“Sprung,” which they describe as “that feeling of showing up, busting through, and finding out what’s on the other side.” Story Club features two guest story tellers — this month’s are Vivian Thomas ...

As a racial identity for Black people, the popular term “African-American” is an inaccurate, meaningless stereotype and promotes racial apartheid. The term stereotypes and gives false racial identity ...

Cleveland-based neon artist Jeff Chiplis is debunking the old adage “lightning never strikes the same place twice.” A decade ago, some art-world buzz around his work constructed from repurposed found ...

Angelo’s Nido Italia is one of Little Italy’s heritage restaurants, an Italian classic that eschews trendiness. It’s got an elegant, white tablecloth atmosphere, but still manages to be cozy and ...

Esteemed Cleveland photographer (and CoolCleveland Editor) Anastasia Pantsios recently released her first book, Girls to the Front: Girls: 40 Years of Women in Rock, which originated as a popular Rock ...

In 1949, a man by the name of Nick Ciriello and his wife, Rose, bought a steak house on N. Main Street in Akron, Ohio. Initially, this small one-room restaurant was known for it’s great steaks and ...

Cleveland’s Michael Austin played his sax at one of Cleveland’s great musical venues — Oliver Institutional Baptist Church, one of the area’s largest congregations. At the same time he played jazz and ...

Last summer, Youngstown rockers The Vindys, who have been setting northeast Ohio on its ear for a while now, got a big break. They landed their first national tour, supporting Pat Benatar and Neil ...

Have you ever visited and possibly drooled over the spectacular Court of Armor and Tapestry at the Cleveland Museum of Art? Or how about the magnificence of Severance Hall? If you have, then you owe a ...

Jerrod Woll was a lifelong (since age 5!) collector of albums and CDs when he decided to leave his corporate sales job and ...

Raised in rural Patrick Springs in southern Virginia on the North Carolina border, 27-year-old vocalist/guitarist Mason Via came by his love of bluegrass music naturally — it was embedded in the ...

Beloved Parma heavy metal musician Jim Konya passed away Wednesday October 7 at the age of 44. He had a stroke in early September; he was in rehab and appeared to be making progress when he suffered ...