If we see the earth as a spaceship and go further to invoke the comparison of a lifeboat, it is of course of vital concern to everybody on the boat if the crew or the passengers start polluting their supply of food and water, distributing supplies on a grossly inequitable basis, knocking holes in the bottom of the boat, or worst of all trying to blow the boat out from under us.
It’s time we built a high-speed rail system connecting Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. It’s time we fund our transit systems to be strong competitors to the car. It’s time we invested in Complete Streets (like the Euclid Corridor). It’s time we fixed our potholes. It’s time we stopped building new highways to nowhere. It’s time we had a real conversation about investing in a transportation system that recognizes climate change, peak oil, and sustainable solutions.
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Cleveland Complaints Choir
Marc Lefkowitz Says:What’s the point of complaining unless you have an audience, right?
Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints.
Just a sample: “Tram #3 smells like pee. My tights slip when I walk. Why are they cutting down old trees for toilet paper and there’s still never any available? etc.”
Other cities caught on (Birmingham: “The bus at 6:30 isn’t frequent enough, and why does beer cost so much in town?”) to this hilarious and hackles-raising art. Need I say, who complains louder and better than Clevelanders? Ok, so who has a complaint that they want to register in the name of art?
theatre - outdoors in the summertime
carol Says:Cleveland in the background. As the play was about a union upsurge (a la Norma Ray) the industrialized Flats was such a fitting setting. You might want to contact the group and highlight them on the website.