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The artists behind “Don’t Be Still” want their audience to take the message literally. They did. “I was painting in my studio one day, and I heard dimly in the background about pay equality for women and the need for legislation,” said artist John W. Carlson. “I was just, ‘did I just hear that?’” The Cleveland painter teamed up with filmmaker Robert Banks to challenge gender stereotypes and inequities through their artwork.

Typically, the scheme works like this: you get a call from someone claiming to be with the IRS, who then claims that you owe a bunch of money. "They tell you that you didn't pay taxes or you didn't file on time, and there's a warrant out for you," said Sheryl Harris, Director of Cuyahoga County's Department of Consumer Affairs, which is holding a series of events this week aimed at spreading awareness of various scams. "They're really scary calls."

A string quintet performing Mozart is certainly not something everyone expected to hear at Summit County Probate Court in the middle of February, but it was a welcome break for many employees and visitors to the courthouse. It’s part of a series called “Decompression Chamber” from Tuesday Musical in Akron.

If you think our nation is more divided over political issues than it has been in a long time, Jill Lepore says you are right. “There’s a great deal of political science research that attempts to quantify this question that looks at ways to measure political polarization and those suggest that it is the greatest level of polarization since the Great Depression,” Lepore said.

Manufacturers who make products with steel and aluminum are expected to see their costs rise after the President's tariff goes into effect. But Whirlpool Corporation, which makes washing machines at a plant in Clyde, may come out clean.

Pinkalicous, the little girl with a love for all things pink and creative, and her younger brother, Peter, now have their own TV series.

The documentary “I Am Evidence” looked at how cities handled testing rape kits that sat shelved for years, and Cleveland played a part. The filmmakers compared different cities’ approaches and resources, and they found Cleveland ahead of some others, particularly with the work of Cuyahoga County's Sexual Assault Kit Task Force.

Maureen Thompson’s class of kindergartners at Richmond Heights Elementary may not realize it, but their student teacher, Miss Savannah, a visiting artist studying at Cleveland Institute of Art, is learning from them. Savannah Soliby brought bags of shapes for the students on a recent visit to the classroom, and they were eager to create their own pictures using the shapes.

The 4-inch-by-5-inch tintype depicts Billy the Kid playing croquet in the summer of 1878. The only other known photo of the outlaw was taken in 1880 and sold for $2.3 million in 2010.

Satoru Iwata, who helped Nintendo innovate and launch its revolutionary Wii game console, has died. His business card summed him up this way: "I run a game company, in my heart I am a gamer."