Events

Select event terms to filter by
Saturday April 7, 2007
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

"Absence as Presence: Exploring a Fundamental Representational Mode in Chinese art and Visual Culture"
Wu Hung, distinguished professor of art history, University of Chicago, and associate curator, Smart Gallery, presents the 18th annual Harvey Buchanan Lecture in Art History and the Humanities in the CMA lecture hall. Free and open to the public.  Sponsored by the Department of Art History and Art, Case Western Reserve University.

Tuesday April 10, 2007
Start: 9:30 pm
End: 11:30 pm

The great NEO-roots arts Champion David Thomas - driving force behind the amazing Pere Ubu, Rocket From The Tombs, and all things Ubu Projex - brings his Two Pale Boys to Cleveland for their only show in the United States. REALNEO will be there to share the excitement... see some brief notes from my interview with David Thomas from his last RFTT tour through Cleveland here. Make your plans now to turn out for this remarkable event and support the most innovative musical genius ever to rise from our region... and support the Beachland! More below:

 

 
DAVID THOMAS AND TWO PALE BOYSPERFORM ONE U.S. SHOW ONLY - at the Beachland

David Thomas and two pale boys continue to support their last release
titled, 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest (Smog Veil).  The album is the
group's fifth release and their third studio album.  It takes the group's
extraordinary sonic lexicon, the trademark soundscaping of  electronic
trumpeter Andy Diagram and guitar/synthesist Keith Moliné, and injects it
with a furious rock urgency. Check the zigzagging riffs and knife-edge
angularity of the blistering "Numbers Man."  There are no drums on this
track and no drums at all during the band's live performance of the material
from the album.

April 10th
at Beachland Ballroom
in Cleveland, Ohio
9:30 pm set time

18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest contains the following nine tracks 1) "New
Orleans Fuzz," 2. "Numbers Man," 3. "Little Sister," 4. "Habeas Corpus," 5.
"Brunswick Parking Lot," 6. "Nebraska Alcohol Abuse," 7. "Sad Eyed
Lowlands," 8. "Golden Surf" and 9. "Prepare for The End."

"Ceaselessly inventive"
- Sunday Times

"Twisted and inspired, it is like everything and nothing you've ever
heard...beautiful and haunted stuff in which to both lose and find
yourself."
- Time Out

"His otherworldly, slightly deranged voice...bears comparison with no other
voice: child-like, full of guilt, pitched somewhere around, although not at,
falsetto, but - and this is the fulcrum of his appeal, around which his
whole oeuvre pivots - it has a serene, mournful quality. Nick Drake and Ian
Curtis had that quality too, but Thomas's palette is broader, his
inclination more avant-garde."
- The Guardian

Wednesday April 11, 2007
Start: 6:00 pm

John House, Professor, Courtauld Institute of Art, lectures at the CMA as part of the Monet Lectures series accompanying the exhibition "Monet in Normandy". This lecture is free and held in the Recital Hall.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
   
 

The question "Am I possible?" is the beating heart of Get Rid of Yourself, and it echoes throughout Bernadette Corporation's existence on the borders of fashion and art.  The group is influenced by Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren, and Jean-Luc Godard. They are also interested in new immigrant cultures surrounding their loft "headquarters" on the Bowery in New York City. Bernadette Corporation's interventionist projects function as a critique of our global culture, which constructs identity through consumption and branding.

Thursday April 12, 2007
Start: 11:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

Digital Media & Strategic Doing: Bringing Ideas to Life

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007, 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Come See the New Documentary Film
 
An Inconvenient Truth
--Best Documentary Oscar 2007
by Al Gore
 
Learn about Global Warming-Climate Change and how people can play a part to benefit our planet

Friday April 13, 2007
Start: 7:30 am

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007 7:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

SPITZER CONFERENCE CENTER/STOCKER ARTS

 

Start: 7:30 am
End: 12:00 pm

It is my greatest honor to invite all people of NEO who are interested in regional economic development transformation and education to attend the 2007 Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council 2007 Annual Meeting, titled "Lead Poisoning and Education: How Lead Poisoning Challenges School Performance". This will be one of the most insightful experiences of your life - spread the word and register immediately, as we will exceed the capacity of the Cleveland Natural History Museum! Read on...

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

I'm pleased to say that REALNEO is participating in the upcoming defrag conference at Lorain Community College - a series of powerful sessions on " Digital Media & Strategic Doing: Bringing Ideas to Life" organized by iOpen, LCCC, Case, CIA and others. The session we will participate in, led by our techie Derek Arnold, is on social computing, with a focus on developing a shared calendar for Northeast Ohio, by leveraging the wealth of open source technology we and other social networks in town use to connect together the people of the community... here is the write up - more on defrag follows and is found here, along with a link for registration (which you should do asap)...

