The avant-garde mash-up of two radically different Cleveland legends -- the Happy Dog Saloon and the Cleveland Orchestra -- has been garnering big props, both locally and nationally.

In addition to a widely aired shout-out on NPR's Weekend Edition, the Happy Dog's recent classical music experiments, where chamber music pros take to the very small stage, caught the attention of the New York Times.

In an article titled, "The Key Was B Flat; the Beer Wasn't," the O... Read more >

Brian Verne and Mike Eppich graduated from Oberlin and Rollins colleges, respectively, in 2009, and found themselves without job prospects. The two Shaker Heights High School alum decided to take matters into their own hands: They founded CnXn (short for Connection), an apparel company that seeks to unite people through athletics.

This year, CnXn has produced athletic wear for Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights and Cleveland Central Catholic high schools, as well as youth ... Read more >

Cleveland's progressive stance on urban farming continues to draw positive national attention, proving that even this crisis boasts a silver lining.

In her article titled "Faded glory: Suffering cities take aim at urban blight," MSN Real Estate reporter Melinda Fulmer shines a bright light on Cleveland's attempt to reinvent its future be reimagining its vacant property.

Of the ground-breaking Ohio City Farm she writes: "In years past, this industrial city probabl... Read more >

Turns out that Positively Cleveland's popular "Flee to the Cleve" Twitter posts are more than good-natured bits of information -- they are award-winning nuggets.

Positively Cleveland, the Convention and Visitors Bureau office for our fair city, recently snagged three RUBY Awards from the Ohio Travel Association. Shorthand for Recognizing Uncommon Brilliance in the Travel and Tourism Industry, the RUBYs recognize outstanding advertising, marketing and public relations effo... Read more >

It was Oscar Wilde who penned the phrase, "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

Only a fool would protest that that very phrase is the raison d'être behind this very section. So it's fitting that this item from the Wall Street Journal deals with the Great Lakes Theater Festival's repertory production of Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" and Shakespeare's "Othello."

Written by WSJ drama critic Terry Te... Read more >

Cleveland's JumpStart Ventures just reached an important milestone: The early-stage venture company recently invested in its 50th company.

That move consisted of a $250,000 investment commitment in Endotronix, Inc., which is developing a wireless monitoring technology for patients with congestive heart failure. Endotronix's "Anytime, Anywhere" wireless sensing platform technology will allow physicians to remotely monitor a patient's health status and deliver the appropri... Read more >

The Cleveland marketing solutions firm Insivia has solved its most recent challenge: how to accommodate record growth and provide optimum space for creativity and interaction. The result: Insivia's new 5,000-square-foot office on Center Street in The Flats. The rambling, open interiors and plethora of natural light sold the firm on the move from its previous location downtown.

"The ability to be in an exciting and creative space like this provides more value to our client... Read more >

The Intergenerational School (TIS) is doing its best to keep its promise of offering academic excellence in Cleveland. For the fourth year in a row, the private, free K-8 school has been named an Ohio School of Promise by the Ohio Department of Education for excellence in reading and math.

"Identifying schools in this way reinforces the fact that all children can learn when given the opportunity in a quality educational setting," says Brooke King, executive director of TI... Read more >

Discussing a season of rarely travelled Vatican artifacts on tour throughout the nation, arts reporter Eve M. Kahn writes in the New York Times about an upcoming stop at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Here is an excerpt: "On Sunday [October 17] 'Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe' opens at the Cleveland Museum of Art, with a half-dozen Vatican loans. Displayed are marble sarcophagi and tomb fragments from the fourth century, a boxed collection o... Read more >

OverDrive distributes one of the world's largest catalogs of e-books, audiobooks and multimedia, with more than 500,000 premium copyrighted titles. Founded in 1986, OverDrive has built a reputation for hosted solutions of digital media, and has gained partnerships with major publishers like Random House, HarperCollins, Penguin, Hachette and McGraw-Hill.

The Cleveland-based company is poised for even more dramatic growth thanks to a major investment from Insight Venture Pa... Read more >

Earlier this month, Cleveland-based RSB Spine announced a 229-percent increase for the third quarter of 2010 versus the third quarter of a year earlier. The medical device company also recently completed a $1.5 million private offering to grow its operations in the United States.

RSB Spine's InterPlate C-Ti has become the first inter-body fusion device to be cleared as an anterior cervical plate. The device is implanted during spinal fusion surgery, holding the vertebrae ... Read more >

We can all be witnesses to the Cleveland Cavaliers' newest acquisition: a state-of-the-art team shop inside Quicken Loans Arena. Unveiled during the team's first preseason basketball game, the two-story shop is one of the largest in the NBA.

Cleveland's Herschman Architects designed the shop to be bright, modern and approachable. From the two-story glass facade to rows of neatly arranged merchandise inside, the shop is helping propel the team toward a new beginning.
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Designed by local graphic design studio Rini Uva Lee, and published in partnership with the Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland Public Art, Plain Dealer writer Steven Litt's "Designing a Better Cleveland" is a pocket-sized guide to urban design and how public spaces are created in the city.

"Designing a Better Cleveland" is an outgrowth of a program called Civic Design & Inspired Infrastructure, which was held last year at the Cleveland Public Library through the a... Read more >