It’s springtime, and everything on the ground is blooming. Farmer Jones has a new book on healthy growing and eating. CMNH screens a film about drinking local and drinking tap. Standing Rock in Kent offer their 15th annual Who’s Your Mama? film fest for Earth Day. Akron’s ArtsNow hosts two talks by an environmental sculptor. And the Alliance for the Great Lakes is cleaning up our iconic beaches.Meanwhile, our local music venues are waiting for their Shuttered Venues grants, DANCECleveland appoints a new artistic director, Cleveland Shops puts their gift certificates on sale, and Heights Arts throws the spotlight on minority and women composers. This week’s video focuses on multimedia maven Catherine Butler’s fascinating life and art.
Let’s keep our head in the sky but our feet on the ground.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is on a mission to preserve and protect more than 11,000 acres of Ohio’s natural areas, but a botanical foe stands in our way. Help us fight back against our invasive nemesis, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)!
When you purchase or renew a museum membership through April 30, a portion of your membership directly contributes to the museum’s invasive-species removal project.
Last year’s Pride in the CLE was replaced by a virtual event & a socially distanced “Pride Ride.” The ride, launching from Edgewater Park, is happening again on June 5, but you need to register by May 15 to take part. Read More
Small local music venues such as the Beachland, Happy Dog and Jilly’s anxiously awaited the opening of the SBA website to apply for Shuttered Venues grants to save their businesses. The website crashed immediately; it’s expected to go live by the end of this week. Fingers crossed. Read More
Lorain County’s Riverdog Retreat has announced its first summer concert with many more to come. Tickets for the David Mayfield Bluegrass Parade are on sale now, and with limited capacity, they’re sure to sell out quickly. Read More
Dance presenter DANCECleveland has promoted from within to replace retiring Pam Young, naming associate artistic director Sarah Sumbrum as its new artistic director. Read More
Cleveland Shops, the coalition of dozens of local area are putting their gift certificates on sale. So a $100 gift certificate might be $70; a $50 certificate goes for $35. Shop local in time for Mother’s Day. Read More
Vanity Crash will re-open the BOP STOP’s COVID-safe outdoor lineup for the first time since October with a live in-person concert with limited seating. Read More
Farmer Lee Jones of Huron-based specialty vegetable farm The Chef’s Garden is known as an evangelist for healthy growing and eating. The farm provides a vast variety of familiar & unusual vegetables, herbs, micro greens and edible flowers to chefs — and home cooks— across the country. His new book is a complete guide to how to choose and use these crops. Read More
When is an egg more than an egg? A Catherine Butler happening offers rich layers of meaning dressed in head-turning visuals. Careful attention reveals surprising insights and food for thought. This video interview by CoolCleveland correspondent Jordan Davis is a glimpse into the background and process of this pensive solo artist and playful collaborator.Best known as a metalsmith and jeweler, Butler will elaborate on other aspects of her multi-faceted career at the online Community Culture Night, Thu 04.22, hosted by Brooklyn Center’s Art House. View video here
WED 4/28 The True Percent 2011’s Occupy movement claimed to represent the “99%” who weren’t wealthy but a local author’s new book sheds light on who dominated the movement and who was excluded.
One of the concrete accomplishments of the ’60s civil rights movement was the creation of Ohio’s majority black 21st Congressional District. There was a universal feeling in the country at the time that blacks were underrepresented in Congress. As a result, when the new congressional lines were drawn for the state of Ohio, Clevelanders and blacks in surrounding suburbs… Read More
