05.01-05.08.2019 Dreamscape

05.01-05.08.19
Dreamscape

We are making dreams come true. While issues with our region persist, most due to a lack of civic leadership and vision, we are amazed weekly with the hard work, courage, confidence and, especially, imagination on display amongst our brightest and fiercest artists and entrepreneurs. Because of their determination, our region will forever be improved.

Nicole Hennessy, the “Gypsy Queen,” heroically brings her poetry together with ten artists and a dozen poets at Good Goat in Lakewood. Ingenuity’s annual funraiser is dubbed Dreamer’s Bal to mirror the city’s reawakening and our latent dreams and hopes – we hope to see you there at the Hamilton Collaborative. Deanna Dionne reimagines car crashes as jewelry at her rebranded Street Glass Studio open studio event. Bloom Bakery on Public Square trains the underemployed funded by their Signature Chef series, this week featuring Jeremy Lisy of Green City Growers.

Give a listen to this week’s CoolCLE PODCAST featuring an interview with Jay White of Quire Cleveland, a calendar of upcoming events, plus new music from British/Cleveland singer-songwriter Guy Snowdon, and A Mother’s Love, by Erised from Chardon. Dream it, then be it. –Thomas Mulready

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CoolCLE PODCAST #30: Quire Cleveland’s Ave Maria Concerts

On this episode, we’re speaking to Jay White, artistic director of Quire Cleveland, about its special concerts at Lakewood Congregational Church on Sat 5/4 and St. Peter Catholic Church in Cleveland on Sun 5/5 in tribute to the ultimate mother – the Virgin Mary.

And, with Mother’s Day coming up Sun 5/12, we have mother-inspired music from Cleveland’s Erised and Guy Snowdon.

Nicole Hennessy Brings Poetry & Art Together for Book Release

Local writer Nicole Hennessy was dubbed “Gypsy Queen” by her uncle and it stuck. So she’s using it as the title of her first book of poetry and the theme of the event she’s planned surrounding its release, taking place at Lakewood’s Good Goat Gallery Sat 5/4

Vision of a Gypsy Queen will not only feature Hennessy but a dozen other poets reading their works, and ten artists interpreting the work in various media. The freewheeling event is part of her mission to make poetry more approachable. “One of the things I really want to work on this year is making the poetry community more a part of the larger arts community,” she says.

Fantasies Abound at Ingenuity’s Dreamer’s Bal

Going into its second decade, the Ingenuity Festival has been increasing its commitment to community creativity. That includes its annual “Bal” benefits, which take on different themes each year and invite the public to its space in the Hamilton Collaborative to explore and discover.

This year’s theme is dreams. “[The] Dreamscape theme is an exploration of our city as it has enjoyed this reawakening,” says Ingenuity Cleveland artistic director Emily Appelbaum. “The idea is that we have all shared subconscious hopes and dreams that were latent or ignored. This is a chance to see those yearnings come to life.” Sat 5/4.

Beauty from Bad Luck

Since 2016 multimedia artist Deanna Dionne has been selling jewelry made from pieces of broken car windows at events such as the Cleveland Flea and Night Market Cleveland. She’s now rebranding her business as Street Glass Studio and expanding into larger sculptural pieces. She’ll be showing those, as well as her new line of jewelry, at an open studio event at her Superior Arts District space. Sat 5/4.

* Cleveland rocker Michael Stanley performs a sold-out acoustic evening at the Beachland Ballroom to raise money for the Cleveland Arts Prize, whose Lifetime Achievement Award he has just received. Sat 5/4.

Eat Ice Cream for Kids’ Theater

Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s Sundae Sunday is a low-cost benefit that not only offers delicious ice cream from Sweet Moses, it also introduces families to some of the creativity theater TCT offers, with hands-on activities and the chance to meet actors. Sun 5/5.

* Akron’s Magical Theatre Company brings beloved children’s book Charlotte’s Web to life onstage. Fri 5/3-Sat 5/11.

* It’s bigger than they are right now, but kids ages 3-6 can learn all about the “Tremendous Tuba” at the Cleveland Orchestra’s Music Explorers series. Fri 5/3 & Sat 5/4.

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May 2019 at Melt Bar and Grilled

For May, Melt Bar and Grilled features the Frito Pie Mac & Cheese (pictured). Enjoy spicy chorizo, 4-bean vegetarian chili, crushed Frito corn chips, cheddar cheese sauce, shredded cheddar, sour cream & scallions. Partner it with the new and exclusive Roobiy Doo from Rhinegeist Brewing. Follow everything with Electric Blueberry Lemonade bread pudding to keep that smile on your face.

Melt News: New Meltcade concept added to select Melt Bar and Grilled locations. You have heard of an “Arcade” and a “Barcade” but now we are taking the concept to new heights! The new “Meltcade” is our awesome menu and killer drinks mixed with classic arcade games, pinball and new modern video games.

Bloom Bakery, downtown on Public Square, has the mission of training people for employment who might otherwise be shut out of the job market. Their Signature Chef series events is a series of benefits with a local chef preparing small dishes. It starts this week with Jeremy Lisy of Green City Growers using their locally grown greens to prepare soups and salads. Wed 5/8.

* Close to downtown and taking place 4-7pm Tuesdays, the Tremont Farmers Market, which opens this week in Lincoln Park, makes for a convenient after-work stop. Tue 5/7.

