“I was part of this amazing thing. This fella here in New York, Peter Salett, started this thing called The Hometown Project, and it

encourages people who have a little bit of

notoriety to go back to their hometowns, and get people excited about local

elections and voting. And so I went back to Kentucky, played some music… we had local candidates come up and talk… It’s a

really positive way to do something.”

~Michael Shannon

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On the home front: “Wet Hot American Summer” director and Shaker Heights native David Wain has cut a couple of Twitter videos endorsing Democratic legislative candidates in Northeast Ohio. Wain’s videos on behalf of Cassimir Svigelj in House District 16 and Phil Robinson in House District 6 (the latter of which also features ex-“Saturday Night Live” performer and fellow Shakerite Molly Shannon) were done as a part of theHometown Project, which encourages “cultural leaders” to get involved with local candidates and issues in their hometowns.

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