15+ Things To Do in Cleveland This Weekend (Oct. 17-20)
THU 10/17 Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert A live orchestral rendition of this series’ soundtrack accompanies a nearly two-hour special recap of the animated series’ three seasons in this special performance that takes place tonight at 8 at the State Theatre. 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. A Beautiful Noise This musical charts how Neil…
NAACP Maintains 2019 Cleveland ‘Water Lien’ Case is Worthy of Class Action Suit With Thousands Affected
Lawyers working for an affiliate of the NAACP argued earlier this month that an ongoing suit against Cleveland Water should be classified as a class-action case. That suit, Pickett v. City of Cleveland, which was originally filed in 2019, contends that tens of thousands of mostly Black Clevelanders had been discriminated against when the city’s…
Trinidadian Specialties Shine at New Location of Callaloo Café in Cleveland Heights
On most afternoons, you can find Kelvin Cadiz chilling on the side patio of his Cleveland Heights restaurant. That’s where his two offset grill/smokers sit, puffing aromatic smoke plumes into the air. From those grills come exceptionally flavorful foods like jerk chicken, rib tips and grilled whole chicken wings. I first met Cadiz a decade…
Review: P.K. Curry House Delivers Charm and Flavor in Mayfield Heights
Dwarfed by chains like Starbucks, Taco Bell, Raising Cane’s and Applebee’s, P.K. Curry House is an easily overlooked treasure on busy Mayfield Road in Mayfield Heights. For many years, this small storefront was home to Taste of Kerala, a stellar South Indian takeaway that grew into a full-service restaurant in Woodmere. For the past two…
Gochujang Brings Korean Street Food to Playhouse Square
There’s a new and different food option in the heart of Playhouse Square. Gochujang (1350 Euclid Ave.), which opened in September in the former Phuel space, offers a streamlined menu of Korean street foods. The cheery eatery occupies a sunny corner spot on Star Plaza. The menu features a few main items plus various ways…
114 Ohioans Died in Domestic Violence Incidents in the Past Year
In Ohio, the effects of domestic violence continue to devastate families. The Ohio Domestic Violence Network released its ninth annual fatality report, which revealed 114 people, including 15 children, lost their lives to domestic violence in the past year, including incidents where victims were shot, strangled or beaten, often while trying to leave their abuser.…
Livewire: 16 of the Best Concerts to Catch in Cleveland in October
THU 10/10 The Jerry Douglas Band A veteran bluegrass and folk musician, dobro master Jerry Douglas comes to the Kent Stage tonight at 6:30. In addition to leading his own band, Douglas is a member of Alison Kraus & Union Station, a co-bandleader for Transatlantic Sessions and founder for the Grammy winner bluegrass super-group the…
Latest Effort from Spain’s Hinds Shifts from Shiny, Happy Sound
Hinds co-founders, co-vocalists, co-guitarists and co-songwriters Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote say that Bob Dylan is to blame for their Madrid-based indie rock group’s formation. “Years ago, I had a bad breakup with a boyfriend,” says Cosials in a Zoom conference call with Perrote. The two spoke from their respective homes in Madrid. Hinds performs…
A Dozen New and Upcoming Venues Are Bringing Fresh Energy to the Cleveland Music Scene
If there’s a truism for the local music scene in the past few decades, it’s that the city’s reputation tends to tease its reality. Cleveland is a music city. Cleveland is not a music city. You can make the argument for either. The heart of the debate was on display recently in late August in…
RTA Will Be Free to Ride on Election Day
Tuesday kicked off early voting in Ohio, and while that will be a common way to make your voice heard over the coming weeks, about half of voters do so in person on Election Day. And RTA, the Cleveland Foundation and Cleveland Votes want to make sure it’s as easy and equitable as possible with…
First Look: Flight Social, Opening Today Downtown
After roughly six months of work, partners Rob Ward, Jacory Stone and Tone W. are ready to show off the fruits of their labor. They will begin doing that tonight, when the doors to Flight Social (347 Euclid. Ave., 216-331-4080) open to the public for the first time. The former Chocolate Bar space at the south end of the…
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Joe Deters Says Ohio Constitution Should Be Harder to Amend
