05.29-06.05.2019 Unique

05.29-06.05.19
Unique

Just what is it that makes today’s Cleveland so unique? Ask that question a hundred times and you’ll get five hundred answers.

For instance, five years ago, Stamy Paul created Graffiti HeArt to legitimize street art and provide scholarships and commissions; now she’s opened a gallery/studio space and celebrating with a weekend-long series of events. The Akron Art Museum’s Backyard Art-BQ focuses on art, science and interactive play.

As it turns out, Everyday Heroes don’t have to be that unique; the Maltz opens their summer offering kids hands-on opportunities to be a hero in real-life everyday. Our cuisine scene is tops, and we’ve got a new book, Unique Eats and Eateries of Cleveland, Cookies for Kids to support regional food banks, and a very good chance to win the James Beard Blended Burger contest.

Local heroine Diana Chittester plays at the BOP STOP to help out Roots of American Music, Pride in the CLE steps out at Public Square, the Main Street Kent Art & Wine Festival takes over downtown Kent, and the Hessler Street Fair, the grandpappy of them all, simultaneously celebrates their 50th while bowing out. So unique, it’ll never be replaced. –Thomas Mulready

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On this episode, we’re talking to Daniel Brown, co-founder of Rust Belt Riders – an innovative start-up that’s tackling our city’s food waste one compost heap at a time. They’ve expanded in five years from picking up garbage on bicycles to an operation with offices and composting operation at the Hamilton Collaborative. And they’ve got some upcoming events to help you learn about gardening and composting.

We also have brand new music from Kent husband-and-wife duo SexyPigDivas! and Cleveland’s Mr. Carnivore, who have a new album out called Blue Light.

About five years ago, Stamy Paul founded Graffiti HeArt with the goal of legitimizing street art and providing opportunities for the artists who make it through scholarships and commissions to paint murals, beautify outdoor spaces, and create art for public, corporate and commercial entities.

But she always had bigger dreams – such as a gallery/studio space where artists could work and show what they created. That dream is now coming true with the opening of the Graffiti HeArt Gallery this weekend. The multi-day celebration includes a film about British street artist Banksy at the Capitol Theatre Thu 5/30, with artist Kelly “RISK” Graval (pictured) as special guest, a VIP reception Fri 5/31 and an open house Sat 6/1.

SPONSORED: Thinking about transferring to Baldwin Wallace University? Attend BW’s “Transfer Cookout and Conversation” onFri 6/21 at BW’s Durst Welcome Center for food, fun and valuable information about BW’s academics, activities, and campus life, as well as the transfer admission process and financial aid. Arrive early for a campus tour. Learn more/RSVP here.

Guitarist Todd Sharp was just a baby – in his early teens – when he started playing around Cleveland in bands such as The Case of E.T. Hooley, Maudie Barker and Fleet. Then sometime in the mid 70s, he slipped a tape to John Oates of Hall & Oates, and his life changed in a big way. He played with them for years as they rose from the Agora to arenas, leading to relationships with people like Bob Welch and Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, with whom he wrote the 1984 hit Got a Hold on Me.

Now he’s comfortably settled in Nashville, where he formerly ran a recording studio and now has an amplifier company. But he still plays – he recently reissued his 2001 album Walking All the Way and is playing some dates to support it, including one at the Music Box Supper Club Sat 6/1.

Here’s your chance, Cleveland! You can vote to send one of our top area chefs to New York City to cook at the historic and prestigious James Beard House and take home a $5000 prize as the winner in the 2019 Blended Burger Project. Participating chefs are designing and preparing creative, innovative burgers using a healthy and sustainable blend of mushrooms.

Clevelanders can vote online for their favorite blended burgers from area chefs, and the top 5 will make the trip to NYC and everyone wins! If the burgers our superstar chefs prepared for us in the video are any indication, our culinary culture is second to none. And it’s time we took home the prize. VOTE here.

