06.14-06.21.2017 Bang Your Head

06.14-06.21.17
Bang Your Head

We’re strutting pretty tall these days, regardless of the vagaries of sport. We’re so proud, there’s danger of swaggering and slamming our swollen heads against an overpass.

To keep us grounded, we suggest trying on some the music, theater, community and small biz activities we’ve lined up for your perusal. Make Music Cleveland is spreading the good sounds all around town. ChamberFest collaborates with Kasumi, Ohio Light Opera revives the classics, and Joe Lovano and Anne E. DeChant both return home.

This week, expand your mind and learn about beekeeping, build the best sandcastle, celebrate clean, renewable energy, turn your talent into a viable business, support marriage equality, and discuss the Global Peace Index. We’re mounting our acclaimed David Bowie show at the BOP STOP, this time with a Cleveland connection, in case you got sold out last time. That should be enough to wrap your head around. –Thomas Mulready

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New Life for Nostalgic Musical Theater

Warm weather means that the ensemble comprising the Wooster-based Ohio Light Opera has loosened up its vocal chords and is getting ready to present another season of musical theater drenched in nostalgia. Some go back nearly 140 years while others are “contemporary” – like, 1957. Some you may have seen a zillion times – Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, for instance, while the 1912 The Lady of the Slipper hasn’t been fully staged in more than a century.

Kelly Ferjutz gives us the lowdown on the upcoming season’s seven musicals that this professional repertory company with be performing at the College of Wooster in the next two months. Sat 6/17-Sat 8/12.

SPONSORED: Tri-C JazzFest Talks the Talk The Chemical Bank Jazz Talk Tent debuts this year at Tri-C JazzFest, presented by KeyBank. In it, JazzFest artists will conduct casual interviews and interact with patrons. The tent will be outside Playhouse Square, where all the JazzFest outdoor action takes place. Tri-C JazzFest is June 22 -24, rain or shine. Tri-c.edu/jazzfest.

The Return of David Bowie at BOP STOP

The tiny BOP STOP jazz club is the perfect venue to experience “An Evening With(out) David Bowie:” the sight lines are brilliant, so you can see the rare video and photos from every phase of the artist’s career. The stellar acoustics let you hear the nuance of the unreleased music, the rare tracks, and the live music sets by Vanity Crash. There’s food and drink available all night long.

The only problem? The club is so intimate, that the show keeps selling out. Get your tickets early and join us for Part 1 at 7:30PM and Part 2 at 9:30PM (get a discount and stay for both), presented in full on Fri 6/30, then repeated on Sat 7/1.

Just added: “David Bowie in Cleveland: 1972-1983-1990,” a photo exhibit by Anastasia Pantsios featuring rare and unseen photos of Bowie’s Cleveland appearances throughout his career. The exhibit is free with the show, and photos and prints will be available for sale. He’s outrageous, he screams and he bawls. Let yourself go.

Ladies, Bang Your Heads

Heavy metal is one of the most male-dominated of music genres, its audiences a sea of dudes in leather jackets and black concert tees. Surprisingly, they’ve always been open to seeing women thrashing up on the stage. so perhaps it’s not so strange that five young women from California formed an Iron Maiden tribute band, cheekily dubbed the Iron Maidens.

CoolCleveland’s John Benson chats with drummer Linda “Nikki McBURRain” McDonald about their passion for one of the ultimate 80s metal bands, and what the members of that band thought when they heard these ladies playing songs even the original band doesn’t tackle live from their own repertoire. Sun 6/18.

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The Art of Business

Fashion designer Dru Thompson’s business, Dru Christine Fabrics and Design in the Waterloo Arts District, has grown by leaps and bounds. Not only is she making and selling her own designs and custom-designing clothes for clients, she’s been hosting events in the store and a series of “Sip & Sew” sewing classes. And she somehow finds time to write for CoolCleveland occasionally!

In her latest column, she offers some hints on how to turn your creative talents into a viable business, something more and more Clevelanders are trying to do these days. Here she tells you what to focus on – and what not to.

SPONSORED: Vendor Village Debuts at Tri-C JazzFest This year, Tri-C JazzFest, presented by KeyBank, debuts Vendor Village, where more than 20 local makers will offer their wares. Posted on Euclid Avenue just east of East 14th Street, Vendor Village will feature everything from gourmet popcorn to CLE-centric clothing. JazzFest is June 22-24, rain or shine. Tri-c.edu/jazzfest.

