Update: Hessler Street Fair to Go on Hiatus After This Year’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Update: One of Northeast Ohio’s longest running festivals, the Hessler Street Fair, will go on hiatus after this year’s 50th anniversary celebration. “That doesn’t mean it will end,” says Hessler Street Fair director Packy Malley in an email. “It has gone on hiatus before. There are several factors involved in this decision. Some of them…
Here’s Cleveland Rock Act Oregon Space Trail of Doom’s Brand New Music Video
In advance of the release of its debut album, the local indie rock band Oregon Space Trail of Doom has released a new music video for the tune “Psychic Leader.” “The video details a point of view perspective of the Psychic Leader, and the trials and tribulations he goes through on that particular day,” explains…
What You Need to Know About the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival
The 43rd iteration of the Cleveland International Film Festival opens tonight with a special screening of The Etruscan Smile, a film about a Scottish man who travels from his home on Hebridean Island to seek medical treatment in San Francisco. Based on the Jose Louis Sampedro book La Sunrise Etrusca, the film stars Brian Cox,…
Northeast Ohio Native Places a Song in the Upcoming Netflix Comedy ‘The Perfect Date’
Born and raised in Chagrin Falls, singer-songwriter Nick Samson has played drums for most of his life. Samson, who graduated from the Ohio State University and now resides in Columbus, performs with the indie rock act Captain Kidd and has a solo career as well, recording under the moniker La Poré. An actor, he’s currently playing…
Cuyahoga County’s Annual Drug Overdose Deaths Already Predicted to Leapfrog 2018’s Numbers
Deaths in suspected drug-overdose cases, largely from opioids, have risen for the second month in Cuyahoga County, according to the Medical Examiner’s newly-released preliminary findings for the month of February. The Medical Examiner’s office has announced that 51 deaths are attributed to drugs, with 30 more being investigated. These cases bring the total for the first…
Icelandair Cancels Service from Cleveland, Ending Ill-fated Transatlantic Experiment
Icelandair has announced that due to financial concerns, including the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft worldwide, all service from Cleveland to Reykjavic, Iceland, has been canceled for the summer. It’s unclear when, or if, the service will begin again. Cleveland travelers shouldn’t hold their breath. (It’s possible, according to at least one…
Yes Singer Jon Anderson to Play a Career-Spanning Set on Sunday at Hard Rock Live
Yes vocalist Jon Anderson was in a creative place nearly 30 years ago, holed up in an A-frame house in Big Bear, California, writing and recording songs. He readily admits that his beautiful surroundings, provided a lot of musical inspiration. “Every morning I went up to the ski resort and skied at nine o’clock in…
Ohio’s ‘I Voted’ Sticker To Get an Update With New Design Competition Open to Teens
In an effort to get young people excited about Ohio’s voting process, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has announced a brand new voting sticker design competition exclusively for teens in grades 6-12. Yes, the “I Ohio Voting” sticker (shown above) is soon to be replaced with a fresh image created by someone who most likely…
166-Unit Apartment Building Coming to Hough, Will be Marketed to Case Students
Cleveland City Council approved legislation Monday night that greenlit the sale of city-owned land near University Circle for the development of a 166-unit apartment complex, a project that is structured to create long-term benefits for the Hough neighborhood. The planned complex, on the corner of Hough Avenue and Ansel Road, just west of E. 105th…
Downtown Souper Market Location Now Open
More good news for downtown dwellers and workers: Souper Market’s new location on East 6th St. in the former Tea House Noodles spot is now open and dishing up hearty bowls. Tea House Noodles closed up shop last August and Souper Market owner Matthew Moore quickly hopped on the opportunity. “From the get-go I always…
Climate Change Predicted to Cause Flooding, Pollution in Great Lakes
CLEVELAND — Bigger, more frequent storms. More floods. Many millions in financial losses. Massive environmental shifts. Climate change already is causing these issues in the Great Lakes region – and it’s expected to get worse, according to a new report. Eighteen experts from research institutions in the U.S. and Canada contributed to the report from…
Still Three Weeks Left to Comment on EPA’s Plan to Reduce Stream Protections
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Time is running out for public comments on a federal proposal to lift pollution controls on certain smaller streams and bodies of water, including tens of thousands of miles of Ohio waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency says Clean Water Act protection should no longer apply to small streams and pools that are…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Coming to the Agora in October
