MOCA Free First Saturdays

MOCA Cleveland Hours and Admission
11400 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Regular Hours*:
Tuesday - Sunday:  11am - 5pm
Open late Thursdays until 10pm

Closed Mondays

Admission - free for MOCA Cleveland Members and children under 6 years of age.
General Admission - $8
Seniors [ages 65+] - $6
Students [w/ ID] - $5

FREE ADMISSION for ALL visitors on the FIRST Saturday of the month.

Just a note that I think everyone should know about.  Take advantage of that deal.

*The Museum may have different hours for special events, check the calendar or call the Museum for more info [216.521.8671].

2012 Lakewood LEAF Night Harvest Festival - Tonight!

 What a year! Today is going to be PERFECT weather for walking to LEAF Night Harvest Fest with your family. We will be swapping home cooked dinner with local ingredients for donations and there will be great music, vendors and activities for all. Stock up on cheese, jams, honey and produce. (More Information on Harvest Fest below)

This is our last LEAF Night of the season but you might want to save the dates for our Holiday City Fresh drop off because this year we are inviting guest vendors and farmers. Those dates will be: Tuesday November 13th, and Tuesday December 18th. 

 

See you tonight! If all goes well there will be the new winter line of soaps from STEM Natural Soaps, fresh local raspberries and produce and information and order forms for the soon to be printed LEAF Community cookbook: LEAF COOKS Recipes From the Community

 

Please help LEAF Community to keep improving and growing!  Complete this survey:  

Online LEAF Night Survey 

  

    

LEAF Night Harvest Festival

TONIGHT Thursday October 18th

5:30 - 8:00pm

  

Music 

Starting the night off is solo act and Lakewood residentCorinne Noelle. Then stick around for the Brittney Reilly Band featuring Brittany Reilly (Bass, Guitar, Vocals), Brent Hopper (Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals), Peter Dubyoski (Guitar, Vocals) and Ben Rosolowski (Drums, Percussion). From bluegrass to country to folk, plus a little Grateful Dead on the side, this Avon Lake based quartette is sure to please!

Food

LEAF's own home chefs will be cooking up local food recipes straight out of LEAF's soon to be released cook book. Get a delicious, healthy dinner for the whole family (suggested donation of $5)!

Pie Bake-Off

Break out your best pie recipe enter into our annual Pie Bake-Off! All pies should be dropped off at Harvest Festival no later than 5:30pm along with a list of ingredients. Returning Celebrity Judges from WRUW's Maximum Consumptionwill then select winners for the following categories: best crust, most original, best taste overall and best use of vegetables in a pie.

Pumpkin Carving Contest

Bring a carved and scraped-out pumpkin or other gourd with your name clearly marked to the contest table by 5:30pm. This year's contest will include prizes for Most Original, Scariest, Happiest, LEAF-iest and Most Impressive.

Activities for the Whole Family

Hula Hoop Making

Learn how to make your own hula hoop with LEAF's own hula expert from basic home materials. Then take one home with you! All proceeds from the hula hoops will go towards supporting LEAF's local food programming.

Kids Coloring Contest

Draw your favorite part of LEAF Night or color one of LEAF's local food themed coloring pages at the festival for a chance to be published in the Lakewood Observer and displayed on LEAF's website.

Bobbing for apples and more fun activities for the kids!

Vendors

All of your favorite LEAF Night vendors in one night! From vegetables, meats and cheeses, soap and other local crafts, be sure to get out and shop local!  (VENDORS LISTED BELOW) 

LEAF Merchandise

Be sure to stop by the LEAF information table and pick up your official LEAF merchandise. All proceeds from the sales of these official LEAF items, ranging from tote bags to t-shirts to coffee mugs, benefit LEAF's local food programs!

This Week's Guest Farmers and Vendors:

Bay Branch Farm- Welcome back Bay Branch Farm. They produce some of the best tasting vegetables from a double lot farm in the Bird Town neighborhood of Lakewood.

Berry Good Farm- Berry Good produces our favorite honey and honey products.  Their freshly baked bread is top notch.  

City Love - T-shirts printed in and for Lakewood.

