Arts & Culture Archives – Page 22 of 46

“Our little corner of Cleveland”: Spotlight Cleveland shines a light on local music scene

By Lee Chilcote ● Arts & Culture ● December 5, 2024

In the past year, two music lovers on Cleveland’s west side, Corrine Henahan and John Dewey, have transformed what used to be a smoke-filled, run-down corner bar at Madison Ave. and W. 87th St. into a loving tribute to the local music scene. The project is a direct result of their own grit and determination.

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Friends of Impett Park, Mayor Bibb cut ribbon on new inclusive playground in Cleveland

By Susan Eyerman ● Community Journalism ● December 3, 2024

The revamped park features new playground equipment that encourages inclusive, accessible play for all children. City officials say it’s a step toward allowing more families to play at parks in Cleveland, rather than driving to the suburbs.

Maltz Museum’s ‘Degenerate!’ exhibit reveals Nazi war on modern art

By Douglas J. Guth ● Arts & Culture ● December 2, 2024

In 1937, the Nazi regime staged a “Degenerate Art” exhibition in Munich, aiming to discredit modern art as morally corrupt. This attack on “unacceptable” expression is the subject of a new collection at Northeast Ohio’s Maltz Museum – “DEGENERATE! Hitler’s War on Modern Art.”

‘Black Barbie’ screening highlights importance of representation, identity in imaginative play

By Silk Allen ● Arts & Culture ● November 25, 2024

As part of the Cleveland History Center’s newest exhibit, “All Dolled Up: 200 Years of Dolls and Miniatures,” a private screening of the Netflix documentary “Black Barbie” was held for collectors and doll enthusiasts.

Thanksgiving 2024: Upcoming holiday activities in Cleveland

By Chris Mosby & The Land ● Arts & Culture ● November 25, 2024

Whether you’re looking to burn off turkey, turn your sights to end-of-year holidays, or simply party, we’ve compiled a list of events for you to check out in Cleveland this Thanksgiving.

D.O.C. Studios makes acting an active community experience in Cleveland

By Christopher Johnston ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2024

On a warm night in late fall at the Rainey Institute on East 55th Street in Cleveland, Ananias Dixon leads a group of roughly 35 acting students mostly in their 20s and 30s through a fun, high-energy warm-up exercise. It’s another free Community Mode Monday for D.O.C. Studios, and Dixon, co-director and an acclaimed Cleveland actor and theatre teacher, dives into this movement activity known as the Golden Light ritual.

Finally getting their ‘due’: Exhibit honors Cleveland’s pioneering Black photographers

By Gregory Burnett ● Arts & Culture ● November 18, 2024

A new display at the Cleveland History Center highlights the works of the Plain Dealer’s and Cleveland Press’ first Black photographers, alongside the photography of other great Cleveland artists.

When Cleveland’s music scene needs a boost, it gets it from Panza Foundation

By Grant Segall ● Arts & Culture ● November 15, 2024

Since 2014, the Panza Foundation has been giving local bands $2,000 grants to keep the music rocking and rolling. This month, the foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary with a benefit concert.

Julian Khan finds his role as a network builder in Cleveland’s Buckeye Neighborhood

By Christina Easter ● Arts & Culture ● November 14, 2024

Julian Khan was destined to be a network builder. Khan uses the information he learned from his undergraduate courses in English and the arts, 20 years working at the Cleveland Public Library, and mentorship he received working with community organizations, to bring residents and community members together to raise and resolve community issues.

Op-ed: Where politics have failed cities, Hough’s Brookdale Orchard unfurls a blueprint for healing

By Collin Cunningham ● Arts & Culture ● November 13, 2024

Alongside longtime neighborhood resident, advocate and St. Matthew United Methodist Church trustee and chairperson Mittie Jordan, Hough inhabitants and church congregants have quietly spent the last decade building their Brookdale Orchard into a bulwark against blight along Superior Avenue and Wade Park.