12.12-12.19.12
A Seat at the Table
Are we welcoming the next generation to sit at the table where decisions are made? Are they invited to sit on the board, not just the advisory committee? Do we listen when young people stand up to talk, or do we politely ask them to sit down and wait their turn? Read Richey Piiparinen’s commentary and let’s see if we can do better. Then you might enjoy Joe Baur’s commentary on whether a national chain in Downtown is a milestone. Or just another taco shop. While you’re at it, Bert Stratton gets serious for a change and offers a personal angle on the PD’s predicament. And Mansfield comments on the difference between the facts and the truth.
But don’t stop there. Join the Maker Nation at the Screw Factory for their open studio, or Windsong, Cle’s feminist chorus, for a good sing, or The Tour of Good Cheer appreciation party. Or the Tremont BrewHaHa or the Bad Racket 4X4 release show, or the Engage Cleveland holiday social. Get it all on your mobile app for your ‘Droid or iPhone, and save us a seat. –Thomas Mulready
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SPONSORED: Connie Shultz is a Cleveland journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Robert F. Kennedy, and National Headliner awards, and is a syndicated columnist. She leads a discussion of her book …and His Lovely Wife at Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library, Social Sciences Department, Thu 12/13 at 12PM. CPL.org
I was at a talk the other day in Oberlin discussing the renewed interest in Rust Belt culture, particularly as it relates to economic recovery. There was a student from Scranton, PA, who talked about his passion for the Rust Belt, and his desire to make a difference upon returning home.
He asked — and I am paraphrasing — what does local government need to do to enable the next generation to help with post-industrial revitalization?
I responded: by not disabling the next generation’s ideas to aid in post-industrial revitalization…
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2013 Rock Hall Inductees Named: Rush! Public Enemy! Heart! Albert King! Randy Newman! Donna Summer! Yes, they’re all set to be inducted in LA in 2013.
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SPONSORED: Adventures of a Whale Painter On Fri 12/14 at 7:30PM, join the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for our Explorer Series Lecture with marine biologist, author and illustrator Richard Ellis. This is a companion event to our Whales | Tohora exhibit, on view through 1/27/13! CMNH.org
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Tyler Davidson is having an exceptional year.
The National Board of Review named his controversial project Compliance a Top 10 Independent Film and awarded Ann Dowd the Best Supporting Actress win.
On the heels of all this award-recognition, Sundance extended its third consecutive invitation to Tyler, this time for his Cleveland-produced Toy’s House…
Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
Kringle’s Inventionasium & Toy Shoppe @ Tower City is a new-ish tradition for many NEO families. Don a lab coat & enter a Dr. Seuss-like holiday laboratory.
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WED 12/12
Media Industry Mixer @ the Beachland Ballroom. The Greater Cleveland Film Commission invites you to mingle w/ others involved (or wanting to be) in the local film industry.
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THU 12/13
Engage Cleveland Holiday Social Mix @ Battery Park Wine Bar. Party w/ other entrepreneurs! There will be connections, celebrations & opportunities to share great accomplishments.
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FRI 12/14
Tremont BrewHaHa is a weekend of events in Tremont. Go on an art hop, run w/ the Santas & end the weekend w/ some classical music.
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SPONSORED: This Fri 12/14, at 8PM, WCLV 104.9 presents a Christmas Concert from Baldwin-Wallace. On Sat 12/15, The Metropolitan Opera live broadcast at 1PM will be Verdi’s “Aida.” And at 8PM, James Feddeck conducts an all-Mozart concert from the Blossom Music Festival. Full details at WCLV.com
SAT 12/15
Last Minute Market & Screw Factory Open Studio is getting even bigger this year. Expect handmade goodness galore, a free photobooth, gift wrapping to help animals & a food truck.
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SUN 12/16
Windsong: Seasons of Light Cle’s feminist chorus presents a concert celebrating holiday traditions both sacred & secular. Whether you celebrate Kwanzaa or Hanukahh, Christmas or Solstice, this is for you.
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MON 12/17
A Christmas Cabaret @ Nighttown The Musical Theater Project presents a concert of holiday classics, from the classic ones you know to songs stretching all the way back to 1916.
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TUE 12/18
LEAF Night Market Stock up on local holiday goodies from a long list of vendors, pick up your holiday CSA share & buy a LEAF Cookbook.
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WED 12/19
End of the World Party It’s your last chance to find love! Do so at KickStartLove’s big bash. Mingle w/ singles, Martians, Nostradamus & more.
