Opportunity Knocks

7.09-7.16.08
Opportunity Knocks

In this week’s issue:
* Party Rockin’ Ingenuity IV w/ another supercool CC Party!
* Kids E CITY Tapping Entrepreneurial Spirit in Cle Teens
* Interview The Venerable Rep. Dennis Kucinich hits the Streets w/ Mulready
* Straight Outta Mansfield Frazier on Thinking Outside the Box…
* Ingenious Jack Schantz, AD of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
* Sounds Think Pink! with the North Coast Men’s Chorus
* RoldoLINK The Lerners & Their Money… er, OUR Money
* Cool Cleveland Kids podcast click here, CC podcast click here, Brewed Fresh Daily here

Cleveland Plus is all about potential. Ever since I’ve been a little kid, this region has exhibited the assets of superiority without the attitude. Well, maybe now’s our chance to change all that. The fourth installment of the Ingenuity Festival of Art & Technology, which I helped kick off, is ready to gear up and blow everyone away… and Cool Clevelanders will be a part of it. We’re planning a launch party on opening night that packages everything you’d ever want. Get your discount tix here. But don’t stop there. Click below to learn about E CITY and how they are offering opportunities to young entrepreneurs, or the CJO’s Jack Schantz, or Mansfield’s story about immigrants banging on our door to make huge investments. Maybe someday soon we’ll reach our potential. In the meantime, let’s just start answering the door when opportunity knocks. —Thomas Mulready

This is the one you’ve been waiting for! It’s Cool Cleveland’s special offer for the upcoming Ingenuity Festival of Art & Technology. We’ve got the inside track, and pulled together a great party package for Cool Cleveland readers on Fri 7/25 from 5:30-7:30PM: open bar, hors d’oeuvres, a special exclusive performance, plus a comp admission ticket so you can experience the coolest festival of the year! But you must act fast. Get your discount tix here before midnight Thu 7/10 when the price goes up.

Experience the Ingenuity Tech Center + Gallery in the Halle Building, which serves as ground zero for our Cool Cleveland throw-down. Nosh, drink & hobnob to your heart’s delight, check out the Tech Center exhibits and special performance, then roam the entire Ingenuity Fest on Friday during Opening Night festivities. Then you get a complimentary admission to take in the full range of Ingenuity activities and presentations. Tix.

You Get All This:

* Open bar with beer & wine
* Hors d’oeuvres & snacks from Gypsy Beans & Baking Company
* Exclusive special Ingenuity performance for Cool Cleveland party goers only
* Ingenuity Tech Center + Gallery exhibits on Viktor Schrekengost, holograph/laser installation, Green Building Coalition’s energy light box, NASA flight simulation, and more…
* One complementary admission to the Ingenuity Festival ($10 value)

Capture this low price now before midnight Thu 7/10, as our ticket price will rise each week. Join your friends and colleagues and be a part of the action as Cleveland is transformed by technology and art:
https://coolcleveland.net/tickets/072508/index.php

Get comp tix to Ingenuity and the Cool Cleveland party by volunteering to usher at our cool event on Fri 7/25 from 5:30-7:30PM. It’s nothing you can’t handle. Info@CoolCleveland.com

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Tapping Entrepreneurial Talent in Teenagers with E CITY

Where will you find the next generation of local entrepreneurs? You might say Weatherhead, B-W’s Center for Innovation and Growth or Lorain County Community College’s Entrepreneurship Innovation Center. But don’t forget to add E CITY to the list. Sure, the participants in this program usually aren’t old enough to vote or drive, but they’re already on their way to becoming business-savvy professionals who know how to start—and maintain—a profitable company.

E CITY (Entrepreneurship: Connecting, Inspiring and Teaching Youth) teaches entrepreneurial and life skills to motivated high school students, the majority of whom are from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Successful local businessman John Zitzner founded E CITY in 2002 and based its curriculum and goals on the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE, pronounced “nifty”), an international organization that provides entrepreneurship programs to children in low-income communities.

To date, nearly 1,000 students have completed an E CITY program, which requires much more than a pie-in-the-sky dream of owning a cool business. Once students are selected for a program, they have to commit to 70 hours of after-school lectures, field trips and class projects. All the while, the students are learning to visualize and put into place their own business plan. And all right here in Northeast Ohio…
Read more from Diane DiPiero here

SPONSORED: There’s still time to register for Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Imagine and Explore.” For every book you read you can enter drawings for stellar prizes. The grand prize is four passes to a space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center. Pick up a game board at any of the twenty-eight branches. All ages can play. Details at http://www.CuyahogaLibrary.org.

Art and Comic Strip Contest Kids ages 5 – 18 years old can be a part of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage’s upcoming Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero and The Golden Age of Comics exhibition in September! All you need to do is enter their Art and Comic Strip contest. With respect for humanity and responsible citizenship in mind, kids are being asked to identify a problem within the community (or the world) and develop an imaginative solution by creating a Superhero to save the day! Entry forms are here or you can call 593-0575 for more info. Entries must be postmarked (or e-mailed) by August 22. http://www.maltzjewishmuseum.org.

Jr. Chef Programs at City Market Stan Hywet’s partnership with the Countryside Farmers’ Market in Akron includes a really cool opportunity for kids to get some real-world cooking experience! The Countryside Farmers’ Market Jr. Chefs Program coincides with the City Market during the summer, with the latest installment of both hitting Thu 7/10. Kids will learn from Stan Hywet’s chef John Donat. Visit these websites for more info: http://www.cvcountryside.org. http://www.stanhywet.org.

ArtWorks Summer Showcase! Enjoy Summer Family Fun and Art Thu 7/10 at 6PM! Over 80 local high school students will be performing and exhibiting their works of art at Wade Oval in University Circle. Bring your family and take a seat to enjoy music, dance, theater, and visual arts! The events are no-cost, open to the public. Hosted by Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio. For more info, visit http://www.yaneo.org or call 561-5005.

