We Tried It: Tasting our way through the Tour de Bruell
Join us on the Tour de Bruell as local chef Zack Bruell takes foodies on a delicious progressive dinner party through five Bruell-owned restaurants.
Euclid High School's welding program sparks success for students
When the new and improved Euclid High School opens in a year, new campus amenities will include a 9,000-square-foot welding lab. It’s a fitting (and long-awaited) development for the school’s celebrated welding program, which has ranked among the country’s top five programs for the last decade.
Power switch: Cleveland starts move to 100% renewable energy by 2050
When the city of Cleveland revised its 6-year-old Climate Action Plan in 2018, it set an ambitious goal: to use 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050. 
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE for August 2019
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.
Not your everyday daddy-daughter dance: Him & Me offers families a party with a purpose
All daddy-daughter dances have that “aww” factor, but the Him & Me Dance is truly awe-inspiring. With its seventh go-round scheduled for this Sunday, August 4, the annual event is planned by suicide prevention nonprofit Alive on Purpose to strengthen the bond between dads and daughters—and bring much-needed awareness to the fact that 63 percent of all suicides come from fatherless homes.
Why the Fairfax community is fighting to keep Bolton Elementary near the neighborhood
When 76-year-old Fairfax resident Walter Stanley attends a community meeting with a packed room, he sits close to the presenters so he doesn’t miss a thing. And at a recent Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) meeting this spring, there was plenty to take in as residents and stakeholders provided input on the Cleveland Board of Education’s budgetary decisions concerning the fate of Fairfax’s Bolton Elementary School.
 
Las Tienditas welcomes the flavors of Southern Puerto Rico in its latest grand opening
Jean Garcia and Xaidy Rodriguez aren’t like other siblings their age.

For one, they’re both bilingual transplants native to Ponce, Puerto Rico, a small city of 145,000 on the southern part of the island. At 19 and 15 respectfully, Garcia and sister Rodriguez helm one of the youngest restaurant startups to open on Cleveland’s West Side, well, in ages.
Hats off! Cleveland Clinic Louis Stokes Internship celebrates its first cohort of graduating seniors
Not every high school junior can knowledgeably drop terms like “reiki” and “acupressure” into conversation, but thanks to her summer internship, Ashley Hayden can talk Eastern healing modalities with the best of them.
Cleveland GiveCamp celebrates ten years of helping nonprofits
On Friday, July 19, 188 volunteers flooded the Burke Lakefront Airport for Cleveland GiveCamp's tenth year in the city, ready to rebuild 18 nonprofits’ websites over the course of one weekend. Some volunteers even opt to take the title literally and pitch a tent.
For La Villa Hispana youth, beating the summer heat means getting on beat at the Boys & Girls Club
For members of the Boys & Girls Clubs (BGCC) at Luis Muñoz Marin and Walton Elementary Schools, beating the summer heat means getting on beat.
Let there be BorderLight: New theatre festival is drawing performers from around the globe
From the Dublin Theatre Festival in Ireland to the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, Dale Heinen and Jeffrey Pence have had no shortage of inspiration in planning the debut BorderLight Festival—which they hope will add Cleveland to the list of “second cities” that have become perennial theatre festival destinations.
Play on, players: The Rock Hall's new Garage exhibit attracts MLB All-Stars and would-be rock stars
Since its opening on July 1, the Rock Hall's new Garage exhibit has attracted MLB all-stars like Mike Trout and Francisco Lindor, along with members of Blue Oyster Cult and the Alice Cooper Band. But the interactive Garage exhibit isn’t just for celebrities. It’s for everyone—and that’s kind of the point.
Clevelander Allison Meyer showcases Northeast Ohio’s resilient population
Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River caught fire, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Student Allison Meyer is demonstrating how Clevelanders continue to persist no matter the struggles they encounter.
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE for July 2019
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland.
Ooh la la! FreshWater photographer and former editor publish book on art of burlesque
A new book by Bob Perkoski and Erin O'Brien documents the colorful history of Cleveland’s burlesque scene, from the 1800s to modern day.
I Live Here (now): Jason Thompson and Scott O’Con
Some might call it divine intervention that brought Jason Thompson and Scott O’Con to Cleveland. They came to the city from northern Virginia in 2017 when Thompson joined West Park United Church of Christ as senior pastor—his first pastoral role—and the couple have never looked back.  
With Fiesta of Hope scholarships in pocket, Clark-Fulton students look forward to brighter futures
Samuel Paredes was 16 years old when he secretly applied for a U.S. visa. His parents had just gotten divorced, and he was still living in Ipiales, a city of 160,000 on the southern border of Colombia. Shortly after the death of his grandmother, he expressed to his mother and father his desire to study cybersecurity—born from witnessing political upheaval—at an American college.
Hey, parents: A safety-minded rideshare app for transporting kids is coming to Cleveland
Undoubtedly every parent has wished for it: a safe, reliable Uber-like solution for transporting kids from point A to point B. South Euclid resident Charisma Curry is launching Parents in Motion to make that wish a reality.
Startup Scaleup is set to take over the Flats tomorrow with 1,500+ Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs
The Cuyahoga River will be alive this week with a bevy of #Cuyahoga50 celebrations, but that’s not the only thing rolling on the river. Tomorrow JumpStart will host its fifth annual Startup Scaleup event in the Flats East Bank—with more than 150 speakers and 1,500 entrepreneurs attending from all over Northeast Ohio.
Free Stamp: All things free in the #CLE, Cuyahoga50 edition
Fresh Water's monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up the freshest free events in Cleveland. Check out our special Cuyahoga50 edition here!