Now is our time to shine and thrive. We’ve got a good head start. But it won’t happen without some effort.
Maybe you need a little help. Get the Thrive Box, leveraging the contagious nature of social interaction to create happiness at home, at work, anywhere. Inca Tea opens their first cafe store, which should make anyone happy. Near West Theatre is thriving and about to move into their new space in Gordon Square; we’ve got the sneak peek video.
One tangible way to help our region thrive is to ShopLOCAL, and CoolCleveland’s online guide points you to hundreds of local, independent shops, helping make your holiday gifting corporate-free. Supporting local music is another way, and this week some of our favorites are playing out: The Lighthouse & the Whaler, The Woodchoppers Ball, Apollo’s Fire & the re-formed Rhondas. Catch a collection of holiday classics at Cleveland Cinemas, shop Cleveland Heights at Cedar-Lee’s Holiday Stroll and The Coventry Village Holiday Festival. Mahall’s celebrates their 90th, Trinity sings the Messiah, Chris Isaak plays TKS, Pitch-black Brass Band plays the Music Box, and Rudolph plays the Akron Civic, still going strong.
Mansfield’s voice is currently one of the strongest in the region, and he’s been posting almost daily on CoolCleveland. His most recent posts, on Frank Jackson, LeBron James, John Kasich and Eric Holder, are linked below. We’re going to have to figure this out if everyone around here is going to thrive. –Thomas Mulready