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SUMMER 2021 COME CELEBRATE WITH US. Greeting Card Signatures: Residents This year Cleveland Heights is and visitors are invited to sign a giant-size ushering in its 100th year as a city. greeting card with centennial birthday Cleveland Heights has proudly wishes. You can check it out at the Cain maintained its unique characteristics Park Arts Festival, July 9-11. and charm over the last century. Dining & Take-Out: Cleveland Heights Beautiful and diverse home styles is home to more than 50 independent on tree-lined streets differentiate us restaurants spanning nearly every from many cities in Northeast Ohio. preference and palette, from vegan to Preservation of historic buildings and Vietnamese, bakeries to barbecues, and landmarks is as important to us today eclectic to Ethiopian. as it ever has been. Curbside & Socially-Distanced Streetcars used to line our streets Shopping: More than 500 independently- driving large-scale residential owned small businesses in 11 commercial development beginning early in the districts make up the economy in the city. 20th century. The 1920s saw the most construction in our community with mansions, modest Oral History: Listen to 42 Oral Histories about Cleveland bungalows, Tudor and Colonial Revival homes popping up Heights via Cleveland Voices through a Cuyahoga Arts & all over the city. This is also the time that Cleveland Heights Culture-funded grant project sponsored by FutureHeights, saw the rapid expansion of our commercial districts. Cleveland Heights Historical Society, and Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission. Not resting on its past, Cleveland Heights has continued to develop and evolve while continuing to honor its past. This Social Storytelling: Business owners, residents, and year, we invite our residents and visitors to look around at visitors are encouraged to share their Heights memories all that has made Cleveland Heights so special. Visit our and milestones and be featured online. Visit newly created website to learn about Cleveland Heights www.clevelandheights100.com to share your story. over this past decade and enjoy many photos from the The last year of our first 100 has been challenging, but past to current times (clevelandheights100.com). Don’t as a community, we rally together and look forward. We just experience us online - you can explore the Heights’ welcome you to join us this year to celebrate our past and multitude of amenities, from parks, outdoor dining, tours, to set the course for our next 100 years. arts, shopping, and more. We’d love for you to join us on any number of special happenings this year including: The City invites all residents Virtual Tours: Explore Cleveland Heights from anywhere SHARE in the country with the city’s new interactive map at to submit a photo of your ClevelandHeights100.com. YOUR family and/or a written Walking Tours: Enjoy a walk through Coventry Village, MEMORIES remembrance for inclusion in Dugway Brook, Noble-Monticello, and Cedar Fairmount IN THE the 100-year time capsule. with an audio walking tour curated by CSU Center for Submissions will be collected Public History + Digital Humanities. 100-YEAR on August 3 at the Centennial Mural Project: Cleveland Heights-based artists and TIME Celebration at Safety Forces Heights High Senior Art students were invited to create CAPSULE Night (see page 4). an enduring mural in the Noble neighborhood. Proposals were accepted in late May. A professional mural artist will execute the selected artwork in June. Thank you to the many talented residents who submitted amazing designs.

CONTENTS City News 3 Our Schools 7 Early Years 13 At Your Service 5 Cain Park 9 At the Library 15 Around Town 6 Home to the Arts 11 Parks & Recreation 17

FOCUS is printed using soy-based inks on paper made with pulp from sustainable forests. 1 clevelandheights.com CLEVELAND HEIGHTS MERCHANDISE ON SALE Celebrate Cleveland Heights’ 100th birthday with a new baseball cap featuring the Centennial logo or a set of four Centennial coasters each with a different historical Cleveland Heights photo. Visit www.clevelandheights.com/CHMerchandise to make your purchase. Cleveland Heights mugs, tote bags, and t-shirts are also on sale through the website.

WELCOME TO NEW BUSINESSES Here are some of the new businesses that have opened in COMING SOON Cleveland Heights. Koko Bakery has been serving their delights in Asiatown Charley’s Closet Boutique was founded in 2018 by a for more than 15 years. The Coventry location will be college student in her dorm room. Today, Charley has identical to the original in terms of the menu and will have opened her dream storefront in Cleveland Heights at 1812 its own bakery onsite at 1767 Coventry Road. Coventry Road. Shopcharleyscloset.com www.kokobakerycleveland.com

Soba Asian Kitchen celebrates its first anniversary The neighborhood bar Taco Roosters is alighting in the this October at 1827 Coventry. Diners can get the old Paninis space at 1825 Coventry Road and featuring dishes available at a sit-down hibachi restaurant. Mexican favorites such as nachos and tacos as well as Sobaasiankitchen.com wings and salads. Tacoroosters.com

Cleveland Clock Repair (clock and watch repair) on 1777 Courtyard Coventry (soul food restaurant and Coventry Road. Although this family-owned business entertainment venue) specializes in antique clocks, they’ve been repairing all types of mechanical clocks since 2008. The Haunted House Restaurant at 13463 Cedar (former www.clevelandclockrepair.com, 440-591-4208. location of Melt Bar & Grille) is aiming for a late June opening with “urban eclectic American dishes” featuring Heights Esthetics is a new spa located at 2148 Lee Road. comfort food “with a twist” by Darnell “SuperChef” 216-245-2189, heightsesthetics.com Ferguson, a rising star on Food TV. The restaurant will resemble a movie theater and original artwork depicting Farmer’s Feast is the new dining addition to the taproom horror movie icons. at BottleHouse Brewery at 2050 Lee Road. Ohio comfort food with an international flair on Fridays through Sundays. www.bottlehouse.co/chfood, 216-214-2120.

