11.24-12.01.10
Get Lost
We like to get lost in this fabulous region of ours. It’s fun, and we always learn something new. That’s why we like talking to Tech Czar Michael DeAloia whose new book, Lost Cleveland was based on his blog, The Cool History of Cleveland. ShopLOCAL with our Holiday Gift Guide- and send us the link to your favorite local business, so we can include them. And we love learning about urban chicken coops from Emmie Hutchison, and about how music, video and radio can become integrated into one cool piece of art by multidisciplinarian Mikel Rouse. Enjoy the holidays, and… get lost. –Thomas Mulready
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Functional design has an inherent elegance. That is a concept at the core of the Chicken Coop Design Competition Exhibition, a contest and display that has been organized by the non-profit organization, The Poultry Project. Agricultural equipment is not typically the material of art gallery displays, but well-crafted design goes beyond purely utilitarian application; it includes aesthetic but it also innovates, inspires and transforms. As event coordinator Kelly Flamos stated simply, “Design improves lives.”
The drawings being considered for this competition have been created with the parameters of an urban/suburban backyard in mind, which means changing the way land resources are used. The ultimate improvement that these ideas lend to our community is sustainability — one coop, one chicken, one yard at a time. Flamos hopes that this event will add awareness of the local food movement, promote The Poultry Project and provide an intriguing display of new design… Read more from Emmie Hutchison here
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SPONSORED: Digging Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson? Then don’t miss Gravity Radio, the stunning new “song cycle” by composer/songwriter Mikel Rouse at Tri-C’s Blackbox Theatre on Sat 12/4. TriCPresents.com
CIM becomes first conservatory to launch multi-platform app, offering streaming concert audio, videos, and complete event listing for the Cleveland Institute of Music’s 500+ annual (mostly “no-charge”) concerts & recitals. In the pocket.
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Based on his popular blog The Cool History of Cleveland, former Tech Czar for the City of Cleveland Michael DeAloia has his new book Lost Cleveland: Seven Wonders of the Sixth City, published by History Press, featuring fantastic images and descriptions of seven of Cleveland’s most amazing works of architecture, from Severance Hall (the only one still standing) to Luna Park, to the massive “Andrew’s Folly,” built by the inventor of kerosene distillation, right across Euclid Avenue from John D. Rockefeller, who had bought him out. Watch the video interview with Thomas Mulready of Cool Cleveland as Michael discusses some of the cool structures featured in his new book.
SPONSORED: Buying local this holiday season? Give a gift that doesn’t end up at the bottom of a toy box or the returns counter. Purchase a Beck Center gift card, good for theater productions and more than 140 classes in dance, music, theater, and visual arts. The arts… a gift for a lifetime. BeckCenter.org
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When the New York Times calls you “A composer many believe to be the best of his generation,” it might just go to your head. But there’s a lot of things in the head of multi-disciplinary artist Mikel Rouse. Listen to this conversation with Thomas Mulready, recorded on the iPhone, as they discuss Mikel’s blending of audio, video and radio, and his Midwestern upbringing, all leading up to his masterwork, Gravity Radio, appearing in Cleveland on Sat 12/4 at 8PM at Tri-C Metro’s new Black Box theatre inside their amazing Center for Creative Arts. Get more info & listen to the podcast here.
SPONSORED: It’s The Candy Man! Enter Near West Theatre’s version of the mysterious world of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, a tale about human excess, consumption and their dangerous effects on society. Audiences of all ages will be mesmerized by the futuristic oompa loompas and chocolate river in this musical adaptation of the beloved children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Performances run Fri 11/19 through Sun 12/5. Get your tickets at http://www.NearWestTheatre.org.
Winterfest 2010 Flock to downtown Cle for a tradition that never grows old: Winterfest 2010, aka the lighting of Public Square. All-day family fun on Sat 11/27: free carriage rides, food & bev, Santa meet & greet… and lights, concert, fireworks!
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SPONSORED: Don’t Be Bored For The Holidays! The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is OPEN this Thanksgiving weekend, Fri 11/26 through Sun 11/28! Explore Extreme Mammals, solve medical mysteries with Disease Detectives and of course, visit our dinosaurs and wild animals. Create a new holiday tradition with a special visit this weekend. CMNH.org.
Bob Navis and Stephanie Morrison-Hrbek are having the time of their lives. Not only are the Executive Director and Artistic/Musical Director of Near West Theatre working with kids in the neighborhood to mount one of the craziest plays ever conceived, all while exploring issues of greed, competition, high-tech isolation and abuse of power, they are also thrilled to be zeroing in on their goal of moving from St. Pat’s to their new location in the Gordon Square Arts District. Watch the fun here. and get tix: they’re going fast!
