07.15-07.22.09
Changing Lives
In this week’s issue:Can an e-blast like Cool Cleveland change your life? We actually hear this from fans every week. Especially peeps new to the area, or newly liberated (from college, from a relationship, from a job) and looking to broaden their horizons (“Thank you Cool Cleveland for turning me on to…”). Well, this week we turn you on to Near West Theatre, experts at changing lives through the patient and rigorous integration of art (musical theatre) with neighborhood teens. You’ll also enjoy our stories on the ABC’s of Awesome, Beautiful and Child-Friendly stuff, the National Hamburger Festival in Akron, a visual review of Ingenuity 2009, a “two-fer” by Mansfield, and a view of newspaper conflict of interest by Roldo. To help you change your life, we encourage clicking with our Click To WIN contest, while giving away an iPod or iPhone. Can Cool Cleveland really change lives? Only if you click. –Thomas Mulready
An Inconvenient Theater…?
The Imaginative Creativity of Near West Theatre
It’s on the third floor of a 100+ year-old building, with rickety stairs and no elevator, escalator or air conditioning. Of course, they do full-scale costumed and staged productions there — in the summertime! And they don’t even charge a reasonable price for their tickets! Six dollars a person? C’mon! Movies cost more than that! How good can they be, anyway? Well, if you ever see even one production of the Near West Theatre, you’ll say it’s the truly incredible theater! You might even think it’s the best theater production you’ve ever seen. Then you’ll wonder: “how do they get so much out of so many people who volunteer their time and energy for months at a time…?”
Read more from Kelly Ferjutz here
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GREEN Gourmets in the Garden Marches on w/Greenhouse Tavern as the headliner this week! Click
A Lakewood High student suggests we “Look Up To Cleveland, Look Forward to Change” with an excellent column here
Cleveland in Top 20 for getting a “fresh start”? Believe it, people. Relocation.com has the deets!
Collinwood gets some run on German National TV! Check it out here
Cle blogger Jill Miller Zimon featured on CNN talking about Gov. Sarah Palin’s resignation. Watch
Clevelanders: here’s a chance to help your city! Offer feedback through the Downtown Cleveland Improvement District’s (SID) Future of Downtown Survey
Great, no cost music??? World Music fans should download this Luaka Bop Orinoco Sampler Fantastic stuff!
Check out these 15 Big Celebrations that round out Cle summer here
Accommodations offering unique experiences in Cleveland can be found here
Take a look at a new homelessness report in the U.S. here
Center for Community Solutions Media Guide is finally online for $50 here.
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Check out the New York Times profile on Cle’s East 4th Street! Looks like the world is learning about our entertainment district! Great stuff!
HOT Cool Cleveland is hiring We’re looking for a great writer who is connected to the cool stuff in town and can meet deadlines. You know who you are. Info@CoolCleveland.com
GREEN “Cleveland needs this!” Our pals at The Greenhouse Tavern turned us on to a really cool link: “San Francisco has adopted what may be the country’s first county food policy that aims to improve access to healthy food while supporting local agriculture and reducing shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions.” Couldn’t agree more. Read here.
SPONSORED: Are you over 21 years of age? Do you love nature and the outdoors? Do you enjoy a beer every once in a while? Would you like to get behind-the-scenes at a real working brewery? If so, we may have just what you are looking for. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Nature League host social, intellectual and athletic activities for its members throughout the year. And sometimes we just drink beer. Like on Thu 7/23 when we get a private tour of the Great Lakes Brewing Company. Space is limited, so call 216-231-1177 to reserve your spot! www.CMNH.org.
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Awesome, Beautiful & Child-Friendly Outings
A.K.A.: The ABC’s of Outdoor Adventures
Some of the best things in life really are free just like the old Sam Cooke song says. This includes most outings into the great outdoors. An outdoor excursion holds many benefits for kids including exercise (a.k.a. wearing them out!), exploration, understanding the value of nature… and the pure fact that we all can benefit from a little fresh air. To put it simply, it’s good for us! And, if you live in the very cool city of Cleveland, there are tremendous resources available in the region to explore.
