[NEohioPAL]Cool Cleveland 10.19.05 Get Out

[Thomas Mulready]

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10.19-10.26.05
Get Out

In this week's issue:
* Cool Cleveland Fast Forward party on Fri 11/11,
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/111105 > get $14.50 tix by
midnight Thu 10/20 here
* Cool Cleveland Champions party on Wed 11/2,
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205 > get $13.50 tix by
midnight Thu 10/20 here
* Cool Cleveland Sounds Celtic rock with Brace Yourself Bridget
* Cool Cleveland Kids podcast click
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolClevelandKids10.21.05.mp3 >
here, CC podcast click
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolCleveland10.21.05.mp3 >
here, CC Blog click  < http://www.coolcleveland.com/wordpress/ > here

This week, outrageously we present not one but two Cool Cleveland
November events to enhance your personal ambiance. Bring your great
civic idea on 11/2, meet some of Cleveland's most creative civic
entrepreneurs, and learn how you can get your project funded to the tune
of $30K. Or just enjoy the drinks &networking. And this week we
announce a sweet collaboration with CIA &CMA on Fast Forward,
blasting off on 11/11, with a CC pre-party, a demo by an art/tech
genius, and the popular Fast Forward confab featuring live music, DJs
and performance art around every corner. Check out this week's good news
about new residential developments, CIA's new FUTURE Center for Design
and Technology Transfer, how Wi-FIed the University of Akron and Case
are (Top 10 in the US), and a guided tour through the Cleveland
blogsphere. And in the spirit of this week's theme, we urge you to get
out of the house during Cleveland's most glorious season (we call it
leather jacket weather), and join the fun on the streets: help out New
Orleans by partying at 14 venues for one price for Fat Tuesday on
Thursday, check out new art and architecture with the Art House Mix
&Mingle, reexamine the Rock Hall's George Harrison Bangladesh
exhibit, breathe in Tchaikovsky with the Cleveland Opera, even learn how
Cleveland can compete in a global economy with a session by CAMP. Our
extra-long event listings under Cool Cleveland This Week reflect the
outrageously hyperactive Cleveland cultural community for the next seven
days. Get up, get out, and get involved. Outstanding! --Thomas Mulready

Fast Forward on 11/11 Add some edge to your Friday night! Don’t
miss the cultural party that’s going to rock you up one side and
down the other! Cleveland’s awesome, artistic community
collaborates on the major cultural vibe that headlines Fri 11/11 at Cool
Cleveland’s Night Out. Kick it off at 5:30PM in the Cleveland
Institute of Art's Reinberger Gallery (11141 East Blvd) with Cool
Cleveland's patented drinks &hors d'oeuvres while experiencing the
radical, futuristic exhibition and docent tours of “Dreaming of a
More Better Future” (as in: "Did The Jetsons get it right or
wrong?"), highlighting the work of 47 artists, designers, illustrators,
architects, film and video creators and digital geniuses, while
partaking in beer, wine and delish delectables from Elan Catering and
Bridges Restaurant in the Student Lounge and Ohio Bell Auditorium while
grooving to the latest in electronic dance music DJ-ed by Severiano
Martinez of the Shinkoyo Arts Collective. [comp parking behind CIA
–off Bellflower or East Blvd –gates will be open.]

Triple Threat Join Cool Cleveland, CMA (Cleveland Museum of Art) and CIA
(Cleveland Institute of Art) in One Place at One T.I.M.E. (The
Integrated Multimedia Environment). The evening continues at 7:30 in the
Aiken Auditorium while you experience the artistic successes of Eduardo
Kac, Professor and Chair of the Art/Technology Department at the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, showing off his interactive net
installations, bio art and "transgenic art," included with your CC
ticket.  < http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/111105 > Get tix here
for Fast Forward on Fri 11/11.

Kick it into high gear (9PM 'til midnight) with CMA’s “Fast
Forward” party held at the CIA Factory, three blocks away (VIP
shuttles available), where you can immerse yourself in live music, food,
libations and the burgeoning and hip student art scene with artwork,
experiments, and ongoing art performances around every corner. Now the
best part: order online before midnight Thu 10/20 and you get the whole
evening for the ridiculously low price of $14.50: Beer, wine, great
food, live music, the hippest art exhibition in town, the lowdown on
cool transgenic art, and the CMA’s Fast Forward party blasting all
night long. All for less than the cost of the FF party alone!
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/111105 >
http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/111105 for Fast Forward on Fri
11/11.

Cool Champions on 11/2
Could you use $30,000 to pursue your civic project? Or are you just
interested in partying with some friends at the next Cool Cleveland
event? Either way, this one’s a slam dunk: Enjoy beer, wine,
mouth-watering appetizers, side-splitting comedy from Hilarities 4th
Street Theater and the opportunity to meet some of the Civic Innovation
Lab's Champions who are doing well by doing good. Meet us (and bring
your friends!) at Pickwick and Frolic’s Martini Bar and Frolic
Cabaret Wed 11/2, starting at 5:30PM (show at 8:00). Check out the
Grilled Vegetable and Herb Cheese Pinwheels, Assorted Focaccia Pizzas,
Rotisserie Chicken Salad Pinwheels, and Domestic and Imported Cheese
Display. Help us toast the Lab’s 2nd anniversary with special
guests Cleveland Foundation president Ronn Richard and economic
development guru Brad Whitehead, plus receive comp passes to the
90-minute show featuring a nationally touring comedian.
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205 > Get tix here for Cool
Champions on 11/2.

A winning idea Your Cool Cleveland admission gets you a complimentary
ticket for the hilarious Pickwick &Frolic show ($13 value),
appetizers galore and two drink tix (wine &beer). Get your discount
tix by midnight Thu 10/20 here:
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205 >
http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205 for Cool Champions on 11/2.

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Blocks Away From Shaker Square and University Circle Wake up every day
to a spectacular view of the Cleveland skyline in your new home at St.
Luke’s Pointe, a new community of 80+ homes. Amenities include 2-4
bedrooms, 2.5 baths, skyline views, special financing, 15 year tax
abatement and a 2-car garage. Several townhomes feature a fourth floor
loft offering unbeatable views. St. Luke’s is also just steps away
from the RTA –so if you work downtown, you can leave your car in
the garage and save on gas! Priced from $154,900. Visit our open house
this Sun 10/16 from 2-4PM at the model home at E. 115th and MLK Dr. For
a complete list of properties and open houses this weekend please visit
< http://www.progressiveurban.com/ > www.ProgressiveUrban.com.
*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************

Marous developing W. 117th &Clifton Marous Brothers Construction
inked a deal which allows them to redevelop the former Fifth Church of
Christ, Scientist at West 117th Street. Unoccupied for more than 10
years, the 80-year-old building will be the cornerstone of redevelopment
in the area. Marous will also look at ways to redevelop the commercial
strip on Clifton Boulevard that lies between West 117th and West 116th
Street. Current plans include 30+ condos and townhomes, as well as
several smaller retail spaces. Read the story
< http://www.cleveland.com/sun/westsidesunnews/index.ssf?/base/news-0/11286=
16855222100.xml&coll=3D3 >
here. Share your wishlist for the planned redevelopment project at
< mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com > Letters at CoolCleveland.com.

Akron, Case are top 10 Wi-Fi college campuses Reflective of our new
moniker as a Digital City, two universities in our region placed in the
top 10 on the “Most Unwired College Campuses” Survey. The
University of Akron took third place and Case Western Reserve University
ranked eighth. Check out the remainder of the top 50 wireless colleges,
including the University of Dayton, which ranked sixteenth,
< http://www.intel.com/personal/wireless/unwiredcampuses.htm > here.

Live From Cleveland Catch local and regional bands playing live in the
WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland studios on Thursday nights from 10-11PM each
week. The scheduled line-up includes Chauncey Peppertooth, Living
Stereo, Machine Go Boom, Infinite Number of Sounds and This Moment in
Black History. See the entire line-up at  < http://www.wruw.org/ >
http://www.WRUW.org. If that’s not enough butt-kicking sound for
you, try their “Live from the Spot” broadcast each Wednesday
night live from The Spot, an on-campus hangout available to Case, CIA
and CIM students, from 10PM-midnight.

CIA launches FUTURE The Cleveland Institute of Art has big plans for
their FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer, set to launch
next month. The Design Center, housed in CIA’s Joseph McCullough
Center for the Visual Arts, will encompass a business incubator, design
gallery and production group, becoming a valuable resource for
entrepreneurs and other smaller enterprises with great ideas that need
to be translated into the marketplace. The Design Center has the
potential to become a catalyst for economic and creative vitality in
Northeast Ohio. Learn more about the Center
< http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entert=
ainment/1129023374111780.xml&coll=3D2 >
here. What impact do you think FUTURE will have upon the future of
Northeast Ohio? Send your thoughts to
< mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com > Letters at CoolCleveland.com.

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Good Enough to Eat On Sat 11/12 join the  < http://www.cmnh.org/ > The
Cleveland Museum of Natural History's exploration into the history of
foods, a series starting with the “Natural History of
Cheese,” a 4,000-year-old tradition. Experience an exclusive
evening with the finest cuisine from local chefs. Enjoy a cocktail
reception, followed by a presentation at the Museum. Then sit down for a
seven-course dinner incorporating some of the world's finest cheeses and
complementary wine pairing. Cost for the evening is $150 per person.
Check our web site for the entire food series
< http://www.cmnh.org/special-events.html > www.CMNH.org/special-events
which includes the history of chocolate, wine and mushrooms. Enjoy all
four events for $500 - a $100 discount! Call (216) 231-1177 for
reservations. Seating is limited.
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Take this short IT survey NEOSA, an industry trade association with a
mission to foster an environment that will encourage growth and
development in Northeast Ohio’s information technology-based
companies, is asking IT companies to take an ultra brief survey (1 page,
10 questions) in order to better serve the IT community. Take the short
survey  < http://www.cose.org/PDF/survey/NEOSA/ > here. Learn more about
the organization at  < http://www.neosa.org/ > http://www.neosa.org/.

Cool Cleveland Kids What are you doing with your kids this week? Let
Cool Cleveland correspondent Max Mulready clue you in to a couple of
great family events. It's easy to click on his brief podcast
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolClevelandKids10.21.05.mp3 >
here even if you don't have special software. It will pop open on your
desktop and you'll be listening in no time. If you know what you're
doing, you can download it to your iPod or your computer and listen with
your own kid. Check below to see the events tagged CC KIDS under Cool
Cleveland This Week for our recommendations for a fantastic family week.
 < http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolClevelandKids10.21.05.mp3 >
http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolClevelandKids10.21.05.mp3.

Dear Mayor The Center for Community Solutions’ latest issue of
their journal, Planning &Action, contains several passionate,
thought-provoking letters from a variety of business leaders in our
community addressed to the victor of the upcoming mayoral race. Download
a copy of the issue
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/docs/Dear_Mayor_2005.pdf > here.
Send your thoughts about the Dear Mayor project or some of the concerns
expressed by letter-writers at  < mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com >
Letters at CoolCleveland.com.

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Harry Potter Flies into the Great Lakes Science Center’s
OMNIMAX® Theater on Sun 10/23. The movie Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban will play Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 3PM
−every weekend, through November 13 −the first time in the
Science Center’s history that a full-length commercial feature
film will be shown in the OMNIMAX Theater. Movie-only tickets are $8.95
for adults, $6.95 for kids and the combination OMNI/Science Center
tickets are $12.95 for adults and $8.95 for kids. Contact
< http://www.greatscience.com/ > www.GreatScience.com for reservations.
The Great Lakes Science Center, now in its tenth year, is one of the
nation’s leading science and technology museums, featuring more
than 400 exciting hands-on exhibits, themed traveling exhibits and daily
demonstrations. Open daily 9:30AM to 5:30PM with discounted parking for
guests in the attached 500-car garage.
*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************

Best of Ohio Writers Ohio Writer Magazine, published by the Poets' and
Writers' League of Greater Cleveland, has announced the winners of the
2005 Best of Ohio Writer contest. First place winners, Jennifer
Sullivan, of Akron (Poetry); Ed Davis, of Yellow Springs (Fiction);
Sharon Peerless, of Beachwood (Creative Non-Fiction) and Joyce Dyer,
Hudson (Writers on Writing) will have their work published in the
January/February 2006 issue of the magazine. To subscribe, see the list
of winners or learn more about the Poets’ and Writers’
League of Greater Cleveland visit
< http://www.pwlgc.com/bestofohiowriter.html > www.pwlgc.com.

Cleve studio and songwriters on Coppola film Cleveland-based Ante Up
studio won the job to record new music for the additional 30 minutes of
Francis Ford Coppola's re-issued DVD of the 1983 film The Outsiders, and
loftmates Take Manhattan Music composed the music. They used 1960's
vintage mics and analog recording equipment for the new version of the
cult film which starred the young Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise and Patrick
Swayze. See story
< http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entert=
ainment/1129369035179170.xml&coll=3D2 >
here.

Your art on a calendar Academy Graphic Communication is in the midst of
producing their 4th annual desk calendar, 52 Weeks 52 Works, featuring
the work of Northeast Ohio artists. If you are an artist living and
working in NEO and you’d like your work to be included in this
project call 661-2550 for info or email
< mailto:CandiceChampion at agcinc.org > CandiceChampion at agcinc.org. The
submission deadline is Tue 11/1.  < http://www.visitagc.com/ >
http://www.VisitAGC.com.

Champions in Action a program launched to honor unsung community heroes
–non-profit organizations working to address the needs of area
neighborhoods, is looking for their 1st Quarter Champion in Action. The
categories for 2006 are after-school programs, community healthcare,
hunger and homelessness. Applications from after-school programs are
being accepted now through Wed 10/26 with the winner being recognized in
January of 2006. Visit  < http://www.charterone.com/Community >
http://www.CharterOne.com/Community or a local Charter One branch for
eligibility requirements and to obtain an application. The agency named
Champion in Action will receive $25,000 in unrestricted funds, tons of
exposure, including media coverage from WJW FOX 8 including PSAs and
news stories, and volunteer and PR support.

Not Fair Weather Friends Through snow, sleet and dark of night, Cool
Cleveland delivers the insight you rely on to your inbox every Wednesday
morning. Forward this to a friend and help your favorite e-zine go forth
and multiply.

Steelyard Commons pays for Canal Trail Taxes from the hot button retail
development project will help pay for the long-awaited completion of the
six-mile stretch of the Canal Towpath Trail between Harvard Avenue and
Downtown. Approximately $10.4 million in property taxes from Steelyard
Commons will be diverted to the construction project, enabling the City
to access matching funds from the Feds and state government. Read the
story
< http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1129282521204760=
.xml?ncounty_cuyahoga&coll=3D2 >
here. Does this mean that the Steelyard Commons project isn’t so
bad after all? Send your thoughts to
< mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com > Letters at CoolCleveland.com.

OSTN links campuses online The Open Student Television Network (OSTN),
run by CampusEAI Consortium, a Cleveland-based, non-profit organization
developing software and digital content, is connecting local students to
colleges all over the country, and all over the world, through links to
similar networks around the globe. Find out why Les Gonick, vice
president for information technology services and chief information
officer for Case, whose team was the engine behind the development of
CampusEAI hailed OSTN as the “umbilical cord for students at the
university” in the PD article
< http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/1129324510211130.x=
ml?lxoth&coll=3D2 >
here.

Thirsty Dog garners gold Did you miss out on the Great American Beer
Festival again this year? No worries, you can get a recap of the
9/29-10/1 event at
< http://beertown.org/events/gabf/pdf/winners_05.pdf > www.BeerTown.org.
Dayton’s Thirsty Dog Brewery took home gold and bronze medals for
their Siberian Night and Hoppus Maximus brews, respectively. Visit
< http://thirstydog.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=3DCTGY&Store_Code=
=3Dthirstydog&Category_Code=3D_awards >
www.ThirstyDog.com to assess the situation for yourself.

Emissions from the blogsphere So much quality blogging going on this
week. Audient
< http://audientfiles.blogspot.com/2005/10/tuesday-talkback.html > talks
back to the Monday moaners. Tim Russo contrasts
< http://democracyguy.typepad.com/democracy_guy_grassroots_/2005/10/picture=
_in_pict.html >
Jack White and Muhammad Ali. Lori Kozey shares
< http://virtuallori.com/2005/10/autumn-baking-memory.html > memories of
her Nana's apple pie. Jeff Hess
< http://www.havecoffeewillwrite.com/index.php?s=3Dkeef&submit=3DSearch=
 >
reminds us of San Fran cartoonist, artist, and hip-hopster Keith
Knight's schedule. Andy Timithy sort of
< http://homepage.mac.com/andytimithy/iblog/B1272807166/C901384584/E1394898=
590/index.html >
lends his support to an open mic poetry night @ the Lit. And Cool
Cleveland blogger Peter Chakerian hits on nanotech in CLE, a Peaceable
Kingdom, “What the Bleep Do We Know?” and he points to RFID
tags, energy conservation and the CLE’s parties en fuego politico.
Don't forget, these bloggers get together every month with others of
their ilk - you're welcome to attend this month's Blogger Meetup 7PM on
Wed 10/19 @ The Town Fryer, 3895 Superior Ave 426-9235. RSVP @
< http://blog.meetup.com/74/events/4769463/ > www.Meetup.com. Check the
Cool Cleveland weblog  < http://www.coolcleveland.com/wordpress/ > here,
then add your own comments, questions and attitude.
< mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com > Letters at CoolCleveland.com.

