The Land

09/16/2026

"The building’s exterior is undergoing a thorough cleaning to remove decades of graffiti and a century of airborne pollutants, including vehicle and industrial emissions. The masonry is being restored to its original appearance. The walls that had originally been interior walls, where the buildings abutted the main and wedge buildings, have been exposed by the demolition and will be restored with new brick. New high-performance windows, designed to replicate the appearance of the originals, will soon be installed." 🗞️

Read 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, by Lauren Pacini: https://bit.ly/4rcgMx2

09/16/2026

With a copy of John Carroll University's charter in her hands, the ceremonial keys to JCU and chain of office around her neck, Carolyn Noll Sorg officially became the 27th president of the 138-year-old Jesuit institution on Feb. 15.

Noll Sorg’s inauguration was held at the packed Athletic Wellness Center. The day marked a historic moment for John Carroll as Noll Sorg became the first woman to serve as university president. 🗞️

Read the full story, by Jacob Meyers (Campus Editor for The Carroll News): https://bit.ly/4xxouTT

09/15/2026

It's another film festival weekend, and the Movie Nerd Report has the rundown:

🎥 Both the Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium (CLESFF) and the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF) are happening this weekend! Visit each of their socials for full schedules.

The Cleveland Cinematheque is showing:
🎟️ On the Sea
🎟️ Cannibal: The Musical
🎟️ Late Fame
🎟️ Ghost in the Shell
🎟️ As Above, So Below
🎟️ Cutting Horse
🎟️ Passing Through
🎟️ Boorman and the Devil

The Nightlight is showing:
🎟️ Bad Apples
🎟️ If I Go Will They Miss Me
🎟️ Mars Attacks (New 4K restoration)

🎟️ Capitol Theatre is showing Dead Man (from the Jim Jarmusch series)

CWRU Film Society (Strosacker Auditorium) is showing:
🎟️ Persepolis
🎟️ The Adventures of Tintin

🎟️ West Theater is showing The Prowler, followed by a Q&A with actress Cindy Weintraub

Read the full report 🗞️ https://bit.ly/4Ajx0J2

09/15/2026

"News of celebrity deaths don’t hit me as hard as they do some people. I didn’t know them, and unless their art has personally been a touchstone for me, I don’t mourn the loss of someone I’ve never met too terribly hard.

But on Aug. 25, when Tim Curry passed away, it did hit me hard because I had already been going through a very hard time. I am a human being, and I suffer, as all of us do, but sometimes I feel like I don’t handle it as well as others. I won’t make a big thing about it here, but I wasn’t aware how much I needed to go to “Rocky Horror” at Cedar Lee Theatre on Saturday." 🗞️

Read the next installation of Off the Beat, by AJ DiCosimo, "𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 ‘𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬’": https://bit.ly/4yDUiHQ

09/14/2026

“Every day there’s something new that I get to interact with, strategize on, and I would say the local Cleveland literary ecosystem has been incredibly bolstering,” [Kortney] Morrow said.

“All of our efforts are to ensure that every single resident in the Greater Cleveland area engages with a book for the month of September.” 🗞️

Read 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 by Christopher Johnston: https://bit.ly/3Tq2Q6d

09/11/2026

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞: 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐵𝑦 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

"Cleveland turned out to be an especially congenial home for a silent film festival with live music. The city came of age during the silent era and became an early center of film music. In 1913, the Sam Fox Corporation published “Sam Fox’s Music for Moving Pictures” by J.S. Zamecnik, a Slavic Village native and pioneer of “photoplay music” — scene-length cues written to accompany films.

That Cleveland connection remains central to our programming, as does the city itself. We have presented films in historic spaces including the Cleveland Public Library, the Masonic Auditorium, and the Cleveland Grays Armory Museum." 🗞️

Read the full opinion piece: https://bit.ly/TheLandCLE_SilentFilmsCleveland

09/10/2026

Here's this weekend's lineup from the 🎥 Movie Nerd Report via Mike Wendt:

🎟️ Something different! Lenora’s Midnight Rental: Secret Movie Night is showing at Grog Shop

The Cleveland Cinematheque is showing:
🎟️ Hope
🎟️ The Traveling Cinema
🎟️ Point Blank
🎟️ Checkpoint Zoo

The Nightlight is showing:
🎟️ Hope
🎟️ Obsession
🎟️ Facetape
🎟️ Filipiaña
🎟️ Brailed It
🎟️ American Doctor
🎟️ Late Fame

🎟️ Capitol Theatre is showing Night on Earth

CWRU Film Society (Strosacker Auditorium) is showing:
🎟️ United 93
🎟️ Sonic the Hedgehog

And you can still catch a showing of Steel Magnolias at Happy Days Lodge in Cuyahoga Valley National Park! 🗞️

Read the full report: https://bit.ly/TheLandCLE_MovieNerdReport_9102026

09/08/2026

While visiting Valley Forge High School in Parma Heights the day after an 18-year-old student took her life in the schools’ cafeteria on April 20, Shirley Graziano, the president and founder of Crisis Canine Corps (CCC), and therapy dog Zodiac 🐕‍🦺 noticed two young girls in the library.

One of the girls went to the counseling service the school was providing in the library, while the shyer one approached Zodiac and began petting him.

“Then she started talking to me and explaining that she knew this student, she was 10 feet away when the gun went off and started going into all the details of what happened as she’s running her fingers through Zodiac’s hair,” Graziano said. “She’s just looking down. She’s not looking at my face, so she’s telling it to him.”

Being a child psychologist for over 50 years and studying the field of human-animal interaction and animal-assisted interventions, Dr. Aubrey Fine knows why people, especially children, feel more inclined to open up to animals.

“Being around a comforting animal to you acts almost like that social lubricant that allows you to feel more confident in the receiver hearing your information,” he said. “Sometimes when you talk, you don’t even really want the person to talk back to you — you just want them to listen.” 🗞️

Read the full story, by Adriana Gasiewski: https://bit.ly/TheLandCLE_NEOTherapyDogOrg

09/07/2026

The ruling clears the way for LSU to list some former NFL players on its roster. How many games they might be eligible to play remains to be seen as the matter continues working its way through the courts.

“It’s not about coach Kiffin. It’s not about LSU. It’s about treating these kids fairly,” said Tony Clayton, an attorney for the athletes. “Today, justice was served. And justice was serve to the SEC. It was served like a cold cup of gumbo. And that judge forced them to eat it.” 🗞️

Read the full AP story: https://bit.ly/TheLandCLE_APCP_BrownsPlayerClear

LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s chances of fielding former NFL players improved Thursday night when a Louisiana judge issued a preliminary injunction against the NCAA in a high-profile eligibility case.

09/07/2026

An armed assailant charged toward the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people before he was stopped by troopers, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The candidate’s campaign also confirmed the attack on Sunday afternoon.

“While attending the Canfield Fair, an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people. Dr. Acton and Eric (Dr. Acton’s husband) are grateful for the swift and decisive action of law enforcement and are praying for the recovery of those injured. This kind of violence has no place in Ohio. Dr. Acton will always stand up to the chaos, hate and vitriol that pits us against one another,” said Addie Bullock, communications director for the Acton campaign, in an emailed statement. 🗞️

Read the full AP story: https://bit.ly/46cCDuJ