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Upcycle
We like to reuse stuff around here. You could say we’ve made it into an art form. Our awesome buildings, our talent, our green space, even our economy. We’re experiencing our third or fourth comeback in as many decades. I’ve actually lost count. Tyler Village is one of the best examples of creative reuse, with tech companies, a brewery and a vinyl pressing plant inhabiting an old industrial wire works. This weekend, Groove N Brew brings 5 bands and the Cleveland Flea. Experience the locally produced premiere of Young Frankenstein at the Beck. Visit Upcycle Parts Shop, the new arts-focused creative reuse center on St. Clair. What’s old is new.
You can help save the historic and important Viktor Schrekengost murals and bas relief from the soon-to-be-demolished Lakewood HS at the Midsummer Night Celebration at CIA. Upcycle away. GardenWalk Cleveland should give you some midsummer inspiration. Join a Brewraiser for a better Cleveland. Run your heart out at the Summer Meltdown. Be there for the re-opening of the Bop Stop, now inhabited by the talented kids at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. Upcycle that. –Thomas Mulready
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It may not be instantly obvious as you drive by, but there’s a lot going on in and around the area at 36th and Superior.
The hulking building complex called Tyler Village houses cool and growing young businesses like Indigo Imp Brewery and Gotta Groove Records, one of the countrys few vinyl manufacturing plants. And the new Asia Town Center is right across the street…
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SPONSORED: The Music Box Supper Club has announced its initial schedule of shows and keeps adding more by the week! Stay on top of all the announcements from this new music venue and restaurant, which is opening August 2014 on the West Bank of the Flats, by visiting its concert page here.
Some weekends in Cleveland, its very difficult to attend all the great art events in the area.
This weekend is a perfect example. To help you navigate your way to as many of these exciting events as possible, weve compiled this list of the weekends best events…
More from Josh Usmani here
Students spending their summers at Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy are working hard with their ESL teachers to improve their English. While the students reading scores may currently be below the national average, these teachers seem to be using innovative techniques to turn that number around.
Who says summers cant be productive? These students are learning the skills they need, all while having a blast. In addition to their classroom studies, the nearly 50 students have recently went on a neighborhood walk, toured downtown on Lolly the Trolley and traveled to the Western Reserve Historical Societys Hale Farm and Village.
Save the Schrekengosts! Join a Midsummer Night Celebration to support the efforts to restore two Viktor Schreckengost masterpieces housed @ Lakewood HS. Wed 7/9.
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Seeing other people’s gardens is a great way to get inspired & pick up ideas. The two-day GardenWalk Cleveland provides a chance to check out 200 farms, gardens, orchards & vineyards in five neighborhoods and talk to the owners, as well as master gardeners. Sat 7/11-Sun 7/12.
Read more picks by Anastasia Pantsios here
What could be better than spending a lovely Tuesday evening at one of the most delightful outdoor tree museums in the world? Try adding music!
Holden Arboretum is presenting their Summer Concert Series now through Tue 8/5, featuring cool bands, themed cuisine and special pricing. Watch the video with Holdens Vicki McDonald as she describes this cool series.
Members and guests 18 and under are free, and adults are only $5. Come early and stroll the incredible grounds of Holden Arboretum, then check out the wide variety of bands from 7-8:30PM each Tuesday. HoldenArb.org
SPONSORED: Don’t freak out, but The Kent Stage has some of the best music in the region, and other fun stuff. Like the live paranormal experiment variety show Seriously Haunted Improv Investigation Show on Mon 7/14; Laissez le bon temps rouler with BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet on Thu 7/17; Folk legend John Hammond with Rory Block on Sat 7/19. Plus get your tickets now for Jerry Douglas on Sat 8/2, Eric Johnson on Sun 8/3, Ziggy Marley on Tue 8/5, The Bacon Brothers on Sat 8/9, Taj Mahal on Sat 8/16, Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes on Sun 9/14, and more. Details: TheKentStage.com
So the hot Brooklyn band scheduled to open this year’s Summer in the City free music series at the Rock Hall canceled? No problem: just move the hot local openers, Seafair (pictured), to the headline slot, and add three more great local acts NIGHTS, Obnox, and Pleasure Leftists. Wed 7/16.
Download CoolCleveland Mobile here, and scroll on over to the CoolNeighborhoods tab. Select a neighborhood, and then click on the last tab at the bottom which says, “SUGGEST: Did We Miss Something?”
Suggest a cool locally owned place, that we don’t already have, for your chance to win. Follow the link on the tab, and send us an email with your suggestions. They can be art galleries, shops, restaurants, or anything else your heart desires. Good Luck!