 

  • Practices in Social Software Technology: Gateway solutions to regional calendaring, Green City Blue Lake, REALNEO, Meet The Bloggers, Lakewood Observer, Shout Youngstown, and others

 

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

3rd Annual Art Fur Animals Benefit & Auction, all proceeds go directly to the care of animals at the City of Cleveland Kennel.
I went to this even last year and it was a lot of fun. Various artists painted about 30 ceramic dogs that were sold by auction. There were other types of art (prints, photos) being auctioned too. The low admission price brought in a fun crowd. There were free appetizers and a cash wine bar. I liked how the whole event was done at a very low cost allowing most of the money to go to the animals. But, what I enjoyed most was seeing all that creativity. I bought a dog with scenes of the Mediterranean painted on serveral areas of his anatomy. This year should be no less interesting!

Saturday April 14, 2007
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 04/14/2007 - 09:00
End: 04/15/2007 - 16:30

 

Be A Champion of Life

Dear Friends,

We're happy to announce some upcoming programs designed to give you the success tools you need, and give you the lasting results you desire!

Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

SPITZER CONFERENCE CENTER/STOCKER ARTS

 

Sunday April 15, 2007
End: 4:30 pm
Start: 04/14/2007 - 09:00
End: 04/15/2007 - 16:30

 

Be A Champion of Life

Dear Friends,

We're happy to announce some upcoming programs designed to give you the success tools you need, and give you the lasting results you desire!

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
  Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon will be the guest of Cleveland Public Library’s Writers and Readers Series, Sunday, April 15,at 2:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, E. 6th Street and Superior Avenue.

Chabon emerged on the literary scene with his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh , which was originally written for his master’s thesis at UC Irvine and became a national bestseller. His second novel, Wonder Boys , about a frustrated novelist, also reached bestseller status and was made into a film starring Michael Douglas and Tobey McGuire. But it was his third novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay , which depicts an illustrator and writer in the comic book world of the 1930's and 40's, that won him fame and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, among other notable awards.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

Majorie Williams, Director of Education, The Cleveland Museum of Art, lectures at the CMA as part of the Monet Lectures series accompanying the exhibition "Monet in Normandy". This lecture is free, open to the public and in the Recital Hall.

Tuesday April 17, 2007
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

To All

 
Planning for the Towpath Trail as it will extend from lower Harvard Avenue to Canal Basin Park has begun. 

Start: 5:30 pm

E4S Third Tuesday Network Event
An E4S Network Celebration

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Time: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Great Lakes Brewing Company, Tasting Room, 2701 Carroll Ave., Cleveland
Price: Free, registration required

In the last several years we have seen a tremendous change in the sustainability landscape in Greater Cleveland. How have things changed? What is still missing from the picture that is needed to encourage more to embrace sustainability as a key transformational design strategy for our region? To participate in this discussion, register now for the next E4S Third Tuesday Network Event in Cleveland.

Speakers will include:

Wednesday April 18, 2007
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 04/18/2007 - 17:00
End: 04/19/2007 - 13:00

Public Meeting-

E. 120th Street

Thursday April 19, 2007
End: 1:00 pm
Start: 04/18/2007 - 17:00
End: 04/19/2007 - 13:00

Public Meeting-

E. 120th Street

Start: 6:00 pm

Inner Belt cluster First, the Ohio Department of Transportation decides to close exit ramps on the Inner Belt rather than enforce speed limits, causing local businesses to go ballistic.

Friday April 20, 2007
Start: 1:00 am
Start: 04/20/2007 - 01:00
End: 04/21/2007 - 23:59

Don't miss the new documentary about Ralph Nader's life, An
Unreasonable Man, premiering Friday, April 20, 2007 in
Cleveland and Columbus. Click here to watch a quick preview.
 On opening night and Saturday, April 21 in Cleveland,

Start: 4:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

"I think Cleveland is a good place. Inner city is rough, but the outskirts is real beautiful, and great schools there. Plus my family, my mom and my sisters, they're all in Cleveland, so it's easier for me to be there than anywhere else." This quote, from an excellent Free Times interview with Charles "Wish Bone" Scruggs, of Cleveland-roots, Grammy award winning, multi-platinum rap trailblazers Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, sings the woes of a place branded as a "Shrinking City", where even the urban hard-core Thugs chose the 'burbs over the 'hood. The result of such out-migration, and downright defection, as is the case with all the other members of Bone, is the subject of a series of art exhibitions and related events taking place over the next month, all over town... which event sponsor Kent Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) introduces by pointing out: "In 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Cleveland had lost nearly 20,000 residents in just five years. The city’s population of 458,684 was the lowest in nearly one hundred years." Starting Friday, April 20, 2007, at 4:30 PM, with a lecture at CUDC, explore what it means when a city loses its Bones...

