05.20-05.27.15
Uprising
Whether the town goes crazy this week or not, this region’s been on the rise for a while now.Cool Neighborhoods are everywhere, and Chagrin Falls takes its turn in the spotlight this week. It’s a good week for music & farmers markets. And whether you’re vegan, trans or just looking for a cool festival to crash, we can hook you up.
Visual arts quarterly CAN Journal raises hopes and money, and all you have to do is sing. It’s KidsDays at the Zoo, Cleveland art punk band X-Blank-X returns to play Annabell’s in Akron, and Dana Depew curates a show of Tower Press artists at the Red Spot Gallery. Bikeparty Akron goes Inside/Out at the Akron Art Museum.
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Chagrin Falls boasts small-town charm with a trendy twist. Its main street is lined with distinctive small shops, locally owned restaurants and art galleries. You can stroll along the river, climb down the wooden stairs to the falls or walk down the side streets to see the beautifully restored century homes.
And Chagrin Falls offers lots to do, including concerts in the gazebo or local churches to a documentary film festival to productions at the Chagrin Valley Little Theater. Pop in at some of our favorite places like Geiger’s or Dewey’s Popcorn Shop. The annual Blossom Time Festival runs all week. Stop off at The Barkley Pet Hotel before you go, and let your pooch be pampered for the day. Visit CoolCleveland’s Chagrin Falls Cool Neighborhood page on your mobile, one of our 34 Cool Neighborhoods, for more permanent listings of restaurants, galleries and other cool destinations.
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo transforms into a giant playground Sat 5/23 & Sun 5/24 for KidsDays. On Saturday, celebrate WVIZ’s 50th anniversary along with Curious George, Daniel the Tiger and all of your child’s favorite characters. Sunday, dance to the beats of Disney’s next up-and-coming music sensation, DJ Alex Angelo.
Enjoy non-stop games, interactive play and hands-on demonstrations – plus, all of their favorite zoo animals and activities all for the price of regular admission.
Experience a world of kid friendly fun in one destination at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. For a full schedule of events visit ClevelandMetroparks.com/zoo.
As area print publications have cut back on coverage of the visual arts, the quarterly magazine CAN Journal has stepped up to pick up the slack. Standing for Creative Arts Network, the publication features articles by and about its member galleries, museums and artists — about 80 in all.
Now a nonprofit, CAN is hosting its annual benefit, this year dubbed So You Think You CAN Sing. It’s a team karaoke competition in which non-singers can participate by making pledges that will give their team a boost, while raising money to boost coverage of the art scene in northeast Ohio. It’s at the 78th Street Studios Thu 5/21.
The Cleveland Animal Rights Alliance works hard to make the idea of eating vegan more appealing, with programs like the one they’re having this month at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights library.
Author and runner Ellen Jaffe Jones is the special guest. She’ll will bust the myths that athletes can’t be vegans and that eating vegan is expensive. The free program takes place Wed 5/27.
As Waterloo Arts’ exhibit of work by and about the transgendered community draws to a close, the gallery will be screening the film House Not Home, written by 16-year-old Clevelander Skyler Edge, that gives voice to young people grappling with the issues of young people growing up trans. Its goal is to make such youth feel safer and part of a community. It screens Wed 6/20.
The last day to see the show, titled I Am, is Fri 5/24. There’ll be a party at the gallery and an afterparty at the Beachland Tavern.
Memorial Day in Chagrin Falls for the last six decades has meant the Blossom Time Festival, when the small, bucolic town is crammed with people enjoying food, music, rides in Riverside Park and the company of family and friends. One of the highlights is the hot air balloons, which race all weekend and put on the Balloon Glow display in the evening.
For the athletes and would-be athletes, the weekend features a 5.25 mile run, as well as a shorter Kiddie Run. And come Sunday, there’s the big parade when local organizations put on a show for the community and kids line the curb ready for the candy drops. The festival runs from Thu 5/21 through Mon 5/25.
C’mon parents – surely you remember how fun it was to make smores at camp. You and your kids can do that at the North Chagrin Nature Center’s Family Night. First there’s a short hike to check out the springtime critters; then there’s a campfire where you can all get chocolate and marshmallow all over your face and hands. Fri 5/22.Click here for more Cool Cleveland Kids events
SPONSORED: Rise Up at The Kent Stage With major acts like Jeff Daniels and the Ben Daniels Band, Greg Brown, and The Kent Stage Folk Festival featuring Jeff Austin Band, The Stray Birds, Gaelic Storm, Tall Heights, Don Felder: An Evening at the Hotel California, Gibson Brothers, The Quebe Sisters, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, James Van Praagh, Richard Thompson, Ricki Lee Jones, Todd Rundgren, Keb Mo, Justin Hayward, Rhiannon Giddens, Hot Tuna Acoustic, and Aaron Neville, all at the acoustically superior Kent Stage in 2015. Get your tickets now for TheKentStage.com.
