10.16-10.23.13
Burn
Here’s my idea: Let’s burn the Cuyahoga River. I know a fire artist from Berlin who we used to work with during Performance Art Festival, and he could do fire on a barge and hang fireballs from the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Then we build a museum dedicated to water quality on the banks of the Cuyahoga and commission an artist to build a permanent fire-on-water display. People would come from all over to watch the river burn every night at dusk.In the meantime, we’re keeping the fires burning close to home: a retrospective of Randall Tiedman looks at the industrial spirit of CLE through the eyes of this North Collinwood painter. Natasha Turovsky installs her fourth massive mural on the Beck Center walls. Downtown Kent is haunted, there’s a full moon on Hinckley Lake, and you can drink & draw at the Rust Belt Monster Collective.
We review Oldboy, study questionable contracting practices, and suggest a bold transportation plan for the region. Clevelanders visit Grand Rapids, Trading Places teaches us about business, and Hotcards tries to break the record for full body burns. Looks like everyone’s keeping the flame alive. –Thomas Mulready
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Throughout history — before photography — major cities like Paris, London and Rome were defined by their painters. Their work provided local residents with civic pride and outsiders with an advertisement for the unique energy and character of that city.
Despite Cleveland’s impressive legacy of cultural achievement, few artists successfully captured its unique, industrial spirit. Perhaps the best was Randall Tiedman, whose work can be seen Fri 10/18…
More from Josh Usmani here
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SPONSORED: Leading Change A career in innovative thinking has led Linda Abraham-Silver to Abu Dhabi where she works to create science education initiatives in support of the Emirate’s Economic Vision 2030. Hear the former president and CEO of the Great Lakes Science Center at the Baldwin Wallace University Center for Innovation and Growth on Wed 10/23 at 5PM. Free, but reservations are requested. BW.edu
Three phenomena drew us to Grand Rapids, Michigan, as September turned into October, 2013. First, Artprize was on display with 1500 works in 200 venues around Downtown. Next, CEOs For Cities held their annual meeting there featuring Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Brookings’ Bruce Katz (see our videos) and others. Finally, former Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher himself invited us. See his video, and the PHOTOSTREAM of Artprize here.
SPONSORED: Celebrate good opera- come on! David Bamberger does it again, delivering an inventive interpretation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, 11/6-11/9. A sweet story that’s also allegory, we follow our hero on a quest to save the girl… but all is not as it seems. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
This Sat 10/19, local print and design company Hotcards is throwing a huge party at Shooters in The Flats in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for “The Most People Performing Full Body Burns.”
Just after sunset, 20 people will be (safely) set on fire.
What would motivate 20 people to all light themselves on fire? Well, we asked some of them…
More from Josh Usmani here
Who helps those who need a bit of assistance to live independently?
Julie Pachta, Program Manager for Six Chimneys at 40th & Prospect talks with Cool Cleveland about their residential program, celebrating its 30th Anniversary. They offer services and skill development to 46 residents, the largest DD residential provider in Cleveland’s inner city, in a townhome that used to belong to John Rockefeller.
Though the HELP Foundation, their programs offer assistance to a total of 700 individuals over the past 48 years, with 26 residential locations in 6 counties. Their help is making a difference. HELPfoundationinc.org
Next stop: Lakewood! Cleveland Orchestra chooses Lakewood as site for its next neighborhood residency. Look forward to classical music in nontraditional places next spring.
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At the dedication of the 4th massive mural on the outer walls of the Beck Center for the Arts, Cool Cleveland talks with Montreal musician and artist Natasha Turovsky and gallerist Paul Sykes. Three of her murals are visible in the panoramic photo here.
With the four murals mounted around the Beck campus, observers are calling this Turovsky installation the largest outdoor mural museum in the world.
I’ve seen Trading Places more than any other movie, and that includes all the screenings of both Godfathers and Goodfellas combined.
From the moment I was a kid and first watched that comedy to a few years ago when I’d show it at the end of the semester to my film students to present day, not one other cinematic story, time and time again, has ever intrigued me, taught me or surprised me as much…
More from Alex Sukhoy here
A lighthearted look at a day in the life of two keyboard students, very different from each other, who come together to make great music.
Cleveland Heights is an arts hotbed, teeming with musicians, writers, actors, and visual artists, among others. So the Heights Music Hop, making its debut this week, seems like a perfect fit for the community. It’s an evening of music in venues up and down Lee Road. Among the performers are Heights duo Eve ‘N’ Stephen, pictured. Fri 10/18.
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The Girl Made of Embers book release party is happening Sat 10/19 @ the Root Cafe. The book is intended for elementary-aged children & inspired by darker fairy tales of the past.
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WED 10/16
Great Lakes Theater presents Sweeney Todd, interpreted by director Victoria Bussert & reviewed here. Enjoy meat pies? Are you sure?
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THU 10/17
Agory Night II The Agora is Back From the Dead for its 2nd annual Halloween bash chock full of music & performances, a costume contest, raffles, independent local vendors, live painting & more.
