Pittsburgh
Dreaming up a new Smithfield Street (Next Pittsburgh)
Why Latin music and the Latin community is finally growing in Pittsburgh (Next Pittsburgh)
Latham Street Commons- Idea to turn underused Friendship garages into an urban food market (Next Pittsburgh)
Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum included in list of top 5 great sports museums (Travel Pulse)
Architectural historian and author giving three free talks on Pittsburgh Architecture (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Pittsburgh artists represent at Atlanta's A3C hip-hop festival (Digging Pitt)
A local spoken-word artist does his full length solo show (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Cleveland
New principles for parking could be applied in University Circle (Green City, Blue Lake)
Insolvent East Cleveland owes over $600,000 to an insolvent traffic camera company (Cleveland Scene)
In the cracks between: A faith based start-up in Cleveland (Belt Magazine)
Boxing gyms offer a rich- if incomplete refuge- from inner city struggles (Freshwater Cleveland)
Snapology Cleveland aims to build STEM skills through play based learning (Freshwater Cleveland)
Cleveland Beer Week adds day to festivities (Cleveland.com)
Kent, Ohio
Ground broken on Kent State University Center for Architecture and Urban Design
Cincinnati
Relive last weekends Midpoint Music Festival through these 28 photos (Urban Cincy)
Fifth annual Asian Food Festival returns to Washington Park this Sunday (Urban Cincy)
Pennsylvania
Restoration of Villanova University's Triumph of David painting reveals many changes. (Villanova.edu)
Corbett's DEP chief resigns amid "porngate" allegations (PA Independent)
West Virginia and Appalachia
This music has no borders: Scots-Irish music in Appalachia (WBUR Radio)
Keeping it local: Festival recognizes West Virginia filmmaking talent (The Parthenon)
WV pumpkin festival kicks off in Milton
Other Urbanism and Architecture news:
Incredible maps show how working class neighborhoods are disappearing from American cities (Houston Chronicle)
New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel sells for a staggering $1,95 Billion (CNBC)
Why can't Austin attract international tech students? (CityLab)
Honolulu plans fully automated rail transit (Cityscope)
"Skateboard urbanism" could change park planning (Next City)
London turning some classic "phone boxes" (booths) into mobile device charging stations (Art Daily)
The NFL's other scandal: Rampant Crony Capitalism (Contra Corner)
Inside big real estate's play for San Francisco's hipster geeks (Next City)
The high cost of radium contamination in cities (Next City)
Louisville's "Broken Sidewalk" urbanism blog returns (WFPL News)
What motivates mode choices for urban residents (Human Transit)
Joel Kotkin fears conservatives against suburban sprawl (The American Conservative)
Peak Sprawl? The fringes of the New York region are shrinking (Streetsblog)
The incredible modern architecture of Havana
Has floating architecture's moment finally arrived? (Next City)
Historic preservation, bad for neighborhood diversity (Market Urbanism)
Other Arts Related News:
Tax court ruling seen as victory for artists (New York Times)
David Hockney: Why art has become "less" (BBC News)
NYC photo exhibition vandalized, curator attacked (Hyperallergic)
Has Gaudi's Sagrada Familia grown out of touch? (Hyperallergic)
Artist's diaries since 1865 (Hyperallergic)
Campaign in Britain saves Wedgewood pottery collection (Artdaily)
Smartphone photography evolves (Boston Globe)
Top DJ's out-earn some Hollywood stars (MyFoxNY)
The colorful world of Hong Kong's protest art (Washington Post)
Dallas Museum of Art and University of Texas at Dallas partner to form new art history institute (ArtDaily)
Showing posts with label Kent Ohio. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Ohio Professional Writers Spring Meeting: May 22
Via Brewed Fresh Daily & Cool Cleveland
Spring Meeting
May 22, 2010
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
1613 E. Summit Street
Kent, Ohio
That's the WKSU broadcast building, I think.
Keynote Speaker: Tom Mulready of CoolCleveland.
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(Bloggers?--the line between "professional", and non "professional" journalists is blurring more and more. A critical subject I hope this blog can touch on more in the future--If we have more time and if we get more contributors.
Interestingly, the speaker, Tom Mulready is involved in non traditional media.
I think this is a member only event
Benefits and details
How To Join
If you have thoughts, events, insight or images you want to share about art, music, film, urban design, architecture, transit or history in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Youngstown, Erie, Morgantown, Akron, Canton region--Cleveburgh, email me diggingpitt@gmail.com. We can hook you up to post.
This is not Hyper Local media, but regional media seeking local viewpoints.
Spring Meeting
May 22, 2010
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
1613 E. Summit Street
Kent, Ohio
That's the WKSU broadcast building, I think.
Keynote Speaker: Tom Mulready of CoolCleveland.
View Larger Map
Ohio Professional Writers (OPW) is an organization of professional writers and communicators open to men and women. OPW is dedicated to excellence in communication and to protecting First Amendment freedoms.
