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Everyone thinks I attend all the events listed on CoolCleveland each week. I do not. But we attend our share, and our correspondents are focused on getting the word out in time for you to get it on your calendar. But this time of year, we do get out a lot. And our head has been swimming with the sublime, exquisite, unworldly offerings this town has to offer. Like the CD debut, a long time coming, for Ohio Sky; or the out-of this world exhibition featuring Cool Cleveland photog Elisa Vietri (see image at left), artist Natasha Turovsky and Susan Woldman, with whom we Skyped; or the cool new book on vinyl 45 covers from the ’80s by Clevelander Matthew Chojnacki, just in time for Black Friday. Win $500 by downloading and using our mobile app for iPhone, iPad or Android tablet or smartphone for free. That should keep your head in the sky. –Thomas Mulready
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SPONSORED: Holden Arboretum’s Gifts from the Heart of Nature craft sale kicks off with a preview party on Fri 11/11 from 3PM-8PM and continues through Fri 12/30 from 9AM-5PM. Gifts from the Heart of Nature promotes regional artists with nature inspired works, and crafts made from environmentally responsible materials. Visit HoldenArb.org for event details.
After over half a decade together and numerous lineup changes, the members of Cleveland rock act Ohio Sky finally feel as though they got it right with the group’s debut full-length effort Curses.
Recorded at downtown studio Ante Up, the album may have yielded cohesive results but it wasn’t without some level of drama… Read more from John Benson here
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SPONSORED: DBR Returns Experience New York composer Daniel Bernard Roumain’s (DBR) latest creation, Project Gilgamesh Songbook Unbound: Part I, featuring area artists in a free performance of music, dance, spoken word, visual art and more. Songbook Unbound, part of a year-long exploration of “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” kicks off at Tri-C’s Metro Campus Black Box Theatre on Thurs 11/17, at 7PM courtesy of Tri-C Presents. For details visit ProjectGilgamesh.com.
Just a quick look at the names of the four women artists featured in the Art Effect show at the Beachwood Community Center will stop you in your tracks. Photographer Elisa Vietri, whose work you see every week in Cool Cleveland (see video here), and Natasha Turovsky, who has a concurrent exhibition now on Paul Sykes and Travel Art’s walls at the Beck Center, plus artist B. Skufca, and former Clevelander Susan Woldman Elfer, all together in one exhibition, with the opening scheduled for Thu 11/10 from 6-8PM. Check out this Skype with Susan Woldman Elfer from her New York studio where she talks about her book and her upcoming show.
SPONSORED: CIM’s New Music Ensemble Pay Tribute to Steve Reich On Sun 11/13, the next generation of composers studying at CIM will observe the 75th birthday of contemporary composer Steve Reich by performing three of his most distinctive works. The New Music Ensemble then takes this show on the road, heading to MOCA Cleveland on Wed 11/16. Visit CIM.edu for details.
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Dan Zanes & Friends @ Beachland Exuberant, handmade 21st century social music for enthusiastic crowds of kids & kid sympathizers! Sing & dance with wild abandon to folk music & rock sounds from around the world on Sun 11/13.
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During the day, Cleveland’s artists are hard at work staking out the avant-garde and breaking the paradigms of contemporary art. At night, it’s a different story.
Join the fray as C-town’s artistic royalty throw down on the dancefloor on Sat 11/05/11 to honor King Howard Freedman and Queen Rita Montlack, twisted pillars of the community who’ve inspired generations of local superheroes to boldly create new work (and donate some of it for the auction), dress as their favorite pop royalty and mingle with the superstars of the art scene.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, as they overtook last year’s record and raised a king’s ransom for SPACES gallery. Party of the year? Only if you were there. Watch the video here.
SPONSORED: The 21st century is no time to implement your father’s business model! Business innovation guru Saul Kaplan explains how new collaborative models will deliver future, bottom-line success during a free talk at Baldwin-Wallace College on Thu 11/17 at 4PM. Seating is limited. Find out more and register today at BW.edu.
BOOK REVIEW: Put The Needle On The RecordThe 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per Minute by Matthew Chojnacki
For most listeners younger than 30, their recent discovery of turntables and vintage records holds an irresistible retro hip, much in the same way spinning Dad and Mom’s Sinatra 78s felt to baby boomers in the ’70s.
