The Observer, September 15, 2006
Volume XXXIX, Issue 3
The Buzz
Friday, Sept. 15
Everyone loves a barbeque; this afternoon, head over to Freiberger to enjoy the last vestiges of summer with free food and music from Funk in the Trunk, courtesy of UPB. Grab some fun inflatable toys before heading off to class. Time: 12:30 p.m. Cost: free. Location: Freiberger Field. Info: upb.case.edu
Saturday, Sept. 16
Case's radio station, WRUW, hosts its 25th annual Studio-A-Rama today in Mather Memorial Courtyard. The all-day outdoor concert will feature the Velvematics, Rambler 45, Lick the Blade, Jerk, and many others. Time: 1 p.m. Cost: free. Location: Mather Memorial Courtyard. Info: www.wruw.org
Tonight, enjoy an evening with the classic dramedy/thriller Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. This film, directed by Stanley Kubrick, centers around a mentally infirm American general who begins a chain of events leading to a potential nuclear holocaust. Time: 7, 9 p.m. Cost: $3 Location: Strosacker Auditorium. Info: films.case.edu
Sunday, Sept. 17
Check out The Road to Guantanamo; this moving documentary follows three British Muslim men who are arrested in Afghanistan and accused of being members of Al Qaeda. Time: 7 p.m. Cost: $5 with CIA student ID, $8 general admission. Location: Cleveland Cinemathéque, 11141 East Blvd. Info: (216) 421-7450.
Monday, Sept. 18
Mondays are rough. Not at the Grog Shop, though! Tonight, check out rock quartet Man Man, with Coyote, and Annuals. Time: 9 p.m. Cost: $8. Location: the Grog Shop. Info: www.grogshop.gs
Tuesday, Sept. 19
In his collection Fruits of the Poisonous Tree, Daniel Belardinelli's paintings feature primitive, almost skeletal figures with bulging eyes that stare at each other, while printed dialogue hovers above them. Time: Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: free. Location: Headfooters Outsider Art Gallery,
12610 Larchmere Blvd. Info: www.headfooters.com
Wednesday, Sept. 20
Catch two local bands tonight at the Spot, courtesy of UPB. Fans of quirky indie music will appreciate Beaten Awake and Houseguest, and the Spot's famed cheap mystery beverages and wings. Time: 9:30 p.m. Cost: free. Location: the Spot. Info: upb.case.edu
The Manhattan Short Film Festival 2006 screens the twelve finalists tonight, in the only Ohio viewing. Time: 7 p.m. Cost: $3 Location: Strosacker Auditorium. Info: films.case.edu
Thursday, Sept. 21
You may not be able to take a picture without covering the lens with your thumb, but the photos taken by blind and partially-blind photographers in Shooting Blind: Photographs by the Visually Impaired are perhaps even better than most sighted peoples'. Time: Wed. – Sat. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Sun. 12 – 4:30 p.m. Cost: $5-$7. Location: Healthspace Cleveland, 8911 Euclid Ave. Info: (216) 696-3711
