10.25-11.1.2017 Bliss | CoolCleveland

10.25-11.01.17
Bliss

It’s totally within your power. And, like community, it can be defined any way you choose to define it.

T.L. Champion brings people together to meet, learn and find inspiration at her upcoming BLISS events, one of which is already sold out. Curator Mary Urbas finds her passion with art macabre, and hosts the fifth edition of The Skull and Skeleton in Art, at the Gallery at Lakeland.

Dance is the body as bliss, and CoolCleveland correspondent Nicole Hennessey follows SPDance founder, fellow Clevelander Suzzanne Ponomarenko, to Guatemala, spending a week doing arts outreach with women and children in Central America. Watch for her regular updates here.

What’s your bliss? Food? Join Food Conscious for a luncheon on expanding urban farming in NEO. Video games? Check out Tommy Tallarico and the Akron Symphony for Video Games Live. Theatre & opera? Witness The Threepenny Opera as staged by Baldwin Wallace and Cleveland Opera Theatre. It’s in your hands. –Thomas Mulready

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Art Macabre

In its five years, The Skull and Skeleton in Art: Folk Art to Pop Culture show at the Gallery at Lakeland has grown into a monster. Curator Mary Urbas is now wrangling more than 100 artists from all over the country in a wild profusion of styles.

The show is on view through Fri 11/3 but you might want to try to make it out to the Mentor gallery Thu 11/26 for the artist reception, which also includes the Boneyard Market and a costume party.

If you are a Cleveland music fan, you’ll want to check out Rock/Roll Perspectives at Loftworks Gallery in AsiaTown. The show features hundreds of photos by top local concert photographers Joe Kleon and Anastasia Pantsios from the 1970s to today. It’s one weekend only, Fri 11/10 @ 5-9pm, Sat 11/11 @ 2-8pm and Sun 11/12 @ noon-5pm. Come buy that special someone a holiday gift of a shot of their favorite performer! Rock/Roll Perspectives

Dancing in Guatemala

Brooklyn, NY-based SPDance, founded by Clevelander Suzzanne Ponomarenko (pictured), is heading to Guatemala with its “A Chance to Dance” initiative. Leaving this week, they’ll spend a week doing outreach to women and children in the Central American country.

Nicole Hennessey, who is accompanying the group, tells us more about what they’ll be doing, and will be sharing updates about the trip.

Russian Grand Ballet Performs Swan Lake

In the eternal saga of faithful passion, the classic Swan Lake features the story of Odette, a beautiful princess, who falls under the spell of an evil sorcerer. Only Prince Siegfried’s devotion can save her. Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet combines pure romanticism and tragedy in a magical tale of love and deception. This production features the rarely seen Waltz of the Black Swans.

The Russian Grand Ballet makes a rare NEO appearance on Thu 11/16 at 7PM at the Stocker Arts Center, 1005 N Abbe Rd, Elyria, OH 44035. Details.

Find Your BLISS

T. L. Champion of Cleveland’s Champion Studios likes to bring people together to meet each other, learn from each other and find inspiration from each other.

That’s what her series of BLISS events is about. Eight speakers will share their tips to improve your business, health, life and spiritual well-being. The next one takes place this week at the Polaris Career Center in Middleburg Heights, and it’s sold out, but the next one is coming up soon. John Benson talks to Champion to find out what she’s hoping people take away from BLISS.

Take Me Out to the Halloween Party!

Dress them up, grab their candy bags and take them down to the Baseball Heritage Museum for a Halloween bash that includes stories from baseball books and people dressed up as historical baseball figures. Watch out for that scary Babe Ruth! Sat 10/28.

* It’s a thrill for kids to see other kids perform. Beck’s youth theater students,, ages 7-16, will be putting on their version of the Snow White story with new characters ad plot twists. Fri 10/27-Sun 10/29.

* Young people of all ages can learn to write their own spooky story at a workshop sponsored by Lake Erie/Eerie Ink, taking place at the Shaker Historical Society. Sat 10/28.

* Musical Rainbow at Severance Hall will introduce pre-schoolers to the “Vibrant Violin.” Fri 10/27 & Sat 10/28.

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SPONSORED: Owls and Howls Hoot like an owl, howl like a coyote and hoof it down to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for an early Halloween treat! Learn about the serious business of animal enrichment and see animal ambassadors at work and play. Enjoy games, crafts, pumpkin decorating and special animal demonstrations – all in a not-so-spooky setting! Details here.

The concept of re-introducing agriculture into the urban core has been growing by leaps and bounds in the last decade. That’s been happening in Cleveland as well.

Join the organization Food Conscious for a luncheon at Nuevo Modern Mexican to hear speakers present next-step ideas for expanding urban farming in northeast Ohio. Wed 10/25.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.

Video game star Tommy Tallarico joins the Akron Symphony for Video Games Live, an immersive, multimedia spectacular E.J.Thomas Hall. Sat 10/28

* Americana singer/songwriter Thor Platter celebrates his new album at the Music Box. Thu 10/26.

* Akron jazz trumpeter Josh Rzepka, now living in Chicago, comes home for concert at E.J. Thomas Hall. Fri 10/27.

* Quire Cleveland reprises its “Wonderous Rounds and Canons” program at Akron’s Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Sun 10/29.

