Don’t forget, tomorrow is the official blogger tour of the Detroit Superior Bridge. Saturday, April 17 at 10 am. James Levin, the artistic director, will be conducting the tour and answering any questions you have. Feel free to be bring cameras or other recording devices. We’ll also have the Executive Director, Paula Grooms along and some board members as well. The tour usually takes about an hour and a half and there’s a lot of walking so come prepared for that. We’ll be entering the bridge from the West Side. You can park at the Engineers Service Garage on the Superior Viaduct, across from St Malachai Church — see the map below. If you haven’t RSVP’d, please do at jkrouse@ingenuitycleveland.org View Larger Map

Ingenuity Artists / Creators Invited to the CWRU Research ShowCASE Special Tour and Potential Collaborations Thursday April 15, 2010 10:00 AM to 3PM Tour at 10:00 AM RSVP Here Calling all creators! Artists, Musicians, Inventors, Writers, Poets and all of the ingenious fans and participants of Ingenuity. Is there a science to art? Is there an art to science? Are there magic formulas yet to be invented, partnerships between all kinds of creators to be discovered and nurtured? At Ingenuity, we certainly think so, and here is a unique opportunity for all of us to find out. Ingenuity is partnering with the CASE Research Showcase, on Thursday, April 15, at the Veale Convocations Center on the CWRU campus, to help bring artists and scientists, researchers, engineers, and others together to stir the mix and find out what happens. Hundreds of CASE researchers, scientists and scholars will come together for a

Julie Washington wrote a terrific piece on the economic boost from arts events.  We had put out a press release on the TeamNEO study and are delighted to see that Washington included information on other Cleveland arts organizations.  It’s also great to see the comments.  While comments tend to veer into soapbox territory, some are truly insightful.   Here’s one from ‘Peet’ Ingenuity Fest is a bigger key to the growth of the whole city than most people realize. It’s new location inside the Detroit-Superior Bridge makes it unique in the world. If you invited someone from New York, Los Angeles, D.C. or even Japan to come see it, they would leave amazed and tell their friends about how crazy awesome Cleveland is. Thanks Peet.  We think you’re crazy awesome!  So invite some of those friends from New York, Los Angeles, & DC.  Or Pittsburgh, Detroit, Columbus…