Summer is coming.
It’s here. CoolCleveland’s most popular post, the first edition of our 2024 Summer Festivals Guide appears in this week’s issue. We’ll update it as necessary, because we still don’t have the deets on a couple dozen dates, but we’re happy to see the return of some festivals, like Veg Fest (after a five-year break), while saying goodbye to others, like the Avon Duck Tape Festival. Open your calendar and start penciling in dates.
Other openings include a play on queer love under pressure at CPT, a show of young artists at Valley Art Center, a “bird nerd” evening at Goodyear Park, and an eco-friendly benefit for Akron Soul Train.
It’s all exploding this week: Circus Us brings DreamCycle to Wizbang Theatre, Tri-C Metro brings the Count Basie Orchestra, area jazz musicians bring the Great American Songbook, and GroundWorks Dance Theater brings an interactive evening of music and dance with the Theron Brown Trio.
Robert Lockwood Jr. would be 109, so we’re celebrating at the Beachland this week, and Michael Stanley would be 75, so Anastasia Pantsios offers a remembrance. Open up CoolCleveland and find out for yourself.
–Thomas Mulready