07.18-07.25.12
Get Hot
First check out the Hot Rod Roll N' Bowl at Yorktown Lanes, then maybe a stop at Veggie U or the Burning River Fest, or the Summer Meltdown. And that's just Saturday. On Sunday, we recommend Mike's Barn, if you can find it, and Chess Alfresco on Coventry, or TubaSummer in Akron. To tell you the truth, we're as hot as you are. --Thomas Mulready
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They might be driving your grandfather's car, but this ain't your grandfather's car show on Sat 7/21.
Full of hot rods and rockabilly from a time when both were loud, dangerous, and dripping with latent sex -- when safety took a backseat to power, and cars weren't designed to hold back emissions.
The rumble of V8s outside will echo the growl of a hollow body Gretsch inside, with the occasional crash of pins flying off the lanes...
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SPONSORED: "The stars appear to have aligned..." say critics. Ohio Light Opera's 34th season features The Chocolate Soldier, Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited and The Mikado, the much-requested Blossom Time, & the American premiere of Kalman's Miss Springtime. Seven shows in rotating rep through 8/11. Get to this "prime destination" for operetta and musical theatre! OhioLightOpera.org or call 330-263-2345.
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SPONSORED: Rock out at the party of the summer! Southwest Airlines lands at Akron-Canton Airport on August 11 and you can win an invite to our Super Fan tarmac party. Ten winners will see the first Southwest jet to ever land at CAK. One will win two roundtrip tickets on Southwest. Enter Party with Southwest & WIN now! AkronCantonAirport.com/southwest.
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WED 7/18
Wade Oval Wednesdays are still running strong. Go on Wed 7/18 to hear the Motown disco funk of the Heart & Soul Band.
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THU 7/19
Mary Chapin Carpenter @ Kent Stage Her latest album is soulful & powerful... but you ain't heard nothin' til you see her live. Do so Thu 7/19 in Kent.
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FRI 7/20
Painesville Party in the Park is Ohio's largest free music fest (didyaknow?) & it's kicking off on Fri 7/20. 30 bands playing every genre under the sun.
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SAT 7/21
GardenWalk Cleveland Go on self-guided tours of inner-city gardens on Sat 7/21 & Sun 7/22. Grab a map & hit up different neighborhoods for a chance to see private gardens, community gardens & other green spaces.
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SUN 7/22
Womack Family Band in a barn Not just any barn... Hear this up-and-coming Norwalk Americana/melting pot band at Mike's Barn, one of the coolest summer venues in NEO. Go Sun 7/22.
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SPONSORED: This Sunday, 7/22, at 4PM,WCLV 104.9 has a Cleveland Orchestra concert from the Musikverein in Vienna. Franz conducts the "Metamorphosen" for 23 Strings by Richard Strauss and soloists and the Friends of Music Chorus in Mozart's Mass in c, K. 417. The band does Cleveland proud. The night before, Sat 7/21, Weekend Radio at 10PM holds a Festival of Bobs. All Roberts should tune in. Details at WCLV.com.
MON 7/23
Farm to Table Indulge your taste buds in locally grown fare cooked by 17 of Cle's top chefs on Mon 7/23. Plus, famous foodie panelists & other good stuff.
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TUE 7/24
Best Coast will give you some Cali nostalgia & Filmstrip [pictured] will you bring you back to Cle on Tue 7/24 @ the Grog. Also on the bill: Those Darlins.
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WED 7/25
Write to Assemble Best-selling, award-winning author Mary Doria Russell will discuss ways to write historical fiction on Wed 7/25 @ the Dog.
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Half of the spurious fundamentalist rock duo Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival, beloved local legend Eddie Wille was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago and proceeded to combat it with the passion and vigor of his alter ego Brother Ed battling the devil for lost souls...
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A few weeks ago the Plain Dealer ran an editorial lauding Gov. John Kasich for signing a bill that will make the transition from prison back into the community a bit easier for those returning home from periods of incarceration.
While I was appreciative of the sentiments expressed in the editorial, I nonetheless was a bit troubled by the language used...
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I threw out my dad's wife-beater T-shirts. About time. My father died more than 25 years ago. The wife-beaters were balled up like popcorn balls in my dresser drawer.
Underwear fashion is generational...
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Plain Dealer columnist Mark Naymik did us a great service in alerting us to the damage being done to our parks. The city of Cleveland unloaded a number of parks to the state in the late 1970s.
I fear the paper may be going in the wrong direction now. Toward a quick solution. The wrong one...
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Time to Transform the Detroit-Superior Bridge... so cool....
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United for Cleveland's Hub Sure, just bought a ticket to Houston that use to cost $250 on Continental for a mere $1,322! Great hub!...
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