CoolCleveland 06.24.15 Take Flight

06.24-07.01.15
Take Flight

Now that summer’s finally here, don’t let it slip by. Make a plan and go for it. Become intuitive. Don’t think too hard. Turn off your mind and soar upstream.

To help kids find their wings, do the 5K at one of the best zoos in the world and support Big Brothers Big Sisters. If you haven’t experienced the Ohio Light Opera, their short season is just beginning, so don’t miss your shot. If you’re in the mood to laugh, there’s high-flying comedy this week. If not, convergence-continuum will have you thinking about your own mortality. Hey, every journey’s got to come to an end sometime.

Pilot your own expedition by navigating below: get on board with NEO’s finest commentator Mansfield Frazier as he maneuvers murder, hate, guns, drugs, death, and forgiveness, and it’s not necessarily a joyride; hang on tight as our Soundbite Laureate drives home his STEManifesto for reforming education; if you’d rather march than ride, come together at the Pride Parade and Festival; bid adieu as Apollo’s Fire plays some farewell concerts before wowing Tanglewood and the Proms; soak up the value of water at Chautauqua in Chagrin; get “vegucated” on how to eat vegan with a free dinner & film; the hit parade keeps rolling as Anne E. DeChant and The Modern Electric each unveil new releases; grab the night flight to AsiaTown’s new after-hours street markets and take wing past sunset.

Still feeling grounded? We can help: our re-launched mobile apps will let you fly through all the CoolNeighborhoods in our region, including North Collinwood/Waterloo, our focus this week. Give your career a lift with a summer internship you’ll never forget. The uber-popular CoolCleveland Festival Calendar will keep you soaring all summer long. –Thomas Mulready

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Ohio Light Opera has been offering summer repertory seasons packed full of musical entertainment for 37 years. Despite its name, musicals and operettas are its real bread-and-butter with shows like the Broadway classic Brigadoon, Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus and Cole Porter’s Can Can, all company premieres. And of course, there’s Gilbert & Sullivan with Yeoman of the Guard. The seven productions run simultaneously through Sat 8/8.

Let your creativity take flight this weekend by strolling the streets of Waterloo. While you’re out there, find some of our favorites like Blue Arrow Records, Loren Naji’s Satellite Gallery, Waterloo Arts, or our friends over at Zygote’s Ink House. Don’t stop there! There’s plenty of other great spots to hit up while in the neighborhood, so see it for yourself.

There’s never a better time than now! See what’s up in the neighborhood by attending the Waterloo Arts Fest on Sat 6/27 @ 12:00pm; but before you go, check out the North Collinwood/Waterloo Neighborhood Page for more permanent listings of restaurants, galleries and other cool destinations.

With the belief that business can be a force for good of society, Ursuline College is launching a brand new socially conscious Master of Business Administration (MBA) program this fall.
Ursuline’s MBA will prepare students for the new emerging economy that challenges the “business as usual” paradigm.

“Our MBA program prepares students to be socially-conscious managers and collaborative leaders,” said Nurete Brenner, director of the new MBA program. “We believe that business must address the needs of traditional stakeholders such as shareholders, but also the needs of family, community, the environment and future generations, all of whom are not generally[…]

Listen to the band while preserving the land! Check out the Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s “Conservation Rocks” happening on Fri 6/26 @ 7:00pm at the Beachland Ballroom. The annual benefit goes to support the Land Conservancy in its mission, along with their newest “Reforest Our City” project.

WRLC’s Pete McDonald clued us in on what the Conservancy’s all about, in addition to giving us a low-down on the event. The concert will feature the folky Ohio native’s “Over the Rhine,” and McDonald himself will be opening the band. Hear Pete’s preview and get amped for the night to remember.

Kick off your weekends right, with the Metroparks’ Euclid Beach Live happening every Friday night from 5:30PM – 8:30PM until Fri 8/21 at Euclid Beach Park. The event, similar to the ever popular Edgewater Live, features live music, food trucks, family activities, and corn hole.

CoolCleveland’s Marty Bielat met up with Metroparks’ Tom Robatin to get the details. Robatin said he loved Euclid Beach Live for its wide variety of cultural music performances, smaller venue, and of course, the beautiful sunsets over looking Lake Erie. Come check it out for yourself, you won’t be disappointed.