Seafair has made quite a splash in the local music scene in the last three years, packing clubs and releasing a series of impressive EPs. Their first full-length album is also the first to feature music fully developed by the whole band. Its coming-out party is at the Grog Shop. Sat 5/23.Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Cool Events.
GMOs have been in the news as ballot issues to label these genetically modified crops in foods have been crushed by massive floods of money from companies like Monsanto that profit from them. Come to the March Against Monsanto at the West Side Market and hear speakers explain what the fuss is about. Sat 5/23.Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.
OneCommunity’s Big Gig Challenge will help shape our community in more ways than one. With three recipients this year, The Village of Glenwillow, Lorain Community College and the W 25th Corridor, Cleveland can start to see a boost in high speed broadband access as early as this Summer. OneCommunity’s Executive Director, Lev Gonick, spoke with CoolCleveland at the challenge’s launch.
OneCommunity is a local non-profit that provides ultra-high-speed fiber-optic broadband networks across 2,000 miles in NEO. When they talk internet, they’re talking 600 times faster than what an average homeowner can access. Think of the possibilities!
WED 5/20
The nomadic Theater Ninjas offer an original play about the life of enigmatic computer science pioneer Alan Turing as seen through the eyes of a computer program. It’s at Survival Kit Gallery through Sun 5/24.
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THU 5/21
Great Lakes Brewing Co. is rebranding itself with a newly designed label. It’s celebrating with a free Rock the Block party in Market Square Park with bands, beer, a photo booth and a first look at its new visitor center.
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FRI 5/22
Red Space Gallery inside Hotcards World Quarters is hosting a show of work by 16 artists who live and work in the Tower Press Building just a couple of blocks up the street. It was curated by Dana Depew (pictured) whose Asterisk Gallery in Tremont was a cutting edge art spot for eight years. He’ll host a curator conversation, and there’ll be live music by singer-songwriter Taylor Lamborn too.
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SAT 5/23
Legendary ’60s performer Toni Elling will be the special guest when Le Femme Mystique burlesque hosts its annual “Roxy Remembered” salute to the long-gone burlesque palace downtown at the Beachland Ballroom. She’ll join the cast of locals performing to live music by Miss Alexandra Huntingdon & the Gentlemen’s Intermission.
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SUN 5/24
Local fans can always count on a performance some time during the summer by Cleveland rock star Michael Stanley and his band the Resonators. With a repertoire still growing and a backlog of fan favorites, Stanley and crew still put on one of the best rock shows around after four decades. They’ll be at the Great American Rib Cook Off at the Nautica Complex tonight.
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MON 5/25
Food isn’t the only attraction at the Great American Rib Cook Off at the Nautical Complex. The four-day festival, which ends today, also features two stages of local, mostly original talent. The Ones to Watch stage will showcase acts like songwriter Tom Evanchuck, symphonic pop band Cities and Coasts, and folk rockers Oldboy. The Roots of American Music’s tent is the place to catch folk, blues and old-time music acts while consuming that plate of award-winning ribs. Rachel Brown [pictured] is one of the artists performing here today.
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TUE 5/26
The Rock Hall’s Sonic Sessions series presents interesting, heating-up acts for very low cost on its lobby stage. Next up is J. Roddy Walston & the Business, who combines classic rock and soul influences to create music that appeals to a wide age range of music listeners.
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WED 5/20
Folksinger Shawn Colvin is known to most casual music fans as the one-hit wonder whose top 10 record “Sunny Came Home” snagged the Grammys for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. But she’s got an interesting , complicated career that spans more than 30 years, and has written many more affecting tunes as well. She’ll be at the Music Box Supper Club.
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VIDEO: Welcome To 78th Street Studios Ramp Level About a year ago, owner Dan Bush opened up the lower level of 78th Street Studios to an unlikely team of metalworkers itching to create art from steel and wood in their off hours. Now The Nine5 Gallery is the veteran, joined by the Byzantine, Hartshorn Studios “The Vault,” and most recently, ARTneo, in addition to an expanding Artisan Market. CoolCleveland visited on Third Fridays and spoke with many of the artists, artisans and gallerists on what many are calling the Ramp Level…
VIDEO: Cleveland’s AsiaTown Has it all! Cleveland’s AsiaTown was on fire last weekend during the 6th annual Asian Festival. In addition to the delicious food, the festival featured awesome performances, live music, shopping and fun activities for kids. While the festival did kick things up a notch, feel free to check out AsiaTown any time…
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