East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
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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
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
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
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
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
Rainey student and aspiring actress Teliah Gainer asked fellow students… What Does Rainey Mean to You? Tayla Gray: a vocal music major at Cleveland School of [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 01 February 2012
On a cold, wet winter evening last month, as the sun set and the streets darkened, there was a joyful noise on East 55th Street. About 27 young violin students started their daily practice at the Rainey Institute, an afterschool arts program. “Everybody up!” teacher Darnell Weaver said. He pointed to a series of dots written on the board. “We’re [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 01 February 2012
Youth from the Central neighborhood set out to showcase their talent Saturday. With the help of the Central Promise Ambassadors, the children prepared their performances during three months of rehearsals and took to the stage at Cuyahoga Community College's Metro Campus to show parents and supporters what they could accomplish. The program consisted of [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 01 February 2012
The Cleveland Orchestra’s and PNC Bank are sparking children’s interest in music with programs like the PNC Musical Rainbow Series and PNC Grow Up Great, which won’t break the bank for parents. “It’s about introducing kids to the orchestra one instrument at a time,” said Joan Katz Napoli, The Cleveland Orchestra’s director of Education and Community Programs, [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 01 February 2012
The Rainey Institute currently reaches about 850 children and young adults annually and exposes them to a diverse assortment of arts programs, which they may not encounter otherwise. These programs continue to expand in 2012. Since 1966, the institute's main priority has been education through visual and performing arts. Today, students at the institute can [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 01 February 2012
Textile Republic, a design company based in Novelty, Ohio, is giving local artists and designers an opportunity to be recognized and even paid for their work. The company, founded in 2007 by the brother-sister team of Kimberly Osborne-Milstein and Brian Osborne, specializes in products featuring original designs that customers can choose to put on any [...]
Posted by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 27 January 2012
Neighborhood Voice regularly features local poets. Submit your poem to info@neighborhood-voice.com. When I first saw you God knows I didn’t have a clue To me what you would soon do Never did I anticipate the stirring inside that you would create With your character How me you would mentally stimulate And it caught me [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 27 January 2012
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