02.27-03.06.13
Taste
Go ahead. Now’s a good time to take a big bite of this place.Cleveland Whiskey launches this week, and our video with entrepreneur and transplant Tom Lix walks you through their innovative process for 25 year oak barrel aging in 2 days. Age is one thing that can’t slow down the West Side Market. Nor a great depression or two World Wars, or even the recent fire. We talk with foodie Laura Taxel, who wrote the definitive book on the WSM with Marilou Suszko. Then Laura is on a panel with other food writers for Brews & Prose, trying to answer the question, “How did Cleveland become a food mecca?”
Richey Piiparinen shares his new study that maps area migration patters and the places where young and middle-aged Clevelanders are living. Meanwhile, John Benson maps Waterloo, one of our rising neighborhoods, which you can walk all over this weekend. Alex Sukhoy helps you change your career and change your life. Larry Durstin opines on the impending Governor’s race. Mansfield enlightens us on his comfort zone and urban agriculture. Mindy Bohannon looks forward to Cool Cleveland every week; using our mobile app won her $20, which she promptly donated to a good cause. What good taste she has. –Thomas Mulready
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This is what Cleveland does best. We make things.
Tom Lix has invented a new process for aging whiskey that shortens the traditional barrel aging from 9-25 years down to a mere couple of days.
He tested over 600 names, and “Cleveland” came out on top for its authenticity and edginess. Now that’s just good taste. Welcome to Cleveland Whiskey. They launch Fri 3/1.
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SPONSORED: The Tri-C JazzFest merch store is open! We’ve splashed our delicious new logo all over caps, shirts and mugs to celebrate this year’s great lineup. Get ready for JazzFest, April 19-27. Buy online or at Barnes & Noble stores on Tri-C campuses.
Knowing where a city’s residents are coming and going is immensely important, and this is particularly true with an area’s young- and middle-age adults — as these generations are the future.
A new study I did charts area migration patterns…
Read more from Richey Piiparinen here
SPONSORED: Step through the theater doors, take your seat and find yourself in a Memphis buffet flat — a den of music, booze and general sin. You are about to serve as part of the audience for the final hours in the life of The Empress of the Blues. That is the setting for The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, a soulful and stunning musical running now through March 10. Tickets are available by calling 216-241-6000 or online at ClevelandPlayhouse.com.
Is there anyone more qualified to write the definitive book on the West Side Market than veteran food writers Laura Taxel and Marilou Suszko? And what a book it is. West Side Market: 100 Years and Still Cooking, was published to coincide with the Market’s 100th anniversary. It’s been quite a history.
This video with author Laura Taxel, shot just days after re-opening from the only major fire in 100 years at the West Side Market, celebrates what a treasure the West Side Market is for millions of Clevelanders, and for foodies all around the world.
SPONSORED: Did You Know: 85% of Tri-C Alums Work in NEO Cuyahoga Community College is actively engaged in the process of reconnecting with its alumni to build an active, ongoing network. Join the Alumni & Friends Association and enjoy the benefits of networking, mentoring, updated job search and resume resources. Plus, look for special alumni events throughout the year. Sign-up now, whether you live in Northeast Ohio or not! Tri-C.edu/alumni.
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Cool Cleveland Podcast Weekly roundup of cool events, in an easy-to-digest 3 minute audio format, for playback on your computer or iPod.
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Anyone can have a street walk event when the weather is nice.
But we’re not anyone. We’re Northeast Ohio and that means we do things the hard way. Take for instance the Walk All Over Waterloo event, which takes place Fri 3/1 at 6PM in the rising Collinwood neighborhood, held in conjunction with the Beachland’s 13th anniversary…
Read more from John Benson here
SPONSORED: Take a Sentimental Journey with GRAMMY Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer and pianist Craig Terry, as they wrap up CIM’s 2012-13 Mixon Hall Masters Season performing American Art Songs by Samuel Barber, Alan Smith, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and more. Tix are $28/$40; order yours today at 216-795-3211 or visit CIM.edu.
Akron Soul Rockers Winslow Drop New Album All too often, when bands have a buzz going and then lose it, they become discouraged and break up. That could have happened to Winslow. But they held on and regrouped. This weekend the band releases its first album in nearly five years.
Read more Red Hot picks by Anastasia Pantsios here
Comic Con @ Lake Erie Ink Learn about comics and create your own in workshops facilitated by Derf, Elyria Comic Book Initiative, Molly Durst, Jay Fife, Martinez E-B & Damien Forshe and other illustrators & comic creators.
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Mindy Bohannon is in love with Cleveland. “This photo was taken at the recent 3 Guys & A Lady event at the Aquarium. I forward the Cool Cleveland digest to everyone new to Cleveland that I know and look forward to it every week.” When Mindy heard she won $20 from Cool Cleveland, she asked us to donate her award. “Please send the winnings to Seeds of Literacy, 3104 W. 25th St., 3rd Floor, Cleveland, OH 44109. I have volunteered there as part of their mission to give free GED tutoring and greatly admire their drive to see their students succeed.”
So another donation is being made to a charity in the name of Mindy and all our Cool Cleveland readers and app users. You are a generous bunch, Cleveland!
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WED 2/27
Meet Me at the Maltz Spend an informal evening w/ Valerie Mayen, who’ll speak on her Guatemalan influences & cutting edge fashion designs.
