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03 / 1 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Health Fair for Humans Start: 10:00 am End: 4:00 pm The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will host a "Health Fair for Humans" with information about exercise, nutrition, physical wellness and mental well-being. More than 20 other health-related organizations will participate. More information. more info
03 / 2 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Greening your life: First steps Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm A presentation towards a greener lifestyle sponsored by www.NewOrganicLifestyle.com Learn ways to improve your life with: Recycling Energy Efficiency and Usage Local Food Sources and Diet Landscaping Vermicomposting ( Worm Composting ) Green Products for the Home and Body Transportation more info
03 / 3 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info
03 / 4 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Approaches in sustainable landscaping Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:00 pm The Nature Center staff will present why sustainable landscaping is rewarding to us and rejuvenating to our environment. Part of the environmental town hall brown bag lunch series. more info
03 / 5 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Ohio breeding bird atlas talk Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:30 pm American Woodcocks, owls and woodpeckers are birds with early “safe dates” (the period when most migrants will have left and those birds that remain are likely nesters). At this month’s Planet Chat, we'll share bird-atlasing stories and strategies with Philip Chaon as we plan for a summer of birding. Bring your field notes and we will demonstrate how to enter bird sightings into the OBBAII Web site. Planet Chat is a Cleveland Museum of Natural History Store program held the first Wednesday of each month to discuss topics concerning conservation, citizen science and the world around us. Stop by between 5 and 7:30 pm. Free with Museum admission. For more information, please contact Terri Martincic at (216) 231-4600, ext. 3291, or tmartinc@cmnh.org. more info Sustainability and watersheds Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Friends of Euclid Creek meeting with David Beach, director of the GreenCityBlueLake Institute of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, speaking on "Thinking Deeper about Sustainability and Watersheds." more info
03 / 6 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info 2008 Midwest land conservation conference Start: 2:00 pm Start: Mar 6 2008 - 2:00pm End: Mar 8 2008 - 2:59pm This year's conference will provide a focused learning experience through high-caliber workshops and seminars from "The art of preserving working lands" to conservation easements and GIS mapping. To register. more info Midtown Brews: Creative Capital for a 21st C Digital Media Marketplace Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm Coming up this week... Creative Capital for a 21st Century Digital Media Marketplace @ Insivia Learn how Creative Capital transforms regions. Get started now by listening to this conversation with guests Geof Pelaia, Virginia Marti College; Eric Purcell & Laura Wright, Insivia; and Experience Artist, Melissa Daubert. Together, we'll explore new business opportunities at the intersections of technology, digital media, and the fine arts. Join us. Build your networks and connect to innovation happening in Northeast Ohio and in Indiana. Meet our online partners at SmallerIndiana.com, a dynamic Web 2.0 community focused on ideas and creative people. more info Ohio's solar energy potential Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm “Solar Energy: Repowering Ohio’s Economy,” is the topic of this First Thursday Forum on the Environment, presented for the public by the League of Women Voters. Guest speakers are Athan Barkoukis, Northeast Ohio Program Manager of Green Energy Ohio and Alan R. Frasz, Vice President of Dovetail Solar and Wind. Both presenters will discuss solar energy, its potential applications in Ohio as a clean energy and an emerging green energy economy. Registration and dessert are $5. Send check to LWVCuyahoga Area Education Fund, 50 Public Square, #938, Cleveland OH 44113, by March 3. For more information, please call the LWVCuyArea office at 216 781-0555 or visit www.lwvCuyahogaArea.org. more info
03 / 7 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info 2008 Midwest land conservation conference (all day) Start: Mar 6 2008 - 2:00pm End: Mar 8 2008 - 2:59pm This year's conference will provide a focused learning experience through high-caliber workshops and seminars from "The art of preserving working lands" to conservation easements and GIS mapping. To register. more info Convention center idea session Start: 1:30 pm End: 8:00 pm Participatory gathering to develop ideas for making a new Cleveland convention more useful to the region -- more than just a plain convention center. Registration information. Sponsored by CatalystStrategies. more info The Planet film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 4:15 pm End: 6:30 pm The Planet, a special showing at the Cleveland Film Festival, cosponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The next 20 to 50 years are crucial for life on Earth. The Planet tells the story of the Earth’s rapid changes and the patterns of human existence. What is the reality of the changes to our environment today? How can we all become motivated to make a difference right now? The film will be followed by a panel discussion. More information about festival films and tickets. more info Cleveland's first straw bale home gala Start: 6:00 pm End: 10:00 pm Gus and Janet Kious cordially invite you to their new straw bale home to celebrate and support the work of Entrepreneurs for Sustainability (E4S). Local food prepared by Fire executive chef Doug Katz. Sponsored by Doty & Miller Architects. For tickets call (216) 451-7755 or email Victoria@e4s.org. more info
