Summer restaurant round-up arrivals and departures
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
August 23, 2019
Since the spring semester ended, University Circle has experienced a large amount of change. With rents rapidly rising—increasing by over 44 percent in the last year alone—and several new modern apartment buildings, the restaurant scene has seen changes as well with three new restaurants opening a...
Across the American South in 59 days
Ryan Yoo, Director of Design
August 23, 2019
Trey Starshak had just returned from the buffet table that had been put out for him and the Journey of Hope team in Roswell, New Mexico. He had talked to a few of the participants before he decided to get desserts for the table. As Starshak headed back to his table, the “Cupid Shuffle” came on. Be...
Hessler Street Fair celebrates fifty years of “Peace, Love and Lemonade”
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
June 6, 2019
Bubbles filled a cloudy sky on Saturday, June 1 as the sound of more than a dozen hand drums from an impromptu drum circle bludgeoned the air in celebration of the Hessler Street Fair. The lead singer of funk group Daddy Longleg’s Homegrown Revival, Davidione Pearl, burned incense and spread the s...
Beachweek makes a debut
Yvonne Pan, A&E Editor
May 17, 2019
With a name like Beachweek, this band, formerly known as The Sublets, evokes a lively, yet unfamiliar scene in often overcast Cleveland, with music to match. Lead singer and guitarist George Chase explains the original band name belonged in the pop punk genre that the band felt they had grown out of...
Faimous band stops in Cleveland on North American tour
Yvonne Pan, A&E Editor
May 10, 2019
With a name that is a homophone of “fame,” it’s no wonder The Faim has earned international recognition. As the band explained on Instagram, “The word FAIM means Hunger and we felt it truly represents our ever growing and undying passion for music.” The Australian band has almost 300,000 month...
CIA Spring Show
Ryan Yoo, Director of Design
April 26, 2019
On April 23, the Cleveland Institute of Art opened its doors to the public for the Spring Design Show. The showcase featured student work across all 15 majors offered at CIA, from graphic design to metals and jewelry to interior design. The annual spring show has long been a part of the curr...
A tale of two talents
Julia Knight, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2019
Graduating fourth-year student Matt Thompson not only excels in pre-medicine, but he also shines on the theater stage. Thompson is a double-major in biochemistry and theater. He has been involved in performing arts since age four. Inspired by his older brother’s violin abilities, he took up the instrument h...
Chasing a line through mediums
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
April 26, 2019
Chappelle Letman’s dust-covered hands glide over his latest sculpture, his fingers touching every crack and crevice. After feeling the appropriate spot, the 68-year-old grabs his hammer and chisel and cuts away, creating puffs of white dust with a rhythmic banging of metal ripping away stone. H...
Collaboration formed between Cleveland science institutions
Jordan Reif, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2019
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (CMZ), Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH), Holden Arboretum and Case Western Reserve University’s department of biology have relied on informal collaborations for decades through research, resources and teaching. On July 1, 2018, CWRU signed an agreement to enter into a formal...
Blue Habanero Review – An Awesome Slice of Mexican Food in Gordon Square
Lars Torres, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2019
Out in the reaches of Gordon Square, easily accessible using Cleveland’s somewhat unreliable but effective RTA services, a new trendy and hip Mexican restaurant is slowly making waves among the other fanciful and hip restaurants, bars and stores along the strip in Gordon Square, near the great Capitol ...
