• Community Photos

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, Aug 6; Cleveland Puerto Rican festival, Quad Park, 2500 MetroHealth Drive; A young girl at the Puerto Rican festival waves a Puerto Rican flag in support and celebration of her culture. Puerto Rico has been a Territory of the United States since 1898. PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, Aug 6;…


  • Community Photos

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Tuesday, July 11, 2023; United Bank Building; 2012 W. 25th; Tanisha Caravello, a transplant from the West Coast to the Clark-Fulton neighborhood, is often the only one seen who rides her bike to the building. When asked her motivation, she responded, “I like to feel like I’m part of my environment,…


  • Community Photos

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, May 29, 2023; Memorial Day Hike on Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park – near Hunt Farm Trailhead: Samuel Lord, Matthew Nicholson and Max Faass are marching 22 miles carrying forty-pound packs to bring attention to the need to address the high suicide rate…


  • Photos

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Tuesday, May 2, 2023; St. Ignatius High School Breen Center, 2008 W. 30th St: Timothy Del Papa, resident of Ohio City since 1988, was chosen by his neighbors to be president of the South of Lorain Block Club. Tim, whose parents also live in the neighborhood, has seen many changes in the neighborhood.…


  • Photos

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, April 20, 2023; Community Culture Night with Darice Polo, Art House, 3119 Denison Avenue: Darice Polo, a professor at Kent State School of Art, shares slides and videos of her artwork with area residents. Polo showed slides and videos of her drawings of events taken from her family’s photos, family…


  • Photos

    PHOTO BY DEBORAH ROSE SADLON Tuesday, March 21, 2023; Purple Martins- and other birds- have returned to their nest boxes at Edgewater Park. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, March 17, 2023; St. Colman Church, 2027 W. 65th Street: (L-R) Dave Lewis, Edward Burke, and Nicki Lewis. Father and daughter team Dave and Nicki Lewis, both…


  • In Memory: Gloria Aron

    PHOTO FROM PLAIN PRESS ARCHIVES In memory of Gloria Aron: December 28, 1945 -January 31, 2023 In the words of Gloria Aron:             “Desegregation changed my life forever.  I became a community activist.  But even more important was when parents, black and white came together.  We not only learned how to work together for change…


  • Transit Equity Day Rally

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Saturday, February 4, 2023; Transit Equity Day Rally in Public Square: Akshai Singh rallying supporters of better public transit. Transit supporters chanted, “No Rider Left Behind!” and “Fix it! Fund it! Make it fair!” to make passersby aware of the problems plaguing public transit, which is a lifeline for so many…


  • Street Studio

    PHOTO BY IAN HEISEY Saturday, February 11, Street Studio, St. Paul’s Community Church, 4427 Franklin Boulevard: Sundown plays the piano accompanied by Michael Wells on the drums. Street Studio provides a place of peace and respect for people to share a song or a poem and have access to a piano, guitars, drums, a microphone,…


  • Cleveland Cat Show

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, January 22, 2023; Cat Fanciers’ Association All-Breed Cat Show, I-X Center, 1 I-X Center Drive: Ladiluck’s Shoresy, a two-year-old Red Tabby & White, waits to be judged against the other Premiership Longhairs at the 105th cat show sponsored by the Cleveland Persian Society. PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, January 22,…