02.24-03.03.10
Skyscraping
In this week’s issue:Now is the time to keep our eyes upward, enjoying today and hopeful of a new tomorrow. Allison Bencar is on her way up, and our CareerTOOLBOX column should help your resume rise above the rest. Trisha O’Brien and Kristine Jackson release new CDs. Mansfield reminds us of The Great White Hope and also to get real about Issue 6, while Roldo relays good news about Cleveland. That alone should give you hope. –Thomas Mulready
She Can’t Stop
Allison Bencar, on her way to the top
If you haven’t heard of Allison Bencar, you probably will soon. She is one of the newest voices on stage in the Cleveland music scene, and is headlining at Brother’s Lounge this Sat 2/27 at 10PM.
Allison Bencar’s music is a fusion of retro pop, modern blues and rock, featuring smoky, sultry vocals, honest lyrics and raw emotions.
Her original songs are peppered with flavors from Latin Jazz, Reggae, 80’s Rock and Vintage 60’s Pop, and her ballads combine haunting melodies with narrative lyrics that transport the audience to the most poignant moments in their own lives…
Read more from Julie Cajigas here
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Mischievous & enchanting
Cool Cleveland talks with the delightful stars of Emma
How is it possible that a story written in 1816 is still so popular, so often performed, so assiduously adapted and so earnestly remixed? Seriously, plug in Jane Austen’s Emma in YouTube and you’ll see what we mean.
Watch the video interview with the delightful stars of The Cleveland Play House’s Michael Bloom-penned adaptation of Emma: Sarah Nealis [pictured, right], who plays the mischievous Emma, and Carolyn Faye Kramer, portraying the young Harriet, Emma’s “project” who she tries to match with a husband, to hilarious effect.
Fans will remember the 1995 film Clueless, a contemporary updating of the classic novel, and the many period film versions, most recently, a sharp reading by the BBC in 2010. But nothing compares with seeing it live, on stage at the Cleveland Play House from Fri 2/26 thru Sun 3/21. More info
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Let’s Go. The 34th Cleveland Int’l Film Festival’s website is now live, complete w/ film descriptions and schedules. Get ready–CIFF starts on Thu 3/18. [Flier at left.] http://ClevelandFilm.org
And be sure to get the CIFF iPhone app packed w/ film details, images, maps, trailers and up-to-date screening info. Get It
GREEN EPA unveils 5 year, $475-mill plans to clean up Great Lakes, healing them from “150 years of abuse.” Read
HOT Birdtown Action Plan Remember that plan being drawn for revitalizing Lakewood’s historic Birdtown? The plan is now finalized and ready for your perusal. View
Buying Really Local on a Large Scale Cleveland makes the news in Business Week as discretionary spending by larger institutions and businesses is staying local, helping our community. That’s kinda what CoolCleveland.com is all about. Business Week
HOT GREEN The Cleveland Commitment is an inspiring vision for a new Cle that aims to strengthen our community, put sustainable practices to work and offer education to all, among other progressive tenets. Read it and Sign the Pledge.
GREEN Sustainable Cle 2019, Pt 2 The City of Cle will host the second Sustainable Cle 2019 summit on Wed 9/22 and Thu 9/23 w/ a public day on Fri 9/24. Let this vision continue to grow! Check here for details.
Kinda healthy A new report ranks health outcomes and health factors in the US by county for each state. Cuy Co ranks high in clinical care but low in morbidity, social and eco factors and physical environment. http://CountyHealthRankings.org/ohio
HELP Trail Talk The Cuy Valley Nat’l Park is working on a trails plan and wants to hear from you. Got an idea to add or improve their trails? Let ’em know here before Mon 3/15.
