David C. Barnett

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced today the 2022 class of inductees.

The Cleveland Orchestra announced Thursday its biggest gift to date. The $50 million grant will help the century-old institution's financial picture as well as its plans for the future.

The Cleveland Orchestra and Playhouse Square announced Tuesday they will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry to performances.

Stacks of red tires are due to start popping-up around the city of Akron Thursday in celebration of the new wave band DEVO, as part of an effort to boost the hometown heroes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Arts leaders from around the state have signed a letter to Ohio lawmakers arguing for expanded public funding of arts and culture. Fred Bidwell, chairman of the Cleveland-based Arts & Culture Action Committee, took that case to the House Finance Committee in Columbus on Thursday. Bidwell is acting as spokesperson for a coalition of over 80 arts and cultural organizations looking to increase the scope of arts funding through an existing cigarette tax in Cuyahoga County, according to a news release from Ohio Citizens for the Arts.

The Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is the new home for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, starting this fall. After more than a year of virtual events across the country, the Rock Hall is looking to break out of a COVID-19-induced prison and return to a live induction event in Cleveland on October 30. Rock Hall president Greg Harris said it will be the sixth time for a hometown induction. “It was here back in ‘97 in a hotel,” he said. “Then, in 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018, it was held at Cleveland's Public Auditorium.”

Cleveland’s musical museum on the lake is looking to take some lessons from the past year into its planning for 2021. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame re-opened its doors over the weekend after a two-month COVID-inspired closure.

Regional theaters blossomed in the 1960s as an alternative to Broadway. During the pandemic, they're facing some of the same challenges, and each has had to come up with its own solutions.

Performing Arts studies at the University of Akron took a major hit last month because of massive job cuts campus-wide. With the fall semester about the start, there are some changes afoot.

Iconic Ohioan Annie Glenn passed away Tuesday. An advocate and educator for people with communication disorders and the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, she celebrated her 100th birthday in February. She died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minn. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags in her home state to be flown at half-staff in her honor.