Update: Akron Police Have No Leads on Identity of Public Pooper
Update: Akron Police have zero leads on the identity of the public pooper who has hit a total of 19 vehicles, according to the Akron Beacon Journal, who say the poop trail has officially gone cold. Folks with any information whatsoever are still asked to contact the Akron PD at the number listed below. Originally…
Free March ‘Creative Mornings’ Lecture at SPACES Will Center on Ink
Two months ago, Creative Mornings debuted in Cleveland. Originating in New York City in 2008, Creative Mornings has branched out into a global network of inspiring lectures by the local creative community. Each month, Creative Mornings CLE invites a local expert to speak on a global theme. The best part? It’s all free, and every…
Grease Fire Destroys Steve’s Lunch
By 6:40 p.m. today, the fire that started in the kitchen of Steve’s Lunch had destroyed the building. Firefighters at the scene cited a grease fire that got out of control. Multiple alarms brought dozens of firefighters to the site shortly after 5:30 p.m. The fire grew massive — and quite quickly, too. Based on…
Local Filmmaker to Screen Short Film about Cleveland Olympian at CIFF
Rob Lucas [pictured] was surprised when he heard the story of Stella Walsh, a Cleveland Olympian who, after being murdered in 1980 during a robbery, was revealed to have had a genetic condition involving her gender. “I thought I knew all of the big sports stories involving Cleveland but obviously I didn’t,” says Lucas. Intrigued,…
Originally Planned for Completion Prior to RNC, Pedestrian Bridge Now on Track for 2017
We’ve reported here many times that imposing an RNC-focused deadline on downtown development and construction projects comes with trouble — or at least a degree of skepticism. Today, we learn that city and county leaders have pushed completion of the pedestrian bridge back to 2017, well out of scope of the RNC. Simply put, the…
Two Girls With Glasses: Fashion Designer Ted Bizon of RVAH
This week, Brandi McElhatten and Nikki Delamotte talk to designer Ted Bizon about his RVAH clothing line. A young self-taught fashion designer, Bizon traces his journey from the suburbs of Cleveland to showing at New York Fashion Week and his current role as a buyer for Wiz Khalifa. He discusses how he’s taking more risks…
Irishtown Bend Hillside Needs to be Fixed to Avoid Collapse, Says Port Authority
Wednesday afternoon, representatives from the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority will present findings from a recent study on the deteriorating Irishtown Bend hillside. The Port has proposed a series of remediations on the ½ mile curve of the Cuyahoga River’s West Bank that would cost about $50 million. That sounds a like a ton of money,…
Lemon Grass on Lee Closes, New Building Owner Puts Call Out to Local Chefs for Biz Proposals
For nearly 20 years, Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine has been a pre- and post-movie tradition on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights. Just steps from the Cedar Lee Theatre, the restaurant has served as an anchor for the robust dining scene along the well-traveled avenue. That tradition ended abruptly this week when the operators packed up,…
A Host of All-Female Exhibitions In Celebration of Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, every year Lakeland Community College’s Gallery Coordinator Mary Urbas presents an all-female exhibition of dozens of local, regional and national artists. “In 2014, I welcomed 14 new artists to join the ongoing collection, representing New York, Oklahoma and New Mexico,” says Urbas. “This year, there are 15 new artists,…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Cleveland
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Judge Overturns Broadview Heights Ban on Drilling
Following similar judicial orders of late, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Michael Astrab ruled that Bass Energy of Fairlawn and Ohio Valley Energy of Austintown, among other such outfits, will be allowed to drill new wells in Broadview Heights. The ruling is notable not only for its timely complement to the Ohio Supreme Court’s Munroe…
Six Classical Music Events to Catch This Week
Flutist Matthias Ziegler at Transformer Station. Ziegler plays principal flute for the Zürich Chamber Orchestra, but on the side, he gives “solo polyphonic” concerts on flute and electroacoustically amplified contrabass flute that defy easy description but explore a spectrum of fascinating sounds. He’ll make a local appearance courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art on…
Construction Process Begins on Opportunity Corridor
As though such things heralded the clamor and fandom of, i.e, the National Basketball Association or something, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor and ODOT Director Jerry Wray officially kicked off “the 2015 construction season” earlier this week. The focal point and location for the announcement led a flock of reporters to Northeast Ohio’s own Opportunity Corridor…
Local Development and Tourism Touted at Destination Cleveland’s Annual Meeting
A gala that came complete with food stations, balloons that dropped from the ceiling and celebrity speakers, the 2015 Destination Cleveland Annual Pep Rally Meeting, which was held earlier this afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena, touted the convention and visitors bureau’s many achievements. President and CEO David Gilbert started by telling the audience that last year’s…
