That’s the reason we have such a great community. Cleveland based Belt Publishing has been publishing books about life in our region for 8 years, and now they’re hosting a pop-up at their office in Slavic Village where you can get a free book with every purchase. Baldwin Wallace has a 100% signing rate for their students at their annual New York Senior Showcase for the past 12 years; since Nighttown is dark, their Cleveland showcase will take place at Beaumont School this week.LoveMuffinPalooza has been raising money for cancer support center the Gathering Place since 2012; this year’s one-day event takes place at BOP STOP this weekend. The 14th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival is (finally) taking place at CMNH this weekend, screening over a dozen shorts on environmental justice and activism. Melt Bar and Grilled has been serving gourmet grilled cheese for 15 years, so they deserve to throw themselves a party at Grog Shop with some killer local bands.
The Fine Arts Association announces an exciting season of theater with something for everyone, from classics to newly created works.Steel Magnoliasis running now through October 3. Miracle on 34thStreet opens the holiday season Fri 11/26-Sun 12/19. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe rings in the New Year on Wed 2/11-Sun 2/27. The One-Act Festival Ten Below!happens Fri 4/01-Sun 4/10. The improvisational Chili Con Comedy delights audiences. And the theater season concludes with a new original work, Alice in Dreamland Fri 6/10-Sun 6/26. Read More
Many area theaters have “pay what you can” ticket nights. And Cleveland Public Theatre has long had this model for tickets purchased at the box office on show nights. But now it’s announced it will make all its tickets for all its shows “Choose What You Pay.”“We believe in our audiences to choose what is best and appropriate,” says CPT executive artistic director Raymond Bobgan. “And we believe audiences are artists in their own way and great theater needs great audiences.” Read More
“The first time I saw a news story about the disappearance of Gabby Petito, I knew she was dead,” says our columnist C. Ellen Connally. “The story was just too implausible. She goes on a cross-country vacation with her boyfriend — whose name I chose not to use — and he returns in her van, without her. Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could see that there was something wrong.”Petito’s case highlights how ubiquitous domestic violence is in our society, says Connally. “The missing white woman syndrome is a plague in our media. Subtle racism plagues law enforcement agencies. And people end up dead. The story of Gabby Petito is a textbook example of the merger of all three ills.” Read More
Milkweed is an essential plant to support vanishing monarch butterflies throughout their life cycle. From now until October 31, the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District is collecting their seedpods to create new butterfly habitats. Read More
The Cleveland Arts Prize has announced its 2021 class of award winners, including poet/musician Ray McNeice, visual artists Lauren Yeager and Corrie Slawson, Happy Dog owner Sean Watterson, Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Most and eclectic band Mourning [A] BLKstar. Read More
Oberlin Conservatory’s own label, Oberlin Music, has just released The Oberlin Concertos, a set of three pieces composed and performed by musicians with ties to the world-class conservatory. Read More
Melt Bar and Grilled is celebrating 15 years of the planet’s most awesome gourmet grilled cheese with an equally awesome concert, jam-packed with so much rock & roll that one night can hardly contain it!Join us at the Grog Shop on Saturday October 2 at 8pm for the Melt Bar and Grilled 15th Anniversary Rock & Roll Circus featuring Ringworm, Lo-Pan, Chargers Street Gang and Relaxer. In addition to an epic night of ear-melting rock & roll, there will be plenty of Melt swag and giveaways as a “Thank You” for helping us celebrate 15 years of cheese melting awesomeness!! Presale tickets available here.