Summer 2021 2 CITYNEWS CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Architecture Review Board to prohibit “blockbusting” and other similar real estate The Architectural Board of Review protects properties on practices which limit housing options and result in the de- which buildings or structures are constructed or altered, stabilization of communities, a decline in property values, maintains the high character of community development, and/or the segregation or re-segregation of neighborhoods. and protects real estate from impairment or destruction of value. They accomplish this by regulating according to Landmark Commission proper architectural principles the design, use of materials, The Landmark Commission, in accordance with the goals finished grade lines and orientation of the reviewed of the 2017 Cleveland Heights Master Plan, permits the projects. Adjacent property owners are provided notice of City to protect and enhance the historic and aesthetic the meeting for their information and comments. qualities of the City for the enjoyment of the City’s residents and visitors alike. The ordinance furthers historic Board of Control preservation goals by enabling the Landmark Commission The Board of Control administers the zoning ordinance to safeguard locally designated historic properties, regulations in the S-1 Mixed Use District. protect properties as they go through the historic district designation process, permit the Landmark Commission Board of Zoning Appeals to designate local historic districts where more than 50% This board hears citizen requests for zoning variances from of property owners consent, and protect designated regulations pertaining to signs, yard regulations, lot width properties from inappropriate alterations or demolition by requirements, off-street parking requirements, fences, etc. requiring Landmark Commission approval. The board hears appeals concerning Housing, Zoning and Business Maintenance Codes. Planning Commission They make recommendations to Council and the City Charter Review Commission Manager on matters affecting the physical development of The Charter Review Commission completed its prescribed the City. mission to review the entire charter of the City of Cleveland Heights in February 2019. Recreation Advisory Board This board acts in an advisory and consultative capacity to Citizens Advisory Committee Council in the area of recreation. The committee provides a means for the community to obtain information on the Community Development Block Transportation Advisory Committee Grant (CDBG) program, assists in the evaluation and The Transportation Advisory Committee brings together preparation of the CDBG yearly application, participates in citizens and officials responsible for transportation projects monitoring the implementation of the CDBG program, and to share ideas about Cleveland Heights transportation reviews the City’s annual CDBG budget. projects, policies and practices, and will make recommendations on transportation issues and programs Civil Service Commission to City Council at least annually. The Committee serves as The commission prepares and administers tests for hiring a civic forum dedicated to improving conditions for walking, and promoting civil service employees in the police and fire bicycling and riding transit for residents of all ages and divisions. abilities, and to finding optimal solutions for transportation issues facing the City. Commission on Aging The Commission on Aging’s purpose is to serve in an To apply for any of these boards or commissions, advisory capacity to Council on concerns of the aging please visit www.clevelandheights.com/Boards- and to recommend programs for the aging and means of Commissions-Applications. implementing such programs.

Fair Practices Board This board investigates and settles complaints of discriminatory practices in a housing, employment, education, and public accommodation context, and

3 clevelandheights.com CITYNEWS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT ANNUAL SAFETY FORCES NIGHT OUT Join friends, neighbors, City staff, and Cleveland Heights Police and Fire departments at the annual Safety Forces Night out on Tuesday, August 3 from 6:00 to 9:00pm. And this year will be extra special as we will also be celebrating Cleveland Heights’ Centennial with more activities including the six-foot tall Anniversary Card for celebrants to sign and collecting items for the 100-year time capsule.

Participants will be able to meet the police and get a close-up view of police vehicles. Fire personnel will have fire trucks and ambulances on site. Children will learn about bike safety and maintenance, register their bikes, hear about gun safety, and can have their fingerprints taken.

The K-9 Unit will also be in attendance: the dogs are trained to detect drugs, do building searches, and track for suspects or lost children and adults. There will also be demonstrations by the Police Swat Team and the Bomb Squad Robot.

COMMUNITY SHREDDING DAY 10/16 Don’t risk throwing it away! Bring Saturday, October 16 Questions? Email your old financial statements, 9:00am-12:00 noon [email protected]. receipts, invoices or other Cleveland Heights City Hall personal, unwanted documents Parking Lot to be shredded on site. Limit of 40 Severance Circle 10 boxes per person.

2021 EXTERIOR HOUSING INSPECTIONS The exteriors of all owner-occupied, single-family homes are inspected on a street-by-street basis on a five-year rotation. Properties that had a Point-of-Sale conducted within the preceding three years are not subject to a new exterior inspection. There is no fee for these inspections. For an inspection checklist, visit www.clevelandheights.com/inspection-checklist. Homes on the following streets will be inspected this year:

Arlington Road Dartmoor Road Idlewood Road Monmouth Road Scarborough Road Ashton Road Dellwood Road Kensington Road N. Woodland Road (2787-3189) Bradford Road E. Fairfax Road Kerrwood Road Nordway Road Shaker Road Briarwood Road E. Monmouth Road Kildare Road North Park Boulevard Shelburne Road Canterbury Road E. Scarborough Road Kingston Road (2731-18201) South Taylor Road Cedar Road (3217-3561) Lamberton Road Northcliffe Road (2284-2660) (12800-13187) Edgewood Road (2186-2460) Oakdale Road Stillman Road Clarendon Road Essex Road Lee Road (2151-2655) Ormond Road (2177-2366) Clarkson Road Exeter Road Maplewood Road Princeton Road Stratford Road Coleridge Road Fairmount Boulevard Marlboro Road Queenston Road Wellington Road Corydon Road (2757-3637) Meadowbrook Rexwood Road Westminster Road Cottage Grove Drive Guilford Road Boulevard Rinard Road (2164-2261)

Summer 2021 4 AT YOURSERVICE BULK PICK-UP AUTOMATED TRASH COLLECTION IS COMING TO Bulk items will be picked up once per CLEVELAND HEIGHTS month during the first FULL week of The City is transitioning to automated refuse and recycling pickup this fall. The each month on the resident’s regular targeted date to implement this new system is October 1. The City is in trash day; a full week is defined as the process of acquiring new automated trucks, tractor trailers, and carts for Monday through Friday (weeks of this new collection system. Carts will begin to be distributed later this summer. July 5, August 2, and September 6). Each residential unit will be provided with a 96-gallon refuse cart and a 65-gallon Bulk is limited to four (4) items per recycling cart. Senior households will have an option to request a smaller size pick-up and any fabric item must be cart. Larger household will have the option to purchase an additional 96-gallon wrapped in plastic. If there are more refuse cart. Please visit www.clevelandheights.com for more information. than four items or if the bulk pick- up needs to occur on a day that is Recycling Reminder different than the regularly scheduled The City will be implementing single-stream recycling collection on October 1. day, please call 216-291-5995 to All acceptable material can be placed in the new recycling cart. Once the system schedule a special pick-up; there is is implemented, the City will no longer accept recycling material in blue or clear an additional fee. MOVE OUTS AND bags. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. For details Technotrash about bulk item preparation, go to Safely recycle items that may contain personal information: old CDs, DVDs, www.clevelandheights.com/255/ diskettes, audio and videotapes, cell phones, pagers, PDAs, digital cameras, Large-Or-Bulk-Items. and rechargeable batteries. Residents wishing to recycle their unwanted items may bring them to the top of the ramp at the Transfer Station; the driveway is on Mayfield Road next to Foundation Honda. You may drop off items Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 3:30pm.

