06.09-06.16.10
Flow
Maybe it’s just a matter of finding our flow and keeping it going. It should be obvious by now that water is our region’s future, and our continuing series, Our Water Webs, continues this week. Gordon Square gets in the flow with a day long celebration, complementing Parade The Circle across town. WOW kicks off, as does LEAF, offering a flowing supply of fresh food for the season, while Chef Jam rocks out. Mansfield plants his Vineyards of Chateau Hough grapes, and Roldo follows the money. Which for some reason, always seems to flow uphill. –Thomas Mulready
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Great art breeds ideas and innovation
Cleveland is alive with art. It’s one of our greatest strengths.
Would-be artists have been awed by The Cleveland Museum of Art with its world-renowned collection and free admission.
Budding violinists have been inspired by the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom or a Celtic band in a local pub.
Thespians have taken to local school productions after witnessing Shakespeare performed on Playhouse Square.
In Cleveland, arts districts invigorate our neighborhoods.
Gordon Square Arts District was born when $20 Million was spent to renovate the streetscape [pictured] and the Capitol Theatre. Cleveland Public Theatre got a facelift and Near West Theatre has plans for construction, making Gordon Square a destination for film and live theatre.
And this week, you can experience this arts district in a special way on Sat 6/12 from 10AM to 10PM in what is described as a “day-long celebration…”
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SPONSORED: Celebrate exotic Bollywood on Fri 6/11! The UnNatural Affair party with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Nature League is your chance to hang out on the Museum’s Observatory Deck, get a henna tattoo and sample Indian fusion cuisine. $15 members; $20 guests. CMNH.org
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Sustainable landscapes start here Cle Botanical Garden chosen as one of 150 int’l sites to participate in the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), a new program aiming to create the world’s most green landscapes.
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SPONSORED: Rocks That Rock: This Ain’t Your Mama’s Trunk Show MOCA Cleveland will host an edgy GAL-LERY Night on Wed 6/16 from 5-9PM that connects ladies who rock the “rocks” with the artists who make the most rockin’ jewelry around. Bring your girlfriends to this dynamic trunk show, tour the exhibitions, enjoy savory refreshments, and rock out to entertainment by local band Rachel’s Secret Stache. Complimentary Admission! MOCACleveland.com
Parade the Circle Its time for the coolest parade outside of Mardi Gras Parade the Circle! On Sat 6/12 bang a drum, don a mask and marvel at the colors at Cles most unique and beloved family-friendly event. [Photo by Bruin (Flickr).]Click here for more Cool Cleveland Kids events
SPONSORED: The Curtain Goes Up on Ohio’s premiere summer festival of great music, comedy and drama, when The Ohio Light Opera presents seven operettas and musical theatre masterpieces in rotating rep from June 19 to August 7. The finest professional talent from around the country performs close to home at the College of Wooster’s Freedlander Theatre. Tickets are going fast. Enjoy the best of the Lyric Theatre tradition; Stay over and catch more than one production! http://www.OhioLightOpera.org or call 330-263-2345
Our Region’s Water Lifeline
Part 2: Watersheds 101: Students investigate what lies beneath
Northeast Ohio students, professors and communities are connecting to their environment in different ways.
They write papers, give presentations, conduct field and community work, and try to improve the space we share…
Read the second installment of Water Webs by Mariana Silva here
LEAF Nights are back! Lakewood Earth & Food Community (LEAF) kicks off its 2010 fresh-stop season on Wed 6/9. Get organic produce from local farms or pick up your share of City Fresh community-supported agriculture (CSA). Hang out, say hello to friends, listen to live music, peruse local vendors and dream of a better world.
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Be a Nomad on Thu 6/10: Find a food cart and eat something good at this event to celebrate the newest addition to Cles food scene: food carts! Eat in the street; W. 26th St will be closed for your street snacking pleasure.
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Made in the 216 Room Service owner Danielle DeBoe created her wildly popular Made in the 216 events as a way to prove the viability of Cleveland as a place in which to base your creative endeavor. Buy goods created by 60 Cle-based designers at this 2-day event on Fri 6/11 and Sat 6/12. Plus: djs, food, booze and a pool of amazingly talented 216ers.
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SPONSORED: This Fri 6/11, at 7:30PM, WCLV 104.9 FM is live at Severance Hall, for a Cleveland International Piano Competition Laureate Concert. Martina Filjak, 1st Prize Winner, 2009; and Alexander Ghindin, 1st Prize Winner 2007, perform solo works by Liszt, Balakirev and Mozart-Liszt-Busoni. Then both laureates perform duo-piano works by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and an arrangement of Gershwin’s American in Paris. Full details on all of WCLV’s classical music programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
Eco-Feminist Punk River Smith with E&J on Sat 6/12 with progressive Hip-Hop artist E&J performing tunes from My Animal Self, while local poet River Smith performs work from his latest book, Like She Is In Him: Selected Work from a Troublemaking Eco-feminist Punk at Pilgrim Church at 7PM.
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Chef Jam 2010 Food + music. You love food. And you love music
so, when you combine the two, you get a gastronomic event that really rocks like Chef Jam 2010. Twenty-four of Cles hottest chefs will be on hand to cook up good eats themed around their favorite band. Besides the amazing grub, youll be treated to performances by 3 restaurant bands and an all-star concert w/ Todd Rundgren.
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Science Cafe Cleveland Get blinded by science at the next Science Cafe Cle on Mon 6/14. CWRU and CMNH are taking science to the streets and youre invited to check out these monthly informal discussions of cool science topics. This month hear about “Researching the Business of Selling Drugs in the Illegal Drug Economy” w/ Dr. Lee Hoffer.
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The Long Road Home Ohio, we have a huge problem on our hands: We have one of the largest prison populations in the nation yet we’re not equipped to properly reenter ex-offenders into society. Discuss barriers to reentry on Tue 6/15. Watch a film and discuss the issue w/ reentry experts, including CC‘s own Mansfield Frazier.
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WOW! Wade Oval Wednesdays are back! Starting on Wed 6/16, get to the Oval, throw a blanket on the lawn and lay back as live tunes fill the air. The season kicks off with Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. Band.
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1) I want to sincerely thank all of my friends – both old and new – for helping me plant my three-quarter acre vineyard…
2) As I pulled up to my friendly neighborhood supermarket I was hoping against hope she wouldn’t be there…
3) Is anyone really surprised the “good ‘ol white boys” down in Columbus would not enact legislation to assure that minorities are treated fairly in the nascent casino industry…?
4) Someone should write a book entitled “Politics for Dummies.” I was at a Memorial Day parade, and there was one political novice, riding in an open convertible, waving to the crowd like she was the Homecoming Queen. Meanwhile, one of her opponents for a seat on the County Council was walking the same route, shaking hands with folks and actually talking to potential voters. Who do you think is going to win this race…?
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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The City of Cleveland has refinanced Browns Stadium bonds to the tune of $183,856,270.35 in two refinancing deals.
Did Randy Lerner say thanks? I dont think so…
Read this story by Roldo Bartimole here
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Review: COSE Arts Network Arts Business and Innovation Awards @ CPT 4/28/10 by Carol Drummond
Review: Why I Had To Dance @ Westfield Studio 5/29/10 by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
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Do We Have A Real Leader At City Hall? Roldo, you hit the nail on the head. “Too many at City Hall march in step” is just that. Too many council members have no back bone. They give the term “loyalty” a bad name. Mr. Cummins isn’t my councilman, but I wish he was…
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