Hobbies

This spring’s courses cover a wide variety of topics including music appreciation, internet humor, World War I-era literature, election updates, science, religion, and film. Some course titles include “The New Royals of Windsor,” “Cosmology: From the Big Bang to Eternity?” and “Unknown Stories of America. ...

The 48th Cleveland International Film Festival announces a slew of exciting celebratory happenings surrounding this year’s 11-day in-person Festival, taking place April 3-13 at Playhouse Square. ...

The Cleveland Orchestra and flutist, composer and producer Allison Loggins-Hull are hosting free concerts inspired by the missions and histories of several local organizations. ...

Wondering how to best spend your time in retirement? Perhaps it's the best time to return to your hobbies from your youth. Ron Scroggy returned to photography and now has a beautiful coffee table book to his name. He loved the career he had and now loves his retirement lifestyle. He’s taken  a hobby and turned it into what he loves. The childhood dream has become a reality.  ...

Sharpening your sense of humor can improve your quality of life and creative intelligence, neuropsychologists say. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body, strengthening your immune system, boosting your mood, alleviating pain, and relieving stress. Two local humorists show us how. ...

What will she think of next? That’s what we wondered when we saw this puzzle from our memory care contributor Kathryn Kilpatrick. We use her word and number puzzles on our Brain Games page each issue, but we haven’t seen anything quite like this one. ...

Ohio winters pose quite a few challenges for our native animals, but they have managed to come up with a variety of ways to deal with those challenges. Whether they are migrating, tolerating, hibernating or brumating, Ohio animals are sources of wonder all season long. ...

Have you ever thought, "Gosh, it's really cold; I should hike to a waterfall"? Nah, we haven't either. But that doesn't mean it's not a good idea. From now through February, join a Cleveland Metroparks naturalist for a hike to a waterfall. The hikes include some of the park system's most beautiful places. ...