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SPONSORED: New to JazzFest: Cuban singer Miguel Cuni Jr. The sound of old Havana is one more reason to love Tri-C JazzFest’s bill with Pete Escovedo’s Latin Jazz Orchestra and Sheila E. Opening that show will be Cuban vocalist Miguel Cuni Jr. with son cubano – the precursor to salsa. This night will have you up off your seat beginning at 7:30PM on Sat 7/11, at the Connor Palace. Buy your tickets now by clicking here.

Tremont’s little convergence-continuum theater is known for the surreal elements in its productions. Its latest effort The Reckless Ruthless Charge of It, or THE TRAIN PLAY is no exception. In it, a group of strangers on a train share their life transitions in unexpected ways. It runs Fri 6/26-Sat 7/18.

On United Way’s Worldwide Day of Action, volunteers are cleaning up schools in Alabama and weeding gardens in Montana. Here in Cleveland, a team of partners are helping to Stuff The Bus With Books.

At a recent Cleveland Indians game, and for the past few weeks, they’ve been collecting over 11,000 books with the help of 30 organizations and stuffing an RTA bus full. All the books go to students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Summer Learning Program. Bill Kitson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Cleveland tells us all about it.

Ballet in Cleveland was founded with the mission of growing awareness and appreciation of ballet in the region through various programs and presentations, such as their two-week intensive for serious ballet students which features an appearance by ballet maverick Michele Wiles, modeling her unique ballet career pathway. Wed 7/1.

Help end the HIV epidemic, through public service, by becoming an AFC AIDS United AmeriCorps member. AFC AIDS United Americorps members work with HIV-focused community-based organizations, such as clinics, youth centers, residential-care facilities, and social service agencies. The team has reached 380,000 people through HIV prevention education and helped over 75,000 people know their HIV status.

Help join the fight like Jim Alsop, an AFC AIDS United AmeriCorps member, whom CoolCleveland caught up with to hear more. Although Jim is scheduled to leave the program at the end of June, the Minnesota native loved the program, and so could you!

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is the venue of choice this weekend for two groups engaged in helping kids that are holding back-to-back benefit events. The Boys & Girls Club hosts a 5K race/one-mile walk and wellness festival Saturday; Big Brothers Big Sisters holds its 5K run/one-mile walk on Sunday. Both take place before the zoo opens but once you’re there, stick around and hang with the animals. Sat 6/27 & Sun 6/28.

Say Hello to the newest winner of OneCommunity’s Big Gig Challenge Grant: The Village of Glenwillow. Created to bring high speed broadband internet to communities and organizations, the Big Gig Challenge Grant Winners receive funding worth up to a 25% match towards project construction and equipment costs (up to a total of $2 million dollars.)

CoolCleveland caught up with the Housing Officer of the Village of Glenwillow, Peggy Spraggins, at OneCommunity’s Big Gig Kick Off Party. Spraggins cued us in on how the new high speed broadband connections will be, yet another, great feature for the village’s expansive business developments.

The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is a handy ace to keep up your sleeve for keeping the kids busy and entertained in the summer, and they’ll learn to respect nature in the process. Bring the littlest ones to Nature Story Time on Monday followed by a short hike to look for frogs and salamanders. On Saturday everyone can join in as Jeremy Umansky of University Circle’s chic Trentina restaurant for Backyard Foraging for Families. He’ll lead a walk to show you what you what’s edible and explain how to prepare it. Tasting follows! Sat 6/27 & Mon 6/29.

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Adventure Zone, in the resort community of Geneva on the Lake, is the region’s best family entertainment center with fun for every age. Screaming Eagle go karts, blaster bumper boats, a challenging Adventure Golf course, cages for softball and baseball, climbing walls and bouncy tramps, manicured grounds and an arcade with over 100 of the hottest games in the nation offer an affordable afternoon escape.

To extend any visit to a ‘stay-cation,’ add a day at the beach, a stroll along the iconic Geneva on the Lake ‘Strip’ and an overnight at our Geneva Lodge or one of the lakefront cottages. AdventureZoneFun.com.

SPONSORED: Catch the rising stars at The Kent Stage: Chil Summer Break Festival, Bob Schneider Band, Richard Thompson, Ricki Lee Jones, Shwayze, Todd Rundgren, Shwayze, Keb Mo, Bryan Sutton, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen, Eric Burden & The Animals, plus Edgar Winter, Justin Hayward, Charlie Musslewhite, Rhiannon Giddens, Dweezil Zappa Guitar Masterclass, Zappa Plays Zappa, Hot Tuna Acoustic, Over The Rhine, Aaron Neville, Sklar Brothers and Featuring The Fairfield Four and the McCrary Sisters, all at the acoustically superior Kent Stage in 2015. Get your tickets now for TheKentStage.com.

