2008 Events

Tremont Farmers' Market, Sunday 10-2, Lincoln Park

TremontFarmersMarket — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:26:06 -0600

Start: 2008-10-12 10:00

End: 2008-10-12 14:00

Join us in our new location.

Yummy local food, great music, even yoga this week.

The market is hosting the Fall Plant Exchange organized by the Tremont Gardeners. Bring a plant, take a plant!

From 11-12, yogini Marcia Camino will be leading an Intergenerational Yoga Session. Bring a mat, blanket or towel, and your body.

Come hang out with Andrew Lee, of the Burning River Band. Guaranteed great music.

Questions/comments contact Jody at tremontmarket@yahoo.com

or Kristen at 575-0920

Meeting about Innerbelt and W. 14th Entrance Ramp

slsmith819 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:10:46 -0600

Start: 2008-10-07 14:58

End: 2008-10-28 20:00

Residents of the Tremont neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods: Please try to attend a community meeting about the Innerbelt and the status of the W. 14th entrance ramp on Monday, October 27th, starting at 5:30 p.m. at ola/St. Joseph Center, 2346 W 14th St.

TWDC has invited representatives from the Ohio Department of Transportation, Gov. Strickland's office, Senators Voinovich and Brown, Congressman Kucinich and Councilmen Cimperman and Santiago to a neighborhood forum to discuss the status of the Innerbelt in general and the W. 14th entrance ramp in particular.

The closure of the W. 14th ramp, as well as the rerouting of traffic off the Innerbelt through other entrance and exit closings, is having a negative impact on the quality of life in our neighborhood and our city. This is your chance to speak up, ask questions and demand to know the state's timeline to resolve ongoing Innerbelt issues!

If you have any questions, please call TWDC at 216/575-0920.

2nd District Cleveland Police’s Annual Safety Summit

ScottR — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:10:01 -0600

Start: 2008-10-09 19:00

End: 2008-10-09 20:30

2nd District Cleveland Police’s Annual Safety Summit - Thursday, October 9th, 7:00pm - La Sagrada Familia Church—7719 Detroit Av. - Join Commander Keith Sulzer and his officers for an informative safety seminar. Program will also include presentations by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Brendan Sheehan on Child Internet Safety, Officer Stanczyk, Auto Theft, Sex Crimes detectives, Cleveland Schools Safety & Security, Self Defense, Crime Stoppers & Senior Safety. Light refreshments will be served. If you have any questions, feel free to call TWDC, 575-0920 or Commander Sulzer at 623-5205 or Lt. Bolon— 623-5220.

Mwatabu Okantah & Bridget Kriner at Literary Cafe

steveg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:16:16 -0600

Start: 2008-10-09 21:30

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The Literary Café poetry
night does NOT believe in diversity. It
has no time for checking how many of what type we have there. It does not worry about whether we are fair
to all walks of society. It has no
material assets, so cares naught if the self righteous boycotts, the overly
sensitive protests, or the self proclaimed holders of judgment fines it,
garnishes it, or blocks donations.

The Literary Café poetry
night is biased, is exclusive, is pretentious.
It spits in the eye of fashionable causes. It rebels against sanctimony.
It has only one cause celebre.
The Literary Café poetry night only cares about GOOD POETRY. For that, we go to the bulwarks. We fight for independence. We explore the outer reaches of Akron, the
mists of Toledo, climb the heights of Canton, wade the bogs of Burton. It is poetry of quality that is
important.

The poets are not important.
We care little who they are, where they are from, what to they look like,
what’s their orientation, are they from the orient. Do they like me, do I like them.
Did they pay a bribe, did I pay them a bribe. Do I ever pay anybody anything.
It does not matter! Only the
poetry matters!

And so this Thursday, yet
another in a long line of second Thurdays, October 9 at 9:30pm, we have GREAT poetry
on demand. And yes from poets who do
not matter except they make great poetry.
And maybe that is reason enough for us to laud and respect our two
features, Mwatabu Okantah and Bridget Kriner.

I first heard Mwatabu Okantah about 6
six years ago when he was the guest poet at the old Cleveland Slam nights at
the Beachland. I was just getting into
the scene and trying to find out what poetry was about, when this gentle man in
dreadlocks and a smile read poems of heart and struggle in a soft voice. Between poems, he made just one comment that
was a poem in itself. One that I have
held as the reason why poetry is important.
He said, “I don’t vote. I write
poems.” Then he went to his next piece
and I was searching for him again ever since, and now he is here to show how
powerful a poems is, even compared to a vote. Mwatabu is an accomplished poet,
musician, educator and has been published and performed widely. We are fortunate to have him with us.

Mwatabu S. Okantah holds the
BA in English and African Studies from Kent State University (1976) and the MA
in Creative Writing from the City College of New York (1982). Currently, he is
an Assistant Professor and Poet in Residence in the Department of Pan-African
Studies at Kent State University. He also serves as Director of the Center of
Pan-African Culture. Afew of his books are:
Afreeka Brass (1983), Collage (1984), Legacy: for Martin & Malcolm (1987)
and Cheikh Anta Diop: Poem for the Living—published as a limited trilingual
edition in English, French and Wolof (1997). He lives in Akron, Ohio with his
wife and five of his seven children.

