08.11-08.18.10
Take A Hike
Now that Summer is winding down, we hope you’ve had a chance to get out and hike around our fabulous region, exploring our lakeshore, our rivers, our parks and our neighborhoods. And there’s still time for more: discover Loop, a coffeehouse with vinyl, art and culture to spare. Or take a hike Downtown, or explore Bug City with the kids. Speaking of culture, Paula Cole closes out Cain Park and Mansfield sees a clash in the Warehouse District & offers an unconventional solution, while designer Valerie Mayen makes us proud as she triumphs on Project:Runway. Plus, we’ve got news & cool events for every day of the week. Maybe it’s time for you to emerge from behind your screen(s) and take a hike. –Thomas Mulready
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In the early 90’s, between studying at DePaul and selling greeting cards at Arcadia, I spent a significant amount of the little leisure time I had hanging out at local coffee shops in Evanston, home to Northwestern University and frequently referred to as Little Europe. Meeting with friends and going on dates at Caffeine, The Unicorn and even Cafe Mozart felt like a beautiful and soul-filling retreat during an otherwise hectic schedule. Surely the great authors who held salon in Paris in the 1920s – Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Joyce, Miller, Nin and Stein – must have congregated at places just like these.
Flash forward to the present: America is rebuilding, our citizens watch their spending and a certain coffee chain slowed down its expansion and even closed a few locations. Cleveland natives are showing their independent spirit and opening new establishments.
Located at the same intersection as South Side and Parallax in Tremont, Loop, camouflaged in a two-story post-war house, positions itself as “Coffee. Music. Art.” And, it delivers on all three promises… Read more about Loop by Alex Sukhoy
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In Downtown Cleveland
If walking and history are your thing, or if you just really think Cleveland is cool, you’ll want to stop and walk with a Take-A-Hike Tour of downtown Cleveland. I had more fun and picked up more history than I expected when I took a hike at 10AM on a recent Saturday in the Warehouse District.
I joined the Take-A-Hike tour that began at Constantino’s Market on West 9th Street, headed down towards the Main Avenue Bridge on The Bluff, wound down Lakeside to West 6th Street and then west on Superior, and returned to West 9th Street. The Warehouse District tour is a great way to learn about the history of Cleveland… Read more from Claudia Taller here
SPONSORED: Whatever happened to Paula Cole? She’ll sing all about it Sat 8/14 at Cain Park. “Where Have All The Cowboys Gone” plus songs from her latest CD, Ithaca, celebrate having music to get her through it all. BOGO when you sing or say “I Don’t Want to Wait” (216-371-3000). http://www.CainPark.com
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University Park Art Fair & Music Fest isn’t specifically for kids. The Sat 8/14 event is for singles, couples & fams alike. Go for the art, the music, the kids crafts, the creatures [pictured] & the vibrancy of Akron’s University Park neighborhood.
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If indeed there was a “How to be a Kid” handbook, you better bet a whole section, er, chapter would be dedicated to the love of bugs and insects. Also included in such an instructional manual would be a suggestion to attend the annual interactive and imaginative Bug City event, which this year takes place Sat 8/14 at the Garfield Park Nature Center at Garfield Park Reservation.
Not necessarily for the faint hearted or common sense-minded adult, this one-day affair celebrates critters that often find themselves the target of a can of Raid or the exterminator… Read more from John Benson here
Both captivating and fascinating, BODIES… The Exhibition is open through the end of October at E. 4th Street and Euclid Ave. Visitors will be stunned when they see the effects that alcohol, smoking, diseases and overeating have on the body. BODIES provides an amazing look into the human body unlike any biology and anatomy textbook, using real human bodies that have been meticulously dissected and preserved.
Filled with opportunities to learn about the science of the human body, the Exhibition provides an up-close look at the skeletal, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory and other internal systems. Be enlightened, amazed and empowered. http://www.BodiesCleveland.com
WED
Urban Botany Trek Time to stop and smell the flowers… and classify the plant species. Join the next Urban Botany Trek on Wed 8/11 & discover rare plants you’ve never noticed before. This time, tour the East Cle Twp. Cemetery.
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THU
Hunter Gatherers What are you waiting for? You have ’til Sat to see convergence-continuum’s latest “libidinously outrageous knockabout comedy.” But don’t wait until the last day–go see it on Thu 8/12 at 8PM.
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FRI
Beyond the Apex @ Asterisk Gallery The future of Cle art is here… at Asterisk Gallery on Fri 8/13. View a progressive display of cutting-edge art curated by Pink Eye Magazine. Broaden yr horizons & question yr limits @ this show where the walls become part of the art. [Pictured: Winter in the Village by Steve Ehret.]