Cool Cleveland This Week
10.19-10.26

Send your cool events to:  < mailto:Events at CoolCleveland.com >
Events at CoolCleveland.com

Design for the Modern World The Arts &Crafts Movement in Europe and
America, 1880-1920: Design for the Modern World is an exhibit that
includes more than 300 influential objects from that era in all media
from ceramic and metalwork, to textiles and works on paper. Key
designers of the period including Frank Lloyd Wright and Gustav Stickley
will be showcased. The exhibit runs now through 1/8/06. See the preview
< http://www.clevelandart.org/exhibcef/artscrafts/html/2224459.html >
here. Call 421-7350 for info. Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East
Boulevard, University Circle.

Noteworthy Neighborhoods This Levin College Forum on Wed 10/19 from
4-6PM will celebrate the accomplishments of Cleveland’s
neighborhood organizations, past, present and future. Norman Krumholz,
professor of urban planning and former City Planning Director for the
City of Cleveland will provide a thought provoking retrospective of how
the Cleveland Housing Network evolved from a small housing organization
to become one of the largest, most respected non-profit developers of
affordable housing in the country. In addition, the forum will highlight
present approaches to neighborhood development and the innovative
projects of two community development corporations. Register for this no
cost forum
< http://urban.csuohio.edu/forum/celebrate/noteworthy_neighborhoods/ >
here. Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Glickman-Miller
Hall Atrium, 1717 Euclid Avenue.

Fat Tuesday on Thursday is a by-musicians-for-musicians benefit to aid
the musicians of New Orleans. The brainstorm of Tommy Wiggins of Tri-C
and John Lattimer of Undercurrents are organizing 35 bands in 14 venues.
The suggested $10 donation gets you admission to all clubs all night.
All proceeds, plus a portion of bar and food receipts will go to the New
Orleans Musicians Clinic (N.O.M.C.) which offers comprehensive health
care to New Orleans’ musicians, a group that is quite often
without health care. Enjoy an evening of live music and / or fine food
in restaurants all over town on Thu 10/20. Participating venues include
the Hard Rock Caf=E9, Century at the Ritz, Castaldi’s, 2527
Nightclub, Fat Fish Blue, Winking Lizard, Blind Pig, Barking Spider and
a host of others. Visit
< http://www.fattuesdayonthursday.com/Schedule.html >
http://www.fattuesdayonthursday.com/Schedule.html to see the entire list
of participating venues.

Oriental Rug Event to benefit artisans in Northern Pakistan who have
fallen victim to the Pakistani Earthquake will be held Thu 10/20 to Sun
10/23. Click
< http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/php/stores.festivals/event.detail.php?=
store_id=3D592&event_id=3D3 >
here for more info and event hours or call 575-1058. Ten Thousand
Villages of Cleveland at Trinity Commons, 2254 Euclid Avenue.

Boo at the Zoo is a family-friendly, scare-free Halloween event at the
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Thu 10/20 –Sun 10/23 and Thu 10/27
–Sun 10/30 from 5:30-8:30PM. Your little goblins can boogie down
at the new Monster Mash DJ Dance party, take a tour of the
Not-So-Haunted Greenhouse and ride the Jack-O-Lantern Express train and
find their way through the Halloween Hay Maze. Each child will receive
an official Boo at the Zoo treat bag. Visit
< https://websales.omniticket.net/clz/ > www.CleMetZoo.com to purchase
tix online or stop by the Zoo box office. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

Art House Mix &Mingle The Fourth Annual Fall Artists’ Market
Mix and Mingle event will give gallery owners, architects, designers and
potential patrons an opportunity to see the work of up and coming new
artists. The event will take place Thu 10/20 from 7-10PM. Call 398-8556
or visit  < http://www.arthouseinc.org/ > http://www.ArtHouseInc.org for
more info. Colonial Arcade Market Place, 530 Euclid Avenue.

The Supreme Court takes center stage on Thu 10/20 at 7PM. This gratis
ACLU event kicks off with the premiere of The Supreme Court, the second
installment of a ten-part series, ACLU Freedom Files on LinkTV, which is
available through the Dish Network. The show explores current civil
liberties issues, featuring well-known actors, comedians and activists,
along with civil liberties litigants and the attorneys who represent
them. Refreshments and an interactive discussion on the importance of
the Supreme Court in the battle to ensure civil liberties will follow
the viewing. To attend this open discussion hosted by the ACLU of Ohio,
register online at  < http://www.acluohio.org/rsvp/ > www.ACLUOhio.org
or call 472-2200. Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center, 4506 Chester Avenue.

Burning River Brass at CSU Burning River Brass will give a gratis
performance as part of its Fine Arts series on Thu 10/20 at 8PM. This
“ensemble on fire” will treat audiences to
“fresh” arrangements of classic pieces as well as original
works written specifically for the group, each played with an infectious
joy that is contagious. The ensemble heard on NPR's Performance Today,
as well as radio stations throughout the U.S. and abroad, made its
original debut in Tremont. Call the Music Events Line at 687-5100 for
info. The Waetjen Auditorium , Music and Communications Building, CSU
Campus, 2001 Euclid Ave.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre a long time favorite at the Grog Shop, had
their van and all of their gear stolen while they were in NYC. A benefit
concert on Thu 10/20 at 9PM featuring The Dreadful Yawns, The Volta
Sound, and The So Long Goodbyes (semi-formally the New Loud) will raise
funds to help the band back on their feet. Call 321-5588. Grog Shop,
2785 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Suite A, Cleveland Heights.
< http://www.grogshop.gs/ > http://www.GrogShop.gs.

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Her sacrifice was legendary. Red ventures into Gustav Mahler’s
shadow through his wife Alma’s diary excerpts, and theatrical
presentations of the music and their relationship. Experience "In
Mahler’s Shadow" on Sat 11/5 at 8PM in the Masonic Auditorium,
3615 Euclid Avenue. Concert tickets start at $15. For more information
call Red {an orchestra} at 440-519-1733 or visit
< http://www.redanorchestra.org/ > www.RedAnOrchestra.org.
*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************

George Harrison and the Concert for Bangladesh is the subject of the
latest exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which will
also be screening the film of the concert. The exhibit reexamines the
first major benefit rock concert of its kind that later paved the way
for Live Aid, Farm Aid, Live 8 and other rock aid events. A special
members’ preview begins on Thu 10/20, the event opens to the
public on Fri 10/21 and runs through 3/26/06. Circular Gallery, Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame and Musuem, 1 Key Plaza.
< http://www.rockhall.com/museum/calendar.asp > http://www.RockHall.com.

Entrepreneurial Empowerment Circle Meeting This no cost Consortium of
African American Organizations event on Fri 10/21 at 9:30AM will deal
with effective networking. Short presentations will be given by a
variety of local entrepreneurs. Call 432-9481 to reserve your spot and
mention Cool Cleveland. Cleveland Midtown Innovation Center, 4415 Euclid
Ave., Suite 201.

Reduced to a Faulty Recollection View this collection of works by
Jeffrey Cortland Jones on Fri 10/21 from 6-9PM during the opening and
reception for the exhibit which runs through 12/3. Call 795-0971 for
further info or visit
< http://www.egordongallery.com/artists/cortlandjones.html >
www.egordongallery.com. e. gordon gallery, 2026 Murray Hill Road.

13 Hundred Gallery Exhibits featuring the work of Thomas M. Lowery of
Washington D.C. and Tim Callaghan, a native Clevelander, will be on
display at the 13 Hundred Gallery. Experience paintings, illustrations,
mixed media and film by the two featured artists at the opening
reception on Fri 10/21 from 7-10PM through Thu 11/17. Lowery’s
work attempts to illustrate high school romantic feelings and
Callaghan’s work employs both urban and rural landscape imagery
and is a lyrical documentation of the union and divide between locality
and class. Call 535-9320 to learn more. 13 Hundred Gallery, 1300 West
78th Street.  < http://www.13hundred.com/ > http://www.13hundred.com.

CC KIDS The Terrific Tuba Musical Rainbow concert on Fri 10/21 at 10AM
and Sat 10/22 at 10 &11AM will give your mini maestros, age 3-6, an
introduction to the tuba. Retired Cleveland Orchestra principal tuba
player, Ronald Bishop, is featured and local actress and singer Maryann
Nagel hosts the 30-minute programs which include narration,
demonstration, audience participation and musical selections. Call
231-1111 to order tickets or visit
< http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/html/Performance/viewByEventType.asp?et=
ype=3D9 >
www.ClevelandOrchestra.com. Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall,
11001 Euclid Avenue.

Studio of 5 Rings is working in connection with the Artcade to increase
the awareness of the art offerings in the Downtown and Midtown areas by
hosting gallery receptions on the 3rd Friday of each month. Stop by
their studio on Fri 10/21 from 5-10PM for a wine and cheese reception
offering handcrafted Merlot, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Pinot Grigio and sweet
berry red wine. Studio of 5 Rings changes their exhibits, which focus on
a single artist, every four to eight weeks to keep the shows fresh and
renew the energy. Call 771-0830 for more info. Preview the current
exhibit at  < http://www.studioof5rings.com/OnlineArtGallery.htm >
www.StudioOf5Rings.com. Studio of 5 Rings, 2400 Superior Avenue, #201.

CC KIDS Ringling Bros. and Barnum &Bailey presents its 135th edition
of The Greatest Show on Earth on Fri 10/21 at 7:30PM through Sun 10/30.
This highly interactive three-ring circus experience will take your
breath away. Start off with the All-Access Pre-show activities one hour
before the show’s start –available to every single ticket
holder –where you can try your skills at daring circus feats. Then
enjoy the incredible performances of daredevil husband and wife team the
Misers, the Windy City Acrobats and Bello, “America’s Best
Clown.” Log onto
< http://www.ringling.com/schedule/schedule.aspx?id=3D93126 >
www.Ringling.com to see what else is in store. Gund Arena, One Center
Court.

Eugene Onegin Peter Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking tale of unrequited
love reminds us that timing is everything. This Cleveland Opera
production, sung in Russian with English subtitles, follows the tale of
brash, selfish young Onegin who rebuffs the affections of the beautiful
Tatyana only to fall deeply in love with her seven years later, when she
is no longer available. Tchaikovsky’s sweeping arias and colorful
music fills this masterpiece with the grandeur, splendor and romance of
Czarist Russia on Fri 10/21, Sun 10/23, Fri 10/28 and Sat 10/29. Friday
&Saturday performances are at 8PM, Sunday performances are at 2PM.
Call 241-6000 to purchase tickets or visit
< http://www.clevelandopera.org/s30/onegin/eocover.html >
www.ClevelandOpera.org.

Sister, I’m Sorry See this world premiere of the documentary of
the same name which featured Blair Underwood, Howard Hewitt and Tommy
Ford (from Martin), inspired by Greg Huskinsson’s story in Chicken
Soup for the African-American Soul. The stage play examines a man's
attempt to seek reconciliation with the women in his life during the
first stage of his community re-entry after a seven-year stay in prison.
Catch performances on Fri 10/21 &Sat 10/22 at 7:30PM or Sun 7/23 at
3:30PM. Call 687-3656 or visit
< http://www.csuohio.edu/blackstudies/sister.html > www.csuohio.edu to
learn more purchase tix
< http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/05003B18E0B57084?artistid=3D986233&=
majorcatid=3D10005&minorcatid=3D104 >
here. University Center Theatre, 2121 Euclid Avenue, CSU Campus.

Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove The Fri 10/21 10PM
installment of Independent Lens on WVIZ Channel 25 follows the
transformation of The Parliaments, a Sixties doo-wop group led by George
Clinton, into Parliament Funkadelic, the seminal funk band of the
Seventies. The group’s music is among the most sampled in the
evolution of hip-hop music. This program chronicles the unique alchemy
of the musical influences that fed into their singular approach to music
and P-Funk’s continuing influence on today’s creative minds
and features an in-depth look at the unique musical and entrepreneurial
mastermind that is George Clinton.
< http://www.wviz.org/features/1021il%5Fparliament.asp > www.WVIZ.org.

WCLVnotes This Fri 10/21 at 9PM, WCLV 104.9 FM presents the first of
this season's concert from Music from the Western Reserve, which takes
place in the historic chapel at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. The
amazing 17-year-old violinist Jin Joo Cho displays her breathtaking
talent in selections by Beethoven, Ysaye and Brahms. The Cleveland
Orchestra is off to Europe with concerts in Luxembourg, Frankfurt,
Cologne, Budapest and a residency of five programs in Vienna. WCLV's
Bill O'Connell is traveling with the band and is making daily reports at
104.9 FM. You'll hear them weekdays at 8:45AM, 12 Noon; 5:20PM and 11PM;
Saturdays at 8:45AM and 1:30PM; and Sundays at 9:30AM and 3:55PM. He's
also posting pictures in the Photo Gallery on our website
< http://www.wclv.com/ > www.WCLV.com, where you'll find complete
details of our day-to-day programming. WCLV is a Cool Cleveland partner.

Dream On: Lines of Escape The Cleveland Institute of Art will
collaborate with SPACES Gallery and MOCA Cleveland for a day-long, no
cost, gallery hop on Sat 10/22 from 11AM-5PM. SPACES will feature their
exhibit, “Beautiful Dreamer,” MOCA Cleveland’s exhibit
is called “POPulence” and CIA will debut its exhibit,
“Dreaming of a More Better Future” which explores 47
artists’ optimistic views for the future. The opening party for
“Dreaming of a More Better Future” from 4-7PM at CIA will be
the crescendo of a fabulous evening of extraordinary art. Don't miss
this experience described as “Blade Runner meets George
Jetson” take a peek [[ here]]. CIA, 11141 East Boulevard,
University Circle; MOCA Cleveland, 8501 Carnegie Avenue, SPACES Gallery,
2220 Superior Viaduct.  < http://www.cia.edu/galleries/reinberger/ >
www.cia.edu  < http://www.spacesgallery.org/aboutbd.htm >
www.SpacesGallery.org  < http://www.mocacleveland.org/ >
http://www.MocaCleveland.org.

CC KIDS East 185th Street Fall Fest on Sat 10/22 includes an I-Scream
Bash from 12-2PM that features pumpkin painting, face painting, a
costume parade, various games and crafts for children, and ice cream, of
course. Additional offerings include an arts and crafts sale from
9AM-5PM, a Best Burger Cook-Off from 3-7PM and a raffle for tickets to
the Browns –Ravens game on 1/1/06. Call 246-9027 or 548-3269 for
info. Tickets can be purchased from East 185th Street merchants: Cebars,
Juniors, Level II, Meraglio’s or Mr. Hero’s.

John McCutcheon in Concert to benefit the Kathleen J. Lamparyk
Scholarship Fund (Special Education) at Cleveland Central Catholic High
School. The 8-time Grammy nominee, a powerful singer of traditional
material, will perform his special brand of music which reflects a keen
sense of place, family and strength. Learn how to get tickets for the
Sat 10/22 dinner from 5:30-7:30PM and the concert at 8PM by visiting
< http://www.kathiefund.org/ > http://www.KathieFund.org or calling
440-382-3431. Cleveland Central Catholic Auditorium, 6550 Baxter Avenue,
Slavic Village.

Orange Moon Trail Experience an exciting evening of art, cuisine,
entertainment, and theater Sat 10/22 beginning at 5PM. The traveling
festivities begin at Fairmount Center for Creative &Performing Arts
(Russell Township) with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, silent auction, Chinese
raffle, fortune-telling, and music by pianist Sarah Peltier. Guests move
on to Berkshire Hills Country Club (Chesterland) for a delicious dinner
beginning at 6:45PM with entertainment by flautist Caylen Payne. Then
the event moves to the Geauga Theater on Chardon Square for a special
9PM performance of the play Dark of the Moon. Halloween dress is
encouraged. Tickets available at 440-537-3344. Fairmount Center for
Creative and Performing Arts, 8400 Fairmount Road, Novelty.
< http://www.geaugaartscouncil.org/ourevents.htm >
www.GeaugaArtsCouncil.org.

Adidam Sacred Arts Festival: World Music, Dance, and Art will celebrate
the influence of the spiritual teacher and master artist, Ruchira Avatar
Adi Da Samraj on Sat 10/22 and Sun 10/23. Click
< http://www.adidamohio.org/events/artsfestival.html > here for a full
schedule of events. There will be a variety of speakers and Tom and
Susana Evert will perform. Call 440-205-1426 or email
< mailto:AdiDaLight at aol.com > AdiDaLight at aol.com for tickets. Kathy
Skerritt's Gallery, 2445 Superior Avenue.

2005 Glitz When Lake Hospital System opens the doors to its new Concord
Township facility in 2008, patients will step into the hospital of the
future-a facility that is computerized, robotic, digitized and wireless.
Take part in the celebration of this soon-to-be-built hospital and the
community support that is making it possible at the Lake Hospital
Foundation's 2005 Glitz on Sat 10/22 at 6PM. The event features a silent
auction of many unique items. Take a peek
< http://www.lhsauction.cmarket.com/ > here. Enter the raffles for a
52” Mitsubishi high-def TV or $5,000. Call 440-354-1900 for ticket
info. Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites LaMalfa, 5785 Heisley Road,
Mentor.

Sacred Rose Join the Women Entrepreneurs of America on Sat 10/22 from
6-9PM for their 2nd annual Evening With the Stars event to benefit Women
in Transition (WIT). The key speaker will be Tara Hall, Program Director
for the YWCA WIT program in Atlanta and the featured enterprise is Stylz
Creative Fashions. Call 469-9707 for info. Cleveland Marriot East, 26300
Harvard Avenue, Warrensville Heights.

