🦸♂️ Cleveland celebrates Superman with events honoring its superhero hometown connection. The new Superman film, hitting theaters July 11, features several Cleveland locations as filming backdrops. This connection runs deep, as Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were Cleveland natives. Fans can enjoy special events including a City Club forum, red-carpet celebration, screening with Superman writer Brian Michael Bendis, and Tower City movie party. Visitors can also explore permanent attractions like the Cleveland Public Library's Superman exhibit and the childhood homes of Siegel and Shuster.
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🕯️ Cleveland honors its only known lynching victim after 113 years. A historical marker will be unveiled Sunday at Elizabeth Baptist Church to commemorate John Jordan, a Black man killed by a white mob in 1911 after allegedly stealing cherries. The Equal Justice Initiative, which documents racial terror lynchings across America, supported local efforts to research and memorialize Jordan's death. Pastor Richard Gibson believes the marker represents important civil rights history despite some community questions about highlighting such violence. The ceremony will include collecting soil from the lynching site for display at Alabama's Legacy Museum.
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🛣️ Cleveland's pothole problem is a scientific puzzle waiting to be solved. University of Cincinnati researchers tracked nearly 700 pothole repairs over 18 months to determine which fixes actually last through Ohio's harsh freeze-thaw cycles. The study tested nine different materials—from hot asphalt to recycled mixes—and various repair methods to create a decision tree for road crews. Cleveland's Public Works Director Frank Williams calls pothole filling "a necessary evil," with crews sometimes making temporary fixes during rainstorms while aiming for prevention through crack sealing and road resurfacing when budgets allow.
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