HOT Band2gether Main Street Lakewood and Lakewood Is Art announce this no-cost, outdoor summer youth concert series launching Fri 7/11 at 6PM in the municipal parking lot next to Sinagra Park, downtown Lakewood. The nine-week concert series runs through late August, showcasing the abilities of young musicians of middle school and high school age, while celebrating the diversity of talent in the community. A cool way to get your young ones interested in music, to be sure. Call 521-0065 or visit http://www.mainstreetlakewood.org.

ZooBlooms Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s 168 manicured acres feature plant life from around the world. These species are featured at the height of summer in this diverse botanical collection event Sun 7/13 from 10AM – 7PM. “Organic Herb Gardening” is the theme of the day; learn how to grow herbs in a home garden and use them in decorating and cooking. Guided ZooTram tours led by Don Krock, the Zoo’s Manager of Horticulture. And as always, there’s plenty for the kids to do at the Zoo as well! http://www.clemetzoo.com.

Burgers ‘n Butterflies, Dogs ‘n Dragons A burger grills to perfection over a bed of hot charcoal. Nearby, a Monarch eases gently to a landing on your butterfly bush. The sun’s shining down and all seems right with the world… these signs of summer are undeniable. Geauga Park District has combined these two great harbingers of summer in the upcoming program, Burgers ‘n Butterflies, ‘Dogs n’ Dragons being held on Sun 7/13 from noon – 3:30PM in Swine Creek Reservation, 16004 Hayes Road, Middlefield/Parkman Townships. http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.

2008 U.S. Open Synchronized Swimming Championships Elite synchronized swimmers from all over the world will gather in Cleveland , Ohio, for the 2008 U.S. Open Synchronized Swimming Championships. The event will take place starting Sun 7/13 and running through the end of the following week at the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium at Cleveland State University. The int’l competition brings more than 200 of the nation’s top synchronized swimmers competing for for titles in solo, duet, trio and team events in the Junior and Senior Divisions. Get the kids primed for the Olympics… and right in your own backyard! http://www.usasynchro.org. http://www.clevelandsports.org.

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SPONSORED: YouTube is Featuring Case TV? Yes! The video collection from the Collaboration Technology Conference that took place 5/8/08 at Case Western Reserve University is now available on YouTube. Check out the video of the speech on “Mass Collaboration and the Future of Higher Education” by keynote speaker Anthony Williams, Vice President of Government 2.0 in New Paradigm and co-author of “Wikinomics and the Future of Education” here. Williams, who has been featured in BusinessWeek, has pursued interests in the wide-ranging impact of new technologies on social and economic life for over a decade. Learn how Case is keeping ahead of the developments in IT education and how collaboration changes everything.

Congressman Dennis Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich is everywhere all at once. Making the rounds over the 4th of July holiday, Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready ran into Representative Dennis Kucinich and his wife Elizabeth on Public Square for the Cleveland Orchestra’s Star-Spangled Spectacular, and was able to ask just a few questions before the Congressman was on his way. Watch Cool Cleveland’s shortest video interview ever: 90 seconds. http://www.Kucinich.us http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com

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Kent State releases intriguing water resource study and you can read the whole thing by clicking here and/or here
Are you following along with Regionally Speaking? You should be. The program at CWRU is making a splash. Click
5 Concerts at $2 each at Cain Park! No way? Ummm…. Yes, way!
Cuyahoga Valley Nat’l Park Assoc has dynamite programming this summer and an autumn “running events” schedule! Get Outside!
Actors Summit celebrates 10 years with new season. Some cool highlights here
Arts’ Economic Impact Highlighted at NOCHE Meeting NEO higher ed arts programs promote economic growth in region. Click
CityMusic Cleveland celebrates 5 years with their new season. Music All Over Town!
A Christmas Story House & Museum is taking time to give back to the local community with a food drive July 12-13!! Click
Watching historic Akron landmark rolling down the street to a brand new location. On the road
Cleveland Public Art unveils new projects for Summer ’08 and you can get the skinny here
Cle-Akron Kids Get Up, Get Out & Go! This Summer with active July programming schedule found here
CMA Announces Season Schedule for its 08-09 VIVA! & Gala Around Town Concert Series. Read all about it here
Guiding Eyes for the Blind work dogs start as puppies that need owner-trainers. Help them put great pups in service to the visually challenged in NEO by clicking here
Had a good time at Pride? Let the organizers know here
A New Book details Cle natives, Superman creators Siegel and Schuster! Cool for young readers (not to mention illustrated). Learn more here
Rock Hall is breaking out artifacts from the vault for new featured exhibit. Rock!
Cle Heights Landmark Commission accepting nominations for their annual Historic Preservation Awards. Deadline for submission is Fri 8/22. Click
Story that won’t go away? News about LBJ headed to NY hits the nat’l media once more… even as our Cy Young pitcher opens with the Brewers Click
Downtown Cleveland Alliance is kicking off Photo Competition and they’re looking for people to show off their own perspective. Loca judges, great prizes for top 3 finalists. Details and registration Details.
The Metropolitan Café names Michael Herschman their new Executive Chef. Divine Dining

Have You Got City Game, Cleveland? Our very own T.L. Champion is co-producing an Internet-based WebTV reality series where knowing C-Town like the back of your hand meets The Amazing Race. Awesome!

Local Summertime Santas for Iowa Flood Victims From now until Tue 7/15, join a city-wide drive to help children devastated by the recent floods in Iowa. Two local moms are working together to do what they can to salvage summer vacation for kids whose parents are too busy focusing on providing their families with food, shelter, and electricity to also have to worry about how to entertain their children. Very worthwhile

The 33rd Cle Int’l Film Fest’s Call for Entries is currently open. Short and feature-length films made after April 1, 2007 are now being accepted for consideration. Films must be available on either VHS or DVD (Region 1) for review and must be submitted before the end of November 30. For complete details click here or here.

