BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2717@coolcleveland.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260426 DTSTAMP:20260421T032050Z URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/coventry-village-presents-two-days-of -activities-called-spark-some-thing/ SUMMARY:Coventry Village Presents Two Days of Activities Called SPARK Some- Thing DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nFri 4/24 @ 5:30PM\n\n\nSat 4/25 @ 10AM\n\n\nA new thing i s coming to Cleveland Heights’ business district Coventry Village called SPARK Some-Thing. It’s a two-day event that will feature a variety of a ctivities for all ages including live music\, public art\, poetry\, and pu blic improvement projects people can take part in. Most of the activities are free. Despite the area’s ups and downs and the recent negativity sur rounding the eviction of the arts groups and nonprofits from the Coventry PEACE campus\, the goal is to draw people’s attention to the many restau rants\, shops and other businesses on the strip.\n\n\n\nWhile the events o fficial kick off on Friday at 5:30pm with an opening reception at Heights Theatre\, there’s an Arbor Day kids’ story time and tree planting on F riday morning and the chance to volunteer for street beautification all da y. The reception will feature a panel moderated by Assembly for the Arts ’ Deidre McPherson\, and include some key Coventry figures: Mac’s Back s Books owner Suzanne DeGaetano\, Rob Love of the legendary former record store Record Revolution\, Scarlett Red\, Sparrow’s Fortune\, and Joel Ne gus.\n\n\n\nAt 7 pm\, Literary Cleveland launches its Cleveland Poetry Fes tival by presenting a reading with nine area poets who have won the Clevel and Arts Prize including Ali Black\, Mary Biddinger\, George Bilgere\, Kis ha Nicole Foster\, Stephanie Ginese\, Dave Lucas\, Ray McNiece\, Philip Me tres and Dr. Mary Weems\, presenting their own work and a tribute to Pulit zer Prize winning U.S. Poet Laureate Ritsa Dove. That’s free\; there’s also a ticketed concert at the Grog Shop with Americana indie-rockers Fro g\, and Cleveland bands Napsack and Wrinkled Beige Linen.\n\n\n\nOn Saturd ay\, there’ll be a potpourri of events all day\, including Independent B ookstore Day activities at Mac’s Backs including live Brazilian choro\, a poetry reading\, button making and face painting. The Grog Shop will hos t a free Music Creator Mini-Conference at 3pm with industry leaders\, foll owed by a night of free music with AKA &\; Co\, Quenton Rubin &\; Fr iends\, Frida and the Mann\, and DJ What’s His Face at 8:30pm. Also perf orming around the street will be baroque chamber ensemble Les Delices\, Th e Tim Facemaker Band\, Myth &\; Co\, and Dan McCoy and the Sandings 8s. Muralists and other visual artists will be joined by community leaders to clean up debris (!!!! A noble task we should all take part in!!!) and pai nt the street.\n\n\n\nFor a detailed schedule go to coventryvillage.org.\n [mappress mapid="2291"]\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://coolcleveland.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/04/CoventrySpark.jpeg CATEGORIES:----WRITERS----,Workshop,Healthy,Contest,Literary,Music: Classical,Nature/Environment,Garden,Music: Jazz / Blues,RSS,Free,Preview,Anastasia Pantsios,Music: Popular,Outdoors,Drinks,Visual Arts,Dance,Performance,Festival,Eats,Civic Affairs,History,Entrepreneurialism,Education,Culture,Music: Rock and Roll,Kids,Teen,college END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR