This town is full of them.
Whether it’s neon artist Jeffry Chiplis appropriating and slyly re-imagining advertising signage, or the Kickstarter that’s capturing the legendary Swingos Celebrity Inn on film, or CC columnist Alex Sukhoy’s greatest hits among her 100 posts for this humble online pub over the past 5 years.
Maybe it’s blues/jazz/gospel songbird Sydney Ellis, returning to Cle to sing at the Music Box, or Signals Midwest landing back at the Grog. For New Year’s Eve, lots of local superstars are appearing: see our roundup. Do something heroic just by eating pancakes at Tommy’s on 1/1 to benefit Heights Arts. Heroes of the modern women’s movement are celebrated in a new Cle-produced doc at CMA.
Not so heroic, as the controversy around police “unreasonable and unnecessary use of force” continues to build, CC commentators Mansfield Frazier and Larry Durstin weigh in as the biggest story of 2014 looks to become even bigger in 2015. As everyone here at CoolCleveland wishes you and yours a truly cool and happy new year, we ask: is peace on earth too much to ask? –Thomas Mulready