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Third Friday event at W. 78th St. Studios features local art (photos)
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, August 15, 2025; W. 78th Street Studios: Sculpture by Keri Gortz titled Monster Lik. PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, August 15, 2025; W. 78th Street Studios: Sculpture by Keri Gortz titled Monster Zip.
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Artist proposal aims to beautify Storer Avenue and surrounding neighborhoods
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 6, 2025; Art Garden Festival, W. 50th and Storer Avenue: During the celebration of the festival, artist Ariel Vergez works on a mural on the side of a building on the Southeast corner of W. 50th and Storer. This past year Vergez has been working with 10 youths in…
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo hosts Asian Lantern Festival (photos)
(Plain Press October 2025) PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Beehive lantern PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Dragon lantern PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks…
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Old Brooklyn residents visit Rooms to Let exhibit in Slavic Village
by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press October 2025) On September 7th, Old Brooklyn residents Dot Martin, programmer for 91.1 FM, Lynette Filips, Old Brooklyn historian, and myself, experienced a Rooms to Let exhibit on the grounds of the Broadway School of the Music and the Arts, funder of our Old Brooklyn Citizens Resource Center’s art…
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Carlos Jones performs at Edgewater Beach on his birthday(photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, August 14, 2025; Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Beach Concert featuring Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. (Peace, Love, Unity Syndicate) Band entertaining the crowd with reggae music. Carlos Jones entertains the crowd while celebrating his birthday.
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Musicians entertain crowd at the Ben Franklin Community Garden
PHOTO BY GREG CZNADEL Saturday, July 5, 2025; Ben Franklin Community Garden: A branch in this maple tree cracked while those organizing a concert in the garden were setting up chairs under the tree. The seating area was moved to avoid a potential disaster. by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press August 2025) Alla Boara and…
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Public art exhibition by local artists on display on Lakeside Ave. until mid-July (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, June 19, 2025; The Stories of Us, Lakeside Avenue between City Hall and the Old Court House: This work by artist Brandon Graves is titled Chains to Change: Unlocking the Vision. The theme is “Me Reimagined”. The work is part of a public art exhibition created by ten Cleveland artists…
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Student art shines at the 2025 Urban Bright Arts-in-Education Exhibition
PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Thursday, May 22, 2025; Urban Brights Arts-in-Education Exhibition, Art House, 3119 Denison Avenue: Art House Executive Director Laila Voss provided a tour of the art created by children in the Urban Brights Arts-in-Education program. PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Thursday, May 22, 2025; Urban Brights Arts-in-Education Exhibition, Art House, 3119…
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“Ohio Flying Saucers” documentary to air on Monday nights
GRAPHIC CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY A flying saucer hovers over the City of Cleveland (Plain Press April 2025) A great majority of Cleveland residents do not realize that their State of Ohio is considered a hot spot for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) sightings. In addition, some of the oldest UFO organizations originated in the…
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Cleveland hosts annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade (photos)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65th Street: A bagpipe player steps out of the church following the St. Patrick’s Day Mass. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65th Street: Two West Side Irish American Club members prepare to…