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On March 7th, 2009 at 2pm the Fine Arts Department will present Javier González, piano (faculty member at The Beck Center and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory) and Gabriela Martínez, soprano (member of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus) performing music from Spain and Latin America. The recital will be on the 3rd floor lobby of Main Library (325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44114).

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Trepanning Trio is an instrumental avant-chamber ensemble named for a surgery in which a hole is drilled into the human skull. Cave paintings indicate that people believed the practice would cure seizures, migraines, and mental disorders by letting evil spirits escape.

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Concerts at the Crossroads, the performing arts series at Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker Heights, announces this Spring's Midday Music Mosaic lineup.  Midday Music Mosaics are brownbag lunch concerts, the only such series in the Heights, that are free to the public, and present the best of local Cleveland musicians.  Full schedule below.

All concerts are free, on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm in Christ Episcopal Church, 3445 Warrensville Center Road, Shaker Heights, OH, 44122.  The church is unmistakably located on the corner of Warrensville Center Road and Chagrin Blvd. 

The Fine Arts Department is pleased to present the Jerome Saunders Trio on January 17th, 2009 at 12 Noon. The concert will take place on the 3rd floor lobby of Main Library (Fine Arts and Special Collections) and will last approximately an hour. This recital is free and open to all ages!

The trio consists of Jerome Saunders on the piano, Jesse Dandy on bass, and Larry Hancock on drums. All of these local musicians have worked at various times with many world-renowned jazz greats from Joe Henderson to Najee. They will perform a spontaneously called set with selections from the American song book and jazz standards.  

Please join us on January 17th, 2009 at 12 Noon for a wonderful afternoon of acoustic jazz!

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PBS has been running the life story of LES PAUL. The guitar man is 93 years old and going strong...the story less well known is that of his legendary giant of a partner MARY FORD. 

(Please go and tell--I will be chained to a desk) 

The October 30, 2008 Sun Press lead cover story article (strangely... not on-line) was: "New Uses For Coventry? Music School Settlement, day care, and charter school send letters of interest". This reported, "The Intergenerational School's proposal also listed several partners: Richard Fleischman Architects, of Cleveland, Star Neighborhood Development, of East Cleveland, Strategic Resource Consultants, of Cleveland Heights, and City Fresh Cafeteria, Fresh Stop and Market, of Cleveland". "Fleischman would serve as design architect, while Star Neighborhood Development and Strategic Resource Consultants would likely be development partners...". "That proposal would also include a 1.5 acre "Urban Farm"...". I submitted the proposal, a public document, highlighted below and attached as a PDF, and can say the Sun Press report is largely correct, but the story is far from complete, and far more exciting than the Sun brings to light.

Saturday, November 15 at 8:30pm

Stonehill Auditorium, The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
26001 South Woodland Rd, Beachwood OH 44122

Tickets $15
To purchase:
Visit The Mandel JCC
Call (866) 546-1358
Order on-line at www.clevejcc.org.
(Transaction fees will be added to phone and online orders.)

Going on now.  I am not a musician, but I still have musician fantasies. It would love to know if/and how this conference rocked the

metaverse!!!  Sexy!

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On Sunday September 7th Tropical Cleveland will introduce a vivacious & festive afternoon by the River!

Starting at 3PM the Cyrus outside patio will be the stage of Cleveland's 1st annual Brazilian Independance Day Fest.
Live Brazilian Band by " Magia Tropical "
Live performance of Cleveland's Samba School " Joia "
Authentic Brazilian BBQ & drinks

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Case Western Law School had a benefit concert to support some of the events and interests of their program at Playhouse Square September 5th, 2008 and what a remarkable performance! It was an intimate evening with a legendary folk singer who is an amazing storyteller as well as an inspiration when it comes to peace and social justice.

Huge props to the many artists, MCs, DJs, bboys-and-girls, organizers and 100s of real NEOans who turned out for the 7th annual City Xpressions Street Art Festival, August 23, 2008, at West 25th and Lorain, Cleveland. A perfect summer day - great happy crowd - creative vibe and entertainment - and some spectacular urban art. While there weren't as many artists as the last year I attended, what showed was diverse and often pure genius.

