Building An Art House In Pittsburgh
A few years ago, Vanessa German sat on her front porch working on the sculptures for which she’s become well known -- complex black Madonnas made of found objects.
Flint’s Younger Voices Get a Hearing on Stage
On a recent Friday evening, the cast of Flint Youth Theatre’s current production The Most [Blank] City in America, rehearsed a scene in which community members have gathered for a meeting ...
Harvey & Me: Goodbyes
Harvey & Me is written by Anne Elizabeth Moore and drawn by Melissa Mendes. This installment is titled "Goodbyes."
Writing from the Borderlands
Clickbait is easy: just ask people to weigh in on stuff they have strong opinions about but will never agree on. Politics: clickbait gold. Red-carpet sartorial choices: those too.
An Interview with Matthew Desmond
One-third. For more than 100 years that’s been the standard measure for figuring housing costs in the United States: you should pay no more than one-third of your income in rent or mortgage payments.
The Jungle Is A Terrible Novel – So Why Does It Still Work?
Some time back, two friends gave my wife and I a housewarming present: a copy of Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, The Jungle. Not the sunniest way to help a couple settle into a new house, but it’s a thoughtful gift if you know us.
A Walk Through North Collinwood
The Beachland Ballroom is a crowd of people and noise. But there is no band on stage at the iconic music venue on Waterloo Road in Cleveland’s North Collinwood neighborhood.
Happy, Sad, Gay, Or Just Interested: The Queer Legacy of WBFO
Our meeting was improbable, but lucky. I found Alex van Oss through a research project involving the University of Buffalo’s Leo Tolstoy College/College F.
Brite Winter Heads Back To The Flats
On February 21, 2015, bars across Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood were filled to capacity. Crowds huddled around fire pits.
Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook
Belt Publishing is excited to present the Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook, coming in May 2016.
Protecting The Architectural Legacy Of Columbus, Indiana
In 2014, an architecturally significant bank just outside Columbus, Indiana, met the wrecking ball. The sandstone and glass building was designed in 1966 by Fisher and Spillman Architects and was part of the city’s storied design legacy.
An Honest Pitch: Stoner by John Williams
The novelist John Williams (1922-1994) wasn’t much of a pitchman for his work. In the late 50s he wrote a letter to his agent, Marie Rodell, to discuss one of the books he was working on...