The Akron Art Museum is bringing back its Family Days, taking place outdoors in its Bud & Susie Rogers Garden. The June event is called Backyard Art-BQ and will feature a variety of activities for kids ages 0-12, focusing not just on art, but also science and interactive play. Sat 6/1.

* The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage opens its summer exhibit Everyday Heroes, which gives kids the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities that show them how to be a hero in real life. Tue 6/4-Sun 8/18.

* Lake Erie Ink marks the release of its teen writer anthology Illusions and Reality with a launch party, featuring readings from the book and a teen open mic, at the B-Side on Coventry. Fri 5/31.

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Worried that you might be missing one of Cleveland’s culinary highlights? Travel writers David Molyneaux and Fran Golden are here to help with their new book, Unique Eats and Eateries of Cleveland, for which they sought out the area’s “compelling” food stories. They’ll do an author event at Tremont’s Visible Voice Books Fri 5/31 and an official launch party at Alley Cat Oyster Bar in the Flats Tue 6/4.

* The James Beard Foundation Blender Burger Project challenges chefs across the country to create burgers using mushrooms. Eleven NE Ohio restaurants are competing, and you can vote to get them in the semifinals, through Wed 7/31.

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

SPONSORED: Support the children of Cleveland as Cleveland Independents presents its annual Cookies for Kids Campaign. Stop at participating Cleveland Independents’ member locations on Wed 6/5 and buy a cookie to help feed the children of Cleveland. Proceeds will be donated to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and other regional food banks. ClevelandIndependents.com.

Roots of American Music (ROAM), based in Cleveland Heights, has been using professional musicians playing American roots music as an educational tool for 20 years. They’ll host an anniversary benefit tonight at the BOP STOP, featuring area musicians such as Diana Chittester (pictured). Fri 5/31

* Singer/songwriter Michelle Romary debuts her latest tunes at the Music Box. Thu 5/30.
* The Cleveland Orchestra plays Gershwin music to screening of An American in Paris at Severance Hall Thu 5/30-Sat 6/1.
* Fourteen-year-old singer/songwriter Ava Preston shares her music at the BOP STOP. Wed 5/29.

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WED 5/29
Detroit-based rock & roll magazine Creem was known for its freewheeling, irreverent spirit that stood in contrast to the rapidly corporatizing Rolling Stone in the late 60s and early 70s. The Rock Hall screens the film Boy Howdy, which tells its story.

* Cuyahoga River enthusiast Doug Kusak shares his Cleveland stories at the Music Box.
* All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis, is next up at the Capitol Theatre’s Happy Hour Classic Film Series.

Click here for more events on Wed 5/29

THU 5/30
Get energized for Saturday’s Pride celebration with “Pre-Pride on the East Side,” at the Grog Shop, featuring some of the area’s most dazzling and creative drag queens and kings, such as host Anhedonia Delight (pictured).

* Soldiers & Sailors Momument holds Memorial Day ceremony on actual holiday.
* Rising author Ivelisse Rodriguez reads and signs books at Loganberry Books.

Click here for more events on Thu 5/30

FRI 5/31
The annual 48-Hour Film Project joined with the Xtinguish celebration of the 50th anniversary of the last Cuyahoga River fire to encourage filmmakers to create films about the river and the importance of clean water. Those films will screen at a free, public party at moCa Cleveland.

* Coventry PEACE campus fundraiser features film about the Burning Man festival & an appearance by the festival’s founder.
* Pennsylvania’s Stable Shakers bring their eclectic sounds to Oberlin’s Riverdog Barn.
* Little Italy’s summer art walk is a great excuse to explore the area’s many galleries, shops & eateries. Through Sun 6/2.
* Celebrate Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday with a public-participation reading of his Leaves of Grass, starting today & going through tomorrow.
* The Beck Center stages Shakespeare’s King Lear with a twist. Through Sun 6/30.
* Cleveland Museum of Art staff show their artwork at the Transformer Station, through Sun 6/16.

