Laura Putre

A former bowling champ is the Angela Lansbury of the projects.

Collinwood earns its job center after 20 years of trying.

Teamsters help a bike messengers’ union drive.

An old-time cowboy actor has his moments in the sunset.

A funeral director wishes he could close the casket on segregation.

At a charity car dealership, one driver’s wreck is another’s resurrection.

Drug court is now in session. Pipe down and pass the cake.

A government filmmaker nurtures his comic side.

Tragic lives end in quiet solitude at Cleveland’s potter’s field.

Two friends turn their trip to the dark side into a rite-of-passage flick.

A Cleveland homeboy sells safe sex for the hip-hop crowd.

An Akron pair tries to get some sparks out of Friction.