Several stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 will participate in Werq the World, a new RuPaul’s Drag Race tour that’s coming to the Agora on Oct. 14. The all-new production follows a team of “intergalactic queens,” including Aquaria, Asia O’Hara, Detox, Kameron Michaels, Kim Chi, Monét X Change, Naomi Smalls and Violet Chachki on…
Nintendo Games Reimagined for the Piano and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
Tuesday Musical continues its season at the University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm with a concert by the Escher String Quartet. The program includes the second performance of Chris Rogerson’s brand-new Quartet No. 4, and Beethoven’s wildly inventive Quartet in C-sharp, Op. 131. Adam Barnett-Hart, Danbi Um, Pierre…
Jazz Is Phish Reinvents Masterfully What We’ve All Come to Love at The Bop Stop in Cleveland
Drummer Adam Chase (and guitarist Matthew Chase) formed Jazz Is Phish in 2015 as a roving collective of musicians honoring the music and the legacy of Phish. The idea was simple: identify a thread that weaves through a broader creative community and pull it. See where it leads. “It became apparent to me that if…
Michael Jackson Memorabilia to Remain on Display, Rock Hall Says
Michael Jackson’s legacy isn’t being erased anytime soon at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the museum recently announced. Since the recent release of HBO’s Finding Neverland, a documentary which once again brought to light child sexual abuse allegations against Jackson (and that Jackson’s Estate has vehemently refuted), pop music fans have had to grapple…
Two-hour Special on Piketon Murders to Air on Oxygen Network Sunday
Oxygen Media, which has become a “multi-platform crime destination brand” — who knew? — will host a two-hour special on the 2016 Rhoden family murders in Piketon, Ohio, Sunday at 7 p.m. Hosted by Beth Karas, the special will “take viewers inside the largest criminal investigation in Ohio’s history.” You can watch the trailer above…
Cleveland Heights Scraps New, Dumb City Slogan Less Than a Week After Announcing It
Cleveland Heights chose a bad, new slogan for itself — “We Choose This” — and unveiled it last week. Less than three days later, the city announced it was scrapping the slogan after almost universal backlash from residents. You can read more about the formation of the slogan and the accompanying surveys and documents that…
Cuyahoga County Among Targeted Areas for Trump’s Vague National HIV-Prevention Plan
President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled plan to end the HIV epidemic targets 48 counties nationally, including Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, and Hamilton County. The initiative, which will be run by the Department of Health and Human Services, is a decade-long plan that aims to lower the HIV transmission rate by 75 percent over the first…
Alice Cooper to Play Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in July
Shock rocker Alice Cooper recently announced a handful of July tour dates. The shows will represent the premiere of his all-new Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back show, which will have a very different look than recent tours. The tour includes a July 14 stop at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica. In addition to recording and touring…
Shelter Animals Named the Official State Pet of Ohio
As of last week, new legislation has given more hope and exposure to animals in shelters across Ohio. Just as every state has a state bird (Ohio’s is the cardinal), some states have specifically recognized state pets. Ohio just joined that trend last week when Senate Bill 86 officially nominated shelter animals as the official…
Local Hip-Hop Duo FreshProduce Gets Collaborative on Its New Album
On the corner of E. 65th St. and Fleet Ave. in Cleveland’s Slavic Village stands Brittany’s Record Shop. On the inside, the walls are decorated with artwork from the likes of September Shy and Dakarai Akil. A shelf features more artwork along with some merch from local bands the Katy and Sink or Swim. In…
Papa Roach to Perform at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in August
Earlier today, the alternative rock quartet Papa Roach announced that it has added dates to its Who Do You Trust? tour with Asking Alexandria and Bad Wolves. The tour comes to Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica on Aug. 18. VIP packages and artist presales will be available beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Citi cardmembers will have…
Local Roots Rock Band AJ & the Woods Releases a New Music Video
The members of the local roots rock act AJ & the Woods have spent the past nine months working on their new music video for the single “Adeline.” They worked on it at Lava Room Recording with locals Mike Brown and Madeline Finn. Now, the group has just released the finished product. “The video uses only natural…
Yellowcake Shop’s Hi, Fashion Event Teaches Clevelanders About Clothing’s True Cost
Valerie Mayen, Project Runway alumna and owner of Cleveland fashion company Yellowcake Shop, puts on Hi, Fashion tomorrow and Sunday at Near West Theatre. She aims to educate the community about sustainability in fashion. The free event follows a screening of The True Cost, which was shown at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday. Just as the…
Andrew Bird Coming to Masonic Cleveland Auditorium in September