So, it’s natural to witness a corresponding explosion of interest in the history of vinyl records and — in the case of Cleveland-based pop culture historian Matthew Chojnacki’s new book — their art. Check out this cool book, just in time for Black Friday at your local vinyl record store… Read more from Armen Marc Benneian here
SPONSORED: Alice the Allosaurus is back …with a roar! Celebrate the return of this 40-foot-long, 15-foot-tall carnivore to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Sat 11/19. Join us for crafts, activities and a “roar like a dino” contest, too! Free with Museum admission. CMNH.org
WED 11/9
Forks Over Knives screening @ Ms. Julie’s Kitchen. Can most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based & processed foods? Find out on Wed 11/9. Part of the Akron Peace Project Film Series.
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THU 11/10
Art Effect features the work of four talented artists: Susan Woldman, Natasha Turovsky, Betty Skufka & Cool Cleveland photog Elisa Vietri, whose work you probably recognize by now. Show opens Thu 11/10 @ Beachwood Community Ctr.
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SPONSORED: The LifeShare Thanks-for-Giving Blood Drive over WCLV 104.9 will be Thu 11/10 from 8AM to 8PM at the Spitzer Conference Center on the campus of Lorain Country Community College. The WCLV blood drive formula of good food, good music, WCLV Goodybags and good prizes from the WCLV Prize Wheel and live classical music will prevail. Here’s your chance to help up to four patients with your donation of a single pint of blood.
FRI 11/11
Yoga & Wine go hand-in-hand @ Puma Yoga on Fri 11/11. First, relax w/ a flowing vinyasa inspired community yoga session. Then, taste Lake Erie vintages poured by Claudia Taller, author of Ohio’s Lake Erie Wineries. Pure bliss.
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SAT 11/12
Girls! Girls! Girls! @ Zaller Gallery. Cle is packed w/ talented ladies. A group of ’em — Cassie Bishop, Uno Lady among others — will play music & showcase their art on Sat 11/12. Tasty snacks provided.
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SUN 11/13
Tales of Delaware Drive Dance + architecture converge in this benefit for Verb Ballets on Sun 11/13. Tour gorgeous homes from the 1900s while being treated to drinks, food, music & dance vignettes.
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MON 11/14
The Derision: Debating LeBron’s Legacy Esquire writer & author Scott Raab has nothing but scorn for LeBron James… still. On Mon 11/14 he’ll square off in a debate against Ohio City Writers board member Jimi Izrael on “The Decision” aka “The Debacle.”
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TUE 11/15
Demystifying Prints @ Zygote Press Liz Maugans, co-founder & Managing Director of Zygote P, will show you how print artists create their work on Tue 11/15. Handle tools of the trade & get the scoop on different techniques.
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WED 11/16
Why raw? Wanna get healthy? You gotta go raw, or at least incorporate raw foods in your diet. Raw foods chef and personal trainer Marisa DiCenso-Pelser will show you how it’s done on Wed 11/16. Workshop includes presentation, food tasting & handouts.
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You’ve heard of Flash Mobs, which started out as events organized via social media where people showed up in a public space (or sometimes private, like a shopping mall) to sing, dance and celebrate… and then put their joyous spontaneity up on YouTube for the world to enjoy.
Then, a bunch of punk kids took over the idea and decided to turn them into mindlessly destructive riots and looting…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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Remember Richie Furay? Great article about Richie! Back in 1969, I had just moved with my family to Las Vegas and was really a fish out of water. I was a huge music fan… The Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Dylan, etc., and although I was familiar with the Buffalo Springfield’s “For What it’s Worth,” I was not familiar with anything else by the band…
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MANSFIELD: Manufactured Controversy Right on on both points, Mansfield. Good for you for continuing to hold up a microscope to the PD (and shame on Scene for doing almost no media criticism anymore). And please note, the PD DOES NOT have an ombudsman…
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Your disclosure is honorable here, but it points to the fact that you’ve got a personal stake in this issue. I didn’t work on this story, but I know — as do you — that open access has been at the core of Plain Dealer coverage of government in recent months and the pre-council secretive meetings held by this council in its formative days justifies heightened scrutiny…
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Divine inspiration comes easily to our writers: Armen Marc Benneian, John Benson, Roy Berko, David Budin, Linda Eisenstein, Mansfield Frazier, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Laura Kennelly, Sarah Valek and Laurie Wanninger. 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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