OPW is a statewide network of corporate and freelance writers, editors, reporters, photographers, graphic designers, public relations, advertising practitioners and webmasters. Among our members are communication business owners, managers, production personnel, and radio personalities. Also eligible for membership are journalism teachers and college students in a communications-related field.
(Bloggers?--the line between "professional", and non "professional" journalists is blurring more and more. A critical subject I hope this blog can touch on more in the future--If we have more time and if we get more contributors.
Interestingly, the speaker, Tom Mulready is involved in non traditional media.
I think this is a member only event
Benefits and details
How To Join
If you have thoughts, events, insight or images you want to share about art, music, film, urban design, architecture, transit or history in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Youngstown, Erie, Morgantown, Akron, Canton region--Cleveburgh, email me diggingpitt@gmail.com. We can hook you up to post.
This is not Hyper Local media, but regional media seeking local viewpoints.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Hunter Morrison: Who Defines Northeast Ohio?
The truth is I don't know enough about this subject to wade in here but what he says rings very true. What we have here is neither Pittsburgh+ or Cleveland+ but a series of very significant communities often holding priceless assets we need to figure out how to use better and build on.
Don't let some ex New Yorker, and a few other Pittsburgh residents talk about what's going on in your town.
If you have thoughts, events, insight or images you want to share about art, music, film, urban design, architecture, transit or history in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Youngstown, Erie, Morgantown, Akron, Canton region--Cleveburgh, email me diggingpitt@gmail.com. We can hook you up to post.
This is not Hyper Local media, but regional media seeking local viewpoints.
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Yinz Cleveburgh And Random Art Links April1--4Th
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Technology Council Beating Off again. Time will tell, perhaps sooner than we think.
"Innovation and Collaboration equals continued growth for Pittsburgh’s tech sector in the new decade." Still, an article worth reading.
The Post profiles a the very influential composer and technical innovator, Paul Lansky.
Pittsburgh Artist, master woodworker blogs about month in India.
The artist and teacher Tadao Arimoto of Arimoto Design & Woodworking on the North Side will blog about his experiences conducting a monthlong workshop at the Indian Institute of Crafts & Design in the fabled "Pink City" of Jaipur.
Citywalkabout still talking about the Snow disaster--that shouldn't have been. A subject I still want to get back to.
Pitt hoops coach Jamie Dixon, signs two year contract extension.
Chris Briem of Null Space tries to tell some Pension Truth.
A new and probably amazing book out of W. Eugene Smith's New York photos focusing on the Jazz Scene so close by on Manhattan's West Side as well as the vibrant and ever changing life he saw from his streetfront window.
"Mr. Stephenson wrote "Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project" and was a co-curator of the 2001 exhibition of Mr. Smith's city photography at Carnegie Museum of Art.
He spent 11 years culling Mr. Smith's massive archives, including nearly 4,000 hours of tape. This labor of love culminated not only in the book but also in the creation of the Jazz Loft Project, hosted by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The website, www.jazzloftproject.org, continues to research Mr. Smith's New York years.
The highlight of the book is the photographs of musicians in the passions of playing. In one photo, Monk is leaning back -- cigarette dangling from his mouth -- just as he lifts his right hand off the keyboard. He is drenched in shadow, but the light catches his face creating the stark contrast that distinguishes Mr. Smith's work."
Like Teeny Harris, Smith shot what at that time might have been considered mundane.
Kent Ohio
Jah Roots Rock Reggae Meltdown in Kent Ohio next weekend, April 9 -10.
"On Friday, more than a dozen venues — all within easy walking distance in downtown Kent — will feature local reggae and reggae-influenced bands and DJs playing reggae.
Admission is free to all clubs
Among the higher profile acts are Jah Messengers at Ray’s Place, Outlaws I & I at Dominick’s, reggae/funk/Afrobeat fusionists the Terry Barrett Band at Mugs and former Michael Stanley Band singer/guitarist Jonah Koslen, playing his island-style acoustic music at Venice Café."
Akron
Bioscience a bright spot in Northeast Ohio economy. (some data not up to date)
Youngstown
Rust Wire revues Youngstown Still Standing documentary.
While others are just talking, Youngtown advertises itself as the center of Cleveburgh in Wall Street Journal.
Cleveland
Cleveland to create a new Croatian Cultural Garden.
Low relative speeds are seen as a big flaw in the Ohio Rail plan.
"And while Ohio officials are quick to point out how the 3C could pick up speed, they aren't as quick to acknowledge the difficulties in reaching speeds above 79 mph on the state's existing freight lines.
Increased maintenance, crossing and signal upgrades are all federally mandated as you increase train speeds, which could send costs soaring as the top speed of the 3C moved from 79 to 90 to 110 mph.
Freight company CSX showed a concern with passenger trains moving faster than 90 mph when it signed a memorandum of understanding with state rail officials that called for new tracks to be built if passenger trains want to break 90 mph."
"It escalates costs, there is no question," said Husted. "ODOT has been talking out of both sides of its mouth on this issue -- they say that the proposal is the first step to 110 mph trains, but you could never do 110 on these tracks."
Cleveland.com looks at the art studio and nature sanctuary of Victoria and Norbert Koehn.
