06.04-06.11.14
Groove
After what everyone is calling a brutal winter (I enjoy the four seasons, and was digging it right up to when it was like, “Enough already!”), this glorious delayed spring has everyone finding their groove again.My performance art antenna are up for Zygote’s Mail Art show, and for Willem Dafoe’s visit to CLE, having met him once in NYC back in his Wooster Group days. The Kent State Folk Festival kicks off 9 straight days of glorious music, Vegfest returns, and Share Your Draft to support Bike Cleveland. Read about how the Clean Water Act has become Project Green Lake and is cleaning up our beaches in the process.
Mansfield remembers his luckiest day, Alex takes her own advice, and Topher Adams smiles for his close-up as the latest winner of a priceless Cool Cle t-shirt just for retweeting our uber-useful tweets; you can also win one when you use our mobile app. Or take over our Instagram and become Instafamous. Now that’s groovy. –Thomas Mulready
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The latest exhibition at Zygote Press highlights a very special group of artists who make handmade mail art.
In an increasingly fast-paced, impersonal world, talented “pen pals” from all across the world are sending each other these one-of-a-kind creations. One might feel compelled to refer to them as “postcards,” but once you’ve seen them for yourself, you’ll see they are much more than that…
More from Josh Usmani here
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Spanish-Harlem born Eddie Palmieri is a powerhouse on the piano, no matter what the genre. He moves comfortably between the improvising, groove orientation of Latin Jazz and the dance-compelling Salsa landscape.
The 10-time Grammy winner takes the stage at Tri-C JazzFest at 9:30PM on Fri 6/27, at the Ohio Theatre. For tickets, click here.
SPONSORED: Just say “I do” to Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays at Maltz Museum. Eight prominent American playwrights tackle same-sex marriage with humor and heart in this co-produced reading with Interplay Jewish Theatre and Cleveland Public Theatre. Director Craig J. George presides on Wed 6/11. For reservations and cake, call 216.593.0575 or visit MaltzMuseum.org.
This year, Memorial Day weekend marked the opening of the first full season of Northeast Ohio’s beaches under the management of Cleveland Metroparks.
While we’re as excited as anyone about the prospect of a day at the beach (especially after this past winter-from-hell), our lake still has major issues that need to be addressed moving forward…
More from Josh Usmani here
Join the Lake County Visitors Bureau for a weekend of Instagram fun on their #InstaTour, Fri 7/25 – Sun 7/27. Twelve photo locations, accommodation deals, and over $650 worth of prizes make this fun for the whole family – even teenagers!
Photo locations include the nation’s second largest arboretum, Ohio’s first state nature preserve, the James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Rabbit Run historic barn theater, Kirtland Temple, two historic villages and museums, lighthouses, and more. While you’re here, make sure to check out BeachFest where Ohio’s 1st Master Sand Sculpting Competition will be held on Sat 7/26. Photo by Sally Kennedy.
SPONSORED: Enroll full time at Tri-C and lock in your tuition The Tuition Guarantee Program at Cuyahoga Community College is an incentive for you to enroll full time for three years and pay the same tuition throughout that period. Together, you and Tri-C can commit to academic success and completion. Call 216-987-6000 or click here.
From Christ to Antichrist and on to Buddha, he’s been a priest and amateur pornographer; a killer, victim, prisoner, detective and super-villain.
Over the course of 100 or so films, he’s played an alien, FBI agent, lieutenant, rebel biker, and cartoon fish and rat, to only name a few. Now, the incomparable Willem Dafoe will take your questions as a Cleveland Cinematheque guest…
More from Hollie Gibbs here
SPONSORED: The Kent Stage Upcoming Shows New Music Monday with Cabinet & Driftwood on Mon 6/9; Americana phenomenon Black Lillies on Wed 6/11; Rising stars David Wilcox plus Seth Glier on Thu 6/12; Legends of The Kent Stage Livingston Taylor & Cheryl Wheeler on Sat 6/14. Details: TheKentStage.com
Temporary art takes over Cleveland Public Library’s Eastman Reading Garden. This year, Mexican artist Ivan Juarez examines the relationship between art & function in Drawing Lines.
