12.02-12.09.09
Lime Ribbon
In this week’s issue:We’re proud to be launching a new dot-com company called LimeRibbon.com with a NEO team of developers and entrepreneurs we call the Virtual Incubator next Mon 12/7 after work at CROP, and you’re invited. You might even win a pair of AirTran Airways tix! We’re also proud of our local retailers and businesses who are listed in CoolCleveland’s popular Holiday Gift Guide, making it easy for you to put your holiday shopping dollars to work in our community. This week, we point out the cool new signage at University Circle, the rebirth of Dobama Theatre, and the Log Cabin Gallery in Peninsula. Tune in PBS 45/49 on Fri 12/4 at 9PM for NEOtropolis, where this week we explore the challenges and rewards of thinking regionally. Get the picture? –Thomas Mulready
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Lime Ribbon Launch Party
Win 2 AirTran tix at CROP Bistro on Mon 12/7
HOT Let’s Launch! Right here in NEO, we’re launching a new social media shopping site that allows you to create your own gift lists, or “ribbons” for you, your family and friends, and share those Lime Ribbons with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers. You’ll be able to shop online at places like BestBuy, Amazon, Shop.com, Golf Galaxy, NewEgg, Discovery Store, Target, Dicks Sporting Goods, PlasticJungle.com and others. A NEO-based team of entrepreneurs, designers, marketers and idea people are inviting you to share in the celebration, log on and share. Come to the launch event and start shopping on the big screens at the party. More info here.
Your party admission includes:* Complimentary beer
* Complimentary Spirited CROP Bistro & Bar Special Punch, tinted lime green in honor of the occasion!
* Raffle for two round-trip airline tix anywhere that AirTran Airways flies in the domestic USA!
* Hot hors d’oeuvres featuring:
* CROP’s savory Lamb Sliders, topped with blue cheese, pickled onions, fresh mint, and coarse-grain mustard
* Assorted Flatbreads dressed with seasonal toppings
* Veggie Kebabs with local, artisanal cheeses
* Chef Steve Schimoler’s signature popcorn, capped with a tasty toss of sauteed veggies, shredded Asiago, and balsamic glaze
* Cash bar will also be available for wine and cocktails
The launch party will be held in partnership with CROP Bistro & Bar, Steve Schimoler’s inventive American restaurant in downtown’s Warehouse District. at 1400 W. 6th Street on Mon 12/7 from 5:30-7:30PM.
Join NEO’s entrepreneurial class as we celebrate with an old fashioned dot-com launch party! Bring your friends, enjoy complimentary drink and delectable CROP hors d’oeuvres, and take a chance on winning a pair of AirTran tickets!
Score your special $10 ticket to this exciting event here: https://coolcleveland.net/tickets/lr09/index.php
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SPONSORED: Ralphie’s back… one last time in A Christmas Story! The Cleveland Play House invites you to the final year of Cleveland’s beloved A Christmas Story. Don’t miss Ralphie, the “leg lamp,” the bunny suit, and the genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle, all live on stage right here in Cleveland for one last time. Use promotion code “COOL10” and save $10 per ticket on performance dates Thu 12/3 through Sun 12/13. Call 216-795-7000 or log on at ClevelandPlayHouse.com.
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GREEN A victory for Ohio Ohioans can breathe easy: Plans to build a coal-fired power plant in S. Ohio were canceled. [Happy activists pictured.] Details
GREEN Cle’s trash: Pay as you throw? There may be a sustainable twist to Mayor Jackson’s proposal of Cle residents paying for trash. Consider This a Solution?
A creative way to beat winter blahs Cle auto enthusiasts head to Daytona Intl. Speedway Fri 12/4 to Sun 12/6 for a unique driving school/racing experience. Read about it. See the pics. Or watch videos. Email Dave.piersonATmagnetwork.org for info.
