In(ter)dependence

07.01-07.08.09
In[ter]dependence

In this week’s issue:

If you don’t believe we’re all interconnected, have a look at this week’s issue of CoolCleveland. Grab your lawn chair and join tens of thousands of fellow citizens on Public Square for their 20th(!) annual Star-Spangled concert (at no charge!). Or, take the kids out to Blossom starting this weekend for no charge when you buy an adult ticket, and experience the lawn with thousands of your closest (new) friends. Wade Oval Wednesdays continues thru August, First Thursdays happy hour kicks off at Playhouse Square, and Fourth of July fireworks at the mouth of the Cuyahoga (or in your local community). We also throw the spotlight on craft brew entrepreneurs Indigo Imp Brewery, rock and roll survivor Jeff Nagel, and accidental start-up Aeroclay Inc. Roldo and Mansfield can debate County corruption and County reform, but either way, we’re all in this together. –Thomas Mulready

When Ian Charnas sat down with me at a Playhouse Square coffee shop last year, he blew my mind. He had an idea for a live performance using a 2-Megavolt Solid-State Tesla Coil built like a robot that would shoot 8-foot lightning bolts and threaten to destroy an entire town, while a troupe of dancers and performers with glowing neon tubes, aided by a superhero (Ian) in a chainmail suit, drawing the electric bolts to himself to save the city. I directed him to Ingenuity Festival director James Levin, and now the Tesla Orchestra is a featured performance at the 2009 Fest.

Things got even cooler when I brought my video camera to a staff-only demo to experience the Tesla Coil in person. Watch the video as Ian, Max and myself pull electric bolts from the Coil, then Ian lights up neon letters on the Ingenuity art sign, which is unplugged, simply by touching them. http://TeslaOrchestra.com. See the complete performance for your self on Star Plaza each night 7/10, 7/11 & 7/12 at the 2009 Ingenuity Festival. For tix: http://www.IngenuityCleveland.com

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SPONSORED: No charge for kids on the Lawn at Blossom this summer! Children ages 12 and under are no charge on the Lawn at The Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Festival all summer long. Two children per adult ticket purchase. Bring a picnic and enjoy some quality time with your family on the Lawn at Blossom to the stunning sounds of the world’s-best Cleveland Orchestra. Save big with Lawn/General Admission Ticket Book, which now allows you to sit on the Lawn, or in designated sections of the Pavilion- first come, first served. Ticket book deadline July 3 for best discount by phone: 216-231-1111, at Severance Hall, at Blossom, or online: http://www.BlossomLawnFun.com

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HOT GREEN NYT talks Cuyahoga River and offers a really great piece. Click
HOT What to do on the Fourth? Here’s a complete list of things to do! Boom goes the fireworks!
HOT Michael Symon opens his latest Bar Symon this Wed 7/1 at 4PM in Avon Lake! Sweet!
HOT Score a deal on Blossom Festival tix if you get online and buy by Fri 7/3. Sounds great
HOT Did you know that Ohio is considering huge budget cuts for the arts? Here’s how you can take action: Click
County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora takes a “leave of absence.” Hmmm… Click
Shaq to Cavs! Good or bad deal? Time will tell, but we can’t wait for 09-10 NBA season. Big Man in the Middle
Speaking of the Cavs, Brecksville-Broadview Heights 8th Grader out-LeBron’s LeBron with a crazy trick shot
Cleveland on MTV twice in one day? Signs that Cle is cool on a larger stage? Click
GREEN Is a green cottage in your future? Never thought about it? How about a click here

Civic Innovation Lab champions promote arts and culture, local musicians The two latest grantees of the CIL received $30K each for expanding projects — the LGBT site Spangle Magazine and promoting musicians on an internet-based musician’s network [pictured] called CitizenGroove.

