Mass Vaccinations Begin At Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center

METRO CLEVELAND, OH — Coronavirus vaccinations have begun at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center, the first mass vaccination site to open in Ohio.

About 1,500 vaccinations were given during Tuesday’s “soft opening,” according to local news reports. The plan is to add 1,500 more vaccinations every day until the daily number hits 6,000, according to Cleveland.com. Eventually, as many as 210,000 vaccinations will be performed at the Wolstein Center, with a certain number set aside for people in impoverished areas.

Reaction from Ohioans who were among the first to be inoculated at the downtown Cleveland site has been largely positive.

“The Wolstein Center couldn't have been easier,” Jim Marek of Lakewood tweeted Wednesday. “Parked in the garage at 10:05 and was vaccinated by 10:15.”

Anyone 40 or older or with one of five underlying conditions is eligible beginning Friday, with all Ohioans age 16 and up able to access the vaccines beginning March 29. Read more from Cleveland.com

Live Shows Returning To Playhouse Square

Live performances will return to the Playhouse Square theater district in downtown Cleveland in June after a closure going on more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first show is planned for June 11, the start of a monthlong run of “The Choir of Man” at the Mimi Ohio Theatre. Read more from Cleveland Scene Magazine

Metro Cleveland Headlines:

• Site Of 11 Cleveland Murders Transforming Into Community Garden: The “Garden of 11 Angels” will open as a community garden this fall in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, at the site of serial killer Anthony Sowell’s 11 murders, via Cleveland Patch.
• Verizon To Launch 5G Home Internet Service In Cleveland This Week: Faster internet service is coming to parts of Cleveland as early as Thursday, Verizon has said. A map showing service upgrade plans shows it is mostly going to the city’s West Side and Lakewood first, via Cleveland.com.
• Lorain Man Accused Of Participating In U.S. Capitol Riots: Clifford Mackrell faces federal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, via Avon-Avon Lake Patch.

"A lot of times, they don’t look at the person behind the badge."

— Canton police Officer LaMar Sharpe, in a WKYC feature on his above-and-beyond efforts to help the community.

SPORTS TALK: The Cleveland Browns have stayed active in the early days of free agency, signing former Atlanta Falcons defensive end Takk McKinley to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million.

WEATHER IN A WORD: Rainy

LET’S MAKE PLANS: See “Stories from Storage,” a Cleveland Art Museum exhibit curators made from seldom-seen works of art.

• Train rides on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad return May 1. The national park tours will resume three days a week and May and five days a week beginning in June.
• Online concerts on tap for this weekend include one from Michigander Jason Singer.

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