03 / 8 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info 2008 Midwest land conservation conference End: 2:59 pm Start: Mar 6 2008 - 2:00pm End: Mar 8 2008 - 2:59pm This year's conference will provide a focused learning experience through high-caliber workshops and seminars from "The art of preserving working lands" to conservation easements and GIS mapping. To register. more info 2nd Annual Sustainable Energy Festival Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm The first-ever Sustainable Energy Festival, held at The Wilderness Center in Stark County on Saturday March 3rd, was a huge success with over 1,000 people attending throughout the day. Organizers, Green Energy Ohio and The Wilderness Center, were amazed by the response, especially since the event was designed for only a few hundred people. This year GEO and TWC have teamed up again to offer the 2nd Annual Sustainable Energy Festival at Fairless Middle School in Navarre (Stark County). Discover the benefits, challenges and costs of clean energy living through seven free presentations running throughout the day. Learn more about these technologies by taking one of five 3-hr workshops ($40 for GEO/TWC members, $50 non-members). Interact with dozens of exhibitors, see hands-on demonstrations and get answers to your questions. For more information, visit www.GreenEnergyOhio.org. more info Kirtlandia Society "Ecology of West Nile Virus" Start: 9:30 am End: 11:30 am Mary Garvin, Associate Professor of Biology, Oberlin College Click here to view our announcement on our website more info Return of the Cuyahoga film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 4:45 pm Traces the development of Cleveland from its exalted position in the early part of the 20th century as the “Silicon Valley of the industrial era” to the fateful day of June 22, 1969 when debris on the river actually caught fire. Serving as a symbol of decay of American cities in general, the event ignited grassroots ecological action across America. The film emphasizes Mayor Carl Stokes’s importance in putting political pressure on Washington, which led to the Clean Water Act of 1972. Now a trailblazer in restoring fisheries, the Ohio EPA (with the help of concerned citizens) is seeing a real difference in the life of the river. more info Portage County Earth Day fundraiser Start: 8:00 pm End: 11:00 pm Standing Rock Cultural Arts, The Hoppin Frog Brewery, Totally Cooked Catering, and Abruzzo's Wine and Homebrew Supply invite you to The "Go with the Flow" Earth Day Fundraiser to promote watershed awareness and raise funds for the upcoming "Who's Your Mama?" Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival. Local food, organic pies, local music with the River Bottom Bushwhackers, short environmental films, and ten tastes of local brew. For reservations, call 330-673-4970 or email info@standingrock.net. $20 and up suggested donation. more info
03 / 9 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Sap’s-a-risin! celebration Start: 12:00 pm End: 4:00 pm You’ll help gather sap in Geauga Park District's sugarbush by checking tapped trees and pouring the sap into a sled, then watch (and smell) the sap being boiled in the sugarhouse and have a sample taste before heading back outside to enjoy historical interactions with costumed interpreters. Then warm up again by stopping in the lodge for live entertainment and more maple treats. For more information, call (440) 286-9516. more info Return of the Cuyahoga film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 9:15 pm End: 10:15 pm Traces the development of Cleveland from its exalted position in the early part of the 20th century as the “Silicon Valley of the industrial era” to the fateful day of June 22, 1969 when debris on the river actually caught fire. Serving as a symbol of decay of American cities in general, the event ignited grassroots ecological action across America. The film emphasizes Mayor Carl Stokes’s importance in putting political pressure on Washington, which led to the Clean Water Act of 1972. Now a trailblazer in restoring fisheries, the Ohio EPA (with the help of concerned citizens) is seeing a real difference in the life of the river. more info
03 / 10 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Mountain Top Removal at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm An especially poignant lesson on current coal mining—and its impact—in West Virginia and southern Appalachia. The film follows the personal stories of residents as they fight for clean water and a school that is not overshadowed by a coal mining facility and its toxic sludge impoundment pond. more info
