Here’s hoping everyone’s doing their best to get vaxed, so we can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day carefully, if that’s not an oxymoron. Cleveland vocalist Carol Leslie, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, is livestreaming Irish & American tunes from BOP STOP. Other streams this week include a discussion of the pandemic’s impact on live theater, a virtual Kid’s Comic Con and a seminar on Chicago’s Hull House Settlement hosted by Oberlin.
78th Street has limited admission to their usually lines-out-the-door Third Friday, and Cleveland-based Belt Publishing hosts a pop-up at its Slavic Village office. The Rock Hall remembers Mary Wilson, a native-American environmental activist discusses climate change, and Cleveland Council on World Affairs joins with the Great Lakes Energy Institute at CWRU for a session on why climate change is so hard to talk about.
Local restaurants have been hit the hardest during the pandemic, with many hanging on by offering pickup and delivery.
Cleveland Restaurant Week To Go takes place March 18-31, 2021, and more than 35 locally owned, chef-driven restaurants are participating.
Listen as Laurie Torres of Mallorca, Matt Fish of Melt Bar and Grilled, and Zack Bruell of L’Albatros and Parallax discuss the challenges their industry faces, and what they will be offering for Cleveland Restaurant Week To Go. View the video.
Cleveland lawyer Terry Gilbert is a child of the ’60s, a product of the civil rights era and the anti-Vietnam war movement. He’s never lost the fire for righting wrongs. He was fighting to lose Chief Wahoo in the ’70s before it was fashionable, and wherever someone’s rights are threatened in northeast Ohio, there’s a good chance you’ll find Terry standing up for them. He’s just released a book, Trying Times, about his experiences. Read More
Akron country-based band the Shootouts are getting ready to make a video for a “Another Mother” from their upcoming album Bullseye, dedicated to band leader Ryan Humbert’s mother who passed away in 2018. They’re asking fans to submit photos of themselves with their mothers for possible use in the video. Read More
The Grog Shop has become part of Vans’ Foot the Bill program, where small businesses work with the company to design & market unique sneakers and t-shirts to help keep them afloat. Local artist Jake Kelly created the Grog Shop’s designs. Read More
Dine local at Melt Bar and Grilled all during the month of March for those fresh flavors we’ve been waiting a year for.
Specials include Rueben Melt with roasted lean Corned Beef and Swiss on marble rye, plus the St. Pat’s Burger, an Old Skool version with barrel aged Sour Kraut and zippy Russian dressing. Bring a close friend or order pickup or delivery! Read More.
Amber Ford and Karen Beckwith use photography as the basis for prints & collages reflecting on the traces people leave, in a new show at HEDGE Gallery.
SUN 3/21 Women Create The work of dozen of women artists is featured in From Women XIV at the Gallery at Lakeland, where today curator Mary Urbas will host a virtual artist reception.
Cleveland Needs STARInstead of activists making calls to defund the police, they should be calling for funds to be reallocated to a STAR program, similar to the one Denver and several other U.S. cities are in the process of starting up. The need is great since, according to a Washington Post database of fatal shootings by on-duty police officers, police have fatally shot nearly 1,400 people with mental illnesses nationwide since 2015…. Read More
