In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play at the Cleveland Play House

With a name like “the Vibrator Play” one can’t help but have some bubbling expectations as they take their seat at Cleveland Play House’s latest production. Is it a bawdy tale of lust and love? A stark look at humanity’s primal urges? An expose on 1950s horror movie gimmicks? And how important was that ‘mature […]

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NFL Draft Party to Benefit The Karen Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis

The Clue Into Cleveland giveaway to attend Fashion Week Cleveland ends this Friday. Enter here today! April may already be halfway over, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still plenty of time to get out and do something (or 10 things) fun this month.  I have to second Poise in Parma, who recently posted her […]

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Giveaway: Be a Fashion Week Cleveland VIP!

I just got back from our annual weekend of comic book epicness in Chicago, only to drive to Connecticut in 3 days for wedding #4 of the year (congratulations, Graham and Aubrey!). However, there’s no rest for the weary (seriously! I’m writing this at 3am) because I have a really fun giveaway to share today: Last week I hinted at […]

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Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival

I’ve written a lot over the last season about the changes going on at Cleveland Play House this season – from their move downtown to their increased dedication to audience engagement. It’s been an exciting ride seeing a theatre that’s almost 100 years old not be content to rest on its laurels and…

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Fashion Week Cleveland's Forward Momentum

When I attended my first Cleveland International Film Festival last month to see Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, I was mesmerized by her story – a woman whose fearless personality and unconventional views on beauty transformed fashion during her time at Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.…

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Cleveland Events Making a Global Impact: IPM's Namaste! and MedWish's Band Aid Bash

A bit of blog-keeping:  Thanks to you, Cleveland made it to the Final Four of the Social Media Tourism Symposium’s 2012 contest!  To get us to the finals, visit facebook.com/SoMeTourism on Tuesday, April 10 between 12:00 and 8:00 pm and vote for Cleveland. Thanks to our day-to-day routines, it can be easy to lose…

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Broadway Your Way: PlayhouseSquare's KeyBank Broadway Series

  Selecting shows is a challenge theatres face every season. While the process includes seeing and reading the productions they’re considering, it’s not always fun and games. A season needs to be built from scratch that speaks to the theatre’s entire audience while embracing their mission. PlayhouseSquare makes it seem effortless, though, when you look at their just-announced KeyBank Broadway…

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Carried Away by the Cleveland International Film Festival

The Clue Into Cleveland giveaway to win two tickets to Market at the Foodbank ends this Thursday. Enter here for a chance to attend Harvest for Hunger’s annual benefit. When it’s cold, gray and wet outside, there’s nothing that lifts my spirit like seeing a movie. Bundling up and heading to a theatre so I can be whisked […]

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Lake Erie Monsters: My First Cleveland Hockey Game

A bit of blogkeeping: Have you entered the Clue Into Cleveland giveaway to win two tickets to Market at the Foodbank? You have until next Thursday for a chance to attend Harvest for Hunger’s annual benefit. It’s hard for me to believe but it was 5 years ago this month that Scott and I moved to Cleveland. […]

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