02.04-02.11.09
Hotter
In this week’s issue:When we talk hot, what do we really mean? Isn’t it just a state of mind? I just visited South Florida with the temps only in the low 40’s during my morning walk on the beach, not counting wind chill, the same as the high here in Cleveland. This week, choose from our HOT picks of things to do, personally curated by our staff of knowledgeable Clevelanders, not a search engine. Start with a steaming hot Cool Cleveland Carnaval party on 2/21, with a band and live Samba straight from Brazil. You can get VIP or general admission tix now before we sell out. Feel the burn as I talk with chef Jonathon Sawyer while he walks us through his work-in-progress The Greenhouse Tavern. Peter shows us why the Old Arcade still sizzles. Soundbite Laureate Douglas O’Bryon ruminates on the contemporary human condition, inspired by a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Jewelry designers John & Penny Novak soak up the sun in the Bahamas while they work half the year. Otis & The Shoreway Saints drop a new CD and Roldo recalls how Cleveland was held hostage. Mansfield wonders if the punishment fits the crime wave, when the crime is waving at Obama. In this difficult economy, we ask you to consider how you can HELP out your neighbors who might be in need- we’ve provided a few links below. Just remember that “hot” is a state of mind. There’s so many cool things to do in the Cleveland area this week, that we can hardly fit it all in this week’s sizzling issue of CoolCleveland.com. And it’s like this every week… –Thomas Mulready
Cool Cleveland Carnaval
Warm up with your friends on 2/21
VIP and general admission tix on sale now at “Recessionista” prices until Fri 2/6
This Carnaval is expected to sell out!
Looks like fun, doesn’t it? You are invited to join us for an authentic hot Cool Cleveland Carnaval on Sat 2/21 at the new Silk nightclub. After our groovin’ partnership with TropicalCleveland.com a while back (see photos), CoolCleveland is once again teaming up to present the hottest ticket in Cleveland: Cleveland Brazilian Carnaval 2009. This event has a reputation as one of the largest and most authentic Carnaval celebrations in the Great Lakes region, and is expected to sell out. Catch the spectacular Samba Show featuring dancers in glittering sequined costumes, with beads and feathers, accompanied by percussionists playing the authentic Brazilian Batucada rhythms. You will dance non-stop as you are taken on a “Carnaval Tour” of Brazil. And Cool Cleveland will bring you there with VIP and general admission tix, on sale at lowest possible price until midnight Fri 2/6.The fun begins on Sat 2/21 starting at 9PM and lasting till at least 2:30AM. It all takes place at the fabulous new Silk Nightclub, 1148 Main Street, next to Shooters, West bank of the Flats. 21 and over please. See map here.
All this for one low ticket price:
Get your Cool Cleveland Carnaval tickets at recession-busting prices before Fri 2/6
Special VIP ticket with exclusive access & view of the performances $22: https://coolcleveland.net/tickets/022109/VIP/index.php
General admission ticket $12: https://coolcleveland.net/tickets/022109/index.php
SPONSORED: Win a trip to Napa Valley’s Wine Country (airline included!) at Rozi’s Wine House, Lakewood. Lolita’s Chef Matt Harlan and Rutherford Vineyard’s (Napa, CA) Owner/Winemaker, Steve Rued, combine to host the 4th Annual Healthy Starts. Happy Hearts Charity Wine Tasting at Rozi’s Wine House, 14900 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, on Thu 2/12 from 6 – 9PM. Proceeds benefit Jordan’s Family Foundation 501c(3) and the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital in support of Congenital Heart Disease research and awareness. There will silent auction items and raffle prizes. $25 admission covers all the wine and food. http://www.rozis.com
Jonathon Sawyer ran into Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready on East 4th Street and offered to take him on a tour of his soon-to-be-opened Greenhouse Tavern, located right next to the House of Blues. A perfect illustration of the “farm to plate” movement, The Greenhouse Tavern will be the first certified green restaurant in Ohio, complemented by a greenhouse on the roof of the restaurant, growing their herbs and renewables. Featuring dishes such as Stuffed Calamari w/braised ohio beef short rib & orange peel, and Cod In Paper w/lobster, artichoke, Pinot Blanc & Meyer lemon, their site TheGreenhouseTavern.com has grand opening details and a sneak peek at their complete menu. Watch the video here as Jonathon guides Mulready through the three level interior space.
