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  • Three Kings Day 2024 (photos)

    (Plain Press February 2024) PHOTO BY ABE KURP Sunday, January 7, 2024; Three Kings Day celebration, Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression, 2937 W. 25th Street: Gabriela Quinones, age 10, and Xavier Quinones, age 7, celebrate their new gifts. Enjoying the festivities with them are Angela Balaguer and Awilda Resto. PHOTO BY ABE KURP…

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  • 2023 Christmas decorations photo

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, December 12, 2023; 8905 Clark Avenue: This household is ready to celebrate Christmas. The houses on this block were constructed during former Councilman Jay Westbrook’s tenure in Cleveland City Council. Prior to the construction of the houses, the city block, which once featured a Watkins Furniture Store, was vacant for…

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  • Snow Day at Gordon Square 2023 photos

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, December 9, 2023; Snow Day in Detroit Shoreway, 78th Street Studios: Snow Day visitors viewed a variety of artwork by Cleveland artists. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, December 9, 2023; Snow Day in Detroit Shoreway, W. 67th and Detroit: Dressed as a knight from the era of the Crusades, this…

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  • Community share-a-meal at St. Ignatius of Antioch

    PHOTO BY ABE KURP Wednesday, November 1, 2023; Community Share-a-Meal, St Ignatius of Antioch cafeteria, 10205 Lorain Ave: Bob Bernath of St Ladislas in Westlake helps to serve drinks to guests. The free meals are served on the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 5:30 pm. All are welcome.

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  • Day of the Dead 2023 Photos

    (Plain Press December 2023) PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 4, 2023; Day of the Dead Celebration presented by Cleveland Public Theatre/Teatro Público de Cleveland & Día de Muertos Ohio and Artistic Director Héctor Castellanos Lara, Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Campus: The crowd in the parking area outside of the Church and Parish Hall on…

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  • 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;…

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  • 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,…

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  • 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…

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  • 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.…

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  • 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…

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