01.02-01.09.13
Deconstructing
Let me break it down for you. Now is the time. To tear it down. In order to build it back up better. Mansfield has the right idea. Find the root problems that are holding us back. Don't be afraid to rethink our early childhood education system from the ground up. Because it's pay a little now or pay a lot later with lower test scores, higher dropout rates, and billions spent on prisons. Will we have the political courage to deconstruct and rebuild?Deconstruction is the business of Scott Freiman as he returns to peel back the layers of the most creative musical force of the late 20th Century; we have an exclusive interview. Project Tunic offers your last chance to experience Pre-Incan Peruvian culture with CLE superstars like Valerie Mayen, Tina Cassara & Susan Bergh. Get Winterrific with your toboggan this weekend, mingle at the Cleveland Babes in Business Happy Hour, bring it down with a barndance at the Beachland, celebrate the King's birthday with his original drummer, Rock Hall inductee DJ Fontana. He'll show you how to break it down. --Thomas Mulready
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Scott Freiman proceeds to methodically peels back the layers built up by The Beatles to reveal how these amazing musicians constructed their masterpieces. Cool Cleveland interviews Scott Freiman, who gives us a preview of his appearance here. Listen to the telephone interview here.
He wowed Clevelanders last year, and he's about to do it again. On Fri 1/4, he tackles The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, and the events that led up to that momentous and legendary 10-hour session that produced such timeless classics as "I Saw Her Standing There," and "Twist and Shout." On Sat 1/5, he skips forward to many fans' favorite Beatles album, Revolver, which foreshadowed the better-known Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and included many of the latter's famous studio tricks. Then on Sun 1/6, he focuses his entire lecture on the three songs that might represent the absolute pinnacle of creativity for possibly the most creative band ever: "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane," and "A Day In The Life."
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Eight years after earning her G.E.D., Meghan Pierce wanted to go to Tri-C to augment her education.
Now she's about ready to graduate with two Associates degrees, one an Associates of Science, and one an Associates of Arts. Then she's on her way to a Ph.D. at a four-year university.
Meghan is also the Board Student Scholar, and represents the student body on the Tri-C board of directors. She's also speaking at the upcoming commencement. Is there anything this overachiever can't do?
Cool Cleveland spoke with Meghan while she was enjoying herself at a recent Tri-C Alumni & Friends tailgate before a recent Browns home game, complete with food and drink. "They've got everything here. The music is great, the food is great!" Tri-C.edu/alumni
Seventeen area fashion designers responded to a competitive challenge, Project Tunic.
They submitted designs to create their own tunics, jewelry, garments and accessories based on the Wari civilization and the CMA's current exhibition, Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.
Like Project Runway, Project Tunic will showcase fashion design with models walking the runway, judges judging the fashion, winners being chosen and awards being presented...
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Everything is Winterrific @ the Cleveland Metroparks on Sun 1/6. Go for snowshoeing, toboggan chutes, snow bike demos & more. We love winter & you should too.Click here for more Cool Cleveland Kids events
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WED 1/2
The ice is nice on Wade Oval. So what'cha waiting for? Put on some skates & hit up the Rink on Wade Oval. Open daily 'til Fri 1/4, then it switches to weekends.
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THU 1/3
The Cinematheque + MOCA team up for the Cle premiere of Brief Encounters -- a doc about celebrated photographer Gregory Crewdson, whose photos explore the dark side of small town life.
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FRI 1/4
Half Empty @ Arts Collinwood Liz Maugans & Dale Goode's new art exhibition addresses, among other things, the state of vacancy & renewal that is so prevalent in our current consciousness.
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SAT 1/5
Beachland Barn Dance Have a boot-stompin' good ol' time w/ JP & the Chatfield Boys [pictured] and Johnny & the Applestompers. Free show!
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SUN 1/6
Elvis kitsch Believe it or not, the Elvis Birthday Tribute show is back... by popular demand. Revisit the four main eras of Elvis Presley's musical history (including, yes, the Las Vegas Jumpsuit years) & hear from other musicians.
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MON 1/7
Craft for a Cause @ Cleveland Public Library's main branch. Knit/crochet/sew & make something for Warm Up Cleveland to help our neighbors in need stay warm this winter.
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TUE 1/8
Brews + Prose @ The Market Garden Brewery Reading Series is always a good time. This month hear from Karamu's Playwright-In-Residence Michael Oatman & local author Mary Doria Russell.
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WED 1/9
Little Feat! @ Kent Stage Eclectic blues rock band finally makes it to the Kent Stage after Hurricane Sandy forced them to cancel their Halloween show.
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Forbes delivers yet another (most likely unknowingly) backhand to Cleveland.
I need not recount in detail the publication's once-upon-a-ranking of Cleveland as the most miserable city in the country. There are plenty of irate blogs voicing their grievances (mine included) that you can find with a simple Google Search.
Now it seems journalism has struck again over at Forbes.com...
Read more from Joe Baur here
The firestorm of controversy surrounding Quentin Tarantino's latest flick, Django Unchained, which has Jamie Foxx in the title role as a freed slave turned bounty hunter, was as expected and predictable as it is interesting.
The reviews, articles and online comments have been just as varied as I had imagined they would be, and in the end mostly all of the viewpoints are legitimate and very healthy in terms of furthering a conversation that's largely been avoided in this country, except, perhaps, in academia...
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
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To Cleveland with Love We are so very proud of Gary and Laura and so very pleased to have Orange Blossom Press used as their canvas. Orange Blossom has been at this location for over 30 years and has seen Ohio City change and evolve first hand....
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Congrats to Gary and Laura on this project...
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MANSFIELD: Starting at the Beginning I don't think it's so much that people are ignoring or marginalizing what Geoffrey Canada did with the Harlem Project. It's just that our public and our politicians don't have the will to replicate it because it is very very very expensive...
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Mansfield, as always, speaks truth to power...
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This was an inspiring article. Who will take the reigns on Mr. Frazier's ideas?...
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My man, you are still batting a thousand...
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AHMEN! AHMEN! AHMEN! Having been a frustrated 5th grade teacher -- I can agree completely. Let's also work on productive jobs for the parents to give them good nutritious food and pass on a culture of achievement....
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APPLAUD YOUR gauntlet challenge to society, City Fathers, parents, CTU, etc. BUT NOT sure were can go w/these efforts...
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2013 Rock Hall Inductees Named To paraphrase a comment I once read regarding the selection of inductees, putting rap and disco artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is like putting football players in the Baseball Hall of Fame....
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Sign the petition against the littering of cigar tips/butts What the hell are you talking about??? If ANYONE is targeting the "brothers" its the tobacco companies selling them this addiction getting filthy rich off of their imminent ill health...
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