During these tough economic times, libraries provide vital information resources--on the flip side, we must evidence fiscal transparency and efficiency.

Tremont Communicator is now out for distribution.  I won't harp on CDCs and the mailing list issue.  Everyone deserves a chance to have their say.

Look for the signs.  Every Saturday in Old Brooklyn, there is a hive of activity here.

Please mark your calendars for this worthwhile event.  Print and distribute.

Spam alert.  I am going to promote the recently released travel guide to Cleveland by Douglas Trattner and published by www.moon.com.

Good neighbor Carol Ward reminds us through i-neighbors.org that we have a whole LAKE to enjoy for FREE this summer.  Check out the activities offered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources!!!

The Plain Dealer ran this hopeful story about the Montessori High School in University Circle.  I would love to see the financials on this model school.  There is an open house next Tuesday.

Montessori High School, 11025 Magnolia Drive, will hold an open house at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. Call 216-421-3033 to RSVP.

Tomorrow offers hope and the promise that pain will not endure where there is love and food and books.

Photo credit: Mifune http://www.myspace.com/mifunesound

Life doesn't get any better than grooving to Mifune in the Eastman Garden of the Cleveland Public Library.  

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How an artist sees the world ...

JOIN US FOR CLEVELAND BICYCLE WEEK -- MAY 11-17, 2009. We've got all sorts of interesting events planned!  Visit www.clevelandbicycleweek.org for full details, but here are some highlight events:

* Cleveland Bike to Work Day, May 15th.  Park at the future Bicycle Station at Gateway and see the latest drawings (East 4th Street and High Street, just north of Huron Road).  Bike to Work brought to you about NOACA, visit the Bike Buddy program at: www.Ohiorideshare.com

Meet up with Joan Southgate as she returns from her journey from Canada to University Circle. 

One woman's journey to make change and to restore Cleveland to HOPE!

READ about the mission to help Clevelanders remember the historic role played in the abolition movement in this month's Essence Magazine!

Conceptualized and organized by George Fifield, the Boston Cyberarts Festival is an electo-digital fine arts festival “dedicated to the presentation and exploration of artists working with new technologies.“  See the art and interview at ::::: Art Digital Magazine :::::

Yesterday was a special day for me - a beautiful day in the region - so I ended it with my good friend Ed Hauser, as I often do. Alone on his own island, he is always easy to find. I was photographing the sunset right by where Ed's boats belong. They are gone... he is now walking on water.

Because of Ed, my heart lives on Whiskey Island too, and I have photographed there scores of times.

Dust off your bike and RIDE.

Mark your calendars and check out this super cool new drupal website...

http://www.clevelandbicycleweek.org/about

From our friend Barb Clint:

The Twentieth Annual Harvey Buchanan Lecture in Art History and the Humanities

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BMW Welt , Munich 2008

The COSE Arts Business and Innovation Awards recognize the unique point of intersection between the art and business worlds. Award winners will be honored for their success in demonstrating sound business practices within the arts profession. Please join us as we honor top winners in each of the following categories: The Individual Artist, The Arts Business, Young Arts Entrepreneur, Arts and Culture Community Champion.  

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This month's April Cleveland Magazine, for once, features some of the folks that make CLEVELAND...

That's right, folks ... in the CITY, not the region, not the suburbs, but CLEVELAND...great.  One of those people is Mitch Paul of Shaker Cycles.

The Tri-C Jazzfest runs April 24-May 3, 2009. 

Order your tickets today for great performances at great venues throughout NEO.  For more information on upcoming events in the CITY--click here.

There is plenty of opera in Cleveland, though not all of it is live. Now technology allows us see and hear MET performances, almost as if we were there. Severance Town Center is no Lincoln Center, but the tickets are a lot cheaper.

I would like to give someone in NEO Two Free Tickets to a Metropolitan Opera performance of La Sonnabula (The sleepwalker) music by Vicenzo Bellini, Italian libretto by Felice Romani.
Pre-recorded and screening Wednesday April 1, 7 pm at