A familiar face in Tremont is Bridget Kriner, who
r.a. Washington introduced to me at Civilization just as she finished her M.A.
from CSU in 2005. I read here thesis that afternoon and it was then I knew I
was in the presence of a great poet.
She has been published in Poetry Motel and Whiskey Island, which she
served as the poetry editor for a time.
She can’t quite recall the last publication she was in, but knows that
it was good. I chased her for reading
at the Lit for years, but Thursdays is working night when she slings beers at a
local bar and restaurant. During the
day she works as a counselor at a fantastic abortion clinic in Cleveland and
lives in our happy little Tremont neighborhood with her cats, Nora &
Stanley. When she grows up one day, she hopes to finish her book of poems and
that someone will publish it. She also
needs to read more so we can all get the benefit of her words.

The benefit of maintaining
high standards is that diversity follows.
We have very diverse personages, with diverse motivations, and diverse
styles. And yet Mwatabu and Bridget are
the same in their love of poetry and their talent to write it. True excellence is diversity, not the other
way around. For the rest of us that
keep struggling and trying to find our excellence, the Literary Café allows us
to show our efforts in the open mic portion of the evening. So come, this Thursday, October 9 at 9:30pm
to hear the accomplished and to share our toil toward it. The Literary Café is at 1031 Literary Road
in the excellent (hence diverse) Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland.

PLEASE GOD SAVE US: BOOK SIGNING WITH KENT SMITH & DEREK HESS

visiblevoicebooks — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:33:34 -0600

Start: 2008-10-10 19:00

End: 2008-10-10 21:00

Visible Voice books is pleased to welcome Kent Smith and Derek Hess as they introduce their new book Please God Save Us.

Hess and Smith come together in a powerful compilation of art and thought which is quite fitting for the present times.

Derek Hess, a Cleveland native, is an internationally recognized artist. His works include a variety of famous rock band posters as well as permanent exhibitions at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louvre.

Kent Smith is a local politician and his information, observations and writing reflect many of the critical issues facing us now and in the future.

This is a great opportunity to meet and support some of Cleveland's true cultural renegades!

A POEM IS A CITY: A CELEBRATION OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI

visiblevoicebooks — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:14:02 -0600

Start: 2008-10-11 19:30

End: 2008-10-11 21:00

THE SECOND ANNUAL BEAT WRITER READING!

VISIBLE VOICE BOOK STORE 1023 KENILWORTH

Come enjoy a live reading of Charles Bukowski's works (poems, short stories, excerpts from his novels) by some of Cleveland's own writers and artists and Bukowski fans, including Michael Heaton of the Plain Dealer.

Relax on Visible Voice's courtyard, stroll the store's 7,000 books and listen to the words of one of Americas's most celebrated writers.

Wonderful wine is available by the glass or the bottle, as well as coffee and other light beverages.

If you would like to participate in reading at the event, please contact Visible Voice Books at 216- 961-0084 or at info@visiblevoicebooks.com

Update on Fire Station # 21

merrickhouse — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:46:40 -0600

The headline of this weeks Sun News " Fire station may have two weeks left"

If you haven't already, please call the Mayors Action line, you can use the following statement... .

" I live at ************ ** and it is important to me and the safety of my family and neighbors to keep Fire Station #21 open"

It is so important and only takes about two minutes.

The signs have had a huge impact. We, as a community, need to keep fighting to get the end result that we desire.

Thank you to everyone.

Amy Weahry

Community Organizer

Merrick House

216-771-5077

Tremont Farmers' Market moving to Lincoln Park

TremontFarmersMarket — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:57:20 -0600

The Farmers' Market has made the move to Lincoln Park. Look for us this and every Sunday in October, from 10a.m to 2p.m.

Locally grown produce, art and music. Wonderful fruits and veggies as fresh as fresh can be.

This Sunday, Oct 5th, join us for Cajun music duo Acadian Driftwood. Brad Smedley and Bill Lestock put on a great show; make you wanna dance!

Ricardo Sandoval of Fat Cats, Lava Lounge, and Felice's Urban Cafe will create a wonderful dish for market goers to sample.

Questions/comments: email Jody at tremontmarket@yahoo.com or call Kristen at 575-0920

Free Night of Theatre at the Liminis for Tremont Residents

csimon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:19:05 -0600

Start: 2008-10-23 20:00

End: 2008-10-23 22:00

convergence-continuum presents BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard at the Liminis theatre, 2438 Scranton Rd. Tremont residents are admitted free of charge for all Thursday performances, thanks to a grant from the Cleveland Foundation's Neighborhood Connections Program. Call 216-687-0074 to reserve your seats.

The setting is a squalid farmhouse occupied by a cantakerous whiskey-swilling grandfather; a pious grandmother who goes on drinking binges with the local pastor; and their sons: Tilden, a former All-American footballer who's now a hulking semi-idiot; and Bradley, who's lost one leg to a chain saw. Into this craziness comes Vince, a grandson none of them recognizes or remembers, and his girlfriend, Shelly, who can't comprehend the lunacy into which she is suddenly plunged. The family guards a dark domestic secret, that Shelly tries to unravel, while mysterious crops suddenly start to appear in the fields.

BURIED CHILD is a funny, creepy, thought-provoking play that runs at the Liminis Thu-Sat at 8 pm thru October 25. Tickets are $15 gen. admission, $12 students/seniors. TREMONT RESIDENTS FREE ON THURSDAYS.

RESERVE YOUR SEATS BY CALLING AHEAD AT 216-687-0074.

Free Night of Theatre at the Liminis for Tremont Residents

csimon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:17:22 -0600

Start: 2008-10-16 20:00

End: 2008-10-16 22:00

RESERVE YOUR SEATS BY CALLING AHEAD AT 216-687-0074.