• St. Stephen Parish celebrates 150th Anniversary

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, November 17, 2019; St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church, 1930 W. 54th Street: The main altar at St. Stephen’s church. The altars and statues at St. Stephens were carved from oak and most were imported from Munich, Germany. The parish, which was founded in April of 1869, celebrates its…


  • Apparition of the Eternal Church, St. Ignatius of Antioch Church

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Sunday, October 27, 2019; Apparition of the Eternal Church, St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, West Boulevard at Lorain Avenue: Organist Buck McDaniel, the 2018-19 Kulas Composer Fellow at Cleveland Public Theatre, plays some of his own compositions as well as works by J.S. Bach, Olivier Messiaen, Florence Price, Nadia Boulanger, and…


  • Ward 3 Democratic Club holds November meeting at Tremont Pointe

    Ward 3 Democratic Club holds November meeting at Tremont Pointe by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, December 2019)           Joseph Rider, Ward 3 Democratic Club President, was at the Cleveland Democratic Club meeting held at Tremont Pointe on November 19, 2019. Patrick Mahoney, Chairperson of Prescient I, was there. Political candidates Joy Kennedy for Domestic Relations Court…


  • Lively School Board meeting addresses school building plan and other matters

    Lively School Board meeting addresses school building plan and other matters by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2019) The November 19th Meeting of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education held at East Tech High School included a protest by CMSD security personnel, testimonies about schools slated for closing or getting a reprieve…


  • Issues Cleveland Public Power customers face when applying for assistance to avoid shutoffs

    Issues Cleveland Public Power customers face when applying for assistance to avoid shutoffs by Delaney Jones & Jacie Jones (Plain Press, December 2019)        This article is the first in a series based on issues that came out of the Cleveland End Poverty Now Coalition’s October 17 public hearing about utility shutoffs through Cleveland Public Power…


  • December 2019 Community Board

    December 2019 Community Board The Plain Press Community Board is a listing of a variety of free activities and resources for neighborhoods served by the Plain Press. Printing for it is sponsored by Organize! Ohio through donations from readers and supporters. ARTS/MUSIC/THEATRE BOP STOP EXHIBIT: Local artist No Numbers’ Photos of Devotion A series of…


  • Día de Muertos Parade of Skulls & Skeletons

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, November 2, 2019; Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Parade of Skulls & Skeletons, W. 65th & Detroit Avenue: The Día de Muertos celebration was presented by Cleveland Public Theatre / Teatro Público de Cleveland in partnership with Héctor Castellanos Lara and Día de Muertos Ohio.PHOTO BY…


  • December 2019 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • St. Malachi Parish to celebrate tenth anniversary of merger with Community of St. Malachi

      PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, September 20, 2019; St. Malachi Church, 2459 Washington Avenue: This sculpture, a Pietá – the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, — was exhibited at the Chicago World Fair in 1893. Carved out of one block of wood, the sculpture was saved and restored after a fire…


  • Neighborhood Family Practice opens Ann B. Reichsman Community Health Center

      PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 3, 2019, Grand Opening of Neighborhood Family Practice’s (NFP) Ann B. Reichsman Community Health Center, 3545 Ridge Road: Cutting the ribbon for the new community health center are (L-R): John Wise, NFP Board Member; Alan Mancuso, NFP Board Member; Jean Solomon, Chair, NFP Board; Ann B. Reichsman, MD,…