So, where to start? We’ve got some ideas…
Read more from Jeannie Fleming-Gifford here
Wade Oval Wednesdays University Circle comes to life on Wednesdays and if you haven’t been yet, get there this Fri 7/15 from 6 – 9PM. It’s no cost, open to the public and fabulous family fun. Live music, arts, crafts, tasty snacks. Bring your blanket, bring your a picnic/ snacks and lawnchairs and enjoy a summer evening It’s good for your soul. http://www.UniversityCircle.org.
HOT Sweeney Todd School Edition: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street If you dug some of the more recent productions of this classic Sondheim work, or liked the macabre that Depp and Carter offered up, then this Near West Theatre production should interest you. It’s a different, younger and it starts Thu 7/16 and runs through early August. Learn all about the production in Kelly Ferjutz’s feature in this week’s CC. Call 961-6391 to purchase your tickets over the phone. http://www.NearWestTheatre.org.
Dive-in Movie The Ledge Pool & Recreation Area at Hinkley Reservation offers this fun event Fri 7/17 Celebrate Christmas in July with a splash in the pool on a warm summer night, followed by a movie — Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Sit on the lawn for the movie (which begins at 8:45PM) or float along in an innertube for a small rental fee. No cost, open to the public (save for aforementioned rental fee). http://www.CleMetparks.com.
Mary Poppins PlayhouseSquare kicks off this great, family-friendly story on the State Theater stage starting Fri 7/17 and running through early August. If you are looking for a good nanny, you can catch her live and on stage as Broadway’s Mary Poppins flies into town. Unfortunately, when she leaves town, you and your family are back on your own. http://www.PlayhouseSquare.org.
Come and Drum On Fri 7/17 and Sat 7/18 at Common Ground in Oberlin, legendary drumming teacher and facilitator Jim Donovan (founding member, Rusted Root) leads an oustanding faculty in this two-day drumming extravaganza! Suitable for ages 13 and up and all experience levels. Register for all sessions individually at http://www.CommonGroundCenter.org.
HOT Drum the Ecstatic International Concert On Sat 7/18 at 8PM, the byproducts of the “Come and Drum” event (above) come to fruition with a fantastic percussion performance group will have you on your feet and jammin’ the entire night! Pack a picnic, bring a chair or blanket, and spend an oustanding evening with great music under the stars! http://www.CommonGroundCenter.org.HOT LakewoodAlive & Live Well StreetWalk Explore three zones of Lakewood during this fun, family-friendly event Sat 7/18 from 3 – 8PM. LakewoodAlive and Live Well Lakewood present their inaugural StreetWalk. Detroit Avenue will be closed to traffic to celebrate Lakewood “in action” as local orgs get the community moving! Walk, run, jump, climb, skate, board or bike in Downtown Lakewood with your friends and neighbors. Check out yoga demos, skateboarding; square-, belly- and breakdancing; a history walk, climbing wall and more. http://www.LakewoodStreetWalk.com.
HOT The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 promises to be a special event at NASA Glenn Sat 7/18 from 10AM – 3PM. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing with a history of the Apollo program and a look at NASA’s plans to return to the moon and onto other worlds. 21000 Brookpark Ave. For more info, call 433-9653 or click http://Visit.GRC.NASA.gov.
