Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville.

Even with all the big cities Carrillo has directed shows in, Santa Cruz is particularly important to her. It was at UC Santa Cruz that she developed her love for theater and was set on the path of ...

Her most recent album, ‘Nilam,’ released in 2025, features vocals in Tamil, English, and Old Marathi. A track from that album ...

AI-savvy graduates aren’t just future-proofing their careers—they’re landing some of the highest starting salaries in tech Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over ...

There comes a point every festive season when it suddenly dawns on you that if you hear the same old Christmas songs one more time you are going to run for the hills. Yes, we’ll admit to getting those ...

Senior Christina Robinson has been part of the Bighorn community since kindergarten and is now preparing for her next steps ...

We tracked down the movie star in New York to talk about his bravura Oscar-bound performance as a '50s table tennis champ, and his unconventional approach to Oscar campaigning.

Gabe Gallegos was in middle school when he saw the musical “Mary Poppins” on Broadway in New York City. Christian Borle ...

The Caverns, the Grundy County live music venue renowned for its underground concerts, is establishing a four-year ...

We’re seeing that games bring people together in very positive ways. They allow us to make connections. They allow us to feel less anxious. They allow us to feel less lonely. In my mind, that's a ...

Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...