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Monthly Archives: May 2009


Summer Employment Opportunities

The Center for Public History and Digital Humanities in the Department of History seeks 3-4 active graduate students or undergraduate history majors to support the teaching, research, and archival projects that advance the Center’s mission. Research Assistants will be expected to support Teaching American History teacher workshops during the summer, including collecting and organizing primary… Read the Rest »

Kiosk Photo

So, I just realized that I had no photos of the kiosks anywhere. We have had a couple of PR and magazine shoots, but I wasn’t given the proofs. So, I went back to our preview of the kiosk concept at Ingenuity in Summer 2007 and reviewed my blog post from that event. Lo and… Read the Rest »

Gardens Site continues to generate interest

Today, I received a notice that in its City Guide to Cleveland, the webzine, “VenusZine: Emerging Creativity” pointed to a number of sites around town, in its VZ City Guides: Cleveland Ohio,  including the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and our site about the Gardens, CulturalGardens.Org. This email made me wonder who else has linked to the… Read the Rest »

Featured Audio: Lancer Steakhouse

Originally called the Hickory Smokehouse, the Lancer Steakhouse was established by Fleet Slaughter in the mid 1950s, becoming one the first restaurant’s in Cleveland owned and operated by an African American.  George Dixon III, current proprietor of the Lancer, shares his thoughts on the restaurant and the Midtown Corridor in this 2007 interview.