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SAT
Lakewood Car Kulture Show Spend Sat 8/14 on Madison Ave w/ hot rods, vintage motos, classic cars & the people who love them. Also slated to appear: gearheads, bands, food vendors and rockabilly hipsters.
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SPONSORED: The Cleveland Orchestra is off on a European Festival Tour next week, and WCLV 104.9 FM will take you along with daily tour reports by Ana Papakhian, presented by Dominion East Ohio. The Orchestra will perform in Edinburgh; Grafenegg, Austria; Meano, Italy; Lucerne, Switzerland; and Stresa, Italy. And eventually, you will hear broadcasts over WCLV from some of these locations. In the meantime, enjoy the Orchestra’s broadcasts on WCLV Saturdays at 8PM; Sundays at 4PM. This Saturday, Franz conducts the Brahms German Requiem and on Sunday, David Robertson conducts the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with Marcus Groh as the soloist. Complete details on all of WCLV’s classical music programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
SUN
Feast of the Assumption There’s meaning behind the madness @ Little Italy’s signature festival. Sure, the Feast is a 4-day long party full of food, music and booze, but it’s also a 111-year old tradition of the Parish of Holy Rosary. Festivities kick off on Thu 8/12, but see fireworks & the candlelight procession on Sun 8/15, the official Holy Day.
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MON
Cleveland Play House Happy Hour The ppl of the Cle Play House want to know what you’ve been up to all summer. Have a drink & join the discussion at CPT’s first happy hour of the season on Mon 8/16 @ the South Side. Chat w/ Artistic Director Michael Bloom & learn what’s in store for CPT and their big move downtown.
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TUE
Chronicles of the Landsquid @ Wilbert’s This electronic, beats-driven band will have you heading for the dance floor in no time, even on a Tue night. Travel into uncharted musical realms when they play Wilbert’s on Tue 8/17.
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WED
Summer in the City concerts wrap up on Wed 8/18 w/ a free show from synth-rock band Trans Am & local heavy rocking, televangelist sampling band Megachurch [pictured]. Head to the Rock Hall for the last show of the summer… *sob*.
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Closes Cain Park Season
If anyone in music has had an unconventional career, it’s Paula Cole, who performs at Cain Park on Sat 8/14. Millions of musicians try for 20-or-so years to become successful, and then quit. Cole became wildly successful almost immediately – and then quit.
Most musicians wish and hope and try for a contract with a record label and the majority don’t accomplish that. Cole was offered one right after college. And she turned it down.
The vast majority of artists who do get record deals and release records never achieve hit-record status, and most who do become successful try for many years before hitting the big time. Cole had two gigantic hit singles from her second album.
Usually artists achieve superstar status before being asked by another superstar to join them on tour and sing with them. Peter Gabriel asked Cole to become part of his performing group for his 1993 Secret World Live tour before Cole had even signed with a record label.
Some of it was luck, of which every successful musician enjoys his or her share; but most of it was Cole’s talent, plus her conviction and her passion… Read more from David Budin here
It seems as if we Clevelanders never learn. One would think that after the racial animosities that were so manifest in the Flats some years ago (and played a significant role in the demise of the East Bank as a viable entertainment district) we would have straightforwardly addressed the root causes of such clashes of cultures and races… but no.
Hereabouts we like to stick our collective head in the sand until the next racial flare up, and then we tend to over react out of frustration, anger and bruised feelings….
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
Read other recent pieces by Mansfield Frazier here
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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Review: Phantom of the Opera @ PlayhouseSquare 8/3/10 by Sarah Valek
Review: Verb Ballets @ Cain Park 8/6/10 by Roy Berko
Review & VIDEO: Lollapalooza 2010 8/6/10 by Thomas Mulready
Review: Scarlet Pimpernell @ Mercury Summerstock 8/7/10 Roy Berko
Review: Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio @ Nighttown 8/8/10 by Greg Cielec
Commentary: Valerie Mayen [pictured] Rocks the Runway on Lifetime Channel by Carol Drummond
Mansfield: Bunch of Stuff Sperm thing ..a RIOT..fun for ‘insurance’ tooo..idea of FREEZER VAULT for it…wait til divorce ct,etc.THAT HAS happened…
Lebron…time to move on..CASINO thing will get BOOST out of THIS n newbie found support,etc.Stops pulled out..Miami firings..for NOW Lebron etc.THE PULL…MAY be the NEW wave of doin basketball biz vs.ol days of Solo Giants…time will tell…
Wish best on winething…
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Hiking around our region, digging up the real stories, are our writers: John Benson, Roy Berko, Greg Cielec, David Budin, Carol Drummond, Mansfield Frazier, Alex Sukhoy, Claudia Taller 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.
Safe travels,
–Thomas Mulready
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