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Monday, March 23, 2015
We’re just under halfway through another amazing Cleveland International Film Festival! Last week, we told you about the first eight FilmForums sponsored by the City Club. Today you’ll hear about our last 4! We’ve had a great time meeting you and facilitating some amazing discussions, which we hope will continue through the festival and beyond!...
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We’re partnering with the Cleveland International Film Festival once again to present 2015’s FilmForum series. Each panel should be about an hour long, following the conclusion of the screening. Yesterday, we listed the first four panels, and today is part 2 of our FilmForum schedule! Saturday, March 21st @ 6:15 pm - Most Likely to...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The most exciting week of the year in the CLE is nearly upon us! The Cleveland International Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday, March 18th. The City Club is once again partnering with CIFF on FilmForums, a set of panel discussions that will take place immediately after 12 different screenings at the festival. Our first...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Last month, The City Club joined the Cuyahoga Place Matters team to take a deeper look at the legacy of mid-twentieth century real estate development and lending practices. The event was ostensibly to hear the results of a report by Jason Reece and his colleagues at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and...
Monday, March 02, 2015
An introspective, respectful and sold-out City Club audience gathered to consider the long march to equality for transgender people in Northeast Ohio. Activist Stacey Parsons spoke directly to the elected officials in the room: “Without your support, nothing can change. Your being here says so much to the community.” Darius Stubbs, a Cleveland teaching artist,...
Saturday, February 21, 2015
When I started writing a recent piece for Politico on Cleveland's race problem, I was thinking a lot about the conversations we have and the conversations we don't have. As a community, we've had city council listening sessions, actions by Greater Cleveland Congregations, meetings at churches and ward clubs. In the midst of these many...
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