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Arts and CultureIce Cream Social @ Anne van H. BoutiqueSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 00:10.
07/22/2006 - 11:00 07/22/2006 - 20:00 Etc/GMT-4 Perusing racks of designer clothes while eating ice cream? Sounds dangerous to me, but if Anne van H. insists ... Location
Anne van H. Boutique
2026 Murray Hill
Cleveland, OH United States
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Initial thoughts : A great collaboration toward greening Ingenuity and raising eco-awarenessSubmitted by Sudhir Kade on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 23:07.
Just some overall comments on this past 'Greening Ingenuity' effort: GREAT thanks go out to you, Zebra Mussel, for so much of the preparatory work, writeups, analysis, etc you played such a pivotal role with. We must not forget the dialogue never even started until Mike Shafarenko brought the possibility of greening to our attention- Super thanks, Mike!. Sheer economics (energy costs) made the initial outreach a reality... from there it was simply a matter of calling up and convening the true enviro-experts, those truly experienced with these processes and technologies - At my current level (an MBA from Case with a passion for sustainability) I am certainly not one nor have never claimed to be: I have only studied these processes and their importance at a very general level. Yet I know there is no issue I have more passion for in my life than the enhancement of quality of life for every living creature on this planet. We crazy humans, however, are exacerbating and accelerating our own extinction - yet paradoxically are the only ones with the creativity, potential and technology to reverse the problem and not only achieve sustainability but perhaps someday create a place infinitely more generative.
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i|\|g3nUiTHAI 2006 RecyclingSubmitted by Zebra Mussel on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 18:58.
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Art of the Day: the duct tape giraffe at the zooSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 14:26.
Did you know that the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a good place to see art as well as exotic animals? This duct tape giraffe was made by Nicholas Hiltner of the Cleveland Institute of Art. How real does it look? I'm not sure, the live giraffes were being shy that day so I could n't compare. There are other great sculptures at the zoo -- many are by Cleveland's own Viktor Schreckengost.
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Cleveland Colectivo Monthly MeetingSubmitted by johnmcgovern on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 10:28.
07/19/2006 - 18:00 07/19/2006 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4 all meetings are open to the public. july is new member's month. Location
Parish Hall Cleveland
6205 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH United States
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dance video of the daySubmitted by Susan Miller on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 08:55.
Visit LeftLuggage and view the dances there under "Videodances.tv". Click on the link for "Moment". The movement is reminiscent of works I loved coaching when I directed The Repertory Project. The two bodies slip and slide through space carving it out and carving out and defining a relationship as they go. Is it obvious? No, but then neither is life.
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Poet of the Day: Dylan ThomasSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 02:59.
His last words were: "After 39 years, this is all I've done".
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Ingenuity: if only everything here was so grassroots!Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 07/18/2006 - 01:24.
The best part of Ingenuity was that it lacked the packaged look and feel of the festivals that come to Burke, the IX Center, the Convocation Center, etc. There was sincere NEO pride generated by Ingenuity. True, not all the "ingenious" people involved were local, but it showed the collaborative potential we have here and the appeal we have for outsiders. To anyone that thinks we need big box developers here and chain restaurants, Ingenuity is evidence that we don't. We have great people and great ideas right here, we just need to utilize them.
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Opening reception for "IDENTITY" - by Guy-Vincent RickettiSubmitted by Norm Roulet@rea... on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 22:50.
07/27/2006 - 17:30 07/27/2006 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4 Thursday July 27th 5:30 - 9:00 at Elevation Art for the opening reception of "IDENTITY" Location
Elevation Art
1240 Huron Rd. 5th floor
Cleveland, OH United States
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Listening to music can reduce chronic pain and depressionSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 18:17.
