David C. Barnett

The Cleveland Orchestra has canceled all performances scheduled for this summer, due to COVID-19 health concerns for both audience members and musicians...

Novelist and Northeast Ohio native Toni Morrison would have been 89 years old Tuesday, February 18th. On her birthday, members of the community will celebrate her impact on their lives. The commemoration centers on a park bench in Oberlin that bears her name.

The 2020 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be announced Jan. 15. Systemic issues — in the industry and the nominating process — have maintained a severe imbalance.

Five years ago, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed in a public park by a Cleveland police officer. The incident quickly became a rallying point for a growing national conversation about violence against black people at the hands of the police, and Rice continues to be a source of inspiration for artists.

Last month, Cleveland's home-grown moviemakers Joe and Anthony Russo broke the all-time box office record with their latest film, "Avengers: Endgame," surpassing 2009's “Avatar.” Their next movie, “Cherry," will focus on a much more modest story centered around Northeast Ohio’s opioid crisis. Anthony Russo was in town recently, and he doesn’t see the new film as a conscious attempt to step back from super heroes.

The script for Evan Miller’s 15-year Hollywood career started in a talent agency mailroom. “It was filling envelopes with resumes and headshots, and then a lot of filling in,” Miller said. “It was great, because it exposed me to voiceovers, to commercials, to new theatrical work. I really got to see the business as a whole and figured out pretty early on that my passion was in TV and film and representing those actors.”

In July, the baseball world will focus on Cleveland for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. That global spotlight won’t show a trace of Chief Wahoo on the field as the controversial Indians logo was dropped from team uniforms last fall. But the familiar character with the red face and big-toothed grin is still for sale at the ballpark. There are legal reasons to keep Wahoo in play. Before a recent game, Chantice Thomas sat under a sun umbrella, across the road from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland,

Many artists like to create works in response to current events. But sometimes, the cost of materials, equipment and studio space are too high, and it takes forever to jump through the hoops necessary to get financial backing. A new fund aims to help local artists react to the latest headlines. Filmmaker Cigdem Slankard, an assistant professor of film and media arts at Cleveland State University, is one of those artists. In her studio, she smiled at a scene from her latest production, playing out on the editing screen.

City governments and community organizations often turn to local artists to brighten-up abandoned neighborhood walls. Eyesores are beautified and artists get a chance to earn some money. But, arts advocates argue that artists offer much more than decoration to area neighborhoods.

Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center would get $882 million under a budget proposal announced by the Trump administration Monday afternoon. Local researchers are gearing up for a return to the moon. The last time astronauts set foot on the lunar surface was in 1972. The new budget puts an emphasis on returning within the next five years on a more permanent basis.