02.11-02.18.15
Love
Who do you love? It’s a great week to show your affection for the region.Ring in the Year of the Ram, sing along with The Year of the Cat, and Jam like it’s 1610. Roll with the Zuzu African Acrobats at BW, celebrate Kurentovanje in St. Clair/Superior, spice up your Valentine’s Day with Burlesque in Waterloo, and strum along with CIM’s GRAMMY winner Jason Vieaux in Akron. Take a chocolate walk, accelerate NEO, and experience love at first bite.
Think and drink with the extinct at CMNH, raise a glass on Fat Tuesday at Music Box, study living history at Mahall’s, and snap selfies with past presidents at the Maltz.
Love our hometown? Read up on the coming arts tax renewal and follow Mansfield’s almost daily postings on our hometown police and the coming consent decree. Cause there’s no love without social justice. –Thomas Mulready
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In 2006, Cuyahoga County went from one of the country’s least supportive regions for the arts to one of its most supportive virtually overnight.
The reason? That year, it passed a 30-cents-a-pack tax on cigarettes to fund the arts organizations, artists, and special arts and culture events that are one of the area’s true strengths. That tax will be on the ballot for renewal this Fall…
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SPONSORED: Visit the Downtown Akron Historic Arts District’s new live jazz venue / photography gallery / fine dining restaurant & “speakeasy” that has NE Ohio music lovers abuzz – BLU Jazz+! Upcoming “don’t miss” shows include three-time Grammy® nominated master jazz organist, Joey DeFrancesco (Wed 2/18 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm) and internationally-acclaimed French jazz vocalist, Cyrille Aimée & her band (Thu 3/5 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm). Get Tickets today!
If you’re looking to spice up your Valentine’s Day then you have to check out Ohio Burlesque’s “Sweetheart Showcase” on Sat 2/14 @ 8:00pm at the Beachland Ballroom. The show will feature national acts like renowned artists Apathy Angel, Lilly Rascal and Ruby Solitaire and local favorite Doll Bambino.
CoolCleveland Correspondent Marty Bielat met up with the show’s Producer Bella Sin. Sin, who will also be performing in the show, told us about her organization and burlesque itself. While the show might be intimidating to some, Sin assures that attendees will have their minds blown (in a good way.)
SPONSORED: Hope for the City 2015, Old Stone Church’s annual Lenten leadership series, will focus on water issues in re-birthing cities. Dr. Robert Heath, Professor Emeritus, Kent State University, will present “Could Cleveland Completely Run Out of Drinking Water?” on Wed 2/25. For a complete list of speakers and registration: OldStoneChurch.org
The Main Street Kent Association has been hosting a slew of fun events to attract people to the awesome downtown Kent business district. The next event is a Valentine’s Day Chocolate Walk collecting delicious chocolate treats from neighborhood businesses.
Referred to as an adult “trick-or-treat”, the afternoon will be spent shopping, visiting with local shop owners and collecting / eating chocolate delicacies…
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SPONSORED: Pink, Blue and In-Between What can science tell us about gender identity and sexual orientation? The Cleveland Museum of Natural History hosts Dr. Eric Vilain, professor of human genetics and director of the Center for Gender-Based Biology at UCLA, for its next Explorer Series talk. Fri 2/20 at 7PM. Music/appetizers at 5:30PM. CMNH.org
Events announced for Rock Hall Induction Week in April. It will include concerts, special exhibits and something Clevelanders love even more than rock and roll — a fireworks show.
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SPONSORED: ZuZu African Acrobats Spectacular routines involving fast pyramids, limbo, contortion, chair balancing, tumbling and comedy are part of the ZuZu African Acrobats high-energy show. The “America’s Got Talent” runners-up and natives of Mombasa, Kenya will appear at Baldwin Wallace University, Thu 2/12, at 8PM FREE and open to the public, but space is limited! BW.edu
CMSD students hit the stage this week with auditions concluding for the upcoming All-City Arts spring musical: “Memphis.” More than 100 students from 20 different schools came out to PlayhouseSquare to audition for roles through singing, acting and dancing.
Students in grades 8th through 12th poured their hearts and souls out for the chance to work with sought-after professional directors, stage managers and costume designers, whom have worked worldwide. The musical is being produced through the CMSD’s All-City Arts, which is a district-wide after school and weekend program providing artistic and college readiness skills for students. Break a leg!