In 1978, Dave Smeltz founded I-tal, the band that opened up the local rock scene to reggae. After some of its members split off in 1983 to form the even more popular First Light, Smeltz took I-Tal on the road, playing resorts like Charleston and Hilton Head.
But even as he was enjoying a successful music career, he was spiraling into substance abuse. How he came out of it and the project he is currently working on to give back to the recovery community are the topics of his new book Clean: From Reggae to Recovery, A Memoir. He and his publisher Jennifer Coiley will be at Mac’s Backs on Coventry to talk about the book and autograph copies. Sat 7/12
Talespinner Children’s Theatre to present the play that started it all — The Tale of the Name of the Tree — based on a Bantu tale @ Dobama Theatre. Fri 7/11 & Sat 7/12.
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WED 7/9
Columbus soul band Nick Tolford & Company Play Wade Oval, giving Cle a chance to hear what Cbus is so excited about.
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THU 7/10
Join the Brewraiser for a Better Cleveland & raise a glass (& some funds) to an activist group fighting pollution since 1975. Sip on small-batch beer & play in an oversized Jenga tournament.
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FRI 7/11
Upcycle Parts Shop, a creative reuse center selling castoff stuff to artists & crafters, is opening its doors to the public for the first time. Get a taste of creative reuse on St. Clair.
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SAT 7/12
Run your heart out at the Lakewood Summer Meltdown. Choose from a 5K or 1-mile fun run. Or forgo running altogether & attend the Healthy Lifestyle Festival featuring exercise demos, a pop-up spray park, sports activities & other summer festivities.
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SUN 7/13
Cleveland Music Settlement debuts Bop Stop campus w/ a grand opening. Therell be performances by students and faculty on an indoor & an outdoor stage, opportunities for kids to learn about different instruments & food trucks.
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MON 7/14
Join Cleveland 2019’s Zero Waste NEO Picnic & celebrate summer & all the great zero waste work happening in Cleveland at this potluck-style meeting.
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TUE 7/15
Holden Arboretum continues its music series, showcasing local bands in its bucolic gardens, with Cleveland instrumental jazz/folk/classical trio Cellocentric. They’ll be joined by violinist Chiara Stauffer, who’s part of the Classic Revolution Cleveland community.
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WED 7/16
Cuba’s Conjunto Chappottin y Sus Estrellas has a long history, stretching back into the ’40s. It’ll play for free as part of the Cleveland Museum of Arts weekly July Ohio City Stages series.
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Even if you’re a part of Cleveland’s dance community, it can be hard to keep up with the dance that’s happening in Clevelands African-American community.
So we were completely unprepared for the dancing we saw when we sat in on a recent rehearsal for Dance on the Edge, Terence Greene’s latest brain child. In addition to some of his current or former students at Cleveland School of the Arts, Greene had brought in some outstanding additional dancers…
More from Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas here
On Tuesday, July 1, WUAB (Channel 19 & 43) hosted a Town Hall session entitled “Take Back Our Streets” in response to the increase in gun violence in Cleveland and the surrounding inner-ring suburbs.
The live-broadcast, two-hour event was hosted at the Boys & Girls Club on Broadway and was attended by approximately three-dozen invited citizens, and featured panelists and moderators…
Read this story and others from Mansfield Frazier here
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: Die Fledermaus @ Ohio Light Opera — Scintillating and sparkly! by Kelly Ferjutz
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DURSTIN: An Independence Day Message for Millenials
Another brilliant column by Brother Larry. Let me lift a piece: I know that some of you Millenials feel angry because the economy isnt brimming with jobs for you and you are growing up in a time when relationships are difficult and your elders have left you disillusioned and you dont know what you want to do with your lives…
David Eden
once again Mr. Durstin puts his own spin on issues of the day that actually to the discorse…
Christopher Green
MANSFIELD: Some Hard Truths
It would seem that Mr. Frazier here simply wishes to make more excuses about ‘systemic transgressions against people of colour’ and hint, hint, nudge, nudge, how evil white people are…
Jayson Jordan
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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 Mutually Assured Destruction @buckbuckcle
2) Spice Kitchens Ben Bebenroth Buys The Farm — Literally
3) A Beautiful Partnership in the Works: @holdenarboretum + @cbgarden
4) MANSFIELD: Getting Guns Off the Streets
5) Why We Need More Carshare In Cleveland
Thanks a million to our writers: Marty Bielat, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Anastasia Pantsios, Josh Usmani & 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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