Glad to hear you canceled your Thanksgiving get-togethers. Same here. Instead, are you planning to visit some online holiday markets to get a jump on your gifting? What do you think of these personal, virtual shopping trips, like the ones offered by Room Service Boutique? Perfect, right? I know, we’re shopping LOCAL first, just like you. Just like always.
We heard the new Cleveland Shops gift cards are coming on line, just in the nick of time. These seasonal veggies from The Chef’s Garden in Huron are keeping us healthy during the lockdown. And the Cleveland Public Library is helping us trace our family roots while we huddle together, virtually.
Anyway you slice it, holiday shopping is going to look different this year, with fewer crowded big box stores and, most likely, more Amazon. But it’s also the perfect year to check out the multitude of opportunities to shop local and support independent businesses. We’ve got info about online markets and apps, as well as chances to shop in person in less crowded, socially distanced spaces. Read More
In School of Rock’s Online Songwriting Workshop, students will listen to and analyze their favorite songs and write at least one song via exercises and prompts, all in a judgment-free zone. Through this workshop each student will begin to build skills, techniques and knowledge to continue a lifelong journey as a songwriter. Workshop Dates: 10am – Noon on Dec 21,22,23,28,29 & 30, 2020.
School of Rock music camps offer an incredible selection of experiences from beginner music camps to intermediate and advanced sessions. Music camps vary from performance-based boot camps to songwriting to instrument-focused camps and more. There’s a camp for every interest and skill level. Summer Camps: June to August, 2021.
The Chef’s Garden in Huron provides specialty vegetables & herbs to restaurants and chefs across the country. This year it expanded, selling seasonal produce boxes to home cooks. Now it’s offering those customers the chance to help provide some of those healthy veggies to hungry people. Read More
Around the holidays, people often start thinking about family. Cleveland Public Library has resources to research your ancestry and maybe connect with relatives you didn’t know you had, plus librarians to help you navigate them. Read More
Room Service boutique in Ohio City & Van Aken District is always packed with unique finds that make perfect gifts. But if you don’t feel comfortable walking into a store right now, they’re offering 30-minute virtual tours so you can shop in your own home. Read More
Cleveland Shops is an organization of more than 40 local brick-and-mortar businesses. Just in time for the holidays, they’re debuting their gift cards, good at all members’ establishments. Read More
Ursuline College’s Florence O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery showcases creativity and mastery in New Masters 2: Women Artists of Northeast Ohio.
See for yourself at https://bit.ly/3npfxsv
THU 11/26 Cocooning Look on the bright side: instead of running around getting ready for a big extended-family celebration, you can stay in your PJs all day, read a book and forego the big meal in favor of your favorite comfort food, like a big bowl of popcorn. Infinitely more relaxing and who doesn’t need that right now?
TUE 12/1 Share a Story The holiday story walk in Cleveland Heights’ Cedar Lee District features pages from award-winning picture book The Snowy Day in local business windows. Families can come and walk down the street to read the story anytime.
WED 12/2 Feed the Birds Stand quietly at Geauga Metroparks’ Bird in the Hand feeding station at the West Woods with a handful of sunflower seed, and dozens of chickadees may surround you! It’s open every day.
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