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Is Gov. Ted Strickland gonna drain Ohio’s “rainy-day” fund due to multi-billion state deficits/shortfalls? Read this piece for more info
Strickland’s State of the State covers important info/details on 3-C Rail system and an Ohio Film Production Tax Credit in its 2010-2011 biennial budget proposal. Read the full text here
HOT ONN (Ohio News Network) does great piece on Waterloo Arts District and you can watch the supercool vid here
HELP Can you help Guiding Eyes for the Blind? Volunteer your time and energy to help — they need you. Click
CC writer Laura Kennelly on the Harvey Pekar opera Need we say more? Read it here
After you watch Jonathan Sawyer’s vid in this week’s ish follow along with him on his blog, and his wife Amelia Zatik, who calls herself Chef’s Widow
Are you hip to the Natural History of Food series at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History? If not, click here
Check out CC contributor David Budin’s new website still under construction here
Cleveland State University’s Black History Month programming looks spectacular. Check out the complete schedule of events here
HOT Phoenix coffee to compete in regional Barista competition and you can get the details here
Local writers provide a great read and you can check it out here
Can we repower America? Take a moment to check out this link
Are you hip to the Mike’s Barn newsletter? If not, you might want to click here
Here’s a link to Harry Bacharach’s interview with Dee Perry on WVIZ-PBS ideastream’s Applause program. Watch
All Aboard Ohio could be a good read if you’re thinking about the Ohio 3-C Rail system [corridor] these days. Read
Are you hip to the Closing Room on Lorain? If not, might wanna jog over here
Need a “Night at the Races” soon? Slavic Village benefit should be right up your alley! Click
Moondog Coronation Ball kicks off week-long celebration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony’s Return to Cleveland. Check it out
The Rock Hall also conducting month-long celebration honoring the African American experience in Music. Click
Need a Sweetheart Gala to go to during the upcoming love/heart-holiday? We suggest the one held by Ohio Dance Theatre
Dancing Wheels earns Clay Aiken award Former American Idol offers co-partnership on national grant with only 100 recipients in the nation. Aiken is a supporter of inclusionary activities for children. Learn about Dancing Wheels
I Love You beans are an ingenious live lima bean plant that actually says, “I Love You” when it sprouts 3-5 days after watering [pictured]. Made by Grant Cleveland’s Dune Craft, interviewed by Cool Cleveland here, and sold by Steve Presser’s Big Fun on Coventry Road, interviewed here, this 100% Green, totally natural novelty is literally flying off Big Fun’s crowded shelves. Can you think of a better Valentine’s Day present? http://www.BigFunBigFun.com for a special coupon to save, celebrating Big Fun’s 18 years in business.Ingenuity Festival Returns to PlayhouseSquare in July We’re psyched! The venerable festival marrying art and technology returns this summer for a run in mid-July! (And now that Euclid Avenue isn’t so torn up, the location AND added accessibility will be a great asset). Save the date and get your details at http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com.
12-year-old Isabella Backman from Broadview Heights was presented by American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) with the honor of being the 2009 Worlds Children Peace Child representing the global activities of the the Worlds Children Peace Monument (WCPM). Details.
HELP In these difficult economic times the need for food donations is increasing. In an effort to help feed those Cuyahoga County residents most affected by the economic downturn, Cuyahoga County Public Library is participating in the Cleveland Foodbank’s Harvest for Hunger campaign. Late with your books? Reduce the fees/fines with a donation of food Sun 3/1 – Sun 3/7. “Food 4 Fines” takes place at all 28 CCPL branches; you can reduce fines up to $4.00 per visit when you donate items on the Cleveland Foodbank’s “Super Six” list — peanut butter, cereal, canned soup, canned vegetables, beef stew and tuna fish. http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org. http://www.clevelandfoodbank.org.
HOT City Therapy Today, Wed 2/4 at noon, ideastream’s program Around Noon is putting Cleveland on the couch, with guests Richard Lightbody of the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, Margy Judd of Executive Arrangements, and Thomas Mulready of CoolCleveland.com, discussing Mayor Frank Jackson’s recent proclamation in a recent op-ed that our city’s negative attitude and behavior “would demonstrate low self-esteem and that it would be termed clinically depressed.” Tune in to 90.3FM WCPN at noon or listen to the discussion streamed live.
HELP Cupboards are bare If you’re not starving, please consider donating $$ or food to the Heights Emergency Food Center, where our neighbors in need are finding storage cupboards empty after being full just a couple weeks ago. At Disciples Christian Church, 3663 Mayfield Road, across from Severance Center, 381-0707. Please consider dropping off food or a donation. Your neighbors will thank you. Heights Emergency Food Center.
Stokes: An American Dream WVIZ/PBS offers Northeast Ohio viewers insight into two Cleveland icons — Louis and Carl Stokes — in the premiere of their original production Stokes: An American Dream, which airs Mon 2/9 at 9PM as a part of their celebration of Black History Month. An encore broadcast is scheduled for Sat 2/22 at 5PM. http://www.wviz.org/stokes.