HOLIDAY COLLECTION SCHEDULE The collection schedule for the upcoming holiday is below. Please note that regardless of the conditions (bad weather, holidays), there is never a refuse collection on Sunday. Refuse collection is not affected by Independence Day on Sunday, July 4.

LABOR DAY Monday, September 6 is Labor Day. There will be no Monday collection; all collection will be delayed by one day.

5 clevelandheights.com AROUND CEDAR LEE DISTRICT TOWN With the vast variety of burgers NOBLE GARDENERS’ MARKET and sliders available on Lee Road, customers can enjoy a fresh spin August 7-September 25, 2021 with the “Art of the Burger” that Noble Gardeners’ Market at Roanoke and Noble will complement the Cain Park Arts roads (Saturdays, 10:00am-12:00 noon) is an Festival on July 9-11. Cleveland opportunity to sell fruit, vegetables, cut flowers Heights is celebrating 100 years this and potted plants that were grown in the seller’s home garden August and the Cedar Lee district is or in community gardens. Join us with your surplus! Sellers throwing a Centennial Happy Hour (and buyers) do not need to be Cleveland Heights residents, but may not be from 6:00 to 9:00pm on August market farmers. Processed food is not permitted. 14. “Cheers to 100 Years” will pay Sellers may commit to the entire market season or to just a few dates. They tribute to the Roaring Twenties with need to provide their own table or ground cloth to set up their “seller’s stand” classic cocktails, nostalgic plates, at the mini-park at the corner of Roanoke and Noble roads, one block north of beer, music and sweet treats. Visit Monticello. Sellers will need to make change for their customers so those buying www.cedarlee.org/ for all details of also need to be mindful of that. The mini-park does not have water or electric upcoming events. utilities. For more details, please visit www.nobleneighbors.com/noble- gardeners-market.html. COVENTRY VILLAGE Everyone’s favorite evening event GARDENWALK This annual free, self-guided tour of the gardens of series on the last Friday of each month is back! Final Fridays feature CLEVELAND Cleveland Heights takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 17 and 18 from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm each day. an all-night happy hour (5-9pm) HEIGHTS GardenWalk Cleveland Heights introduces visitors to the at participating bars, discounted 2021 beauty of the city and showcases a variety of gardens. A shopping at local merchants, list of gardens will be on gardenwalkclevelandheights. sidewalk art walk, live entertainment, com starting July 7. Or you can just look for the and engaging activities for all. Visit GardenWalk signs on tree lawns to find the gardens www.coventryvillage.org for more included on this tour. details. CEDAR FAIRMOUNT DISTRICT HEIGHTS MUSIC HOP Food Truck Tuesdays take place RETURNS on Tuesdays from 11:30am to After taking a hiatus in 2020 due 1:30pm. Free music occurs on to the pandemic, the eighth annual Thursdays (July 15, July 22, August Heights Music Hop festival will take 12, and 19) from 7:00 to 8:30pm place on Saturday, September 18, in in various parking lots. People are the Cedar Lee Business District. encouraged to bring chairs. Family arts/entertainment will take place on Heights Music Hop showcases local, live musical talent to Saturdays (June 26, July 17, July 24, promote the Heights as home to the arts, while also helping August 14, August 21) from to support the local economy and celebrate the community’s 2:00-4:00pm and is being diversity, walkability and great quality of life. coordinated by Robin Van Lear, In the past, performances have occurred within local businesses; formerly with The Cleveland this year, FutureHeights will present the event on outdoor stages Museum of Art’s Parade the Circle. throughout the district to ensure the safety of participants. There will chalk artists, architectural The 2021 festival will showcase new musical talent from a variety of genres, walking tours of the district, free including jazz, rock, R&B, classical, rap, indie, Americana and folk. books from the Heights Book Bike, and a fire truck, the bomb Heights Music Hop 2021 is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga squad, and the K9 officer from the County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Additional sponsors Cleveland Heights Police and Fire and partners include Ohio Arts Council, Cedar Lee Special Improvement District, departments. Visit the city of Cleveland Heights, Heights Observer, A440 Sound, Keller National, www.cedarfairmount.org for and Small Organizational Solutions. updates. Learn more at www.heightsmusichop.com.

Summer 2021 6 OURSCHOOLS

SUMMER PROGRAMMING & MEALS In collaboration with community partners and District educators, Cleveland Heights-University Heights is providing comprehensive and fun summer learning opportunities for students in preschool through 12th grade. The purpose of the CH-UH Summer Learning Program is to target critical academic skill building, support the health, wellness, and socialization of students and provide enrichment activities. Thanks to a waiver extension from the USDA, the District is serving school meals to all children - not just its students - through September 2021. Weekend meals are also provided during Friday pickups. The full schedule is available on CHUH.org.

ROX MID ACADEMIC CHALLENGE TEAM GOES TO NATIONALS Roxboro Middle School’s Academic Challenge team competed for the first time in the virtual NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament in May. Students managed multiple devices to buzz in electronically and be on camera for all events. The team finished the preliminary 10 rounds with a record of 4-4 (each team had 2 bye rounds). Current team members are Avery Craft (Grade 7), Leo Fasolo (Grade 6), Charlie Jolivette (Grade 7), Nora Lubbers (Grade 7), and Gabe Mallamad (Grade 7). Mallamad ranked in 11th place overall, placing him in the top 2% of competitors.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETE IN SENIORS NAMED NATIONAL MERIT STATE SPELLING BEE SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS Monticello 7th grader Clara Walker and Heights High School seniors (‘21) Maple Roxboro 6th grader Adelina Szpak competed Buescher and Xavier Routh are National Merit in March at the Ohio Regional Spelling Bee. Scholarship Finalists. They were two out of about 60 school spelling The National Merit Scholarship Program is an bee champions that participated statewide. annual academic competition for recognition Their advisor, Beth Woodside, said the students and college undergraduate scholarships. Maple “were given an enormous, dauntingly difficult and Xavier qualified for the award because of list of words to study to prepare for the state their performances on the PSAT (Preliminary bee, and both of our champs really rose to the Scholastic Aptitude Test). They were named occasion!” semifinalists in September. Currently, more than 1.5 million students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program each year. Only about 16,000 students were named semifinalists in the program this year, representing less than 1 percent of the nation’s high school graduating seniors.