The Workmen’s Circle celebrates Jewish culture and the arts at the 37th annual Workmen’s Circle free concert at Cain Park. Klezmer band Yiddishe Cup headlines, along with the Steven Greenman & Mark Freiman Duo and Lori Cahan-Smon Sun 6/28.

* The six-year wait is over as The Modern Electric bring their new album to the Beachland Sat 6/27.
* Hey bands! It’s time to get your submission in for WRUW’s annual Studio-A-Rama extravaganza.
* Anne E. DeChant previews her new album for fans at the Music Box. Fri 6/26.
* Sammy DeLeon will have the dead dancing with lively Latin Jazz at Lake View Cemetery. Sun 6/28.
* Four master trumpeters pay tribute to the late Clark Terry at the Bop Stop. Fri 6/26 & Sat 6/27.

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SPONSORED: For the love of the Hammond Joey DeFrancesco ignited the resurgence of the Hammond B3 organ in the jazz world in the 1980s. He comes to Tri-C JazzFest at 9:30PM on Sat 7/11 at the Ohio Theatre. Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles and his Calypso Review start things off. Get tickets here.

Homebuyer Education Orientation Take the first steps towards achieving your dream of home ownership. Our classes will show you how to afford your dream home, keep your dream home, and avoid losing your dream home. Begin that journey by seeking the knowledge that will aid you in your quest for homeownership. Before setting off to find the perfect house, know that the certified, professional counselors from Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland are available to help you. See more here. The next class is Mon 6/29, conveniently held at the NHS of Greater Cleveland HomeOwnership Center at 5700 Broadway Avenue. Get more details here.

Mulberry Creek Herb Farm in Huron is giving its annual herb fair a medieval twist this year, with workshops devoted to herbal remedies that have been working for hundreds of years. Plus food, vendors & performances with a medieval theme. Sat 6/27-Sun 6/28.

* Get “vegucated”about how to eat a diet without animal products at a free vegan dinner and film screening sponsored by the Cleveland Animal Rights Alliance. Thu 6/25 .

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SPONSORED: The Ohio Light Opera thru 8/8. See 7 musical gems in rep at Freelander Theater in Wooster, Ohio: Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon, Cole Porter’s Can-Can, Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash’s One Touch of Venus, George and Ira Gershwin’s Oh, Kay!, Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard, and Franz Lehar’s Friederike. Order your tickets today! Call 330-263-2345 or visit OhioLightOpera.org.

A decade ago, Cleveland comedian Bill Squire was unknown. Now he’s a cast member of WMMS-FM’s The Alan Cox Show, host of a web series, filming a comedy special and playing gigs all over town. He’ll be featured at “Sizzling Comedy at the Beachland” with three other Cleveland funny guys: Mike Polk Jr., Sticky T and Chad Weaver. It’s Sun 6/28.

WED 6/24
The Maltz Museum’s current exhibit Chasing Dreams considers how baseball & society reflect each other. Its panel discussion, You Are Out, looks at how sports have evolved on LGBT inclusion as society’s attitudes have changed.

* Carlos Jones starts the week today at Music in the Meadow and wraps it at Wade Oval Wednesdays. 7/1 .

Click here for more events on Wed 6/24

THU 6/25
The Theater Ninjas’ TingleTangle, humorous take on gender and sexuality proved so popular when they performed it last fall that they’re bringing it back for three performances at Waterloo’s Maria Neil Art Project, through Sat 6/26.

* Indie rock survivors the Melvins bring the noise to the Grog Shop.
* A pair of local poets will perform to jazz rhythms at Nighttown.
* Preservation Hall Jazz Band plays traditional New Orleans music at Cain Park.
* Area roots rockers Jessica Lea Mayfield & Shivering Timbers share the stage at Musica.

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FRI 6/26
AsiaTown’s new monthly Night Markets are based on Asian afterhours street markets, designed for leisurely strolling, exploring and hanging out. With food, vendors and entertainment, they’ll take place the last Friday of the month through September.

