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Nonprofit thinks big to recruit volunteers

RockCorps offers concert tickets. What are N.E. Ohio organizations doing?

By Elaine Guregian
Beacon Journal arts and culture writer

Mary Ann Jackson spoke recently at an Akron Area Arts Alliance event about how to recruit and retain volunteers — a topic that's high on the list for a lot of nonprofits right now. With her talk still on my mind, I was interested to run across a news item about the RockCorps.

The organization (based in New York and Los Angeles, from what I can tell) asks volunteers to give four hours to a nonprofit group's project, like cleaning up a community garden or working at a food bank.

Here's the unusual payoff to the volunteers: a ticket to a big-name concert that RockCorps has organized and only RockCorps volunteers can attend.

I'll bet some nonprofits in Northeast Ohio have their own innovative ways of thanking their volunteers. If you've heard of a good thank-you, or would like to suggest one, let me know. Think big. Maybe you can't host a rock concert, but still. . . .

Poetry slam

Teen poets from the area will compete in the Grand Slam Poetry Championship from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at Weathervane Community Playhouse in Akron. The event is organized by A.C.T.S. Performance Poets, a group of poets and mentors from the Akron-Canton community.

The poetry slam is open to the public. Tickets cost $5. For information, call 330-633-5505 or 330-620-6509.

Honoring officer

Porthouse Theatre will honor slain Twinsburg police officer Joshua Miktarian at its performance of The Music Man on Wednesday. The theater is offering a buy one, get one free ticket to Wednesday's show for all law-enforcement, fire and EMS personnel. In addition, it will collect donations during the curtain speech, with proceeds going to the police officer's widow, Holly, and the couple's infant daughter.

In a printed statement, artistic director Terri Kent said, ''We hope the evening will be cathartic for those attending. We just want them all to realize how much they are appreciated.''

Porthouse Theatre is on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, 1145 W. Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls. For tickets, call 330-672-3884.

Artist of the Year

Youngstown native Lawrence Brownlee has won the Artist of the Year award from Seattle Opera. General Director Speight Jenkins said that Brownlee ''is one of the great singers of the world, and his performances in I Puritani will echo forever in the memory of those who attended them.''

Brownlee performed in the Tuesday Musical series at E.J. Thomas Hall in February.

Stepping down

Bruce Latimer is stepping down as executive director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as of Aug. 31. ''While it has been tremendously rewarding to serve as the executive director here, it is time for me to return to academics,'' Latimer said. Latimer, 54, is an authority on the evolution of human locomotion and bipedality — that is, the ability to walk upright.

A search has begun for his successor. In the meantime, Bonnie Cummings, the museum's chief operating officer, will be interim executive director.

The museum has begun a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign for a new lobby and redesigned galleries.

Breaking records

Jersey Boys broke the worldwide record for any Jersey Boys eight-show performance week with its Cleveland shows at Playhouse-Square July 15-20. The shows grossed $1.88 million — a Playhouse-Square record for gross sales in one week.

There's more. Jersey Boys also broke the PlayhouseSquare attendance record for a regular eight-show week, set in 1993 by The Phantom of the Opera.

Membership news

If you're willing to spend $125 for a Metropolitan Opera membership, you can get advance ticketing for the company's Live in HD performance series, which will consist of 11 operas in the 2008-09 season. The priority ticket period is Aug. 8-21.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Aug. 22. A list of theater locations isn't up on the Web site yet, but is promised soon at http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx.


Elaine Guregian can be reached at 330-996-3574 or eguregian@thebeaconjournal.com.

 

Mary Ann Jackson spoke recently at an Akron Area Arts Alliance event about how to recruit and retain volunteers — a topic that's high on the list for a lot of nonprofits right now. With her talk still on my mind, I was interested to run across a news item about the RockCorps.

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