7 clevelandheights.com HEIGHTS COMMUNITY REACHING HEIGHTS COLLABORATES FOR Reaching Heights is a non-profit organization that works to connect the entire GLOBAL YOUTH community with the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District’s SERVICE DAY students and staff with information, programs, and events. Residents are invited to join them in this work – as a volunteer, as a Heights Schools key communicator, or as a donor. Volunteer Many Villages Tutoring – Visit reachingheights.org to sign up to be an in- school tutor. Village Tutors assist students during school hours. Orientation and training is provided. ECAG Parent Support – Each school needs an Exceptional Children’s Advocacy Group representative to offer support to parents of children with a disability or neurodiversity. Contact Amy Kerr-Jung, CH-UH Parent Mentor, at amy@ reachingheights.org to volunteer. Reaching Heights Role Models – Volunteer speakers visit classrooms to share Global Youth Service Day is the largest their life journeys with students to emphasize the varied paths to success and service event in the world dedicated the relevance of education, mentors, confidence, and perseverance. Visits to children and youth. Heights last approximately 1 hour and can be done virtually or in-person. Contact Jen students from Oxford Elementary Holland at [email protected] to volunteer. and Heights High, along with College Heights Schools Key Communicator Now Americorps and school staff, Learn about the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District and met in April to embellish and enhance share knowledge with co-workers, neighbors, friends, and family. the outdoor spaces at Oxford and Visit the websites and sign-up for the email newsletters of Reaching Heights at Sunbeam Elementary School (a CMSD reachingheights.org, CH-UH Schools at chuh.org, and the Heights Observer school). at heightsobserver.com. Attend school events such as Kindergarten Information Nights, vocal and Students and volunteers tidied up instrumental music concerts, athletic events, the Fall Musical, the Homecoming the outdoor areas by raking, pulling Parade, and much more. Find details about events on the district website by weeds, removing shrubs, laying clicking the calendar tab and selecting Upcoming Events. mulch, picking up trash, and adding new soil in preparation for future Attend or watch the recorded Board Of Education meetings and work sessions flower gardens. The goal was to create at youtube.com/CHUHSchools spaces where students and families Support with a donation feel a sense of pride when stepping ECAG Parent Support Group – Donations needed to pay workshop guest onto school grounds. speaker fees, purchase items for the resource library, and defray costs for entrance fees to events. Patti-Jackson Music Lesson Scholarships –This scholarship covers $10 per lesson for up to 24 thirty-minute lessons which helps more families afford private music lessons for their young musicians. Summer Music Camp – This week of music instruction and camp fun for up to 90 middle school instrumental musicians is full of intensive learning and friendship building. Donations support camper scholarships and stipends for high school counselors.

HEIGHTS Maple Buescher is one of only 161 high school students nationally and one of only three HIGH SCHOOL Ohioans to receive the U. S. Presidential Scholar award this year. Candidates are evaluated SENIOR NAMED on their academic success, artistic and technical excellence, essays, transcripts, community 2021 U.S. service and commitment to high ideals. They are also asked to nominate a particularly influential teacher. Maple nominated Matthew Meister, history and humanities teacher at PRESIDENTIAL Heights High. Maple was also named an AP Scholar and National Merit Scholarship Finalist. SCHOLAR

Summer 2021 8 CAIN PARK 2021 SEASON | July 9 - September 19

CAIN PARK ARTS FESTIVAL July 9-11 Free admission OUT OF THE SHADOWS July 9-September 19 New paintings by Eileen Dorsey Feinberg Art Gallery APOLLO’S FIRE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA July 13 TOM CHAPIN AND THE CHAPIN SISTERS July 15 MARY BRIDGET DAVIES July 16 Free SUNDAYS IN THE PARK: July 18, 25, August 15, 22, September 5, 19 Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters Free CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: July 20, 27, August 10, 17, 24, 31, September 7, 14 GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER July 23-24 ANNE E. DeCHANT JULY 29 INLET DANCE THEATRE July 31 Kids Matinee July 30 Free admission THE SINGING ANGELS August 1 Free admission AMYTHYST KIAH August 3 DANCING WHEELS August 6 LEADING LADIES ON STAGE August 7

Indigo Girls PAULA COLE August 8 With special guest Lucy Wainwright Roche MIKO MARKS August 12 NATURALLY 7 August 14 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION August 21 KOLÂDE-XCOPE Raphael Xavier & Gary Dourdan & local Northeast Ohio Dancers on the path outside Alma Theater. Free admission. Amythyst Kiah MUSICAL MEMORIES Celebrating the Cleveland Heights Centennial with the Best of Cain Park Theater CAIN PARK CAIN 9 clevelandheights.com Welcome Back!

BACK ON BROADWAY August 28 Featuring the Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Department CLEVELAND CHAMBER COLLECTIVE with INLET DANCE THEATRE August 29 Presents a new ballet, Caliban Ascendant Naturally 7 Free admission VERB BALLETS September 3 Free admission MULTIMUSIC FEST September 4 Featuring Stokley, SWV INDIGO GIRLS September 9 TRI-C JAZZFEST CLEVELAND September 11-12 September 11: Samara Joy featuring Pasquale Grasso Trio, Lakecia Benjamin and Pursuance, Christian Sands Trio, Cleveland Jazz All-Stars, Spanish Harlem Orchestra September 12: Marquis Hill, Bria Skonberg, Emmet Cohen Trio, Catherine Russell, Banda Magda Schedule subject to change SOUL ASYLUM / JULIANA HATFIELD September 16 TERRANCE SIMIEN AND THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE September 17 Free admission UNDER THE STREETLAMP September 18

www.cainpark.com 216-371-3000 Cain Park Ticket Office Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra

• 2021 Cain Park performances will be at reduced capacity. Seating will be limited for all events. • All events take place in the Evans Amphitheater except for KOLÂDE-XCOPE on August 21. All seating is General Admission within designated price levels except for MultiMusic Fest on September 4 and Tri-C Jazz Fest on September 11-12. • All ticket sales for fixed seating and lawn will be restricted to 4 tickets per patron. • We are closely monitoring the pandemic. The 2021 Cain Park season will follow all CDC guidelines and Ohio rules, regulations, and suggested best practices that are in effect during our performance dates. The City may impose additional health and safety measures and/or may modify or cancel any event when in the interest of public safety.

