We look to the collective potential of a new generation of makers, putting hands on the problems and issues we face.
Touch the future with the virtual follow-up to Sustainable Cleveland, discover urban beekeeping and cooking with honey, and score some gift cards from local Cleveland Shops. And if you need some good advice, CPL has a ton of maker resources.
Mansfield reminds us that the long arc of the moral universe bends towards justice. If you’ve received your ballot, it’s time to VOTE, so read below to find out why mail-in voting has been safe and secure for over a decade, and why we’ll likely know the winner on election night.
I’m honored to keynote the Better World online conference tomorrow Thu 10.15 where I’ll propose that we radically rethink our social media. Together we can build a better world.
Voting by mail is a safe, routine process which has been available to all Ohio voters for more than a decade. You wouldn’t know it from the scare stories coming from the media and the White House. Mike West from the Cuyahoga Board of Elections explains how your mail-in ballots will be counted — and why we’ll likely know the Ohio results on Election Night. Read More
It’s been a few years since we heard from Northeast Ohio husband-and-wife music duo mr. Gnome, who built a national following over a decade. They’ve been going through a lot including the deaths of family members & the birth of a son, reflected on their new album, The Day You Flew Away, out this week. Its 26 songs are divided into a “light” and a “dark” side. Read More
Two Cleveland-based nonprofits — Leading Hands Through Technology and The Workmen’s Circle Educational Center — have joined forces for a virtual, interactive educational conference in honor of Better World Day called “Radically Rethinking Your Social Media for a Better World.” The event’s keynote speaker is CoolCleveland founder Thomas Mulready. Read More
The Cleveland Public Library provides opportunities for makers of all ages, from crafts projects for kids to a tech center for teens to classes in practical application of creativity for adults. And their Maker Faire — virtual this year — is coming up November 7. Read More
Cleveland Shops launched in the spring, based on the successful Cleveland Independents model which brought together locally owned restaurants. The member businesses are having their first-ever gift card sale — just in time for the holidays. Read More
Getting Out the Vote
A group of west side Democratic ward clubs are hosting “The Amazing Ballot Race,” a competition to see which ward can turn out the most voters. Volunteers will be spreading information on how, when and where to vote. Read More
Tri-C’s Virtual JazzFest took place in August, but the three nights of music by local artists, along with archival footage and interviews, are still available online. Enjoy some of NE Ohio’s most accomplished musicians. Read More
The leaves are changing color, so it’s a perfect time to book at two-wheel tour with Road Ahead Bicycle Tours. They’ll take you through Grand River Valley wine country with stops to taste. Read More
TUE 10/20 Cyclists Hanging Out Join other bicycle enthusiasts for Bike Cleveland’s Zoom Happy Hour and hash over thoughts and ideas about advocating for bike safety and infrastructure.
WED 10/21 Seasonal Story You’ve got until Halloween to take a stroll through downtown Kent and check out the story The Hallo-Wiener page by page in the windows of local businesses. They’re encouraging families to dress in costume and share pictures while they do so.
MANSFIELD
The Arc of the Moral Universe
Are we about to enter into a new phase of morality in America? Is that long arc — finally, at long last — beginning to bend towards a form of justice we’ve talked about since the beginning of the Republic, but have never been able to bring into existence? Is karma finally catching up to the mendacity, the patent falsehoods… Read MoreThe Inevitability of Consequences
The mathematical chances that the president would come down with the coronavirus were virtually 100 percent, given how much he was out and about, tempting fate by refusing to wear a mask. The only possible way he wouldn’t become infected was if, as he was fond of stating, the whole thing was a Democratic hoax, which now even he is forced to admit that it isn’t… Read More
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent
Now that our four-year national nightmare appears — unless some serious skullduggery takes place between now and Election Day — to be blissfully coming to an end, I can now feel comfortable saying to my white friends from every position on the political spectrum: Now, perhaps, just maybe, some of you might have a sense of what it feels like to be black in America… Read More
