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05.12-05.19.21

Hold tight that which you love. 

That’s one of the big lessons of the pandemic. If you’re itching to get out of the house, CoolCleveland correspondent Claudia Taller takes us on a nearby road trip to Hocking Hills for gnome hunting and a visit to the Pencil Sharpener Museum. Summit Metro Parks is gearing up for World Turtle Day. Riders are saddling up for a Ride of Silence honoring bicyclists who’ve been injured or killed on public roads.    If you love ballet, you’ve got your choice of outdoor or indoor. If you have a passion for visual arts, take part in an argument about Cleveland’s disbanded May Show. If you’re interested in rescuing the planet, join the author discussion with CMNH’s resident ecologist. If you love to eat, you’ll be happy to hear about the upcoming Cleveland Taco Week.

If Bob Dylan is one of your inspirations, as he has been for so many, or if you’re just looking for a cool birthday party, grab a ticket as we celebrate his 80th on Mon 05.24 with a livestream and a very limited in-person audience. Embrace what you love.

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Photo by Thomas Mulready
 CoolCleveland.com

 

 NEWS 
Akron’s Zach Drops New Release

Zach Friedhof has been a beacon of love and peace in Akron for more than two decades. Now he and his band The Bright Lights are offering more musical good vibes on a new album called Automagical.  Read More

Cleveland Ballet Announces 2021-2022 Season

The Cleveland Ballet returns to Playhouse Square with a season that features three of its signature lavish story ballets, including the return of holiday classic The Nutcracker.  Read More

Chamberfest Cleveland Heads Outdoors

Chamberfest Cleveland will be back live this year, with a full schedule of concerts. Only this year, they’ll all be outdoors, and all of them will be free. Read More

The formation of a new nonprofit group called Assembly for the Arts has just been announced by community, civic and arts leaders. More than a year in the planning, the group’s mission is to be a unified voice for arts & culture in NE Ohio. Read More

Oberlin Music Classes Go Global

Oberlin Conservatory has taken the lessons it learned and resources it developed in the last year connecting students & teachers virtually to create OC Global, offering classes to students around the world. Read More

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced its 36th class of inductees, a mixed bag of 13 groups and individuals, who will be honored in an October 30 event taking place at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Read More

 

 BALLET 
Cleveland Ballet Announces 2021/22 Season at Playhouse Square

Returning to the mainstage with the company’s premiere of Don Quixote (pictured), the fan favorite The Nutcracker, and brand new choreography in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this season is certainly a must-see. Season subscriptions available today!  Read More

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 VIDEO 
Adele Bertei on Why Labelle Matters

Adele Bertei got her start in Cleveland, but she made her mark as a denizen of New York’s No Wave scene, followed by a dazzling career as a singer and collaborator with industry giants like Thomas Dolby, Boy George and Brian Eno. Her first book, Peter and the Wolves, chronicles her friendship with the influential Cleveland punk progenitor Peter Laughner, who formed Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu.Her new book, Why Labelle Matters, is an affectionate and erudite tribute to the talent and tenacity of three East Coast city girls who rose from doo-wop crooners to the heights of glam rock stardom. The book was just published by University of Texas Press.  Read More

 

 

 TRAVEL 
Hocking Hills Is an Easy, Nearby Getaway

Like most of us, writer Claudia Taller saw her traveling curtailing last year and she was scratching an itch to get out and hit the road. With things starting to return to normal], she booked a short road trip to Glenlaurel Inn in Ohio’s Hocking Hills, for some sightseeing, hiking, gnome hunting and a lot of eating. She even visited the Pencil Sharpener Museum!  Read more

 

 

 COMMENTARY 
Cleveland’s Jackson Era Comes to an End

Now that Cleveland’s longest-serving mayor has announced he won’t seek a fifth term, our columnists C. Ellen Connally and Mansfield Frazier say it’s time to look at his legacy. They find a lot to praise in the developments he’s spearheaded since he took office in 2006, but add that “a large part of his legacy now will rest of the fact he hung on to the levers of power for one term too long.”  Read more

 

 

 LIVESTREAM 
Celebrate Dylan’s 80th

The non-profit Cleveland Verses was founded last year to support musicians and venue workers devastated by the pandemic. CoolCleveland’s Thomas Mulready continues his musical journey with an examination of the most influential musician of our lifetime, and in the process helping to raise money for the cause on Dylan’s 80th birthday, Mon 05.24. Tix are available here.Based on interviews with Dylanologist Clinton Heylin, known in Cleveland for his book, From The Velvets to the Voidoids, and who Rolling Stone calls the world’s authority on Dylan, plus Daniel Goldmark, head of popular music studies at CWRU, among others, the livestream show (with VERY limited in-person seating) also features classic Dylan tracks by area musicians The Modern Electric, Papi and the Smears, Vanity Crash and Jenna Fournier.   Read more

 

THIS WEEK

 

WED 5/12
Turtle Love
World Turtle Day isn’t until May 23, but Summit Metro Parks has a pair of education programs this week to get you ready.* Cleveland Hts Greek church holds gyro/pastry drive-through Saturday — order by today!* Panelists argue about Cleveland’s May Show.

 

THU 5/13
Spinning Around
Cleveland History Center hosts a talk & tour, sharing the history of Euclid Beach Park & its carousel now located in its building. * Jazz Guitar duo shares BOP STOP stage.* CMNH talks with author about conserving land & water.

* Spoken word poet Ray McNiece gets down.

 

FRI 5/14

 

 

SUN 5/16
Friendly Fungi
Mushrooms are weird and fascinating in their myriad shapes, sizes and colors, popping up unexpectedly. A CMNH naturalist talks about a book that explores how they’ve impacted our world.* Watch as Chagrin Falls’ Valley Arts Center wraps their trees in crocheted “magic circles.”

 

MON 5/17
Chamber Music
Five Cleveland Orchestra wind players & a pianist friend wrap up the Rocky River Chamber Music Society’s virtual season.  * Oberlin Conservatory faculty and graduating students take part in a live-streamed version of the annual Piano Extravaganza.

 

TUE 5/18
Tacos Everywhere!
Remember when “a taco truck on every corner” was presented as a scary proposition? Lots of tacos apparently don’t scare us locals because Cleveland Taco Week is back for an encore.

 

WED 5/19
Cyclists Remember
Bicyclists will gather at Public Square for the annual global
“Ride of Silence,” which pays tribute to riders who have died or been injured on public roads.* Learn how the “Roaring 20s” were really bad for Cleveland’s environment.

MANSFIELD

 

Not Worth the Risk

It’s easy to imagine that Brandon Mitchell, a black man residing in Minneapolis, would want to serve on the jury for the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, who currently stands convicted of the brutally killing of George Floyd. Indeed, many people from all demographics would no doubt have been thrilled to be part of the process that put such a monster away.  Read More

 

Embrace the moment.

-Thomas Mulready
CoolCleveland.com

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