On view now at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, It’s Been Said All Along: Voices of Rage, Hope & Empowerment spotlights how musical artists have channeled the power of rock and roll to respond to racism all along. It showcases artists and musical moments that have rocked the world with expressions of rage, hope, and empowerment, captured through the lenses of influential African American photographers Bruce Talamon, Howard Bingham, Bob Douglas, Chuck Stewart, and others.  

Visit the exhibition in person. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Download a variety of designs created by artist Wil Frierson and display them during the party.

Samuel McIntosh is a dancer, choreographer, and hip-hop ambassador specializing in various street styles but specifically popping, animation, and boogaloo. He has been dancing for 10 years and has competed in local, national, and international competitions. Samuel also has premiered and performed work throughout the United States and Canada. He holds a degree in arts administration from Baldwin Wallace University and received fellowships from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture and the Cleveland Arts Prize. He was awarded the 2020 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. Samuel is currently an adjunct professor at Kent State University and Baldwin Wallace University and the founder and director of the authentic hip-hop and street dance platform, 10K Movement.

Wil Frierson: After graduating from Cleveland State University with a digital media degree, I kicked off my career as a video editor at WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio. After five years with WEWS, I moved on to TTI Floor Care in Solon, Ohio. I served as one of their videographer/video editors for two years. Currently I am the videographer, video editor, and motion graphics artist at Wyse Advertising in Cleveland, Ohio. If am I not in front of a computer or with a camera, I'm probably on my bike on my way to some cool bar to chill with friends and family, watching an indie short film, or preparing for a Browns Super Bowl :).

Vikter Duplaix, a GRAMMY-nominated singer/producer/DJ/fine artist/lifestyle event curator, is a musical alchemist weaving global culture, independent thought, fine arts, and progressive music into a purely golden lifestyle. 

His raw DJ skills were honed on the streets of Philadelphia and have subsequently taken him all over the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and to the stage of 2012’s 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. His creatively sensual and cultural style of seamlessly blending genres together keeps him in the highest esteem with his peers and fans worldwide. 

Vikter, a Philadelphia native, began his career early, studying music and singing in touring choirs with legendary artists such as Teddy Pendergrass and Luciano Pavarotti and was mentored in the fine art of business by none other than Philadelphia International’s own Kenny Gamble. Vikter is a founding member of Philly’s A Touch of Jazz Inc. with DJ Jazzy Jeff. He later started Axis Music Group, a music production house, with GRAMMY Award winner James Poyser. As a producer, Vikter has worked with the likes of Erykah Badu, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Common, Eric Benet, Bilal, Jamiroquai, Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Jazzanova, King Britt, Louie Vega, Esthero, and many others.

Hear the music behind It’s Been Said All Along: Voices of Rage, Hope & Empowerment on the Rock Hall’s official Spotify playlist curated for the exhibition.

Here is a list of Black-owned restaurants in Greater Cleveland for ordering takeout:

• 5 Points Grille (Richmond Heights)
• Angie’s Soul Cafe (Multiple locations) 
• Annie B and Earl’s (Cleveland)
• Battiste & Dupree Cajun Grill (South Euclid)
• Black Box Fix (Lyndhurst)
• Brooklyn Soul Food (Cleveland)
• Chicago’s Home of Chicken and Waffles (Cleveland)
• Cleveland Cold Brew Coffee (Cleveland)
• CMB Soul Food (Cleveland) 
• The Crispy Chick (Cleveland)
• Ella Mae’s Soul Food (University Heights)
• Empress Taytu (Cleveland)
• Floods Urban Seafood (Warrensville Heights)
• Frederick’s Wine and Dine (Warrensville Heights)
• Fresh and Meaty Burgers (Cleveland Heights)
• The Fresh Fix of Heights (Cleveland Heights)
• Goodfellas BBQ (Cleveland Heights)
• Irie Jamaican Kitchen-East (Euclid and Old Brooklyn) 
• Kim’s Wings (Cleveland and Euclid)
• Open Pitt (Cleveland) 
• The Original Grill (Cleveland)
• The Rib Cage (Cleveland)
• Ronnie & CJ’s (Euclid)
• Sam Sylk’s Chicken and Fish (Multiple locations)
• The Sauce Boiling Seafood Express (Cleveland)
• Sauce the City (Cleveland)
• Southern Cafe-West (Cleveland and Lakewood)
• Sub City (Multiple locations)
• The Sweet Fix Bakery (Cleveland Heights)
• Sweetly Shoibhan (Garfield Heights)
• Talessia’s Kitchen (Cleveland)
• Taste of Jamaica (Lyndhurst)
• Unbar Cafe (Cleveland)
• Urban Street Food (Garfield Heights)
• Whitmore’s BBQ (Cleveland)
• Zanzibar-Downtown (Cleveland)
• Zoma (Cleveland Heights)

