04.05-04.12.17
Poetic
Do you remember the day you became a poet? The day you saw the world clearly? The moment you looked up and everything was different?Now we come to the point at hand: the myriad ways our hometown continues to surprise and delight with its offerings both humble and audacious.
A dancer’s second act. A weedeater’s paradise. A poetic battle royale. A 100-word lifeline. The cheerful cello. A sisterly tale. A self-portrait in an envelope.
It’s time to write your own poem this week. –Thomas Mulready
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Fighting invasive non-native plants which upset the balance of the local ecosystem is an ongoing battle for nature preserves such as the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. One of the big challenges is garlic mustard which is mostly controlled by pulling it out.
Then what do you do? At Shaker Lakes, you eat it! Their annual Pestival, now in its 12th year, features dishes made with the plant by local chefs including pistachio garlic mustard ice cream (we’ll pass). John Benson tells us more about the party and a little about how the Nature Center came to be. Fri 4/7.
Victoria Mearini used to be a dancer with the old Cleveland San Jose Ballet. Now she’s fully embarked on a second career as a costume designer which has even taken her to Paris. But Clevelanders can see her work this week when the new Cleveland Ballet unveils its premiere production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Our dance writers Elsa Johnson and Victor Lucas caught up with Mearini to learn about where her career change has taken her and find our how she approached creating costumes for dancers in this ballet with so many diverse types of characters. Fri 4/7.
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SPONSORED: Raise a glass and increase your knowledge of the natural world at one of the brainiest Happy Hours in the region. Think and Drink with the Extinct is back and you can sip a beverage while gaining exclusive access to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s professional staff and researchers. Join in on interactive demonstrations, unique perspectives while noshing on complimentary light snacks and a cash beer/wine bar. Join us on Wed 4/19 with Platform Beer Company to drink & think about entomology. CMNH.org.
Anyone who thinks poetry is reflective and introspective hasn’t been to one of Heights Arts’ not-exactly-annual Haiku Death Matches. While the Japanese verse form is known for its sparse beauty and not its poetry-slam qualities, this event takes things to a fever pitch.
Taking place at the Dobama Theatre, it pits eight talented local writers against each other in a battle royale tossing out poem after poem, some on traditional subjects, some contemporary, in the hopes that the audience will love them more. Expect to hear around 80 poems in all! Sat 4/8.
On back-to-back nights there are few places you can hear a concert by Indian sarod virtuoso Rajeev Taranath and tabla player Udayraj Karpur, followed by a show with award-winning jazz artists. April 11 and 12 are those nights. If chemistry is your thing, then you’ll want to hear the reaction between these two rising stars: pianist and Oberlin alum Sullivan Fortner and singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, the vocalist celebrated at the 2015 Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Album. “Salvant has inbuilt swing, an actor’s stagecraft, an instrumentalist’s precision of nuance, and an appetite for dusting off rarely performed songs.” – The Guardian. Details.
A poet friend of Cleveland writer Claudia J. Taller turned her onto the idea of writing 100-word stories to practice economy and learn to make every word count, much as haiku does.
But when she was coping with her parents’ deaths, she found another use for the form, as a sort of focused therapy to organize her thoughts around these traumatic events. “We all have our methods for dealing with the life we’ve led, with trying to be in the moment. We revise our plans, let go of what isn’t holding us, but sometimes we hold on tight to those moments that moved us profoundly. And sometimes, we just need to write, as therapy,” she says.
Grammy-winning American pianist Richard Goode brings his celebrated interpretations of Classical and Romantic music to Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series in Finney Chapel. The program features a Bach partita, two late Beethoven sonatas, and several Chopin pieces – a soulful nocturne, graceful dances and a vivacious display. “A joy in the ear, a nourishment for the mind and an uplift for the spirit” – LA Times. Goode’s music-making is noted for tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness. Internationally revered by audiences and artists, this prolific concert and recording artist leaves lasting impressions everywhere he performs. Experience him live! Sun 4/9 at 4PM. Details.
Zygote Press executive director Liz Maugans is spearheading a new project called The Artist’s Trust: A Portrait of the Artist in Cuyahoga County as part of MOCA Cleveland’s summer show. She’s asking self-identified local artists to submit a self-portrait in any medium by Mon 5/1.
* Last year for its centennial the Cleveland Museum of Art had its own dedicated ice cream flavor from Mitchell’s ice cream. The Cleveland Orchestra has responded with its own chocolate bar produced by Gordon Square confectionery Sweet Moses which will be available when it begins its Second Century celebration in the fall.
The new production from Talespinner Children’s Theatre is inspired by Indonesian culture. The story centers on two sisters learning to accept and enjoy each other and themselves. As usual, Talespinner pulls a lot of multi-media tricks from its packed bag including music, dance drama and shadow puppetry. Sat 4/8-Sun 4/30.
