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Misbegotten
What are we doing to ourselves? In a season when we have given thanks, offered gifts, promised resolutions and are about to profess our love, some things around here are amiss.Mad Men and Angry Women epitomize the tectonic shift in power relationships, as CoolCleveland’s CareerTOOLBOX columnist Alex Sukhoy analyzes her view on the zeitgeist. Your voice is needed as the Ohio legislature has been busy this week undermining our democracy with a misbegotten redistricting measure. The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and MOCA are teaming up to fight the good fight with “Hear for the Homeless” at the Beachland. And the decade-long Sustainable Cleveland 2019 project kicks off its final year with a major public event zeroing in on vital neighborhoods. This we can do.
Not all is anguish and anxiety. Bring the family to the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, sit by the fire, drink some cocoa and enjoy stories and songs about nature and the environment. Sample pierogies at Coit Road Farmers Market. Watch our video on pothole rockers Burnin Loins as they release their debut album. Be there for the 2018 Tri-C JazzFest announcement party at Nighttown. Join the Winter Seed Swap in Ohio City. The good news is, supporting each other in this amazing region, we can bring about hope. –Thomas Mulready
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As Sustainable Cleveland 2019 moves closer to its target date, the ten-year project, with a different focus each year, takes a look at Vital Neighborhoods in 2018. It kicks off with a public event at City Hall Fri 1/26 before spending the year zeroing in on effective local community initiatives.
John Benson talks with Matt Gray, director of the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, about the fruits the decade-long effort has borne so far, and what’s being planned for its grand finale.
SPONSORED: We Do Recover – Benefit Concert A concert to benefit SafePassages, an assisted addiction recovery program, comes to the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music on Sun 1/28 at 3PM. Performances by faculty, students and alumni including a number from Hair, Babies in Black, Fem Valore and more. Tickets here.
The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) has been fighting the good fight against homelessness in Cleveland for three decades. MOCA Cleveland currently has an exhibit in which musicians incorporate sound snippets provided by homeless people.
The two organizations have joined together for a benefit called Hear for the Homeless at the Beachland Ballroom at which an all-star Cleveland roster, headed by Wesley Bright and Carlos Jones, will play to raise money and educate people about the issue and its potential solutions. Thu 1/25.
This week the Ohio legislature is busy undermining democracy. In response to a congressional district map drawn so outrageously that a state that votes close to 50/50 has 12 Republicans in Congress and four Democrats, the League of Women Voters has been collecting signatures to put on the November ballot a redistricting bill that puts citizens first.
Apparently afraid of their success, the Republicans in the legislature are trying to rush their own redistricting measure to the May ballot. Theirs actually makes the situation worse. Let them know you are watching – and contact the League and help them collect signatures.
SPONSORED: Conversations in Sport A move to revolutionize the financial model of college athletics is the focus of a FREE Baldwin Wallace University Conversations in Sport panel discussion on Thu 1/25. BW’s School of Health, Physical Education and Sport Sciences presents the exploration of amateurism and college athletics, featuring founders of the new Historical Basketball League which aims to compensate college players. Info.
It’s not the Mad Men era anymore, thank god, when no one questioned the right of men to see women as sex objects and inferiors in the work place. But the recent outpouring of revelations about sexual harassment and the pushback against it have left many people groping for a way forward.
Columnist Alex Sukhoy explores the implications of this heightened awareness and hopes that it might lead to climate in which people advance based on their knowledge, skills and work ethic, and not their gender.
Come hear the love stories behind the stories of your favorite game. We’ll talk about “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Ray Chapman, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and more. Free and open to all, so bring all your own loves on Sat 2/10 at 1PM. Are you a single baseball fan looking for your own baseball love? Or just want to make new baseball loving friends?
Stay after the program for refreshments and a tour! You may leave with a date for Valentines Day AND Opening Day! Details.
Come sit by a warm fire, drink some cocoa and have some snacks, and listen to stories and songs about nature and the environment at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes’ Family Fireside Night. There’s face painting and crafts too. Fri 1/26.
* Frozen Fest at Geauga Park District’s West Woods offers indoor and outdoor activities including the chance to get up close to sled dogs – and reindeer!. Sun 1/28.
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Edwins at Shaker Square is doing good work, training returning felons for jobs in the food service industry. See how well they do this and enjoy wine and cheese pairings at a special event at the restaurant. Tue 1/30.
* Pierogies are a favorite traditional dish among the Eastern Europeans who settled Cleveland. Sample some and learn to make your own at the Coit Road Farmers Market. Sat 1/27.
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After almost four years to the day since their formation on Valentine’s Day of ’14, and about two years of writing, practicing, and recording, pothole rockers, Burnin Loins release their debut album, Burnin Loins. CoolCleveland’s Stephan Haluska sat down with the band in their studio to get the inside scoop.
Recording and mixing the record themselves with layout, art, and photography by close friends, this album is not just a DIY release but a family affair. Burnin Loins will be joined at Happy Dog West by Cleveland freak rockers, Manswerk, and the cowbilly punk of Sump Pump Sluts. Fri 1/26.
Cleveland Opera Theater and Oberlin College present the NOW festival, three days of new works and works in progress, with talkbacks. Fri 1/26-Sun 1/28
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WED 1/24
Documentary film screening at the Rock Hall gets up close and personal with the late Grant Hart of the influential 1980s post-punk band Husker Du. The director will answer questions afterwards.
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THU 1/25
Celebrate the life and legacy of late 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns, and Scottish culture in general at the 5th annual Burns night at Market Garden Brewery. There will be bagpipe music, poetry, themed drinks and, yes, haggis. Wear your kilt.
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FRI 1/26
Artist/magician Robin Van Lear created such events as Parade the Circle, Chalkfest and the Winter Lights Lantern Walk. Learn where her inspiration comes from at a community night at Art House.
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SAT 1/27
It’s that time of year when gardeners hunker down with their seed catalogs and plan. They can get started at the annual Winter Seed Swap at St. John’s Episcopal in Ohio City, picking out some new things to grow when the weather warms up.
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SUN 1/28
It’s claimed that on February 2, groundhogs peek out from their burrows and if they see their shadow, we get another six weeks of window. Learn what these little guys really do (eat your beans!) at a presentation at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center.
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TUE 11/15
Young novelist Marieke Hjkampe’s latest teen novel, Before I Let Go, deals with depression and suicide. She’ll talk about it and sign copies at the Parma-Snow Library.
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WED 1/31
Orchid Mania is back at the Cleveland Botanic Garden, with more than 1,000 varieties of plants and flowers. You can check it out from now until Sun 3/11.
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Given the safety concerns, and concerns over how ward resources are allocated, it might make more sense for three, four or even five east side members of City Council to come together…
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A look back at the last week
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THEATER REVIEW: Grounded @ Dobama Theatre by Roy Berko
DANCE REVIEW: Grupo Corpo @ PlayhouseSquare by Roy Berko
PHOTOSTREAM: Cleveland Women’s March by Carol Hunt
PHOTOSTREAM: David Bowie, the Berlin Era at the BOP STOP by Anastasia Pantsios
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