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Lakewood choir teacher Lisa Richards doesn’t typically talk about bullying, racism and gun violence with her students at Garfield Middle School. Nevertheless, the students have a lot to say about the topics and recently wrote songs promoting social change. One of their songs, “Guns Down,” is a response to mass shootings and calls for amending laws and spreading awareness that no one person is alone. Another song, “Turn Around,” carries a message of redemption.

Officials held a groundbreaking Thursday on a new housing development in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. At the corner of Church St. and West 29th, once called State St., the $60 million project consists of two LEED-certified buildings containing 158 apartments. But protesters at the site including Paula Miller fear the Church & State project is using public investment to gentrify the area.

An artist is accusing Cleveland State University of censoring him by covering up a message criticizing President Trump that he added to his distinctive sculpture on campus. Billie Lawless’ 40-foot-tall sculpture, The Politician: A Toy, depicts a head on a pair of wheels. On a fence surrounding the work are satirical messages, like “BORE THE PEOPLE” and “A THOUSAND POINTS OF SLIGHT.”

Housing advocates are urging Cuyahoga County Council to make money available for renters, and other groups in the county’s new housing plan. The six-year housing program commits $5 million annually to renovations, home repairs, small-dollar mortgage assistance and developing the market. The county will share the cost with the Cuyahoga Land Bank.

From a Johnny Cash guitar to Lady Gaga’s meat dress to an FBI letter about N.W.A., the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is full of artifacts documenting music history. As the Rock Hall’s new director of curatorial affairs, Nwaka Onwusa will help design displays that examine the cultural impact of such performers.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was in Cleveland Monday on the first leg of what he's calling his week-long "Statewide Workforce Tour." The goal is to highlight vocational training programs that provide pathways to well-paying jobs. Speaking with executives and students at Tech Elevator, a computer coding school in Cleveland, Husted asked what the state can do to support programs like it. One suggestion: stop requiring bachelor's degrees for state government jobs that focus on computer programming. Husted was receptive to the idea.

Morrie Zryl was known in Cleveland for his outrageous promotional stunts for movies. That included hiring a helicopter to fly over Shaker Square with the release of "Apocalypse Now" and painting the snow outside his Colony theater for the "Color Purple." He recently passed away in Florida. Cinematheque director John Ewing was so inspired by Zryl's passion that he wants to make sure a new generation knows his legacy.

Renowned American composer Joan Tower has made a profound impact on Cleveland's Contemporary Youth Orchestra (CYO) and its music director Liza Grossman. This Saturday, Tower returns to Cleveland to celebrate her 80th birthday with the youth orchestra in concert. When Grossman first discovered Tower's compositions she was amazed by the use of rhythm.

In the first 3 weeks of the NFL season, the league issued twice as many penalties for hard tackles of the quarterback than it had the year before. Commentator Mike Pesca offers his take on the rules.

In 1982 a puzzle book came out, "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt," by New York City publisher Byron Preiss. The book is full of poems, photographs, and paintings which are clues to finding 12 ornately sculpted boxes that Preiss personally buried in various spots across North America. Inside each box is a key that can be exchanged for an expensive gem.