Your Career Here

01.18-01.25.12
Your Career Here

Is it possible? Can you be the best in your field and still live on the North Coast, and not one of the other two? This is one of the provocative questions that Cool Cleveland writer Alex Sukhoy poses this week. Her other piece is a very useful how-to for getting your existing career into high gear.

We know that people today look for a place to live first, then find a job. So don’t get so worked up about your career that you don’t take time to check out the cool stuff dropping this week: MOCA from 8501 to 11400, nightOUT for the LGBT community, cash mob in Old Brooklyn, Pajama Party Puppet Show for kids. Plus, I just may be sitting in with the Lakewood Project. Your career, your life: we have it all right here. –Thomas Mulready

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Can You Be a Huge Success in Cleveland?
Or Do You Have to Go Somewhere Else, First?

The other day, I was having an impromptu afternoon conversation with a close friend, also a writer. We are very supportive of each other’s craft and sometimes share ideas so that we can both grow and advance within our chosen profession.

At one point, my friend said, “If you want to make it big, you have to get out of this town.”

Ever the optimist, I at first resisted his words, full of intention and strength… Read more from Alex Sukhoy here

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SPONSORED: Join the CMNH Trout Club on Fri 2/3 for a special screening of the film Connect, featuring an appearance by renowned outdoor cinematographer Jim Klug. Tickets are $10 ($15 at the door, $5 for students) and include light refreshments. A cash bar will also be available. Reception begins at 6:30PM, screening at 8PM. Registration is recommended! CMNH.org.

Calling all creatives Project Gilgamesh seeks new artists for inclusion in Songbook Unbound II. Download the sheet music & use it as a launching point to create new music, theatre, dance & other works of art.

* Party like it’s 1969 at the cool WRHS party.
* Cle-based Sparkbase launches the Groupon-killer for your smartphone.
* Learn more about Cle’s proposed CPP gasification waste-to-energy power facility @ a mtg on Thu 1/19.

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SPONSORED: Don’t miss the Ohio premiere of “The Rambler,” Joe Goode’s new evening-length work at the Hanna Theatre on Sat 2/11, courtesy of Tri-C Presents. Hailed by San Francisco Appeal as “a feat of technical accomplishment which is sober and stunning,” the piece examines the mythic cowboy-wanderer from American history. Goode is renowned for combining movement with spoken word, song and visual imagery. For details visit TriCPresents.com.

10 Ideas to Help Advance Your Career in 2012
Back to Basics in a High Network World

The new year has arrived and as lower unemployment figures offer hope for American workers, it’s a marvelous time to do a career audit and determine if things are on track or if it’s time for a change.

Regardless of motivation, there’s several things we can all do to advance the career path in 2012… Read more from Alex Sukhoy here

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SPONSORED: We’ll See You Somewhere In Time! Party like it’s 1969! VIPs will start with private cocktails and dinner in the library turned 1960s sit-in at 6PM, then party with everyone till midnight to the groovy sounds of the ’60s – dance lessons included! Dress in period fashion and win prizes, check out the reproduction of Janis Joplin’s psychedelic 1965 Porsche 356C Cabriolet after dropping your own car with the complimentary valet service. Missed the 1960s? Dig it on Sat 1/28 at Western Reserve Historical Society. WRHS.com.

Pajama Party Puppet Show Kids, put on your best jammies & gather ’round the fireplace @ the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes for an entertaining show by master puppeteer Lydia Chanenka of the soon-to-be-open Talespinner Children’s Theatre.

* Owl Prowl! Head into the woods searching for wild owls.
* Treasured Stories by Eric Carle Brown Bear, Brown Bear, The Very Hungry Caterpillar & more LIVE.

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WED 1/18
Live music @ Wolf Creek Winery Break away from mid-week monotony w/ a glass of wine & and an earful of good music courtesy of Ryann Anderson on Wed 1/18.

* Matchmaking in the Meadow How Pollinators Affect Plant Mating Patterns. Interesting stuff.

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THU 1/19
The World Lives in Lakewood Lakewood is one big melting pot — & that’s something to be proud of. Bring your fam & a meal to the community diversity potluck on Thu 1/19. Cultures unite!

* At-TEN-tion Span Series @ CPT Theatre that’s NOT about shutting up & sitting in the dark.
* Apollo’s Fire: Earth, Wind & Fire & the struggles of nature set to classical music.
* nightOUT! A night of theater for the LGBT community & friends.
* Greater Cleveland Aquarium Opening Gala Tours, dinner & an auction.
* Cowboys, Cadillacs & Cocktails Roundin’ up urban cowboys/girls for a good cause. Yee-haw, anyone?

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FRI 1/20
8501 to 11400 (On Moving) will be MOCA’s last show at its Carnegie Ave location. The aptly-titled show examines the philosophical implications of moving. Be a part of an interactive timeline and mix & mingle w/ regional artists @ the opening party on Fri 1/20.

* Duplicities @ legation Sculpture & installation from two very different, yet complementary, artists.
* Collected Gems II @ Zygote Press View private collectors’ most beloved artwork.
* Carlos Jones @ Jalapeno Loco Cold? Get inside & warm up to some reggae.
* The Texas Chainsaw Musical! presented by Cle’s newest theatre co.
* Joust, jest or juggle Just get ye’ self to Trinity Cathedral’s Medieval Feast.
* Third Fridays @ 78th Street Studios Last chance to view work of Andy Marcis.

