07.13-07.20.16
Respect
As we welcome the Republican Party to Cleveland during a shocking and unexpectedly difficult summer, Cleveland and our region can shine simply by doing what we do best: appreciate the people around us, respect each other and get on with things. And boy, do we have a lot of things going on this week. Even the RTA is in on the act, hosting local artists at transit stops.
For those about to demonstrate, we wish you the best, and for the rest, we offer you a Progressive’s Guide to the RNC to help promote peace, justice, love and understanding. Many of your neighbors are planning to Circle The City with Love. Literally. Thomas Fox was instrumental in Brite Winter Fest, Creative Mornings and Bad Racket Studios, and this week his latest fantasy comes true at Dunham Tavern Museum with the inaugural Agumboot Music Festival: we offer a couple interviews to get you up to speed.
AP moves up South temporarily, AAM unveils a new outdoor space, the best kid’s plays are at Cain Park, you can yoga at Melt, and dance is everywhere this summer. We’re digging soul in Oberlin, opera at the Music Box, punk at the Beachland, lo-fi at the Grog, and Appalachian folk from Avon to Novelty. With all due respect, we’re going to have quite a week. –Thomas Mulready
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Over the past couple of years, CoolCleveland has spoken with Thomas Fox about a dizzying array of creative projects that have sprung from his fertile imagination: Brite Winter Fest, Bad Racket Studios, Creative Mornings Cleveland. Now comes his latest brainstorm.
Agumboot Music Festival is designed to be an annual signature event in Cleveland featuring indie-folk and garage rock. Unable to secure a waterfront location this year, Fox was undeterred and has situated his inaugural Agumboot Music Festival at the incredibly beautiful and relatively undiscovered Dunham Tavern Museum rather than postpone.
CoolCleveland has two different interviews this week: view the VIDEO interview with Thomas Fox here, and read the extended interview by CoolCleveland correspondent John Benson here. And we’ll catch you at Agumboot!
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SPONSORED: America’s Civic Square As Cleveland takes center stage during the Republican National Convention, the Cleveland Public Library maintains a civic space for learning, exploration and thought-provoking discussions of today’s timely topics. Don’t miss these intriguing community conversations. Visit CPL.org for a full list of special events including panel discussions, brown bag talks Mon – Fri, July 18-22.
If you, like most Clevelanders, take a dim view of much of what the Republicans stand for but aren’t interested in street protest rallies and parades or orators on Public Square, there will be plenty of ways to stand up for what you believe during the RNC.
The arrival of the Republicans has evoked an outpouring of events aimed at expressing a progressive point of view and taking a stand for peace, civil rights, justice, voting rights, and unity and understanding across racial, ethnic and other boundaries. Here’s our guide to some of them. Fri 7/15-Fri 7/22.
Let’s face it: the vast majority of true-blue Cuyahoga County is not on board with most of the Republican platform. But that doesn’t mean they want our visitors to have a bad impression of our town. And Cleveland will be awash in events intended to counter any messages of bigotry and fear in a peaceful way.
One of those is Circle the City with Love, taking place on the eve of the GOP convention. There’s no partisan message here, just a quiet plea for love, peace and justice. Cynthia Schuster Eakin tells us who, what, where and when. Sun 7/17.
Just in time to showcase the international exhibition on William Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Cleveland Public Library is unveiling a wide range of improvements and renovations that have long been in the works.
Follow Aaron Mason, the Library’s assistant director of outreach and programming services, as he shows CoolCleveland around. From a new Welcome Room to the beautiful Indoor Reading Garden and Friends of CPL Gift Shop, the Stokes Wing has never looked better, or been better suited to serve the needs of Clevelanders. The 2nd floor meeting spaces are available to the public, and include projectors and the latest technology. CPL.org
In 2007 the Akron Art Museum debuted its spectacular new building which greatly expanded its ability to show both its permanent collection and special exhibits. But its limited outdoor space was unspectacular, to say the least.
That changes this week when the museum unveils its new Bud and Susie Rogers Garden, which provides an inviting gateway to the museum for the community. It will inaugurate it with an all-day/all-evening series of events. Kendall Embrescia-Hridel talks to the museum’s Dominic Caruso to learn what’s on tap and how the new garden will change the vibe of the museum. Sat 7/16.
SPONSORED: The Ohio Light Opera presents 7 musical gems in rep thru 8/13 at the College of Wooster: Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, Jerome Kern’s Have A Heart, Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne, Ivor Novello’s The Dancing Years, and Emmerich Kalman’s The Little Dutch Girl. Order your tickets today! Call 330-263-2345 or visit OhioLightOpera.org.
The first Alternative Press Music Awards, hosted by the Cleveland-based mag at Voinovich Park in 2014, was a big success – so much so that last year, it took place at the Q. Both editions boasted big-name special guests like Joan Jett, Weezer and Slash.
Alas, this year the Q will be occupied by politicos. So the APMAs are moving down I-71 to Columbus. CoolCleveland’s John Benson talks to AP founder/publisher Mike Shea about what to expect if you decide to make the trek (Marilyn Manson and Rob Halford, for sure; Donald Trump, probably not) and whether they’ll be back in Cleveland next year. Mon 7/18.
SPONSORED: Experience the Canopy Walk & Emergent Tower at Holden Arboretum this summer, through Tue 11/1. The Murch Canopy Walk, a 500′ long elevated walkway built 65′ above the forest floor, will give guests a unique perspective on forests and the animals that inhabit them. The Kalberer Emergent Tower will take guests above the trees to a height of 120 feet where on a clear day you can see all the way to Lake Erie! HoldenArb.org
Summer is a time when Cleveland’s many small dance companies get out and about, performing at outdoor venues like parks in many cases for free. There couldn’t be a better time to check them out at the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival in Akron, Cain Park in Cleveland Heights or Tremont Arts in August in Lincoln Park.
