The Legacy of Literature in Pittsburgh
A look at how writing and reading local catalyzes culture, and helps cities like Pittsburgh revise their narratives.
No New Creative Workforce Fellowships in 2014: A Q&A
Quietly, a few weeks ago, the website of the organization that has funded Cuyahoga County artists individual fellowships of $20,000 [...]
Is This CLE?
Ever since the official tourism bureau unveiled their "This is Cleveland" campaign in March, Eric Anderson has been working on an alternative version.
Point A to Point B
Riding along with Cleveland's Critical Mass and asking questions about whether biking is a form of transportation, or a lifestyle statement, or both.
Unfinished Identities
On Ashtabula's Finns, the power of diversity, and nurturing neglected cultural roots.
Neither Created Nor Destroyed
There are people who don’t believe Cincinnati can, should, or will change. But it is changing and I like what I see. I like that I can be a part of it, even from what some would consider the outside.
This Ain’t City Chicken: The Geography of Authenticity
A new restaurant in Detroit may be the first example of ruin porn cuisine.
Shut Up and Dance
I loved my mother desperately. She loved me desperately, too. We didn’t destroy each other. We found peace before she died. That is its own kind of miracle.
The Sun of Knowledge is Beaming Down: Cincinnati’s Mercantile Library
The story of the Mercantile Library, a center of literary life in Cincinnati since 1835.
On Lee Road
Bert Stratton does a lot on Lee Road. Not everything, but a lot.
Red States
Harlan Spector files a dispatch from a meeting of the Ohio chapter of the Communist Party USA.
Following the Money
It doesn’t sit well to find out that civic leaders, making more than $1.7 million in annual salaries and advocating that taxpayers pay $13 million a year for 20 years for sporting facilities, have only donated $20 to their cause.