08.05-08.12.206 Far As The Eye

 

 

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Far As The Eye

08.05-08.12.26

Gaze out as far as you can, and you’ll see more than you could ever imagine. On Wednesday, Latin dance rhythms infect Wade Oval Wednesdays, Art in the Park returns to the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, and Loganberry presents autumnal photography. Thursday sees Judy Takacs in Midtown, and SPACES screening a doc shot in Cleveland. Friday looks busy with Vintage Ohio’s final wine tasting, Yellowcake rolling out glam on the runway, CMA’s MIX aping Bridgerton, while Inlet Dance closes the season with a free show in Akron.

Saturday appears to host the River Rally for environmental stewardship, an open studio at Twist Drill, the final Peninsula Flea for the season, and an art & craft pop-up by the lake. Sunday you can see a sky full of kites at Edgewater, LoveMuffinPalooza raising money for cancer support, a taste of Akron Picklefest, and CJO performing at Lake View Cemetery. Monday is looking good with a Community Concert at the Zoo and a chance to express your support for voting rights. Tuesday you can witness the County Fair, and Wednesday you can glimpse Green Book sites in Summit County. And as CoolCleveland commentator Anastasia Pantsios points out, why is our arts planning so city-centric when our vision goes far beyond our porous city borders? We’ll be seeing you.

-Thomas Mulready

CoolCleveland.com 

Photo by Carol Hunt

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 NEO ARTS & CULTURE: LIMITED BY BORDERS? 

Watching a recent City Club forum online called “What Is a Cultural Plan? Lessons from Four Cities” brought up an issue with how the arts and culture are addressed in Northeast Ohio: its city-centricity. Three panelists represented regional arts organizations; one represented a city of 1.7 million. The lesson seemed to be that a plan that stops at the borders of Cleveland is needlessly narrow, falling short of the boundless potential in the area’s arts and cultural community.

Cuyahoga County passed the tax that funds Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and awards money to organizations throughout the county; the nonprofit Assembly for the Arts also serves the whole county. To develop a strategy to promote arts and culture in this region, make this area’s wealth of offerings better known nationally, and attract people to the area to enjoy them seems to call for a designated county arts leader, not a city one.

 

NEWS

 

 WRITERS CENTER STAGE REVEALS 26-27 LINEUP 

Cuyahoga County Public Library’s 23rd annual William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage series opens on September 14 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, when it presents novelist/ essayist/memoirist Jesmyn Ward. Columbus forager Alexis Nicole Nelson speaks on October 29, with actor LaVar Burton on November 17. Three more programs follow in the spring; tickets go on sale in the next few weeks.

 

WEDNESDAY
8/5

 

Northeast Ohio Latin fusion orchestra Son Gitano brings its infectious danceable rhythms to the Wade Oval Wednesday free concert series. Akron’s Black Beanz African dance crew will warm things up, and there are hula hoops, stilt walkers and lots of food vendors to choose from.

 MORE on WEDNESDAY… 

 

THURSDAY
8/6

 

Judy Takacs’ art is figurative and powerfully political, addressing issues of freedom, justice and human rights. Her exhibit We The People…All The People is on view at the Midtown Collaboration Center. Tonight she’ll do an artist talk to celebrate the office opening of Arts for Justice Cleveland, which sponsored her show.

 MORE on THURSDAY… 

 

FRIDAY
8/7

 

Lake County’s Vintage Ohio has announced that this is the event’s final year. So if you want the chance to try 80 pours from more than a dozen Ohio wineries, accompanied by chef-prepared food , artisan shopping, and music on three stages, head out to Lake Farmpark today or tomorrow.

 MORE on FRIDAY… 

 

SATURDAY
8/8

 

The Cuyahoga River Rally looks at more than a half century of turning the river from a festering dump into a recreational asset. Come down and take a bike, walking or boat tour, enjoy some live music, and engage with groups working to continue the work of environmental stewardship.

 MORE on SATURDAY… 

SUNDAY
8/9

 

Seeing kites lofted along the windy shores of Lake Erie is one of the many joys of being near a waterfront. Today at Edgewater Park, the 47th annual Cleveland Kite Festival will provide a vista of a sky packed with kites, plus workshops and other fun activities.

 MORE on SUNDAY… 

MONDAY
8/10

 

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo won’t be too sleepy on this Monday, as it presents its Community Concert, with half a dozen music acts playing at various spots inside the zoo, bringing Brazilian, Irish, Puerto Rican, reggae and country music, reflecting NEO’s cultural diversity.

 MORE on MONDAY… 

 

TUESDAY
8/11

 

Come to the Cuyahoga County Fair for all the once-a-year diversions you love about country fairs: the delicious junk food, stomach-churning rides, noisy motor sports events and more. And this fair will feature a spectacular fireworks-and-drone show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.

 

WEDNESDAY
8/12

 

The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes offers special Wednesday evening activities all summer, and it’s offering two tonight: A Waxing Moon Sound Bath with guided meditation, and a “restoration hike” to show visitors how they’ve removed invasive plants and replaced them with natives.

 MORE on WEDNESDAY… 

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Now do you see the point?-Thomas Mulready
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