Loiter East Cleveland

04/25/2025

02/16/2025

Us. Loitering. In East Cleveland.

Through the lens of :

East Cleveland has a face unlike many cities that I have visited in this United States of America. The deferred promise: wrinkled streets, rotted trees, buildings, homes, and human feet that still stand amidst the disappearing tracks of selfish hands - white hands that ripped “their” resources from the community. It is an old tale. These are old worn down tracks.
I have seen these footprints before, and I have pursued their shadows. I have documented their fragmented stories - stories about black communities that were either delayed or postponed. I document the partial impression of East Clevelanders and their American Dreams in a state of disruption.
It is an incomplete story.
It is a tale circumcised to fit the narrative of blight and destruction.
I walk around listening to Black families recount stories of a time when laughter and joy filled their stomachs and lungs. They laugh about music joints, barbecues, and reunions - church on Sunday and Peter Pan get together right after. Today, my camera documents the catatonic sound of a community held in status. I capture a community demonized and labeled by the reflection of their community.
East Cleveland has a face with wrinkles. My eyes seek these eyes, to tell these stories of lives plagued with misfortune - left frozen.

02/15/2025

Starting today, will be showcasing the work of on our page to highlight his work in East Cleveland over the past year.
As we transition from our current location to new space (right up the road) - Ruddy’s work examines the impact of neglect on the EC community and transitory lives of East Clevelanders as we navigate between staying or moving.

10/31/2024

We're thrilled to present Loiter Sports Fall Fitness Challenge, hosted by Loiter Cafe & Marketplace. Join our Fall Fitness Challenge to jumpstart your year-end health goals and start 2025 strong! We have an incredible lineup of local instructors teaching a variety of classes for all fitness levels. Come to one or all our classes, open to the public. Classes are a $10 suggested donation.

All proceeds will support Loiter Sports for community health programs. DM to RSVP or Sign Up in person at the cafe (12550 Euclid Ave)!

10/30/2024

We're thrilled to present Loiter Sports Fall Fitness Challenge, hosted by Loiter Cafe & Marketplace. Join our Fall Fitness Challenge to jumpstart your year-end health goals and start 2025 strong! We have an incredible lineup of local instructors teaching a variety of classes for all fitness levels. Come to one or all our classes, open to the public. Classes are a $10 suggested donation. If you dont have it, sign up and come through the community has it for you! All proceeds will support Loiter Sports for community health programs. DM to RSVP or Sign Up in person at the cafe (12550 Euclid Ave)! Stay tuned for our class lineup!

10/21/2024

Come join us on Tuesday 22nd as we host Gillian Goddard - Chocolate Activist with Chocolate Rebellion - for a guided tour of Pan African chocolate.

Loiter’s cafe has been alchemizing African and Caribbean chocolate with Pan African and local Ohio ingredients. Come taste the various chocolate flavors, learn about the chocolate flavor wheel, get first-hand information about decolonizing the cocoa supply chain, and learn how climate change is slamming the cocoa commodity market.

The event is suitable for those curious about cocoa, , newbie chocolate eaters, experienced chocolatiers, Cocoa academics, Pan-African followers, and more!

07/10/2024

So now we get the opportunity to defend ourselves from allegations of "tortious interference with contractual business relationship" and "Violation of Ohios Deceptive Trade Practices Act" oh and our back of envelope sketch was NOT a submitable drawing... we signed a lease for a space in "white box conditions" we actually paid for an architect (A Black one) for STAMPED DRAWINGS, gave them to the landlord to review, answered their questions after an agreed upon extended timeframe and submitted them to the city to obtain necessary permits and paid licensed contractors... a standard order of operations.

Oh and to say we are intentionally claiming their practices as ours to promote our community lead work is beyond perposturous. We couldn't be more different.

You all tell us? What's at play here????