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It’s been 33 years since Lester Lynch walked the halls of Elyria High School. But the professional opera singer feels right at home in the choir room. “It’s 100 percent thrilling,” Lynch said about returning to his alma mater, where he worked with choir students on their songs and discussed his career this week. As the a cappella choir rehearsed the Spanish song, “Esto Les Digo,” Lynch frequently jumped in with suggestions for the vowel sounds of words, like “porque.” “No one’s poor here,” he said jokingly, guiding the vocalists on improvements.

NOAA's Commissioned Officer Corps pilots fly special planes and use gamma ray detectors and other equipment to measure ice and snow that will eventually melt into streams and rivers.

When legendary Cleveland record producer Tommy LiPuma needed a drummer for a Diana Krall or a Paul McCartney recording he called on Detroit's Karriem Riggins. Now Riggins follows in his late mentor's footsteps joining the 2020 Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland. Riggins was selected as this year's artist-in-residence to work with local music students.

Italian-born artist Claudio Orso first made his way to the U.S. in the 1990s, following a stint working in Mexico. He walked across the border then with little concern from customs officials. A couple of decades later, Orso, now an American citizen, works with immigrant students from Cleveland's Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy.

The Cleveland Cavaliers made a surprise trade just hours before last week’s deadline. The team that’s in last place in the Eastern Conference (13-40)...

A frustration with museums inspired La Tanya Autry to want to work in the industry. A variety of things bother her, from exhibits that don’t connect to communities where the museums are located to spaces that seem cold and quiet. “I love meeting artists, seeing what they do,” she said. “I like connecting that artwork with other people, especially people who do not often go to museums.”

“Jesus Christ Superstar” comes to Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace Theatre this week, and audience members will find something different than when the musical visits other cities.

The Cleveland Music Settlement brought new life into a shuttered jazz club in 2014 by restarting operations at the Bop Stop on the city’s Near West Side. That life came to an abrupt halt in mid-March when pandemic precautions shut down the music. But, Bop Stop Director Gabe Pollack has some ideas about getting his club bopping again, after the coronavirus gut punch.

Bars and restaurants in Ohio reopen for outdoor dining on March 15 and indoors on the 21st. Sam McNulty co-owns Market Garden Brewery and several other establishments on West 25th Street in Cleveland. His businesses will remain closed. The problem, according to McNulty, is that social distancing requirements and lowered occupancy make opening not worth the trouble. He has lobbied the city to expand outdoor dining, though it’s not clear if any progress has been made toward that goal. So he’ll keep brewing beer and waiting.

NPR's Noel King talks to Forth Worth Mayor Betsy Price about whether her telling residents to stay at home will be effective, since the state hasn't issued a shelter-in-place decree.