* Three big days of Italian American culture and food at the Fairgrounds through Sun 6/28.
* Come to a benefit at Hoopple’s to raise money for Flats dragon boat facility.
* Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton will be cooking gumbo and blues at Wilbert’s.
* Banjos caress not duel when Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn play Cain Park.
* Sidewalk Cinema shows School of Rock outdoors in downtown Kent.
* Celebrate world cultures at the Lorain International Festival through Sun 6/28.
* Rock the docks in Akron with music, food, games and boat rides through Sun 6/28.
* Maureen McGovern does a benefit at Nighttown for the Cedar-Fairmount district.
* Hit the dance floor for a lively Latin Dance Party at the Music Box.
* Hip2B Square honors Gordon Square cultural arts activist Nancy McCann.
* Cincinnati duo Over the Rhine plays benefit for the Western Reserve Land Conservancy at the Beachland.
* Eclectic jazz project fiddleFuck plays Blu Jazz in Akron tonight & Cleveland’s Bop Stop Sun 6/28.

Click here for more events on Fri 6/26

SAT 6/27
The Pride Parade and Festival is one of Cleveland’s best parties of the year, and you don’t have to be LGBT to be part of it. An open mind and enthusiasm for having fun with a crowd of friendly, diverse people are all that’s needed.

* Willoughby Fine Arts Association debuts its fine arts flea.
* Join area musicians at the Barking Spider to benefit Secondhand Mutts.
* Help stencil storm drains to raise awareness of stormwater pollution.
* Play some free outdoor pinball at Cleveland Heights’ Coventry Village.
* Geauga Arts presents the HeART of Geauga Arts Jam with music, dance, theater, poetry & painting.
* The annual Waterloo Arts Fest shows off Cleveland’s fastest-growing arts destination.
* Shaker Heights Arts and Music Festival features top local talent; also Sun 6/28.
* Golden Dragon acrobats perform jaw-dropping feats at Cain Park.

Click here for more events on Sat 6/27

SUN 6/28
Video artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s stunning piece, The Visitor, just closed at MOCA. If it’s still reverberating in your head, get down to the Cleveland Museum of Art where another of his works, Song, is showing through Sun 8/16.

* Stop by the Lakewood Park bandstand and hear free live music on Sunday evenings all summer long.
* The She Speaks series honors Pride by presenting the voices of transgender women at Mahall’s.

Click here for more events on Sun 6/28

MON 6/29
Apollo’s Fire makes their debut at the world-famous Tanglewood Festival 7/2. Before they go, they’ll play a couple of hometown concerts so their fans can send them off on a high note. Also Tue 6/30.

* Morrissey sings for the sensitive and misunderstood at the Akron Civic Theater.

Click here for more events on Mon 6/29

TUE 6/30
Water is essential for life, and a copious source of fresh water is one of the most valuable assets northeast Ohio possesses. The Cleveland Water Alliance and Chagrin River Watershed talk about “The Value of Water” as part of the Chautauqua in Chagrin speaker series.

* The German Cultural Garden is throwing a party with food, bands & red balloons.
* Trevor Hall plays his spiritual acoustic reggae at the Music Box Supper Club. Also Wed 7/1.

Click here for more events on Tue 6/30

WED 7/1
It’s not like jam band music and bluegrass are strangers. The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia was one of the first rockers to embrace bluegrass, introducing the genre to rock fans. The Grass Is Dead will play their bluegrass versions of Dead and other tunes at the Music Box.

* The Cleveland Orchestra’s free Star Spangled Spectacular moves to Mall B this year.

Click here for more events on Wed 7/1

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While the specifics of each person’s American Dream are unique, one common aspiration is the desire for a good-paying job. CoolCleveland columnist Doug O’Bryon lays out his 12-step plan for reforming STEM education to make it a more effective tool for achieving that goal.

If, as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, that, “unmerited suffering is redemptive,” then we as a race of people should be able to demonstrate our dignity by how well we bear this unimaginable burden…

* Hate + Guns + Drugs = Death The ungodly perfect storm of hate, guns and drugs combined in a historic black Charleston, SC church on Wednesday night where nine congregants…

* Preventing Future ‘Accidents’ Former Texas governor Rick Perry couldn’t make it a month into his comical campaign for the presidency before putting his foot squarely in his mouth….

* The Power of Forgiving In an act that evidently caught much of America by surprise, when the monster that extinguished nine souls at “Mother” Emanuel AME Church in Charleston was arraigned…

* The Price of Forgiving Much has been made in regards to the magnanimous gesture made by the families of the nine massacred in Charleston; they immediately forgave the villainous, sick racist. Their generosity is being characterized as a noble gesture. But was it?

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