Here it comes
Each week brings new excitement and fresh anticipation. Whether it’s a new film about the impact of college radio that’s screening at the Grog Shop, or the 20th anniversary of Cleveland Burlesque and Bella Sin’s arrival in Cleveland, a night of cathartic heavy metal at the Winchester, or the return of the Count Basie Orchestra to Tri-C Metro, cool events are popping out all around the region this week.
Cleveland’s underground music scene is about to be revealed like never before in a new show that Vanity Crash and I are working on for May about the history of women rockers in NEO, to be presented at the Beachland, the BOP STOP and Jilly’s, entitled Our Day Will Come. In the meantime, Mac’s Backs and the Coventry branch of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library present Cleveland Undergraphics, featuring key authors and illustrators, including Gary Dumm, who worked closely with Harvey Pekar.
CoolCleveland travel/food/wine/adventure writer Claudia Taller shares her recent travels to Kenya (including photos!), while connecting that trip with the work being done at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. We’ve also got a peek at the survey that Bike Cleveland conducted, telling us what Clevelanders want from their transportation infrastructure.
Emerging from winter are new shows from Wizbang Circus Theatre, CPT’s Test Flight, SPACES, Ensemble Theatre and the Maltz PAC. Plus talks and programs on organic gardening, assimilation of newcomers, how to undo gerrymandering, remembering Bob Marley, stopping the hate, and, of course, Drag Bingo.
And if you’ve been hibernating, the day after Easter is Dyngus Day, which also happens to be April Fools Day, the perfect time to roll out from under your winter slumber and enjoy “all the polka, paczki and piwo [beer] you can handle!” Feels like we’ve already arrived.
–Thomas Mulready