Musical Instrument Donation Drive to Benefit Cleveland Children Begins on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Severance Hall   CLEVELAND, OH – On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 21, 2019, from 12 – 5 p.m., a group of five Cleveland nonprofit and public organizations will kick off a three month donation drive for gently-used musical instruments. The instruments will be assessed, repaired, and gifted to children participating in recreation center programs in the Glenville Neighborhood in Cleveland’s 9th Ward. The effort is a collaboration of Arts Cleveland, the Center for Arts-Inspired... Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of the inspiration he received from baseball pioneers such as Jackie Robinson (seen here with Dr. King).  Just weeks before his death, he told pitcher Don Newcombe ” You’ll never know how easy you and Jackie and Doby and Campy made it for me to do my job by what you did on the baseball field.” The Baseball Heritage Museum (6601 Lexington Avenue Cleveland) will celebrate the legendary visionary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday Jan 21 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. For one day, The Baseball Heritage Museum will highlight these special connections. And... Read More