The City Club of Cleveland

08/26/2026

Make your voice heard before the survey closes Aug. 28!

Downtown Cleveland, Inc. and the City of Cleveland want to hear from you about your grocery and food needs in downtown Cleveland. 🛒

Your feedback will help shape efforts to attract and support future grocery and food options that meet the community’s needs. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete. Please share your feedback at the following link by August 28th.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/downtownclevelandgrocery

Responses will be reviewed collectively and will not be attributed to individual participants.

In addition, don’t forget to join our community conversation around downtown grocery shopping on Tuesday, August 18th at 6pm in the Cleveland Public Library - Louis Stokes Wing 2nd Floor Learning Commons.

08/26/2026

Cleveland Book Fest is kicking off this Sunday, 8/30 to begin a month-long celebration of literature!

The ground floor of The Arcade will be transformed into the inaugural Cleveland Book Fest book fair, presented by Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and featuring 20 + bookstores and literary partners. Get ready to shop for books, book-related merch, and learn more about literary programs happening across the city throughout the month of September.

This free event is open to book lovers of all ages!

More info at clevelandbookfest.org

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Photos from our 8/21 forum with Jeff Epstein President & Chief Executive Officer, The Port of Cleveland

Sponsored by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Photos by Michaelangelo's Photography

08/25/2026

Check out this season's line up for Case Western Reserve University's THINK Forums. Next up on Aug. 24 is David Brooks, bestselling author, Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs first presidential senior fellow, a contributing writer at The Atlantic and recurring commentator on PBS NewsHour.

One of the nation’s longest-running consecutive speaker series, Case Western Reserve University’s Think Forum, will welcome four acclaimed authors...

08/25/2026

Since the election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America have emerged as a defining force in Democratic Party politics, with tremendous growth in membership over the last decade.

In the City Club's tradition of bringing leaders shaping the future of the nation to the forum, join us for a conversation with DSA National Co-Chair Ashik Siddique about what the DSA actually is… and isn't.

📅 Thurs. 9/24 | Forum begins at 7 pm
🎟️ Tickets at the link below ⬇️

Since the election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America have emerged as a defining force in Democratic Party politics. Mayor Mamdani's endorsement of three successful DSA candidates in the New York congressional primaries garnered national attention, and other....

08/24/2026

Entrepreneurship seems riskier than ever. But what if there was a global network of thousands of like-minded entrepreneurs that had your back?

🌎Join us for the Burton D. Morgan Forum on Entrepreneurship featuring Alan Rosenhoch, Managing Director of Endeavor Northeast US, the leading global network of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs, and Songe LaRon, Co-founder & CEO of Squire Technologies, the leading and fastest-growing software technology platform for barbershops.

Daniel J. Hampu, President & CEO, Burton D. Morgan Foundation will lead the conversation exploring the challenges and opportunities facing today's founders and what it takes to build a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

📅Thu. 9/17 at the City Club
🎟️Tickets at

In an age of rapidly changing markets, fast-paced tech innovation, and pressure to think bigger, entrepreneurship seems riskier than ever. But what if there was a global network of thousands of like-minded entrepreneurs that had your back? Endeavor is the

08/21/2026

Book club for Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner in memoir The Hollow Half by sarah aziza سارة عزيزة

🗓️ Wed 9/16, noon @ The City Club
📚 Free books available! (Limited #, must pick up)
✍️ Register for free at cityclub.org/bookclub2026

08/20/2026

New on the blog: The Thinking Behind Our September Forum on Israel

https://www.cityclub.org/blog/2026/08/19/the-thinking-behind-our-september-forum-on-israel

08/19/2026

Photos from our 8/14 forum with:

Marcella J. Brown, MNO, CFRE
Executive Director, Rainey Institute

Geralyn Presti, B.M., M.S.S.A., J.D.
President and CEO, The Music Settlement

Shayne Smith
Executive Director, Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Moderator
Jejuana Brown
Senior Director, Inclusion & Community Relations, The Cleveland Orchestra

The Lisa Botnick, Karen Faith Witt, and A.H. Weinstein Memorial Forum

This forum is part of our Education Innovation series sponsored by Nordson Corporation and Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

Photos by Michaelangelo's Photography