Haunted Autumn Auction The auction and benefit concert to support The
Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland kicks off on Sat 10/22 at
6PM. Refreshments and hors d'ouveres will be served and the silent
auction will come to a rocking conclusion with the out-of-this-world
sound of Susan Weber and her rock band, Monet’s Orbit. The award
winning songwriter and vocalist will take the stage with her band at 8PM
for an hour-long performance. Call 739-1928 for tickets or purchase at
the door. The event comes alive at the Unitarian Universalist Society of
Cleveland, 2728 Lancashire Road, Cleveland Heights.

the pARTy Legendary Afro-Cuban musician, Chuchito Vald=E9s, will make a
rare Cleveland appearance at the pARTy, a benefit for the Human Fund on
Sat 10/22 at 7PM. Enjoy an open bar, dinner, dessert, music and dancing
to the sounds of Afro-Cuban jazz, bossa vova, and cha-cha-cha by
legendary Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban ensemble and Cleveland’s
Roberto Ocasio’s Latin Jazz Project. Live and silent auctions will
include works of art by a variety of local and international artists, as
well as a gallery of art by Cleveland Municipal School District’
All-City Arts Program. Visit
< http://www.the-human-fund.org/events_fundraising.php >
www.The-Human-Fund.org. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, One Key
Plaza.

*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************
Dreams, Escape and Fantasy Toward a "More Better Future" On Sat 10/22,
where we’ll kick off The Cleveland Institute of Art’s
eight-month, city-wide culture festival with a gallery hop from 11AM to
5PM in conjunction with SPACES and MOCA. The free gallery hop will
include the viewing of “Beautiful Dreamer” (SPACES),
“POPulence” (MOCA) and “Dreaming of a More Better
Future” (The Cleveland Institute of Art). Lolley the Trolley will
provide free public transportation. At 5PM curators and artists will
lead a community dialogue on dreams, escape and fantasy at CIA, followed
by the opening party of “Dreaming of a More Better Future,”
the Institute’s major fall exhibit. The party will feature food,
fun and music until 10PM in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries. Visit
< http://www.cia.edu/dreams > www.cia.edu/dreams or call 216-421-7000.
*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************

Wearable Art Fashion Show and Tea Models from Kent State University will
be exhibiting one-of-a-kind garments, accessories and more at the high
style tea on Sun 10/23 at 1PM. Pieces from the collections of the
featured textile artists who come from throughout Northeast Ohio will
also be available in the boutique. Proceeds from all three facets of the
event, the fashion show, tea and boutique will support the Textile Art
Alliance, an affiliate organization of the Cleveland Museum of Art
dedicated to raising awareness and interest in the textile arts. Call
440-255-0045 for info. The models take to the catwalk at Windows on the
River Powerhouse at Nautica, 2000 Sycamore in Cleveland.

Spectrum Designed to ignite discussion about issues that impact both
visual and popular culture, this year’s event on Sun 10/23 at 2PM
will be moderated by Jaron Lanier, recently named to the list of The
Prospect / Foreign Policy Top 100 Intellectuals, and best known for
coining the phrase “virtual reality.” Paul D. Miller, better
known as DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, will engage the audience in a
discussion of how truth and trust are impacted by our never-ending
access to information and whether our real-life experience is heightened
by virtual experiences. Call 621-5350 for info or visit
< http://www.cpl.org/spectrum > http://www.cpl.org/spectrum or
< http://www.clevelandpublicart.org/ > http://www.ClevelandPublicArt.org
for more info. Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, East 6th and Superior.

2005 Medical Innovation Summit Bench to Bedside and Back Join more than
800 top-level industry executives, entrepreneurs, investors and
clinicians including the CEOs of Medtronic, Stryker, Smith &Nephew
and GE Healthcare Technologies, former Speaker of the House, Newt
Gingrich, reps from U.S. Venture Partners and Split Rock Partners as
they focus on innovations in orthopaedics on Mon 10/24 through Wed
10/26. Visit  < http://www.clevelandclinic.org/Innovations >
http://www.ClevelandClinic.org/Innovations to learn more or register for
one of the remaining available seats. InterContinental Hotel &MBNA
Conference Center.

Secrets of Online Success –Web Design This one-day, interactive
workshop on Mon 10/24 from 1-5PM will help you build a more effective
web presence, whether you have a website now, or are contemplating one.
The seminar helps each participant examine their goals and expectations
for doing business on the web, then looks at the key components needed
to make websites user friendly yet visible to search engines. Learn 21
practical tips for developing a successful website design and
implementation. SEO, natural positioning and those dreaded shopping
carts are among the topics to be covered. Call 330-657-2228 or email
< mailto:carolyn at fineart-services.com > carolyn at fineart-services.com.
Peninsula Art Academy, 1600 Mill Street, Peninsula.

How to Compete in a Global Economy Spend the day with knowledgeable
business leaders who share their insight and experience during a
results-oriented seminar on succeeding in a global economy. Participants
will hear from John Brandt and a panel of local manufacturers as they
discuss effective methods for succeeding on a global level during this
Tue 10/25 event from 7:30AM-2PM. Call 432-5317 or visit
< http://www.camp.org/Events > http://www.Camp.org/Events for info.
Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, 6111 Landerhaven Drive, Mayfield
Heights.

*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************
Jump Start Your Career! Looking to hone your management skills? Want to
change careers or complete your bachelor’s degree? UCAP (the
Ursuline College Accelerated Program) makes it easy. You can do it one
class a week, five weeks at a time with convenient locations East and
West. Evening or Saturday courses are designed to fit your busy
schedule. Prepare for your future with a degree in Business Management,
Management Information Systems, Legal Studies, Health Care
Administration, Allied Health or Humanities. Enroll today, then reap the
rewards of an education from an esteemed local college with a 134-year
tradition of excellence. Call 440-684-6130 or visit
< http://www.ursuline.edu/UCAP > www. Ursuline.com. Open House Tues
10/25. Next session starts Fri 11/11.
*************** SPONSORED LINK ***************

Break the Silence... Break the Cycle Luncheon Actor and activist Victor
Rivers will headline the 12th Annual Domestic Violence Center Luncheon
on Tue 10/25 starting at 11:30AM followed by a book signing at 1:30PM.
This annual luncheon raises much needed financial support for DVC's
services and generates awareness about victims and the impact of
domestic violence. For ticket or sponsorship information call 688-7281.
Windows on the River, 2000 Sycamore Street.
< http://www.domesticviolencecenter.org/ >
http://www.DomesticViolenceCenter.org/.

Cleveland Chamber Symphony A new music concert by this 25-year-old,
newly-independent ensemble will be conducted by Steven Smith and
includes pieces calling for improvisation by the fourteen performers and
features Michael Leese's 69 Shades of Gray and Tom Stoneman's Sushi at
the Zoo on Wed 10/26 at 12PM. Call 575-9745 or visit
< http://www.mandpa.org/ > http://www.mandpa.org. Trinity Cathedral,
2230 Euclid Avenue.

Ohio Election Reforms is the subject of a Case Policy Forum that will be
held on Wed 10/26 at 7PM. The public is invited to learn more about
Propositions 2, 3, 4 and 5, as political scientists discuss these new
election reform initiatives that will be on the November 8th ballot.
Call 368-2426 or visit  < http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/ > www.Case.edu
for more info. Ford Auditorium of the Allen Medical Library, Adelbert
Road and Euclid Avenue on Case's campus.

World in the Balance - The People Paradox For October's annual World
Population Awareness Week, the Sierra Club Population-Environment
Committee presents this excellent NOVA 2005 PBS program on Wed 10/26 at
7:30PM which describes the very different demographic futures of India,
Japan and Kenya. One sees how the fate of a nation's environment is
determined by the actions of the people and their governments. Call
229-2413 with questions. Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, 2600 South Park
Boulevard.  < http://www.shakerlakes.org/programs.htm#OCTOBER >
www.ShakerLakes.org.

UnSilent Film 5 See The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with the original
twisted ending combined with the added improvised live score by
SynthCleveland members Steven K. Smith, Thieves Like Me, tofu, dust_head
and fluxmonkey are sure to make the showing of this 1921 silent film
classic a must see for Cleveland audiences. The SynthCleveland crew is
joined by special guest DJ Feima from WCSB's "F2", spinning before and
after this fifth un-silent film and performance on Wed 10/26 at 8PM.
Call 651-4100. There is no admission cost for this 21 and over show.
Rain Nightclub, 4142 Lorain Avenue.

Cirque du Mystique is a mix of circus arts and street entertainment,
using fabulous visual excitement and vibrating rhythms to create a
dreamlike environment. Imagine being Alice and falling into the rabbit
hole but the Velvet Dog Nightclub becomes your Wonderland. The
fantasy-like playfulness will coax everyone into dancing, interacting,
relaxing, and dreaming fantastic dreams. Enjoy bands, magicians,
artistically airbrushed models, cirque performers, dances, urban
entertainment and great drinks during this feast of visual excitement on
Wed 10/26 beginning at 8:30PM. Velvet Dog, 1280 West 6th Street.
< http://velvetdogcleveland.com/page/nwvc/Calendar.html >
www.VelvetDogCleveland.com.

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Cool Cleveland Sounds
Brace Yourself Bridget
Brace Yourself Bridget
Ante Up Audio

Having Gaelic roots, I guess it was easy to see why fearless leader here
assigned me BRACE YOURSELF BRIDGET to review. That and maybe the fact
I've probably been to every Irish bar in town at least once or twice
this year. Hey, I'm a trained professional journalist, don't try that on
your own. Without getting into a long discourse on Cleveland's rich
Irish musical history, let's start by staying Brace Yourself Bridget is
a good addition to all the Celtic talent Cleveland has playing around
town of late. With a bulging line-up that has now been "scaled down" to
eight members, BYB (not to be confused with BYOB) has touched on
ancestral tunes from the old sod on its debut effort, using many
traditional instruments, including bodhran (an Irish hand-held drum),
whistle and fiddle. Just as some say a blues band needs a harmonica to
be legit, every Irish act worth its salt should have a fiddle. Nikki
Custy fills the bill in the line-up here and makes her presence known
during the anecdotal tunes like the "The Irish Rover"/"Farewell To
Eireann" medley. Homespun covers include Peter Gallagher's "Hills Of
Donegal" and Andy Stewart's "Take Her In Your Arms" as the music's
bottom is held together by the Stamper family, Jim the elder on drums,
Adam on bass and Jim the younger on drums and the aforementioned
bodhran. BYB also has bagpipes in the act, which gives Michael Crawley
his time to shine via "The Rovin' Scotsman"and "Hummina," for two quick
examples. If you've been around any kind of Irish music of note, you'll
be familiar with the majority of the songs from "Whiskey In The Jar" to
"Fields Of Athenry," though my favorite here is the all-time folkloric
"Tell Me Ma," which always reminds me of a certain lass....uh, best to
stop that tangent and get back to the critique. Sweetest Day just rolled
through this month, a holiday, no doubt, invented by American Greetings
just to sell more cards this time of the year. As dubious as that idea
is, it pales to all the "halfway to St. Patrick's Day" parties that the
taverns were throwing last month, I'm sure with the approval of the
stockholders of Harp and Guinness. BRACE YOURSELF BRIDGET is a good
overall vibe that you can play in the comfort of your home, thus giving
your lawyer and bail bondsman a couple extra hours of well earned
sleep.Visit their webpage:  < http://www.braceyourselfbridget.com/ >
http://www.braceyourselfbridget.com
>From Cool Cleveland contributor Peanuts
< mailto:hostofthenorthcoast at yahoo.com > hostofthenorthcoast at yahoo.com

Instant Karma
Quick reviews of recent events
Going out this weekend? Take along your PDA and your digital camera.
Scratch out a few notes to send us with a picture of it for our Instant
Karma real-world reviews of what's really happening. We'd love to hear
from you. Send your stuff to  < mailto:Events at CoolCleveland.com >
Events at CoolCleveland.com

Room Service @ Cleveland Playhouse Farce is a theatre or movie form
which aims to entertain by developing unlikely, yet often possible
situations by use of disguises, mistaken identity and exaggeration. It
has a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases toward the end of
the play. Broad physical humor, and deliberate absurdity or nonsense are
the lynch pins of farce. Farce is generally perceived by theatre
directors and actors as the most difficult to perform. To be successful,
in a farcical performance, actors must look and be ridiculous while
doing what looks normal and effortless. To be successful farcical
writing, places characters in situations in which they simply
can’t escape without some great exaggeration. To contemplate farce
in its highest form think Lucille Ball, Danny Kaye and the Marx
Brothers...
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/RoomService > Read the
review by Roy Berko here

Cleveland Orchestra @ Severance Hall 10/13 Gustav Mahler was apparently
always concerned with mortality. It should hardly be a surprise, then,
that after the calamitous year of 1907, he would write a massive
symphony that was significantly retrospective. Nothing can be worse than
the loss of a dearly-loved child (in this instance, a daughter), but
being forced out of his position at the Viennese Opera House, and then
learning of his own terminal heart condition, must have seemed to him to
be adding insult upon insult to an already crucial injury. It’s no
wonder his heart failed. I kept thinking about this year in his life as
I listened to the Cleveland Orchestra in performance of Mahler’s
9th Symphony at Severance Hall on Thursday evening. Music Director Franz
Welser-M=F6st was by turns sympathetic and authoritative in communicating
his wishes to the musicians. It is a huge work with many miniscule
details that could be easily lost in the sweeping nature of the piece,
yet these tiny little episodes were treated with as much respect as were
the large ones...
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/InstantKarmaReflections >
Read the review by Kelly Ferjutz here

The Late Henry Moss @ The Bang &the Clatter 10/14
What: Sam Shepard's exorcism-drama about two estranged brothers trying
to understand the circumstances of their alcoholic father's death, in a
splendid production by Akron's newest young theatre company, The Bang
and the Clatter.
Reasons to go: It's always a pleasure to see a new company shine in its
debut, and director Sean McConaha's rough-and-tumble rendering gets
every ounce of juice out of Shepard's over-the-top memory play. His
fearless principal players are excellent, hurtling each other around in
viciously choreographed fights and melting down from corruscating
revelations. Special honors go to Jim Viront's performance as the
broken-down hermit Henry -- he goes from wax-dummy corpse to blithering
drunk to raging demon and makes it all work. As suspicious younger
brother Ray, Sean Derry bristles like a junkyard dog, while Mark Mayo's
softer Earl cooks on a slower but similarly deadly heat. Stripping in an
on-stage bathtub, Tina Tompkins has a sensual heat as the earthy
Conchalla, while both Tom C. Barnes and David LeMoyne are sympathetic
bystanders as neighbor Esteban and a hapless taxi driver.
Caveats: The production is intense in the small space, and it's long at
nearly 2 hours, 45 minutes -- but it's always compelling.
Backstory: The two Seans -- director McConaha and actor Derry -- founded
The Bang and The Clatter as a theater company aimed at younger
audiences, after some success mounting experimental shows in
Weathervane's black box space. They put in sweat equity rehabbing the
2nd floor of a downtown Akron building owned by the Akron Area Arts
Alliance, with a first floor gallery and offices for various Akron arts
companies.
Target audience: Anyone who wants to see a swell debut of a promising
new company.
Details: Thru 10/23 @ Summit Arts Space, 140 E. Market St., Akron.
1-330-606-5317. $15.
from Cool Cleveland contributor Linda Eisenstein
< mailto:LindaATcoolcleveland.com > LindaATcoolcleveland.com

GroundWorks @ Tri-C Metro 10/14 We went to see GroundWorks Dance Theatre
at CCC Metro and saw the small but good company of former ballet dancers
in three works. The first, Iron Lung, was already familiar to us from
the GroundWorks concert at Akron Icehouse. Watching it for the second
time, we found we liked it even more than before, not least because we
felt that our Instant Karma review for Cool Cleveland's 9/21/05 issue
seemed to ring true. The best clue we can give anyone to this dance is
the one we gleaned from reviews of the New York-based choreographer
Keely Garfield -- her pas de deux take a darkly funny view of
contemporary relationships. Except that in Iron Lung she's left out the
funny parts...
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/GroundWorksAtTriC > Read
the by Victor and Elsa here

Pierre Everaert @ Baldwin-Wallace 10/17 With so many great ideas
relevant to Northeast Ohio, your hand gets sore just taking notes at
this talk by Pierre Everaert, chairman of InBev SA/NV, former chair of
Philips North America, CEO of Ahold, CEO of General Biscuits, and he
began his career in Akron with Goodyear, finally serving as CEO of their
German operations. His rapid-fire talk covered globalization,
innovation, science and, interestingly, integrity. Just a sampling...
His simple theme for our region: "Wake up, Focus!" We're being
out-worked by the rest of the world, we have few international partners,
and we're creating more enemies every day. But it's not too late.
Cleveland lost the steel industry and the auto industry, but there is
hope. We need a long-term 3- and 3-year plan. Congrats to Nortech for
posting their 15-year plan for tech in the region. NEO doesn't have the
large companies anymore, but smaller companies can use the Internet and
FedEx to go global. Pay attention to international business news
everyday. By 2010, 40% of the world speaks Spanish. Other countries
graduate 7 times the number of engineers we do, and they spend 18,000
more hours in school than us. Last week, Russia told England that by
2010, Russia will be supplying 50% of the energy for the European Union.
The US will not be supplying a drop. Each person in the US works one
month/yr to pay the interest on our foriegn debt. The 13 universities in
NEO should collaborate more. Science is the mother of innovation. Think
of "the art of science," and "the science of argument." Wal-Mart is the
science of retail. The 3 prongs of economic development are government,
business and academia. But someone has to lead the parade.
Character-based leadership (integrity) is good for business. Ask college
students what it would take to keep them in the region. Find out what
your kids are good at, and encourage that. As B-W develops their $35
million Center for Innovation and Growth, Everaert suggests finding more
near-retirement experts like himself to advise our region. He already
is. See details
< http://www-staged.bw.edu/academics/bus/events/everaert/ > here.

