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Party with Cool Champions 11/2

Laugh Out Loud while partying with friends at the next Cool Cleveland event with side-splitting comedy from Pickwick and Frolic's Hilarities 4th Street Theater. Enjoy beer, wine, mouth-watering appetizers, and the opportunity to meet some of our city’s cool civic Champions who are doing well by doing good. Plus your chance to get funding for your civic project! Meet us (and bring friends!) at P & F's Martini Bar and 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. See and be seen with the Champions. Help us toast the Civic Innovation Lab’s 2nd anniversary and receive comp passes to the 90-minute comedy show starring John Caponera, actor and comedian. You may recognize John as the star of his own sitcom called "The Good Life" or as the host of Comedy Central's sport show "Jocks" and ESPN's "Talk II." Other credits include guest star appearances on "ER," "The Drew Carey Show," "The Tonight Show," "The Dennis Miller Show" and "L.A. Law." Get tix www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205.

A Winning Idea Your Cool Cleveland admission gets you appetizers galore plus two drink tix (wine & beer), and a ticket to the 8PM comedy show in Hilarities 4th Street Theatre for the first 200 people ($13 value, seating is limited, sign up now). Learn how you can qualify for $30,000 for your civic project from the Civic Innovation Lab and take advantage of the rare opportunity to hear from economic development guru Brad Whitehead and President and CEO of RPM, International Inc., Frank Sullivan, who is also a Cleveland Foundation board member and Chair of the Marketing Committee of the Greater Cleveland Partnership and the Finance Committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Get your discount tix by midnight Thur 11/3 here: www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/110205.

Party @ Fast Forward 11/11

Fast Forward your Friday Night! Don’t miss the cultural party of the season on Fri 11/11 as Cool Cleveland parties at the speed of light with the Cleveland Museum of Art's Fast Forward party. Experience Cleveland’s awesome artistic community collaborating on a major cultural vibe starting 5:30 - 7:30PM in the Institute’s Reinberger Gallery (11141 East Blvd.) with the radical, futuristic exhibition and docent tours of Dreaming of a More Better Future (as in: Did the Jetson’s get it right or wrong?). See this great exhibition highlighting the work of 47 artists, designers, illustrators, architects, film and video creators and digital artists. Enjoy beer, wine (from Great Lakes Brewery) and delightful 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. You get a comp ticket to the wild presentation by Eduardo Kac, Professor and Chair of the Art/Technology Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as he explains how his art broke all the rules. [Comp parking behind CIA – off Bellflower or East Blvd. – gates will be open.]

Plus, you're guest-listed for admission into CMA’s Fast Forward party from 9PM 'til midnight held at the CIA Factory, three blocks away (comp 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 performances around every corner. All included in your Cool Cleveland ticket! (Food and drink at the Fast Forward party is extra.)

Now that's Fast One ridiculously low price for all this: beer, wine, great food, DJ, live music, the hippest art exhibition in town, the lowdown on how one artist made it happen, and the CMA’s fantabulous Fast Forward party cranking into the night. Get your discount tix by midnight Thur 11/3 here: www.coolcleveland.com/tickets/111105