Ygal Kaufman

2 weeks ago | ideastream.org | Kabir Bhatia |Ygal Kaufman

Under the orange flame of the steelyard, one woman found something unexpected: Peace and courage. The new play, "Rust: A Story of Steel and Grit,” explores how it happened. The adaptation of Eliese Colette Goldbach’s memoir opens Friday night at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights. “There's a little bit of a Romeo and Juliet romance going on: She lives on the West Side and her boyfriend's on the East Side,” said playwright George Brant. “It feels very Cleveland, but also very Midwest.

1 month ago | ideastream.org | Kabir Bhatia |Ygal Kaufman

Ask Keith Gerchak about “Lost & Found in Cleveland,” and he’ll tell you it’s not a mockumentary about “Antiques Roadshow” on PBS. Rather, it’s a tribute to his hometown. “We start the film off with a quote from Tennessee Williams, that ‘America only has three cities: New York, San Francisco and New Orleans. Every place else is Cleveland,’” he said. Gerchak, an actor and former architect, was drawn to showbiz at an early age, eventually landing in Los Angeles. That’s where he met Marisa Guterman.

Dec 6, 2024 | wvxu.org | Kabir Bhatia |Ygal Kaufman

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has been evolving. Gone are the dinosaur, taxidermy and gem galleries. The museum has traded its former way of displaying things as a “cabinet of curiosity” for galleries designed to tell stories about how humans connect to the natural world, according to Gavin Svenson, CMNH’s chief science officer. "How the world impacts us as humans, how we impact the world as humans and how we generally fit in,” he said.

Dec 6, 2024 | wysu.org | Kabir Bhatia |Ygal Kaufman

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has been evolving. Gone are the dinosaur, taxidermy and gem galleries. The museum has traded its former way of displaying things as a “cabinet of curiosity” for galleries designed to tell stories about how humans connect to the natural world, according to Gavin Svenson, CMNH’s chief science officer. "How the world impacts us as humans, how we impact the world as humans and how we generally fit in,” he said.

Nov 4, 2024 | ideastream.org | Ygal Kaufman

There are a lot of weird ways to predict the winner of a presidential election. Some people do it based on candidate height. There's a soothsaying monkey known to make the right pick. There's even something called “the Redskins rule” which says the incumbent party will win if the Washington football team, now called the Commanders, win their final home game before the day of voting.