Concert Review: Kurt Vile at the Grog Shop
Like many successful songwriters, Kurt Vile started out his music career with a project that sounds different enough from his current musical muse to warrant the switch but close enough that his contributions are obvious. As one of the founders of the War On Drugs, his influence is apparent with each busy, washed out guitar…
Video: 7 Women Fight at McDonald’s in Sandusky
Seven women from New York were arrested and charged after a fight at McDonald’s near Cedar Point. Video of the incident, complete with fries-on-the-floor and sucker-punch action, below. The action starts about halfway through. SDRG Video – According to police, via the Sandusky Register, this is what happened: Police dispatched at 1:35 p.m. Sunday to…
Who doesn’t love pyrotechnics and wiener dog races? New entertainment coming to Browns games
clevelandbrowns.com ESPNCleveland.com is reporting a laundry list of updates to the “game day experience” at Cleveland Browns games for this season thanks to new Vice President of Fan Experience and Marketing Kevin Griffin. Among them are: —”Fan Night”: a free inter-squad scrimmage at First Energy Stadium on August 3rd.—A new “pregame tailgate experience” in Heritage…
Concert Review: The Eagles at Quicken Loans Arena
On a tour billed as “The History of The Eagles,” the most appropriate visual representation of the group’s tumultuous run would unfold during the second set, as the band ripped through the James Gang classic “Funk #49” with the imagery of an Eagles-branded pinball machine on the video screens behind them. More than four decades…
fun. at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica: Concert Review
The first thing you’ve gotta know before heading to a fun. show is that, really, it’s all in pure fun. No, the incessant radio play isn’t all that fun, but the band’s live show hits the spot. The pop rock band du jour – and du 2012 – stopped by Nautica last night to christen…
STUDY: Bed Bug Reports are Up 36% in Cleveland
A recent study performed by the bug company Terminix revealed that reported cases of bed bugs are up 36 percent in Cleveland from this time last year. If the results are accurate, Cleveland would rank eighth in the nation for bed bug reports. Karen Butler, The Director of the Department of Public Health in Cleveland,…
Afternoon Brew: 5 Things Going on Right Now that You Should Know About
Good afternoon, Cleveland. Here’s some reading material to get you through the 4 p.m. drag. – Your furry four-legged friends are now eligible for food stamps! That’s right, Clevelanders who currently receive public assistance through the government are now able to get food stamps for their pets. (19 Action News) – While newspapers across the…
A Biologist from Bowling Green Helped Discover 3,500 Species Of Life in a Buried Antarctic Lake
A local biologist has helped discover a surprising variety of life in an enormous lake buried two miles below Antarctica. Dr. Scott Rogers from Bowling Green State University recently led an analysis of ice cores obtained from the basin of Lake Vostok which were extracted by Russian scientists in 2012. Rogers’ research revealed DNA from…
Cavs Offer Andrew Bynum Two-Year Deal Worth $24 Million
Via Yahoo basketball insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the Cavs have made a two-year, $24 million contract offer to Andrew Bynum. He’s the high-risk, high-reward big man who played not one minute last year with the Philadelphia 76ers due to chronic knee injuries (including one sustained whilst bowling). The second year of the Cavs’ contract would be…
Young Ohio State Fan Names His Brain Tumor ‘Michigan’
“We don’t give a damn for the whole spectrum of cancerous diseases, the whole spectrum of cancerous diseases, the whole spectrum of cancerous diseases…” Something like that, anyway. Grant Reed, a 12-year-old diehard Ohio State fan, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011, Fox Sports reports. Taking inspiration from his idols, Reed nicknamed the…
Browns Fan’s Obituary Is Perfect
UPDATE: Looks like Scott E. Entsminger will be let down by the Cleveland Browns one last time afterall. Just not in the way he’d like. Team spokesman Zak Gilbert told NewsChannel5 that it will not be possible to fulfill Entsminger’s dying wish, considering the team is not currently in Berea and does not start training…
A Man Wearing Nothing But Spiderman Underwear was Arrested for School Vandalism
A Cincinnati man is accused of breaking into Arch Bishop Moeller High School this weekend, clad only in Spiderman underwear. 19 Action News reported that Thomas Williams, 23, allegedly entered the building after breaking lower level windows with rocks, and then deployed several fire extinguishers inside the school around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. An eye witness,…
16 Fabulous Vintage Photos from the West Side Market
The Cleveland Memory Project, one of the coolest Cleveland photo archives around, was holding onto this awesome batch of vintage West Side Market photos. Clearly, the West Side Market was the place to be in the 1950s (and, frankly, that’s still true today). Here are 16 of the best vintage photos, thanks to the CMP.