HELP Giving Tree for teens The 800 kids 12 years and older who are in custody of Cuyahoga County’s Dept of Children and Family Services are less likely to receive age-appropriate donated gifts. They are looking for gift cards, video games, MP3 players and such. You can drop off at 3955 Euclid Avenue thru Fri 12/18, or call 881-5775. Info
Kent State offers winning mix of class sizes US News applauds Kent State for being a big school that still preserves small classes. Read
HELP Save a life @ Big Fun Stop by 1798 Coventry Rd. in Cle Hts and donate bone marrow for the toy store’s Save a Life drive on Sat 12/5 from 10AM – 4PM. http://BigFunBigFun.com
HELP Win a Cle-themed wreath Drop by the Cle+ Visitors Cntr now through Thu 12/10, donate a buck to a nonprofit and you could win big. Take a Peek
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SPONSORED: What are you thankful for? As you celebrate the upcoming holiday season with friends and family, please remember those that are hungry, homeless and unemployed. United Way of Greater Cleveland hopes to raise $40 million during our 2009 campaign to support 202 health and human service programs. Now, more than ever, we need your help to ensure that these services remain available to those who need them — many for the first time ever. Please give generously to this year’s United Way campaign and put your fingerprint on a better world. http://www.uws.org/give
Holiday Gift Guide
This holiday season, give money to neighbors, not far-off CEOs…
The holiday season is a time to think about what really matters. Family and friends are important but so is your community. Do you want your neighborhood to consist of big box shops with football field-sized parking lots or stores owned by people who actually live in NEO? C’mon, go local–it’s easy.
Cool Cleveland’s Holiday Gift Guide orients you to the best local places to shop. Whether you’re looking for art, arts & crafts, books, music & films, outdoors, health & wellness, wearable art, fashion, style & boutiques, sustenance & sundries–we got ya covered. Keep checking the Guide every week for more listings. Are we missing something? Send us a note at InfoATCoolCleveland.com. See the full CoolCleveland Holiday Gift Guide here: Holidaygiftguide09
Salty Not Sweet Trunk Shows Salty Not Sweet is bringing indie crafts right to your ‘hood w/ their 2 trunk shows on Thu 12/3 from 6:30 – 9PM at Utrecht (2768 Mayfield Rd. in Cle Hts) and Sat 12/5 from 5 – 8PM at Bela Dubby (13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood). Crafts w/ a cause, too: A percentage of sales is donated to charity. [Card at left by Candra Squire.] Check out the goods here. Peruse the complete Holiday Gift Guide here
Art of Ornament Auction Support Grtr Cle Habitat for Humanity while scoring unique kitschy/creative/festive ornaments made by local artists on Fri 12/4. Attend AIGA Cle’s wine-and-cheese reception, where the ornaments will be on display, and bid on your favorite one (or two… or three…) to take home. All proceeds go to Habitat. 6 – 9PM @ Twist Creative, 1985 W. 28th St. Info Peruse the complete Holiday Gift Guide here
HOT Downtown Overflows w/ Holiday Art Sales this weekend! On Fri 12/4, TerraVista Studios Holiday Sale opens and continues up ’til this Sun. They’re THE place for cool ceramics and are at 1400 E. 30th St. Hours listed at http://TerraVistaStudios.com. Sat 12/5 is chock full o’ art sales. Hit up Zygote Press at 1410 E. 30th St for their holiday party from 1 – 3PM and score the coolest prints around. http://ZygotePress.com. Then go to the Cle Handmade Market at the Wooltex Gallery (1900 Superior Ave.) for an eclectic selection of goods made by real people, from 10AM – 6PM. Details. And… on that same Sat from 11AM – 8PM and Sun 12/6 from 11AM – 5PM, the ArtCraft Bldg comes alive. Artists open their studios and are joined by 40 additional artists. 2570 Superior Ave. Click here for info. Peruse the complete Holiday Gift Guide here
Holiday Gift Boutique @ N. Union Farmers Market Shop for more than veggies at the Shaker Sq. Market on Sat 12/5. From 9AM – 1PM, you’ll find jewelry, knitted items, pottery, herbs, candles, artisan foods and other locally-made goodness. Plus, free gift wrapping and live holiday music! Between Dewey’s Coffee and CVS in Shaker Hts. http://NorthUnionFarmersMarket.org/news_events/events.html Peruse the complete Holiday Gift Guide here
Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice – Holiday Peace Bazaar Nonprofit orgs set up shop at Tremont’s Pilgrim Church on Sat 12/5 to offer fair trade goods, locally crafted items, political lit and other social justice-themed gifts from 10AM – 4PM. Food, fair trade coffee and activists galore. 2592 W. 14th St. Details Peruse the complete Holiday Gift Guide here
Holiday Art Bomb Shoparooni encourages you to ditch the boring gifts this year and give someone art. Specifically, art made by real, living people in the Cle area. The store promises some “dealaroonis” at this “fruit cake of artisan and handmade goods” that you can actually afford. Sale opening reception on Sat 12/5 from 6 – 10PM. Shop through Sun 12/27. 15813 Waterloo Rd. http://Shoparooni.com Peruse the complete Holiday Gift Guide here
HOT Hansel and Gretel @ CSU Isn’t this the Grimm fairy tale [pictured] where 2 kids find a house made of out candy and are devoured by an old witch? Yep, it is and the CSU Dramatic Arts Dept. are bringing it to life (minus the part about being devoured) with a series of puppet shows on Sat 12/5, Sat 12/12 and Sun 12/23 all at 2PM. CSU Factory Theatre, E. 24th b/tw Chester and Payne Aves. Plus a special performance at the CircleFest. Call 216-687-2109 for reservations. http://CSUOhio.edu/theater
Peter Pan @ Beck Center This classic tale needs no introduction. We know it, you know it and now’s the time to share the fun of fairies, Captain Hook and “I Won’t Grow Up” w/ your kids. This high-flying musical opens at the Beck Center on Fri 12/4 at 7:30PM. Matinee performances offered on select Sat and Sundays. 17801 Detroit Ave. in Lakewood. Tickets
Holiday CircleFest Decisions, decisions. Your kids will have a hard time deciding what activities to do at CircleFest on Sun 12/6. They can create wrapping paper at the Children’s Museum, make a mystery craft at the Botanical Garden, make lanterns at CMA to carry in the Winter Lights Lantern Procession, meet live animals at CMNH, hear young musicians or just go ice skating. It’s a tough choice. Schedule
Winter Suite: Madeline’s Magic Holiday Go on a “magic carpet ride,” try out various ethnic instruments and get a move on in this interactive dance performance in the Akron-Summit Co. Public Library Auditorium on Sun 12/6. Kids of all ages can dance w/ French character Madeline, the Csardas youth Ensemble Hungarian Dancers and Pt. West Performances while traveling around the world–all without leaving the comforts of the library. 2PM. Call 330-322-5225 for info. http://AkronLibrary.org
Cool Signage at University Circle
We once were lost but now we’re found
A new way-finding system in University Circle makes it easier to get from here to there.
Have you ever gotten lost in University Circle? Don’t feel bad; so has Chris Ronayne. “It happened the first day on my new job,” says the president of University Circle Incorporated.
It could happen to just about anyone. “This is a high-density place with a maze of streets,” Ronayne says. “You can pass through and in moments realize you’re outside the Circle.”
The purple signs that dotted the University Circle landscape for almost 20 years didn’t necessarily ease the confusion. If an institution changed its name or shut its doors, the name could be rubbed off but not totally removed. Recall, if you will, the worn name of Mt. Sinai that could still be made out on signs years after the hospital had closed.
If you’ve been to University Circle in the past month or so, you may have noticed that those purple signs are no more. In their stead is a series of cool, updated signs that could easily be mistaken for sculpture…
Read the story on UCI signage by Diane DiPiero here
What are you doing Friday night? NEOtropolis is Northeast Ohio’s new weekly TV program on what’s working in our economy. Watch it live, or watch it online. Tune in on Fri 12/4 for our first (of many, we’re sure) discussions on the topic of Regionalism. Then tune in every Friday night at 9PM on Western Reserve PBS 45/49.
NEOtropolis takes a fresh look at our economy and the business world, hosted by CoolCleveland.com’s Thomas Mulready.
Comment on our show on the NEOtropolis.org. Watch the most recent episode here, and get more info here.
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HOT Pick 3. Spend $50. And save our local economy. We’ve been encouraging you all along to buy local this holiday season. Now visit the 3/50 Project to pick 3 local businesses to support. If 50% of us spend $50 a month locally, it generates $42 billion. For every $100 spent locally, $68 stays in the community, vs. $43 on a national chain, and $0 for online chains. Take the pledge or buy the card [pictured] at http://IBuyNEO.com.