THE FANTASTIC NEGRONI via Esquire 

Makes 1 serving. Prep time: 3 minutes.  

With equal parts Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth, the Negroni couldn’t be easier to make at home. Inspired by GRAMMY Award–winning artist, Fantastic Negrito.   

Ingredients: 

• 1 ounce dry gin  
• 1 ounce Campari  
• 1 ounce vermouth rosso  
• ice  

Directions:  

• Add the ingredients together in a cocktail shaker.  
• Stir well with cracked ice.* 
• Strain into a glass over cubed ice.  
• Garnish with a twist of orange peel. 

*A Negroni is typically stirred, not shaken. But try a light shake; the cocktail has enough sweet components to warrant a slight froth.

LIBERATION PUNCH via Essence 

Makes 8-10 servings. Prep time 10 minutes.  

Bitter, sweet, and seasonal. Frozen cranberries make for a great ice cube alternative. Inspired by Rock Hall inductee Aretha Franklin, whose hit “Respect” became an anthem for the civil rights and women’s liberation movements. Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 

Ingredients:

• 2 bottles red wine  
• 4 cups ginger ale  
• 3 cups cranberry juice  
• 2/3 cups fireball  
• 2/3 cups whiskey 
• 2 cups frozen cranberries  
• 1 orange, sliced into rounds  
• 1 apple, cut into thin slices  

Directions:  

Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl, stir together, and serve.   

Amplify your voice by exercising your right to vote in this important election. Here are a few essential resources from Cleveland VOTES. 

• Ohio Votes: This website is a one-stop place to check your voter registration status, register to vote, request your vote by mail, etc. Ohio Votes is a year-round, statewide, nonpartisan initiative focused on building civic engagement in Ohio’s low-income communities. Cleveland VOTES serves as the northeast Ohio regional liaison. 
• Vote411 (English + Spanish): It is important to educate yourself on what’s on your ballot. While this is a presidential election year, there are many state, county, and local candidates and issues on the ballot as well. The League of Women Voters offer this great website to voters. 
• Secretary of State: Ohio’s Secretary of State’s website is the primary website for all Ohioans to learn about the election.  
• #Commit2CLE Tool Kit: Cleveland VOTES created the #Commit2CLE Tool Kit with the intention of providing our community a road map to activate and elevate equitable civic engagement. While this tool kit was created for the upcoming 2020 census and general election, Cleveland VOTES intends to continually update the content.  
• Make a Plan + Activate Your Vote: First, CONFIRM your voter registration status. Then, make a plan to cast your ballot for the 2020 election in one of three ways: 1) vote-by-mail/vote-from-home: complete your application and drop it off at/mail it back to your local Board of Elections; 2) early in-person voting at your local Board of Elections (10/6–11/2; early voting hours); and 3) vote in person on Election Day (11/3) at your local polling precinct.
• 2020 Census: There is still time to be counted! The census deadline has been extended through October 5, 2020. Please head to my2020census.gov and complete it today! It takes less than 10 minutes!  

