10.29-11.05.14
Tell Your Story
OK my friends. This is it. The time has come to shuck off the shackles of our nattering narrative and tell our story anew. Not in words. But in deeds.But first you gotta vote on Tue 11/4. We’re endorsing Ed FitzGerald for Governor, and Armond Budish for Cuyahoga County Executive, and recommending a YES vote on both Issue 4 for Cleveland Schools and Issue 6 for Tri-C. Regardless of your choices, it’s imperative that you vote. And help write the next chapter in our region’s story. Watch our video interviews with Armond Budish and Jack Schron and decide for yourself.
Ted Sikora & Milo Miller have decided to tell their story as a graphic novel set in Cleveland. Ray Petro did it by changing his life, building the first indoor MTB park, then writing his life story. Theatre Ninjas are doing it by bending genders at Guide to Kulchur. SPACES are choosing to party as they honor their biggest fans & board members Sam Hubish & Jeffry Chiplis, and CC has the video.
A key chapter in our region’s new story is the rise of independent chefs, innoculating the CLE against chain food with Cleveland Restaurant Week. Bones, Bugs & Dead Animals, zombies, a vampire opera, a Dia de los Muertos party, and a release of the Festivus Holiday Ale. Great week for a story. –Thomas Mulready
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Ed FitzGerald is the only candidate in the field truly qualified to be governor — and he’d be a fine one. Governor FitzGerald would focus on strengthening the economy for everyone, not just making the rich richer. He’d fight the for-profit charter school interests to which Kasich is beholden. And he would be able block the more extreme ideas of a legislature that, thanks to gerrymandering, is too tilted toward one party and often controlled by its radical wing.
Realizing that FitzGerald would veto attempts to ban abortion or permanently repeal clean energy standards, the legislature might spend less time contemplating such measures and look at things Ohioans would really like to see happen — like fixing education funding and creating more living-wage jobs. Read the full endorsement here.
To say the Cuyahoga County Executive race involves the filling of small shoes would be an understatement. And in the persons of Republican Jack Schron and Democrat Armond Budish, county voters have the task of choosing between two candidates who are (at best) just barely capable of stepping into Ed FitzGerald’s lilliputian loafers.
There is little to choose from between these two. However, the fact that Schron was the only member of County Council to support the union-busting Senate Bill 5 and also backs the Republican agenda to squelch voter turnout is more than enough to disqualify him to head a county that has consistently supported union and voting rights. Read the full endorsement here.
A legend on a T-shirt states, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” That statement alone should convince voters to pass both Cleveland Issue 4 and Cuyahoga County Issue 6. Issue 4 would authorize the floating of bonds to pay for the construction of 20 to 22 new schools and the renovation of 20-plus additional buildings in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District all without raising taxes. The great thing is, state funding will provide $2 for every $1 CMSD spends on construction. It’s a winner.
So too is Issue 6, a renewal of a 2.1 mill levy and an increase of 0.9 mill for operating costs for Cuyahoga Community College. Tri-C has consistently been ranked as one of the top community colleges in the nation. The institution has been on the cutting edge in retraining our workforce for todays jobs. Without the funding provided by Issue 6, Tri-C would have cut to $40 million a year from the opportunities it offers county residents for a quality, affordable education. That funding would cost homeowners only $2.63 a month per $100,000 property valuation. Read more.
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Interviews with Armond Budish & Jack Schron
CoolCleveland offered candidates in the Cuyahoga County Executive race the opportunity to answer a few questions live on camera and in writing. View the VIDEO interview with Armond Budish here, and his written responses here. View the VIDEO interview with Jack Schron here, and his written responses here.
Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready spoke with Republican candidate Jack Schron, discussing his positions on unions, Cuyahoga County College Savings Account Program, sustainability, womens issues, re-entry and leadership, then with Democratic candidate Armond Budish on gridlock in politics, the struggles of the Democratic party in Ohio, Budish’s vision for the County, economic development, and what a successful Budish administration would look like.
For years large comic book covers of Apama – The Undiscovered Animal dominated the windows of a building located at the corner of E. 9th and Superior Avenue.
