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Advanced Screening of Little Fires Everywhere Brings Joy to Natives

Race, class, gender. We all know society doesn't exist without it. In a way, it is what creates the stories of people navigating the spaces they occupy, with uncertainty, with rage and sometimes with opportunity. The conflict that rules can create causes many people to make choices;  good and sometimes bad. In the end, to act is what seems to be most within reason. On Wednesday, March 11 VIP ticket winners gathered at Silverspot Cinema in Orange Village, Oh for an advanced screening of the first episode of the new Hulu series, Little Fires Everywhere, based on the novel written by Shaker Heights native, Celeste Ng.  Attendees in Shaker Heights and surrounding communities convened to enjoy complimentary concessions, community, and the power of storytelling. Little Fires Everywhere was published in 2017, was a New York Times Best Seller, and winner of the Ohioana Book Award. Celeste Ng's books have been translated in more than thirty languages. Starring Kerry Washing

Interview with Girl Scouts Alum: How Has Girl Scouts Impacted Your Life?

As a volunteer, I wrote an article for a Girl Scouts newsletter in 2019. Special thanks to Girls Scouts of Northeast Ohio for allowing me to help out with such a noble cause :) Show Your Sash: Kerry Gregoire Kerry Gregoire, Assistant Vice President at Seibert Insurance Partners, remembers being introduced to Girl Scouts through her dad. For Kerry and like many other alums, Girl Scouts is an organization that has helped her develop friendships and strong values. These values have helped her become successful in the working world as well as with raising a family. “ I believe that being a Girl Scout taught me to become independent, caring in helping others, loyal, a team player, respect others, be responsible, disciplined, and creative,” said Kerry. While she has many memorable experiences with Girl Scouts while selling cookies, making crafts and projects, she believes special memories were created at camp. “I enjoyed walking the trails and learning to be a survivor. I enjoyed a

Sleuth Kills With Provocative Twist At the Turn of A Lover’s Mind

I had the wonderful opportunity to see Sleuth at Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland on March 7, 2020. Check out my review below! Photo credit: https://www.clevelandartsevents.com/event/sleuth/ Bring him to his knees, make him think about his actions, toy with his mind and all of his prized possessions. Truly, how can one bring down a man with only one move left? Play the game that works or try something new. This is the test of a man’s fate. One might argue the finer things in life seem to have a hold on the world’s richest estates, though the latter believes it is only right to give someone what they are due. We may laugh at the opportunity to become a rebel, yet many are persecuted for beliefs that are not always discovered. Should love and lust drive the obstacle course of life? How can one really play fair when it is all a disguise? Milo Tindle (Jeffrey C. Hawkins) surely knew what it was like to play a little tug of war. Entrapped by the cause and effect of his love for anoth