Listen Up Cleveland Episode 4!

    Listen Up Cleveland is back this week! In studio I’m with super talented R&B singer Alvin Frazier! Seriously, he’s amazing. Was such a pleasure to have him in studio. He even treats us to a small performance and we take a look at his brand new music video! Then its on to CLE…

Vote for the Burning River Ramblers!

Cleveland’s own Burning River Ramblers won the Hard Rock Rising contest a few weeks ago, and is now competing against 95 other bands from all over the world to win the ultimate prize: a chance to play the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London AND have their own World Tour! Let’s do what we can…

Listen Up Cleveland and More!

Well it has been a whirlwind week celebrating the big 3-0 and filming new stuff at TV20! Last week I interviewed Terri Pontremoli from Tri-C Jazz Fest about the upcoming Tri-C Jazz Fest and last Friday I was at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens for the new Big Spring event! Big Spring is so beautiful and was…

Agora 100 and Polar Bear Plunge!

  A week ago I had the chance to cover the “Thank Hank/Agora 100” event, celebrating the 100th year of the theatre and honoring Agora owner Hank LoConti. It was such an honor getting to meet Mr. LoConti, and feel the Agora love from longtime concert-goers and musicians. Some of the people I got to…

The Nash On E.80th!

  The Slovenian National Home (a.k.a The Nash) has been around since 1917 in my old neighborhood, Slavic Village. It is a beautiful, old-world social club that has a dance hall, a very cool stage and amazing 12 bowling lanes in the basement! Like most places in Cleveland during Lent, the The Nash offers a…

Sisterhood’s Anti-Bullying Campaign

  Yesterday the Sisterhood (in conjunction with Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio) held an Anti-Bullying Campaign at the West Side Community House in Cleveland. The young girls, on a mission to show the effects of bullying, came out with blindfolds on to represent the people that see bullying happen but do nothing about it, a…

Listen Up Cleveland Episode 2!

Tune in for my latest episode of Listen Up Cleveland, which premiere’s tomorrow at 7pm! This week my guests are Michelle Andree, lead singer of the band School Girl Crush and the founder of Cleveland Musicians Care, and designer Valerie Mayen, owner of Yellowcake Shop!     Both are incredible, talented women and I had…

Festivals and Red Carpets

These past two weekends I had the pleasure of covering two more really cool, fun events here in Cleveland. First, on February 16th I was at the 4th Annual Brite Winter Festival in Ohio City. Obviously being a huge lover and supporter of music and the arts (especially locally) it is an event I never…

Listen Up Cleveland Episode 1 Recap

  Last night was the premiere of my new show Listen Up Cleveland! Thank you so much to everyone that tuned in! If you missed it you have another chance! Tonight it will re-air on TV20 at 7pm, and tomorrow thru Sunday at 8am & 7pm. If you do not get TV20 here is the…

Photo Shoot With Kevin Richards!

  I recently did a photo shoot with the incredibly talented Kevin Richards. I met Kevin a few years ago, but haven’t seen him in a while so it was also a great chance to catch up. He is a kindred spirit, and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to frolic around Cleveland with…