09.28-10.05.11
Hip
The irony is that I was never really that cool. In fact, I was pretty hot. Intense, you could say. But staying hip is a skill, it’s something you work at, and we’ve learned it pretty well here at CoolCleveland.com. And here’s what we’ve learned this week: check out the Rebel Army Radio Awards and hear why Cleveland is a Hip-Hop leader; watch the short iPhone video with Farmer Lee Jones and Jonathon Sawyer and see how our region is a leader in veggies; listen to UofA president Luis Proenza as they throw open the doors to their first campus in Cuyahoga county; catch up on Martin Sheen & son Emilio Estevez and their recent visit here; ride along as Chris Hodgson’s Hodge Podge gourmet food truck competes in the finals on Food Network. You want hip? We got it right here. –Thomas Mulready
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From Kid Cudi to Chip Tha Ripper and now MGK, Cleveland’s hip-hop scene is garnering national attention. While these MCs are now on a larger stage, there’s a local entity that aims to expose other local acts on the rise. It’s called Rebel Army Radio and for the last four years it’s been highlighting Northeast Ohio’s best… Read more from John Benson here
SPONSORED: Garrison Keillor, writer, performer and creative force behind A Prairie Home Companion, brings his one-man show to Severance Hall on Thu 10/27 at 7:30PM courtesy of Tri-C Presents. Keillor is the author of more than a dozen best-selling books, a regular contributor to The New Yorker, and an inductee of the Radio Hall of Fame. For tickets visit TriCPresents.com.
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Farmer Lee Jones and Chef Jonathon Sawyer present an Earth To Table event at The Culinary Vegetable Institute at The Chef’s Garden in Milan, Ohio on 9/24/11.
The delightful and surprising meal offered 13 courses in a completely vegetarian menu featuring 85 vegetables, all but one of which came directly from The Chef’s Garden & CVI. Yum!
Watch the video and learn about Veggie U., a program for 4th graders that reaches out to thousands of kids in over 2100 schools giving them seed, compost, soil, a worm farm and a grow light kit and allowing them to grow their own vegetables, learn about a healthy lifestyle and bringing that knowledge back to their families. Watch the video here.
SPONSORED: Box Office Open for Fall Ball! Don’t miss United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Young Leaders annual gala Fall Ball Broadway Bash on Sat 10/8 at The Ritz-Carlton’s Silver Grille from 8PM to 1AM. Enjoy classic Manhattan cocktails, New York City inspired culinary creations and silent auction. Dance the night away with SWAGG. Buy tickets online here. Details: UnitedWayCleveland.org/FallBall.
The Great Lakes region is resilient So says a new report from the Brookings Institution. The 21 metro areas of the Great Lakes region are among the most resilient areas coming out of the recession. Nice.
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SPONSORED: Job Search Help for Tri-C Alums Cuyahoga Community College is actively engaged in the process of reconnecting with its alumni to build an active, ongoing network. Join the Alumni & Friends Association and enjoy the benefits of networking, mentoring, updated job search and resume resources. Plus, look for special alumni events throughout the year. Sign-up now: Tri-C.edu/alumni.
UofA Opens First Branch in Cuyahoga County
Lakewood is officially a college town. Although Virginia Marti College of Art & Design has been in town since 1966, now it’s official: Lakewood is now the home of a branch of one of the major universities in Ohio. The University of Akron Lakewood Higher Education Center opens officially this fall, offering classes in Nursing and Education, and partnering with local institutions such as Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood Public Schools and the Lakewood Library system.
Watch this exclusive video interview with Dr. Luis Proenza, President of the University of Akron, at the open house and dedication ceremonies on 9/22/11, as he talks about how city officials and leaders approached the University of Akron, and how this led to the creation of classrooms and distance learning facilities in the University of Akron Lakewood Higher Education Center in the Bailey Building at the intersection of Detroit Avenue and Warren Road in Downtown Lakewood. Watch the video here.
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SPONSORED: Do Good and Do Well Boost your “triple bottom line:” people, profit and planet, with the help of the Baldwin-Wallace College “Sustainability Plan Clinic.” Specially trained student-faculty consultant teams help business owners integrate sustainable practices into their operations through energy or waste audits, competitive comparison analysis, government regulatory research and more. Find out more at BW.edu.
Swifty’s Balloon Farm is baaaack! Check out Ohio’s largest indoor balloon art sculpture exhibit @ Lake Farmpark & view a train made entirely out of balloons. Unreal.
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SPONSORED: The Fine Print Fair explodes Fri 9/30 thru Sun 10/2 with fourteen U.S. dealers presenting fine prints and photographs. Prices for all budgets, so pick out something beautiful for your pad, or add to your collection. Enter the raffle for your chance to win a stunning Kim Kauffman print, valued at $2,500. Admission $10 or $5 for students. Details at PrintClubCleveland.org. Proceeds support the Department of Prints at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Way is a beautiful film. It’s far more European than American, in tone, in scenery and in message. It’s calming, it’s comforting and it’s kind. It’s just like Emilio and Martin. The father and son held a Q&A session after the Cleveland Tower City screening and their energy, their disposition and their generosity permeated throughout the theater like a breath of fresh air.
