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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.

Updated on May 1, 2020 at 12pm Athersys, a biotechnology company in Cleveland, has been developing a possible therapy for serious medical conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) – one of the more concerning complications caused by COVID-19. The company announced in a press release on Friday May 1, 2020, that University Hospitals is starting a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of this treatment on patients with COVID-19 induced ARDS.

A new study from respiratory researchers finds cloth masks are beneficial in preventing the spread of COVID-19. “This is based on existing research — just to share with everybody that there is a potential scientific basis for using [cloth masks],” said the chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Respiratory Institute Dr. Raed Dweik, who contributed to the study.

Cleveland Clinic providers are using several video chat options in addition to its own internal system to combat technical problems in telehealth visits. As thousands of doctors’ appointments have been converted to virtual visits due to social distancing measures, clinic patients and providers reported experiencing technical problems and system crashes.

Federal pandemic aid will help the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority cushion the blow dealt to its bottom line by coronavirus shutdowns. RTA expects to receive about $111 million from the CARES Act, CEO India Birdsong told board members Tuesday. That could help defray an expected cratering in revenue this year.