11.13-11.20.13
All Aboard
Ready for the ride? Don’t tell us you were surprised. From the return of Cleveland’s prodigious son Derek Hess to the Cleveland Comedy Festival, featuring 50 shows over 7 days in “the funniest place in the country.” Get on the laugh train.This is gonna be a great week. The Polar Express departs on the CVSR, and the kiddies will want to be aboard. Grab a vegan Thanksgiving feast at CSU, courtesy Flaming Ice Cube. Or teens might be into making steampunk jewelry at Lakewood Library.
Carousel spins into focus at BW, Y-Haven Theatre Project is back at CPT, and A Christmas Story debuts at NWT. Les Roberts teaches you how to write a mystery, and Zoltan Kodaly helps you enjoy an evening of traditional Hungarian dance, costumes & music in Lakewood.
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This Friday, internationally-renowned, Cleveland-based artist Derek Hess presents his first solo exhibition in Cleveland in nearly 3 years.
Hess will present multiple bodies of work — including drawings on vintage Playboy covers and 8-track tapes.
The evening will also include a book signing and the premiere of Nick Cavalier’s documentary on Hess’ life and work. Everything goes down Fri 11/15 @ 78th Street Studios…
More from Josh Usmani here
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SPONSORED: Mating Games Brush up on the birds and bees at Nature’s Mating Games: Beyond the Birds & the Bees at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History! Get a closer look at dating and mating in the animal kingdom in this thought-provoking exhibit. Recommended for ages 13 and older. Open through 4/27/14. CMNH.org
This year’s Cleveland Comedy Festival features 50 shows and dozens of diverse performers — from children to professional, nationally-touring comedians.
Many shows take place on the various stages in Playhouse Square, but a number of free or affordable satellite shows will take place in Cleveland, Lakewood, Lorain, Mentor and Cuyahoga Falls…
More from Josh Usmani here
SPONSORED: Going to Disney World! CAK and Fox 8 are giving one lucky family of 4 a trip to Disney World! Simply upload a pic of your CAKids to win! Enter here.
Holden Arboretum is gorgeous right now. The leaves are falling, the berries are poppin’ & the scenery is ever-changing.
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Gifts From The Heart of Nature
Holden Arboretum’s annual Gifts from the Heart of Nature show/sale opens this Fri 11/15 with a preview party open 3-8PM. Get a head-start on your holiday shopping and enjoy light refreshments & live music plus an opportunity to meet the artists. This holiday gift sale will be open daily in the Arboretum’s visitor center through Sun 1/5.
This unique show features nature inspired works and crafts made from environmentally responsible materials by regional artists. Jury selected items available include pottery, jewelry, household goods, apparel, accessories, food items, ornaments and more. Attendance is free for members and is included in gate admission for non-members. More info: 440.946.4400 or holdenarb.org
Sonny Geraci was the voice of the Outsiders, the first Cleveland rock & roll band to make a significant impact on the national charts back in the mid 1960s. Geraci suffered an aneurysm last year, and now a couple of dozen musicians who had top 40 hits when he did are playing a two-night extravaganza at Streetsboro’s Z-Plex to raise money for him. Fri 11/15-Sat 11/16.
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All aboard the Polar Express! Kids, put on your finest jammies & take a ride on the Polar Express. Sing carols, drink hot cocoa & mingle w/ Santa.
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WED 11/13
One of the more exotic genres that emerged as interest in world music grew over the last few decades is Tuvan throat singing. And the Alash Ensemble, @ Nighttown, is one of the more prominent performing groups carrying this music far beyond Siberian borders.
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THU 11/14
It’s a Vegan Thanksgiving @ CSU. Enjoy a free vegan feast supplied by Flaming Ice Cube, w/ additional goodies from Cleveland Vegan Catering. Speakers, lectures, music & raffle, too. Who needs turkey?
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FRI 11/15
A Christmas Story: The Musical is a must-see. Really. Everyone loves this classic 1983 movie; now see it onstage, performed by a cast of local kids @ Near West Theatre, which rarely — if ever — disappoints.