03 / 11 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Building Energy ‘08 Start: 11:00 am The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s (NESEA) annual conference and trade show for renewable energy and green building professionals. More information. more info Mountain Top Removal film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:00 pm An especially poignant lesson on current coal mining—and its impact—in West Virginia and southern Appalachia. The film follows the personal stories of residents as they fight for clean water and a school that is not overshadowed by a coal mining facility and its toxic sludge impoundment pond. more info Chris Jordan: Portraits of American Mass Consumption Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Chris Jordan’s photography is a stunning meditation on American consumerism. He fills the frame with the overflow and detritus of our discarded cars, cell phones, cigarette butts, pop cans as they stack up in our landfills. Jordan’s latest show runs through June 1. more info The Green Chain film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm The Canadian film explores the question, Who doesn’t love trees? This film is compromised of a series of monologues by likely and unlikely tree lovers. What these interlocking stories tell us is that there are multiple sides to the environmentalist issue. CIFF is offering a discount for GCBL readers – use the code “Green” when purchasing tickets online www.clevelandfilm.org or by phone 866.865.FILM. more info Sustainability and historic preservation Start: 7:30 pm End: 9:00 pm Sara Hobbs, Associate Director at the Cleveland Restoration Society, looks at sustainability and historic preservation in “The Greenest Building is Already Built,” presented on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m. in Oberlin College’s Hallock Auditorium (located in the Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at 122 Elm Street, Oberlin). In recent years, newly developed “green” technologies have made headlines in response to society’s efforts to reduce human impact on the environment. Discussions of “green” often focus on new construction, while the green potential found in the restoration of existing buildings is overlooked. Hobbs illustrates that the continued use and rehabilitation of existing buildings is the sustainable and responsible use of resources. Hobbs’ presentation covers the negative environmental impact of demolition and discusses possible public policy incentives that could further support and encourage the rehabilitation of older buildings. She will give tips on how homeowners can participate in environmentally friendly practices while preserving the historic integrity of their homes. She’ll also address how historic preservation and green building movements can work together to conserve buildings and promote sustainability. This free, public program is sponsored by the Oberlin Heritage Center, the Lorain County Preservation Network, and the Cleveland Restoration Society, with local support from the City of Oberlin, the City of Oberlin Historic Preservation Commission, the City of Oberlin Housing Renewal Commission, and Oberlin College’s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Studies Department. more info
03 / 12 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Ohio Wildlife Diversity Conference Start: 8:15 am End: 3:30 pm 2008 Ohio Wildlife Diversity Conference sponsored by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Registration information. more info Best local land use practices workshop Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm Technical workshop topics include: Storm Water/Phase II, conservation development, comprehensive planning, compact development, Riparian setbacks and more. Led by Kirby Date, AICP, The Countryside Program at CSU. Part of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission’s Balanced Growth Program. RSVP required at least one week prior to session: 419-245-2514 or lakeeriecommission@ameritech.net more info
03 / 13 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Green jobs conference Start: 9:00 am Start: Mar 13 2008 - 9:00am End: Mar 14 2008 - 2:30pm "Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference" sponsored by a diverse group of environmental, labor, industry, and philanthropic organizations. More information and registration. more info The Green Chain film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 9:30 am End: 11:00 am This Canadian film explores the question, Who doesn’t love trees? This film is compromised of a series of monologues by likely and unlikely tree lovers. What these interlocking stories tell us is that there are multiple sides to the environmentalist issue. CIFF is offering a discount for GCBL readers – use the code “Green” when purchasing tickets online www.clevelandfilm.org or by phone 866.865.FILM more info FirstEnergy proposed rate increases public hearing Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm FirstEnergy proposed a $340 million annual revenue increase in June 2007. This would be paid for by customers including a $109 million increase for Cleveland Electric Illuminating customers. The PUCO will make the decision about whether FirstEnergy can raise customers’ rates after hearing from customers about their concerns. more info
