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Imagine
A town where young people don’t wait in line for permission from old people and bureaucrats. A place that connects food deserts in the inner city with the cornucopia of our surrounding farmlands. Imagine a Euclid Avenue reserved for pedestrians and bikers, lined with year-round kiosks and local pop-up shops, stretching from Public Square to East Cleveland. A Cuyahoga River on fire once again, this time intentionally, accompanied by The Black Keys and TCO cranking out Smoke On The Water for a worldwide audience, celebrating our role in igniting the modern environmental movement. These are the things that roll around in my head. Now tap on your device and see what the new CoolCleveland.com can connect you with: 37 Cool Neighborhoods (5th Street Arcades, The Edge, Kent, Oberlin, Waterloo…), 32 ShopLOCAL categories (Bazaars & Pop-Ups, Hip Hangouts, Afterhours, Veg/Vegan, Museum Shops…), plus Videos, Photostreams and more curated cool Events than you can consider mapping for your upcoming week. All free. All right here. Imagine that. –Thomas Mulready
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The world is a harsh place, but it doesn’t always have to be. Take a break from the hard-knocks of life, take a moment away from the isolation, step back from the bad news stories and spend an evening with people trying to make the world a better place.
Lasa Sanctuary invites you to their Imagine Gathering, an evening of inspiration and community…
More from Sarah Valek here
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SPONSORED: Celebration! Cleveland Public Library hosts a fun-filled evening of festive Latin and cultural dance performances, and delicious foods Sat 11/1 @ 7-11PM, Main Library. Head over to CPL.org for more details about this family-friendly event. Don’t forget your dancing shoes!
On the hunt for something horrific? Oddities and anomalies abound at the Dittrick Museum of Medical History scavenger hunt and Cleveland Bazaar’s Halloween Curiosity Shop.
The Cleveland Bazaar (formerly Bazaar Bizarre) will feature approximately 40 vendors selling hair-raising handmade items while the Dittrick Museum provides truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thrills…
More from Hollie Gibbs here
SPONSORED: From Sandusky to Mentor. From Cleveland to Canton. Cleveland Independents — over 90 locally owned, independent restaurants — is celebrating its 10th anniversary and Cleveland Restaurant Week. Try some new restaurants or return to some of your favorites. Three course. $33 prix fixe menus. Visit ClevelandRestaurantWeek.com for menus and real time reservations.
With the grand opening of Blu Jazz, downtown Akron has a new live music venue that caters to those looking for a little sophistication in their night out.
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SPONSORED: Explorer Series The Cleveland Museum of Natural History presents another Explorer Series lecture Fri 10/24 at 7PM. Dr. Karen Strier of University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses Primate Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World: Perspectives from the Muriqui Monkeys of Brazil, revealing her 31-year study of one of the world’s most endangered primates. Music and appetizers at 5:30PM. Details.
Coming up at PlayhouseSquare this weekend is a performance packed with moonlighting dancers from New York City Ballet, The Ashley Bouder Project: An Exposé on Ballet Style.
Who is Ashley Bouder? She’s a dancer for NYCB who’s been cutting quite a swath since she first joined that company during the Nutcracker performances of 2000 / 2001…
More from Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas here
With ebola awareness on the rise, CMSD has taken appropriate steps to prevent an outbreak in our community. Last week, a teacher who works at E³agle Academy alerted CMSD to the possibility of her/his contact with the virus. While the teacher’s name remains anonymous, preventative measures have been taken.
The school was thoroughly sanitized overnight, starting around 1:00am. Although health officials said there were no risks to students and staff, the District ordered the cleaning to ease concerns about the former Cranwood School, a building E³agle shares with PACT (the Problem-based Academy of Critical Thinking.)
You almost have to work to not run into Chris Allen, one of Cleveland’s most productive musicians. He performs solo and with a band and has several other projects going on. Somehow he’s found time to record an new album, and he and his band the Guilty Hearts will play a show at the Happy Dog to let people know it’s here. Sat 10/25.