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SAT 11/16
Evie Morris is well known in the area theater community. But it wasn’t until three years ago that she started playing music as a duo with her husband of 33 years, Stephen. They’ll be celebrating their 33rd anniversary this week in the cozy environment of the Barking Spider recording their set.
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SUN 11/17
Pianist & CIM instructor Daniel Shapiro has performed all over the world, both w/ orchestras, in recitals & w/ chamber groups. Now he’ll be performing in our backyard — & for free yet — @ Pilgrim Congregational Church.
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MON 11/18
UA Jazz Combo Concert will enliven your typical Monday evening. Plus, it’s free & open to all interested.
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TUE 11/19
Miranda July is an author, actress, filmmaker & performance artist, known for such works as Me and You and Everyone We Know & No One Belongs Here More than You. Today she’ll give a reading & interview w/ novelist Alissa Nutting @ CSU.
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WED 11/20
Neo-soul princess India.Arie, back from a four-year hiatus, plays House of Blues. The music industry has been her oyster since she released her debut, Acoustic Soul, in 2001.
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After years of construction, Cleveland’s Innerbelt Bridge Project opened this weekend to traffic following a Friday morning ceremony where the public was invited to walk onto the new Innerbelt to see some of the best views of the city skyline.
Images from the day show attendees with wide smiles, enjoying what was temporarily an incredible pedestrian bridge…
More from Joe Baur here
The day after Election Day political pundits began weighing in with speculation in regards to who will next occupy the mayor’s office in Cleveland. Such prognostications, guesstimates and machinations rank as one of America’s most favorite pastimes…
Read this story and others from Mansfield Frazier here
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In the wake of his comeback victory last week — which returned him to the position of Brook Park mayor 12 years after he resigned from that same office — Tom Coyne gushed, “I love politics. It’s my life.”
This refreshing sentiment flies in the face of the always fashionable “anti-politics, anti-politician” rhetoric that seeps out of the mouths of so many candidates…
More from Larry Durstin here
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: Au Courant – Sad, Mad & Dancing Double @ Case by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
REVIEW: VENUS IN FUR – Seduction without sex @ Cleveland Play House by Roy Berko
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Cleveland SkyLift: Downtown Dream Or Nightmare? Thanks for the post Joe! This is not a replacement to street transportation, it’s meant to cross OVER highways, railways and waterways. We wish Cleveland Streetcar the best, but that plan does not fly through the air or the water…
Read the comment from Jon Stahl here
I’ll admit that plans for the sky lift system are as vague as they are lofty, but not nearly as much as this extremely grassroots effort for a streetcar system, which I would hope you’d know is also under the more common name light rail…
Read the comment from Howard here
This is not a good idea. It is ugly. It is an eyesore on the waterfront. It is a gimmick that will fail…
Read the comment from jeff here
ROLDO: The Big Tax Shock is Coming – After This Election! Roldo, you left out the skyrocketing property tax on the poor as commercial property is freed from supporting welfare and education…
Read the comment from Dick Peery here
This is a must read if you are willing to “wake up and smell the coffee!” What is going on in Cleveland as described by this incredible “journalist of the truth,” is EVERYWHERE!…
Read the comment from Marabeth Farmer here
At some point, it seems rather ridiculous for this kind of message to appear in a vehicle that calls itself “Cool Cleveland.” How does one consider this is a cool place while at the same time recognizing the underlying truth of what Roldo is writing about. Hard to reconcile the two. In fact, impossible….
Read the comment from John Ettorre here
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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) ODOT Begins Eminent Domain Process On Opportunity Corridor
2) ROLDO: The Big Tax Shock is Coming – After This Election!
3) MANSFIELD: 12 Years a Slave
4) Get Your Indie Film Fix at The Ohio Independent Film Festival
5) What Should Happen at the Corner of W. 117th & Clifton?
Shout out to our writers: Joe Baur, Roy Berko, Martin Bielat, Larry Durstin, Mansfield Frazier, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Anastasia Pantsios, Josh Usmani 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.
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