05.08-05.15.19
Legend
Some of our friends are legends. It’s always been like that around here. Check it out.
Douglas Max Utter has been on the scene longer than there’s been a scene. Catch his career-spanning show at HEDGE. Budding gardeners will dig the upcoming plant sales at places like Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Larchmere, Old Brooklyn and the Crown Point Ecology Center in Bath. In our slow shift from auto to bike transit, let’s keep a close eye out for bikers, and think about attending the Ride of Silence honoring cyclist fatalities.
The Legend Awards for the best rap & R&B artists in Ohio were the brainchild of Siah Sevens, and this week’s CoolCLE PODCAST features an interview with him, along with new music by Cleveland’s Eric “Scratchpaper” Wilson, Corry Michaels and Donnie Lynee. Listen and spread the word. –Thomas Mulready
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The Legend Awards is the brainchild of Siah Sevens – a producer, vlogger and promoter of local urban music. This year’s awards event promises to be bigger and better than ever with some of the best rap and R & B artists in Ohio performing and presenting awards for categories ranging from Best Vocalists, Models, Photography and Radio Show. It’s all happening on 5/19 at the Breen Center for Performing Arts.
And we have local Rap and R & B music from Cleveland’s Eric “Scratchpaper” Wilson, Corry Michaels and Donnie Lynee.
Cleveland artist Douglas Max Utter has been painting since the 60s and a mainstay of the local art scene since the 70s, with a growing reputation. But his work hasn’t stood still. He’s expanded the types of materials he uses and the styles he’s explored, working on both large canvases and very small formats.
Falling From the Sky of Now, currently at 78th Street Studios’ HEDGE Gallery, gives visitors a chance to immerse themselves in the full career span of this still very active painter. It’s on view through Fri 6/7, and for those who want to know more about how he works, Utter will be doing an artist talk at the gallery Thu 5/9 @ 6-8pm.
As bicycling has grown in popularity as a form of transportation, so have cyclist (and pedestrian) fatalities, while car driver/passenger fatalities have dropped. The international Ride of Silence, hosted locally by Bike Cleveland, aims to draw attention to this disparate risk.
Riders will meet at the Free Stamp and ride slowly and silently to the Case Western Reserve campus where there will be a short presentation by the Heights Bike Coalition. “Cities must consider all modes of transportation when designing their roads,” says our writer Jenna Thomas. “The primary role of traffic design and flow should not be moving cars from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible.” Wed 11/15.
In the heart of the scenic Rocky River Reservation is the Emerald Necklace Marina, a full-service recreational boating facility featuring a banquet room, Ship Store and Cafe. Enjoy Honey Hut ice cream at the Cafe or stay for lunch or dinner featuring live music Friday nights from 6PM to 9PM. If you’re heading to the water, stop by the Ship Store for live bait, coffee, snacks, cold beverages, gifts and more.
The Scenic Valley Room can be rented for your next birthday party, shower or family gathering accommodating parties up to 150. Visit ClevelandMetroparks.com.
Camille Saint-Saens‘ light, humorous Carnival of the Animals, which evokes elephants, tortoises & lions, among others, is a time-honored entry point into classical music for kids. It’s the centerpiece of the Cleveland Orchestra’s family concert at Severance Hall Sun 5/12.
* Talespinner Children’s Theatre presents a fairy tale about a “Heartless Giant” from Norway. Sat 5/11-Sun 6/2.
* Kent’s New World Children’s Theatre stages a play written by kids about a wacky digital world Fri 5/10 & Sat 5/11.
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Melt Bar and Grilled has done it again. After creating the world’s coolest grilled cheese, craft beer and comfort food concept, expanding all over the state of Ohio, and winning awards and fans so committed that they literally tattoo the Melt logo onto their bodies, now Melt honcho Matt Fish kicks things into the next level with their new “Meltcade” concept.
Watch as Matt outlines the lineup of retro pinball games (Donkey Kong Jr., Space Invaders, Frogger, Defender, Galaga, Mr. Do), plus a slew of brand new games (Metallica, The Munsters), sit-down driver games (Cruise ‘n Blast), and four person games (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Pac-Man Battle Royale).
