09.22-09.29.10
Think
Don’t think too hard. The Fall season in the best city in the world is upon us, and you’d better move fast. Cle women Conya Doss, Kristine Jackson & Robin Stone perform, a truly independent film fest debuts, a new roller grrl team hits the rink, and the best print fair in the nation opens this week. Plus, a locavore food fest, an operatic Pearl Fishers, a Gardens Under Glass happy hour, and a 49th anniversary Othello. Not to mention Ingenuity (free!) under the bridge, steam in the Cuyahoga Valley, part 2 of the sustainability summit, and a company that launches companies. Don’t think. Just blink. –Thomas Mulready
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SPONSORED: Thousands of ideas… Hundreds of artists, musicians, and performers… Dozens of New Technologies… Two Sides of Town… One Bridge to Connect it All… Ingenuity 2010 is going to be one of the more talked about events this year. With literally hundreds of live performances, exhibits, and interactive technology displays, there’s something for everyone. So check out our schedule and start exploring Ingenuity today.
Jim Gilmore of Shaker Hts., along with partner Joe Pine, have written some of the most powerful and influential business books of recent times: “The Experience Economy,” and “Authenticity,” prompting Time magazine to name them as having one of the “10 Ideas That Are Changing The World.”
Join the cafe conversation as Gilmore describes how they take their ideas even further with their annual get-together known as Think About, a confab where devotees and corporate leaders convene to take Gilmore & Pine’s breakthrough concepts even further. Join them in Minneapolis on Wed 9/29 & Thu 9/30 for this year’s Think About with the theme of “World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter.” Watch the video here.
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SPONSORED: Feed both sides of your brain Tri-C presents pianist Christopher O’Riley, host of NPR’s From The Top, who will blow your mind with two great shows, Fri 10/1 & Sun 10/3: a rock concert for piano featuring the music of Radiohead, R.E.M. and Nirvana at Tri-C, and a classical recital at CMA. Buy an eclectic 4-show Tri-C season package for only $60. TriCPresents.com. Peruse the new season brochure here.
VIDEO: LaunchHouse the pre-seed business incubator that aims to hatch new tech firms in NEO, such as Sunflower Solutions, LifeServe Innovations, and Tunnel Vision Hoops. Watch the video as Cool Cleveland’s Susan Schaul visits with partner Dar Caldwell.
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Leave Your Sleep: A Very Special Evening with Natalie Merchant Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, of 10,000 Maniacs and solo fame, will visit the Ohio Theatre on Mon 10/11 at 7PM to perform songs from her acclaimed new solo album, Leave Your Sleep. The double album, her first since 2003, sets the poems of well-known and obscure writers against an eclectic backdrop of musical genres ranging from Cajun, bluegrass, reggae, jazz, R&B, and Chinese and Celtic folk. A performance by PlayhouseSquare’s Youth Poetry Slam Team will kickoff the evening. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation. For tickets, call 216.241.6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org.
SPONSORED: Be amazed! The 2010-2011 Explorer Lecture Series at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History kicks off on Fri 10/1 with Museum director and CEO Dr. Evalyn Gates, who will discuss “Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy.” Register for the entire series and save! CMNH.org
Cleveland area resident Christopher O’Riley is best known for hosting From The Top on National Public Radio and PBS television. He has recently released a disc, Out of My Hands, on which he covers music by Radiohead, R.E.M., Pink Floyd, Nirvana and others.
First, an exclusive video interview for Cool Cleveland: Christopher O’Riley talking about classical, jazz and popular music, his work with students on From The Top, as well as his latest CD, Out Of My Hands.
Next, an exclusive solo piano performance of Maurice Ravel’s Ondine, at Tri-C’s new Center for Creative Arts.
