12.15-12.22.10
Options
Do we have more options in this part of the world than others, or does it just seem that way? We get all four seasons, fresh water, big-league arts & sports, and accessibility like nobody’s business. Even more options are in the missive below: whether you want to celebrate the Solstice or the Festival of Lights (or Festivus!), or take in Handel’s Messiah, or the Holiday Get Down, network with the Santacons or Brainwashed Youth, check out a new EP from Cloud Nothings, or shop local at Cleveland Handmade’s Last Minute Market or some of the cool outlets in our popular ShopLOCAL guide to holiday gifting, we’ve got your options right here. Accessible as all get-out. –Thomas Mulready
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No matter what holiday you celebrate, chances are there’s gift-giving involved. No sweat — we’ve got you covered. Actually, we’ve got the whole town covered in our ShopLOCAL Holiday Gift Guide. Check it out here. Make your gift-giving experience positive, for yourself and our community, by shopping locally this year.
Choose among many cool shopping events this week: Buy affordable art on the spot at Festivus!! @ Wall Eye Gallery, Akron Art Museum’s Holiday mART, and Small Works @ Proximity. In fact, watch our video on shopping LOCAL at area museum shops. Peruse an assortment of eclectic items created locally at Holiday at the Beach Local Market in Rocky River’s Beachcliff Market Square. Find some zen @ Daybreak Lavender Farm’s open house celebration and pick up handmade goods @ Cleveland Handmade Market’s Last Minute Market & Open Studio. Plus, Watch Thomas Mulready speak with Valerie Mayen at last week’s handmade extravaganza, Bazaar Bizarre, here.
What are we missing? Let us know at Events@CoolCleveland.com. View the entire Holiday Guide here. Happy (local) shopping! [Pictured: Ohio City Pasta offered @ Holiday at the Beach Local Market.]
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SPONSORED: Totally extreme! Paleontologist Dr. Darin Croft presents Teeth, Toes and Tales of Mammals Extreme at 7:30PM on Fri 12/17 as part of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Explorer Lecture Series. Don’t miss your chance to see Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time! CMNH.org
Lakewood is #1 again This inner-ring city has been topping a lot of lists this year. Here’s another one: Lakewood ranked Ohio’s most walkable city by Walk Score. Cleveland Heights also ranks near the top. Broadview Heights, however, is one NEO city ranking near the bottom.
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Winter Solstice Celebration @ Lake Erie Nature & Science Ctr on Tue 12/21. Come dressed to hike along a candlelit trail on the shortest day of the year. Then warm up by the fireplace & visit w/ nocturnal animals. Plus planetarium shows & crafts.
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Tyler Davidson lives and breathes film. A successful producer whose credits include Swedish Auto starring January Jones (Mad Men), and The Year That Trembled, Davidson has established his company, Strange Matter Films, right here in Cleveland. A quiet man whose intelligence runs deep and whose full comprehension of the business of movies runs deeper, Davidson has positioned himself wisely at that ideal Tipping Point of cinematic success.
Thanks to Clevelands recently green-lit film tax incentive and his intuition for collaborating with the right people at the right time, Davidsons new feature, Take Shelter, starring Academy Award-nominated Michael Shannon (Agent Nelson Van Alden, Boardwalk Empire) and soon-to-break Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life), has just been escalated to powerful recognition and distribution credibility: Sundance recently accepted Take Shelter into competition in its prestigious and highly selective film festival.
Adding further credence to the project, on the heels of the announcement of the Sundance lineup, Vanity Fair just named Take Shelter its “most anticipated film of Sundance 2011″… Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
WED 12/15
Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah Feel the drama at Apollo’s Fire’s performances of Handel’s classical masterpiece. Performances run Wed 12/15 – Sun 12/19 at locations around town. Witness theatrical entertainment just as the composer intended.
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SPONSORED: As WCLV settles in its new quarters at Idea Center on Playhouse Square, there’s lots of Christmas music at 104.9FM, including a daily program at 11:25AM on Wed 12/15 featuring holiday music by The Cleveland Orchestra and Choruses. Also, this Sun 12/19, A Cleveland Orchestra Christmas Festival Concert conducted by Robert Porco will be aired. Programming details at http://www.WCLV.com.
