HEY YOU: Introduction to The Pittsburgh Anthology
Pittsburgh is changing. I don’t know if it’s for the better or for the worse. I once worked for the USW ... as a camera-man for their secretly-funded protest of Chinese goods.
The Buffalo Anthology — Call For Submissions
OK Buffalo. It’s time to start talking. We need your stories, your passion, your art, your energy, your words. Belt Publishing has published four successful anthologies about Rust Belt cities since 2012 ...
Preserving Grandeur
Along the endless row of cookie-cutter homes on Cleveland’s Warren Road, the Marquard House stands as a mute witness to a rich history.
The Akron Anthology — Call for Submissions
You are invited to share your Akron story by submitting it to Belt Magazine's 6th city-based collection of essays, The Akron Anthology, to be published in 2016.
The 5th Annual Roxy Remembered: Reviving Cleveland’s Burlesque Past
Cleveland's Roxy Burlesque Theater first opened its doors in 1931 on E. 9th Street, showcasing such risque performers as Blaze Starr, Irma the Body, and Tempest Storm -- to name just a few.
Return of the Club: Youngstown’s Good Old Days Reborn on the Fifth Floor
All George Guarnieri was looking for was a liquor license. What he found was the remnants of a Youngstown institution.
The Brelo Verdict: Safety in Numbers for the Police
When the verdict came down Saturday in the Michael Brelo case—the case of the Cleveland police officer who found it necessary to fire 49 shots into a car, killing two unarmed people ...
The Art of Vacancy: Cleveland’s Rooms To Let
Rooms to Let: Cleveland returned to the Slavic Village neighborhood in Cleveland last Sat., May 16 and Sun., May 17. Artists created a temporary art exhibition using vacant homes as their medium.
Readers’ Corner: The Dickeyville Grotto
In the pamphlet that you can purchase in the gift shop of the Dickeyville Grotto and Shrines in Dickeyville, Wisconsin (population: 1,061 souls), the anonymous author writes ...
An Interview with Sarah Carson
Sarah Carson’s new collection of prose poems, Buick City, begins with freight trains rattling past Flint’s closed automotive plants, and ends with a mechanic spitting on the city’s grave.
Why Can’t Cleveland Be More Like a Bicycle?
The road racing bicycle is one of history’s great design achievements: it multiplies the potential of the human body, allowing a person to travel much greater distances and at much greater speeds.
Zoo Camp For All
My son, Nico, loves the zoo. He’s eight years old, and going there inspires, engages, and delights him in a way that few other activities or places can.