8.16-21

8. 16

78^th Street Studios, 1300 West 78^th Street, CLE  “Third Fridays.”  5-9pm.  

Howson Gallery at Judson Park, 1801 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland Hts.  “Identity and Growth:  the Art of Menna Asrat & Erin McCall.”  Opening 4:30-6pm.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd, CLE 216.421.7350, www.clevelandart.org  “Sky Ladder-Outdoor Film Screening of Cai Guo-Qiang .”  Open 7-10pm.  (Image Above)

Spaces, 2900 Detroit Ave, CLE 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org  “Well Armed Militias.”  Opening 6-9pm. America’s Well-Armed Militias features the work of six artists, four from Cleveland, one from Chicago and one based in Columbus. These newly commissioned works look at different groups of people throughout American history who have armed themselves and why, exploring how different groups have regarded the Second Amendment and how it’s been viewed different based on who is arming themselves.  (Image Above)

8.17

Sparx City Hop.   11am-6pm. Take the full day to indulge in Sparx City Hop, an expansive event, now in its 17^th year, that takes off from Playhouse Square and lets people explore downtown and surrounding artsy neighborhoods. Free trolleys take people to galleries and artist studios; live music is happening at various locations as well.

Art House, 3119 Denison Ave., CLE 216.398.8556, www.arthouseinc.org  “Family open house.”  Open 1-3pm.  

8.21

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 E. 123^rd St., CLE 216.721.9020 www.artistsarchives.org  “Lecture-After the Burn.”  Talk 6-7:30pm. Cleveland Metroparks historial Judy MacKeigan will be stopping in at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve to give a talk on “After the Burn: 50 Years of Progress on the Cuyahoga.” She’ll tell the story of how the river was polluted and misused, and then how, after 1969, it was slowly cleaned up and restored, a process that is still ongoing.