Giveaway: Win 2 Tickets to Cleveland International Film Festival's Get Shorty Film Feast

UPDATE: Congratulations, entry #34 – Megan Kilway! Random.org’s generator selected you as the winner of this giveaway. Please reply to my email by January 26 at noon ET to confirm you can still attend. The thawing of ice, the sound of chirping birds, the return of the Cleveland International Film Festival. These…

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Taste of the Browns Giveaway: Tackle Hunger with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank

Every four years, Feeding America, the nationwide network of 200 food banks, conducts its Hunger in America study. It’s the largest survey of its kind, focusing on why hunger happens and its effects on local communities. The most recent Hunger in America was released just last week, and showed that…

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Intoxicating Pairings: Cleveland Beer Events for Those Who Like to Learn, Laugh or Draw

I’ve been on the road the past week, so this bit of blogkeeping is belated. Congratulations to Elizabeth P for winning 2 tickets to the Tri-C JazzFest! When I hear the phrase “beer pairings,” my thoughts – as yours probably do – immediately go to beer and food. From cheese…

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Giveway: BBQ, Brews and Blues at Our Lady of the Wayside's Grapes and Ale

Nothing – not even an 8-days-and-counting sinus infection – could have stopped me from BBQing with Scott’s family this weekend. The weather was perfect (unbelievably so, after our winter), the grill was blazing with cheese brats and Dad Hicken’s BBQ-sauce-laced burgers, and Scott’s mom put together one of the best…

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Giveaway: Celebrate Twenty Years of Silver Spoon Awards

UPDATE: After removing one pingback and three retracted entries, and placing the remaining total in Random.org: Congratulations, entry 26 – Franklin Mayse, for winning this giveaway! Please reply to my email by the morning of 5/13 to confirm you can attend Silver Spoon. When it comes to Cleveland food events,…

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