This applies as much to the gathering of our bounty as it does to our pandemic response and our political discourse.
Most farmers markets are open with their seasonal yield, albeit with new protocols. Coit Road Market is even hosting a waffles & BBQ fundraiser. CPL offers a virtual gardening series for kids. The Circle Food Tour features Southern eats with Chef Tiwanna Scott-Williams. Most fall festivals are no-go, but local ethnic eats are yours for the tasting for pickup only at St. Mary Romanian Church.
Our garden crop is overflowing this harvesttime. But what are we sowing for the future?
A composting business that once consisted of two guys riding around on bikes picking up food scraps is now a booming business with its own line of soil products for sale. They’ve just announced a move to a huge new facility so they can keep up with the demand. Read More
The Western Reserve Historical Society recently opened a new exhibit called Women & Politics, looking at women’s engagement, from the suffragist movement to running for office. You can now purchase for at-home perusal. Read More
Locally owned home delivery pharmacy Parafill has partnered with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank to donate a meal for each prescription filled through the end of September. Read More
Holden Forests & Gardens offers virtual classes revealing the magic of the natural world! Northeast Ohio experts teach the courses, ranging from gardening and beekeeping to yoga and painting, via Zoom. Read More SPONSORED
Farmers markets started opening in April and May with a limited amount of produce on hand. But by July, the harvest starts rolling in and doesn’t stop until October. Most NE Ohio farmers markets are back this year, albeit with more safety rules, so if you haven’t shopped these local growers and food producers yet this year, what are you waiting for? Read More
The 2020 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, presented by KeyBank, free virtual festival is on! Performances created specifically for the festival will be livestreamed Fri 8/21, through Sun 8/23 at 7PM. Live guest talks with world-renowned bassists Christian McBride and John Clayton. RSVP at tri-cjazzfest.com. Read More SPONSORED
TUE 8/25 A Taste of Tremont The Tremont Farmers Market attracts local farmers and food producers to leafy Lincoln Park, with vendors at peak harvest now.
WED 8/26 Recalling the Feast This year’s Feast in Little Italy didn’t happen for the first time in more than 100 years. Learn more about the roots — both religious and cultural — of this beloved event via the Western Reserve Historial Society.
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Three-ZipI can sense that the door of opportunity is beginning to crack open and it’s incumbent upon us — no matter how suspicious one is, due to past failed efforts and unfulfilled empty promises made to the black community, to step up and avail ourselves any and all offerings of assistance to better our condition… Read More
In politics, as in life, when someone has a stick they’re going to try to beat you with, the best thing to do is to find a way to take it from them. That’s what Willie Brown did, not for himself, but for his former paramour V.P. candidate Kamala Harris. Knowing that the right-wing media would try… Read More
As if the candidate field for Cleveland mayor won’t be crowded enough next year, along comes Republican Landry Simmons, Jr., a Black Irishman (or in his case methinks he would prefer “Irish/Black,” if black at all) who recently tossed his law enforcement tam-o-shanter into the mayoral ring… Read More
