We’re lucky to have four great seasons every year.
And during this era of lockdown, it’s a relief to get outside and experience our region.
Cleveland area native Katie Spotz is raising awareness and support for clean water everywhere with one endurance challenge after another. After being the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic, next week she will be the first person ever to run 130 miles nonstop across Maine; view our exclusive video interview.
And there’s so much you can do as well. Catch the panel on how health and sustainability are connected. Bring the family and search out the 19 hidden gnomes in the Botanical Garden. Get out and visit a locally owned bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day. Discover the delightful Stickworks installation at Holden. Get your garlic fix at Shaker Square even if the Garlic Festival isn’t happening. And don’t forget the most magical downtown oasis of all, the Eastman Reading Garden at CPL.
Former Clevelander Katie Spotz was the youngest person ever to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River, and just ran 62 miles nonstop across New Hampshire, then 74 miles non-stop across the state of Vermont.
That was in preparation for her next challenge to be the first person ever to run nonstop 130 miles across the state of Maine on Sat 9/5. And she does it all to raise awareness for clean water. Read More
Artist Patrick Dougherty has created his unique Stickworks installations, made from willow sticks and branches, all over the world. Now he’s created one at Holden Arboretum, which goes on view this Saturday, August 29. Read More
Cleveland’s Welshly Arms has provided the soundtrack to a short film called #BlueWave2020, touting the Democratic ticket and candidates for Congress across the country. Read More
The Eastman Reading Garden between the two wings of the Cleveland Public Library downtown offers a quiet place for eating lunch, reading, relaxing and meditating. Read More
There’s a lot of screaming and shouting, panicking and reassuring, about the safety and accessibility of the upcoming presidential election. Some is deliberate misinformation, some is cautionary, and some is just the media stirring up controversy. Former judge & county council president C. Ellen Connally lays out exactly what you should know to make sure your vote counts. Read More
Of all the candidates on the ballot, judges have the most direct impact on people’s lives. So it’s sad that up to 50% don’t even vote down the ballot or simply vote by names. CoolCleveland writer Jenna Thomas is interviewing some of the top judicial candidates on the November ballot to offer helpful information, starting with magistrate Williams Vodrey who has a long, outstanding legal record. Read More
THU 8/27 Virtual Veterans The Numbers Band is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and when they play for the Akron Art Museum’s virtual Downtown@Dusk tonight, it will be for the 36th year.
MON 8/31 Fresh Sounds A relative new Cleveland band, the Fiddle Revolt, debuts its self-titled debut album which adds blues, funk and R&B flavors to classic and contemporary rock music.
TUE 9/1 Stay Safe, Election! The virtual version of Happy Dog Takes on the World, via the City Club, takes on the issue of election security, who’s trying to interfere and what we should do about it.
An Audacious Prediction
While there are hardcore groups of radical racists on the right that would welcome a bloody confrontation, the white suburban housewife is not among them. After all, they’ve lived through eight years of a black man being president and their world didn’t come to an end or even change except for the better… Read MoreKasich at the Convention
That’s why former governor John Kasich’s brief appearance at the opening of the Democratic National Convention was, to some extent, heartening. As the titular leader of the moderate wing of the Republican Party he no doubt was willing to appear in order to burnish… Read More
He Wasn’t Registered
As I was driving him home, I passed a census registration tent located at Thurgood Marshall Rec Center, which caused me to then ask the young man if he was registered to vote. Although he had previously told me that he got pretty fair grades in school… Read More
In Praise of Black Women
One sure way to raise the hackles of both black and white misogynists — not to mention a substantial percentage of men who wear their collars turned backwards — is to give the American black woman the due praise she so roundly deserves. Indeed, the trials, troubles and tribulations she has suffered… Read More