We asked the CMA Student Guides to select objects from the museum’s collection that for them stir feelings of Rage, Hope, and Empowerment—themes associated with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s social justice exhibition It’s Been Said All Along: Voices of Rage, Hope, and Empowerment. Together, the Student Guides selected sixteen artworks from CMA’s collection, both on view and in storage. Explore them now in collections online! 

Want to see some of these artworks for yourself? Check out the Rage, Hope, and Empowerment ArtLens App tour to see the Student Guides’ picks that are on view now at the CMA!   

Rage:

• Head, possibly mid-1500s or early 1600s. Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo. Copper alloy and iron; overall: 29.9 x 21.6 x 20.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.6. 
• Cadeau (Gift), 1921/1963. Man Ray (American, 1890-1976). Hand iron, 14 tacks, paint, wood base; overall: 15.3 x 9 x 11.4 cm (6 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 2011.198 © 2013 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. 
• Perseus's Last Duty, 1949. Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950). Oil on canvas; framed: 125 x 178.5 x 8.5 cm (49 3/16 x 70 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 89.4 x 142 cm (35 3/16 x 55 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange 2013.7 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. 
• A Woman's Work, 1912. John Sloan (American, 1871-1951). Oil on canvas; framed: 97.2 x 82.2 x 6.4 cm (38 1/4 x 32 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 80.3 x 65.4 cm (31 5/8 x 25 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White 1964.160 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 

 Hope

• The Republic of New Afrika at a Crossroads, 2016. Kara Walker (American, b. 1969). Raw pigment and watercolor medium, graphite, and (paper) collage on paper; overall: 287 x 532.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 209 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); left: 287 x 264.8 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.); right: 287 x 266.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.54 © Kara Walker. 
• Creative Therapy, 1949. Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000). Casein over graphite; sheet: 56 x 76.4 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1994.2 © Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 
• No. 2 (Red Maroons), 1962. Mark Rothko (American, 1903-1970). Oil on canvas; framed: 202 x 207 x 3.5 cm (79 1/2 x 81 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); unframed: 200.7 x 205.7 cm (79 x 81 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1962.239 © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 
• The Sun Through the Trees, June 30, 1917. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893-1967). Watercolor and opaque watercolor; sheet: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1930.849 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation. 
• Hope, 1990-1995. Bea Nettles (American, b. 1946). Polaroid; image: 61.3 x 53.4 cm (24 1/8 x 21 in.); paper: 68.9 x 56 cm (27 1/8 x 22 1/16 in.); matted: 86.4 x 76.2 cm (34 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2011.431. 

Empowerment 

• Female Figurine, c. 1500-500 BC. Mexico, Guerrero, Xalitla, Xochipala style. Earthenware with pigment; overall: 9.8 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.203. 
• Celebration, 1960. Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984). Oil on canvas; framed: 238.1 x 471.8 x 8.3 cm (93 3/4 x 185 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); unframed: 234.3 x 468.6 cm (92 1/4 x 184 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2003.227 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
• The Thinker, 1880-1881. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917). Bronze; overall: 182.9 x 98.4 x 142.2 cm (72 x 38 3/4 x 56 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1917.42. 
• Alabama, 1960. Norman Lewis (American, 1909-1979). Oil on canvas; overall: 122.6 x 184.5 cm (48 1/4 x 72 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2017.1 © Estate of Norman W. Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY. 
• Las Meninas, 2019. Simone Leigh (American, b. 1967). Terracotta, steel, raffia, porcelain; overall: 182.9 x 213.4 x 152.4 cm (72 x 84 x 60 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2019.175 © 2019 Simone Leigh. All rights reserved. 

• Desktop Dialogue: Navigating Gender and Breaking Barriers, Wednesday October 7, 12:00 p.m. 
• Close Looking at a Distance, Wednesday October 17, 12:00 p.m.