Family of man (and woman): Thoughts on global culture

I just returned from conferencing and vacationing in the Southwest. While there, I got a jolt when someone mentioned that Taos, N.M., had recently celebrated its TRI-centennial.  That’s 300 years to Cleveland’s 200-plus-a-few. We forget – or at least I hadn’t thought much – about how this country was settled by historic...

INTER|URBAN Phase II Debuts as part of Cleveland Book Week 2018

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders can now enjoy an even closer view of world-class art inspired by the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards cannon as Phase II of INTER|URBAN has been unveiled as part of Cleveland Book Week 2018! Art by Lauren Noel of Lady Noel Designs. (Photo courtesy of LAND Studio) Completed ahead of...

#SummerOfPurpose: Martin Cantera

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Martin Cantera, who is working with Hispanic Alliance on its community engagement initiatives - providing comprehensive...

Celebrating Community Foundations

Tomorrow marks the beginning of Community Foundation Week 2016! Nov. 12-18, we’re joining more than 780 community foundations across the country celebrating this recognition week and the impact of our field in communities nationwide.  Cleveland roots As the world’s first community foundation and one of the largest today, the...

A Universal Language

Two dozen students in various combinations of tights, leotards, sweats and T-shirts surrounded renowned Cuban prima ballerina Laura Alonso following the rigorous master class she had just offered them in the main studio of the Mather Dance Center at CWRU. Ms. Alonso was here through a partnership with DanceCleveland and Case brokered by...

#CLEvana: Forging Alliances through Artistic Exchange

This blog post is part of our #CLEvana series, sharing stories and insights from our Creative Fusion: Cuba Edition partners. In this post, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) Founder & Executive Director Shari Wilkins shares highlights from the Creative Fusion cohort learning trip to Cuba earlier this year. The trip was an opportunity to...

Fatalism in the Garden

The Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Lecture at Case this week was delivered by Jamaica Kincaid, a 1997 winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.  Ms Kincaid is known for her perceptive and thought-provoking writing on gardening as a metaphor for life. Her lecture is part of the focus for the Baker Nord Center’s Humanities theme for the current...

Preview #CommonGroundCLE on July 30: Part 1

Common Ground is just days away! On our blog each day this week, we’ll share a selection of the Common Ground conversations happening Sunday, July 30 across Cuyahoga County. We hope you will register to attend one (or more!) of these free community events. You can explore all Common Ground locations, and register to attend here...

Cleveland Foundation Announces Cleveland Book Week 2016

Cleveland Foundation Announces Cleveland Book Week 2016Series of special events to celebrate the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and promote Cleveland as a literary destinationrelease date: 9.1.2016CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced plans for Cleveland Book Week - a series of events scheduled from Sept. 10 – 16 that...