Hessler Street Fair

Conceived in 1969 as a block party (and later abandoned amid the not-so-hip 1980s), the Hessler Street Fair that takes place in Harmony Park has evolved into one of the biggest and most involved parties of its kind. It's a free event that sort of opens the floodgates for summertime neighborhood fun in Cleveland. There's plenty of fun to go around — pass it to your left, as they say, or is that something else? — and it all begins at Hessler. Festival fun goes from 10 a.m. to dusk today and tomorrow. (Eric Sandy) hesslerstreetfair.org.