Whiskey Island – RiverDay Event – Saturday, May 19 from 2 - 4pm:

Sponsored by the Friends of Whiskey Island and the Northeast Ohio Sierra Club

2:00 - 3:00 PM: Take a self-guided walking tour of Wendy Park to the River Boardwalk. Come and celebrate the beginning of Cleveland's waterfront renaissance! This year the county commissioners and the mayor confirmed that Whiskey Island will remain open to the public for recreational, cultural and boating purposes. There is no longer a threat of port authority development on the county's public property. Explore and experience where our American Heritage River greets our Great Lake. Bring picnics, kayaks, volleyballs, cameras, binoculars and feel free to stay for the sunset.

3:00 – 4:00 PM:Gather at the River Boardwalk to hear Paul Alsenas, Director of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, and other speakers. Discussion topics include the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie, the restoration of the Whiskey Island parkland and beach, the future of the historic Coast Guard Station and Hulett Ore Unloaders, and extending the 110-mile Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail to Whiskey Island…

Meet at Wendy Park- West Shoreway (Rt. 2) to the Edgewater Park/Whiskey Island exit, take a right turn at the first road and follow signs.

Contact Ed Hauser at ejhauser [at] ameritech [dot] net or (216) 651-3476. Visitwww.citizensvision.organd www.ohio.sierraclub.org/northeast

Here is your first opportunity to 'Get Active' with Walk+Roll Cleveland:

 

Bill Callahan and I are pleased to offer a last moment opportunity to join an important conversation just beginning on making NEO a global leader in the use of Free Open Source Software, with the man who wrote the Open Source Definition, Bruce Perens. Bruce is Vice President of Developer Relations and Policy for FOSS-related SourceLabs, of Seattle. NEO is fortunate to have a local connection with Bruce, as the Director of Marketing for SourceLabs, Athena Diamantis, lives in this region. Digital Vision Director Bill Callahan and East Cleveland CIO Abu Alli met with Bruce and Athena last week to discuss how to make NEO a world FOSS leader, and we decided that is a topic deserving much broader and more open attention. So tomorrow we continue growing the dialog.

Join us, if you may... 8 AM breakfast tomorrow at the Juniper Grill.

This fabulous biennial extravaganza returns Thursday, May 24 - Monday, May 28 in all its splendor. Tour the designer gardens and fill your mind with dreams and practical ideas of what your own garden could be. Learn about the latest trends in horticulture and flower arranging and take the opportunity to buy live plants, and horticulture related products and gifts from around the world.

This fabulous biennial extravaganza returns Thursday, May 24 - Monday, May 28 in all its splendor. Tour the designer gardens and fill your mind with dreams and practical ideas of what your own garden could be. Learn about the latest trends in horticulture and flower arranging and take the opportunity to buy live plants, and horticulture related products and gifts from around the world.

The exhibtion was extended one week, until May 28th, but now time has almost run out. If you have not seen Monet in Normandy you have four days left. Exhibition hours have been extended until Midnight on Friday and Saturday and the Museum will also be open from 10-5 on Monday.

This fabulous biennial extravaganza returns Thursday, May 24 - Monday, May 28 in all its splendor. Tour the designer gardens and fill your mind with dreams and practical ideas of what your own garden could be. Learn about the latest trends in horticulture and flower arranging and take the opportunity to buy live plants, and horticulture related products and gifts from around the world.

The exhibtion was extended one week, until May 28th, but now time has almost run out. If you have not seen Monet in Normandy you have four days left. Exhibition hours have been extended until Midnight on Friday and Saturday and the Museum will also be open from 10-5 on Monday.

The Cleveland Restoration Society is pleased to announce the return of our popular SNOOP! tours, which give members the chance to see hidden architectural treasures and projects in progress.

On May 26, with the help of Society trustee R. Kevin Madison, we will step inside the Phillis Wheatley Association building for a hard hat tour of the "Chicago style" building as it undergoes rehabilitation. Guided tours will begin at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the building, which is located at 4450 Cedar Ave., Cleveland. Parking is available at the building's lot at East 43rd and Cedar or on the street. Founded in 1911 by J. Edna Hunter, the Association was patterned on the YWCA and was the principal social agency for African-American women in Cleveland. The building was

This fabulous biennial extravaganza returns Thursday, May 24 - Monday, May 28 in all its splendor. Tour the designer gardens and fill your mind with dreams and practical ideas of what your own garden could be. Learn about the latest trends in horticulture and flower arranging and take the opportunity to buy live plants, and horticulture related products and gifts from around the world.

The exhibtion was extended one week, until May 28th, but now time has almost run out. If you have not seen Monet in Normandy you have four days left. Exhibition hours have been extended until Midnight on Friday and Saturday and the Museum will also be open from 10-5 on Monday.

