David C. Barnett

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Regional Theaters Are Forced To Be Creative To Stay Afloat

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Regional theaters blossomed in the 1960s as an alternative to Broadway. During the pandemic, they're facing some of the same challenges, and each has had to come up with its own solutions.

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Women Make Up Less Than 8% Of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The 2020 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be announced Jan. 15. Systemic issues — in the industry and the nominating process — have maintained a severe imbalance.

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Indians To Remove Controversial Logo From Team Uniforms

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

After decades of controversy, the Cleveland Indians will remove the "Chief Wahoo" logo from baseball uniforms in 2019. The logo is revered by some fans and considered offensive by many others.

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Cleveland Wins 21 Straight, Close To Breaking Another Record

Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Cleveland Indians are on a record-breaking run with 21 consecutive wins over the past several weeks. If the team wins Thursday night, they'll shatter a record that's stood for 82 years.

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Championship Fever Hits Cleveland As Indians Vie For World Series Title

Monday, October 24, 2016

Tuesday will be one strange day for sports fans in Cleveland. On the very same night the Indians host the Cubs for Game 1 of the World Series, right across the street the Cavaliers will raise the banner on their first ever NBA Championship. Pandemonium is all but assured.

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Melania Trump Holds Special Resonance For Cleveland's Slovene Community

Monday, July 18, 2016

As Republicans gather for their party's convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump's wife, Melania, who was born and raised in Slovenia, may feel welcome in a city that is home to the largest Slovene community outside of Slovenia.

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Cleveland Celebrates After First Major Sports Title In 52 Years

Monday, June 20, 2016

After more than a half century of getting close, a Cleveland major professional sports team does what none other has ever done. The Cleveland Cavaliers came back from a 3 to 1 deficit to win the NBA playoffs.

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Cleveland's Championship Drought Takes Its Toll On Exasperated Sports Fans

Sunday, June 19, 2016

The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are preparing for tonight's NBA showdown. Cleveland sports teams, which haven't won a championship in 52 years, hope tonight breaks the curse.

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Punk Before It Had A Name, Rocket From The Tombs Releases An Album

Sunday, January 03, 2016

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100 Years On, Cleveland Play House Stays True To Its Regional Mission

Friday, January 01, 2016

It's been called the oldest professional regional theater in the United States. The Cleveland Play House was founded in 1915 by a group of artists and social activists dissatisfied wi...

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Why The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Are Good For You

Sunday, September 06, 2015

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Officer's Acquittal Highlights Tense Police, Community Relations In Cleveland

Monday, May 25, 2015

There were relatively peaceful protests after a white police officer in Cleveland was acquitted Saturday in the deaths of two unarmed black motorists in a barrage of police gunfire in 2012.

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As Joan Jett Is Inducted, Women Still Scarce At Rock Hall

Friday, April 17, 2015

Of the more than 700 artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, only about 8 percent are women. Joan Jett is now one of them.

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A Nun Inspired By Warhol: The Forgotten Pop Art Of Sister Corita Kent

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Kent's work, which included the U.S. Postal Service's popular "love" stamp, had a lasting influence. But today her story seems to have fallen through the cracks of art history.

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Cleveland Comes To Grips With Scathing Report On Police Department

Friday, December 05, 2014

Cleveland is coming to grips with a scathing report from the Justice Department that harshly criticizes the city's police. The department is calling for sweeping reforms.

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Most Cavs Fans Willing To Forgive LeBron On His Return To Cleveland

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

LeBron James is back and Cleveland is getting psyched. Local basketball fans seem to be willing to forgive James for leaving town in search of NBA glory in Miami. As Thursday's season...

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Cosimo Matassa Made His Reputation Behind The Studio Glass

Friday, September 12, 2014

Cosimo Matassa recorded songs by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Professor Longhair and Jerry Lee Lewis and helped get the New Orleans sound out to the world. Matassa died Thursday at the age of 88.

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'The Cunning Little Vixen' Pokes Her Head Into An Animated Forest

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Long before summer blockbuster films dazzled us with CGI-enhanced superheroes and villains, audiences got their dose of spectacle at the local opera house, where lavishly costumed singers have walked through monumental sets for centuries.

Now, operatic excess and computer-generated imagery are meeting on an Ohio stage as the Cleveland Orchestra ...

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Nigerian Abductions Part Of A Terrible Pattern In African Conflicts

Saturday, May 17, 2014

The girls at St. Mary's slept uneasily that night. Rebels were rumored to be nearby and planning an attack. Calls for protection by school administrators to a nearby army outpost went unanswered.

By nightfall, all the girls "prayed to God and asked Him to take control of our lives," a ...

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These Aren't The Rock Hall Inductees You're Looking For

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Besides their legions of fans, the artists entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year — KISS, Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt and others — have inspired scores of imitators.

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