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SPONSORED: Race, Community and Character Actress and activist, Tony and Pulitzer-Prize nominee, Anna Deavere Smith presents Snapshots: Glimpses of America in Change, an exploration of race, community and character in America Tue 3/2 at 8PM at the Baldwin-Wallace College Kleist Center for Art and Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd. Berea. http://www.bw.edu/enduringquestions
Breakfast w/ the Birds This Sat 2/27 is all about birds… and, well, breakfast. Find out what to feed birds, make a bird feeder, go on a bird hike and check out a live birds of prey show. And, oh yeah, treat yourself to all-you-can eat pancakes, sausage, applesauce and beverages from 8AM to noon @ the Nature Ctr at Shaker Lakes, 2600 South Park Blvd. Call 216-321-5935 to pre-register. [Cardinal pictured at left.] http://ShakerLakes.org
Opossums Rock! Gain a deeper appreciation for that ubiquitous trash-eating suburbanite–the opossum!–on Sat 2/27. Listen to, see and touch a live opossum at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Ctr at this month’s Meet an Animal no-charge event and fall in love w/ this cool creature. 3PM @ 28728 Wolf Rd in Bay Village. Call 440-871-2900 for info or click here.
A World of Difference @ LPL Theater troupe A World of Difference dramatizes traditional fairy tales from all over the globe to educate kids and adults about other cultures. On Sat 2/27 they’ll perform “The Ram in the Chile Patch,” a tale about a boy named Juan who learns you don’t have to be big to do big things. Expect lots of audience participation and interaction. 7PM @ Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Ave. http://LkwdPL.org/youth
HOT To The Beat Y’all Check this out: If you’re between the ages 13-18, spend Sun 2/28 at MOCA exploring music, visual art, dance and poetry w/ hip hop artist-educators at their Hip Hop Teen Workshop. Start the day sampling, DJing, MCing, breaking, beat boxing and creating graffiti art. Then finish w/ a performance for your fam and friends. How cool is that?! Registration req’d. From 1-5PM @ 8501 Carnegie Ave. Details
Candy Store
Kristine Jackson
For those of us who first saw her back in her days in Blues on Purpose as a horn player behind Mary Bridget Davis, Kristine Jackson’s first CD of mostly original material, Candy Store, is just another step in the evolution of someone on her way to big things.
From horn player to guitarist to vocalist to songwriter to performer of her own material to fronting several different versions of her own band, each step she has taken has been in the right direction…
Read the review by Greg Cielec here
Wanna get reviewed? Send your band’s CD (less than 1 year old) to: Cool Cleveland, 14837 Detroit Avenue, #105, Lakewood, OH 44107
Access to Fresh Food
Plus, watch episode on NEO’s remodeling industry
Organic, Natural and Gluten-Free are more than catch phrases to people with food allergies and a growing number of mainstream food shoppers. We talk with a local organic farmer and Jeff Heinen on the upcoming episode of NEOtropolis, broadcast on Western Reserve PBS at 8:30PM this Fri 2/26, hosted by CoolCleveland’s Thomas Mulready. Click here for your cable channel. Comment on our blog at http://www.NEOtropolis.org. Remember, this is not business as usual.
Click here or on the image above to watch last week’s show on our area’s remodeliong industry, with panelists Andy January of January Paints in Akron, Tony Dimacchia of Lakewood General Contractors, and Jeff Tucker of the Portage & Summit Counties Home Builders Assn.
Do you know a businessperson or company that we should be featuring on NEOtropolis? Drop us a line at NEOtropolis@CoolCleveland.com. After all, it’s your region, too. NEOtropolis.org.
SPONSORED: The anticipation of opening night at the opera! Experience fully staged opera at Severance Hall when Franz Welser-Most leads The Cleveland Orchestra and an internationally acclaimed cast in Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” on Tue 3/2, Thu 3/4, Sat 3/6, and Mon 3/8. Read the preview here, and order today for the best seats! http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com
A hot selection of tech and business news & events from around the region. Got business news? Send it to: EVENTS@CoolCleveland.com
Official excellence in biotech Gov Strickland announces Ohio’s Centers of Excellence in Biomedicine and Health Care. [Gov Strickland pictured at BioEnterprise.] Tell Me More
GREEN Orange goes green Orange approves set of sustainable building guidelines for new construction. The Orange Goes Green Certification Program offers guidelines tailored to NEO’s (not always so pleasant) conditions. Read the story here.