Cambridge Who’s Who names CPL’s director Andrew A. Venable Jr. the Professional of the Year in Library Management! Inclusion in Cambridge Who’s Who is an honor bestowed on only two male and two female members in each discipline with such an honor. Congratulations!! http://www.cambridgewhoswho.com.

Green Patriot Posters is a public art exposition launched by Canary Project. Starting this past Fourth of July weekend, more than 60 RTA busses with banners designed by world-famous (and Cleveland-born) designer Michael Bierut began rolling around town advocating “Green Patriotism.” The Bierut designs will be on display for a month. http://changents.com/canary.

Ted Strickland, governor of the State of Ohio addresses The City Club of Cleveland at noon on Fri 7/11. This Friday Forum is sold-out, but will be broadcast live on 90.3 WCPN-FM ideastream (and rebroadcast on July 13 at 10 a.m. on WVIZ/PBS ideastream at 12:30PM). http://www.ideastream.org. http://www.cityclub.org.

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Cleveland Orchestra on Public Square

The Cleveland Orchestra hosts one of the true annual highlights in Downtown Cleveland, their Star-Spangled Spectacular, featuring a festival of opening acts on a second stage, followed by the main event: The Cleveland Orchestra in concert, for no charge, right on Public Square. This year, crowd estimates ranged from 50K- 80K, and Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready was there with his vid cam, capturing the ambiance. As you can see, Cleveland Plusers bring camp chairs & coolers, and a few lay out quite a spread. An unexpected delight was the visitor from Fontana, California in town for the International Association of Gay Square Dancing Clubs at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel (one of 1000 visitors for that event), who absolutely raved about our RTA rapid transit system. Fortunately, it has all been caught on video, including the surprising Terminal Tower light show and the brilliant fireworks display that rounded out the evening. http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com

SPONSORED: Sip, Savor, Support Sample over 100 Zinfandels from premier California wineries at It’s amaZIN – Sat 7/19 at 7PM – and support WVIZ/PBS. Order tickets today – the last Zinfandel tour to Cleveland sold out fast! Held at Idea Center , 1375 Euclid Avenue . Tickets: $50 advance, $60 at door (if available). www.wviz.org or 216-916-0110.

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Wade Oval Wednesdays This week’s installment on Wed 7/9 from 6 – 9PM in University Circle features blues singer Kristine Jackson and JiMiller Band. Outdoor activities, fun for families, food and beverages and a divine outdoor locale make this a no-brainer on Wednesday’s during the summer. Also take advantage of summer hours at Cleveland Botanical Garden, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and The Western Reserve Historical Society — complete with special programming and admission. WOWs run through end of August. Details

65 Revisited Directed by D.A. Pennebaker, and featuring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Nico, this is a newly-assembled film companion to Pennebaker’s landmark portrait of Bob Dylan, Don’t Look Back. It consists of outtakes from that 1965 classic and reveals even more of the legendary troubadour and icon — all captured at the height of his “voice-of-a-generation” fame. See it Wed 7/9 at 7PM in the Cle theatrical premiere as a part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Midsummer Melodies film series. http://www.clevelandart.org.

Meet Wu Shangwei: Shaolin Monk On Wed 7/9 at 7PM, check out the the Lee Road Library (Heights Public Libraries) for a rare opportunity to meet Wu Shangwei, a 34th generation fighting monk. Wu is one of just 100 Shaolin fighting monks in the world. These special people train from early childhood in the martial art they developed over centuries of time. Wu will talk about his experiences and give a demonstration that you don’t want to miss! Details/ directions at http://www.heightslibrary.org.

Music in the Meadow Grab a blanket and a picnic dinner, and bring your family to this no cost, open to the public music performance in Cuyahoga Valley National Park Wed 7/9 at 5:30PM. Carlos Jones & the P.L.U.S. Band deliver a dose of soulful roots reggae with infectious rhythms woven by the group’s use of a variety of percussion instruments to create an irresistible and uplifting vibration, hooking the crowd into their performance. BYOB is prohibited. Concerts begin at 6:30PM. Howe Meadow, 4040 Riverview Road, Cuyahoga Falls. (In case of rain, 500 W. Streetsboro Road (SR 303), Peninsula). Part of a series. http://www.cvnpa.org.

SPONSORED: This evening, Wednesday 07/09, WCLV 104.9 is live from Kent State with a Kent/Blossom Music concert featuring Cleveland Orchestra and Kent State School of Music musicians. The concert begins at 7:30 PM and will include clarinet trios by Mozart, Villa-Lobos and Brahms. On Saturday, WCLV travels to Cain Park for the annual Cain Park Art Festival for periodic reports on Art Festival activities. Stop by the WCLV booth and pick up a manually-operated (very green) fan to keep cool. http://www.WCLV.com

HOT Feminist Bookstore Humor Section Make a point to get to the Beachland Ballroom Thu 7/10 at 8PM for this edgy, alternative comedy show — it’s hard to come by in Cleveland. One-time Cle comic and now-Chicago native Carrie Callahan (of Chucklef*ck at Bela Dubby fame) performs a standup routine along with fellow comic Cameron Esposito. The band Beardo Bandini keeps it lively during the evening as well. We’re told to expect comedy “with a feminist, liberal, radical, NPR listening, latte swilling, elitist slant.” Sounds chucklef*cking great to us!

Thursday Night Live! The Downtown Cleveland Alliance is spicing up the second Thursday of every month this summer. Experience it first-hand Thu 7/10 at 5PM just off of West 9th St. with street team olympics (basketball, badminton, and cornhole) for prizes! Live music, happy hour specials from participating bars and restaurants round off this fun preamble/primer to the weekend! What better way to play than in the streets of C-town. Learn more by clicking here.