Cle Indians make list of Top 100 IT Projects of ’09 IDG likes team’s innovative video capturing & archiving platform. Check It Out
The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care Is it the Cle Clinic? Newsweek thinks so. Tell Me More
Hot Wheels Popular Science lists Goodyear’s Assurance Fuel Max tires in list of top 100 innovative products of ’09. See
SPONSORED: Get a Cup for A Buck! Caribou Coffee proudly being brewed at CAK AkronCantonAirport.com/caribou.
HOT LimeRibbon.com launch party at CROP Bistro on Mon 12/7 at 5:30PM. Info. Tickets.
NOCA Forum Revitalizing the MarCom Industry Begins by Securing the Home Market at the Plain Dealer on Wed 12/2 at 8AM. Info
Transforming the Landscape of Business in America A Minority Business Early-Stage Capital Summit at InterContinental Hotel Cle on Thu 12/3 from 7:30AM – 5PM. Register
HOT Cocktails and Apps w/ Appstand Celebrate the launch of Appstand, the first iPhone accessory designed to enhance your favorite apps. Appstand was created right here in Cle after months of hard work, late nights and coffee galore. On Thu 12/3 at Anatomy Nightclub (1299 W 9th St), mingle w/ entrepreneurs, share your biz stories and snag complimentary apps starting at 6:30PM. RSVP and check out http://www.AppstandStore.com.
Women Who Know Their Place: Museums and Women LWV First Thu series w/ CMA’s Deborah Gribbon [pictured] at Trinity Commons on Thu 12/3, 7 – 9PM. Info
Akron young professionals band together for the YPN and YPA Joint Holiday Reception & Fundraiser at Brubaker’s Pub on Thu 12/3, 5:30 – 7:30PM. Register
GREEN Sustainable Business Strategies: First Steps Workshop Learn how yr biz can benefit from eco-friendly practices at E4S Connection & Lrng Ctr on Tue 12/8, 3 – 5PM. Register
GREEN CES Sustainability Symposium at NEO Regional Sewer District Env. & Maintenance Services Ctr. in Cuy Hts on Wed 12/9, 7:30AM – 1PM. Register
Bring yr Resume & Portfolio to Communications Career Day at Wolstein Ctr on Fri 12/18, 8:30AM – 3PM. Crash courses and career recruiters. Register
That Which Is Old Is Made New
The Rebirth of Dobama Theatre
The walk down the steps feels vaguely familiar, and when you step through the double doors and see the thrust stage and low ceiling, there’s a brief moment of deja vu.
But make no mistake- while the new Dobama Theatre respectfully acknowledges its 50-year history, its leadership is looking towards the future.
There was a time not so long ago where it looked like Dobama might not have much of a future. The theater was without a home for several years and bounced around town, using any performance and rehearsal space it could.
According to Managing Director Dianne Boduszek [pictured, right], things were so bad that when long-time Artistic Director Joyce Casey announced she was retiring in 2007, the theater didn’t have any extra money to put an ad in the paper to hire a new director…
Read the story of Dobama’s rebirth by Susan Petrone here
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HOT From The Blue Bag “Give Back” Grand Opening Party & Sale Deby Cowden’s innovative gifts made from recycled bottles were voted the #1 Eco-Friendly Wedding Gift in the USA by Great Green Goods, and they make awesome holiday gifts as well: she’s diverted 10 tons of bottles from landfills and turned them into into cheese trays, serving dishes, clocks, business card holders and wine accessories. From The Blue Bag has received a Civic Innovation Lab award, and sells her products in 200 stores across 23 states. Now she’s doubling production by opening her new location at 2085 West 114th Street, Suite #2 in Cleveland on Wed 12/2 from 5:30-9:30PM with a Grand Opening “Give Back” Party benefitting E-CITY, a non-profit that teaches students entrepreneurial, business and life skills to enable economic independence. Plus, bring non-perishable food items, sweaters, coats, gloves, scarves, etc., which the Tour of Good Cheer will distribute to those in extreme need. You can nosh on snacks (served on flattened bottles, no doubt!), have a few drinks, and get some crucial holiday shopping out of the way, while helping out a couple of good causes and saving the world in the process. Read more on CoolCleveland.com here. Check the site FromTheBlueBag.com or Facebook.