Convention Facilities Authority Community Consensus meeting @ Local 310
Hall 10/18 In a surprisingly civil discussion, representatives from the
2 potential convention center sites gave concise presentations with
laser pointers to a small but engaged public of less then 50 people.
Described by one participant as a fairly balanced "tug-of-war," each
proposal offered benefits and drawbacks. Important questions of budget
and funding were deemed off limits until more cost figures can be
developed, but that didn't stop anyone who had an inkling from stepping
up to the mic and speaking their peace or asking their question. Many
respondents were offered multiple opportunities for follow-up questions,
and most were met with straight-forward answers, albeit limited to
Forest City's Tower City riverfront proposal and the City's proposal to
rebuild on the current Convention Center site and possibly extend out to
the Lake. Left unaddressed to date are the critical funding issues,
especially what will be asked of the public, what the operational costs
will total, who will get the parking and concession revenue, land
acquisition costs, specific size of the Center, and whether our new
Convention Center will also serve as a community or civic center. We
need to assimilate the information gleaned from the recent symposium
held in Cleveland on 10/6 by the  < http://iaem.org/ > International
Association for Exhibition Management and take into account the lack of
growth in the convention industry worldwide. See details of the two
competing proposals, and soon, a schedule of the next 6 months of public
meetings here:  < http://www.conventioncleveland.com/ >
http://www.ConventionCleveland.com. A convention center will be built in
Cleveland one way or the other, and chances are close to 100% that you
will help pay for it. Judging by the letters we get at Cool Cleveland,
for the next public meeting, there should be 500 concerned NEO citizens
attending, commenting and engaging. C U there.

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On Cleveland's #1 ranking (See Cleveland's #1 ranking feels right
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/Champions > here) It is
about time that Cleveland were recognized for something that many of the
region's residents have known for a long time. Let's get rid of this
inferiority complex, Cleveland; this is a great city that we should take
pride in. We have tremendous assets in our cultural and health care
institutions. To be mentioned with cities that most deem "successful",
such as Toronto, Paris or Tokyo should tell people something about our
city and region. Our transportation infrastructure is superior; we
really don't have traffic to worry about when we compare our area to
others of the same size. Our housing market is HOT. With all these
assets and much more, our region should be striving to draw people of
all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds to Cleveland. We should strive to
draw businesses to the region by showing them all the assets we have and
why they should call our region home. Cleveland is a great city with a
great history we should all take pride in.
from Cool Cleveland reader Geoff Englebrecht toronagaATameritech.net

I am a proud Pittsburgher dating a handsome Clevelander. For the past
two years I have been living in both cities and know them quite well. I
am also a radio talk show host and I've had Dimitri Vassilaros on my
show. I think he more than Pittsburgh has an inferiority complex...plus
he writes for the Tribune-Review a paper founded and funded bt Richard
Mellon Scaif, the cash behind the Monica Lewinsky Scandal. I always tke
everything I read from the Trib with a grain of salt.
from Cool Cleveland reader Lisa Pinkerton, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh
lisapinkertonATgmail.com

My congratulations to Cleveland as being voted most livable city. I was
raised and lived there for about 20 years, but the location offers very
few job opportunities for my profession. Most mathematicians work for
Uncle Sam, so to the DC area I went. I miss the slower pace and lower
prices of Cleveland as well as the people.
from Cool Cleveland reader Ed Prokop es335_l4ATyahoo.com

My experience just this morning changed my feelings toward Cleveland as
a great city in which to live. I try to support businesses by shopping
downtown rather than in the suburbs and stop often at Tower City. Today
I parked on Prospect Ave. (7:20 a.m. not a busy time),outside Tower
City, I put my money in the meter, went into Tower City to get coffee
and some pastries to take to work in the surburbs and got a parking
ticket. I was truly confused since the meter still had time remaining.
When I looked closely at the ticket it was noted that I was "too far
from the curb". Now I got out and looked at how far I was and granted I
was probably 12 inches away, but I was not anywhere near as far out as
the FedEx truck parked behind me with no time left on his meter and no
ticket. The ticket will cost me $25.00. I will not stop and buy my
coffee &pastries in Tower City again! I I used to believe Cleveland
was a liveable cool city when I first came here in 1977and the city
leaders encouraged people to come downton. That has long passed and now
I will too.
from Cool Cleveland reader Liz Walton liz.waltonATcvcc.k12.oh.us

There’s nothing finer to do on a warm, sunny, Autumn Saturday
afternoon, than biking along the brand new paved section of bicycle
trail between Harvard Avenue and the new Metroparks visitor center below
East 49th near Grant Avenue. This emerald oasis stabs northward like a
giant, leafy, crooked finger out of the Cuyahoga River Valley south of
Rockside Road. The oasis shields the cyclist from humongous, earthmoving
equipment operating nearby, while offering frequent glimpses of the
area’s industrial legacy, including massive petrochemical tanks,
steel warehouses and heavy machine shops looming behind the foliage atop
the valley ridge above. A ten-ton piece of tool-and-die machinery,
artfully displayed with descriptive signage by the trail’s edge,
reminds Clevelanders and informs visitors about the tremendous
contributions of Northeast Ohio to the advancement of industrial
America. I’m looking forward to biking nirvana when the remaining
segment is completed from Harvard, north to the flats below downtown
Cleveland.
from Cool Cleveland reader Frank J. Dzurik, Jr.
fjdzurikATcompany-car.com

Believing in Cleveland is not something that can be quantified by simply
looking at how many developers have decided to jump on the tax abatement
bandwagon and renovate old warehouses into condos and apartments. To
believe that REAL progress is being made, Cleveland will have to behave
like a REAL city as defined by the following definition: A center of
population, commerce, and culture. First the population. I refer to
Cleveland as a pretend city because the number of people who drive in
from the suburbs to use it during the daytime far surpass the
concentration of people who choose to live in the city full time. The
result of this is that the types of amenities that support an actual
urban lifestyle are non-existent. If you live in the Bridgeview
Building, for example and you wake up in the middle of the night (or
after 7pm, for that matter) and you need something as simple as
over-the-counter medicine you better have your car keys because your
going to have to drive to Ohio City or Lakewood for a CVS or Rite Aid
(if your emergency occurs before 9pm) and Lakewood to the 24-hour Topps
or Walgreens for your late night adventure. In a real city, 24-hour
convenience stores or "bodegas" as New Yorkers and Angelinos lovingly
refer to them, exist every couple of blocks. I applaud Constantino's for
trying to sell groceries until 9pm, but bodega's carry an assortment of
the things that you only think of when you really need them. OK. Do you
have a dog? Or do you like parks? Well, the only reasonable amount of
green space within walking distance are the Malls, but they are about as
user-friendly as a stuffy, Old-English garden. No dog run, small trees,
no playground or any activity encouragement. Central Park in New York is
not only a genius work of architectural landscaping, it is a destination
filled equal opportunity to be active or relax. As a space to wolf down
your lunch before returning to your cubicle, the Malls do fine, but as a
community-generating destination, the parking lot at Legacy Village has
as much appeal. Which brings us to the second part of the definition:
commerce. A bodega or 2 is the start, but building an urban population
requires businesses that people use to build a sense of community.
All-night coffee shops (Flo doesn't count, because it is a bar
masquerading as a diner) and retail such as boutique clothing stores (a
few of which opened and closed unfortunately), book stores and stores
not available in the suburbs. (If they are, the Downtown Store is
supposed to be the "flagship" store with merchandise the suburbs don't
have) Of course, their is no shortage of bars and restaurants, but again
they seem to cater to "suburbanite's big night on the town" rather than
to the brave soul who inhabits a studio apartment in the National
Terminal Building. Lastly, the city as a center of culture. On this
point it can be said that Cleveland does, in fact, have many cultural
gemstones: Playhouse Square, museums, galleries, the orchestra, etc.,
but the culture of an urban environment is born of the people who live
there interacting with each other in all the aforementioned scenarios on
the sidewalks day and night. And in the classic chicken and egg argument
for this "culture" to be "cultivated" the population density must grow
SIMULTANEOUSLY with commercial and public amenities. People usually
don't move somewhere in hopes that their needs will be met. They move
knowing they will have a quality of life that doesn't require them to
run to the suburbs for support. They have the option to go, if they
absolutely must. I close saying that Cleveland wants to be a REAL city,
but the fact remains that too much space has been left for dead in the
post-industrial landscape and it will take more than a few new
apartments to create a truly, livable urban community.
from Cool Cleveland reader Timothy Johnson timothygjohnsonATgmail.com

On Cool Cleveland error (See Post Primary Mayoral Debate here) Let me
just say, a friend and I showed up at 2p.m. expecting to hear from our
two mayoral candidates. Surprise - the 'debate' began at noon, was
brief, only Jane and friends showed up and according to some folks we
met outside the auditorium very few questions from the floor were
permitted. Prior to the primary I had attempted to attend a candidates
forum at Mt. Calvary that I had read about in CC. We showed up and there
were no cars in the parking lot. Checked the door of the church and
found a note taped on it that the event had been rescheduled for several
weeks later. My bitch is that I am trying to participate, but both times
I counted on your information it's wrong! Lesson learned - call the
contact numbers - I just hope your staff verified the phone numbers.
Thanks anyways - CC is always good reading.
from Cool Cleveland reader Karen Desotell kdesotellATameritech.net
>From Cool Cleveland: The Post Primary Mayoral Debate was listed
incorrecly in Cool Cleveland, and we apologize for the error. We did not
receive notice of the rescheduled Mt. Calvary candidate forum.

On the Warren Zanes interview (See Cool Cleveland People: Warren Zanes
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/Champions > here) I cannot
agree with Zanes more. It is absolutely oppressive the way Clevelanders
apologize for Cleveland. If they think it's so bad, leave. Cleveland's
great. Clevelanders just have way too much of an insecurity complex to
realize and relish it.
from Cool Cleveland reader William Walker WWalkerATInvent.org

I had the same experience as Warren Zanes when I moved from San
Francisco to Cleveland. Almost to a person, people I met in Cleveland
asked me "Why Cleveland?" I had loved Cleveland in the 70's as a punk
teenager going to the Agora, and other clubs. The people in Cleveland
are super nice, it seems like it's a rite of passage to be in a band
there! I feel like Cleveland is truly a hidden gem. I moved out of
Cleveland mostly because it was so hard to get around without a car. But
would easily move there again. I think it's a great city with scads of
talented artists and musicians. I'm now living in Chicago.
from Cool Cleveland reader Denise Dee denisedeeATsbcglobal.net

On Cool Cleveland I emailed you a complimentary letter back when you
first started this free email information guide. I just want to
reiterate that your whole approach to Cleveland news is just so
refreshing. Yes, I meant to say "refreshing", because Clevelanders just
don't get this outlook on our city from the likes of Dick Feagler and
the others here in town. I just want to thank you a let you know - from
one Clevelander to another - I sincerely appreciate your efforts to
consistently combat the negative image that the Plain Dealer and others
cast upon our city. I wrote Dick once and told him that since he thinks
its so terrible here, why is he still here? Those who reside here should
like it or get out. So, I think your article about Warren Zanes is
great. We need more stories like that, because I think people obviously
love it here, especially those who can get jobs else where, because if
they didn't really like it they wouldn't be here. However, many of us
are caught up in the inferiority complex generated by those in Cleveland
media. Cool Cleveland and Crain's are the best.
from Cool Cleveland reader Timothy Tramble trambleATadelphia.net

On Cleveland's need for venture capital (See Cleveland needs VC
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/Champions > here) I think
all this hubbub around growing the tech industry is great and I see a
lot of calls to raise the VC for it. But I have a basic question that
I've yet to see discussed anywhere: What do those who want to bring tech
here, or grow it, want the tech companies to be doing? What do they
produce? Provide? Create? What's the product that a tech company offers?
Are we talking about creating software? Solving problems related to
modernizing factories? Or education? Or all of the above? The reason I
ask these questions is because I'm infinitely curious, in general. And
curious about tech in particular. So, let's say I see these entities
like NorTech putting themselves out there, trying to rally people and I
think, I would love to create a tech company. What would I search, how
would I learn, what would I want that company to do? I apologize - I
hope this isn't too basic. But in all the stuff I've been reading (i.e.,
the PD, Henry Gomez's Tech Link, George Nemeth's Brewed Fresh Daily,
Chris Varley's blog, and Red Room Revolution's documents, among other
items), I haven't really seen a good definition - a step by step outline
- of what folks want the tech companies that they want in NEO to be
doing. Thank you for taking these questions seriously and I'm eager to
know what you think. Feel free to pass the questions on to those you
think can answer it - specifically and in English (as opposed to
VC/entrepreneurial jargon, with all due respect).
from Cool Cleveland reader Jill Miller Zimon jillzimonATsbcglobal.net

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Top 5
Here are the Top 5 from last week's issue, with one more chance for you
to click.

1) Cleveland's #1 ranking feels right Download the complete EIU report
in PDF form.
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/docs/EIU.pdf >
www.CoolCleveland.com

2) Cool Cleveland People: Warren Zanes Our interview with the VP of
Education @ the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/CoolClevelandPeopleWarrenZane=
s >
www.CoolCleveland.com

3) RoldoLINK Roldo Bartimole's take on the mayoral primaries.
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/RoldoLinkDispiritedCityActsDi=
spiritedlyGuessWhy >
www.CoolCleveland.com

4) CSU student named Top 10 in US Maria Weybrecht is featured in the
October issue of Glamour magazine.
< http://www.csuohio.edu/oncampus/2005/1003e.html > www.CSUohio.edu

5) Cleveland Next needs your ideas It appears readers wanted to see what
kind of ideas have been submitted, not submit more.
< http://clevelandnext.com/category.asp > www.ClevelandNext.com

Repeat business Cool Cleveland has hosted several parties, where we've
done tours of real estate. Afterwards, the property developers
we’ve worked with have sold out of their luxury loft apartments,
condos and penthouses featured on our tours. See testimonials
< http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/Testimonials > here.
Contact  < mailto:Info at CoolCleveland.com > Info at CoolCleveland.com if
you'd like similar results.

