Arts and Culture

Case Book Sale

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Used books are the best, so don't miss the best used book sale in Cleveland!

60th Anniversary Case Book Sale 2006, sponsored by The Association for Continuiing Education

Saturday, June 3rd 10 am -12 noon Preview ($20 Fee), 12 noon - 6 pm Free admission Begins

Location

Adelbert Gym, South Campus of Case Western Reserve university
2128 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH
United States

Dr. Gregory Eastwood, Interim President Introduces Himself to the Case Community

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 04/18/2006 - 12:40.

On Monday April 17th at 4 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium Dr. Gregory Eastwood, Interim President, introduced himself to the Case Community (students, faculty and staff). The event was also broadcast live via webcast. I tried to listen to the webcast, which was frustrating due technology problems  (I am not sure if it was on my end or Case's). I listened again the next day thanks to the archived copy -- much more satisfying result. If you missed out please check the link.

Learn about Photo Weblogs from George Nemeth

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The speaker for the next meeting of the Digital Photography Special Interest Group is George Nemeth, who will talk about photo weblogs.

George has been at the forefront of blogging in our region and has helped many people understand and "get it" as to what the phenomenon of blogging is all about. Since 2002, George has run his blog, Brewed Fresh Daily, a civic-focused site dealing with many regional issues, and keeping readers throughout the area connected and informed.

 

Location

Maple Heights Library
5225 Library Lane
Maple Heights, OH
United States

Special Savings for Fundraiser May 4th for Digital Media Industry

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As Spider-Man 3 swings into town, Film Czar Alex P. Michaels is currently developing a new industry that will consistently produce movies and TV series here. To celebrate the creation of this new industry, the Film Czar and his company Prelude2Cinema are holding special event fundraisers at the Velvet Dog on April 27th and Massimo da Milano on May 4th.

Location

Massimo da Milano
1400 West 25th Street
Cleveland, OH
United States

CAAO Announces Winners of the 2006 Tubbs-Jones Economic Impact Awards

Submitted by William on Sun, 04/16/2006 - 20:01.

 

 

  

 
CAAO will be presenting its 2006 Tubbs-Jones Economic Impact Awards at the CAAO 5th Anniversary Celebration on May 5, 2006. The winners are:

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Access to Capital for Artisit

Submitted by William on Sun, 04/16/2006 - 12:51.

Hello all,

I am currently doing research on access to capital for artist.  If you know of any local organizations that provide access to capital for artist please let me know.  I am also looking at national models that can possibly be used in Northeast Ohio.

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Gallery Opening- Afrofuturism: time, technology, race and culture in the USA

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I received a postcard for the gallery opening of this exhibit. I've summarized the basics below. Please visit the website for more details.

SPACES mounts the first exhibition in Ohio to explore the idea of Afrofuturism, the subculture that deals with the interplay between time, technology, race and culture in the USA. Seventeen artists, from both historical and future viewpoints, tackle the impact of technology on the physical, social and spiritual lives of black people.

From science fiction to film and cultural exploration, the artists create work in painting, video and video games, sound installation, spoken word, sculpture, cinema and drawings. Conceived by The Soap Factory and Obsidian Arts in Minneapolis, the exhibition Afrofuturism was originally curated by Minneapolis-based artist Ernest Bryant and Suzanne Roberts of Obsidian Arts. SPACES introduced six northeast-Ohio artists into the exhibition.

Artists in the exhibition include:
 

Location

Spaces Gallery
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland, OH
United States

The Cleveland Symposium -- a showcase of art history graduate student scholarship

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 11:28.
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"Art About Art" - Now in its 32nd year, the Cleveland Symposium is organized by the graduate students in the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Museum of Art Joint Program in Art History & Museum Studies.

Location

Case Western Reserve University, Thwing Ballroom
Euclid Ave. (across from University Hospital)
Cleveland, OH
United States

Closing reception of Smile on the Rocks at Assemble

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 09:10.
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Looking for someething to do this Friday, why not stop by Assemble for the closing reception of Smile on the Rocks: The artwork of Keith Warren Greiman & Keith Andrew Shore. If you haven't seen the show yet, this is your last chance to gaze upon these one of a kind pieces that have formally graced the pages of ReadyMade, Bust, SOMA & Faeshetic... (to name just a few). The closing reception runs 7pm-10pm this Friday, April 14st.

Location

1300 Gallery
1300 W. 78th Street
Cleveland, OH
United States
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DAFFODIL SUNDAY at Lake View Cemetery

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 04/11/2006 - 13:55.
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The annual blossoming of Daffodil Hill, a collection of over 100,000 bulbs, an ongoing project since the 1940's, is one Lake View Cemetery's most popular attractions.