I asked them one question I ask all successful people in film: What advice would you give to young people trying to make it?… Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
WED 9/28
Fleet Foxes / The Walkmen @ Cleveland Masonic Temple. Fleet Foxes take inspiration from ’60s/’70s folk rock — music rooted in authenticity. They play many different instruments (Tibetan singing bowls, vibraphone…) without sounding gimmicky. Hear ’em on Wed 9/28 with The Walkmen.
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THU 9/29
Lydia Loveless is young & totally talented. This C-Bus native combines “country classicism w/ punk rock candor” & belt-it-out vocals. Hear her Thu 9/29 @ the Beachland Tavern, on the tails of her Indestructible Machine album release.
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FRI 9/30
Sweet Plantain String Quartet debuts @ Nighttown on Fri 9/30. Expect a genre-bending style that fuses Latin, classical, jazz & improvisational forms. (And, hey, the violinist is from Cle.) Not your average string quartet.
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SAT 10/1
Hike & Run @ Shaker Lakes Put on your running (or hiking) shoes & get outdoors on Sat 10/1. Choose your adventure: 5K run, 12- or 4-mile gorge hike, or 1-mile pet friendly hike for families. Enjoy scenic beauty while getting in shape.
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SPONSORED: This weekend, WCLV 104.9 presents two concerts by The Cleveland Orchestra recorded at Blossom Music Center. On Sat 10/01, at 8PM, David Afkam is the conductor with Jon Kimura Parker, as the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The program concludes with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. On Sun 10/2, at 4PM, Franz Welser-Moest conducts Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9. WCLV.com.
SUN 10/2
Cleveland Antiquarian Book & Paper Show Peruse an odd assortment of old & rare, readable & collectible books, maps, prints & ephemera from more than 25 dealers. Lots of cool history here.
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MON 10/3
Late Night Jazz Jam @ Brothers Lounge Wine Bar. It’s ’round midnight… what better time to hear some cool live jazz? Spend the evening of Mon 10/3 grooving to sweet sounds.
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TUE 10/4
Ordinary Wisdom Find your zen at one of Ani Palmo’s Meditative Courses. Check out the class on Tue 10/4: Turning the Mind towards Spiritual Practice – How to Inspire Oneself to Practice. 7:30PM @ West Shore Unitarian Church.
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WED 10/5
Fertile Ground: Cleveland Art 1929 – 1943 Cleveland art was boomin’ in the midst of a depression. Join local art historians on Wed 10/5 for a lively discussion of how a supportive atmosphere of art programs grew a burgeoning art scene.
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For six weeks Cleveland foodies have been holding their breath as contestants have been eliminated from the Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. They’ve had plenty to cheer for as Cleveland’s own Hodge Podge truck has thrived, survived, and come from behind to make it to the finals in Miami… Read more from Bob Yanega here
The murder of Troy Anthony Davis (calling it an “execution” might make it sound legal, but that still doesn’t make it moral or right) last week has reignited the death penalty debate with a vengeance.
Couple his questionable death with the roar of approval that went up at the Tea Party debate when Texas Gov. Rick Perry bragged that he was a legalized mass murderer, having used the power of the state to kill 234 men during his tenure, and this issue should take front and center in the upcoming presidential elections… but for some reason I doubt if it will…
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REVIEW: CPH inaugurates its new home with an intriguing look at Galileo by Roy Berko
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Soundbite Laureate: Get Social But Stop Copying! First and foremost, I’m not entirely sure how you can consider Guy Kawasaki outside the “copying others” realm. If you follow him on twitter, it’s entirely material taken from other sites and put into his “Holy Kaw” blog format, from which you need to click to the outside website to see the original content in its entirety…
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You don’t do much reading, do you? Most of the original content I find on Facebook is all about where Joe had breakfast, who’s having a baby shower, and “Go tribe” nonsense…
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Beating up on drunks & Politricks Kiel, you are incorrect. HB 194 actually BANS Boards of Election from mailing the ballot applications — that’s how this dust-up was set up. It was only after Cuyahoga County Ed FitzGerald said the county would do it instead that he reached an agreement with Secretary of State Jon Husted to mail them to all voters next year — something he would NOT have done otherwise and which HB 194 expressly forbids…
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Most clicked
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1) The Warehouse District Is Disappearing…
2) VIDEO: Surrealism on Detroit Avenue in Lakewood
3) MANSFIELD: The Saga Continues
4) Pining for dark skies? Get under the stars at Observatory Park
5) VIDEO: Remember Euclid Beach?
Eternally hip Thank you John Benson, Roy Berko, Mansfield Frazier, Alex Sukhoy, Sarah Valek and Bob Yanega. 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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