The administrators of REALNEO (I believe Jeff Schuler, Jeff Buster and myself) received an email yesterday, via the contact link on REALNEO, from John Kroll. Mr. Kroll is the "Director of Training and Digital Development for The Plain Dealer". That he contacted us in this way, regarding the matter he raises, clearly demonstrates a problem with the Cleveland Plain Dealer operating in the New Economy - they consider themselves above our community, yet are trolls.

Still images of flowers at the Rockefeller Greenhouse, Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, Ohio, realNEO

"Music at Main" continues in 2010! The Fine Arts Department is pleased to present marimba player and Cleveland State University graduate Carol Dieball on January 23rd, 2010 at 2pm in the 3rd floor lobby of the Main Library building (325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44114). Ms. Dieball will perform solo marimba works by Mitchell Peters, J.S. Bach, Keiko Abe, Evelyn Glennie, Kevin Bobo, and Matthias Schmitt. This program is free and open to all ages. For more information call 216-623-2848. Please join us for this intimate and entertaining concert.

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A quarterly event showcasing west-side Cleveland’s largest art center, home to world class art galleries, artist studios, and creative businesses

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Christmas Eve, my family drove across East Cleveland (all 3 miles long) to Nela Park - The GE Lighting & Electrical Institute - to see their remarkable, historic Holiday Lighting Display and share some photos on REALNEO. While beautiful at the time, the conditions were not quite right to truly show-off the lights and season.

The conditions were perfect tonight.

Enter the LIT's Literary Competition--

There is a fee to enter, but you might win the cash prize of $500.00.  Seems that the odds are better than the lottery to me!

One thing that makes East Cleveland unique is the annual Holiday Lighting Display at GE Lighting & Electrical Institute, at Nela Park. A tradition since 1925 - and many of the decorations seem to date from then - this holiday lighting display runs through New Year's Day.

Visit Cleveland Public Library for the opening celebration of the month-long African American Art Show, featuring local artists. www.cpl.org

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Enjoy an evening with Frank Morrison, award-winning illustrator, artist and musician. Learn the visual significance of the stories behind the paintings. This program is closes the art exhibition, "Our Children Can Soar," which runs from November 12 through February 13, 2010 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library Gallery. Books will be available for sale by A Cultural Exchange. www.cpl.org

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In the wake of last night's little squabble here on realneo, a friend emailed me with a link to the origin of the phrase "beyond the pale". S/he said that though it was the phrase that came to mind while reading through, she had never looked up the origin. I had looked this up, "beyond the pale", because I was a tireless researcher, learner when I was an artistic director, and one of the works we did - a duet, used this text.

Max Eternity - The Bau-Bike by Danish designer, Michael Ubbesen Jakobsen, pays homage to the German Bauhaus school--as it celebrates this year its 90th anniversary. 

In a smirking rage, he howls for more
Jesus on his lips
Horror in his heart

The monster Bush now lives

Stolen elections
Domestic terror
And the blood of 911

The monster Bush hungers for more

The Carlyle Group
The Enron scam
Religious fever
And the 'accidental' murder of Paul Wellstone

It's not enough, the monster craves more and more

So on to Iraq
And the murder of thousands of Americans Soldiers
While spilling the blood of nameless Arabs