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aMAIZEing Night-O: Northeastern Ohio Orienteering Club's Fun Night at Szalay’s Corn Maze!
aMAIZEing Night-O: NEOOC.com in Corn Maze! | Our family recommends the corn maze at Szalay's Farm & Market! It is excellent!!! And, we HIGHLY recommend walking the corn maze at the annual NIGHT orienteering event with the Northeastern Ohio Orienteering Club (NEOOC)!
End of an Era? 20th Annual Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park
20th Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park | Is this the end of an era? After 20 years of the Euclid Beach Park Now organization hosting Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park, their board voted to discontinue this annual event after this year. The memory of the former Euclid Beach amusement park has a bright future in the form of an enlarged Euclid Beach Park and a new Euclid Beach Arch Park.
20th Anniversary - IngenuityFest 2025: Forging The Future
IngenuityFest 2025: Forging The Future | We are very fortunate to have this gathering of Cleveland creatives that is Ingenuity Cleveland. On September 26 and September 27, 2025, I attended the celebration of their 20th anniversary season at IngenuityFest 2025: Forging The Future.
Cleveland Museum of Art 36th Annual Chalk Festival - After the Rain
CMA 36th Annual Chalk Festival After the Rain | Despite the fact that I missed seeing the pre-rain chalk drawings by just a few minutes, I still found the artwork most enjoyable, along with the festive environment of the Fine Arts Garden. I heard a fellow attendee of the event state that the brief rainfall brought a “soft focus” to the chalk artwork! That was an astute observation.
Asian Lantern Festival 2025 - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Cleveland Zoo's Asian Lantern Festival 2025 | It was fun seeing the lanterns at the time when daylight melts into evening darkness, and the lights become more brilliant. It was great that the festival was much larger than we expected. We enjoyed the event, and expect that we will go again in the future.
Exploring New Hampshire, Vermont, and the USS Enterprise!
Exploring NH, VT, and the USS Enterprise! | We had not vacationed in New Hampshire since 1997, so when Stuart finished a month-long backpacking trip in southern New Hampshire, Julie joined him for an August 17-23, 2025, vacation in New Hampshire, Vermont, and on the USS Enterprise. We put this blog post together to share some of what we explored during this trip.
Colorado 2025: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, and Denver
Colorado 2025: Rocky Mtns, Estes Park & Denver | Due to our other travels, we had to delay writing this blog post, but we enjoyed putting it together as our way of remembering the good times we had in Colorado in June 2025. We are sharing our photos and trip observations with you here to encourage you to explore the places we visited in Colorado.
March 2025 Akron ArtWalk: Visiting Four Art Venues
March 2025 Akron ArtWalk: Four Art Venues | I have read about past Akron ArtWalks for many years, and I am so glad I finally attended for the first time in 2025. The four venues I visited included Summit Artspace, Art x Love, Akron Soul Train, and Akron Art Museum. I hope that this blog post gets you motivated to get out to visit these art venues
Artist-In-Residence Sylvia Munodawafa - University Circle New Community Room - Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel
Enjoy Sylvia Munodawafa Art & Ride Carousel | I made a point of visiting University Circle Artist-In-Residence Sylvia Munodawafa's exhibition, and then, since it was right across the street, I rode the Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel. I also saw the new University Circle Community Room.
sosAssociates.com Blogiversary: Thirteen
sosAssociates.com Blogiversary: Thirteen | It is hard to believe that today, March 8, 2025, I am celebrating thirteen years of creating my sosAssociates.com blog. Last year, I wrote about expected change, but this year, I don't know what to expect. I do anticipate many good times ahead. I want to say thank you to the people responsible for all the great things I was able to do in 2024 and so far in 2025.
February 2025: Eight Cleveland Area Galleries
February 2025: Eight Cleveland Area Galleries | I put together this blog post to share some of what I saw while visiting eight area galleries in February 2025. There is a variety of artwork presented, which will appeal to the different tastes of different people. I hope this encourages you to visit those galleries that have items of interest to you.
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 2025 at University Circle
Celebrating MLK Day 2025 at University Circle | On Monday, January 20, 2025, my wife and co-blogger, Julie, volunteered at the Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel at the Cleveland History Center, while my son, Michael, and I spent Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 2025 visiting four of the museums in University Circle. I want to thank these museums for welcoming the community every year to visit. Michael and I had a great time.