Planning a Special Event with Wine Guidance
Gary Twining outlines how wine supports celebrations and weddings, advising extra on hand and focusing on quality over volume. He details bottle sizes, serving ounces, varietal suggestions, and how event type, weather, and budget shape consumption, offering tips for toasts, aperitifs, and pairing with foods.
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Pulling plug on concerts across the tour season
Promoters and acts face a summer of discontent with weak ticket sales and canceled tours led by Lollapalooza 2004. Beachland Ballroom owners note higher touring costs and a tight economy in Cleveland. Even top acts like Britney Spears and Kiss- Poison show softer demand, while Aerosmith and Dave Matthews Band spark some strong Northeast Ohio sales.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Cindy Barber
Beachland Ballroom
Cleveland
Morrissey
Sonic Youth
PJ Harvey
Alex Hodges
House of Blues
Hodges
Blossom Music Center
Scene Pavilion
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Spears
Ohio
van Halen
Gund Arena
TicketMaster.com
Sevendust
Paramount
Collective Soul
Boston
Kiss
Poison
CNN/MONEY
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
Barber
Digital DV Den screens indie films at CIA Cinematheque
The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque launches a seven weekend DV Den series screening low budget digital films on Friday and Saturday nights through August 14. Director John Ewing notes the format boosts access and variety, with initial titles like Haywire by Cleveland director David Manocchio.
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Cinematheque
John Ewing
Ewing
Cleveland Museum of Art
Art Institute
Ohio Bell
East Blvd
Cleveland
Cia.edu
Explaining an Uncle and Aunt’s Divorce Simply
A reader asks how to tell children about a divorce and custody amid family gatherings. The columnist advises simple, truthful wording, noting separate homes and that grownups are not getting along, avoid detailing alcohol or infidelity, and let the brother lead as to parenting.
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Betty
Aunt Betty
Batty
Uncle Jim
Fireworks safety urged as Independence Day nears
Dear Abby warns readers about fireworks injuries especially to eyes and hands. AOA urges enjoying professional displays. US CPSC reports 8800 fireworks injuries in 2002 and 20 to 25 percent to eyes, mainly from firecrackers rockets and sparklers.
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American Optometric Association
AOA
U.S
Wesley Pittman
A.D.A
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