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Joe Deters thinks it’s too easy to change the Ohio Constitution, he said recently on a Buckeye Firearms Association podcast. Deters, an incumbent Republican justice, is on the ballot for the state’s high court this November, but not for the seat he’s currently occupying. Deters chose instead to challenge incumbent Democratic…
First Look: Sacred Vortex Teahouse & Kombuchery, Opening Any Day in Ohio City
“This place exists to build community – that’s what my business is about,” says David Kovatch, who will soon open Sacred Vortex Teahouse & Kombuchery (4125 Lorain Ave.) in Ohio City. Kovatch runs the business with his wife Julie Moran. Kovatch, who also is a partner at Sacred Waters Kava Bar in Lakewood, has transformed…
Cleveland Says New Program Housed 47 Unsheltered People This Year
At least 47 homeless people have been linked with housing this year, Cleveland City Hall announced this week, as a result of work from the Home For Every Neighbor initiative. With momentum picking up since June, the city said, leases have been signed for 35 “highly-vulnerable unsheltered neighbors” as of late September—those that had previously…
15+ Things To Do in Cleveland This Weekend (Oct. 10-13)
Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 10/10 Matthew Sweet Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet, who’s been performing his first live shows in nearly four years, is back on the road as an acoustic trio that features his longtime bassist Paul Chastain and…
Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working to Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. This story was co-published with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.…
Cleveland City Council Targets Illegal Street Takeovers With New Legislation
Last Saturday, from 11:30 p.m. to 4 in the morning, hundreds of young adults from Columbus and Cincinnati drove to Cleveland in souped-up vehicles to deliver what can only be described as a citywide taunt. Dozens of cars in at least 15 intersections spun in circles around filming teenagers or lit fires. Masked kids banged…
The Cleveland Orchestra Features Finnish Guest Conductor and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
Here’s a short but very interesting list of classical music events in Northeast Ohio to pique your interest this week. – Finnish musicians will be featured at Severance Music Center this weekend as guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads The Cleveland Orchestra and soloist Senja Rummukainen in his own cello concerto. Also on the playlist: Maurice…
Concert Review: Wale Proves His Popularity Goes Beyond Music and Fame at Cleveland Show
For decades, Wale has given us hits and has proven to us that his pengame is lethal. With verses packed with witty wordplay, poetic flows and romance, the artist has never had to overcompensate. Monday night’s show at the House of Blues was a perfect example of quality over quantity. Warming us up for the…
How the Ohio Supreme Court Races Intersect With Issue 1 and Redistricting
The justices elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2024 will be the ones deciding on any challenges to new maps if Ohio voters pass the proposed Issue 1 anti-gerrymandering amendment this November. Even though Ohioans will be voting on Issue 1, which would remove politicians from the redistricting if approved, it’s possible redistricting will…
Canal Basin Park Redesign Aims to Pair Heritage With (More) Waterfront Access
The 20 acres of land off the first bend of the Cuyahoga River, and just south of Settler’s Landing, has seen a lot in the past two centuries. Up until the 1870s, it was Canal Basin, the major entry point for ships from the Erie Canal bound for the Ohio. (It was apparently where Alexis…
Modernized Version of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Great Lakes Theater Leaves You Wanting to Wake Up
If you were to listen to a recording of the current show at Great Lakes Theater, titled A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and you had never seen or listened to it before, you’d wonder what the big deal was about Shakespeare. You might think, why does everyone think old Will was such a great writer when…
How Partisan Supreme Court Elections Are Shaping Ohio
Ohio is one of seven states that elects state supreme court justices based on partisan elections — which can impact voters and campaign finance dollars. This is a new change, with Ohio Republican lawmakers adding party labels to the races starting in 2022. However, partisan elections are “a difficult fit for judges,” said Michael Milov-Cordoba,…
In ‘POTUS’ at Dobama Theatre, Vulgarity and Wit Shine as Women Save the Day
