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Sisters Haven offers a welcoming home to pregnant and parenting women experiencing homelessness or crisis
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Friday, December 12, 2025; Sisters Haven Open House, 1986 W. 99th Street: Sisters Haven’s founders Shena Maddox, Yvonne Murchison, and Julie Mallett are prepared to greet guests at the Open House for Sisters House, a residential home for pregnant or parenting women experiencing homelessness or crisis. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Friday,…
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Documentary airs in recognition of history Cleveland’s “Shock Theater”
IMAGE CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY This January marks the 63rd anniversary of Shocker Theater where Ernie Anderson as the host “Ghoulardi” offered commentary on featured horror shows from 1963 to 1966 on WJW-TV8 in Cleveland. (Plain Press January 2026) January 18, 2026, marks the 63rd anniversary of Shock Theater. The show aired in 1963, at 11:20…
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January 2026 community board
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS HOMEWORK HELP AT THE LIBRARY: All K-12 students can receive free help with their homework at select branches of the Cleveland Public Library, including the Fulton Branch (3545 Fulton Rd., 216-623-6969), the South Branch (3096 Scranton Rd., 216-623-7060), and the West Park Branch (3805 W 157 St, 216-623-7102). The help is available 4pm-5:30pm,…
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Ohio hemp law designed to ramp up incarceration rates for private prison industry
by Daryl Davis (Plain Press January 2026) Governor Michael DeWine and the Ohio Republican majority in the legislature have attacked the hemp industry in Ohio with legislation that will re-criminalize hemp products such as hemp beverages, gummies, chocolates and vapes and place additional restrictions on recreational marijuana use. Promoting this legislation looks like a…
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Pilgrim Church in Tremont hosts Unsilent Night (photo)
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Friday, December 12, 2025; UNSILENT NIGHT sponsored by Pilgrim Church, Lincoln Park Gazebo: Clevelanders gathered at the gazebo in Lincoln Park in Tremont to participate in a walk through the neighborhood while listening to composer Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night on their cell phones. Participants each selected a track to stream on…
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Enough is Enough: People Before Profits!
(Plain Press January 2026) To the editor: Here we go again spending gobs of taxpayer money with high-priced consultants to decide how Cleveland’s lakefront might be developed. And like ravenous hogs at the overflowing trough of public money, private interests are scrambling breathlessly to find ever more creative and clandestine ways to gorge themselves…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.
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