Happy St. Patrick's Day: We Have a Winner in the Show Us Your Green Contest

Learn a little more about our winner and the runners up!

Patch is excited to share with you the most popular photo in the Show Us Your Green contest -- according to you. We'll be delivering the $100 Claddagh Irish Pub (in Legacy Village in Lyndhurst) Gift Card to the winner.  And the winner is ... Jen Cochran Anderson Q: How do you plan to celebrate St. Pat's day this weekend? A: With my husband, a pint, and some lamb stew. Q: Tell us a little bit about how and when the photo was taken. A: This is a 'selfie' of me crawling around the ruins of a Franciscan Friary in Adare, Co. Limerick in March of 2010. I'm an art historian specializing in late medieval Irish art and was in Ireland in 2010 to finish up my dissertation research. These particular ruins are actually preserved as a garden folly on …

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Enter Patch's Show Us Your Green Contest and Win a Claddagh Irish Pub Gift Card

Do you go all out for St. Patrick's Day? Show us your photos and enter.

Enter Patch's Show Us Your Green Contest and Win a Claddagh Irish Pub Gift Card

Do you go all out for St. Patrick's Day? Show us your photos and enter.

How do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Do you decorate your home or office? Do you throw a huge party? Do you participate in one of the St. Paddy's Day parades? We figure the color green's gonna figure in there somewhere. And since at Patch we're rather fond of the color green, we wanted to invite you to Show Us Your Green for the holiday.  What's in it for you? A chance to show off just how 'Irish' you are and possibly win a $100 gift card to Claddagh Irish Pub in Legacy Village in Lyndhurst.  Just share your photo of how you celebrate St. Patrick's Day in this post. Keep it clean and it's gotta have green. Here's the deets: To enter*: Upload your photo to this post between March 6 and 15 and don’t forget to include your name in the …

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Happy Valentine's Day to Patch's Cutest Couples

Find out who won our Cutest Couple contest and a little about them and our runners up.

Patch is excited to share with you the cutest couples of Northeast Ohio -- according to you. We'll be delivering the $100 Legacy Village Gift Card to the winner.  And the winner is.... Krissie W. & Alex N. of Ohio City Q: How did you meet?  A: Through friends. We started dating on New Years Day in 2011. Q: Tell us about the photo you entered. A: This photo was taken at the 2012 Cleveland Tweed Ride that happens every spring. Alex and Krissie are both avid cyclists, and Krissie loves fashion/getting her photo taken. Alex owns a bike shop. We both have these beautiful 1940s bicycles that were made in Cleveland that were brought out special for the Tweed Ride. Q: Any tips for keeping a relationship romantic? A: Still figuring that out.  We …

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Enter Patch’s Cutest Couple Contest and Win a Legacy Village Gift Card

Are you and your partner the epitome of cute in Northeast Ohio? Enter our contest to win a $100 gift card from Legacy Village!

Do you and your spouse still hold hands after all these years? Do you exemplify commitment, loyalty and friendship? If you and your partner would even make St. Valentine go "Awwwwww," enter your photo in Patch's Cutest Couple Contest and you could win a $100 gift certificate to Legacy Village.  Just upload your photo between Feb. 1 and 13 and don’t forget to include your names in the tagline. (You need to be a registered Patch user, log into the site, click on this story, then select "Upload Photos." If you win, we'll contact you through your email address.) The winner will be selected based on readers making positive comments about the couple (by naming the couple) they like in the comment section of this article through midnight Feb. 13 …

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What are Beachwood Place's and Legacy Village's Black Friday Hours?

We rounded up the hours for you so you can start planning your Black Friday shopping.

For some, the day after Thanksgiving is a time to relax, spend time with family and digest that bird they gobbled down yesterday. For many others, it's a day to get the best bargains on gifts and, often, the electronics and big-ticket items they have been eyeing for themselves all year. We rounded up the hours for Legacy Village and the Beachwood Place Mall so you can start planning your bargain shopping early. Click the links to go to each store's website. Beachwood Place: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m with the following extended hours: Opening at midnight Thanksgiving night:  Opening at 3 a.m. Opening at 4 a.m. Opening at 5 a.m. Opening at 6 a.m. Legacy Village closes at 9 p.m. The shopping center will provide free Black Friday Survival Kits that will…

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Cheap Date: Art in the Village

Visit Legacy Village for over 150 artists on display

Check back every Friday for Cheap Date: one weekend event or activity that won't break the bank. This weekend is the 22nd Art in the Village at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst.  Over 150 vendors will have art on display. See paintings, jewelry, photography, sculptures, ceramics and more. Where: Legacy Village, 25001 Cedar Rd., Cleveland, OH 44124 When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: Free Website: www.artfestival.com

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Get Out: Cain Park Arts Festival, Coventry Concert Series and Coventry Metal Fest

Enjoy these activities in and around the Heights

CAIN PARK ARTS FESTIVAL Where/When: Cain Park/ Friday, 3 to 8 p.m.; Saturay, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Why Go: It’s back! The juried fine arts and fine crafts festival will feature the work of 150 artists, nearly 25 of whom are previous award winners. Price: Friday is free, Saturday and Sunday admission is $5 per person (under age 12 is free). THE FLAVOR AT COVENTRY CONCERT SERIES Where/When: Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Park/ Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Why Go: Cleveland-based blues-rock band, The Flavor, perform, featuring Cleveland blues singer-songwriter and guitarist “Hot Sauce” Joe Landes. Price: Free COVENTRY METAL FEST Where/When: The Grog Shop/ Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. Why Go: The two-day Metal Fest features Solipsist, …

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New Cedar Lee Streetscape in the Works

Business owners and others combine forces and plan to give the Cedar Lee area a face-lift

As we all know, the Cedar Lee business district is a popular destination for those seeking unique culinary treats, independent films, outdoor entertainment in the summer, art gallery treasures and many other attractions. Over the years, however, any business district will begin to show its age, thereby losing contact with the people who enrich and enliven the area. That is why plans are in place to revitalize the strip of Lee Road between Cain Park and the main branch of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library. This mile-long Cedar Lee Streetscape project is being developed by the Cedar Lee Special Improvement District (SID) in cooperation with the City of Cleveland Heights and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating …

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Know Your Neighbor

Local Boutique Sells Fair Trade Clothing and Accessories

Revive ensures people who make its products are paid fairly and treated well

Revive may look like a regular boutique, but owner Lisa Dunn makes sure she knows exactly how the artisans who design the delicately hand-knit scarves and sparkly hand-crafted jewelry are treated and paid.   Dunn, a 10-year Heights resident, regularly spends 80 hours a week at the shop, which has locations on Lee Road and at Legacy Village. She handles everything from marketing to human resources. Her husband Korey Freeman, who works his own full-time job, spends weekends maintaining the Revive website. And her mother single-handedly scraped and repainted the boutique’s ceiling. "It's been blood, sweat and tears literally," Dunn said. "I work morning until night on this, and we don't pay ourselves from Revive, but I didn’t start this …

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