Unfortunately, some areas are re-surging. Can we continue being mindful? The Sculpture Center’s new show layers history with a virtual reality app. Ingenuity did some thinking during the pandemic and will take place on the lake this fall. Shaker Heights is seeking artists for a new pop-up art show in storefronts. BOP STOP (mindfully) presents Vanity Crash with limited in-person seating plus livestream.78th Street Studios is methodically re-opening, this week adding back food & drink to their popular Third Friday event. Cleveland Shops formed during the pandemic to support area retail and is now expanding with new members. In a show of flexibility, Cedar-Fairmount is combining its Thursday music and Saturday family programming to create synergy. Sounds hot.
The juried Lakewood Arts Festival hosts over 100 artists, displaying paintings, prints, photography, art glass, ceramics, jewelry and sculpture.Featuring works by ceramicist Sumiko Takada, fine jewelers Posch and Gulyas, paintings and prints by George Kocar and Brett Mason, and art glass will be displayed by Drew Hocevar. Info: http://lakewoodartsfest.org/
Under the auspices of the Sculpture Center, curator Robin Robinson brought a dozen Cleveland Black artists together for an unusual project. Their works would be on view at the Sculpture Center but also available via a virtual reality app at public sites in six east side neighborhoods.The goal was to look at the layers of community history, what has been lost and what has been erased, and how race and injustice factor into that. Read More
Founded as an arts/technology moveable feast, Ingenuity Festival settled into Ingenuity Labs at the Hamilton Collaborative in 2016 where it’s grown its footprint and its possibilities. The pandemic led to rethinking & this year it becomes Ingenuity of the Lake, with the September festival taking place on the east side lake shore. Read More
Local singer/songwriter/guitarist Tracy Marie is known for her musical versatility, which she displays on her new album A Dark Place, which is by turns urgent, driving, grunge-y and even fragile. Read More
The Shaker Arts Council is looking for artists to spruce up some storefronts in the Chagrin-Lee business district for a pop-up art show in September 10-October 8. Applications are due by July 30. Read More
Cleveland Shops was formed at the start of the pandemic to help local brick-and-mortar independent businesses promote together. The group is hosting a gathering for potential members July 29; register by July 20. Read More
Beck Center presents a show about three sisters with different approaches to life, running July 2-August 8. The cast features noted local actress Deirdru Ring. Read More
Live gigs (and even rehearsals) have been scarce for over a year. But Vanity Crash has learned a few things: new instruments, new technology, how to collaborate long distance, how to edit video. It’s time to showcase their new material and new sounds.Limited live in-person seating is still available on Fri 07.23 at BOP STOP, or view the livestream. Read More
MON 7/19 Flitting, Flying Friends Summit Metro Parks is offering yet another of its self-guided walks, this time inviting strollers to Tallmadge Meadows to “fall in love with insects,” and learn how bees, butterflies, beetles and other insects benefit the environment.
TUE 7/20 Who’s “Essential” The City Club is back on Public Square today for a free forum that looks at “The Future of Essential Work” and how these people who kept helping us during the pandemic have been treated.
WED 7/21 Celebrating Latin Jazz Cleveland musician Roberto Ocasio died in 2004 but he’s not forgotten. Local jazz musicians and Ocasio’s Berklee classmate Bobby Sanabria (pictured) gather at the Cleveland Art Museum to remember him.
Since the two voting rights bills are stalled in Congress, there has to be a grassroots effort to get around whatever stumbling blocks red state legislatures come up with to rig elections. And this effort should not be taken up by Black voting rights organizations alone. White allies that stand to lose just as much as Blacks have to be included in efforts to beat back this Republican assault… Read More
