Crafty Mart has been waiting for just the right permanent location to call their own. Now they’ve found one at Akron’s Bounce Innovation Hub, and you can take a tour and pitch in on their Kickstarter. Maelstrom Collaborative Arts isn’t waiting for the pandemic to be over; they’re instituting new models of creativity and performance.
The Akron Art Museum is still holding off on hosting Family Days in person, so for now it’s spring-inspired video projects. Local women got tired of waiting for suffrage, so they formed the consequential League of Women Voters. Michael Stanley meant something to just about everyone in our region; Anastasia Pantsios, Joe Kleon and I offer our memories and a bunch of cool photos. Whatever you’re going to do, don’t wait too long.
Gladisa Guadalupe, artistic director of Cleveland Ballet and School of Cleveland Ballet, talks with CoolCleveland about their upcoming 2021 Summer Intensive, which is accepting auditions now.
Following the strictest safety protocols, the School of Cleveland Ballet is one of the only ballet schools to offer in-person training right alongside their world-class company members. And for the first time, in acknowledgement of the economic challenges of the pandemic, the School of Cleveland Ballet is waiving their audition fees for interested students. View the video.
The Cleveland music community was rocked this week by the news that the steadiest star in its firmament, Michael Stanley, passed away March 5 at the age of 72. It’s hard to imagine a Cleveland music scene without him. We’ve got loads of memories though, and we’re sharing some of our favorite photos. See photo streams by Joe Kleon (who took the photo above) and Anastasia Pantsios. Read More
Winter 1974, Saturday afternoon. We were bored. 16 years old. Gary was 17, riding shotgun. I had a 10-year-old Pontiac LeMans and we drove it up and down Brookpark Road. I had just installed a new car stereo with Dolby B and coaxial speakers. I popped a fresh cassette into the dash and turned it up. I looked at Gary. He looked at me. We were looking for something… Read More
Crafty Mart has a new permanent space at downtown Akron’s Bounce Innovation Hub. On Saturday March 13, they’ll give tours, launch a Kickstarter campaign to renovate it, and let artisans buy or trade for craft materials. Read More
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts has evolved its working model so often that it was well-positioned to create new models of creativity and performance for the pandemic. It’s continuing some of those programs and now launching some new ones. Read More
The Cleveland Ballet is heading south this weekend for a benefit performance in Palm Beach. They’ve just picked up a second gig, at the South Florida Science Center & Aquarium. Read More
Main Street Kent has launched a new promotion, featuring “take-home experiences,” where you pick up a “kit” from a downtown business and put it together at home with the help of a video. Read More
THU 3/11 Through Their Eyes Amanda King started Shooting Without Bullets to give Black youth an outlet to express their views through photography and other creative arts. She shares that story in an online talk.* Cleveland’s Athena Quartet performs online.
WED 3/17 Cleveland Women Vote In conjunction with its exhibit Women in Politics and Women’s History Month, the Cleveland History Center shares the story of local advocates for women’s voting rights, who founded the League of Women Voters.