Video: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight Speak Publicly for the First Time Since Rescue
A video produced by the public relations firm representing Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight was made public at midnight. It was filmed at Jones-Day’s offices in Cleveland July 2. More than $1 million has been donated to the three women rescued after a decade of captivity at the hands of Ariel Castro. Watch…
How The New Ohio Budget Affects Your Vagina
Mike Polk as Governor Kasich kindly explains how the new abortion stipulations in Ohio affect you.
Video: Guy Picking His Nose in Background of Rover’s Appearance in Court
Rover was in court today after his July 4th shenanigans, but what people were really talking about, via Reddit and Reddit user clerunner, was the guy in the background near the start of the proceedings, which you can watch in the video below, digging around his nose for gold. Congrats, you’re internet famous, young prospector.
O.A.R. Dazzled at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica Last Night
Illuminated by a dazzling array of reds and oranges, O.A.R.’s show last night was vibrant from the moment the musicians stepped onstage. Read our review of the show and check out some of the photos from the evening’s festivities.
VIDEO: ESPN’s Amazing Story on 2 Former Cleveland Wrestling Teammates
ESPN.com ESPN’s update to their story on an unlikely pair of Cleveland high school wrestlers is a real tear-jerker and, according to Sports Illustrated’s media columnist, may be the best segment SportsCenter has ever done. In 2009, then-ESPN producer Lisa Fenn, a Cleveland native, found the story of the Lincoln-West High School wrestlers Leroy Sutton,…
PHOTO: Miguel Cabrera Completely Obliterated a Baseball in Yesterday’s Game Against the Tribe
Yesterday evening, Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera crushed his 28th home run of the season. Here’s what the home run ball looked like at the moment of impact: Nearly 25 percent of the ball is deformed by the force of Cabrera’s swing. That’s some real strength. Anyone who has ever held a baseball knows how hard…
Raymone Clements Sentenced to Nearly 23 Years in Jail
Clements UPDATE: Raymone Clements was sentenced to 275 months – nearly 23 years – behind bars. U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent announced the sentence today. Clements was charged with being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition after federal investigators homed in on animal cruelty charges filed against him late last year. Clements…
Burger Bar Saturation Claims its First High-Profile Operator
Eddie ‘N Eddie, located on the popular corner of Detroit Road and Warren Avenue in Lakewood, already is undergoing a major change in concept after being open only since August of last year. The new concept, Cerino’s Casual Italian, will be a return to familiar ground for owner Eddie Cerino, who’s family for years has…
The Plain Dealer’s Top Story This Morning was About Poop
Front page news, folks, Above the fold. It’s not foreign wars or downtown controversy or even the Tall Ships Festival, but a story about poop transplants. Evidently, healthy poop inserted via colonoscopy into the bowels of someone with unhealthy poop (specifically C. diff) makes all the difference: In addition, recent changes in federal regulations eliminate…
O.A.R. at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica: Concert Review
ERIC SANDY/SCENE Marc Roberge of O.A.R. starts the show. O.A.R. did what they do best last night, offering up a rousing set of summery songs – the hits, the deep cuts – and getting everyone at Nautica dancing. The setlist was fairly varied, though the band seemed to toss some of its bigger hits into…
Concert Review: Richard Thompson Took the Kent Stage by Storm Last Night
With a beret, scarf, salmon pink Fender and a scathingly thick British accent, Richard Thompson took the Kent Stage by storm last night with hard hitting rock songs uncharacteristic of the artist’s folk reputation. “We’re a power trio but we’re not that powerful,” Thompson said to a roaring crowd in the middle of his second…
Hodgson Speaks out After Last Night’s Show
