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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Towpath Trail Lantern Parade

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, March 12, 2022; Towpath Trail Lantern Parade, Sokolowski’s Overlook at east end of Abbey Bridge: Jeff Niesel stands with a beehive shaped lantern called “Beelightful”. The lantern was constructed by artists Samantha Fryberger and Darla Arnold using upcycled sweet tea bottles, lightbulb packaging, candle lids, rope, newspaper, clothes baskets, Frappuccino…

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    April 4, 2022

  • Third Friday at W. 78th Street Studios offers residents an opportunity to view artwork and support artists and vendors

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    March 7, 2022

  • Full circle: Local initiative aims to rev up circular economy in Cleveland

    Full circle: Local initiative aims to rev up circular economy in Cleveland by Lee Chilcote (Plain Press, February 2022)  Plastic is everywhere, and we can’t seem to get rid of it. It litters our streets, clogs up our waterways, and fills up our landfills. So why not turn it into art, protecting the environment while creating…

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    February 3, 2022

  • Cleveland Public Theatre presents: Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation.

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    February 3, 2022

  • Snow Day in Detroit Shoreway festival

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    January 6, 2022

  • Future Ink Graphics celebrates grand opening at Pivot Center

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    January 4, 2022

  • RTA’s holiday trolley car visits Open House and Holiday Market at Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Future Ink Graphics Community Gallery

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    January 4, 2022

  • Making lanterns at the Open House and Holiday Market at the Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Día de Muertos 2021 

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    December 9, 2021

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