08.18-08.25.10
Abstract
Sometimes we’re a bit obtuse, I guess. So, let’s clear a few things up: Cool Cleveland uncovers, reveals, champions, spotlights and celebrates all the cool stuff and people of our region. That’s it, no Hollywood movies, no touring blockbusters and no celebrity gossip that seems to have infiltrated just about all the other media. What does that mean this week? We’ve got features on farmers markets, a boomerang throwdown, and preview of an abstract art exhibition. We link you to stories on bike sharing, a summit for kids, and how Cle leads the nation in manufacturing growth. For each of the next 7 days, we curate, by hand, just the coolest of things going on in all parts of our region. Mansfield talks straight about how upstanding black leaders have been snookered, and we excerpt comments from our writers and readers. We post the Top 5 most clicked links from last week’s issue. Our partners run Sponsored Links to their own cool events and programs, and our readers click on them. It’s all pretty straightforward, don’t you think? –Thomas Mulready
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For years Cleveland art gallery director Robert Maschke has been after his friend, architect and artist Michael Benjamin, to transform his sketches into larger pieces. Finally Benjamin acquiesced with the results being his first gallery exhibition, What Remains, which will be on display Fri 8/20 through Fri 9/24 at Detroit Avenue’s 1point618gallery.
“The title of the exhibition comes about based on these glimmering images in the distance and kind of what’s left of what you don’t see all the time,” Maschke said. “He’s trying to capture that in his pieces. I think it’s very complex and it contradicts itself. So the interest of the pieces is not the same for everybody. I think you’re going to see different things from different people when you look at these pieces… Read more from John Benson here
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SPONSORED: Complimentary Social Media Seminar RSVP now, tickets almost gone! Want to make money using social media? Join Cle social media expert Jim Kukral for a no-charge seminar on Wed 8/25 in Independence (charity donations requested). Grab a copy of Jim’s new book called “Attention! This Book Will Make You Money.” RSVP here (almost gone): http://guestlistapp.com/events/26229
We want bike sharing! Cle ranks #2 in national contest to bring innovative bike sharing program to town. B-Cycle would give Clevelanders an opportunity to rent bikes at docking stations around the city. Sound cool? Go vote and push Cle ahead of Rochester.
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SPONSORED: Buying your first home? Do you want to learn more about mortgages? Attend a free University Seminar about mortgages and the lending process. Professors from the Weatherhead School of Management will teach you all the basics and answer your questions. For more info: http://faculty.weatherhead.case.edu/clingingsmith/mortgage/flyer.htm
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SPONSORED: BODIES… The Exhibition: Be Enlightened BODIES… The Exhibition at E. 4th St. & Euclid Avenue illustrates the effects of smoking and diseases on the body. Filled with opportunities to learn about the science of the human body, BODIES provides visitors with an up-close look at the muscular, respiratory, circulatory and other internal systems. http://www.BodiesCleveland.com
Snakes, Turtles & Fun Cle Metroparks’ South Chagrin Reservation will be teeming w/ snakes, turtles, reptiles… and a slew of kids eager to pet them on Sat 8/21. The fun includes a giant board game, live animals & music by the Swamp Rattlers.
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SPONSORED: Get ready for a wild evening at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History! Join us in the Perkins Wildlife Center & Woods Garden for Birds, Beasts, Brats & Beer on Thu 8/26. Curators will give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at native birds & animals. www.CMNH.org
And We Love It!
Last week I checked out the new Downtown Farmer’s Market on Public Square. I happened upon the mayor’s office’s press conference near the booth that sells free trade coffee. The Farmer’s Market will continue in the quadrant across from the Old Stone Church through October.
Fifteen food vendors and music take the Square back to the 1830s when Public Square was where people did their shopping… Read more from Claudia Taller here
WED
The sounds keep getting hotter …but not for long. This is it. The Rock Hall’s free outdoor concert series wraps up on Wed 8/18 w/ a show from Trans Am [pictured] & Megachurch. Take in an outdoor show while the sun still shines.
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THU
Healthy School Lunches The healthiest brown bag lunches are the often the most popular with kids. No joke. Good food is good food and kids know what’s up. Learn to make a good lunch of syrupy sweet fruit kebabs, tempeh tuna salad w/ kale, & sweet potato chips @ the next Foodgazi cooking class on Thu 8/19. Make the whole cafeteria envious. Register now! [Photo via Vegan Lunch Box.]
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FRI
Saving Cities Cle Launch Party Saving Cities is a new organization sprouting up. Their mission? To actively believe in people and to attract, retain & engage young professional entrepreneurs whose skills this city needs. Sound good? Show your support & attend the launch party on Fri 8/20 @ the old Brunswick Floral Bldg on Carnegie Ave.