Summer 2021 10 HOME TO THE ARTS

APOLLO’S FIRE BAROQUE innovative projects and carving a ORCHESTRA distinctive place in the cultural life of 216-320-0012 • www.apollosfire.org Northeast Ohio. They have established [email protected] a fresh orchestral paradigm by forging Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director relationships, fostering community arts involvement, and offering programs full of artistic adventure at no cost to audiences. Check their website for performance updates.

DOBAMA THEATER 2340 Lee Rd. • 216-932-3396 www.dobama.org HEIGHTS ARTS Dobama Theatre is dedicated to 2175 Lee Rd. • www.heightsarts.org premiering important new plays by 216-371-3457 established and emerging playwrights Bach, Vivaldi and Telemann in professional productions of the IN THE GALLERY Tuesday, July 13, 8:00pm highest quality. Through theatrical Cain Park Evans Amphitheater (see Emergent Exhibition through production, community engagement, pages 9-10) August 15 and education programming, Dobama Featuring artists who are recent nurtures the development of theatre graduates of local area art programs. BURNING RIVER BAROQUE artists and builds new audiences 917-754-5549 for the arts while provoking an Spotlight: Rick Rollenhagen www.burning-river-baroque.org/ examination of our contemporary through August 15 Their cutting-edge programs bring world. Check their website for updates. Rollenhagen’s sculptures are organic the vitality of baroque music to or biomorphic expressions of physical life for contemporary audiences and emotional conditions involving a by demonstrating the profound primitive form of spirituality. connections between issues of the past and those of modern times. Check their website for performance HEIGHTS CHAMBER updates. ORCHESTRA 216-751-7816 CHORAL ARTS CLEVELAND www.heightschamberorchestra.org 216-381-4608 Heights Chamber Orchestra is choralartscleveland.org ENSEMBLE THEATRE comprised of 45 professional and amateur musicians bringing free Brian Bailey, music director 2843 Washington Blvd. • 216-321-2930 concerts to the Greater Cleveland Choral Arts is a community chorus www.ensembletheatrecle.org community. Their goal is to celebrate consisting of singers drawn from all Ensemble Theatre is dedicated to the music as rich and diverse as the walks of life in the Greater Cleveland responsible production of works that communities its members live in. area, diverse cultural backgrounds, and celebrate the human spirit drawn from Concerts are paused for now but a broad age range, including talented the rich canon of modern American check their website for updates. voices with varying degrees of musical classics as well as other significant training. Check their website for contemporary plays. Ensemble serves performance updates. greater Cleveland and the Midwest HEIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE region by reintroducing the classics, 216-923-1583 • Monticello Middle CITY MUSIC CLEVELAND examining them with new eyes, and School, 3665 Monticello Blvd. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA supporting the development of new www.heightsyouththeatre.com Heights Youth Theatre has been 216-632-3572 works for the American theater. Check helping children hone their skills in www.citymusiccleveland.org their website for performance updates. musical theater and theatrical arts for Amit Peled, principal conductor 60+ years. Please check their website City Music has a strong history of for performance updates. exploring social issues through

11 clevelandheights.com feature a new program or event open to the public and available online, HOME TO THE ARTS including multi-week workshops, readings, panel discussions, craft talks, LAKE ERIE INK LITERARY CLEVELAND open mics, and a keynote address. 2843 Washington Boulevard (on the 2515 N. Taylor Rd (office visits by Altogether, the two-week online Coventry Peace Campus) appointment only) • 216-632-0839 • conference will be a public celebration www.lakeerieink.org • 216-320-4757 litcleveland.org of writing in Cleveland that advances writers’ individual abilities, furthers Looking for fun and creative Classes and Workshops for Writers artistic dialogue, fosters a more outdoor activities? Look no further Whether a beginning writer, a seasoned connected literary community, and then Creativity Day, Wednesday, author or somewhere in between, invites more people to write. July 14 from 2-4 pm, outdoors at the fascinating classes, workshops Heights Library Noble branch. Lake and presentations can be found by Free Programs and Events for Erie Ink will be at the library with connecting with Literary Cleveland. Readers at Inkubator Conference questions and activities that will have Their classes cover all types of writing July 15: Poetry and Basketball online novices on their way to becoming a genres (fiction, non-fiction, memoir, event with David Tomas Martinez, writer! Families with children and teens poetry, etc.) as well as the business Philip Metres, and Tomas Q. Morin, all can drop by any time from 2 to 4pm to of writing (finding an agent, getting writers who sharpened their ball skills, work on creative writing and do some published). Classes are scheduled attention to detail, and team play on the simple outdoor activities with friends at multiple venues around greater basketball court. They will explore the from the library. Go to heightslibrary. Cleveland at various days and times, all art of athletics and the athletics of art. org/events/ to learn more! year long. July 17: In-person Inkubator Pop-Up from 12-5pm at the Cleveland Public Rediscover your voice and connect Programs for Readers Library Eastman Garden will have a with other creatives! Open Mic Night For those who love to read and would book fair featuring local stores and is back Tuesday, July 20 and August like to do a deeper dive into the works presses along with a community 10 from 6:30-8 pm, outdoors at the of a particular author or a certain topic, building workshop led by Anisfield- Heights Library Noble branch. Their check out the Reader Series. These Wolf Fellow Kamden Hilliard, open mic special open mic programs will be three-session classes cover three hosted by Starlight Elsewhere creator hosted by the library and Lake Erie books--either by a particular writer or J. David, kicked off by poet Lisa Ink. Writers are encouraged to read by different writers exploring a specific Summe, as well as a DJ and food/drink a finished piece of writing or share topic. It’s like a book club on steroids, vendors. something being worked on. There will and it is a wonderfully immersive July 17: Cleveland New Yorker Writers also be poetry books to read aloud and experience. online panel discussion featuring draw inspiration from. Come celebrate Cleveland natives Andy Borowitz, Mary expression! Go to heightslibrary.org/ For more information about these Norris and Kathryn Schulz discuss their events/ to learn more! This program is programs and to register for them, visit backgrounds, magazine writing, what for 6th-12th graders. litcleveland.org or call 216-632-0839. influence Cleveland had on their work, The 5th annual teen anthology, Submit Your True Story to “Voice and what makes Northeast Ohio such “What’s on the Other Side,” from the Edge” Anthology fertile creative ground. launches July 22. Join virtually as Literary Cleveland is looking for poems, July 24: Readers of award-winning Lake Erie Ink celebrates the fifth essays or stories from essential writer Claudia Rankine can enjoy her published collection of teen artwork workers in Cleveland about their free online keynote address where she and writing! They will be launching experiences related to the pandemic to will talk about her writing and read the anthology as part of Inkubator be collected and published in an online from her book, Just Us: An American presented by Literary Cleveland. Visit anthology. Frontline workers with a true Conversation, which uses essays, lakeerieink.org/teen-book-project story to tell can submit to the Voices poems, and images to urge everyone to learn more about the anthology, from the Edge anthology until August 1. to break silence around race and white the teen editors, and special events Visit www.gordonsquarereview.org. supremacy. accompanying the book launch! Email [email protected] with any For more information, please visit the questions. Register for online events with Literary website, contact Jill Levin at jlevin@ Cleveland to receive an invitation lakeerieink.org or call 216-320-4757! 2021 Inkubator Conference and instructions on how to attend July 11-25 via Zoom. https://www.litcleveland. Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator org/events-programs/inkubator- Conference is a free annual festival conference-2021 for writers and readers. Each day will

