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pittsburgh's pop city spreads the word about fresh water
In last week's issue of Pop City (yes, it's a sister IMG publication), writer Deb Smit reported on our dear publication.
"Fresh Water launches this month with the goods on Cleveland, news as it pertains to innovation, jobs, healthcare, lifestyle, design and arts and culture," she writes." The bubbly, blue homepage comes to life each Thursday with a fresh issue featuring vibrant photography and stories on the people shaking things up and the great places to visit."
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"Fresh Water launches this month with the goods on Cleveland, news as it pertains to innovation, jobs, healthcare, lifestyle, design and arts and culture," she writes." The bubbly, blue homepage comes to life each Thursday with a fresh issue featuring vibrant photography and stories on the people shaking things up and the great places to visit."
Once upon a time, automobiles were built inside the 65,000-square-foot former factory at 6555 Carnegie Avenue. Or so current owner Giancarlo Calicchia surmises from elevators large enough to move finished cars from the upper levels to the parking lot outside.
Today Calicchia, an accomplished sculptor, sees a new use for thelong-dormant building — a center for artists' workspaces and offices.He and architect Paul Beegan are busy designing that future, whilepreserving the... Read more >
Today Calicchia, an accomplished sculptor, sees a new use for thelong-dormant building — a center for artists' workspaces and offices.He and architect Paul Beegan are busy designing that future, whilepreserving the... Read more >
university circle's western reserve historical society opens hands-on family education center
It's all child's play, and that's okay. Within the newly opened Kidzibits Family Education Center at the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS), toddlers to preteens can discover fun ways to learn about the history of the region.
"History is fun when offered to children in age-appropriate ways," says Janice Ziegler, vice president for education at WRHS.
Part of the WRHS complex at University Circle, Kidzibits offers "Backyard of History," which i... Read more >
"History is fun when offered to children in age-appropriate ways," says Janice Ziegler, vice president for education at WRHS.
Part of the WRHS complex at University Circle, Kidzibits offers "Backyard of History," which i... Read more >
For almost two years, neighbors of the former Coventry School in Cleveland Heights looked forward to welcoming The Music Settlementto the community. The University Circle-based institution had plannedto raze the Coventry building, which was closed in 2007, and build "astate-of-the-art early childhood learning center and training center."
That plan was abandoned in August, after Music Settlement concludedthat it could not raise the $16 million to $19 million needed for the... Read more >
That plan was abandoned in August, after Music Settlement concludedthat it could not raise the $16 million to $19 million needed for the... Read more >
washington post reporter steps outside the beltway, discovers cleveland
In a recent "Impulsive Traveler" article in the Washington Post, reporter Maryann Haggerty makes the short seven-hour drive to Cleveland, where she discovers that the city is no longer strangled by its "rust belt."
Using the Ohio City B&B J. Palen House as her home base, she beholds the glory that is Great Lakes Brewing Co., Flying Fig and the West Side Market. "It's huge," she notes, "vastly outsizing Capitol Hill's beloved Eastern Market. It's sparkling clean, putti... Read more >
Using the Ohio City B&B J. Palen House as her home base, she beholds the glory that is Great Lakes Brewing Co., Flying Fig and the West Side Market. "It's huge," she notes, "vastly outsizing Capitol Hill's beloved Eastern Market. It's sparkling clean, putti... Read more >
cleveland-based eventworks becomes sole U.S partner for 3D design technology
Now it's cool to think inside the box.
EventWorks, Inc., a Greater Cleveland event-planning and audio-video production company, has become the sole U.S partner for a 3D design technology that has already taken Europe by storm. The technology combines holographic, free-floating images that are displayed with a physical product inside a glass case. The result is a unique and visually stunning way for companies to market their brand or product.
"We jumped into the t... Read more >
EventWorks, Inc., a Greater Cleveland event-planning and audio-video production company, has become the sole U.S partner for a 3D design technology that has already taken Europe by storm. The technology combines holographic, free-floating images that are displayed with a physical product inside a glass case. The result is a unique and visually stunning way for companies to market their brand or product.
"We jumped into the t... Read more >
We managed to squeeze three days of mind-bending, jaw-dropping art, technology, music and performance art at the Ingenuity Fest into one teeny little photo slide show. Let Fresh Water managing photographer show you around.
For decades it was merely a dream, but soon, the Syrian Cultural Garden becomes a reality. Part of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens that wend along Rockefeller Park, the Syrian Garden is in progress on Martin Luther King Boulevard across from the Indian Garden. Upon completion, it will be the first of the Cultural Gardens representing an Arab country.
About 80 years ago, Cleveland's Syrian community received a garden site on which to commemorate its culture and heritage. Pl... Read more >
About 80 years ago, Cleveland's Syrian community received a garden site on which to commemorate its culture and heritage. Pl... Read more >
It has always been a bit of an oxymoron: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (MOCA) housed in a building with as much contemporary flair as an old-fashioned Cracker Jack box. And while visitors still came to the Carnegie Avenue location to admire the museum's growing collection of contemporary art, many surely wondered why such a gem wasn't located in University Circle with other great museums, especially the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Turns out, MOCA was wondering th... Read more >
Turns out, MOCA was wondering th... Read more >
MLB.com hot on progressive field's announcement of 'snow days'
Chuckle all you want at Cleveland's weather, but when the snowballs start flying in Progressive Field, it will be Cleveland families having the last laugh.
MLB.com reports on the Indians' announcement of "Snow Days," which will bring ice skating and snow tubing to the downtown ballpark.
Beginning with "Snowpening Day" on Friday, Nov. 26, and running through the new year, Snow Days will feature a 10-lane snow tubing hill dubbed the Batterhorn, a quarter-mile ice ... Read more >
MLB.com reports on the Indians' announcement of "Snow Days," which will bring ice skating and snow tubing to the downtown ballpark.
Beginning with "Snowpening Day" on Friday, Nov. 26, and running through the new year, Snow Days will feature a 10-lane snow tubing hill dubbed the Batterhorn, a quarter-mile ice ... Read more >