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Food + Drink
The Diff
Can you spot the distinctive elements of the dueling Dishes?
Vintage Matters
With collectors buzzing about the 2005 Bordeaux wines, we uncover a few hidden gems.
In the CLE
Georgianna's Choice
The baby Georgianna Garry was carrying had severe birth defects that gave him little chance to survive. She had every right to abort the pregnancy when she found out, her doctor told her. But she decided to carry her son,Liam
'Glory' Days
As 100.7 WMMS celebrates its 40th birthday it has a new a.m. drive-time show with “Rover’s Morning Glory,” a new marketing image (hint: there’s no buzzard with a mullet anywhere) and a fresh take on what rock radio needs in orde
Men of Steel
LTV’s Cleveland Works once employed 15,000 of our neighbors, family members and friends. Today, 1,700 workers still report to the Industrial Flats to make what has defined Cleveland as a manufacturing town for the better part of the last 100 years.
On A Roll
Skate Night at Euclid’s Rollerdrome brings out darting, jumping dancers on wheels. Time, place and tradition have given Cleveland a roller skating style all its own.
Playing for Martha Stewart
Fifteen-year-old Caroline Goulding has already appeared on NBC’s “Today” and PBS’s “From The Top: Live from Carnegie Hall,” and has twice been accepted to a prestigious Juilliard program. Meeting Martha Stewart, thou
Shadows of Shamu
Summer brings back our writer’s most cherished amusement park memories, when killer whales and dolphins leaped through the air at SeaWorld, thrilling her family. This year, Geauga Lake is gone, the final chapter in the loss of a Northeast Ohio landm
Tower Play
Jimmy Dimora, Tim Hagan and Peter Lawson Jones bought the Ameritrust Tower to give the county a new home — then figured out they couldn’t afford the project. They ignored three advisers’ warnings about the project’s cost. They said it would pay for itself — but it would’ve added millions a year to the cost of government. Now, they’re selling the tower at a loss of $6 million — and counting.
Entertainment
AST Dew Tour
July 17-20 | North Coast Harbor
Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival
June 13-15 | Veteran’s Memorial Park
Blossom Festival Orchestra
Aug. 17 | Blossom Music Center
Boston Mills Artfest
June 27-29, July 3-6 | Boston Mills Ski Resort
Bridgestone Invitational
July 31-Aug. 3 | Firestone Country Club
Burning River Fest
Aug. 9 | Nautica Entertainment Complex
Capt'n Willie Family Pirate Cruises
June 28, July 26, Aug. 2 and 16 | Nautica Queen
Cleveland Indians vs. San Francisco Giants
June 24-26 | Progressive Field
Coventry Street Arts Fairs
June 19 & July 17, 6 - 9 p.m. | Cleveland Heights
Death Cab for Cutie
June 13 | Plain Dealer Pavilion
Dive-In Movies
June 27, July 18, Aug. 8 | Ledge Pool & Recreation Area, Hinckley Reservation
Einstein
Thru Sept. 2 | Great Lakes Science Center
Feast of the Assumption
Aug. 14-17 | Little Italy
Great Garden Adventure
Thru Oct. 31 | Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Ingenuity Festival
July 25-27 | Downtown Cleveland
Jersey Boys
June 18-22, 24-29 July 1-3, 5-6, 8-13, 15-20 | Playhouse Square, State Theatre
Lake Metroparks Dairy Days
June 14 and 15 | Lake Metroparks’ Farmpark
Matt and Ben
Thru June 14 | Cleveland Public Theatre
Mike McCartney's Liverpool Life
June 26-Aug. 21 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Music in the Meadow
June 11; July 2, 9 & 30; Aug. 2 | Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Nature at Night
July 19 | Cleveland Metroparks North Chagrin Nature Center
Ohio City 5K Run & Crawl
June 21 | Ohio City
Open Court
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Armor Court reopens this month.
Paddlefest
August 15 & 16 | Fairport Harbor
Parade the Circle
June 14 | University Circle
Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift
July 25 | Blossom Music Center
Run, Jane, Run
Aug. 15-17 | Various Locations
The Wizard of Waste
P.R. Miller wants your trash — for art’s sake.
Toad-ily Frogs
Thru Sept. 28 | Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Twin Sizzler
July 4 | Medina Town Square
Wish You Were Here
July 26 |Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
At Home
Rating the Suburbs - Olmsted Falls
Marilyn Q. Sparks,81
Chair of the city’s architectural review board
Chair of the city’s architectural review board
Style
Tea Time
Danielle DiBenedetto serves fresh T-shirt designs in cleverly packaged tea bags.
Travel & Outdoors
Summer on the Slopes
When the snow finally melts, it’s the perfect time to play in Colorado.
Education
Concocting An Empire
After building a national brand on teaching how to turn around-the-house products into family memories, John and Danita Thomas are now working to make Kid Concoctions a multimedia entity