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Ravenel, TL Champion, George Nemeth and everyone who partners with us
including Linda Eisenstein, Kelly Ferjutz, Victor Lucas, Elsa Johnson,
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">In this week's
issue:</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<span style=3D"color: red;"><strong>* <em>Cool Cleveland</em> Fast
Forward</strong> party</span> on Fri 11/11, <strong><span style=3D
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<span style=3D"color: red;"><strong>* <em>Cool Cleveland</em>
Champions</strong> party</span> on Wed 11/2, <strong><span style=3D
"color: black;"><a href=3D
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<strong>*</strong> <strong><em>Cool Cleveland</em> Sounds</strong>
Celtic rock with Brace Yourself Bridget<br clear=3D"all">
<span style=3D"color: red;"><strong>* <em>Cool Cleveland</em> Kids
podcast</strong></span> click <strong><span style=3D
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target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: black;">here</a></span></strong>,
<strong><span style=3D"color: red;"><em>CC</em>
podcast</span></strong> click <strong><span style=3D
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target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: black;">here</a></span></strong>,
<strong><span style=3D"color: red;"><em>CC</em> Blog</span></strong>
click <strong><span style=3D"color: black;"><a href=3D
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+2">This week, outrageously</font></strong>
we present not one but two <em>Cool Cleveland</em> November events
to enhance your personal ambiance. Bring your great civic idea on
11/2, meet some of Cleveland's most creative civic entrepreneurs,
and learn how you can get your project funded to the tune of $30K.
Or just enjoy the drinks & networking. And this week we
announce a sweet collaboration with CIA & CMA on Fast Forward,
blasting off on 11/11, with a <em>CC</em> pre-party, a demo by an
art/tech genius, and the popular Fast Forward confab featuring live
music, DJs and performance art around every corner. Check out this
week's good news about new residential developments, CIA's new
FUTURE Center for Design and Technology Transfer, how Wi-FIed the
University of Akron and Case are (Top 10 in the US), and a guided
tour through the Cleveland blogsphere. And in the spirit of this
week's theme, we urge you to get out of the house during
Cleveland's most glorious season (we call it leather jacket
weather), and join the fun on the streets: help out New Orleans by
partying at 14 venues for one price for Fat Tuesday on Thursday,
check out new art and architecture with the Art House Mix &
Mingle, reexamine the Rock Hall's George Harrison Bangladesh
exhibit, breathe in Tchaikovsky with the Cleveland Opera, even
learn how Cleveland can compete in a global economy with a session
by CAMP. Our extra-long event listings under <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> This Week reflect the outrageously hyperactive
Cleveland cultural community for the next seven days. Get up, get
out, and get involved. Outstanding! <strong>--Thomas
Mulready</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+2" style=3D
"color: red;">Fast Forward on 11/11</font></strong></span>
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<strong><font size=3D"+1">Add some edge to your Friday
night!</font></strong> Don’t miss the cultural party
that’s going to rock you up one side and down the other!
Cleveland’s awesome, artistic community collaborates on the
major cultural vibe that headlines <strong>Fri 11/11</strong> at
<em>Cool Cleveland’s</em> Night Out. Kick it off at 5:30PM in
the Cleveland Institute of Art's Reinberger Gallery (11141 East
Blvd) with <em>Cool Cleveland's</em> patented drinks & hors
d'oeuvres while experiencing the radical, futuristic exhibition and
docent tours of <strong>“Dreaming of a More Better
Future”</strong> (as in: "Did <em>The Jetsons</em> get it
right or wrong?"), highlighting the work of 47 artists, designers,
illustrators, architects, film and video creators and digital
geniuses, while partaking in <strong>beer, wine</strong> and
<strong>delish delectables</strong> from <strong>Elan
Catering</strong> and <strong>Bridges Restaurant</strong> in the
Student Lounge and Ohio Bell Auditorium while grooving to the
latest in electronic dance music DJ-ed by <strong>Severiano
Martinez</strong> of the Shinkoyo Arts Collective. [comp parking
behind CIA – off Bellflower or East Blvd – gates will
be open.]</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Triple Threat</font></strong> Join
<em>Cool Cleveland</em>, CMA (Cleveland Museum of Art) and CIA
(Cleveland Institute of Art) in One Place at One T.I.M.E. (The
Integrated Multimedia Environment). The evening continues at 7:30
in the Aiken Auditorium while you experience the artistic successes
of <strong>Eduardo Kac,</strong> Professor and Chair of the
Art/Technology Department at the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, showing off his interactive net installations, <strong>bio
art</strong> and <strong>"transgenic art,"</strong> included with
your <em>CC</em> ticket. <strong><span style=3D"color: red;"><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.6.auqe.zld" target=3D"_blank"
style=3D"color: red;">Get tix here</a></span></strong> for Fast
Forward on Fri 11/11.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Kick it into high gear</font></strong>
(9PM 'til midnight) with CMA’s <strong>“Fast
Forward”</strong> party held at the CIA Factory, three blocks
away (VIP shuttles available), where you can immerse yourself in
<strong>live music, food, libations</strong> and the burgeoning and
hip student art scene with artwork, experiments, and ongoing art
performances around every corner. Now the best part: order online
before midnight <strong>Thu 10/20</strong> and you get the whole
evening for the <strong>ridiculously low price</strong> of $14.50:
Beer, wine, great food, live music, the hippest art exhibition in
town, the lowdown on cool transgenic art, and the CMA’s Fast
Forward party blasting all night long. All for less than the cost
of the FF party alone!<br clear=3D"all">
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for Fast Forward on <strong>Fri 11/11</strong>.<br clear=3D"all"
style=3D"color: red;">
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<p><span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+2" style=3D
"color: red;">Cool Champions on
11/2</font></strong></span><br clear=3D"all">
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<strong><font size=3D"+1">Could you use $30,000</font></strong> to
pursue your civic project? Or are you just interested in partying
with some friends at the next <em>Cool Cleveland</em> event? Either
way, this one’s a slam dunk: Enjoy <strong>beer, wine,
mouth-watering appetizers, side-splitting comedy from Hilarities
4th Street Theater</strong> and the opportunity to meet some of the
Civic Innovation Lab's <strong>Champions</strong> who are doing
well by doing good. Meet us (and bring your friends!) at
<strong>Pickwick and Frolic’s Martini Bar and Frolic Cabaret
Wed 11/2,</strong> starting at 5:30PM (show at 8:00). Check out the
<strong>Grilled Vegetable and Herb Cheese Pinwheels, Assorted
Focaccia Pizzas, Rotisserie Chicken Salad Pinwheels, and Domestic
and Imported Cheese Display.</strong> Help us toast the Lab’s
2nd anniversary with special guests Cleveland Foundation president
Ronn Richard and economic development guru Brad Whitehead, plus
receive comp passes to the 90-minute show featuring a nationally
touring comedian. <strong><span style=3D"color: red;"><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.8.at7f.zld" target=3D"_blank"
style=3D"color: red;">Get tix here</a> for Cool Champions on
11/2.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">A winning idea</font></strong> Your
<em>Cool Cleveland</em> admission gets you a complimentary ticket
for the hilarious <strong>Pickwick & Frolic show ($13
value),</strong> <strong>appetizers galore</strong> and <strong>two
drink tix (wine & beer).</strong> Get your discount tix by
midnight <strong>Thu 10/20</strong> here: <strong><span style=3D
"color: red;"><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.9.at7f.zld"
target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: red;">http://www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205</a></span></stron=
g>
for Cool Champions on 11/2.<br clear=3D"all" style=3D"color: red;">
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<span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: green;">Blocks Away From Shaker Square and University
Circle</font></strong> Wake up every day to a spectacular view of
the Cleveland skyline in your new home at St. Luke’s Pointe,
a new community of 80+ homes. Amenities include 2-4 bedrooms, 2.5
baths, skyline views, special financing, 15 year tax abatement and
a 2-car garage. Several townhomes feature a fourth floor loft
offering unbeatable views. St. Luke’s is also just steps away
from the RTA – so if you work downtown, you can leave your
car in the garage and save on gas! Priced from $154,900. Visit our
open house this <strong>Sun 10/16</strong> from 2-4PM at the model
home at E. 115th and MLK Dr. For a complete list of properties and
open houses this weekend please visit</span> <span style=3D
"color: green;"><strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.10.9dqb.zld=
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target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: green;">www.ProgressiveUrban.com</a></strong>.</span><br clear=3D"a=
ll">
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Marous developing W. 117th &
Clifton</font></strong> Marous Brothers Construction inked a deal
which allows them to redevelop the former Fifth Church of Christ,
Scientist at West 117th Street. Unoccupied for more than 10 years,
the 80-year-old building will be the cornerstone of redevelopment
in the area. Marous will also look at ways to redevelop the
commercial strip on Clifton Boulevard that lies between West 117th
and West 116th Street. Current plans include 30+ condos and
townhomes, as well as several smaller retail spaces. Read the story
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.11.auqh.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. Share your wishlist for the
planned redevelopment project at <strong><a href=3D
"mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com" target=3D
"_blank">Letters at CoolCleveland.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Akron, Case are top 10 Wi-Fi college
campuses</font></strong> Reflective of our new moniker as a Digital
City, two universities in our region placed in the top 10 on the
“Most Unwired College Campuses” Survey. The University
of Akron took third place and Case Western Reserve University
ranked eighth. Check out the remainder of the top 50 wireless
colleges, including the University of Dayton, which ranked
sixteenth, <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.12.auql.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Live From Cleveland</font></strong>
Catch local and regional bands playing live in the WRUW-FM 91.1
Cleveland studios on Thursday nights from 10-11PM each week. The
scheduled line-up includes Chauncey Peppertooth, Living Stereo,
Machine Go Boom, Infinite Number of Sounds and This Moment in Black
History. See the entire line-up at <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.13.auqi.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.WRUW.org</a></strong>. If that’s not
enough butt-kicking sound for you, try their “Live from the
Spot” broadcast each Wednesday night live from The Spot, an
on-campus hangout available to Case, CIA and CIM students, from
10PM-midnight.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">CIA launches FUTURE</font></strong> The
Cleveland Institute of Art has big plans for their FUTURE: Center
for Design and Technology Transfer, set to launch next month. The
Design Center, housed in CIA’s Joseph McCullough Center for
the Visual Arts, will encompass a business incubator, design
gallery and production group, becoming a valuable resource for
entrepreneurs and other smaller enterprises with great ideas that
need to be translated into the marketplace. The Design Center has
the potential to become a catalyst for economic and creative
vitality in Northeast Ohio. Learn more about the Center
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.14.auqj.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. What impact do you think FUTURE
will have upon the future of Northeast Ohio? Send your thoughts to
<strong><a href=3D"mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com" target=3D
"_blank">Letters at CoolCleveland.com</a></strong>.</p>
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<span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: green;">Good Enough to Eat</font></strong> On <strong>Sat
11/12</strong> join the</span> <span style=3D
"color: green;"><strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.15.9iy5.zld=
" target=3D
"_blank" style=3D"color: green;">The Cleveland Museum of Natural
History's</a></strong> exploration into the history of foods, a
series starting with the “Natural History of Cheese,” a
4,000-year-old tradition. Experience an exclusive evening with the
finest cuisine from local chefs. Enjoy a cocktail reception,
followed by a presentation at the Museum. Then sit down for a
seven-course dinner incorporating some of the world's finest
cheeses and complementary wine pairing. Cost for the evening is
$150 per person. Check our web site for the entire food
series</span> <span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.16.auqk.zld" target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: green;">www.CMNH.org/special-events</a></strong> which
includes the history of chocolate, wine and mushrooms. Enjoy all
four events for $500 - a $100 discount! Call (216) 231-1177 for
reservations. Seating is limited.</span><br clear=3D"all">
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Take this short IT
survey</font></strong> NEOSA, an industry trade association with a
mission to foster an environment that will encourage growth and
development in Northeast Ohio’s information technology-based
companies, is asking IT companies to take an ultra brief survey (1
page, 10 questions) in order to better serve the IT community. Take
the short survey <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.17.auqm.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a></strong>. Learn more about the organization at
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.18.9seq.zld" target=
=3D
"_blank">http://www.neosa.org/</a></strong>.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: red;"><em>Cool Cleveland</em> Kids</font></strong></span>
What are you doing with your kids this week? Let <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> correspondent Max Mulready clue you in to a couple
of great family events. It's easy to click on his brief podcast
<strong><span style=3D"color: red;"><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.19.auqf.zld"
target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: red;">here</a></span></strong> even
if you don't have special software. It will pop open on your
desktop and you'll be listening in no time. If you know what you're
doing, you can download it to your iPod or your computer and listen
with your own kid. Check below to see the events tagged
<span style=3D"color: red;"><strong>CC KIDS</strong></span> under
<strong><em>Cool Cleveland</em> This Week</strong> for our
recommendations for a fantastic family week. <strong><span style=3D
"color: red;"><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.20.auqf.zld"
target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: red;">http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolClevelandKids10.=
21.05.mp3</a></span></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Dear Mayor</font></strong> The Center
for Community Solutions’ latest issue of their journal,
<em>Planning & Action</em>, contains several passionate,
thought-provoking letters from a variety of business leaders in our
community addressed to the victor of the upcoming mayoral race.
Download a copy of the issue <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.21.av3i.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. Send your thoughts about the
Dear Mayor project or some of the concerns expressed by
letter-writers at <strong><a href=3D
"mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com" target=3D
"_blank">Letters at CoolCleveland.com</a></strong>.</p>
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<span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: green;">Harry Potter Flies into the Great Lakes Science
Center’s OMNIMAX® Theater</font></strong> on <strong>Sun
10/23.</strong> The movie <em><strong>Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban</strong></em> will play Friday, Saturday and Sunday at
3PM − every weekend, through November 13 − the first
time in the Science Center’s history that a full-length
commercial feature film will be shown in the OMNIMAX Theater.
Movie-only tickets are $8.95 for adults, $6.95 for kids and the
combination OMNI/Science Center tickets are $12.95 for adults and
$8.95 for kids. Contact</span> <span style=3D
"color: green;"><strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.22.9jm4.zld=
"
target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: green;">www.GreatScience.com</a></strong> for reservations.
The Great Lakes Science Center, now in its tenth year, is one of
the nation’s leading science and technology museums,
featuring more than 400 exciting hands-on exhibits, themed
traveling exhibits and daily demonstrations. Open daily 9:30AM to
5:30PM with discounted parking for guests in the attached 500-car
garage.</span><br clear=3D"all">
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Best of Ohio Writers</font></strong>
<em>Ohio Writer Magazine</em>, published by the Poets' and Writers'
League of Greater Cleveland, has announced the winners of the 2005
Best of Ohio Writer contest. First place winners, Jennifer
Sullivan, of Akron (Poetry); Ed Davis, of Yellow Springs (Fiction);
Sharon Peerless, of Beachwood (Creative Non-Fiction) and Joyce
Dyer, Hudson (Writers on Writing) will have their work published in
the January/February 2006 issue of the magazine. To subscribe, see
the list of winners or learn more about the Poets’ and
Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.23.auqo.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.pwlgc.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Cleve studio and songwriters on Coppola
film</font></strong> Cleveland-based Ante Up studio won the job to
record new music for the additional 30 minutes of Francis Ford
Coppola's re-issued DVD of the 1983 film <em>The Outsiders</em>,
and loftmates Take Manhattan Music composed the music. They used
1960's vintage mics and analog recording equipment for the new
version of the cult film which starred the young Rob Lowe, Tom
Cruise and Patrick Swayze. See story <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.24.av3j.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Your art on a calendar</font></strong>
Academy Graphic Communication is in the midst of producing their
4th annual desk calendar, <em>52 Weeks 52 Works</em>, featuring the
work of Northeast Ohio artists. If you are an artist living and
working in NEO and you’d like your work to be included in
this project call 661-2550 for info or email <strong><a href=3D
"mailto:CandiceChampion at agcinc.org">CandiceChampion at agcinc.org</a></strong>.
The submission deadline is <strong>Tue 11/1</strong>.
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.25.auqp.zld" target=
=3D
"_blank">http://www.VisitAGC.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Champions in Action</font></strong> a
program launched to honor unsung community heroes –
non-profit organizations working to address the needs of area
neighborhoods, is looking for their 1st Quarter <em>Champion in
Action</em>. The categories for 2006 are after-school programs,
community healthcare, hunger and homelessness. Applications from
after-school programs are being accepted now through <strong>Wed
10/26</strong> with the winner being recognized in January of 2006.
Visit <strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.26.auqq.zld" ta=
rget=3D
"_blank">http://www.CharterOne.com/Community</a></strong> or a
local Charter One branch for eligibility requirements and to obtain
an application. The agency named <em>Champion in Action</em> will
receive $25,000 in unrestricted funds, tons of exposure, including
media coverage from WJW FOX 8 including PSAs and news stories, and
volunteer and PR support.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: red;">Not Fair Weather Friends</font></strong></span>
Through snow, sleet and dark of night, <em>Cool Cleveland</em>
delivers the insight you rely on to your inbox every Wednesday
morning. Forward this to a friend and help your favorite e-zine go
forth and multiply.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Steelyard Commons pays for Canal
Trail</font></strong> Taxes from the hot button retail development
project will help pay for the long-awaited completion of the
six-mile stretch of the Canal Towpath Trail between Harvard Avenue
and Downtown. Approximately $10.4 million in property taxes from
Steelyard Commons will be diverted to the construction project,
enabling the City to access matching funds from the Feds and state
government. Read the story <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.27.av2t.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. Does this mean that the
Steelyard Commons project isn’t so bad after all? Send your
thoughts to <strong><a href=3D"mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com"
target=3D"_blank">Letters at CoolCleveland.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">OSTN links campuses
online</font></strong> The Open Student Television Network (OSTN),
run by CampusEAI Consortium, a Cleveland-based, non-profit
organization developing software and digital content, is connecting
local students to colleges all over the country, and all over the
world, through links to similar networks around the globe. Find out
why Les Gonick, vice president for information technology services
and chief information officer for Case, whose team was the engine
behind the development of CampusEAI hailed OSTN as the
“umbilical cord for students at the university” in the
<em>PD</em> article <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.28.av2u.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Thirsty Dog garners gold</font></strong>
Did you miss out on the Great American Beer Festival again this
year? No worries, you can get a recap of the 9/29-10/1 event at
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.29.av2v.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.BeerTown.org</a></strong>. Dayton’s Thirsty Dog
