Juneteenth is enjoying center stage, celebrated everywhere from Coventry Village’s re-born Street Fair, to a Black queer liberation festival in Asiatown, to the Rock Hall’s showcasing of Black culture, music and artists, to the community-wide, all-day, family-friendly Freedom Festival on Mall C.The City Club takes their public forum to Public Square with a series of free outdoor talks; the first features Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit progressive think tank focused on common-sense issues such as job and wage growth, workers’ rights, education equity, justice reform and access to health care.
And Hilary Gent, who’s always promoting the best regional artists at her HEDGE Gallery at 78th Street Studios, steps into the spotlight and discusses her own art work at an artist talk.
Finally, it’s time to Crash. Local heroes Vanity Crash take to the stage next week to reveal some exciting new music and a bit of their soul, plus everyone walks out with a free download. Stage time!
Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Palmieri is a bandleader/arranger/composer of salsa and Latin jazz.
His playing skillfully fuses the rhythm of his Puerto Rican heritage with the complexity of his jazz influences: Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and his older brother, Charlie.
See him at JazzFest Sat 06.25 at 6:15PM in the Mimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square! Read more.
Now this is how to have fun. First, get your body down to one of the coolest music clubs in the region next week for your favorite glam punk superstars Vanity Crash on Fri 6/24 at Jilly’s Music Room in Akron, and Sat 6/25 at BOP STOP in Cleveland. Next, get situated on the dance floor and move to the driving beat, the synchronized light show, and the little videos that explain the potpourri of new songs Vanity Crash has been perfecting for months. Stick around for the high-energy set of glam nuggets and b-sides on tap for your dancing and head bobbing pleasure.
Then you can ask questions of the band, pick up a cool new metal lunchbox, and collect an NFT of new music. And everyone in attendance walks away with a free download. Bring a friend! Read more.
KIDS
Chagall for Children at The Maltz
Not only was Marc Chagall one of the most influential surrealists and leading Jewish artists of the 20th Century, he worked in a dizzying array of media and broke all the rules of art: gravity, physics, color, meaning, all were fair game for Chagall’s vivid imagination. In other words, he’s the perfect artist to introduce young people to art and culture, as kids are breaking the rules all the time.
The exhibitionChagall for Children employs 14 multi-sensory exploration stations for kids and their families to touch, engage and experience original artworks of Chagall and learn about composition, color, light, science, culture and creativity. Dahlia Fisher of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage tells us about the numerous hands-on activities scheduled throughout the summer. Read more.
Explore mural art along the Rapid Red Line with a self-guided tour app, with 23 works of outdoor art by local and national artists viewable from the train — and some on foot along the Red Line Greenway. It’s one of LAND Studio’s six The City Is Our Museum tours. Read more
Honor Black history by following the Cleveland Civil Rights Trail to learn about the people and places right here in town who helped fight for racial equality and visit the spots where Dr. King spoke in the 60s. Read more
For decades, Ohio has been considered a solid swing state; but that has changed. And the numbers speak: only 18% of voters even voted in the most recent primary; 11% turnout in the City of Cleveland. If Democrats hope to push back, they need to run out the vote in Cuyahoga and the other urban counties in the state.
With the looming off-year election that includes all statewide offices and most importantly, a seat in the United States Senate, Democrats cannot rest on their laurels. Register for the Zoom on on Wed 06.15 at 8PM, where each of the five candidates (pictured above) for Chair of the Cuyahoga Democratic Party will share their vision and answer questions submitted by participants. Read more.
Treat dear old dad on Father’s Day Weekend to an awesome man-sized brunch on Sat 06.18 & Sun 06.19!
Melt Bar and Grilled will be offering some special exclusive items on our brunch menu along with classic brunch favorites and deliciously twisted brunch items that only Melt could dream up!
Enjoy exclusive Father’s Day brunch delicacies such as El Diablo Bloody Mary, Corned Beef Hash, Country Fried Steakand I love it when you call me Big Poppa (The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich). Read more.
TUE 6/21 Public Conversation The City Club’s free lunchtime talks on Public Square start this week with the leader of a local think tank working for progressive, worker-friendly policies.
Every year, starting in 2005. the late CoolCleveland columnist Mansfield Frazier began publishing this story about his father every Father’s Day. After that, each year he would go over the piece and make whatever changes he felt were warranted.
This is the 2021 edition, his final edit. But his story of growing up in the Central neighborhood and how his father showed him by his own behavior what it meant to be a man is worth another read. Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 19. Read more