This is significant, from the Case University News Center: Listening to music can reduce chronic pain by up to 21 percent and depression by up to 25 percent, according to research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing by Sandra L. Siedlecki, a nurse researcher at the Cleveland Clinic. Siedlecki collaborated with and used tapes from previous pain studies by Marion Good, professor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Siedlecki and Good found that listening to music can also make people feel more in control of their pain and less disabled by their condition.
7GEN: Planning for the next 7 generationsSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 14:48.
Seven-generation sustainability is the tenet that all decisions should be made with consideration for the effect they will have on the next seven generations to follow us. Development of this concept is attributed to a precept of the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy), which requires that chiefs consider the impact of their decisions on the seventh generation, although it has been adopted by modern groups. This book on REALNEO explores seven generation planning for NEO, in complete respect for all generations before us and seven generations ahead.
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Questioning Mr. Wolstein's urban design forteSubmitted by johnmcgovern on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 13:54.
This flats east bank boondoggle is going to be a most interesting court case. a shame really that these big buck well monied folks cant just get along; it'd certainly bode well for the city if they dropped their egos. From a planning and community perspective, it's frustrating and frighteningly humorous that none of these developers realizes the entire east bank is sitting on a light rail line. a situation of which many cities would be envious. Now if only that light rail line went a bit beyond that orange abomination on the lakefront. CSU, midtown, and little asia, for example, beg for connection to the lakefront. Regardless, these excerpts are particularly frustrating while being quite telling of mr. wolstein's urban design acumen. thanks to norm for initially pointing out this gentleman as captain sprawl. From the July 13, Brooklyn Sun Journal "(Victor) Shaia said he had his own questions about Wolstein's desire to acquire his parking lot, especially when Wolstein isn't seeking to build anything on it. Furthermore, a station on the light-rail Waterfront Line already exists next to the site.
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Carolyn Jack BELIEVES IN CLEVELAND?Submitted by Susan Miller on Sun, 07/16/2006 - 23:01.
Jack on Cleveland Arts Prize... About Arts Prize... http://clevelandartsprize.org/about_us_2006_01.htm
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Real NEO new economy began with tribes: the origins of REALNEO.USSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 07/15/2006 - 14:52.
The origins of REALNEO.US live at http://clevelandcause.tribe.net/ where I first organized this revolution, while I was based in Northern California and fighting to help the real NEO economy from afar. Read the manifesto that was the CAUSE for REALNEO.US below... the very first copy sent to my friend and co-conspirator with REALNEO.US, Louis Carl Edwards, via Tribe.net on December 21, 2003 at 4:19 AM, West Coast time: ( categories:
Art of the Day: Steve CaganSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 20:57.
Copyright © 2005 by Steve Cagan. All rights reserved. Reservados todos los derechos. I'm a big photography fan and the photographer who best captures Cleveland and has the voice I find most powerful here is Steve Cagan, who recently showed work of local steelworkers at the CSU gallery and had work in the NEO 2005 exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art - his bio there is:
Steve Cagan Poet of the day: d.a.levySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 16:13.
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Scott Miller artist's receptionSubmitted by Phillip Williams on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 15:32.
07/21/2006 - 18:00 07/21/2006 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4 Location
The Asherman Gallery
1846 Coventry Village
Cleveland Heights, OH United States
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Art of the Day: Yoshitomo NaraSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 22:57.
There was a show of Yoshitomo Nara's work at MOCA Cleveland a few years ago, it was one of the most memorable shows I have seen there. This Japanese artist's imagery haunts you like a bad experience from your childhood. I felt compelled to buy this ash tray from the gift shop even though I have not smoked since high school. This Wikipedia page on Yoshitomo Nara provides some nice background. Not all his images are so biting. I think what I like about his work is that he captures the essence of modern childhood in both a personal and general way.
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Art of the Day: Angela KeslarSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 09:47.
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Free to photograph "The Bean"Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 01:10.