A Great Story About Al Rosen (RIP)
The legendary Al Rosen passed away over the weekend at the age 91. As the author of The Baseball Codes points out, the NYT obit mentions the historic 1953 season when Rosen missed the Triple Crown by the slimmest of margins. Seriously, 0.0011 slim. Going into the final game of the 1953 season, Rosen was…
Someone Stole This $800 Painting From the Taco Bell in Westlake
There used to be two of these mighty fine pieces of art hanging in the Westlake Taco Bell. There is now just one. The other was absconded with by someone on Sunday night, probably, according to the Westlake PD. If you see this in your son’s backseat, the Westlake police would like you to call 440-871-3311.…
Racially-Motivated Attack Alleged at Akron’s SAE Fraternity
An African American student at the University of Akron is alleging in a lawsuit that in 2014 he was physically attacked and the target of racial slurs by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Akron, and the subject of false arrest by campus police who took the word of the…
New Owners and a New Gallery for the William Busta Space
A few months ago, William Busta announced his plans for retirement. Although he made the announcement months before the gallery actually closes, which will come this summer, the future of the exhibition space was still unclear. Well, all that changed late last week. Just a day before the opening reception for his latest exhibitions by…
Sterle’s Country House Teams Up With Platform for Beer Dinner
On Thursday, March 26, Sterle’s Country House and Platform Beer Co. will team up for a beer-and-food filled night at the St. Clair neighborhood restaurant. The event runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The five-course banquet includes beer and food pairings, plus a tap takeover by Platform. It is the very first beer dinner hosted…
A Retiring Akron Firefighter Has Worked for 33 Years Without Once Calling in Sick or Showing up Late
This weekend, the Akron Beacon-Journal celebrated the career of one Ralph Schueller, a 33-year veteran of the Akron Fire Department. Schueller has served 3,124 consecutive shifts without once calling in sick or showing up late. Schueller will retire on March 23 having accumulated more than 1,000 hours of unused sick time and 15 weeks of…
In On The OutLab: Orchestrating the Return of a Budding Improv Jam Session
After several months off — holidays, scheduling conflicts, all that stuff that tends to mark the flipping of the calendar — one of Cleveland’s up-and-coming improv jams is returning in fine form on March 24. With a new home at the BOP STOP (2920 Detroit Ave.), the guys behind OutLab are hoping to keep the…
Beachland to Host Tribute Concert for Association for Consciousness Exploration Founder
The founder of The Association for Consciousness Exploration (A.C.E.), Jeff Rosenbaum was a real catalyst. The guy used to host drum jams on E. 185th St. and brought “cosmic thinking” people together for the annual Starwood Festival. He died last year. In order to pay tribute to him, a group of psychedelic rock acts have teamed…
Local Rockers Rambler 454 to Release First Studio Album in Six Years
When the local roots rock act Rambler 454 got its start some 12 years ago, the band (singer-guitarist Dan McCoy, guitarist Rick, bassist Cooter and drummer Jessie) took a pretty straightforward approach to recording. “The first album came about after Dan and Cooter worked on some tunes and then we recorded them as a group,”…
Mike + the Mechanics Take Fans on Nostalgic Trip
It was hard to know what to expect from last night’s Mike + the Mechanics gig at the Hard Rock Rocksino. It had been 25 years since the group’s last trip to American shores in 1989 when it was promoting The Living Years album. Also, the version of the Mechanics that made the trip this…
Northeast Ohio Assisted Living Residents Strip Down for Sexy Calendar
Residents of Barberton’s Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living recently stripped down and posed for a 2015 calendar to benefit a local Kiwanis club. “That morning of the shoot … the residents were like 20-year-olds — giggling, and having the time of their lives,” Pleasant Pointe administrator Teresa Morris told the Akron Beacon Journal. The calendar, which features 87-year-old Dottie…
Howard Jones Ventures Into Transcendent Territory at Trinity Cathedral
The Cathedral Concerts series at Cleveland’s oldest church, Trinity Cathedral, presented another extraordinary show last night as U.K. synthpop icon Howard Jones and his band performed in front of an ecstatic crowd. Alternating between a keytar which allowed him to roam across and even off the stage and a keyboard connected to a laptop, Jones…
Gregg Allman Delivers Memorable Show at Hard Rock Live
Even late into their career, the Allman Brothers Band was still known to play marathon live sets that would run between two and a half and three hours in length (their final show in October of last year was nearly four hours). Gregg Allman’s Friday night set at the Hard Rock Rocksino was abbreviated by…
Scene Podcast: Pot, Lies, Public Square, the RNC, and Jordan Cameron’s Double Move
This week, host Craig Lyndall sat down with Sam Allard and Eric Sandy to chat about… oh, just about everything. They touched on ResponsibleOhio, the RNC’s plans for operations during the convention next year, the latest updates on Public Square, Jordan Cameron’s departure from Cleveland, and more. As always, subscribe to the Scene podcast on…
