Ingenuity

(late post, actual event was in, you know, September....)

Ingenuity Fest!  It has regained its place in our hearts after a few not-so-great years down at the Port Authority.  The new space, in a rambling complex of warehouses on the near East Side of Cleveland, is nothing short of magical.   A run-down, ramshackle urban landscape by day...

...that transforms into a land of light and sound and wonder by night, in the hands of local artists and musicians and creative-makers of all types.

The pictures don't do it justice-- you had to be there in the low light, wandering room to room, peeking into corners and cubbies to see what weirdness you might find inside.

The big central room was a favorite of our little troupe.  This swing!  I have no idea how there were no major injuries from it.  But it was in constant motion with an ever-changing group of excited children jumping on and off mid-swing...

We decided to play dress-up a little for the "Future Past" theme.

Our girls loved this room with a changing interactive screen...

...controlled by this giant air-filled "button"...

Probably the most magical thing of all-- these fire tents outside.  Flames from below, flames shooting up in time to music from the top.

Not pictured but also memorable:  Pole dancers, the North Pole room, shadow boxes and shifting lights, and the amazing Tesla generators dancing to techno music above a wall of screens...

Have I ever mentioned that I love where I live?