Michael Norman is Life and Culture Manager at cleveland.com, responsible for coordinating coverage of popular culture and Cleveland’s rich arts and dining scene. Prior to joining cleveland.com he worked at The Plain Dealer. He was the newspaper’s Pop Music Critic for most of the 1990s and covered the opening of the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. He was also the newspaper’s print Arts & Entertainment editor from 1999-2007 and Online Arts & Entertainment Editor from 2007 to 2013. A graduate of Ohio State University, he lives in Medina, Ohio, with his wife and two daughters.