Morris Eckhouse is excited about Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American coming to the Maltz Museum this summer (April 12 – September 7, 2015). He sees Chasing Dreams as a perfect fit for a region with such a rich baseball…

Steven Hacker is a familiar face at the Maltz Museum. He’s contributed his time and talent to numerous projects here over the years including the documentary “To Be a Woman in the Holocaust,” winner of two 2014 International Telly Awards.…

Rob Lucas is one busy guy. He sits on the board of Akron Film+Pixel, which runs Akron’s newest independent theater, The Nightlight. He’s also the father of a three-year-old and works full-time as editor for Gray & Company Publishers. Still,…

When she joined the Maltz Museum team in late January, Hadas Binyamini hit the ground running. She’s already started collaborating with volunteers, attending community events, reaching out to partner organizations and assessing the organization’s educational strengths and opportunities. Luckily, we were able to find…

You may have seen Sean Martin give a presentation on the garment industry in Cleveland at the Maltz Museum last summer. You may have bumped into him at one of our public programs. Or, you may have been referred to him…

Last week I had the privilege of attending the 68th annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Community Relations Committee (CRC). The featured speaker was Abraham H. Foxman, the outgoing national director of the Anti-Defamation League. (You can watch…

Twenty-seven-year-old Myles Alexander Keaton Smith is behind “hip-hōp” (pronounced hip-hope), a genre of music he says shows that people can own their “individuality and swagger without crossing the boundaries of disrespect.”  Known as Humble G Tha Fiddla because he’s a…

In college, Lloyd Ecker took his future wife, Susan, on a first date to see Bette Midler in concert. The couple quickly fell in love—both with ‘Divine Miss M’ and each other. Over the years, Midler’s references to Sophie Tucker…

On Monday, January 19, the Maltz Museum is honoring the spirit and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free “Hear Our Voices” community celebration from 11am-5pm. The day begins at 11:30am with a tribute to Civil Rights…

Jeffery Allen joined the Maltz Museum in December as Director of Education and Public Programs. From beginning to evaluate our school tour offerings to developing a robust calendar of public programs, Jeffery is already making connections and preparing to dive into 2015, the Museum’s 10th…