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SAT
Ohio City Blues Fest returns to rock Wendy Park on Sat 8/21. Five blues bands will strum, wail & moan into the evening as you munch on grub from Fat Fish Blue & enjoy the scenery. [Pictured is Austin “Walkin’ Cane”.]
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SPONSORED: The Cleveland Orchestra is in Europe now, through August 29th, and you can keep up on the tour through WCLV’s daily tour reports by Ana Papakhian. And this Sat 8/21, at 1PM, WCLV 104.9 presents the first broadcast of the Orchestra’s critically acclaimed staged performance of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte. Then look forward to broadcasts from the San Francisco Opera starting on Sat 8/28, at 1PM, with Verdi’s Otello. Complete details on all of WCLV’s classical music programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
SUN
Wet & Wild Doggie Fun Day Your dog will love you so much if you take him for a dip in Wallace Lake on Sun 8/22 as part of Berea Animal Rescue’s Annual K9 Splash. Tails will be wagging. Bones will be eaten. And the wet dog smell will be in full effect.
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MON
Harlem Children’s Zone is one of the few social service programs that actually work. Geoffrey Canada’s revolutionary program aims to end the generational cycle of poverty by helping at-risk youth beat the odds. HCZ is a huge success in Harlem & it’s been duplicated across the nation. Will it come to Cle? Join the discussion w/ Geoffrey Canada on Mon 8/23 @ the Palace Theatre.
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TUE
Journey to the Roof of the World Tucked behind the Himalayas is the rich culture of Tibet, which has remained virtually untouched by the outside world for thousands of years. Experience the sacred dances, music and chants of this country on Tue 8/24 @ Breen Ctr for Performing Arts.
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WED
Bottlemania!! What’s wrong w/ bottled water? (You mean aside from the negative environmental impacts & lax regulations & economic factors, etc….?) Find out the full scoop when author/investigative journalist Elizabeth Royte speaks @ CWRU’s Fall Convocation on Wed 8/25. Public welcome.
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For many of us, receiving a boomerang as a kid was tantamount to finally getting a guitar but having no idea how to play it. Eventually both items became a decorative conversation piece. End of story? Maybe not, as far as the boomerang is concerned.
For nearly 30 years Cleveland Boomerang School owner Dave Boehm has been staging clinics around Northeast Ohio in hopes of edifying and intriguing the public on that curved piece of wood most often associated with Australian Aboriginals and kangaroo hunting. This leads us to the next series of events, a Boomerang practice on Sat 8/21 at Howe Meadow in Peninsula and then Boomerang Extravaganza on Sun 8/22 at the same venue.
“Basically it’s to educate people about the boomerang and give them the chance to fly boomerangs,” said Detroit, Michigan native and Madison resident Boehm. “I lived and worked in Australia in the early 70s, and upon returning stateside I would be in the parks flying the boomerang and people would say to me, ‘I never saw one of those work…'” Read more from John Benson here
A pair of Cleveland black leaders got snookered, played like a couple of six-string guitars, by a clever West Sixth Street nightclub owner. Joseph Carey, the white owner of “Lust,” a popular gangster rap hangout in the Warehouse District convinced George Forbes and Rev. E.T. Caviness that racism was the reason police were leaning on his black clientele.
The two upstanding members of the black community rushed into federal court with Carey to prevent the club from being shut down, and, their involvement helped to carry the day for the club owner. The only problem is, the police, in this case, were reacting to thuggish behavior, not skin color.
The end result makes it appear that these two pillars of the black community (as well as the black community itself) condone such behavior, which is not the case.
The 99 percent of blacks who simply want to go out and have a good time on the weekend abhor negative, ghetto-ish behavior as much as anyone else, and indeed, we’re oftentimes embarrassed by such acting out…
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Most clicked
Here are the Top 5 most clicked links from last week’s issue, with one more chance for you to click.
1) Loop: Where Culture Circulates.
2) Mansfield: Culture Clash.
3) Go Take A Hike In Downtown Cleveland.
4) NEO Green Map: Mapping Sustainability.
5) Valerie Mayen Rocks The Runway.
Not abstract In fact, it’s pretty definitive: our writers are cool: John Benson, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Claudia Taller and Sarah Valek. And lastly, though certainly not least, thanks to our readers and everyone who partners with us. Want to volunteer and contribute your writing to Cool Cleveland? Send your reviews, articles, or story ideas to: Events@CoolCleveland.com.
This is pretty straightforward,
–Thomas Mulready
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