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i-connect Community Calendar

i-connect is a community calendar designed to provide you with information about public meetings, educational opportunities, health programs, arts performances, and other events of interest happening in your neighborhood and throughout Northeast Ohio. i-connect reflects ideastream's mission to connect the community through preeminent programming and services that enrich, respond, and relate to our lives.

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Town Hall of Cleveland

The Town Hall of Cleveland educates and informs, through an annual series of public lectures, an audience of attentive and active citizenry in northern Ohio. The series promotes no particular social or political agenda other than to enrich the depth and quality of the public discourse essential to a free society. The series is sponsored in part by ideastream. To see the 2010-2011 speaker schedule, click here.

Crocker Park Fall Arts Festival

Celebrate the change of season with Crocker Park as it presents the 3rd Annual Crocker Park Fall Arts Fest, Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19.  The Fall Arts Fest features a fine art fair presented by The Guild of Artists & Artisans showcasing the handmade artwork of more than 100 juried artists with specialties in jewelry, ceramics, painting, glass, photography, fiber, wood and more.  Plus, a wine tent, clam bake, and pony rides.  It’s a weekend of fun, food, wine, art, fashion and music!  Admission and parking are free.  For info:  www.theguild.org or 734.662.3382.

Chautauqua-in-Chagrin Series Returns This Summer!

Chautauqua-in-Chagrin returns on Tuesday, July 13, with four stimulating evenings of lectures and performances in the Chautauqua tradition.  Renowned speakers will discuss From Asia to the Middle East July 13, Nuclear Power and Weapons: The Right to Have and to Hold July 20, Picture This:  Photography July 27 and Excellence in Public Education August 3.  Tickets and information at Chagrin Foundation.org or 440-247-8955.  Small town.  Big thoughts.  Chautauqua-in-Chagrin.

Announcing Apollo’s Fire’s June Countryside Concerts

Join Apollo’s Fire for their Countryside Concerts!  The Summer Series kicks off with La Nef and fiddle trio “Fiddlers Afire” on June 11 to 16, in rustic venues around the region.  Then, Come to the River, June 18 to 25, with captivating sounds of an old Southern lullaby to the rhythms of an Appalachian barn dance.Tickets and details at 216-320-0012 or apollosfire.org.

MOCA Cleveland Announces Dynamic Summer Exhibitions

The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland announces two dynamic exhibitions: Marilyn Minter: Orange Crush featuring luscious, alluring, and raw works by one of the most adventurous artists working today and the evocative, haunting videos of Aida Ruilova: The Singles 1999-Now. Celebrate at MOCA on opening night Friday, June 4th beginning with a talk by Marilyn Minter at 7pm. Then a party with other art lovers as MOCA kick offs the summer season.  More details at mocacleveland.org.

5th Annual Crocker Park Fine Art Fair

The 5th Annual Crocker Park Fine Art Fair, Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, transforms the elegant Crocker Park in Westlake into an impressive outdoor art gallery. Presented by the Guild of Artists & Artisans, featured work includes painting, jewelry, ceramics, glass, photography and more. Free admission, parking and children’s art activities. This friendly, professional art fair celebrates life, beauty and imagination. Information at The Guild’s website or 734.662.3382. Sneak peeks on Facebook.

NorthCoast 99

NorthCoast 99 is an annual recognition program that honors 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio. View the 2009 winners now.

Oberlin College’s Artist Recital Series 2009-2010

Oberlin College’s esteemed Artist Recital Series is one of the oldest continuing concert series in the United States. Since its inception in 1878, more than 1,000 of the most acclaimed and accomplished musicians, conductors, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and composers have graced the stage of historic Finney Chapel. Stars of such international stature as Dave Brubeck, Alicia de Larrocha, Juan Diego Flórez, Glenn Gould, Denyce Graves, Jascha Heifetz, Vladimir Horowitz, Yo-Yo Ma, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Isaac Stern, George Szell, and Eugene Ysaÿe have performed under the auspices of Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series, enriching the College, the town of Oberlin, and northern Ohio. This growing roster is more than an impressive “Who’s Who.” It is an illumination of the finest of serious music, spanning the late 19th century to the present.  Concert and ticket information at:  1-800-371-0306 or online at http://www.oberlin.edu/arseries.

The Cleveland Orchestra

Long considered one of America’s great orchestras, The Cleveland Orchestra stands today among the world’s most-revered symphonic ensembles.  In concerts at home in Severance Hall, at Blossom Music Center, in residence in Miami, and on tour, The Cleveland Orchestra continues to set standards of performing excellence and imaginative programming that serve as models for audiences and performers alike.  Severance Hall, the Orchestra’s home from September through May, is hailed as one of America’s most beautiful concert halls. For more information on the Cleveland Orchestra’s upcoming events, click here.

CIM, Cleveland Institute of Music

The Cleveland Institute of Music is the place to experience the energy of classical music!  CIM is a leading international conservatory, with graduates who perform with the world’s most acclaimed musical organizations, including 38 members of The Cleveland Orchestra. Explore your passion for music with a choice of hundreds of CIM concerts – most free of charge.  Engage your creativity with programs for all ages.  Explore your musical potential with lessons at CIM’s main facility or at one of four branch locations.  Be inspired by the next generation of classical musicians!  More information at cim.edu or (216) 791-5000.