05.16-05.23.12
Collective
Working together, this town is turning things around. Like a bicycle wheel. As high profile projects suck up the limelight, we’re focused on the results of collaborative efforts closer to the grass roots: the daunting petri dish known as the Davenport Collective; the expanding and audacious mural museum on the outdoor walls in Lakewood; the Cleveland Asian Fest, in its 3rd year and already a major event; a Sustainable Communities Consortium; an Independent Film Festival; a Creative Voices Summit; two young prodigies in Akron; even a weed walking tour.
Bike For Beck, Hessler Street Fair, Pajama Party Night Ride on the Towpath Trail, Pop-Up Pearl in Old Brooklyn… I’m sorry folks, you’re gonna have some tough choices this week.
Meanwhile, resurgence is causing a ripple effect: Mansfield bemoans the loss of bail bondsmen and Roldo reminds us that for every improvement for some, others are getting pushed, squeezed and cleansed. Hmmm, got some room in that collaborative for a few of the forgotten?
But for now it appears we’ve stopped waiting for the silver bullet. Join the collective. –Thomas Mulready
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In the nineties era of the Kent State music scene, several bandmates considered their record-releasing options.
From their couch’s perch, they asked themselves: Why sign with a pre-existing label when you could create your own?
Their budding assembly of songwriters would change the face of Cleveland music — and continues to do so today…
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SPONSORED: Live on The Kent Stage! Colin Hay, from Men At Work on Wed 5/16; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Asleep At the Wheel on Fri 5/18. June: Kent Stage Summertime Blues Series w/ Robert Cray Band & Rickie Lee Jones. Tix on sale Fri 5/18 for Mitch Ryder & Josh Ritter. TheKentStage.com.
Filmmaker Johnny Wu talks about the 3rd Annual Cleveland Asian Festival, happening May 19-20, 2012 at E. 27th & Payne Avenue in the heart of Cleveland’s AsiaTown.
An expected 50,000 people will stop by the free event to take part in Egg Roll & Sushi eating contests, performances and martial arts on two stages, free health screening and games and activities for the whole family.
Plus, one of the top dance crews in America will perform: Instant Noodles, who rocked MTV and are massively popular around the world…
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Cleveland’s Downtown Rebound The Atlantic takes notice of our positive population shift, including our booming urban core.
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SPONSORED: Have a green thumb? At Holden Arboretum’s annual plant sale you will have access to horticulture experts and shop from over 40 vendors featuring woody plants, perennials, annuals, wildflowers, herbs, container plants and even wood crafts. 10AM-4PM on Sat 5/19 and Sun 5/20. Visit HoldenArb.org for event details.
Impresario & gallerist Paul Sykes supervises the installation of Natasha Turovsky’s 51′ x 17′ mural on the wall facing the courtyard of Lakewood’s Beck Center for the Arts.
“The world’s largest outside mural that hangs on an arts center,” is expected to be certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Sykes plans to continue hanging large murals at the Beck Center to create the world’s first outdoor wall museum…
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SPONSORED: Gold 4 U! On Fri 5/18, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History presents geologist and gold explorer John Spurney for “Gold Exploration in Central America: Discoveries & Field Methods Over the Past Two Decades.” Final 2011-2012 Explorer Series Event! CMNH.org.
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Harmony Park is what they call the kids area @ Hessler Street Fair. Crafts, games & summer fun is what you can expect… but this year there’s something more — a kids marketplace where young entrepreneur market their goods.
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SPONSORED: More to Experience in AsiaTown this weekend! To honor the Year of the Dragon, St Clair Superior Development Corp. has installed 25 fiberglass dragon sculptures created by Northeast Ohio artists. View details and locations here. Also, don’t forget to visit AsiaTownCleveland.com to discover all that AsiaTown has to offer.
The setting was the gymnasium at Lakeland Community College. The opponents were 200 high school students along with 100 advisors and mentors from both the corporate and academic world.
Oh yeah… and 24 of the coolest battling robots ever seen in NE Ohio. The result was the second annual AWT Regional RoboBot Competition which played to a packed, high-energy crowd…
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SPONSORED: Shake, Rattle & Roll Your Way To The GuitarMania Kickoff! Be a part of the exciting fourth installment of GuitarMania as it kicks off at the Rock Hall on Fri 5/25, at 11:30AM. The 10-foot guitars will be displayed on Collection Auto Group Plaza through Memorial Day weekend then dispersed to their summer locations. Free and open to the public. Cleveland.com/GuitarMania.
WED 5/16
This Is What Vibrant Looks Like Back up a step — what would a vibrant Cle look like? Young leaders, share your ideas at a special discussion @ Brothers Lounge on Wed 5/16.