Location

Lake View Cemetery
12316 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH
United States

Valerie Cassel Oliver: On New Trends in Art, The Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critics Program @ MOCA

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Valerie Cassel Oliver, Associate Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, has organized several critically acclaimed exhibitions including Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970 and Boys Behaving Badly. Prior to joining CAM Houston, Cassel Oliver was Director of the Visiting ArtistsProgram at the School of the art Institute of chicago and served as co-curator of the 2000 Whitney Biennial.

Location

MOCA
8501 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland

"On A Pedestal" Sculpture Exhibition of Ohio Artists, Juried by Viktor Schreckengost

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The quality and variety of works is very impressive, but that's no surpise, Viktor Schreckengost has great taste! Works by Yuni Aaron, David Brunner, Giancarlo Calicchia, Bruce A. Edwards, Gerry Fogarty, Fred Gearhart, Margot J. Gotoff, James M. Havens, Michael LaRich, Jason Lascu, Greg Martin, Harry Melroy, Bea Mitchell, William T. Moore III, Edw. E. Parker, John A. Ranally Jr., Barbara Stanczak, Thomas A. Stevick and Cleo B. Wolf are included and many are for sale. Visit The Sculpture Center ,see what Ohio sculptors have to offer before the show closes on Friday.

Location

The Sculpture Center
1834 East 123rd Street (off Euclid in University Circle)
Cleveland, OH
United States

Passengers, Tourists and consumers: Railroad Travel and the Emergence of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, talk by Elisabeth Koll

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Elisabeth Koll, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, recently returned from a year in China where she researched her current book project on the social history of the Chinese railroad between the 1890s and the 1960s.

Location

Baker-Nord Center, Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Cleveland, OH
United States

Edris Eckhardt's Exhibition at Cleveland Artist Foundation in Its Last Days

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Don't miss a unique
opportunity to see over  150 works in ceramics and glass by the Cleveland School Artist Edris Eckhardt. The exhibition on now at the Cleveland Artists Foundation was co-curated by art historian Henry Adams and collector Joe Kisvardai. Eckhardt, who studied and taught at the Cleveland School of Art (now Cleveland Institute of Art) has been called a "visionary and innovator in American studio ceramics and glass." A contemporary of Viktor Schreckengost, she was part of one of the most fertile periods of Cleveland's artistic history, but you must see her works for yourself!

Location

Cleveland Artists Foundation
17801 Detroit Ave.
Lakewood, OH
United States
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Tremont Art Walk/Independent Film

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Its the second Friday of the month again and that means its time for another Tremont Art Walk!  The Ukranian Museum at 1202 Kenilworth will have an exhibit of pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs). Some of my favorite stops are Pilgrim Church (they will be showing independent films at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Firday night and 1, 7, and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, they also exhibit the work of local artists) Doubting Thomas (probably the most avant garde gallery in NEO) Asterisk Gallery and Brandt Gallery. Art, entertainment, shopping, dining -- there is so much to do. Check out the website http://www.tremontartwalk.org/TAW.HTM

Location

Tremont Cleveland, OH
United States

Author J. Everett Prewitt Did Booksigning at the East Cleveland Public Library

Submitted by Charles on Sun, 04/09/2006 - 23:57.

 

Everett Prewitt spoke in the 240 seat recital hall, the same room where live jazz often featured. Library Director Gregory Reese, the person responsible for bringing this dream to fruition, told me that portions of the Tri-C Jazz fest will be held at the library. For a listing of future concerts, check out the library's website.

Although I've heard Everett speak before, each time I hear him, I learn something new.  He focused this time on his life and the experiences that shaped his both his voice as an author and Snake Walkers, his first book. Snake Walkers tells the story of the first black reporter at a southern newspaper, who traumatized as a child after witnessing a tragic event, attempts to solve the mysterious disappearance of 14 townspeople and an abandoned town. You can learn more about the book by visiting here.

In describing his motivation for writing, he closed with an African Proverb: until the lions have their own historian, the tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

I must say a few words about the East Cleveland Public Library.The newly remodeled facility is fantastic.

Time for Chocolate Bunnies!

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Sun, 04/09/2006 - 11:22.

 

 

 Call me sac religious, but for me Easter is all about the chocolate. I eat chocolate just about everyday of the year, but around Easter my diet gets a lot cuter. What do I like so much about chocolate? Well, for one, it is delicious, but its also good for you, and it can be so beautiful. Making fine chocolate is really an art form -- and we have many talented chocolatiers in NEO!

