Looking back, it’s gone by in a flash since 1988, when I started the Cleveland Performance Art Festival. This summer, I’ve been interviewing artists and those involved in helping present more than 1000 artists across 13 years from 24 countries. We’ve uncovered hundreds of hours of video archives now housed at CWRU, and I’ll be presenting Everything Is Subject To Radical Change next week. It’s quite a story, and one that should make Cleveland proud. I hope you can join us.The folks at Global Cleveland are spending a long week welcoming immigrants, Shaker is imagining Chagrin, CMNH listens to the land, Derek Hess leads mental health drawing sessions, Dr. Lady J exposes drag subcultures, and NWT addresses inequality in the USA. Plus, we’re revisiting the
On September 16-19, Thomas Mulready presents a two-part live show and livestream featuring rare archival video from the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, which hosted more than 1000 performance artists in Cleveland from 24 countries from 1988-2003. The show is called Everything Is Subject To Radical Change: Cleveland Performance Art Festival Revisited.Featuring brand new interviews with artists, panelists, researchers and staff, the two-part show will be presented on subsequent evenings at both BOP STOP and Jilly’s Music Room on September 16-19, as well as livestreamed.
Artists, audiences, or anyone connected with the PAF are encouraged to send a short video or note toINFO@ThisAnalogWorld.com for inclusion in the show. A limited number of tickets are available now. Read More
The company premiere of Don Quixote runs October 15th and 16th!Don’t miss out on a story of passion, dreams, and romance while marking the company’s return to their home at Playhouse Square! Read More
Fresh Fest debuted in 2019, a full day dedicated to wellness, creativity and fun, taking place at the Rid-All Farm, a growing oasis of healthy agriculture in the middle of Cleveland’s so-called “Forgotten Triangle.”The pandemic axed a followup — until now. Fresh Fest is back on September 11 with a farmer’s market, yoga classes, wellness workshops, vendors, kids’ activities and live music, including a set by Salt-n-Pepa’s DJ Spinderella. Read More
CoolCleveland contributors Jenna Thomas and Jack Brancatelli interviewed all seven candidates competing to be Cleveland’s next mayor: Zack Reed, Ross DiBello, Kevin Kelley, Justin Bibb, Sandra Williams, Basheer Jones, and Dennis Kucinich. And they asked each of them three questions.This third video compiles the candidates’ answers to the final question: “What issue would you have handled differently that we have seen in the last 15 years?” View the Video
The 42nd Tri-C JazzFest will take over Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater for two days this weekend, using nearby spaces to host auxiliary performances, talks, food trucks and kids’ activities, in addition to the ten featured main stage performers of diverse ages, genders, and backgrounds. Read More
Global Cleveland’s Welcoming Week actually runs from September 10-19 — even our “week” is welcoming! — with events ranging from films to cooking demos to raffles to a naturalization ceremony. And the City of Cleveland will be flying a different nationality flag each day. Read More
Both Playhouse Square and Severance Hall have announced new COVID protocols: all ticket holders must produce proof that they’re fully vaccinated or, if they are unable to be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, proof of a negative COVID test within 72 hours. After being dark more than a year, neither facility wants to shut down again. So just do it. Read More
After being booked for years by Live Nation, Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica has announced that it has signed a ten-year agreement with rival international promotor AEG (which owns the Agora) to manage and book the facility. Read More
You can now see the results of Shaker Heights’ contest, “Imagine Chagrin,” for artists to adorn storefronts along Chagrin Blvd and Lee Road. They’re on view through October 8. Read More
Despite being convicted on 15 counts of chicanery in office, former Ward 4 councilman Ken Johnson, who served for 40 years before being removed from his seat earlier this summer, is on the ballot again. This despite facing potential prison time at his sentencing October 10.
“Don’t vote for Ken Johnson!” says columnist and long-time Ward 4 resident C. Ellen Connally. Instead, of the ten other candidates running, she recommends Erick B. Walker, a 26-year-old library employee and SEIU board member. Read More
As I watch the debate between the candidates vying to become our next mayor I’m struck by their similarities more than I am their differences. All of them call for an increase in public safety but none of them have the slightest inkling as to how to create safer streets… Read More
