Tag Archives: Cleveland
Volunteering: What Feels Like Helping and What Is Helping
I have been thinking a lot about the fact that I do not volunteer anymore. I did in high school and college, but not now. Part of that was because I was in a very stressful job with slightly odd … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Game of Thrones: Cleveland Shakespeare Festival Performs Macbeth
One of the greatest points of pride in my life is that I have never seen a single episode of Game of Thrones. And I never will. (Well above my limits of violence.) But I do not need to wonder … Continue reading
Flying Ponies(Euclid Beach Park) by Carl Gaertner
I instantly connected with this picture. This hangs in the modern art/local artist section at the Cleveland Museum of Art. I had never heard of Carl Gaertner before but apparently he was a successful painter who lived in Cleveland. This … Continue reading
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival’s Taming of the Shrew: Summer of the Shrew Part Deux
It wouldn’t be summer without the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival’s outdoor free theater. This year they begin with Taming of the Shrew. I wish they had done this last year, because I did a bit of The Summer of the … Continue reading
2016 NBA Championships: Clevelanders are Somebody Again!
Those of you who read my blog a few years ago know that I haven’t always been charitable towards LeBron. Ok, I basically said that he was worse than Hitler and Satan. (LeBron, I’m sorry.) But last year, when Cleveland … Continue reading
Song: in America, but Not Of America
A few weeks ago, a friend and I went to the Cleveland Museum of Art. One of the exhibits was a video sculpture called Song. Song features the artist’s three blonde nieces singing a simple refrain over and over. They … Continue reading
The 39th Cleveland International Film Festival : A (Film) Festivus for the Rest of Us!
On Saturday, a friend of mine came to visit me in Cleveland for one purpose; to attend the Cleveland International Film Festival. I took her to see Short Films. I think that’s the best way to start. First of all, … Continue reading
