You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and that’s exactly why Deanna Fisher is passionate about making the Cedar Lee Mini-Park a place that makes visitors and residents fall in love at first sight with Cleveland Heights.

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 

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

The former stomping grounds for an Irish Mafioso will soon become common ground for Collinwood residents.

In Lois Jeavons' 96 years, she has witnessed ignorance and divisiveness in everything from the invention of a polio vaccine to racism and social justice, to politics and the Cold War. She reflects on how her experiences spanning nearly 10 decades have taught her to be an activist and stand up for what she believes is right.

With many Northeast Ohio stages dark because of the coronavirus pandemic, three performance arts pros decided to make all of Cleveland their stage and host more than 25 artists at secret locations throughout Cleveland with "The City is Our Stage." 

In just over two years, Tanisha Velez grew her fascination with microgreens into a budding business in Tremont's storefront incubator program.

With the cancellation of its usual summer events, like Wade Oval Wednesdays, University Circle, Inc. had to pivot to some socially distant and virtual  activities. At the Circle Food Tour each Sunday, for instance, University Circle chefs help folks cook a full gourmet summer dinner from the comfort of their kitchens and patios.

An ensemble of musicians with the Documentary Songwriters will stream a concert on Friday that features the powerful survival stories of six women victimized by sexual conduct or domestic violence.

Almost 100 Ohio music venues and nonprofit stages are fighting to keep their doors open during the pandemic. Today is Ohio Day of Action, when organizers are asking everyone to write Congress and urge passage of the Save our Stages Act to help these venues make it through tough times. 

More than 60 local organizations and businesses have now taken a stand with the Cleveland Indigenous Coalition in asking Cleveland City Council, Progressive Insurance, and Cleveland baseball sponsors to  persuade the Cleveland Indians to change their name and end Indigenous themes and imagery.

The best things in life are free, indeed, and our monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up all the free #CLE events that get our "stamp" of approval.

A group of Cleveland advocates came together to create the $1.45 million Downtown Recovery Response Fund to help businesses rebound from the destruction caused by the May 30 riots.

The imagination can go wild in just One Summer Day. Lake Erie Ink challenges you to share your creative ideas.

When local day camps began cancelling sessions this summer, one young entrepreneur took it upon herself to bring camp to the kids in her Cleveland Heights neighborhood with Kamp Kate.

Dedicated to preventing infant deaths in Northeast Ohio, First Year Cleveland has created an extensive support network to promote the physical and mental health of parents who have experienced a loss.