On September 6, 2008 at 2PM, the Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department will present "Sounds of Jazz" on the 3rd floor of Main Library. Consisting of Reggie "Sax Man" Redd, John McComb on bass, Scott Wilson on piano, and Nancy Redd on flute and vocals, "Sounds of Jazz" will perform many jazz standards. Selections will include "What a Difference a Day Makes," "Summertime," "My Funny Valentine," "Misty," and many more. This performance is free and open to all ages. Come downtown and enjoy an afternoon of jazz music in the beautiful Main Library.

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On August 9th, 2008 at 12 noon, the Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department will present "An Afternoon of String Quintets." This FREE program will be performed by Akron and Cleveland based String Quintet, Avanti Musicali, and consist of works by Antonín Dvořák. Please join us in the 3rd floor lobby of Main Library (325 Superior Ave.) for this intimate and informal afternoon of classical chamber music. For more information please call the Fine Arts Department at 216.623.2848.

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When people wonder what is the value of a local daily newspaper, I must point to the story of Shaw High School Band, which was invited to China to perform but could not afford to do that. The Plain Dealer article "Bang a Drum, Proudly", by Connie Schulz, raised enough attention and funding to get them there, from where they just returned in triumph (nicely covered in the PD here, today)... a $500,000 whirlwind phenomenon all occurring in less than 6 months!

Chiefs meeting in Cleveland

On Saturday, May 24th, 2008, the Fine Arts Department will present a recital of classical music written for bassoon and piano. The bassoon is most familiar by its role as the grandfather in Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" and the opening solo in Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring."

The performers include Fine Arts librarian, Michael Dalby and friend, PJ Woolston, who performed together in various orchestras in college. Anne Dalby will accompany them on the piano. The recital will feature works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Johann Baptist Vanhal. Please join us on the 3rd floor of Main Library on Saturday, May 24th, 2008 at 4pm for "An Afternoon of Bassoon"!

On April 5th, 2008, the Fine Arts Department presented a program of classical guitar by performers Jonathan Godfrey and Benjamin Kunkel, both Master of Music candidates at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The music performed featured solo guitar works by Scarlatti, Sor, Villa-Lobos, Torroba, Mangoré, and Brindle. If you happened to miss this great performance, the Fine Arts Department did record the event. Here are two MP3 files you can listen to and download:

Jonathan Godfrey performing Choros No.1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Benjamin Kunkel performing Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios by Agustín Barrios Mangoré

The Cleveland Public Library’s Fine Arts Department is pleased to present a program of classical guitar music this Saturday, April 5th, at 2pm. The performers will be Jonathan Godfrey and Benjamin Kunkel, both Master of Music candidates at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Music performed will feature solo guitar works by Scarlatti, Sor, Villa-Lobos, Torroba, Mangoré, and Brindle. Please join us at 2pm this Saturday on the 3rd floor of Main Library for an afternoon of classical guitar. For more information, please call the Fine Arts Department at 216.623.2848.

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Today I was browsing twitter users from the Cleveland area, and came accross http://twitter.com/djdeviant

I can't believe that I found out about this--today from a bad flyer in Parma.

and the PD is just picking it up now, too...I saw the place a couple of months ago.  This is a sacred place for a lot of people and the new owner respects the history of the Euclid Tavern.  Believe it or not, the sign is a reconstruction.  See www.euclid-tavern.com as this develops. 

Cleveland's legendary Euclid Tavern rock club to re-open Friday, Jan. 25

by jpetkovic [at] plaind [dot] com

Thursday January 24, 2008, 10:28 AM

For six-plus years, the Euclid Tavern was a bleak reminder of a heyday long gone. Well, the doors are open once again. At 9 p.m. Friday, the legendary bar, 11629 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, will celebrate its grand reopening with the JiMiller Band. Free. Call 216-231-7066.

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