08.14-08.21.13
Raw
My favorite things start out that way. Nice and tart with a bit of sting. Almost off-putting, brandishing the arrogance of the new. The good ones stay that way, reinventing themselves, avoiding banality, seeking out the margins. It’s one of the things I love about this place. It’s never been lamestream. We’ve got videos and features on a handful of raw affairs worthy of your attention this week: EightHoursRaw at Hedge Gallery (video with Hilary Gent), RAW Cleveland’s En Masse (feature), and WMC4 (feature).
Eating it raw is how we do it: a fermented foods demo from LEAF, a workshop on saving your seeds, a vegan book club, a Pop-Up Party at the Plaza, a NewBridge summer cookout, a wine & chocolate fundraiser for Central America, the National Hamburger Festival. Use #CoolCleveland to recommend your favorite jam on Instagram or Twitter and you (and your jam) could be a winner.
Where can you find the raw stuff? KEN @ Now That’s Class, Melissa Ferrick @ The Grog, Canine Fun Days @ the Metropark, Uzizi @ Wilbert’s, Kamal Abdul-Alim @ Nighttown, a Youth Festival @ St. Clair Superior, the Asphalt Cinema @ Kamm’s Corners, Evelyn Wright @ Lincoln Park, Matthew Keane @ MOCA. Get it in real time on the CC app and win like Patty Novak and her little superhero. It’s always better in the raw. –Thomas Mulready
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What a fun time! We sat down with The Hedge Gallery’s Art Director Hilary Gent and asked her a couple questions on her new up-and-coming show EightHoursRaw, which features eight local artists expressing themselves, for eight hours, at 78th Street Studios on Fri 8/16, in their rawest form…
Watch the video by Marty Bielat here
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SPONSORED: Dig the Sounds of Summer at the Holden Arboretum’s Summer Concert series Tuesday evenings in July & August. Bring the family and a picnic and listen to great music in the garden. Featuring local bands, jazz and students from CIM. Admission is free. For schedule and more info visit HoldenArb.org
As RAW Cleveland prepares for its next large-scale group showcase, En Masse at the Agora on Sat 8/17, its main organizer, Jacqueline DelBrocco, took time out of her very busy schedule to help clear up exactly what this unique event is — and what it isn’t.
Says DelBrocco, “I can say ‘live music, live fashion, live art’ as many times as I want, but until people see it all come together in person, it’s impossible to communicate the energy and excitement that truly makes this a one of a kind experience…”
Read more from Josh Usmani here
There are a couple of people coming in to Cleveland this weekend from Zagreb, Croatia, a couple more from Beirut, Lebanon. A delegation of more than a dozen is slated to arrive from San Francisco, another from Seattle. A horde is descending from Chicago.
What’s drawing them here?
It’s Cleveland’s unique Weapons of Mass Creation Fest, this Fri 8/16 thru Sun 8/18 at CPT…
Read more from Anastasia Pantsios here
Cool Cleveland got a rare peek at the Armington Raptor Center hidden inside the Perkins Wildlife Center and Woods Garden at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Harvey Webster, Director of Wildlife Resources is getting ready for Birds, Beasts, Brats and Beer on Thu 8/22, which is the only time during the year when the public is able to grab a Great Lakes beer and a brat and get up close and personal during the event’s Animal Encounter.
Watch along and meet George the Bald Eagle, Omega the one-eyed Eastern Screech Owl, Sweeney the Red-Tailed Hawk, Vinnie the Turkey Vulture, a matched pair of Barred Owls, Beaker and Archie, who is 38 years old, possibly the oldest Barred Owl known. CMNH.org
Wanna walk through the treetops at Holden Arboretum? Support their New Leaf Campaign & make this proposed canopy walk a reality.
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Cleveland’s only Sunday Market!
Kamm’s Corners Farmer’s Market features farm-fresh produce and products straight from local farmers.
Get your farm fresh market essentials! In addition to the over thirty vendors selling produce, meats, cheeses and healthy living products, the market features weekly live entertainment plus exclusive chef demonstrations and healthy living features.
Stop by every Sunday through 10/13 from 10AM – 2PM “rain or shine” at West 168th & Lorain Avenue behind Walgreens in the heart of Kamm’s Corners.
Shopping local tastes better!
Visit KammsCornersFarmersMarket.org and stay up-to-date on Facebook.
There’ll be raccoons listening from the bushes. The Raccoon County Music Festival is back at the Burton town square in Geauga (Geauga=raccoon) County, with a day-long program of traditional music performances and workshops. Bring your instrument. Bring the kids. Sat 8/17.
Read more picks by Anastasia Pantsios here
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How to play: On Wednesday tweet or instagram the event that you are most excited to attend this week using #CoolCleveland, and make it convincing! We will pick our favorite tweet/tweeter on Thursday and reward them by publicizing their event and their tweet. Include photos, fun, stories, locations, links and everything in between. Have fun!
St. Clair Superior Youth Festival encourages you to get engaged in your community. Start Sat 8/17 with a parade & continuing w/ fun activities, diversity celebrations & much more. [Photo by Pamela Zoslov]
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Somebody receives a $20 check from Cool Cleveland every week, just for using our mobile app. It may as well be you.
This week, Patti Novak is our winner. And she’s thrilled:
“The $20 winnings can help take my grandson the superhero to Dave & Busters! Yay!”
