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  • Cleveland Public Theatre’s workshop production of Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation by India Nicole Burton

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  • Back to the grind: Scoot! Craft Cold Brew brings energy to Berea Road

    Back to the grind: Scoot! Craft Cold Brew brings energy to Berea Road by Ilona Westfall (Plain Press, August 2021)                       It’s not the first place you’d expect to find an incredible cup of coffee but tucked among the chain link fences and brick industrial buildings of Berea Road, Scoot! Craft Cold Brew seems right at home.      The off-the-beaten-path location…

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  • Curbside Coffee set to reopen bringing karaoke and music back to Lorain Avenue

    Curbside Coffee set to reopen bringing karaoke and music back to Lorain Avenue (Plain Press, August 2021)                       Curbside Coffee, 9858 Lorain Avenue, will reopen on Monday August 2nd, bringing karaoke, and live musical performances back into its home on Lorain Avenue. Judy Fitch, owner of Curbside Coffee, says she closed the coffee shop in March of 2020…

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  • Films returning to the Capitol as it celebrates its centennial

    Films returning to the Capitol as it celebrates its centennial by Brian Love (Plain Press, August 2021)                       Film fans cooped up for months can celebrate the return of live screening when the Capitol Theater, at W. 65th and Detroit Avenue, celebrates its 100th birthday with an August 12th reopening. The featured film will be the Wizard of Oz (1939). Tickets…

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  • Cleveland needs leaders with a moral compass

    Cleveland needs leaders with a moral compass by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2021)       As Clevelanders prepare to select a new mayor and consider their choices for city council representatives for the next four years, we may be asking ourselves how do we best judge who will make a good mayor or city council representative? What qualities…

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  • City of Cleveland Primary Election is set for September 14, 2021

    City of Cleveland Primary Election is set for September 14, 2021 (Plain Press, August 2021)     The date for the Primary Election in the City of Cleveland is set for September 14, 2021. Citizens of voting age can register by August 16th and still be able to vote for their choice of mayoral and city council candidates or weigh…

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  • Merger of DSCDO and Cudell Improvement results in new entity, Northwest Neighborhoods CDC

    Merger of DSCDO and Cudell Improvement results in new entity, Northwest Neighborhoods CDC To the editor: (Plain Press, August 2021)     The board of directors and staff of Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation are happy to formally announce our new, unified organization serving Cleveland’s Cudell, Detroit Shoreway, and Edgewater neighborhoods, following the merger of Detroit Shoreway Community Development…

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  • Family members who lost loved ones to police action speak at community meeting on Consent Decree

    Family members who lost loved ones to police action speak at community meeting on Consent Decree  by Rich Weiss (Plain Press, August 2021)     Four local community members who lost loved ones to Cleveland Police Department (CPD) use-of-force were the Zoom panelists for the June public input meeting on the Cleveland Consent Decree.  United Way of Greater Cleveland and…

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  • Ohio City developer to rehab historic funeral home on Lorain Avenue into retail, apartments

    Ohio City developer to rehab historic funeral home on Lorain Avenue into retail, apartments by Lee Chilcote (Plain Press, August 2021)     The Nunn Family Funeral Home at 4434 Lorain Avenue in Ohio City dates back to 1865, and the site operated as a funeral home until about 20 years ago, when it was converted into a daycare. Now, a…

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  • Plain Press Community Board – August 2021

    (Plain Press, August 2021)      Aug21ComBoard ARTS ARTS IN AUGUST: Tremont West presents free professional dance, theatre, and music in Lincoln Park.  2021 Schedule of Events: Friday, August 6th – 7pm – Cleveland Public Theatre’s STEP, Song of Sankofa; Sunday, August 8th – 5pm – Cleveland Shakespeare Festival; Friday, August 13th – 8:30pm – Verb Ballets; Saturday, August 14th – 8:30pm – Inlet Dance Theatre; Sunday, August 15th – Rain Date…

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