03.11-03.18.15
Cleveland Style
Having our own style and not kowtowing to anyone’s expectations has allowed NEO’s artists, chefs, entrepreneurs and creatives to flourish. Now it’s time for downtown retail to follow.Donald Shingler has more style in his little finger than most can muster in a lifetime. His Fashion Week Cleveland celebrates 10 beautiful years, and we’re partying with him. Now his Cleveland Retail Commission is ready to give downtown retail a kick in its sweet tush. Read on, then remember to thank him in a few years. And while you’re at it, thank Kyle and the good folks at NEORSD for partnering on Mitchell’s new green infrastructure project on W. 25th, then check out her talk at Old Stone.
Looking for the best internship of your life? CoolCleveland is hiring, if you’ve got enough style and substance to be a 21st century correspondent. And if you’re looking to keep up with Ferguson, social justice, and Mayor Jackson’s toplofty travails, Mansfield’s your man. Because, to tell the truth, it’s just not our style to look the other way. –Thomas Mulready
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Fashion Week Cleveland celebrates 10 years as it kicks off a week long affair of fabulous events.
We sat down with Donald Shingler, CEO and Founder, for a brief convo on a few things he’s excited about this year, how far they’ve come from inception and what makes Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) unique…
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SPONSORED: Sweet Hikes at the Arboretum Delicious pancakes and sweet syrups meet new blooms and crisp spring air at the Holden Arboretum’s Pancake Breakfast 3/21 – 3/22. Shake off the sleepiness of winter and discover the first signs of spring. HoldenArb.org
Melt Bar & Grilled has done it again with their new Spring and Summer Menu. Huge sandwiches, delicious fries, to-die-for appetizers, and that sought after Melt flare, what’s not to like? In addition to their monthly special, The Chicken Pot Pie Melt, you need to check out these other features.
CoolCleveland Correspondent, Marty Bielat, met up with the man behind the sandwich, Matt Fish, to get the low down on the new bites. We got to see things like: the Hangover Fries, Mac & Cheese Bites, Chicken and Waffles, the Korean War Pig — just to name a few. Watch!
There’s a lot of buzz in CLE for so many good reasons: innovation, restaurants, technology, breweries, full capacity in the downtown living quarters, music, entrepreneuralism, festivals, healthcare, theatre, museums, bars, sports, nightclubs, universities and so much more.
But there’s one area that hasn’t quite caught up with these other areas in the city that have a solid foundation: retail shopping…
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SPONSORED: Since Michelle Knight’s rescue, she has been a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year. Michelle opens the season of Cleveland Public Library’s Writers and Readers Series of Hope. Join her on Sat 3/14 at 2PM, Main Library. CPL.org.
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, the Deputy Director of Watershed Programs at the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, is a featured speaker at Old Stone Church’s Hope For The City speaker series. Her talk, Green Infrastructure: Lake Erie, Combined Sewer Overflows and Urban Spaces, will be presented on Wed 3/11 at noon.
Dreyfuss-Wells talks with CoolCleveland’s Thomas Mulready at the new Mitchell’s Ice Cream on West 25th Street in Ohio City, where NEORSD has assisted with a green infrastructure project. Rain from the roof and paving tiles is collected in an underground basin and diverted back into the building where it is used to flush toilets and cool water that is discharged. The program is free, but registration is required here.
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While the topics varied, Mayor Jackson hit education hard in his Sate of the City address last week at the Cleveland Convention Center. The Mayor heralded the Cleveland Metropolitan School District for raising graduation rates, in addition to turning the tides on the atmosphere inside schools across the board.
“People feel better about the system,” said Jackson when addressing the changing views of public education in Cleveland. With upcoming construction projects, increased graduation rates, increased parent interactions, and increased arts education programs, it’s hard not to think we’re headed in the right direction. Keep up the good work CMSD!
