We look to the young, the untested, the emerging artists, entrepreneurs and creators. Some people fall asleep watching the sun set. We prefer the drama of the dawn.
CoolCleveland correspondents Vic & Elsa Johnson throw the spotlight on Ballet Excel Cleveland, young dancers on their way up performing original ballets. Apollo’s Fire features their Young Apprentices program in Cleveland Hts & Hudson this week. The Youth Chamber Music Challenge offers cash prizes for the next generation of classical musicians. The Contemporary Youth Orchestra plays the score to Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday at a live screening at CSU.
Rising Star becomes kosher, Rooms To Let returns to Slavic Village, The Dealership opens in Shaker Hts, they’re wining in the winter at area wineries, they’re mixing art & ale at the Akron Art Museum, and Christopher Reynolds performs his healing music in the planetarium of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center in Bay Village.
The mayoral race is heating up, and Anastasia Pantsios offers a critical perspective on incumbent Mayor Jackson and some of the challengers: a youthful candidate, Ja’Ovvonie Garrison, who has organized skateboard facilities, and Brandon Chrostowski, proprietor of EDWINS, the acclaimed upscale restaurant that trains and hires returning felons. Leaves us all wondering what’s next. —Thomas Mulready