Cleveland’s Roots: Who Built This City? Immigrants did. With sheer determination, immigrants came to Cle working as shopkeepers, laborers, entrepreneurs and reformers. Urban historian Dr. John J. Grabowski will show you how ethnic groups settled in our city, highlighting the troubles they overcame and the ways they shaped Cle that are still evident today. Lecture on Wed 12/2 at 7PM at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2929 Richmond Rd. in Beachwood. http://MaltzMuseum.org
SPONSORED: Tonight, Wed 12/2 at 8PM, WCLV 104.9 will present a recital by the Winner of the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition given at Mixon Hall of the Cleveland Institute of Music. On Fri 12/4 at 8PM, WCLV goes live to Mixon Hall for the second concert in the Cavani String Quartet’s Beethoven Quartet Cycle. And Sat 12/5 at 8PM, WCLV is live at Severance Hall for the evening’s concert by The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by guest Ivan Fischer. Details at http://www.WCLV.com.
HELP Animals in Art Wanna help animals? And raise funds for art? The Orange Art Center and the Geauga Humane Society will help you do both at their mutual benefit art exhibition. Attend the patron reception on Thu 12/3 from 6 – 9PM at the Orange Art Ctr, 31500 Chagrin Blvd in Pepper Pike. Then view the art exhibition from Fri 12/4 to Sun 12/13 and buy goods [pictured] at the craft sale on Sat 12/12 and Sun 12/13. Artists include Gina DeSantis, Susan Graham, Gai Russo and other creative folk. Details at http://www.OrangeArtCenter.org/exhibitions.cfm#Exhibition
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation @ Cinematheque A group of Mississippi teenagers embark on a lofty goal: film a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They build sets, film in their basements and backyards and use family and friends as actors. This can’t be good, right? Actually, it is. Even Steven Spielberg said so. Two of the filmmakers (who started production at age 12) will give a free lunchtime talk at 12PM on Fri 12/4 at CIA. Film runs on Thu 12/3 at 8:15PM and Fri 12/4 at 9:15PM. 11141 East Blvd. Movie Info
County Reform Building the Framework for Leadership for Young Minority Leaders takes place at 6PM on Thu 12/3 at CSU Levin College of Urban Affairs, hosted by the NAACP, which opposed the recently approved Issue 6 or Cuyahoga County reform. Hosted by NeKima Hill, who leads the Young Adult Comm. of the NAACP, featuring panelists Chris Ronayne of UCI, State Rep. Robin Belcher, and Councilpersons Zack Reed and Mamie Mitchell. Request a reservation at Info@clevelandnaacp.org or call 216-231-6260.
HOT Shares YP presents Justice Rocks! Hey, all you young professionals working in the nonprofit sector (and anyone else): take a load off on Fri 12/4 for a night of live music. Join other activists in support of social justice and Community Shares, an org representing 36+ of the city’s most progressive nonprofit groups, while listening to local bands Early Girl, oldboy, tastycakes and Vitium [pictured]. Doors open at 8PM. Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Rd. Tickets at http://CommunityShares.org
Wicked YP Night @ PlayhouseSquare Forget boring business mixers–go out w/ other young professionals in style on Fri 12/4. PlayhouseSquare is offering a special package: valet parking at the Wyndham, pre-show cocktails at the hotel’s Blue Bar, tix to the Wicked performance and access to an exclusive post-show party w/ cast members and other YPs. Use promo code “YPW” when getting tix. Show at 8PM @ State Theatre. http://PlayHouseSquare.org/partners
Gutenberg! The Musical! @ Dobama Winner of the 2006 NY Theatre Festival Award for Excellence in Musical Theater, this hilarious play features 2 aspiring playwrights, a piano and a musical destined for Broadway. Who knew Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, could be involved in something so funny?! Opens on Fri 12/4 at 8PM. Through Sat 1/2. Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Rd. in Cle Hts. http://Dobama.org/index.html
HOT Cle Jazz Orchestra: Introducing Sean Jones The Cle Jazz Orchestra has a new artistic director [pictured at left] and he’s dying to meet you. Hear Sean Jones for the first time at the kickoff concert of the Orchestra’s 25th season on Sat 12/5, 8PM at the Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th St., w/ special guest Jerome Jennings. Call 216-241-6000 for tickets or click on this.
