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Where Art & Community Intersect

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Architect Mark Lakeman stood inside Trinity Cathedral last month and spoke like a preacher — bringing a message of hope and inspiration to a capacity crowd of about 160 Clevelanders who came to hear him speak. “Even though we are surrounded by so many disparaging stories, our hearts are still beating,” Lakeman said as he introduced the citizen-driven movement called City Repair that began in a Portland,.
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Join the PULL!

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William Pope.L, Blink Performance. Prospect2, New Orleans, 2011, performance, Photo by James Pruznick. Courtesy of William Pope.L
SPACES, the artist William Pope.L, and citizens of Cleveland are teaming up this summer for PULL! — an extraordinary feat of shared labor. PULL! is a durational, participatory city-wide community performance, in which hundreds of Clevelanders will manually pull a refurbished truck for three days, from June 7th to 9th, through the neighborhoods of North Collinwood, Glenville, University Circle, Hough, AsiaTown and downtown; to West Park, Clark-Fulton.
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Local Student Brings Organ Donation Issue to Life

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Chaz Bottoms at the XExpressions competition. Photo by Barb Shannon.
Animation is used just about everywhere in the world today. Normally, it is used as some form of entertainment. Chaz Bottoms, a senior at Benedictine High School, combined his love of animation with science, culture and his personal experiences to create an award-winning and provocative product with an important message for everyone. Bottoms’ animation, "No-Ners: No Donors," beat out more than 900 other student submissions from almost 40.
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Would You Pull an 8-Ton Truck for Cleveland?

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William Pope.L wants to know: Would you pull an 8-ton truck for Cleveland? And he really means it! This June, in partnership with SPACES art gallery, internationally renowned artist William Pope.L will call on the people of Cleveland to manually pull an 8-ton truck across the city for three straight days. William Pope.L is gathering photographs from people around Cleveland about their relationships with work. These photographs will.
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Bessie Had the Blues

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The Cleveland Play House has always brought the area great entertainment and sometimes rapid history lessons, as well. At the opening night of "The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith," I learned about a different type of establishment that was available in the 1920s. It was called a “buffet flat” and is the setting in which the famous singer is introduced. As Smith's story.
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Grassroots Leader Hosts Art Exhibit

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Alanda Sales is a community leader who uses her passion for art and education to enrich  the lives of youth in Greater Cleveland and the surrounding areas. She has volunteered for Network for Neighborhood Success, a leadership program for teens that started in the Buckeye neighborhood, and Discovering the Beauty Within, a program for girls held at the Woodhill Homes Community Center. Sales has served the.
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Play about Foreclosure Crisis Coming to CWRU

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Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, or MSASS, is turning to theater arts and dialogue to help build awareness of the impact of the foreclosure crisis. The crisis has been — and continues to be — devastating for many families and communities. MSASS will play host to the production of "CLOSURE"  from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at CWRU's Strosacker.
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What If …

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I attended the very first "Cleveland Talks," a storytelling event for Grown Ups!  This event was inspired and hosted by Itty Matthews, a Case Western Reserve University medical student I recently met. It was wonderful to hear people share their personal stories about "rebirth." The stories ranged from near death experiences, supernatural encounters, personal awakenings that resulted from hardship, and a remarkable recovery despite a terminal.
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Poetry Book Signing in University Circle

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Poet Vladimir Swirynsky will be signing copies of his book, "Church of the Backyard Fire: Poems" at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the Case Western Reserve University Bookstore, 11451 Euclid Ave. just across from the new MOCA Cleveland. The book is a collection about Cleveland, the Midwest, neighborhoods, homelessness and Vietnam veterans. ~ Submitted by CWRU Bookstore.
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Central Arts Group Committed to Community

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Foluke dancers rehearse. Photo courtesy of Dava Cansler.
Foluke Cultural Arts Center, led by Dava Cansler, is a force to be reckoned with in the Central community. Cansler founded the center years ago as a dance faith-based ministry with a focus on the community. The organization expanded after Cansler conducted a survey in the community to see if the residents would be interested in an arts program. The results showed a hunger for an artistic outlet, Cansler said. “I saw the arts as.
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Local drill team encourages focus and precision

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As I approached the church doors at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church on Woodland Avenue, I heard deep thunders of unified stomps and shattering claps responding to a voice of strength guiding the bodily music. I had no idea where I was going initially, however, I just followed the sounds of ancient times — stomps and claps. When I finally turned the corner into the room, there.
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Cleveland Orchestra announces auditions for young dancers for “The Nutcracker”

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Young dancer auditions for The Joffrey Ballet’s production of "The Nutcracker," performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at PlayhouseSquare will take place 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare, located at 1375 Euclid Ave. This production of "The Nutcracker" runs from Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. The Joffrey Ballet’s "The Nutcracker" incorporates 60 young dancers into their Cleveland production this holiday season. Eligible.
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Area Residents Tell Their Stories in a Play Opening at Rainey Sept. 16

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Jan Thrope didn’t set out to write a photojournalism book about Cleveland’s city neighborhoods.  The process was jump-started when a boy she was tutoring was overcome by fear of his neighborhood. She traveled up and down streets trying to find the source of his fears. She said, “I saw many hopeless and despairing sights that were hurting him. But looking closer I discovered residents whose visions.
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Help Wanted: NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology

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TITLE:  Director of Adult Training Programs REPORTS TO:  Chief Operations and Program Officer SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  Adult Training Program instructors, students and support staff (shared). POSITION OBJECTIVE The Director of Adult Training Programs will develop, administer and implement all adult training programs offered at NewBridge.  The Director will manage the day-to-day activities of the year-round training program, including the recruitment of students, development of curricula, coordination of academic refresher courses, hiring.
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Movie About Teen Pregnancy Lacks Depth

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I saw the film "17 Girls" at the Cleveland International Film Festival. The movie is based on a real-life group of best friends who decided to all get pregnant at the same time and raise their children together. It reminded me of the movie "The Pregnancy Pact," which was based on that exact same story and aired on Lifetime. I think the reason so many filmmakers have taken an interest in this story.
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