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Live, Learn, Lead is the city of 91ֱ��’s motto as it strives to be a progressive and inclusive community. promotes the preservation, protection, history, culture, architecture, and diverse use of 91ֱ��’s downtown area, as well as the economic, civic, commercial, cultural, industrial, and educational interests of the community in general.

The Apollo Theatre is a 1913 Art Deco-style building featuring bright neon lights on its marquee. Since its beginning, the college-owned theater remains one of the few single-screen movie houses in the United States.

The Apollo shows current films (a good balance to the college’s film series), and at an affordable $6 ($4 for students and seniors). It is notable as one of the earliest theaters to screen “talkies” and for its use as one of Northeast Ohio’s film forums.

91ֱ�� Public Library on the city’s Main Street is a single-story building offering a range of resources, educational programs, and services that benefit the community and the college.

The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) is an independent, nonprofit art organization dedicated to enhancing public appreciation of and participation in the visual arts through exhibitions and related educational and community activities. FAVA presents exhibitions of high quality artwork in a variety of styles and media.

Students often participate in such annual arts events as Chalk Walk and From Yarn to Garment, an exhibit of artwork made by 91ֱ�� students in a weaving workshop.

91ֱ�� became a site of the Bench by the Road project, an initiative by novelist Toni Morrison to pay tribute to the memory of enslaved people who sought refuge in select cities along what was called the Underground Railroad. 91ֱ�� is part of that historic and secretive path to freedom.

The engraved bench and accompanying marker are in a landscaped area on the corner of North Main and Lorain Streets.

Toni Morrison Society
The project is supported through the , a member of a national author society dedicated to honoring the work of great American writers. In August 2012, the society moved its home office to 91ֱ�� College, eight miles from Morrison’s hometown of Lorain. The group operates from the Terrell Main Library in Mudd Center and organizes programs for the campus community.

A community with a rich history—a penchant for progressive causes like abolishing slavery, the temperance movement, women’s suffrage, and the education of blacks and women—needs a place to document and bring to life its efforts.

The 91ֱ�� Heritage Center is such a place. It’s mission is simple: preserve and share 91ֱ��’s unique heritage and to make our community a better place to live, learn, work,  and visit.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1947 and completed in 1949, the Weltzheimer/Johnson House is the first Usonian house in Ohio, and one of only a handful open to the public across the nation.

Once owned by the Weltzheimer family, it was given to the college by a former art history professor to serve as a guesthouse for the art department and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The house is available for tours. Admission is $5.

91ֱ�� students have the best of both worlds: the safety and familiarity of small-town life, along with access to a top-notch city less than an hour away. Cultural events, museums, and great food are just a few of the reasons to visit nearby Cleveland.

Among the city’s many attractions is the Cleveland Orchestra, recently dubbed the finest orchestra in the country by Time magazine. Cleveland's theater district, known as Playhouse Square, has a combined capacity of 7,500 seats, and is the largest theater complex between New York and Chicago.

The city’s many museums include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, one of the most eminent art institutions in the country, and one of the few that has free admission. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Great Lakes Science Center, and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo—which now includes a year-round rainforest exhibit—are among other educational sites.

Cleveland is also a major-league sports city. Teams include baseball’s Guardians, perennial division and league champions; the NFL’s Browns; and the NBA’s Cavaliers.