East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
Hough, Little Italy
and University Circle, written by citizen journalists
Better to be Taken? Is this a fair question? Is it better to be taken? Removed from your environment? Taken from the place you call home? Distant from family and friends? Is it better to be taken? Better to keep you safe? Lost in a system without any plans or directions Placing you with [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 16 May 2012
Life is like a Play Written by an Unknown Author By Danielle Price Life is like a play written by an unknown author. “They” pick the actors and define the roles. “We will do this and say that,” “They will be this and do that”. We get our parts and play our [...]
Posted by: dprice Posted on: 11 May 2012
Eleanor Squire Library Spring Book Sale Mark your calendar for our Annual Spring Book Sale from Friday, May 25th thru Sunday, May 27th. Browse though thousands of books that include not only horticulture and gardening titles, but literature, children’s, history, art, religion, fiction, and sciences. Rare and 1st editions, prints, magazines, CD’s & vinyl. No [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 May 2012
East Cleveland Neighborhood Center presents free summer camps. There are several camp programs. The Freedom Schools Program offers literacy enrichment that will enhance the scholar’s love of reading. ECNC Freedom School scholars will also take weekly field trips to local museums and other local attractions that highlight the programs purpose. Scholars will complete daily [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 27 April 2012
The Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel will spin again in Cleveland. A ceremonial groundbreaking in University Circle yesterday marks the beginning of construction on an all-glass pavilion to house the carousel. As soon as late 2013, two local nonprofit carousel organizations expect to complete their $2 million project to build the pavilion, restore the carousel, [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 18 April 2012
Strong Woman I hold her tight at night when the darkness creeps by slowly. my arms try to protect her from the nightmares and the cloud of things to come We both lay restless from dawn awaiting ticking clock pacing our breath, my worry, her tears because she cries silently yet loud weeping [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 12 April 2012
Ask an African-American senior citizen about the old Allen E. Cole Photography Studio on Cedar Avenue. She may share her memories of Cole’s signature advertisement in telephone books from days gone by: “Somebody, Somewhere Wants Your Photograph.” The senior may even point out an old Cole portrait that's tucked inside a family album or [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 11 April 2012
On Wed., March,14, Commodore Place Apartments held its first annual Chili Cook-off Fundraiser. The proceeds will go towards a summer trip that will benefit all the residents who attended the cook-off Toya A. Rogers, the new service coordinator in the apartment building at Euclid Avenue and Ford Drive, got the idea from the monthly Women's [...]
Posted by: LIngram Posted on: 27 March 2012
Growing up, I remember staring at my grandmother as she watched the 6 p.m. news, shaking her head and scorning the television. "It takes a village to raise a child," she said. "Lord have mercy. It takes a whole village!" It seemed there was a story about a child being killed, locked up at an [...]
Posted by: Shardé Lackey Posted on: 15 March 2012
Have an hour to kill and need to find something interesting to do? On the RTA HealthLine and want to have lunch and enjoy a world class art tour? Stop off at the main building of the Cleveland Clinic at East 95th Street and Euclid Avenue. You can choose an audio art tour or an Art Ambassador Tour. I ate lunch there [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 07 March 2012
My name is Channon Conner. I attend Health Careers Campus at Martin Luther King Jr. High School. Cookies 4 College is pretty much how it sounds: it’s me selling cookies to pay my way for college. I have been applying, but haven’t received a scholarship yet; so I began to worry. My nickname is Cookie, my favorite character is even Cookie [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 07 March 2012
Paloma Pilar Grasso's dream has been a reality for 10 years. Grasso opened Galeria Quetzal 10 years ago after retiring from teaching. The local gallery specializes in handmade art from countries like Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Mexico. Grasso has traveled all over the world to find each item displayed and sold in her store at [...]
Posted by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 07 March 2012
Ingredients with estimated pricing: 1 can of kidney beans = $1.19 1 large onion = 99 cents 1 cup of cottage cheese = $2.99 3 cups of cooked brown rice = $2.89 3 ounces of low-fat cheddar cheese = $1.22 Also needed: 1 garlic clove and 1 tablespoon of flour Directions: 1. Preheat oven to [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 03 March 2012
Little Italy is proud to have a “voce/voice” in Neighborhood Voice! We will be bringing you notices of events and news of our historic neighborhood that are enjoyed by so many, near and far. Did you know that Little Italy is home to over 21 retail galleries and businesses and even more services such as photographers, [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 02 March 2012
While looking on Facebook the other day, I came across an advertisement for The Media Club. The ad was looking for members from the fields of film, photography, social Media, web design and art. The ad mentioned interest in students, small business owners, entrepreneurs and media enthusiasts from all areas. So I went on a [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 February 2012
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