Read more picks by Anastasia Pantsios here
Meander through a garden full of Halloween delights at the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s annual Boo-tanical Bash Sat 10/25. Get candy & hear live music at this event held both in & outdoors.
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WED 10/22
Has it been more than a few months since your last dose of history? The Summit County Historical Society has you covered. The Society would like to invite everyone to a guided tour of the Perkins Stone Mansion, the home of the son of Akron’s co-founder.
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THU 10/23
Celebrate the end of the growing season at LEAF’s Community Harvest Festival. Stock up on local veggies, cheeses, meats & handmade art, jewelry & crafted home goods at this free, family-friendly fest.
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FRI 10/24
Great Lakes Light Opera is a new project trying to provide opportunities for classical trained musicians to do opera performances in non-traditional venues. It’s back to present Macabaret, “a stylized revue where classically trained singers portray the disturbed patients of an insane asylum.”
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SAT 10/25
How do vegan chick’n & waffles sound? If you’re into the vegan food scene, you know Cle is missing out on vegan breakfasts. Lion on Lorain is looking to fix that — at least for a week. Reserve your spot for a drool-worthy brunch.
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SUN 10/26
Blues musicians jam against domestic violence @ the Beachland. The Vernon Jones Blues Cartel (pictured) is the host band. Joining them will be Maurice Moss Stanley, Hope Moore, Jarred Goldweber & others.
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MON 10/27
Fill up on something good at this month’s Dinner In the Dark held at The Standard. But what? Who knows! But you’ll find out when you get there. And, since it’ll be cooked by the city’s hottest chefs, you know it’ll be good.
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TUE 10/28
When the silent film Phantom of the Opera came out in 1925 it was a huge hit w/ audiences. You can judge for yourself how scary it is when the movie screens at Severance Hall w/ live organ music.
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WED 10/29
Clarinets have a sound that bridges classical music, folk & jazz. They can sound sentimental & morose or upbeat & swingin’. Cle’s Four Clarinets will be going for the latter when they perform an hour of familiar jazz tunes as part of Trinity Cathedral’s Brownbag lunchtime concert series.
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Christine Benedict lived in the 100-year-old haunted farmhouse that stars in her book, Anonymous, recently re-released by Loconeal Publishing of Amherst, for many years.
When she wants to catch someone’s attention, she asks “do you like mysteries?” and if you say yes, she makes a sale. She believes in her book…
More from Claudia Taller here
With the Ohio Democratic Party pretty much in shambles due to the meltdown of its self-absorbed gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, Republicans see a grand opportunity to make inroads with blacks here in Cuyahoga County, who they view as being loyal to the point of obsequiousness towards an uncaring Democratic Party that has done little for minorities.
So, how are Republicans going about seizing what they view as a golden moment?…
Read this story and others from Mansfield Frazier here
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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PHOTOSTREAM: Hauntaquarium @ the Greater Cleveland Aquarium by Hollie Gibbs
REVIEW: A Haunting Night of the Living Dead @ Blank Canvas by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Enjoyable Making God Laugh @ Actors Summit Theater by Roy Berko
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EAT: Vegetarian/Vegan
We partner with plant kingdom we deserve mention as well . Our chocolates were in the top 10 list in scene for vegan eats We have vegan guest chef nights This Sunday we will have a Taiwan inspired menu. Hot and sour soup Scallion and Kimchee pancakes. Congee,Turnip Cakes and green tea soft serve. This is at NO Whey 12-9…
Stacie Wernick
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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) Handmade Ice Cream @MasonsCreamery, Now Open In Ohio City
2) MANSFIELD: Looking in the Mirror
3) ShopLOCAL at the @ClevelandFlea’s Sunday Market
4) This Year’s Nominees for Induction Named By @Rock_Hall
5) MAKERS: Customize Your Drink with the Locally Designed Splash Infuser
We love our writers & contributors. Thank you Roy Berko, Martin Bielat, Kyla Collins, Samantha Fletcher, Mansfield Frazier, Hollie Gibbs, Erica Herbert, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Claudia Taller, Sarah Valek & Elisa Vietri. 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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