About.com Cleveland Get the latest headlines from the About.com Cleveland GuideSite. Wed, Mar 10, 10 Cleveland Play House announces 2010/2011 Season The Cleveland Play House has announced the line-up for its 2010/2011 season, the final season at its current location. True to form, they have put together an interesting and exciting mixture of classic and innovative drama. Included are: The 39 Steps, a classic mystery tale The Kite Runner, based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini This Wonderful Life, a holiday classic based on the film, Its a Wonderful Life Backwards in Heels: The Ginger Musical, about the life and career of Ginger Rogers The Trip to Bountiful, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Horton Foote My Name is Asher Lev, based on the novel by Chaim Potek Legacy of Light, by Karen Zacarias Subscription tickets are on sale now via the Play House Web site. Individual tickets will go on sale this summer. (photo courtesy of the Cleveland Play House) Cleveland Play House announces 2010/2011 Season originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 00:01:13. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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Recent Aquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art

by regular contributor, Ken Gradomski: Visual Art was afire in the beginning of the 20th Century! Theorists, movements, schools and styles were sparking and clashing together with incendiary force after the invention of photography and the Impressionist and Expressionist events... Artists like Aleksandra Exter were fearlessly plying their trades, pioneering dynamic new works. The Art Historian, Andrei Nikov wrote of her, The energetic themes and devices of Futurism led to the blossoming of a constructed non-objective art based on the dynamic interaction of colours. Cubism informed her work as well and that is evident in the recent acquisition of her Landscape with Houses and Trees (pictured above) by the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cubism was created in 1907 by Pablo Picasso, a personal friend of Exeter's, and Georges Braque. The Cubist Movement was about the deconstruction and reconstruction of images using planes of color. Futurism was created by Thomaso Marinetti, also her acquaintance, in 1911 and incorporated visual elements of force lines, speed, heights and the idea of dynamism. So much (and so much more!) from Europe and Russia in the early years of the past century. Further on in time, in the late 1930's and during the 1940's in the United States, while Jazz was being created and Social Realism was fading, the New York School birthed the Abstract Expressionist Movement. Influenced by the subconscious spontaneity of Surrealism these painters ventured into the land of feeling. On the one hand, action painting was part and parcel of these creations. On the other, field painting was more contemplative. Art Critics like Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg championed the efforts of these painters and made Abstract Expressionism household words in the minds of the American public and soon after the entire world. Lee Krasner was married to Jackson Pollock, one of the founders of Abstract Expressionism and after his tragic death continued developing her own artistic narrative. Her work, Celebration, (above) is currently on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art and it is simply massive and magnificent. In the information placard alongside, the words, diary and personal journal appear. Passion, action, calligraphic brush strokes and her lyrical lines reach across a half-century to viscerally touch the viewer. The new acquisition of Landscape with Houses and Trees by Aleksandra Exter and the relatively recent display of Lee Krasner's Celebration are reasons enough to begin to experience the vast treasure that is the Cleveland Museum of Art. See images of other Cleveland Museum of Art acquisitions in recent years. Image credits: Aleksandra Exter (Russian-Ukrainian, 1882-1949) Landscape with Houses and Trees, (oil on canvas, ca.1914-15) John L. Severance Fund Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984). Celebration,, 1960. Oil on canvas, 234.3 x 468.6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchase from the J.H. Wad Fund, 2003.227 © 2009 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Recent Aquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 10:35:15. Permalink | Comment | Email this

Crystal Bowersox on American Idol originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 08:57:15.

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The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its summer schedule for Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. The line-up includes the traditional fourth of July concerts with fireworks and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture as well as programs of music by the Gershwin brothers and Broadway standards.

Individual tickets for the concerts go on sale June 1.

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Blossom Orchestra Schedule Announced originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 00:30:27.

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The United States has had fewer than 50 presidents in her 200+ years, but eight of them have come from Ohio. Called the Cradle of Presidents, Ohio has produced a collection of leaders, from Harrison to Harding (including NE Ohio native, James Garfield, pictured at left). Learn more about Ohio Presidents and their contributions in our photo gallery with brief biographies of each man.

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Ohio Presidents originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 00:22:45.

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The buzzards are due to return back to Buzzard Roost in the Hinckley Reservation at the Cleveland Metroparks on March 15, just as they have every year since 1957. The sighting begins at dawn, around 630am, when hearty souls with their binoculars comb the sky for the sleek, black birds.

Less hearty buzzard enthusiasts can help celebrate the return of the buzzards at Buzzard Sunday , March 21, between 7am and 230pm at Buzzard Roost. The festivities include wildlife demonstrations, arts and crafts, a pancake breakfast, live music, and kid's activities. It's fun and it's FREE. Buzzard Roost is located at the Hinckley Reservation at the intersection of Ohio routes 303 and 3. Let's just hope the weather clears up for the buzzards' arrival.

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Welcome Home Buzzards! originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 00:01:42.

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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Welcomes New Addition originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 07:50:34.

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It's a phrase you hear often around Northeast Ohio, but what exactly is the Western Reserve ?

Long before Ohio became a state in 1804, the northeast corner of the state belonged to the state of Connecticut. They called this territory their Western Reserve and the name as well as New England architecture, town squares, and customs can still be found throughout the area.

Read more about this unique Northeast Ohio moniker.

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What is the Western Reserve? originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 00:01:13.

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No child should have to go hungry...or adult either. Yet, each year over 300,000 people in the 19 counties surrounding Cleveland seek meals from one of the area's food pantries and kitchens. More than 36 percent of them are children.

The Cleveland Food Bank's Harvest for Hunger Campaign has already begun and runs for the through April 10. Why not donate that $1 or $2 that you save giving up chocolate, coffee, or cigarettes for Lent and let it make a difference in the community? Harvest for Hunger makes it easy. You can add a donation to your grocery bill at Heinens, Giant Eagle, or Dave's Supermarkets throughout the month.

If you can't spare a $1, consider volunteering your time at the Cleveland Food Bank or other area food pantry. The Cleveland Food Bank welcomes workers to sort and repack food as well as to bag food at supermarkets for charity events. Visit the Food Bank's Web site for more information.

Don't forget, also, as you plan your spring and summer garden to Plant a Row for the Hungry. Food pantries welcome fresh produce and it's a great way to use those extra zucchini, peppers, or tomatoes.

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Harvest for Hunger Helps Feed Cleveland originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 00:01:34.

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Each February, hundreds of orchids invade Cleveland Botanical Garden, in Cleveland's University Circle cultural district. The month-long show features all shapes, sizes, and colors of these exotic plants--the perfect balm for a blustery winter's day. This year, the exhibit begins on February 27 and lasts through March 28.

Orchid Mania is free with admission to Cleveland Botanical Garden, which is $7.50 for adults and $3 for children 3-12. Children under 3 are admitted free. Admission is $5.50 for those 60 and older on Tuesdays.

Cleveland Botanical Garden is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm, on Sundays from noon to 5pm, and Wednesday evenings until 9pm.

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Orchid Mania at Cleveland Botanical Garden originally appeared on About.com Cleveland on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 00:01:28.

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