This time of year, we are amazed to see artists and entrepreneurs and activists continue to produce exciting, interesting work. The snow isn’t stopping the nonprofit Bike Cleveland, holding their Winter Social at Gear Up Velo in Independence. The Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP) keeps bringing pioneers of sonic art to our region, like Annea Lockwood performing in AsiaTown. International rock god Neil Zaza from Akron collabs with the CYO at the Maltz. The inimitable RA Washington activates an immersive installation at SPACES. Brite Winter moves to Waterloo.
Mirrors was a groundbreaking proto-punk band from our region that never stopped making good music, and they have a new album that’s available in certain record stores now. We’ll be discussing them in our upcoming show on The Birth of Punk in NEO in May, part of our NEO Rewind Series.
Filmmaker & photographer Bruce Checefsky pushes the boundaries with new work at Foothill Galleries, while also authoring a column for CoolCleveland this week, Art and the Deep Freeze, comparing artist resistance to ICE in Minneapolis with Cleveland’s pedestrian Asphalt Art Initiative, while recognizing artists like Ape Bleakney’s recent silkscreen protest posters. Meanwhile, CoolCleveland columnist C. Ellen Connally, a former judge, reviews a new book on how Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts “rewrote the Constitution and dismantled our rights.” Don’t stop fighting the good fight.
Since its inception in 1878, Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series has presented more than 1,000 of the world’s most acclaimed and accomplished musicians, conductors, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and composers that draw upon cultures and styles from around the world.
Experience the American Brass Quintet in performance on Fri 2/20 at the historic Finney Chapel on the Oberlin College campus.