God’s Trombones @ Karamu is a “hand clapping, foot stomping, uplifting spiritual celebration.” God’s Trombones, written by late fame poet James Weldon Johnson, features 7 galvanizing preachers, thunderous dancing and the singing of gospel classics Let My People Go and The Creation. You’ll be stirred, enlightened and dancing in the aisles. See it Sat 12/5 at 8PM through Sun 12/27. 2355 E. 89th St. Tickets
Ohio City Christmas Walk Ohio City residents are decking their historic homes with fruit and greens, ribbons and crystal wreaths and a goose-down tree for their first ever Christmas Walk/Tour on Sat 12/5. Tour 6 beautiful homes decked out in tasteful, unique holiday decor and let the style of Ohio City residents impress you. 6 – 10PM. Proceeds go to OCNW. The Scoop
Winter Lights Lantern Festival @ CircleFest University Circle becomes aglow w/ handmade Asian-inspired lanterns on Sun 12/6 as part of CircleFest. View the Environment of Lights display at CMA and from 2 – 4:30PM you can make your own simple lantern to carry in the procession [pictured] kicking off at 5:30PM. Dancers from Inlet Dance Theater, giant puppets, musicians and artist folk will join you for a jaunt around the art installation. Check out the day’s worth of activities at other institutions–proof that the Circle buzzes w/ creativity even in dreary winter months. Info and Schedule
Songs! Serenades! Fantasies! Sunday Brunch Concert Winter romance is in the air. If it hasn’t hit you yet, it will on Sun 12/6. Brilliant young stars from the Oberlin Conservatory will perform music from the masters of winter romance–Schubert and Vivaldi–along with other composers at the Cle Clinic InterContinental Hotel at E. 100th and Euclid Aves. Brunch at 12PM. Concert at 2PM. Call 216-378-1887 or email starsATintheclassics.org to RSVP. http://StarsInTheClassics.org
HOT LimeRibbon Launch Party It’s not everyday that you get to rub shoulders with NEO’s entrepreneurial class. Raise a toast to the launch of locally-developed social shopping site LimeRibbon.com, allowing you to create “lime ribbon” gift lists for your family & friends, sharing them with your friends on Facebook and connecting you to retailers for superb shopping. Stop over to CROP Bistro & Bar, 1400 W. 6th Street in the Warehouse District, from 5:30-7:30Pm on Mon 12/7 for unlimited beer, lime punch & hot hors d’oeuvres and be entered to win a pair of tix on AirTran Airways. Info
Cle is Incubating Musical Theater Talent like nobody’s business. Baldwin Wallace College under Victoria Bussert offers one of the best musical theater training programs in the nation. If you have any doubts, go to the BW Musical Theater Showcase on Mon 12/7 at 7PM at Nighttown. The junior class will show off their talents, proving the quality of BW’s curriculum. 12387 Cedar Rd. in Cle Hts. Info or click http://NighttownCleveland.com
HOT What’s on your Bucket List? You know, that list of things to do before you die. Well, 3 Guy Productions created their own Bucket List for NEO. Their Cle Bucket List [pictured at left] aims to connect people to our region’s gems so we can appreciate the small things in life, like what our town has to offer. On Tue 12/8, see a private showing of A Christmas Story in the newly renovated Capitol Theater, which is a city comeback story in itself. 7PM. Register at http://ClevelandBucketList.com Read the feature story on the 3 Guys: Bob Aber, David Akers and Jeff Nischwitz here
HOT The Rise of the Cleveland Food Scene Cle is rapidly becoming “the epicenter of the Midwest food scene” and big name papers like the Chicago Tribune, the NYT, Gourmet, Esquire and others have noticed. Join Fahrenheit’s Chef Rocco Whalen [his creation pictured at left], Cle Foodie blogger Michelle Venorsky, food critic Elaine Cicora to discuss our city’s new role as foodie paradise at a luncheon on Wed 12/9 from 11:30AM – 1PM. Club @ Key Cntr, 127 Public Sq. Register
Chamber Music Mania @ CIM Trios, quartets and quintets scattered throughout CIM will perform simultaneous chamber music at the CIM Chamber Music Festival Marathon on Wed 12/9 starting at 6:30PM. Create your own program of fave performances while enjoying a few beverages at this no-charge event. Cle Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd. Details
Warehouse District Holiday Tour Ring in the holidays w/ a festive tour of lofts, condos, office spaces while dining on some of the city’s best grub. The Barley House, Constantino’s, D’Vine Wine Bar, Sushi Rock and Phoenix Coffee are just some of the participating restaurants at this holiday tour on Wed 12/9. 5:30 – 11PM. http://WarehouseDistrict.org/events/events/default.asp
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Winter Stardust
A Log Cabin in Peninsula
Diane Seskes’ mother always wanted a log cabin and the family spent long weekends in them.