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
   
Saturday April 21, 2007
End: 11:59 pm
Start: 04/20/2007 - 01:00
End: 04/21/2007 - 23:59

Don't miss the new documentary about Ralph Nader's life, An
Unreasonable Man, premiering Friday, April 20, 2007 in
Cleveland and Columbus. Click here to watch a quick preview.
 On opening night and Saturday, April 21 in Cleveland,

Start: 3:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
   
   

Wednesday April 25, 2007
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
   

Cleveland Clinic, Ideas for Tomorrow - a speaker series, Free event featuring: Peter B. Lewis,Chairman of Progressive Corporation & Frank Gehry, world-renowned architect

Thursday April 26, 2007
Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:30 pm

What: As part of the Environmental Institute’s initiative on Green and Sustainable design, this conference is intended to bring some of the newest, most innovative, and exciting ideas on campus sustainability to Cleveland State University. The conference will focus on the particular challenges of:

Start: 3:48 pm
Start: 04/26/2007 - 15:48
End: 04/30/2007 - 15:48

What is ArtWorks?

Friday April 27, 2007
(all day)
Start: 04/26/2007 - 15:48
End: 04/30/2007 - 15:48

What is ArtWorks?

Start: 12:00 am
Start: 04/27/2007 - 00:00
End: 04/29/2007 - 23:59


from the Notacon website:

NOTACON, an annual conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, explores and showcases technologies, philosophy and creativity often overlooked at other "hacker cons".

Start: 8:30 am
End: 2:00 pm

Learn how the arts can change everything...from an individual to a nation!  Young Audiences invites you to hear two dynamic and engaging speakers on Friday, April 27th:

  Sir Ken Robinson, a senior advisor for education policy at the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles and expert in the development of creativity,education and the economy. 8:30 a.m., the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade.   FREE. 
  Aaron Dworkin , accomplished violinist and the founder of The Sphinx Organization, which works to overcome the cultural stereotype of classical music, and to encourage Black and Latino participation in the field.  12:00 p.m., Jacobs Field Terrace Club.  The cost is $25 and includes lunch. Registration required.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
   
   

We live in "Forest City" so Arbor Day should be an important holiday in Cleveland. Here is one idea how you might celebrate ...

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm


  While I don't really care for the Cleveland Institute of Art slogan "Making Art Work" (to me, work is a 4-letter-word, and art is not), the CIA turns out some of the hardest working and most work-force attractive designers in the world, and each year showcases their talent at an annual Design Show. To get a sense of what to expect, here is my preview of the show from 2005 (missed the 2006 show - will be there this year!).

Here's more info from the official invitation...

Saturday April 28, 2007
(all day)
Start: 04/26/2007 - 15:48
End: 04/30/2007 - 15:48

What is ArtWorks?

(all day)
Start: 04/27/2007 - 00:00
End: 04/29/2007 - 23:59


from the Notacon website:

NOTACON, an annual conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, explores and showcases technologies, philosophy and creativity often overlooked at other "hacker cons".

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:47 pm

Katherine Chilcote wins Tyrian Artist of the Year Award

Prints and paintings will be for sale to benefit the Interfaith Mural at University Circle, to be unveiled September 2007.

Sunday April 29, 2007
(all day)
Start: 04/26/2007 - 15:48
End: 04/30/2007 - 15:48

What is ArtWorks?

End: 11:59 pm
Start: 04/27/2007 - 00:00
End: 04/29/2007 - 23:59


from the Notacon website:

NOTACON, an annual conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, explores and showcases technologies, philosophy and creativity often overlooked at other "hacker cons".

Monday April 30, 2007
End: 3:48 pm
Start: 04/26/2007 - 15:48
End: 04/30/2007 - 15:48

What is ArtWorks?

Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:30 pm

The Foundation Center-Cleveland is hosting a free brown bag lunch with
OhioVotes on how nonprofit organizations can participate in the voter
registration process. I think this is an important program for anyone

Friday May 4, 2007
Saturday May 5, 2007
Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:00 pm


The next auditions date is an open call:
Saturday, May 5th, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
 


Applications Available at the Auditions

Start: 7:30 am
End: 11:00 am

A unique opportunity to explore a piece of Cleveland’s lakefront - As part of an ongoing process to promote an appreciation and stewardship for Cleveland’s ecological systems and natural resources, the Dike 14 Environmental Education Collaborative will sponsor the:Cinco de Mayo Migration at Gordon State Park area of Cleveland Lakefront State Park (E. 72 St. and N. Marginal). Last hike begins at 11:00 AM and ends at noon.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

Greetings from Blue Pike Farm.

There is much to do in the St. Clair / Superior neighborhood on Saturday
May 5th.

First, there is the Blue Pike Farm Open House. We are holding our Spring

Monday May 7, 2007
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Few occassions in NEO or anywhere offer a more diverse and exciting perspective on life and art than the annual CIA BFA Thesis Exhibitions... from the CIA Website: See exceptional work by the next generation of artists and designers as graduating students present their Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibitions. The Joseph McCullough Center will be bursting with energy and excitement as the Institute’s graduating seniors challenge the public with fresh ideas and commentaries on our world. Work will be presented in all media including performance and installation art. The senior thesis project is the culmination of a student’s career at the Institute. Please join us to celebrate their achievements!

Exhibition Hours