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Before digital technology, photographers developed film in the darkroom, making contact sheets of the images. But beyond the selected shots, many of those images stayed in the dark. “Even when contact sheets were essential and an everyday part of photography, people who were outside of the world of photography normally didn't see them because they were part of the working process,” said Peter Gallasi, former chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Novelist and Northeast Ohio native Toni Morrison would have been 89 years old Tuesday, February 18th. On her birthday, members of the community will celebrate her impact on their lives. The commemoration centers on a park bench in Oberlin that bears her name.

Director Kelly Reichardt set her latest western drama in Oregon in the 1820s. It's the story of two drifters who come up with a unique money-making scheme in the midst of a gold rush.

Six University Hospitals staff members are being monitored for signs of coronavirus after they had close contact with three people who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Hospital officials announced in a news release Tuesday that the caregivers are on self-quarantine in their homes.

Updated: 6:48 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2020 Boards of elections across Ohio need to fill poll worker vacancies in advance of Tuesday’s primary election. And the coronavirus outbreak is making it harder than usual to fully staff for the upcoming vote.

Updated: 5:20 p.m., Thursday, May 14, 2020 University Hospitals is using a new protective tool to conduct COVID-19 tests. The hospital system’s innovation department, UH Ventures, partnered with the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) to design and develop innovative COVID-19 testing booths. Workers administer the tests through arms-length gloves attached to a barrier on the booth. This could speed up the testing process, as the workers no longer need to change personal protective equipment in between each test.

The FBI claims Dr. Qing Wang, a U.S. citizen born in China, received more than $3.6 million in grants from the NIH while also collecting money for the same research from the Chinese government.

Does pandemic isolation have you ready to scream? Perhaps, you might express your frustrations through writing, instead. A Northeast Ohio writers' group wants Clevelanders to record their feelings – and then share them. The project is “Documenting Cleveland,” and it’s coordinated by Literary Cleveland. Associate director Matt Weinkam said the group is taking a look at a random day of our lives.

As different parts of the economy move to reopen, many arts and culture groups are discussing what reopening could look like for museums, theaters and music venues. “We anticipate that we’ll see museums perhaps being more readily prepared to open sooner than performing arts organizations,” said Megan VanVoorhis, president of Arts Cleveland. Museums could limit the number of people in galleries through timed entry and direct people to use different entrances, for instance, to space out the number of visitors.

Local governments are bracing for a financial blow from the across-the-board business shutdowns state health officials say are necessary to stop the spread of the coronavirus. It’s too soon to know exactly how much of a hit state and local agencies will take. But with Ohio unemployment claims soaring to 187,780 last week, government leaders are preparing for a serious impact to their budgets. The plunge in commercial activity across Northeast Ohio will hurt local sales tax revenue, which accounts for 54 percent of Cuyahoga County’s general fund budget.