While intelligent and curious folk would use the Internet to find out more, others may still be in the dark regarding the local comic book series co-written by Ted Sikora and Milo Miller, and illustrated by Spanish artist Benito Gallego…
More from John Benson here
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SPONSORED: Skip Happy Hour Fri 11/7 and stop by Nature’s Bin for $5 Friday! $5 cover at the door includes 5 different wine and food pairings! You’ll also find $5 deals throughout the store. $5 Friday is the First Friday each month from 5 – 8PM. Valid ID required, 21 and over only. NaturesBin.com
Few people escape the life that Ray Petro had built for himself: spending the better part of everyday “nursing a Stoli rocks with a shot of Jaeger and an eight-ball of coke…”
Then he discovered mountain biking, and built something else that has changed his life, and the lives of thousands of others: the world’s first indoor bike park, right here in Cleveland. He eventually built a second, in Milwaukee, and sold his company to Trek, the worlds largest bike company.
Now he’s told his extraordinary life story in a new book, Ray’s: The Inspirational True Story of The World’s First Mountain Bike Park. Ray spends a few minutes with Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready talking about his journey, his life and his incredible achievements.
SPONSORED: Step Out, Cleveland! Explore the culture of dance directly through movement, bringing topics of inclusivity and storytelling to light through interactive talks and workshops guided by experts from across the country. Come for a session or stay for the day! November 8 & 9 from 11AM to Midnight. Register at CPL.org
The Cleveland Browns and The United Way of Greater Cleveland teamed up last week in order to construct a new playground at the K-8 Louis Agassiz School, as part of their Play360 campaign. The campaign, which was launched with the hopes of inspiring kids to play 60 minutes each day, really came through for the playgroundless students of the school.
A project hat has been ten years in the making, the team assembled last Tue 10/21 to complete the task in merely six hours. It’s always great to see the team in action on and off the field.
Kent State University, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and The Cleveland Water Alliance are partnering up to bring you their 2nd annual Water Research Symposium. With the theme being “Water Infrastructure and Rebounding Cities,” it’s easy to see how key topics like Water Policy, the Ecology of Water & the Great Lakes, and Green Design & Urban Infrastructure will certainly be worth discussing at the conference.
CoolCleveland Correspondent Marty Bielat met up with Kent State’s Dr. Grant McGimpsey to discuss the upcoming symposium. Dr. McGimpsey answered our questions, and spoke on the importance of respecting our water resources and the need for more sustainable care.
Family Finding Convening. Experts from around the nation will convene in Cle to discuss ways to improve our foster care system. Hear from Hollywood writer, producer & former Cleveland foster youth, Antwone Fisher. Thu 10/30.
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SPONSORED: Celebrate Cleveland’s outstanding dining scene The 10th anniversary of Cleveland Independents — over 90 locally owned, independent restaurants — and the 10th anniversary of Cleveland Restaurant Week are being celebrated together. Three course, $33 prix fixe dinners. November 3-15. For menus and real time reservations, visit ClevelandRestaurantWeek.com. Eat. Drink. Local.
Don Dixon & Marti Jones met back in the mid 80s when he produced a record by her former band. The Canton songstress and Carolina producer settled in her hometown and have crafted their scintillating pop music from there ever since. When they perform together, as they will at the Music Box, they exude high spirits, humor and love of music. Sat 11/1.
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Science can be kind of spooky. See how at the Childrens Museum of Cleveland, where their Mad Scientist will make balloons scream & even get a jack o’lantern to foam at the mouth. Plus, there will be dancing Fri 10/31.
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Cleveland Independents has been promoting locally owned northeast Ohio restaurants for a decade through promotions like Cleveland Restaurant. During that two-week event, many of its 80-plus member dining establishments will serve a three-course meal for a flat price of $33. It’s the perfect opportunity to get out to that restaurant you’ve been meaning to try. Mon 11/3.
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WED 10/29
Four Clarinets play jazz favorites @ Trinity’s Brownbag Concert Series. Bring your lunch to eat at the cathedral or purchase a lunch there for only $5.
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THU 10/30
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, aka Fela, died 17 years ago. But the musical style he created — Afrobeat — seems to just keep getting more and more popular. Finding Fela explores his important role both as a musician & political figure. See the Cle premiere @ Grog Shop.
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FRI 10/31
Zombies are taking over Downtown Cleveland. Won’t you join them? Be a part of the zombie walk while scourging the city for drink specials and braaaains.
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SAT 11/1
Remember loved ones who passed & pay homage to Latin American culture at Dia de los Muertos. There’ll be food, vendors (buy some sugar skulls), altar exhibitions, a parade, folk music & more.
