This week, you can stand for positive change in your community in so many ways. You can help kick off the most important music census in our region in over a decade. You can ignore the lies and help someone get to the polls on November 7 to VOTE YES on Issue 1.Stomp some grapes at Chateau Hough, put your foot down against censorship at CPL, stroll the Coventry Village Street Festival, kick open the 23/24 season at the Maltz PAC with Cleveland’s Russian Duo, run away with Love in Exile at CMA, take a load off at the Chagrin Documentary Film Fest, or hightail it out to the Riverdog Barn for Akron’s rising alt-country stars The Shootouts.
We take a step forward when we dream of tomorrow while remembering yesterday. Check out our theater reviews from the past week, a look at the dedication of the Jesse Owens Plaza, and two massive PHOTOSTREAMS & VIDEOS of last weekend’s brilliant Ingenuity Fest. I’m personally so proud of the board, staff and volunteers for rising from the ashes of the pandemic to bring together an inspired (and inspiring) community of artists celebrating creativity, innovation and foot-stomping fun. Year after year, Ingenuity, like its hometown, is still squelching expectations.
Join Cleveland Independents and Stoli at Bourbon 101 to sample some of the world’s top bourbons at two of Cleveland finest restaurants: Pier W and L’Albatros Brasserie. On October 10 at Pier W and October 11, 2023 at L’Albatros Brasserie, each restaurant prepares a 4- or 5- course meal, with each course paired with a top line Kentucky Owl or Wiseman Bourbon from Stoli.
View the CoolCleveland video with Mark Kawada, general manager of Pier W, along with Jeff Stesiak from Stoli as they let you know how the evenings will roll. Seats are limited, so reserve your seat now and get a higher education in bourbon while tasting best Cleveland has to offer. For Pier W on October 10, call 216-228-2250. For L’Albatros Brasserie on October 11, call 216-791-7880. Read
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How desperate are Ohio Republicans to abolish reproductive rights? Let us count the ways!
Knowing that a reproductive rights amendment would be on the November ballot, they scheduled an August special election in which they begged voters to say yes to making constitutional amendments harder to pass. After that failed, they turned their attention to other ways of sabotaging it.
As in August, they numbered the November 7 amendment Issue 1, hoping to confuse you: this time you have to vote yes instead of no to protect reproductive rights. They tweaked the ballot language to reflect an anti-choice position instead of putting the original petition language on the ballot and they omitted much of what the issue does. (Protect the right to contraception, for instance.) And they rolled out the lies. If you hear anyone say it would allow the abortion of a healthy baby at nine months just it’s being born, please roll your eyes. Read more
As they prepare for the Grand Opening of their magnificent new Visitor Hall, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History will temporarily close to the public through October 14. On that day, a special Member Preview will reveal the new Visitor Hall which will showcase the museum’s most significant specimens.
Become a member now and be among the first to experience what’s new at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The museum will reopen to the general public on Sunday, October 15. The museum offers free admission for residents of Cleveland and Cleveland Heights every Sunday, thanks to their ongoing Mandel Community Days.
During the interim, free events are planned outside the museum: Sat 09.30: Mentor Marsh Birding Extravaganza; Sun 10/1: Mentor Marsh Bug Hunt; Sat 10/7: Curator-Led Field Trip: Geology at the Cemetery; Sun 10/8: Mentor Marsh Fabulous Fall Flowers Hike; Sun 10/08: Animals on the Oval, in front of Steggie at the entrance to the Museum; Sat 10/14: Second Saturday Science. Read more.
In 2003, writers David Giffels and Jade Delllnger published a history of Akron band DEVO, beloved of spuds all over the world. But they felt there was a lot more to unearth so the University of Akron Press has just published their new book on the band, The Beginning Was the End. Read more.
Working in collaboration with Sound Music City in Austin and with support of The Cleveland Foundation, two local groups are mounting a census of the local landscape to identify and measure the live entertainment industry in our region. Learn how you can be involved in the most important music census in over a decade. Read more.
The vocal ensemble Quire Cleveland had already decided to pull the plug after its September concerts, scheduled for this weekend, due to challenges in maintaining its financial and organizational viability. But it’s now announced the cancellation of those concerts, expressing concern that the concerts could be disrupted by protesters upset with recent Catholic diocese policy announcements. Read more.
The theme of this year’s IngenuityFest, which took place at its sprawling four-story space at the Hamilton Collaborative Fri 09/22-Sun 09/24, was “Biologies and Geologies,” a theme expressed in exploding volcanos, climbing foliage and much more.
Throughout the building and out on the campus, there were areas to explore, things to do and performances to watch on six stages and tucked inside various nooks and crannies. There were displays of fire accompanied by Tesla Orchestra’s lightning-spewing coils; there were acrobats and hula hoopers, and a roller rink and bumper cars you could try yourself. The Dream Destination featured fantastical installations, many of them interactive. There were also loads of local makers showing off their wares for sale in the Maker’s Mecca and area organizations sharing information about their offering in the Ideation Station. And if things got too much for the littlest people (the event attracted every age and type of person) there was the chill Family Village to get away from it all.
CoolCleveland’s Anastasia Pantsios, and Thomas Mulready, co-founder of Ingenuity, documented the happenings on video & photos. View the PHOTOSTREAMS & VIDEOS here.
MON 10/2 Have a (Lot of) Brewski Cleveland Beer Week actually started Friday but you have plenty of time to celebrate this ten-day “week.” There’s something going on each day at locations all over greater Cleveland including tastings, game nights, benefits, live music and even a golf tournament.