SPONSORED: If the Flecktones had vocals and kicked the funk, they’d be ECLECTICA, a virtuoso jam-band featuring groundbreaking electric violinist Tracy Silverman, the Flecktones’ Roy “Futureman” Wooten on traditional drums, and bass phenom Steve Forrest, appearing at Cain Park this Fri 7/17. Call 216-371-3000, and say you’re cool and your ticket is only $10! www.CainPark.com
A hot selection of tech and business news & events from around the region. Got business news? Send it to: EVENTS@CoolCleveland.com
Getting Started as a New Leader Learn how to focus time/efforts on tasks and accelerate your ability to achieve results Wed 7/15 from 1 – 5PM at Corp College. Register
Job Search and Career Transitions w/ Laurie Mitchell The com biz headhunter/guru offers a straight-up Q&A Wed 7/15 and the details are here
Leading and Managing This BVU seminar this Fri 7/17 from 8AM – noon at the Penton Media Building. Sounds very worthwhile. Details
The Emergence of Mobile They say mobile is the ‘third screen’ after television and your computer monitor; learn how to use it to your biz advantage Mon 7/20 in this WebAssoc. event @ Adcom Optiem! Register
Managing Conflict in the Workplace Learn the five basic modes people use in dealing with conflict and learn successful conflict resolution Wed 7/22 from 8:30A – 4:30P. Register
GCIC’s Breakfast Seminar Series on Thu 7/23 focuses on med tech and looks ‘pretty cool to us Crain’s upcoming biz breakfast Supply Chain Strategies and Visibility hits this Wed 7/29 at the Ritz-Carlton. Register
Smart Business Live Akron feat. Vicki Tifft Founder & CEO of Clinical Research Management talks Thu 8/13 @ Tangier in Akron. RSVP
AMPLIFY Speaker Series highlights “education in action” Wed 8/26 at Corporate College East; details and reg here
SPONSORED: Weekend at Ludwig’s! Find yourself humming Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony whenever something dramatic happens? Hear it in person this Sun 7/19 at 7PM at Blossom, bring your favorite beverages and sit on the Lawn, or sit in the designated General Admission areas in the Pavilion (available first come, first served). Or make it a date night on Sat 7/18 at 8PM for Beethoven’s fabulous Violin Concerto (he only wrote one, it’s that good)! Both concerts conducted by Franz Welser-Moest. New this year: kids under 12 sit on the Lawn at no charge- 2 kids per adult ticket. Get tix by phone: 216-231-1111, at Severance Hall, at Blossom, or online: http://www.BlossomLawnFun.com
Taking a Bite Outta Akron at the National Hamburger Festival
It is wholly tempting for me to travel down the “Schweddy Balls” Saturday Night Live skit path when merely thinking about this mouth-watering festival. I could fill a page with puns and double entendres, but I’ll leave that up to you. But if you are indeed a serious beef lover like I am, then you better get your buns (natch!) over to Lock 3 Park in Downtown Akron for the National Hamburger Festival, Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19. Think live music, burger-themed games and, well, stuffing your face for a good cause — Akron Children’s Hospital. It’s a win-win situation…
Read more from Kathy Vogel here
Amy McMaken , as president of the Friends of the Cleveland Public Library, is in charge of more than just the Library’s gift shop. With memberships as low as $10 for seniors & students, with individual memberships starting at $15. The Friends sponsor programs such as the annual Winter and Summer Reading Programs and Teen Read Week. Watch this video as Amy talks about their upcoming Music in the Garden series, offering box lunches along with music programs. Sign up for their newsletter, take a Tour of the library, volunteer your services, or plan to attend an upcoming event. With Friends like these, the Cleveland Public Library will continue to thrive. www.CPL.org
SPONSORED: Professional, delightful, and oh so close You don’t have to travel to Europe or Broadway to see world-class talent performing the most entertaining operettas ever produced. The Ohio Light Opera offers 7 incredible productions to choose from, thru Sat 8/8, all just an hour’s drive from Cleveland, with charming dining and shopping in picturesque Wooster. Experience the political satire H.M.S. Pinafore, the runaway Broadway show that spawned 150 simultaneous productions with no copyright protection, so Gilbert & Sullivan never saw a penny. Or revel in A Night in Venice, by Vienna’s Waltz King Johann Strauss, already famous for his On the Beautiful Blue Danube. Or make it easy and stay overnight to see more than one. 330-263-2345, http://www.OhioLightOpera.org
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Around Noon “Open Air” Lunchtime Concert 90.3 WCPN-FM ideastream hosts this cool concert experience Wed 7/15 from noon – 1PM and you’re invited! Bring your lunch and be a part of a live studio audience in the Smith Studio in Idea Center for the first of its new lunchtime concerts. This installment features bluesman Austin “Walkin’ Cane” Charanghat; poet/author Ray McNiece and stand-up comic Dan Grueter. http://www.WCPN.org/an.
Cleveland Jazz Project These “Young Lions of Cleveland Jazz” (dubbed by Nighttown’s Brendan Ring and Jim Wadsworth) are charting some exciting musical ground… and they’re all pals from time in college prep at Cleveland Heights High School. Hear and witness what this snazzy jazz band is capable of Wed 7/15 at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights. Details at http://www.NighttownCleveland.com.