* More than 20 food trucks will be parked on Perk Plaza downtown from 11:30am-1:30pm each Wednesday 5/8-9/4.

Read more of CoolCleveland’s picks for Eats and Drinks.

The Cleveland Metroparks just announced their summer concert season, with more free events than ever before, taking place at six locations including four on the lakefront, Fri 5/24-Sat 8/31

* Akron Symphony presents concert version of West Side Story at E.J. Thomas Hall. Sat 5/4.

* BlueWater Chamber Orchestra welcome new artistic director Daniel Meyer for season finale in Shaker Heights. Sat 5/4.

* Windsong Feminist Chorus celebrates its 40th anniversary with concerts at the BOP STOP Fri 5/3 & Near West Theatre Sun 5/5.

* City Music Cleveland performs Verdi Requiem at Maltz Center for Holocaust Day of Remembrance. Thu 5/2.

WED 5/1
The Rock Hall Nights event at the Rock Hall not only celebrates the 50th anniversary of that seminal festival in upstate New York it also marks the opening of an extensive exhibit devoted to the festival.

* The Cleveland Public Library hosts the first ever Cleveland Sister Cities conference, through Fri 5/3.

Click here for more events on Wed 5/1

THU 5/2
With women’s reproductive rights under siege in Ohio, the University of Akron Theatre department stages Out of Silence: Abortion Stories, confronting the reality of women’s diverse experiences. It runs through Sun 5/5 at UA and 5/10-11 at Akron’s Balch Street Theater.

* Show support for Mayor Jackson’s support for the Second Chance Act at City Hall rally.

* North Carolina’s Town Mountain adds a jolt of adrenalin to bluegrass at G.A.R. Hall.

* Jazz musicians from three cities comprise the Chicago Plan, performing at Nighttown.

Click here for more events on Thu 5/2

FRI 5/3
Lakewood’s Screw Factory has two floors filled with artists and craftspeople. Many of them open their doors for the spring open studio, where event rooms also host guest artists. Also tomorrow.

* New drama, Thiz Girlz Lyfe, by local playwright Ernesta Jefferson takes the stage at the Creative Space on Waterloo. Through Sat 5/18.

* Sip & Sparkle at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History raises money for its summer camps.

* Concerts in Shaker Heights tonight and Kent tomorrow honor the centennial of folksinger Pete Seeger’s birth.

* Cleveland Museum of Art’s MIX party has a Japanese festival theme.

* Heights Bicycle Coalition celebrates Bike Month with a weekend of events. Through Sun 5/5.

* A Room of One’s Own features artists in residence at the Morgan Conservatory.

* Standing Rock Cultural Arts and Last Exit Books in Kent present Jawbone Open Poetry Reading. Through Sun 5/5.

Click here for more events on Fri 5/3

SAT 5/4
Station Hope, now in its 6th year in Ohio City, features more than 250 artists and performers singing, dancing, storytelling, rapping and more to address issues of justice and freedom. It takes place at St. John’s Episcopal, Ohio City, which was a a stop on the Underground Railroad – the catalyst for the free event.

* Two-day Spring Flea opens the Cleveland Flea’s 7th season at Tyler Village. Also tomorrow.

* Make your own Star Wars-themed chocolate bars at Lilly’s Chocolates & Confections.

* Two cat rescues come together for the 4th annual Cinco de Meow at Around the Corner in Lakewood.

* Civil rights activist talks about his work at Cleveland’s North Presbyterian Church.

* Women’s Air & Space Museum holds its annual community day.

Click here for more events on Sat 5/4

SUN 5/5
The Bald Eagle Fest at Mentor Marsh, sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, gives visitors the chance to learn all about America’s national bird and enjoy fun family activities.

* Jazz trumpeter Jaimie Branch brings her debut album to the BOP STOP.

* The Cleveland Pops Orchestra chorus reflects on America in concert in Avon Lake.

Click here for more events on Sun 5/5

MON 5/6
Dust off the bike and get rolling with Slow Roll Cleveland, a comfortably paced series of 10-mile rides through a different Cleveland neighborhood each Monday through October. This week it’s University Circle; meet at Wade Oval.

* Pack the Patio launches the summer outdoor season & shows off renovations at the House of Blues.

Click here for more events on Mon 5/6

TUE 5/7
How do citizen juries impact justice systems in different countries? That’s the question addressed at the monthly Happy Dog Takes on the World at the Happy Dog in Gordon Square, where the topic is the emergence of citizen juries in Asia.

* Two authors with brand new second novels are the guests of this month’s Brews + Prose at Market Garden Brewery.

Click here for more events on Tue 5/7

WED 5/8
NYC’s 70s art/punk band Television will evoke some memories when they perform at at the Beachland Ballroom, with three of the four members who performed their first show here at the old Piccadilly downtown in the summer of 1975.

* Willie Watson plays traditional folk music at Peninsula’s G.A.R. Hall.

Click here for more events on Wed 5/8

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Shooting All Dogs

The city has an obligation to hire the formerly incarcerated simply because other employers won’t – unless you happen to be white. Yes, race plays a huge part in all of this as I will explain….

* Robert E. Lee – Traitor No other country in the history of the world – except the United States – has allowed monuments to traitors to be built in on its native soil. None, nada, zero, zilch, not one…

* Red Zoning There’s always a jail within jails – the one called “solitary confinement.” In fact, when incarcerated persons ask one another where so-and-so has disappeared to, the answer oftentimes…

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