Our new CoolCLE Podcast is for anyone who cares about what goes on around here. Join our host J. as she rounds up the week’s upcoming events, then dives deep on two topics: blacksmithing and glass blowing in our region. Along the way, you’ll hear new music by area bands Sense of Purpose, Marina Strah and Shy Moon. Listen now.
We also welcome our newest writer, Jenna Thomas, a sophomore at CSU, writing this week on why millennials should make the effort to get to the polls (spoiler alert: the list of reasons includes gun safety laws, affordable health care and sexual assault on campus). Regardless of your age, be sure to check if you are registered to vote in the important Tue 11/6 election.
CoolCleveland columnist C. Ellen Connally is excited about the new Cuyahoga County Archives space on Perkins, where it recently moved from a house in Ohio City. Mansfield Frazier tells us why state legislative seats matter in the next election, laments those who feel they can do anything to black bodies, and hopes for a memorial to the victims of Sowell’s house of horrors.
Coventry traces their milestones with a special event, Trinity kicks off their Brownbag concert series, Bread and Puppet Theatre lands on Wade Oval, August Wilson’s Fences opens the Karamu fall season, photographer Johnny Joo discusses ruin porn at the CLE Photographic Society, and you can take a self-guided tour of local breweries on your bike at Bikes + Brews. Hopefully we’ll see you at IngenuityFest. There’s lots going on, if you just listen. –Thomas Mulready