About Us:

In 1970, Richard Kabat saw an opportunity for an entertainment-centric weekly and launched Cleveland Scene with a loan from his brother. Then he and his inexperienced staff held on long enough to catch one of the last waves of money to wash over Cleveland, the rock-and-nightlife boom of the '70s and '80s. Scene and music would become almost synonymous.

Two decades later,history repeated, sort of. When The Cleveland Edition, a rabble-rousing alternative weekly, closed for good in 1992, attorney Richard Siegel recognized the void that paper’s demise would leave in the oligarchic Rust Belt town. So he started the Free Times.

In 1998, both Free Times and Scene were bought by rival national chains. Scene grew beyond its music-centric focus, making it and Free Times direct competitors. The rivalry was fierce and at times nasty. In 2002 Scene's owners bought the Free Times and left it for dead, only to see it rise again under new ownership and resume the fight.

The stalemate finally ended in the summer of 2008, when Scranton, Pa.-based Times Shamrock bought both papers and merged them under the still-powerful Scene name. And today the new Scene retains the best of both award-winning predecessors, widely recognized as Northeast Ohio’s best source of hard-hitting journalism, compelling feature writing and insightful commentary. Scene is distributed every Wednesday at more than 1,500 locations across Northeast Ohio.

Sending press materials

E-mail is preferred, attachments are fine. Please send to ONE of the following addresses (spamming the whole staff will NOT help your chances):

music@clevescene.com

arts@clevescene.com

events@clevescene.com (for the Get Out section and listings)

dining@clevescene.com (for all restaurant- and food-related info)

news@clevescene.com

Snail mail: 1468 W. 9th St., Suite 805, Cleveland, OH, 44113.

Staff Directory

Matt Fabyan
216-802-7250, mfabyan@clevescene.com

Frank Lewis, editor
216-802-7207, flewis@clevescene.com

Michael Gallucci, managing editor
216-802-7277, mgallucci@clevescene.com

Jeff Niesel, music editor
216-802-7210, jniesel@clevescene.com

Michael Gill, arts editor
216-802-7744, mgill@clevescene.com

Vince Grzegorek, web editor
216-802-7254, vgrzegorek@clevescene.com

Ron Kretsch, art director
216-802-7242, rkretsch@clevescene.com

Damian Guevara, staff writer
216-802-7235, dguevara@clevescene.com

D.X. Ferris, staff writer
216-802-7234, dferris@clevescene.com

Douglas Trattner, dining editor
dining@clevescene.com

Joe Strailey, classifieds director
216-802-7202, jstrailey@clevescene.com

Johnny Angell, classifieds account executive
216-802-7213, jangell@clevescene.com

Chastity Moore, classifieds administrator
216-706-7333, cmoore@clevescene.com

Darian Nash, classifieds account executive/Adult
216-802-7219, dnash@clevescene.com

RETAIL ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS

Carissa Bowlin, marketing & promotions
216-802-7232, cbowlin@clevescene.com

Katie Baucco, senior account executive
216-802-7214, kbaucco@clevescene.com

John Crobar, senior account executive
216-802-7230, jcrobar@clevescene.com

Jeremy Hills, account executive
216-802-7220, jhills@clevescene.com

Debbie Lime, account executive
216-802-7262, dlime@clevescene.com

Carlos E. Ramos, senior account executive
216-802-7258, cramos@clevescene.com

BUSINESS

Tim Divis, business manager
216-802-7205, tdivis@clevescene.com

Michele Fox, assistant business manager/ receptionist
216-241-7550, mfox@clevescene.com

Liz Shaker, ad coordinator/ publisher assistant
216-706-7332, lshaker@clevescene.com

Steven Antol, circulation director
216-802-7208, santol@clevescene.com

PRODUCTION

Steve Miluch, production manager
216-802-7240, smiluch@clevescene.com

Jim Louis, production designer
216-802-7244, jlouis@clevescene.com

Sue Unkefer, production designer
216-802-7263, sunkefer@clevescene.com