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SPONSORED: WCLV 104.9 continues its coverage of concerts from area music schools with a retrospective program from Baldwin-Wallace this Fri 1/20, a live concert from Cleveland State University on Tue 1/24, and on Wed 2/01, a live CIM Live from Severance Hall featuring the CIM Orchestra. All of these concerts begin at 8PM. Full details on WCLV’s classical music programming at WCLV.com.

SAT 1/21
Roaring With The Lakewood Project and the amazing Christian Howes, who copped the #1 spot in Downbeat’s 2011 Critics Poll for Rising Star Violin. Watch for Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready to sit in.

* Chinese New Year Join in one of the celebrations happening in AsiaTown.
* Almeda Trio: Live @ the Library Classical Music @ Main w/ a bit of history.
* Melt Late Shift Movie featuring Beverly Hills Cop & introducing “The Fried Banana in the Tail Pipe Trick Melt”!
* Lunar New Year Feast @ Noodle Cat served up by Chef Lee Anne Wong.
* Fancy Cats on parade @ the CFA Cat Show.

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SUN 1/22
Old Brooklyn Cash Mob #2 CASH MOB!!! This month, meet @ No Regrets Tattoo Studio for their latest art opening on Sun 1/22. Bring $20 to spend (no you don’t need to get a tattoo). Get out, mob up & support Old Brooklyn.

* MotivAsians Lunar New Year Dinner A feast fit to ring in Year of the Dragon.

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MON 1/23
Introduction to Naturopathic Medicine How do you optimize the function of every organ system on a daily basis? Dr. Rhondalynn Smith Brustoski, ND, will teach you how to invest in your health naturally on Mon 1/23 & Tue 1/24.

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TUE 1/24
The Playwrights’ GYM @ Dobama See two workshop productions by GYM playwrights produced in repertory starting on Tue 1/24. Productions include Telling Lives by Faye Sholiton & The Mighty Scarabs by Cornell Hubert Calhoun II.

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WED 1/25
Mah Jongg Memories @ Maltz Museum What’s so special about mah jongg? Bring your fave stories, photos & memories to the museum on Wed 1/25. Watch a film paying tribute to the Asian & Jewish-American women who play this centuries-old Chinese game.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Strange Death of Father Candy
Les Roberts Writes Youngstown

When Les Roberts writes a novel, the neighborhoods, attitudes and history of the city become so entwined with the plot that to separate them, the book would not be the same. Roberts’ stories are often a study of how the place where a person grows up influences who that person becomes. The characters come alive and are believable and microcosmic even when they’re murderers and Mafia leaders… Read Claudia Taller’s review here

The recently emerged video of four United States Marines urinating on the bodies of three dead Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan sparked worldwide opprobrium… as well it should. However, at home the level of outrage over such incidents is often muted…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here

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You know folks, the 2012 Republicans are out to destroy working/middle class people and, of course, America with it. Everything goes to the top!

They cry, “Exceptionalism,” to describe America. Yet they push the nation toward mediocrity or worse. They don’t value freedom. They value the aristocracy of wealth… Read more from Roldo Bartimole here

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REVIEW: A SONG FOR CORETTA points spotlight on the other civil rights King @ Ensemble Theater by Roy Berko

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Prediction: Another Electoral Landslide for Obama During the past three years, the real median US income has declined 10% in the last three years. The cost of everything is going up. Gasoline is double. “It’s the economy, stupid.”…
Read the comment from IndyCA35 here

I wish that people who so glibly call Obama a “socialist” would specify what they mean by this overused, highly elastic term. By my definition, one who advocates “socialism” is in favor of state nationalization of production, distribution and exchange. This is hardly true of Obama…
Read the comment from Charles Michener here

Was this piece to be taken seriously? In any event, the author is preaching to the choir on this website…
Read the comment from 57bill here

MANSFIELD: “Testalying” As you no doubt know from your own TV talking head stint a few years ago, Mansfield, local TV “news” isn’t at all about news or the community’s need for enlightenment on the issues. It’s merely about who can be louder and more manipulative on the race to the bottom…
Read the comment from John Ettorre here

Mansfield great article keep them coming. I had no idea how screwed up our justice system really is. I try to avoid it at all costs like most of us. We really need to elect some new blood…
Read the comment from Sandy Maline here

ROLDO: This is Not About Jimmy Dimora! NOT aware of it ALL but ENOUGH… CAN UNDERSTAND SOME OF IT… but… CAN UNDERSTAND SOME who HAVE THE $, etc. to want X…n get NEW FANCY DIGS… BUT… HOW MANY left EVEN WITH abatements who can afford those pricey digs…
Read the comment from bob w. 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) Pretentious Tremont Artists

2) Historic Agora to be revitalized, rejuvenated

3) Let the Chips Fall: Bob Peck at WRG

4) Prediction: Another Electoral Landslide for Obama

5) Bad Girls of Cleveland Business

Thank you for not leaving: Roldo Bartimole, Mansfield Frazier, Alex Sukhoy, Claudia Taller, Sarah Valek and Laurie Wanninger. 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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–Thomas Mulready
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