While I'm not a pro sports expert, I was very pleased to see today, having coffee at A. J. Rocco's, a friendly table of local sports experts including at least one of the Cleveland Cavliers - probably the only one I'd recognize out of uniform (and I don't mean King James). I asked if they minded me taking a picture but they weren't dressed for the press. So, if you want to hang out with the Cavs, in their hangouts, you'll have to come downtown to A.J. Rocco's yourself. Or, you could reach out to them...

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A gallery talk and opening reception for an exhibition at the Cleveland State Art Gallery, Into View: Celebrating 15 years of Window to Sculpture. An exhibition of current works by alumni of the The Sculpture Center's window To Sculpture program, which was created by David E. Davis, late sculptor and founder of The Sculpture Center, to nuture the careers of emerging Ohio sculptors.

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The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is flying ack to the sxities with swams of activities:
All you Tree Huggers and Flower Children are guaranteed a Rockin' good time!

* Groove to the live music of renowned children's musician Justin Roberts

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I commented, in a posting about an event at the Cleveland Playhouse, "I hate going to anything at the Cleveland Playhouse/MOCA complex - my last choice of venue for anything in NEO - which makes me sad, since I like good theater and they have the only significant Philip Johnson building in town".

The Coit Road Farmers Market
15000 Woodworth (between E. 152nd and Coit)
East Cleveland, Ohio 44112
(216) 249-5455
Map at www.coitmarket.org

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East Cleveland Theater's current production of "The Wiz" is an abolute delight and great family entertainment, as the story and song will appeal to audiences from nine to ninety.  

Now playing weekends (Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinee) thru May 21, 2006, "The Wiz" is a great Mother's Day gift idea as the cast showcases wonderful talent living in our midst. 

The Fund for Our Economic Future, an unprecedented collaboration among organized philanthropy of northeast Ohio to promote regional economic development, needs your help with its bold and exciting initiative, Voices & Choices.  Voices & Choices is the most extensive public engagement process ever undertaken in this country.  We will involve thousands of people across the region to create an agenda of economic development transformation. 

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I wonder where we can find the details of the actual GEM spill.  Release estimates for air and storm water releases. 

Environment Canada wondered if the city shut down its water intakes?  Anyone know?

You got to watch out for toxic exposure.. have you seen what they were saying back in 1993?

Maybe this Current.tv pod can help dispell some myths, or maybe confirm them?

There are only a few days left to see All Digital, one the most visually interesting and intellectually challenging exhibitions at MOCA Cleveland in recent memory. The show closes Sunday May 7th. If you were there for the opening make sure you make a second visit to experience CyberLounge and the ArtCasts. What are ArtCasts? They are digital recordings (think Podcasts) of interviews with the artists who participated in All Digital. They can be heard via your iPod, or, if you don't have an iPod, MOCA will loan you one in exchange for your id and a credit card.

Viktor Schreckengost showed enormous talent while a student at The Cleveland Institute of Art (then the Cleveland School of Art). His figure drawing and design renderings from the 1920s are stunning examples of his sensitive approach to form. Viktor never forgot the power of observation; he perfected it in the industrial design products that followed his post-college years.

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I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I am always surprised when I hear that someone does not like the architecture of Frank Gehry. I will concede the Peter B. Lewis Building may not be the most practical of buildings, but isn't that the point? Gehry's architecture sends the perfect message to the business school, the university and NEO: don't fit in, take risks, do thinks differently.

Saturday and Sunday, April 29 & 30, 2006, the Tri-C JazzFest took the spectacular stage at the East Cleveland Public Library, custom built for jazz by world-class library leader Greg Reese, for two major FREE concerts that drew full house crowds to a community few know and so most don't appreciate. After this weekend, many more people understand East Cleveland is the coolest city in NEO.

Exhibit Dates: May 5th - June 1st

Works by Arabella Proffer

@ Art in the Village 5700 Gallery located at 5700 Broadway Cleveland, OH 44127 (free parking in back)

Opening reception Friday, May 5th 5:30pm - 8pm

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Digital Movie Company Prelude2Cinema has become a Branded Entertainment Company

First, it looks like product placement, but it is not. It is the integration of a brand into a creative production. The integration must be done in a way that promotes the product, but also allows the creative production to entertain. This is a new field, but yet it has its roots in the beginning of movies and television.

Bread & Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side. Besides rod-puppet and hand-puppet shows for children, the concerns of the first productions were rents, rats, police and other problems of that neighborhood. More complex theater pieces, in which sculpture, music, dance and language were equal partners, followed. The puppets grew bigger and bigger. Annual presentations for Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day often included children and adults from the community as participants. Many performances were done in the street. During the Vietnam War, Bread & Puppet staged block-long precessions involving hundreds of people. In 1970 Bread & Puppet moved to Vermont as theater-in-residence at Goddard College, combining puppetry with gardening and bread baking in a serious way, learning to live in the countryside and letting itself be influenced by the experience. In 1974 the Theater moved to a farm in Glover in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. The 140-year-old hay barn was transformed into a museum for veteran puppets. Our Domestic Resurrection Circus, a two-day outdoor festival of puppetry shows, was presented annually through 1998. The company makes its income from touring new and old productions on the American continent and abroad and from the sales of Bread & Puppet Press’s posters and publications. The traveling puppet shows range from tightly composed theater pieces presented by members of the company, to extensive outdoor pageants, which require the participation of many volunteers. Bread & Puppet is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in this country.

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New this year for JazzFest is the Debut Series.  The series is dedicated to presenting up-and-coming musicians who are quickly garnering national acclaim and are expected to be headlines in the near future.  Festival attendees get a preview of these talented musicians first... for free, in the spectacular new Greg L. Reese Performance Arts Center at the East Cleveland Public Library, which was recently renovated to a smart design by favorite Cleveland architect Richard Fleishmann... check this out...

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The Tri-C JazzFest is one of NEO's great assets - 2006 is the 26th annual JazzFest - if you haven't supported this in the past (and soaked in the great jazz), now is time... see links below for more info:

When I heard Rebirth Brass Band was planning a second line jazz parade in Cleveland, to raise awareness of the Tri-C Jazz Fest, I was thrilled - not only is Rebirth awesome, but living in NOLA gave me a real appreciation for the energy such an event can create. I certainly expected Cleveland music fans, and promoters of a more enlightened community, would turn out in droves to support this great band, this free parade, and a good time. Well, 100s of fans and lucky by-standers lucked out, and the rest of the region missed out - but here are some shots in appreciation to Rebirth Brass Band and the organizers of the Tri-C Jazz Fest - I hope more people make their way to the other events scheduled in the coming days.

The totally awesome Rebirth Brass Band will second line from Public Square to the Tri-C Jazz Fest - check this out... it will blow you away...

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Ohio City Home Tour: Don't miss out on a Cleveland spring tradition. Make plans to join us as we celebrate the 2006 edition of Weekend in Ohio City -- your "passport" to Cleveland's historic west side neighborhood.

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Evening in Ohio City: Progressive food and wine tasting in six fantastic Ohio City homes featuring dishes from award-winning restaurants. Don't miss out on a Cleveland spring tradition. Make plans to join us as we celebrate the 2006 edition of Weekend in Ohio City -- your "passport" to Cleveland's historic west side neighborhood.

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The South Wing Gallery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights presents "Views/Vistas" an exhibition of works by four artists: Paul Yanko (painting), Doris Sugerman (pottery), Lenore Freeman (sculpture/works on paper) Gary Engle (photography/fiber) on view April 28 - July 23, 2006. Opening Reception Friday April 28th, 5-7 p.m.  ph. 216-932-5815          

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