We’re different While many communities are using federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to rehab foreclosures, we’re using most of the $40.8 mill award to tear ’em down. Read
HOT A Deliberate Pause author Larry Robertson will speak on Thu 3/11 from 8-9AM at the Doubletree Hotel in Independence. His provocative book [pictured] re-examines long-held myths of entrepreneurs, calling them mission driven individuals, and delineates how these same values can be unleashed in orgs and regional economies. Email gmarquitATedgef.org to RSVP. http://www.EdgeF.org
GREEN Cleveland Green Drinks networking meet-up on Wed 2/24 from 6-9PM @ Great Lakes Brewing Co. Info
NorTech Innovation Awards @ LaCentre on Wed 2/24 at 5:30PM. Register
Extending the Runway: Building Better Boards Bright Ideas seminar w/ Dave Berkus at CCC East on Thu 2/25 at 1PM. Register
HOT GREEN Carbon Footprints: How Can We Transform Our Tomorrow? Baldwin-Wallace’s Sustainability Symposium w/ Senator Sherrod Brown, Dr. Susan Solomon and others on Mon 3/1 and Tue 3/2 @ B-W. View schedule and register.
Talk More, Say Less intro to 21st century communication skills w/ Connie Dieken on Wed 3/10 at Doubletree – Downtown at 5PM. Register
GREEN Greening the Community 28th Nat’l Pesticide forum @ CWRU on Fri 4/9 and Sat 4/10. Register
SPONSORED: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is next at Cleveland Public Library’s “Sunday Afternoons with Writers and Readers.” So lace up your shoes, head to the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium at 2PM on Sun 2/28 and grab your seat to hear the author and NBA’s all-time leading scorer. Get the scoop on Kareem and this season’s author series at http://www.CPL.org.
Issue 6 Passed… Get Used To It
In politics, you just can’t simply take your ball and go home if you don’t get your way.
I stopped down to the Levin school for the first meeting of the volunteers for Issue 6.
And guess what? The people who voted against it, by and large, didn’t show up…
Click here to view the Mansfield Frazier video
Resume Building
Rise Above The Rest
You’ve established your platform and equipped your career toolbox. Now comes one of the most important steps in your professional journey: building your resume.
The sheer thought of this document terrifies many as no one knows where to begin. Or, you may have an existing resume, but one that’s been around longer than the last presidential administration.
Either way, you’re looking to position yourself as the success you are and, with very minor exception, resumes are your foot in the door.
So take the time to invest in this 4-step exercise to develop the best one to two page representation of your skill set…
Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
SPONSORED: Sustainability Symposium A U.S. senator, the winner of the 1999 National Medal of Science and the CEO of Sherwin Williams head the list of speakers for Climate and Carbon, a free discussion of present and future issues relating to energy, climate and carbon as they impact our health and economic vitality, Mon 3/1 through Tue 3/2 at Baldwin-Wallace College. Get details at http://www.bw.edu/academics/sustainability/symposium
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GREEN There’s an emerging green class in Cle. The next gen of biz professionals are working hard to paint the town green. That’s why on Wed 2/24 you can choose from two green biz events. Cleveland Green Drinks meets at the Great Lakes Brwng Co at 5:30PM for socializing and networking w/ eco-conscious folk dedicated to transforming NEO into a “green economic development engine.” http://GreenDrinks.org/OH/Cleveland. From 5-8PM, check out the Emerging Green Builders Networking Fundraiser at Bier Markt/ Bar Cento. Meet w/ others in the green bldng industry and 15 percent of your dining and drinks go to EGB initiatives. Info
Lakeland Jazz Fest The T.S. Monk Sextet and the Sean Jones Quartet headline the 38th Annual Lakeland CC Jazz Festival–the oldest jazz fest in NEO. Staying true to its mission of instilling the excitement of jazz to kids, the Fest kicks off on Thu 2/25 at 7PM w/ Tomorrow’s Stars concert featuring 4 middle school jazz bands and one high school “all star” band. Sean Jones plays his trumpet on Fri 2/26 at 8PM and T.S. Monk [pictured] drums away on Sat 2/27 at 8PM. View the full schedule here.