President Obama Will Speak at the City Club of Cleveland Next Week
No kidding, guys. “We are thrilled to host the President,” Moulthrop tells Scene. “We’ve hosted each sitting president since Reagan, and it’s a huge honor to continue to be of service to the community and to connect the President with the public he serves.” Hopefully Cleveland is sufficiently recovered from St. Patrick’s Day to enjoy…
“I Wanted You to Be Aware That the Onion Has Apparently Acquired a Copy of Your Letterhead and Is Printing Letters On It” — Dave Yost to Local Mayor
We don’t need to get too far into the weeds here on how Dave Yost came to pen a letter to Mayor Jeffrey Lansky of Maple Heights, whose city the Ohio auditor had placed in fiscal emergency mode. All you really need to know is that Mayor Lansky penned a letter to Senator Sherrod Brown and…
An 8-Year-Old is Creating a Punny Food Map of Every State — Here’s Ohio’s
An eight-year-old and his dad are working on a food map of the U.S. in a series they’ve coined “Foodnited States,” and it’s really adorable. So far, they’ve come up with 25 pun-filled creations. Some of our favorites are: Georgianzola, Pork Lo Maine, and Pretzelvania. Here’s Ohio’s: View the rest of the creations at eBaum’s World.
State Auditor David Yost Now Open To Auditing Public Records Requests
Citing a lack of simplicity and ease in state public records request processing, State Auditor David Yost says his office will now look into auditing requests that are initially denied. “It’s fundamentally wrong that we should have a situation in Ohio where the government can stonewall a private citizen and force them to spend tens…
CityMusic Cleveland: A Conversation With Violinist Adele Anthony
By Mike Telin After winning the 1996 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, Adele Anthony has enjoyed an acclaimed career as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. On Thursday, March 12 at 7:30 in Mentor High School’s Performing Arts Center, CityMusic Cleveland will present the first of four free performances featuring Adele Anthony as soloist…
BW Art Song Festival Recital to Feature Baritone Elliot Madore
By Daniel Hathaway The biennial Baldwin Wallace Art Song Festival likes to keep the buzz alive by presenting a solo recital by an international artist every other year. On Sunday evening, March 15 at 7:00 p.m., Canadian baritone Elliot Madore will bring lieder, chansons and songs by Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and Charles Ives to…
Kyrie Drops 57 in Thrilling 128-125 Overtime Victory Over the Spurs
We’d run out of superlatives before we could effectively describe what happened last night in San Antonio. Kyrie Irving scored 57 points, almost half (27) in the final 17 minutes of the game. He forced overtime with an off-balance 3 off the dribble, then gave the Cavaliers their first lead since the second quarter, with…
Aerosmith to Play Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Concert for Legends
Given the fact that some major rock or pop artist plays the Super Bowl halftime show every year, it makes sense that the folks at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton would enlist classic rockers Aerosmith to perform the first-ever Concert for Legends on Friday, August 7. The concert will pay tribute to…
LGBT Community Center Seeking Feedback for New Location
The Facility Search Committee of the LGBT Community Center is seeking feedback in its efforts to find a new home for the organization. A survey can be found online. The move comes in tandem with the center’s 40th anniversary here in Cleveland, and a number of neighborhoods across the city are being considered for the…
Prank Kidnapping in Taco Bell Drive Thru Leads to Arrest
We tend to leave the weird crime to the local TV news stations and the sleuths over at Cleveland Dot (photos) (gallery) (best of the beat) (readers react) (analysis) Com, but we’ve hit some sort of weird true crime trifecta this week. With the Chuck E Cheese brawl under our belts, and yesterday’s big mystery…
Cleveland and East Tech Shine Bright in ‘The Mighty Scarabs!” at Karamu House
Some local playwrights have tried to write a definitive “Cleveland play” in the past, but many of those efforts have just dissolved into a welter of forced local references lost in a plotless landscape. With the newly-revised version of The Mighty Scarabs! by Cornell Hubert Calhoun III, now at Karamu House, that string of unsuccessful…
New Book Aims to Set the Story Straight about Local Guitar Hero Glenn Schwartz
The pitch for Fortney Road: Life, Death & Deception in a Christian Cult, a new book about local guitar hero Glenn Schwartz and his association with an Ohio-based religious cult, goes like this: “For the first time, the true story of Glenn Schwartz is going to be told, everything before, during and after he was…
Cleveland Orchestra Preview: A Chat With Guest Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
By Mike Telin This week at Severance Hall, renowned French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to Cleveland, a city that played an important role early in his career when he won second prize at the Robert Casadesus Piano Competition in 1979 (now the Cleveland International Piano Competition). “My first trip ever to the United States was…
VIDEO: Get Pumped for Opening Day
The Cleveland Indians released this video earlier this week to amp folks up for opening day. Let’s just say, it worked. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Post by Cleveland Indians.
