07.20-07.27.11
Midsummer
Like a film trailer, Cool Cleveland gives you the highlights of our fab region each week. See below and on our new free mobile app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for just the coolest stuff happening during this midsummer week: Lakewood’s Streetwalk, Ohio Homecoming Festival, the Kent Blues Fest, the Burning River Fest, or read our story on creating your own Midsummer night’s dream.Next, check out our feature on turning your resume into a film trailer of your career, our exclusive video of David Beach touring you through the CMNH SmartHome, and a reminder about pollution. We remind you to reserve Fri 7/29 for photographer Elisa Vietri’s first solo show at Beck Cafe [image at left]. So much happening, and to think, it’s only midsummer. –Thomas Mulready
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It’s not summer solstice time… but it is about midsummer and all sorts of randomness seems to be happening — from people bathing in fountains and going barefoot on downtown sidewalks to sunbathing at Voinovich Park sans blouse.
Create your own Midsummer Nights’ Dream this weekend in Northeast Ohio… Click here for Claudia Taller’s festival picks
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To most people, the topic of litter may not be at the forefront of everyday thinking.
Who has time to care, right? While most of us may not be thinking about litter itself, much less its negative impacts economically, socially, and environmentally — what we fail to realize is just how much every day life and “our routine” contributes to the litter problem… Read more from Robert Carillio here
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Do you recognize this image? You must be a real Clevelander. Since February, 2011, Cool Cleveland has featured the work of photographer Elisa Vietri in virtually every issue. See that image at the top of the Cool Cleveland newsletter? Yup. Also Elisa Vietri.
Save the date! Cool Cleveland and Travel Art Gallery are celebrating the work of Elisa Vietri with her first one-woman show at the Beck Cafe, with a free opening event on Fri 7/29 beginning at 6PM. Prepare your eyes for a feast of Cleveland images. Join us for a little wine and sample the delicacies. Click here for more information and registration for this FREE event.
SPONSORED: Akron-Canton Airport’s customers have been showing them the LOVE this summer. And, now you’re getting some LOVE in return. Head over to CAK’s Facebook page, like them and find out how you can get your very own Peace, Love & Happiness CAK T-shirt. They’re giving them away every Tuesday! Facebook.com/akroncantonairport.
Sucking Lake Erie dry The National Wildlife Federation’s new report, “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” doesn’t have great things to say about Ohio. In fact, we are among “The Ugly” in terms of water conservation & efficiency. Not cool.
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When David Beach’s GreenCityBlueLake Institute merged with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History a few years ago, they started dreaming about a project that would showcase energy efficiency in a tangible way. Now open for tours, PNC SmartHome Cleveland has exceeded everyone’s expectations.
Without a furnace, even through tough Cleveland winters, the SmartHome’s energy bills will be 10% of a normal home’s, all the while providing a safe, comfortable and green living environment. Watch the video interview with David Beach and learn more.
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VIDEO: Youngstown Business Incubator as a Technology HubDriving Economic Development by Attracting World-Class Start Ups to NEO
Jim Cossler, CEO and Chief Evangelist of the Youngstown Business Incubator talks about how his organization is attracting technology start ups to NEO. He also shares some insight on recent early stage technology businesses as well as some stellar success stories. Discover what makes Youngstown a unique place that is full of resources for early stage technology companies. Watch the video here. Learn more about economic development in Northeast Ohio here: ThePlus.us
Lakewood Streetwalk Part of Lkwd’s main drag will be closed for dancing, shooting hoops, riding bikes & more. Chalk up the street, run through the sprinkler park & meet a few mascots. On Sat 7/23 you’ll be encouraged to play in the street!
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WED 7/20
Ohio Homecoming Festival 2011 is four days of ambitious events designed to promote our darling Ohio. The fest kicks off Wed 7/20 with a Day of Service & the week continues with an Entrepreneurial Fair produced by LaunchHouse, a scavenger hunt & a concert featuring Bone Thugs & Harmony and Drake. Join the MOVEMENT.
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THU 7/21
Drum! Dance! Find your rhythm at Passport Project’s West African Drum & Dance Classes @ Arts Collinwood. The next one’s Thu 7/21. Come to one class or both. Mohamed Tounkara of Guinea, West Africa, will help you find your beat.
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FRI 7/22
NEO-Renaissance @ Wall Eye Gallery Renaissance masterpieces get remixed by NEO artists in Wall Eye’s new show, opening Fri 7/22. Just like how DJs make old tunes new, local artists are making old artwork relevant again.
