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Cleveland International Film Festival 2015 Program Includes New Documentary “Move On!” about CLE’s Own Near West Theatre
(Plain Press, March 2015) The Cleveland International Film Festival announced that its 2015 program would include a new documentary by local filmmaker Ted Sikora about Cleveland’s own Near West Theatre. The film chronicles the June 2014 rehearsal period and performances of Near West Theatre’s final production in its rented, gritty home of 36 years—the 3rd…
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Residents and stakeholders receive updates at Ohio City meeting
by Chuck Hoven. (Plain Press, January 2015) Residents and stakeholders, attending a December 9th Ohio City Incorporated (OCI) Community Meeting at Franklin Circle Church, received updates on the Lorain Avenue streetscape plan and a plan for mixed use development at 3219 Detroit Avenue. They also viewed a presentation on the Brite Winter Festival to be…
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Sculpture honors the “fighting heart” of Cleveland boxing champion Johnny Kilbane
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2014) On September 28th at W. 74th and Fr. Frascati Drive in Battery Park, the Irish American Archives Society celebrated the unveiling of a sculpture and plaza dedicated to the memory of Cleveland’s own Johnny Kilbane – featherweight boxing champion of the world from 1912 to 1923. The sculpture,…
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Community members offer input to Gordon Square Arts District Community Master Plan
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2014) Advocates for a more inclusive planning process would be pleased with the questions and comments from the audience that the Gordon Square Arts District (GSAD) Community Master Plan meeting held on September 24th at W. 78th Street Studios. Eighty Detroit Shoreway residents and stakeholders made it clear by…
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