Christopher O’Riley will be performing at Tri-C Metro Campus, Center for Creative Arts Black Box Theatre on Fri 10/1 at 8PM, playing songs from Out of My Hands, and then again on Sun 10/3 at 2PM at the Cleveland Museum of Art, performing a classical piano recital. http://www.TriCPresents.com
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SPONSORED: Monty Python meets Alfred Hitchcock Catch The 39 Steps at the Cleveland Play House, on stage now through 10/10. Are you ready to have a comical, possibly romantic, mysteriously dashing good time? A Hitchcock comedy thriller is right up your alley! Buy tix in advance, or come to the box office for any performance of The 39 Steps handcuffed to your date (seriously!), and get half-priced tickets to that evening’s show. ClevelandPlayHouse.org.
Steam in the Valley 2010 Choo-choo!! Climb aboard the largest operating steam locomotive east of the Mississippi for a ride back in time on Sat 9/25 and Sun 9/26. Chug through the Cuyahoga Valley on a humongous train. It’s so big, you gotta see it to believe it.
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SPONSORED: The History of The Present CWRU’s Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities presents Arjun Appadurai presenting How New is Globalism: Reflections on the History of the Present on Thu 9/30 at 6PM in Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library, 11000 Euclid Avenue. Prominent social-cultural anthropologist and professor Arjun Appadurai addresses debates about the extent to which the world has always been a place of faraway places and distant times. Free and open to the public. Registration recommended, http://www.case.edu/humanities.
Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready discusses with Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora on 10/19/06 about the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, the County’s plans for use of the Breuer Tower at East 9th & Euclid Avenue, and the controversial candidacy of Judge Christine Russo. Watch the video now.
SPONSORED: IngenuityFest presents Ingenuity Nights on Thu 9/24 – 26 with Bands, DJs, Dancing and more… FREE. Over 70 bands and DJs including Wonder Mike and Master Gee, formerly of the Sugarhill Gang with HenDogg & DJ Robb the Noize along with Turntables on the Hudson, Dan Curtin, Jahi, Boatzz, Cubic Zirconia, Hot Cha Cha, and more! Check the schedule now.
WED
Gardens Under Glass Happy Hour Raise a drink to the coolest green project not only in town, but in the entire nation: Gardens Under Glass, which is turning the semi-vacant Galleria into a giant greenhouse. Walk over to the Galleria on Wed 9/22 for happy hour w/ Cafe Sausalito: networking, demos, a recycled art show, and info on Gardens Under Glass. 5 – 8PM.
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SPONSORED: Wed 9/22 at 8PM, WCLV 104.9 FM is live at Kulas Hall for a CIM Orchestra concert conducted by Carl Topilow. Dorothy Ro is the soloist in the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Also on the program, the Barber Toccata Festiva and a Suite from Tchaikovskys ballet Swan Lake. Complete details on all of WCLV’s programming at http://www.WCLV.com.
THU
A new rollergirl crew is here. Support the Sandusky Rollergirls at their first bout @ the Ghostly Manor Thrill Ctr on Thu 9/23. Sure, it’s a drive. But it’s worth the hike to support a fledgling roller league. Watch the Black Widows and the Yellow Jackets tear it up in a two hour battle.
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FRI
IngenuityFest: An Interactive Arts & Technology Adventure. IngenuityFest 2010: Musical robots, digital graffiti [pictured], Global Warming on Ice, dance mimicking keyboards and cell phones, an Underground Ballerina, kids space, and exhibits that will expand your mind. It’s all at Ingenuity 2010, Fri 9/24 – Sun 9/26. This year it’s FREE and located on the lower level of the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Click here to read the preview by Claudia Taller.
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SAT
Conya Doss Blu Transition LP release party on Sat 9/25 @ the Beachland. Soulful blues/jazz singer Conya Doss’ fifth album is inspired by life’s unexpected moments: namely, tragedies (death) & triumphs (birth). Intricately crafted songs paired w/ old-school harmony and mood: That’s Conya and that’s why she’s so good.
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SUN
Ride for Miles Ride for bicycle safety. Ride for the environment. But really, ride for Miles Coburn, a JCU professor/avid bicyclist who died in a cycling accident years ago. Bike 15 miles on Sun 9/26 to carry on his legacy of environmental activism. The ride will be followed by an environmental symposium.
