Cast your palate across the region and you might be surprised. Summer’s in full bloom and right at the tip of your tongue.The Akron Civic is back, a delicacy worthy of one of the greatest cities in the world. Cleveland native WRDSMTH feeds the soul with a tribute to the city’s most beloved songwriter. Master percussionist Jamey Haddad lights up the eclectic BOP STOP with delicious rhythms.
If you’re hungry for handmade, we’ve rounded up a cornucopia of makers marts to sample. And if it’s healthy food you hanker for, the Countryside Market Tomato Tasting offers over 30 varieties of fresh tomatoes.
Built in 1929, the stunning Akron Civic Theatre fell on hard times by the 70s and came close to being demolished.Instead it was restored to its full glory and new features have been added. Now it’s celebrating a grand reopening with a week of music on its new Knight Stage, a gala benefit that looks back to the Great Gatsby era of its birth, and a community open house with entertainment, food, music and more. Read More
Cleveland councilman Ken Johnson was convicted of 15 counts of corruption and tax evasion last week, but new facets of his dubious activities keep coming out.Our columnist C. Ellen Connally has delved into the issue of a house that was transferred to the community development organization he ran which somehow found its way to the ownership a young man Johnson has claimed as his “son” — for free. Read all about it and gnash your teeth. Read More
Artist WRDSMTH finished his biggest mural, a tribute to Michael Stanley, on Payne & East 26th, this past weekend. That was just the beginning of a week of painting that will find him downtown, in North Collinwood, University Circle, Cleveland Heights and Ohio City through Friday 8/13. Read More
The enormous Cleveland Flea is gone, but Cleveland is lucky to have a variety of smaller and less hectic handmade markets including this Saturday, the Made Cleveland popup at Van Aken district and the Beachland Rock & Roll Flea Market, and on Sunday the Makertown Market at Saucy Brew’s Vibes Garden. Read More
On September 16-19, Thomas Mulready presents a two-part live show and livestream featuring rare archival video from the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, which hosted over 1000 performance artists in Cleveland from 24 countries from 1988-2003. The show is called (*)Everything Is Subject To Radical Change: Cleveland Performance Art Festival Revisited.Featuring brand new interviews with artists, panelists, researchers and staff, the two part show will be presented on subsequent evenings at both BOP STOP and Jilly’s Music Room on September 16-19, as well as livestreamed.
Artists, audiences, or anyone connected with the PAF are encouraged to send a short video or note to INFO@ThisAnalogWorld.com. A limited number of tickets are available now. Read More
MON 8/16 Rolling Round the City After a year off, the comfortably paced Slow Roll Cleveland social bike rides are back every Monday. This week the ride launches from Triskett near Berea Road.