In November 1996, Diane and her mother Lucille stopped at Joe and Barb Kovach’s tag sale when they were preparing to sell their property. Her mother asked if they could look at the reassembled North Carolina cabins they purchased and restored. Diane says that “When Joe said there was one for sale, Mom turned to me with these wide open blue eyes, and I knew right away that she was going to buy a log cabin. And she did!!!”
They moved it into Diane’s backyard in downtown Peninsula and two days after it was fully reassembled and renovated, a robin built a nest over a beam. That was the sign Diane and Lucille took to mean they made the right decision, like stardust making dreams come true…
Read more about the Log Cabin Gallery from Claudia Taller here
Shouldn’t racial exclusion be a thing of the past?
“Where black is the color, where none is the number…” –Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
We can get glimpses of Americana from various sources. Many of the images paint promising portraits of the nation we wish to become, and others paint portraits of the nation we stupidly still are.
Here’s a true story: Almost a decade ago I purchased a new pickup truck, and when I went to take delivery the salesman had my wife and me pose for a photo beside the vehicle.
A few weeks later a calendar arrived in the mail with the photo attached. However, on four of the dates in each month on the calendar was a photo depicting a different family enjoying themselves in one of the carmaker’s vintage vehicles. Forty-eight photos in all… and all of them of white families…
Read more from Mansfield Frazier here
Cimperman Jumps Out On County Executive Quest
Plus, more…
Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman started his campaign to be the first Cuyahoga County Executive last week. If you don’t think so, you don’t know the ambitious Joe Cimperman.
Cimperman, at a meeting with MMPI’s Mark Falanga two weeks ago asked Falanga if he would commit to having four meeting on the Medical Mart and Convention Center. Cimperman asked at a Council meeting. Anyone listening would have considered the offer and acceptance meant a meeting before City Council members.
Now, however, the scheduling of the four meetings appears to be outside the boundaries of City Council. Each meeting will have an already chosen facilitator, none Council members.
So Council is left OUT. Cimperman’s campaign, however, is indeed very much IN…
Read more of Roldo Bartimole here
Quick reviews of recent events
Submit your own review or commentary to Events@CoolCleveland.com
Jean Luc Ponty @ Nighttown 11/18/09
Read the review by Claudia Taller here
CSU Symphony Orchestra @ Waetjen Auditorium 11/24/09
Read the review by Bob Yanega here
Cleveland Orchestra @ Severance Hall 11/27/09
Read the review by Kelly Ferjutz here
Ouroboros @ convergence-continuum 11/28/09
Read the review by Roy Berko here
Most clicked
Here are the Top 5 most clicked links from last week’s issue, with one more chance for you to click.
1) 2) Chocolate Crunch Why do people like Oprah like Pretzables. CoolCleveland.com
3) Sprout Connections Meet for business, social, dating and philanthropy. Watch the video and visit SproutConnections.com
4) MMPI Gets $1 Million Every Quarter Roldo thinks you should know. CoolCleveland.com
5) Deja vu All Over Again Mansfield hammers supporters of payday lenders. Again. CoolCleveland.com.
Just a twist Cheers to our writers: Roldo Bartimole, Roy Berko, Diane DiPiero, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Susan Petrone, Claudia Taller, Sarah Valek and Bob Yanega. 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.
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