SPONSORED: Cuyahoga County Artists: Up to $20K available for your work Community Partnership for Arts & Culture invites you to learn about a new opportunity for professional artists in Cuyahoga County: the Creative Workforce Fellowship. Find out if you qualify to apply for this $20,000 fellowship, generously funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture by attending one of five upcoming informational meetings. Click here for details! http://www.cpacbiz.org/business/CWF.shtml
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Scoping Out the Old Arcade
Located between Superior and Euclid Avenues downtown the Old Arcade was built in 1890 and stands both as one of this country’s first indoor shopping malls and first “skyscrapers” in Northeast Ohio. The breathtaking structure, said to be modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy, consists of two nine-story towers connected by a glorious, five-story glass and iron atrium. The Old Arcade was designed by noted Cleveland architects George H. Smith and John Eisenmann, the latter of whom designed Southwest General Hospital and the first of many buildings that would comprise Case Western Reserve University. It was erected by the Detroit Bridge Company.With a gorgeous, 100-foot skylight ceiling, the atrium is adorned with extensive metalwork, oak and striking masonry facades. The top floor also features a row of intricate gargoyle statues that look down upon the entire Arcade’s center floorplan. The great arched entrance on the Superior Avenue (dubbed “Richardsonian” in style after Henry Hobson Richardson) is original to the structure. The Euclid Avenue frontage, on the other hand, was remodeled in 1939. The level of the Superior entrance is some 12 feet lower than the Euclid entrance; this provides the effect of there being two main floors, which are connected by staircases at either end of the Old Arcade…
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Hey kids (and parental units) — Dan Zanes is coming! The well-known, Grammy winning children’s singer-songwriter (and one-time Del Fuego) is coming to town for a National Autism Association – Northeast Ohio chapter benefit concert. You can score all the details here
HOT Cool Cleveland founder Thomas Mulready’s scheduled appearance at the Student Journalism Project three weeks ago was postponed due to weather. But if you know a budding young journalist or a student who’s considering a career in journalism, they’ll get a second chance to hear Mulready talk about his career and various possibilities for theirs this Sat 2/7. Student Journalism Project meets in Cleveland State University’s Arts and Communication Building (corner of Euclid Ave. & E. 21st St.) on Saturday mornings from 10:30AM – 12:30PM. You can read David Budin’s feature on the series here.
Do you know a high school student who is interested in a paid summer internship in the arts? For six weeks ArtWorks apprentices will create exciting visual and performing art and learn workforce skills that could apply to any job — music, dance, visual art, theater. Students entering 10th, 11th and 12th grades may apply. No previous arts experience is necessary. Deadline to apply is Fri 3/20 For more information or to apply visit Young Audiences at http://yaneo.org/what/artworks.php.Jewelry Making Workshop Guarantee a unique gift for Valentine’s Day this year – attend a jewelry making workshop with Michelle Biondo! Just $40 includes materials – and lets you take home a one-of-a-kind piece for someone you love (or maybe yourself!) The one-day workshop will be held from 2 – 6PM on Sat 2/7. Great for teens and adults, moms and daughters, and creative romantics. Get more registration info at http://www.artscollinwood.org, or call 692-9500.
GREEN The 66th annual Home & Garden Show has plenty of family-friendly stuff to check out — from gorgeous landscaping and architecture to smart, green-minded explorations for home life. It starts Sat 2/7 and runs through mid-February at the I-X Center. The theme is The Romance of France; the country’s largest home and garden show hopes to usher in springtime (in Paris) with nearly 30 French-inspired blooming gardens. Explore two timber model homes, a Green Pavilion with a 20×20 straw bale house with a rain barrel display and more. Very cool! http://www.homeandflower.com.
Princess Tea Party Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst offers a cleverly-crafted Princess Tea Party Sun 2/8 at 1:30PM All girls are encouraged to dress up in their princess best as they learn basic etiquette and snack on tea and treats! Activities will include nail painting, bracelet-making and fancy hat decorating. They will also have storytime and feature the following books, Tea For Ruby, Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious. Check out this fabulous event! http://www.josephbeth.com.
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SPONSORED: eBay Auction Online Right Now! United Way’s 8th Annual Auction on eBay is online right now and you have only FOUR DAYS LEFT to get your bids in on some amazing items and help a great cause! All proceeds benefit the 2008 United Way of Greater Cleveland Campaign. Fantastic items on the auction block include Continental Airlines tickets, a LeBron James autographed jersey, concert tickets to Avenged Sevenfold and Buckcherry, a Fender Stratocaster custom guitar, a whitewater rafting trip, spa and fitness packages and a WHOLE lot more. Bid NOW and help our community LIVE UNITED! ebay.com/unitedwaycleveland.
