02.29-03.07.12
Respect
Let's agree to celebrate our differences and to support each other in our communities. We try to encourage this at Cool Cleveland, and we know most of our readers do the same. And BTW, respect isn't boring. Read about the urban Iditarod, a fun race with shopping carts, helping out the Food Bank and Harvest For Hunger. We worked with Justin Glanville when he was a student at CSU a few years ago; now he's written a cool book, New To Cleveland, that is enlightening even to us hard core Clevelanders. Hollywood's OK, but we totally love our local film industry, so read our coverage of the Film Commission's red carpet celebration. Our commentators Mansfield Frazier and Larry Durstin weigh in on the local elections, and Cool Cleveland offers our own endorsements of key races. Download our free mobile app and you could win up to $500, like one lucky Cool Clevelander did, then anonymously donated their $100 winnings to the Domestic Violence Center. Talk about respect. --Thomas Mulready
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In America we have a penchant for turning the absurd into cherished tradition. For instance, there are bathtub races held every year at the Geauga County Maple Festival and La-Z-Boy chair racing in some other parts of the country.
And now there's the inaugural Cleveland Urban Iditarod, a day when shopping carts race through the city. But the event, slated for Sun 4/1, is at risk of being killed if you don't register... Read more from John Benson here
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SPONSORED: Cleveland Public Library welcomes award-winning author Rick Moody to its Writers and Readers Series at Main Library to discuss the role that pop music plays in contemporary literature, Sat 3/3 at 2PM. The Wall Street Journal calls Moody "one of the most prodigiously talented writers in America." This event is FREE and open to the public. CPL.org.
The largest conservation project in Ohio? A Trumbull Co. couple donates 3,100 acres of land to the Western Reserve Land Conservancy to be permanently preserved. No subdivisions popping up there.Click here for more News and Biz
SPONSORED: Karaoke Thursdays at Crossroads at House of Blues Every Thursday at 9pm in the restaurant, come belt out your favorite tunes at our karaoke night! Each week, the crowd favorite receives a $25 Karma Kash card, good for food, beverage, & retail merchandise at House of Blues Cleveland. HouseOfBlues.com
In its recent front-page profile of the reconfigured 9th District's Congressional candidate Marcy Kaptur, the Cleveland Plain Dealer gushed about the virtues of "Saint Marcy" so shamelessly that the story appeared to have been written by a public relations hack... Read more from Larry Durstin here
SPONSORED: Akron-Canton Airport's Customers have been showing them the LOVE. And, now you're getting some LOVE in return. Head over to CAK's Facebook page, like them and find out how you can get your very own Peace, Love & Happiness CAK T-shirt. They're giving them away every Tuesday! Go get your groovy on: Facebook.com/akroncantonairport.
Cool Cleveland Podcast Weekly roundup of cool events, in an easy-to-digest 3 minute audio format, for playback on your computer or iPod.
Click here to subscribe to the Cool Cleveland Podcast in iTunes.SPONSORED: Don't miss your chance to make a mythic monster of your very own - with a little help from Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters! On Wed 3/14 at 5PM, join our local hockey stars and create your very own mythic creature after being inspired by the new exhibit "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids." Free with Museum admission! CMNH.org
Mythic Creatures @ CMNH See mermaids, unicorns, sea monsters & more up close and personal. Learn where these mythical creatures came from in this exhibit opening this Sat 3/3.Click here for more Cool Cleveland Kids events
Subodh Chandra for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor.
Dennis Kucinich for 9th Congressional District.
YES on Issue 15 Health and Human Services.
To assist in your voting for judges, we recommend Judge4Yourself.com.
Whomever you vote for... please vote on Tue 3/6.
Read all the Cool Cleveland endorsements here
WED 2/29
Sweets, mythical creatures & good vs. evil are just some of the elements in Hansel & Gretel opening on Wed 2/29. CIM brings Grimm's fairy tale to life, complete w/ a beautiful score.
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THU 3/1
Beachland's 12th Anniversary Weekend is three days of music & (possibly) mayhem. From Thu 3/1 to Sat 3/3 hear from Wussy [pictured], Galactic, The Greenhornes & more. Plus, pre/post show parties w/ live DJs.
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FRI 3/2
Susannah Drake @ CUDC Award-winning designer of dlandstudio llc discusses her latest innovative designs -- like a public area designed to absorb & remediate urban storm water, a pop-up park -- Fri 3/2 @ CUDC.
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SAT 3/3
Experiential Gardening Workshop @ Shaker Lakes Get those seeds sprouting right & save some $$$. This workshop on Sat 3/3 shows you the basics of growing seeds indoors & includes all you need to get started.
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SPONSORED: This Saturday, 3/3, at 8PM, WCLV 104.9 is again live at Knight Concert Hall in Miami for the Band's second concert of this season. The guest conductor is Nicola Luiscotti who will present Verdi's "Triumphal March and Ballet Music from "Aida and the Prokofiev Symphony No. 5. Sunday, 3/4, at 4PM we'll have a reprise of the Band's Miami concert featuring the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman as soloist. Details at WCLV.com.
SUN 3/4
Quarterback Club debut @ Happy Dog Catch the premiere on Sun 3/4 of a flick made by a talented group of local folk. Quarterback Club has "everything you need" -- like eccentric millionaires, bad boys, adventures & Beulah Park.
