The Friends of Art, CWRU staff and the John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection team of Harvey Buchanan and Evelyn Kiefer picked the perfect time and day to hold a reception celebrating the addition of work #45 to the world-class Putnam Sculpture Collection, at University Circle, as David Deming's "Inner Circle" is a work of art that changes dramatically with light in the environment, and sunset is an especially beautiful time to view this work.

University Circle is a community of overlapping circles of interdependent institutions, boards, patrons and public interests that in some way touch every life in the NEO universe, worldwide (well illustrated by the current Cleveland Orchestra tour of Europe). So thoughts of "Inner Circles" within this star-power constellation bring illusions of grand people and designs. So true, as the latest "Inner Circle" added to University Circle is a very sharp and strong sculpture by Cleveland Institute of Art President David Deming, commissioned by the Putnam Sculpture Collection, of Case Western Reserve University... a great collision of worlds.

The Marilyn Bianchi  Kids' Playwriting Festival c/o Dobama Theatre, 2490 Lee Blvd. #325 Cleveland Heights OH  44118. School or homeschooled students are all eligible.

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This Tuesday, the day before Halloween, The John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection and The Friends of Art have a treat for all of NEO. The day begins with a tour from 12 noon - 1 pm of some of the highlights of the John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection. The John and Mildred Putnam Collection is a remarkable collection of over 35 sculptures by "regional" artists located indoors and outdoors around the campus of Case Western Reserve University and in University Circle. The tour begins at the sculpture MERGING, infront of Guilford house, Belflower Rd., behind The Cleveland Institute of Art's Gund Building on North Campus. Tour is weather permitting and will be cancelled if there is substantial rains during 12 pm - 1pm. Please wear comfortable walking shoe and warm clothing if necessary!

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The holidays are around the corner! Want to avoid the malls, forget about those outrageous shipping fees with online and catalog purchases and still find the perfect gifts for friends and family? You need to shop at auction!  Did I mention save money? Don't forget buying at auction is buying wholesale. Gray's Auctioneers promises to host the premier holiday shopping event November 18th 2007. Check out the catalog online - www.graysauctioneers.com, catalog available the week of November 5th. and come in during the preview week, open for viewing Wednesday November 14, - Friday November 16, 11 am - 8 pm., and Saturday 11 am - 6 pm, and Sunday at 11:30 am before the 1 pm auction.

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Could it be just over a year since Masumi Hayashi and John Jackson were killed by a senseless psycho ...? As the senseless killing escalates all around NEO today, it is easy for the dead to become forgotten by so many they touched in many ways, in life... or lost to all. Where NEO has seen a community that remembers is those who love the arts, as the past year has seen many shows of love and respect for Masumi and John, the most recent being a wonderful exhibition that opened last week at Doubting Thomas Gallery, called To Masumi. A collection of special works by many who love and remember Masumi, this is a powerful statement on what lasts and matters in life and beyond. Props to the organizers of this exhibition and to Doubting Thomas - really fantastic... amazing musicians performing in the front Gallery, Michael Doc Dreyfuss and Bill Weita... haunting yet alive... see today's header... image below...

Regarding the "Red Socks Out to Dry" banner:   I realize there are many in the Realneo audience who despise the toothy grinning Indian logo (and see it as a racist caricature).  The DDealer came out with an editorial along this line recently - but I couldn't find a link.

Thanks to Crain’s for bringing this into the light. 

Wow!  George Foley.  Blast from the past, when a young me would sip a glass of wine and pretend to be oh-so-bohemian listening to jazz at the Brandywine on Euclid Ave in the late eighties.  Sadly, no wine at the library, but I can still pretend to be cool.

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The voyeur in me likes to read the personal descriptions of other realNEO personalities.  Here is a hopeful one.

 

When you visit downtown Chicago or Toronto you can feel those places are more civically healthy than downtown  Cleveland. 

For my friend and real artist Kyle Primous.  Dreamgirls is playing for two more weekends only.  Catch the talent in Parma Heights.  You heard me.  Parma Heights.  See the story unfold.

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If you want to believe that life in the city is going to hell--well then, join us sinners at the Shrine of St. Stanislaus to celebrate all things ethnic--

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I have posted this under Arts because FISH ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

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After the presentation by authors  John Mearsheimer (left) and Stephen Walt (right)  of the The Israel Lobby at Case’s Ford Auditorium last night,  I approached  Alice Bach, the tenured Case prof  (on the stage between the authors) and complimented her on her perspicacity shown in arranging  Mr. Mearsheimer's and Mr. Walt's visit to Cleveland.

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Labor & Industry by photographer Roger Mastrionni will
continue into Tremont's next ArtWalk - Friday, October
12th 6 - 9 pm when we will again produce a visual and aural experience
that compliments the art show - filling the space with the stunning
cinematic  "silent movie" images of steel and Tremont from the award-winning
Deerhunter  splashed across a long white movie screen (rescued from the Mayfield
Cinema).  Mixing industrial-based sounds from the '80s and 90's with an
ecletic mix of soundtrack and melodies electronic and otherwise in the
background - branding the space - former Brown's Market. 

Bringing  new light and focus to these themes which will be further displayed at
the  Steelyard Heritage Center - also opening the dialogue on the current
state  of affairs of industry and particularly steel in Cleveland.

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Lot  71, a ceramic sculpture by Gary Spinosa,

"Bust of a Dog," 3" x 3,"

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Andrew Wyeth: Watercolors and Drawings
Master artist Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917), inspired by the world of Christina and Alvaro Olson in Cushing, Maine, created a body of work of their everyday activities, domestic interiors, and utilitarian objects. Beginning September 21 through December 16, 2007, selections from the Marunuma Art Park Collection, Japan, are featured in this exhibition of watercolors and drawings by Andrew Wyeth. An exhibition preview party for Butler Members is planned for Thursday, September 20 at the museum. Call 330.743.1107, ext. 210 to reserve. This exhibition of Wyeth works have rarely been seen publicly in the United States. The show was organized by and opened at the Cincinnati (Ohio) Art Museum, and was also displayed at the Gilcrease Museum of American Art in Tulsa (Oklahoma). This exhibition at the Butler is sponsored locally by National City Bank. Andrew Wyeth

The Butler Institute of American Art
The Beecher Center
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, Ohio 44502 (MAPQUEST)
Phone 330.743.1107 Fax 330.743.9567

Hours: 11 am to 4 pm Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; Sunday noon to 4 pm; Wednesday 11 am to 8 pm; closed Monday and major holidays.

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