Entering last night’s episode of “Food Network Star,” Cleveland chef Chris Hodgson was in the final seven. The high-energy chef-partner of the Driftwood Restaurant Group had survived six prior eliminations, but last night his shot at winning it all came to a screeching halt. “The sheer amount of love and support from Cleveland, and also…
Ohio Girl Scouts Troop Manager Allegedly Steals $10,000 in Cookie Money
Talk about getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar. A Toledo, OH-based Girl Scouts cookie sale manager has allegedly failed to hand in more than $10,000 raised by a recent cookie drive. Despite numerous requests from the Western Ohio Girl Scouts organization, volunteer manager Tarra Kopp, 32, has refused to turn in the,…
Burntwood Tavern Divulges Fifth Location
The Burntwood Tavern has announced the fifth location for its rapidly expanding restaurant concept, which originated in Chagrin Falls back in September of 2010. It will be located in historic downtown Cuyahoga Falls. “The main thing we look for in a new location is community,” says regional managing partner Ian Hopkins. “We thought the location…
Ohio: The Proud State of The Drew Carey Show and 6 Other Popular TV Series
A Redditor recently published this map depicting the most significant television shows developed in each state. As we all know, Ohio’s TV claim to fame was The Drew Carey Show, which ran for almost a decade on ABC. But our state has also hosted a variety of other hit shows in recent years. We’ve compiled…
VIDEO: Flag Shirt Wearing Man Who Tackled the Escaped Inmate Speaks Out
The flag-shirt wearing hero who tackled the Mansfield Correctional Facility escaped convict, James David Myers, on July 4 said he wasn’t worried one bit about his personal safety during the ordeal. “I’m confident enough in my strength that once I grab a hold of somebody like that, they’re not going to get back up,” Mark…
Juba The Rhino Turns 1 Year Old: Happy Birthday, Juba!
Via Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Juba! Everyone’s favorite hometown baby rhino turned 1 year old on Monday. The celebration took place today at the zoo, complete with “special watermelon and carrot ‘cake.'” Happy birthday, Juba! At the time of his birth last year, zoo officials wrote: “…his birth is truly a rare event as he is…
What’s Your Craziest Cleveland Bar Story?
Nights on the town here in Cleveland can get pretty goddamn rowdy. Simple excursions to the bowels of West 6th Street can end up as depraved, acid-bleached odysseys into the salt mines below Lake Erie. However your nights end up, you’ve probably got at least a handful of wild stories from your filth-ridden past. Tall…
Dish of the Day: Lobster Pierogi @ Burntwood
Is there a more iconic Cleveland food than the pierogi? In recent years, many chefs have put a modern spin on the modest Polish dish, none more famously than Michael Symon and Lola’s beef cheek pierogi. Another rendition that is soon to be a classic is the lobster pierogi appetizer ($13) at Burntwood Tavern. Available…
5 Must See Movies This Weekend
1) 20 Feet from Stardom, director Morgan Neville’s documentary about talented people who sing in the shadows of superstars like Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, focuses on the individual stories of several significant singers. While the film’s lack of a narrative could be a bit off-putting, it has such heart and features so many…
Rover Arrested for Drunk and Disorderly Conduct
Reports trickled in early this morning that Rover (real name: Shane French), morning show host for the conveniently named Rover’s Morning Glory show over at WMMS, was arrested at 3:30 a.m.(ish) last night/this morning at Whiskey Island for drunk and disorderly conduct. (Update: He was, in the words of one police source, “hammered,” but the…
WATCH: A Man in A Flag Shirt Tackles the Mansfield Prison Escapee
An escaped inmate from the Mansfield Correctional Facility has been captured thanks to a flag-shirt wearing good samaritan. Police reported that escaped convict James David Myers was spotted at a check-out counter at a general store in Ashland yesterday evening when a customer recognized him and tackled him to the ground. The man restrained the…
Browns’ Quarterback Brandon Weeden Sports Best 4th of July Outfit Ever
All we can say is we love this photo.