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MON 3/5
How many instruments will you hear when master fiddler Arto Jarvela is joined by mulit-instrumenalists Kaivama Mon 3/5 @ Nighttown? It's anybody's guess. Just prepare to be blown away, Finnish style.
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TUE 3/6
So You Want to Be a Freelance Writer? Do ya? Learn all about the freelance biz, including how to write a successful query & develop story ideas at this workshop w/ Anne Trubek on Tue 3/6. Includes group work & one-week private follow-up course.
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WED 3/7
Muslim Women: Education & Empowerment Robina Niaz works on behalf of Muslim women. On Wed 3/7 she'll address the needs of Muslim women through crisis intervention, individual & group counseling, outreach & more.
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The Greater Cleveland Film Commission threw the party of the year. On Sun 2/26, East 4th Street transformed into Hollywood, complete with lights, reporters and photographers, news crew interviews and celebrity spottings... Read the review from Alex Sukhoy here
The endorsement of Tim McGinty for county prosecutor by a number of Black elected officials is so far beyond the Pale... so out of touch with the overwhelming majority sentiment in the Black community... it's as outrageous and offends the sensibilities as badly as if the Apostles got their heads together and endorsed Pontius Pilot...
Read this story from Mansfield Frazier here
Read other recent pieces by Mansfield Frazier here
Whenever I read a guide to Cleveland, whether a book or an online list, I always know that at one point I'll remark to myself, "But what about this...? Oh, wait, they missed that...."
Not so with New to Cleveland: A Guide to (Re)Discovering the City. Author Justin Glanville nailed it...
Read Sarah Valek's review here
Winner Donates Anonymously
Cool Cleveland mobile app contest winner donates to Domestic Violence Center
Cool Cleveland has been making random cash awards to people who download and use our mobile app for iPhone and Android. In December 2011, we announced that Nola Lyons won our first $100 award.
Now our most recent winner tells us they would prefer to remain anonymous and instead donate their $100 winnings to the Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center. So we were pleased to send them our winner's check, and it will be put to good use. In fact, February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, so the $100 will go towards a good cause. Contact them to make your own donation or for more information here.
Many thanks to our anonymous winner for downloading the Cool Cleveland mobile app, and we thank them for the great idea to donate their award.
You could win $100, $250 or even $500 in our Cool Cleveland mobile app contest. Simply download the app for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad here, or for your Android smartphone or tablet here. Use your app to send cool events, news and even video to your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email. You could be our next winner!
Newspapers are killing themselves.
How?
By giving the public the same brand of coverage they've always been offering...
Read this story from Roldo Bartimole here
Read other recent pieces by Roldo Bartimole here
Quick previews & reviews of recent events
Submit your own preview, review or commentary to Events@CoolCleveland.com
REVIEW: MIDDLETOWN - A Fine Absurdist Comedy @ Dobama by Roy Berko
PREVIEW: Stratford Shakespeare Festival - A Season for Celebration by Roy Berko
REVIEW: Cleveland Playwright's A GIRL'S GUIDE TO COFFEE Delights @ Actors' Summit by Roy Berko
Comment on our blog here: http://www.CoolCleveland.com/blog
Growing Veggies, Blowing Minds Thank you Cool Cleveland for your support!...
Read the comment from justin husher here
And the Beat Goes On... Thanks, for all the information. Great Job!...
Read the comment from Billy Clarksville here
USA Today finds 11 reasons to love Cleveland Just to clarify, this list was sent in by a Cleveland area reader of the Pop Candy Blog. The list was not put together by USA Today...
Read the comment from Scott here
Mansfield Frazier: Endorsements Don't you people understand we have mail-in voting in Ohio? Why waste time endorsing anything now? I voted last week...
Read the comment from IndyCA35 here
As a former strong supporter and campaign worker for Congressman Dennis Kucinich I must state why I am no longer supporting him and why I am supporting Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur...
Read the comment from Joe bialek here
MANSFIELD: Was I Mistaken? If citizens are satisfied with the way the Prosecutor's Office deals with criminal, civil and County contractual issues. A vote for McGinty will assure you of more of the same...
Read the comment from Richard here
ROLDO: Continuing Our Corrupt Culture Roldo I usually agree with your articles but I have to speak out that I like the idea of the Westin doing a reface of Crowne Plaza and the 3% interest is better than most investments are getting...
Read the comment from sandy maline here
@Sandy I think the point is, the Westin would be seeting up shop right were they are even without Jackson's subsidies...
Read the comment from Ian Hoffman here
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Most clicked
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1) 2) Cleveland's Cash Mobs Spreading Nationwide on CNN
3) What Kind of Clevelander Are You? (Take the Survey!)
4) Why Can't Cleveland Brand Itself?
5) ROLDO: Continuing Our Corrupt Culture
Paying our dues to people we respect -- our writers: Roldo Bartimole, John Benson, Roy Berko, Larry Durstin, Mansfield Frazier, Alex Sukhoy and Sarah Valek. And lastly, though certainly not least, thanks to our readers and everyone who partners with us. Want to volunteer and contribute your writing to Cool Cleveland? Send your reviews, articles, or story ideas to: Events@CoolCleveland.com.
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--Thomas Mulready
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