Singer-songwriter Andrew Bird learned to play the violin at a very young age while growing up in Chicago. Initially, his formal training had a strong influence on the type of music he played. His 1996 debut, Music of Hair, commences with a gentle waltz and keeps things on the traditional side of the folk-y spectrum.…
Bernie Moreno Launches CHAMPtitle in Bid to Disrupt Auto Titling
Auto dealer-turned-tech entrepreneur Bernie Moreno and business partner Shane Bigelow announced Friday morning that the technology undergirding their new digital auto titling company, CHAMPtitle, is “good to go.” Under the umbrella of Ownum, a tech incubator-slash-laboratory conceived by Moreno and Bigelow to “unlock business growth and make government more efficient,” CHAMPtitle will be sold to…
College Credit Plus: Giving Ohio Kids a Leg Up
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A program that helps Ohio middle-school and high-school students get a jump start on their college degree soon will be entering its fifth year. College Credit Plus is a dual-enrollment program that offers seventh- through 12th-grade students the opportunity to take courses for free from public colleges or universities. Michele Scott Taylor,…
Ohio Senate Passes Six-Cent Gas Tax Hike, One-Third of What DeWine Says State Needs
You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes and you’re Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, you might get about a third of what you say the state needs. At least, that’s what the Ohio Senate told DeWine as it voted 24-6 for a transportation budget containing a 6-cent gas and diesel tax…
Cleveland Heights Announces New, Dumb City Branding Slogan That Everyone Hates
Cleveland Heights this week unveiled a new slogan crafted for the city by Align2Market, one of the many companies that now help cities create rebranding efforts, and, welp, here it is: Cleveland Heights: We Choose This. We choose what? This? Huh? In the landscape of safe, vanilla and otherwise forgettable suburban slogans — including design and…
Kelly Clarkson Proves She Is Ours But Also Fully Her Own at Q Show
We chose Kelly Clarkson, American Idol watchers like to think. But most likely, even without the help of “A Moment Like This” and everyone who voted her the winner over Justin Guarini that inaugural season back in 2002, she would have catapulted to fame on her own because she’s the owner of that incredible decibel-defying…
The Head and the Heart to Perform at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica on September 10
Earlier today, the indie rock band the Head and the Heart announced the dates of a tour in support of its forthcoming album, Living Mirage, which will be released on May 17. The tour comes to Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica on Sept. 10. Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning at 10…
The Great Cleveland Outdoors
Before you stuff your belly with food and booze, and before or after you’ve taken in all the cultural sights and sounds of the city, make some time to get outdoors in Cleveland. There are many good reasons for that, Lake Erie being just one of them. Hit the Beach The beach? In Cleveland? Damn…
A Choose Your Own Cleveland Adventure
High culture or low culture, night or day, food or drink, arts or entertainment, this beautiful city abounds with options. We’ve narrowed the lengthy roster of possibilities and experiences down to 25 we’d recommend tackling. Whether you conquer the entire list or highlight just a couple during a weekend in town, you won’t be disappointed.…
The Essential Cleveland Dining List
Whatever label you choose to bestow upon them – Best, Essential, Top Toque, Golden Spoon, Primo Piattos – the meaning is the same. These are the restaurants that stand out in a very crowded field for a variety of reasons, many of them intangible. When it’s time to answer that ubiquitous question of “Where should…
A Town Built on Beer
The craft beer boom shows no signs of slowing down, as evidenced by the seemingly unending new shops opening from east to west. And that’s welcome news, for Cleveland is a town that loves its beer. And no matter where you find yourself, you’re bound to be a few minutes away from a choice brewery.…
Happy, Happy Hours in Cleveland
Happy hour, when it comes down to it, is really an excuse. An excuse for a pitstop between obligations, an excuse to refresh and regroup, an excuse to grab something tasty for less than it’ll cost you in just a few hours. And in many ways, the destination doesn’t matter. As long as there are…
Just Think Of Cleveland as the Festival City
February Brite Winter Festival (Mid to late February) Free music, festivities and more in the Flats. 2020 will mark the 11th annual outdoor music fest. BriteWinter.com. March St. Patrick’s Day Parade (3/17) Everyone’s Irish for the day. Sing, drink, eat, dance and generally have fun with a downtown parade. Cleveland International Film Festival (3/27-4/7) For more than four…
Your Week in Cleveland, Planned
Open your door and pick a direction: You’ll find something wonderful or bizarre or stimulating anywhere you look. You’ll probably also find a drunk guy taking a leak behind that dumpster over there. But the fact remains that you could do something different each night if you wanted to in Cleveland, and it turns out…
