Events

Cleveland will host its first-ever Water Lantern Festival on June 15. The festival will bring hundreds of people together to watch the lanterns light up Lake Erie.

Thousands of college students and recent graduates will come together for the annual Big College Event, held Oct. 24 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati. It’s an ideal venue for students to learn more about job opportunities in the Queen City.

If you have a business in Cincinnati and want to share ideas with Pittsburgh counterparts, sign up for the 2019 Manufacturing Exchange hosted by the Cincinnati Chamber and its partners, AMEND Consulting and TechSolve.

The Fabulous 50’s Fling and Car Show in Sugarcreek, just south of Canton, is now the largest ’50s festival in Ohio. It’s also selected annually among the top 10 cruise-in downtown car shows in the Midwest by Cruisin Times Magazine.

You will never be able to say there’s nothing to do on Mother’s Day in our state. There are events planned beginning in early May all the way through the middle of the month and especially on mom’s big day, Sunday, May 12.

The funeral of a friend from a previous job took me to the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Medina County just west of Akron. It’s one of two national cemeteries in Ohio, the other being in Dayton.

Ohio is home to six minor league teams affiliated with Major League Baseball. You can have fun with the whole family and catch the rising stars that one day might play for the big league club. Tickets are very affordable and there are activities galore at every game.

This is a special moment in Ohio sports. The Cleveland Browns now have Garrett the butcher, Mayfield the baker and Odell the trophy maker in Freddie’s kitchen.

Enough of spring training; let’s play ball. If you’re a Cleveland Indians or Cincinnati Reds fan, you can’t wait for each team’s home opener.

If you don’t have a ticket yet for Ohio State University’s spring football game, you are probably out of luck. The game (as opposed to THE GAME with Michigan) is April 13, starting at noon, and is officially called the 2019 LifeSports Spring Game, presented by Nationwide.