Do Americans want to remember history?  Remembering John Marshall:

How many have been given a "free ride" with no scrutiny from the justice system and the media??

Photo of building at 4250 Pearl Rd. Cleveland OH 44109

CLE has amazing artists, who work to understand color, light and energy--Jim March is such an artist.  Judith Brandon and Randall Tiedman, too. Fortunately, you have the opportunity to see these artists in one place at the West 78th St. Studios.

Martin Luther King celebration at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame --Monday, January 16, 2012.

It's not easy to go out on a snowy night in Cleveland, but if you make the effort there is magic to be had:

Senegalese master musician Abdou Mboup at AJ Rocco's Saturday, Jan 14, 2012.
Backed by a Cleveland Allstar cast, featuring: Guitarist Jacob Fader (Mifune,Kokolo), Keyboardist Ras T. Dubflex ( Dubflex International, The Meditations, The Asante Groove Project, etc), Bassist Rodney Reynolds ( Dubflex International) and master drummer Neil Chastain (Kokolo).

Staying warm--underground.

See Viaduct -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaduct

Joel Scranton--at the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

See:

http://realneo.us/content/10-inventions-nikola-tesla-changed-world-and-h...

The Brooklyn YMCA was sold a few years back to a non-profit congregation--it has been stripped and has languished. Now, a sign indicates a new program in 2012.

http://www.rezthreadscleveland.com/Rez_Threads_Cleveland/Welcome.html

For REAL?  Or, is this just about devaluing property to zero?

http://www.rezthreadscleveland.com/Rez_Threads_Cleveland/Team.html

True story--during a winter storm--car begins spinning on a crowded icy highway, slowly, slowly, slowy, round and round and round as Let It Be plays on the radio.  I close my eyes to avoid hearing the inevitable sound of metal colliding with metal and let go of the steering wheel.  I open my eyes to find the car resting on the berm, unscathed--snow quietly falling all around me.