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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Cleveland Craft Bazaar: Button Down Designs

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    January 5, 2016

  • Westown Winter Frolic

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    January 5, 2016

  • Santa in Detroit Shoreway

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    January 5, 2016

  • COMMUNITY BOARD: JANUARY 2016

      A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS FREE OPENING WEEKEND PERFORMANCES (JANUARY 7 – 9): Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to offer free tickets to all opening weekend performances of Incendiaries, offered to the public as part of Cleveland Pubic Theatre’s “Road to Hope” celebration.…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Protest highlights restrictions on free speech at Cleveland City Hall

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, January 2016) On December 7th about 40 protesters from The Committee for Social Justice and other civil rights groups gathered on the steps of Cleveland City Hall, prior to the evening City Council Meeting, to protest the “Cleveland Atrocity”, the involvement of 13 Cleveland Police Officers in firing the 137…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Tombstone Tavern

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    January 5, 2016

  • Clevelanders show support for meaningful climate action at Paris talks

    (Plain Press, January 2016) Over fifty Clevelanders gathered in front of Market Plaza at W. 25th and Lorain on November 28th to show their support for meaningful climate action as world leaders gathered in Paris for the United Nations Conference of Parties Talks on Climate. Clevelanders displayed signs to passing cars in a rally that…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Short & Sweet Holiday Shop at Art House

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    January 5, 2016

  • Winterfest at Jefferson Park

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    January 5, 2016

  • Saigon Plaza Holiday Market

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    January 5, 2016

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