Both members of Cleveland’s Duo Balalaika (formerly Russian Duo) have roots in “the old country.” Balalaika player/pianist Oleg Kruglyakov came to the U.S. in the late ’90s from Siberia after ...

On a warm sunny afternoon from May to September, head an hour west of Cleveland to the lakefront town of Vermilion to take an hour-long cruises down the Vermilion River on the Mystic Belle. Captain ...

A couch surfing spectacular. Join the CLECouchCrash and enjoy a fun filled weekend of partying and adventuring, Cleveland style. The party starts at Dave Stack’s House, a mini mansion built in 1903, ...

Rabbit Run Community Arts Association shows off at Rabbit Run Theater in Madison. Guests enjoy live theater performed in a cozy 19th-century historic barn on the Stevens farm, which attracted lots of ...

If you say, “Sleeping Beauty” to a non-ballet audience, they will think of the familiar fairy tale; but a ballet audience automatically thinks of the Tchaikovsky score and the Petipa choreography as ...

Just listen for a minute. The sustain — listen to it. If you’re a guitarist whose spent countless hours searching for the illusive perfect tone like wandering through a backstage maze searching for ...

After Tanya Kaiser sold her Tremont Gallery late last year, she embarked on new projects under the name Kaiser Studios. One of those is called Renaissance Box, with a goal of bringing together artists ...

Even though Cleveland doesn’t have a big Earth Celebration anymore, it’s got a variety of smaller events at various places around northeast Ohio. That includes the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo which is ...

Back in the early 1970s, Anastasia Pantsios (now editor of CoolCleveland.com) came to Cleveland to earn her master’s degree in theater, planning to become a lighting designer. Unfortunately, at that ...

Appletree Books is all you can want in a bookstore — tranquil, organized and independent. Forgo big box book shops and browse the selection at Appletree. Only brand new books sold here.

All kinds of fun things happen when Cleveland Burlesque presented “The Big Tease” at the Beachland Ballroom. It started with Cleveland Burlesque founder and Cleveland’s Burlesque Queen calling ...

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