Summer 2021 12 Programs in CH-UH elementary schools and Cleveland Heights community: Family School Connections: Parent Coaches (PCs) support families, involving and engaging parents with information and resources to help promote their children’s literacy development and school success. PCs work with the families of kindergarten students who need additional literacy support. Their staff provides home visits twice monthly to assist the parent and child with academic support and share with the parent the learning areas that need strengthening specific to their child. SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids): A free kindergarten readiness program THE designed for families with YEARS preschoolers. Monthly home visits Early with a SPARK parent partner will bring fun literacy games, activities Family Connections of Northeast Ohio offers early literacy, parenting support and resources to ensure a smooth and school readiness programs for families with young children, ages birth to transition to kindergarten. Learn 6, at various locations throughout the community. what to expect in kindergarten, During the pandemic, they have been able to continue to offer many programs gather ideas for learning at home, remotely and look forward to returning to in-person programming. etc. Family Connections is a proud Their programs are designed to offer parents a variety of opportunities to provider of SPARK in partnership enhance their parenting experience, build their confidence as parents, play with Heights Libraries and CH-UH with their kids and provide resources for them to become the parents they schools. strive to be. Play is the best way for children to learn, grow, and develop all of For the most up-to-date information, the important early skills. like Family Connections on Facebook, visit their website, www.familyconnections1.org, Music with Marisa: Join from your Contact Family Connections for email [email protected] or home for a free virtual, interactive opportunities to participate or to call 216-321-0079. music program designed for families collaborate as a partner. (Collaborative with children ages birth to 6 years. Call partnerships may be held off site). for days and times, visit their website or join via Zoom by registering at: In-Person Summer Programming www.eventbrite.com/e/music-with- is evolving! Join Family Connections marisa-registration-103955678232. weekly for “I Spy” Stroller Walks and “Pop-Up” play sessions in a variety of Baby & Me: Join on Wednesdays at times and locations. 10:00am from your home for a free virtual interactive session for families Virtual Speaker Event: Save with babies ages birth to 12 months. Wednesday, August 25 for an For more information or to register informative speaker who will address email [email protected]. the topic of returning to school after the pandemic year. This speaker will Parent Café: Free parent/caregiver- provide helpful tips to parents about led conversations about the joys and the new routine and how to manage challenges of raising children and the concerns of children entering or sharing ways to strengthen families. returning to classrooms.

13 clevelandheights.com FUTUREHEIGHTS OFFERS COMMUNITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS FutureHeights invites Cleveland Heights residents to participate in community-building programs this fall. The next Neighborhood Leadership Workshop Series begins September 19, and the fall 2021 deadline for Neighborhood Mini-Grants is September 15. The programs, made possible through the support of the City of Cleveland Heights, the Cedars Legacy Fund, and the McGinity Family Foundation, and FutureHeights members, support residents as they develop leadership skills and initiate projects that add to the quality of life in the Heights. The Neighborhood Leadership Workshop Series will take place on Sunday afternoons from 3 to 6 pm on a bi-weekly basis from September 19 to November 14. With the purpose of providing access to resources, knowledge, technical assistance, and support to community leaders, the five-session series will cover topics such as Researching Your Neighborhood, Asset-Based Community Development, and Understanding Cleveland Heights’ Cultural History. Sessions will be held in-person in accordance with State of Ohio Covid-19 Responsible Safety Protocols. Applications for the Neighborhood Leadership Workshop Series will open on July 15, and the deadline to apply is August 31. All Cleveland Heights residents are invited and encouraged to apply. The deadline to apply for the FutureHeights Neighborhood Mini-Grants Program is September 15. Since 2015, the program has provided funding of up to $1,000 to grassroots or neighborhood groups who have creative solutions, projects, or programs that build on and enhance existing assets in their neighborhoods. To date, the program has provided a total of $36,838 to 57 projects in Cleveland Heights. Funded projects range from gardening and beautification to community and social services. “Projects are driven by residents and neighborhood groups who know their neighborhoods’ needs and assets intimately,” said Deanna Bremer Fisher, FutureHeights executive director. “In 2021, we’d love to support more projects led by new voices, such as teens, young adults and those under 35.” Residents who have ideas for improving their neighborhood are invited to apply for a grant. The program is guided by a grant-making committee comprising of seven residents with a history of community involvement. The committee reviews and makes all grant decisions. FutureHeights believes in the Assets-Based Community Development approach, which seeks to build upon a neighborhood’s strengths. Its many activities include housing rehabilitation, neighborhood planning and creative place making. FutureHeights publishes the Heights Observer community newspaper and hosts the annual Heights Music Hop (see page 6). All Cleveland Heights residents are welcome and encouraged to become involved in FutureHeights’ mission to create a vibrant and sustainable future for our community. Learn more and download an application at www.futureheights.org/programs/community- building-programs/. Contact FutureHeights at 216-320-1423 or [email protected].