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SPONSORED: “Significant progress…” under The Cleveland Plan According to CSU President Ronald M. Berkman and Tri-C President Alex Johnson, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District is making headway under The Cleveland Plan, the state-approved blueprint for reform. Read more here.
The Cleveland Vegan Society didn’t launch Vegfest last year to guilt-trip you meat-eaters out there. They just wanted to raise awareness of alternatives and show people how tasty they could be. And they attracted 2,500 people. This year’s Vegfest, also at CSU, promises to be even bigger. Sat 6/7.
Read more picks by Anastasia Pantsios here
Sandwich Special: Son of the Flying Falafel Melt Crispy fried falafel cakes, roasted garlic hummus, Moroccan chermoula sauce, alfalfa sprouts, fresh tomato, muenster & feta.
Beer Feature: Goose Island Endless IPA A Session IPA brewed to be easy drinking and endlessly refreshing. Drink Feature: Tequillagria Sangria handcrafted with Jose Cuervo silver tequila, white bordeaux, and fresh grapefruit. Bread Pudding: Banana Foster Bread Pudding
New Summer Menu Launches Mon 6/2. Summer has finally landed in Ohio and with it comes the new Melt Summer Menu for 2014! Featuring some awesome new creations with a few old skool favorites mixed in. MeltBarAndGrilled.com
Singer-songwriter Raul Midón was blinded when, as an infant, he was placed in an incubator with no eye protection.
The fact that he has never seen another person play guitar might account for the virtuosic, unorthodox, way he approaches the instrument. Along with tapping the fretboard with his strumming hand, a la Eddie Van Halen, he uses the guitar’s body as a drum. Add to this his tendency to mimic a bebop trumpet with his mouth and you have a modern take on the one-man band. This one-man band serves up a blend of jazz, funk, folk, R&B and soul. Come hear him at 7:30PM Sat 6/28, as part of the 35th annual Tri-C JazzFest. For tickets, click here.
SPONSORED: Traveling the Silk Road Travel 1,000 years back in time to experience the greatest trade route in history. Take an interactive journey across Asia to discover remarkable silks, enticing spices and amazing stories. Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World is now open at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Details here.
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The former Kent State Folk Fest is now the Kent Folk Fest, with nine evenings of music in ten days at the Kent Stage. They feature old-timers like John Sebastian, old OLD timers like Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, and hot young acts like Cabinet, Driftwood, and sizzling new (and already Grammy-nominated) all-woman bluegrass quintet Della Mae who kick off the festival. Thu 6/5-Sat 6/14.
Read more picks by Anastasia Pantsios here
Oberlin Conservatory of Music presents Celebrating Milt Hinton on Thu 6/12. The prolific jazz artist’s 70-year career will be remembered with a special collections tour, the film, Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton, and an evening concert featuring classical to jazz performances by some of the most respected names in the bass world.
On display will be Hinton’s notable photographs documenting the golden age of American jazz, and Oberlin’s new exhibit of Hinton’s artifacts and records. All events are free and open to the public. Oberlin.edu
Young Playwrights are Taking Over Dobama Theatre for the 36th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival. Watch original, winning plays created by kids in grades 1 – 12.
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Topher Adams entered our Twitter Retweet contest and helped us get over ten thousand followers! He loves The CoolCleveland Twitter Page and this week we selected him as the twenty-first winner of our new CoolCleveland T-shirt. And he’s thrilled:
“I love CoolCleveland because I always know what is happening and I then can contribute, participate and support the great local Northeast Ohio communities I live and work in! Thanks for all you do to support Cleveland!!” Adams helped us reach ten thousand followers, but there are also more ways you can win a CoolCleveland T-shirt. For example, you’re automatically entered to win a shirt when you download our new CoolCleveland mobile app.