* Cleveland Opera Theater and Baldwin Wallace stage The Threepenny Opera at CWRU’s Maltz Performing Arts Center. Fri 10/27 & Sun 10/29.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Cool Events.

WED 10/25
The Nia Show at the BOP STOP isn’t just about a debut release from the classically trained, genre-bending vocalist but an evening of entertainment featuring some of her flamboyant friends.

* Learn the history of medical students’ dissection portraits at the Maltz Museum.

* Capitol Theatre’s Happy Hour movie this month is a scary Carrie.

* Get twice as many scary ghost stories when TWO Cleveland authors speak at the Music Box’s Cleveland Stories program.

Click here for more events on Wed 10/25

THU 10/26
Graphic artist John G.’s distinctive posters for Melt Bar and Grilled are often stolen. Now he’s compiled his favorites into a book so you don’t have to do that anymore. He’ll sign them at a release party tonight at the independence Melt location.

* The Art of Longing at Cleveland Public Theatre explores the secret life of nightshift workers. Through Sat 11/18.

* For those who want to get the jump on Halloween, the Akron Art Museum is hosting a “Trick or Treat on South High Street” party.

Click here for more events on Thu 10/26

FRI 10/27
Cleveland artist Arabella Proffer’s work evolved in some powerful and distinctive ways as cancer began to crawl through her body. A show of her biomorphic paintings called Forma & Flora goes on view at the new Gathering Place facility.

* There are two silent discos tonight close by at the Grog Shop and MOCA Cleveland.

* Canadian fiddler/step dancer April Verch returns to Peninsula’s G.A.R. Hall with a retrospective album.

* Valley View’s Lantern Theatre revives the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow. Also tomorrow.

* WCSB-FM stages its annual Halloween concert at the Beachland.

* Severance Hall celebrates Halloween with silent classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

* GoulardiFest is back to capitalize on Cleveland nostalgia. Through Sun 11/29.

* Attend a seance at the Green Patch in Broadview Heights.

* Author Ambrose Bierce gets the WordStage treatment in Lakewood.

* The Greater Cleveland Aquarium’s Hauntaquarium parties continue this weekend. Also tomorrow.

* Bask in fall with hayrides and more at Bay Village’s Lake Erie Nature and Science Center.

Click here for more events on Fri 10/27

SAT 10/28
It’s the 13th year for Gordon Square’s Dia de las Muertos celebration happening around the Cleveland Public Theatre campus, with art installations, music, food, dancing and a parade honoring the Mexican/Central American Day of the Dead traditions.

* Drag queens strut their stuff at Halloween showcase at the Happy Dog.

* Summit County is the Poe House at Edgar Allan-themed gala at the Akron Civic.

* Great Lakes Science Center shares some “Spooktacular” Science experiments.

* Join bus riders on Public Square to advocate for better public transit.

* Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet livens up the Bop Stop with some new music.

* Loftworks rock and roll caricature show closes with artist talks and demonstration.

* Owls & Howls will fill the Museum of Natural Histories visitors get close to critters.

* Celebrate NASA’s Observe the Moon night at Geauga Parks’ Astronomical Station.

Click here for more events on Sat 10/28

SUN 10/29
Wiliam Morris’ nature-based designs were one of the signature outputs of the late 19th-century Arts & Crafts movement. The Cleveland Museum of Art opens a show of his textile, wallpaper and book designs.

* Music from the Western Reserve showcases BW music theatre students in Hudson.

* Halloween Spooktacular at Severance Hall is wall-to-wall entertainment.

* Cleveland vocalist Chanelle McCloud aims to uplift and inspire at Nighttown concert.

Click here for more events on Sun 10/29

MON 10/30
This month’s free community conversation at women’s health clinic Preterm focuses on helping people coming back from prison reintegrate into the community.

* Shore Cultural Center presents readers’ theater performance of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

* Ghosthunters materialize at Westlake’s Porter Library to talk about regional paranormal activity.

* Cleveland International Piano Competition showcases two keyboard masters at Severance Hall.

* Young Finnish guitarist Olli Soikkeli brings his take on Gypsy Jazz to Nighttown.

Click here for more events on Mon 10/30

TUE 10/31
Akron’s Nightlight Cinema serves up the scary stuff in honor of Halloween, hosting a special screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street for those who don’t want to stay home and hand out candy.

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WED 11/1
Tremont’s Visible Voice Books is back at a new location, and some of its popular events are back too, such as the monthly poetry workshop, hosted this month by poets Claire McMahon and Ray McNiece.

* Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and drummer Carter Logan play to Man Ray films at Cleveland Museum of Art.

* Vibrant Brooklyn funk rockers Turkuaz are back at the Beachland Ballroom.

* Trinity Cathedral’s free Brownbag Concert is a Dvorak-palooza today.

* Natural History museum experts will tell you if there’s real science behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Cedar Lee.

* Learn about the influence of “Big Data” at MOCA Cleveland.

Click here for more events on Wed 11/1

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The Newfound Respectability of the “S” Word

Language is vibrantly alive; it’s never static. It’s forever changing and new words spread with lightning speed around the globe due to the Internet.

But this isn’t a new word, so something is happening within our culture to cause it to gain this new respectability…

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