Where to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Northeast Ohio The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is just one of many Northeast Ohio museums and community centers honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy today. (Source: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) By Steph Krane | January 18, 2021 at 6:00 AM EST - Updated January 18 at 6:58 AM
CLEVELAND (WOIO) - Monday, Jan. 18 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
If you’re looking to spend the day honoring the civil rights leader’s legacy, check out the following events:
Cleveland Public Library and 19 News
Cleveland Public Library and 19 News teamed up to broadcast the library’s 36th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration.
Architect Norman Perttula’s buildings helped define the mid-century modern look of Northeast Ohio cities
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
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have become familiar presences across Northeast Ohio, contributing to the region’s sense of place.
Perttula’s buildings display a love of big gestures and strong geometric forms that make them stand out as dramatic sculptural objects on suburban campuses or city streets.
His work includes the B.F. Goodrich World Headquarters in Akron, built in 1967-71, and the 1982 Ohio Bell Headquarters building, now known as Ameritech Center or as 45 Erieview Plaza, located at the southeast corner of East Ninth Street and Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland.
Coronavirus cases high in Ohio as registration for vaccines begins: Overnight News Links
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
Eighty-three of Ohio s 88 counties are on red alert for concern over coronavirus spread and one county, Hamilton, is under higher concern under purple alert.Ohio Department of Health
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Cleveland Museum of Art to reopen with normal hours starting Monday, MLK Day
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
The Cleveland Museum of Art, closed because of the coronavirus pandemic since November, said it would reopen with regular hours on Monday, Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Day. Lisa DeJong, The Plain DealerLisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The Cleveland Museum of Art, which closed a second time in response to the coronavirus pandemic in November, said Thursday that it will reopen on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan.18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
From then on, the museum will be open on its regular schedule, Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.