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‘My grandfather is very proud’: How a chess tournament at East Cleveland Public Library brings community together

By Kelly Margaret Heikkila ● Arts & Culture ● May 9, 2025

It’s a rainy Saturday morning in May as people file into the East Cleveland Public Library. What begins as a slow trickle – locals looking to devour the latest books, and students using the computer lab – turns into a large diverse group of young and old alike competing in a free local chess tournament.

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Cleveland Main Library and Linda Anne Eastman: A rare library and librarian

By Grant Segall ● Arts & Culture ● May 8, 2025

One hundred years ago, a pioneering librarian opened a new flagship for the pioneering Cleveland Public Library.

Free summer food sites announced by Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio

By Chris Mosby ● Education ● May 7, 2025

Kids who are members of a Club can get free breakfast and lunch through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio this summer.

How one Cleveland professor’s innovative research is fighting sexual assault around the nation

By Christopher Johnston ● Public Safety ● May 6, 2025

“The research coming out of Rachel [Lovell]’s group has opened our eyes and educated us regarding the effect of sexual assault on the victim, and understanding what they have gone through by the time they are talking to us helps us be better prosecutors.”

Cuyahoga County looks for new ways to guide youth out of foster care, juvenile-court system

By Bob Sandrick ● Government ● May 5, 2025

Cuyahoga County, with help from a $300,000 grant, plans to improve the ways it guides young people out of foster care and the juvenile-court system and into adulthood.

Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community exhibit celebrates Karamu House’s rich printmaking history

By Jala Forest ● Arts & Culture ● April 30, 2025

The exhibit entails more than 50 prints created by members of the Karamu Artists Inc.

Lakewood Police Department Citizens’ Police Academy connects officers and residents

By Sharyn Arai ● Community Journalism ● April 29, 2025

And this reporter got to try on the blast suit.

Elevate the East bringing public art to Cleveland’s East Side

By Unity Powell ● Arts & Culture ● April 28, 2025

Projects such as the Woodhill Choice Neighborhoods revitalization project and the restoration of aging parks and community centers bring the hope of renewal — and Elevate the East is now building on that with public art.

In Shaker Heights and across the country, Trump’s anti-DEI push raises concerns for policing

By The Marshall Project & Wilbert L. Cooper ● Government ● April 28, 2025

DEI professionals and officers of color fear that a Trump-led backlash will erase the diversity gains made after the George Floyd protests.

Boys & Girls Clubs opening 5 summer sites in Cuyahoga County, offering free programming

By Chris Mosby ● Arts & Culture ● April 27, 2025

BGCNEO is offering free summer programming for youth 6-18 at sites throughout Northeast Ohio.