10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Independence Day
The 4th of July: the glorious day when Americans have cookouts, watch fireworks, and attend parades. But what are we really celebrating? And what else is happening on this day? We’ve compiled a list of 10 things you might not know (but probably should) about our beloved 4th of July holiday. 1. Independence Day Should…
CMA Ohio City Stages kicks off with a bang
Last night, the Cleveland Museum of Art launched a block party/concert series it has dubbed CMA Ohio City Stages. The event featured a performance by the Mali husband and wife duo Amadou & Mariam, who performed on a huge stage set up near the Transformer Station on West 29th St. The duo’s Afro-pop sensibilities went…
Ohio Raised Speed Limit Just in Time for Drunk Travelers
Five-hundred and seventy miles of rural Ohio interstate roadways have been bumped up to 70 mph. The new speed limit went into effect July 1 — just in time for the extra traffic of the holiday weekend — but authorities aren’t predicting an appreciable surge in accidents or fatalities, via the PD. What the state…
Format Busters
Bassist Andrew Dost knew he had found his musical soul mates when he met singer Nate Ruess and drummer Jack Antonoff. When they started jamming together in 2008, the three of them realized they were all big Beatles fans and started playing Beatles covers to help hone their songwriting skills. “The biggest touchstone for…
(A Crazy Game of) Music
O.A.R.’s sax player, Jerry DePizzo, is caught in the middle of a Chicago shitstorm. He and the band are warming up at Northerly Island as the city erupts in a parade for the Blackhawks, recent winners of the Stanley Cup. It’s bedlam riddled with joy, and DePizzo knows that the band can capitalize on that…
Band of the Week
Meet the Band: PHX (vocals), Dmills (guitars), BTEE (drums), J (bass) The ’80s: Drummer BTEE and guitarist Dmills started the band back in the ’80s when they were still in high school. “It was a typical ’80s metal band,” says J. “They played lots of covers but they quickly decided they wanted to write original…
Regional Beat
So Long, Albatross (Cellar Door) solongalbatross.com It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where to classify this local trio. The songs on this, their self-titled debut, alternate between melodic garage rock (“Wolves”) and heavy stoner rock (“Flash Around”). Album opener “Out of Focus” has a loose, grunge-y feel while “Head for the Sky” aspires to the kind…
Dan Rogan Was Supposed to Die
You don’t get a Stage-4 cancer diagnosis and go on your merry way. You just don’t. Stage 4 means the cancer has metastasized. Stage 4 means it’s spread. It means your body has surrendered and the question of giving up your personal ghost is likely not an “if” but a “when.” Dan Rogan’s cancer entrenched…
Bulletproof: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Takes Criticism in Stride
Controversy seems to follow Megadeth guitarist Dave Mustaine wherever he goes. Though the band’s latest album, the hard-hitting Super Collider, is sitting atop the charts, critics have taken aim. One reviewer said it was “mired in mid-tempo drudgery.” Mustaine, for his part, doesn’t take the criticism to heart. He continues to be an icon in…
Quickies
I’m a 24-year-old woman who just ended a five-year relationship. It sucked. I cried. It was my first breakup, so I’ve felt totally insane for the last three months. Now I’m in the dating world, and I go out with people only to find that we have no physical chemistry. My mother says, “You’re just…
Almost Done
The Cleveland Museum of Art has re-opened three galleries in its North Wing, marking the second-to-last “mile-stone” in the institution’s eight-year expansion and renovation project. The sprawling $350-million project will finish this December with the unveiling of the West Wing. In the meantime, the northern galleries offer visitors centuries of artful objects from civilizations too…
Also On Stage
The Emperor’s Ears Talespinner Children’s Theatre When a gaggle of country folk are given a looking glass, you’d think they’d be happy. Turns out, not so much—in the delightful children’s play The Emperor’s Ears, now at the Talespinner Children’s Theatre. This adaptation of a Serbian folktale by Michael Sepesy has plenty of humor, heart and…
