Entertainment & Sports
Arts/Theatre/Dance
- Playhouse Square Center http://www.playhousesquare.com/
- Cleveland Play House http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/
- Beck Center for the Arts
“Beck Center shows are usually excellent and inexpensive.” - Prof. Alan Weinstein - Karamu House http://www.karamu.com/
- NearWest Theatre http://www.nearwesttheatre.org/
- Cleveland Public Theatre (W 65th) http://www.cptonline.org/
“the Public Theater on W 65th Street is very adventurous in its offerings.” - Louise Mooney - Cleveland Orchestra (Severance Hall) http://www.clevelandorch.com/
Summer Home: Blossom Music Center - Cleveland Institute of Music http://www.cim.edu/
- Quicken Loans Arena http://www.theqarena.com/
- Wolstein Center http://www.csuohio.com/wolsteincenter/
- Cleveland Institute of Art http://www.cia.edu/
- Artwalk in Tremont http://www.tremontartwalk.org/
- Murray Hill Artwalk http://www.murrayhillartwalk.com/shops.html
Cleveland Sports
If sporting activities are your entertainment, either watching or playing, Cleveland offers the best of both (and we are not biased at all!)
- Indians http://www.cleveland.indians.mlb.com/
(Go Indians—they’re having a great year!) - Browns http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/
- Cavaliers http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/
(Finals 2007—next year we’ll win it all!)
Hiking, biking, walking trails, horseback riding, exercise trails
- Cleveland Metroparks http://www.clemetparks.com/
- Other parks (dept. of natural resources) http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/
- Bike Towpath http://www.nps.gov/ archive/cuva/planavisit/todo/recreation/ohioerie.htm
“Enjoy bike trails on the towpath.” - Prof. Kathleen Engel
Golfing
- Metroparks golfing http://www.clemetparks.com/recreation/golf
Skiing
- Boston Mills/Brandywine http://www.bmbw.com/
“In the winter you can snowboard or do snow-tubing at Brandywine or Boston Mills, you can ski too, but they are very short runs.” - Prof. Alan Weinstein - Alpine Valley http://www.alpinevalleyohio.com/
Beaches/Fishing
- Edgewater State Park http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/clevelkf.htm
- Headlands (Mentor, Ohio) http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/headlnds.htm