09.23-09.30.15
FireFish
It’s not the first time this place is going up in flames. And I know it won’t be the last. But the inaugural FireFish Festival of fire, art & water, led by the venerable arts pioneer James Levin, promises to light up Lorain, its Black River, and our imaginations.Just as esteemed, visual arts curator Henry Adams is honored by ARTneo in their hot new venue at 78th Street Studios; catch our feature and video. Robert Maschke’s 1point618 Gallery in Gordon Square presents the fourth show of local Jenniffer Omaitz while MOCA opens with work by Korean artist Do Ho Suh, Israeli multi-media artist Nevet Yitzhak and international composer Fatima Al Qadiri.
Music is also smoking hot this week, with Frode Gjerstad leading the trio Tipple at the BOP STOP, where The Thing set things on fire, while sonic artist Ellen Fullman performs her Long String Instrument at Transformer Station, and the FiveOne Experimental Orchestra performs in the Flower Child vintage store. Hold the date for our first ever high-end audio listening event on 10/9-10 at the Aloft Hotel, where you can hear what you’ve been missing on some hot sound systems.
Light things up with Festa Gervasi in Canton, burn the midnight oil at the final Night Market of the year in AsiaTown, and be there for the first Ohio City Street Festival and the last Walnut Wednesdays of the season. Because it’s up to you to keep the fires burning. –Thomas Mulready
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The brand new FireFish Festival, promises to be something special. Artists, actors, dancers, musicians and other performers will take over unused, abandoned and hidden spaces in downtown Lorain and Black River Landing for this “festival of fire, art and water.”
Expect to see people creating unexpected things. CoolCleveland’s Kendall Embrescia Hridel talks to festival director James Levin for some hints about what some of those things might be — but you’ll want to check it out for yourself. Sat 9/26.
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SPONSORED: Only @ Oberlin Oberlin College & Conservatory opens the 2015-16 Artist Recital Series with acclaimed pianists from Italy’s Lake Como Academy. Music by Schubert, Chopin, and Scriabin begins @ 7:30 on Sun 9/27. Zadie Smith, prize-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty speaks about life and craft @ 7:30 on Tues 9/29.
Cleveland’s ARTneo, dedicated to collecting and educating people about northeast Ohio art, has come a long way since founding in 1984 when it focused mainly on the “Cleveland school” of painters from the early 1900s. It’s expanded to include more contemporary artists and moved into its own new space at the 78th Street Studios. Its benefit tonight honors art historian/author/curator Henry Adams who has contributed much to ARTneo’s growth. Sat 9/26.
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Cleveland’s favorite art and technology-based event, IngenuityFest, is back at NorthCoast Harbor on Fri 10/2 – Sun 10/4 for a jam-packed three days of fun, entertainment, makers and science! Known for activating spaces and captivating audiences, Ingenuity has been a staple for Cleveland for the past 11 years, and this festival’s theme of “Transitions” is symbolic of the times.
Check out innovative art instillations like “Pipe Dream” or “CUbE x WORK,” a three-dimensional form designed to create light and motion, in non-traditional spaces. Sound inspirational? Try out their maker spaces and get your creative side working, while enjoying great music and food.
Canton’s Gervasi Vineyards is a stunning place to hang out, a piece of the countryside within city limits. With its renovated barn restaurant, its grape arbors, its bocce courts, its lake and its patios, it’s a bucolic getaway with an Italian aura. Its 4th annual Grape Harvest Fest, Festa Gervasi, offers all of that and more: vineyard tours, grape stomping, pumpkin decorating, shopping & more. Bring the whole family but remember: only the adults get to drink the wine! Sun 9/27.
Education, science and fun, all combined into one! That’s how we would describe Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Open House last Sat 9/19 at their EMSC facility. The day was filled with community partner vendors, science demos, food trucks, tours of their plant and lab, and so much more!
CoolCleveland met up with NEORSD’s Jennifer Elting to get the scoop. The event was a huge success, and the smile on Elting’s face told it all. The kids and families were having fun, and you couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
Cleveland’s baroque chamber group Les Delices will be bringing their period instruments to the BOP STOP to let kids get up close and personal with them at a free interactive workshop where they’ll learn about odd-looking music makers like the theorbo (pictured) and the viola de gamba. Sat 9/26.
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Bring the Metroparks to your plate, with a nice dinner out at Merwin’s Wharf. The Metroparks owned and operated restaurant, located on the East Bank of the Flats, features delicious year-round dinning, with a patio that can’t be beat. Sit by the banks of the Cuyahoga and watch the boats pass while munching on a pretzel or two.
CoolCleveland met up Merwin’s head chef, Nick Lanzo, to get the scoop. The new fall menu will come online in early October, but get your tickets soon for their clambakes on Sat 10/10 & 10/24 before they sell out.
Lakewood’s Cleveland Vegan opened last November to serve healthy, plant-based lunch items. Now they’re hosting special Saturday night sit-down dinners with five courses of all-vegan, oil-free food. And they just rolled out their fall menu so stop in. Sat 9/26.
* Soon most of the food trucks will be going indoors for the winter. But there’s one last Walnut Wednesday at Perk Plaza where you can enjoy an outdoor lunch picked from an array of choices. Wed 9/30.