* This week’s Musical Rainbow at Severance Hall introduces toddler to “The Cheerful Cello.” Fri 4/7 & Sat 4/8.
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Happy National Grilled Cheese Month! Sandwich Special: My Big Fat Gyro Melt. Seasonal Sides: Cheesy Romano Cauliflower & Mediterranean Chickpea Salad. Bread Pudding: Tiramisu Bread Pudding. Beer Feature: Summit Brewing Spring Saison. Cocktail Feature: Strawberry Sashay.
Melt News: Our new Dayton location is The Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Ohio. Opening Day is planned for Mon 6/12. Check out our awesome Beer Events in April! Plus, new Happy Hour menu, fresh made Kettle Chips, online ordering, bigger Big Cheese Club Rewards and more. MeltBarAndGrilled.com.
This week is the annual French Toast breakfast benefit at the Coit Road Farm Market and with all the improvements they’re making, they could use your help. Stop in during Saturday market hours and order up some French toast and sausage made with all-local ingredients and fresh maple syrup. Sat 4/8.
* North Union’s other big year-round farmers market, at Crocker Park, opens its outdoor season this week just as the Shaker Square market did last week: by shearing the winter coats off some sheep. Sat 4/8.
Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.
CoolCleveland’s Stephan Haluska met with musician and curator Rob Galo to discuss his new concert series showcasing the area’s guitar talent called “Cleveland Guitars.”
Covering a wide range of styles, “Cleveland Guitars Vol. I” will feature three performers: bakemono (aka Sam Radford), Todd Masuda (Your Feckless Squares), and Galo himself (Auten-Galo Duo, R & R, Pure Gold). Galo gave us an exclusive demo of his prepared-guitar improvisations using items such as drum sticks, alligator clips, scrap metal, screw drivers and other hardware store tools.
They’re promising there will be 50 accordion players at the 35th Super Button Box Bash at Euclid’s Slovenian Society Home. With eight hours of music in two halls, they’re gonna need ’em. Sun 4/9.
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WED 4/5
Among its many programs, the Cleveland Print Room works with kids, teaching them about non-digital photography and what it can do. Its annual Project Snapshot show, tonight at CPR, showcases the work of teenagers from two area high schools.
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THU 4/6
Want to learn how to write a memoir, even if you were never abused by your parents, raped or became addicted to drugs? Literary Cleveland will help you with a four-week workshop series at Loganberry Books called “What If They See This?” that explores all the implications. It starts today with classes Thu 4/13, Thu 4/20 & Thu 5/4.
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FRI 4/7
There’s nothing funny about the work of OhioGuidestone which has spent more than 150 years helping children and families in crisis. But there’ll be plenty funny at its benefit at the Music Box Supper Club: nine local comedians slinging jokes for the cause.
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SAT 4/8
Russia’s Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space in 1961. Given all we’re hearing these days about Russian ties, the Great Lakes Science Center’s annual Yuri’s Night part, honoring that flight, seems very fitting. Come eat, drink, dance, see science demos and meet a real AMERICAN (from Ohio!) astronaut.
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SUN 4/9
In his 50-plus-year year career, NYC pianist Richard Goode has become known for his interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven. He’ll be performing two sonatas by the latter, along with pieces by Bach and Chopin, when he performs at Oberlin College’s Finney Chapel.
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MON 4/10
Some like it hot, but who knows why those spices bring heat to our food? Scientists do! And CWRU’s Dr. Rekha Srinivasan will share some of the biochemical secrets of cooking spices at the Music Box’s monthly Science Cafe.
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TUE 4/11
Discussions of Israeli/Palestinian relations are always difficult but they are important. Palestinian rights activist Lubnah Shomali will be in the NE Ohio at West Shore UU Church in Rocky River to share her side of the story.
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WED 4/12
The Creature From the Black Lagoon, from 1954, is one of the classic monster movies of all time. But how believable is it? The Capitol Theatre shows the film followed by a discussion of the film’s scientific bonafides led by a curator from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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Here in Ohio, formerly doctors could prescribe painkillers for up to 30 days, but the law has now changed and the limit is seven days. Gov. Kasich, in his infinite wisdom, has capped the number of days that a doctor can prescribe…
* Saving Hough: A Slam Dunk Victory Today The Cleveland Zoning Board of Appeals met today to rule on the objection to the ice cream parlor, and, in spite of Dow attempting to twist the truth into something completely unrecognizable…
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PHOTOSTREAM: Springtime at Rocky River Reservation by Thomas Mulready
THEATER REVIEW: Hamlet @ Great Lakes Theatre by Laura Kennelly
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–Thomas Mulready
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