It’s Official: Delonte West to Make Glorious Comeback with D-League’s Texas Legends
The rumors had been swirling for a few days: former Cavaliers guard Delonte West, he of the bipolarism and the heartfelt interview, would attempt to make a return to basketball via the NBA D-league. “Hearing that Delonte West is nearing a return to the NBA d-league with the Texas Legends,” ESPN’s Mark Stein tweeted Wednesday. …
Rock Hall Welcomes 10 Millionth Visitor
Balloons cascaded from the ceiling of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Ross Walker, the venue’s 10 millionth visitor, walked in this morning. “You’re kidding me!” he said as he learned the news. The New York City resident cited all the awesome Jimi Hendrix items as the main draw for him today. “This…
Snarky Puppy to Play Fridays@7 Concert at Severance Hall
In 2013, the New York-based avant jazz group Snarky Puppy gave almost 200 performances and workshops on four continents. It played festivals such as North Sea Jazz, Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz á Vienne, Blue Note Tokyo, and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. “We play a lot of shows,” says band leader Michael League. “We keep it…
There’s a Company Exclusively Selling Licensed Jobu Figurines from Major League
Lifelong chums Scott Suciu and Matt Nebeker, of Phoenix, Ariz., have been obsessed with Major League since childhood. Go figure. In 2009, they thought it’d be fun to buy a Jobu figurine online. Jobu is of course the voodoo doll of big-hitting Cuban refugee Pedro Cerrano in the 1989 film, (played by Dennis Haysbert, long before…
Taking Back Sunday Delivers High-energy Set at Sold Out Show
In a high-energy show that seemed to almost be too big for the venue, Taking Back Sunday delivered in a big way last night at a sold out show at House of Blues. It felt like a big time rock show was being confined into a small auditorium. Fans were crammed shoulder to shoulder in…
Classic Rocker Gregg Allman Brings His ‘Kick-ass’ Group to Hard Rock Live
With the Allman Brothers Band wrapping up their touring career last year after a 45-year run, it would be easy to assume that Gregg Allman might be ready to take a bit of a breather. But while his time on the road these days is far removed from previous touring of 200 shows or more…
Blackberry Smoke Turns Up its Amps on ‘Holding All the Roses’
Holding All the Roses, Blackberry Smoke’s fourth studio album and its first for Rounder, is its heaviest release yet. Produced by Brendan O’Brien (AC/DC, Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young), the album commences with “Let Me Help You Find the Door,” a swaggering mid-tempo rock tune that sounds like a cross between Tom…
64-Year-Old Eastside Man Shot Dead After Altercation With Police Overnight
Theodore Johnson, 64, was shot and killed last night after he shot a Cleveland police officer. Police were responding to a domestic violence report at Johnson’s home on Ottawa Road. When officers arrived, they met Johnson in a hallway. He refused to drop the gun he was holding, and shots were fired. Police Chief Calvin…
JD McPherson Revives Retro Rock Fun at Beachland Ballroom
JD McPherson, the rockabilly hero of our times, brought out a robust crowd to the Beachland last night and cooked up a fine blend of new songs and older songs from his repertoire. Sound tech issues aside, McPherson came out blazin’ and got everyone moving real quick. Throughout each song, he made sure to spotlight…
First Look: Chapati Indian Grill, the Latest ‘Chipotle Version of…’
It seems like every other day another fast-casual restaurant aspiring to be the next “Chipotle version of X” opens its doors. Last week that honor fell to Chapati Indian Grill (2215 Chester Ave., 216-303-9780), a campus district start-up with dreams of striking it big in the franchise world. A second location is expected to open…
Video: A Wintery Trip to Old Man’s Cave
The first signs of spring may be cropping up in Cleveland this week, but here’s a winter wonderland video that’s too stunning not to share. The footage was taken in Hocking Hills at the beginning of the month and uploaded to YouTube by user SayIrishWristWatch. Watch below:
Chagrin Falls Bans the Use of Cell Phones While Driving
In a unanimous vote held on Monday, Chagrin Falls village council issued a complete ban on the use of cell phones while driving. That means that anyone caught texting, emailing, or fiddling with any kind of mobile device while driving through Chagrin Falls can be pulled over and slapped with a fine; a standard that is…
