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Photos: Aimon Ali Brought a Runway Fashion Show to Playhouse Square
The producer and entrepreneur’s sixth fashion spectacle sold out a golden night under the Playhouse Square chandelier.
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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Literary Cleveland Scores Big Grant from Arts Fund
Cleveland’s home for the literary arts was the only Ohio organization to win a slice of an $8 million grant from the Literary Arts Fund this week.
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Cleveland’s Pride in the CLE Celebration Rides On Despite Corporate Sponsor Exodus
Trump’s attacks on DEI have led many companies to pull back from supporting Pride events. In Cleveland, sponsors have decreased but the party will go on.
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Former Members of the Restored Church of God in Wadsworth Say They Were Left Financially and Spiritually Bamboozled
From significant mandatory tithes to end-of-times prophecies, those who have exited the church say Pastor David Pack rules his flock with utter control.
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Cleveland City Council Passes Short Term Rental Regulations Aiming to Curb Parties, Nuisance Properties
“I want to say to the party houses and to the animal houses: It’s over,” one council member said. “We’re not having this going on” any longer.
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Cleveland City Council Passes Rollback of Bibb’s Downtown Parking Price Hikes
“We want to make this affordable for Clevelanders to park on the streets that they help pay for and maintain with their tax dollars,” said Kevin Bishop of legislation that reduces the hourly rate and extends free parking hours.
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University Circle Aims for More Cohesive, Walkable Neighborhood With Ambitious Master Plan
A hub of arts, culture, education and medicine, the east side community has struggled to craft a unifying experience across institutions and attractions.
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Clevo Books to Close by End of June
Owner Cathryn Siegal-Bergman said downtown’s foot traffic was too thin to support her specialty bookshop.
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Cleveland Proposes Housing Innovation District to Drive East Side Development
With a zoning code refresh and tax perks, City Hall hopes to spur new builds in neighborhoods that have been neglected for years.
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Dominic Russo’s Family Pushes ‘Dom’s Law’ to Ensure Those Convicted of Violent Offenses Can’t Profit Off Social Media
If passed, House Bill 505 would modernize Ohio’s Son of Sam law to close loopholes that would allow those like Mackenzie Shirilla to possibly profit off social media endeavors.
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In Trademark Lawsuit, Klutch Cannabis Denies Infringing on Rich Paul’s Klutch Sports
Both brands offer “fundamentally different goods and services sold through entirely different channels,” lawyers for the local cannabis company argued.
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Activists Intensify Pressure on Cleveland City Council to Reject Flock Contract Renewal
Amid increasing opposition to the license plate reader tech and privacy concerns, council will soon take up contract renewal talks after Bibb deferred to the body.