Handmade On Mars - Handmade baby and kids items, accessories and educational toys.

Hens in Lakewood - See how the  battle to get backyard hens in Lakewood is going and sign up to be a "hen hopeful" 

Kaskey Farms - Welcome Pat, Tom and their fresh produce to LEAFNight this week!  

Kingdom Select Kettle Corn - Freshly popped kettle corn and lemon shake up specialty drinks.     

Maggie's Farm- Deliciously fresh produce grown naturally in Cleveland    

Ohio Farm Direct - Local grass-fed organic cheese.

Planet Kingdom Bakery - Hemp desserts and goodies.

The Root Cafe - Lakewood's local food cafe brings lemonade toLEAF Night and sells it to benefit our musical guests. Grab a cup and support local music and food. 

STEM Handmade Soaps - Local natural handmade soap. Check out their tribute to LEAF with their very special LEAF Soap!

Western Reserve Foods - Delicious cheese from Middlefield Cheese Co-op

Ziemba Farms - fresh local produce including raspberries!     

(vendors & music subject to change)    

City Fresh Lakewood Fresh Stop

The Lakewood Fresh Stop at LEAF Night is a prepaid program similar to a CSA. Pick up your City Fresh share and/or sign up and pay in person for a holiday share. More information about Lakewood City Fresh Fresh Stop program is available here

City Fresh Holiday Shares:

  City Fresh holiday shares (Family size only) will be available for pick up on Tuesday November 13th, and Tuesday December 18th. The pick up location will be in Lakewood this year (exact location TBA). Please check in at the desk to sign up. 

Geauga Family Farms Organic CSA Pickup  

LEAF is happy to have Geauga Family Farms Organic CSA pickup atLEAF Night. Don't forget that Geauga Family Farms loves to do special orders for shareholders so you can stock up on produce for canning or frozen cuts of meat.  More information at:www.geaugafamilyfarms.org

Fall/Winter share applications for Geauga Family Farms is now available: Winter CSA Application

Attention Fall/Winter shareholders: Fall/Winter share deliveries start on October 25th. Since this is the same day as the Harvest Festival, shares will be available for pick up at LEAF Night, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. 

  

LEAF Bulk Food Table 

The Bulk Table will have a lot of grain and produce items for LEAF Nighttonight! They are available for purchase now and Adrienne will be taking special orders in a few weeks.  Some of the items she has are: honey puffed spelt cereal, puffed spelt, rolled oats, flax seeds, various beans, popcorn, brown rice, and pink Himalayan salt.  

Barter Table at LEAF Night 

LEAF provides a space for CSA members and home gardeners a place to bring local unwanted produce and swap it for something you need. This is a great place for people who are overwhelmed with their home or community garden harvest. Items on the table at the end of the nightare donated to a local food bank or community meal. 

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Cleveland Design Competition

2012 Competition Exhibition and Awards Reception - Next Friday!

October 26 - 6:00pm-9:00pm

West Catacombs of the Detroit Superior Bridge

2433 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

 

All are invited to the free, public Awards Reception and Exhibition where 164 competition submissions from 24 countries around the world will be on display!  After a short happy hour and exhibition viewing, Armando Carbonell, Senior Fellow of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will announce the winners of this year's Design Competition. The Awards Reception and Exhibition will be taking place inside the catacombs of the Detroit Superior Bridge.

On October 19th, the 2012 Jury met in Cleveland to review the submissions (check out the jury by CLICKING HERE) and select this years winners. We hope to see you next Friday, October 26th, as we celebrate the 5th year of the Cleveland Design Competition! Beverages (cash bar) and light hors d'oeuvres will be provided. 

WHO:   Open to Public

WHEN: October 26th, 2012

            6:00pm - Exhibition and Happy Hour

            7:30pm - Welcome by Eric Wobser, Ohio City Inc.

                           Announcement of Winners by Armando Carbonell

            9:00pm - Exhibition ends

WHERE: 2433 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

(Enter the bridge from the parking lots at the Cuyahoga County Engineers Office on the Northeast corner at West 25th and Detroit Avenue)