The contents of Wally Skinner's Americana Books, Suite 316 of the Caxton Building at 812 Huron Road, will be offered for sale to the public on December 9, 10 and 11 - from 10 AM - 4 PM.

They will be selling office equipment and furnishings as well as many items from Wally's collections of prints, posters, artwork, records, video disks, books, photos, Americana, Cleveland historic ephemera, magazines, matchbooks, interesting artifacts and an amazing number of collectibles and interesting things. 

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I'm not a fan of the Christmas Story leg lamp, but I thought these sexy little leg earrings were in good taste. I think it was the high quality of the craftsmanship or the beauty of the materials that appealed to me more than the subject, but I thought the concept was clever too. I bought these at the CIA Holiday Sale. I'm not sure who made them -- they did n't include their card with the box and they were not there at the sale. 

We hope to see you this Friday night at Convivium33 Gallery. Their debut show will feature new work from Cleveland painter Thomas Frontini.

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Gift giving is the most widespread manifestation of the holiday season. The eternal question: What to give Johnny or Jane?  Mass merchandisers work hard at creating push for their products.  Tie-ins between movies and products, co-branding sports figures and products are examples of the sometimes creative approaches used.  What's too frequently missing from the mix are artisans' works sold through channels that don't promote themselves like mass merchandisers do. 

If you missed seeing Horst and all his gorgeous felt at The Gift Event at Kilgore Trout there is still the holiday sale at the Artcraft Building -- check the realneo events calendar for more details. The latice scarves he made exclusively for the event at Kilgore Trout were so cool!

Change of plans Friday night. I decided to stay in with the snow piling up outside in excess of 10". I searched Ebay for works by my favorite Pop Art artist Claes Oldenberg and found  some interesting things. Many prints, posters and books were affordable. Buyer beware though, Ebay has gotten some bad press lately with that guy who cheated people, supposedly selling Ohio State tickets

Minutes for Net Impact Meeting - AJ Rocco's Nov 29     7-9 PM

Attendees (10)

Akash Abraham

Katya Chistik

Yesterday was thrift store shopping, today will be all about art. Tonight I plan to go to the Cleveland Institute of Art Holiday Sale and the Hodge School Open Studio and Exhibition.

    Some of the artists at the Hodge School will have works for sale -- or maybe you could commission something for that special person on your list? One of my favorite locaI  artists Charmaine Spencer will have her basket weave sculptures for sale. The are so beautiful and very affordable!

"I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night" is a collaboration between e. gordon gallery and The Cleveland Institute of Art. This interdisciplinary exhibition explores the themes of dream and escape in contemporary culture.

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Check out these pictures! The Side Door shop at St. Paul's Church (corner of Coventry and Fairmount) is the place for eclectic bargains. I could probably do all my holiday shopping there because there are so many interesting and practical things.

Support CIA students and buy cool gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list, admission is free, check it out in the Kulas Auditorium, third floor, Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts B

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Support CIA students and buy cool gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list, admission is free, check it out in the Kulas Auditorium, third floor, Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts B

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Support CIA students and buy cool gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list, admission is free, check it out in the Kulas Auditorium, third floor, Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts B

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An annual event, a great place to buy gifts made by local artists and designers, including hand crafted felt clothing and accessories by Horst

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An annual event, a great source for gifts made by local artists and designers, including hand crafted clothing and accessories by Horst

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Don't miss this opportunity to buy gorgeous hand crafted felt clothing and accessesories by local artist/designer Horst -- they make great holiday gifts!

216-831-0488, www.kilgoretrout.net 

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All free of charge, 20 museums and other University Circle Institutions will be open and hosting entertainment and other special events for the holidays. Don't miss the Cleveland Museum of Art's spectacular Winter Lights Lantern Festival on Wade Oval from 5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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It's December 1st already! Only 24 days to find a special gift for everyone on my list -- and that includes some hard to please friends and relatives. Where do you shop in Cleveland if you hate Walmart and try to avoid the crowds and monotonous merchandise of the malls? There are plenty of galleries, boutiques, books stores, thrift stores and websites with unique gifts and shopping them can help support local artists, entreprenuers and charities.

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Hodge School is a former elementary school, a turn-of-the-century brick building with wide, tall halls and many wide-open rectangular rooms still with the original blackboards and children’s coat closets. The building is currently being used as an artist live-work space. But it is not just the building that is conducive to art; an artists’ community is thriving there.

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