In the Blood @ CSU Factory Theater Exactly who is screwing who? That is the brutal question surfacing in this tale of a homeless single mother trying to survive and care for her five kids while beset by the tyranny of city life and various social programs trying to “help” her. The play is described as a “classical tragedy for the postmodern age” that is “beautiful, funny, and at times shocking.” But ultimately it’s a hard look at modern society. In the Blood opens on Thu 2/25 at 8PM and runs through Sun 3/7. Call 216-687-2109 for tickets. Theater located at E 24th St b/w Chester & Payne Aves. http://CSUOhio.edu/theater/season.html
HELP The most common birth defect is significantly understudied. Congenital heart disease, though not widely acknowledged, affects many babies (35,000 a year) yet very little money is dedicated to its research and development. The Jordan Family Foundation wants to change that. Raise funds for JFF and the Cle Clinic Children’s Hospital at the JFF 5th Annual Charity Wine & Beer Tasting on Thu 2/25 from 6-9PM featuring Bar Symon’s Matt Harlan and an ample selection of fine wine @ Rozi’s Wine House, 14900 Detroit Ave, Lakewood. Details
SIE 64 is the 64th Annual Student Independent Exhibition @ The Cleveland Institute of Art. Opening on Fri 2/26 from 6-9PM, see jaw-dropping work of the next gen of artists and designers taking root in the 216 in this juried show featuring BFA students at CIA. Runs ’til Sat 4/3 @ 11141 East Blvd. [Flier featured at left.] http://CIA.edu/blog/?p=2343
Polar Bears Tell All Polar bears are cool in their own right but did you know they’re indicators of our ecosystem? Their dependence on sea ice leaves them especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming. A decline in the polar bear pop is a sign something’s wrong in the greater Arctic marine ecosystem. Geoff York, senior program officer for polar bear conservation w/ the World Wildlife Fund, will give you an inside look on the issues facing these fascinating creatures when he speaks at Happy Days Lodge, 500 W Streetsboro Rd in Peninsula, on Fri 2/26 from 7-9PM. http://DayInTheValley.com
Emma @ Cleveland Play House Catch a world premiere adaptation of one of the greatest romantic novels–Jane Austen’s Emma–opening on Fri 2/26 at 8PM @ the Cle Play House, 8500 Euclid Ave. Fall in love w/ the beautiful, witty and mischievous Emma Woodhouse–the epitome of 19-century cool. http://ClevelandPlayHouse.com
HELP Support At-Risk Teens If your usual after-work routine involves ordering pizza and having a beer, you won’t really have to change what you do to help at-risk teens. Go to the Blind Pig, 1228 W 6th St, on Fri 2/26 for happy hour. $20 gets you pizza and beer and proceeds help Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry’s services. Learn more about LMM at http://LutheranMetro.org
HOT Brite Winter Festival says, “Don’t hibernate. Celebrate.” OK so winter sucks right now. Well, w/ the Brite Winter Festival, winter just got a whole lot more enjoyable. Picture this: a big party in the snow in a largely ignored (but cool) area of Cle. On Sat 2/27 from 5-10PM, venture down to Hart Crane Mem Park (corner of Merwin and Columbus) for live bands, bonfires, cornhole, hot refreshments, a Bridge snowball war, and sled races. And… ice bocce ball in a room made out of sheet plastic and duct tape! http://BriteWinterCleveland.wordpress.com
HOT HELP Cleveland Rocks for Haiti Cle City Councilman Zack Reed and Rock Hall Director Terry Stewart are throwing a party w/ a cause at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum on Sat 2/27. The benefit kicks off at 7PM and continues w/ a celebrity fashion show at 8PM immediately followed by an after-party. Tickets are only $20 and all proceeds will be forwarded to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, endorsed by Pres Obama. Tickets can be purchased at the Rock Hall and include access to all museum exhibits. For more info call 216-664-4945. http://RockHall.com
