Friday Link Roundup
Ferguson and #blacktwitter, the Cleveland Browns do something right, buying a house with cash, the blues and a Wisconsin chair factory, climate change and the Midwest, and that potato salad Kickstarter guy.
Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology
The Youngstown Anthology: A call for submissions and proposals -- nonfiction contributions, including essays, profiles and reported works.
Midwest Lit: the new nostalgia
Midwestern novels used to bring some news from the territory -- today midwest lit is a nostalgic thing.
The Faces Of Downtown Cleveland: A Slideshow
A reflective slideshow highlighting the different faces of downtown Cleveland.
Which Northeast Ohio Will Show Up To The Gay Games?
With a questionable history of tolerance of the LGBT community, how will Northeast Ohio receive the upcoming Gay Games?
The Loss Of A Music Industry Legend — Henry LoConti, Founder of the Agora
Henry “Hank” LoConti, music legend and founder of the Agora, dies at the age of 85 after nearly 50 years in the music business in Cleveland.
Exit Zero: A Q&A with Rust Belt anthropologist Christine Walley
An interview with scholar, author, and filmmaker Christine Walley about her documentary "Exit Zero."
The Lost Movie Palaces of Youngstown
The rise and fall (and slight return) of a Rust Belt city's historic movie theatres.
Walt Whitman’s Mother Reads the Newspapers
Walt Whitman’s mother's letters resonate for anyone keeping tabs on kids, family, and friends far away, via fragmented modern modes of communication.
Belt’s Instant Rust Belt Film Festival
Imagine we reopened the great movie palaces of the Rust Belt for a day. What movies would we show?
Welcome to the Warbler Capital of the World
Thousands flock to a marsh outside Toledo for a glimpse of tiny birds making a three-thousand-mile commute.
The Surprising Past and Bright Future of Singing Societies
The surprising past and bright future of choral music and men's singing groups in the Rust Belt.