The Gritty Realism of Genre Artist David Gilmour Blythe
In the 1940’s, a Pittsburgh steel baron named G. David Thompson began collecting the paintings of an obscure 19th century artist, David Gilmour Blythe.
It’s Murder
The extended video of the Tamir Rice shooting is jumpy, grainy, and 30 minutes long. That doesn't matter. I've watched it twice. I couldn't let it run uninterrupted. I stopped and scrolled, leaning into my computer to get a close-up view.
Friday Links Roundup
"Blackness in the New Detroit" [Periphery Magazine] "You don’t remember how you got here. The last time you walked [...]
Gull City: Cleveland’s Vagrants, Freeloaders, And Rarities
They’re out there, floating on the wind. Hundreds of thousands of gulls stop over in the Great Lakes each winter on migrations from the Canadian Arctic to the Gulf or Atlantic Coasts.
When the Story Tells the Numbers
Recent studies suggest that 73% of media stories are based on numerical ratings derived from third-party data sets. Indeed, 94% of Forbes.com online stories are top-10 charts ...
The Complications of Our Deteriorating Inner Ring Suburbs
When controversy erupted in August over the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, race was at the very center of it all.
The Post-Colonial Theory of the Rust Belt
I regularly read Slate. I regularly read a raft of publications that are based in D.C., New York, San Francisco and other coastal cities. I have written for Slate and many national publications as well.
The Pittsburgh Anthology! Call for Proposals and Submissions
Let’s show ‘em what Pittsburgh is made of. And no, it isn't all steel. Belt magazine is continuing their successful series of Rust Belt anthologies (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Youngstown) with a collection on the City of Champions.
Belt’s Top Ten Posts of 2014
What made you click? A racist mascot, a beleaguered neighborhood, fake suburbs, trains, schools, lakefronts, beer and parks. Revisit the [...]
Scenes from the Department of Justice Investigation into the Cleveland Police Department
On December 4, 2014, the Department of Justice released an Investigation of the Cleveland Police Department. The report concludes that [...]
“Almost There” Gets There
Documentaries about artists can go wrong in a million different ways. Take John Maloof's recent Finding Vivian Maier, which is more a film about Maloof's transformation from a ragpicker into the self-appointed keeper ...
From Carpet Cleaning To Urban Living: The Forty-O-Five Place
Don Hallum called Ohio City his home years before the breweries settled in, and decades before foodies flocked to West 25th Street for Sunday brunch. He moved to the neighborhood on Cleveland's near west side in 1978.