05.03-05.10.2017 Jam | CoolCleveland

05.03-05.10.17
Jam

It’s what musicians do when they get together, if they’re feeling it. It’s a tasty confection from the bounty all around our region. It’s getting stuck when you least expect it. It’s trying to force something that doesn’t quite fit. Until it does.

We fit a lot into this issue of CoolCleveland. The first 100 days of art at SPACES, the first Hispanic Burlesque showcase, the 98th annual children’s book week, and a release debut by a band of indie veterans. I’ll be hosting the GlamJam at the Aquarium with 20 models, 8 designers, open bar, a History of Glam, and Vanity Crash. We’re gonna jam. –Thomas Mulready

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GlamJam Shimmers at the Aquarium

Fashion in Cleveland is getting hotter with every season. To celebrate, the people behind Fashion Week Cleveland are throwing the year’s biggest fashion and music festival on the West Bank of the Flats at Windows on the River and the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, complete with open bar, apps, a Glam dance party, sizzling fashion shows, and a visual History of Glam by host/MC Thomas Mulready of CoolCleveland.

GlamJam explodes with 8 fashion designers, 20 models, Glam highlights & live music by Vanity Crash at the Aquarium on Thu 5/4. Your presence is requested.

Flaunting Their Heritage

Bella Sin, who founded Cleveland’s longest-running burlesque troupe, Le Femme Mystique, and the Ohio Burlesque Festival, is Mexican, as she’ll gladly tell you. And she’s not very happy right now with how Latina people are being treated and talked about.

Her response? Show people her “amazing, colorful” culture. She’s putting on the 1st annual Cleveland Hispanic Burlesque Showcase, featuring women of diverse Hispanic backgrounds from across the U.S. and Canada. It’s the REAL “Cinco de Mayo” as far as she’s concerned. Let her tell you all about it! Fri 5/5.

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The First 100+ Days in Art

Artists have a lot to say about what’s going on in the country right now. And while the new show at SPACES, The First 100+ Days, was planned to take place whoever was elected president, its focus on immigration wouldn’t have had the same sting if the election had turned out differently.

CoolCleveland’s John Benson talked with SPACES director Christina Vassallo to learn how the seeds were planted during last year’s RNC, how it came together and what means artists are using to push back on Trump policies. Fri 5/5.

VIDEO: How To Stop The Hate

Stop The Hate is the signature program on the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, awarding $100,000 in scholarships to students in Cleveland area schools.

CoolCleveland spoke with executive director Ellen Rudolph, along with a few of the stellar finalists, and heard about their essay topics, ranging from racism to bullying to tolerance.

Turn Those Pages, Kids!

The 98th annual Children’s Book Week aims to get kids excited about reading, something Loganberry Books on Larchmere is very committed to. So they’re hosting a week’s worth of activities (for adults too!) that culminate with a Saturday filled with fun things like a guided tour of the store, a workshop for kids 6-8 to learn to write book reviews, and an origami/haiku marathon. Through Sat 5/6.

* Lake Erie Ink offers young people in grades 6-12 the chance to meet local authors and learn different ways of expressing their own ideas and telling their stories at its Teen Writers Workshop. Sat 5/6.

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May at Melt Bar and Grilled

Sandwich Special: The Sanchez; Seasonal Sides: Mexican Street Corn & Crispy Queso Potatoes; Beer Feature: Epic Los Locos; Cocktail Feature: Mango Daiquiri.

Melt News: Melt Bar and Grilled Announces 10th location in Avon, Ohio, near the corner of Route 83 and Detroit Road, with grand opening planned for later this year. New Melt location at Cedar Point is opening Fri 5/12. The new Melt location in the Dayton area at The Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Ohio will host a grand opening Mon 6/12. Stop in to your favorite Melt location and celebrate!

For budding food entrepreneurs the Cleveland Culinary Launch and Kitchen fills the gap between home production and investing in a fully equipped facility of one’s own, allowing them to grow with support resources and without the risk of crushing overhead. Its annual open house gives area foodies the opportunity to check out the next generation of locally produced edibles. Thu 5/4.

* Plain Dealer food reporter Joel Crea will talk at the Music Box Supper Club about how Cleveland went from being a culinary backwater to producing so many star chefs. Wed 5/10.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.

SPONSORED: Jamming at The Kent Stage featuring Denny Laine of Wings, Amy Helm and Fife & Drom, Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett plus Craig Fuller, Justin Townes Earle plus The Sadies, Tom Paxton and The Don Juans, Eric Johnson Electric Band, Scott Stapp – Live and Unplugged, Red Wanting Blue, Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra, Bruce Cockburn, Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm, Devon Allman, Al Stewart performs “Year of the Cat” & The Empty Pockets, The Quebe Sisters, JJ Grey & Mofro, Jonny Lang, The Gine Blossoms, Ana Popovic, X- 40th Anniversary Tour, plus more. TheKentStage.com.

Scruffy indie pop band Fits of Hail features four Cleveland scene vets. Its new release, which will debut at their Happy Dog show, also marks the return of local label Sound of the Sea. Thu 5/4

* Jazz sax player Ernie Krivda & friends debut some late-night original music at Nighttown. Thu 5/4.

* Three local choirs provide 200 voices for Akron Symphony performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Sat 5/6.

* The Admirables host a dance party at Akron’s new High Street Hop House. Sat 5/6.

* Bassoonst Barrick Stees and the Mosa Quartet close the Arts Renaissance Tremont season. Sun 5/7.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Cool Events.

