Art Scene, Editorials, Local Stories, Social Issues
Photo Credit: RonDale Simpson by Jason Eugene Cleveland, Ohio—a city RonDale Simpson, founder and artistic director of Blakk Jakk Dance Collective, calls “the miracle by the bay.” It wasn’t on his “Bingo card” when he envisioned his life...
Feature, Local Stories, Podcast
Photo Credit: How We Feel A Conversation With Cleveland Rock Duo Chris Bianchi and Brian Lamtman by Jason Eugene My first encounter with the Cleveland rock band How We Feel was pure happenstance, a collision of worlds on the gritty, cinematic set of their music...
Editorials, Local Stories, Social Issues, Video Interview
by Jason Eugene It’s afternoon in the Heights on a late spring day. The afternoon sun, the kind that slants through the trees and paints the sidewalks in strokes of gold and shadow, casts a warm glow with a tinge of Cleveland grayness. Inside a modest,...
Art Scene, Cleveland Places, Feature, Local Stories
Discover the inspiring story of Jessica Pinsky, the artist and founder behind Praxis Fiber Workshop in Cleveland. Originally trained as a painter, Jessica felt a profound pull towards textiles, attributing it to an ancestral connection to seamstresses and tailors,...
Cleveland Places, Entrepreneurship, Local Stories, Podcast
Step into the heartwarming world of Damon Turk, a Cleveland-area barber whose passion for cutting hair is matched only by his deep commitment to serving community and family life. Turk, a former special education teacher for 12 years, rediscovered a childhood passion...
Art Scene, Beyond Cleveland (exclusive), Editorials, Feature, Local Stories, Video Interview
Meet Patricia Brett, a compelling artist now calling Cleveland Heights home after a vibrant 30 years in New York City and a return to her NE Ohio roots. This former architect, who studied at Ohio State and Yale, bravely shifted gears to pursue her lifelong passion for...
