It takes all kinds of folks to form a community. It takes a certain kind for that community to be cool.
Helping provide service dogs to kids is the mission behind W.A.G.S 4 Kids, and their Mac & Cheese Throwdown at Red Space this weekend will help provide some much-needed support. CoolCleveland’s Stephan Haluska interviews the folks at Bourbon Street Barrel Room as they serve up a taste of New Orleans just in time for Fat Tuesday.
The Lake Erie Folk Fest is in its second year of performances, workshops and jam sessions at Euclid’s Shore Cultural Center this weekend. CoolCleveland’s fashion guru Dru Thompson is also an entrepreneur with her own shop on Waterloo Road in North Collinwood, and this week she shares some tips for folks thinking of starting their own fashion business. GLSC’s Design & Build event raises money for STEM programs in an exciting competition.
Join other foodie folk on a self-guided wine, cheese and chocolate tour. Embrace gospel and symphony in Akron. Join the Alternative Press Music Awards as it makes its return to Cleveland. Preterm presents a bowl-a-thon, Celtic music emanates from Happy Days Lodge, Mac’s Backs hosts a punk rock summit, St. Clair Superior celebrates Kurentovanje, and you can relax with cat yoga to benefit Berea Animal Rescue. Some folks will do anything to cool out. —Thomas Mulready