HOT Speaking of Lab Champs, Cool Cle alum T.L. Champion and her biz partner Barb Siss Oney are honored by ERC (the NEO org dedicated to HR and workplace programs/training) as ERC Heroes for their internet television program/project GotCityGame! We couldn’t be happier for them! Way to go, T.L. and Barb!! Click

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SPONSORED: The Ultimate Date Night (or Afternoon) Looking to wow your date? Suggest an evening at the Ohio Light Opera in delightful Wooster, for an experience you’ll never forget. As the only professional company in the world devoted primarily to operetta, OLO presents all works in English, presented in festival fashion, with 7 operettas to choose from. This week, Fiddler On The Roof, featuring the character Tevye the milkman, “one of the most glowing creations in the history of musical theater,” according to The New York Times. Or enjoy Mlle. Modiste, opening on Wed 7/1, plus H.M.S. Pinafore, A Night In Venice, and others. An hour’s drive from Cleveland, with charming shopping and dining. 330-263-2345, http://www.OhioLightOpera.org

Sunday Lolly the Trolley Tours are starting with a Lake View Cemetery stop; these tours run through August. Taking your family out to the cemetery may not sound like a good time, but can be an interesting and educational outing for school-agers and their accompanying grown-up. Catch a ride with Lolly the Trolley and enjoy a 75-minute tour of this historical and beautiful cemetery. This outing includes a stop by the Garfield Monument. http://www.LakeviewCemetery.com or call 421-2665.

HOT Little Shop of Horrors The Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood delivers this fun stage production [pictured] now through early August. The classic musical comedy masterpiece comes to life on stage at the Beck Center’s Mackey Main Stage, with great sing-along numbers, tongue-in-cheek comedy, family fun… and all wrapped up in a plant-eats-world romance! Tickets and details at http://www.BeckCenter.org or call 521-2540.

Wade Oval Wednesdays Live music, arts and crafts, great food… what’s not to love? It’s a picnic/block party extravaganza and it happens every week. Get the kids out of the house and into a fun blast of outdoor fun! Check out the whole schedule here.

Rock & Boom This Sat 7/4 starting at 6PM, celebrate the Fourth with fireworks on the supercool steamship William G. Mather. Visitors score an exclusive tour of the ship from bow to stern and the best view of downtown fireworks that’s not from a Cle rooftop. Very affordable, too. Call 621-2400 for registration and info.

HOT It’s a Cleveland Orchestra 4th their Star-Spangled Spectacular Concert and Festival hits Public Square downtown this Thu 7/2 at 9PM. Festive Fourth tunage, followed by a fireworks display (weather permitting). They also present a pre-concert festival on the square! Wow! Then check out the Blossom Festival Orchestra’s dates at Blossom over the weekend! http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com.

HOT Cleveland’s National Youth Poetry Slam Team performs Wed 7/8 at 7PM at the Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre, Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare. Part of the SlamU program at PlayhouseSquare, expect some blistering wordcraft from our city’s youth contingent. No cost, open to the public. No RSVP required. Details at http://www.PlayhouseSquare.org/Community.

Betty Worley Harris loves her Cleveland Public Library. Growing up, her library was Woodland Branch, at 59th & Woodland, hanging out at Story Hour everyday after school, until that library burned down and was rebuilt.

Watch the video as Betty talks about her current library, the Sterling Branch at East 30th in the Central neighborhood, where she has passed on her love of reading and education to all five of her children. During Spring Break, Betty takes her kids to the Children’s Floor of the Downtown Branch, which she calls “one of the most awesome” children’s departments anywhere. Also visible in the background of the video are daughters Maya, who won an award for Poetry Slam, and Poetessa, who made it to the finals of the National Spelling Bee. As Betty says, “I don’t know what I would have done without the Library. The library has been a part of our life…” http://www.CPL.org

SPONSORED: Ingenuity electrifies with hundreds of regional art, music, dance, performance and technology events in dozens of indoor & cool outdoor spaces from July 10-12. New this year: the Halle Alley, just west of the Halle Building from Euclid to Huron Road. Real electricity will sing when the Tesla Orchestra ignites lightening bolts on Star Plaza. The Tech Center & Gallery will again re-invent the beautifully renovated Halle Building, the Family Village will draw thousands of children to the interactive galleries and exhibits at the Idea Center, and a multimedia extravaganza will again be featured in the “All Go Signs Alley” off East 14th Street. Tix are $10/day or $15 for the weekend. Go to your local Dave’s Market for BOGO free ticket offer. http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com. Join our online community: Facebook: http://is.gd/16ttM, Twitter:http://twitter.com/ingenuityfest, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ingenuityfest.

