The League of Women Voters – that name even makes them sound like superheroes – have been doing the heavy lifting of saving democracy for 100 years. First-time author Maggie Sullivan found the overachievers amongst us as she wrote Boss Ladies of CLE.
Join an online panel on voting rights, indulge in the Rock Hall’s new exhibit on 2020 inductees and rock heroes, or drive around and catch live performance with The City Is a Stage.
Click on Coffee With the Collection and learn about women artists at Akron Art Museum or participate in a virtual tomato tasting.
Ready to be your own hero? Do these two things: request a mail-in ballot and complete your census. Democracy will thank you.
Celebrating their 100th anniversary, the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland help register voters, offer voter guides and organize candidate and speaker forums, even advocate on important issues. During the pandemic, all these activities are online, with a social media campaign to give it superpowers.
Get registered, vote by mail, volunteer to help, and get paid to be a poll worker, and you can be a hero of democracy yourself. Read More
First-time author Maggie Sullivan didn’t know any of the women in her new book Boss Ladies of CLE. She just knew she wanted to tell the kinds of stories that inspired her. So she sent out a cold email to find the 20 achievers she featured, representing the arts, business, food, fashion, fitness and more. Some are well-known locally; others will be new to most. All have great stories to tell. Read More
Refugee Response helps resettle newcomers to the area, in part through its work at Ohio City Farm. This year its annual farm dinner benefit is instead a series of delivered meals made by top local chefs who support its cause. Read More
Singer/songwriter Anne E. DeChant has long been known for her social justice advocacy. Her new song “Changes” was spurred by George Floyd’s murder and features a choir with some well-known Cleveland musicians. Read More
The POW! WOW! Mural Festival has taken place in 13 cities around the world. September 21-26 it comes to Cleveland when teams of international and local artists will paint 20 buildings in the MidTown neighborhood. Read More
People power our government and society — but only if they participate. While the name-calling, mean-spiritedess and seeming disregard for the welfare of ordinary citizens that we see in politics can be discouraging, it won’t change if you throw up your hands and go “There’s nothing I can do about it.” You can do two simple things right now: request your mail-in ballot and fill in the census form. Read More
Fine art photographer Laura D’Alessandro has been recording her visual thoughts about these pandemic times with her camera; an exhibit of her new work opens at Tremont’s Doubting Thomas Gallery.
SUN 8/16 A Taste of Summer How can a tomato-tasting be virtual? When you shop at the Countryside Farmers Market on Saturday & log onto the Zoom presentation today to find out what to do with your haul.
MON 8/17 Light Up the Night Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s Asian Lantern festival has been packed, even though they’re limiting attendance. But for those who really want to be careful, they’re offering drive-through viewings on Mondays and Tuesdays.
How Far Is Too Far?The extent to which these ideologues are willing to go — so far as to place their children’s lives in danger — is absolutely astounding and augurs badly for future racial peace. Even if the president is defeated in November (as it appears he will be), it’s going to be difficult to get these diehard bigots to crawl back…. Read More
Mansfield shares a personal story about how he acquired a neglected house on his block, poured money into restoring it, fought off former owners who were foreclosed on, and eventually sold it to a new owner for just the money he’d put into it. Ward politics are involved too. It’s an intriguing story about rebuilding a community, one house at a time. Read More
