Activities at Legacy Village this summer include group yoga; an opportunity for youngsters to see, up close, trucks and machinery; and Food Truck Mondays.

LYNDHURST, Ohio -- Events this summer at Legacy Village, at Richmond and Cedar roads in Lyndhurst, include Yoga in the Village, Food Truck Monday and Meet the Machines, presented by Hawken School.

-- Yoga in the Village takes place from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, July 20 and Aug. 17. The cost is $15 per person. Proceeds will benefit The Gathering Place July 20 and Rescue Village Aug. 17.

Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Participants will be entered in a raffle to win a number of giveaways, including a $50 Legacy Village gift card. To register, visit here.

Yoga in the Village is taught by Cleveland-based yoga instructor Alicia Hansen.

-- Make it a Food Truck Monday this summer and enjoy some of Cleveland’s hottest food trucks.

The popular food truck event returns from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 27 and July 25 on Legacy Village’s Main Street, with live music at The Lawn by the Cats on Holiday duo (Roots/Zydeco genre).

For participating food truck information, visit Legacy-Village.com and Legacy Village social media.

-- From noon to 4 p.m. Aug.17, come and Meet the Machines, presented by Hawken School. The event encourages children to meet and explore construction equipment, emergency and service vehicles, and machines of all makes and sizes.

The family-friendly event is free and open to the public. It includes appearances from RealPopFusion, University Hospitals’ Safety Squad and a variety of popular costumed characters.

Meet the Machines will also feature a Nerdy Derby, where children can use their imagination and ingenuity to create their own racing car with materials provided by Hawken School. Then they can test their creation by racing their car down a track set up at The Lawn.

For more information, call the Legacy Village management office at 216-382-3871 or visit Legacy-Village.com.

Training future medical professionals: Beachwood High School students gained hands-on training in human anatomy and physiology during a three-day camp hosted in partnership with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program.

Designed for budding medical professionals, the June 15-17 camp culminated with a field trip to a cadaver lab. Students examined both a diseased and healthy heart. They also learned about the body’s musculoskeletal and endocrine systems.

Student Radha Pareek, 15, stated in a news release that working with cadavers helped her appreciate the complexities of human anatomy.

“There’s a big difference between seeing an organ in a textbook and holding it in your hand,” Radha said.

Beachwood High School students stand at the entrance of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. (Photo Courtesy of Beachwood City Schools)

Meanwhile, examining human brain and spinal tissues ignited 14-year-old Saige McNeal’s interest in the central nervous system. Saige, who hopes to pursue a career in medicine, enjoyed interacting with physician assistants in the lab.

“I enjoyed hearing their stories about how they got to where they are,” Saige said. “I really admire them.”

At the Heights Libraries: The Lee Road Library, 2345Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, will host an art lecture titled “Japan in Paris: the Impressionists and Asian Art,” from 7 to 8 p.m. July 7.

Dr. Emma Clute will explore the artists Monet, Hammershoi, Klimt and Munch -- plus mummies.

Clute is an art historian specializing in 19th century French art. She earned her doctorate from The Ohio State University. Her research interests include Romanticism, the sublime and immersivity. Register here.

-- Also, Garden Gatherings will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. July 7 at the Coventry PEACE Park, across from the Coventry Library branch, 1925 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights. Join in and learn how how a variety of plants feel, smell and even taste. Wear clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty. No registration is required.

-- And you are invited to stop by the University Heights branch, 13866 Cedar Road, each month to pick up your very own culinary cooking kit, complete with almost everything you need to make a meal for two or a sample for more. July’s menu includes black bean burger and sweet potato fries. Registration begins July 1. Register here.

What’s new at Interplay? The next project for Interplay Jewish Theater is co-sponsorship of “Oasis,” a solo show written and performed by Israeli artist Amir Peter.

Peter has adapted the story of a French soldier who finds himself fighting in a war that he believes to be immoral.

Interplay Director Faye Sholiton said she saw a “stunning (virtual) performance at the 2020 IsraDrama Festival and knew we needed to bring this brilliant young artist to Cleveland.”

You can now see locally the North American premiere of the show that captured first prize overall and the Nisim Azkiri Award for Best Actor at Israel’s 2019 Teatronetto Festival. It was also the winner of the Kipod Hazahav Best Fringe Performance in 2020.

Peter will perform “OASIS” July 20-24, for six performances, at Playhouse Square’s Helen Theatre. Follow the link at borderlightcle.org/oasis/ and learn more about the show, performance options and ordering tickets, which are now on sale.

Jewish Federation names new board chair: The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has announced that Daniel N. Zelman has been named board chair for the 2022-2025 term.

Zelman, 65, is the chief executive officer of Paro Services Corp., which owns businesses in the chemical, manufacturing and janitorial services industries.

“Dan Zelman is a proven community leader who has consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of our diverse community,” Jewish Federation of Cleveland President Erika B. Rudin-Luria said in a news release. “We are thrilled to have him steward our talented and committed board at this time.”

Zelman has been actively involved in Cleveland’s Jewish community for many years and has been an officer of the federation’s board of trustees since 2013. Over the years, he has held various leadership positions on the federation board, including serving as the general campaign chair from 2015-16.

Zelman just completed a three-year term as the chair of the Jewish Family Service Association Board of Trustees, where he continues to serve on several committees. He is also a board member of Jewish Federations of North America, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and Menorah Park.

In service to the Greater Cleveland community, he is a board and committee member at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and just recently concluded serving on the board of University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center.

College news: Among those who made the dean’s list for the spring semester at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, were Beachwood’s Kaisha Pimentel, Brooke Sheffler and Rachel Goetz; Shaker Heights’ Jimmy Sikorovsky, Nick Lorenzo and Anna Herbst; Mari Gonzalez and Denise Johnson, of Cleveland Heights; and Bobby Turk, of University Heights.

-- Making the president’s list at Miami U. were Eva Cruz and Arin Mintz, of Beachwood; Lauren Kadlic, Sarah Oldford and Keenan O’Toole, of Shaker Heights; and, from Cleveland Heights, Caroline Pick and Greyton Manne.

-- The University of Findlay announced its list of recent graduates, and included was Beachwood’s Kaulin Hooper.

-- Among the recent graduates of Berea’s Baldwin Wallace University were Colleen Mackay, of Shaker Heights, with a master of science in speech-language pathology and, from the same city, Silvia Perez-Protto, who earned a master’s degree in business, specializing in healthcare management.

-- Ohio University’s spring graduates included Arifah Abdulwahab, Maverick Wilson, Olivia Graham, Sara Grewal and Karyn Price, of Shaker Heights; Elizabeth Detwiler, Marcus Lowe and Eric Pascarella, of Beachwood; Abigale Cannon and Julia Carroccio, of University Heights; and Cleveland Heights’ Tyler Dent, Paige Campbell, Keosia Harris and Benjamin Lamb.

-- Beachwood’s Darien Hersh was a May graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

-- Earning a spot on the Ohio University spring semester dean’s list were Abby Slentz, Jessie Titas, Sorrel Kerr-Jung, Paige Campbell and Zelda Thayer-Hansen, of Cleveland Heights; from Shaker Heights, Max Kornblut, JC Talbott-Shere, Maddie Henning, Candice Lawrence and David Spielman; from University Heights, Cahrlie Gibbons, III and Cait Hogan; and Beachwood’s Ethan Solomon.

-- Political science major Kendall Sweeney, of Shaker Heights, was named to the spring semester dean’s list at East Stroudsberg University in Pennsylvania.

-- And, at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Cleveland Heights’ Lauren Donahoe graduated with a master’s degree in science.

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