Klean Theme – How Can I Alter Text In the Recent Posts Cells?

I’ve recently created a site using the “Klean” theme. (http://www.holidaymountainmusic.com) At the bottom of the landing page it displays the recent blog posts with a grid of animated cells that display the post title when you hover over them.

My problem is that from the moment I uploaded the content of my old wordpress.com site and applied the Klean theme the text in these boxes has been poorly formatted. The words are clipped, the text may be too big, the text color needs to be more legible against the image, and the titles are justified to the right (which may be related to the titles being clipped). Where and how can I make alterations to the theme so that the post titles fit better within their cells?

I’m not a huge fan of the fact that the words are animated when you highlight them. Is there a way to remove the animated reveal so that visitors do not have to hover over a cell to see the title?

I’m fairly new to website design (little to no experience), so any extra hand-holding when it comes to describing a solution, would be much appreciated.

Thank you for your help.

-Bradley