Arts + Culture
With the help of a $50,000 Cuyahoga Arts & Culture grant, the Hispanic Business Center is helping Latinx artists get more exposure, increase their reach, and receive business development support via the new Artist Colectivo network.
Changes are in store for the annual One World Day on Aug. 25 in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, including a new Children's Village, enhanced transportation options and new activities, as well as three new gardens.
The hashtag #NikkiForever is taking on new meaning as Lake Erie Ink and Cleveland.com prepare to launch Write About Now, a 10-week training program for teen journalists.
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.
When their Love Letter to Cleveland mural in Ohio City succumbed to the weather in 2017, Laura and Gary Dumm launched a campaign to resurrect their beloved public art. Now it will be displayed outside the Cleveland Memory Project at CSU.
Here's the good news: this year's installment of the Asian Lantern Festival has 40+ all-new displays—from a 100-foot-long shark tunnel to a larger-than-life dragon. Here's the even better news: the festival has been extended through Sunday, August 11, so there's still plenty of time to get lit.
Third Space co-founder Evelyn Burnett says the point of the workshops is simple: to build awareness around racial equity and inequity. More than 3,000 people from 700 organizations have attended the trainings, which are now offered monthly.
For members of the Boys & Girls Clubs (BGCC) at Luis Muñoz Marin and Walton Elementary Schools, beating the summer heat means getting on beat.
Kauser Razvi says she became motivated to create a literary lot based on the children's book The Wild Robot after the 2016 election. “It’s about identifying, bullying, isolation, and belonging,” she explains. "It's about having value in your own space."
From the Dublin Theatre Festival in Ireland to the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, Dale Heinen and Jeffrey Pence have had no shortage of inspiration in planning the debut BorderLight Festival—which they hope will add Cleveland to the list of “second cities” that have become perennial theatre festival destinations.
From a dynamic duo bringing back Glenville to a Sudanese designer working on a welcome center for Irishtown Bend, these artists are changing the city's creative landscape.
Since its opening on July 1, the Rock Hall's new Garage exhibit has attracted MLB all-stars like Mike Trout and Francisco Lindor, along with members of Blue Oyster Cult and the Alice Cooper Band. But the interactive Garage exhibit isn’t just for celebrities. It’s for everyone—and that’s kind of the point.
Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River caught fire, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Student Allison Meyer is demonstrating how Clevelanders continue to persist no matter the struggles they encounter.
Hispanic social clubs are deeply rooted in La Villa Hispana's past. A new generation of young leaders is ensuring their future.
Cleveland is a photographer's wonderland—just ask FreshWater's own Bob Perkoski. The same goes for Instagram aficionados, who can be seen snapping their way through the Land on the regular. With so many photo opps to choose from, we thought we'd do the legwork of compiling a list of the city's 12 most Instagram-worthy places with the help of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.
A new book by Bob Perkoski and Erin O'Brien documents the colorful history of Cleveland’s burlesque scene, from the 1800s to modern day.
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland. Check out our special Cuyahoga50 edition here!
When work began on the five-year action plan for La Villa Hispana in 2015, there was a lot of energy and electricity behind the scenes around transforming the neighborhood into a vibrant “intersection of culture and commerce,” but within the residential community, it barely made a ripple.
What does the future for the 1976 Coventry School building look like? A new pilot program holds the key to finding out.