We must rescue ourselves
Nosotros nos rescatamos
This week, CoolCleveland CULTURATI columnist Liz Maugans imagines what might happen if standup comic Amy Schumer showed up unannounced at a Cleveland arts meeting to deliver her own Top 10 List for improvements. And she nails it. Everyone knows we can do better.
Next, CoolCleveland’s Thomas Mulready interviews BW professor Tom Sutton as he unpacks his new study on our county’s massive $11B Leisure & Hospitality (arts, sports, food and drink) industry. And the two raise some uncomfortable questions about the lack of support for the 90K jobs supported by our leisure & hospitality sector, while professional sports receive billions of our tax dollars without the same economic return. We should know better by now.
Let’s help ourselves, and our community this week by checking out Food Strong’s Cornucopia benefit to improve food access for everyone. The Urban Film Festival reveals Black life in a week of film. The Armenian Festival celebrates their unique culture. The Ride for Sylvia honors the memory of the Americorps volunteer working in Cleveland who was killed on her bike. The free Inkubator writers conference is one of the largest free writing festivals in the world. The LGBT Community Center holds a forum on recent state legislative attacks. Sometimes we need to rescue each other.
–Thomas Mulready