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Med Mart gets the City Club treatment. A lot is discussed in the forum, summarized here
Shaq is marketing goldrush for Cavaliers. Merch!
Cle Foundation authorizes $15+M in grants and the details of the deal are here

Getting Started as a New Leader Learn how to focus time/efforts on tasks and accelerate your ability to achieve results Wed 7/15 from 1 – 5PM at Corp College. Register
Job Search and Career Transitions w/ Laurie Mitchell The com biz headhunter/guru offers a straight-up Q&A Wed 7/15 and the details are here
Managing Conflict in the Workplace Learn the five basic modes people use in dealing with conflict and learn successful conflict resolution Wed 7/22 from 8:30A – 4:30P. Register
Smart Business Live Akron feat. Vicki Tifft Founder & CEO of Clinical Research Management talks Thu 8/13 @ Tangier in Akron. RSVP

A New Business on the Horizon
Local Start-up Aeroclay Inc. Arrives by Happy Accident

How do businesses get started in Northeast Ohio? Well, this one got started by accident using clay and water. That’s way too simple you are thinking. Add a freeze dryer and some polymers and you’ve got the new clay aerogel composite material developed by Case Western Reserve University engineering professor David Schiraldi [pictured] and his research group.

“Much of the United States is made up of clay,” he said. “It’s amazingly simple. When we cleaned up the clay, it looked like kitty litter, dry and particulate. We put 5 percent clay with 95 percent water into a blender for two minutes, and poured the material into a container to freeze. After the clay solution is frozen, it is then transformed by a freeze-drying process into a light-weight, feathery, inter-connected fibrous new material,” he explained.

The picture contains before/after scanning electron micrographs of the clay (i.e. clay and clay aerogel) as well as photos of some solid aerogel objects…

Read more from Susan Schaul here

SPONSORED: Star-Spangled Spectacular For 20 years, The Cleveland Orchestra, acknowledged as one of the very finest in the world, has performed a stupendous complimentary concert in Downtown Cleveland, complete with fireworks, in celebration of Independence Day. This year, on Thu 7/2, the pre-concert festivities begin at 5PM, with jazz, steel drums, funk, doo-wop, gospel & barbershop, and an arts festival at Tower City, leading up to the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra at 9PM, culminating with the 1812 Overture with canons and fireworks. Join the tens of thousands who enjoy this community celebration each year, as Public Square is closed to traffic and open to the public for their blankets and lawn chairs. http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com

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Wade Oval Wednesdays Check out Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. Band in the latest installment of this annual summer “block party”/picnic of sorts in Wade Oval. Tasty nosh, cool kids’ fun, libations and live music. What more could you ask for? It happens every Wednesday through the summer; check out the whole schedule here.

Cleveland Museum of Art July Film Series Yeah, OK. You’re from Cleveland, so you complain when it’s cold and, come July, you’re probably complaining that it’s hot. So get out of the heat with a TON of awesome screen feasts at the CMA. Beat the heat this summer with this amazing schedule of indie, edgy and international filmmaking. Too much great stuff to mention. http://www.ClevelandArt.org.

Oddyfest: To Love Definitely on the edge, this twice-monthly staging is new every month. This Wed 7/1 at 7:30PM (repeating Wed 7/15) check out pre-play eclectic love songs by J. Barone, then soak up playwright and Oddy-founder Matt Greenfield’s Learning Curves — an intimate existential romance on an air mattress. The night wraps up with a folk meditation on the Muse of Balloon Animals, Captive Muses by Cat R. Kenney. Sounds odd? What did you expect, exactly? 2340 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights. http://TheOddyFestival.wordpress.com.

Shadow Confessions Local author Bill Price discusses and signs his Shadow Confessions novel Wed 7/1 at 7PM at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst. Price’s second novel is an exciting, foreign affairs and CIA operatives story. Suspense, mystery intrigue! Perfect summer reading! http://www.JosephBeth.com.