The Have a Heart Bachelors and Bachelorettes benefit event is back. This always fun night of doing good is a favorite crowd pleaser for an excellent cause.
This year, the precursor to the June 25th Have a Heart Benefit is Love At First Bite, a purposeful meeting experience for Cleveland’s busy single professionals on Friday, Valentine’s eve…
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SPONSORED: 2015: The Year of The Kent Stage Beth Hart and other shows have already SOLD OUT. Don’t miss The Year of the Cat’s Al Stewart, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tim Reynolds & TR3, The David Bromberg Quintet and Jesse Cook, plus major talents like The Wailers with Carlos Jones, Peter Yarrow, Justin Townes Earle, Irish favorites Altan, The Robert Cray Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Leon Russell, Carbon Leaf, Donna The Buffalo, Madeleine Peyroux, Joan Armatrading, and Dailey & Vincent, all at the acoustically superior Kent Stage in 2015. Get your tickets now for TheKentStage.com.
Cleveland’s Beaucoup were so perfectly ’80s and so much part of the local airwaves then that it’s hard to believe they never broke out of town. Thirty years after forming, the band comes to the Hard Rock Rocksino to play all the songs you loved back in the day, with special guests guitarists Wally Bryson and Neil Zaza and emcees Jeff & Flash. Fri 2/13.
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Take the kids to a very special Valentine’s Party at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland. Cinderella and Prince Charming will be there. Make crafts & learn how to dance Sat 2/14.
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If you have yet to experience MOCA Cleveland’s new exhibition by Ragnar Kjartansson, entitled “The Visitors,” then you have to make your way over to their University Circle location to check it out. “The Visitors” highlights eight performers collaborating on one song, separately, for 64 minutes, in the same New York mansion.
CoolCleveland was on the scene last week at MOCA’s Winter/Spring opening night, and caught some testimonials of art lovers immersing themselves in the piece. You could tell they were all moved, inspired, and in sheer awe. “The Visitors” will be on display until Sun 5/24.
WED 2/11
The Cleveland ARTS Education Consortium (CAEC) invites you to hear Joy Roller, President of Global Cleveland and David Gilbert, President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland, talk about all the reasons people are flocking to CLE.
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THU 2/12
Zuzu African Acrobats fly high. Not only that — this tumbling act from Mombasa, Kenya puts on a show incorporating fast pyramid building, limbo, contortion, bottle balancing. Be amazed when they perform @ BWU.
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FRI 2/13
Deconstructing The Beatles Nearly 51 years to the day after The Beatles changed pop culture forever with its iconic performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Scott Freiman is keeping the Fab Four’s memory alive.
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SAT 2/14
A new Cleveland tradition was born in 2013. That was the year that the Superior-St. Clair neighborhood celebrated its first Kurentovanje, consisting of parades, polka & big fuzzy kurents.
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SUN 2/15
Enjoy champagne, refreshments & a love story for the ages at Dobama Theatre’s special one night-only performance of Love Letters. Romance… without the cheesiness.
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MON 2/16
Not sure what to do on Presidents Day? Spend it brushing up on American history at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. Take selfies with past presidents, make crafts & experience An American Story.
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TUE 2/17
Having just celebrated its 20th anniversary and its leader, sax player Ernie Krivda’s 70th birthday, the Fat Tuesday Band returns to the Music Box Supper Club for another Big Band Dance Party to celebrate… Fat Tuesday aka Mardi Gras.
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WED 2/18
Think & Drink with the Extinct while gazing at jewels & gems. This month’s “after hours” event at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History focuses on All That Shimmers. Learn about minerals while making your own jewelry.
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This just in via email: Washington D.C. — The acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Michael Botticelli, said the federal government will deny federal funding to drug courts across the country that refuse medication-assisted treatment for those suffering from opiate addictions…
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: Black Dance in Cleveland – Bringing the Love by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
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Nature’s Bin Announces New Executive Director After 30 Years
Welcome, Nancy! And, enjoy your retirement, Scott! I love your store!…
KT Garron
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Shaker square — add Cosmic Bobbins — a great store at the square…
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Cleveland One of America’s Best Beer Cities According to Beer Experts
Nice. I will toast this for sure…
Jim Baron
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1) VIDEO: Embrace the Winter Fun at the Hingetown Hygge
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