maintain, we thought about how do we make this place better when we do re-open.”
Promising a museum experience that’s “safe and clean… but not sterile,” the Rock Hall will take everyone’s temperature, will use ticketing on your phone only, and ask that everyone stay at least “two Stratocasters apart.” Read More
MON 6/22 Welcome the Buckeye Flame A new LGBTQ+ online publication, helmed by Cleveland professor/comedian/ author Ken Schneck, makes its debut today. It’ll cover LGBTQ+ issues and communities across Ohio.
Thanks, White PeopleThe irony of my thanking whites for finally beginning to step up in large enough numbers to make systemic changes to the social and legal contracts is not lost on me: Yes, I am in fact thanking the people who have perpetrated this longest running holocaust in the history… Read More
A huge part of the problem is the culture of “us versus them” that cops established back in the ’60s. Too many see themselves as warriors — an occupying army — rather than people dedicated to “Protect and Serve.” And the only way to change this paradigm is to change the culture of policing… Read More
First, know this: Police do not prevent crime, and they often don’t solve those crimes that have been committed. What prevents crime is education, which leads to the ability to earn a decent income, which in turn allows people to have their own slice of the American pie… Read More
