Arts and Culture

Sing me a love song

Submitted by lmcshane on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:40.
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Venture outside your cubicle tomorrow: Sing Me a Love Song: Creating Popular songs on Tin Pan Alley

Location

Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Ave
Cleveland, OH
United States
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Windemere Renaissance presents "Fences" at EC Theater

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sun, 01/20/2008 - 09:08.
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Windermere Renaissance (WR) was chartered as an Ohio non-profit corporation in 2004. WR was sponsored by the Windermere Taskforce, which was organized in 2000

Location

East Cleveland Theater
14108 Euclid Avenue
East Cleveland, OH
United States

Iconoclast

Submitted by lmcshane on Sat, 01/19/2008 - 09:46.

I was very surprised to see our neighbor and friend Kurt Weaver featured in the stodgy, old PD.  I was even more amazed to find out that Steven Litt followed up on the story to reveal Kurt's real thoughts about Cleveland architecture. 

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Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair

Submitted by lmcshane on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 11:27.
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2008

Northeast Ohio Science

and Engineering Fair

will be held at

Location

Cleveland State University

dance video of the day - Hofesh Shechter

Submitted by Susan Miller on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 08:00.


From Article 19 and Neil Nisbet on camera: The Self and Bitter Ripples

The work: clips from 'The Self' by Fin Walker, a duet performed by Kajza Ekberg (pictured above) and Phil Sanger. 'Bitter Ripples' choreographed by Hofesh Shechter and performed by the whole company

Read about it here.

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TOWN CRIER RINGS IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY BICENTENIAL - BUT NOT ON AGENDA

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 16:46.

The January 14, 2008 Cuyahoga County Commissioner's meeting started sounding much like a New England Town Meeting.  

Coming down the hall towards the fourth floor Commissioner’s public meeting room, the Town Crier's sharply ringing hand bell competed with his yells of  Hear Yea! Hear Yea!

 

dance video of the day - sense 8

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sat, 01/12/2008 - 11:08.

Sense 8 is another beautiful film by Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes.

If you are interested in Contact Improvisation, send me an email via realneo, and I will help you contact (excuse the pun) the folks in Northeast Ohio who do this every Sunday in University Circle.

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Curious Terrain

Submitted by lmcshane on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 19:35.
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Cleveland State Art Gallery to Present “Curious Terrain,” Exploring Landscape in Art, January 18 to March 8

The Cleveland State University Art Gallery will present “Curious Terrain,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings exploring the idea of the “landscape” in art, opening Friday, January 18 and running through Saturday, March 8, 2008. The exhibition includes artists Randall Tiedman, Rob Robbins and JenMarie.

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What would Jane do?

Submitted by lmcshane on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 23:39.

 

See this face.  Is it hard to believe that this woman took on the establishment in New York and forced planners to consider the human element in the design of cities? 

Any agency in Cleveland contemplating radical change to the streetscape should ask themselves.  What would Jane think of your idea?

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THE REAL CLEVELAND - STREET CONVERSATIONS WITH REZA

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 18:16.
Post in progress,  need to upload images from one computer and do Word on another.  to be finished soon...It's Wednesday Jan 9, and I still haven't been able to edit my final draft of this pc. Patience please,  will get final soon...thanks

CARL POPE SEEKS "THE MIND OF CLEVELAND"

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 12/30/2007 - 15:00.

 

Carl Pope is in Cleveland and on December 4, 2007 I heard him present his  (second to last of ten public presentations)   “mind of Cleveland” “bill board public art”  project at Cleveland State University’s (CSU) Levin College forum.

Photo archives

Submitted by lmcshane on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 12:06.

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ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 22:36.



When I visited The Art Institute of Chicago there was an icy rain coming in off of Lake Michigan.  The sky was slate gray and at two in the afternoon the headlights and tail lights of the cars on South Michigan Avenue reflected off the shiny wet asphalt as I crossed.   Getting inside the warm lobby of the museum felt good.   A $12.00 ticket provides entry to the galleries.  I hadn’t been here before – I had pleasant surprises ahead.