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I don’t think I can review this book without a beer in my hand, so excuse me… I’ll be right back.
There.
Mike is the kind of guy that you kinda hope you run into in a Cleveland bar. Man, this guy has stories and opinions and he’s packed some funny ones and some finely comic tragic ones in this slim picture book with big print in easy-read type…
Read more from Laura Kennelly here
As Cleveland’s Chief of Police Michael McGrath addressed the overflow crowd in the basement of the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church, a week after 13 police officers shot two unarmed individuals 137 times, one of the first questions from a family member was indeed one of the most incisive…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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There’s a “burritofication in progress” on Euclid Ave. near Public Square that should leave Clevelanders slightly more willing to believe in the latest comeback.
Chipotle announced in October they would be opening two new locations in Cleveland, one in Kamm’s Corner and one downtown in the first quarter of 2013…
Read more from Joe Baur here
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In 2006 I spent $16,000 on classified ads at the Plain Dealer. I’m a landlord. I listed apartments for rent.
In 2007 I spent zero at the Plain Dealer. My plumbing and hauling costs weren’t free. Nothing was free…
Read more from Bert Stratton here
How much confidence do I — or you — have in the Cleveland Board of Education getting a fair price for the sale of its gem of a historic downtown administration building on East 6th Street:
Minus zero. Actually less…
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: A Carol for Cleveland @ Cleveland Play House by Claudia Taller
REVIEW: A Carol for Cleveland @ Cleveland Play House by Thomas Mulready
REVIEW: ANNIE Lights Up Beck Center for the Holidays by Roy Berko
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What To Do With Mall C? I would rather see public art here and sports fields in the Flats where Rivergate Park is going. That area would be much better served with sports fields because the recreation area the Flats is becoming…
Read the comment from Mike Sulik here
Totally agree w/ you Joe, and my perspective is that of someone living in the burbs but working downtown. A softball field would be booked solid throughout the summer and fall w/ after work leagues….
Read the comment from Michael A. Johnson here
The next “Urban Park” should be made by taking the four, unfortunately divided, squares on Public Square, and making them one again. This will serve as the beginning of a pedestrian-only section of Euclid Avenue from Public Square to at least E. 9th Street (perhaps to Cleveland State/Playhouse Square)….
Read the comment from Donald Shingler here
walmart… JOKE…
Read the comment from Peter Bruce here
I thought “Mall C” was the area between City Hall and the County Courthouse, which means that the area you’re writing about is, perhaps, “Mall B”?…
Read the comment from Eric here
ROLDO: Bonnie & Clyde Cleveland Roldo, there has to be more to this story. I’m not a conspiracy nut, but why did these two people have to die. It’s like a message was being sent…
Read the comment from Chris Bailo here
Roldo, we have to give the mayor his due. As far as I know, this is the first time anywhere that a mayor has immediately called in the FBI to investigate an action by his own police. Those calls usually come from outsiders…
Read the comment from Dick Peery here
This is Rodney King X 137 = a total lack of training and the professionalism the citizens deserve….
Read the comment from richard here
About three months ago I didn’t think I was speeding but a black and white pulled in behind me and started flashing lights. I did not speed up…
Read the comment from IndyCA35 here
MANSFIELD: Remembering Emmett Till 137 Times I live in the neighborhood where the police opened fire. I watched the You Tube tape that the Bratenahl Police posted. It ends with the gun shots. Something downright evil took place that night….
Read the comment from Cathryn Kapp here
It’s amazing you would mention Emmit Till. I just told my younger kids that story 2 days ago. Horrifying and heartbreaking – but it brought an awareness that many in the north never would have seen with out his death…
Read the comment from Mike Carswell here
Is it shocking that this story is already hidden? Have been looking for this story on the national news since it happened and am shocked to see no mention of it…
Read the comment from muley here
It is unfortunate but very obvious that racism is still alive being administered by those with unhooded faces. Stand up my people and let your voices be heard…
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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) Cleveland Has a New Art and Literature Magazine?
2) ROLDO: Bonnie & Clyde Cleveland
3) Pop-Up Coworking at Mahall’s
4) LEAF Cookbooks make great gifts!
5) Shop:Local in Cleveland this holiday
Speaking up & getting the word out is what we do, w/ the help of Roldo Bartimole, Joe Baur, John Benson, Roy Berko, Martin Bielat, Mansfield Frazier, Laura Kennelly, Richey Piiparinen, Bert Stratton, Alex Sukhoy, 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.
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