Among other findings, more than 90 percent of Grammy nominees in the past six years have been men.

Clevelander Dave Lucas was named the second Ohio Poet Laureate suceeding Dr. Amit Majmudar for a two year term. Best known for his monthly Brews + Proseseries at Market Garden Brewery, Lucas wants folks in the Buckeye state to change their reactions to reading poems. "I grew up as I think a lot of people did, certainly many of my students feel this way, that poetry was what we encountered in the books that we had to read in school and that made us often feel stupid or inadequate," Lucas said.

How does someone become Ohio’s poet laureate? “One is anointed by the gods,” quips Ohio’s newest poet laureate, Dave Lucas. At the beginning of the year...

John Vourlis had no idea what was happening in his own backyard. The Wickliffe native moved back home in 2010 from California, where he had been working in the film industry. A friend invited Vourlis to come to the Wickliffe Italian-American Club to check out the Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce. Vourlis was surprised to find that the tournament, now in its 35thyear, featured nearly one 100 men’s teams and about 20 women’s from across North America that came to compete for over $17,000 in cash prizes.

The Funk Music Hall of Fame and Exhibition Center honors genre greats like the Ohio Players, Isaac Hayes, James Brown and more.

When Cleveland was chosen as the home for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, but not as the host city for the induction ceremony, many Northeast Ohioans were unhappy. But, the times they are a changin.’ More recently, the city has hosted the event every three years, and starting this April the inductions will be alternating between Cleveland and New York. Rock Hall CEO Greg Harris said the induction ceremony is a complicated affair with a lot of moving parts. Does that mean hosting it more frequently would put more pressure on his staff?

Playwright Jocelyn Bioh is using a familiar premise to show us a different side of Africa.

You may not agree that a given film belongs on this list, or we might have left your favorite off. But movies are meant to inspire discussion and debate; why shouldn't year-end lists do the same?

From a field of 19 strong contenders, the Cleveland-based institution has named its newest entrants.

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Ohio has received an $8 million donation, the largest in the group's history.The Columbus Dispatch reports the…