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Join this group for seasonal adventures in sketching the Old Woman Creek estuary and its watershed. The class begins with classroom drawing warm-ups and a sketching hike and the second hour is "free" sketch time and wrap-up. Bring your own sketching materials. All skill levels welcomed. Attendance at all classes not required.

In event of rain, class is held in dormitory at Old Woman Creek Reserve beach access: 2005 Cleveland Road East Huron, Ohio 44839.

Visit www.oldwomancreek.org or call (419) 433-4601 for more information.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History and MOCA Cleveland explore the link between bird watching and conceptual art at a two-part event this Saturday (July 12).

MOCA’s latest exhibit, “A Bird in the Lens” features artist Jean Luc Mylayne, who spends hours, days, weeks, and even months gaining an intimate knowledge of the environment and birds that he photographs. Mylayne’s conceptual practice bears formal similarities to bird watching, a popular and passionate activity for many Northeast Ohioans.

Andy Jones, Curator of Birds at the Natural History Museum will lead a one-hour introductory lesson on bird-watching along the trails at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center starting at 8:30 a.m. Afterwards, ‘migrate’ to MOCA where Assistant Curator Megan Lykins Reich leads a tour of the Mylayne exhibition.

Space is limited; Reservations required. RSVP by calling Megan Lykins Reich at 216.421.8671 ext. 26.

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The Unforeseen

Executive produced by Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line), this mesmerizing, award-winning documentary on suburban sprawl boasts the brooding melancholy and sublime visual splendor of his own films. Demonstrating how a planned housing development outside Austin, TX would pollute and despoil a popular local swimming hole, the movie forces us to reexamine the American Dream and the meaning of “growth” in this era of rising home foreclosures, failing financial institutions, and shrinking natural resources. “Astonishing…(A) transformative viewing experience.” –Variety. “The best, and the least ballyhooed, of the recent wave of ‘green’ documentaries.” –The Village Voice. “One of the great docs of our time.” –Film Journal International.

Fee. Free parking at the CIA lot. For more information call 216/421-7450 or go here.

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Join the Cleveland Institute of Art for the Cleveland premiere of The Unforeseen. Executive produced by Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line), this mesmerizing, award-winning documentary on suburban sprawl boasts the brooding melancholy and sublime visual splendor of his own films. Demonstrating how a planned housing development outside Austin, TX would pollute and despoil a popular local swimming hole, the movie forces us to reexamine the American Dream and the meaning of “growth” in this era of rising home foreclosures, failing financial institutions, and shrinking natural resources. “Astonishing…(A) transformative viewing experience.” –Variety. “The best, and the least ballyhooed, of the recent wave of ‘green’ documentaries.” –The Village Voice. “One of the great docs of our time.” –Film Journal International.

Fee. Second showing on Saturday, June 28. Free parking at the CIA lot. For more information call 216/421-7450 or go here.

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Kent State’s Interior Design graduating seniors will feature their work in this exhibit. Opening and awards ceremony (6 pm).

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Join this group for seasonal adventures in sketching the Old Woman Creek estuary. Bring your own pencils, paper, and other materials. All skill levels welcomed. For more information visit www.oldwomancreek.org or call (419) 433-4601.

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Join this group for seasonal adventures in sketching the Old Woman Creek estuary. Bring your own pencils, paper, and other sketching materials. All skill levels welcomed- attendance at all classes not required. For more information visit www.oldwomancreek.org or call (419) 433-4601.

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"Pulled Passed" an exhibit of paintings, prints and photographs by artists Corrie Slawson and Emily Blazer inspired by their daily commute through Cleveland.

Opening reception 6-9 pm. Show runs through May 2.

• Cuyahoga County invests $4 million to restore vitality to E. 9th and Euclid as K&D Group bids $35 million (again) on a plan to adaptively reuse the Breuer Tower complex.
• “The Mind of Cleveland", an exhibit by conceptual artist Carl Pope at CIA that consists of posters with statements about Cleveland that Pope collected from regular folks, is “viral art... invasive art... it follows you home and moves into your dining room,” Norm Roulet reviews in his blog.
• Here’s a real sustainable business success story—Simple Yard Care, which uses only organic fertilizers and manual tools (push mowers), which they pull on bike trailers. The two-person Tremont company is looking to hire and expand into new urban neighborhoods.
• Have you wondered, “What’s all the fuss about the Great Lakes Compact?” Midtown Brews will delve into the "MIGHTY BLUE: The Great Lakes Basin Water Compact" a live video broadcast with Marnie Urso, Great Lakes Restoration & Policy, Grassroots Coordinator, Audubon Ohio at 5:30 pm tonight. Found out why the compact is important for all of us living in the Great Lakes basin.

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The annual Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities conference this year focuses on the city as a physical, socio-economic and political entity, as well as a real, imagined, and remembered place.

It kicks off on Thu 3/27 with the exhibit "The Mind of Cleveland" by artist Carl Pope, tfollowed by a keynote on his work by Nicholas Mirzoeff. Programs continue Friday and Saturday with discussions on creating and performing community, contested spaces and social divisions, organizing the city and looking at Cleveland's future, ending on Sat 3/29 with a talk by public artist Lee Quiñones on the Lincoln-West High School mural project.