Arts & Culture Feature

He Moved From Hollywood to Convert a Small Town Ohio High School Into a Film Production Studio. Will Business Follow?

With Ohio's Motion Picture Tax Credit increasing, Schoolyard Studio hopes to draw even more movies and TV shows to film in the state

By Mark Oprea

Nov 29, 2023

Thirty miles east of Cleveland, past the horse farms and cornfields off 422, is where Berkshire High School sits relatively quiet, save for the faint buzz of construction inside its gymnasium and the odd UPS driver parked out in front. In the next five years, the scenery is fit to change...

Det Chansamone, a 53-year-old visual effects artist from Los Angeles, bought the empty Berkshire High School in Burton to convert into a massive film studio, including a 10,000-square-foot soundstage in the school's gymnasium. His aim is to finish the full conversion in the next five years or so.

In Cleveland's Post-Covid DIY Revival, Queer Black Drag in Midtown and Hardcore in Taco Bell Parking Lots

New spaces and voices are guiding Cleveland's homegrown music scene into inclusive and interesting places

By Mark Oprea
Nov 22, 2023
A New Survey of Cleveland Musicians Will Attempt to Calibrate Local Scene

The Cleveland Music Census, a citywide data exploration in collaboration with 19 other U.S. cities, is the first since 2011

By Mark Oprea
Sep 27, 2023
John Ewing, Cinematheque Co-Founder, Will Retire Next June After Four Decades

A guiding hand at Cleveland's arthouse theater, he's made the Cinematheque a vital, interesting and affordable destination

By Mark Oprea
Aug 22, 2023
Masonic Auditorium Poised for $8 Million Facelift Thanks to Owner Temple Live

A rehab of Midtown's 250,000 square-foot behemoth hopes to make the Masonic "the coolest venue in Cleveland" with upgraded sound and more

By Mark Oprea
Aug 1, 2023
'A Crazy Party for Cleveland': Golden Hour Series Will Bring One-Day Music Festival to North Coast Harbor

Greyt Culture's Thomas Fox talks about parlaying the success of their rooftop concert series into something bigger

By Mark Oprea
Jun 30, 2023
Cleveland Names Rhonda K. Brown as City's First Arts Strategist

She brings a wealth of artistic and developmental experience to the role

By Maria Elena Scott
Jun 16, 2023
Literary Cleveland Moves Into New Larchmere Storefront as Membership Booms

After doubling its members since 2019, the popular writers community hosts a housewarming April 21st

By Mark Oprea
Apr 13, 2023
Plans Announced for Museum in Collinwood Dedicated to Work of Legendary Cleveland Outsider Artist Albert Wagner

By Shawn Mishak
May 5, 2022
'Anastasia' is Soft and Pretty and a Bit Too Twee

By Christine Howey
Feb 12, 2020
New Contemporary Metal-Art Show at KSU Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Brutal Student Shootings

By Laura Morrison
Feb 5, 2020
North Collinwood’s Newly Opened PhotoCentric Gallery Shines the Spotlight on Local Art Photographers

By Laura Morrison
Dec 25, 2019
In Mirror, Mirror at Waterloo Arts, a Collection of Artists Reveal Their Lived Experiences

By Dott von Schneider
Oct 16, 2019
Pieces, Parts and Moving Things at Rant Gallery is a Joyous Experience

By Dott von Schneider
Oct 9, 2019
ARTneo Focuses on the Figure in Outside the Mainstream: Douglas Max Utter Selects

By Dott von Schneider
Oct 2, 2019
Cleveland's Samantha Bias Creates Powerful Portraits Directly on Leaves

By Dott von Schneider
Sep 11, 2019
Dan Miller's Some Disassembly Required at Waterloo Arts Brings Literal Clouds

By Dott von Schneider
Aug 28, 2019
William Mortensen's Beautiful Witches Portraits Now at Buckland Witchcraft Museum

By Dott von Schneider
Aug 21, 2019
Susan Danko Tackles the Hidden Damage of Invasive Species in Beautiful Intruders

By Dott von Schneider
Aug 7, 2019
Liz Maugans' Latest at HEDGE Gallery is a Beautiful Mess

By Dott von Schneider
Jul 24, 2019
Three Local Artists on Exhibiting Outside of Northeast Ohio

By Dott von Schneider
Jul 10, 2019

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