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If you act quickly, there’s a place where both adults and children can liberate their hearts, their minds and their courage in a classic battle of good vs. evil…a place called Oz
For a limited engagement, Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, Ballet Theatre of Ohio (BTO) will transport hundreds of families to Oz, that magical kingdom where we all became a little wiser with Dorothy. BTO’s production of The Wizard of Oz, choreographed by Executive Director Christine Meneer, always plays to a packed house. This...
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The Farmpark annual Quilting Show is back!
Quilting is one of those traditional artistic hobbies from yesteryear that has made a resurgence during the pandemic. Lucky for us, darlings, one of the biggest quilting shows in the state will be right here in Lake County on Frida, Quilts 2022, will be at Lake Metroparks Farmpark on Friday, April 1, through Sunday. You can view these...
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The ingenious way one Mentor school teacher is helping her students appreciate the everyday use of math
Mimi vividly recalls sitting in eighth grade algebra with a pencil stuck in her pink hat thinking to herself, “I will never need any of this!” For anyone who has ever felt likewise, Angie Laurie, an eighth-grade math teacher at Shore Middle School in Mentor, would strongly disagree. Through her novel program—Laurie’s...
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The new X-Golf puts a fresh spin on simulated indoor golfing
It’s only fitting that the owner of the new X-Golf in Broadview Heights is a hometown boy and an avid golfer. Ron Salerno, who last month opened the newest indoor golf simulator in the area, played golf on the Brecksville-Broadview Heights high school team in the ‘80s and now is sharing his passion for golf with others. “It is the...
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Here’s how WES is encouraging positive behavior in students
Teachers tell an insider’s joke that in education, February is both the longest and shortest month of the year. Winter break is long over, the days are shorter and the weather stinks…a prescription for the winter doldrums. To remedy that, the teachers and administrators at Grant Elementary School in Willoughby put on their thinking...
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