Summer 2021 14 AT THE LIBRARY

SUMMER READING 2021 | JUNE 1–AUGUST 31 Visit HeightsLibrary.org for more information.

Tales & Tails for Kids Any kind of reading counts! Magazines, comic books, Trials & Triumphs for Teens picture books, eBooks, audiobooks — if you read or Calling all kids and teens 0-18! listened to it, it counts! Sign up by visiting heightslibrary. Register for our summer reading beanstack.org today! program through Beanstack and stop by one of our branches for a Trials & Triumphs registration prize! Once you reach Adult Summer Reading the halfway point, drop by again Enter our adult summer reading to select a prize book (to keep!) challenge and complete fun activities and your Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to win raffle tickets! Each completed activity gains you one voucher while supplies last! As you read and participate raffle ticket entry into our drawing for adult reader baskets in the activities, you’ll earn raffle tickets for the chance to that are full of books and other goodies, courtesy of our win awesome grand prizes, like gift cards to local book FRIDAYENDS of the Heights Libraries group. Participants stores, a hoverboard, and prize packs for teens, including a can also use raffle tickets toward the grand prize drawing digital drawing tablet. The more tickets you get, the better for one Kindle Fire HD. All prize winners will be notified your chance to win a grand prize. You can also view the the week of September 1, 2021. Sign up by visiting available activities, track your reading, write book reviews, heightslibrary.beanstack.org. and more through Beanstack.

PROGRAMS FOR KIDS Coventry Village Branch, 1920 Coventry Road Lee Road Branch, 2345 Lee Road Coventry Collaborative Garden Selfie Saturday Fridays, 10:00am for children ages 4–10 Saturday, July 17, 1:00–3:00pm July 9: Make Your Own Soil Art Clear out your camera, find your selfie stick (if you have After the nature walk to see examples of the different soils, one), and strike a pose! Take family photos in front of fun we will use glue and soil to make works of art. Make sure and colorful backdrops. For all ages. to wear clothing that you can get dirty. Meet in front of the library. Rock Painting July 23: Garden Art Tuesday, August 10, 3:00pm We will use flowers, leaves, and more to create one of a Get creative with paint as we turn humble rocks into works kind works of art of art! We will be on the “front porch” of the Lee Road August 6: Fairy Gardens Library. Dress for mess! Weather permitting. Registration Create your own magical fairy garden. Supplies will be begins July 27. For children of all ages. provided. Registration begins July 23. August 20: Fruits and Vegetable Solar System Walk Noble Neighborhood Branch Discover how big our solar system is during a solar system 2800 Noble Road walk in Coventry PEACE Park. During the program, we will Noble Nature Challenge take a walk along a model of our solar system that uses Through July 28, all day fruits and vegetables instead of planets. While supplies last, families can pick up a bag with items to aid them in exploring the great outdoors. There will be Coventry PEACE Park Water Play Day several scavenger hunts that participants can turn in to Saturday, July 17, 2:00pm library staff for a chance to win a special nature-themed Bring your swimsuits and cool down with a Water Play Day! book. For children in preschool-grade 5. We’ll have water balloons, sensory bins, popsicles (while supplies last), and more as we try to beat the heat.

15 clevelandheights.com To register for a program, visit heightslibrary.org, find AT THE LIBRARY the program title on the calendar and click on it. If a program requires registration, a form will pop up. PROGRAMS FOR TEENS Creativity Day working on—or something you write on the spot. There will Wednesday, July 14, 2:00pm also be poetry books to read aloud and draw inspiration at the Noble branch, 2800 Noble Road from. For grades 6–12. Lake Erie Ink will be at the Library with creative writing activities that will have you expressing your thoughts and What’s Inside a Computer? ideas in fun, colorful language! Drop by any time from 2:00 Thursday, July 22, 2:00 pm at Coventry PEACE Park to 4:00pm to work on creative writing and do some simple Ever wanted to take a computer apart just because you outdoor activities. For children and teens. can? Well, now you can! Come help take apart a computer. We’re going to take a computer, and then get in it—literally. Hoop and Hang We’ve always wanted to do it, so if you have, too, come on Friday, July 2, 16, 30, August 13 & 27, 1:00pm down! at Coventry PEACE Park Coventry library is kicking off our teen outreach this A Sweet Send-Off to Summer summer with food, music, a safe place to hang, and some Thursday, August 26, 3:00pm basketball. Join us every other Friday. For children and at the Lee Road branch, 2345 Lee Road teens. Grassy area at the corner of Corydon and Lee Let’s say goodbye to summer by hanging out, eating ice Open Mic Night cream, and asking the important question: which sundae Tuesday, July 20 & August 10, 6:30pm toppings will you choose? Kosher and vegan options at the Noble branch, 2800 Noble Road will be available; please call with other dietary questions. Rediscover your voice and connect with other young Registration begins August 12. Outdoor program, weather creatives at open mics hosted with Lake Erie Ink. Read a permitting. For grades 6–12. finished piece of writing or share something you’ve been

ADULT PROGRAMS Alzheimer’s Association Presents Monday, 7:00pm on Zoom Heights Libraries has partnered with the Cleveland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association for a series of helpful programs. Register through their Helpline (800.272.3900) or the individual links below.

July 19: 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Learn how to recognize common signs of the disease; how to approach someone about memory concerns; the importance of early detection and benefits of a diagnosis; possible tests and assessments for the diagnostic process, and Alzheimer’s Association resources. Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3vtbTCu

July 26: Effective Communication Strategies The Effective Communication Strategies program of the Alzheimer’s Association was designed to provide practical information and resources to help dementia caregivers learn to decode verbal and behavioral messages from people with dementia. Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3tvFsl2

August 2: Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behavior Behavior is a powerful form of communication and is one of the primary ways for people with dementia to communicate their needs and feelings as the ability to use language is lost. Learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common behavior triggers, and learn strategies to help intervene with some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. Registration Link: https://bit.ly/2P2LzhI

Summer 2021 16 COMMUNITYCENTER Cleveland Heights Community Center, 1 Monticello Boulevard 44118 www.chparks.com • Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CHParksRec

Important Phone Numbers Community Center 216-691-7373 To REGISTER for any classes or activities, visit www.chparks.com Office on Aging 216-691-7377 & select “online registration.” Recreation Sports Hotline 216-691-7385 Ice Rinks 216-691-7434

