Start Your Gift List at Greater Cleveland’s Holiday Markets: CLE Daily

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🏠 Ohio Rents Are Rising Faster Than the National Average: A new analysis of Census Bureau data found Ohio's median rent rose 13.9% between 2023 and 2025, from $1,014 to $1,155, the 11th-fastest increase among states and ahead of the national 10.7%. Columbus topped all large metro areas at 17.1%, with Cincinnati third at 16.2%.

⛽ Cleveland Gas Prices Drop 33 Cents in a Week: The Cleveland-area average for regular fell to $3.70 a gallon Thursday, down 33 cents from last week and 21 cents from a month ago, according to AAA. Ohio’s 38.5-cent gas tax holiday keeps the price low. Add the tax back and the price would be about $4.08, and a year ago Clevelanders paid $3.02. 

💍 Travis Kelce’s Aunt Orders Cleveland Charms for Taylor Swift: Joan Bender Rice, the wife of Kelce’s uncle Don, commissioned Cleveland ceramic artist Allison of Love, Violet xo Shop to make a Cleveland charm necklace and other handmade pieces for family members, including Swift. The charms include “The Land,” “The Heights,” a Lake Erie design and one that looks like Swift’s cat. 

🥟 Slavic Village's Czech Holiday Fair Turns Nearly 50: Sokol Greater Cleveland's Czech Holiday Fair runs Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bohemian National Hall, 4939 Broadway Ave., with Czech dumplings, strudel and vanochy, a braided sweet bread. Shoppers can browse imported garnets, ornaments and crystal, and carolers perform. 

ICYMI: Remember our look at Cleveland's murals? Land Studio had funded 33 murals over three years, Gordon Square got eight in a single spring, and Hingetown had 11 murals and installations. "As soon as art is outside, it kind of becomes everyone's," Land Studio's Erin Guido says. 

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Today's Trivia

Black Dallas, Dortmunder and Mello-Gold were beers made by what Cleveland brewery, which brewed its last beverage in 1959?

Shopping: Start your gift list at Greater Cleveland’s holiday markets.

By Julia Lombardo

More than two dozen holiday markets, pop-ups and craft shows are planned across Northeast Ohio, with the first weekends just days away.

• This Month: The Cleveland Christmas Connection at the I-X Center runs Nov. 20-22, and The Cleveland Market’s holiday edition fills the Galleria at Erieview Nov. 20-22 and 27-29. Reithoffers Holiday Market in Chagrin Falls is Nov. 21-22, and the Willoughby Winter Pop-Up Shop is free Nov. 22. On Nov. 28, A Very Merry Marketplace at The Elliot is free, and Her Market, Holiday at The Hildebrandt and Locally Spruced at Legacy Village are all open.

• In December: A Bavarian Christkindlmarkt takes over the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Dec. 4-6 for $9 in advance or $12 at the door. The Cleveland Bazaar holds markets Dec. 5, Dec. 12-13 and Dec. 18-19, Snoopy’s Holiday Market at 78th Street Studios and the Solon Hometown Holiday Market are free, and the Beachland Holiday Flea is Dec. 20.

Worth Noting: Two shops are open all season: From the Lobby’s holiday pop-up at 4142 Lorain Ave. through Dec. 31, and the Heights Arts Holiday Store at 2175 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights through Dec. 30. 

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Talk of the Town

A 125-apartment building is proposed beside Euclid Avenue's lone bell tower. Silver Hills' five-story plan at 2020 E. 81st St. would sit next to the 150-foot bell tower that is the only remnant of St. Agnes Church, and the Landmark Commission was set to review it this week. It's the developer's smallest project so far, down from an early concept of up to eight stories and 177 units.

Cleveland City Council isn't sold on moving fire and EMS into a closed school. The city wants to take over Miles School on the Southeast Side, with about $4.5 million in upgrades, but council members raised concerns about internet access and moving EMS administration out of downtown. The proposal was held for more discussion. 

CMSD's early numbers show gains in advanced classes. Seventh- and eighth-grade algebra enrollment jumped from 1.9% to 11%, according to early district data, and Advanced Placement enrollment is up 20%. Elementary classrooms over the contract's size limit fell from 107 to 54, and enrollment dropped to about 30,400 students from about 32,700. 

Akron Children's Holiday Tree Festival turns 45. Nearly 150 decorated trees and wreaths are on display through Nov. 22, and the free event, which has raised $7.9 million since it began, includes a new Akron take on Whoville.  

Cleveland's Urban Forestry Commission wants a bigger budget. It voted unanimously to recommend $7.8 million for the Division of Urban Forestry, up from nearly $7 million, and an update to the city's 1924 tree ordinance. 

Things To Do: Looking for more events for the weekend?

By Jeff Niesel 

🎤 Andy Grammer (Friday): The singer-songwriter, touring behind Big Stupid Heart, recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut. 7:30 p.m. Goodyear Theater, 1201 E. Market St., Akron. goodyeartheater.com

😂 Andrew Schulz: The Life Tour (Friday and Saturday): The comedian is set to discuss current events, politics and "the beautiful chaos of creating life." 7 and 9:45 p.m. both nights. Hilarities, 2035 E. Fourth St., Cleveland. hilarities.com

🎶 Donna the Buffalo (Friday): The bluegrass band from upstate New York, formed in 1989 and a longtime festival favorite, returns to Kent. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., Kent. kentstage.org

🕺 Jodeci (Saturday): The R&B group marks the 35th anniversary of Forever My Lady with this tour. 8 p.m. State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. playhousesquare.org

🏔️ Rocky Mountain High Experience (Sunday): This tribute show features John Denver hits such as "Rocky Mountain High" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads." 3 p.m. Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th St., Cleveland. playhousesquare.org

Looking for more? See our full Things to Do This Weekend In Cleveland: Nov. 12-15 list.

Yesterday's Trivia Answer 

What pediatrician and author had his awakening as a social activist while a professor at Western Reserve University’s medical school? Dr. Benjamin Spock

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

From the Editor

Cleveland pride is easy to find this weekend if you look for it. A local ceramic artist’s charms, including “The Land” and “The Heights,” are drawing national attention, and Slavic Village’s Czech Holiday Fair keeps a nearly 50-year tradition alive.

Both show the same thing: makers and neighbors who care deeply about this place. As the holiday shopping season gets going this month, consider spending a little of your budget with them.

Find a market or a local shop, and give a thoughtful gift with a Cleveland story behind it.

— Ron Ledgard, Managing Editor

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