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SUN 11/2
Rhett Miller made his mark as the leader singer of Old 97’s, an alternative country band with a strong vein of sparkling pop. He’ll be at the Music Box Supper Club w/ Jon Langford, the Wales native who has been a mainstay of the Midwestern alt-country scene for decades.
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MON 11/3
Work up an appetite because it’s the start of Cleveland Independents’ Cleveland Restaurant Week. Select restaurants will offer a promotion featuring $33 (plus tax & service charge) prix fixe menus, so come hungry. Leave happy.
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TUE 11/4
Join the Festivus Holiday Ale release @ Market Garden Brewery & let ginger, allspice & cinnamon take hold of your tastebuds in this malty ale. Yum.
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WED 11/5
Vocalist Mark Lanegan first became known to music fans as the vocalist for Screaming Trees, one of the seminal bands in the foundation of the famed Seattle grunge sound. He’s on the road with his band & will play the Grog Shop.
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Artists, board members and volunteers Jeffy Chiplis and Sam Hubish have been involved with SPACES since the mid-1980s. On Sat 11/1 they will be honored for their service, activism and special brand of joie de vivre at SPACES’ Optical Delusions benefit.
They talk about their first memories of SPACES and some of SPACES’ innovative programs with Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready who has known the pair since they presented work in the Performance Art Festival.
How many times in the past three months have we all heard Clevelanders saying things like, “If you told me a year ago that LeBron James would be soliciting Cavs fans to vote on which number he should wear or whether he should continue with his signature ‘Chalk Toss,’ I would have told you that you were dreaming?”…
More from Larry Durstin here
Honey Bucket may be young, but they’ve been around long enough to know what makes Clevelanders groove to the beat. With a funky, folksy mix they’ve come to describe as “newgrass,” Honey Bucket is setting the bar high with a genre of music that’s pleasantly surprising and thoroughly enjoyable.
It was a great time this weekend at the brand new Music Box Supper Club in the Flats as we celebrated the band’s 3rd anniversary in style with a Halloween themed party. It was great seeing friends, enjoying drinks throughout the evening and donning a costume. CoolCleveland‘s Samantha Fletcher caught up with vocalist Brendan O’Malley to get the scoop on what was one of the best parties this weekend.
Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) is “a non-partisan coalition of faith communities and partner organizations in Cuyahoga County working together to build power for social justice.”
As part of its mission to improve the quality of life for everyone in the region, the organization meets with County Prosecutor Tim McGinty in an effort to insure the county’s criminal justice system doesn’t needlessly (and disproportionately) punish the poor, and persons of color. Indeed, a worthwhile cause…
Read this story and others from Mansfield Frazier here
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REVIEW: [title of show] is a Play in a Play @ the Beck Center by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Dobama’s The Norwegians — An Extremely Odd Bitter Comedy by Roy Berko
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VIDEO: Jeffry Chiplis & Sam Hubish Honored at SPACES’ Optical Delusions Benefit
Congratulations on the well earned recognition Jeff and Sam! Two of my favorite personalities on the Cleveland art scene and also a couple of real gentlemen….
Matthew Dibble
MANSFIELD: The Rise of Local Republicrats
Back in the sixties, we had the federal government’s program “Urban renewal.” How did that work out? It blighted every part of Cleveland it touched…
Steve Merkel
Summation of this editorial: “How can black people be expected to overcome the obvious widespread racism that still exists everywhere in America today without reparations made to persons now 10+ generations removed?…”
Allen Freeman
I have mostly voted Democrat before, but I just cant bring myself to hold my nose and vote for Ed FitzGerald this time, or for any other member of the Democratic ticket….
Earl James
Obviously Mansfield did not even attend the event. The event was Rebuilding America’s Great Urban Core with dialogue from Basheer Jones and Jason Riley….
Joe Foster
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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) New Jazz Venue @BluJazzAkron Celebrates Its Grand Opening
2) Idealists Welcome at the Imagine Gathering @LasaSanctuary
3) MANSFIELD: The Rise of Local Republicrats
4) EAT: Vegetarian/Vegan
5) Handmade Ice Cream @MasonsCreamery, Now Open In Ohio City
Thanks to our own storytellers: John Benson, Roy Berko, Kyla Collins, Larry Durstin, Samantha Fletcher, Mansfield Frazier, Erin Herbert, Laura Kennelly, Anastasia Pantsios, 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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