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RUBY DEE TO APPEAR AT THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: Staged Reading of Saint Lucy's Eyes to Benefit Play House, Karamu

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   RUBY DEE TO APPEAR AT THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE Staged Reading of Saint Lucy's Eyes to Benefit Play House, Karamu

Celebrated stage and screen actress Ruby Dee will join actors from Karamu House on the Drury stage at The Cleveland Play House for a fundraiser benefiting both theatres, each currently celebrating their 90th Anniversary Season.

The two theatres have been collaborating for some time on ways to have Dee, a Cleveland native, return to the city. Their efforts result in a staged reading of Bridgette Wimberly’s Saint Lucy’s Eyes at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, 2006. A special reception will follow in The Cleveland Play House Club.

Wimberly, another Cleveland native, now lives in New York City. She began writing Saint Lucy's Eyes in a workshop while a fellow in Lincoln Center Theater's Directors Lab. She became a 1999 Mentor Project Fellow at the Cherry Lane Alternative when Wendy Wasserstein chose to mentor Wimberly’s play, culminating in a workshop production at the Kauffman Theater. Saint Lucy's Eyes went on to a sold-out production at the Women's Project and Productions starring Dee and moved to The Cherry Lane Theatre.

The event is a fitting addition to the FusionFest line-up. FusionFest, The Play House’s upcoming first-annual multidisciplinary performing arts festival will run May 2 – 21, 2006. Tickets for the reading are $50.00.

Tickets to both the reading and the reception are $100. For $250, up to six individuals may attend the reading, the reception and join Dee and Wimberly for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 8 in The Play House Club. The roster of luncheon guests also includes Play House Artistic Director Michael Bloom, Managing Director Dean Gladden, Karamu House Artistic Director Terrence Spivey, and Karamu House Executive Director Gerry McClamy.

Location

The Cleveland Play House
8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106
Cleveland, OH
United States

Dr. Gregory Eastwood Named Interim President of Case Western Reserve University

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Fri, 04/07/2006 - 10:48.

The Board of Trustees of Case Western Reserve University announced today that it has elected Dr. Gregory L. Eastwood, MED '66, to become Interim President of the University effective June 2, 2006. Eastwood has been President of SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York since January 1993. "As an alum and member of the Board of Trustees of Case Western Reserve University, I am eager to assist the University during this transition period. I look forward to working with the faculty, students, staff, our alumni, and the Cleveland community" Eastwood said.

John Eisenmann: designer of Ohio state flag, among notables

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 15:38.

John Eisenmann designed the Cleveland Arcade, and... 

From a Case history site...

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NEO Central - Media Arts Center for North East Ohio

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 01:04.

 

Northeast Ohio is about to see an explosive, high profile, living, learning and enlightening force hit the scene and landscape, as area filmmakers, learning institutions and the public come together to create NEO Central - a bleeding-edge collaborative media arts center for NEO now and the future.The center will be based on like-minded initiatives around the world, and will provide shared film/media education, incubation, production, distribution, business and technology resources, and facilities, which are currently located in the historic landmark Gillota Building at 300 Central Viaduct (Carnegie) and will be expanded significantly as part of an area economic development plan. More on all of this is found in the links below, which will grow...

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GOES BACK TO FUTURE

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 04/05/2006 - 17:14.

Sweet Daddy Tim's & MIT Gehry

CMA Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Heather Lemonedes @ House of Blues

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Experience the excitement of downtown Cleveland with CMA @ the House of Blues curators's happy-hour, after work atmosphere with culture!

This month, hear about the Museum's Prints and Drawings collection with Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings Heather Lemonedes.

Location

House of Blues, The Cambridge Room
308 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH
United States

Anne Lamott comes to Case as part of Humanities Week

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See http://www.case.edu/artsci/bakernord/humweek/ataglance.html for more information.

Location

Amasa Stone Chapel
10900(?) Euclid Ave across from Severance Hall
Cleveland, OH
United States

You're A Rock n' Roll Suicide

Submitted by KMonoxide on Sun, 04/02/2006 - 11:58.
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April 8th - May 4th

"You're A Rock n' Roll Suicide" works by Arabella Proffer
opening reception Saturday, April 8th 7pm-9pm
as part of Highland Square "Second Saturdays" with Square Records and We Are Campfire Printing.
@ Revival, 822 Market Street, Akron OH 44303 (330) 762-4845

Location

Revival & Square Records
822 Market Street
Akron, OH
United States
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