Event Calendar

Events for Saturday, October 21, 2017

Coventry PEACE Park Fall Clean Up Day
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
It's time for Fall Clean Up Day at Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Park. We all love the Coventry Playground and Gardens, but it takes a lot of neighbors and friends to keep it looking good.

Students, families and neighbors are invited to fall workday, a fun and rewarding day of cleaning, gardening and repairing.

Tools, gloves, lunch, beverages and guidance are provided. You provide goodwill and a little sweat.
Location:
Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus, 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
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Ohio Fair Trade Teach-In & Expo
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
The Ohio Fair Trade Teach-In & Expo brings people together from across the state to learn about and become more involved in supporting fair trade – a model for socially and environmentally conscious consumerism. The Global Fair Trade Marketplace is comprised of 30+ vendors selling clothing, artisan crafts, jewelry, food, and drink products. Virtually anything that is produced according to Fair Trade principles from anywhere around the world you can find here.
Location:
John Carroll University - Dolan Center
1 John Carroll Blvd
University Heights, OH 44118
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The Grand Architecture of Sorrow - Tour
2:00 PM
Jennie Jones, a well-known Cleveland photographer, has prepared a stimulating tour of selected LVC mausoleums and burial sites which are examples of architectural themes found in the architecture of greater Cleveland. Architecturally, they represent the long tradition of allegorical and symbolic references that memorialize the accomplishments of human life. Reservations required. $40.00 per person. Package includes: presentation and afternoon tea in Daffodil Hall followed by the tour conducted on Lolly the Trolley with some walking involved.
Location:
Lake View Cemetery
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Poets Read - Adam Gianelli and Tommye Blount
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Adam Giannelli is the author of Tremulous Hinge, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize, forthcoming from the University of Iowa Press in 2017. His poems have appeared in the Kenyon Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, Yale Review, FIELD, and elsewhere. He is the translator of a selection of prose poems by Marosa di Giorgio, Diadem (BOA Editions, 2012), which was shortlisted for the 2013 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, and the editor of High Lonesome (Oberlin College Press, 2006), a collection of essays on Charles Wright.

Born and raised in Detroit, Tommye Blount now lives in the nearby suburb of Novi, Michigan. He has been the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Cave Canem and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. His work has appeared in Poetry, New England Review, Phantom, Four Way Review, The Offing, Vinyl, and other publications. He holds an MFA from The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. A chapbook, What Are We Not For was published by Bull City Press in 2016.


Location:
Mac's Backs
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Marjorie Prime
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dobama Theatre presents the regional premiere of MARJORIE PRIME by Jordan Harrison, directed by Shannon Sindelar

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama- Finalist

"In the not-too-distant future it’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie has a handsome new companion programmed to recount the distant, fading memories of her life. This incredible new play and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores what it means to be human in the digital age."

MARJORIE PRIME features Dorothy Silver, Derdriu Ring*, Steve Sawicki, and Nicholas Chokan+.

The play runs 90 minutes with no intermission.

Content Advisory: Adult Language and Situations

TICKETS
$33 Regular
$31 Senior
$16 Student

Tickets can be purchased by phone 216-932-3396, by email at boxoffice@dobama.org, or at our box office at 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. Office is open Wednesday-Saturday from noon-4 pm.
Location:
2340 Lee Rd
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
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