Shaker Square & Larchmere
Shaker Square - photo Bob Perkoski
This streetcar neighborhood has everything an urban resident could ask for. Food, drink, entertainment, shopping, public transport and even one of Northeast Ohio’s best farmers markets all are within a few tightly clustered blocks. Shaker Square, with light rail trains zipping right through the middle of it, is home to some of the area’s best restaurants, a movie theater and weekly (year-round) farm market. Around the corner, eclectic Larchmere Boulevard is dotted with one-of-a-kind retail, antiques shops and eateries.
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Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is hosting a series of free summer events at Shaker Square. This week includes live music performances, the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Fest, Jazz from Stan Miller, and the North Union Farmers Market. The events are designed to encourage community engagement, support local businesses, and showcase the area's unique offerings, with activities running through the summer and into the fall.
Literary Cleveland's 2025 Inkubator Writing Conference, one of the largest free writing conferences in the country, is underway around Cleveland. The event kicks off its in-person activities, including workshops, panel discussions, and a book fair, with notable authors and industry professionals participating.
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is hosting a series of free summer events at Shaker Square. This week includes live music performances and the North Union Farmers Market. The events are designed to encourage community engagement, support local businesses, and showcase the area's unique offerings, with activities running through the summer and into the fall.
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute hosted a five-course dinner at Grafton Correctional Institution, prepared and served by incarcerated individuals participating in EDWINS owner Brandon Chrostowsski's culinary program. The event showcased the students' culinary skills and the produce grown in the prison's garden, while highlighting EDWINS' mission of providing second chances through culinary education.
This summer, local musicians have enriched Northeast Ohio neighborhoods with performances at unconventional venues—from grocery stores to prisons, to residential front porches. Funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, these initiatives make live music more accessible to diverse populations and create harmony throughout the region.
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is hosting a series of free summer events at Shaker Square. This week includes live music performances, a kids' dance class, and a Safari on the Square. The events aim to encourage community engagement, support local businesses, and showcase the area's unique offerings, with activities running through the summer and into the fall.
Shaker Square is hosting a series of free summer events, ranging from free yoga sessions to next week's Christmas in July celebration. These events are organized by Cleveland Neighborhood Progress to encourage community engagement, promote local businesses, and foster neighborhood revitalization.
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is hosting a series of free summer events at Shaker Square. This week includes live music performances and yoga sessions. The events aim to encourage community engagement, support local businesses, and showcase the area's unique offerings, with activities running through the summer and into the fall.
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress launched a new free music and events series at Shaker Square. The events include live music, yoga and exercise sessions, and other activities to showcase everything Shaker Square has to offer.
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is launching a new series of free community events at Shaker Square, starting this weekend. The events, which include live music, yoga sessions, and other activities, are meant to encourage community bonding and showcase everything Shaker Square has to offer. The series will run through summer and fall, offering diverse activities for everyone.
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute has opened in the former Nighttown site—offering both fine and casual dining experiences while maintaining its mission of training formerly incarcerated adults in the culinary arts. Local residents and business owners are optimistic about EDWINS' arrival in the Cedar Fairmount District.
The beloved Loganberry Books is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend. Known for its large, eclectic collection of books and unique atmosphere, the store has become a community hub for readers and popular for its various events and book clubs. Owner Harriet Logan reflects on the store's history and the importance of physical bookstores in the digital age.
This summer a new trend in outdoor entertainment—public concerts in private yards—swept through Northeast Ohio. Hosts invited both friends and strangers onto their properties to hear the sounds of local musicians like Blue Lunch, Jackie Warren and Forecast, Moises Borges, and the Jim Rangel Trio. It sounds like a trend that may continue.
Literary Cleveland, the community of writers bringing people into the world of words with writing opportunities, with hold its annual Inkubator in September. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, Aug. 1.
The Saint Luke's Foundation, The City Club of Cleveland, Bike Your Neighborhood Cleveland, and the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival will present a free film screening of “Bike Vessel” this Friday, with a community bike ride with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb on Saturday, to raise awareness, spark inspiration, conversation, and promote health equity through cycling.
The Saint Luke's Foundation announced this week that it has granted more the $1.4 million in grants to 11 area organizations that are working toward strengthening Cleveland neighborhoods.
Literary Cleveland has opened applications for its yearlong Breakthrough Writing Residency program to support emerging writers in Greater Cleveland who have a passion for writing and a commitment to their manuscripts, but who have not yet published a book. This year, the six residents will receive monthly stipends of $200 over the course of the year.
Literary Cleveland last week published an online special issue of blackout poetry tied to the solar eclipse in its literary journal “Gordon Square Review.” After receiving more than 150 submissions for the Blackout Poetry Contest, 15 finalists were published. Lisa Turner was named the winner, with Sarah Ferrato and Sarah Nichols named as runners up.
To celebrate its 21st anniversary, Shaker Arts Council is hosting a fundraiser and family fun day in May at Edwin's Too. To celebrate Shaker Heights' dedication to the arts, the organization has opened a call to artists for submissions.