SPONSORED: BODIES… The Exhibition: NOW EXTENDED through Jan. 2! Get $5 OFF! Both captivating and fascinating, BODIES … The Exhibition is open through October at E. 4th St. & Euclid Ave. Visitors will be amazed at the transformation of a former retail space to a museum-quality exhibition. Add diversity to your entertainment… learn about the inner-workings of your body. Get $5 OFF coupon here. Info here: BodiesCleveland.com
Northeast Ohio has plenty to offer in terms of creative people, aspiring entrepreneurs and unique shopping experiences. So why spend your money at some faceless chain store w/ crappy customer service? Where’s the fun in that? This year, feel good about what you buy (and who you buy from). Support a neighbor’s business endeavors. Help a fledgling artist. Buy something from the person who actually made the product.
Shop local because all people (except CEOs) need help in this rough economy. Shop local because we’ve made it easy it for you. Our Holiday Gift Guide contains the coolest indie shops in town offering everything from fine art, crafty stuff and books to toys, food and clothing. And send us the link to your favorite local business, so we can include them. Go on, do the right thing. It’s easy. [Pictured: Vases from Lake Erie Artists Gallery.] Take me to the Guide!
WED
Be Grateful at the JiMiller Band’s annual All Grateful Dead Show on Wed 11/24 @ the Winchester. Yep… all Dead, all evening, all ages. Continue a tradition that’s seven years strong! It is the time to be grateful, after all.
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THU
MGK’s Thanksgiving RAGE-A-THON Rapper Machine Gun Kelly & crew pay respect to the 216 w/ songs like “Hometown Pride” and “Cleveland.” Even though MGK’s been around the world, he’s all Cle. He’s down-to-earth & full of pride. Join MGK & crew for their holiday RAGE-A-THON on Thu 11/25 @ the Grog Shop. Local rhythms, mad rhymes.
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SPONSORED: Thu 11/25, Thanksgiving Day, on WCLV 104.9 will be all-Cleveland Orchestra, all day. From 6AM to 12 Midnight, we’ll present a series of concerts featuring conductors Franz Welser-Moest, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Osmo Vanska and Mitsuko Uchida, with soloists flutist Joshua Smith, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, violist Robert Vernon, clarinetist Franklin Cohen and violinist Frank Peter Zimmerman. Full details on all of WCLV’s classical music programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
FRI
Chicken Coop Design Competition Exhibition The Poultry Project aims to empower HIV/AIDS-affected children in Uganda by giving them a means of income poultry farming. They recently put out a call for the best, most resourceful chicken coop design to be used in Ugandan farming. View the designs & discover the winner on Fri 11/26. Music, local food, good people.
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SAT
Genghis Con Underground Comix Exposition on Sat 11/27 @ the Beachland. Small press, indie print media & underground comix geeks unite! Mingle w/ 40+ exhibitors from comickers & cartoonists to printmakers & zinesters. Meet new friends & purchase new reading material.
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SUN
Take a hike and stay healthy this winter! CVNP is offering another one of its Healthy Hikes on Sun 11/28. Go on a 7-mile hike on the challenging Buckeye Trail. Up for it? Five miles scores you a mug.
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MON
Blues & Brews w/ Kristine Jackson Elyria’s most famous rock n’ roll blues lady is back @ the Great Lakes Brewing Co. for her monthly Blues & Brews show on Mon 11/29. Grab a Christmas Ale & unwind to the sounds of a very cool, anything-but-average blues band.
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TUE
The Dominion of Oil Cle artist Kathy M. Skerritt delves into the implications of oil spills in her new exhibition @ The Gallery at Old Stone. Her works, with titles like “Drill, Baby, Drill!,” “I Want My Life Back,” and “Regeneration of the Diatoms (Restoration of the Beautiful),” depict her strong response to humans’ uncanny ability to destroy the earth, over and over again. See her work anytime up ’til the end of Jan 2011. Take time on Tue 11/30 to check it out.
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WED
Cedar Lee Theatre: 85th Anniversary Can you believe it?? Join in on the festivities on Wed 12/1. The party starts at 7PM w/ a cake cutting ceremony, followed by a screening of Charlie Chapins classic 1925 film The Gold Rush. And, check this out: Admission is only 25 cents!
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Off To Spend The Holiday With Family And Friends
Taking a break this holiday week to spend time with my family and friends. Enjoy the holiday.
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: Pagliacci/ La voix humaine @ Opera Cleveland 11/11/10 by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Dividing the Estate @ Ensemble Theatre by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Billy Elliot The Musical @ PlayhouseSquare by Roy Berko
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Shunning LeBron On the second of December / Let’s do something all will remember / With respect for the owner / We have sold out the Arena / OUTSIDE of the Q show your demeanor / Don’t be crass, show you have class / Empty seats and empty house for the deposed ROYALTY / Walk the street with a shirt that says WITNESS LOYALTY…
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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) Lost Cleveland: Seven Wonders of the Sixth City2) Mansfield: Shunning LeBron and Other Stuff
3) Pop-Up Gift Shop: Temporary, Local, ReUsed, Cool
4) The History of Cleveland: On Your iPhone
5) Clevelands One Night Stand with BASK
We’d be lost without our writers: Roy Berko, Mansfield Frazier, Emmie Hutchison, Laura Kennelly, 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.
Here’s to getting lost in Cleveland,
–Thomas Mulready
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