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FRI 10/18
Kent Ghost Walk Take a guided tour around historic & haunted Downtown Kent. Storytellers will bring to life the tales of spirits that loved Kent so much they chose to spend their afterlives here. Kinda spooky.
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SAT 10/19
Kent Comics Arts Fest pays homage to NEO’s rich history of cartooning & comics. Expect plenty of vendors, plus programming w/ Derf Backderf, Tom Batiuk, Jill Thompson’s Halloween Spooktacular & more.
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SUN 10/20
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Catch the Cle premiere of this documentary chronicling the pivotal years in the life of the legendary/controversial boxer. Check it out @ CMA today or Fri 10/18.
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MON 10/21
Kent 2.1: What’s Next? Join the Kent Environmental Council for a forum discussion on active living for a healthy city. Specifically, how does the shaping of our built environment shape our lives?
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TUE 10/22
Those Darlins began as a scrappy alt-country trio of women in 2006, tinkering with traditional country music. But they’ve evolved into something else. See ’em @ the Beachland.
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WED 10/23
Wild Child — a 6-member ensemble from Austin — mixes classical instruments like cello & violin w/ folk instruments like ukulele and banjo, & features strong vocal harmonies. Catch ’em at the Grog.
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Cleveland is in desperate need of a mayor (or a leader at any level of city government) with a bold plan for the future of transportation in this city…
More from Joe Baur here
American roots music is enjoying a revival of sorts. Musicians are looking to the past and incorporating elements of traditional folk music into what they do.
Roots music has always endured on the fringes, but it has gained steam and popularity in recent years. Cleveland-based Oldboy has taken this idea and run with it…
More from Eric Harrelson here
The news that Cuyahoga County “will spend up to $250,000 to study its contracting practices” should be welcomed, if not for the fact the City of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District have both commissioned similar disparity studies designed to verify if discrimination against women and minority-owned firms is occurring when the construction and contracting pies are being cut up hereabouts…
Read this story and others from Mansfield Frazier here
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Something unusual is going on in Cleveland.
No, it’s not the revitalization of downtown or the development occurring in a few high-profile neighborhoods or a new approach to solving the problems of Cleveland schools or the perennial efforts to improve the performance and accountability of safety forces…
More from Larry Durstin here
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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PHOTOSTREAM: MOCA Hex Party 10.12.13 Hundreds of visual artists and their patrons mingled among MOCA’s four floors and enjoyed what some have come to know as the party of the year, featuring the show, “Everything All At Once,” entertainment by j.views, The Hood Internet and q, plus farm-to-table delicacies from Marigold. See the photos of all the cool attendees here.
REVIEW: Great Lakes Theatre’s Sweeney Todd by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty @ PlayhouseSquare by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Funny, Farcical Musical Blood Bath @ Blank Canvas by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Beethoven & ALS Cross Paths in the Thought-Provoking 33 VARIATIONS @ Beck by Roy Berko
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ROLDO: Bob Manry Crossed the Ocean Alone I remember this article when it first came out. At the time I was trying to promote my own children’s fairy tale-like book about Cleveland. While the Plain Dealer did an article about it, my business partner, (who in actuality had nothing to do with the writing of it) got all the credit, due to your using my father’s story to lambast the Plain Dealer….
Read the comment from Douglas Manry here
Roldo: I’m old enough to remember the Manry story; for an 11-year-old, it was the ultimate high seas adventure…
Read the comment from John J. Polk here
Once again, right on the money, Roldo. If anyone in Cleveland deserves a Pulitzer Prize, it is you….
Read the comment from Peanuts here
nteresting details to the story. Thanks for documenting this…..
Read the comment from Steve here
PHOTOSTREAM: Onstage & Backstage With Ian Hunter at The Kent Stage What an interesting interview. Very relaxed and comfortable. Not at all the typical rock star atmosphere. What a cool get for Cool Cleveland. Can figure out who Weird and Gilly are though?….
Read the comment from Bill Cardina here
Continuing to be a Young Dude, I’ll always have a soft spot for whatever Ian does… but what he’s pulling off in his SEVENTIES absolutely blows my mind….
Read the comment from DrBOP here
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Most clicked
Here are the Top 5 most clicked links from last week’s issue, with one more chance for you to click.
1) MANSFIELD: Is Fat Meat Greasy?
2) Make ODOT Listen To Us For Once
3) ROLDO: Bob Manry Crossed the Ocean Alone & Embarrassed His PD Bosses
4) Four Local Arts Organizations Awarded SEED Grants
5) TheMakers: Dru Christine Fabrics & Design
Our writers are frequently on fire. Much love to Joe Baur, Roy Berko, Martin Bielat, Larry Durstin, Mansfield Frazier, Eric Harrelson, Laura Kennelly, Anastasia Pantsios, Alex Sukhoy, Josh Usmani and Sarah Valek. And lastly, though certainly not least, thanks to our readers and everyone who partners with us. Want to volunteer and contribute your writing to Cool Cleveland? Send your reviews, articles, or story ideas to: Events@CoolCleveland.com.
Burn on, big river,
–Thomas Mulready
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