Ohio City Near West Development Corporation is launching a new on line publication Ohio City Argus via the Observer news service (with print installments). This is a throw-back to a publication that served the City of Ohio City (yes, before it joined Cleveland after a little war). The previous Ohio City publication is described as Notes: Published on Thursday. "Whiggish in its tendencies but not very partisan."

Are the clay tea cups used in India GREEN?

The City of Cleveland's website got a makeover. What do you make of it?

 Pecha Kucha Night Cleveland #2

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Start 8:20pm (doors open at 7)
House of Blues 308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

Location

Recently, we learned that Cleveland's deposed head of the Convention and Visitor's Bureau received a golden parachute and landed in Toledo.

 From Michael McIntyre's tip-off:

If you have lived in NEO for any length of time, it becomes apparent that some people have tickets and some do not. How does one get aboard the gravy train??? For more information--see this tip-off from Michael McIntyre at the PD.

How does Cleveland celebrate Robert Burns, one of the world's most beloved poets?

Can you name the artist of this piece? How does sculpture affect your psyche? Today, I had to remember this piece to ground my troubled mind.

How do we (once and for all!) get rid of failed leadership?

When Doug Clifton became editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, I was in frequent communication with Columnist Tom Brazaitis. I shared with Tom information technology advice to improve the newspaper - like adding email addresses to the articles in the paper (which they didn't do at the time), and completely transforming how they used the Internet. Tom suggested I contact Clifton directly, which I did, and Doug was very receptive to feedback and we ended up corresponding regularly.

When I lived in Tremont, and briefly worked at TWDC (long story), there were several machinations under the radar to create an a la Detroit Greektown around the vicinity of the Annunciation Greek Church. Do I have to name the players? Would it be a surprise for any one in Cleveland to discover a moribund and passe development scheme driving demolition in Cleveland? Cleveland knows how to kill night life. Look at the Warehouse District, the Flats...and soon Tremont.

How do we make ourselves and our communities healthy? Gloria knows.

Cranbrook is a magical place.* For the privileged, it is childhood suspended in time with whimsical design and enchanted sculptural gardens and everywhere flowing water.

In college, I studied biology and found myself puzzled by altruism. Why do some animals/people act selflessly in society? Of course, biology's answer puts a genetic spin on it--altruism benefits the species, right?

Sarah Vowell is a smart, young-thing* and she will make you laugh.

Isn't that enough of a recommendation? 

Sunday, November 16
2:00-4:00 p.m.

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The Plain Dealer today announces that the Catholic diocese abandons the mission of the church without a tear for those left behind in the city.

 

Please see this post at Tremonter. Henry describes the crime. Superman needs help.

That is the topic of the Literary Ventures Fund (LVF) panel discussion to be held:

This Thursday, October 23rd at 6:00 p.m Cleveland Public Library Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium 325 Superior Avenue***CANCELLED