Still here. But we have agency.
We have options. We can take control of our own destiny, right here. Walk your neighborhood, talk to your art entrepreneur friends. Stop in to the Big Fun pop-up on Coventry before it goes away (again!) this Sunday. Apply for one of two seats reserved for working artists on the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture board, and support creativity in our region.
Did you have a favorite teacher? Obviously, Shaker Hts HS art teacher Jordan McConnell and CC correspondent Liv Ream were massively inspired by theirs. Alla Boara took a cue from Italian field recordings and decided to release their own music right here. Mayor Bibb & County Exec Ronayne talk about our precious water and green space at the library. The Cleveland Seed Bank’s seed swap will get your little plot of Earth ready for spring.
Cocktails around a fire pit on Public Square, a festival of ice at Lake Farmpark, visual art and poetry at Tinnerman Lofts, a winter wine and cheese pairing at Edwin’s, a film about the women priests who transformed the Episcopal Church, a public meeting about the Lorain Avenue bikeway, hot chocolate and s’mores around a campfire at Summit Metro Parks, portrait painter Tricia Kaman sharing her work at the Mentor Municipal Center, a short film festival in Kent. Just look around. You’ll figure out where we are.
–Thomas Mulready