WILL MYERS UNIVERSITY BECOME AN F1 VISA FACTORY? WILL “STUDENTS” WORK AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC?

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 18:06.
 

 

On December 14, 2007 Judge Gaul presented University of Northern Virginia LLC’s president, Mr. Ho, to Myers’ students and the media at Myers University in Midtown, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mr. Ho’s English is a bit difficult to follow, but what I made out was that Mr. Ho had in the past been a professor, and he still considers his relationship to the various for profit schools he operates as that of a professor – Mr. Ho is not currently teaching as a professor, but is negotiating the take over of the Myers Board of Trustees.  As of December 20 Mr. Ho had appointed eight of his candidates to the “Board” with Judge Gaul’s approval.    

Mr. Ho (center with glasses), and his associate Mr. Lee (on right with glasses and striped tie) went on to say that it was their intention to expand the student population at Myers by attracting foreign students – with a goal of about 2,500 students.  

Art of our Times: Derek Hess Interventions

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 13:06.

Derek Hess showcased his latest work in a one-night exhibit at Kelly Randall Gallery, in Tremont, December 14, featuring new prints and original illustrations and collages that continue growth and demonstrate innovation in this fine artist's work. His work makes powerful statements in form and message, and Derek's message is stronger and more on-target than ever, in these troubling times.

Art of the Day: B'Log by Harry "X" Sysack

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 12:40.

Harry X Sysack Billboard

After what seemed like quite a lapse in postings, Northeast Ohio's original b'logger (billboard logger), Harry "X" Sysack, recently put on-line what he promises is "the truth & the whole truth your overpaid teachers & benighted college professors never teach you". Sysack's line is on the RTA, on his private property where W.25th forms Pearl, and his "truths" begin with "Yo, students" and include "What is Christian America all about? Everybody is fuckin' everybody & everybody is lyin' about how they're fuckin' everybody. All politicians are evil & dishonest...". And, one of my favorites, "All lawyers are legal ho's."

How many books did you read this year?

Submitted by lmcshane on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 09:36.

In My Colombian War*, Silvana Paternostro reports that the average Colombian reads less than 2 books a year.  Does the average northeast Ohioan top that number?

INTERNET FACILITATES PUBLIC WILL AROUND THE WORLD, AND IN CLEVELAND, OHIO WITH BREUER

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 18:52.

George Nemeth, over on Fresh Brewed Daily, has picked up this bellweather post which has the metrics on blog discussions re topics of local interest around the US.   The blog index is a new and, I believe, very important statistic.

NEON OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 12:24.
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Dana Paterson's shop is on Detroit across the street from the Save-A-Lot store. 
see more info on the Mr. Paterson's neon shop on Realneo here

Location

Dragon Heir Neon
5900 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREE STAMP - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 21:41.

Homeless home under Free Stamp in Cleveland

10.18.11 Occupy Cleveland needs a permit for Willard Park and for Public Square.   Downtown Cleveland Alliance needs access for Xmas decor. Right.

Christmas in Cleveland will be hard for many.

But some have shelter, colored with red, white, and green.

The FREE STAMP is a negative, as is much of Cleveland.

DANA PATERSON IS NEON - SUNDAY OPENHOUSE!

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 20:51.

I know a friend in NY who has always admired neon, so, at Norm Roulet's suggestion, I visited the Dragon's Heir Neon Art Shop at 5900 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.  Spend that Solstice present money on local ART!

JUDGE GAUL FIRES MYERS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SCALDINI

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 13:31.

Here is the sequence of events during the last week concerning Cleveland, Ohio's Myers University:

The President of the University, Mr. Scaldini, announces Monday that the University will close its doors at the end of this semester because the school is out of Money. 

Marcel Breuer's AMERITRUST LOBBY CONCIERGE STATION - WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE NOW?

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 10:12.

The lobby of the Marcel Breuer designed Ameritrust Tower in Cleveland, Ohio used gray and black granite.