02.21-02.28.18
A Healing
I don’t know about you. But we’re fed up. A well-regulated militia sounds like our police and military, not an AR-15 in every backpack. Mansfield suggests a sleeping giant has been awakened. This week, we recommend action and healing.
You’d do well to start with the family-friendly all-day Big Love Festival that Zach Friedhof founded a few years back to encourage “building and cultivating community and transformation.” Brite Winter has blossomed into a massive cold weather event with 40 bands, art, Zumba, ice carving, food trucks and enough goodwill to carry you through ’til spring. Cullen and Emmett O’Connor started Archie and the Bunkers in CLE as pre-teens with a hi-fi organ punk vibe, and their new single will save your soul.
Soothe your spirit with Family Game Night at CMA, Musical Rainbow at Severance, and MacArthur genius award winner and acclaimed jazz violinist Regina Carter at Oberlin’s Finney Chapel. Revive your resolve with the Lake Erie Folk Fest at Shore Cultural Center, the Cleveland Cello Society at The Music Settlement, and Instagram photojournalist Ruddy Roye at Cleveland Print Room. Support the best of our community, or the worst will take over. –Thomas Mulready
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Anyone who knows Akron musician Zach Friedhof knows how dedicated he is to working toward peace – both inner and outer. That’s why he founded the Big Love Festival, now in the fifth year. ” It’s very much about building and cultivating community and transformation,” he says.
The all-day festival at the Summit Artspace is a family-friendly feast of activities intended to address sustainability, foster mindfulness and create connections. There are live music performances by the likes of Carlos Jones and Zach and his band the Bright Lights, healing workshops, yoga, Reiki, a Kids’ Space and more – and it’s all free. Fri 2/24.
Brothers Cullen and Emmett O’Connor started their garage/punk band Archie & the Bunker when they were pre-teens. The drums/organ duo is calls its music “hi-fi organ punk” and it’s been attracting attention in area clubs – and beyond.
Now, still in their teens, they’ve released several singles, two EPs and an album, with another on the way in April, and they’ve toured Europe. With a new single just out, the Archies are playing the Beachland Tavern where they’ll preview a few of the new songs.
Back in 2010, it seemed sort of crazy when a small hardy group of people booked some bands to play a mini-festival outdoors alongside the river in the Flats – in February.
That small event, dubbed Brite Winter, has burgeoned in a monstrous event that attracts thousands to its multiple outdoor stages, tents and firepits (along with indoor stages for the less cold-tolerant). It’s taking place this weekend in the Nautica area of the Flats West Bank with some 40 bands, art, Zumba, ice carving, good tricks and more. And it looks like the weather’s going to be warm! Sat 2/24.
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s spacious atrium will be turned into a giant game room for the evening when Family Game Night offers a host of opportunities to compete, have fun and learn new things. There’ll be challenges in the galleries too. Fri 2/23.
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Westlake’s Sibling Rivalry Brewing turns two this week. To celebrate that anniversary, the craft brewing operation is throwing an all-day party with live music, food trucks and the release of three limited-edition bombers. Sat 2/24.
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The Akron Symphony’s popular Gospel Meets Symphony concert celebrates its 25th year at E.J. Thomas Hall, featuring a chorus of more than 200 singers from local churches. There’ll be a reception after the concert to celebrate. Sat 2/24
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WED 2/21
Instagram photojournalist Ruddy Roye is known for his revealing portraits of ordinary people that he shoots on his travels. He’ll speak at the Cleveland Print Room about how he captures these images.
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THU 2/22
The PostSecret Show is based on a website where people sent their most personal confessions anonymously. Now its founder Frank Warren has taken it on the road with actors playing out some of those sorrows, regrets, joys and fears. It’s at the Akron Civic Theatre.
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FRI 2/23
MacArthur “genius award” winner and acclaimed jazz violinist Regina Carter celebrates the 100th birthday of her musical idol and inspiration Ella Fitzgerald on her tour stop at Oberlin’s Finney Chapel.
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SAT 2/24
Preterm women’s clinic holds its annual Bowl-a-Thon in April to raise money for women who can’t afford the abortion they need. Today at the BottleHouse in Lakewood and tomorrow at the Cleveland Heights BottleHouse, come have a bagel, learn all about it and even sign up for a team.
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SUN 2/25
Delores Phillips passed away in 2014, ten years after writing her powerful novel The Darkest Child about the determinism of skin color in the Deep South. It’s been re-released and her sister Linda Miller will be at Mac’s Backs to talk about the book and her sister.
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MON 2/26
The Oscars are coming! And Scene film critic Sam Allard will be at Westlake’s Porter Library walking people through who’s nominated, who is likely to win and what the 2017 year in film looked like.
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TUE 2/27
Each year, Mary Urbas, director at the Gallery at Lakeland, puts together a show that showcases the talents of women artists in the region in diverse media. Woman XI has just opened, with work by early 40 local, regional and national artists. It’s on view seven days a week through Fri 3/30.
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WED 2/28
The Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland’s fashion-oriented All About the Bag benefit at Landerhaven is about two kinds of bags: luxury purses being raffled and bags of food being filled with the money raised.
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Politicians who are in the habit of simply ducking their heads until an issue blows over might be in for a big surprise – this time it might not blow over. And the reason is simple…
A look back at the last week
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