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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lake Erie Artists Gallery</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> at </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tower</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></B></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">230 W. Huron Road</B></st1:address></st1:Street><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, first floor) </B>announces the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Benita Finnell-Acosta, “Queens-Women of Beauty and Accomplishments”</B> exhibit. This new work will be on display in the Gallery starting <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Thursday, September 4.</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Mary Kenney: Oils, a FREE and open to the public</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Wine and Cheese Opening</B> will be held <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Thursday, September 4, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. </B>with music by<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Heather McLeod. </B>The show runs from<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> September 12 - November 15. </B>Kenney’s cards and paintings will be priced specially for this event. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Lake Erie Artists Gallery</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> will participate in an <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">offsite event: </B></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The TrueNorth Arts Fest</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Saturday, September 6,</B> at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">French Creek Nature Center, Sheffield Village, OH,</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">12:00 Noon to dusk. <o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Upcoming events: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lake Erie Artists Gallery will host its fall <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Artist/Designer Showcase, Thursday, October 2, 4:30─8:30 p.m.</B> The Showcase will feature 20 local Cleveland artists selling their work to help raise funds for <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Habitat for Humanity.</B> Tickets are $10, including food, one glass of wine, and an entry in a drawing for a basket valued at $250. Guests can enjoy food by <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Food for Thought,</B> wine from <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Heartland Wines, </B>and live music by <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Norman Tischler</B> (Best Horn Player, 2008 Cleveland Free Times Music Awards) and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Moss Stanley</B> (Nitebridge) while shopping and meet participating artists.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Art on the Bridge, Berea Fine Arts Club, </B>Olmsted Falls on bridge just past Grand Pacific Junction, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Saturday October 4,</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">12:00 Noon.</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lake Erie Artists Gallery</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> offers unique gifts from over sixty local artists. Artwork includes paintings, prints, photography, ceramics, recycled art, jewelry, found object art, fiber arts, glass, pastels, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Euclid</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType> memorabilia, authentic Lake Erie beach glass jewelry and driftwood, and unique <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> photography. Local <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> history books, children's books and gifts, and fiction written by local authors are part of the mix. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">information or for a full events schedule, check the events calendar at </SPAN></SPAN><A title=http://www.lakeerieartists.com/ href="http://www.lakeerieartists.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">www.lakeerieartists.com</SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> or call General Manager Paula Atwell at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">(216) 664-9920.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 5"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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