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Arts and CultureScenariosUSA--Make a filmSubmitted by lmcshane on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 07:13.
11/28/2007 - 08:00 Etc/GMT-5 Scenarios USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that that uses writing and filmmaking to foster youth leadership, advocacy and self-expression in under-served teens. Scenarios USA asks teens to write about the issues that shape their lives for the annual "What's the REAL DEAL?" writing contest, and thousands have responded with their raw and revealing insights. Location
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BREAKING BREUER (NEWS)Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 21:01.
Brutalism against Breuer in Cleveland, Ohio.
PRAISE OUR SUNSHINESubmitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 09:20.
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CUYAHOGA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION BLOG ON IT BIG TIMESubmitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 21:38.
NEW CLEVELAND CENTERFOLD - BREUER NOT TERMINALSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 09:07.
![]() Cool Cleveland this week ran a piece by Chris Whipple about re-naming Cleveland’s Terminal Tower. Mr. Whipple suggests that “terminal” (as in "terminally ill", dead, or dead end) is too much a downer name and that instead the building should be called VanView after the Van Sweringen brothers who built the tower and Shaker Heights, etc.
CIVIC SPACE IS EQUITY BASEDSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 11:33.
![]() I have been attending and photographing events at each end of the NEO citizen spectrum. What I mean is that I have attended Cuyahoga County Commissioner's meetings - which I would propose is one of many events at the top of what I'll define as the "civic pyramid", and I’ve gone to classes with individual citizens at the Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center (the raccoon rabies bait story is centered around the Nature Center woods) -which I propose to define as one of many citizen events at the base, the foundation, of the "civic pyramid". Another example of an event at the top of the "civic pyramid" would be the Cuyahoga County Wind Energy Task Force meeting which was held at the Key Center September 13 and which I will post about shortly. And another example of an event at the foundation of the pyramid is instructor Donald Isom’s (on left in "Rehab is for Quiters" shirt) weekly Krump at the Heights Youth Club pictured above.
VOLUNTEER TO BUILD A COB BUILDING!Submitted by Victoria Mills on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 16:45.
09/15/2007 - 08:00 10/28/2007 - 17:00 Etc/GMT-4 Photo of contractor Susan Clellen in front of Stewardship Center Location
The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
2600 South Park Blvd
Shaker Hts., OH United States
See map: Google Maps BOBBY SEALE - PEN MIGHTIER THAN SWORDSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 20:55.
![]() Heard Bobby tonight at 3C - heard him in the 60's too. We need leadership like his today in Cleveland. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Seale addressed a crowd of several hundred at Cuyahoga Community College Saturday evening. I remember well the Black Panther Party from the 1960’s. Mr. Seale remembers it well too. Mr. Seale's visit was sponsored by the Sara J. Harper Leadership Institute. Retired Hon. J. Harper was at the podium to introduce the evening’s program.
Zoobilee Saturday September 15thSubmitted by lmcshane on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 18:44.
09/15/2007 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4
I do have to hand it to the Ohio tourism site--Discover Ohio--nice job! Mutiple language options. SMART! ZOOBILEE, also, a great chance to see RED, an orchestra! Location
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GARY SPINOSA: THROUGH FORESTS OF SYMBOLS at The Sculpture CenterSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 23:52.
09/07/2007 - 17:30 09/07/2007 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4 <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Location
The Sculpture Center
1834 East 123rd Street in University Circle and Little Italy beside Lake View Cemetery
OH United States
See map: Google Maps
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HEADED DOWNSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 14:10.
![]() The property next to me has been for sale for over 2 years. And after a similar fruitless wait, the owner of the house two doors up just last week pulled their house back off the market. Nothing is selling in my neighborhood. In Parma – where I took the “rent to own” and “cash at closing” photos the neighborhoods are littered with empty for-sale houses. In Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights a few houses are even being auctioned – very unusual for those suburbs. Then there’s Cleveland and East Cleveland.
BREUER / POST MORTEMSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 10:51.
On Friday August 31, 2007, while Air Show jets stalled out conversations and blasted ear drums, Susan Miller and I visited the “open house” at the Post designed Cleveland Trust Rotunda building which sits on the corner of Euclid and 9th next to the Marcel Breuer designed Cleveland Trust Tower in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Lee Trotter had announced this open house at the County Commissioners meeting the day before and the Dirty Dealer had carried the news a few days prior. I wondered, why is the County doing this?
high-rise, low-rise waste not, want notSubmitted by Susan Miller on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 07:28.
Unbelievable! Though our government has launched a plan to rip down a cultural icon, local firms now announce plans for a high-rise building boom in "Our Town"!
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CLEVELAND, DOWN BUT NOT OUT – MAYBE THAT’S BAD…Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 13:36.
I consistently attempt to have a “positive” outlook about North East Ohio and Cleveland. I consider the substance of my posts on Realneo and affirmatively select material which I believe is conducive to improving the region. However, there can be a problem with this self steered Polly Anna editorial policy . Always looking at the bright side might be just perpetuating a lie – maybe always having a positive outlook is actually misleading people and leading others into the false belief that the region is doing ok, that the region is improving. Maybe it would be more helpful if I used my blog to accelerate failure – get to the bottom of it, get it over with and start new…
See inside the Post RotundaSubmitted by Susan Miller on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 11:41.