Summer Stages Repertory Theatre returns to Cleveland State University for the 2008 Season starting Thy 7/10 and running to mid-August. The professional theater is presented by CSU’s Dramatic Arts Program at CSU’s Factory Theatre and includes Tom Stoppard’s hysterical farce, Rough Crossing, Dark of the Moon, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Dates/details at http://www.csuohio.edu/theater.

Annual Garden Party at Judson On Thu 7/10 at 4PM, check out the garden party on the Judson Park campus, 1801 Chestnut Hills Dr., Cle Heights. Enjoy a delightful afternoon in their beautiful gardens with hors d’oeuvres and live music provided by the Joe Hunter Trio. Tours are available. http://www.judsonsmartliving.org.

HOT Tremont ArtWalk A feast for the eyes, ears and palate greets visitors to the Tremont N’hood with the latest monthly installment Fri 7/11 from 6 – 8PM. There’s plenty to see and do — truly a moveable feast for the visual art fan — and great nosh and bevvies after you’re through. Details at http://www.tremontartwalk.org.

Distant is Recovery One of the highlights of the Tremont ArtWalk (see above) is a multimedia exploration into the issues and process of recovery starting Fri 7/11. Recovery can be physical, mental, physiological, or oftentimes a combination of all. Shawn Mishak’s first solo exhibition engages these questions and issues and leaves the viewer to ponder their own recovery. Brandt Gallery, 1028 Kenilworth. Call 621-1610 for details.

Joseph’s Home Art Exhibition: Homeless Art One other BIG highlight to the Tremont ArtWalk is the exhibition of paintings by homeless men in the Joseph’s Home Art Program — now on display at Grumpy’s Café, 2621 West 14th St. The exhibition includes several paintings from residents of Joseph’s Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System and the only transitional housing facility of its kind in Northeast Ohio. Joseph’s Home provides home health care for homeless men recuperating from illness or injury. And a lot of the artwork is pretty amazing. Make an effort to hit Grumpy’s while you’re touring the ArtWalk, and for a good cause. http://www.grumpystremont.com.

Video Game Tunage Thought we’d mention the upcoming Jonathan Coulton/Paul and Storm show at the Beachland Ballroom Fri 7/11. Coulton is an Internet music superstar (and quite popular with the tech/geek/videogame crowd). The Cleveland connection? Local guy Len Peralta has illustrated his songs; his images have been featured in the NYT magazine and on NPR. http://www.jonathancoulton.com.

Cachao: Uno Mas takes a glimpse into the life and music of maestro Israel “Cachao” Lopez and pays tribute to one of the greatest Afro-Cuban musicians of all time. This 68-min film doc — produced by the DOC Film Institute at San Francisco State — features a live concert in San Francisco and interviews with musical collaborators Andy Garcia, John Santos, Ray Santos and Orestes Vilato who helped trace Cachao’s musical journey from his early days in Cuba to worldwide fame and recognition. It all happens Fri 7/11 at 7PM at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/film.

CJO featuring Bill Dobbins Jazz pianist, composer and arranger extraordinaire Bill Dobbins will headline performances with the Cleveland jazz Orchestra Fri 7/11 and Sat 7/12, leading the group in a pair of very special jazz concerts at the Bop Stop. From 1994 to 2002, Dobbins led the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany — “a powerhouse ensemble” featured in live recordings by Joe Zawinul and Maceo Parker. Get hip with the sounds of the best jazz band between New York and Chicago, and with a spectacular guest to boot. The Bop Stop, 2920 Detroit Ave. Call 521-2540, or visit http://www.clevelandjazz.org.

Pressed/Pulled Zygote Press joins forces with BAYarts for a show curated by Liz Maugins of Zygote Press that begins with an opening reception Fri 7/11 from 7-9PM. Expect the unexpected from some great artists, plus enjoy live music by the Rhondas. The show runs through the end of the month. 28795 Lake Rd., Bay Village. Details at http://bayarts.net and http://www.zygotepress.com.

HOT Cain Park Arts Festival is painting the Cleveland Heights park red (and every other color) this entire weekend, starting Fri 7/11. Over 150 exhibitors will show their wares — from paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture, to pottery, mouth-blown glass, jewelry and textiles. It’s a juried event and there will be plenty for sale to collectors. And hey, Cain Park isn’t exactly hard on the eyes, either! Details and hours at http://www.cainpark.com.

Sandy Mitchell’s Little Italy The venerable writer-editor for Cleveland’s pages on http://www.about.com shares her new book on our very own Little Italy Fri 7/11 from 6 – 8PM (during the Tremont ArtWalk) at Visible Voice Books in Tremont. In over 200 vintage photographs, Mitchell tells the story of one ethnic neighborhood’s rise, slump and re-emergence as a lively community and a tourist mecca. Read Peter Chakerian’s review in the upcoming 7/30 issue of CC. Visible Voice Books, 1023 Kenilworth Ave. http://www.arcadiapublishing.com. http://www.visiblevoicebooks.com.

Three Novelists Novelists Sean Carswell, Mickey Hess, and Wred Fright will read from their works at Mac’s Backs Books On Coventry Fri 7/11 at 7PM. The no-cost event is open to the public. Co-founder of the punk zine Razorcake, Carswell will read from his latest novel Train Wreck Girl. Editor of Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture, Hess reads from the re-publication of his memoir/novel Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory. Lakewood’s Fright delivers hilarity from his novel about a faux-garage band, The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus Mac’s Backs, 1820 Coventry Rd., Cle Heights. http://www.macsbacks.com.

