UPDATE: This is Jared Fox. He’s the Victim of a Cleveland Hate Crime.
UPDATE: Cleveland police have arrested a juvenile suspect in the assault against Jared Fox (details below). ***Originally posted Sept. 3: Here’s the video that Jared Fox posted on YouTube after he was brutally beaten on Saturday night outside Cocktails Lounge on Cleveland’s west side. Fox, a gay man, describes the details of his assault and…
Cleveland Shootings Roll Onward, Two By Two
Tuesday is the third straight day with a pair of shootings making headlines in Cleveland. Following a fight at a Woodland Avenue apartment complex today, two people were shot around noon. They were transported to MetroHealth Medical Center, where authorities are determining their conditions. No arrests were made as of the late afternoon. On Monday,…
Steve Schimoler to Open Two New Restaurants in Flats East Bank
When the second phase of the Flats East Bank development debuts in Spring 2015, Steve Schimoler will have a large presence there. The chef and owner of Crop Bistro in Ohio City will open two new restaurants in the Flats: Crop Kitchen & Vine and Cropicana. Crop Kitchen and Cropicana will be separate and unique…
The 10 Best Restaurants in Northeast Ohio, According to OpenTable
OpenTable has just announced its top 100 restaurants “Fit for Foodies,” based on more than 5 million reviews from across the nation (if you travel frequently, definitely check this list out). Nestled among the 5 million rants and raves of America’s self-proclaimed foodies is a list of 10 Northeast Ohio Restaurants that have received a…
How Do You Do? New ‘Cue Ready to Debut in Lakewood
As early as October 1, Lakewood will welcome its newest restaurant — a barbecue joint. Something’s Smokin (14725 Detroit Ave., 440-799-8890) has signed on as a tenant in the Bailey Building, located at the busy corner of Detroit and Warren. Situated next to Jimmy John’s, the 2,600-square-foot space is the creation of the Weeast family…
Proposed Puppy Mill Rules to be Voted Upon at Upcoming Committee Meeting
Earlier this year, I wrote about the current swath of puppy mill reform working its way through the Ohio Department of Agriculture and into self-described “kennels” across the state. A quick scan of the proposed rules and the former set of policies revealed that not much was changing in this supposed bout of reform. For…
Chemical Leak in Canton Leads to Evacuation
NewsNet5 After a chemical leak at a closed factory in Canton Monday, residents have been evacuated from a section in the northeast corner of town spanning about 20 blocks. Today, five schools in the area and multiple local businesses were closed as well. Via the Akron Beacon Journal, the fire department was called to the…
15 Reasons to Look Forward to Fall in Cleveland
All across the city Clevelanders are bemoaning the fact that mornings have been a bit brisker, days a bit shorter, and lines for Great Lakes Oktoberfest a wee bit longer. Alas, the unavoidable is upon us: Fall in Cleveland. But over here at Scene, fall is actually one of our favorite times of year (we’ll…
AFI plays high-energy show at House of Blues
If there were any doubt that punk quartet AFI would be rusty after a three-year layoff, those fears were quickly dashed away as soon as the band took the stage. Posing as if he were a boxer ready to do battle, singer Davey Havok quickly hopped atop one of the three risers set at the…
Recently rejuvenated punk rockers AFI play House of Blues tonight
Before they took a hiatus in 2011, AFI were hugely popular. The punk band played a sold out show at the Agora Theatre in 2006 and album sales even reached platinum levels during its heyday in the mid-2000s. So why did the band take a break? “As soon as we get off the road, we…
Coventry-Based Piccadilly Artisan Yogurt Expanding to Ohio City and Beyond
After just six months in operation on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, the owners of Piccadilly Artisan Yogurt have signed a lease for a second location. Snagging the 1,100-square-foot spot (2547 Lorain Ave.) between Bonbon Pastry and Crop Bistro, owner Adrian Bota says he’s thrilled to be a part of the neighborhood. “Piccadilly goes perfectly…
Lingerie Bandit Steals $1500 Worth of Undies from Victoria’s Secret in Elyria
Photo Courtesy of Victoria’s Secret, Website A thieving lingerie bandit has stolen approximately $1,500 worth of underwear from a Victoria’s Secret retail outlet at Midway Mall in Elyria Ohio. In addition to the lingerie, four sweatshirts, two varsity jackets, three pairs of pants, and a bottle of perfume were also reported missing. Fox 8 News…
Unsaid Fate plays Scene Session
The hard rock band Unsaid Fate recently played a rousing set at Peabody’s at the Scene Music Awards/Cleveland Music Festival but the group capably played an unplugged session last week at our offices. Most of the songs for this session came from the band’s recent EP, Never Turning Back. Look for a new full-length in…