Music, Music, Everywhere

Last year for the first time, Make Music Cleveland swathed northeast Ohio in a day-long festival of informal music-making by both professionals and amateurs, in both traditional nightclubs and random spaces. Based on an event started in France 25 years ago, it encourages people to spontaneously make music wherever they happen to be.

John Benson talks with Make Music Cleveland director Peter Slowik about the second annual event, where you’ll find music in 100 or more places, ranging from coffeeshops to people’s front porches. More are being added every day; check the event’s website to learn where, or just wander around town and stumble on some musicians doing their thing. Wed 6/21.

Reading Is Cool

Milk + Bookies at the Canton Art Museum isn’t just a fun part with snacks, storytelling by local authors and artists, and hands-on art activities. It’s also about encouraging reads and giving, with the price of admission one new or gently used book for a family without means to build a home library. Sat 6/17.

* Downtown Akron’s Lock 3 joins the parade of outdoor venues screening family-friendly films during the summer for a family-friendly price – free. Pack the kids and the lawn chairs and head down to see Shrek this Saturday. Sat 6/17.

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SPONSORED: Gourmets in the Garden Watch live demonstrations and sample fine cuisine from a different top chef each week on the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s beautiful outdoor terrace. Whether you’re a foodie, a skilled chef yourself or completely new to the kitchen, Gourmets in the Garden will delight your taste buds and sharpen your culinary skills. The series starts Wed 6/14 at 6-7:15PM and runs 12 consecutive weeks, through Wed 8/30. Details here.

It’s tea time at Ohio City’s Speakeasy where Night Market Cleveland and Market Garden Brewery sponsor a pop-up event with Cleveland-based Fresh Brewed Teas. They’ll be giving guests a taste of their boba teas, flavored with fruit purees and jellies – and a dollop of something stronger from Columbus’ Watershed Distillery. Fri 6/16.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.

SPONSORED: Enjoy Food Trucks at Tri-C JazzFest, presented by KeyBank. It’s the place to be all weekend long, from Thu 6/22 to Sat 6/24, at Playhouse Square inside and outside the theatres. Come enjoy the free outdoor stage under the chandelier and sample our food selections, demonstrations, and some of Cleveland’s coolest food trucks along E. 14th Street. Plus great jazz, blues, latin, funk and more back to back inside and out. Jazz Lives Here. Tri-c.edu/jazzfest.

ChamberFest Cleveland is back for the 6th year, with 11 concerts in seven venues over two weeks, including a collaboration with filmmaker Kasumi and a gala finale at the Maltz Performing Arts Center with a reception to celebrate co-founder Diana’s Cohen’s upcoming marriage. Thu 6/15-Sat 7/1

* The free Larchmere Porchfest is back with 30 bands performing on 30 residential porches. Sat 6/17.

* Cleveland-born jazz star Joe Lovano comes home for two shows at Nighttown. Thu 6/15-Fri 6/16.

* Local atmospheric metal band Seeress launches new album at Mahall’s. Sat 6/17.

* Lakewood singer-songwriter Anne E. DeChant, now living in Nashville, makes her summer visit home, and performs at the Music Box tonight. Sat 6/17.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Cool Events.

WED 6/14
You may not be deep enough into beekeeping to be showing your bees at the Cuyahoga County Fair in August. But you can still learn a lot about these essential pollinators from the people who will be doing so at the monthly meeting of the Greater Cleveland Beekeepers Association at the Rocky River Nature Center

* Storytellers take the stage at Forest City Brewery.

* Wade Oval Wednesdays start with original folk rockers the Speedbumps.

* The Global Peace Index is the topic of discussion at a Cleveland Council of World Affairs forum at the Market Garden Brewery.

Click here for more events on Wed 6/14

THU 6/15
Why does it seem like every aspiring filmmaker wants to make a horror film? The genre has certainly sunk its tentacles into would-be directors. They, and the audiences who eat up this stuff, will have a ball at the four-day Horror Hotel conference in Hudson. There’ll be tons of screenings, as well as vendors of horror-related gear and panels to steer you in the right direction if you’re the next one with this great idea for a horror film. Through Sun 6/18.

* Dobama Theatre’s How To Be a Respectable Junkie addresses the costs of heroin use. Through Sun7/2.

* Al Stewart returns to the Kent Stage to perform his Year of the Cat album.

* Turkish-style drummer Raquy Danziger performs tonight at the Music Box and tomorrow at Kent’s Standing Rock Cultural Arts.

