The AsiaTown neighborhood will celebrate the Lunar New Year and the rare Year of the Fire Horse this weekend at Asia Plaza with cultural performances, lion dances, food vendors, and family activities. The Fire Horse represents a period of dynamic change and high energy. The free event welcomes everyone to experience Asian culture and traditions through arts, performance, and food.

Cleveland Heights native Laila Edwards is making history as a member of the U.S. Women's Hockey Team at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, and her community is rallying behind her at EDWINS Restaurant. EDWINS founder Brandon Chrostowski has been hosting free watch parties to celebrate Edwards' achievements and her role as the first Black woman on a Team USA hockey team.

"Between Worlds," a contemporary photography exhibit featuring three Cleveland-based artists, is now on view at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's Chagrin Falls Branch. With traditional photography, mixed media, and AI hybrid imagery showcased, the works explore themes of light and darkness, personal and cultural existence.

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland launched its 2026 season recently with four new exhibits exploring themes of nature, memory, survival, and responsibility. Guests at he opening reception engaged enthusiastically with the immersive installations by KING COBRA, Sky Hopinka, and other artists.

Cleveland Public Theatre's Test Flight program allows local playwrights to develop new work in front of live audiences and gather real-time feedback. The program gives artists creative freedom and practical support. 2026 Test Flight features "Boxed," a dance theater piece by Elizabeth Pollert that uses movement and cardboard boxes to explore how people are labeled and confined by identity categories.

Cleveland Kurentovanje kicks off this Saturday, Feb. 7, with the Kurent Jump at the Slovenian National Home. The mythical Kurent creatures will be summoned from slumber to chase away winter and usher in spring. The Jump includes traditional Slovenian food, music, and a special lager from Collision Bend Brewing Company.

Benjamin Colas, founder of Forest City Academy, is pitching his Stronger Together concept at the Cleveland Leadership Center's Accelerate competition. Stronger Together would offer free parent-child workout classes, held in local parks, and  designed to promote family bonding. As both an educator and parent, Colas envisions scalable classes as a solution for families seeking both physical health and quality time together.

Ceramic artists from Cleveland Institute of Art, Kent State University, and the University of Akron explore clay as a sculptural and architectural medium, rather than functional vessels in The Sculpture Center's new exhibit, "Surface and Structure: Contemporary Ceramics at the Edge of Form."

Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation (FRDC) is hosting a series of on-site hiring events throughout February, connecting job seekers directly with employers who are actively hiring. The events feature opportunities in healthcare, transportation, customer service, and public service.

Concord Casimir, the famous weather-predicting cat, today made his annual Groundhog Day forecast for Northeast Ohio. The cat has had flawless track record since 2014—predicting the arrival of spring based on how he eats his pierogis. Concord Casimir experienced a rare "pierogi vortex" this year. Find out what this means for our weather.

The Museum of Contemporary Art (moCa) Cleveland opens its new season this week with four exhibitions that explore humanity's relationship with the natural world through diverse artistic lenses. The exhibits resist simple narratives about environmental crises to offer various perspectives on trauma, responsibility, and repair of ecosystems.

Cleveland Public Theatre celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Test Flight series with six productions by local playwrights, choreographers, and directors over three weekends. Test Flight offers development of works-in-progress while showcasing diverse voices in CPT, Teatro Público de Cleveland, and Masrah Cleveland Al Arabi.

The Cleveland Leadership Center's Accelerate pitch competition is coming up in February. Meanwhile, FreshWater Cleveland is talking to some of the entrepreneurs about their visions to make Cleveland a better place to live, work, play, and visit in hopes of winning funding. Today, we talk to two CWRU juniors, who are pitching their sustainability app uniSWAP.

Cleveland residents braved frigid temperatures yesterday Downtown Cleveland Inc.'s inaugural Pop-Up Snow Day with tubing on Mall B. Photographer Reuben Kutash caught the fun on camera.

The Silk Road Cultural Collective preserves the cultural heritage of the ancient trade routes spanning from Asia to Europe with interactive, hands-on experiences. Founded by Cleveland filmmaker Johnny K. Wu, the organization encourages participants to touch, wear, and experience historical artifacts while learning about the diverse cultures along the Silk Road from the 5th to 17th centuries.

FreshWater's Reuben Kutash was curious about Western Reserve Historical Society's Murder Mystery series, so last week he stopped by the Cleveland History Center to participate in "Municipal Murder: The Final Pitch." Read Reuben's take on the interactive whodunit based on 1940s Cleveland baseball, see his photos, and find out how you can get tickets to the next installment.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 24, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., people of all talents and abilities are invited to Waterloo Arts for a Brite Winter workshop to fill in life-sized figures with Day Glo paint  for Cleveland's winter arts and music festival. Brite Winter debuts in its new location in the Waterloo Arts District on February 21.

The Cleveland Leadership Center's 12th annual Accelerate: Citizens Make Change pitch competition takes place on February 26 at the Huntington Convention Center, featuring 35 presenters pitching 26 innovative ideas.