11.20-11.27.13
The Good Fight
Maybe it’s just the kind of people we’re attracted to. But week after week for 11 years, we’ve thrown our humble digital spotlight on those around us who fight for what’s right, and who struggle to bring alive the best our region has to offer. We’ll start you off with a dizzying array of art openings and gallery shows all over town, including links and maps: good luck. Shrek The Musical, Owl Prowl and The Brothers Grimm give the kiddies something to fight over. And every day of the week, we’ve curated a selection of awesome events worth the effort.
And speaking of fighting the good fight, no one in town does it better than our Cool Cleveland commentators, and they are on fire this week: Roldo is beside himself over the $120M+ improvements taxpayers will be asked to pony up for billionaire Browns owner Jimmy Haslam’s improvements to our football stadium. And he claims racism is at work in multi-million dollar projects on Public Square and the Opportunity Corridor. Mansfield hopes the recent Detroit shooting doesn’t turn into another Trayvon Martin. And he commends those fighting to keep McDonald’s out of Ohio City, while Joe Baur is incensed at Downtown drivers turning our “Walker’s Paradise” into a death trap.
Your truly hosts a panel on the media’s influence on public perception at the Maltz: we hope to see you there. Our new Cool Cleveland t-shirt is priceless: it can’t be bought, it can only be won by downloading and using our free mobile app. So you can follow all the good people fighting the good fight. –Thomas Mulready
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Downtown Cleveland has been dubbed a “walker’s paradise” by Seattle-based Walk Score, a company promoting walkable neighborhoods.
Naturally, Clevelanders are sharing the article through social media outlets the way we always do whenever our beloved city is being praised…
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This week, there are various art-related events all over town — including opening receptions for new art exhibitions.
From Kirtland to Gordon Square and from Downtown Cleveland to Akron, there are so many great events that picking any one would be an injustice to the rest…
More from Josh Usmani here
SPONSORED: Warm up for Cleveland’s Winterfest at Cleveland Public Library on Sat 11/30. Get up close to live reindeer, explore interactive model trains, and listen to the live music while enjoying free cookies and cider. The excitement runs from 10AM – 6PM, just in time to cross over to Public Square for the annual tree lighting. CPL.org
What’s the best way to help? Sometimes it’s just offering a place where the developmentally challenged can come to hang out, join in some group activities, maybe even work a job and earn some pay.
Cool Cleveland talked with Ron Hess, director of adult day support and vocational program at HELP Foundation about the therapeutic group activities they offer, helping to keep people active and engaged. Watch the video here. In the background, you can see the vocational training program Help U Shred, offering training and a wage to those who need assistance.
How can you help? HELPfoundationInc.org
SPONSORED: The sun comes out again with the encore production of Annie at Beck Center. Annie and her lovable mutt Sandy return for a second smash year Fri 12/6/13 – Sun 1/5/14! Take a break from the “hard knock life” and save $5 off each adult/senior ticket purchased by 12/5 with code BCD1213. BeckCenter.org
SPACES sells building, plans move.
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SPONSORED: Browns & Steelers Together? All in one place? Spend some time with real football legends from both teams, including a roast of former running back Greg Pruitt by former coach Sam Rutigliano & Cleo Miller. Fri 11/22 at Weymouth Country Club in Medina. MCFund.org
This weekend, the Case Footlighters present a new take on Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along — one of Sondheim’s most enduring and infamously complex works.
This intimate production will take place on a 3/4 thrust stage — a stage with seating on 3 sides — at CWRU’s Carlton Commons…
More from Josh Usmani here
Looking for a holiday gift?
Here’s a great idea. Follow Laura Kulber Mintz, Director of Marketing, Tourism and Private Events at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, as she walks us through the Maltz’s Museum Store, showcasing their holiday cards, jewelry, toys, Hannukkiah and books related to their stimulating new exhibition, Traitor: Spies, Lies and Justice Denied – The Dreyfus Affair. MaltzMuseum.org
British composer Benjamin Britten wrote some of the most memorable classical vocal music of the 20th century. Trinity Cathedral’s Choir, Chamber Singers, and Chamber Orchestra honor the 100th anniversary of his birthday by performing four of those works at Trinity Cathedral. And it’s free! Fri 11/22.
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!
Kid Newtons Science Club invites you to make chemistry concoctions @ Beachwood Library Thu 11/21. For grades 2 – 5.
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Dayle Noll downloaded the Cool Cleveland app here, and this week we selected her as the second winner of our new Cool Cleveland t-shirt. And she’s thrilled:
“Wow- thanks, Tom! That’s very COOL, and I can’t wait to wear the shirt when I go to Chicago in a couple of weeks.”
Get the app here and win the t-shirt that can’t be bought, just earned. See all of the past T-Shirt Winners here.
