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For the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, Kent State University is offering a series of events, from panel discussions and film showings to museum and art exhibits. It’s part of a yearlong observance of the day that four students were shot to death by Ohio National Guard troops during the course of an anti-war protest. The commemoration is managed by a former member of the student-run May 4th Task Force, Rodney Flauhaus.

U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday as investors worried about a growing number of coronavirus infections outside China, and possible fallout for the global economy.

George Rodrigue will step down as editor-in-chief of the Plain Dealer next month. Rodrigue will transition to work at the paper’s sister company, Advance Local. Rodrigue will step down March 1, according to his column on cleveland.com. He’ll be replaced by the paper’s current managing editor, Tim Warsinskey, who has worked at the Plain Dealer for 30 years.

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TripAdvisor has suspended postings for an unlikely attraction in Ilkestone, England: a hole in a brick wall.

Michael Tilson Thomas is one of the most renowned living American conductors and composers. The music director of the San Francisco Symphony renews his relationship with the Cleveland Orchestra onstage at Severance Hall Thursday night. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in 2018 [Roger Mastroianni / Cleveland Orchestra]

People in greater Cleveland are more likely to attend arts and cultural events than in other cities in Ohio and across the U.S, according to a recent National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) study. “In Cleveland, about 62 percent of adults in the course of a year attended some kind of performing arts event, dance, theater, music,” said Sunil Inyengar, director of research and analysis for the NEA.

Michael R. White Elementary School in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland was slated to close but will instead merge with nearby Stonebrook Montessori School. The new, combined school is expected to open its doors next fall. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) had Michael R. White in Glenville on a list of schools targeted for closure due to low student attendance and its aging, deteriorating building.

Some grocery stores around the country are beginning to change or reduce the times they’re open due to the coronavirus. But as of Monday, no Northeast Ohio-based grocers have modified their business hours. Among locally-owned grocers and grocery chains, Heinen’s, Dave’s Markets, Simon's Supermarket and Zagara’s Marketplace all reported they are maintaining normal business hours. "At this time, we have no plans to modify our hours," Jackie Shultz, a Heinen's spokesperson, said via email.

Cleveland is asking residents to continue separating trash and recyclables, even though both are bound for the landfill. Council members pressed city officials with questions about Cleveland’s stalled recycling program at a two-hour virtual council hearing Tuesday, almost two weeks after revelations that the city was no longer sending recyclables to be processed.