Bobby Sanbria & Quarteto Aché The Roberto Ocasio Foundation in partnership with Jim Wadsworth Productions present New York the Latin jazz artist and accompanists for a special one-night-only performance at Nighttown jazz-supper club Thu 7/10 at 7:30PM. Expect a whole lot of groovin’ jazz, Afro-Cuban beats and zesty rhythms from Puerto Rico, Brazil and the Caribbean! Tasty! Reservations are suggested, first-come, first-served. 12387 Cedar Rd., Cle Heights. Call 795-0550 for more. http://www.latinjazzproject.com. http://www.bobbysanabria.com. http://www.nighttowncleveland.com.

HOT The Glass is Half Pink will be walking 60 miles in the Susan G. Komen 3Day event to combat/conquer breast cancer in Aug. They’ve put together a benefit concert at the Grog Shop in Coventry Village (Cleveland Heights) on Fri 7/11 at 9PM featuring The Plastic Hearts, Chloroform and Apostrophe Catastrophe. Check out the happenings in the n’hood, then rock out to knock out breast cancer! http://www.grogshop.gs. http://08.the3day.org/site/PageServer.

Nature Goes Digital Come take a look at nature with a digital twist at Meet the Artist: Michael Nekic, being held on Fri 7/11 from 7 – 9:00PM in the Donald W. Meyer Center at Big Creek Park, 9160 Robinson Rd., Chardon. Nekic will be on hand at the event and will be available to discuss his medium; his work will be on display at the Meyer Center through September. A life-long resident of Northeast Ohio, Nekic spent 30 years as a fine art photographer and the last 12 working digitally to create his pieces. http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.

HOT Luau on the Lake Enjoy a Hawaiian Luau on the Lake Erie shores to benefit Shoes and Clothes for Kids on Sat 7/12 from 4 – 9PM. Wendy Park on Whiskey Island is the setting; the park will come to life with scrumptious nosh, libations, cornhole, live music and the ubiquitous sand volleyball everyone comes to expect there! Get a discount on your ticket if you visit here (tickets will cost more at the gate). A great party to benefit Shoes and Clothes for Kids — the only non-profit organization in Greater Cle providing new shoes and clothes at no cost to thousands of children in need. http://www.luauonthelake.com.

HOT Get Rootsy at BrookStock It’s a rollicking good time music fest on Sat 7/12 starting at 4PM. With 7 bands on 2 stages and tons of fun, you can’t go wrong by adding this one to your summer schedule! Held at the Cleveland Metroparks’ Valley Event Site at Brookside Reservation, it features the bands Lost State of Franklin, Magnolia, Hayshaker Jones, Twisted Creek, Crookneck Chandler and the Tibbee Bottom Boys, Heelsplitter and The Alan Greene Blues Band w/ Mr. Stress! Call 206-1000 or visit http://www.gohank.com/brookstock.html.

The Porch Stories™ Tour Scheduled to take place on Sat 7/12, this is a tour of Hudson’s grand old porches with stories of the town’s history as told by professional actors from Actors’ Summit Theater. Done in first person narration, and researched/written by Skywave Writers of Hudson, these performances build on oral histories and traditions, newspaper articles, letters, and personal journals. Unique and inventive, the tours begin at 3PM with the last one departing at 8PM. http://www.actorssummit.org.

HOT Cleveland 101 Learn about the triumphs from tragedies in Cleveland’s history with this 6th installment of Cleveland 101, put on by the City Club of Cleveland. The 4-part series launches Sat 7/12 at 10AM with The Burning Cuyahoga River: From “Mistake on the Lake” to the “Green City on a Blue Lake”. With a focus on environmental sustainability efforts and revitalization of abandoned industrial sites, this educational tour includes stops at Wendy Park and the Towpath Trail. For details on this event and the whole series, visit http://www.cityclub.org.

Giancarlo Guerrero and Bravo Broadway The man who will become music director designate of the Nashville Symphony in September makes his Blossom Festival debut conducting The Cleveland Orchestra in a program featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol on Sat 7/12 at 8PM. The program will also include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Kirill Gerstein (1st prize winner, 2001 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition, Tel Aviv) as soloist, in his Cleveland Orchestra debut. The following night, get an earful of today’s Broadway classics. Highlights of the Sun 7/13 at 7PM performance include works in Cats, Chess, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lion King, Phantom, Rent, Tommy and Wicked. Whew! http://www.clevelandorchestra.com.

Cle Artists From Taiwan 2008 Art Show The Beachwood Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library (25501 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood) hosts the Cleveland Artist’s From Taiwan 2008 Art Show. The exhibition is on view through the end of July during library hours, but a special artists’ reception will be held Sat 7/12 from 2 – 4PM. The show and all events are no cost, open to the public. A Gallery Talk is scheduled for later in the month. Call 831-6868 or visit http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org.

Local folk singer Deborah Van Kleef will launch her new CD, Work in Progress, at a release party on Sat 7/12 from 6 – 8PM at Loganberry Books, 13015 Larchmere, Shaker Heights. Van Kleef will perform, along with Seth Rosen on guitar and mandolin, and Gene Epstein on string bass. The event is no cost, open to the public and includes refreshments. Look for a review of her new CD in an upcoming issue of CC. Info at 321-9983 or email: dvankleef@igc.org. http://www.deborahvankleef.com.

Ballroom Blitz Want to give ballroom dancing a try? Learn a few new steps or start from scratch in “Ballroom Blitz,” a one-day series of dance classes offered by the Arts Education Department at Playhouse Square on Sat 7/12. Tanya Dimitrova of Viva Dance will teach the basics of four styles of ballroom and Latin dancing – waltz, tango, swing and salsa. Individuals and couples are welcome; participants can sign up for each one-hour session independently or for all four sessions. Details and schedule at http://www.playhousesquare.org.

Fiesta of the Tequila Cactus is a Beachland party featuring the bands Mystery of Two, Freedom, Uno Lady and an Exotica DJ Set with Krauty McKraut. Enjoy a special menu from Chef Kimberly of the Beachland, along with margarita, tequila, and other drink specials, as well as cacti sculptures by Justin Coulter, Tony Merritt, and Ryan Weitzel. It all happens Sat 7/12 from 3 – 7PM. Beachland Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Rd. Call 383-1124 or visit http://www.beachlandballroom.com.

