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Cuyahoga Arts & Culture this week approved nearly $11 million in grants to support 300 Cuyahoga County nonprofit organizations of all sizes in 2025, with 15 organizations receiving funding for the first time.
The Steak Club Foundation started as a casual dinner group to reconnect friends and network and evolved into to a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing food insecurity. The group provides meals, runs food pantries, and supports local communities. The foundation's guiding principle, "No Service, No Steak" reflects the commitment to giving back.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History anthropologists Emma Finestone and Ebeth Sawchuk spent last summer in Kenya, conducting fieldwork crucial to the study of human evolution—excavating sites spanning 3 million years and studying how herders and farmers moved around the Central Rift Valley over the last 5,000 years.
Fifty years ago, the discovery of an
Australopithecus afarensis in Ethiopia by Cleveland Museum of Natural History paleoanthropologist Don Johanson and his team revolutionized our understanding of human evolution. Lucy's journey from fossilized bones to scientific icon illustrates Lucy's impact and the contributions of Northeast Ohio to human origins research.
Cuyahoga County votes approved Issue 55 earlier this month—replacing and expanding the cigarette tax levy that funds Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The approval will raise $160 million over the next 10 years, which will allow CAC to fund thousands of nonprofit arts and culture groups like BAYarts and Oh Sew Powerful.
What started 10 years ago as a high school senior project for then-16-year-old Maria Paparella, has evolved into the thriving Chair-ity—a nonprofit that furnishes apartments for young adults who are aging out of foster care.
South Euclid residents Linda Thurston and Michael Sering, along with a group of volunteers, are making an impact in their city with KeyStone Community Services. The nonprofit recently cleaned planters along Mayfield Road in a beautification effort funded with a grant from One South Euclid CDC, and helps seniors with property maintenance.
Artist Arlin Graff's new mural, "A Wild Urban Refuge," celebrates Cuyahoga Valley National Park's 50th anniversary and the transformation of the Cuyahoga River. Inspired by local wildlife and the park's conservation efforts, the mural highlights the importance of environmental stewardship.
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Cuyahoga County voters this week approved Issue 55, expanding the cigarette tax that funds Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The new tax will generate $160 million over 10 years for hundreds of local artists and nonprofit arts and culture organizations.
Trumpet player turned music produce Sammy Haig has made significant strides in the music industry by blending classical training with modern production techniques. His talents have led to collaborations with major artists like DJ Drama, Tyler, The Creator, and Meghan Trainor.
The 20th Annual Día de Muertos Festival on Saturday brought thousands to Cleveland Public Theatre and the Detroit Shoreway. Curated by Artistic director Héctor Castellanos Lara, the event featured a colorful procession, traditional music and dance, ofrendas created by local artists, and Mexican cultural traditions to honor ancestors and lost loved ones.
The City of South Euclid will host its Halloween Feast at Bexley Park this weekend, packed with activities, cash prizes, food, and live music.
MAGNET's ninth annual Mspire pitch competition awarded $85,000 to seven innovative manufacturing startups in a diverse range of concepts and industries, from sustainable energy solutions with Accelerate Wind's turbines to cake pop molds made by Daisy Makes, to health technology developed by Auxilium Health.
Assembly for the Arts, the nonprofit focused on increasing equity in the arts and culture community, has awarded $10,000 to each of the 17 Cuyahoga County artists chosen for the 2024 Creative Impact Fund, funded through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
FreshWater highlights three recipients: Humble G tha Fiddla; Hanji expert Aimee Lee; and spoken word poet and storyteller Chris Webb.
Since 2017, The Literacy Cooperative has partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to send free books each month to local children. Working with local groups like Heights Family Foundation, United Way, and the Bruening Foundation, the groups have now distributed two million books.
Towards Employment will celebrate the power of Cleveland’s people next week with a free evening of jazz and storytelling at “A Work & Reentry Experience” at the Fatima Center and the Hough branch of Cleveland Public Library.
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture supports a diverse array of fall events across Cuyahoga County—funding programs like historical readings at Dunham Tavern to family-friendly festivals at BAYarts and University Circle, Inc., to sustainable crafting at Upcycle Parts Shop.
Last weekend, the USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation unveiled the Lone Sailor Statue at its permanent home at Voinovich Bicentennial Park. The statue celebrates the upcoming commissioning of the USS Cleveland and represents those who served in the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines.
The Cleveland Museum of Art embraces Fall and Halloween with a month of supernatural exhibits, family-friendly activities, live music, the MIX: Supernatural Halloween dance party, and seasonal dining.