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Correction
(Plain Press, July 2014) The photo with the three police officers on page 7 of the June Issue of the Plain Press misidentifies Deputy Chief Wayne Drummond as Chief Calvin Williams.
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United Building Lobby mural
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Monday, June 16, 2014; United Building Lobby, 2012 W. 25th Street: A part of a mural showing a street scene with a horse and carriage and a streetcar passing the Cuyahoga County Court House. Artist Jessica Newell began sketching and painting the mural in the domes above the first floor lobby…
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Funds promised Cleveland school children cut, while Cleveland stadium allocation is increased
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2014) On June 28, 1995, Cleveland City Council passed resolution number 1025-A-95 allowing that revenue from levying a parking facility tax, and revenue from increases in the motor vehicle lessor tax and the admissions tax “can be used to fund recreational, cultural and extracurricular programs within the Cleveland School…
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Board of Zoning Appeals approves Loren Naji Gallery’s parking variance request
by Rich Weiss (Plain Press, July 2014) At a 9:30 a.m. hearing on Monday, June 23, on the 5th floor of Cleveland City Hall, The Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) approved a parking variance request for the Loren Naji Studio Gallery, located at 2138 W. 25th Street. The BOZA room was empty around 9 a.m.,…
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Hula-Hoop Contest
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, June 12, 2014, Edgewater LIVE, Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Park: Lourdes Adkins, age 12, (above) came in first in a hula-hoop contest. Her brother Damien Adkins, age 8, placed second. Both Lourdes and Damien, were each awarded two tickets to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
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Cleveland Public Library asked to invite authors to speak as a response to violence in society
To the editor: An Open Letter to The People’s University: (Plain Press, July 2014)Would you invite Louise Erdrich and William Least Heat Moon to please share your stage and together mine the great and much neglected wisdom in that fine passage of T. C. McLuhan’s, Touch the Earth: “The Lakota knew the softening influence of…
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Party in Gordon Square
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, June 14, 2014; Party in Gordon Square, Artisan Collective Cleveland show, 6706 Detroit Avenue: An untitled work by sculpture Anthony Bocchicchio. A plumber by trade, Bocchicchio, used left over pieces of copper piping to create this sculpture.
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West Park Summerfest
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, June 1st, 2014; West Park Summerfest, Jefferson Park, Lorain Avenue between W. 133 & W. 134th Streets: A young child seems thrilled to be able to hold the snake while visiting with Jungle Bob.
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COMMUNITY BOARD, a listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side.
(Plain Press, July 2014) ADULT LEADERSHIP APPLY FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS GRANT, micro-grant opportunities to support neighbors as they share their skills in small, grassroots community efforts. The next application deadline to submit a Neighborhood Connections Grant is August 8th. Anyone interested in support for submitting an application may attend a training session on Wednesday, July 23rd from 6pm to…
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Lincoln West Wolverines win Senate baseball championship for 3rd consecutive year
(Plain Press, July 2014) For the third year in a row, the Lincoln West High School Wolverines won the Senate Baseball Championship thanks to a spectacular defensive performance in the seventh and final inning of the game. In a game played in May on Progressive Field in Downtown Cleveland, Lincoln West won 7-6 over Rhodes…
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