Today becomes yesterday, which is quickly forgotten by tomorrow.
Connect your own past and future at places like Cleveland Memory Project and Cleveland History Center. Then see how young activists are moving ahead, how local nonprofits are keeping their cultural communities afloat, and how artists are making art in the age of COVID. You can even Zoom with our favorite band.
When the history of this time is written, what will they write about you?
You have a chance to make history. Don’t let it slip away.
The Cleveland Memory Project at CSU offers a free searchable online collection of photos, videos, sound recordings, oral histories, old articles and documents, including 500,000 photos from the old Cleveland Press and a collection of 8,000 old postcards donated by a former CSU art professor. Read More
As it starts to reopen slowly, the Cleveland Public Library’s collection of more than 1.3 million historical photos is available to peruse online, along with its new exhibit Cleveland 20/20: A Photographic Exploration of Cleveland, featuring photos taken last year. Read More
A Most Excellent RaceHelp children and adults with disabilities by joining a Most Excellent Race: Virtual! Participate anytime, anywhere! Proceeds help Achievement Centers for Children/Camp Cheerful! www.AchievementCenters.org/race SPONSORED
Summit County nonprofit ArtsNow has introduced some new programs to keep its cultural community afloat, including virtual creative opportunities and conversations between artists and local leaders. In addition, it’s partnered with an Akron business to create “United State of Ohio” merch. Let’s hope! Read More
Pink Lotus Yoga Goes All Virtual
Pink Lotus Yoga has announced that it’s permanently closing its Lakewood studio in favor of online classes and other content. But it’s hoping it’ll be safe enough to do live classes at outdoor locations sometime this summer. Read More
NewNow2020 Is a Go
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve is optimistically planning for its biennial juried show NewNow to open October 15 at the Tri-C East Gallery. Submissions are open now for artists in 14 NE Ohio counties. Read More
New Partnership Announced
Willoughby’s Fine Arts Association and Painesville’s Lake Erie College have announced a new partnership to provide students with expanded music ensemble opportunities and enhanced college readiness. Read More
Theater News
Theater reviewer Roy Berko collects the latest news from local theater as well as other news of interest to theater goers. Read More
“All Tomorrow’s Parties” was Andy Warhol’s favorite Velvet Underground song. And it’s become one of Vanity Crash’s favorites as well. It features Virginia Plain Crash in her lead vocal debut. The band showcases the song during their next Vanity Crash Pad, but you need to snag a FREE ticket to join the fun.
Every other Sunday, Vanity Crash releases a new live video from their upcoming DVD Live n’ Shakin’. Join the band Sun 5/31 @ 7PM for the Vanity Crash Pad, chat about your favorite Desert Island album, and catch some new music. Read More
Cincinnati-based, recent college grad Isaac Mitchell has no background in audio and doesn’t own any expensive recording equipment. But this hasn’t stopped him from sharing the stories of young politicians on his podcast The Youth Vote. On it, he features stories of young people running for office, hoping, he says, to inspire others to do the same. Read More
Scott Pickering is an intense visual artist and drummer with a rabid following whose work has been sidelined during the recent lockdown. Jim Lanza creates historical Cleveland art on wood, organizes art fairs and usually attends about 50 festivals a year to sell his art.
All that has changed. But neither artist is feeling sorry for himself. Instead, they have developed creative, inspirational strategies for keeping themselves productive, staying in touch with their fans and customers, and keeping the cash flowing.
Thinking about our region’s past and future always leads you to the door of the Western Reserve Historical Society. While the Cleveland History Center in University Circle and Hale Farm and Village in Bath Township are planning an announcement about re-opening to the public, there’s no need to wait to experience their riches. Whether it’s virtual exhibits like Si Jolie; French Fashion in Cleveland, or online classes like Cleveland – The Evolution of a Cityby historian John Grabowski every Thursday in June, our region’s history is a click away.
History on Tap: Cleveland in the Roaring 20’s brings a cocktail-infused presentation to life right on your laptop or tablet, complete with drink recipes. The engaging Then & Now blog brings history alive with current relevant stories in context. You can even tell your own COVID-19 story and share photos, videos and anecdotes about how you and your family are surviving the pandemic. You do know you’re making history right now, don’t you?
TUE 6/2 History Repeats As the Cleveland Museum of Art starts to think about reopening, staff member Bentley Boyd writes on the museum’s blog about its previous closure in 1918 during the Spanish flu epidemic.
Ain’t Black?
Does Biden, with his long voting history in the Senate, come with some baggage? Baggage? More like full steamer trunks. Nonetheless, at his absolute worst he will be 100 times better for black people — as well as the rest of the country — than the racist monster currently occupying the White House… Read MoreWhat Biden Should Have Said
If I were Biden I’d even go further, or have my female and hopefully black running mate throw the “U” bomb. I’d begin to publicly question whether black tRump supporters are Uncle Toms. Yeah, it’s an incendiary strategy, but… Read MoreStockholm Syndrome
What Grant is referencing here is tRump’s misogynistic tendencies, something a certain segment of black men champion, since that’s right in line with their world and religious views. While misogyny isn’t as rampant among black males as it formerly was… Read More