PHASED REOPENING OF PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES SUMMER 2021 Masks and social distancing are recommended but not required. RECREATION Cumberland Pool Cumberland Pool opened for the CLASSES 2021 outdoor swimming season on Saturday, June 5 and will close on VIRTUAL CLASSES Labor Day weekend. Staff is working Cardio Exercises with a Twist of Abs on plans to offer swim lessons and the Instructor: Alisa Henry Cain Park Splash Pad. Both activities Day: Tuesdays, ongoing through will depend on the availability of August staffing. Time: 9:00–9:30am Cost: Free on Facebook live Park Picnic Shelters are available to residents for free on a first-come, first- serve basis. Staff will resume shelter rentals in 2022. Preschool Moving with Maya A 4-week creative movement and song Park restrooms are all open for public use. class designed for ages 3- 5. This program will be 30 minutes long and Community Center posted on Facebook live. The Community Center reopened on June 7 with limited hours and Instructor: Maya A. Curtis programming. Locker rooms remain closed at this time. Day: F, Second Session 7/16 & 7/30 Time: 10:00 am • Fitness Center: Hours are decreased due to limited staffing but the Cost: Free on Facebook live open hours will increase as staff resources become available. Visit www. An outdoor in-person session will be chparks.com for up-to-date hours of operation. Equipment is spread scheduled when weather permits. out along the track to promote social distancing as exercising indoors is Details to follow. still a potential high-risk activity for unvaccinated individuals. Members

who purchased a pass in 2020 will have their remaining membership time IN-PERSON CLASSES honored for use in 2021. Kuk Sool Won™ (WKSA) • Gym: The basketball courts will be used as indoor walking space and The Traditional Martial Art of Korea, class space for indoor fitness and martial arts during the summer. Indoor ages 5-75. open gym will return in the fall. Instructed by: David Pritts, 3rd Degree • North Ice Rink: Residents can register online for Learn-to-Skate classes. Black Belt and School Owner. Visit www.chparks.com for more information. For more information, call David Pritts • Summer Fieldhouse/South Rink: The Jump Start Sport Camp program at 216-586-4525 takes place weekdays through August 6. Registrations are on a weekly basis. See page 18 for details or go to www.chparks.com to register. Shaker Lower Lakes • Senior Activity Center: SAC reopened on June 21 from 9:00am to Scavenger Hunt 2:00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to start. Seniors can register Visit https://bit.ly/34hWt7S for a for programs in advance online or via phone at 216-691-7377. Historic Hiking Tour around the Shaker Lower Lake. Enjoy the learning some of the history and exploring

17 clevelandheights.com the surrounding of the lake. Parking OFFICE ON AGING SERVICES is located on Brook Road in either INCLUDE Cleveland Heights or Shaker Heights. • Van Transportation to area medical This tour assumes the user starts there appointments and grocery. but the sites can be viewed in any Registration and advance scheduling order. Total walking/hiking distance: required 1.47 miles, and expected tour time is • Meal Options: a variety of food 45 minutes. Please note that sections assistance programs are available of the tour do take place on unpaved • Social work including wellness check- trails and/or steep terrain. Use caution. Pavilion Skating Club in, information and referral www.pavilionfsc.com • Medicare and Legal Consultation by ADULT SPORTS Email [email protected] for appointment Outdoor Pickleball more information. • Cleaning supplies, masks and other Ages: 18+ home products donated by the Days: T/TH, May-September Speedskating community and available for pick-up Time: 9:00am-12:00 noon www.clevelandheightsspeedskating. or delivery. Location: Denison Park Tennis Courts org • Also available are puzzles, books, Cost: $25 CH RES 10 sessions Contact Barb Rosenbaum 216-401- assistive devices and technology $50 NON RES 10 sessions 9392 or [email protected] lending (coming soon)! for more information. • Cleaning supplies, masks and other YOUTH PROGRAMS home products donated by the Jump Start Sports Cleveland For information on all other ice skating community and available for pick-up Heights Summer Fun Camp programs please visit www.chparks. or delivery. Boys & Girls Entering Grades 1-6* com or call 216-691-7434. • Also available are puzzles, books, *Children entering Kindergarten may assistive devices and technology attend half days SENIOR PROGRAMS lending (coming soon)! Dates: Through August 6 VIRTUAL CLASSES Days: Monday-Friday Call the Office on Aging at 216-691- Call 216 691-7377 for more Times: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 7377 for log-in and meeting information information. Location: Cleveland Heights and to register. Community Center • Weekly sessions of Strength Training INDEPENDENT YOUTH Jump Start Summer Camp with Orlando, Workout with Ms. Duck, SPORTS PROGRAMS Gentle Yoga with Sue, Zumba Gold Several independent youth sports Youth Developmental Tennis Camp with Anita, and Breathe and Stretch programs use Cleveland Heights Camp activities include drill stations, with Lucky meet via Facebook Live. facilities. Such use does not constitute team play, tournament matches and • Zoom meetings of Genealogy, sponsorship or endorsement of such individual evaluations. Camp T-shirt will Hablamonos and Hum and Strum. programs by the City of Cleveland be provided. • Collage session with Susan Morse Heights. Ages: 9-18 scheduled for June and monthly craft Days: M/F, 7/19-23 projects delivered to your door! Eastside Kickers Premier Travel Time: 9:00am-4:00pm Soccer Club Location: Cain Park Tennis Courts OUTDOOR CLASSES www.eastsidekickers.org Cost: $150 CH RES Meet in the Community Center parking Ages 8-13 Contact Dan Powell 216- $180 NON RES lot. 2213-6752 or [email protected] $25 discount for multiple children • Walking Club: walk on paved for more information. trails at Forest Hill Park Mondays, ICE SKATING Wednesdays, and Fridays at Heights Tigers Tackle Football & Eastside Tigers Youth Travel Hockey 10:00am. Cheerleading www.eastsidetigers.com • Tai Chi with Robert on Thursdays at www.heightstigersyouthsports.com Email [email protected] for more 2:00 pm. Ages: 6-11* (no weight limit) football information. • Seeking Connection Over the Phone? 5-13 cheerleading Join Stronger Together for weekly Contact: Coach Mike Payne at 216- phone conversation with friends. 906-4168 or [email protected] *age as of 08/01/21

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