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Sep 04, 2025
Today we’d like to introduce you to Darl Schaaff
VoyageOhio
Apr 17, 2025
Today we’d like to introduce you to Darl Schaaff.
VoyageOhio
Apr 17, 2025
The Darl Center for the Arts held its first major public event on March 15, 2025
Currents Northeast Ohio
Nov 14, 2024
Today we’d like to introduce you to Darl Schaaff.
VoyageOhio
Dec 13, 2023
Darl Schaaff has transformed a formerly rundown Carnegie library in Slavic Village into an arts space.
The Land
Oct 18, 2023
What was once the first library Andrew Carnegie donated to the city of Cleveland is now being converted into an arts center in Slavic Village.
News 5 Cleveland
Oct 18, 2023
What was once the first library Andrew Carnegie donated to the city of Cleveland is now being converted into an arts center in Slavic Village.
News 5 Cleveland
Oct 08, 2023
The living embodiment of gregariousness, Darl Schaaff likes to ask people who enter his private museum, “if you wanted to display what your life collected, what would that look like?”
Collective Arts Network
Jul 18, 2023
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, LGBTQ+ activist and art aficionado, Dalr Schaaff has led an impressive life in his young 75 years.
Currents Northeast Ohio
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Collector Darl Schaaff Exhibits Favorite Life Artifacts in His Own Museum

It was the first library Andrew Carnegie donated to the city of Cleveland more than a century ago.
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Entrepreneur converts old Andrew Carnegie library into arts center in Cleveland’s Slavic Village

It was the first library Andrew Carnegie donated to the city of Cleveland more than a century ago.
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Darl Center for the Arts brings arts, culture and community to Slavic Village

Darl Schaaff has transformed a formerly rundown Carnegie library in Slavic Village into an arts space.

2025 Fiber Arts Festival

2025 Wearable Arts Fashion Show

Book Launch – “Blessed Memorial” by Paul Martin

Northcoast Men’s Chorus

AIDS Quilt

Talespinner Children’s Theater

Broadway School of Music

Seat of Your Pants Production

Cleveland Opera

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The Darl Center: Two Places in One

The Darl Center includes an international gallery with art and artifacts from Africa, India, Asia and Oceania. It also features a full working cabaret theater for events, meetings, and live performances.
Magazine

Currents Magazine July 18, 2024 issue

Cleveland's Broadway Neighborhood Now Home to Darl Center for the Arts, page A4.
Video interview

Cleveland News Channel 5 Interviews Darl Schaaff

What was once the first library Andrew Carnegie donated to the city of Cleveland is now being converted into an arts center in Slavic Village.

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