HOT It’s a Cleveland Orchestra 4th and their Star-Spangled Spectacular Concert and Festival hits Public Square downtown this Thu 7/2 at 9PM. Loras John Schissel will conduct the orchestra through Gershwin, Sousa and Rodgers, and the fave Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, followed by a fireworks display (weather permitting). They also present a pre-concert festival on the square starting at 5PM, hosted by Dee Perry of ideastream. Win tickets to Blossom by playing the trivia game on your mobile phone during the Festival & Concert & upload your photos to the Orchestra’s YouTube & flickr pages. Then check out An American Salute by the Blossom Festival Band at Blossom Fri 7/3 and Sat 7/4 at 8PM. Schissel also conducts these programs. http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com.

Understanding Non-Violence: A Better Life… Swami Sri Yogi Satyam returns to John Carroll University to teach at the 2009 Kriyayoga Meditation Seminar starting Thu 7/2 from 6:30 – 8AM and 7 – 9PM. His lectures Understanding Non-Violence: A Better Life, a Better World Today will be held twice daily on that schedule until Mon 7/13. Topics include how to sleep at will, reduce stress, and heal the body and mind. Former WEWS journalist Ted Henry and community educator Alex Leslie (Cleveland Rape Crisis Center) are scheduled as guest speakers for the end of the program. No cost, open to the public. Visit http://www.NowWeAreReady.org or call 870-0612.

HOT First Thursdays @ PlayhouseSquare hits this Thu 7/2 from 5 – 7:30PM and features Crookneck Chandler & the Tibbee Bottom Boys, Chris Nekvinda, MorrisonDance, Hal Walker, Marissa Desantis, and Jesse Barnes Trio. It’s Happy Hour, it’s networking and it’s a heck of a lot of fun. Enjoy summer in the city. Learn more here.

Satisfaction In the spirit of Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie, Wilbert’s brings the internationally acclaimed Rolling Stones tribute Satisfaction Thu 7/2 at 9PM. Fun, food, frolic and “Fool to Cry” (our request, no guarantee). Score details at http://www.WilbertsMusic.com.

HOT Woodstock at 40 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame+ Museum will celebrate four decades of the influence of one of the most significant eras in rock and roll with its newest exhibit WOODSTOCK: The 40th Anniversary opening Fri 7/3 in their Ahmet M. Ertegun exhibit hall. The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Band, The Dead, CSN&Y… they’re all in. Check out the details here.

Boston Mills Artfest It launched last weekend to much pomp and circumstance; check out the hot weekend of visual arts starting Fri 7/3 and running through the weekend. Artfest consists displays and exhibitions — all for sale — with the fine art and fine craft items including “ceramics, paintings, watercolors, glass, mixed media, wearable and nonwearable fiber, leather, wood, furniture, metal, sculpture, jewelry, and more.” http://www.BMBW.com.

Nineteen Asterisk Gallery presents their fifth annual invitational exhibition starting with an Opening Reception this Fri 7/3. They’re calling it “a visual exploration into the concept and process of drawing.” We call it pretty cool. Show runs through early August. Details at http://www.AsteriskGallery.com or call 330-304-8528 for details/hours. 2393 Professor Ave., Tremont.

Adam Zucker The Cleveland Heights native and singer-songwriter performs songs from his amazing debut CD The Western Glow this Sun 7/4 at 8PM. Zucker [pictured] will perform with friends Jacob Bergson (keys) and James Muschler (drums) — both from the Cleveland Jazz Project. 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights. http://www.GrogShop.gs.

The Annual True White Affair feat. DJ Mick Boogie Hosted by Babylon, this Independence Day event Sat 7/4 requires (you guessed it) white attire and features MTV’s “Breakthrough DJ of the Year” (and Cleveland native) DJ Mick Boogie. Boogie also happens to be LeBron James’ personal DJ and spins at Cleveland Cavaliers games. Expect libations, dancing and a whole lotta fun. House of Blues on Euclid Ave. Details here.

Rock & Boom This Sat 7/4 starting at 6PM, celebrate the Fourth with fireworks on the supercool steamship William G. Mather. Visitors score an exclusive tour of the ship from bow to stern and the best view of downtown fireworks that’s not from a Cle rooftop. Very affordable, too. Call 621-2400 for registration and info.

