As part of a 10-year capital campaign, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Tuesday announced the start of the transformation of the RainForest into the Primate Forest—a renovated new home for the Zoo's gorillas and orangutans. 

Beck Center for the Arts last week celebrated two years of fundraising and renovation work to its creative arts complex as it embarks on the final phase of its Creating Our Future campaign and renovations.

Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend—a perfect time for Canalway Partners' first-ever Towpath Trail Lantern Parade. Make you own lantern from recycled or upcycled materials and battery-powered light and come join the celebration.

Today, AT&T opens its second Cleveland Connected Learning Center and will announce the expansion of its fiber network in Glenville.

Creative organizations around Northeast Ohio are using a postcard campaign to lobby City Council to allocate just 2% of Cleveland's $511 million American Rescue Plan Act money to revitalize the region's arts, entertainment, and culture entities hit hard by the pandemic.

Brite Winter, the annual arts and music festival. returns to live programming this Saturday with a chance to cure the winter blues and celebrate the event's 13th year of bringing low-cost and accessible events to the city.

BOSS Pro Karting has now added Zero Latency VR gaming to it's offerings for those looking to escape reality and do something a bit different in a new world.

Lake Erie Ink celebrates 10 years of Kids Comic Con next week with a hybrid model of virtual and in-person comic workshops, talks, and parties for youngsters. 

Through their "We Have to Buy a House" campaign, the members of Fairmount Presbyterian Church donated $126,000 to Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry to buy and renovate a house for a family experiencing homelessness.

Two well-known Cleveland chefs and restaurant owners—Karen Small of the Flying Fig and Jill Davis of Toast—are embarking on a new culinary project together.

To recognize World Water Day, Drink Local Drink Tap is hosting a virtual event focused on this year's groundwater theme. 

The Cleveland Restoration Society has announced the next three markers on the African American Civil Rights Trail. Eventually, 10 historical markers will memorialize locations associated with Cleveland’s struggle for Civil Rights between 1954 and 1976.

Heinen's Mayfield Village location is now offering medical guidance on eating healthy  with its Personalized Nutrition Center. 

The City Mission and Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity have partnered to renovate houses for women and their children recovering from crises at Laura's Home. Their first project just got underway, with future homes to come. 

The Lunar New Year began yesterday, Feb. 1, and revelers will be celebrating in AsiaTown for the next two weeks with food, shopping, and entrainment. 

After Monday's nasty winter weather, an ironic twist of nature forces the Downtown Cleveland Alliance to postpone the annual Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor. It's back on today, Thursday, Jan. 20.

Cleveland Leadership Center's annual Accelerate civic pitch competition is coming in February, and 25 innovators and entrepreneurs are armed with creative new ideas in six categories to vie for the $5,000 prize.

Since 2018 the Cleveland Metroparks has invited Clevelanders to participate in its annual Trail Challenge. This year's challenge is already underway. Complete 10 or 20 of the potential 30 trail routes and win prizes!

It's been a long two years since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. While we may be physically and emotionally drained, Cleveland and its residents had some noteworthy accomplishments. This week, we take a look back at 2021 with the FreshWater staff reflecting on the past year and looking forward to events and projects in 2022.

Aleksandra Brankov is all about supporting local business, and she loves her Northeast Ohio coffee shops and cafes. So, she developed her subscription-based coffee company, Cafilia, so customers can bring in their reusable travel mugs and get their locally-brewed cups of joe with no cash involved.