A hot selection of tech and business news & events from around the region. Got business news? Send it to: EVENTS@CoolCleveland.com
Cle to balance budget despite expected revenue drops; details are here
Regional Talent Network in NEO looking to join workers/employers together. Click
Should we expect an all new PD approach to carry beyond the publicity being generated thusfar? Join the Conversation
HOT Ohio Business Development Coalition discusses Ohio’s brand strength and focuses on how a strong Ohio brand supports and will continue to lend to Ohio being considered for capital investment, winning more capital investment and securing repeat investment. Read
Ridership up, funds down and RTA’s Calabrese talks to LA Times about a growing mass transit dilemma
CWRU earns $1.3M NIH grant and details are here
Speaking of CWRU, The Daily Beast has plenty of kindness for the school on their blog here
Here’s an interesting blog post on “Exploring Alternatives to Layoffs” that you might consider reading
HOT Ohio’s bioscience industry has seen so much success that Business Facilities magazine ranked the state 4th nationally when measuring each state’s biotech strengths. Details
HELP OneCommunity and RET3 Job Corp launch Green Computing Initiative This innovative computer equipment and e-Waste reuse and recycling program benefits NEO schools by refurbishing and repurposing desperately needed computers and distributing them to classrooms around the region. How can you help them reach their goal to place 50K donated computers in NEO schools over the next 5 years? Learn more hereNoted International Architects Pavel and Alex Getov to Blog for Geniocity.com The principals of the Los Angeles-based Studio Antares A+E will share their expertise in design and architecture with the online world in a blog they will write for the new Cle media site, Geniocity.com, beginning this week. So, keep an eye out!
SPONSORED: Get in the Queue for No Fee Market Research Students of the Nance College of Business are seeking companies who need market research in England. They will travel to London in May as part of an international marketing class and are currently working with local companies to design applied research projects that address real business issues. The students’ research has benefited many companies in past years. Last year, student groups: Analyzed the pet treat market in England; determined the safety standards, construction trends, laws, regulations, and major competitors in England’s propane and natural gas market; and assessed the market opportunity for a NEO artist. A limited number of opportunities exist for local companies to participate. Interested firms should contact Dr. Whipple at 216.687.4770 or t.whipple@csuohio.edu no later than Fri 2/6.
Latest Midtown Brews on “Building Brainpower as a competitive asset with networks and new models of online education” hits this Thu 2/5 at 5:30PM. 3921 Chester Ave. Midtown Brews
CEO of The Geek Factory discusses Social Networking in Public Relations on Wed 2/11. nationally recognized expert Peter Shankman speaks at Windows on the River. Details and Learn more about Shankman
Time and Priority mgm’t Workshop hits Wed 2/11 at 9AM at the ERC Workplace Center. Details
Bruce Hennes asks what you’d do if an “investigative journalist” burst into your office with cameras blazing and a microphone in your face? What are your rights? He’ll tell you Wed 2/11 at Cle AMA event. Details and Registration
Harnessing Social Network Tech is subject of Lake Communicators luncheon Wed 2/11 at 11:45AM the Pine Ridge Country Club, 30601 Ridge Rd. (SR 84). Feat. Tamera Brown, VP, Mktg/Comm, Positively Cleveland. Call 255-8932 or e-mail wolfeshirley@yahoo.com to RSVP
Breakfast for the Brain: Best Practices for Soliciting Employee Feedback is the subject of a forum Fri 2/13 starting at 8:30AM. Details
NorTech Innovation Awards program hits on Wed 2/18 at Windows on the River and feat. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan. Click for tix
Layoffs and Reductions in Force: What HR Needs to Know is the subject of forum Wed 2/18 and you can register here
GREEN 2009 Evolution of Man’fg Conf Join the Green Revolution at this event at Hyland Software in Westlake Thu 2/19. Features town hall discussion, plenty of great info for everyone. Register here
Be your own marketing agent features Valeri Furst of Furst Communications Thu 3/5 at 7:30AM. YWCA Women’s Center, 4019 Prospect Ave. Register
HOT The Honorable Jay Williams, Mayor of Youngstown will speak about the Youngstown 2010 Plan and the positive effect it has had on the city at 5PM on Thu 2/5 at The City Club of Cleveland. Guessing we’ll all get some thoughts on how such a plan could benefit Cleveland. http://www.cityclub.org.
Douglas O’Bryon, Cool Cleveland’s Soundbite Laureate, wishes us all a belated Happy New Year and warns of the notorious Cereal Entrepreneur: O’Bryon states, “We have become a society obsessed with immediate gratification, and from homes to homers and from greed to speed, we want it all and we want it now, even if it’s illegal, immoral or breaks a few laws along the way… As I see it, the fundamental cause of our current economic malaise can be elegantly captured through the cardboard prism of Cinnamon Toast Crunch… ”
Watch the video and try not to laugh.
SPONSORED: CPL will host Eric Etheridge, the journalist/photographer behind the new book “Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders,” at an author visit on Sun 2/22, 2PM. This no cost event is open to the public and will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, Superior Avenue. Miller Green, one of the original Freedom Riders, joins Eric Etheridge and shares his personal story. Info: www.cpl.org.
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Follow the Leaders The OddyFestival goes historical/ comical this time around with their sixth festival launching Wed 2/4 at 7PM (repeats Wed 2/18). Through three plays and associated music/ poetry pieces, the influence of immoral kings and amoral corporations “in the lives of us sheep.” Matt Greenfield and company deliver the goods! Heights Arts Studio, 2340 Lee Rd. (on the west side of the Cleveland Heights Library). Call 926-8641 for details. http://www.oddyfestival.com.