On the Block: Cleveland Chop Offers Just about Everything, Excels at Just about Nothing
If you couldn’t tell that Cleveland was a meat-and-potatoes town by looking at our collective waistline, you certainly could by looking at our restaurants. In just a few square blocks downtown, diners can pig out on steak at XO, Hyde Park, Morton’s and Brasa. We just lost John Q’s after decades of fine service, but…
The Ballad of Little Lou
Everybody knows the man with the microphone. Choruses of “Little Lou! Howya doin’?” are unavoidable upon passing through the foreboding front door at Tina’s Nite Club. But if the jovial vibes and the cold beer you’re about to order don’t set your mind at ease, perhaps the man himself can draw you into the neon…
What’s Fresh At:
For no good reason at all, sardines have always gotten a bad rap in the fish world. Well, there is a reason—it’s just not a good one. It’s likely because the small, oily fish has been a staple of the canned food scene in America since the 1950s, giving an otherwise fine fish the reputation…
Kasich and His Buddies Declare War on Women’s Rights
“If the Backstreet Boys could regroup and go on tour, so can the Caveman Caucus,” shouted State Rep. Nickie J. Antonio at a press conference Tuesday morning outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. “Because that’s what we’ve got, a Caveman Caucus.” She and other regional Democrats were voicing their disapproval—and utter disbelief—at the state…
SEX & HYPOCRISY
Sexual repression blooms again in Measure for Measure at the Cleveland Shakespeare FestivalWho would not relish the chance to go in disguise and prowl amongst our friends and neighbors, checking out how they behave without us there, and what they say about us? Shakespeare arrived at this dandy reality-show concept a long time ago in…
A Spritz of This, A Spritz of That
It’s hot. You’re thirsty. And, as usual, you’re seated at the bar. You could order a cold beer, a glass of rosé, or maybe a stiff drink. No, no and no! What you really want is a spritz. Light, crisp, cool and refreshing, spritzes are the perfect summer beverage. They won’t fill you up like…
Ready, Set, Go
There’s an Olympic-style Velodrome in Slavic Village. Did you know that? It’s a state of the art bike-racing palace and, as it enters its second full year of operations, president Brett Davis and board member Pete Gutierrez are both thrilled at the interest the track has generated in the community and the region. Both Davis…
The Cleveland Craft Beer Report
There’s nothing more American than drinking beer and blowing stuff up. That’s why Independence Day continues to cash in the highest beer sales of all our holidays. Americans will purchase approximately 75 million cases of beer this year to celebrate our freedom. Unfortunately, the vast majority of profits from these sales will benefit overseas corporations…
LETTERS
Considering the bombing in Boston. You were expecting? As long as people live in fear, this is the end result. —Tim Johnson Does anyone else think Lakewood’s over-the-top policing might have something to do with fears about racial change? Nah! —Schmange19 Everything has to spelled out and visible—nowadays—or there will be a few in a…
Review of the Week
To clear the air, The Lone Ranger is nowhere near as good as the original Pirates of the Caribbean. But because the lineage is so apparent—same director, same producer, same star—some very specific comparisons might help us see why. But first, the plot: The Lone Ranger centers around John Reid (Armie Hammer), a big-city lawman…
Spotlight
20 Feet from Stardom, director Morgan Neville’s documentary about talented people who sing in the shadows of superstars like Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, focuses on the individual stories of several significant singers. While the film’s lack of a narrative could be a bit off-putting, it has such heart and features so many terrific…
Format Busters
Bassist Andrew Dost knew he had found his musical soul mates when he met singer Nate Ruess and drummer Jack Antonoff. When they started jamming together in 2008, the three of them realized they were all big Beatles fans and started playing Beatles covers to help hone their songwriting skills. “The biggest touchstone for…
