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End-of-Summer Weekend Fun: IngenuityFest 2024, PechaKucha Night Cleveland, and Remembering Euclid Beach Park

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End-of-Summer Weekend Fun: IngenuityFest 2024, PechaKucha Night Cleveland, and Remembering Euclid Beach Park
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The first day of fall had already arrived the Sunday before, but in Cleveland, we stretched the summer fun one more week by having three great events over the weekend of Friday, September 27, 2024, through Sunday, September 29, 2024:

The following blog post includes my photos and videos from the weekend, along with event information and what others have shared. I hope this blog post encourages you to learn about the year-round activities of the organizations that planned these events.

 

 

Friday, September 27, 2024, Day 1 - IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent

Ingenuity Cleveland Mission
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IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent Marquee Exhibitions
Tesla Orchestra X Crooked River Circus
Fashion Rocks
Fire Guys
Firebirds
Cleveland Fabrication
Lunar Landing Ft. NASA
Light Up Labs
Rollin' Buckeyez

. . . IngenuityFest includes immersive artwork (built collaboratively by the Ingeneers!); half a dozen stages featuring hundreds of musicians, dancers, poets, and performances of all types; maker and innovator exhibits; fine art; and so much more. All of this is displayed throughout the 300,000 square foot Hamilton Collaborative, which is broken up into Festival Villages.

2024 Era of Ascent
Join us September 27-29 at IngenuityLabs for IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent as we spread our wings and Take Flight in celebration of our 20th anniversary season of programming and 100,000 sq. ft. expansion of IngenuityLabs, a permanent home for creativity and innovation in Cleveland!

Please click on the following image to open the official IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent Program PDF file:

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I recommend viewing videos in full screen mode.
Please feel free to pause the video to look closely at the slides!!

 

 

Friday, September 27, 2024 at 8:00 pm - PechaKucha Night Cleveland Volume 42 at IngenuityFest

Welcome to PechaKucha Night Cleveland - Volume 42 at Ingenuity Fest! Get ready for an evening filled with creativity, inspiration, and community. Join us on Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM at Ingenuity for a night like no other. Experience the magic of PechaKucha presentations - where speakers share their passions and stories in a unique 20x20 format. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow creatives and be inspired. See you there! Doors open at 7:00pm and presentations begin promptly at 8:00pm!

After registering for your FREE PechaKucha Night Cleveland, please be sure to purchase your tickets to Ingenuity Fest on the Ingenuity Fest webpage:

IN-PERSON LOCATION
Ingenuity Fest - Hamilton Building
5401 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Presenter Announcement! PechaKucha @ Ingenuity September 27th!

This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for wildlife photographer Nicole Garner! Nicole Garner is an adjunct Professor of Philosophy. She is an activist and advocate who focuses on the LGBTQ+ community as well as on wildlife. Nicole is a wildlife photographer who uses photography to highlight the beauty of the creatures around us who are at risk due to destruction of the environment.

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This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for Architect Christopher Maurer!

Christopher Maurer is the founder and principal architect of redhouse studio, a research, environmental justice, and design studio based in Cleveland, Ohio. Chris has led offices and projects in North America, Europe, and Africa. Redhouse has developed bio-fabrication solutions for NASA, MIT and other institutions that hope to make architectural edification more sustainable and just.

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This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for music lover, engineer, producer and professor David Kennedy!!!

David Kennedy has a bunch of jobs in music. He is a professor of recording at Cuyahoga Community College, a programming manager at Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present and Future, a recording engineer at the Kaboom Collective, and he produces and mixes records, provides sound for events, and consults for music artists and organizations through his business Tighten Up Records. David is a big fan of music, especially local music and the people in our community that make it.

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This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for photographer Bridget Caswell!!

Bridget Caswell, has worked as a photographer in Northeast Ohio for 20 years. She is a photographer at NASA Glenn Research Center in Brookpark, Ohio. She was The Artist In Residence At The Cleveland Museum Of Art in 2019, has worked for many newspapers in Northeast Ohio, American Greetings, the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and she runs a successful freelance business. She has also received multiple grants to teach photography to children and is passionate about passing on the passion and curiosity for photography and storytelling!

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This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for Architect Bryan Daily! Bryan is an architect at Vocon with a relentless curiosity. This curiosity has led him to develop speculative visions for underutilized land around the City of Cleveland’s Near West Side. The overarching themes for these speculative visions are land-use mix, connectivity, densification, and providing third places for Clevelander’s.

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This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for dancer and choreographer Christina Lindhout!

Christina is a Cleveland-based dancer and choreographer with over 25 years of training in classical ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, and tap. She has performed many principal roles, both locally and internationally, to critical acclaim. In addition to performing, teaching, and choreographing across the country, Christina is currently an Assistant Professor at Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts.

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This coming Friday evening, we are so excited for photographer Robert Muller!!!

