Karamu House

Opera, film and stage combine in the festival this month.

During the Red Summer, white mobs claimed Black lives in cities across the U.S. Karamu's "Red Summer" explores similarities to current issues and how people respond to racial violence.

In Northeast Ohio, a combined $300,000 will go toward everything from theater at Karamu House to French poetry translations.

The latest grants come on the heels of $12 million to arts organizations.

CAC distributes cigarette tax revenue to area non-profits for arts and cultural activities. In some cases, those funds are regranted to individual artists as well as community arts projects.

The bill to allow college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness passed the Ohio House, but not before Republican lawmakers attached a last-minute amendment that bans transgender women from participating in high school and college women sports; A controversial vaccine bill has passed after it was tacked onto another Senate bill; Former Canton McKinley football coaches lose their non-coaching jobs; and more stories.

Arts funding agency Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC) awarded grant money Wednesday to support the work of area artists. $260,000 in support and services will be distributed through three local non-profits.

Karamu House in Cleveland is looking ahead to its next season and a major facelift after re-gaining non-profit status from the IRS.The 101-year-old…