Note from Mansfield Frazier regarding a winery in Hough:

Ward 7's recently-elected representative, Cleveland City Councilman TJ Dow, has asked me to assist him with jumpstarting a project. He would like to explore the idea of situating a first-class winery in the Upper Chester area of the ward, which is immediately adjacent to University Circle, and in the shadow of Cleveland Clinic. Such a facility would tap into the nascent green movement by potentially utilizing grapes grown on the vast expanses of vacant land in Cleveland, while creating employment opportunities for local residents in the areas of wine production, marketing, distribution, equipment maintenance, bookkeeping and a host of other jobs. Additionally, such a facility would become a gathering focal point for community events and other entertainments.

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!

JOAN PAGANO

Discussing & Signing 15 Minute Abs Sunday, January 18th at 3:00PM

No time to exercise? No problem! Join us at this event as certified health and fitness instructor Joan Pagano* returns to discuss her exercise tips along with her new book, 15 Minute Abs.

Learn how to begin the new year with a new you! Joseph Beth Booksellers 24519 Cedar Rd Cleveland, OH 44124 (216) 691-7000

You are invited to attend a Community Informational Forum on the request for a zoning variance by the Bodnar-Mahoney Funeral Home Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:30 pm at 3500 Lorain Avenue (the Green Building with the 5th/3rd Bank.

Speaker: Mary Kaye Denning, Founder and Chief Nudger, GarageInventorLive.org

Parking at the Hilton Garden Inn is $2.00. CES members get a coupon for free parking.

Cuzco by Alfredo Arreguin at Kokoon Arts

An eclectic mix of world class art galleries, studios, and creative businesses evolving together in perfect synergy

A quarterly event showcasing west side Cleveland's largest arts center

Cuzco by Alfredo Arreguin at Kokoon Arts

An eclectic mix of world class art galleries, studios, and creative businesses evolving together in perfect synergy

A quarterly event showcasing west side Cleveland's largest arts center

BOND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION

Public Meeting Notice The Bond Accountability Commission, assigned to monitor the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's construction program and spending of Issue 14 funds, will hold a retreat for purposes of 2009 planning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday January 24, 2009*, in the meeting room of the Memorial Nottingham branch, Cleveland Public Library, 17109 Lakeshore Boulevard, Cleveland 44110.

How does Cleveland celebrate Robert Burns, one of the world's most beloved poets?

Join CES for the kick-off of this exciting new committee!

Parking at the Hilton Garden Inn is $2.00. CES members get a coupon for free parking.

Join Dr. Jim Tomko and others for a walk in the winter woodland where (if we are lucky and have some fresh snow) we will learn the stories of our local wildlife. Birds, mammals, and other creatures leave distinctive "calling cards" for us to discover their identities and quests. Meet at Moebius Nature Center (the greenest nature center around ;-) dressed for the weather snow or shine.

Chers Amis, Join us for a reading of short stories in French by Author Marie-Jeanne Urech. Afterwards tour the Foreign Literature and Audio-Video Departments.

                                                                           photo: Stephanie Berger for The New York Times

THE administrators of prime custom papers provider BestEssays.Com took the time and initiative to help protect their employees by installing better fire protection equipments at the company’s premises recently.

BestEssays.Com tapped a fire protection equipment company for a consultation as well as installation of customized protection systems which comprised of pre-engineered and engineered fire systems, fire extinguishers, duct cleaning, fire extinguisher cabinets, brass and fire department connections as well as exit and emergency lighting.

As many of you know, FOBC members have advocated for the Lower Big Creek Valley Greenway Redevelopment & Restoration Plan, the study to develop a master plan and an economic revitalization strategy for the Lower Big Creek area between Brookside Park and Jennings Rd. The LBC plan combines information contained in past planning studies by NOACA and others. It is funded with support from the Ohio & Erie Canal Association, Cleveland Metroparks, Ward 15 Councilman Brian Cummins and Ward 16 Councilman Kevin Kelley, and the City of Cleveland.

SEEKING INTERNS!

The Cleveland Foundation is seeking undergraduate, recent college graduates and graduate students to apply to our summer internship program. This program offers students meaningful career-related work and knowledge about the Greater Cleveland non-profit community (see below for list of 2009 host sites). Interns are paid $12 per hour for full-time work and attend a weekly seminar highlighting key organizations and programs being conducted in the local nonprofit and public sectors.

Sponsored by Blue Technologies and Boundless Flight

Join us the first Friday of every month for networking at Bier-Markt. FREE appetizers and nonalcoholic beverages.

Parking available in City of Cleveland lot on West 26th Street for $5.00. Parking may also be available in the West Side Market lot on Lorain Avenue. Please do not park on West 25th Street before 6:00 p.m.

Hosted by Young Professionals Division.

 Pecha Kucha Night Cleveland #2

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Start 8:20pm (doors open at 7)
House of Blues 308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

This is your invitation to join Miami alumni and friends from around the globe for a Charter Day Celebration 200 years in the making. Space is limited at each event and the deadline to RSVP is February 7, 2009.

More information and online registration are available at www.MiamiAlum.org/Chapters or you can Joanne Harper at 1-866-MU-ALUMS.

