The Fine Arts Department is pleased to present the Oberlin Bassoon Quartet (OBQ) on October 31st, 2009 at 2pm in the 3rd floor lobby of the Main Library building (325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44114). The OBQ will perform works by Boismortier, Dubios, J.S. Bach, Tony Bruno and Peter Schickele. This program is free and open to all ages. For more information call 216-623-2848.

The first Oberlin Conservatory of Music bassoon quartet was formed in 1994 and was called "Firewood". As interest in playing bassoon quartets grew at Oberlin more groups formed. In 2002 another quartet from Oberlin called "The Black Sheep" did a short tour of China and that solidified the trend of playing bassoon quartets at Oberlin. Since 2004 there has always been a group called The Oberlin Bassoon Quartet with rotating personnel. Since 2004 the OBQ has done extensive tours of China and Italy, and has played performances in other music schools around the country.

The members of the current OBQ are 4 sophomore bassoon majors at Oberlin from different parts of the US and abroad:

• Liz Bennett, Colorado
• Shelly Li, China
• Jake Purcell, Washington
• Brittney Walker, Illinois

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Best party in town for the price--and certainly the coolest. 

The Big Bash/Splash is on Saturday, November 7, 2009

SPACES
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland OH 44113
216-621-2314

Condé Nast Publications announced yesterday that they would cease monthly publication of Gourmet Magazine.  Gourmet began in 1941, though Conde Nast only owned it since the 80s. A friend of mine called it the fall of the Western world a few years ago when he heard that University School planned to stop offering French -- for me, the death of Gourmet Magazine is a similarly bleak omen for America.

a Plum Academy Forum Tuesdays October 6, 13 & 20 6:30pm | SPACES Gallery | 2220 Superior Viaduct | Cleveland, OH 44113 | Phone: 2166212314 | Email: info [at] spacesgallery [dot] org

Since June, 2003, bio-defense industry world-leader Ronald B. (Ronn) Richard has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Foundation, the nation's oldest community foundation. Since January, 2005, Richard has also served as a Director of Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company whose marketed product is BioThrax(R) (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), the only FDA-licensed vaccine available for pre-exposure protection against anthrax infection - www.emergentbiosolutions.com.

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Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues

78th Street Studios Experience October 9-10, 2009

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I've spent several years now developing theoretical pieces toward a sustainable future and now seek to apply the theory to effect pragmatic positive change for our region.

don't celebrate me,

celebrate my work

for i could never be as beautiful or important

New York Times - “YOU Gotta Be Tough” was a popular T-shirt slogan worn by Clevelanders during the 1970s, a grim period marked by industrial decline, large-scale population flight and an urban environment so toxic the Cuyahoga River actually caught on fire. These days it still helps to be at least a little tough; a fiercely blue-collar ethos endures.

 Cleveland, OH/Pittsburgh, PA: The September Fine Art & Antiques online auction by Aspire Auctions, Inc., starts Friday September 18th and lots close over a three day period (Sept. 24, 25 and 26) because there are 1242 lots in thirteen categories including paintings, works on paper, sculpture, silver, porcelain & ceramics, fine watches, fine jewelry, glass, orientalia, decorative arts, furniture, books/maps & autographs and oriental carpets.

 Cleveland, OH/Pittsburgh, PA: The auction of the collection created by Muriel and Noah Butkin grossed $1,052,664.00 last weekend at Aspire Auctions. The auction benefits the Cleveland Museum of Art.  

For the 30+ years of my life spent in Northeast Ohio, in childhood and as an adult, University Circle has been at the center of my universe. What Place is at the Center of Your Universe?

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 It's said that every piece of art tells a story, and Muriel Butkin certainly knew her art.

Now, with an online auction of much of what she and her husband, Noah, had collected, the public will see a greater glimpse of this very private couple's story, through the fine furniture, art and rare decorative objects they accumulated over their lifetimes.