Happy Dog Takes on the World Takes on the Happy Dog and Other Indie Venues

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 4:46P Anastasia Pantsios

Wed 10/4 @ 7:30PM For a decade, Gordon Square indie rock venue the Happy Dog has been collaborating with the City Club on its Happy Dog Takes on the World series. Initially it gave people the...

PHOTOSTREAM: Dedication of Jesse Owens Plaza by Anastasia Pantsios

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 1:54P Anastasia Pantsios

Mon 9/25 At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, Black Cleveland track & field athlete Jesse Owens ran and jumped his way to four gold medals, blowing away Hitler s plan to use the games to demonstrate...

THEATER REVIEW: “Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812?@ Great Lakes Theater by Laura Kennelly

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 11:54A Anastasia Pantsios

Through Sun 10/8 Sunday afternoon, Great Lakes Theater’s spectacular Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 proved me wrong, but in a good way. In 2017,  before Covid shut Broadway down, I was...

Les Delices’ Opening Concert Features Guest Vocal Ensemble on Baroque & Contemporary Works

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 11:40A Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 9/29 & Sat 9/30 @ 7:30PM Cleveland baroque chamber ensemble Les Délices has proved to be on of the area’s most creatively nimble small classical music groups in the area. It re-designed its...

Korean Folk Music Form, Sanjo, Is Performed and Explained at CMA

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 11:21A Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 9/29 @ noon-1PM The exhibit Material and Immaterial in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art is currently on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In conjunction with that exhibit, musician Soh-Hyun...

Playhouse Square Lights Up Its New Marquees with Special Event, Marquee Moments

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 11:07A Anastasia Pantsios

Thu 9/28 @ 5:30PM If you’ve been around Playhouse Square in the last few months, you probably noticed some changes in the landscape. Among the most dramatic is the spectacular new lighted marquees on...

Painter Gianna Commito Does Artist Talk on her Current Show at Abattoir Gallery

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 10:51A Anastasia Pantsios

Sat 9/30 @ 3PM Artist Gianna Commito isn’t a native Ohioan — she grew up at various locations on the east coast — but she arrived here in 2005 to teach at Kent State University, where she’s a...

Cleveland Public Library Panels Explore Censorship Efforts

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 10:36A Anastasia Pantsios

Tue 10/3 @ 9:30AM-1:30PM As part of its2023 #CLEReads Young Adult Book Fest, the downtown branch of the Cleveland Public Library is hosting Stories Unbound: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, focusing...

New DEVO Book Looks at Their History in Depth

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 10:11A Anastasia Pantsios

In 2003, Akron writer Davd Giffels and Florida-based Jade Dellinger co-wrote an in-depth history of Akron’s legendary band Devo called Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!, exploring their roots in the Kent...

Sing Along with Disney’s “Encanto” at the Akron Civic Theatre

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 9:50A Anastasia Pantsios

Thu 9/28 @ 6PM Ever since fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show popularized the idea, movie screenings that encourage fans to sing along have become rife. And if that keeps people from annoying other...

Lake Erie Ink Launches Its Community Cookbook at Benefit Party

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 9:17A Anastasia Pantsios

Sun 10/1 @ 4-6PM Lake Erie Ink has been working on a project for several months called Stirring Stories, which explores the connection between storytelling and cooking. Now it’s hosting the third and...

Cleveland’s Russian Duo Opens Maltz PAC’s 2023-24 Silver Hall Concert Series

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 8:54A Anastasia Pantsios

Tue 10/3 @ 7:30PM Both members of Cleveland’s Russian Duo have roots in “the old country.” Balalaika player/pianist Oleg Kruglyakov’s are the most direct: he came to the U.S. in the late ’90s from...

Drink All Over Town During Cleveland Beer Week

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 8:41A Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 9/29-Sun 10/8 It’s not like Cleveland needs a special Beer Week to celebrate the potable product of hops, malts and sugar, given its plethora of bars, taverns, and craft breweries. But then, why...

Award-Winning Journalist Talks About Black Culture and History at City Club

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 8:29A Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 9/29 @ 11:30PM The Cleveland-based Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards have been honoring authors who address racism and diversity since 1935. Charlayne Hunter-Gault is this year’s winner of its Lifetime...

Two Absurdist Theater Works Go Onstage at Playhouse Square

Cool Cleveland Events 9/26 7:57A Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 9/29 @ 8PM Cesear’s Forum, a small professional theater ensemble founded by artistic director Greg Cesear, is known for presenting work by experimental playwrights, past and present. In its next...