Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville.

From a birthday party for jazz legends to virtuoso pianists, here are six classical music and jazz concerts we’re looking forward to in 2026.

Jump into a focused Art History Research and Drawing stream made for artists, students, and anyone who loves creative culture. This live session mixes calm study with real time sketching while ...

One of the sharpest thorns in East Germany’s Communist hide is a 14-month-old underground organization directed from West Berlin. The Investigating Committee of Free Lawyers of the Soviet Zone was ...

Have you ever found yourself scrolling through a chaotic sea of digital notes, struggling to locate that one critical idea or meeting summary? For many, note-taking feels like a necessary chore rather ...

TikTok is giving users new ways to interact with others via direct messages (DMs), the company told TechCrunch on Friday. Users will now be able to send voice notes and share up to nine images or ...

Flute maker Marlon Magdalena shares the spiritual and historical significance of Indigenous flutes. Flute maker Marlon Magdalena shares the spiritual and historical significance of Indigenous flutes, ...

Jethro Tull‘s Ian Anderson has commented on the singing skills of Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins and Billy Joel. In an interview with Now Spinning Magazine, the 77-year-old musician spoke ...

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of apps promising to organize your life, only to find yourself juggling between them? In a world saturated with feature-packed productivity tools, it ...

Award-winning saxophonist and composer Josephine Davies tells David Gallant about her journey into music and her favourite instruments over the years “One of my favourite things is hearing musicians ...

TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. The company is notifying TikTok Notes ...