Are you losing it or laughing out loud?
It’s times like these, I watch for the pendulum to swing back. Meanwhile, express your values, support those in need, and resist when necessary. Maybe share some of that energy at Story Club Cleveland in their new home at Forest City Brewing. Or listen in at the Lake Erie Folk Fest to hear musicians from Canada & Ireland, along with familiar local voices. Or make a fresh start as the Foundry Club opens their new home in Old Brooklyn.
Be there as Cindy Penter screens a cinematic tribute to a friend who died from AIDS. Imagine life for women in Argentina in the 1960’s with LatinUs Theater. Delight in the BW/Beck Center collab as they present the musical Waitress. Party like it’s 1920 at the Akron Art Museum’s Circa Deco. Celebrate Lorain native Toni Morrison on her birthday at ThirdSpace Reading Room in Glenville. Learn about interracial civil rights protests at the Maltz Museum, and check out “Love Is Resistance” at the Transformer Station. Whether you’re snickering or grieving, keep your friends close. And keep a smile on your face.
–Thomas Mulready