You’re just hearing about some of these events? Well, they’ve been in the planning stages for months: Ingenuity Bal 2026: Daydreameryis an immersive and off-kilter way to raise money for year-round programming. The Maltz Museum’s new exhibition Icons in Ink that opens this week honors Superman creators Jerry & Joe, American Splendor’s Harvey Pekar and others. You can catch a sneak peek at an open rehearsal for Heights Arts’ next Close Encounters concert.
CoolCleveland’s Bruce Checefsky follows up his investigation of the City of Cleveland’s $3M Transformative Arts Fund, still finding more questions than answers. And we’re proud to present The Birth of Punk in NEO over the next two weeks: next week’s show has been moved to the Beachland Ballroom Tavern on Wed 5/13, them moving to the Akron Civic Theatre ‘s Knight Stage on Sat 5/23. Celebrate our region’s punk legacy: Pere Ubu, Chrissie Hynde, Dead Boys, Pagans, The Waitresses, Mirrors, DEVO, Bizarros and a whole scene full of misfits, art students and disaffected youth in Northeast Ohio forging the prototype of a new sound. Put that in your pipe.
-Thomas Mulready