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MOCHA co-founder Antwoine Washington hosts a workshop with students from Sandusky High School.

A Cleveland arts nonprofit provides arts-centric lifeline to the city's underserved youth

The Museum of Creative Human Art is a Cleveland nonprofit giving marginalized youth a safe space to create, learn and even start a career in the arts.

Phoebe Connell, director of operations for Zhug and Amba restaurants, demonstrates using a Toast handheld device that restaurant servers use to take customers' orders digitally, streamlining the process.

Northeast Ohio restaurateurs seek a delicate balance between tech and tradition

Local restaurants are using technology to speed up worker training while still making sure the industry remains human-first post-COVID.

Japanese food was once derided, but it's now in the canon of haute cuisine, says author <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Krishnendu_Ray">Krishnendu Ray</a>. How we value a culture's cuisine in our society, he says, often reflects the status of those who cook it.

Why Hunting Down 'Authentic Ethnic Food' Is A Loaded Proposition

In a new book, an NYU scholar explores how immigrants shape the American palate. He says it's time to ditch the phrase "ethnic food" — which lumps all nonwhite people and their cuisines together.

Scientists are using statistics, history and computer modeling to understand exactly how much hotter the oceans are today than they were before industrialization. Harvard researchers just found a clue in shipping records digitized after World War II.

How Much Hotter Are The Oceans? The Answer Begins With A Bucket

Scientists need to track the history of sea temperatures precisely to model climate change. A newly discovered clue in measurements taken by sailors in the 1930s could have far-reaching implications.

Nella's latest album, <em>Voy</em>, has earned the singer a 2019 Latin Grammy nomination.

Nella Wants To Be A Voice Of Hope For Venezuela

Nella's debut album, Voy, is a meditation on the land she's left behind. The work earned her a 2019 Latin Grammy nomination in the category of Best New Artist.

To pass the time during the pandemic, Billy Porter has been reading, writing and working on music.

Hear A New Song From Billy Porter, Plus His Quarantine Recommendations

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Actor and singer Billy Porter has been reading, writing and working on music.

Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich's once brilliant career took a dive after the official party paper criticized one of his operas in 1936. Shostakovich responded with his powerful Fifth Symphony.

Power And Struggle In A Soviet Symphony

After he was publicly denounced, Shostakovich rebounded with the compelling and calculated Symphony No. 5. The music supplied a soundtrack for the Soviet people and satisfied the apparatchiks.

Cellist Maya Beiser has reimagined Terry Riley's pioneering work In C, which helped launch the style of music called minimalism.

Cellist Maya Beiser's variation on a minimalist manifesto

Armed with just her cello, a looping machine and a pair of percussionists, Beiser crafts a rendition of Terry Riley's pioneering In C that is equally mesmerizing and graceful.

A bald eagle spotted in Magee Marsh. Much of this state wildlife area sits in Ottawa County which had the highest number of bald eagle nests in the latest census.

Ohio's Bald Eagle Population Is Soaring

Ohio's bald eagle population is making a strong comeback, according to the 2020 nest census from the Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of...

Bubba The Tortoise Dazzles Millions, Simply By Playing With A Ball

Bubba became an Internet star after Paul Milham posted a video of his daughter's tortoise scampering after a ball like a determined puppy.

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