Perhaps you took your kids to some of the recent performances at the Children’s Theatre at Willow Lawn – like Pinkalicious or Knuffle Bunny– because they had fallen in love…
Catherine Brown writes about parenting, education, the arts, aging, and health and wellness. She recently published “Hope for Recovery: Stories of Healing from Eating Disorders,” and is collecting essays for a book on body image. You can find her at catherinebrownwriter.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter at @catbrown_writer.
When my family lived in Ohio a few years back, we visited the Cleveland Botanical Garden every year at Christmas to see the gingerbread houses. Over time, that became my…
This holiday season, as you drive around town experiencing the magnificent light displays throughout our fair city, you may take a moment to wonder: Why do people devote countless hours…
Not many 14-year-olds have given speeches across the country for national audiences. Not many teens have had conversations with prominent leaders like Former President Barack Obama and Reverend Al Sharpton.…
Brendan Easter of Midlothian was about seven years old when he discovered the world of speedcubing and eight when he got bit by the theatre arts bug. The two passions…
Virginia Rep’s Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical is as delightfully entertaining as you would hope a Mo Willems musical would be. With its energetic actors and fun scenery –including giant heart…
Over the years, Cleveland, Ohio, has become an underdog city, and that’s putting it politely. With the burning river, brutal winters, and often-frustrating sports teams, the city has been burdened…
After years of reading Pinkalicious to my girls, 13, 11, and 5, I was excited and curious to see how the stories about a bright, plucky, pink-loving girl would be…
What Can One Family Do? As a prelude to the fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day, there is an international effort to educate people about the devastating effects of…
What does Emmy Sumpter credit for her win on Food Network’s Chopped Junior this past October? Was it her early start helping mom, Erica, in the kitchen? Or the many…