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MON
Brews & Blues w/ Kristine Jackson Have a beer and discover the bluesy sounds of Elyria native Kristine Jackson on Mon 9/27 @ the Great Lakes Brewing Co. Catch her there the last Mon of the month through Nov to find out why she’s “not your average blues band.” [Photo by Rob Smith.]
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TUE
Biomimicry in the Cuyahoga Valley How can the lessons of Biomimicry be used to heal the Cuyahoga Valley? What can we learn from the Cuyahoga Valleys ecosystem that will advance new ideas in manufacturing, service delivery and social network? Answer these Qs & more at Biomimicry, Cle’s networking field trip to CVNP on Tue 9/28. Nature knows best, if we can only listen.
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WED
Robin Stone @ Earth Night Club Robin Stone + Carlos Jones join together in a rare performance @ Earth on Wed 9/29. Need to drive away Wed blahs? Come here, where the positive vibes will be through the roof. Jam out, get funky and have a good time.
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“Theres a perception that indie rock is cool, but that indie film is not”, states Mike Goulis, the judge, jury and executioner of the very first Cleveland Truly Independent Film Festival, taking place on Sat 9/25.
Mike first conceptualized the idea after hearing about the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, a response to material being rejected by the Seattle International Film Festival. A Cleveland based actor and the lead of the locally produced Julio, Mikes most important goal is to support the local creative community.
According to Eric Swinderman, Executive Director of Cinema Cleveland, the nonprofit charged with helping to keep filmmakers here to work on their projects, Weve wanted for a while to do a local film festival for local filmmakers. And, while the organization has made several attempts to previously do this, between the few submissions and other logistical and cost-prohibitive obstacles, it didnt happen. Thus, Cinema Cleveland is excited the goal is finally coming to fruition… Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
Now comes the County Prosecutor, Bill Mason, defending himself against charges he took his eye off the ball in terms of the corruption flourishing all around him in the county. His response, in part, goes something like, “Hey, this is unfair, you guys in the media and at the law schools didn’t catch it or say anything about it either!” While I never thought I’d be defending Mason or any other prosecutor, to some degree he’s right: No watchdogs — public or private — were holding his feet to the fire or looking over his shoulder.
However, for one of the wise old men of great stature in the local legal profession to suddenly (at the behest of local media) rouse out of his somnolence to spot the 800 pound gorilla of Mason’s alleged malfeasance begs the question of how could he not have spotted the 1000 pound gorilla of the unjust — virtually to the point of corrupt when dealing with minorities — county criminal justice system the Prosecutor’s Office was part of? How could the media not spot it…?
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Quick previews & reviews of recent events
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REVIEW: The 39 Steps at Cleveland Play House 09/17/10 by Thomas Mulready
REVIEW: Opera Per Tutti – Romanza @ Stan Hywet 9/18/10 by Kelly Ferjutz
REVIEW: Chorus for a Cause @ Malone Univ 9/18/10 by Kelly Ferjutz
REVIEW: My Fair Lady @ Beck Ctr 9/19/10 by Roy Berko
VIDEO: Woofstock at Holden Arboretum 09/19/10 by Thomas Mulready
REVIEW: Neil de Grasse Tyson @ Ohio Theatre 9/21/10 by Thomas Mulready
Meet the Extraordinary Herman Rubin Nice article from Kelly Ferjutz. I enjoyed reading this story about an unusual personality…
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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) Retreating From The World.
2) Historical Significance Of the Cold Storage Warehouse
3) Ingenuity 2010 Schedule is up! [pictured is jazz singer Zee Avi]
4) 500 New Jobs Coming to NEO.
5) Mansfield: No Pain, No Change
Think about this: our writers dig deeper for the edgiest, the freshest, the coolest stuff going on: Many thanks to Roy Berko, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Susan Schaul, 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.
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