WED 11/20
Discuss the media’s influence on public perception in a panel discussion moderated by Cool Cleveland‘s Thomas Mulready @ the Maltz Museum.
Click here for more events on Wed 11/20
THU 11/21
Two seasoned writers discuss reviewing books in the Kindle age @ Loganberry Books. What do people look for in professional book reviews nowadays, anyways?
Click here for more events on Thu 11/21
FRI 11/22
The Holiday Flea is full of vintage holiday goodies & yummy treats. The Flea will be held on Sat & Sun but go Fri night for a special sneak preview party w/ the artisans.
Click here for more events on Fri 11/22
SAT 11/23
Aliver Hall headlines Thanksgiving jams at the Kent Stage. They’ve tapped four bands to share the evening with them, starting with Cle’s jammin’ funk/reggae ensemble Tropidelic. Get happy.
Click here for more events on Sat 11/23
SUN 11/24
Folk metal, anyone? A variety of bands (& one “swashbuckling crew”) bring Scottish & Norwegian “drunken singalong anthems” & black metal to the Agora. It’ll be a whole range of metal to headbang to.
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MON 11/25
Ohio State vs. Michigan Fans battle it out to see who can donate the most items at Old Stone Church. Who’ll win?
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TUE 11/26
Get your veg on & chow down w/ the Cleveland Vegan Club @ Pura Vida’s Vegan Thanksgiving feast. You know it’s gonna be good. RSVP by Sat 11/23.
Click here for more events on Tue 11/26
WED 11/27
Columbus’ Floorwalkers bring their sunny pop/rock to Beachland. Their music goes down easy, featuring the kinds of well-crafted songs that are easy to sing along with & easy to relate to.
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Perhaps I’m just getting cynical in my old age, but the opening of a new wing on the Ronald McDonald House in University Circle on the same day Cleveland’s City Planning Commission was holding hearings on whether to allow a hotly contested new McDonald’s franchise to open on Lorain Avenue certainly was a coincidence… or was it?
Read the rest here
Just when the nation is healing in regards to the racial strife caused by the killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida, another incident, this time in a suburb of Detroit, threatens to once again inflame passions…
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Read other stories from Mansfield Frazier here
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Here are two multi-million Cleveland projects that show that racism is very much alive in this city and cost doesn’t mean a thing when it comes to pursuing it…
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Has Jackson Turned His Back on Lonnie’s Legacy?
What absolute gall. Ask for $120 million but refuse to answer questions. Up yours, paying public. Up yours, says Jimmy Haslam and the boys…
Read the rest here
Read others from Roldo Bartimole here
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
Submit your own preview, review or commentary to Events@CoolCleveland.com
REVIEW: The Masque – Stories of Edgar Allan Poe w/ Verb Ballets by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
REVIEW: Paul Taylor Dance – Packed House Eyes Bug Sex @ Ohio Theatre by Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas
REVIEW: Yum. Venus in Fur @ Cleveland Play House 11/5/13 by Laura Kennelly
REVIEW: Once – A tender little Irish love story musical gets lost @ PlayhouseSquare by Roy Berko
Comment on our blog here: http://www.CoolCleveland.com/blog
MANSFIELD: Who’s Next… But More Importantly, What’s Next? Let me pick a couple of bones, Mansfield. When Ken Blackwell ran against Ted Strickland for governor, everyone knew that Blackwell was African American and Strickland wasn’t. Yet, Strickland got at least 90 percent of the black vote in Cleveland….
Read the comment from Dick Peery here
Library systems are separate from the school districts. They are different taxing entities. Annexation of East Cleveland is a must….
Read the comment from b here
Goood luck figuring out WHO… Johnson? CONNALLY? Cimperman? ANYTHING can happen in next four yrs….
Read the comment from CTownPlan here
The Innerbelt Bridge: Searching For Multi-Modal Alternatives in a Concrete City Joe, I normally agree with most of your points, but this one escapes me. All of the neighborhoods property values bottomed out to just about nothing well before any serious talk of the corridor set in. Shaker Blvd (at least in Shaker Heights) property values are too high to have ever become ground zero for the housing crisis…
Read the comment from William 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) All-Star Roster of Oldies Acts Rallies for Sonny Geraci at Z-Plex
2) The Innerbelt Bridge: Searching For Multi-Modal Alternatives in a Concrete City
3) MANSFIELD: Who’s Next… But More Importantly, What’s Next?
4) ODOT Begins Eminent Domain Process On Opportunity Corridor
5) What Should Happen at the Corner of W. 117th & Clifton?
We’ve got your back. And so do our writers: Roldo Bartimole, Joe Baur, Roy Berko, Martin Bielat, Mansfield Frazier, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Laura Kennelly, 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 up the fight,
–Thomas Mulready
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