The pandemic may make it impossible for most houses of worship to congregate in-person, but institutions find their missions and prayers extend beyond the sanctuary walls. 

If you’ve seen a trolley with a film crew making its way through Cleveland in the last few weeks, consider it a spoiler alert. Now in its 18th year, the popular SPARX City Hop celebration will move almost entirely online in response to COVID-19.

They're creative. They're courageous. They're resilient. They're the Fresh Innovators, a group of talented professionals making a difference locally. The Cleveland Leadership Center and FreshWater Cleveland will salute the group virtually with Spark 2020: Grit to Great, the center's annual leadership symposium, tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 3.

Cleveland filmmaker, co-founder of the Cleveland Asian Festival, and civic leader Johnny Wu announces the release of his latest movie, Immortal Combat: The Code" on DVD today.

FreshWater Cleveland's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.

The Documenters began in Chicago in 2016 as a way for civic reporters to track business at local government meetings. Now, the Documenters comes to Cleveland, looking to train people for jobs reporting on what's going on in local government.

Northeast Ohio is changing. These are the people shaping its future. Our latest installment.

Need a job? Check out the latest edition of FreshWater Cleveland's “Who’s Hiring” series, where we feature growing companies with open positions, what they’re looking for, and how to apply.

When it comes to politics, Katie Paris is true blue. A longtime veteran of national politics, Paris has spent the last year zeroing in on the political scene a bit closer to home—right here in Ohio. In 2019, Paris founded Red Wine & Blue, a grassroots organization geared at rallying suburban women to vote and affect change.

Just like most of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland's inner-ring suburbs are expecting a wave of potential evictions and foreclosures because of the coronavirus. But officials are trying to provide assistance wherever they can in Shaker Heights and South Euclid.

To raise awareness and support for Cleveland's homeless, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) has recruited six professional photographers to conduct photo shoots for anyone who donates socks or cash to the cause this Saturday,

Kathleen Osborne lists the dos and dont's for a mother on social media...and other hobbies.

Community activists Chanell and Donald Boyd initiated the creation of a new mural in the Waterloo Arts District that unites the diverse Collinwood community.

Cleveland is lagging in responses to the 2020 U.S. Census, so community groups are taking some creative measures to encourage traditionally hard-to-reach groups to be counted—and it's working.

Cleveland transplant Ricardo Reinoso believes that giving everyone a seat at the proverbial table starts with doing just that.

Artist Lucy Bailey uses silks and dyes as an outlet to express her feelings in her exhibit "Daylily," running through this weekend at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Collinwood. 

Tom Sarago founded Trialogue to pair nonprofit organizations with freelancers who can fill contract job needs.

Looking out for the health and safety of both his staff and customers, Visible Voice Books owner Dave Ferrante is booking private book-browsing events through this fall.

Michael Sanbury, a self-proclaimed historical renovation fanatic, knew when he saw the abandoned turn-of-the-century house on Daisy Avenue that it was the right home. After nearly two years of restorations, Sanbury and his wife, Bridget, own the pride of Daisy Avenue in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.