The Rail Opens New Burger Joint in North Olmsted
Photo Courtesy of The Rail, Facebook The Rail is sharing their burger, beer, and milkshake love with their neighbors to the north. That’s right- The Rail’s second location will open up this December at Great Northern Mall in Cleveland’s North Olmsted neighborhood. Word on the street is that this joint will be twice as big…
Steubenville Rape: One Year Later
Jezebel’s Katie J.M. Baker has written a compassionate retrospective on the Steubenville rape case, one year removed, which paints the residents of the small town in eastern Ohio not as the grand conspirators and rape apologists they were often cast as, but folks grimly affected by national stigmas. It didn’t feel right to shrug when…
Scene Podcast: The Murder of Lisa Knoeffel
In this week’s edition, host Craig Lyndall chats with reporter Doug Brown about the murder of Lisa Knoeffel. The social worker died after being stabbed 178 times by her foster daughter, but prosecutors argue that teen was convinced to act by her foster father, who began a relationship with the girl and collected hundreds of…
Document: Read A 499-Page Audit of Cleveland’s Finances
Here’s some light afternoon reading for all of you: a 499-page audit of the CIty of Cleveland’s finances. Submitted a few weeks ago and uploaded online by the state Auditor earlier this month, this document — prepared by Cincinnati-based Clark, Shaefer, Hackett & Co. — looks at the financial situation of the city and its…
LSU Fraternity Apologizes for Tasteless Sign Referencing Kent State Shootings
A Louisiana State University fraternity has issued an apology for hanging up a tasteless sign before the school’s football game against Kent State University this past weekend. On Saturday, LSU’s Delta Kappa Epsilon house sported a sign reading: “Getting Massacred Is Nothing New to Kent St.” The sign, of course, is a crude reference to…
Ohio University Marching 110 Covers ‘The Fox’ During Halftime Show
The Ohio University Marching 110, among the greatest college marching bands in the country, has garnered itself a tidy reputation for converting pop mega-hits to the gridiron. Their rendition of “Gangnam Style” was particularly memorable. During Saturday’s game against Marshall, the band took on Ylvis’ terrific summer anthem, “The Fox.” If you’re unaware of this…
Put-in-Bay Nets Over $5,000 in Public Urination Fees This Year
Photo Courtesy of Instagram Put-in-Bay earned a steady stream of moolah this year from the village’s fine, upstanding, small-bladdered visitors. The Sandusky Register reports that Put-in-Bay police cited 32 individuals- 30 men and two women- since last September for relieving themselves in less than ideal places (i.e. next to downtown bars). As a result, the…
Tedeschi Trucks Band Hoses Cleveland
ERIC SANDY/SCENE Tedeschi Trucks Band at Nautica It was a blustery night along the Cuyahoga River last Friday, but the music coming off the stage surely kept everyone warm. It was impossible not to dance. With songs like “Misunderstood” and “Bound for Glory” rounding out the set, it was clear that what brought everyone together…
Greg Little, Sultan of Dropped Balls and Traffic Violations
Via WOIO-TV, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Greg Little was stopped by Cleveland Police in the west bank of the Flats at roughly 1:00 a.m. Monday morning — only 11 hours and 56 minutes after his first of 1,000,000,000,000 dropped passes in yesterday’s loss to the Ravens. He was cited for running a stop sign, changing…
LeBron Got Married This Weekend
Via Us Weekly, a site on which Scene keeps vigilant tabs, LeBron James has tied the knot with high school sweetheart Savannah Brinson. The newlyweds said “I do” at the Capella Chapel at the Grand Del Mar hotel in San Diego, Calif., and were feted by around 200 guests, including famous pals like fellow NBA…
Gina DeJesus’ Father Responds to News of Ariel Castro’s Death
The father of Cleveland kidnapping victim Gina DeJesus responded publicly to the news of Ariel Castro’s suicide on Saturday at the Hispanic Heritage Parade in Lorain, OH. According to ToledoNewsNow, Felix DeJesus said his family is “speechless” and surprised by the kidnapper’s prison suicide. A report by 19 Actions News also said that the DeJesus…
Sigur Ros Delivers Mesmerizing Concert at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
Aaron Mendelsohn Icelandic indie rockers Sigur Ros began their current tour over a year ago, well before they had released their latest album Kveikur. But for the current leg of the year-long tour, which came through Cleveland last night for a stop at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, the veteran band retooled the visuals and put…
Photos: JJ Grey & Mofro and Tedeschi Trucks Band at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
The Tedeschi Trucks Band and JJ Grey & Mofro tore it up at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica on Friday night. Here are a few photos from the concert.
