Cool Cleveland TV party in Lakewood
40% OFF regular price until MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 3/19 here!

Who invented the TV? You'll find out when you attend our Cool Cleveland party and receive your ticket to see The Farnsworth Invention at the Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood on Fri 3/20, starting at 5:30PM. This riveting show played on Broadway in 2008 and was written by Aaron Sorkin, the creator and writer of The West Wing. It's about the teenaged Philo Farnsworth, who invented the TV and was offered $100K by RCA's David Sarnoff, which he turned down. We're changing the channel with a pre-show networking party for only $18, giving you 40% OFF for a limited time when you order tix online here. Map here.

Come and enjoy all this:

  • A ticket to Beck Center's production of the critically acclaimed The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin ($31 value) at 8PM
  • Selection of complimentary hors d'oeuvres from the new 56 West bistro, starting at 5:30PM: A series of ingenious Food TV Stations:
  • Happy Days, featuring Mini Burgers and Mini Dogs;
  • The Sopranos, showcasing an elaborate Antipasto Table, Crustini and Tomato Rosemary Skewers;
  • Green Acres, featuring Fruit Coming Out of Wheat Grass, with Stuffed Wild Mushrooms with Mini Pulled Pork Sandwiches; and
  • M*A*S*H, highlighting Korean Foods & stir-fry.
  • Variety of complimentary wines from Rozi's Wine House
  • Sneak peek of Painting the Town: Artists in Cleveland in the Late 20th Century at the attached Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery
  • Exhibition of vintage televisions from Fairlawn's TV Dinner Club Museum
  • Complimentary coffee, tea and pastries from Beck Cafe, just off the Beck's lobby: Lemon Bars, Fudge Brownies, Apple & Cherry Turnovers, Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies, Shamrock and "Smiley Face" Hippie Cookies, Russian Tea Biscuits, White Chocolate Raspberry & Orange Cranberry Scones, Pineapple, Blueberry and Strawberry Danish, and more
  • Showcases of music & dance performances by young artists from the Beck Center's Education and Creative Arts Therapies program

Turn off your TV and come out for a night of camaraderie with other cool Clevelanders, hors d'oeuvres, art and excellent theatre, all for $18, a full 40% OFF. But do it quickly, this offer will expire at MIDNIGHT on THURSDAY 3/19.
https://coolcleveland.net/tickets/032009


Scott Spence is one of our region's finest directors, and one of it's longest-serving. In this 360-degree video, Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready circles around Scott in the Beck Center's Studio Theatre, on the set of Grey Gardens, in production this weekend. Not only is Scott directing The Farnsworth Invention, (featured at the upcoming Cool Cleveland party), but he's directed over 60 plays since 1990, and produced over 150! Watch the video, then consider joining us at the Cool Cleveland TV party at the Beck Center on Fri 3/20 with 50% OFF if you order by Midnight tonight Fri 3/13 here: Newsletter/Beck032009



Schedule of Events
Friday, March 20, 2009
Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107. See map here.
One Cool Cleveland admission provides the following:

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Throughout the Beck Center complex

  • Complimentary wine from Rozi's Wine House
  • Complimentary food from 56 West & Beck Cafe (see menu above)
  • Sneak Peek of exhibition Painting the Town: Artists in Cleveland in the Late 20th Century at Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery
  • Special exhibit of vintage televisions from TV Dinner Museum

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Beck Café

  • Savas on Flamenco guitar
  • Savas and Alex Sykes – Latino music
  • Exhibition by artist Yarek Godfrey from Paris, curated by Paul Sykes

6:00 p.m.
Dance Studio

  • Richard Larkin – Dancer and Beck faculty: Hip Hop Solo
  • Maddy Crosby & Audrey Fagen – Beck dance students: Hip Hop dance
  • Kathryn Tokar – Beck student: Ballet

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Daniels’ Lounge

  • Piano solos by Beck students:
  • Lynn Orfahli
  • Tony Kahn
  • Gabriel Hammarlund
  • Sarah Dziak
  • Max Mulready

6:20 p.m.
Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery

  • Harp students from the studio of Jocelyn Chang
  • Rachel Owen
  • Claire Shoemaker
  • Sarah Kolick
  • Irena Vatamanu

6:40 p.m.
Dance Studio

  • Richard Larkin – Dancer and Beck faculty: Hip Hop Solo
  • Maddy Crosby & Audrey Fagen – Beck dance students: Hip Hop dance
  • Kathryn Tokar – Beck student: Ballet

7:00 p.m.
Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery

  • Harp students from the studio of Jocelyn Chang
  • Rachel Owen
  • Claire Shoemaker
  • Sarah Kolick
  • Irena Vatamanu

8:00 p.m.
Mackey Main Stage

  • Admission to featured performance of The Farnsworth Invention on the Mackey Main Stage at the Beck Center for the Arts. (:divend:)