The Cleveland Public Library welcomes the Year of the Ox with two Lunar New Year celebrations at the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, FREE and open to the public, the event will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, E. 6th Street and Superior Avenue, on Saturday, February 7 at 1:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Preview, Thurs 2/5 noon -8pm; Fri 2/6 noon - 5pm Last minute preview 2/7 11:30am - 1pm

The shining star of this auction ...

A Claude Cononver Vase, lot 84, estimates $5000-7000

Cleveland Public Library
克利夫兰公立图书馆
Presents a Two-day Lunar New Year Celebration
庆祝牛年
文艺表演及其他活动
备有点心饮料等

Featuring Traditional Asian Entertainment and Refreshments

Free and open to the public

二月七日星期六下午及二月八日 星期日下午两场演出

Saturday program
Feburary 7, 2009 1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.

Sunday program
Feburary 8, 2009 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.

Main Library Auditorium
Louis Stokes Wing
East 6th & Superior Ave.
Tel: 216-623-2895 for more information

Laurie Anderson visits Cleveland to share stories and music. Not to be missed!

More about Laurie Anderson.

Cleveland Public Library
克利夫兰公立图书馆
Presents a Two-day Lunar New Year Celebration
庆祝牛年
文艺表演及其他活动
备有点心饮料等

Featuring Traditional Asian Entertainment and Refreshments

Free and open to the public

二月七日星期六下午及二月八日 星期日下午两场演出

Saturday program
Feburary 7, 2009 1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.

Sunday program
Feburary 8, 2009 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.

Main Library Auditorium
Louis Stokes Wing
East 6th & Superior Ave.
Tel: 216-623-2895 for more information

The Cleveland Public Library welcomes the Year of the Ox with two Lunar New Year celebrations at the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, FREE and open to the public, the event will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, E. 6th Street and Superior Avenue, on Saturday, February 7 at 1:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 8 at 2:00 p.m.

You’re Invited to the Governor’s Regional Conversation on Poverty World Café Forum

On Feb. 9th, the Governor's Anti-Poverty Task Force is coming to Cleveland. There will be a regional meeting from 10 to 2 at Trinity Commons, 22nd and Euclid.

The following topics will be discussed:

What does it take to create a community without poverty?

How do these recommendations fit into our vision of a community without poverty? What is happening in our community that takes us toward this vision?

RESTON, Virginia--Recognizing the fact that its employees are its greatest asset, the executives of prime resume writing service ResumesPlanet.Com modified the benefits package being offered to its resume writers.

Here are the improved benefits that writers of resume and all other employees will have, while they are under the wings of ResumesPlanets.Com, which will take effect next month:

In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation. ~Cesar E. Chavez

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio offers ARTWORKS, a program where students work with professional artists and other students to create work in music, dance, theater and visual art.

Students entering 10th, 11th and 12th grade are eligible. to apply, go to http://www.yaneo.org/what/artworks.php

Student applications are due March 20. Professional artists who want to work with the students are encouraged to apply by February 12th. The program takes place June 17-July 30th.  Call 216.561.5005 for more information.

City of Cleveland Notification of Public Hearing A Public Hearing will be held to receive citizen comments on potential uses of the funding expected to be received in 2009 from the U.S, Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Community Development Block Grant and other related development funding programs.

The Public Hearing will provide an opportunity for all persons to ask questions and/or provide comments on how these funds may be utilized to address critical development needs in the City of Cleveland.

COMMISSIONERS TO HOST PUBLIC BRIEFING ON MEDICAL MART SITE

CLEVELAND - The Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners will host a public presentation, by Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. (MMPI) of the company's plans for the proposed Medical Mart and Convention Center on the site of the current convention center in downtown Cleveland.

Artist Anna Arnold with her painting Angel on My Shoulder, from her website

Friday the 13th may bring bad luck but The Gallery at Gray's is bringing great art to Cleveland tonight with the opening of a new show Aftermath: Works by Chris Zahner.

The Gallery at Gray's is located in Gray's Auctioneers, on Cleveland's Westside. It is a great space if you have not seen it -- one especially designed for exhibiting art. Owner/auctioneer Deba Gray is herself an artist.

Simply the best show in Cleveland for seeing the work up and coming talent in the art world. Many amazing works are for sale at low prices.

The show runs from Feb 13, 2009 - Mar 14, 2009

In the lifetime of a child born today, 20 to 30 percent of species worldwide will face increased risk of extinction if we do not stabilize global temperatures. Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of National Wildlife Federation, reviews the urgency of the rapidly unfolding climate crisis. He discusses how NWF and others are recasting the climate crisis from an environmental issue to a societal one.

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.

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.

East Cleveland Theater presents "Jitney" by August Wilson.
Sunday, February 15, 2009.
Sponsored by Windermere Renaissance.

At a ramshackle taxi depot, the middle-aged men who drive unlicensed gypsy cabs, or "jitneys," strive to find honor and accomplishment amidst a landscape of diminishing opportunity. When the station owner's estranged son returns from 20 years in prison, their reunion unleashes two decades of brutal, raw emotion.

Vist the branch for a fun afternoon of story time for the entire family.