Nan's Notes

REGULAR ATTRACTIONS AT ARTS COLLINWOOD

Happy Hour every day: 4-7 pm, $2 Stella Artois

Live Jazz every Wednesday: 8 pm, new band every week

Acoustic Showcase Jam Night every Thursday: 8 pm with Jeff Powers Band

All enhanced by wine (try the Fruliano if you like something light and fruity), coffee, beer (they have several besides Stella) pastries, soups and really good bread in the sandwiches.

Arts Collinwood  15605 Waterloo Road, 216-692-9500, www.artscollinwood.org. Gallery and Café hours: Tuesday –Saturday 11-11; Sunday 11-5. Community Center, 397 E 156.

 

CALL TO ARTISTS: RAIN BARRELS   

In case you missed it: Fat Cats restaurant in Tremont is looking for artists to paint rain barrels: they provide the barrel and a $50 fee.  Call Fat Cats restaurant (216) 579-0200

AT THE BEACHLAND   

Sunday May 1: "Rebels With a Cause," a Benefit for PetFix. Exhibit A, Hillbilly Idol, STATE ROAD. Ballroom 5:30 pm - $12 adv/$15 dos. PetFix's clinic on wheels needs help to go on spaying/neutering pets for low-income owners and pets that have been lost or abandoned, and some bands are pitching in to make it happen. For details and donations, call the Beachland at 216-383-1124 or Petfix Northeast Ohio at 440-247-8931.

Friday May 6: Alright After Party with DJs Tom (Afternoon Naps) & Fred (Sex Crimes). Tavern 12 am - FREE SHOW!!! I’m listing this mainly because I love the following para: “Your hosts Tom and Fred boldly lead you through jungles of rock n' roll wonder, where britpop platters grow wild on trees alongside the savage flowering vines of punk rock.” Alice in Rockland.

Saturday May 7, Rockin' Brunch, Tavern 11 am to 3 pm. You’re supposed to attend this after running 5 k for the Diversity Center and visiting the Rock Hall (free admission to runners’ who’ve paid the $25 donation), starting at 8:30 am. By that time, I imagine you’ll be ready for serious sustenance, which you can get at the Beachland’s brunch at a 10% discount if you’re wearing a Walk, Rock & Run T-shirt. If the walking&rocking hasn’t worn you out, you can loosen up with Liz Bly in her punk yoga session, Ballroom 11 am to 12:15 pm - $13. Bring a mat.

Sunday, May 8, 11 am: Mother's Day Swing Brunch with Ernie Krivda & The Fat Tuesday Big Band, featuring vocalist Erin Kufel.

Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo, 216.383.1124, www.beachlandballroom.com

PEPPERONI BREAD FROM UPSTAGE THEATER   

Upstage Theater’s dedicated actors (and their parents) will be making pepperoni bread on Saturday, April 30, at the St. Robert and William's Hall on E. 260th Street. Get it hot and fresh from noon to 4 pm, $5 a loaf.

BEACH STREET HOUSE ON THE MARKET

You can rent, or rent-to-own, one of my favorite beach-street houses -- a three- bedroom with a delectable front porch (also a two-car garage with opener). It’s just the fourth hose from the lake on Groveland Park Drive (private drive, for what it’s worth) and it can be yours for $1040 a month – complete with one of the better beaches hereabouts and of course spectacular sunsets. 310 Groveland Club Drive, fully renovated. Call/Email Mike @ garciaocho@gmail.com and 216-513-9479.   And visit http://www.orgsites.com/oh/howarealty/ for more info and pics of the inside (I’ve incuded a picture of the charming porch).

ROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

CLEAN UP DAY ON EAST 185   May 6

Sign up with Denise Lorek at 481-7660 to prep E185 for a clean, flowery summer. All volunteers will be treated to lunch by Muldoon’s.

MAY 9TH PLANTING DAYS ON E185  May 9 plus

The week of May 9 has been designated Planting week on East 185: yellow marigolds, red carnations and dark purple petunias. Contact Denise Lorek to help. Tip: this is a good way for your kids to accumulate service hours.

AT THE LIBRARIES

Memorial Nottingham Branch Library, 17133 Lakeshore Blvd, 623-7039 or email cpl-memnot@cpl.org 

Cinco de Mayo Celebration: Come Create Your Very Own Mexican Bird Rattle!

Thursday, May 5, 2011, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the Memorial-Nottingham Branch will read the fun title, Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales. Put your decorative skills to a test, families!  Following the story, come decorate your very Mexican Bird Rattle to take home.

