When Cleveland’s Upcycled Sportswear Queen Had to Start Over: CLE Daily

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by Ron Ledgard | Oct. 28, 2026 | 5:00 AM

Photographed by Brianna Schillero Photography

👻 Spend a Spooky Night With Ohio's Cryptids: The Cleveland History Center's adults-only History on Tap: Cryptids & Curious Creatures lets you examine skulls and pelts, add your own sightings to an interactive map and make a protection pouch Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is $15, free for members, with a themed drink and costumes encouraged.

💀 This Youngstown Painter Used to Be an Embalmer: Mike Egan estimates he embalmed about 1,000 bodies at a Pennsylvania funeral home before turning to art, and now his bold, tattoo-style paintings of skeletons, devils and black cats are a celebration of life.

🏛️ Severance Music Center Is the Highest-Rated Music Venue in the World, a Study Says: The home of The Cleveland Orchestra topped a ranking of 260 music venues worldwide, with 91.72% of its Google reviewers giving it five stars. The study by ticket site SeatPick edged out Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre (91.50%) and Montreal's La Maison symphonique (91.27%), and it put Severance ahead of Paris' Palais Garnier, which fell outside the top 10.

ICYMI: Remember Carl Allamby, one of our Most Interesting People of 2026? He ran his own auto shop for 25 years before graduating from medical school at 47, and now works in Cleveland Clinic emergency rooms, where he says, "Every day I walk into the ER, I feel like I'm walking right back into my auto shop."

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Today's Trivia

Five Points is an intersection in what Cleveland neighborhood, formerly its own municipality until it was annexed into the city?

Shops & Boutiques: After a legal threat and a hack, Cleveland’s Two One Thrift is reinventing itself.

By Julia Lombardo

For nearly seven years, influencer Rebecca Maxwell built Two One Thrift around upcycled Cleveland sportswear. Then, in February, a coalition of sports logo trademark holders sent a cease-and-desist letter, and a September hacking incident locked her out of her Instagram accounts, including her main one with more than 36,000 followers. “I feel more creative than I’ve ever felt,” she says.

A New Direction: The brand now focuses largely on home decor. Maxwell sews lampshades from thrifted skirts, fabrics and bed sheets and paints witty phrases on mirrors and antique portraits. She also sells vintage clothing and plans Cleveland-themed pieces without team logos.
Where To Shop: The new inventory debuted at Lakewood’s Her Market in August and is sold online and at pop-up markets around town.

Worth Noting: Maxwell also runs She’s Company, a women’s networking group. She got her accounts back after weeks of disputes involving Meta and the Ohio attorney general’s office.

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Talk of the Town

Morton Salt shut down its Fairport Harbor mine after finding a significant inflow of water. Miners were evacuated Oct. 22 with no injuries reported, and the company says it's working with regulators and independent experts to decide what happens next. The mine supplies rock salt mainly for winter roads.

East Cleveland and Cleveland Metroparks have a short-term deal to fix up Forest Hill Park. The city handed over $2 million in federal grant money, and Metroparks says it will finish a list of repairs by year's end, including a new roof for the boathouse. The 175-acre park was once John D. Rockefeller's summer home.

CMSD has ended its Flock license plate camera contract. The district dropped the 201 cameras at 62 schools before the school board could vote on a $603,000 renewal, citing privacy concerns and costs after an audit found 130,000 searches by outside law enforcement.

Cleveland just wrapped its second straight record Great Lakes cruise season. The Port of Cleveland's final ship, the Victory I, arrived Sunday for the season's 54th vessel call, topping last year's 53, and brought the year's total to more than 9,500 passengers. The Port estimates they spent about $1.2 million locally.

The Cleveland Foundation is bringing a BlackRock leader home. Cleveland native Arielle Gurman, who launched BlackRock's $100 million Future Builders skilled-trades initiative, joins the foundation Nov. 30 as Chief Growth Officer, leading its efforts to grow donations and partnerships.

Things To Do: Ways to spend your Halloween weekend in Northeast Ohio.

By Jeff Niesel

Mushroomhead & Fear Factory at the Agora | Music | Oct. 31
Local shock rockers Mushroomhead bring their annual Halloween show back to the Agora. Heavy hitters Far Factory, Nine Treasures, Bittersweet Revenge and Unhealthy While Unhinged open. Doors are at 5:30 p.m. 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-881-2221, agoracleveland.com

Monsters vs. Milwaukee Admirals at Rocket Arena | Sports | Oct. 30 and 31

The Milwaukee Admirals roll into town for a two-game series against the Monsters. Friday's game begins at 7 p.m. Saturday's game starts at 2 p.m. One Center Court, Cleveland, 216-420-2000, rocketarena.com

Jurassic Quest at Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland | Family | Through Nov. 1
Jurassic Quest, an installation that bills itself as North America’s largest and most realistic dinosaur experience, arrives at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland this weekend. Expect life-size dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods as well as dinosaur rides, fossil digs, inflatables, crafts and other interactive activities for kids. The event runs through Sunday. 500 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland, 216-928-1600, jurassicquest.com

Rent at the Allen Theatre | Theatre | Through Nov. 8
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this musical about life in New York's East Village comes to the Allen Theatre. Thursday's performance begins at 7:30 p.m., and performances continue through Nov. 8. 1407 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org

William Shatner Live on Stage with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at Northfield Park Racino | Film | Nov. 1
Actor William Shatner will be on hand for this special screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The event takes place at 7 p.m. at the Northfield Park Racino. 10705 Northfield Road, Northfield, 330-467-4101, northfieldparkracino.com

Find more fun things to do this weekend

Yesterday's Trivia Answer

Seven brothers from Norwalk, Ohio, started a company that became a General Motors division with a large plant on Cleveland’s East Side and another in Euclid. Fisher Body

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

From the Editor

I've been struggling to get in the Halloween spirit; honestly, I've had no time or energy to put together a costume for this year's festivities. But! I have a bin of former outfits that I've been thinking about reviving. In previous years, I splurged on a Katy Perry-certified Left Shark suit, an I Think You Should Leave-inspired hot dog outfit, and other niche characters.

This year, I found a vampire cape in the Marc's overstock section for $3.99, and I've been thinking about just adding it to previous costumes for something just a tiny bit different. (Maybe: Count Frankula? Jawsferatu?)

But thoughts and ideas are welcome. What's your go-to, low-effort Halloween 'fit? Or are you going all-out with an awesome costume this year? I'd love to hear from you. Email us at conversation@clevelandmagazine.com.

— 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.