Let it Bee Ark Hive (LIB), a living, breathing residential dwelling has often been referred to as a “book” by its primary authors, poet Julie Ezelle Patton. Lady Drury, a 17th century noblewoman, patron of poet John Donne, and author of a mysterious and celebrated painted closet left her epitaph blank for others to fill in. Simple as walking through the door of a leafy Glenville dwelling which has served as a housing cooperative dating back to 1949, literary aerie, CSA & community green space, a place to book and more.

The most recent focus and the locus of our Front opening weekend tour, is the Cleve Museum of Art & Womb Room Tomb of Virgie Ezelle Patton memorial dedicated to Virgie (1928-2015), a multi-faceted visionary artist whose creative meditations are still central to the lives of many Northeast Ohioians; her husband Cleve (1926-2007), a charming electrical journeyman who lit up every room he stepped in; as well as the spirit of my old East Village (NYC), and the collage of being colorful human family. All this gets unpacked, literally and figuratively, in a private 1913 Glenville brownstone. Only parts of this building will be open as history as community space as creative enterprise The curious get to be mosca domestica—a fly on wall cupboard door linen closet room drawer and more—exploring the messiness of art and life, work and play, patching things up in an collage of being. Our door may not always be open for the duration of the Front; but www.letusbeeback.com is. Catch us there for all that is to be said and done (including upcoming events, bookings and other opportunities for engagement)