Raphaela Platow The Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Curator program at MOCACleveland features the Director and Chief Curator of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati on Wed 7/15. Platow will explore the relevance of contemporary art and institutions. Details on the lecture at http://www.MOCACleveland.org.
Music in the Meadow: HeartBEAT Afrika Part of a no-cost summer outdoor concert series, check out this persuasive percussion ensemble Wed 7/15. HeartBEAT Africa’s delivers the goods using trashcans, buckets, African drums, conventional drums, and rhythms played by feet, body, and hands. Very cool stuff. Grab a blanket and a picnic dinner (or order one ahead, see link), and bring your family to hear some incredibly cool tunage. No cost, open to the public. Howe Meadow, seating starting at 5:30PM. Concerts begin at 6:30PM. http://www.CVNPA.org.
HOT Sweeney Todd School Edition: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street If you dug some of the more recent productions of this classic Sondheim work, or liked the macabre that Depp and Carter offered up, then this Near West Theatre production should interest you. It’s a different, younger and it starts Thu 7/16 and runs through early August. Learn all about the production in Kelly Ferjutz’s feature in this week’s CC. Call 961-6391 to purchase your tickets over the phone. http://www.NearWestTheatre.org.HOT Coventry Street Arts Fest, Cartoon Festival & Pie Fight Night This all-ages, family fun evening hits Thu 7/16. After checking out the second installment of this year’s fair, watch some of your favorite classic cartoons, then get ready for a “memorable night of messy mayhem!” The event is strictly BYOP (Bring Your Own Pies), so bring pre-made graham cracker pie crusts filled with whipped cream works best. NO shaving cream please. Details on the whole shindig at http://www.CoventryVillage.org/fair.html.
HOT 5th Store-A-Versary (Grog Style) Yeasaye headlines this soiree/birthday party for the spectacular Music Saves indie record store on Waterloo in Collinwood this Thu 7/16 at 8PM at the Grog Shop on Coventry Rd. Details on the show at http://www.MusicSaves.com and http://www.GrogShop.gs. Then stay tuned to Music Saves’ website for next week’s REALLY cool follow-up and partnership news!!
Painesville Party in the Park Ohio’s largest no charge music festival launches Fri 7/17 and runs through the weekend. A great slate of bands are involved, including Mifune, Rambler 454, Lords of the Highway, Winslow and many others! With kids arts and crafts, a classic car cruise-in, and a whole host of other really cool kids events, we wholeheartedly support this one. It’s got summer greatness for the whole family. Learn all about it at http://www.ParkPartyInfo.com.
HOT HELP Ohio Design Center’s Floor Sample Sale is a cool annual event that launches this Fri 7/17 and runs throughout the weekend in Beachwood. With admission proceeds benefiting the Cleveland Furniture Bank — a non-profit org that provides home furnishings to needy individuals and families — the sale offers a dramatic savings on custom furniture, decorative accessories and lighting—items that are traditionally selected only by interior design professionals for their private clients. For more information, call 831-1245 or visit http://www.OhioDesignCentre.com.
Eclectica The avant-garde trio performs at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights this Fri 7/17 at 8PM with special guests Doug Wood and Darren Frate from Watts Gnu! Hear samples of Eclectica’s work here, then read CC Managing Editor Peter Chakerian’s review further down the e-blast. http://www.CainPark.com”’.
Practically Perfect PlayhouseSquare and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital present this special benefit celebration Sat 7/18 to aid PlayhouseSquare communication engagement and education programs. Centered around the Cleveland premiere of the Tony Award-winning Mary Poppins, guests will be among the first in NEO experience this magical musical… and they’ll do so in the most delightful of ways. Score details here.
HOT Old Brooklyn Brooklyn Centre All Access Home Tour Walk+Roll Cleveland and the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp are bringing cycling and walking to a cool “All Access Home and Bicycle Tour” this Sat 7/18. The event will not involve a street closing, but it will include no cost bicycle tours, walking tours, trolley tours, local businesses, historic homes and cemeteries in a cool Cleveland neighborhood. PLUS: Art House will offer a special event, Free Family Open Studio, from 1 – 3PM! Score all the details here.Cleveland Public Theatre 25th Season Wind-up Party CPT is throwing a party Sat 7/18 at 8PM at their Gordon Square Theatre. This no cost (RSVP required) fun, casual party is open house-like and features a cash bar with Magic Hat brews (mmmmm!) Dance to music from local DJs and musicians and learn more about the 09-10 CPT season from Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan! Potential “revelers” must RSVP in advance by emailing Rebecca Cole at rcole@cptonline.org or calling 631-2727 ext 212. Space is limited. http://www.CPTOnline.org.
