Join PAWS on Saturday November 14, 2009 for their 2nd Annual Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction. The event will be at St. Michael's Woodside Party Center. ( 5025 East Mill Road, Broadview Hts.) Tickets are $75.00/person or $130.00/couple.

The night will include a fabulous dinner, a DJ, silent auction prizes, and a chance to win the $1,500 grand prize! Dinner will be hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, rolls, salad, buffet dinner and three main entree selections, side dishes and dessert. Complimentary beer and soda all evening with complimentary wine until 7 pm.

Purchase your tickets at http://pawsohio.org.

The 29th annual Fine Lines Art Show presented by American Greetings opens tonight. The event runs until August 8th and will have 80 pieces of artwork on display. The event kickis off with Brazilian jazz musician Moises Borges will provide entertainment providing entertainment tonight.

Here is the information on the event:

Cleveland will once again play host to some of the Vatican's most treasured and prized items, some of which have never before been on public view. Opening May 31 at the Western Reserve Historical Society is the "Vatican Treasures" exhibit, which features some of the earliest known depictions of Jesus amongst a collection of Vatican art and artifacts..

One of the largest Vatican collections to ever tour North America, the exhibit features works by Michaelangelo, Bernini, Giotto, Guercino, and many others, as well as the venerated relics of Saint Peter and items from the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Some of the 200 artifacts included in the exhibit date back to as early as the 3rd century.

The exhibit is dived into four thematic sections, illustrating the evolution of the Church and the papacy beginning with Saint Peter, leading up to modern times through the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. The exhibit places a special emphasis on founding 500 years ago of Renaissance Saint Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums, and the Papal Swiss Guard.

"Feast of the Seven Fishes", an Italian cookbook/graphic novel, is kicking off an East Coast tour on December 9th in Erie, PA, with additional planned stops in Cleveland, Youngstown, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. Started in 2004 as an online comic strip, the book follows the romantic and culinary adventures of an Italian-American family getting ready for and celebrating the traditional Christmas Eve seafood fest.

"Feast of the Seven Fishes" is written by Robert Tinnell, with artwork done by Ed Piskor and Alex Saviuk, and recipes by Shannon Tinnell. The book includes the entire run of the comic strip, some never-before-seen strips, and some yummy Italian recipes so you can create your own Feast.

"Feast of the Seven Fishes" is also currently in pre-production to be made into a feature length film, and is slated for a Thanksgiving 2008 release. Shooting will begin in January 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Already starting to get cabin fever as the temperature in Cleveland starts dropping? The Metroparks offer a great family outing at The Chalet in Strongsville. Tobogganing at The Chalet is an affordable and fun filled event suitable for all ages. The tobogganing kicked off yesterday and will go will run on Thursdays-Sundays all the way to the beginning of March. Tickets cost $8 for an all day fun filled day and season tickets cost $35 for adults and $25 for children. A family pass is also available
for $100 which is good for four riders. The shoots are refrigerated meaning snow will not be needed to operate the ride.

If you are planning an event, you can also rent the facilities when the tobogganing shoots are not in use to the public.

For more information the Metroparks's Chalet, please call 440-572-9990 or visit http://www.clemetparks.com/recreation/tobogganing.

Do you hear the sleigh bells? Santa Claus is making two special appearances at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on December 8 and 15 from 9:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. for 'Breakfast With Santa".

Children's crafts, face-painting, Get Close Animal Encounters and Sleigh Bell Express rides to Northern Trek are all part of Santa's big visit.

Admission is $10 per person ages 12 and older, $5 for kids ages 2 to 11 and free for children under 2.

For more information call (216) 661-6500.

This week marked the grand opening of one of the most innovative new bar/sports facilities in the Cleveland area - Mulberry's. The idea has been six years in the making, with the last two of those years spent planning and constructing the facility.

Owned by partners John Teel and Darrell Seafler, Mulberry's is not only a place to grab a few drinks, but they also offer indoor basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, kickball, floor hockey, and whiffle ball in the facility's gymnasium through Teel's other venture, Cleveland Plays.

Cleveland Plays is a social club that organizes leagues for people to play a variety of games at locations throughout Cuyahoga County. Sports leagues offered by Cleveland Plays include flag football, bowling, dodgeball, volleyball, softball, kickball, and more. Over 5,000 people are members.

Mulberry's fulfilled a need for Cleveland Plays' own gym space, as they found out that playing venues were not always available when they were needed for their organized games. John Teel credits partner Darrell Seafler's, construction skills and financial backing with getting the pair this far. Seafler also owns Seafler Home Improvement, which is based out of Lakewood.

Don't throw away your Halloween costume just yet. Bar One, a new establishment at 526 E Superior Avenue downtown, is hosting a big Halloween bash on Saturday Night (November 3rd). So why should you get dressed up? It could yield you $200 if you walk away with the award for best costume.

If you plan on attending this event, make sure you are dressed up. You will not be able to get in if you aren't in the holiday spirit. Live music and "scary drink specials" top off the event.

Not sure what to do this Halloween? Fortunately, Cleveland and Northeast Ohio offer a number of family-friendly, fun things to do around Halloween, suitable for a variety of age groups. Here are some of the highlights:

Boo at the Zoo - Oct. 18-21, 25-28, 5:30-8:30pm.

"Boo at the Zoo" is a family-friendly alternative to traditional trick-or-treating designed for children ages 3 to 11. It's held annually at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which is set up with different candy stations throughout the park. Guests are encouraged to wear fun, but not scary, costumes. Refreshments and live entertainment are also provided. The event always sells out, so be sure to visit the zoo's website to reserve your tickets.

Halloweekends at Cedar Point - Fridays through Sundays, from September 14 to October 28, 2007

Coming next month to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio is an exclusive new exhibit celebrating the Beatles' film "Help!", the group's second feature-length film. The exhibit is timed to coincide with the November 6th DVD release of the movie, and will include many never-before-seen artifacts and set photography shot during the movie's production.

The exhibit, Help! Behind the Scenes of the Beatles' Movie, will kick-off with a special members-only reception at 7 p.m. on November 16, 2007.

Jim Henke, VP of exhibitions and curatorial affairs for the museum, said:

“We’ve tried to capture the zany spirit of the Beatles’ second movie in this exhibit. We were fortunate in that the Beatles’ organization Apple Corps had great archives of material from the filming of the movie, and they have generously loaned much of it to us for the exhibit.”