Always Alenka--your vision is singular and clear.  We will be there, of course :)

my opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, my spouse, my cat, my neighbors, my extended family or anyone I happen to acknowledge on the street, bus, etc.

I had the good fortune to meet the artist Donald Black on Friday at Convivium33--stay tuned for more from this remarkable graduate of the Cleveland School of the Arts. 

I understand that 300 people were RSVP'd for the Lit event the next evening, Saturday, November 7, 2009. 

Can any one post photos or reflections of the evening here?

All month we have been greeted by these words at the top of our calendar. It is true - Cleveland is ready and ripe "for closure". We're doing well, so far. No longer in business in NEO: Kevin Kelley, Sandy Klimkowski, those two from ODOT, Carbone Construction (oops renamed Scaparotti), Eric Brewer, Adam Wasserman. Who am I leaving out of this top of my head list? Soon to be out of business, Santiago, Dimora, Lawson Jones, Hagan, Voinovich. Lots of homeowners, 11 women and Anthony Sowell (and many many more who's lives have been lost to violence). Numerous businesses on Euclid Avenue.

DISCARDED AMERICA is in evidence: 43 historic buildings in the path of the innerbelt monster, the Carnegie Medical Building, Hojos, enough residential demos to make your head spin.

We're shutting down as fast as a patient in palliative care. Daily one can read the swelling list of indignities in the Metro section of the Plain Dealer, Sun News - weekly in the Scene.

We've LOST IDEALS, too: Ed Hauser permanently and Frank Giglio to the cold streets apparently.

The calendar item is evidence of a city, county, region on the rocks. As Jeff Buster would say with vigor as he raises a glass, "Fail, Cuyahoga County! Fail faster, fail sooner!"

But my impetus for posting this morning was not that. It was about a picky technology issue. Yes, I know that one can read through the post and find out when one can visit the gallery between now and November 29, but it is not open 24-7 until then. This is not the first, nor will it be the last event to hang at the top of the events calendar for extended periods. I am tempted to post an event that lasts a year, just to illustrate a point. Got any good ideas?

Maybe this:

Event: Cuyahoga County parades as cheap whore before the world

(Now)

or this:

Event: Cleveland circles the drain

(Now)

or this thought:

Event: Life on earth is in progress (UFOs are overhead)

(Now)

or this truism:

Event: Your tax dollars are being misspent

(Now)

It could stay up for the year. No one would notice. Or would they?

This technology is not your grandmother's horse and even s/he required some know how.

Could we get some posted guidance for posting ongoing events to the calendar, please?