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SAT 7/23
Great Lakes Burning River Fest is back! Reserve Sat 7/23 & Sun 7/24 for good cheer, good cause & good beer. Music, environmental info, food & drink on Whiskey Island. Celebrate Cle as catalyst for the environmental movement.
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SPONSORED: Yes, WCLV plays a lot of classical music. But twice a week, it unbuttons its collar for Weekend Radio and Footlight Parade. This Sat 7/23, at 10PM, Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad presents John Dankworth’s Experience with Mice, and Further Experiments with Mice. Also Mice on Parade. And several of Irving Taylor’s Unpopular Songs for Popular People, including Pachalafaka, and The Brooklyn Beguine. Saturday nights at 6PM, Bill Rudman, one of the nation’s most knowledgeable people on the subject of Broadway musicals expounds with lots of musical excerpts. Complete details at WCLV.com.
SUN 7/24
Every Place I Have Ever Lived: The Foreclosure Crisis in Twelve Neighborhoods photog exhibit @ FAVA Gallery opens Sun 7/24 featuring the work of Gordon Square’s Charles “Chuck” Mintz. He constructs his work “for foreclosed houses in every neighborhood in my life.”
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MON 7/25
Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra @ Nighttown Not your average big band! Fatum Brothers’ Jazz Orchestra is fronted by two twins. This band is huge, consisting of youthful performers from all corners of the country. They’ll be @ Nighttown on Mon 7/25, swoon-worthy songs in tow.
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TUE 7/26
The Raw Truth About Whole Food Learn the importance of launching a nutrient-dense food industry right here in NEO @ the next Cleveland EcoTuesday event on Tue 7/26 @ the Galleria. Hear from local whole food crusaders.
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WED 7/27
Blood Wedding + Almost, Maine Dobama Emerging Actors Program is putting on not one… but two full-length shows: Blood Wedding and Almost, Maine. Plays run on alternate days starting w/ the Wed 7/27 showing of Blood Wedding. Go watch young talent in the making.
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Your resume is like a film trailer in that it teases the most influential industry players with your best box office successes and your biggest co-stars. You want them to know more. You want them to bring you back for a viewing. You want them to pay you for the magic that’s between the lines… Read more from Alex Sukhoy here
About two hundred well-meaning folks met at the Cleveland Heights library last week in an attempt to give voice to their concerns, work through fears and come up with solutions to what’s being characterized as out of control mobs of Black youth that have been (according to whose version you believe) rampaging through festivals and events of late…
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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Find a new book, a local author, a bookstore owner, music in the courtyard, and local wines at Visible Voice Books on Sat 7/23 from 7-10PM. And, of course, it’s in Tremont — how much better can it be? Read more from Claudia Taller here
Count on Verb Ballets to keep coming up with something new. This Fri 7/22 Verb brings three dances to Cain Park, all of them company or world premieres set to the music of Janis Joplin & Joe Crocker… Read more from Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas here
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Flash Mobs & Hooray for the Casey Anthony Jury I helped with the Coventry Street Fair this year. I will admit being a bit intimidated by the sheer number of kids who suddenly appeared. However, for the most part they were simply texting, chatting, laughing, and of course guys were hooting at girls. In other words they were just hanging out and being teenagers…
Read the comment from Bud Perry here
Yes indeed my brother in race-baiting…
Read the comment from Art McKoy here
A “Flash Mob” in the artistic sense is supposed to promote something of social redeeming value, fun, to teach… or that which is positive — And not to promote anything that could result in trouble or someone getting hurt…
Read the comment from Amia Calva here
I think the word “flash mob” has been attached to this because it sounds alien and scary and as if kids are up to something mysterious we old folks don’t understand. But it’s just kids texting each other and saying where they’re going to be…
Read the comment from Anastasia P 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) After the 4th: Get out & savor the second half of summer
2) MANSFIELD: Flash Mobs & Hooray for the Casey Anthony Jury
3) ARTSYISM: Art for Autism — A backyard garden party with purpose
4) Oberlin to become model for energy efficient mobility
5) Party like it’s 1929 At IngenuityFest Speakeasy 2.0
Ripe with talent Thanks to our writers: Robert Carillio, Kelly Ferjutz, Mansfield Frazier, Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Laura Kennelly, Alex Sukhoy, Claudia Taller and Sarah Valek . 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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