The Best One-Nighter in Fashion Waki Wear Productions is celebrating 18 years of showcasing Black Fashion Designers on Sun 7/13 at 6:15PM at The Marriott Cleveland Downtown at Key Center (127 Public Square). Expect two great fashion shows in one great night. “Battle of the Champions II” is a designers competition, where 10 past award-winning designers return to compete for over $22K is cash and prizes; “Man-O-Man” is an all-male fashion presentation that features ready-to-wear, avant garde and couture menswear. Email: fashiontko@yahoo.com or call 544-7779 for details and tix.

Wooster Arts Jazz Fest Celebrating the spirit of jazz (and a 5th anniversary) the Wooster Arts Jazz Fest hits Sun 7/13 in the square in historic downtown Wooster. Highlights of the event include a concert by the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and others, a juried artists’ show and great food and kids activities. All at the intersection of Liberty and Market St! When the weather’s nice like this, you’re ready to get the windows down and make a roadtrip… right? http://www.woosterartsjazzfest.org.

Down the Drain Science Cafe Cleveland’s latest gathering should prove very interesting. On Mon 7/14 at 6:30PM at Great Lakes Brewing Company (2701 Carroll Ave.) an informal scientific discussion on the sewer system under Greater Cleveland takes place. Want to know what happens to our wastewater? Terry Meister (Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant) and Richard Switalski (Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District) will tell you all about it. A few free apps are provided; addt’l food and bevvies available for purchase. No cost, open to the public Call 771-4404 or visit http://www.case.edu/affil/sigmaxi/index.html.

Scavenger Hunt Adventure in Downtown Cleveland Adult Guardianship Services’ annual fundraising Mystery in the City Scavenger Hunt will take place on Sat 7/19 but your deadline to register is today, Wed 7/16. The mystery begins at 8:30AM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel with coffee and breakfast, and the hunt begins at 9:15AM. Box lunches will be provided to all participants and raffles for various prizes will be announced. Follow along and register at http://www.agscleveland.org or call 696-1132 ext. 143.

Jana Kohl The animal advocate will be discussing & signing A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere on Wed 7/16 at 7PM at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. The book chronicles the travels of Baby, a three-legged poodle rescued from a puppy mill, who, along with her human (Kohl) aim to raise awareness and help stop animal cruelty. The canine star appear with the author. Legacy Village, 24519 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst. http://ararebreedoflove.com. http://www.josephbeth.com.

30th Annual Workman’s Circle Yiddish Concert will be held at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights on Wed 7/16 at 7:30PM This concert is in memory of Eugenia and Henry Green and will feature Toronto’s Beyond the Pale — which is an exciting ensemble in the Canadian folk, roots, and world music scenes — and special guest Vira Lozinsky, a leading voice among a new generation of singers cultivating Yiddish culture in Israel. No cost, open to the public (with a two ticket limit to each adult with a valid ID). http://www.cainpark.com.

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Fred Franks on Application Development
FIT Technologies

Fred Franks knows that whether your company needs a new software application built from scratch, or if they want an off-the-shelf program customized to do more, the tech team at FIT Technologies can build out the necessary software. Often a company finds themselves using numerous applications that don’t play well with each other, and dealing with the frustration of lost time and inefficiencies. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready speaks with Fred outside FIT’s Playhouse Square location about his company’s specialties in application development.

It may be well worth it to look into a software integration effort to allow your teams to work together effectively. Small or large companies can take advantage of FIT’s expertise in industries such as education, banking, retail, e-commerce and professional services. http://www.FITTechnologies.net

A hot selection of tech and business news & events from around the region. Got business news? Send it to: EVENTS@CoolCleveland.com

KSU, UA seek energy research according to this story by Paula Schleis in the ABJ
MedMart names local offfice chief and this online story offers details
Speaking of the Medmart, is it already over budget and possibly stalled out? One story offers some details here
Lorain developer looking to harness wind power to the benefit of 12-13K jobs w/ manf’g. Click
Optiem Develops Portal of Play with kids play manf’g co Step2 and CWRU. Check it out!
A new system that might help Ohio schools? Looks that way when you read this
Stark County Library and Akron-Canton Airport partner for CAK Free Web Access. Look. http://www.akroncantonairport.com.

NEO’s Cool Tech 25: The Best in Tech for the Region Paradigm Magazine is looking for “tech mavericks” – the thinkers and doers who are pushing NEO to the forefront of the tech industry. Innovative new products, hotshot companies and cutting-edge offices are all fair game. If it’s cool and if it’s tech, tell them about it. Send your vote to Amber Matheson here or fax it to 781-6318. Entries must be received by Mon 7/21”’.

A Prescription for Growth MedMart is subject of Landerhaven luncheon Wed 7/9, feat. MedMart’s Mark Falanga, Cty Comm Peter Lawson Jones and GCP’s Fred Nance. Register
Great Lakes Manf’g is the subject of 3-day conf Wed 7/9Fri 7/11. Register
Effective eMarketing Strategies for Nonprofits on Wed 7/11 starting at 9AM. Learn how to supercharge your outreach, advocacy, events and impact! Register
“How to Really Blog” feat. George Nemeth, founder of Brewed Fresh Daily, Tue 7/15 from noon – 1:30PM Register
Social Media Part II focuses on Micromedia, spon. by Web Assoc. Understanding biz/tech implications of social media and mobile web? If not, be there Tue 7/15. Luncheon
Biz Ethics is subject of Breakfast for the Brain ERC event on Fri 7/18. Details here
Hire top talent with Behavioral Interviewing seminar on Wed 7/23 at 9AM. Details
Three Guys Present: People You Should Meet(3G) hits upstairs deck at Shooter’s Waterfront Café from Wed 8/6 from 5:30 – 8:30PM. Email: Bob.Aber@collaborent.org
Key Priorities in Workplace Writing is the focus of this ERC seminar Wed 8/6. Clarity of Communication
Biz Emergency Planning Assoc. 10th Ann conference hits on Thu 8/14 and Fri 8/15. Register
Does your sales force need Boot Camp? Then send them to this seminar Fri 8/15 starting at 9AM. Ten-hut!
Manf’g woes? Can’t find qualified workers? Hear from a panel of employers who have identified unique strategies to address workforce challenges. Wed 9/17 at 7:30AM, Corp. Coll East. Register
3rd Ann NEO Energy Conf Learn energy cost-cutting/savings strategies, help save on bottom line and learn ESPs and MROs on Tue 9/30. Details

