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by Ron Ledgard | Oct. 14, 2026 | 5:00 AM

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🏆 Party With the Best of Cleveland Thursday: More than 90 of this year’s Best of Cleveland winners from Cleveland Magazine will be serving food and drink samples, selling their goods and meeting guests at our Best of Cleveland Party Thursday from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Great Lakes Science Center, with a live set from Disco Inferno and DJ E-V closing the night. Tickets are $81.80 to $135.30.

⚾️ Series Tied: The Guardians lost Game 2 to the Rays, 3-1, Tuesday night. The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1. Game 3 is at 6 p.m. Thursday at Progressive Field.

🎹 Jazz Piano Phenomenon Hits Gartner: Grammy winner Hiromi brings her Trio Project to the CMA tonight, reuniting with drummer Simon Phillips (Jeff Beck, Toto) for a night the New Yorker called "dazzling."

🚀 Cleveland Is Building a Nuclear Reactor for Mars: NASA Glenn Research Center is designing the first U.S. nuclear reactor to fly in space in more than 60 years, a 20-kilowatt system set to launch by 2028 to power a Mars mission carrying three mini-helicopters, then a planned moon base.

🍓 Sweetest Day Is a Cleveland Original: The holiday was launched here in 1922 by an ad executive who handed out candy to orphans and others in need. This Saturday, Malley's marks it with limited-edition chocolate-covered strawberries and grapes ($32.95), arriving at all 18 stores Friday at noon.

ICYMI: Remember our story on how Cleveland became the last-chance capital for heart and lung transplants? About 20% of Cleveland Clinic's lung transplant patients were turned down by other hospitals first, and the nearby Transplant House has hosted families from 43 states and nine countries.

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Today's Trivia

The Elites, Tate Stars, Hornets and Bears all played in Cleveland in what sport?

Development: Here’s the full plan for a $3 billion rebuild of Cleveland Hopkins.

By Ken Prendergast, NEOtrans

The city has released the most complete picture yet of its plan to remake Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, a roughly $3 billion, two-decade overhaul that would be the airport’s first major rebuild since the 1970s. Nearly 800 potential contractors turned out for the city’s “CLEvolution Industry Day 2.0” to learn how to bid on the work.

All-New Concourses: Every existing concourse, including the long-closed Concourse D, would come down. Two new concourses with about 20 gates each would rise on either side of today’s Concourse B, linked to check-in and security through new space in the main terminal building.
Rental Cars Come Back: A consolidated rental car facility on the Concourse D site would bring rentals back onto airport grounds for the first time since 1998, ending the shuttle ride across Interstate 480.
What Comes First: A $301 million ground transportation center with a new parking garage and transit station is due by 2029, with a new terminal and roadways possibly starting as early as 2032.

Worth Noting: The plan is still conceptual and could change depending on funding, the economy and the travel market.

Read the full story.

Talk of the Town

Cleveland wants to reward landlords who follow its lead-safe law. Only about 30% of the city's rentals have a valid lead-safe certificate, and proposed changes would let compliant properties renew less often, with up to 10 years between certificates for homes with replaced windows and doors.

Ohio is cracking down on prediction markets. The Ohio Casino Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to 10 companies, including Polymarket, Robinhood and Coinbase, saying bets on sports and other events amount to illegal bookmaking. The companies have until Friday to respond.

A 111-year-old Ohio City building has a new owner, but no plan yet. The Seamus-O Building at 4700 Lorain Ave., built in 1915 for a pretzel cone maker, sold to a group led by David Ferrante and Adam Rosen, who are "still exploring ideas."

Willoughby-Eastlake schools want an income tax to avoid closing buildings. If Issue 8, a 0.75% earned income tax that would raise about $14 million, fails, the district says it would close Eastlake Middle School and Jefferson Elementary and cut staff.

Learn how a Clevelander helped sign Michael Jackson tonight. Cleveland International Records founder Steve Popovich, who also launched Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, is the subject of a free Cleveland Stories program at Music Box Supper Club at 7 p.m. A table reservation is required.

Things To Do: Baseball, concerts, beer and other fun to enjoy this weekend.

By Jeff Niesel

Jesse Welles at the Agora | Music | Oct. 18

The singer-songwriter known for protest songs such as "The Poor," "Cancer" and "The Olympics" performs at the Agora. His latest single, "Won't You Come Out Tonight," emphasizes his raspy, Mellencamp-like vocals. Singer-songwriter Hudson Freeman opens. Doors are at 6 p.m. 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-881-2221, agoracleveland.com

Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays at Progressive Field | Sports | Oct. 15, 16 and 17

After splitting two games on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Guardians bring the American League Championship Series to Progressive Field. The Guardians and Rays will play games at 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and at 8 p.m. on Saturday. 2401 Ontario St., Cleveland, 216-420-4487, mlb.com

Christmas Ale First Pour at Great Lakes Brewing Co. | Food & Drink | Oct. 15

The first Christmas Ale pour of the season will take place at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Great Lakes Brewing Company. Clevelanders jonesin' for a swig of the sweet stuff can stop by the Ohio City brewpub to have a pint or fill a growler. 2516 Market Ave., Cleveland, 216-771-4404, greatlakesbrewing.com

Monsters vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Rocket Arena | Sports | Oct. 16 and 17

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come to Rocket Arena for a two-game series against the Monsters. The puck drops at 7 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday night. 1 Center Court, Cleveland, 216-420-2000, rocketarena.com

12 Hours of Terror at the Cedar Lee Theatre | Film | Oct. 17

The annual all-night horror movie marathon comes to the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights. Saturday's big event features classic flicks such as The Evil Dead, Cabin Fever, The Tingler and a surprise secret screening. It starts at 2 p.m. and continues until 2 a.m. 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, 440-528-0355, clevelandcinemas.com

For our full list of things to do, visit clevelandmagazine.com/things-to-do.

Yesterday's Trivia Answer

The 1850s saw a “fence war” in what Downtown landmark, pitting local commercial interests against those who wanted to see it preserved exclusively as a park? Public Square

Check back tomorrow for the answer to today's question.

From the Editor

Go Guardians! There's nothing better than October baseball.

The team's big ALDS win last weekend was a highlight, and I'm hoping for the best out of the ALCS, especially as the team competes at home, starting Thursday evening.

— Annie Nickoloff, Senior Editor

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Ron Ledgard

Ron Ledgard is Cleveland Magazine's managing editor and a Pittsburgh native who has made his peace with Cleveland (except on Sundays). He's a University of Pittsburgh graduate, a veteran of The Athletic and the Akron Beacon Journal, and was there for every chapter of LeBron's Cleveland story. After two decades of chasing deadlines and box scores, he's happily landed in magazines. He's a sucker for a long story done right, the kind you save for a Sunday morning (before kickoff, of course). When he isn't editing, he's out on a trail, trying a new restaurant or hunting for the next great thing to do. Sports is his subject of choice, and coffee is his fuel. Most Starbucks baristas in the area greet him like the Cheers crowd greeted Norm.