Brewery took home gold and bronze medals for their Siberian Night
and Hoppus Maximus brews, respectively. Visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.30.av2w.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.ThirstyDog.com</a></strong> to assess the
situation for yourself.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: red;">Emissions from the blogsphere</font></strong></span>
So much quality blogging going on this week. Audient
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.31.av2x.zld"
target=3D"_blank">talks back to the Monday moaners</a></strong>. Tim
Russo contrasts <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.32.av2y.zld"
target=3D"_blank">Jack White and Muhammad Ali</a></strong>. Lori
Kozey shares <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.33.av2z.zld" target=3D
"_blank">memories of her Nana's apple pie</a></strong>. Jeff Hess
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.34.av30.zld"
target=3D"_blank">reminds us of San Fran cartoonist, artist, and
hip-hopster Keith Knight's schedule</a></strong>. Andy Timithy sort
of <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.35.av31.zld"
target=3D"_blank">lends his support to an open mic poetry night @ the
Lit</a></strong>. And <em>Cool Cleveland</em> blogger Peter
Chakerian hits on nanotech in CLE, a <em>Peaceable Kingdom</em>,
“What the Bleep Do We Know?” and he points to RFID
tags, energy conservation and the CLE’s parties en fuego
politico. Don't forget, these bloggers get together every month
with others of their ilk - you're welcome to attend this month's
Blogger Meetup 7PM on <strong>Wed 10/19</strong> @ The Town Fryer,
3895 Superior Ave 426-9235. RSVP @ <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.36.av32.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.Meetup.com</a></strong>. Check the <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> weblog <strong><span style=3D"color: red;"><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.37.9rtn.zld" target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: red;">here</a></span></strong>, then add your own comments,
questions and attitude. <a href=3D"mailto:Letters at CoolCleveland.com"
target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: red;">Letters at CoolCleveland.com</a>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+3"><br clear=3D"all">
<em>Cool Cleveland</em> This Week</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<font size=3D"+2"><em>10.19-10.26</em></font><br clear=3D"all">
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<strong>Send your cool events to:</strong> <a href=3D
"mailto:Events at CoolCleveland.com">Events at CoolCleveland.com</a></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Design for the Modern
World</font></strong> The <em>Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe
and America, 1880-1920: Design for the Modern World</em> is an
exhibit that includes more than 300 influential objects from that
era in all media from ceramic and metalwork, to textiles and works
on paper. Key designers of the period including Frank Lloyd Wright
and Gustav Stickley will be showcased. The exhibit runs now through
1/8/06. See the preview <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.38.auqr.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. Call 421-7350 for info.
Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, University
Circle.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Noteworthy Neighborhoods</font></strong>
This Levin College Forum on <strong>Wed 10/19</strong> from 4-6PM
will celebrate the accomplishments of Cleveland’s
neighborhood organizations, past, present and future. Norman
Krumholz, professor of urban planning and former City Planning
Director for the City of Cleveland will provide a thought provoking
retrospective of how the Cleveland Housing Network evolved from a
small housing organization to become one of the largest, most
respected non-profit developers of affordable housing in the
country. In addition, the forum will highlight present approaches
to neighborhood development and the innovative projects of two
community development corporations. Register for this no cost forum
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.39.auqs.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. Maxine Goodman Levin College of
Urban Affairs, Glickman-Miller Hall Atrium, 1717 Euclid Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Fat Tuesday on Thursday</font></strong>
is a by-musicians-for-musicians benefit to aid the musicians of New
Orleans. The brainstorm of Tommy Wiggins of Tri-C and John Lattimer
of Undercurrents are organizing 35 bands in 14 venues. The
suggested $10 donation gets you admission to all clubs all night.
All proceeds, plus a portion of bar and food receipts will go to
the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (N.O.M.C.) which offers
comprehensive health care to New Orleans’ musicians, a group
that is quite often without health care. Enjoy an evening of live
music and / or fine food in restaurants all over town on
<strong>Thu 10/20</strong>. Participating venues include the Hard
Rock Café, Century at the Ritz, Castaldi’s, 2527
Nightclub, Fat Fish Blue, Winking Lizard, Blind Pig, Barking Spider
and a host of others. Visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.40.auqt.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.fattuesdayonthursday.com/Schedule.html</a></strong>
to see the entire list of participating venues.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Oriental Rug Event</font></strong> to
benefit artisans in Northern Pakistan who have fallen victim to the
Pakistani Earthquake will be held <strong>Thu 10/20</strong> to Sun
10/23. Click <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.41.auqu.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong> for more info and event hours or
call 575-1058. Ten Thousand Villages of Cleveland at Trinity
Commons, 2254 Euclid Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Boo at the Zoo</font></strong> is a
family-friendly, scare-free Halloween event at the Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo on <strong>Thu 10/20</strong> – Sun 10/23 and
Thu 10/27 – Sun 10/30 from 5:30-8:30PM. Your little goblins
can boogie down at the new Monster Mash DJ Dance party, take a tour
of the Not-So-Haunted Greenhouse and ride the Jack-O-Lantern
Express train and find their way through the Halloween Hay Maze.
Each child will receive an official Boo at the Zoo treat bag. Visit
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.42.av33.zld" target=
=3D
"_blank">www.CleMetZoo.com</a></strong> to purchase tix online or
stop by the Zoo box office. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Art House Mix &
Mingle</font></strong> The Fourth Annual Fall Artists’ Market
Mix and Mingle event will give gallery owners, architects,
designers and potential patrons an opportunity to see the work of
up and coming new artists. The event will take place <strong>Thu
10/20</strong> from 7-10PM. Call 398-8556 or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.43.9wcw.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.ArtHouseInc.org</a></strong> for more info.
Colonial Arcade Market Place, 530 Euclid Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">The Supreme Court</font></strong> takes
center stage on <strong>Thu 10/20</strong> at 7PM. This gratis ACLU
event kicks off with the premiere of <em>The Supreme Court</em>,
the second installment of a ten-part series, <em>ACLU Freedom
Files</em> on LinkTV, which is available through the Dish Network.
The show explores current civil liberties issues, featuring
well-known actors, comedians and activists, along with civil
liberties litigants and the attorneys who represent them.
Refreshments and an interactive discussion on the importance of the
Supreme Court in the battle to ensure civil liberties will follow
the viewing. To attend this open discussion hosted by the ACLU of
Ohio, register online at <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.44.auqv.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.ACLUOhio.org</a></strong> or call 472-2200. Max Wohl
Civil Liberties Center, 4506 Chester Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Burning River Brass at
CSU</font></strong> Burning River Brass will give a gratis
performance as part of its Fine Arts series on <strong>Thu
10/20</strong> at 8PM. This “ensemble on fire” will
treat audiences to “fresh” arrangements of classic
pieces as well as original works written specifically for the
group, each played with an infectious joy that is contagious. The
ensemble heard on NPR's <em>Performance Today</em>, as well as
radio stations throughout the U.S. and abroad, made its original
debut in Tremont. Call the Music Events Line at 687-5100 for info.
The Waetjen Auditorium , Music and Communications Building, CSU
Campus, 2001 Euclid Ave.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">The Brian Jonestown
Massacre</font></strong> a long time favorite at the Grog Shop, had
their van and all of their gear stolen while they were in NYC. A
benefit concert on <strong>Thu 10/20</strong> at 9PM featuring The
Dreadful Yawns, The Volta Sound, and The So Long Goodbyes
(semi-formally the New Loud) will raise funds to help the band back
on their feet. Call 321-5588. Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Heights
Boulevard, Suite A, Cleveland Heights. <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.45.auqw.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.GrogShop.gs</a></strong>.</p>
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<span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: red;">Her sacrifice was legendary.</font></strong> Red
ventures into Gustav Mahler’s shadow through his wife
Alma’s diary excerpts, and theatrical presentations of the
music and their relationship. Experience "In Mahler’s Shadow"
on <strong>Sat 11/5</strong> at 8PM in the Masonic Auditorium, 3615
Euclid Avenue. Concert tickets start at $15. For more information
call Red {an orchestra} at 440-519-1733 or visit</span>
<span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.46.a8p8.zld" target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: red;">www.RedAnOrchestra.org.</a></strong></span><br clear=3D
"all">
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">George Harrison and the Concert for
Bangladesh</font></strong> is the subject of the latest exhibit at
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which will also be
screening the film of the concert. The exhibit reexamines the first
major benefit rock concert of its kind that later paved the way for
Live Aid, Farm Aid, Live 8 and other rock aid events. A special
members’ preview begins on Thu 10/20, the event opens to the
public on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> and runs through 3/26/06.
Circular Gallery, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Musuem, 1 Key
Plaza.<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.47.9iyd.zld"
target=3D"_blank">http://www.RockHall.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Entrepreneurial Empowerment Circle
Meeting</font></strong> This no cost Consortium of African American
Organizations event on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> at 9:30AM will
deal with effective networking. Short presentations will be given
by a variety of local entrepreneurs. Call 432-9481 to reserve your
spot and mention <em>Cool Cleveland</em>. Cleveland Midtown
Innovation Center, 4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 201.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Reduced to a Faulty
Recollection</font></strong> View this collection of works by
Jeffrey Cortland Jones on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> from 6-9PM
during the opening and reception for the exhibit which runs through
12/3. Call 795-0971 for further info or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.48.auqx.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.egordongallery.com</a></strong>. e. gordon gallery,
2026 Murray Hill Road.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">13 Hundred Gallery
Exhibits</font></strong> featuring the work of Thomas M. Lowery of
Washington D.C. and Tim Callaghan, a native Clevelander, will be on
display at the 13 Hundred Gallery. Experience paintings,
illustrations, mixed media and film by the two featured artists at
the opening reception on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> from 7-10PM
through Thu 11/17. Lowery’s work attempts to illustrate high
school romantic feelings and Callaghan’s work employs both
urban and rural landscape imagery and is a lyrical documentation of
the union and divide between locality and class. Call 535-9320 to
learn more. 13 Hundred Gallery, 1300 West 78th Street.
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.49.9lpb.zld" target=
=3D
"_blank">http://www.13hundred.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;">CC KIDS</span> <strong><font size=3D
"+1">The Terrific Tuba Musical Rainbow concert</font></strong> on
<strong>Fri 10/21</strong> at 10AM and Sat 10/22 at 10 & 11AM
will give your mini maestros, age 3-6, an introduction to the tuba.
Retired Cleveland Orchestra principal tuba player, Ronald Bishop,
is featured and local actress and singer Maryann Nagel hosts the
30-minute programs which include narration, demonstration, audience
participation and musical selections. Call 231-1111 to order
tickets or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.50.auqy.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.ClevelandOrchestra.com</a></strong>. Reinberger
Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Studio of 5 Rings</font></strong> is
working in connection with the Artcade to increase the awareness of
the art offerings in the Downtown and Midtown areas by hosting
gallery receptions on the 3rd Friday of each month. Stop by their
studio on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> from 5-10PM for a wine and
cheese reception offering handcrafted Merlot, Chardonnay, Shiraz,
Pinot Grigio and sweet berry red wine. Studio of 5 Rings changes
their exhibits, which focus on a single artist, every four to eight
weeks to keep the shows fresh and renew the energy. Call 771-0830
for more info. Preview the current exhibit at <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.51.auqz.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.StudioOf5Rings.com</a></strong>. Studio of 5 Rings,
2400 Superior Avenue, #201.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;">CC KIDS</span> <strong><font size=3D
"+1">Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey</font></strong>
presents its 135th edition of <em>The Greatest Show on Earth</em>
on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> at 7:30PM through Sun 10/30. This
highly interactive three-ring circus experience will take your
breath away. Start off with the All-Access Pre-show activities one
hour before the show’s start – available to every
single ticket holder – where you can try your skills at
daring circus feats. Then enjoy the incredible performances of
daredevil husband and wife team the Misers, the Windy City Acrobats
and Bello, “America’s Best Clown.” Log onto
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.52.aur0.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.Ringling.com</a></strong> to see what else is in
store. Gund Arena, One Center Court.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Eugene Onegin</font></strong> Peter
Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking tale of unrequited love reminds
us that timing is everything. This Cleveland Opera production, sung
in Russian with English subtitles, follows the tale of brash,
selfish young Onegin who rebuffs the affections of the beautiful
Tatyana only to fall deeply in love with her seven years later,
when she is no longer available. Tchaikovsky’s sweeping arias
and colorful music fills this masterpiece with the grandeur,
splendor and romance of Czarist Russia on <strong>Fri
10/21</strong>, Sun 10/23, Fri 10/28 and Sat 10/29. Friday &
Saturday performances are at 8PM, Sunday performances are at 2PM.
Call 241-6000 to purchase tickets or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.53.aur1.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.ClevelandOpera.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Sister, I’m Sorry</font></strong>
See this world premiere of the documentary of the same name which
featured Blair Underwood, Howard Hewitt and Tommy Ford (from
Martin), inspired by Greg Huskinsson’s story in <em>Chicken
Soup for the African-American Soul</em>. The stage play examines a
man's attempt to seek reconciliation with the women in his life
during the first stage of his community re-entry after a seven-year
stay in prison. Catch performances on <strong>Fri 10/21</strong>
& Sat 10/22 at 7:30PM or Sun 7/23 at 3:30PM. Call 687-3656 or
visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.54.aur2.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.csuohio.edu</a></strong> to learn more purchase tix
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.55.aur3.zld"
target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. University Center Theatre, 2121
Euclid Avenue, CSU Campus.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under
a Groove</font></strong> The <strong>Fri 10/21</strong> 10PM
installment of <em>Independent Lens</em> on WVIZ Channel 25 follows
the transformation of The Parliaments, a Sixties doo-wop group led
by George Clinton, into Parliament Funkadelic, the seminal funk
band of the Seventies. The group’s music is among the most
sampled in the evolution of hip-hop music. This program chronicles
the unique alchemy of the musical influences that fed into their
singular approach to music and P-Funk’s continuing influence
on today’s creative minds and features an in-depth look at
the unique musical and entrepreneurial mastermind that is George
Clinton. <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.56.aur4.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.WVIZ.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 51, 0);"><strong><font size=3D"+1"
style=3D"color: rgb(255, 51, 0);">WCLVnotes</font></strong> This
<strong>Fri 10/21</strong> at 9PM, WCLV 104.9 FM presents the first
of this season's concert from Music from the Western Reserve, which
takes place in the historic chapel at Western Reserve Academy in
Hudson. The amazing 17-year-old violinist Jin Joo Cho displays her
breathtaking talent in selections by Beethoven, Ysaye and Brahms.
The Cleveland Orchestra is off to Europe with concerts in
Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Budapest and a residency of five
programs in Vienna. WCLV's Bill O'Connell is traveling with the
band and is making daily reports at 104.9 FM. You'll hear them
weekdays at 8:45AM, 12 Noon; 5:20PM and 11PM; Saturdays at 8:45AM
and 1:30PM; and Sundays at 9:30AM and 3:55PM. He's also posting
pictures in the Photo Gallery on our website</span> <span style=3D
"color: rgb(255, 51, 0);"><strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.=
57.9dqu.zld"
target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: rgb(255, 51, 0);">www.WCLV.com,</a></strong></span>
<span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 51, 0);">where you'll find complete
details of our day-to-day programming. <strong>WCLV is a <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> partner.</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Dream On: Lines of
Escape</font></strong> The Cleveland Institute of Art will
collaborate with SPACES Gallery and MOCA Cleveland for a day-long,
no cost, gallery hop on <strong>Sat 10/22</strong> from 11AM-5PM.
SPACES will feature their exhibit, “Beautiful Dreamer,”
MOCA Cleveland’s exhibit is called “POPulence”
and CIA will debut its exhibit, “Dreaming of a More Better
Future” which explores 47 artists’ optimistic views for
the future. The opening party for “Dreaming of a More Better
Future” from 4-7PM at CIA will be the crescendo of a fabulous
evening of extraordinary art. Don't miss this experience described
as “<em>Blade Runner</em> meets George Jetson” take a
peek [[ here]]. CIA, 11141 East Boulevard, University Circle; MOCA
Cleveland, 8501 Carnegie Avenue, SPACES Gallery, 2220 Superior
Viaduct. <strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.58.aur5.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.cia.edu</a></strong> <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.59.aur6.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.SpacesGallery.org</a></strong> <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.60.9jfp.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.MocaCleveland.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;">CC KIDS</span> <strong><font size=3D
"+1">East 185th Street Fall Fest</font></strong> on <strong>Sat
10/22</strong> includes an I-Scream Bash from 12-2PM that features
pumpkin painting, face painting, a costume parade, various games
and crafts for children, and ice cream, of course. Additional
offerings include an arts and crafts sale from 9AM-5PM, a Best
Burger Cook-Off from 3-7PM and a raffle for tickets to the Browns
– Ravens game on 1/1/06. Call 246-9027 or 548-3269 for info.
Tickets can be purchased from East 185th Street merchants: Cebars,
Juniors, Level II, Meraglio’s or Mr. Hero’s.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">John McCutcheon in
Concert</font></strong> to benefit the Kathleen J. Lamparyk
Scholarship Fund (Special Education) at Cleveland Central Catholic
High School. The 8-time Grammy nominee, a powerful singer of
traditional material, will perform his special brand of music which
reflects a keen sense of place, family and strength. Learn how to
get tickets for the <strong>Sat 10/22</strong> dinner from
5:30-7:30PM and the concert at 8PM by visiting <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.61.aur7.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.KathieFund.org</a></strong> or calling
440-382-3431. Cleveland Central Catholic Auditorium, 6550 Baxter
Avenue, Slavic Village.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Orange Moon Trail</font></strong>
Experience an exciting evening of art, cuisine, entertainment, and
theater <strong>Sat 10/22</strong> beginning at 5PM. The traveling
festivities begin at Fairmount Center for Creative & Performing
Arts (Russell Township) with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, silent
auction, Chinese raffle, fortune-telling, and music by pianist
Sarah Peltier. Guests move on to Berkshire Hills Country Club
(Chesterland) for a delicious dinner beginning at 6:45PM with
entertainment by flautist Caylen Payne. Then the event moves to the
Geauga Theater on Chardon Square for a special 9PM performance of
the play <em>Dark of the Moon</em>. Halloween dress is encouraged.
Tickets available at 440-537-3344. Fairmount Center for Creative