What does it look like on the inside? Here's your chance to see...
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Grafitti teen sentencingSubmitted by lmcshane on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 19:41.
09/10/2007 - 09:00 09/10/2007 - 12:00 Etc/GMT-4
From my neighbors: You may remember stories in in the PD about two suburban teens who executed extensive graffiti in Ohio City and near Archwood/Dennison. When arrested, they said their crime didn't matter "since Cleveland is a run-down ghetto city so who cares." We do care and those who would like to join our neighbors to show we do care by a show of support at the sentencing of these young men, please plan to attend sentencing on Monday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 22C, Justice Center, before Judge Judith Kilbane-Koch, Court of Common Pleas, 1200 Ontario. Location
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HIGH TECH TRACKING IN CHINA / BIKE FREIGHTERS IN CLEVELAND?Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 19:32.
Asleep on the job.... photo courtesy Tim Littler Xian, China
CLEVELAND'S BREUER DESIGNED TOWER’S PENDING DEMO FEATURED IN GERMAN ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINESubmitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 15:02.
![]() The following article has been forwarded to David Ellison (because of Ellison’s co sponsorship – with Sally Levine - of the Marcel Breuer re-design re-use exhibit at Ingenuity Fest which is linked here) by Berlin architectural journalist Ulf Meyer. The article will appear in NEUE ZURCHER ZEITUNG (according to Meyer one of Europe’s best papers). Google translator won’t work on the older windows system from which I am now posting. A quick translation from someone would be great!
The Way of the Cross - Symbolizing Synergistic Strategic Alliances and Cooperative Cross Sectional CollaborationsSubmitted by Sudhir Kade on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 11:54.
Let's try to elucidate the elusive and concretize the abstraction represented by my Cross System - start by drawing a Cross.
Stuff to doSubmitted by lmcshane on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 13:05.
08/19/2007 - 11:00 08/26/2007 - 18:00 Etc/GMT-4 Received this in my mail from WVIZ-PBS Ideastream. Of course, I can't go to either one. We'd like to hear from you - there is still space available on this year's Listening Project audience panels. The panels will be held Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 5:30 pm and Saturday, Aug. 25 at 10:00 am. You'll engage in an hour of thoughtful conversation with peers from around the region about the assets and challenges of Northeast Ohio. All of this will happen at the downtown home of 90.3 WCPN and WVIZ/PBS ideastream, The Idea Center at Playhouse Square. Parking in the Playhouse Square Garage is complementary and refreshments will be served. Location( categories: )
Tax-Junkie Pep-Rally for the Arts... And I guess that I just dont knowSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 09:43.
08/17/2007 - 08:30 08/17/2007 - 10:00 Etc/GMT-4 I just got the email below, from the head of a local arts not-for-profit to remain un-named, to protect the innocent: "Norm -- i just wanted to make sure you knew about the "sales pitch" we are about to get.". I read on to see that tax junkie CPAC - Community Partnership for Arts and Culture - is on the Cuyahoga County junk again, now hustling artists and arts organizations to tax themselves and patrons for the benefit of the dealers. Read on... anyone going to this who can cover for realneo?... Note: " RSVP’s are required!" Now, a little art, in honor of this event and the rush for the MedCon and taxation without sober representation, courtesy of Lou Reed: I dont know just where Im going But Im gonna try for the kingdom, if I can cause it makes me feel like Im a man When I put a spike into my vein And Ill tell ya, things arent quite the same When Im rushing on my run And I feel just like jesus son And I guess that I just dont know Location
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave.
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps
TRASH CAN DEMOCRACYSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 08/11/2007 - 23:30.
I spent the afternoon at the Burning River Fest on Whiskey Island.
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Recycle, Reuse at Gray's Auctioneers: Summer Fine Arts, Furniture & Ephemera AuctionSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 12:56.
08/19/2007 - 13:00 08/19/2007 - 15:00 Etc/GMT-4 Need something for your home or office? Three Chinese bamboo and metals chairs, est. $60-80 Location
Gray's Auctioneers
10717 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps
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Next Trip To The Inner Circle, Visit "Inner Circle"Submitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 08:49.
08/10/2007 - 12:00 08/10/2007 - 16:00 Etc/GMT-4 An important addition was made to The John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection, located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University and the grounds of University Circle, with the installation of a fantastic steel sculpture by masterful sculptor and Cleveland Institute of Art President David Deming, which is titled "Inner Circle". Located by the Case residential village, across from the Starbucks, at the intersection of East 115th, Juniper and Bellflower, this work is a great addition to an important art collection, curated by Evelyn Kiefer, that makes University Circle a much more inspiring and remarkable place, with public art. Location
The Inner Circle Restaurant, at Hough Bakeries
1519 Lakeview Road
East Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps
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