HOT Collaboration: Great Lakes Manufacturing Advantage Regional leaders from the eight Great Lakes states and Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec gather at the Marriott Cleveland Downtown at Key Center Wed 7/9Fri 7/11. Together, they’ll work out collaborative plans and programs that address issues facing business in the Great Lakes Region. http://www.greatlakesmanufacturing.org.

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Thinking Outside the Box

I suppose the age-old rhetorical question of, “Is the glass half empty, or half full?” could be applied to the following commentary. I recently met two men, father and son, who came to Cleveland, looked around, and decided that ours was a city they wanted to make a financial invest in. They immediately put their money where their mouths are by purchasing a huge, long-vacant 120,000 sq. ft. industrial building on the near Westside that they have ambitious plans for. They also purchased a couple of residential properties in need of rehab and have begun working on those already.

Riding around, showing them the Eastside of the city for the following four days, I felt as if I had finally met kindred spirits: They look at buildings and land in a totally different and optimistic manner than anyone I’ve ever met before — particularly anyone I’ve met here in Cleveland. Where others only see weed-choked fields and desolation, they see the potential for business ventures. As we rode past the former Holiday Inn that currently sits abandoned, overlooking I-90 at E. 55th Street, they asked about it. When I suggested that perhaps that property was too far gone, being empty and neglected for maybe more than 20 years now, they were not deterred in their optimism that something positive could be done with the site. “See how it overlooks the lake,” said the son, “to me that makes it valuable.” They simply cannot believe how underutilized our lakefront is…
Read more from Mansfield B. Frazier here

This week’s most active post on BrewedFreshDaily.com

Educational attainment is the single most important driver of regional economic development. So, it’s no surprise that leading communities are starting to explore how to boost educational opportunities, as an economic development strategy. Last week, two important events took place. Both involve new types of scholarship programs.

You’re hitting on the single greatest challenge in the field of economic development, as I see it: the bias at the local level for short-term results. Of course, that problem is not limited to economic development, but I think it shows up there more so than many other areas in city, county, or regional management. You are absolutely right about child care and any other argument you want to make about the relationship between human capital and economic development. However, child care doesn’t produce too many ribbon cutting opportunities… comment by Brian J. Kelsey

lest we forget… the County Commissioners actually paid for a 2005-06 consultants’ study on how to use bond revenue to provide college tuition assistance to residents, and then dropped the subject. Also — anyone else remember candidate Frank Jackson proposing to make Cleveland “a place where the first two years of college education is free”? comment by Bill Callahan

There are several components to the challenge of redirecting the energies of local politicians. Here are several speculations on my part. Innovative thinking rarely comes from local elected officials. The reason, in my view, is clear. Their main focus is promoting a brand (”Me”), and to do that, they tend to be risk averse. In short, the goal is not policy innovation, it is personal projection… comment by Ed Morrison

he extreme bungling that has been going on for years now by the Greater Cleveland Partnership along with the County Commissioners and all the mechanisms (Convention Center Authority, ect.) they’ve set up that still hasn’t produce a workable plan for the medical mart and convention center is testimony to the fact that there is no strong public reason for spending what will amount to nearly $1 billion for a new convention center… comment by Roldo Bartimole

Are we missing something here? Just as Warren Buffet invests in businesses that he understands (Dairy Queen, insurance cos.), do the powers that be see something in putting a convention center in Cleveland that the rest of us do not..? comment by Justin Balck

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Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Artistic Director Jack Schantz

The Schantz Organ Company has been a fixture in Orrville, Ohio since 1873. Not all of the Schantz descendants have been musically-oriented, or organ-directed, but a good share of them have. Jack Schantz, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra smiles and says, “I found something more to my personal taste—trumpet, rather than organ.” Even the woman he married, Marsha, played trumpet in high school, but their daughter Ella (named for a great aunt, rather than the noted jazz singer) will probably not go in that direction. As it happens, Jack and Marsha didn’t meet until they were adults, and Jack took his dog to a professional dog groomer, who turned out to be Marsha.

In the early 70s, Jack had attended Otterbein College for a while, then spent a few of his younger adult years as a busy free-lance trumpet player here and there. He ended up at The University of Akron, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1980, and then embarked on eight years of touring with bands that still carried the names of the greats who’d founded them, decades earlier: Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Woody Herman.

His teacher was Roland Paolucci, who would remain a steady friend and mentor through the years. In fact, in 1974, Jack had joined Paolucci’s Akron Jazz Workshop, before founding his own group, the Jazz Unit in1976. When he came off the road in 1988, it was to become a member of Paolucci’s new venture, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. This band had been formed about the time Schantz hit the road, when Gary Scott, a local trumpeter, set it up primarily as a rehearsal band, where the intent was just to have fun. Gradually the intensity level increased, and the group, now known as the North Coast Jazz Orchestra, began to play concerts in the area. Another metamorphosis came in 1984, when they presented the first concert under yet another new name – the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. This name stuck…
Read more from Kelly Ferjutz here

Links to interesting NEO blogs

The partners in Advance Northeast Ohio are working together to launch a new initiative called the Regional Talent Network.
Councilman Brian Cummins asks “Does City Council need Right-Sizing? Restructuring?”
CC contributor Claudia Taller details Alaskan excursion beginning with a Vancouver stop. Follow installments on her (somewhat) brand new blog here
Rock ‘n’ roll used to be about peace and love and good vibes. So, when did it become an ad for war?
What flower best represents the spirit of Cleveland?
What does the future hold for Lake Erie in times of global warming?

