You can drive or you can walk. You can stick with Spotify or sustain musicians with TIDAL or Qobuz. Run your ads on FB, or support local media. Hand over your entertainment dollars to yet another streaming service, or place them at the feet of regional artists. If you prefer the latter, read on for a whole week’s worth of hand-curated options, blissfully free of algorithms.FireFish is still happening in Lorain this September, but now also offering a year-long series of events, starting this weekend. Dancing Wheels makes a triumphant return from Mexico with a re-imagined and innovative show at Rainey Institute. CWRU prof and best-selling author Thrity Umrigar talks about her just-published book, Honor. Abattoir Gallery hosts a delayed opening at their space in the Hildebrandt Bldg for five local, regional and national artists they represent. Victoria Bussert directs a very punk, very bloody Lizzie The Musical at the Beck with a crème de la crème of talent, all from the acclaimed musical theatre program at BW.
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The Fine Arts Association’s first performance in 2022 features the famous drama of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; dramatized by Joseph Robinette from the story by C.S. Lewis and directed by David Malinowski.Performances beginFri 2/11. Sponsored by: The Women’s Committee of The Fine Arts Association. Read More
Last year, Lorain’s FireFish Festival held a series of small events instead of one large festival, although it did burn the giant fish. This year, the festival is coming back on Sat 9/17, but it’s combining that with a year-long series of events under the name FireFish Arts.Their programming kicks off this weekend with an outdoor digital video display on the side of a five-story building, put together by artist Ross Bochnek, based on photos of textiles & costumes from Lorain’s various ethnicities, provided by the Lorain Historical Society. Read More
One of the nation’s top musical theatre programs mounts an outrageous, punk rock Lizzie The Musical with 2 alternating casts of top shelf BW talent at Beck Center thru Sun 2/27. Read the CoolCleveland Review and Learn More
The first day of Spring is Sun 3/20, and once again, Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District is offering native plants, seeds, trees and shrubs for sale this week to help you plant a personal landscape that will be beneficial to the ecosystem of the entire region. Read More
In 2019, Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels, Cleveland’s innovative dance troupe for stand-up and sit-down dancers, performed in China. Last year, they were featured at Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo in León, Mexico, and now they’re re-imagining the show for Cleveland. Read More
Because local organizations think nothing of sending their ad dollars to Silicon Valley billionaires instead of buying local like they beg everyone else to do. Learn More
SUN 2/13 The Sounds of Silence Three evenings of classic silent film accompanied by live music focusing on native Cleveland composer J.S. Zamecnik, plus a concert of silent film music in a collab of CWRU, Oberlin, CIM, the CIA Cinematheque and the Cle Arts Prize in the first Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium, thru Sun 2/20. Sign us up!
MON 2/14 Valentine for Birds Join a virtual workshop and learn to make a pinecone bird feeder as well as identify some of the birds it might attract.
TUE 2/15 Calling Musical Adventurers Not only can you bring your instrument to the BOP STOP and join in the Outlab improv music jam, but you can come early & hear a concert by some of the musicians who take part.
WED 2/16 A Tour of the Town Photographer Stuart Pearl takes viewers on a virtual tour of 50 years of his Cleveland photos, now on view at Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.