Our dance writers, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, give us a rundown of who you can see where and when. They also focus in on Verb Ballets talking to the choreographers about what they’re working on. And Jane Startzman of the HPSDF fills them in how they’re getting kids excited about dance with free classes.
When CoolCleveland stopped to talk with Morgan Frantz of North Coast Outpost at his “office” on the beach of Lake Erie at Geneva-On-The-Lake, we were a bit jealous. View the video here.
When Morgan told us of all the cool new stuff happening in town, we were even more excited about visiting: the Adventure Zone’s new Zip Zone zip line, the new cottages at the Lodge & Conference Center, and the brand-new Geneva-On-The-Lake Brewing Company. VisitAshtabulaCounty.com.
For nearly four decades Dobama’s Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival has been giving kids the chance to see their plays performing. The Best of the Fest at Cain Park features seven of the plays to raise money to keep the festival moving ahead. Wed 7/20.
* Kids can see a play and get a peek behind the scenes at Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s Family Day. Wed 7/20.
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Join your friends at Sunday Funday Yoga at Melt Bar and Grilled in Independence once a month from 9:30-10:30AM. Donations are accepted for a different charity each month.
CoolCleveland joined a recent class with Jacqui Lingler of Towpath Fitness. All yoga participants receive a ticket for 20% off signature brunch drinks like Mimosas and Bloody Marys, craft beers and classic Melt food, good for the entire day.
Fermentation is one of the latest food crazes, with all kinds of health benefits ascribed to it. In fact, it’s an age-old method of food preserving. Wake Robin in Ohio City started up three years ago to make small-batch fermented vegetable products. Founder Molly Murray will host a free educational session at Side Quest, sponsored Lakewood’s Leaf Community. Come learn what it’s about and see her demonstrate a recipe. Tue 7/19.
Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.
SPONSORED: Respect the Music at The Kent Stage James McMurtry & Max Gomez, Louie Anderson, Indigo Girls & Great Caesar, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver w/special guests The Bluegrass Sweethearts, Brett Dennen & Esme Patterson, Hot Tuna Acoustic, The Bacon Brothers, Asleep At The Wheel, plus more. TheKentStage.com.
RNC visitors should leave Cleveland with a strong impression that this is a music town. RTA is expanding its monthly Transit Tracks program, where local musicians regale commuters at Rapid stops, to every day during the convention. Fri 7/15-Fri 7/22
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WED 7/13
With immigration a hot-button issue and the demonization of immigrants peaking, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is hosting a series called Cleveland’s Immigrant Communities where members of those communities will discuss their contributions to NE Ohio. Tonight it’s Cleveland’s Arab community.
Click here for more events on Wed 7/13
THU 7/14
Check out the engaging visual art by DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh at the Akron Art Museum; then come to an adult art class and learn how to draw a portrait of the winsome Akron artist.
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FRI 7/15
Agumboot Music Festival is Thomas Fox’s latest brainstorm, situated at the sylvan Dunham Tavern Museum featuring a dozen indie-folk and garage rock bands from Cleveland and around the USA.
Click here for more events on Fri 7/15
SAT 7/16
The sprawling beach at Mentor Headlands State Park is one of NE Ohio’s recreational jewels. During the Mentor Headlands Beachfest, it’s bursting with activities including sandcastle building, kite flying, children’s arts and crafts, music, performers such as a steel drum band and the Jasmine Dragons acrobats and food trucks.
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SUN 7/17
If you need a break from all the political activity and discussion, come to AsiaTown’s Negative Space Gallery for a “Political Oasis Art Therapy” art-making afternoon. Bring your supplies or use theirs; attend a workshop or work on your own. Performers will get an hour to do their politics-free things too. It’s free and open to all.
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MON 7/18
Cincinnati’s Jim Obergefell never expected to lend his name to a life-changing Supreme Court decision. All he wanted was to be recognized as the spouse on his partner’s death certificate. But his was the case that made marriage equality universal in the U.S. Come meet him at Loganberry Books.
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TUE 7/19
Art team LigoranoReese melted a giant ice sculpture at the People’s Climate March in September 2014 to illustrate the impact of climate change. Now they’re going to both the Republican and Democratic convention and melting 4,000 pound sculptures of the words “The American Dream.” Come to the Transformer Station to watch the ice melt today.
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WED 7/20
Midweek, especially THIS midweek, is a great time to relax over some cocktails and listen to a great jazz pianist. Luckily Wednesday is solo piano night at Akron’s BluJazz when you can heard the area’s best players, such as Jackie Warren tonight, stretch out.
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Things could spiral quickly out of control if blacks – armed with high-powered, military-style weapons – seek to target more police officers in copycat killings, and white officers, feeling besieged, begin to retaliate by killing even more blacks…
* Thoughts on Two Killings One local newscast featured an “expert” who immediately began coming up with excuses for the killing of the two black males. As usual, the excuse started off with…
Read other stories from Mansfield Frazier here
A look back at the last week
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PHOTOSTREAM: A Weekday on Put-in-Bay by Anastasia Pantsios
PHOTOSTREAM: Uzizi House Concert in Cleveland Heights
THEATER REVIEW: Have a Heart at Ohio Light Opera by Kelly Ferjutz
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1) MANSFIELD: Michael Symon vs The Bigot
2) MANSFIELD: Where Are All of the Black Republicans?
3) Cain Park Arts Fest Returns With Artists From Around the Country, plus Music and More
4) Playwright Chad Beguelin’s ‘Harbor’ makes Midwest premiere at convergence-continuum
5) Get Ready to Drink to the RNC with Local Specialty Craft Beers
Take care, TCB,
–Thomas Mulready
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