It may not feel like it, but spring will be roaring in any day, with summer not far behind – which means it’s time to plant your garden. That’s why plant sales abound the next couple of weeks, offering flowers, herbs, vegetables, and even shrubs and trees, at locations such as the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Larchmere, Old Brooklyn and the Crown Point Ecology Center in Bath. Sat 5/11.
Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Ryan Humbert is a well-established presence in the Akron music scene, with numerous albums of his approachable pop rock, and his propensity for encouraging other musicians and engaging them in the events he organizes.
About three-and-a-half years ago, he started something new. Dubbing himself Shooter Sharp, he and guitarist Brian Poston formed a new group called the Shootouts to play classic honky-tonk country music. That band releases its debut album, Quick Draw, this week at a show at the Music Box Supper Club. Y’all come. Fri 5/10.
SPONSORED: Outdoor Lineup Announced for Tri-C JazzFest! There’s more to JazzFest than ticketed indoor shows, it also presents free live music outdoors featuring local and regional talent. This year’s lineup includes Carlos Jones, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Red Light Roxy and many more. Check out the full lineup here.
Cleveland International Records, newly revived, brings one of its original bands, Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers (pictured), and its newest band, the Cerny Brothers, to the Beachland Ballroom. Sat 5/11
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WED 5/8
The Maltz Museum’s special exhibit, Israel: Then & Now, explores the development of this modern nation of immigrants and its achievements in areas such as medicine, technology, agriculture, the arts and more. It concludes its run this Sun 5/12 so get over there now!
* More than 20 food trucks will be parked on Perk Plaza downtown as Walnut Wednesdays start. Through 9/4.
THU 5/9
Eight Cleveland artists offer their differing takes on fantastical scenarios and magical realism in Fabulism: Meta Facts and Fictions, opening tonight at the Yards Project at Worthington Yards. It will be on view through Fri 6/28.
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FRI 5/10
Walkabout Tremont moves back outside for the season for Spring Fling, and formerly Cleveland-based artist Lila Rose Kole returns from Berlin for a short visit with new paintings on view at the Hartshorn Gallery.
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SAT 5/11
Downtown Akron’s Lock 3 Park goes to the dogs this Saturday when the Summit County Humane Society hosts the Bark in the Park Pet expo, with a parade, doggie contests, demos, vendors, food, live entertainment and of course, adoptable animals for those who arrive without a four-legged friend.
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SUN 5/12
Looking to share what you’ve been writing? There’s new quarterly open mic night for fiction and poetry writers hosted by the Inkwell Writing Group at Lakewood’s Bottlehouse Brewery.
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MON 5/13
You may have been hearing a lot of talk about “blockchain” and just don’t get what it is or why it’s supposedly going to be the key to Cleveland’s renaissance. Learn the background and the basics at the Music Box Supper Club’s monthly Science Cafe.
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TUE 5/14
Buenos Aires-based string band Che Apalache was founded by an American bluegrass enthusiast and includes Mexican and Argentinian members, who add Latin sounds to the quartet’s bluegrass base.
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WED 5/15
Even if you’re not old enough to remember Euclid Beach, the evocation of this old-fashioned amusement park, which closed in 1969, can draw a sigh of secondhand nostalgia, when two Euclid Beach enthusiasts talk about their memories at the Music Box Supper Club’s Cleveland Stories program.
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“As a resident of Cleveland’s Ward 4, I am justifiably concerned about recent revelations made by Plain Dealer reporter Mark Naymik regarding the expense account of Ward 4 Councilman Ken Johnson,” writes our columnist C. Ellen Connally, drawing attention to Johnson’s suspicious expenses, such as the exorbitant amounts he’s claimed for gas, as well as the perks he’s showered on relatives.
“Last summer he was a frequent customer of Get-Go Station on Mayfield Road in Mayfield Heights where he spent hundreds of dollars on gas for the lawn mowers used to cut the grass of senior citizens in his ward,” she tells us. “How he got that many gallons of gas from Mayfield Heights to lawn mowers in Ward 4 without using a tanker truck is still open to speculation.”
Black people around the globe stupidly go along with prejudice against people with different sexual orientations, obviously too dense to realize that prejudice is not compartmentalized. The same white person that hates gays or Jews also hates black people. …
* The Case for “Preentry” The next logical step in the process of making our communities safer is figuring out how to design effective “preentry” programs. In other words, how do we prevent young people from engaging in criminal activity…
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