The real thing. A festival for emerging playwrights. The actual lineup of the 2020 JazzFest. Our definitive annual festivals guide, ever so popular. A pageant of 40 on the history of slavery.
It’s time to get real.
–Thomas Mulready
The NEOMFA creative writing program offers students the resource of four area universities. And those in the playwriting program additional draw on the resources of convergence-continuum theater to see their plays given a professional production. Thu 2/13 – Sat 2/22
The 41st Tri-C JazzFest drops Thu 6/25-Sat 6/27, and we suggest you get your festival passes soon. With great artists like African superstar Angelique Kidjo, British blues legend John Mayall, Americana quintet Punch Brothers and many more, plus artist-in-residence Karriem Riggins, who will also be in Cleveland for workshops in April and June. READ MORE
DANCECleveland’s Pam Young Moves On
The almost 20-year veteran of the Cleveland dance scene reflects on the opportunities and challenges she’s been a part of, and how Cleveland has changed in the past two decades, in our EXCLUSIVE interview. READ MORE
It’s hard to believe, but the first big festivals of 2020 take place… next week! Brite Winter on the West Bank of the Flats and Kurentovanje on St. Clair Avenue kick off the festivities. We’ve got the dates of all the major festivals through the end of June so we’re sharing those with you right now. February – June
In 2018 Olivet’s pastor Dr. Jawanza Colvin asked local theater director Terrence Spivey to see the original production of MAAFA in NYC. Spivey has now adapted this sweeping historical pageant for a cast of more than 40 professional and amateur Cleveland actors, many of them church members. Fri 2/14 & Sat 2/15
DANCECleveland presents Cie Herve Koubi
This all-male French company made up of 12 dancers, Cie Herve Koubi, will make their Ohio debut in a performance that is sure to awe audiences with acrobatic flips, stunning spins and elusive creativity that have brought audience members on their feet. On Sat 2/15 at 7:30PM at Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square. Tickets 216-241-6000 or DANCECleveland.org SPONSORED
MON 2/17 Celebrating Past PresidentsWashington and Lincoln’s birthdays were merged into a single holiday years ago, with another Monday off school. The Cleveland History Center and Maltz Museum both open to offer history-related programming.
TUE 2/18
Don’t Get Shut Out! Want to vote in Ohio’s presidential primary March 17? Today is your last day to register — and you can do so online.
Who Does He Think He’s Fooling?The day after taking a victory lap over his acquittal in the Senate by weak-in-the-knees Republicans who no longer know the meaning of the word “SHAME,” he took off for a pep rally… READ MORE
Sex has played such an integral, powerful role in American racism, going back to the time of slavery, that it’s hard to ignore or minimize its effects… READ MORE
As long as black women straighten (actually torture) their hair, and black men keep their hair trimmed in a military style, whites don’t get bent out of shape. But once we… READ MORE
