As CoolCleveland celebrates 20 years, we’ve witnessed a sea change in our region’s attitude towards itself. Not too long ago, the concept of buying local was offered as a balance to spending money at big box stores and online. Now even Hale Farm hosts Made in Ohio for local makers.Equity issues have come into focus as WRHS honors Black journalists. Flea markets used to be a rural oddity; this week the Peninsula Flea concludes another fabulous season.
Our industrial legacy relied on major institutions for innovation; now smaller startups are leading the way. Akron Soul Train features two veteran artists and one who’s emerging. Lit Cleveland’s Inkubator goes live at CPL this week. Yards Project presents 15 emerging and established visual artists who manipulate text.
Get outside this week and follow CoolCleveland’s suggestions for enjoying the weather and changing the world. Any change that’s going to happen will come from you. Take your time. We’re all counting on you.
Follow acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn as he attempts to record all the bee species in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England during the lockdown. He fashions one-of-a-kind lenses and catalogs more than 60 different species from Britain’s largest bumblebee to scissor bees the size of a mosquito in the PBS Nature special event.
Admission to My Garden of a Thousand Bees is included in general admission to the museum, and is now playing in Murch Auditorium through 09.30. Read more.
The Assembly for the Arts, the NE Ohio nonprofit advocacy group of the arts, has announced that ARPA funding is available to for-profit arts businesses and creative workers who lost income during the pandemic. Applications are being accepted now. Read more.
Fifty years ago then-Congressman Louis Stokes launched an annual Labor Day event that quickly became one of the biggest Northeast Ohio events on that day, especially in the Black community.
What’s now the 11th Congressional District Community Caucus Labor Day Parade & Festival was hosted by his successors, Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Marcia Fudge, and this year, for the first time officially, Shontel Brown. After the lengthy parade down Kinsman arrives at Luke Easter Park, there’ll be food, vendors, kids activities and lots of politicians to meet and greet. Read more.
Summer fun is still happening in NEO! Why not give yourself one more reason to get out and enjoy the weather while changing the world. Good candidates like Nan Whaley (above), who is pushing to become Ohio’s next Governor, can use your help.
This week, CoolCleveland points you to a bunch of cool events where you can chill out, enjoy the vibe, meet new people and engage voters on the key issues we face in the upcoming November election. Help folks get registered, educate ourselves on the issues, and make new friends. Read more.
TUE 9/6 Reading & Writing Lit Cleveland’s Inkubator will go live at the Cleveland public Library downtown this weekend. It warms up with a series of online panels starting tonight.
WED 9/7 New Art Akron Soul Train opens show of new work by two veteran artists who completed residencies there, as well as a show of work by an emerging artist.