Swedish dance duo makes Cleveland debut tonight at House of Blues
When the Swedish dance duo Icona Pop played at Lollapalooza over the summer, it had the difficult task of performing in the middle of the afternoon; the slot wasn’t reallly well-suited to the band’s club friendly dance music. And yet by set’s end, the group had fans dancing and singing along to the music. Singer…
Police are on the Lookout for an Ohio Woman who Repeatedly Poses as a Hospital Worker
Most people clamor to get out of the hospital- not inside it. Security officials at a Central Ohio hospital are on alert after they twice found a woman wearing scrubs and a stethoscope posing as a medical worker. Officials from Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH reportedly saw a woman wandering near the infant ward…
Here’s What’s Going on at the Crocker Park Wine Festival
Looking for something to do this weekend? The 3rd Annual Crocker Park Wine Festival kicked off Friday night with tons of wine, beer, spirits… and a lot more wine. Local restaurants, including Bistro83 and Manny’s Mac & Cue, are also on grounds serving up their specialties, along with live music and dessert seminars. While you’re…
Bethesda to play vinyl release party tomorrow at Musica
Last year, the Akron indie folk band Bethesda initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of its new album Reunion. While it generated enough revenue to fund the making to the CD, it didn’t have enough money to put the album out on vinyl. But band members didn’t give up on issuing the disc…
A Cleveland Sports Culture Immersion: Will Leitch Flees To The Cleve
From twitter.com/williamfleitch Will Leitch had never been to Cleveland and really only associated the city with the Drew Carey Show theme song and 30 Rock jokes (click that link, it’s great), but he came here to learn. As apart of the “Leitch Across America” series for Sports on Earth, the writer — who founded Deadspin,…
VIDEO: State Trooper Rear-Ends Motorcycle, Nearly Kills Ohio Couple
An Ohio State Trooper is under fire after allegedly ramming his cruiser into the back of a motorcycle and sending a local couple to the hospital with grave injuries. Newly released dash-cam footage shows the terrifying moment when 2012 State Trooper of the Year, Jacob Daymon, crashes into the motorbike of Beavercreek, OH couple Amy…
Construction Begins on Horseshoe Casino Skywalk
ERIC SANDY/SCENE Construction is under way outside Horseshoe Casino Opaque fencing has swallowed the Prospect Avenue corner of Horseshoe Casino, meaning only one thing: That goofy skywalk is coming. Thanks to the exclusively-minded planning of folks like Dan Gilbert, Mayor Frank Jackson and Ward 3 City Councilman Joe Cimperman (repping downtown, Ohio City, Tremont, et…
Taylor Lamborn Plays Songs from her New Album During Scene Session
On last year’s Honest Enough, local singer-songwriter Taylor Lamborn shows off her terrific voice with a collection of 11 tunes, at least a handful of which could be called break-up songs. She came by the office yesterday for a Scene Session and played a few songs from the disc. She has a number of upcoming…
The 10 Best First Date Restaurants in Cleveland
This week for Q104 our food critic dishes on the best restaurants in Cleveland for a first date. Here are his suggestions for where to eat, what to do, and- most importantly- how to get that second date.