THU 12/16
Holiday mART Still have shopping to do? Do it here @ the Akron Art Museum’s Holiday mART. Handcrafted goods, live music via ReBeats: A Beatles Tribute & a cash bar will put you in good shopping spirits. 5 – 9PM.
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FRI 12/17
F*GROUP Holiday Show @ Geode Cles premier furniture designer group, F*GROUP, will be in full attendance @ Geode Gallery on Fri 12/17. Meet the citys most talented welders, furniture makers & blacksmiths, who’ve created a fresh batch of small gift objects. Rust Belt Welding [pictured], Bomb Factory Furniture, 44 Steel & others will be there.
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SAT 12/18
Santacon Cleveland Kringle Kaos. Santarchy. That’s the gist behind Santacon, a sort of bar hop/Santa networking event on Sat 12/18. The premise is simple: Come dressed as Santa (that is, your interpretation of Santa), meet 100 other Santas & cavort around Ohio City.
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SUN 12/19
Toys & Crayons Don’t you miss coloring with crayons? Get your coloring fix at a holiday Crayons Party @ the Beachland on Sun 12/19. Crayons, paper, drinks, local toy vendors, face painting & live music. All free.
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MON 12/20
Have yourself a merry lil’ Christmas Cabaret @ Nighttown. The Musical Theater Projects “A Christmas Cabaret” includes not only classy versions of Christmas songs youve grown up with, but also festive oddities you never knew existed, like Berlins “Syncopated Christmas Song.” The show runs Sun 12/19, Mon 12/20 and Tue 12/21. Classic tunes for the young & old.
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TUE 12/21
2 Years Til the End of the World Party @ Now That’s Class. Free music on Tue 12/21. You in? Hear from Flyin Trichecos [pictured], Folded Shirt (record release), Brainwashed Youth (Record Release), Ratface (Pittsburgh w/ Jimmy Rose), Cultivator (PGH), Lucha Eterna. All bands must wear white pants. Its also Lindsays coming home party. Vegan Doomsday sandwiches for all!
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WED 12/22
Hip-Hop is about charity At least thats the way it is at the 3rd Annual Hip-Hop Gives Back Benefit for Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital on Wed 12/22. Hear from Soul Kryziz [pictured], D Roof, Caine, and Crazy8TheGreat featuring Cha~Cha, Mookie Motonio & Split Personality. Free admission w/ donation of new non-violent toy.
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October 2010
Played through quality speakers, this is an EP you should listen to and one the average human being would enjoy, if not love. The album is personable and tangible; it is Dylan Baldi you are hearing with real instruments, real lyrics and real sounds. This is our Cleveland music scene what it has, what it offers, and who is a part of it.
It is absolutely a lo-fi, earthy indie pop EP. Your thing? Then Id buy this immediately.
However, with any lo-fi, earthy indie pop recordings comes the battle of sound… Read more from Laurie Wanninger here
Tribute to PLJ and other things
Since no entity around the area is seemingly going to pay tribute to outgoing Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones — gee, I wonder why the oversight? — I’ll just have to do my own to a man who dedicated his career to making Cuyahoga County a more efficient and inclusive place to live, work and play. His steady and ethical leadership set a benchmark we can only hope others coming into county government after him will aspire to reach.
A quick PLJ story: One evening around 9:30 my phone rang and a voice asked, “Mr. Ferguson?” I immediately caught the distinctive voice of the commissioner (whom I’d left a message for earlier that day), but still I said “Sorry, no Ferguson here.” Peter immediately caught my voice also. “Mansfield?” he queried. When I responded in the affirmative he went on to say that whoever took the message wrote the name down wrong. He then explained that he was just returning the calls he’d received that day … a standard practice of his.
Stop for a minute and think this through: Here was an elected official, in the middle of his term (not in campaign mode), calling back someone whom he thought to be a complete stranger … and on the same day he received the call. Folks, this was Churchillian in magnitude … at least for a Cuyahoga County elected official… Read more from Mansfield Frazier here
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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) ShopLOCAL Holiday Gift Guide2) Oh, Tannenbaum, Hitting the Wine Trails!
3) VIDEO: MOCA Explodes with Iconic Museum
4) Artists Fleeing NYC For Cleveland
5) Evie Lou: New boutique specializing in cozy chic
It’s not optional: our writers rule: Carol Drummond, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Alex Sukhoy, Susan Schaul, Sarah Valek & Laurie Wanninger. 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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