This fabulous biennial extravaganza returns Thursday, May 24 - Monday, May 28 in all its splendor. Tour the designer gardens and fill your mind with dreams and practical ideas of what your own garden could be. Learn about the latest trends in horticulture and flower arranging and take the opportunity to buy live plants, and horticulture related products and gifts from around the world.

The exhibtion was extended one week, until May 28th, but now time has almost run out. If you have not seen Monet in Normandy you have four days left. Exhibition hours have been extended until Midnight on Friday and Saturday and the Museum will also be open from 10-5 on Monday.

CLEVELAND, OH—Bruce Katz, vice president and director of Metropolitan Policy at The Brookings Institution, will present Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America’s Older Industrial Cities, a comprehensive economic study of the 65 U.S. cities lagging behind their peers (scheduled for national release on May 20), at noon on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at The City Club of Cleveland. He will be joined by Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, who will give a local response to the report.

The City Planning Commission meets at 9am to decide the fate of the Breuer Tower.

Last Wednesday, we opened up The Inner Circle Restaurant and historic Hough Bakeries complex for a public tour, planning discussion, and great Hot Sauce Williams BBQ buffet, and that was a great success - there's a write-up here. Your next chance to join The Inner Circle, explore The Hough, participate in planning this neighborhood and enjoy some great BBQ is this Friday, June 1, 2007. More on the Open House and pictures are found at http://realneo.org/Next-Chance-to-Join-The-Inner-Circle. More on the Hough Bakeries complex at http://realneo.org/hough-bakery-becoming-the-star.

Ever wondered how a designer conceives a product? What the process involves? Top CIA graduates innovating products for corporations such as Chrysler, Hyundai, Hasbro and Kyocera will open the vault, displaying sketches, concept drawings, renderings and actual consumer products at the second-annual Design Values alumni exhibition at CIA’s FUTURE Center for Design and Technology Transfer, June 1—August 3, 2007.

It is great to see more progress in the growth of the art scene in the mid-town and St. Clair arts district area, with the opening of Level Three Gallery this weekend... another sign of vibrant life. I like the work of the artists I know from this group so am glad to see them situated again - some showed together at Buzz, on W. 25th, which I liked very much. I look forward to seeing this new space and their new work. So, this Friday, June 1, art and culture lovers should start with a tour through the Hough bakeries, at the Inner Circle, for Happy Hour, then head over to CIA for their opening of Design Values 2, and then to Level Three for their opening, described below. By the end of the evening, you will not have driven far, will have done lots of great, authentic Cleveland things, and had plenty of opportunites for good company, art, food and cheer.

The Academy will combine a five-week college residential experience with a pre-calculus mathematics class. Hands-on activities, research, and application in mathematics, along with support and mentoring will encourage and challenge students, deepen their mathematical knowledge, and help them explore teaching as a career. The students will live in Fenn Tower from Monday to Friday, interact with University faculty and high school teachers, and have the opportunity to take advantage of the University’s excellent recreational facilities and resources. Adult supervision will be provided at all times.
This program is offered at no cost to the student and will provide the student a $500 stipend upon completion of the summer residential program. In addition, students can earn a stipend of $900 during the following academic year for being involved in tutoring at their home school and attendance at four Saturday workshops at Cleveland State University.
Please encourage your daughter or son to apply for this valuable educational opportunity!  The attached application is due to the address below by Friday, JUNE 8th, 2007.

The Academy will combine a five-week college residential experience with a pre-calculus mathematics class. Hands-on activities, research, and application in mathematics, along with support and mentoring will encourage and challenge students, deepen their mathematical knowledge, and help them explore teaching as a career. The students will live in Fenn Tower from Monday to Friday, interact with University faculty and high school teachers, and have the opportunity to take advantage of the University’s excellent recreational facilities and resources. Adult supervision will be provided at all times.
This program is offered at no cost to the student and will provide the student a $500 stipend upon completion of the summer residential program. In addition, students can earn a stipend of $900 during the following academic year for being involved in tutoring at their home school and attendance at four Saturday workshops at Cleveland State University.
Please encourage your daughter or son to apply for this valuable educational opportunity!  The attached application is due to the address below by Friday, JUNE 8th, 2007.

The Academy will combine a five-week college residential experience with a pre-calculus mathematics class. Hands-on activities, research, and application in mathematics, along with support and mentoring will encourage and challenge students, deepen their mathematical knowledge, and help them explore teaching as a career. The students will live in Fenn Tower from Monday to Friday, interact with University faculty and high school teachers, and have the opportunity to take advantage of the University’s excellent recreational facilities and resources. Adult supervision will be provided at all times.
This program is offered at no cost to the student and will provide the student a $500 stipend upon completion of the summer residential program. In addition, students can earn a stipend of $900 during the following academic year for being involved in tutoring at their home school and attendance at four Saturday workshops at Cleveland State University.
Please encourage your daughter or son to apply for this valuable educational opportunity!  The attached application is due to the address below by Friday, JUNE 8th, 2007.

