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Newest course, oldest plot: Erich Hooper to bring miniature golf to Cleveland’s oldest urban farm

By Collin Cunningham ● Entrepreneurs ● July 29, 2024

Agriculturalist Erich Hooper’s property on W. 11th Street boasts the oldest urban farm in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood and serves as a community garden, STEM classroom and bastion of do-it-yourself volunteerism. By the end of 2024, the property will also host the city’s newest miniature golf course, as Hooper hopes to draw more people to his self-made backyard sanctuary.

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‘Greater enthusiasm for learning’: New grant helps Arts Impact expand programming in Cleveland

By Unity Powell ● Arts & Culture ● July 26, 2024

A National Endowment for the Arts grant will help Arts Impact expand programming in CMSD schools.

Slavic Village housing crisis detailed in new film

By Sharon Core ● Arts & Culture ● July 22, 2024

“The House Next Door” tells the story through poignant, personal stories from people directly impacted by the mortgage crisis.

Empowering Cleveland: The Seeds of Literacy Story

By Michael Smith ● Social Equity ● July 18, 2024

The City of Cleveland faces a significant economic challenge: adult illiteracy. Some 66 percent of adults living inside the city are functionally illiterate. In some neighborhoods in Cleveland that number can be as high as 95 percent. Seeds of Literacy is a non-profit organization set on overcoming this problem.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio likely to close Cleveland or Lorain County locations

By Chris Mosby ● Social Equity ● July 16, 2024

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio believe Cleveland or Lorain County locations could be shuttered due to funding loss.

Exploring the impact of the Van Sweringen Brothers on Cleveland, inner-ring suburbs

By Chris Mosby ● Arts & Culture ● July 11, 2024

A new book examines the lives and decisions of the Van Sweringen brothers – including their impact on public transit in Northeast Ohio, their vision in creating an exclusive suburb for Cleveland’s wealthy, and more.

First Tee – Cleveland opens new Woodworth Activity Center, growing current programming

By Elizabeth Emery ● Arts & Culture ● July 5, 2024

First Tee – Cleveland opened the new Woodworth Activity Center at Cleveland Metroparks’ Washington Golf Course, offering an opportunity to expand current programming and even develop new offerings for Northeast Ohio youth ages 6-18.

July 4th events in Cleveland: Find ways to celebrate Independence Day near you

By Chris Mosby ● Arts & Culture ● July 4, 2024

Check out this list of upcoming July 4th events happening in Cleveland and surrounding communities.

Celebrating 10 years of Rooms to Let: An artist’s perspective

By Aja Joi Grant ● Arts & Culture ● July 1, 2024

Rooms to Let (RTL) has been making space for artists to ignite homes, buildings and storefronts with art, interaction and performance for 10 years. These places have been otherwise abandoned and left to the elements, due to economic changes within the Slavic Village neighborhood.

John Ewing: Talking movies with the man who co-founded Cleveland’s Cinematheque…before he rides into the sunset

By Kevin McLaughlin ● Arts & Culture ● June 27, 2024

For nearly four decades, John Ewing has served as director at the Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland’s University Circle district. On June 30, he will show his final three films — three of his all-time favorites — before, like Alan Ladd in Shane, he rides off on his horse to final credits.