HOT First Energy/Flats Oxbow July 4th Fireworks add splashes of color to the 4th celebration on the Cuyahoga River Sat 7/4 at dusk. Great views from both sides of the Flats! If you’ve been, then you know. A quintessential Cleveland tradition. And consider a Nautica Queen Independence Day cruise beforehand! http://www.nauticaflats.com/events.

HOT Reddstone’s 4th of July Block Party Speaking of traditions, this one looks like it could become one easily. This Battery Park party starts Wed 7/4 at 2PM and features barbecue, frosty adult bevvies, volleyball, cornhole, fireworks and more. They’re blocking off the streets! Check out the details here.

SPONSORED: Live from Public Square WCLV 104.9 FM helps you celebrate the July 4th Holiday with three special broadcasts. Tomorrow night, Thu 7/2, at 9PM, we’ll be live at Public Square for the Cleveland Orchestra’s annual concert. Loris John Schissel conducts, as he does Friday, 7/3, at Blossom Music Center for the annual July 4th Blossom Band Concert. WCLV goes live from Blossom at 8PM. And on Sat 7/4, at 8PM, we present the Orchestra’s 1976 Bi-Centennial Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel. Full details at http://www.WCLV.com.

American Mirrors: A Summer Festival of Theater The Actors Summit theater company is featuring four different plays in repertory (Unforgettable: The Life and Times of Nat “King” Cole is offered as a matinee Sun 7/5 at 2PM). Productions Clarence Darrow, Mark Twain: Semi-literate Lecturer, Liar and Loafer and Don’t Hug Me rotate, along with the Cole bioshow, run through Sun 7/26. Head over the http://www.ActorsSummit.org. Pick one or more!

Evil Dead: The Musical closes at Beck Center tonight Sun 7/5 at 7PM in their studio theatre. The Bruce-Campbell-led cult classic film translated to the stage with reckless abandon and if you haven’t seen it, here’s your last chance! Score details at http://www.BeckCenter.org.

GREEN Tremont Farmer’s Market Support your neighbors and your local economy by buying and eating healthy. On Tue 7/7, the TFM runs from 4:30 – 7:30PM. Free live music, by Jeff Powers, creative activities in their cool “kid’s corner,” a special “environmental space” guest, cooking demos by Julie Wandling Costell and wonderful bread this week! Score fresh, local eats at Lincoln Park on W. 14th St., between Starkweather and Kenilworth Avenues. Get your shopping done in town. http://www.TremontFarmersMarket.com.

Alfred Stieglitz & The Art of Camera Work Hear noted local photographer Herb Ascherman Jr., discuss the legendary photography of Stieglitz, focusing on his years as the publisher of Camera Work — the quarterly journal featuring examples of leading innovators of photography and helped to establish photography as a fine art Wed 7/8 at noon. Stieglitz’s The Steerage [pictured] was first published in Camera Work. Cleveland Public Library, Main Library Building Special Collections, 3rd floor, 325 Superior Ave. Call 623-2818 for info.

There Goes the Neighborhood and MOCACleveland’s Casual Cocktail It’s no cost, it’s open to the public and it gives you a shot at networking and amazing art all at once. But consider it Happy Hour with a twist: the latest MOCA exhibition There Goes the Neighborhood is on view concurrently; it explores the “evolution of communities” within and outside our sphere of influence. Pencil in the MOCA cocktail hour every other Wednesday in June and July (including this Wed 7/8). But act fast on Neighborhood, as it closes mid-August. http://www.MOCACleveland.org.

Awake at the End Loren Weiss and Meredith Holmes will be discussing and signing Awake At the End Wed 7/8 at 7PM at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. the book is a poet laureate anthology that collects the output of the first three Cleveland Heights poets laureates–Holmes, Weiss, and Mary Weems. It is a reflection on life, love, family, and their hometown. http://www.JosephBeth.com.
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Dimora Fires Back
(Let’s get ready to rummmble!)