National Hamburger Festival Legend has it that Akronites Charles and Frank Menches invented the hamburger when they ran out of pork for their sausage patty sandwiches at the 1885 Erie County Fair in New York. The origin can be debated until the cows come home (natch) but Sat 7/18 and Sun 7/19 at Lock 3 Park in Akron, you can score the burger so many different ways, from so many different vendors, your head will spin. Family-friendly fun, as featured on The Food Network and other high profile food programs, this one definitely stacks up. Read Kathy Vogel’s CC Eats column in this week’s issue. http://www.HamburgerFestival.com.
HOT Luau on the Lake This brilliant party-benefit at Wendy Park at Whiskey Island hits Sat 7/18 from 4PM – dusk and it’s one of the coolest annual summer events there is. Party like The Big Kahuna with this Hawaiian-themed event to benefit Shoes and Clothes for Kids; enjoy a feast “fit for a tiki god,” adult bevvies, sand volleyball, live music, raffles and more to benefit the only non-profit organization in Greater Cleveland providing new shoes and clothes at no charge throughout the year to thousands of children in need. http://www.LuauOnTheLake.com.
AleFest 2009 Lincoln Park in Tremont serves as the host to this inaugural, beer-based event Sat 7/18 from 1 – 5PM. Live music, great food and a slate of amazing local, regional and national craft brews are promised. We think you could do far worse than hanging out in one of Cleveland’s cool neighborhoods with an ice cold bevvie in mid-July. That’s what we call beating the heat! Details here.
Brookstock Brookside Reservation hosts this supercool shindig filled with live music, arts, crafts, games and more Sat 7/18 from 4 – 10:30PM. It’s definitely rootsy for you Americana fans. Open Range Torch Songs, New Dixon Family, Blond Boy Grunt & the Groans, Crookneck Chandler and the Tibbee Bottom Boys and Cats on Holiday make up the live entertainment for the day. No cost, open to the public. And bring, as John Hiatt would say, the family. http://www.CleMetparks.com.
Globe in a Glass WVIZ/PBS hosts this annual wine event Sat 7/18 from 7 – 10PM in their state-of-the-art studios at Idea Center, 1375 Euclid Ave., PlayhouseSquare All proceeds from WVIZ/PBS Globe in a Glass benefit ideastream. Space is limited; order tickets and learn more at http://www.WVIZ.org/Globe or call 916-0110.
SPONSORED: While Severance Hall is quiet for the summer, you can still revisit The Cleveland Orchestra’s stands at Severance twice weekly on WCLV 104.9. This coming Sat 7/18 at 8PM, music super star Mitsuko Uchida conducts two Mozart Piano Concertos from the keyboard – Nos. 23 and 24; and on Sun 7/19 at 4PM, another piano superstar, Leif Oves Andsnes will be heard in Rachmanioff’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Franz also conducts the forces in Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass. Details at http://www.WCLV.com.
Don’t Hug Me The folks at Actors’ Summit call this a “love story with singin’ and stuff.” The award winning musical comedy takes the viewer to a rustic north-woods bar in small-town Minnesota, where women love to hunt and fish, and the men want to move to Florida. Tickets can be purchased for the Sun 7/19 matinee at 2PM, or the remaining performances through late July. Score tix by calling 330-342-0800 or visit http://www.ActorsSummit.org.
CMA Asian Family Festival Day India and Southeast Asia are in your backyard this Sun 7/19 from 1 – 4:30PM during the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Asian Family Festival Day. Families learn/celebrate cultures and traditions of Asia as demonstrated by Cleveland’s Indian-American community through yoga classes, art and dance workshops, gallery tours, live music and dance performances and more! And while you’re there, check out the phenom East Wing! http://www.ClevelandArt.org.