Keith Urban is a no-show at Blossom; concert rescheduled for Sunday night
Early on, we knew something was wrong at last night’s Keith Urban concert at Blossom. The concerts at Blossom run like clockwork, so when opener Dustin Lynch took the stage some 25 minutes late, we suspected things weren’t in order. Then, we heard rumors that the country star hadn’t even arrived yet. Little Big Town…
Update: “Another Terrifying Night in Lawless Akron”
Update: Reports are trickling in that three arrests have been made in association with the violent rager that occurred just off the University of Akron’s campus earlier this month. Timothy Wallette II, 22, of Mentor was arrested in a drunken stupor as police stormed the scene with riot gear and tear gas in the wee…
North Olmsted Panera Bread, Parent Company, Sued For Unpaid Wages
Panera Bread may have served you a Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwhich with diced celery, seedless grapes, and special sauce served with lettuce and tomato on Sesame Semolina bread, but this morning they were served with a class action lawsuit in Cleveland’s federal district court for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the…
10 Things Going on this Weekend in Cleveland (September 13-15)
Drink. Eat. Be entertained. We have a lot in store for you this weekend. A whole slew of great bands will be hitting local stages over the next few days including Tedeschi Trucks, Gin Blossoms, and Sigur Ros – Make sure you check out at least a couple of shows. Between musical getups, you’ll also…
Aaron Craft Gets Engaged; OSU Women Seek Solace in Ice Cream
Scrappy OSU point guard Aaron Craft — the man whose face has become a compelling Jason Kipnis/Grady Sizemore hybrid — is getting married! He’s pictured at right with longtime sweetheart Amber Peterson. And before you start cooing and taking celebratory shots, know that the women of central Ohio aren’t taking the news too well. I…
Angry Pizza Delivery Driver Attacks Complaining Customer
If it’s an angry pizza delivery driver straight-up rupturing a customer’s spleen, then it’s gotta be Garfield Heights, as the old adage goes. And that’s precisely what happened when one customer found an East Coast Pizza driver to be a bit too rude during delivery. The driver had also first stopped at another house altogether,…
Fall Out Boy sounds sharp in first Cleveland show in four years
Last night at the Wolstein Center, Fall Out Boy played their first Cleveland show in over four years. The Chicago quartet—vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley—showed no signs of rust, however, during a nearly 90-minute set that spanned their entire career. In fact, the notoriously hit-or-miss live band…
Too Many 911 Calls from LGBT Bar, City Writes in Letter
In what Cleveland safety director Marty Flask is calling an “unfortunate coincidence,” the city sent a poorly timed letter (pictured right) addressed to Cocktails Lounge owner Brian Lyons, warning that excessive police calls place “an undue and inappropriate burden” on the the taxpayers of Cleveland and the force. Lyons and his staff have made tons…
Doctor-On-Doctor Crime: Cleveland Heights Neurosurgeon Foils Murder Attempt By Father-In-Law
Cleveland Heights Police Department Well, this is a pretty crazy story out of Cleveland Heights. Dr. Georges Bensimhon, a 66-year-old anesthesiologist from outside of Allentown, Pa, was just indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury for attempting to murder his son-in-law, a neurosurgeon at University Hospitals last week. According to Cleveland Heights police, Dr. Seth…
VIDEO: This Cleveland Browns “Les Miserables” Parody is Tragically Hilarious
The Laughter League recently posted this heee-larious Cleveland Browns Les Miserables tribute to YouTube. For those of you who thought that nothing could possibly be more tragic than a tale of imprisonment, lost love, suicide, and domed revolution- think again. The Victor Hugo musical has surely met its orange and brown-clad match. As a long-time…
On first extensive U.S. tour in years, metal pioneers Saxon to play Peabody’s
Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler was excited to see Saxon when they played his hometown in Southern England in the early ’80s. He had already bought tickets to the show when the band’s manager called to see if he could take the place of drummer Pete Gill. Glockler agreed and the rest is heavy metal history.…
City Council Primaries: Zack Reed Wins in a Landslide
Raise your hand if you thought Zack Reed’s third DUI in eight years would have at least some adverse effect on his chances in the Ward 2 primaries. Now look at the results of yesterday’s votes, below, to see if it did. Pretty stunning, huh? I mean Reed may as well have been running unopposed.…
Indulge, All Ye Who Enter: Luca Doubles Down on Fine Dining
I’m not sure how long Luca will last, but I can say that if the new restaurant doesn’t survive, it won’t be because diners are walking out unhappy. Luca is a brassy, flashy destination restaurant, where excess and immoderation are the bill of fare, and cost is less a concern than contentment. Watch the door…
Rising Star: Becca Ritterspach
A first place finish on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars might be the pinnacle of one’s career for the typical pastry chef, but not Becca Ritterspach, who continues to reach and grow with each passing year.