Democratic Party boss and County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora stated at a news conference on Monday (June 29) that it was time to “fight fire with fire” as he accused the U.S. Department of Justice, in cahoots with Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, of essentially launching a witch hunt against him in hopes of influencing the outcome of the 2008 presidential election. He also charged that his ethnicity is playing a role in the probe.

While the local media will scoff at such accusations, the Toledo Blade, in an editorial that ran immediately after the countywide raids were carried out, questioned their timing and purpose. If indeed skullduggery was afoot in Cuyahoga County (and there is ample reason to believe there was and perhaps still is) why not wait until after the election to launch the probe, so as to remove any possible taint of political chicanery or election manipulation…?

Read more from Mansfield B. Frazier here

Imp-ish Entrepreneurs
Indigo Imp Creating Small Batches of Supernatural Craft Brew

If you’ve ever cracked open a beer and wondered what it might be like to have your own microbrewery, your daydream may not be that crazy. Clevelanders Matt and Kathy Chappel decided to start their own microbrewery as an entrepreneurial venture and have seen their vision become a reality.

“It was time to do something on our own,” says Matt, who was a home brewer for several years. He and Kathy carefully determined what would set their microbrews apart from others and hopefully make them appealing to local beer connoisseurs. Two years, many hours of research and one business plan later, Indigo Imp Brewery, Ltd. was unveiled to the public.

That was just last December, and Indigo Imp has already made an impression on much of Northeast Ohio. All 17 Heinen’s grocery locations stock their beer, as do Whole Foods in South Euclid, Lily’s Handmade Chocolates in Tremont and The Wine Room in Avon. Restaurants like Fire Food and Drink at Shaker Square and Prosperity Social Club in Tremont have placed it on their beer lists…

Read more from Diane DiPiero here

Crawling Under the Covers with Jeff Nagel

Jeff Nagel is a rock and roll survivor. The 41-year-old Lyndhurst native has been working full-time in the music business since his teen age years, both as a musician and in several of best independent musical shops in the city as a guitar teacher. He wouldn’t have it any other way. “It is all part of the aura,” he offers in a recent interview with Cool Cleveland, adding the mantra that most working musicians can easily get behind. “It is all part of being a creative artist. I’m not rich, but I have a fulfilling life doing what I love…”

Read more from Greg Cielec here

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K&D Out As County Developer
Plus: Ohio, Cuyahoga Job Losses are Alarming

The Plain Dealer got the headline and photo it wanted with County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s “temporary” abdication of his chairmanship of the County Democrats. It will be a long “temporary.” Dimora makes a hard-to-resist “bad guy” for the PD. (Also, a chance to waste more space that might accommodate news. But who needs that.)

The more important story, I think, is the quieter front-page headline that K&D — involved in the County corruption scandal — has decided to drop out of the deal with the County at East 9th and Euclid Ave. That’s where the County first was going to relocate its administrative offices. Then it was going to have K&D develop that crucial downtown corner. The County Commissioners should have quashed that deal long ago. The PD should have been asking for K&D’s dismissal as heartedly as it was seeking Dimora and County Auditor Frank Russo’s dumping…
Read more from Roldo Bartimole here

Quick reviews of recent events
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Falstaff @ Opera Cleveland 6/19
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Pangs of the Messiah @ Cleveland JCC 6/24
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GroundWorks Dancetheater @ Cain Park 6/26
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Judy Collins @ Cain Park 6/27
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The Love Song Cabaret @ Nighttown @ Cain Park 6/28
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Loving Cleveland all over again after college I went away to college in PA and that transition truly made me realize why I love Cleveland so much. I missed the arts, excellent food, zoo, Blossom, great shopping, many parks, sports, and my best friends so much that I will never leave again! From Cool Cleveland reader Megan Oravec mo1787@hotmail.com

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Fireworks Need a Spark to lift off. And that’s why the Hard Corps continue to strike at your flint every Wednesday morning — to help you find some explosive bliss in your hometown. Sparklers and roman candles to Peter Chakerian, Kelly Ferjutz, Roy Berko, Susan Schaul, Roldo Bartimole, Claudia J. Taller, Mansfield B. Frazier, Jeannie Fleming-Gifford and Diane DiPiero. Special thanks and kudos to George Nemeth and T.L. Champion. 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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