• Clark Avenue Mural

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 3, 2014; Mural: It’s up to us, 2512 Clark Avenue: In an August 2012 article published in The Tremonster, a Tremont newspaper, artist John Rivera-Resto, who designed the mural, describes how the work, titled It’s up to us, began in June of 2012. That summer, high school students participating…


  • Pizza Party at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 11, 2014; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, W. 70th and Detroit Avenue: Kindergarten student, Arihanna Aqqad, age 6, enjoys a piece of pizza. She nods her head affirmatively when asked if she read a lot of books this year and says, “That’s why we got to have this…


  • Pony Ride and Spring Celebration, Denison Avenue United Church of Christ,

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Palm Sunday, April 13, 2104; Pony Ride and Spring Celebration, Denison Avenue United Church of Christ, W. 99th and Denison: Zahara Ibrahim, age 6, rides the pony Ariel, while her brother, Joe Abrahim, age 10, walks along the side. Two staff members from Coventry Farm in Strongsville guide Ariel.


  • Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance’s Opening Day Protest March

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 4th, 2014; W. 25th and Detroit Avenue, Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance’s Opening Day Protest March: Philip Yenyo, Executive Director of the American Indian Movement of Ohio, speaks to Members of the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance and their supporters as they begin…


  • Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, April 6, 2014; Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Curt Bachus, age 48, finishes first in the 5k (3.1 mile race) with a time of 17 minutes and 21 seconds. Runners traversed a route from the current Max Hayes High School to the site the…


  • Be Your Own Hero 5KRace and 1 mile run

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 12, 2014; Be Your Own Hero 5KRace and 1 mile run, West Side Community House, W. 93rd and Lorain Avenue: Winners of the Best Costume were Karen Pavlisko as Mario and Mike Grande as Luigi of the Nintendo Video game Mario Brothers.


  • Mitchell’s Ice Cream

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Wednesday, April 23, 2014; Mitchell’s Ice Cream, 1871 W. 25th: Mitchell’s Ice Cream opened its new ice cream shop, headquarters and production facility on Monday April 21st, after completing an extensive renovation of a building that originally housed the Rialto Theater. The facility opened in time for the Ohio City celebration…


  • The Dyngus Day Parade

    PHOTOS BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, April 21, 2014: Dyngus Day Cleveland celebration, W. 58th and Detroit Avenue: The Dyngus Day Parade returns to W. 58th and Detroit after a march through the neighborhood. Dyngus Day has been celebrated for thousands of years on Easter Monday in Poland and other Easter European cultures. It marks the…


  • Miss Dyngus Day

    Miss Dyngus Day, Kim Hanko-Dale, poses with Rudy, the Dyngus Dog.


  • Accordion player

    Accordion player marches in the parade adding music to the festivities