Admission $12 adults/$10 children 18 & under at the door

Friends-

As you may already know, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education has convened a Coventry Study Committee to make a recommendation to the Board as to the best use of the closed elementary school building.   Last November 12, Heights Arts presented the following statement to the Board:

Coventry Elementary School is located at one of the most important physical sites in all of Cleveland Heights - indeed, on the whole East Side of Cleveland.  Its bustle of activity has long anchored the south end of one of the region's best-known and most vibrant commercial districts, while providing a gracious gateway to the residential area to the south and east.  The school and its grounds have been a center not only of education, but of artistic expression, recreation, and community gathering.

            Now that the school building is empty, we propose exploring a use of the property that will add the greatest possible value to the quality of life in Cleveland Heights.  Our town must make the most of this unique opportunity.

            One idea that is percolating in the community is reimagining the school building as a center for the arts and nonprofits.  Heights Arts' strategic plan is in alignment with this idea:  Our dream is a "vibrant, multi-disciplinary arts center with galleries, theater, music, dance, community outreach activities, classes and more."  This center would be a wonderful cultural, educational and economic asset for the neighborhood, the community and, indeed, the region.  For our schools, it would be a unique and invaluable resource for arts education both during and beyond the school day.  These possibilities ought to be explored.

            To that end, we ask that a special task force be convened - made up of representatives of key nonprofit organizations, schools, libraries, city government, businesses, and members of the arts community and the community at large - to explore all possible advantageous uses of the Coventry School building and site, aspiring toward the brightest possible future for this neighborhood and the Heights area.  There are many, many questions that need to be asked to explore feasibility, and many stakeholders who need to be invited to ask these questions. 

25th Anniversary Season 

Sunday, March 30 at 7:30 pm
St. Ann's Church, 2175 Coventry Road

Matthew Brown, guest conductor


Mozart, Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
Ives, Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 

The concert is free; donations appreciated


Heights Chamber Orchestra

contact Martha Wheeler at martha.wheeler@gmail.com

Frida and Friends

Kahlo Western Southwestern Art by Susan Booth 
with Sophia Dragowsky
Doubting Thomas Gallery
856 Jefferson Ave. Tremont
216.351.3558
opening March 14

more info tsalageetahli@yahoo.com