Spoken Word w/ Chief Rocka Q-Nice Local hip hop icon Chief Rocka Q-Nice spits positive words w/ a passion. If you haven’t checked him out yet (and even if you have), ya gotta see him at the Cle Public Library Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium in the Main Library on Sat 2/27. Q-Nice performs at 3PM but go from 9:30AM-4:30PM for spoken word presentations and performances highlighting various word masters. http://CPL.org
Complimentary Humor @ Bela Dubby Free laughs are always a good thing. Get your share on Sat 2/27 at 8PM when local improv comedy troupe Rockwell 9 takes over Bela Dubby, that coffee shop/jam spot/art gallery at 13321 Madison Ave in Lakewood. Members of Rockwell 9 aren’t hacks; they’ve been carefully honing their comedic skills all over the country for years–all to make you laugh. Info
Aspen Sante Fe Ballet @ PlayhouseSquare With grace and elegance (it is ballet, after all) the ASFB stands out for mixing classical ballet w/ brave new works, often featuring top-notch choreographers. On Sat 2/27 at 8PM and Sun 2/28 at 2PM, the ASFB works w/ famed choreographer Twyla Tharp to present Tharp’s classic Sue’s Leg along w/ other eclectic selections. @ The Ohio Theatre, 1501 Euclid Ave. [Photo at left by Rosalie O’Connor.] http://DanceCleveland.org/aspensantafe.html
Eric’s Song is a tribute to Eric Robertson, a musician who opened for such acts as James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Tom Rush and Tim Buckley, to name a few, and who worked w/ The Choir, The Mods, The James Gang, The Raspberries and many others. He started one of Cle’s top recording studios, Secret Sound, and built state-of-the-art studio Audioworks. Local bands–like John Salamon, Morticia’s Chair and many others–pay tribute to Eric w/ a concert on Sat 2/27 at 7:30PM and Sun 2/28 at 5PM @ the Beachland Ballroom. Learn more about him at http://TheSecretBand.com.
Orchid Mania Head to the tropics without leaving town. The Cle Botanical Garden is overflowing w/ orchids from Sat 2/27 to Sun 3/28. This year’s show is all about seeing these exotic flowers in surprising ways. Expect to see dramatic orchid displays in unexpected places and to explore innovative ideas in floral design. You’ll feel like spring has sprung (until you step outside, that is…). 11030 East Blvd. http://CBGarden.org
SPONSORED: There are those who think that the world will end in 2012. To prepare us, this Sat 2/27 at 10PM, on WCLV 104.9’s Weekend Radio, Robert Conrad presents Peter Seller’s Fuller’s Earth, and The End of the World from Beyond the Fringe. Also, there’ll be items from the recently re-issued Bob Newhart albums. Full details on all of WCLV’s programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
HOT Usher in a new era @ CMA w/ a celebratory bash in the newly renovated Gartner Auditorium. Gush over the beautifully refurbished hall while stylin’ to the elegant sounds and sophisticated reverie of Max Raabe & Palast Orchester [pictured] on Sun 2/28 starting at 7:30PM. Be there at 6PM for cocktails and appetizers. The celebration continues w/ 8 wks of comp performances starting on Fri 3/12. Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd. http://ClevelandArt.org
Yiddishe Cup @ Nighttown Local band Yiddishe Cup is one of the nation’s leading klezmer bands. If ya aren’t in the know, klezmer music is a “hybrid of Eastern European Jewish folk music, American swing, Yiddish theater tunes and Israeli horas.” One New Zealand journalist called it “a delicious concoction that sounds like jazz with 11 secret herbs and spices.” Yiddishe Cup even throws humor into the mix. See ’em on Sun 2/28 at 7PM @ 12387 Cedar Rd, Cle Hts. http://YiddisheCup.com
Celebrate Chopin’s 200th birthday at the Corning Mansion with music and birthday cake! WCLV’s Jacqueline Gerber and pianist Sharon Knickerbocker lead the festivities. Fireside seating and views of the lake, plus food and drink. Free parking. Sun 2/28 @ 4PM. Limited seating. Corning Mansion, Bratenahl. $50 per person donation suggested. Reservations: 216.681.1621 or by email at corningmansion@gmail.com.