and Performing Arts, 8400 Fairmount Road, Novelty. <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.62.aur8.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.GeaugaArtsCouncil.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Adidam Sacred Arts
Festival:</font></strong> World Music, Dance, and Art will
celebrate the influence of the spiritual teacher and master artist,
Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj on <strong>Sat 10/22</strong> and Sun
10/23. Click <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.63.aur9.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a></strong> for a full schedule of events. There
will be a variety of speakers and Tom and Susana Evert will
perform. Call 440-205-1426 or email <strong><a href=3D
"mailto:AdiDaLight at aol.com" target=3D
"_blank">AdiDaLight at aol.com</a></strong> for tickets. Kathy
Skerritt's Gallery, 2445 Superior Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">2005 Glitz</font></strong> When Lake
Hospital System opens the doors to its new Concord Township
facility in 2008, patients will step into the hospital of the
future-a facility that is computerized, robotic, digitized and
wireless. Take part in the celebration of this soon-to-be-built
hospital and the community support that is making it possible at
the Lake Hospital Foundation's 2005 Glitz on <strong>Sat
10/22</strong> at 6PM. The event features a silent auction of many
unique items. Take a peek <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.64.aura.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a></strong>. Enter the raffles for a 52”
Mitsubishi high-def TV or $5,000. Call 440-354-1900 for ticket
info. Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites LaMalfa, 5785 Heisley
Road, Mentor.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Sacred Rose</font></strong> Join the
Women Entrepreneurs of America on <strong>Sat 10/22</strong> from
6-9PM for their 2nd annual <em>Evening With the Stars</em> event to
benefit Women in Transition (WIT). The key speaker will be Tara
Hall, Program Director for the YWCA WIT program in Atlanta and the
featured enterprise is Stylz Creative Fashions. Call 469-9707 for
info. Cleveland Marriot East, 26300 Harvard Avenue, Warrensville
Heights.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Haunted Autumn Auction</font></strong>
The auction and benefit concert to support The Unitarian
Universalist Society of Cleveland kicks off on <strong>Sat
10/22</strong> at 6PM. Refreshments and hors d'ouveres will be
served and the silent auction will come to a rocking conclusion
with the out-of-this-world sound of Susan Weber and her rock band,
Monet’s Orbit. The award winning songwriter and vocalist will
take the stage with her band at 8PM for an hour-long performance.
Call 739-1928 for tickets or purchase at the door. The event comes
alive at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland, 2728
Lancashire Road, Cleveland Heights.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">the pARTy</font></strong> Legendary
Afro-Cuban musician, Chuchito Valdés, will make a rare
Cleveland appearance at the pARTy, a benefit for the Human Fund on
<strong>Sat 10/22</strong> at 7PM. Enjoy an open bar, dinner,
dessert, music and dancing to the sounds of Afro-Cuban jazz, bossa
vova, and cha-cha-cha by legendary Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban
ensemble and Cleveland’s Roberto Ocasio’s Latin Jazz
Project. Live and silent auctions will include works of art by a
variety of local and international artists, as well as a gallery of
art by Cleveland Municipal School District’ All-City Arts
Program. Visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.65.aurc.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.The-Human-Fund.org</a></strong>. Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum, One Key Plaza.</p>
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<span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: green;">Dreams, Escape and Fantasy Toward a "More Better
Future"</font></strong> On <strong>Sat 10/22,</strong> where
we’ll kick off The Cleveland Institute of Art’s
eight-month, city-wide culture festival with a gallery hop from
11AM to 5PM in conjunction with SPACES and MOCA. The free gallery
hop will include the viewing of “Beautiful Dreamer”
(SPACES), “POPulence” (MOCA) and “Dreaming of a
More Better Future” (The Cleveland Institute of Art). Lolley
the Trolley will provide free public transportation. At 5PM
curators and artists will lead a community dialogue on dreams,
escape and fantasy at CIA, followed by the opening party of
“Dreaming of a More Better Future,” the
Institute’s major fall exhibit. The party will feature food,
fun and music until 10PM in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries.
Visit</span> <span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.66.asz6.zld" target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: green;">www.cia.edu/dreams</a></strong> or call
216-421-7000.</span><br clear=3D"all">
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***************</span></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Wearable Art Fashion Show and
Tea</font></strong> Models from Kent State University will be
exhibiting one-of-a-kind garments, accessories and more at the high
style tea on <strong>Sun 10/23</strong> at 1PM. Pieces from the
collections of the featured textile artists who come from
throughout Northeast Ohio will also be available in the boutique.
Proceeds from all three facets of the event, the fashion show, tea
and boutique will support the Textile Art Alliance, an affiliate
organization of the Cleveland Museum of Art dedicated to raising
awareness and interest in the textile arts. Call 440-255-0045 for
info. The models take to the catwalk at Windows on the River
Powerhouse at Nautica, 2000 Sycamore in Cleveland.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Spectrum</font></strong> Designed to
ignite discussion about issues that impact both visual and popular
culture, this year’s event on <strong>Sun 10/23</strong> at
2PM will be moderated by Jaron Lanier, recently named to the list
of <em>The Prospect / Foreign Policy Top 100 Intellectuals</em>,
and best known for coining the phrase “virtual
reality.” Paul D. Miller, better known as DJ Spooky That
Subliminal Kid, will engage the audience in a discussion of how
truth and trust are impacted by our never-ending access to
information and whether our real-life experience is heightened by
virtual experiences. Call 621-5350 for info or visit
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.67.av34.zld" target=
=3D
"_blank">http://www.cpl.org/spectrum</a></strong> or
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.68.9sek.zld" target=
=3D
"_blank">http://www.ClevelandPublicArt.org</a></strong> for more
info. Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, East 6th and Superior.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">2005 Medical Innovation
Summit</font></strong> Bench to Bedside and Back Join more than 800
top-level industry executives, entrepreneurs, investors and
clinicians including the CEOs of Medtronic, Stryker, Smith &
Nephew and GE Healthcare Technologies, former Speaker of the House,
Newt Gingrich, reps from U.S. Venture Partners and Split Rock
Partners as they focus on innovations in orthopaedics on
<strong>Mon 10/24</strong> through Wed 10/26. Visit
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.69.av35.zld"
target=3D"_blank">http://www.ClevelandClinic.org/Innovations</a></strong>
to learn more or register for one of the remaining available seats.
InterContinental Hotel & MBNA Conference Center.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Secrets of Online Success – Web
Design</font></strong> This one-day, interactive workshop on
<strong>Mon 10/24</strong> from 1-5PM will help you build a more
effective web presence, whether you have a website now, or are
contemplating one. The seminar helps each participant examine their
goals and expectations for doing business on the web, then looks at
the key components needed to make websites user friendly yet
visible to search engines. Learn 21 practical tips for developing a
successful website design and implementation. SEO, natural
positioning and those dreaded shopping carts are among the topics
to be covered. Call 330-657-2228 or email <strong><a href=3D
"mailto:carolyn at fineart-services.com">carolyn at fineart-services.com</a></str=
ong>.
Peninsula Art Academy, 1600 Mill Street, Peninsula.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">How to Compete in a Global
Economy</font></strong> Spend the day with knowledgeable business
leaders who share their insight and experience during a
results-oriented seminar on succeeding in a global economy.
Participants will hear from John Brandt and a panel of local
manufacturers as they discuss effective methods for succeeding on a
global level during this <strong>Tue 10/25</strong> event from
7:30AM-2PM. Call 432-5317 or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.70.aurd.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.Camp.org/Events</a></strong> for info.
Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, 6111 Landerhaven Drive, Mayfield
Heights.</p>
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***************</span><br clear=3D"all">
<span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: green;">Jump Start Your Career!</font></strong> Looking to
hone your management skills? Want to change careers or complete
your bachelor’s degree? UCAP (the Ursuline College
Accelerated Program) makes it easy. You can do it one class a week,
five weeks at a time with convenient locations East and West.
Evening or Saturday courses are designed to fit your busy schedule.
Prepare for your future with a degree in Business Management,
Management Information Systems, Legal Studies, Health Care
Administration, Allied Health or Humanities. Enroll today, then
reap the rewards of an education from an esteemed local college
with a 134-year tradition of excellence. Call 440-684-6130 or
visit</span> <span style=3D"color: green;"><strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.71.a12r.zld" target=3D"_blank" style=3D
"color: green;">www. Ursuline.com.</a></strong> Open House
<strong>Tues 10/25.</strong> Next session starts <strong>Fri
11/11.</strong></span><br clear=3D"all">
<span style=3D"color: green;">*************** SPONSORED LINK
***************</span></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Break the Silence... Break the Cycle
Luncheon</font></strong> Actor and activist Victor Rivers will
headline the 12th Annual Domestic Violence Center Luncheon on
<strong>Tue 10/25</strong> starting at 11:30AM followed by a book
signing at 1:30PM. This annual luncheon raises much needed
financial support for DVC's services and generates awareness about
victims and the impact of domestic violence. For ticket or
sponsorship information call 688-7281. Windows on the River, 2000
Sycamore Street. <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.72.aure.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.DomesticViolenceCenter.org/</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Cleveland Chamber
Symphony</font></strong> A new music concert by this 25-year-old,
newly-independent ensemble will be conducted by Steven Smith and
includes pieces calling for improvisation by the fourteen
performers and features Michael Leese's <em>69 Shades of Gray</em>
and Tom Stoneman's <em>Sushi at the Zoo</em> on <strong>Wed
10/26</strong> at 12PM. Call 575-9745 or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.73.apt1.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.mandpa.org</a></strong>. Trinity Cathedral,
2230 Euclid Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Ohio Election Reforms</font></strong> is
the subject of a Case Policy Forum that will be held on <strong>Wed
10/26</strong> at 7PM. The public is invited to learn more about
Propositions 2, 3, 4 and 5, as political scientists discuss these
new election reform initiatives that will be on the November 8th
ballot. Call 368-2426 or visit <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.74.aurf.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.Case.edu</a></strong> for more info. Ford Auditorium
of the Allen Medical Library, Adelbert Road and Euclid Avenue on
Case's campus.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">World in the Balance - The People
Paradox</font></strong> For October's annual World Population
Awareness Week, the Sierra Club Population-Environment Committee
presents this excellent <em>NOVA</em> 2005 PBS program on
<strong>Wed 10/26</strong> at 7:30PM which describes the very
different demographic futures of India, Japan and Kenya. One sees
how the fate of a nation's environment is determined by the actions
of the people and their governments. Call 229-2413 with questions.
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, 2600 South Park Boulevard.
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.75.aurg.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.ShakerLakes.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">UnSilent Film 5</font></strong> See
<em>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</em> with the original twisted
ending combined with the added improvised live score by
SynthCleveland members Steven K. Smith, Thieves Like Me, tofu,
dust_head and fluxmonkey are sure to make the showing of this 1921
silent film classic a must see for Cleveland audiences. The
SynthCleveland crew is joined by special guest DJ Feima from WCSB's
"F2", spinning before and after this fifth un-silent film and
performance on <strong>Wed 10/26</strong> at 8PM. Call 651-4100.
There is no admission cost for this 21 and over show. Rain
Nightclub, 4142 Lorain Avenue.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Cirque du Mystique</font></strong> is a
mix of circus arts and street entertainment, using fabulous visual
excitement and vibrating rhythms to create a dreamlike environment.
Imagine being Alice and falling into the rabbit hole but the Velvet
Dog Nightclub becomes your Wonderland. The fantasy-like playfulness
will coax everyone into dancing, interacting, relaxing, and
dreaming fantastic dreams. Enjoy bands, magicians, artistically
airbrushed models, cirque performers, dances, urban entertainment
and great drinks during this feast of visual excitement on
<strong>Wed 10/26</strong> beginning at 8:30PM. Velvet Dog, 1280
West 6th Street. <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.76.aurh.zld" target=3D
"_blank">www.VelvetDogCleveland.com</a></strong>.</p>
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<strong><font size=3D"+2">Sounds</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<em><strong><font size=3D"+1">Brace Yourself
Bridget</font></strong></em><br clear=3D"all">
<strong><font size=3D"+1">Brace Yourself
Bridget</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>Ante Up Audio</strong></p>
<p><img border=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"
src=3D
"http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/Sounds/BraceYourselfBridget.jpg">
Having Gaelic roots, I guess it was easy to see why fearless leader
here assigned me BRACE YOURSELF BRIDGET to review. That and maybe
the fact I've probably been to every Irish bar in town at least
once or twice this year. Hey, I'm a trained professional
journalist, don't try that on your own. Without getting into a long
discourse on Cleveland's rich Irish musical history, let's start by
staying Brace Yourself Bridget is a good addition to all the Celtic
talent Cleveland has playing around town of late. With a bulging
line-up that has now been "scaled down" to eight members, BYB (not
to be confused with BYOB) has touched on ancestral tunes from the
old sod on its debut effort, using many traditional instruments,
including bodhran (an Irish hand-held drum), whistle and fiddle.
Just as some say a blues band needs a harmonica to be legit, every
Irish act worth its salt should have a fiddle. Nikki Custy fills
the bill in the line-up here and makes her presence known during
the anecdotal tunes like the "The Irish Rover"/"Farewell To
Eireann" medley. Homespun covers include Peter Gallagher's "Hills
Of Donegal" and Andy Stewart's "Take Her In Your Arms" as the
music's bottom is held together by the Stamper family, Jim the
elder on drums, Adam on bass and Jim the younger on drums and the
aforementioned bodhran. BYB also has bagpipes in the act, which
gives Michael Crawley his time to shine via "The Rovin'
Scotsman"and "Hummina," for two quick examples. If you've been
around any kind of Irish music of note, you'll be familiar with the
majority of the songs from "Whiskey In The Jar" to "Fields Of
Athenry," though my favorite here is the all-time folkloric "Tell
Me Ma," which always reminds me of a certain lass....uh, best to
stop that tangent and get back to the critique. Sweetest Day just
rolled through this month, a holiday, no doubt, invented by
American Greetings just to sell more cards this time of the year.
As dubious as that idea is, it pales to all the "halfway to St.
Patrick's Day" parties that the taverns were throwing last month,
I'm sure with the approval of the stockholders of Harp and
Guinness. BRACE YOURSELF BRIDGET is a good overall vibe that you
can play in the comfort of your home, thus giving your lawyer and
bail bondsman a couple extra hours of well earned sleep.Visit their
webpage: <a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.77.av36.zld">http://www.braceyourselfbr=
idget.com</a><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>From <em>Cool Cleveland</em> contributor Peanuts <a href=3D
"mailto:hostofthenorthcoast at yahoo.com">hostofthenorthcoast at yahoo.com</a></s=
trong><br clear=3D"all">
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Room Service @ Cleveland
Playhouse</font></strong> Farce is a theatre or movie form which
aims to entertain by developing unlikely, yet often possible
situations by use of disguises, mistaken identity and exaggeration.
It has a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases toward the
end of the play. Broad physical humor, and deliberate absurdity or
nonsense are the lynch pins of farce. Farce is generally perceived
by theatre directors and actors as the most difficult to perform.
To be successful, in a farcical performance, actors must look and
be ridiculous while doing what looks normal and effortless. To be
successful farcical writing, places characters in situations in
which they simply can’t escape without some great
exaggeration. To contemplate farce in its highest form think
Lucille Ball, Danny Kaye and the Marx Brothers...<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.78.auri.zld" target=3D
"_blank">Read the review by Roy Berko here</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Cleveland Orchestra @ Severance Hall
10/13</font></strong> Gustav Mahler was apparently always concerned
with mortality. It should hardly be a surprise, then, that after
the calamitous year of 1907, he would write a massive symphony that
was significantly retrospective. Nothing can be worse than the loss
of a dearly-loved child (in this instance, a daughter), but being
forced out of his position at the Viennese Opera House, and then
learning of his own terminal heart condition, must have seemed to
him to be adding insult upon insult to an already crucial injury.
It’s no wonder his heart failed. I kept thinking about this
year in his life as I listened to the Cleveland Orchestra in
performance of Mahler’s 9th Symphony at Severance Hall on
Thursday evening. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst was by
turns sympathetic and authoritative in communicating his wishes to
the musicians. It is a huge work with many miniscule details that
could be easily lost in the sweeping nature of the piece, yet these
tiny little episodes were treated with as much respect as were the
large ones...<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.79.aurj.zld"
target=3D"_blank">Read the review by Kelly Ferjutz
here</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">The Late Henry Moss @ The Bang & the
Clatter 10/14</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>What:</strong> Sam Shepard's exorcism-drama about two
estranged brothers trying to understand the circumstances of their
alcoholic father's death, in a splendid production by Akron's
newest young theatre company, The Bang and the Clatter.<br clear=3D
"all">
<strong>Reasons to go:</strong> It's always a pleasure to see a new
company shine in its debut, and director Sean McConaha's
rough-and-tumble rendering gets every ounce of juice out of
Shepard's over-the-top memory play. His fearless principal players
are excellent, hurtling each other around in viciously
choreographed fights and melting down from corruscating
revelations. Special honors go to Jim Viront's performance as the
broken-down hermit Henry -- he goes from wax-dummy corpse to
blithering drunk to raging demon and makes it all work. As
suspicious younger brother Ray, Sean Derry bristles like a junkyard
dog, while Mark Mayo's softer Earl cooks on a slower but similarly
deadly heat. Stripping in an on-stage bathtub, Tina Tompkins has a
sensual heat as the earthy Conchalla, while both Tom C. Barnes and
David LeMoyne are sympathetic bystanders as neighbor Esteban and a
hapless taxi driver.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong>Caveats:</strong> The production is intense in the small
space, and it's long at nearly 2 hours, 45 minutes -- but it's
always compelling.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong>Backstory:</strong> The two Seans -- director McConaha and
actor Derry -- founded The Bang and The Clatter as a theater
company aimed at younger audiences, after some success mounting
experimental shows in Weathervane's black box space. They put in
sweat equity rehabbing the 2nd floor of a downtown Akron building
owned by the Akron Area Arts Alliance, with a first floor gallery
and offices for various Akron arts companies.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong>Target audience:</strong> Anyone who wants to see a swell
debut of a promising new company.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong>Details:</strong> Thru 10/23 @ Summit Arts Space, 140 E.
Market St., Akron. 1-330-606-5317. $15.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from</strong> <em><strong>Cool Cleveland</strong></em>
<strong>contributor Linda Eisenstein</strong> <a href=3D
"mailto:LindaATcoolcleveland.com">LindaATcoolcleveland.com</a></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">GroundWorks @ Tri-C Metro
10/14</font></strong> We went to see GroundWorks Dance Theatre at
CCC Metro and saw the small but good company of former ballet
dancers in three works. The first, <em>Iron Lung</em>, was already
familiar to us from the GroundWorks concert at Akron Icehouse.
Watching it for the second time, we found we liked it even more
than before, not least because we felt that our Instant Karma
review for <em>Cool Cleveland's</em> 9/21/05 issue seemed to ring