Stand Up to Stand-up If you’ve ever watched a stand-up comic in a club or on TV and thought, “Hey, I can do that,” well, now, you can. Twice a year, the Tri-C Western Campus offers non-credit continuing education called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience. The class meets eight Wednesday evenings; the next class series begins Wed 2/4 at 6PM and runs through early April in two-hour evening blocks. The class culminates with a graduation performance at the Cle Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant in the Powerhouse on the west bank of the downtown Cleveland Flats. http://www.tri-c.edu/enrichment/fun.
Arana Lynch The longtime Call & Post writer and editor will be discussing & signing The Street Chronicles: Volume 1 on Wed 2/4 at 7PM at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst. Lynch has compiled an interesting series of articles that give a detailed account of his experience on the streets and describe how African Americans survive, live and make it day-to-day in the community. http://www.josephbeth.com.
HOT Detroit Shoreway & Gordon Square Arts District Head over to Trinity Commons at Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave. on Thu 2/5 at 7PM. The League of Women Voters’ “First Thursday Forum” focuses on Masterful Planning: Renaissance of the Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood and Gordon Square Arts District. Guest speakers include Jeff Ramsey (Executive Director of the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization) and Joy Roller (Executive Director of the Gordon Square Arts District). Learn about this collaborative effort in reviving this West Side neighborhood! Call 781-0555 or visit http://www.lwvccuyahogaarea.org.
A Steve Cagan Lecture The award-winning documentary photographer and activist from Cleveland will lecture at Cleveland State University Thu 2/5 at 6PM in Mather Mansion, 2605 Euclid Ave., Room 301. A reception will follow the lecture. Cagan’s topic El Choco, Colombia: Struggle for Cultural and Environmental Survival; an Everyday Resistance and is part of CSU’s 2008-2008 Cultural Crossings Lecture Series: Memories, Reflections and Recollections. http://www.csuohio.edu/class/crossings.
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations holds an Open House for its Master of Nonprofit Organizations degree and Certificate in Nonprofit Management program Thu 2/5. Learn about the advantages of working in the NPO sector, the types of jobs that are available, and how a Mandel Center degree can impact your career in this field. RSVP to 368-6025 or email mcnoadmissions@case.edu. http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter.
HOT A Fare Visible Voice Books (1023 Kenilworth Ave., Tremont neighborhood) hosts a special appearance by Harry Longfellow M. Ed. / Ph. D. in Street Life Fri 2/6 at 7PM. He will be reading from and signing his book, “A Fares” Of a Street Savvy Cabby. Longfellow has been a Cle cabdriver for over 20 years. He has written four books about his many outrageous true tales of events that he has experienced firsthand as an old school Cle cabbie. Longfellow has been featured on Live on Channel 5, Channel 3 Morning News and been reviewed by the Akron Beacon Journal: “He writes with ironic wit, tire-peeling brevity, fender-denting brutality un-PC honesty.” Details at http://www.visiblevoicebooks.com.
Shaker Square Cinemas’ Ladies Night The 3rd Ladies Night benefit for Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Circle of Friends hits Fri 2/6 at 6:30PM with a mix-and-mingle reception in the Shaker Square Cinemas upper and lower lobbies, followed by a screening of the new film He’s Just Not That Into You. John Robert’s Spa offers no cost mini spa and salon treatments; appetizers from SASA, Sergio’s Sarava, Fire and Whole Foods Market and complimentary wine and soda will be served. Gift bags and popcorn rounds it out. Details at http://www.clevelandcinemas.com.
HOT Lottery League Bill at the I Rock Cleveland blog said it would either be brilliant or a clusterf-ck; last year’s experiment of joining Cle’s musical scene together in unabashed, wild ways yielded more than just a fun time. It spawned a CD. Celebrate its release Fri 2/6 at the Beachland Ballroom and enjoy performances by Ghandi SS, Mohammed Cartoon, Stimulus Package / Good News For People with Credit Problems, Anal Cheetahs / Valley of Life, Jovannas Witness, and others. All ages. http://www.beachlandballroom.com.HOT Regina Mushabac & Jason Vieaux It’s a rare gig with the Professor of Cello at Baldwin-Wallace and the Guitar Department head at the Cleveland Institute of Music Fri 2/6 at 8PM at Baldwin-Wallace College, Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Hall, 96 Front St., Berea. No cost, open to the public, this program includes works by Villa Lobos, J.S. Bach, Gnattali, Zenamon, Jobim and more. http://www.reginamushabac.com. http://www.jasonvieaux.com.
CPT’s Big [BOX] Series: BACKspace is an evening of dance and music, featuring original choreography by Carly Dorman and Sara Lawrence and innovative, daring new instrumental music from the ensemble FiveOne. back-space [bak-speys] v. 1. to shift the carriage or typing element of a typewriter one space backward by depressing a special key. n. 2. the space made by backspacing. 3. the physical space behind a person’s back. 4. a personal retrospective on the pathways of human experience. 5. life behind us. Stories of our lives… really stories of everyone’s lives. Runs Fri 2/6 and through the weekend. http://www.cptonline.org.
