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Schools and businesses are aiming to boost the economy through a regionally-bred pipeline of skilled workers.
Greater Cleveland Film Commission announces 'My Blind Brother' to film in Cleveland
"The Greater Cleveland Film Commission is happy to announce that the film 'My Blind Brother,' a new comedy starring Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll and Adam Scott, will be filmed in Greater Cleveland starting in early May," the Greater Cleveland Film Commission announced this week. "The film, from writer-director Sophie Goodhart, is being produced by Tyler Davidson's Chagrin Falls-based Low Spark Films, along with Safehouse Pictures. It is also being cofinanced by Think Media Studios in Mayfield Heights."
Read more here.
Read more here.
Cracking open this year's film fest guide can feel like a commitment on par with starting a particularly complex novel. How do you manage the abundance without giving up? Never fear! We've got tips.
This weekend, attend Positive Vibes at Negative Space Gallery, hear Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony at Severance Hall, learn about maple sugaring with the Metroparks and join a conversation about gender and identity at Waterloo Arts.
An alliance of local groups are creating one-stop meeting points for refugees and immigrants new to the city.
A few years ago, local arts groups faced declining audiences. Today, many of these organizations have reinvented themselves and begun to thrive -- or at least turned the corner.
This weekend, check out Teatro Publico at CPT, view films by a Swedish master at the Cinematheque, ruminate on Cleveland “then” and “now” at Heights Arts and join the community in brainstorming ways to enhance the Jim Mahon Green in Ohio City.
"Begin at the Canal Exploration Center in the 33,000-acre Cuyahoga Valley National Park, a lush woodland few visitors expect to find 10 miles south of Cleveland. The drive follows the twisting Cuyahoga River (crooked river in the local Native American dialect) past stands of towering oak, hickory and maple trees and through rocky ravines carved by glaciers millennia ago. Exhibits at the center explore this watery highway."
Read the full story in Midwest Living here.
Read the full story in Midwest Living here.
Rooms to Let: Cleveland is returning to Slavic Village on Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th this year.
"Artists will create a temporary art exhibition using vacant homes as their medium," the website states. "The event, free and open to the public, will also include a neighborhood block party with live music, hands-on art activities and local food."
"Led by Slavic Village Development, Rooms to Let: Cleveland seeks to continue the conversation around vacancy and the plight of Cleveland’s historic neighborhoods in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. This year’s event will expand this dialogue to a new group of visual and performance artists to further interpret the evolution of community and recovery."
Click here for more information on how to donate to the project and how to apply to become a Rooms to Let artist.
"Artists will create a temporary art exhibition using vacant homes as their medium," the website states. "The event, free and open to the public, will also include a neighborhood block party with live music, hands-on art activities and local food."
"Led by Slavic Village Development, Rooms to Let: Cleveland seeks to continue the conversation around vacancy and the plight of Cleveland’s historic neighborhoods in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. This year’s event will expand this dialogue to a new group of visual and performance artists to further interpret the evolution of community and recovery."
Click here for more information on how to donate to the project and how to apply to become a Rooms to Let artist.