SPONSORED: Don’t Be Asleep at the Wheel! Don’t let your favorite shows SELL OUT. Catch major acts like The Robert Cray Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Leon Russell, Carbon Leaf, Donna The Buffalo, Robert Earl Keen, Big Leg Emma & Tropidelic, Madeleine Peyroux, Jonathan Edwards and Brewer & Shipley, Joan Armatrading, Dailey & Vincent, Ekoostik Hookah, and Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, all at the acoustically superior Kent Stage in 2015. Get your tickets now for TheKentStage.com.
Many Cleveland music fans fondly remember the all-day outdoor Rock and Reggae music festivals at Meadow Ridge Farm in the ’80s. Times have changed, and the event is indoors at the Beachland. But Rock and Reggae continues to raise money for the Free Clinic and Carlos Jones (pictured) continues to bring the reggae part of the equation. Fri 3/13.
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SPONSORED: Where does the wild end and the city begin? In a new urban environment where opossums turn up in subway cars and coyotes in city parks, we face fascinating questions. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Explorer Series features author Lyanda Lynn Haupt. Fri 3/13 at 7PM. Music/appetizers at 5:30PM. Details.
Entrepreneur Magazine recently published the article “These Are the Richest Billionaires Under 40.” Mark Zuckerberg leads the list and half the people on it have the Facebook connection.
The big surprise isn’t so much that young people continue to reap the internet profits. It’s that two women made it: Yang Huiyan and Elizabeth Holmes…
More from Alexsandra Sukhoy here
SPONSORED: Take a deep dive into problem-solving the challenges of innovation with idea guru Doug Hall of Eureka! Ranch. Baldwin Wallace University’s Center for Innovation & Growth (CIG), BW Blackstone LaunchPad, The Entrepreneurs EDGE and GOJO Industries, Inc., present the 2015 CIG Spring Innovation Summit, Accelerating Innovation on Thu 3/26 from 8AM – noon. Tickets/info: 440-826-2393 or BW.edu.
While it’s pretty much dead time as far as harvesting goes… there is one thing now in season: maple syrup. Ohio’s maple trees are ready to be tapped, but how does sap turn into our beloved pancake companion? Find out in the Cleveland Metroparks.
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SPONSORED: Ride the Train to the Maple Syrup Festival CVSR and Hale Farm & Village partners for the Maple Syrup Festival on March 14, 15, 21 and 22nd! Board the train and head to the Festival to help staff with sap collection during this family event! Guests receive a complimentary pancake breakfast with train ticket! Visit CVSR.com for information.
CoolCleveland huddled with Oberlin Opera Theater Director Jonathon Field and Assistant Professor of Conducting Raphael Jimenez backstage at the dress rehearsal of La finta giardiniera where they marvelled at Mozart’s precocious talents at the age of 18 when he wrote this opera, and explained why a mysterious rabbit haunts this production. Wed 3/11 – Sun 3/15. See video here.
PLUS: Billy Hart Quartet Oberlin’s own professor of jazz percussion brings his beloved NYC ensemble to Finney Chapel at 8PM on Sat 3/14.
PLUS: Debating K-12 Education David Figlio (Institute for Policy Research), Derrell Bradford (NYCAN), and Darold Johnson (Ohio Federation of Teachers) discuss charter schools, vouchers, and more at 7:30PM on Mon 3/30.
In a few months, chef Eric Rogers will move his new business Black Box Fix into the space vacated by Sweetie Fry on Cleveland Heights’ Lee Road, where he’ll be serving southern Creole-style food. His soon-to-be neighbor, the Wine Spot, is hosting a party to welcome him to the area. Come sample his food and some Wine Spot whiskey and beer too. Tue 3/17.
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SPONSORED: NHS Annual Luncheon Join us on Wed 3/25 for the NHS of Greater Cleveland Annual Luncheon! Purchase tickets here. Join the Board, Staff, Friends and Partners of NHS of Greater Cleveland to recognize 40 years of achieving, preserving and sustaining the American Dream of homeownership. Keynote Speaker is Jonathan Mintz, CEO of Cities for Financial Empowerment. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter and use #Lunch4Home to let us know you’ll be there! More details here.
