Cleveland, OH
Day 3 of women’s rights protests underway in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — For the third day in a row, protesters are in Downtown Cleveland to protest the Supreme Court docket’s resolution to overturn Roe V. Wade.
You’ll be able to watch the protest within the participant under:
Round 11 a.m., protesters rallied within the 600 block of Lakeside Avenue.
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb launched the next assertion on the protests:
“The Metropolis of Cleveland continues to assist our residents’ First Modification rights to free speech and peaceable, lawful demonstration. During the last two days, there have been a number of demonstrations in and round downtown Cleveland, with extra scheduled for right now.
I perceive and really feel the anger attributable to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. This can be a ruthless assault on ladies and their reproductive rights and an insult to our predecessors who fought so laborious to guard these rights.
I ask that you simply proceed to protest peacefully. We can’t let actions of frustration reduce the battle for our freedoms.
As mayor, I need to reassure you that I’m decided to mobilize each useful resource and authorized mechanism inside my energy to guard ladies’s security, well being, and proper to decide on.
The Cleveland Division of Police has detailed personnel and assets to every of the demonstrations with the intention to be certain that contributors and members of most of the people stay secure. At the moment, there have been no arrests related to the exercise.
Please keep secure.”
Roe v Wade overturned
On Friday, Supreme Court docket has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place practically 50 years in a call by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s final result is predicted to result in abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The choice, unthinkable just some years in the past, was the end result of a long time of efforts by abortion opponents, made doable by an emboldened proper facet of the court docket that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling got here greater than a month after the beautiful leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court docket was ready to take this momentous step.
It places the court docket at odds with a majority of People who favored preserving Roe, based on opinion polls.
President Joe Biden stated Saturday that his administration is concentrated on seeing how states implement their restrictions.
“The choice is applied by states; my administration goes to deal with how they administer it and whether or not or not they violate different legal guidelines by deciding to not let ladies cross state strains to get public well being companies,” Biden stated earlier than signing a significant gun reform bundle. “We’re going to take actions to guard ladies’s rights and reproductive well being.”
Biden says feds will shield ladies looking for out-of-state abortions
Anti-abortion advocates react
Others in Northeast Ohio had been optimistic concerning the Friday resolution. Joseph Meissner of Attorneys for Life has been preventing to overturn Roe V. Wade since 1973 and stated the state now has a possibility to alter course.
“It’s a celebration that human lives are presupposed to be protected by regulation. If that occurs, then we must always have fun. By the way in which, the celebration goes on, on and on for years and years into the long run, guaranteeing ladies get the assistance they want so that they don’t really feel pressured into an abortion,” Meissner stated.
He and others consider the emphasis now must be supporting being pregnant facilities and adoption.
At a Saturday occasion, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) informed Information 5, “Most People, actually most Ohioans, do consider that life is treasured and do consider that we must always extra to keep away from abortions. That’s why I strongly assist adoption, why I strongly assist preventative measures, strongly assist serving to ladies who’re in a really tough resolution with a being pregnant.”
On Friday, the Ohio Lawyer Basic introduced a court docket injunction had been dissolved and a six-week abortion ban invoice is now regulation within the state. It prohibits most abortions past six weeks of being pregnant.
Ohio AG says six-week abortion ban invoice is regulation
Saturday, Democratic lawmakers appealed to demonstrators to vote and assist elect abortion advocates to the Ohio statehouse.
“What I’m going to be engaged on is getting Democrats into the Governor’s workplace and getting of us all the way in which down the ticket to have the ability to carry our voice all the way in which to the statehouse,” stated State Sen. Nickie Antonio (D-district 23).
Many on either side of the controversy consider the dialog is unlikely to finish anytime quickly.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
Cleveland, OH
Celebrate Latino Heritage Month with events in the community
Latino Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States from September 15 to October 15. This month recognizes the unique and diverse cultures, histories, and contributions of those who have Latino and/or Hispanic heritage.
With celebrations across Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, here are a few events for Ohioans to support for Latino Heritage Month and beyond!
Cleveland, OH
Man stabbed on Cleveland’s West Side
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A man was stabbed in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood Thursday.
The stabbing happened near West 73rd Street and Elton Court around 2:15 p.m.
The man was taken to MetroHealth Hospital in stable condition, according to Cleveland EMS.
19 News has reached out to Cleveland Police for more information.
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Cleveland, OH
Tickets on sale now for Tri-C Performing Arts’ 2024-2025 season
CLEVELAND, OH – The upcoming Cuyahoga Community College Performing Arts season will feature a wide array of jazz and dance performances from artists around the world.
Tickets are on sale for all six shows that will run from October 2024 through April 2025. Free parking is available in lot 5 for the shows taking place on Cuyahoga Community College’s (Tri-C) campus.
The 2024-2025 shows include:
Amina Figarova Sextet and the Matsiko World Orphan Choir
Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium
Tickets: $35
Azerbaijani pianist and composer Amina Figarova and her sextet will be joined by the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, an ensemble of at-risk Liberian children.
Hélène Simoneau Danse (presented in partnership with DANCECleveland)
Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Mimi Ohio Theatre (Playhouse Square)
Tickets: $10 to $60 via Playhouse Square
The French-Canadian choreographer is coming to Cleveland for a performance that explores themes of identity, sexuality, romance and the world around us.
John Beasley’s MONK’estra
Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium
Tickets: $35
MONK’estra is a smashing big band that captures the spirit of Thelonious Monk’s singular music in fresh arrangements flavored with contemporary sounds, ranging from Afro-Cuban rhythms to hip-hop.
Matthew Whitaker
Feb. 8, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Simon and Rose Mandel Theatre
Tickets: $35
Matthew Whitaker started playing keyboard at age 3, and by 13, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its 80-plus-year history. He studied at the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School in New York City, the only community music school for the blind and visually impaired in the U.S.
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Scotty Barnhart
March 26, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium
Tickets: $45 general admission, $75 premium seats
In its 90-year history, the Count Basie Orchestra has won 18 Grammy Awards, performed for kings, queens and other world royalty, appeared in several movies and television shows and played every major jazz festival and concert hall in the world.
Raphael Xavier: Skiff (presented in partnership with DANCECleveland)
April 12, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., and April 13, 2025, at 2 p.m.
Tri-C John P. Murphy Foundation Theatre
Tickets: $25 and $45 via DANCECleveland
Raphael Xavier will perform Skiff, an hour-long work features guest artists including some of Northeast Ohio’s own dancers. The unique piece explores the aging body, race, privilege and power while encouraging conversations of identity, legacy and lineage. The work is contextualized through the lens of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now. For more information, visit the Tri-C Performing Arts Series webpage or call 216-987-4444.
This story was written with the assistance of AI.
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