Don’t assume the best of our region will survive without your intentional support. And it’s always fun to attend a nonprofit’s annual benefit, where they pull out all the stops and your ticket price goes directly to their bottom line. Turns out, this week benefits are heating up.Skidmark Garage, the do-it-yourself, community garage for motorcyclists to work on their bikes, is holding a benefit for their kids education program. ROAM, Roots of American Music, hosts a benefit to support their programs using bluegrass, jazz & gospel to teach history, language arts and civics. Dancing Wheels holds their family-friendly A Night At The Races benefit to help their outreach and education efforts.
You can celebrateAbortion Provider Appreciation Day, sample a chili cook-off fundraiser at Art House Inc, assist education for youth at this quarter’s Akron ArtWalk, and sample dozens of local chefs during Cleveland Restaurant Week.
And don’t assume your favorite local journalism will be around if you’re not supporting it with your attention and advertising dollars. Or are you still sending your marketing dollars to Silicon Valley billionaires? Don’t get burned.
Cleveland Ballet returns with their brand-new magical production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Experience this family fun performance for all ages running May 6th-7th!Full of fairy dust and wonder, you certainly won’t want to miss out. Learn more: https://clevelandballet.org/a-midsummer-night-s-dream/
What could be better than experiencing the best of our region’s cuisine, from some of the best restaurants around, all while receiving a nice discount?CoolCleveland spoke with Jose Melendez of Twisted Taino, Meghan O’Donnell of One Eleven Bistro and Laurie Torres of Mallorca to get their take on the return of fine dining and what they are offering for Cleveland Restaurant Week, with special 3-course prix fixe menus from dozens of the finest local chefs, from March 14 – 25. Read more
Cleveland writer Claudia Taller and her husband hit the road for a trip west to a bunch of the country’s most celebrated and scenic National Parks. And while they traveled, they made sure to wear their Cleveland gear to strike up conversations and let people know where they hailed from. She reports on their trip with a suggestion that if you’d like to take a similar one, plan ahead! Read More
The North Coast Men’s Chorus always surprises their audiences with new approaches to music. But at Playhouse Square Sat 3/12 and Sun 3/13 they’ll see something really different: a fully scripted version of Cinderella called Shoeless—A Musical Tale of Cinderella, written by longtime chorus member Bryan Fetty.Anyone who’s seen the guys before knows they really bring it — dancing, costumes, props, the whole nine yards. This time there’ll be actual acting (!) with all roles played by men. You might want to leave your Republican state legislator at home. Read More
The third annual Cleveland Photo Fest will happen in the fall, and the centerpiece is an exhibit of 1,000,000 Photos featuring images submitted by photographers from all over the world assembled into large panels for display. Anyone can submit as many images as they like & there’s no entry fee. Submissions are open now. Read More
THIS WEEK
WED 3/9 Floral Beauty This is the last week to catch Orchids Forever: Synergy and Survival at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, on view through Sun 3/13.
MON 3/14 Eats Around Town Cleveland Independents hosts its spring Cleveland Restaurant Week, with eateries across NE Ohio offering special prix fixe meals.
WED 3/16 Animated by Animals Students from the Cleveland School of the Arts will perform a multi-disciplinary version of Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” at Cleveland Museum of Art.