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut: Just a Normal Guy… Aside from the Competitive Eating
You may have seen Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shoving his face full of hot dogs and soggy buns in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island. Since 2006, Chestnut has held the title, and even broke his own world record this summer by scarfing down 69 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Chestnut travels…
Savage Love: Sheathe That Thing
Dear Dan — I’m a Savage Lovecast listener, but I’m sending this question to your column because my boyfriend would FOR SURE recognize my voice if I called the show. I’m 25, I live in Portland, and my boyfriend and I have been monogamous for five years. His dick is of average size. It’s not…
Through a Lens Darkly: A War Photographer Encounters Emotional Firefights at Home in Time Stands Still at Dobama
Photographers are a weird and wonderful breed of human being—especially those who travel to exotic and dangerous locations to snap their pix. And without a doubt, war photographers are the most unusual of all, pointing cameras in situations where everybody else is aiming guns. This is the profession that is brought into sharp focus in…
Regional Beat: Blaka Watra
Church of Insomnia (self-released) facebook.com/blakawatra Listening to the third album from noisy indie rockers Blaka Watra, it’s hard to imagine that the band began as an acoustic outfit. The wall of sound that this trio produces sounds like something you might expect from My Bloody Valentine or any shoe-gazer act from the ’90s. The moody…
Film Spotlight: Short Term 12
A couple of years ago, writer-director Destin Daniel Crettin was going through the journals he kept when he worked at a foster care facility for troubled teens. He discovered that many of his experiences would make for a good movie. So he began work on the script for what would become Short Term 12, the…
Film Review of the Week: Drinking Buddies
There’s a scene in Joe Swanberg’s new film Drinking Buddies, opening this Friday at the Capitol Theatre, in which Luke (Jake Johnson) and Jill (Anna Kendrick) talk about talking about marriage. Luke’s a few years older than Jill, but they’ve been dating for a while and Jill’s clearly got commitment issues on her mind. They…
Worth More Dead Than Alive
Situated on a one-acre lot between a quiet, dead-end gravel road and a peaceful bend of the shallow Chagrin River sits a charming three-bedroom home in the rural suburb of Willoughby Hills. A small trampoline and child’s wooden playset with swings and a small slide sit on the edge of the huge front yard. Parked…
Be True To Thine Own Music: Tedeschi Trucks Band Rolls into Cleveland with a Spicy Brew of Blues, Folk and All that Jazz
Announcing itself like an honest herd of buffalo hoofing it ’round the mountain, Tedeschi Trucks Band’s latest album dives back into the waters of tradition and spirits its members know so well. Album opener and title track “Made Up Mind” has the band restored to the wonder of the first album, though there’s a reinvigorated…
True Believers: Gin Blossoms Headline Benefit Concert at Agora Theatre and Ballroom
When the Gin Blossoms first formed in Tempe, Ariz., some 25 years ago, the Phoenix suburb was producing bands that had a certain style. Some critics called it the “Mill Avenue sound” in honor of the city’s main drag where a slew of clubs catered to college kids by presenting up-and-coming bands. “We call it…
Band of the Week: Skin & Bones
Meet the Band: Wael Barsoum (guitar/vocals), Will Morris (drums/panflute), Jeff Zika (guitar/vocals) and White Chocolate (bass/vocals) Party Like It’s 1999: When the band first formed in the late ’90s, singer-guitarist Wael Barsoum was an orthopedics resident at the Cleveland Clinic. “We were sitting around on a Friday night and started playing,” says Barsoum, who has…
Welcome to Collinwood
If Cleveland is “a laboratory for rethinking how slow-growth cities prosper”—via Cuyahoga Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) — then artists are both its scientists and its lab rats. In fact Collinwood has become the nucleus or petri dish of a massive experiment at CPAC’s culturally attuned hands, one which encourages artists to move to…
Tea-Vana: Two Locals are Betting that Tea is the Next Coffee
Bob Holcepl is used to being on the forefront of beverage trends. When he opened Civilization (then called Cravings) in Tremont 20 years ago, it was just him and Arabica in the local coffee business. “People thought we were insane selling gourmet coffee in Tremont,” Holcepl recalls. “It was the White South Bronx back then.”…
The Cleveland Craft Beer Report
In early September, hundreds of American breweries create special beers with “wet hops,” fresh, whole-leaf hops used within days or even hours of harvest. Hops grown in the Yakima region of Washington, Oregon’s Willamette Valley, and Idaho’s Treasure Valley are picked, processed and trucked to awaiting brew kettles throughout the country, including those in these…
