07.18-07.25.12
Get Hot
Summer’s the time for hot roddin’ around. Grab your Cool Cleveland mobile app and the email below, and we’ll show you what’s hot this week. You might even win a cash prize. First check out the Hot Rod Roll N’ Bowl at Yorktown Lanes, then maybe a stop at Veggie U or the Burning River Fest, or the Summer Meltdown. And that’s just Saturday. On Sunday, we recommend Mike’s Barn, if you can find it, and Chess Alfresco on Coventry, or TubaSummer in Akron. To tell you the truth, we’re as hot as you are. –Thomas Mulready
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They might be driving your grandfather’s car, but this ain’t your grandfather’s car show on Sat 7/21.
Full of hot rods and rockabilly from a time when both were loud, dangerous, and dripping with latent sex — when safety took a backseat to power, and cars weren’t designed to hold back emissions.
The rumble of V8s outside will echo the growl of a hollow body Gretsch inside, with the occasional crash of pins flying off the lanes…
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Dive-In Movie Watch Elf from the comforts of an inner-tube on Fri 7/20. Pools. Movies. This is summer at its finest for kids.
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WED 7/18
Wade Oval Wednesdays are still running strong. Go on Wed 7/18 to hear the Motown disco funk of the Heart & Soul Band.
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THU 7/19
Mary Chapin Carpenter @ Kent Stage Her latest album is soulful & powerful… but you ain’t heard nothin’ til you see her live. Do so Thu 7/19 in Kent.
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FRI 7/20
Painesville Party in the Park is Ohio’s largest free music fest (didyaknow?) & it’s kicking off on Fri 7/20. 30 bands playing every genre under the sun.
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SAT 7/21
GardenWalk Cleveland Go on self-guided tours of inner-city gardens on Sat 7/21 & Sun 7/22. Grab a map & hit up different neighborhoods for a chance to see private gardens, community gardens & other green spaces.
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SUN 7/22
Womack Family Band in a barn Not just any barn… Hear this up-and-coming Norwalk Americana/melting pot band at Mike’s Barn, one of the coolest summer venues in NEO. Go Sun 7/22.
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SPONSORED: This Sunday, 7/22, at 4PM,WCLV 104.9 has a Cleveland Orchestra concert from the Musikverein in Vienna. Franz conducts the “Metamorphosen” for 23 Strings by Richard Strauss and soloists and the Friends of Music Chorus in Mozart’s Mass in c, K. 417. The band does Cleveland proud. The night before, Sat 7/21, Weekend Radio at 10PM holds a Festival of Bobs. All Roberts should tune in. Details at WCLV.com.
MON 7/23
Farm to Table Indulge your taste buds in locally grown fare cooked by 17 of Cle’s top chefs on Mon 7/23. Plus, famous foodie panelists & other good stuff.
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TUE 7/24
Best Coast will give you some Cali nostalgia & Filmstrip [pictured] will you bring you back to Cle on Tue 7/24 @ the Grog. Also on the bill: Those Darlins.
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WED 7/25
Write to Assemble Best-selling, award-winning author Mary Doria Russell will discuss ways to write historical fiction on Wed 7/25 @ the Dog.
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Half of the spurious fundamentalist rock duo Uncle Scratch’s Gospel Revival, beloved local legend Eddie Wille was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago and proceeded to combat it with the passion and vigor of his alter ego Brother Ed battling the devil for lost souls…
Read more from Hollie Gibbs here
A few weeks ago the Plain Dealer ran an editorial lauding Gov. John Kasich for signing a bill that will make the transition from prison back into the community a bit easier for those returning home from periods of incarceration.
While I was appreciative of the sentiments expressed in the editorial, I nonetheless was a bit troubled by the language used…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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I threw out my dad’s wife-beater T-shirts. About time. My father died more than 25 years ago. The wife-beaters were balled up like popcorn balls in my dresser drawer.
Underwear fashion is generational…
Read more from Bert Stratton here
Plain Dealer columnist Mark Naymik did us a great service in alerting us to the damage being done to our parks. The city of Cleveland unloaded a number of parks to the state in the late 1970s.
I fear the paper may be going in the wrong direction now. Toward a quick solution. The wrong one…
Read this story from Roldo Bartimole here
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Time to Transform the Detroit-Superior Bridge… so cool….
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United for Cleveland’s Hub Sure, just bought a ticket to Houston that use to cost $250 on Continental for a mere $1,322! Great hub!…
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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) Unwind with the Undead At Mahall’s
2) The 2012 Cleveland Design Competition is on!
3) Tot Rockers Cleveland Kids Dance & the Coolest Parties in Cle
4) MANSFIELD: The “Kardashian Effect”: Solving America’s Racial Conundrum?
5) United for Cleveland’s Hub
Our writers get it done, despite the heat. Thanks to Roldo Bartimole, Roy Berko, Martin Bielat, Mansfield Frazier, Hollie Gibbs, Bert Stratton and Sarah Valek. 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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