Preschool Story Time Every Monday during May 2011 from 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Stories, rhymes, songs and more for children ages 3-5 and their parents/caregivers. For more information, please call 623-7039 or email cpl-memnot@cpl.org.

Play and Learn Every Thursday during May 2011 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Parents, caregivers and their young children are invited to play and learn with educational toys and books.

Collinwood Library, 856 East 152nd Street, 216-623-6934, www.cpl.org Library Hours:  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10 am – 7 pm; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10 am-6 pm

GED Classes Sign-up:  Monday, May 2nd

Classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays – 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Free tutoring for Elementary School Students

Monday- Thursday – 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Story Time & Play and Learn

Tuesdays: 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 5th – 3:30 p.m. - Mother’s Day Craft

Collinwood Page Turners Book Club – Saturday, May 28th

10:30a.m. - 11:30a.m. – "Don’t Even Go There," by Brenda Hampton

SAKE AND MOTHERS AT THE GROVEWOOD  May 8, May 10

But not both at once (unless Mom decides to drink sake with her Mother’s Day brunch). The Japanese have been making sake for at least 2,000 years – although it went into mass production only in the 1399’s – so they’re probably pretty good at it by now. You can taste for yourself at the Grovewood, which will be pairing sake (the other white wine) with its usual delicious menu items. And don’t forget the complementary recipe book. Tuesday, May 10, 6:30 p.m., $49 per person. Reservations, please.

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

$20 per person/$9 for children (4 & under $4). Menu items marked with * are available for children 10 & under.

Grovewood Tavern & Wine Bar  17105 Grovewood Avenue · 216-531-4900

AT COIT ROAD MARKET

Jane and I were disappointed to miss the baby goat (now strong enough to fight it out with her siblings back on the farm at mealtime) but Bubbe Sandy’s sugar cookies were very consoling, and I went home happy with spinach, eggs, mushrooms and one of the last baskets of the Rigginses excellent apples. Francis had numbers of other items, notably onion sets, seed potatoes (red, Yukon Gold and Kennebec) along with flowers and some herbs. Garden Variety brings heirloom seeds, and there’ll soon be an increasing selection of bedding plants and seeds to get you started on your own garden. And – the market is now open on Wednesdays for the season –10 am-1 pm until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (November 23 this year).

Coit Road Farmers’ Market  Coit Road Farmer's Market is located at the corner of Coit & Woodworth Road in East Cleveland. www.coitmarket. org. Open year-round Saturday 8 am to 1 pm; April-November Wednesdays. 216-249-5455 during market hours.  

AND IN EUCLID

POPS CONCERT ON MOTHER’S DAY

The Euclid Symphony Orchestra, now celebrating 50 years f making music, will play pops for Mom on Sunday, May 8, 3 pm, at Shore Cultural Center. Tickets $10 at the door, children under 12 are free, when accompanied by an adult. It’s always a good performance, says our Euclid correspondent.

Shore Cultural Center  216-289-8107 291 E. 222

OF INTEREST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD  

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL at Playhouse Square  May 2 - 7

From 10 am to 8 pm, Melissa Daubert’s delightful OM installation will be on view in the Allen Theater Rotunda. Stop to enjoy it (and imagine a world in which everyone does sing in harmony) as you take in the plays and events of the festival.

HORSESHOE CASINO PRE-BID MEETING   April 29

If you’re a contractor doing carpentry, fire protection, flooring or clean-up, you may want to attend the Horseshoe’s pre-bid meeting this Friday, April 29, at Quicken Loans Arena (enter from the northeast arcade). 11 am – 3:30 pm. Please be prompt! They said. Flier attached.

VETERANS’ BENEFITS RESOURCE FAIR   May 6

You can make sure you’ve registered for all your benefits by attending the resource fair in the theatre lobby of the East Liberal Arts Building on Tri-C’s eastern campus – 4250 Richmond Road in Highland Hills, 10:30 am – 3 pm. The fair is sponsored by Congresswoman Marcia Fudge and Tri-C. Flier attached.

THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE: WOMEN'S HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, SUSTAINABILITY May 12

Linda Robson, Preterm board member and founder of Case Western Reserve University's sustainability program, will present why sustainability is a reproductive justice issue, how environmental factors affect women's health, and how Preterm, an abortion clinic, incorporates sustainability into its mission to advance the wellbeing of women, their families and communities.

Following the presentation and discussion guests can take a guided tour for a behind-the-scenes look at the facility and the sustainability efforts that make Preterm the first medical facility in the country to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Design) Silver certification for its existing building.

Thursday, May 12: 5:30 pm Reception - 6:00 pm Presentation. Admission is free. RSVP by May 6 to tthayer@preterm.org.