Film Review of the Week: Red Army
Whether or not you identify as a serious hockey fan, the documentary Red Army, which opens Friday exclusively at the Cedar Lee and casts its gaze on what is arguably the greatest dynasty in the history of sports, is worth every last penny of the matinee ticket price. It’s the USSR’s famed Red Army hockey…
As Closing Time Draws Near for the William Busta Gallery, an Exhibition Not to be Missed
With only five exhibitions remaining before legendary local gallerist William Busta shuts the doors on his eponymous gallery, there’s lots of anticipation in the arts community. The exhibition debuting this Friday, featuring Elizabeth Emery’s Lick Time (sculptures and drawings) and Douglas Max Utter’s Time Lines (paintings and monotypes), is a fine beginning to that farewell.…
South Euclid’s Housing Manager is One of Many Trying to Fix Our Region’s Biggest Problems
“Housing,” as a term and by its very nature since 2008 or so, conjures up a vast array of mental images: demolitions, construction, vacancies, blight, renewal and more. All of that is present in South Euclid, an eastside inner-ring suburb over which housing manager Sally Martin exerts direction and control. Like the rest of Northeast…
Nuevo Mod Mex is Anything but an Imitation
It’s easy to spy a concept like Nuevo Mod Mex in Akron and think rip-off. After all, Momocho Mod Mex in Ohio City has been going strong for nine years. Yet all I see is a sharp operator who saw a gaping hole in the marketplace and set out to plug it. That the restaurant…
Film Spotlight: The Salvation
The Salvation, a new Western flick starring Danish leading man Mads Mikkelson (he of the bleeding eye in Casino Royale) opens this weekend exclusively at the Capitol Theatre. Westerns — good ones anyway — are hard to come by these days, so Cleveland Cinemas pounced on the opportunity to screen The Salvation in conjunction with…
The Pursuit of Happiness: It’s Alive and Well in Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays at Cleveland Public Theatre
You may not be aware that the state of Ohio is working on a new slogan to replace “The heart of it all.” And if you’re a gay person in Ohio who is in a committed relationship, you may not be aware that Ohio has a heart at all. That’s because our roughly heart-shaped territory…
Band of the Week: Hey Mavis
Meet the Band: Laurie Michelle Caner (vocals, banjo, songwriting), Eddie Caner (violin, viola profunda), Bryan Thomas (bass), Kevin Johnson (guitar), Anthony Taddeo (drums) Background: Back in 2010, R.E.M./Smithereens/Red Clay Ramblers producer Don Dixon discovered the Hey Mavis tune “Santa Knows” on a Michael Stanley Christmas compilation CD. Four months later, Dixon produced their debut album,…
Be a Better Fake Irishman
Study up, Clevelanders. Chances are you’ll bump into at least 314 Irishmen or Irishwomen on this glorious holiday (all of whom will combine to represent the full wacky spectrum of sobriety and drunkenness). If you play your cards right, you can claim some Irish lineage too, even if you’re not technically, ethnically, legit. Wow your…
Surviving St. Pat’s in Cleveland
St. Patrick’s Day is not to be taken lightly anywhere — least of all in sunny Cleveland, where we take our booze-fueled holidays very seriously. The word of the day is beer. And the second word of the day is beer. But the third word of the day is preparation. We’re not screwing around here;…
The 20 Essential Cleveland Bars
We gather at bars to mourn, to celebrate, to kill time, to find love, to talk, to meet friends, to partake in shared experiences, to watch games, to play games. The actual drinking part is on the list somewhere, but it’s not really near the top — you can drink anywhere, after all. We choose…
Good Idea? Bad Idea? Is a Downtown St. Pat’s For You?
Will you or won’t you? That usually ends up being the central question come St. Patrick’s Day. Let’s break down both sides as we talk ourselves through the pros and cons of wading through a sea of green-bedecked humanity on the streets of downtown Cleveland on the city’s favorite holiday. If nothing else, going downtown…
All Irish Music, All Day Long
Our list of St. Patrick’s Day concerts doesn’t change much from year to year. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Cleveland clubs and bars do a respectable job booking bands appropriate for the holiday. House of Blues throws a big, open-to-everyone bash that comes complete with green beer and Irish punk rock courtesy of…
