Everyone’s back at it. Music on the Malls. Wade Oval Wednesdays. Taste of Lakewood. Art By The Falls in Chagrin Falls. The Drag Battle at Akron Pride. Fairy Days at Heritage Farms.And it seems like it’s time to be starting something new. Study up on the significance of Junetenth. Grow Forward with Château Hough. Raise money for clean water at 4 Miles 4 Water. Experience the new Re:Sound experimental sound festival. Watch Vanity Crash debut new material, new videos and a new flash lunch box!
Get to know your judicial candidates, and all your elected officials. Week by week, CoolCleveland will bring you information about the critical upcoming election in November. Our Ohio Supreme Court will be especially instrumental in pushing back against gerrymandering and minority rule. Study up and vote. And bring someone else along. So we can all keep the sun shining for everyone.
Ray McNiece, renowned writer, performer, educator, and the10th Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, will lead this free adult workshop inspired by The House on Mango Street, Wed 6/8 from 6-8 PM.
Join us at Art House, 3119 Dennison Ave in Cleveland, to explore how images, design, and words can come together in exciting and unexpected ways! Read more.
Vanity Crash has been lighting the glam rock torch for almost two decades, proving to be one of the finest of the genre. In conjunction with their upcoming 6th release, Vanity Crash will be sharing with their fans insights into the songwriting, inspirations, recording and final production of many of the songs on the recording.
All this will happen alongside of their live performances Fri 6/24 at Jilly’s Music Room in Akron, and Sat 6/25 at the BOP STOP in Cleveland. New merchandise will be available, including for the first time a Vanity Crash metal lunch box. Now how cool is that! Read more
There’s something new at Holden Arboretum: a maze called Mission Botanica which offers fun and challenges along with insight into biodiversity and the roles played in the ecosystem by Holden’s plants. Read more
The Heights Music Hop will take place September 9 & 10th in three Cleveland Heights neighborhoods. Applications are open now through Fri 7/1 for bands & musicians interested in performing. Read more
Wooster-based Ohio Light Opera hasn’t had a full live season in two years, opting for mostly virtual performances & occasional outdoor shows. This year, starting on Sat 6/18, they’ll be back in their home at the College of Wooster for a six-show six-week season. Read more
While the Republicans on the redistricting commission scoffed at Ohio Constitution provisions requiring fair, balanced maps, the Ohio Supreme Court tried to hold them accountable. Alas, the GOP went over their heads to federal judges who shouldn’t have even gotten involved.
Ohio’s future as a democracy literally depends on who we elect to the court this November. Two of the Republicans are being challenged by respected judges from Columbus and Cincinnati, while Jennifer Brunner, who voted for fair maps, and Sharon Kennedy, who voted against them, are facing off for the Chief Justice chair. You can meet Judge Brunner (left) and her two running mates Judge Terri Jamison (center) and Judge Marilyn Zayas (right) at an event at the Pivot Center next week. Voting in these judicial races might not be headline-grabbing, but it is critical! Read more
Get started with some Hangover Fries, then follow it up with Melt’s famous Fried Green Tomato BLT. Pair it with some Kung Pow Broccoli or Loaded Potatoes and top it off with Electric Blueberry Lemonade Bread Pudding.
Slake your thirst with a Southern Peach cocktail feature, or keep the glass with the Melvin Brewing IPA Promotion and Glass Giveaway. Don’t forget dad on Father’s Day weekend June 18 & 19 for a special brunch featuring the El Diablo Bloody Mary, Corned Beef Hash and I Love It When You Call Me Big Poppa (the Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich). And of course, at Melt, there’s much, much more… Read more.
