United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/1 4:41A AP via Scripps News

United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51...

Hospitals no longer have to report COVID-19 hospitalization data, CDC says

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/1 2:24A Elina Tarkazikis

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lifted the requirement for hospitals to report COVID-19 hospitalization data to the Department of Health and Human Services. Effective May 1, the CDC says reporting by hospitals of COVID-19...

What is Powassan? Things you need to know about the virus as more cases are reported

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 4/30 7:52A Taylor O'Bier

A town in Massachusetts is warning residents to take precautions after its first-ever case of Powassan virus, a tick-borne disease, was reported last week. Health officials in Sharon, located about 25 miles outside of Boston, announced the...

There’s Art and Music Everywhere at Walk All Over Waterloo

Cool Cleveland Events 4/30 7:15A Anastasia Pantsios

Work by Laura Ruth Bidwell Fri 5/3 @ 5-9PM It says it’s going to be hot (80!) and rainy on Friday, but it’s Monday when I’m writing this, so hopefully the rain will be over in time for the May edition...

Food Trucks Hit the Streets for Five-Days-A-Week Events in Downtown Cleveland

Cool Cleveland Events 4/30 6:30A Anastasia Pantsios

Wed 5/1-Mon 9/30 It’s that time again: the food trucks roll out en masse from their garages and hit the streets for a nonstop array of events through the fall. That includes a series of lunchtime food...

Women should start getting regular mammograms at age 40, US panel officially recommends

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 4/30 6:14A AP via Scripps News

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said . Previously, the task force had said women...

Trio Performs 30s-Style “Hot Jazz” for Folknet Concert in Kent

Cool Cleveland Events 4/30 6:12A Anastasia Pantsios

Sun 5/5 @ 7PM Northeast Ohio acoustic music nonprofit Folknet will have another entry in its spring Mountain Rose Concert Series this weekend, when it presents Kent gypsy jazz trio the Triplets of...

Les Delices Looks at Life & Music of 18th-Century Black British Composer

Cool Cleveland Events 4/30 6:04A Anastasia Pantsios

Tue 5/7 @ 7PM Wed 5/8 @ 7PM Sat 5/11 @ 2PM Mon 5/13 Cleveland early music ensemble Les Délices is small but creative, always coming up with new ways to present old music. Now it’s taking its act out...

Two Authors Speak About the Black Experience in America

Cool Cleveland Events 4/30 6:00A Anastasia Pantsios

Tue 5/7 @ 7:30PM Two celebrated Black authors will share the stage at the Maltz Performing Arts Center for the next Writers Center Stage even presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Imani, an...

Bark Air, first airline for dogs, launching flights in May

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 4/30 4:31A Elina Tarkazikis

Who let the dogs out? Bark Air, a new luxury airline for dogs, will launch its first flights this May. The airline gives dogs first-class treatment with charter flights designed to pamper pooches and...

BlueWater Chamber Orchestra Concert Features Classical Guitarist Jason Vieaux

Cool Cleveland Events 4/29 8:51A Anastasia Pantsios

Sat 5/4 @ 7:30PM For their concert this month, Cleveland’s BlueWater Chamber Orchestra and the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society have joined forces to present an evening of orchestral music featuring...

Michigan to require all schools to have cardiac emergency plans in place

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 4/29 8:30A Justin Boggs

In recent months, several states have considered laws requiring schools to have comprehensive cardiac emergency response plans in place. On Saturday, Michigan became the latest state to make the requirement law. The American Heart Association...

Work for Eight String Players by Cleveland Composer Closes Art Renaissance Cleveland Season

Cool Cleveland Events 4/29 8:15A Anastasia Pantsios

Sun 5/5 @ 4PM For 32 years, Arts Renaissance Tremont has been one of several small music presenting organizations offering classical music concerts for free (donations gladly accepted!). Now its...

Akron Art Museum Show Explores Work of Late Cleveland Painter Michelangelo Lovelace

Cool Cleveland Events 4/29 8:12A Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 5/3 @ 7-8:30PM Sat 5/4-Sun 8/18 It took decades for largely self-taught Cleveland painter Michelangelo Lovelace (he briefly attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, but he dropped out to earn a...

Jazz and Indian Classic Musicians Join Talents at the BOP STOP

Cool Cleveland Events 4/29 8:07A Anastasia Pantsios

Thu 5/2 @ 7PM Infusion, taking place at the BOP STOP, is an evening of music that brings together some of the area’s best jazz musicians and some master musicians of Indian classical music to create...