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  • is so unmiserable it hurts.
  • is the city that sleeps just the right amount.
  • is plum happy to be here.
  • loves Taco Tuesdays.
  • is a bothsider.
  • bikes to work every day. Yes, even in winter.
  • doesn't get cold in winter, just awesome.
  • plays by the lake.
  • loves CLE Critical Mass.
  • would love to see a Euclid Beach Park rebirth.
  • can't get enough of one of the world's best orchestras.
  • = way rad.
  • has no grassy knoll (but some pretty incredible Metroparks).
  • loves plums.
  • wants a bratwurst from the West Side Market.
  • was made in 216. Really.
  • is so happy city enthusiasm has made the Cleveland Marathon a race to be reckoned with.
  • thinks the river caught fire just to get your attention.
  • appreciates enthusiasm.
  • hearts long walks on wholly underrated beaches.
  • will try Lake Erie surfing this fall.
  • would host the Olympics, but is a little busy right now.
  • would never be a free agent.
  • loves you too.
  • is home.
  • can't pick a best pizza because they're all pretty damned good.
  • enjoys having all four seasons.
  • plays outside in winter and summer.
  • rides a bike to work.
  • needs to visit A Christmas Story house (again) this year.
  • understands there's so much yet to do.
  • loves it here.
  • high-fives others who love it here too.
  • gets the veggie dog with chorizo chili.
  • enjoys rainy days at the art museum.
  • thinks Ian Hunter rocks as well.
  • believes in the power of innerburbs, uptowns and downtowns.
  • gets excited whenever How I Met Your Mother refers to Ted's NEO origins.
  • believes Liz Lemon actually does heart Cleveland as much as we do.
  • wouldn't mind the return of streetcars.
  • loves to travel the world and then come home to the best place in it.
  • owns, perhaps, too many shirts that mention a love for the city.
  • could probably make a killer plum pudding.
  • always knows which way is north.
  • is really pumped about Collinwood and Gordon Square going awesome.
  • likes to ride the bus all over town.
  • has so much to say.
  • should be in movies, don't you think?
  • will host a bread-pudding tour of Cleveland this fall.
  • has never been to a wig shop, but could tell you where to find one.
  • has a big lake as its backyard.
  • can totally swim to Canada.
  • kayaks the Cuyahoga.
  • wants to make you so freakin' unmiserable you cry. Happy tears.
  • loves Boston cream pie and plans to spark the revolution that changes its name.
  • feels a little too happy about Presti's bringing back doughnuts.
  • puts the eastside-westside battle aside.
  • crosses the river.
  • sees smart people.
  • has access to some pretty serious health care.
  • doesn't have to pretend getting ripped off on rent is OK.
  • loves architecture.
  • is home to an impressive collection of universities and other higher ed institutions.
  • digs a grid system.
  • loves all of NEO equally. Mostly.
  • thinks you choose to be happy (or not).
  • believes in the magic of a good bread pudding.
  • feels no shame in loving polka.
  • has been to the Cleveland-style Polka Hall of Fame.
  • hearts polkamaster DJ Kishka.

What to do, what to do...

Quite fitting: it's a marathon string of springtime to-do's in Cleveland, just in time for Cleveland Marathon weekend. This week's Friday-through-Sunday agenda is brought to you — in large part

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On Sunday, May 19, 7-10 a.m. at Tremont TapHouse, you're invited to join the legendary cheering chops of Cleveland rowers and they bring their pep-club party to the Cleveland Marathon

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GateKeeper, the newest edition to the Cedar Point rollercoaster family, is a winged rollercoaster, featuring a 164-foot vertical drop, max speed of 67 mph, camelback drops, dive loops, zero-g rolls,

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Beginning Saturday, May 11, the Cleveland Orchestra kicks off its first-ever neighborhood residency in Gordon Square, featuring a week's forth of free performances. This weekend, you can find a world-class

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Burning River Roller Girls All-Stars will take on the Tallahasse Roller Girls of Tallahassee, Florida and the Hazmat Crew will take on the Eerie Roller Girls of Erie, PA.

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Cleveland Rovers Rugby celebrates 35 years of rough-and-tumble ass-kicking with a day-long, around-town tour of rugby matches, cookouts and general merriment.

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Blue Pike Farm welcomes you to its portal into pastoral life in Cleveland's St. Clair-Superior neighborhood. The annual open house provides tours, tutorials and experts, things to buy, people to

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Near West's spring show breaks the box of how audiences have perceived and encountered Jacques Brel's legendary songs, including “If We Only Have Love,” “Timid Frieda,” “My Death,” “Alone” and

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The good word

Strike a #SuperCLE pose. Through April 18, the City of Cleveland wants to see your best super moves. Snap a pic of your best Superman poses, costumes, landmarks, paraphernalia and

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Red, White and Blueprints explores how Rust Belt cities have reinvented themselves and how they've partnered together to do it. The documentary by Cleveland filmmaker Jack Storey premieres at the

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Leave the land vacant? How about: let's not. Let's make it smart. Let's make a literary lot. The Literary Lots program helps urban neighborhoods whip empty land into shape, transforming

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The fourth annual Pancake Barkfeast by Secondhand Mutts benefits the treatment of pooches with heart worm and helps raise awareness of the disease. It's Saturday, Feb. 2, 8 a.m. -

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Cleveland Playlist

The Cleveland Playlist series take a hilarious turn this week. Stand-up comedian, Chucklefck comedy-show producer and eminent latino around Cleveland, Ramon Rivas II, shares a line-up of his favorite funny peeps —

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From throwbacks and thick beats to metal and bands-for-the-breakroom, admirably unmiserable Clevelander Steve Kowalski lists the records that remind you to never stop discovering CLE. Listen to his favorite local

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CLE Playlist series is back just in time for the holidays. First up: Gary "Holy" Barnes, emcee and beatmaker of Cleveland hip hop group KEYEL. Holy shares his favorite local

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From recording studios, to labels, to poster artists, to instrument manufacturers, Cleveland Kitchen's Jarrod Zickefoose believes everything a musician needs is right here in Northeast Ohio. Not to mention the

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Brandon Vulpitta admits he's not a musician; he's just a fan. His CLE playlist — including tunes by Cloud Nothings, HotChaCha, Herzog, JJ Magazine, Uno Lady and a few others

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Next in the Cleveland playlist series: Ryan Kelly, who plays drums in Seafair and has been in Cleveland bands Unsparing Sea, Novallos and Martha Dumptruck. He grew up listening to

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I was loving on some local music a few weeks ago when a few unmiserable Clevelanders suggested I share some local tunes. Instead of always giving you what's in my

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