• IlluminateHER showcase features art and photos by Boys & Girls Club members

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 22, 2025, IlluminateHER: A Photo Narrative Gallery, 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th Street: Genesis Gaines is one of six girls from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio’s Broadway Club who displayed their photography, collage, and mixed media art at the IlluminateHER exhibit. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG…


  • Cleveland Parks & Greenspace Coalition gives green teams across city chance to write their own headlines

    by Greg Cznadel      (Plain Press January 2026) Cleveland Parks and Greenspace Coalition held its 2025 Park Advocate Night December 2nd at the ThirdSpace Action Lab, 1464 E. 105th Street.  Tait Ferguson (Trust of Public Land), Erika Hood (Syatt), and India Hobbs led the group in an eventful night with twelve Cleveland neighborhoods and over…


  • Legal Aid may be able to help with estate planning and administration

    by Tonya Sams    (Plain Press January 2026) We all hope to live long, healthy lives, but it is also important to plan ahead to protect our assets. This means ensuring that loved ones will reap the benefits of our hard work and efforts in this life. This can be made possible through estate planning.…


  • Santa visits Story Church (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 13, 2025; Christmas Party with Santa, Story Church, 9900 Madison Avenue: Jordan Nettles, age 7, visits with Santa.


  • Julia De Burgos Center hosts annual Parrandón Navideño event (photos)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 13, 2025; Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Parrandón Navideño, 2800 Archwood Avenue: Members of the Julia de Burgos youth dance team, Grupo Coquí, offer entertainment to children and families awaiting a visit from Santa and The Three Kings. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 13, 2025; Julia De…


  • Developer of former Broadview Savings/Citizens Bank buildings awarded $6 million in Cleveland Port Authority bond funds

    by Lynette Filips      (Plain Press January 2026) December has just ten days remaining as this January issue of the Plain Press is prepared for the printer.  Based on the headline on the article in the Old Brooklyn News Winter issue, “Momentum Builds at Memphis & Pearl:  REMEDIATION ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN BY THE END OF 2025, I…


  • All storefronts in Greenline Buildings at Memphis and Pearl are empty

    HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN MUSEUM AND MARIA THE BARBERETTE WERE EVICTED LAST MONTH  by Lynette Filips(Plain Press December 2025) In the article about the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s (OBCDC’s) Memphis Pearl project in the April 2025, issue of the Plain Press, I wrote some commentary about Ward 13 Councilman Kris Harsh’s visit to…


  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District presents plan for school mergers and closings

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press December 2025) On November 5th, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Chief Executive Officer Doctor Warren Morgan submitted to the Cleveland Board of Education his administration’s recommendations for the Building Brighter Futures plan for the future of the school district.    Upon receiving the plan CMSD Board of Education Chair…


  • Board of Education and citizens tasked with reviewing plan calling for massive change in the school system

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press December 2025) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education and the citizens of Cleveland are tasked with reviewing a plan for the future of the school district that will have a profound impact on the future of the City of Cleveland. The plan is titled Building Brighter…


  • Community members weigh in on CMSD’s Building Brighter Futures plan

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press December 2025) Over 150 community members gathered at Max Hayes High School on November 19th for the first of three Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) Board of Education meetings where the members of the public would have a chance to offer input into the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Building…