Host: Cleveland Design Competition and Idea Box Cleveland

Location: SPACES Gallery, 3rd Floor

2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH

Ever wonder what Cleveland could be doing with the endless urban opportunities that exist in our great city?

Please join us for a fun and stimulating evening at SPACES Gallery to view ideas submitted by local, national, and international design teams for an area of Ohio City/The Flats known as Irishtown Bend. These solutions in Architecture, Urban Design, Art, and Landscape Architecture will be on display at SPACES Gallery the evening of June 7th. 

The Academy will combine a five-week college residential experience with a pre-calculus mathematics class. Hands-on activities, research, and application in mathematics, along with support and mentoring will encourage and challenge students, deepen their mathematical knowledge, and help them explore teaching as a career. The students will live in Fenn Tower from Monday to Friday, interact with University faculty and high school teachers, and have the opportunity to take advantage of the University’s excellent recreational facilities and resources. Adult supervision will be provided at all times.
This program is offered at no cost to the student and will provide the student a $500 stipend upon completion of the summer residential program. In addition, students can earn a stipend of $900 during the following academic year for being involved in tutoring at their home school and attendance at four Saturday workshops at Cleveland State University.
Please encourage your daughter or son to apply for this valuable educational opportunity!  The attached application is due to the address below by Friday, JUNE 8th, 2007.

Public testimony will follow a presentation by RP Madison, International to Cleveland City Planning Commission. The commission will vote on demo permit for Breuer/Cleveland Trust/Ameritrust Tower. Be there early to sign in.

Check out the attachments here from the 1967 Cleveland Trust Annual Report found in the Cleveland Public Library Business Department. The article is entitled "Faith in Downtown Area – New Headquarters Building to Alter Cleveland Skyline".

Here's a familiar except, but remember this is not one of our current players speaking; it is a Cleveland Trust spokesperson in 1967:

The most important thing civic-minded, planning oriented, culturally-concerned citizens may do June 8th is attend the Cleveland City Planning Commission meeting regarding Cuyahoga County seeking permission to demolish the Breuer - see posting on this here. After fighting the good fight there (to save the Breuer, or argue otherwise), while you are in a feisty planning state of mind, stop by the Hough Bakeries, in East Cleveland, for some open social hacking on what went down that morning and what we can do to make sure this region is planned better in the future, including with what we are working on in East Cleveland.

Take your bike to Parade the Circle this Saturday,

http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/parade/html/index.html

and save time, money, and the polar ice shelves by avoiding the crazy
car-parking nightmare:

The Ohio City Bicycle Co-op is presenting free, secure, bicycle
parking from 10 AM to 7 PM in front of the Cleveland Institute of Art
(at the intersection of East Blvd. and Wade Oval), right on the parade
route.

We offer riding information, free mechanical safety checks, recycled
bike art and a shady place to congregate, as well.

Co-op members (current OR prospective!) are urged to reply to this
email if you would like to receive shop credit for volunteering to
assist with the parking duties: no experience necessary, we'll train
you on the spot -- just let us know in your reply what two-hour period
you would like to help out for, and show up (on your bike, we hope!)!

Those wishing to join a group ride to Parade from the co-op will want
to join the social ride, leaving PROMPTLY at 10:30. More on that at:

http://www.ohiocitycycles.org/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=SaturdayRide

Happy cycling!

Jim Sheehan
Director, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op
1823 Columbus Rd
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 830 2667

Don't know if any one else saw the main article in yesterdays Arts & KLife section of the PD, but this looks great. 

A free panel discussion on Cleveland Jazz History and the opening of a photographic exhibition of same at the East Cleveland library. 

This Thursday, June 14th at the Forest Hills park, community volunteers will be working with the KaBOOM! organization to build the children of East Cleveland their first playground!!  KaBOOM! is a national organization dedicated to creating a place to play within walking distance for every child in America.  They collaborate with The Home Depot, and are working with the Community Development and Parks and Recreation departments in East Cleveland on this playground. 

With this June 15, 2007, Inner Circle Open House, it is safe to say the NEO Excellence Roundtables are back, as this week we will feature a very unique discussion and performance by Cleveland Orchestra violist Eliesha Nelson, who is in the middle of a sophisticated recording project at George Lucas' Skywalker Sound, in Marin, California. Eliesha will discuss with us how she decided to get into the "recording business" and how the community can help her project succeed - and the purpose of this roundtable is to help Eliesha's project succeed.