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Directed by Kevin Rafferty, with Tommy Lee Jones and Brian Dowling, this “preposterously entertaining” (The New York Times) new documentary film recounts the fabled 11/23/68 football game. Undefeated Yale (led by legendary quarterback Brian Dowling, a St. Ignatius grad and inspiration for Doonesbury’s B.D.) and Yale’s longtime arch-rival, Harvard, also undefeated that year meet head-to-head in this Cleveland premiere Fri 2/6 at 7PM — part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s First-Run Fridays film series. (Repeats Sun 2/8 at 1:30PM) http://www.kino.com. http://www.clevelandart.org.
Film Bootcamp Experience how to write, produce, cast direct and sell your own feature starting Fri 2/6 and carrying throughout the weekend. Get practical, hard-nosed strategies for navigating the movie business. Explore marketing and web distribution, and exciting alternative routes for breaking into the business. Then, pitch your ideas to a studio head with a major film fund with the power to greenlight a project. Registration deadline Wed 2/4 so ACT NOW! http://www.filmboot.com.
HOT Addiction, Culture & Symbolism Cuyahoga Community College and Ursuline College, in conjunction with the Buckeye Art Therapy Association (BATA), are presenting the 9th Annual Art Exhibit, Lecture and Workshop titled All About Food: Addiction, Culture & Symbolism. The weekend event begins with a Gallery Exhibit and Reception on Fri 2/6 from 6 – 9PM at the Tri-C Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Rd., Highland Hills. Parking for the reception will be available in lot B-2. The art exhibit will run through early March. No cost, open to the public. Artwork from several well-known community artists will be on display. More details here.
Ludo Vigilante rock bushwhackers with a heart of gold, Ludo’s out to bang your psyche and love you dead — the band’s You’re Awful, I Love You arrived in stores almost a year ago, but they’re just getting started. They rock it with guests Sing It Loud, This Providence and The Morning Light Fri 2/6 at 6:30PM. Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Height Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Call 321-5588 or visit http://www.grogshop.gs for details. http://www.ludorock.com.
SPONSORED: It’s live music tonight, Wed 2/4, at 8PM, on WCLV 104.9. The CIM Live broadcasts resume with an orchestral concert by the CIM Orchestra conducted by guest Andres Cardenes, music director and leader of the Pittsburgh Chamber Symphony. CIM student and Concerto Competition Winner Boson Mo will be the soloist in the Shostakovich Violin Concerto. Also on the program, Lutoslawski’s “Little” Suite and the Robert chumann “Rhenish” Symphony. Complete details on all of WCLV’s programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
Verb Ballets @ Chagrin Cle’s national repertory dance company continues their season with a Chagrin Falls debut Sat 2/7. The performance at Chagrin Falls High School’s new Performing Arts Center will feature a family-friendly program including Pamela Pribisco’s Peter and the Wolf; Ulysses Dove’s Vespers; Hernando Cortez’s Darkwood; and two works by famed Ohio Ballet founder Heinz Poll. Call 440-247-8955 visit http://www.chagrinfoundation.org for tickets. http://www.verbballets.org.
Fine Arts, Antiques & Decorations A book collectors dream, Gray’s Auctioneers are offers a wide selection of rare signed limited editions that range in subject matter from Art and Fiction to Poetry. Many books were collected from Arthur L. Feldman Fine Arts in Cleveland. This auction Sat 2/7 also features more than 300 lots including fine art, furniture and decorations. Check out the collection during preview/exhibition hours (Thu 2/5 from noon – 8PM, Fri 2/6 from noon – 5PM) and online at http://www.graysauctioneers.com. Ample parking and refreshments are gratis! 10717 Detroit Ave. Call 458-7695 for more info.
HOT Laurie Anderson: Burning Leaves This “Retrospective, Songs and Stories 2009” tour promises an intimate evening of voice, electronics and violin. The legendary Anderson (pictured) always spins offbeat adventure stories with her characteristic wit and poignancy. The evening also features her solo violin pieces which have become increasingly complex and symphonic. The Boston Globe calls her the “reigning performance artist of her time.” Don’t miss her show at the Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare on Sat 2/7 at 8PM. 1501 Euclid Ave. Call 241-6000 or visit http://www.playhousesquare.com and http://www.tricpresents.com.In Your Own Backyard This day-long sustainable gardening symposium features an exploration of gardening practices organized by Cleveland Botanical Garden, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Sat 2/7 starting at 8:30AM. This is a great way to brush up on your knowledge or learn it all from scratch. Details
I Heart Art The Pop Shop gallery is hosting its next show entitled “I Heart Art” on Sat 2/7 from 6 – 9PM. This love for art show is just in time for the Valentine season, and houses 15 of Cleveland’s up-and-coming artists. The exhibition is no cost, open to the public and features an adult after party held at Mullens (located right next to the gallery) for drink specials beginning at 9PM. 17020 Madison Ave., Lakewood. Call 227-8440 or visit http://www.popshopgallery.com.
