Pop, Leap. Play. (2/29)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

A pop up experience with food, fun and spectacle in the Flats East Bank at the first annual Leap Night @ Pop Up City. Here a vacant lot will become a winter wonderland for all. Leap Night will feature a snow and ice installation, a winter forest complete with costume bears, music, bonfires, performances by SAFMOD, Cleveland’s multi-media performance ensemble, an ice skating rink, a snowboard ramp and rail jam competition, an outdoor Rock Band video game competition, a snowsuit fashion show, and food and drink vendors. The site offers ample free parking and convenient access via the RTA Waterfront Line, East Bank Station.

Leap Night is part of Pop Up City, a temporary use initiative that is supported by the Cleveland Foundation’s Civic Innovation Lab and operated through Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.



6-11 p.m. The free event is open to the public. 1100 Old River Road (between Main Ave. & Front St.). For snowboard release forms, schedules and information on the hot after party visit www.cudc.kent.edu/popup/leap.html