CLEVELAND – Clevelanders will be parading and partying this Saturday. Two yearly, ever-growing events are will bring thousands to city streets rain or shine. The 24th annual Parade the Circle will kickoff at noon at Wade Oval in University Circle on Cleveland’s east side. At the same time, festivities will be revving up in the […]
Joyous birthday wishes go out to iconic musician Stevie Wonder, who today (May 13) turns 63! Despite having been blind since birth, Wonder was a child prodigy and picked up piano playing as well as drums and the harmonica. The gifted singer (whose full name is Stevland Morris) recorded his first album at the tender […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has declared April 18 to be “Superman Day.” The official proclamation will be made Thursday on the 75th anniversary of Superman’s 1938 appearance on the cover of DC’s “Action Comics” No. 1. Glenville area residents Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the comic book hero during the Great Depression. To commemorate the […]
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio – GE Lighting’s world headquarters, Nela Park, celebrates 100 years. To help celebrate its Nela Park location, the company will have a reenactment of GE’s move to the nation’s first industrial park, dedication of a lighting innovation museum, unearthing of a nearly 100-year-old time capsule and replacing it with a new capsule, […]
Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye remains as one of the most forward-thinking and influential soul musicians of all time. Although he began his storied career in the Nation’s Capital as a doo-wop crooner, he would find fame at the iconic Motown Records label before later becoming a global sensation. NewsOne celebrates the life […]
CLEVELAND – Four Cleveland judges will wed couples at Tower City on Valentine’s Day. It’s anticipated 30 couples will come to Tower City to say “I do” on Thursday. The ceremonies will be held on Valentine’s Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Skylight Concourse’s grand staircase. You have to have your marriage […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On February 7th, the Cleveland Animal Protective League will turn 100 years old. The organization is looking back on each and every happy ending that has been created since 1913 for animals adopted from the Cleveland APL and their loving families. To celebrate 100 years of match-making and to continue our […]
*Whitney Houston’s memory still lives on a year later. The Grammy committee has decided to celebrate the life and legacy of the beloved diva, who…
The queen of talk, mega-mogul, and humanitarian bar none, Oprah Winfrey has been an unending source of inspiration for all. She has graced our homes and warmed our hearts with more than 25 years of lessons and enlightenment that we’ve gathered from her shows. And now at 59 years young, the diva is still on a mission to […]
(CNN) – The oath, the speech, the crowds, the celebrities, the balls. Every four years Washington celebrates the start of another presidential term. By the numbers, here’s a look at presidential inaugurations. January 20, 2013 – The date President Barack Obama will be sworn-in to his second term. The public ceremony will be held on […]
Let’s just start off by saying that we can’t believe Sade is turning 54 today! The Nigerian-born, British-bred singer is literally the definition of a timeless beauty (take note Beyonce and Rihanna). That silky, slicked back hair. Those ruby lips. The flawless skin. How does she do it? From the moment she hit the air […]
Happy Birthday Aaliyah! The singer would have celebrated her 34th birthday today. It has been 11 years since the young entertainer was killed in a plane crash, along with eight others, after filming the music video “Rock the Boat.” It was a devastating loss of a young artist that was just coming into her own. […]