* Compete or just taste and help pick the winners at Geauga Fresh Farmers Market’s salsa-tasting contest. Sat 9/26.
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SPONSORED: They’re on fire over at The Kent Stage: Hot Tuna Acoustic, Joshua Davis, Over The Rhine, Hey Mavis with Hal Walker, The Wood Brothers, Saul Williams, Arlo Guthrie’s 50th Anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant Tour, 15-60-75 The Numbers Band- 45th Anniversary Concert, Aaron Neville, Sklar Brothers, and more, all at the acoustically superior Kent Stage in 2015. Get your tickets now for TheKentStage.com.
Cleveland music fans have loved singer-songwriter Anne E. DeChant for 25 years, since she was part of popular folk-rock trio Odd Girl Out. She moved to Nashville in 2008 but she returns regularly to play. This time, she’ll be celebrating the release of her new album, The Sun Coming In, at the Music Box. Sat 9/26.
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If you think you’re getting the most out of your favorite music, listen up. Vinyl is back. CDs can sound better than ever. There’s a whole world of high fidelity audio equipment that’s accessible to everyone. And it’s coming to Downtown Cleveland.
Save the date for NEO’s first free high-end audio listening event, the Cleveland Fine Audio Show, at the Aloft Cleveland Downtown Hotel on Fri 10/9 from Noon-8PM & Sat 10/10 from 10AM-6PM. You’ll get to see and LISTEN to the best in high-end audio, carefully calibrated to make your favorite music sound like the artist intended. Thousands of dollars of raffle prizes will be awarded, including a top quality turntable. Watch the video, then be there to hear what your favorite music should really sound like.
WED 9/23
Hot Tuna’s Jack Cassady and Jorma Kaukonen have worked together 50 years since before they became known for their stint in Jefferson Airplane. Hot Tuna is their own longtime outlet, and they’ll be bringing the acoustic version to the Kent Stage.
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THU 9/24
Ten Thousand Villages is a little different from your average gift and housewares shop: all its items are fair trade, made by artisans from around the world. Their five-day Oriental Rug event at the Cleveland Heights historic Alcazar Hotel features rugs made by families in Pakistan who get a fair wage for their work. Through Mon 9/28.
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FRI 9/25
Cleveland painter Jenniffer Omaitz has worked hard and steadily built a reputation since her graduation from CIA in 2002. She’ll open her fourth show at the 1point618 Gallery, titled Folding Gesture, displaying how she transforms ordinary geometric shapes into something special. Through Fri 12/4.
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SAT 9/26
A lovely (hopefully) fall Saturday is a great time to be outdoors, helping to beautiful the environment. Join Sierra Club volunteers to pick up debris and trash at the Mentor Headlands nature preserve.
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SUN 9/27
Euclid Beach amusement park closed in 1969, as such small, family parks were being replaced by large corporate ones with monster coasters. But the Euclid Beach Park Nuts keep the memories stoked with events like Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park, taking place at the Metroparks Euclid Beach Reservation, where the park used to stand.
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MON 9/28
Want some straight-up truth about the impact the arts & culture levy has had on Cuyahoga County organizations and why it should be renewed in November? Come to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to hear community leaders talk about what it’s enabled their groups to do.
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TUE 9/29
For 40 years, Scotland’s Tannahill Weavers have been ambassadors for traditional Scottish music around the world, incorporating the sound of the Great Highland bagpipes. They’ll be at Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Happy Days Lodge as part of its Heritage concert series.
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WED 9/30
Few movies are as iconic and beloved as the Marilyn Monroe film Some Like It Hot in which Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis vie for her affection while dressed as women to escape the mob. The Capitol Theatre screens it with a pre-show cocktail party.
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CoolCleveland visits the 2015 F*Sho hand-made furniture showcase to learn about Modern Smart Homes from architect David Krebs of AoDK Inc.
Intelligently utilizing nature, design, systems and materials, Modern Smart Homes are built with partners the Arcus Group, Evergreen Homes and Scott Richardson Design, and include custom-designed homes, renovations and pre-designed homes at a variety of budget levels.
Municipal Judge Angela Stokes‘ erratic behavior earned her removal from the bench by the state Supreme Court and Stokes is fighting back, saying the charges are false. She maxed out legal fees allowed by the court’s insurance policy and now the city of Cleveland is paying, with the tab closing in on a million dollars. CoolCleveland writer C. Ellen Connally suggests there are better ways of spending city money than allowing a beleaguered judge to hire and fire teams of expensive lawyers at taxpayer expense.
Before the community could heal from the death of 5-year-old Ramon Burnett (mindlessly gunned down during the Labor Day weekend), 3-year-old Major Howard dies from a gunshot wound to the chest…
* The Value of Life Is “self-genocide,” the phenomenon we’re witnessing in poor black communities across the country via gun violence, any different than the “accidental suicide”…
* Be the Cop You Want to See Detective Lynn Hampton is a 22-year black veteran of the Cleveland Police Department, and currently is the president of the Black Shield Police Association…
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A look back at the last week
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THEATER REVIEW: The Spitfire Grill at the Beck Center by Roy Berko
THEATER REVIEW: Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors at Cleveland Play Housel by Laura Kennelly
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