HOT Ohio Knitting Mills’ One-Day Show/Sale features their rare and remarkable MidCentury knitwear Sat 2/7 from 11AM – 5PM. This collection of sweaters, jackets, vests, dresses, capes, pants, skirts, and scarves for both women and men were made between 1947-74 at the storied Cle knitting factory founded in 1928. These collectible design artifacts are mostly one-of-a-kind, never worn. This sale will be only the second time in two years that OKM is showing their collection in NEO, following a successful retail run in NYC since 2006, and a series of national trunk shows. Lucky Magazine named their Brooklyn NY retail store one of The Top 100 Boutiques in New York. 4701 Perkins Ave. (1 block north of Chester). http://www.ohioknittingmills.com.
Warm up this Sunday 2/7 at 4PM, with tangos of Piazzolla, a guitar quintet (with string quartet, not five guitars!) by Boccherini, and bagatelles by Dvorak, when Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics presents ”A Mid-Winter Musical Interlude”. Special guest artists include Julien Labro, bandoneon & accordion; Jason Vieaux, guitar, and the Linden Quartet, with Saundra Bohl, Spanish dancer. Reception follows performance at Hanna Perkins Center, 19910 Malvern Road, Shaker Heights. For tickets or more information, call 991-4472.
Science Cafe Cleveland This month’s “lively, informal scientific discussion” covers the ins-and-outs of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) from the Inside Out and features Dr. Jeffrey Duerk (Chair, CWRU Biomedical Engineering and Director of Case Center for Imaging Research) and Dr. Jeffrey Sunshine (Director, MRI, University Hospitals) on Mon 2/9 at 6:30PM. Tasting Room, Great Lakes Brewing Company, 2701 Carroll Ave. No cost, open to the public. http://www.case.edu/affil/sigmaxi.
Collectively Speaking This celebration our vibrant theater arts community and Cleveland Theater lights up the Brooks Theatre (Cleveland Play House) stage Mon 2/9 at 6PM. This special community-wide event is presented by the Cleveland Theater Collective (CTC), a service organization that promotes the viability, quality and accessibility of theater in Northeast Ohio. A performance (directed by Sean Szaller) features songs and scenes from upcoming productions at several of CTC’s 24 member theaters. Joyce Casey, who is retiring from Dobama Theatre after 32 years of service. Nosh, bevvies and more round things out! Visit http://www.clevelandtheater.com or RSVP by phone to Jacqi Loewy at 469-9160.
Julie Chavez Rodriguez went on the front lines with her father Cesar Chavez, an activist in the farm workers’ movement, and has continued his social justice work by encouraging service among young people. She talks about her experiences in the La Causa farm workers’ movement Wed 2/11 at 7PM in a no-cost, public forum, sponsored by the Youth Service and Philanthropy (YSP) program of the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University and Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO). John Hay High School on Stokes Boulevard. For more info, click here.
HOT Honoring late British Director David Lean’s centenary the Cleveland Museum of Art will feature four of his early films this February, starting with This Happy Breed on Wed 2/11 at 6:45PM. The films — two comedies and two dramas — were each recently restored by the British Film Institute. Lean’s panoramic shots and landscapes in Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Bridge of the River Kwai have become de rigueur in epic filmmaking; Lean’s earlier works are far more intimate. Lean is one of Britain’s most influential filmmakers. Madeleine, Blythe Spirit and Hobson’s Choice round out the festival — shown Wed 2/18, Wed 3/4 and Wed 3/18 respectively. http://www.clevelandart.org.
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The Wink that Just Won’t Go Away
The saga of former Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes and Drums band drum major, John Coleman, took on a life of its own a few weeks ago. Coleman, who was suspended for six months after he broke marching orders by acknowledging President Obama and the First Lady as he passed the reviewing stand during the Inauguration Parade, said that he would do it all over again, as he quit the unit in protest over the suspension. “He waved at me first,” was Coleman’s defense, “how could I not wave back?”Outrage over the incident has poured in from virtually all points on the globe, and Mike Engle, the band director (who served as the judge, jury and executioner that dished out the punishment) now seems to be running for cover. He said that he was afraid the band will be booed when it makes its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade appearance in March in Cleveland…
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This week’s most active post on BrewedFreshDaily.com
New pathways for a CLE comeback is cross-linked from BFD to DefendCleveland.net by Ed Morrison. BFD readers have this to say:
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John and Penny Novak mix business with pleasure in The Bahamas
Imagine yourself on a tropical island, where transparent blue-green waters lap against smooth white beaches. After a languorous cup of coffee on your deck, you mosey down to the beach to soak up the sun and collect sea glass. One day, inspired by the brilliant baubles that you’ve poured into jars and bottles, you decide to make a few pieces of jewelry, and you realize you have just found yourself a new business — even though you’re retired.This is no fantasy. This is life six months out of the year for John (pictured) and Penny Novak, Cleveland-area residents who a few years ago decided to make their vacation spot on Long Island, The Bahamas, their winter home. Experienced entrepreneurs, they have solved the age-old question of how to mix business with pleasure…
Read more from Diane DiPiero here
Links to interesting NEO blogs
How the arts here are weathering the current financial storm.
