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Concert Review: Mumford & Sons at the Beachland Ballroom


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Published May 24, 2010 at 9:55 a.m.
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"Folk you!" ... The case of London’s Mumford & Sons should be a lesson about the modern music business for any young band yearning for success ... On the strength of the neo-folk (think Fleet Foxes and Blitzen Trapper) quartet’s stellar debut album Sigh No More , the band has completely sold out its first U.S. tour, including Friday’s performance at the Beachland Ballroom ... The band is playing mostly mid-size clubs, and if each concert is like the one here, then Mumford & Sons are

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YEATS REIMAGINED


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Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

An Irish folk hero stands tall in CPT's Open Mind Firmament ... by Christine Howey ... Asked to describe an apple, most of us would come up with "red" and "round." Ask a poet like William Butler Yeats the same question and he'd respond with something completely different. For poets, the truth is fractured, complex, and lies beyond the commonplace. This is why Open Mind Firmament, an Evening of W.B. Yeats at Cleveland Public Theatre can be stunning, confounding, and revealing — often at the

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Rocky River Fishing Report - May 13, 2010


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Published May 13, 2010 at 1:42 p.m.
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Rocky River was named one of the “150 Best Places to fish in America” in the June 2007 issue of Field and Stream magazine ... The Rocky River is currently muddy and moderately elevated due to recent rain.  Given more rain in the current forecast, this may not change much in the near future.  Anglers can  keep an eye on the flow gage for the latest trend in river flow and temperature at the following link: ...        ... During the limited windows of opportunity that anglers have had

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Blame, Shame and Missing John Kuester


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Published May 12, 2010 at 6:07 p.m.

Is it possible to overreact to a 120-88 loss in Game Five, Round Two, at the Q? For the first time, I heard Cleveland fans booing our beloved Cavs ... Best win record, best rebounding team, we love our guys ... They, like the NBA itself, care; they give back ... LeBron James, the best player in the league, in the world, possibly ever, could have been born anywhere ... Could have played anywhere ... But LB Jimmy is northeast Ohio born and bred ... He learned the game here and he plays the game

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Power Walking


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Published May 12, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Take your brain for a heady promenade at CPT's Wanderlust ... by Christine Howey ... If you've ever faced down an angry driver vying for the last open parking spot near a store entrance, you know how obsessed we modern humans are with the avoidance of walking. That's why it's good to pause and reflect on the joys of bipedal locomotion in Wanderlust: A History of Walking, now playing at Cleveland Public Theatre. This world premiere, adapted by Matthew Earnest from an identically titled book by

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Power Walking Humility OPTIONAL


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Published May 12, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Take your brain for a heady promenade at CPT's Wanderlust Fine performances save Humble Boy's iffy script ... by Christine Howey ... If you've ever faced down an angry driver vying for the last open parking spot near a store entrance, you know how obsessed we modern humans are with the avoidance of walking. That's why it's good to pause and reflect on the joys of bipedal locomotion in Wanderlust: A History of Walking, now playing at Cleveland Public Theatre. This world premiere, adapted by

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COMMIE POETRY SLAM


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Published April 28, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Wonderful words can't save Things of Dry Hours ... by Christine Howey ... The trouble with being a playwright who writes like a poet is that, from a theatrical perspective, you're always in danger of taking a long and lovely sounding walk off a short pier. And that's what happens in Things of Dry Hours, now at Cleveland Public Theatre.  Written by Naomi Wallace, the script offers up many incisive and lyrical phrasings, but the characters ultimately seem to be mere mouthpieces for Wallace's

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ANCIENT MYSTERIES


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Published April 14, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

MorrisonDance, Travesty and Antaeus conclude CPT DanceWorks 10 ... by Marissa Glorioso ... Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks 10 closes its month-long run with with performances on two stages by three local companies that explore dance's power to establish community and individual identity.  In the Gordon Square Theatre, MorrisonDance presents a collection of works called Mysterious. The Etruscans — the ancient people who lived where Rome is in the centuries before it became Rome — serve

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GROWTH ORIENTED


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Published April 7, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

CPT DanceWorks presents Inlet and Verb ... by Marissa Glorioso ... Growth is the theme explored by both companies performing in this week's Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks program. Inlet Dance Theatre's mission is equal parts performing and outreach/education, while Verb Ballet's Fresh Inventions gives local choreographers and composers the opportunity to set work on a professional dance company.  Inlet's artistic director Bill Wade brings his brand of Erick Hawkins-based modern dance,

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PRIORITIES IN MOTION


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Published March 31, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

MegLouise Dance opens CPT's Danceworks 10 ... by Marissa Glorioso ... What you notice first about local choreographer/dancer Megan Pitcher is her intense enthusiasm for dance and confident determination. Besides running her company, MegLouise Dance, she teaches dance at Tri-C and recently opened a west-side rehearsal and teaching studio. This weekend, her company kicks off Cleveland Public Theatre's annual Danceworks series. Pitcher and her nine-member cast will premiere Outside the Lines, a

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