Artistically acclaimed Cleveland Chamber Symphony struggles to survive.
Banff Mountain Film Festival brings a hard core adventure fix to the cushy seats @ The Allen Theatre.
Pittsburgh Technology Council Beating Off again. Time will tell, perhaps sooner than we think.
"Innovation and Collaboration equals continued growth for Pittsburgh’s tech sector in the new decade." Still, an article worth reading.
The Post profiles a the very influential composer and technical innovator, Paul Lansky.
Pittsburgh Artist, master woodworker blogs about month in India.
The artist and teacher Tadao Arimoto of Arimoto Design & Woodworking on the North Side will blog about his experiences conducting a monthlong workshop at the Indian Institute of Crafts & Design in the fabled "Pink City" of Jaipur.
Citywalkabout still talking about the Snow disaster--that shouldn't have been. A subject I still want to get back to.
Pitt hoops coach Jamie Dixon, signs two year contract extension.
Chris Briem of Null Space tries to tell some Pension Truth.
A new and probably amazing book out of W. Eugene Smith's New York photos focusing on the Jazz Scene so close by on Manhattan's West Side as well as the vibrant and ever changing life he saw from his streetfront window.
"Mr. Stephenson wrote "Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project" and was a co-curator of the 2001 exhibition of Mr. Smith's city photography at Carnegie Museum of Art.
He spent 11 years culling Mr. Smith's massive archives, including nearly 4,000 hours of tape. This labor of love culminated not only in the book but also in the creation of the Jazz Loft Project, hosted by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The website, www.jazzloftproject.org, continues to research Mr. Smith's New York years.
The highlight of the book is the photographs of musicians in the passions of playing. In one photo, Monk is leaning back -- cigarette dangling from his mouth -- just as he lifts his right hand off the keyboard. He is drenched in shadow, but the light catches his face creating the stark contrast that distinguishes Mr. Smith's work."
Like Teeny Harris, Smith shot what at that time might have been considered mundane.
Kent Ohio
Jah Roots Rock Reggae Meltdown in Kent Ohio next weekend, April 9 -10.
"On Friday, more than a dozen venues — all within easy walking distance in downtown Kent — will feature local reggae and reggae-influenced bands and DJs playing reggae.
Admission is free to all clubs
Among the higher profile acts are Jah Messengers at Ray’s Place, Outlaws I & I at Dominick’s, reggae/funk/Afrobeat fusionists the Terry Barrett Band at Mugs and former Michael Stanley Band singer/guitarist Jonah Koslen, playing his island-style acoustic music at Venice Café."
Akron
Bioscience a bright spot in Northeast Ohio economy. (some data not up to date)
Youngstown
Rust Wire revues Youngstown Still Standing documentary.
While others are just talking, Youngtown advertises itself as the center of Cleveburgh in Wall Street Journal.
Cleveland
Cleveland to create a new Croatian Cultural Garden.
Low relative speeds are seen as a big flaw in the Ohio Rail plan.
"And while Ohio officials are quick to point out how the 3C could pick up speed, they aren't as quick to acknowledge the difficulties in reaching speeds above 79 mph on the state's existing freight lines.
Increased maintenance, crossing and signal upgrades are all federally mandated as you increase train speeds, which could send costs soaring as the top speed of the 3C moved from 79 to 90 to 110 mph.
Freight company CSX showed a concern with passenger trains moving faster than 90 mph when it signed a memorandum of understanding with state rail officials that called for new tracks to be built if passenger trains want to break 90 mph."
"It escalates costs, there is no question," said Husted. "ODOT has been talking out of both sides of its mouth on this issue -- they say that the proposal is the first step to 110 mph trains, but you could never do 110 on these tracks."
Cleveland.com looks at the art studio and nature sanctuary of Victoria and Norbert Koehn.
Artistically acclaimed Cleveland Chamber Symphony struggles to survive.
Banff Mountain Film Festival brings a hard core adventure fix to the cushy seats @ The Allen Theatre.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Another Blog Name Change
I'm trying to get the blog's title to match up better with it's broader focus.
When, one thinks of reaching out to the wider world around here, most either show little interest or say, cool--wow, we need to link to NY and Philly. Yes, we do but we also need to understand and focus on the advantages, assets and opportunities in our own hood.
Geography is a hand you are dealt and our hand is not bad at all. We are pretty close to Harrisburg, Philly, NY, Baltimore and DC--but by travel time should be much, much closer to the cities in Ohio. Combined, there are many more assets here than we understand or fully leverage.
Still organizing blog and other links.
When, one thinks of reaching out to the wider world around here, most either show little interest or say, cool--wow, we need to link to NY and Philly. Yes, we do but we also need to understand and focus on the advantages, assets and opportunities in our own hood.
Geography is a hand you are dealt and our hand is not bad at all. We are pretty close to Harrisburg, Philly, NY, Baltimore and DC--but by travel time should be much, much closer to the cities in Ohio. Combined, there are many more assets here than we understand or fully leverage.
Still organizing blog and other links.
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