Get the app here and win the T-shirt that can’t be bought, just earned. See all of the past T-shirt winners here.
WED 6/4
Sing Out! to raise awareness about sexual violence & raise critical funds for Cleveland Rape Crisis Center’s vital services. Over 100 community leaders will be there.
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THU 6/5
Discuss the role of historic preservation in revitalizing our cities in an interdisciplinary conference taking place @ CSU. In a changing city, what buildings do we save? Which do we destroy?
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FRI 6/6
Share Your Draft & join Bike Cleveland’s first fundraiser. Learn how we can work together to make the city a better place for cyclists. And enjoy a few drafts (of the beer variety).
Click here for more events on Fri 6/6
SAT 6/7
Shoreway Carnaval brings a ‘lil taste of the tropics to Gordon Square’s newest Luxury Living establishment. Party w/ Yellowcake fashions, pomme frites, cotton candy & a whole lotta dancing.
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SUN 6/8
Trumpeter & retired Oberlin jazz teacher Kenny Davis has a long history as a performer going back to the ’60s when he backed some of R&B’s biggest stars as a member of the house band at Cle’s legendary Leo’s Casino. He’s still active & will bring his C-Town Jazz Quintet to Nighttown.
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MON 6/9
In the midst of the Kent Folk Fest at the Kent Stage comes “New Music Monday,” featuring two younger bands whose rootsy music is finding heavy favor in the jam-band scene.
Click here for more events on Mon 6/9
TUE 6/10
Learn about Turning Food Waste Into Energy at Sustainable Cleveland 2019. Recycling and repurposing waste so that none goes into landfills sounds like a tall order, but there are people already doing it.
Click here for more events on Tue 6/10
WED 6/11
Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays is a series of plays tackling gay marriage. Spark some dialog & #StartTheConvo @ the Maltz Museum.
Click here for more events on Wed 6/11
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This month I took on the daunting task of overhauling my resume and LinkedIn profile.
Granted, this is what others pay me to do for them. But, would I be able to take my own advice?…
More from Alex Sukhoy here
On May 3, 1982 I was living in a mini mansion in Los Angeles right outside of Beverly Hills, a residence afforded me due to the various nefarious criminal activities I’d been engaged in for well over a decade by that time…
Tim McGinty: Man in the Middle
Anyone other than Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty would no doubt be feeling like the classic man stuck between a rock and a hard place: No matter how his office handled the case that has become known far and wide simply as “137 shots,” a large percentage of the community was going to be upset with him… indeed, outraged…
Read this story and others from Mansfield Frazier here
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REVIEW: Seminar @ Beck Center for the Arts by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Seminar gets an A at Beck Center for the Arts by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Seminar at Beck – Tough Love for Writers by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
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MANSFIELD: Who Do YOU Fear?
Rodger’s father was English and his mother was Chinese…
Andrew Samtoy
It sounds great and perhaps, one day Mansfield, that new technology will be in-place. However, right now there are over 600,000,000 working firearms in this country. Registered & non-registered. Two guns for every man, woman, and child that takes a breath today in these United States of America. That’s not an accident….
Bill Wiltrack
Music Buff/WRUW-FM Host Bill Anderson Memorialized @BeachlandCle
Oh Dr. Bill, I will so, so miss you every sunday night. Thank you for expanding my horizons and soothing my soul for all these years….
Steven Tatar
Thank you Bill…
Bruce Daniel Biddle
First met Bill at Record Rendezvous at Public Square He was playing The Art Ensemble of Chicago in the middle of the afternoon A true Music Man!…
Bill Cardina
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In the groove. Thanks, contributors: Roy Berko, Marty Bielat, Mansfield Frazier, Hollie Gibbs, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Laura Kennelly, Anastasia Pantsios, Alex Sukhoy, Josh Usmani, Sarah Valek & Elisa Vietri. 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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