Culture, Creativity & Beautiful Movement Spend Mondays learning Guinean percussion [pictured] and dancing w/ master dancer Mohamed Tounkara. On Mon 3/1, the Passport Project offers a W. African Dance Workshop at 7:15-8:45PM and a W. African Percussion Workshop from 9-10PM @ West Side Yoga Studio, 17100 Detroit Ave in Lakewood. Take one class or stay for both. The high-energy dance classes feature live drumming and the percussion classes allow you to learn several rhythms on traditional instruments. http://PassportProject.org
Cosi fan tutte @ Severance Opera comes to Cle’s finest venue starting on Tue 3/2 at 7PM. The Cleveland Orchestra presents Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, fully staged in three acts sung in Italian w/ English subtitles. Comedy unfolds in this classic tale when two sister’s fidelity is tested by their sly fiances in disguise. Runs through Mon 3/8. Tickets
Opera in HD: CARMEN (Bizet) Be part of one of European society’s most important cultural events w/out leaving the 216. Every year, La Scala officially inaugurates its opera season w/ an opening night that’s considered to be a pretty big deal. This year Europe’s hottest young opera stars come together to perform Carmen [pictured]. See it in its splendor at the Cle Hts’ Cedar Lee Theater on Wed 3/3 at 7PM. (Or see it earlier in the week on Sun 2/28 at 2PM.) Info at http://ClevelandCinemas.com and http://OperaInCinema.com/carmen.htm
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The Great White Hope
Plus, Yet Another Dead Child…
Before menacing Mike Tyson, before trash-talking (but ultimately truth-telling) Muhammad Ali, before gentlemanly Joe Louis… indeed, before any of them, there was the flamboyant, larger-than-life character of Jack Johnson… the first black man to hold the world’s heavyweight boxing title. He won the crown back in the day when it really meant something — indeed, everything — to sporting fans around the globe.
He was, in fact, the first hero black Americans could claim and call their own…
Read more from Mansfield Frazier here
Out Of A Dream
Trisha O’Brien
Azica Records
Trisha O’Brien was a mainstay on the local jazz scene before she took the big steps and moved on to New York City and Florida five years ago.
Her new release Out of a Dream on Azica Records features fourteen mostly romantic standards, backed with a four piece band of jazz pros…
Read the review by Greg Cielec here
Wanna get reviewed? Send your band’s CD (less than 1 year old) to: Cool Cleveland, 14837 Detroit Avenue, #105, Lakewood, OH 44107
Cleveland – And Good News In A Magazine!
Plus, Richest Get Richer But Pay Less In Federal Tax, and more…
Hey, a magazine – The Nation – with an article on Cleveland that’s positive and hopeful about the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry and its promising help for our city.
Headlined “The Cleveland Model,” it suggests a possibility for other hard-pressed cities, too. With Cleveland as the model…
Read more of Roldo Bartimole here
Quick reviews of recent events
Submit your own review or commentary to Events@CoolCleveland.com
Cleveland Orchestra @ Severance Hall 2/11/10
Read the review by Laura Kennelly here
Lennox Duo @ Corning Mansion 2/14/10
Read the review by Susan Schaul here
Cleveland Orchestra @ Severance Hall 2/18/10
Read the review by Kelly Ferjutz here
13 @ Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory 2/18/10
Read the review by Roy Berko here
Is He Dead? @ Beck Center 2/19/10
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) “Worst Winter Weather City”? Oh, please. Forbes dishes out another plate of nonsense but Rob Pitingolo of Brewed Fresh Daily sets the record straight. BrewedFreshDaily.com.
2) Downtown Cle Restaurant Week is Mon 2/22 through Sat 2/27. Visit participating restaurants and score some deals with your meal. Cleveland.com
3) Google zaps I Rock Cleveland Google suddenly shuts down iconic local music blog due to “violation of service” issues. Huh? Read this then visit the relaunched site at Blog.IRockCleveland.com
4) See the story that inspired the movie “Clueless” and SAVE! The Cleveland Play House invites you to experience a world premiere production of Emma, Jane Austen’s timeless story of love, money, and manners – and how ‘clueless’ each can make us. Use promotion code “COOL” and save $10 per ticket. ClevelandPlayHouse.com
5) RoldoLINK Are We Safe With Zanotti Taking A Reform Lead? Read the story of Parma Heights’ ex-mayor now taking a lead in the transition stage for the new county government. CoolCleveland.com.
Onward and Upward Our writers come through every week: Roldo Bartimole, Roy Berko, Julie Cajigas, Greg Cielec, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Laura Kennelly, Susan Schaul, Alex Sukhoy 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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