Click here for more events on Fri 5/31

SAT 6/1
Each year, Cleveland’s hippie tribes gather at the two-day Hessler Street Fair on the CWRU campus to bask in the aura of the 60s, which is when the fair started. As it celebrates its 50h anniversary this year, it’s saying it’s bringing down the curtain when Carlos Jones & the P.L.U.S. Band play their last notes on the main stage tomorrow night.

* Pride in the CLE at Public Square brings together the whole community for equality and justice.
* The historic Dunham Tavern Museum hosts a Summer Soiree benefit.
* Grog Shop benefit raises money for Safer Spaces Cleveland to teach service professionals how to address gender-based harassment.
* PetFix benefit Sips for Snips raises money to reduce the homeless pet population.
* Summit StageFest presents five stages of performers of all types – and more.
* Uptown district kicks off its summer programming with ice cream and games.
* Cleveland Museum of Natural History opens new Fossil Hunters exhibit, on view through Sun 10/27.
* Literary Cleveland Summer Night benefit takes place at elegant Cleveland Heights mansion.
* Food, wine, art & music mingle at Main Street Kent festival.
* Flyways Not Highways at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes benefits its conservation and education programs.
* Art in the Village brings fine art & crafts to Legacy Village. Also tomorrow.

Click here for more events on Sat 6/1

SUN 6/2
Chicago artist Nick Cave’s astonishingly intricate “soundsuits” and other sculptural installations, made from found and recycled materials, are currently on view at the Akron Art Museum. But today is the final day of the show’s run, and you will kick yourself if you miss it.

* Macedonian jazz/funk musician Vladimir Cetkar plays the BOP STOP.

Click here for more events on Sun 6/2

MON 6/3
Start your week out with a brisk but comfortably paced ride for bicyclists of all ages and skill levels when Slow Roll Cleveland rolls out for its weekly Monday ride. This week the 10-mile jaunt takes off from MetroHealth on West 25th Street.

Click here for more events on Mon 6/3

TUE 6/4
One hundred years ago, the right of women to vote was tantalizingly close; the 19th Amendment which gave them that right was ratified the following year. The Women’s Vote Project celebrates with an awards luncheon at the City Club featuring former Mayor Jane Campbell and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart.

* Jazz trombonist Emily Asher brings her Garden Party project to the BOP STOP.

Click here for more events on Tue 6/4

WED 6/5
Eleven area restaurants are participating in Cleveland Independents’ Cookies for Kids, now in its fifth year. Each restaurant sells $2.50 cookies with all proceeds going to the Greater Cleveland and Akron-Canton Regional food banks to feed kids over the summer.

* The Rock Hall screens 1969 Rolling Stones film Gimme Shelter.

Click here for more events on Wed 6/5

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Ty Williams scammed a lot of folks. The Cleveland native persuaded local leaders that he would create 650 jobs in the struggling Glenville neighborhood with his idea for making building bricks from hemp. A couple of prominent pastors bought into his dreams and convinced others to participate and invest, including Tri-C and the county Land Bank.

The latter gifted him with a property worth nearly $150,000, fast-tracking the transfer process and not doing due diligence: learning that Williams had a rap sheet longer than his list of business successes, that his “global offices” were P.O boxes & his $46 million investment money was all in his head. “This community needs more jobs and economic development, not more scandals,” says columnist C. Ellen Connally.

Loyalty is Mayor Frank Jackson’s strong suit. He’s known to be fiercely loyal to those surrounding him, both at city hall and in his personal life. But loyalty has to be a two-way street, and his grandson, Frank Jackson, Jr., is not returning the loyalty.

* Save the Elephants? It’s a sad commentary, but when feral animals and humans come into contact and vie for space, the animals usually lose. However, in the case of Botswana, humans are not encroaching on the elephants’ habitat, it’s the other way around…

* Will Meek Mill Just Shut Up? As for Mill now becoming a criminal justice reform-advocate, there’s no doubt that reform is needed. But I just don’t know if Mill is the right person to lead the effort…

Read other stories from Mansfield Frazier here

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