true. The best clue we can give anyone to this dance is the one we
gleaned from reviews of the New York-based choreographer Keely
Garfield -- her pas de deux take a darkly funny view of
contemporary relationships. Except that in <em>Iron Lung</em> she's
left out the funny parts...<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.80.aurk.zld"
target=3D"_blank">Read the by Victor and Elsa here</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Pierre Everaert @ Baldwin-Wallace
10/17</font></strong> With so many great ideas relevant to
Northeast Ohio, your hand gets sore just taking notes at this talk
by Pierre Everaert, chairman of InBev SA/NV, former chair of
Philips North America, CEO of Ahold, CEO of General Biscuits, and
he began his career in Akron with Goodyear, finally serving as CEO
of their German operations. His rapid-fire talk covered
globalization, innovation, science and, interestingly, integrity.
Just a sampling... His simple theme for our region: "Wake up,
Focus!" We're being out-worked by the rest of the world, we have
few international partners, and we're creating more enemies every
day. But it's not too late. Cleveland lost the steel industry and
the auto industry, but there is hope. We need a long-term 3- and
3-year plan. Congrats to Nortech for posting their 15-year plan for
tech in the region. NEO doesn't have the large companies anymore,
but smaller companies can use the Internet and FedEx to go global.
Pay attention to international business news everyday. By 2010, 40%
of the world speaks Spanish. Other countries graduate 7 times the
number of engineers we do, and they spend 18,000 more hours in
school than us. Last week, Russia told England that by 2010, Russia
will be supplying 50% of the energy for the European Union. The US
will not be supplying a drop. Each person in the US works one
month/yr to pay the interest on our foriegn debt. The 13
universities in NEO should collaborate more. Science is the mother
of innovation. Think of "the art of science," and "the science of
argument." Wal-Mart is the science of retail. The 3 prongs of
economic development are government, business and academia. But
someone has to lead the parade. Character-based leadership
(integrity) is good for business. Ask college students what it
would take to keep them in the region. Find out what your kids are
good at, and encourage that. As B-W develops their $35 million
Center for Innovation and Growth, Everaert suggests finding more
near-retirement experts like himself to advise our region. He
already is. See details <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.81.at7z.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Convention Facilities Authority
Community Consensus meeting @ Local 310 Hall 10/18</font></strong>
In a surprisingly civil discussion, representatives from the 2
potential convention center sites gave concise presentations with
laser pointers to a small but engaged public of less then 50
people. Described by one participant as a fairly balanced
"tug-of-war," each proposal offered benefits and drawbacks.
Important questions of budget and funding were deemed off limits
until more cost figures can be developed, but that didn't stop
anyone who had an inkling from stepping up to the mic and speaking
their peace or asking their question. Many respondents were offered
multiple opportunities for follow-up questions, and most were met
with straight-forward answers, albeit limited to Forest City's
Tower City riverfront proposal and the City's proposal to rebuild
on the current Convention Center site and possibly extend out to
the Lake. Left unaddressed to date are the critical funding issues,
especially what will be asked of the public, what the operational
costs will total, who will get the parking and concession revenue,
land acquisition costs, specific size of the Center, and whether
our new Convention Center will also serve as a community or civic
center. We need to assimilate the information gleaned from the
recent symposium held in Cleveland on 10/6 by the <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.82.av3k.zld" target=3D"_blank">Internat=
ional Association for
Exhibition Management</a></strong> and take into account the lack
of growth in the convention industry worldwide. See details of the
two competing proposals, and soon, a schedule of the next 6 months
of public meetings here: <strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.83.aatb.zld" target=3D
"_blank">http://www.ConventionCleveland.com</a>.</strong> A
convention center will be built in Cleveland one way or the other,
and chances are close to 100% that you will help pay for it.
Judging by the letters we get at <em>Cool Cleveland,</em> for the
next public meeting, there should be 500 concerned NEO citizens
attending, commenting and engaging. C U there.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+2">Yr Turn</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<font size=3D"+1"><em>Cool Cleveland</em> readers
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<p><strong>On Cleveland's #1 ranking</strong> (See <em>Cleveland's
#1 ranking feels right</em> <a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.84.aurl.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a>) <span style=3D"color: blue;">It is about time that
Cleveland were recognized for something that many of the region's
residents have known for a long time. Let's get rid of this
inferiority complex, Cleveland; this is a great city that we should
take pride in. We have tremendous assets in our cultural and health
care institutions. To be mentioned with cities that most deem
"successful", such as Toronto, Paris or Tokyo should tell people
something about our city and region. Our transportation
infrastructure is superior; we really don't have traffic to worry
about when we compare our area to others of the same size. Our
housing market is HOT. With all these assets and much more, our
region should be striving to draw people of all ages, ethnicities
and backgrounds to Cleveland. We should strive to draw businesses
to the region by showing them all the assets we have and why they
should call our region home. Cleveland is a great city with a great
history we should all take pride in.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Geoff Englebrecht
toronagaATameritech.net</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: blue;">I am a proud Pittsburgher dating a
handsome Clevelander. For the past two years I have been living in
both cities and know them quite well. I am also a radio talk show
host and I've had Dimitri Vassilaros on my show. I think he more
than Pittsburgh has an inferiority complex...plus he writes for the
Tribune-Review a paper founded and funded bt Richard Mellon Scaif,
the cash behind the Monica Lewinsky Scandal. I always tke
everything I read from the Trib with a grain of
salt.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Lisa Pinkerton,
Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh lisapinkertonATgmail.com</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: blue;">My congratulations to Cleveland as
being voted most livable city. I was raised and lived there for
about 20 years, but the location offers very few job opportunities
for my profession. Most mathematicians work for Uncle Sam, so to
the DC area I went. I miss the slower pace and lower prices of
Cleveland as well as the people.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Ed Prokop
es335_l4ATyahoo.com</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: blue;">My experience just this morning
changed my feelings toward Cleveland as a great city in which to
live. I try to support businesses by shopping downtown rather than
in the suburbs and stop often at Tower City. Today I parked on
Prospect Ave. (7:20 a.m. not a busy time),outside Tower City, I put
my money in the meter, went into Tower City to get coffee and some
pastries to take to work in the surburbs and got a parking ticket.
I was truly confused since the meter still had time remaining. When
I looked closely at the ticket it was noted that I was "too far
from the curb". Now I got out and looked at how far I was and
granted I was probably 12 inches away, but I was not anywhere near
as far out as the FedEx truck parked behind me with no time left on
his meter and no ticket. The ticket will cost me $25.00. I will not
stop and buy my coffee & pastries in Tower City again! I I used
to believe Cleveland was a liveable cool city when I first came
here in 1977and the city leaders encouraged people to come downton.
That has long passed and now I will too.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Liz Walton
liz.waltonATcvcc.k12.oh.us</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: blue;">There’s nothing finer to do on
a warm, sunny, Autumn Saturday afternoon, than biking along the
brand new paved section of bicycle trail between Harvard Avenue and
the new Metroparks visitor center below East 49th near Grant
Avenue. This emerald oasis stabs northward like a giant, leafy,
crooked finger out of the Cuyahoga River Valley south of Rockside
Road. The oasis shields the cyclist from humongous, earthmoving
equipment operating nearby, while offering frequent glimpses of the
area’s industrial legacy, including massive petrochemical
tanks, steel warehouses and heavy machine shops looming behind the
foliage atop the valley ridge above. A ten-ton piece of
tool-and-die machinery, artfully displayed with descriptive signage
by the trail’s edge, reminds Clevelanders and informs
visitors about the tremendous contributions of Northeast Ohio to
the advancement of industrial America. I’m looking forward to
biking nirvana when the remaining segment is completed from
Harvard, north to the flats below downtown
Cleveland.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Frank J. Dzurik, Jr.
fjdzurikATcompany-car.com</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: blue;">Believing in Cleveland is not
something that can be quantified by simply looking at how many
developers have decided to jump on the tax abatement bandwagon and
renovate old warehouses into condos and apartments. To believe that
REAL progress is being made, Cleveland will have to behave like a
REAL city as defined by the following definition: A center of
population, commerce, and culture. First the population. I refer to
Cleveland as a pretend city because the number of people who drive
in from the suburbs to use it during the daytime far surpass the
concentration of people who choose to live in the city full time.
The result of this is that the types of amenities that support an
actual urban lifestyle are non-existent. If you live in the
Bridgeview Building, for example and you wake up in the middle of
the night (or after 7pm, for that matter) and you need something as
simple as over-the-counter medicine you better have your car keys
because your going to have to drive to Ohio City or Lakewood for a
CVS or Rite Aid (if your emergency occurs before 9pm) and Lakewood
to the 24-hour Topps or Walgreens for your late night adventure. In
a real city, 24-hour convenience stores or "bodegas" as New Yorkers
and Angelinos lovingly refer to them, exist every couple of blocks.
I applaud Constantino's for trying to sell groceries until 9pm, but
bodega's carry an assortment of the things that you only think of
when you really need them. OK. Do you have a dog? Or do you like
parks? Well, the only reasonable amount of green space within
walking distance are the Malls, but they are about as user-friendly
as a stuffy, Old-English garden. No dog run, small trees, no
playground or any activity encouragement. Central Park in New York
is not only a genius work of architectural landscaping, it is a
destination filled equal opportunity to be active or relax. As a
space to wolf down your lunch before returning to your cubicle, the
Malls do fine, but as a community-generating destination, the
parking lot at Legacy Village has as much appeal. Which brings us
to the second part of the definition: commerce. A bodega or 2 is
the start, but building an urban population requires businesses
that people use to build a sense of community. All-night coffee
shops (Flo doesn't count, because it is a bar masquerading as a
diner) and retail such as boutique clothing stores (a few of which
opened and closed unfortunately), book stores and stores not
available in the suburbs. (If they are, the Downtown Store is
supposed to be the "flagship" store with merchandise the suburbs
don't have) Of course, their is no shortage of bars and
restaurants, but again they seem to cater to "suburbanite's big
night on the town" rather than to the brave soul who inhabits a
studio apartment in the National Terminal Building. Lastly, the
city as a center of culture. On this point it can be said that
Cleveland does, in fact, have many cultural gemstones: Playhouse
Square, museums, galleries, the orchestra, etc., but the culture of
an urban environment is born of the people who live there
interacting with each other in all the aforementioned scenarios on
the sidewalks day and night. And in the classic chicken and egg
argument for this "culture" to be "cultivated" the population
density must grow SIMULTANEOUSLY with commercial and public
amenities. People usually don't move somewhere in hopes that their
needs will be met. They move knowing they will have a quality of
life that doesn't require them to run to the suburbs for support.
They have the option to go, if they absolutely must. I close saying
that Cleveland wants to be a REAL city, but the fact remains that
too much space has been left for dead in the post-industrial
landscape and it will take more than a few new apartments to create
a truly, livable urban community.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Timothy Johnson
timothygjohnsonATgmail.com</strong></p>
<p><strong>On <em>Cool Cleveland</em> error</strong> (See <em>Post
Primary Mayoral Debate</em> here) <span style=3D"color: blue;">Let me
just say, a friend and I showed up at 2p.m. expecting to hear from
our two mayoral candidates. Surprise - the 'debate' began at noon,
was brief, only Jane and friends showed up and according to some
folks we met outside the auditorium very few questions from the
floor were permitted. Prior to the primary I had attempted to
attend a candidates forum at Mt. Calvary that I had read about in
CC. We showed up and there were no cars in the parking lot. Checked
the door of the church and found a note taped on it that the event
had been rescheduled for several weeks later. My bitch is that I am
trying to participate, but both times I counted on your information
it's wrong! Lesson learned - call the contact numbers - I just hope
your staff verified the phone numbers. Thanks anyways - CC is
always good reading.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Karen Desotell
kdesotellATameritech.net</strong><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>From <em>Cool Cleveland:</em></strong> The Post Primary
Mayoral Debate was listed incorrecly in <em>Cool Cleveland,</em>
and we apologize for the error. We did not receive notice of the
rescheduled Mt. Calvary candidate forum.</p>
<p><strong>On the Warren Zanes interview</strong> (See <em>Cool
Cleveland People: Warren Zanes</em> <a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.85.aurl.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a>) <span style=3D"color: blue;">I cannot agree with
Zanes more. It is absolutely oppressive the way Clevelanders
apologize for Cleveland. If they think it's so bad, leave.
Cleveland's great. Clevelanders just have way too much of an
insecurity complex to realize and relish it.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader William Walker
WWalkerATInvent.org</strong></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: blue;">I had the same experience as Warren
Zanes when I moved from San Francisco to Cleveland. Almost to a
person, people I met in Cleveland asked me "Why Cleveland?" I had
loved Cleveland in the 70's as a punk teenager going to the Agora,
and other clubs. The people in Cleveland are super nice, it seems
like it's a rite of passage to be in a band there! I feel like
Cleveland is truly a hidden gem. I moved out of Cleveland mostly
because it was so hard to get around without a car. But would
easily move there again. I think it's a great city with scads of
talented artists and musicians. I'm now living in
Chicago.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Denise Dee
denisedeeATsbcglobal.net</strong></p>
<p><strong>On <em>Cool Cleveland</em></strong> <span style=3D
"color: blue;">I emailed you a complimentary letter back when you
first started this free email information guide. I just want to
reiterate that your whole approach to Cleveland news is just so
refreshing. Yes, I meant to say "refreshing", because Clevelanders
just don't get this outlook on our city from the likes of Dick
Feagler and the others here in town. I just want to thank you a let
you know - from one Clevelander to another - I sincerely appreciate
your efforts to consistently combat the negative image that the
Plain Dealer and others cast upon our city. I wrote Dick once and
told him that since he thinks its so terrible here, why is he still
here? Those who reside here should like it or get out. So, I think
your article about Warren Zanes is great. We need more stories like
that, because I think people obviously love it here, especially
those who can get jobs else where, because if they didn't really
like it they wouldn't be here. However, many of us are caught up in
the inferiority complex generated by those in Cleveland media. Cool
Cleveland and Crain's are the best.</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Timothy Tramble
trambleATadelphia.net</strong></p>
<p><strong>On Cleveland's need for venture capital</strong> (See
<em>Cleveland needs VC</em> <a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.86.aurl.zld" target=3D
"_blank">here</a>) <span style=3D"color: blue;">I think all this
hubbub around growing the tech industry is great and I see a lot of
calls to raise the VC for it. But I have a basic question that I've
yet to see discussed anywhere: What do those who want to bring tech
here, or grow it, want the tech companies to be doing? What do they
produce? Provide? Create? What's the product that a tech company
offers? Are we talking about creating software? Solving problems
related to modernizing factories? Or education? Or all of the
above? The reason I ask these questions is because I'm infinitely
curious, in general. And curious about tech in particular. So,
let's say I see these entities like NorTech putting themselves out
there, trying to rally people and I think, I would love to create a
tech company. What would I search, how would I learn, what would I
want that company to do? I apologize - I hope this isn't too basic.
But in all the stuff I've been reading (i.e., the PD, Henry Gomez's
Tech Link, George Nemeth's Brewed Fresh Daily, Chris Varley's blog,
and Red Room Revolution's documents, among other items), I haven't
really seen a good definition - a step by step outline - of what
folks want the tech companies that they want in NEO to be doing.
Thank you for taking these questions seriously and I'm eager to
know what you think. Feel free to pass the questions on to those
you think can answer it - specifically and in English (as opposed
to VC/entrepreneurial jargon, with all due
respect).</span><br clear=3D"all">
<strong>from <em>Cool Cleveland</em> reader Jill Miller Zimon
jillzimonATsbcglobal.net</strong></p>
<p><strong>Send your letters to:</strong> <a href=3D
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+2">Top 5</font></strong><br clear=3D"all">
Here are the Top 5 from last week's issue, with one more chance for
you to click.</p>
<p>1) <strong>Cleveland's #1 ranking feels right</strong> Download
the complete EIU report in PDF form.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.87.at7h.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.CoolCleveland.com</a></strong></p>
<p>2) <strong>Cool Cleveland People: Warren Zanes</strong> Our
interview with the VP of Education @ the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and Museum.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.88.atah.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.CoolCleveland.com</a></strong></p>
<p>3) <strong>RoldoLINK</strong> Roldo Bartimole's take on the
mayoral primaries.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D
"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.89.aszk.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.CoolCleveland.com</a></strong></p>
<p>4) <strong>CSU student named Top 10 in US</strong> Maria
Weybrecht is featured in the October issue of <em>Glamour
magazine</em>.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.90.atbx.zld"
target=3D"_blank">www.CSUohio.edu</a></strong></p>
<p>5) <strong>Cleveland Next needs your ideas</strong> It appears
readers wanted to see what kind of ideas have been submitted, not
submit more.<br clear=3D"all">
<strong><a href=3D"http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.e6c9.91.at7l.zld" target=
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"_blank">www.ClevelandNext.com</a></strong><br clear=3D"all">
<br clear=3D"all"></p>
<p><span style=3D"color: red;"><strong><font size=3D"+1" style=3D
"color: red;">Repeat business</font></strong></span> <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> has hosted several parties, where we've done tours
of real estate. Afterwards, the property developers we’ve
worked with have sold out of their luxury loft apartments, condos
and penthouses featured on our tours. See testimonials
<strong><a href=3D
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"_blank">here</a></strong>. Contact <a href=3D
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"_blank">Info at CoolCleveland.com</a> if you'd like similar
results.</p>
<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Lots of contributors to
thank</font></strong> starting with Peter Chakerian, Roxanne
Ravenel, TL Champion, George Nemeth and everyone who partners with
us including Linda Eisenstein, Kelly Ferjutz, Victor Lucas, Elsa
Johnson, and this week, Roy Berko. All of who help make <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> an email to look forward to. Want to volunteer and
contribute your writing to <em>Cool Cleveland</em>? Send your
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Download</font></strong> the <em>Cool
Cleveland</em> podcast each week at <strong><a href=3D
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on</strong> the <em>Cool Cleveland</em> Blog <strong><a href=3D
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Cleveland</em> column each month in <em>Cleveland Magazine</em>
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target=3D"_blank">here</a></strong>. <strong>Listen</strong> to
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<p><strong><font size=3D"+1">Time to get up and stand up,
Cleveland</font></strong></p>
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