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THU 5/17
Ohio Independent Film Festival See a wide variety of truly local films from Thu 5/17 to Sun 5/20. Shorts, feature, you name it. Just get out & support Ohio filmmakers!
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FRI 5/18
Pedaling Art Celebrate bicycle art & culture on Fri 5/18 @ the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op. View bicycle-related art, fashion & crafts at this cool opening bash. Free secured bike parking.
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SAT 5/19
Bike for Beck Three ways to get involved in the fun: Go on a bike ride through the Metroparks, take a short ride w/ the family and/or hang out at the Beck Center & join in an art-infused community celebration on Sat 5/19.
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SUN 5/20
Yin Sisters Make Rare NEO Appearance International art prodigies Victoria Yin (age 14) & Zoe Yin (age 11) stunned NEO arts audiences last year with their precocious artwork when it was displayed at the Beck Ctr. Meet these two talented girls on Sun 5/20 & watch this Skype interview with the Yin Sisters here.
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SPONSORED: On Sat 4/7, Mitsuko Uchida conducted The Cleveland Orchestra from the keyboard in the Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 21, which were not only recorded for broadcast, but for release by Decca. You can get a preview of the CD by tuning into WCLV 104.9, this Sun 5/20, at 4PM, for the broadcast of this special musical event. Full details on all of WCLV’s classical programming at WCLV.com.
MON 5/21
Art Song Festival International concert artists & stars of the operatic stage come to NEO to give us the opportunity to hear their world renowned skills via performances & master classes. Runs Mon 5/21 – Sat 5/26.
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TUE 5/22
Calling Planet Earth Celebrate the 98th anniversary of Sun Ra’s first visit from the cosmos on Tue 5/22 @ NTC. Music, films & recordings will pay homage to the legendary jazz composer/man from Saturn, Sun Ra.
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WED 5/23
CSU Creative Voices Summit & Arts Education Luncheon w/ Ben Vereen on Wed 5/23. Explore the creative mind & celebrate creativity in Cle.
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Hawken students Nick Barnett & Jeremy Simmons visit AsiaTown in preparation for this week’s Third Annual Cleveland Asian Festival.
Our intrepid student correspondents talk with 2012 Cleveland Arts Prize winner Liz Maugins of Zygote Press, who will be at the Festival demonstrating how they print using actual Lake Erie fish. No kidding. Liz also reveals her two favorite lunch selections in their cool neighborhood.
Watch for the clips of special guests Instant Noodles, who will be performing at the Festival.
My long-ago years of pursuing a professional criminal career as a counterfeiter required me to be peripatetic — I had to frequently (sometimes weekly) move from city to city and state to state in my attempts to avoid Secret Service agents, who, on the national level police credit card forgers…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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There are many histories of Cleveland. Not just one history of the city. No history that would tell us, “This is the way it was.”
There are many ways to report history. It could be from the view of different people. Different movements. Different economics. Different heroes. Different villains. Different reasons why the city went this way or that way…
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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VIDEO REVIEW: The Hooley on Kamm’s Corners 5/12/12 by Thomas Mulready
REVIEW: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change A Nice Escape at Actors’ Summit by Roy Berko
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IngenuityFest Announces New Location for 2012 WHY? It was fine under the bridge, that’s what made it special…
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oh no… would love to hear why it’s moving…
Read the comment from Roger here
ROLDO: The Odd Couple – Jackson and Kasich Roldo, I am afraid that Kevin O’Brien is the highest paid and least capable troll on the plain dealer staff. Either that or he is for certain the best comedy act that the plain dealer has had since Artemus Ward left town…
Read the comment from snorky here
MANSFIELD: Who’s Really Insane? Excellent points, Mansfield. The chance for positive change seems to fade as incarceration becomes a cash cow and compassion that was once directed toward the poor now stops with the middle class…
Read the comment from Dick Peery here
Excellent points Mansfield and I think this is some of your best work as of late…
Read the comment from Bill Rucki here
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Most clicked
Here are the Top 5 most clicked links from last week’s issue, with one more chance for you to click.
1) The Hooley is Here!
2) IngenuityFest Announces New Location for 2012
3) ROLDO: The Odd Couple – Jackson and Kasich
4) Olympic-style Velodrome Coming to Slavic Village
5) 24th Annual Evening in Ohio City & Ohio City Home Tour
Join the collaborative movement Kudos to Roldo Bartimole, Roy Berko, Mansfield Frazier, Isaac Mell, Sean Tuttle, Sarah Valek and Bob Yanega. And lastly, though certainly not least, thanks to our readers and everyone who partners with us. Want to volunteer and contribute your writing to Cool Cleveland? Send your reviews, articles, or story ideas to: Events@CoolCleveland.com.
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–Thomas Mulready
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