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MidTown innovation center asks entrepreneurs to meet them in the middle
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Two new businesses open in Cudell and Edgewater neighborhoods
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D.O.C. Studios makes acting an active community experience in Cleveland
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.
When Cleveland’s music scene needs a boost, it gets it from Panza Foundation
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Big Fun returns to Coventry Road for final ‘swan song’
The much-adored novelty emporium, which shuttered in 2018, opened its pop-up the day before Thanksgiving for a six-week “swan song” scheduled to end Jan. 12.
MidTown innovation center asks entrepreneurs to meet them in the middle
Participants envision a thriving innovation hub perfectly situated between downtown and University Circle. The $30 million center is located on the Health-Tech Corridor, a nexus for biomedical and technology firms seeking to leverage local healthcare institutions.
Larchmere’s Fiddlehead Gallery is subject of new documentary by Julian Khan, A Greater Buckeye
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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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D.O.C. Studios makes acting an active community experience in Cleveland
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.
When Cleveland’s music scene needs a boost, it gets it from Panza Foundation
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.
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Newest course, oldest plot: Erich Hooper to bring miniature golf to Cleveland’s oldest urban farm
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.