WED 3/11
“If you think Lorde writes good music at that age, you should hear this.” Witness Mozart’s early genius in La finta giardiniera, a tale of love, lust, rage & madness @ Oberlin Opera Theater.
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THU 3/12
The Wild West comes to the Capitol Theatre. Get out of the snow, strap on the cowboy boots, save a damsel or two, and have a fun afternoon at the movies.
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FRI 3/13
Support local ballet at Ballet in Cleveland’s annual gala, featuring internationally acclaimed professional dancers, music & scholarship presentation. Help strengthen ballet’s presence in CLE.
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SAT 3/14
Dance, dance the night away in Near West Theatre’s new home in Gordon Square. Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites and DJ Donkis are promised to make this event a party to remember.
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SUN 3/15
The Maria Neil Art Project is entering its third year of presenting area artists at all career stages who are deserving of more notice. To kick it off, they’re presenting three artists who use landscapes as a jumping-off point for their distinctive visions.
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MON 3/16
Much “performance poetry” has a musty feel. That’s why CLE’s Ray McNiece is so refreshing. He’s not just a performance poet, although he is that. He’s also an actor, a storyteller and a musician. He’ll be at the Beachland.
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TUE 3/17
St. Patrick’s Day festivities liven up downtown. It starts with the first light of dawn & continues w/ the big parade. Cap it off w/ live music from Pogues tribute band The Boys From the County Hell & others.
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WED 3/18
This year’s Cleveland Int’l Film Festival is, of course, bigger than ever w/ 193 feature films & 234 short films representing 60 countries.
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For the first time in 100 years, United Way of Greater Cleveland did not set a goal for their annual campaign. But that didn’t stop them from breaking last year’s total by a half a million dollars.
CoolCleveland’s Thomas Mulready caught up with United Way’s President and CEO Bill Kitson, along with Paul Matsen, Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Marketing Officer and co-chair of this year’s campaign at their huge annual meeting.
With a renewed focus on Education, Income and Health, the new United Way helps the community find ways to give, advocate and volunteer to help others in need.
At the Guggisberg Swiss Inn in Charm, near Millersburg, you can experience an old-fashioned Victorian sleigh ride.
Imagine navigating off Ohio 39 in Amish country onto dirt roads winding past saw mills and lumber yards, through rolling farmland and intersections that pop up out of nowhere, where people wave from snowmobiles and Amish buggies sit alongside neat farmhouses…
More from Claudia Taller here
The Saturday before “Bloody Sunday” President Barack Obama journeyed to Selma, Alabama to make one of the most impassioned and inspiring — not to mention longest) speeches of his tenure as a resident of the Oval Office…
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEWS: High School Students Review Chicago @ the Beck Center
REVIEW: Plays about gay marriage have a successful return visit @ CPT by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Becky Shaw Gets a Marvelous Production @ Dobama Theatre by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Compagnie Kafig — Giant Steps for Hip-Hop by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
REVIEW: So Romantic – Dirty Dancing @ PlayhouseSquare by Laura Kennelly
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MANSFIELD: The Elite One-Percent Speak
Well said. I was sort of floored by the editorial as well. My favorite part was their unsupported suggestion that poverty has declined during jackson’s tenure. A simple Google search will tell you it has risen more than 5%. Do they really not know what the trends are with poverty in the city?…
Angie Schmitt
CareerTOOLBOX #43: Whiplash
Alex, bravo and a standing ovation! I enjoyed your clarion call to aspire to greatness. Whenever I am asked to speak at a career day, I often ask the class that I’m addressing, “Does anybody here want to be average, mediocre?”…
Peter Lawson Jones
MANSFIELD: Something Is Rotten In City Hall
Jackson is only loyal to his management not city employees. Concerning the rank and file he’s not as bad as Mike White in his distain but there certainly is no loyalty. I know. I work here…
hank wait
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