WED 5/3
The food trucks are coming out of hibernation and soon they’ll be everywhere. This week, Walnut Wednesdays downtown at Chester Commons kick off so stop down and check out returning old favorites as well as newcomers to the food truck scene.

* Westlake Library’s Fashion Week offers presentations from local style mavens. Also tomorrow & Sat 5/6.

* Wings’ Denny Laine comes to the Kent Stage with his tribute to 1973 album Band on the Run.

* Bestselling young adult author John Green speaks at CWRU’s Maltz Performing Arts Center.

Click here for more events on Wed 5/3

THU 5/4
Cleveland Public Theatre’s annual multi-week showcase DanceWorks features nine dance companies, mostly local, with some special guests, over the next five weekends. This week, it kicks off with Antaeus Dance & the Travesty Dance Company. Through Sat 5/6.

* American Greetings’ Gallery W features large-scale works by Cleveland artists George Kozmon & Loren Naji.

* Forum at Outhwaite Homes explores how public housing shaped the Stokes brothers.

* Contemporary violin and bassoon duo Wolftone performs at St John’s Church.

* Electronic music pioneers collaborate with local musicians at Survival Kit Gallery.

* GlamJam at the Aquarium with 20 models, 8 fashion designers, History of Glam, open bar, apps & live music by Vanity Crash.

Click here for more events on Thu 5/4

FRI 5/5
No, there won’t be cats drinking tequila at Cinco de Meow at Lakewood’s Around the Corner. But you can drink margaritas and eat tacos to benefit two animal rescues to make sure kitties have good homes and don’t end up on skid row.

* There’s arty parties all over town tonight!

* Get ready for Parade the Circle with workshops in costume and mask-making, puppetry and stilt walking. Through Sat 6/10.

* Check out Chagrin Falls’ arts offerings at the Chagrin Valley ArTs HoP. Also tomorrow.

* Superman memorabilia show opens at the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Branch.

* CIA juniors focus on society’s unspoken rules at Gordon Square’s 1point618 Gallery.

* Documentary film Fire in the Heartland at the Kent Stage puts the events of KSU 5/4/70 in context.

* Praxis Fiber Workshop fellow shows her work at its gallery.

* Hard-grooving chamber jazz trio plays the BOP STOP.

* Guitarist for the Modern Electric Holden Laurence releases solo album at the Beachland.

Click here for more events on Fri 5/5

SAT 5/6
It’s the lucky 13th year for the Cleveland Ingenuity Fest, coming up in the fall. Meanwhile, its annual Bal Ingenieux fundraising party has a watery theme this year: Aquatique. Come in costume to be part of the scene.

* Euclid squares off against Collinwood in the Big Clean to pick up trash in the community.

* The water is running at 4 Miles 4 Water in the Flats.

* Blue Heron Homecoming features Hey Mavis’s Laurie Caner with new songs about Ohio canals.

* Burning River Roller Derby kicks off its 11th season in Euclid.

* Explore how politics and hip hop intersect at the MLK branch library.

* Folk/American singer Amy Helm & her band the Handsome Strangers come to the Kent Stage.

* Breaking the News: the Retro American Glass Show is back in Cleveland.

* It’s OK to be weird and cult-y at Oddmall in Akron. Also tomorrow.

* Family Day at the Women’s Air & Space Museum shows that flight careers are for everyone.

* Stomp those boots at the Hale Farm & Village Barn Party.

* Workshop on carnivorous plants invades Black Market..

* Documentary on Cleveland’s 80s hardcore scene screens at Now That’s Class.

* Hear Outis Duo’s ambient guitar and sensitive percussion at Lakewood’s Root Cafe.

Click here for more events on Sat 5/6

SUN 5/7
When the President “forgets” to mention the Jews in his Holocaust Remembrance statement, it’s more important than ever to honor the heroes, victims & survivors. That’s with the Maltz Museum is doing with a reduced-admission Holocaust Education & Remembrance Day featuring talks, a film and more.

* Little Feat members Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett bring their acoustic duo to the Kent Stage.

* Avant-jazz trumpeter of ghostly sounds performs at St. John’s Church in Ohio City.

* Kaleidoscopic lineup of bands shakes things up at Elyria’s Blank Slate.

* Pianist Jeffrey Siegel holds a Keyboard Conversation at CSU.

* Bring a used bike for a kid in need to Lakewood’s Bikes & Bands at Madison Park.

Click here for more events on Sun 5/7

MON 5/8
Author Susan Faludi made a big splash in 1991 with her book Backlash about the pushback against feminism and the advances women had made. She’ll be at the Hudson Library to talk about the interaction of feminism and capitalism and maybe shed some light on why it feels like the backlash has intensified.

* Democracy Day at Cleveland City Hall is a chance for citizens to testify about the influence of money in elections.

* Rocky River Chamber Music Society brings together Cleveland & Cincinnati orchestra players for season’s final concert.

* NYC lounge pop band Mega Bog plays at Mahall’s.

Click here for more events on Mon 5/8

WED 5/10
Lakewood is one on the most diverse cities in Ohio, home to immigrants and refugees from all over the world. Tonight Lakewood Alive hosts a forum/discussion called “From Refugee to Neighbor” on how to welcome and support these new arrivals.

* Harpist Brandee Younger and pianist Courtney Bryan perform music by Alice Coltrane & Younger at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Click here for more events on Wed 5/10

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