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THU 2/28
Poet Phil Metres @ CWRU Free poetry courtesy of poet/activist/JCU professor Philip Metres, who writes highly relevant “poems with a worldview.” No fluff here.
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FRI 3/1
Happy Anniversary, Beachland! The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern is turning 13. The young Kent-based performer Jessica Lea Mayfield kicks off the three-night celebration.
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SAT 3/2
Bethesda Debuts New CD @ Musica Akron band’s folk-based indie rock is gently exuberant, accented with fiddle and banjo. After playing major gigs last summer, they’ve earned positive notices from fans, media & people in the music biz. Go hear what the buzz is all about.
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SPONSORED: Christoph von Dohnanyi returns to the Severance Hall podium this Sat 3/02, at 8PM, and WCLV 104.9 takes you there live for the Mahler Symphony No. 1. Sunday’s Cleveland Orchestra on the Radio at 4PM has Franz as the conductor and Yefim Bronfman as soloist in the Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Can’t get better than these two broadcasts. Details on all of WCLV’s great programming at WCLV.org.
SUN 3/3
Hungarian Rhapsody Celebrate Hungarian American culture w/ art & dance @ the Beachwood Community Center. Special performance by the REGOS Dance Troupe.
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MON 3/4
Kent legend Halim El-Dahb is celebrating his 4,092nd (!!) birthday & everyone’s invited to a free celebration to share his joy in making music. “Bring instruments, beverages and good vibrations.”
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TUE 3/5
How Cleveland Eats Brews + Prose presents a panel discussion on our local food scene from some of Cle’s most distinguished food writers. Grab a drink & listen up.
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WED 3/6
Cleveland in Fiction How has Cleveland been depicted in novels in the past 50 years? Discuss w/ historian Marian Morton, publisher Larry Smith from Bottom Dog Press and Anne Trubek, co-editor of Rust Belt Chic.
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In this new year, we could all use some inspiration.
Whether it’s the market surging, the hint of spring in the air or the knowledge that the best is yet to come, if we embrace the shift to possibilities, who knows what we’ll be experiencing and celebrating in the seasons ahead?…
Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
Any Ohio Democrat hoping to unseat Governor John Kasich next year has to be considered something of a longshot.
Known for having an independent streak and a “down home” appeal, Kasich is a crafty and seasoned pol who has never lost an election…
Read more from Larry Durstin here
Expanding The VisionCleveland’s Ward 2 councilman Zack Reed expanded on the vision set forth by three members of Congress — Marcia Fudge, Marcie Kaptur and Dave Joyce — who held a press conference last week to announce they are set to introduce a bill, H.R. 656, the “Restore Our Neighborhoods Act” in this session of Congress…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
Comfort Zone
Recently a very good friend — who just happens to be one of the brightest and most committed young persons in Greater Cleveland — invited me to participate in one of the salons he helps to organize. However, in spite of the fact I wanted to participate, I turned him down…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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PHOTO REVIEW: Cleveland Print Room Darkroom Grand Opening by Elisa Vietri
PHOTO REVIEW: The Roxy Remembered @ the Beachland by Anastasia Pantsios
REVIEW: PSYCHO BEACH PARTY a Campy Challenge for Blank Canvas by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Cleveland Play House’s THE DEVIL’S MUSIC Entertaining, But… by Roy Berko
REVIEW: BLITHE SPIRIT – Noel Coward at his delightful best by Roy Berko
REVIEW: SONS OF THE PROPHET – Thought-provoking, funny, but flawed @ Dobama by Roy Berko
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MANSFIELD: Pre-K – They Actually Do Get It That’s certainly a healthy way to look at someone with differing views than you, especially since that view represents a huge number of people with that view. So anyone who believes in Creationism is a right-wing ideologue nut job?…
Read the comment from Andrew Ziebro here
What the heck is wrong with the parents in the city looking after their own 4-year olds? It doesn’t take a village to raise a child, you know….
Read the comment from IndyCA35 here
I agree completely about the importance of early childhood education and I would even go back further than you did. We need to support mothers and fathers before a child is born…
Read the comment from Barry Doggett here
A City on the Rise Joe Baur, really. Cleveland is not building more skywalks. A private developer is considering a SINGLE skywalk from the casino to the parking/RETAIL facility built expressly for the casino…
Read the comment from Howard Gollop here
I opened the link to the ‘City on the Rise’ story by Joe Baur… only to find after reading between the lines that it was all about Cincinnati, and included a real slam on Cleveland…
Read the comment from George Williams here
saw pic of THAT CINCY building… IS SHARP looking… IS a memorable building… HOWEVE Rrrrrrr?… WHO THE BLANK has THAT kind of $…
Read the comment from bob here
ROLDO: The Fault Lies with Mayor Frank Jackson The Police Chief’s name is MIKE Mc Grath?… not Frank. Before you go off on a rant, perhaps do a little fact-checking first…
Read the comment from Chris here
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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) Here’s How the Cle-created Waterfall Swing Went Viral
2) VIDEO: Behind-the-Scenes of the Beachland Ballroom with Cindy Barber
3) Let’s Discuss How to Transform Our Bridge
4) Ohio City Ice Carving Festival
5) The Cleveland Mini Maker Faire Wants Your Ideas
Purveyors of good taste. Thank you, writers: John Benson, Roy Berko, Larry Durstin, Mansfield Frazier, Anastasia Pantsios, Richey Piiparinen, Alex Sukhoy, Sarah Valek and 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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–Thomas Mulready
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