Think Pink!
North Coast Men’s Chorus

Sometimes you enjoy one particular song on a concert and think to yourself, “oh, wouldn’t it be dandy to have a recording of that?” It’s possible you might be able to do just that, if one of your favorites happened to have been part of a concert by the North Coast Men’s Chorus during the last few years. As part of their on-going 20th Anniversary Celebration, the chorus has released a new CD – Think Pink! and it’s a dandy. Also, this time, they include a guest soloist who has been part of several programs that I’ve heard and enjoyed, so it was good to hear Ava Withers again, too.

Think Pink! is a compilation of opinions and emotions; some dreamy, some wishful, some downright goofy. As in fun. They are all well done, and enjoyable. With Music Director Richard Cole at the podium and Robert Day at the piano, the 17 tracks on this CD, the mix of old and new, sassy and poignant, make it a great gift for that special friend, or anyone who enjoys men’s choral singing. Bob Taylor’s tenor voice brings the 60s hit One Boy, to lyrical life with Marge Rutherford on tenor sax. Of course, in Bye Bye, Birdie, the girls sang it, but still – it’s a great opener!

Up-tempo is the only word for Does Your Mother Know? It’s nearly impossible to sit and just listen, your feet want to be movin’! Fans of ABBA will know just what I mean. Kiss You Naked is another one that showcases the chorus and it’s fabulous accompanist Robert Day. The Fundamental, Seize the Day, I Do (with rhythmic hand-clapping), Who Will Love Me As I Am? (from Sideshow), Old Friend and Home are the others…
Read more from Kelly Ferjutz here

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Lerners & Their Money – ah, OUR Money

Rich people work hard and earn their money. I lie.

It’s much more complex than that and we help enrich them in so many ways.

They know how to NOT pay taxes but get other to pay taxes that benefit them.

In Cuyahoga County it has become the way politicians do things.

The extra tax tab for our rich – and the public’s subsidy thereof – should be updated monthly so people understand that they are paying for that nearly always empty stadium on our lakefront. It’s a city-owned stadium that bestows amazing benefits to one of Cleveland’s richest families…
Read more from Roldo Bartimole here

First Diesel Engine in the US was built by Alexander Winton in Cleveland, and was used to power US Navy submarines. In 1899,The Winton Motor Carriage Company was the largest automobile company in the world, selling over 100 cars for about $1000 each. The 1902 Winton Bullet set a land speed record of 70MPH. In 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson made the first successful automobile drive across the United States in a used Winton touring car. The trip took 64 days, and that Winton auto resides in the National Museum of American History. More.

Quick reviews of recent events
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The Yeoman of the Guard @ Ohio Light Opera (Wooster) 7/2 Although the set-up necessary in Act I seems to take a very long time (perhaps because it’s hard to understand the lyrics sung by anyone except Fred Reeder’s Jack Point), Act II is well worth the wait. Toss the words–who cares?–it’s easy to get the silly plot (silly plots and operettas go together like peanut butter and jam anyway). No, forget words and just savor Arthur S. Sullivan marvelous composition. At times echoing the most romantic melodies and harmonies of Wagner’s “Ring,” at other times anticipating Leonard Bernstein (“Candide”), Sullivan’s work is ravishing in the hands of the Ohio Light Orchestra vocal ensemble and orchestra. Robin Farnsley gets Elsie Maynard just right and her lovely lyric voice suits her saucy-sweet character perfectly. The bittersweet ending–happy for the young lovers, not so good for Reeder’s Falstaff-figure Jack Point–is truly worth the trip. The remaining performances are scheduled for July 11 (2PM), July 17 (2PM), July 22 (2PM), Aug. 2 (2PM) and Aug. 7 (8PM).

From Cool Cleveland contributor Laura Kennelly lkennellyATgmail.com

ALICE @ Porthouse 7/5
Less is more, dude: Director Matthew Earnest’s interminable ensemble adaptation of Lewis Carroll seemingly includes every nonsense line of not one but TWO Alice in Wonderland novels, making for a butt-busting 2 hours & 45 minutes that has already worn out its welcome by intermission. Too bad, because there’s some inventive staging and fun musical numbers amid the dross.
Heroes of the hour: Pat Johnson’s endlessly clever costumes give plenty of eye candy along the way, from the vogueing snap-queen flowers to creatures made out of household appliances, and look smashing against Steve Pauna’s all-white set. But they’re not enough to save the tediously episodic script.
Details: Porthouse Theatre, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls. Thru 7/19. http://www.porthousetheatre.com
from Cool Cleveland contributor Linda Eisenstein linda@coolcleveland.com

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1) Jonathon Sawyer Chef/Partner Bar Cento & Greenhouse Tavern.
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2) Straight Outta Mansfield Goodbye, Pete.
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3) Mike McCartney Mike McCartney’s Liverpool Life.
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4) Take High School To A Whole New Level, by Peter Chakerian.
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5) RoldoLINK Jacobs, Ratners Get Reductions on 20-Year Loans…
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Get Fired Up! The Hard Corps hooked you up big last week and, judging by this week’s issue, they want you to keep that momentum going! Cheers to Peter Chakerian, T.L. Champion, George Nemeth, Douglas O’Bryon, Linda Eisenstein, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield B. Frazier, Roldo Bartimole, Roy Berko and introducing Diane DiPiero. 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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