Robert Muller's earliest involvement with image making was focused on travel, photojournalism and black and white fine art photography. After working as a newspaper and magazine photographer, he went on to earn his BFA in painting and printmaking at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Today, his portrait, editorial and fine art work are influenced by his roots in these areas. In addition to assignment photography, Rob has been deeply involved photography about our natural spaces at Shaker Lakes. “ I am thrilled by daily encounters with wildlife at Shaker lakes. I hope that my work can be enjoyed as art and as an important reminder that our local environment deserves our understanding and support.”

 

In addition to viewing the photos of the seven presenters, please take a moment to note the names of the PechaKucha Night Cleveland Leadership Team Members. I am grateful for their great work putting on these events featuring creative people in our community. Please also see the last slide which announces the next PechaKucha Night Cleveland event -- November 21, 2024, at the City Club of Cleveland.

I recommend viewing videos in full screen mode.
Please feel free to pause the video to look closely at the slides!!

 

Thank you to PechaKucha Night Cleveland Leadership Team Member Audrey Hudak for taking some great photos at the event, including the following photo of the happy crowd. I am in the photo in my red shirt in the upper left of the crowd.

Thank you, Audrey Hudak, for the photo of the attendees having fun at PechaKucha Night Cleveland Volume 42 at Ingenuity Fest. I am in the photo wearing a red shirt on the upper left.
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Saturday, September 28, 2024, Day 2 - IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent

The weekend-long festival will feature a mix of hands-on activities for all ages; multiple stages filled with music and dance performances; and plenty of opportunities to interact with innovative and immersive exhibits that explore the human fascination with flight from scientific, artistic, and technological perspectives.

IngenuityFest is a Big Loud Dirty Messy Space for Exploration!

 

Day 2 afternoon photos and videos:

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Please feel free to pause the video to look closely at the slides!!

 

Day 2 evening photos and videos:

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More of Day 2 evening photos and videos:

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Sunday, September 29, 2024 - The 19th Annual Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park

The 19th Annual Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park
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At Euclid Beach Park Now, we believe in the importance of preserving the history of Cleveland, Ohio's most famous and beloved amusement park. Join us on a journey through time as we explore the history of this park. Discover how you can be a part of this mission.

Euclid Beach Park is part of the Cleveland Metroparks system:

Once the site of the famous Euclid Beach Amusement Park, Euclid Beach Park now features a 650’ beach with shaded picnic areas, a scenic observation pier and a reservable pavilion. Though it closed in 1969, signs of the amusement park including the shuffleboard area, remnants of the beachside fountain and concrete footers of the Flying Turns roller coaster are still visible.

The 19th Annual Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park was a tribute to John A. Frato.
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The 19th Annual Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park was a tribute to John A. Frato, who recently passed away. John was board president of Euclid Beach Park Now, and one of the Euclid Beach Boys. Contributions in John's memory may be made to a passion of his, The Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel at the Cleveland History Center in University Circle.

My whole family volunteered at this event. My wife and co-blogger, Julie, and my son, Kevin, are on the board of Euclid Beach Park Now. My son, Michael, and I help out at Kevin's booth every year.

Kevin displayed his huge amusement park memorabilia collection of artifacts from Euclid Beach Park, Puritas Park, Geauga Lake Park, Luna Park and more! You can learn more by reading Facebook posts from Kevin’s NE Ohio Amusement Memories.

When viewing the following photos from the event, please make note that Kevin created models on his 3D printer of the Euclid Beach Park Rocket Ship, the famous Euclid Beach Park Arch, and a special tribute to the memory of Euclid Beach Boys’ John A Frato. Michael did the 3D design work on the Rocket Ship, and helped with the 3D design on the Arch.

I recommend viewing videos in full screen mode.
Please feel free to pause the video to look closely at the slides!!

 

What Others Say

Before attending IngenuityFest, I read the following Fresh Water Cleveland article which did an excellent job of presenting what special activities would be happening during the weekend event. I highly recommend reading this article:

I recommend viewing Emanuel Wallace's photo collection from IngenuityFest 2024:

Related Blog Posts

I always like to end my blog posts with a list of related blog posts. I hope you take time to explore some of the following.

See my 20 past blog posts tagged "Ingenuity Cleveland" by clicking here. I having been writing about Ingenuity events since 2012.

See all my blog posts with the "PechaKucha" tag to learn about past events I attended in both Cleveland and Akron.

In 2016, the PechaKucha Night Cleveland leadership team asked me to do a special PechaKucha Talk at the first-time-ever PechaKucha Night Cleveland Past Presenters Happy Hour. See my PechaKucha slides, video of my talk, and read more in my blog post:

There are eight past blog posts tagged with "Euclid Beach Park" and four tagged with "Amusement Park" that I invite you to explore, but I want to bring special attention to the following about the 50th year celebration:

I hope this blog post encourages you to attend future fun events hosted by Ingenuity Cleveland, PechaKucha Night Cleveland, and Euclid Beach Park Now!