One of my initial reactions to CLOUD GATE was "I have got to photograph this!". I am definitely not a professional photographer, but I do like to record interesting things I see with my digital camera so that I can show them to friends later. CLOUD GATE was definitely the most interesting thing I encountered in Chicago. CLOUD GATE is really fun to photograph, too; with all the interesting reflections created in its curvy mirrored surface. That is why I was totally shocked when I read this blog article about how the city of Chicago had tried to restrict and charge for photographing it. A similar policy to the one Jones Day has about not allowing their building and the sculpture in front to be photographed. Chicago has now put an end to all that silliness though. ( categories: )
Ohioan Angela Keslar on "Project Runway" TonightSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 13:56.
07/12/2006 - 22:00 07/12/2006 - 23:00 Etc/GMT-4
Don't miss the premiere of the third season of "Project Runway" tonight at 10 pm on Bravo. For those of you who are already fans of the show, now there is more reason to watch than ever; NEO residents can root for fellow Ohioan Angela Keslar. Joanna Connors from the PD wrote about her today : "Ohioan on 'Runway' and Ready for Takeoff" (Arts & Life, Page E6). Location
BRAVO
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Tulane and Post-Katrina Louisiana show "New Wave" of regionalism for the worldSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 10:20.
While the old Tulane University nick-name, "Green Wave", does not bring to mind a good impression for the hurricane-ravaged region of New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA), the term they now brandish moving forward is perfect - "New Wave" - and new wave the institution has become, and all forces their leaders can muster are now directed at rebuilding every aspect of their community, spanning several states of the Gulf South and addressing every imaginable physical and social challenge. I receive daily updates from Tulane on their progress and am usually so impressed I feel the need to share insight from there, up here in North East Ohio (NEO), as we attempt a less demanding but as important restructuring of NEO from post-industrial toxic failure to a healthy "New Economy". The first positive outcomes of this sharing has been Case University trustees tapping of the leader of Tulane, President Cowen, and other global university leaders to assist with the rebuilding of Case, which recently lost its leadership in a faculty-led revolution proving no-confidence. There are many other opportunities for success in NEO by implementing processes and models from NOLA, and I'll share one below we may implement immediately for significant change in a very short term. Welcome Momocho: bringing excellent, innovative modern.mex to historic Ohio CitySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 02:10.
I was sad to learn that the Fulton Street Bar and Grill was closing this Spring, as that was an Ohio City institution and great place to stop for a drink or meal in one of my favorite neighborhoods.. within a few blocks offering great locally owned, high quality dining options, from landmarks Johnny Mangos, Hecks, Great Lakes, and Parker's to relative newcomer Le Oui Oui Cafe. But as a destination and neighborhood, Ohio City can benefit from as much great culinary density as possible, and the loss of the Fulton seemed tragic. But what's new in this oldest part of town is definitely NEO and Ohio City's gain, as the fantastic "modern.mex" joint Momocho (slang for small boy, named in love of the chef/owner's son) is unique to the region and will be a major draw that is already attracting crowds in on the buzz. Momocho also comes in through a very friendly transition - the owner bought the restaurant from the owners of the Fulton, and one Fulton owner John McDonnell is well managing Momocho for the new chef/owner Eric Williams, who is busy in the kitchen making the food... well, hot!
Poet of the day: Chris AbaniSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 07/11/2006 - 22:57.
Ode to Joy John James,14 to drip Risking death; an act insignificant Oje wai wai, Poet of the daySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 07/11/2006 - 22:49.
I heard today an interview with Chris Abani, of Nigeria, a poet, writer and activist who was imprisoned many times in Nigeria, and placed on death row, for his art and activism. He spoke of "illiterate soldiers with guns" and the struggles of his people in Nigeria and in other global conflicts around the world, including involving America, and I realized how little I pay attention to poetry and how much is offered to my mind therethrough, so I will begin adding "Poet of the day" to the "of the day" series on realneo... and the first will honor Chris Abani, from a struggling nation of which I have friends. Feel free to add favorite poems and poets as comments as you please. |
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