Click here for more events on Thu 6/15

FRI 6/16
Like most of us, Cleveland artists have always been intrigued by cats, and they have used them as muses. The new show, ARTmeow, at ARTneo in the 78th Street Studios, features work that NE Ohio artists have done over a 100-year period using cats as inspiration.

* Elevation benefit at Cuyahoga Valley National Park helps protect its trails.

* Vermilion’s Festival of the Fish features a sandcastle-building contest, pet parade, fireman’s water hose fight and fireworks. Through Sun 6/18.

* Cleveland Flea founder Stephanie Sheldon speaks at Creative Mornings Cle at the Transformer Station.

* Cleveland Shakespeare Festival opens its 20th season with The Taming of the Shrew. Through Sun 7/2.

* Relive the Cavs’ 2016 victory parade in a one-night-only show by photographer Christina Sadowski at the E11even2 Gallery.

* Genre-bending duo Black Violin returns to Cain Park.

* Things get sticky at the three-day Avon Duct Tape Festival, through Sun 6/18.

* Sarah’s Vineyard in CVNP holds its 15th annual Solstice Fest.

* Ursuline College shows the work of its art graduates of the last 50 years. Through Fri 7/21.

* Free summer evening concerts start at Shaker Square with free ice cream for the kids.

Click here for more events on Fri 6/16

SAT 6/17
You don’t have to pull an all-nighter to attend the Zygote Press benefit Monothon, even though it lasts 24 hours from early Saturday morning to its Bloody Mary Binger Sunday morning. There’ll be artists working all that time, but the “Peak Party” is this evening, when there’ll be music, hot dogs from the Happy Dog, a chance to try printmaking for yourself and to bid on prints by professional artists.

* The Euclid Wind Festival celebrates the unstoppable growth of clean, renewable energy.

* BAYarts Art & Music Festival is a day of fun in the park with vendors, food and more.

* SPACES’ Artwood Derby benefit gives adult kids a chance to race little cars.

* Grand River Cellars hosts “Woof, Wag & Wine” for the Lake Humane Society.

* The Cleveland Dance Academy present Sleeping Beauty at the Lorain Palace Theatre.

* Beachland rockin’ summer flea market is back with activities both inside and out.

* The Thunderbirds take to the skies over Mahoning County at the Youngstown Air Show.

* Go scavenger hunting in the Warehouse District to benefit the Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter.

* Ohio City’s Whiskey Grade hosts an in-store fashion & art event.

* Five bands compete at the Beachland for a slot on the Werks’ Werk Out Festival in August.

* See all the amazing things dogs can do at Lake Metroparks Farmpark Working Dogs Weekend.

Click here for more events on Sat 6/17

SUN 6/18
Looking for something cool to do with Dad on Father’s Day? How about the 60th annual classic, antique and collector car show at Akron’s Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens? Dad can ogle the cars while the kids play on the pedal car course. There’s food and live music as well in this beautiful outdoor setting.

* Middle school and high school-aged students who participated in this year’s KSU Piano Institute perform a free concert at Severance Hall’s Reinberger Chamber Hall.

* Windsong, Cleveland’s feminist chorus, displays its heart & soul in Lakewood.

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MON 6/19
Marriage equality is great but it can be risky in states like Ohio where LGBT people aren’t protected from discrimination in jobs, housing and accommodations. State Representative Nickie Antonio has again introduced her bill to remedy this. Learn the status of this legislation and what it would do in a free public program at Preterm.

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TUE 6/20
Outdoor summer movies are happening all over the place in the next few months. But Loew’s Park in Old Brooklyn is the proud location of the area’s largest outdoor movie screen. Grab those lawn chairs and bring the family down to the park for a free showing of 2016’s Star Wars Rogue One. The films continue every Tuesday (except July 4) through August 15.

* Literary Cleveland tells immigrant stories in “Crossing Borders” on Public Square.

* Enjoy midsummer music with Classical Revolution Cleveland at the Happy Dog in Gordon Square.

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WED 6/21
Today is the longest day of the year, so make it last! Come out to Cleveland Metroparks’ South Chagrin Reservation where a ranger will lead a sunset hike along the beautiful Chagrin River. Afterwards there’s a campfire, the perfect end to the solstice day.

* Celebrate the solstice with Carlos Jones & the P.L.U.S Band at CVNP’s Howe Meadow.

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Mr. Mayor: Ship His Little Ass

Frank Q. Jackson Jr., age 20, was recently charged with a fourth-degree felony for carrying a concealed weapon, and when his previous run-ins with the law are taken into account the only logical conclusion any clear-thinking person can come to is that this young man is a stone-cold hood rat…

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