HOT Cleveland Beats & Eats Starting Tue 7/21 from 11AM – 2PM and running Tuesdays through the end of August, Mayor Frank Jackson presents a weekly lunchtime festival that celebrates the diversity of Cleveland through food and music. Vendors from the West Side Market and various restaurants from around the city will sell and sample their food on Mall C; Northeast Ohio artists will display their work and local bands, including Mifune, JiMiller Band, Gabriel’s Horns and others, will provide entertainment for attendees. How about that?!? Call 664-3298 for details.
Inside the Mind of a Terrorist: The Unabomber The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage hosts this intriguing event Wed 7/22 at 7PM. When a criminal case makes national headline and involves mental illness, Dr. Phillip J. Resnick, Director of Forensic Psychiatry at CASE School of Medicine is often called upon as a leading expert. Enter the mind of “The Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, as Dr. Resnick reveals his analysis of thousands of pages of documents, including Kaczynski’s diaries and infamous manifesto. http://www.MaltzMuseum.org.
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IngenuityFest 2009 was a huge success, with strong attendance all weekend long. Cool Cleveland attended everything from the audacious Big Bang opening ceremony with hundreds of drums, to the wild antics of Peachcake on the Mainstage, plus dozens of delights in between, and shot photos and video of it all.Ingenuity director James Levin spoke with Cool Cleveland: “Ballpark attendance estimates are 35,000, which is a bit more than last year. More people bought tickets through Dave’s markets, which is great. We’ve heard nothing but raves: great energy, life on the streets. People loved Opera in the Alley, Mifune, dancer Lisa Lock, Evolution Control Committee and the North Coast Men’s Chorus. Asterisk Gallery, The Magic Story Table and Alex Boxerbaum were among the most talked about exhibits.”
Watch Cool Cleveland’s videos of the action, and send us your favorite photos and videos. And start drooling for next year. Videos & Photos
Mr. Frazier Offers a “Two-fer”
Last week Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Vera Institute of Justice’s Third Annual Justice Address, an annual meeting featuring a prominent national figure who explores important justice issues of our time. In his remarks, Holder outlined the Department of Justice’s agenda for reducing crime rates and the cost of incarceration, issues that he characterized as the Department’s main concerns… Based on my years of work in the reentry field, I can unequivocally state that Holder has it exactly right: Work experience and education are the two main areas prison officials should be focusing on if society wants to reduce the costs of incarceration in America. The real question is…
Read more from Mansfield B. Frazier here
Streaming Video Soul
Eclectica
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It’s extraordinarily funky, an intense hybrid of sounds and influence and a beast in terms of virtuosity. It’s a band called Eclectica — talk about truth in advertising! — and the band’s Streaming Video Soul is flexibly adventurous at the absolute least…Read more about Eclectica from Peter Chakerian here
Eclectica performs at Cain Park this Friday, July 17 at 8PM with special guests Doug Wood and Darren Frate from Watts Gnu! Hear samples of Eclectica’s work here. Visit Cain Park at http://www.CainPark.com.
Wanna get reviewed? Send your band’s CD (less than 1 year old) to: Cool Cleveland, 14837 Detroit Avenue, #105, Lakewood, OH 44107
Washington Post Wanted Profit From Access
…But There Are Other Means
I’ve always had a queasy feeling when local politicians sit down for what are private meetings with editors of the Plain Dealer. It’s like asking for a command performance on the part of the newspaper. And it’s like going on bended knee by the elected official. Just leaves a bad taste. Why not cover the elected official in a normal manner, or go to his or her office and interview them? After all, they’re elected, not you…
Read more from Roldo Bartimole here
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On Casinos in Cleveland Jeff Biasella’s column here I’ve always thought it more fitting to have a casino near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame than another museum. My reasoning being [is] that Rock and Roll has (or used to have) a feeling of sin or naughtiness about it, and, obviously, so do casinos.
From Cool Cleveland reader Kirk Jusko patronATcuyahoga.lib.oh.us
No Dice: A vote Against on Casinos… I read your article on Casinos in Cleveland. My vote would be no. For four different reasons: 1. I look around the City and don’t see how casinos could benefit the City. Cleveland already has enough issues to deal with (corruptions, shootings, questions of downtown safety, questionable police chiefs, etc) and they don’t need to add gambling issues on top of it. The city needs to figure out how to take care of itself first…
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