By BETTY CARLISLE
Special to The Gazette
Faith Leader: The Rev. John Atkins, pastor of St. Patrick Episcopal Church
The years between being a 5-year old on a farm in Kansas City, Mo., hearing the call to serve God and being the pastor of a growing parish in Brunswick have filled the Rev. John Atkins with a sense [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
Gigantour lives.
What may sound like an alien foe from a ’60s Japanese Godzilla movie is actually a traveling heavy metal festival that in its third year has become one of the more popular spring/summer tours.
Gigantour comes to Cleveland on May 4 at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
From the earliest moments of Metro Station’s existence, the band members all knew if fate smiled on the alt rock/pop act they’d first have to escape the shadow of “Hannah Montana.”
That’s right, the group was literally formed in 2006 on the set of the popular Disney Channel show by [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
“Hello Muddah, hello Faddah, Here I am at Camp Grenada.”
For many, the classic Allan Sherman song defines the event that is summer camp. Whether it’s an experience like “Meatballs” (and hopefully not “Friday the 13th”) or just a day trip away from the family, going to summer camp is a [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Editorial Staff
CLEVELAND — It seemed like they’d never find the perfect prom dress.
But finally, after weeks of combing the boutiques and checking online, when Suzie Neff spied the red velour number with a chiffon overlay and sequined trim, she knew it was perfect for Sophia’s big night. It would go perfectly [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
Like a time capsule dug up decades after being buried for safekeeping, long disbanded punk band Teacher’s Pet is finally getting around to release its self-titled album.
“We formed in 1977 and were together until 1981,” said Ron “Pete Sake” Mullens (keyboards, vocals), calling from his Akron home. “We were a [...]

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By ANGELA HUSTON
Special to The Gazette
Zonta International was founded in 1919 in Buffalo, N.Y., during the U.S. campaign for women’s rights.
The organization, whose name is the Lakota Sioux Indian word meaning “honest and trustworthy,” is a worldwide service organization of executives in business and the professions, working to improve the legal, political, economic and [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
There’s no place like home.
That’s the feeling of Cleveland native and veteran theater actor James Kall, who stars in the national touring production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which makes its Playhouse Square Center debut May 6 through 18 at the Palace Theatre.
“Cleveland is where I got [...]

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By SANDRA FAHNING
Special to The Gazette
Each spring we welcome the “firsts” — the first flower blossoms, the first buds on bare tree limbs and the first robin sighting.
Another welcome event that comes along each spring is the first Writers Live Author Luncheon of the year. The luncheon is presented by the Medina County District [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WASHINTON, D.C. — An extremely unselfish LeBron James passed up a lot of shots, so Wally Szczerbiak and Daniel “Boobie” Gibson darn well better not have.
With their superstar teammate setting them up early and often, the two guards came up big as the Cavaliers won Game 6 and their first-round playoff [...]

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