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Buckeye Flame’s Ken Schneck Launching New LGBTQ+ Reporters Roundtable Podcast
This News Is So Gay, a queer reporter’s roundtable, debuts on July 2
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, Narratively, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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There’s a “Significant Challenge in Securing a Sustainable Future” for the Cleveland International Film Festival, Board Chair Says
Falling attendance and revenue, a shrinking staff, and a reports of ‘toxic’ work environment mean big changes are needed before the festival’s 50th anniversary, Joe Marinucci wrote in an email
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Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren Falls 154 Verified Signatures Short in Bid to Make Ballot for November Election
And an effort to recall the mayor before the upcoming November election may succeed in putting the vote to the public
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Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren Says He’s a Victim of “Political Lynching”
Meanwhile, the campaign to force a recall says it has collected enough signatures to bring a vote to the public
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Music, Art, Community Take Center Stage at Freedom Fest Cleveland
The city’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration runs from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday
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A Clark-Fulton Resident Turned Her Yard Into a Cottage Garden. Cleveland Took Her to Court
“Here am I,” she said. “The criminal gardener”
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‘No Kings’ Protests Planned for Saturday at a Dozen Locations Across Northeast Ohio
A march against Trump’s military parade kicks off at the at 2 p.m. at the Free Stamp downtown
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Letter Signed by 18 Whole Cleveland Heights Employees Denies Mayor and Wife Have Created a Hostile Work Environment
“Yes, there has been tension,” it reads. “But it’s not because of abuse. It’s because change is uncomfortable—especially for those used to calling the shots without accountability.”
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United Way of Greater Cleveland Lays Off Nine Workers In Effort to Ensure Nonprofit’s ‘Long-Term Stability’
Workers let go include those in HR, marketing and resource development
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Collinwood CDC Resurrected After Years of Being Out of Commission
“We are very not focused on the past,” its new board chair told Scene. “We are very forward looking”
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Hub 27 Affordable Housing Project in Clark-Fulton Moves Forward Despite No Longer Having a Grocery Store
The Cleveland Planning Commission approved a design for the site’s first phase
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Ohio Grants $2 Million to Clifton/Lake Multi-Use Trail Connector Project in Lakewood and Rocky River
The mile-and-a-half pathway is set to break ground later this year