If there’s one thing that defines CoolCleveland readers, beyond age, race, income, gender, sexual preference, beyond even psychographics, it’s their willingness to participate in their community. CoolCleveland is simply their favorite tool for finding out what they want to get involved in each week.
Looking to get your hands dirty? Mansfield Frazier can use some help with the abundant harvest at his breakthrough Vineyards & Biocellar at Chateau Hough this Sat, and you might walk away with a rare bottle of the famous urban grape. Ingenuity is lining up volunteers now for their Oct event. Wanna make art history? Join our workshop at SPACES and help us archive performance art.
Kids can get involved with Healthy Kids Challenge Day at CMNH, and the whole family can join Believe in CLE at the giant free yoga sesh at the NC Harbor. Music is a participatory sport when done well, and this week you can mesh with musicians from the Revolution Brass Band to Mary Bridget Davies to Jivviden to Hillbilly Idol to Charlie Musslewhite to the Stumpy Valley Volunteers.
Art-making your thing? Walk All Over Waterloo has all that, plus a “Salute to Summer” block party with Jake Kelly’s first major show, new art shops, outdoor music, and a closed-off street for peds, bikes, boards and blades. If your favorite end-of-summer activity leans more towards books, check out the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, and come out to support Guide To Kulchur’s new expanded location in Gordon Square.
If it’s time to get serious and be involved in a life-changing internship, then CoolCleveland might be ready for you. Mansfield suggests you put your foot down and boycott one of our local TV stations for their shameful (non) coverage of the important stuff happening in the region. We agree and that’s why we try hard to be informed, engaged and active. Glad to have you on board. —Thomas Mulready