05.30-06.06.12
Tasty
In every way. Our food, our music, our subtle Midwestern charm. Like Speechless, the short story by 16-year-old Cle School of the Arts student Roxanne Lasker-Hall that’s being turned into a feature film. Or Little Italy’s June Art Walk, where at least two definitions of the word of the week apply. Same goes for the West Side Market’s Centennial celebration. And Garden Fest 2012.
Maybe your taste runs to civic engagement. Check out the rising emerging leaders class asserting themselves. Or articles this week from Durstin, Mansfield and Roldo. Oh, and you can get it all on the best mobile app in Cleveland: the Cool Cleveland app. As tasty as it gets. And you can quote us on that.
Something for every taste, wouldn’t you say? Your call. –Thomas Mulready
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Considering how petty high schoolers can be, Roxanne Lasker-Hall is the kind of teenager everyone would be jealous of at school…
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SPONSORED: Got The Summertime Blues? So Does The Kent Stage! The Kent Stage Summertime Blues Series: Robert Cray Band on 6/2; Rickie Lee Jones on 6/8; Kim Wilson’s Blues All-Stars on 6/15; Mitch Ryder on 7/21 (tix on sale now). Plus: Kathleen Edwards on 6/7; Todd Snider & The Burn-outs on 6/29. TheKentStage.com.
It’s that time again. GuitarMania is back, helping to raise money for all the needy United Way agencies, as well as the Rock Hall’s education program.
Watch as Cool Cleveland talks with Karen White, Key Bank’s VP of Community Relations, about how your company could sponsor one of the cool artist-designed guitars. Over 60 10-foot tall Fender Stratocaster guitars have been designed by local artists and celebrities such as Alice Cooper, Cyndi Lauper, Jon Langford of the Mekons and Phil Collen of Def Leppard. Do your own scavenger hunt to find the guitars throughout the city. Then get ready for the Gala Auction on Sat 10/20 at the Rock Hall when the real excitement starts. Watch the video and learn more.
SPONSORED: Taste The Fun! The 9th Annual Taste of Lakewood will be held on Sun 6/3 from 4-7pm at the Lake Erie Building, Templar Industrial Park (aka “The Screw Factory”), 13000 Athens Avenue in Lakewood. This regionally recognized event, showcasing many of Lakewood’s outstanding restaurants and food purveyors, is brought to you by the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. TasteOfLakewood.com.
VIDEO: Little Italy is packed with flavor Just in time for the June Art Walk, our Hawken interns drop a video and profile of this flavorful neighborhood featuring its artist entrepreneurs.
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Meet the Trucks! Kids love trucks. So, it’s no wonder why Lakewood’s annual event, where kids climb into city trucks, is so popular. This is like kid paradise on Sat 6/2.
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WED 5/30
Most prolific MC of our time? Talib Kweli is one of the most skilled & relevant artists in hip hop. Check out his flow Wed 5/30 when he comes to Cle.
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THU 5/31
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Come together around themes of entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, economic development & social impact. Hear from innovators on Thu 5/31 & learn a thing or two to help your biz.
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FRI 6/1
Celebrate Cleveland + Beautiful Possibility Two shows opening on Fri 6/1. One, an exhibition of digitally altered photography of our industrial city. The other, an examination of what it means to be American.
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SAT 6/2
West Side Market Centennial Kick Off Celebrate 100 years of our beloved Market w/ a family-friendly, multicultural bash on Sat 6/2 complete with fireworks & an ice cream social.
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SUN 6/3
The Business of Being Born Why is birth something that women are led to fear? Why are hospitals hell-bent on women getting unnecessary C-sections? Explore with a Sun 6/3 screening of this hard-hitting documentary plus a midwife-led discussion.
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MON 6/4
Open Mic Shakespeare Never has there been an open mic session so classy… so classical lit. On Mon 6/4 sign up to read portions of the martial tragedy Coriolanus.
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TUE 6/5
Opera at the Movies? Munch on popcorn & watch some high quality opera on the big screen on Tue 6/5 with a showing of I Vespri Siciliani (Teatro Regio di Torino).
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WED 6/6
Classic Radio Night Enjoy old-fashioned entertainment via old school radio show broadcasts. Radio, wine & your imagination at work on Wed 6/6.
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In 2009, when the Cleveland City Council passed a resolution approving a simple “domestic partner” registry, the most powerful inner-city black pastors combined to organize a signature-gathering effort to repeal this toothless decree…
Read more from Larry Durstin here
Right around the time the Horseshoe Casino was opening, an unusual sight was seen in a Cleveland Muny courtroom: Instead of the usual array of turnstile jumpers, j-walkers, drunk drivers and sundry other mopes, there was a contingency of attractive and stylishly dressed women sitting patiently waiting for their turns in front of the judge… and judging by their expressions they were not happy campers…
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Three employees at Philips Healthcare in Highland Heights have banded together to coordinate a new group, Emerging Leaders.
Via speaker events, they are encouraging fellow employees to meet each other, network, mentor and advance their careers…
Read more from Susan Schaul here
Anyone enjoying the near perfection of County Executive Ed FitzGerald? This guy takes the cake. Smooth as frosting. Goes down easy.
He wants all of the casino tax money due to the state to be spent in downtown Cleveland. Why?
Read this story from Roldo Bartimole here
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: Passion: Sondheim on Sondheim @ The Hanna Theatre 5/22/12 by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson @ The Beck Center 5/25/12 by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Salome Still Seductive @ Severance Hall 5/19/12 by Laura Kennelly
REVIEWS: A Clevelander’s view of some of the new Broadway shows by Roy Berko
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An East Cleveland Walking Tour Plan on being there…
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Kinda scary. Cleveland is now a lost civilization…
Read the comment from Rich Dix here
Boomerang Happy Hour I’ve heard this over and over again. People who love Cleveland the most are visitors, and folks who move away then return for whatever reason. I think that you can’t get a decent cup of coffee downtown on a Saturday morning and that there’s no after-hours nightlife in Cleveland is pretty egregious but that’s only my perspective…
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Hey Joe, good article and if you are at Market Garden tomorrow come downstairs and say hey…
Read the comment from Bill Squire here
VIDEO: Andrew Samtoy, Creator of Cash Mobs Great idea Andrew! Cleveland rocks!…
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Michael Symon’s Love Letter to Cleveland I LOVE CLEVELAND. There, I said it again….
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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) It’s Time To Come Home Boomerang Happy Hour
2) Michael Symon’s Love Letter to Cleveland
3) Salon.com covers Rust Belt Chic
4) PHOTOSTREAM: Hessler Street Fair 2012
5) VIDEO: Andrew Samtoy, Creator of Cash Mobs
Delicious content served up every week thanks to our writers: Nick Barnett, Roldo Bartimole, John Benson, Roy Berko, Larry Durstin, Mansfield Frazier, Laura Kennelly, Susan Schaul, Jeremy Simmons, Sean Tuttle 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.
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