Kirtland
FOOD & DRINK
Northeast Ohio riverside restaurant featured on America’s Best Restaurants Roadshow
GRAND RIVER, Ohio (WOIO) - Pickle Bill’s will be featured on America’s Best Restaurants Roadshow!. Owner Marianne Powell will be interviewed by ABR at Pickle Bill’s on July 30 regarding the restaurant’s popular dishes and the surrounding Grand River community. The premiere date will be announced...
Musical Families Compete at SNPJ Farm’s Polka Family Feud
Sun 7/21 @ 1-7PM All summer long the SNPJ Slovenian Farm in Kirtland rings with the happy sound of polka music, as special events pack its schedule. This week it’s the Polka Family Feud as members of the Likovic and Zolka families have a “squeezebox smackdown,” as they’re calling it. Ron Likovic and sons RJ and TJ and friends, will perform some lively upbeat polka music, while accordionist Bob Zolka will respond with a mix of polkas and waltzes with his son (also RJ) drumming for the Zolka Band.
Mentor Community Recreation Center thriving as it celebrates 1-year anniversary
Ever since Mentor purchased the former Heisley Racquet and Fitness Club in late 2021, there was anticipation and excitement for what the city could do with the facility and offer to the residents. Now as the Mentor Community Recreation Center celebrates its one-year anniversary since reopening in July 2023, officials...
Spend a Day Shopping in the Country at the Peninsula Flea
Sat 7/20 @ 10AM-4PM Bucolic outdoor Peninsula Market is back for its second market in July. At the family-owned Christmas tree farm, Heritage Farms, vendors are spread out in the meadow, barnyard and barn, giving shoppers plenty of room to browse and chat while enjoying the fresh country air. The...
‘Superman’ filming moves to Key Tower with Green Lantern, Hawkgirl on set (photos, spoilers)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The film crew from DC’s upcoming “Superman” returned to Public Square on Monday, shooting scenes at Key Tower. Early filming took place inside the building, which will be the headquarters of Stagg Enterprises in the movie. The production’s security team locked down the northeast quadrant of the plaza, preventing onlookers from getting a good glimpse of the action.
For first time, Ohio sales tax holiday will include restaurants
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The sales-tax hiatus that Ohioans enjoy each year is being extended to restaurants for the first time. The state’s sales tax holiday traditionally applies to retail stores, but this year restaurants will be included. The tax hiatus runs midnight Tuesday, July 30, through 11:59 p.m....
Penitentiary Glen Wildlife Festival takes deep dive in fragile species
Lake Metroparks Penitentiary Glen Reservation staff members took a deeper dive and look at fragile species within the environment at this year’s Wildlife Festival. The free admission festival took place in Kirtland on July 14 at 8668 Kirtland-Chardon Road from 12 to 4 p.m. “We have done the Wildlife...
Enjoy Christmas in July at Morton Pool
Mentor Recreation is hosting a “Christmas in July” party at Morton Pool on Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The first 200 guests can enjoy free hot dogs, chips, and ice cream, courtesy of event sponsors. Games and activities are planned throughout the day including popsicles with Santa at 4:00 PM.
Greatest Blossom Music Center concerts: No. 5 — Janis Joplin
On Aug. 29, 1969, Janis Joplin brought 1960s counterculture to Northeast Ohio. Why it matters: Joplin's concert at Blossom Music Center came less than two weeks after the Woodstock Festival and transformed Cuyahoga Falls into something resembling the hippie utopia of San Francisco. Flashback: Joplin was a central figure in...
Cleveland Top Chef fundraiser tickets for sale, samples from James Beard Award finalists and more
CHESTERLAND, Ohio – Tickets are on sale now for the Cleveland Top Chefs fundraiser, set on Sunday, August 25 at the International Culinary Arts & Sciences Institute in Chesterland. More than a dozen chefs from around Northeast Ohio will share their talents through small bites at this indoor/outdoor event....
Mayfield Village Parks and Recreation Department to host Adapted Recreation Summer Party
Mayfield Village’s Parks and Recreation Department has announced that it will be hosting the Adapted Recreation Summer Party from 5 to 7:15 p.m. July 26 at the Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road. The summer event is geared toward those 13 years of age and older who have special...
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