Kids music that doesn’t suck.
A groundbreaking effort to deal with the region’s storm water problems is under consideration in Northeast Ohio.
A Piece of Cleveland launches their blog.
How a child remembers you.
No Safe Place
Otis & the Shoreway Saints
Call ’em a Southside Johnny-like bar band with Springsteen-like flourishes if you like, but don’t ever call them late for the punchline. The full and buoyant sound that longtime tavern trackers Otis & the Shoreway Saints deliver is upbeat, fun and celebratory. They’ve got a love jones for that Jersey Shore sound, but their subject matter is pure Cuyahoga County, to quote a tune late in the game on No Safe Place. Over the last decade, Craig “Otis” Jeffrey (vocals, guitars), Mark Roman (keyboards, trumpet, vocals), Greg Breedlove (bass), Justin Noszek (guitars), J. Russell (drums) and Norm Tischler (tenor sax) have definitely made bargoers happy. No Safe Place gives listeners a 12-track thrill ride with beermat allegories like “Working Class Joe’s,” “Treadin’ Beer” and “Life’s Blood.” They’re a rollicking good time; they’re kindly with the draught house wisdom, thrill ride grooves and true blue, blue-collar grit. It’s not high concept, or even highbrow. Not meant to be. Just good ol’ fashioned rockn’roll music. You know what you’re in for when the CD resembling a matchbook is in hand. It’s hot stuff. If Springsteen at the Super Bowl fired you up, you need this. Otis and the Shoreway Saints play the Brothers Lounge this Friday, February 6 at 7:30PM. Joe’s Garage Band opens. Visit Brothers online at http://www.brotherslounge.com. Visit Otis & Co. at http://www.otisandtheshorewaysaints.com
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How Cleveland Was Held Hostage By CEI
This area’s private electric company had a stranglehold on the city’s public electric system. Muny Light, as the city’s system was known, in the 1970s was an island serving some Cleveland neighborhoods, surrounded by CEI, which served in Cleveland and its suburbs.CEI refused to allow electric power to cross its lines — a common practice called wheeling — to serve the city’s much smaller system. It was tightening its grip. It was hoping its hold would become a death grip.
Without access to cheaper power sources the city was forced to buy from CEI. The company charged higher rates and limited its access. This led to brownouts and shutdowns of service by the city system. The result was damaging to Muny Light, now called Cleveland Public Power…
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Flash Forward @ SPACES Gallery 1/30 This exhibition showcases contemporary artists who have gone to college and continue to create right here in Northeast Ohio. Feed your creative mind by partaking of our own locally grown visual produce. In this constellation of local and newly ignited art stars, some work shines brighter than others. Kelly Urquhart & Jaime Kennedy create some meticulously rendered and digitally-collaged images of birds superimposed onto man-made instructions. For instance, one work combines the natural act of drawing something from the natural world-a bird-with man’s attempt at copying nature-instructions to assemble a kite. Also, their whimsical and oddly-eerie images of houses for birds, demonstrate how the natural world of birds might incorporate items cast off from humans into their efforts to build themselves places to live…Read more from Carol Drummond here
Blasted @ Bang and the Clatter 1/30 Bang & Clatter, Cleveland’s Public Square Theatre, is noted for going outside the box in choosing their scripts. More often than not, their bold choices pay off by producing plays that other venues wouldn’t produce, and challenging audiences to think. Their latest choice, Blasted, Sarah Kane’s antiwar/anti-life play is a case in point. Blasted was the first of the British author’s five plays. The initial performance was fiercely attacked by most newspaper critics, many of whom regarded it as a rather immature attempt to shock the audience…
Read more from Roy Berko here
Dido & Aeneas @ Josephat Arts Hall 1/30 Not quite all the weather-related events of last week were out-of-doors. Apollo’s Fire, led by its founding music director Jeannette Sorrell created thunder and wind and rain and all sorts of imaginary special effects within the warm confines of Josephat Arts Hall. The occasion was the first staged opera presented in this welcoming space — Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, partly in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the composer’s birth…
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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) This satellite image of the Inauguration of Pres. Barack Obama is pretty stunning.
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2) This is what Cleveland might have looked like by if people like Peter Lewis had gotten their way.
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3) Squire-Sanders and the Sabotage of Cleveland This is a story by Roldo of civic sabotage.
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4) Nay Sayers and No Shows Mansfield writes about Chateau Hough, a first-class winery.
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5) Zach Bruell of Parallax and Table 45 fame offers a new chic eatery
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