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Rodney Bengston

Rodney Bengston is an award-winning Cleveland journalist who has worked as a reporter, editor and columnist and also is a former president of the Cleveland chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Convergence Continuum marks 25 years of cutting-edge theater in Tremont

“We do theater for theater people."

Overcrowding shuttered Cleveland Asian Festival early; organizers now consider changes

Police also restricted access to events at the Metroparks over the weekend. What changes might be coming to summer events?

Cleveland Public Theatre, Near West Theatre Choose What You Pay makes theater affordable for all

Choose What You Pay options have opened the world of theater to new people.

Cleveland Asian Festival set to celebrate culture this weekend

Organizers expect 50,000 people across the two day festival.

Cleveland Public Theatre thinks $12 million revamp will make its light shine brighter

The $12 million project will increase that visibility with improvements to its Gordon Square Theatre lobby, classroom, church and parish hall and the building’s exterior.

Sisters hope to return Old Brooklyn’s Brookmere Cemetery to former glory

Tucked away at the end of Broadview Road in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood, many never realize how close they are to a cemetery that contains the graves of people important to Cleveland’s history.

Laughs, tears mix in “I Wear My Dead Sister’s Clothes” at Cleveland Public Theatre

Amy Schwabauer’s play, a dark comedy, “I Wear My Dead Sister’s Clothes” runs through Dec. 20 at Cleveland Public Theatre and explores her grief journey as she both laughs and cries while cleaning out her deceased sister’s house.

‘Psych Hospital Hope’ aims to bust myths, promote understanding

Psych wards can be true lifesavers. That’s the main message Deena Nyer Mendlowitz is trying to get across with a special edition of her Mental Illness and Friends presents “Psych Hospital Hope” at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at Imposters Theater.

Cleveland’s Kate Sidley blesses world with humorous look at sainthood

Kate Sidley will never be a saint, but she’s more than happy to tell you what’s funny about them.

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