Ready to show your love for Cleveland? Just download Cool Cleveland’s free mobile app for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch or for your Android tablet or smartphone, then find cool events, news and videos to share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and email.
WED 8/14
Fermented foods are way more appetizing than they sound. Plus, they’re super healthy. Learn the hows, whats & whys of fermented foods at this demo presented by LEAF.
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THU 8/15
Blow Off Your Boss Day Ditch your responsibilities today for some summer fun on Headlands Beach. Hey, why not. Presented by 87.7FM.
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FRI 8/16
Hey, Bookers! Bring a good book & join the 15th Booker T. Cleveland Society for the Learned Reunion. Exchange it for something new while meeting interesting ppl in the process.
Click here for more events on Fri 8/16
SAT 8/17
Throw on those short-shorts, guys & gals, for the 4th annual Hot Pants Bike Ride. In memory of Mitch Andelmo, this fun & breezy bike ride winds through the west side, starting at ABC Tavern.
Click here for more events on Sat 8/17
SUN 8/18
Veteran singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick stops at the Grog Shop. She’s now got a catalog of more than a dozen albums including her new The Truth Is.
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MON 8/19
Vanity Crash wants to release their second album. But they need $$ to pay for the final costs to get the album mastered, pressed, printed & promoted. So, they started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $1,000 dollars by today, Mon 8/19. But will they be successful?
Click here for more events on Mon 8/19
TUE 8/20
If you’re craving something intense, KEN mode is just the ticket. The three-piece out of Winnipeg bashes with intelligence. “Northern bellicosity done politely” is how they bill themselves.
Click here for more events on Tue 8/20
WED 8/21
Summer is fading away… so get out & enjoy Wade Oval Wednesday while you still can. This week hear from Moises Borges (Latin jazz/Brazilian).
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We’re going to see Cleveland Orchestra and Joffrey Ballet of Chicago at Blossom this weekend, a program that features Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with the Joffrey’s reconstruction of Vaslav Nijinsky’s original choreography.
This is the choreography long believed lost, the show that sparked the 2-day-long riot at its premiere in May of 1913…
Read more from Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas here
“This” being one of the columns I know full well in advance is going to cause consternation bordering on opprobrium towards me from some quarters of the community; a few folks will no doubt be looking for a rope with which to string me up with, or a rail to ride me out of town on… but so be it, I’m cool with that…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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Cleveland is disappearing, bit by bit.
It’s like a slow motion hurricane. Or a tornado that takes its time. Slow. Not like a fire that devastates a place quickly. It’s a slow death. Death nevertheless…
Read this story from Roldo Bartimole here
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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PHOTOSTREAM: PatsFest at Pat’s in the Flats by Anastasia Pantsios
REVIEW: Verb Rocks Cain Park – New Dancers Bring It! by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
Comment on our blog here: http://www.CoolCleveland.com/blog
A Gallery Opening… Just Totally Different I am blown away by this concept and the energy of Jacqueline DelBrocco to see her vision come to life to showcase the Cleveland art scene! Cleveland is a creative city and is definitely on the forefront for a wonderful future! Events like this make me so proud of my city!! Thanks!…
Read the comment from Cathy Shea here
“Uncool” Cleveland Stats can be misleading young man. What you fail to post are actual numbers. Also, how many of those returning or arriving from chi or crook land are now residing in their parents basement in Richmond heights?…
Read the comment from Snarky here
What’s not cool about a city whose downtown occupancy rate is at record highs and have waiting lists to get apartments? What’s not cool about the 2nd largest performing arts district in the country (Playhouse Square) which is also getting updated this spring?…
Read the comment from ClevelandRocks here
PHOTOSTREAM: Ohio Burlesque Festival Thank you So Much Cool Cleveland 🙂 We love you….
Read the comment from Bella Sin here
It was my first burlesque show & I was intrigued. However, it was too much of a good thing. My husband & I left after four hours of sitting in the most uncomfortable, grungy seats ever….
Read the comment from Shari Alexander here
WOW… CREATIVE… AMAZING SOME of the acrobatic positions some of the patrons were able to do….
Read the comment from SpaceArt here
Join an Educational Bar Hop by Rail Transit I’d like to see a rail line (light rail or trolly) down Superior or St. Claire that would snake down into N. Collinwood for the very purpose of developing and integrating some of these neighborhoods that the city does not appear to care much about….
Read the comment from John Davis here
MANSFIELD: Taking Back Our Streets – Part 2 My young grandson, who is biracial was watching the news with me one night. He asked me “Nana, why are all these black men always getting arrested?” I really wasn’t sure how to answer him…..
Read the comment from Shari Alexander here
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Most clicked
Here are the Top 5 most clicked links from last week’s issue, with one more chance for you to click.
1) “Uncool” Cleveland
2) Join an Educational Bar Hop by Rail Transit
3) MANSFIELD: Taking Back Our Streets — Part 3
4) ROLDO: Let Them Eat Cake — But There Is None
5) Is Tremont Still an Art Community?
Raw talent; mad skills. Thanks to Roldo Bartimole, Roy Berko, Marty Bielat, Mansfield Frazier, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Anastasia Pantsios, Josh Usmani and Sarah Valek. 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.
Keep it raw,
–Thomas Mulready
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