03 / 14 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Green jobs conference End: 2:30 pm Start: Mar 13 2008 - 9:00am End: Mar 14 2008 - 2:30pm "Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference" sponsored by a diverse group of environmental, labor, industry, and philanthropic organizations. More information and registration. more info Nance College of Business corporate roundtable Start: 7:30 am End: 9:30 am Speakers will be David Gustashaw, vice president of engineering, director of Interface Carpeting, Atlanta, Georgia and Jack Gustashaw, senior vice president, Middough Engineering. David will be presenting sustainability from an owner perspective and Jack from a consultant perspective. RSVP to m.herlevi@csuohio.edu or by phone at 216-523-7278. more info Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans Start: 7:30 pm End: 9:00 pm Explorer Lecture Series with Harriet Washington: The history of medical research with African Americans remained largely unexplored until journalist Harriet Washington published the book Medical Apartheid, the product of years of research into long-undisturbed medical journals and experimental reports. Using this work and many arresting, rarely seen images, she discusses the science and ethics behind this long-neglected chapter in the history of medicine, which paralleled American culture at large. She also demonstrates how for centuries, racist mythology, economics and politics trumped scientific and medical discipline – and how this history can serve as a cautionary tale. Ticket information. more info
03 / 15 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Coit Road Farmers Market pancake breakfast Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm In honor of the upcoming maple sugaring season, enjoy this pancake breakfast. Food demos and tasting $5.00 per person. Locally grown products include brown eggs, Middlefield cheese, butter, jams, jelly and honey. Plus spices and baked goods. Flea market, Watkins products, hand-made chocolates, hand-crafted jewelry. Winter Hours Sat. 8 am-1 pm. more info Canary Project opening at Cleveland Museum of Natural History Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Opening of the Canary Project exhibit, which uses art to forewarn global warming. Come to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to see photographs of sites that show evidence of climate change; view exhibits pertaining to climate change and its effects, and offer your ideas how to create a more sustainable future. The exhibit will be on display through Aug. 10. More information. more info Flow: For Love of Water film at Cleveland Film Festival Start: 2:15 pm End: 3:30 pm The film relates the struggle over control of the world’s water, and how concerned citizens are taking it back from corporations. Over the millennia, water has been considered not property but a birthright, a resource vital to life. Recently, of course, multinational corporations have been drilling and bottling it for profit. And, in many places, management of the water supply has been turned over by local governments to foreign corporations who charge the local population. more info
03 / 16 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Community supported agriculture public meeting Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:00 pm Learn about Lakewood Earth & Food Community activities and how to buy your produce from local farmers. Speakers from City Fresh and Covered Bridge Gardens. Last year, LEAF had 200 people participate in its community supported agriculture program. more info
03 / 17 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info
03 / 18 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Sustainable placemaking at E4S Start: 5:30 pm End: 8:30 pm This month Entreprenuers for Sustainability will share several inspirational stories about sustainable placing making that are springing up in our region. Learn how you can help Cleveland LEED the way in developing a Green City on a Blue Lake and explore LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) opportunities. Discover plans for LEED-ND in Greater University Circle neighborhoods. Lillian Kuri and India Pierce Lee from the Cleveland Foundation will share their vision and plans for the Greater University Circle Initiative, creating Cleveland's 21st century community. Jim Anderson from KSU will share the opportunities in creating sustainable ESOP businesses in these neighborhoods. Explore with Justin Glanville, Building by Cleveland by Design, another LEED-ND opportunity in the Flats East Bank Development. Be inspired to bring your most creative minds to a conversation on sustainable place making led by Paul Alsenas, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission and the Cuyahoga Valley Initiative. Registration is required: RSVP online or call 216-451-7755. more info
03 / 19 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Cleveland Colectivo grantee interviews Start: 8:00 am Cleveland Colectivo will interview the 15 finalists for its 2008 grants today and on April 5th. The interviews are open to the public, and anyone that is interested in learning more about the Colectivo and our work. To attend and to acquire copies of the application, RSVP by email. more info Ohio transportation leadership forum Start: 8:30 am End: 4:00 pm Discuss challenges facing the nation's surface transportation infrastructure and explore opportunities for Ohio's transportation future; Explore new and creative approaches to funding sustainable transportation; Help define a new vision for transportation financing and policy development; and Build an agenda of national priorities for Ohio to pursue in Washington. Speakers include: Senator George V. Voinovich Anne P. Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership Jack Schenendorf, Vice-Chairman, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission RSVP by March 5 to Alicia Kehrig at 614-233-4169 or akehrig@morpc.org Registration fee: $75 for public and private attendees. more info Ohio Planning Conference workshop: Confronting NIMBYs Start: 4:00 pm End: 5:30 pm The Cleveland Section of the Ohio Planning Conference is offering a distance learning series to OPC members and guests free of charge. This session covers: "Not in my back yard" is a cry heard cross the country. Presenters discuss both the ever-evolving nature of NIMBYism and the legal requirements related to NIMBYs. Discussions of how to place unpopular uses and how to regulate them to lessen negative impacts. Please RSVP to Ann Klavora at ann.klavora@shakeronline.com or 216-491-1436. more info True story of downtown Cleveland rocks Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Paleontologist Joe Hannibal speaking on the origins of the stones that build Cleveland at the Curator's Forum Lecture Series of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Ticket information. more info
03 / 20 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Organics 101: Intro to Organic Crop Production Start: 8:30 am End: 4:00 pm The demand for organic food keeps growing, and an upcoming workshop will share with Ohio farmers how they can start to profit from it. “Organics 101: An Introduction to Organic Crop Production,” sponsored by the Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association (OEFFA) and by Ohio State University’s Organic Food and Farming Education and Research (OFFER) Program, runs from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, at the university’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), 1680 Madison Ave. Featured will be organic farmers and OFFER researchers together presenting the latest and best recommendations on transitioning to organic production. Marketing organic crops, the economics of organic production, the organic certification process, organic certification standards and finding approved production inputs will be among the topics. So will crop rotations, pest management and soil biology. The growing demand for organic food presents a great opportunity for Ohio farmers, workshop organizers say. Any Ohio farmer who is looking for information on organic crop production is encouraged to attend, they add. Registration costs $25 per person if received by March 10 and $30 per person after March 10. Lunch is included. To register, send your name, address, telephone number (optional), e-mail address (optional) and payment to Kathy Bielek, 201 Thorne Hall, OFFER, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. Make checks payable to OSU/OFFER. For more information, contact (330) 202-3528 or bielek.4@osu.edu or go to www.oeffa.org. more info
03 / 21 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info
03 / 22 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security. more info Free screening of documentary "Mad Cowboy" Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:30 pm Mad Cowboy looks at Mad Cow Disease and the politics of agriculture, ecological sustainability, and human health, while making a strong statement about industrial farming and its impact on the planet and on our fellow beings. The film's main focus is Howard Lyman, a 4th generation former cattle rancher from Montana who became famous by his appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 and the subsequent legal battle with the Cattleman's Association. more info
03 / 23 Leap Night in the Flats East Bank (all day) Start: Feb 29 2008 - 6:00pm End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:00pm A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank. FOOD Food vendors Ideally, some of the restaurants that will be part of the Flats East Bank development will set up stands and sell food and drinks. Pig roast and/or oil drum barbecues Grilling meat will add warmth and protein to the evening. FUN Ice skating If the weather is cold enough in the days leading up to the event, we will flood part of the Flats East Bank site for skating. If the weather is too warm, the rink area will become a pond for toy boat races. Open snowboarding and competition on rails, boxes, and ramps set up for the night. Video game competitions Large-scale video games (Rock Band, etc.) projected on a blank building wall at the southern end of the site. (Vertical Sound for audio/projection equipment) Snowsuit fashion show and the crowning of Miss Leap Night. SPECTACLE Snow installation The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and local artists will create a temporary snow environment as a setting for the event, using ice blocks and snow that will be stockpiled on the site in January and February. The snow installation will be constructed during the last week of February, generating interest and publicity in the days leading up to the event. Central bonfire and/or a series of trash can fires at the river’s edge to provide light and warmth. Dead Christmas tree forest Old Christmas trees will be stockpiled and used to landscape the site for the event; trees will be harvested throughout the night to fuel the bonfire(s). The Christmas tree forest will be populated by polar bears (actually people in polar bear costumes) who will hand out snacks and deliver trees to the bonfire(s). SAFMOD Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble will create a special fire performance for the event. LOGISTICS Safety Fire truck and ambulance on site; off-duty police officers will provide security.