When it comes to theatrical farce, we all draw our own lines. How ridiculous is too ridiculous? When does absurdity become overdone and become tiresome? And what is the point where vulgarity tips into juvenile indulgence? You will have a chance to answer all those questions and more in the excellent Dobama Theatre production of…
Last Week in Cleveland Food News: New Mexican at Shaker Square, Clambakes and More
– Reynaldo Galindo, whose mother Maria de la Luz Galindo opened Luchita’s some four decades ago, is partnering with Jorge Sierra and Elisa Maria Galindo on Coyoacán, a new restaurant and microbrewery opening soon on Shaker Square that will bring the flavors of Mexico City to the east side. Related – Pulpo Beer Co. and…
The Paradise Galleria, a New Vintage Store, Now Open in Ohio City
Haley Morris and Cassie Trainer, friends and now business partners, have long fostered the idea of what The Paradise Galleria (3910 Lorain Ave.), a new “vintage mall of dreams” now open in Ohio City, would one day be. Through years of hosting dance parties at Mahall’s, with themes ranging from ’90s video games to Austin…
Concert Review: My Morning Jacket’s Live Reputation Endures at Sold-Out Cain Park Show
My Morning Jacket, over the more than two decades it has been together, has learned one thing incredibly well: how to transform compelling studio recordings into something even better live. Onstage, the Louisville, Kentucky-hailing, psychedelic-alternative country-indie-rock-etc. band’s grooves get looser, the drums get heavier, the solos get longer and the crescendos get louder. Throwing in…
A Tribe Called Quest Tribute To Take Place on October 18 at Tower City
An innovative hip-hop group that will finally be inducted into the Rock Hall this year, A Tribe Called Quest was part of the Native Tongues movement that produced acts such as Queen Latifah, De La Soul and the Jungle Brothers. Songs such as “Can I Kick It?” and “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo”…
Cleveland’s Accubat Adopts Lo-Fi Approach on New 13-Song Album
Local singer-songwriter Mike Bruner, who records and performs under the name Accubat, will release his new album, Fatherland, next week. He’s been cutting lo-fi releases since the late ’90s and hit the local open mic circuit in 2021. The Elliott Smith-like tunes on the well-crafted album feature quivering vocals and gentle guitars. “My music is…
Ohio County Elections Officials Are Wrestling With Mass Voter Registration Challenges
County election officials around Ohio are seeing scores if not hundreds of voter registration challenges on the eve of the 2024 election. Cleveland.com recently detailed the extent of the effort, led in large part by an organization that grew out of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Meanwhile, The Akron Beacon Journal reported on a…
Cleveland’s First AI Security Camera Went Live on Public Square This Week
Downtown Cleveland, Inc., which in August took over management of Public Square from the Group Plan Commission, has continued its efforts to make the plaza safer with the installation this week of an AI-powered security camera on the southwest corner of the square. (Cleveland police also now have a dedicated, two-man cruiser stationed there.) The new…
Coyoacán Will Bring the Foods and Flavors of Mexico City to Shaker Square
Reynaldo Galindo’s mother, Maria de la Luz Galindo, opened Cleveland’s first Mexican restaurant back in 1981. That restaurant, Luchita’s, was a staple on the west side for 40 years. For 20 years, the family also operated a Luchita’s restaurant at Shaker Square. And soon, the family will return to the Square with Coyoacán (13133 Shaker…
3 Best Sites to Buy Instagram Views for Your Reels and Videos
Instagram’s huge popularity is a double-edged sword. While it offers access to a massive audience, standing out in the sea of content can feel almost impossible. Getting eyes on your Instagram Videos, Reels, Stories, Livestreams, and Highlights is tougher than ever, but it’s crucial if you want to make waves on the platform. This is…
Project 2025 Architect Visiting Ohio for Center for Christian Virtue Summit
Today and tomorrow, the Center for Christian Virtue will host a who’s who of right-wing Republican figures in Columbus. The group’s two-day Essential Summit serves as a prelude for the Ohio March for Life — an annual anti-abortion demonstration happening at the Ohio Statehouse Friday. The summit is slated to feature state leaders like Ohio…
Four Years After Cleveland Was Ranked the Worst City for Black Women, Survey Reveals Continuing Adversity
In 2020, Bloomberg CityLab published a report that dubbed Cleveland the “worst place in America” for Black women to live based on a wide range of livability metrics including income, educational and health outcomes. In response, Enlightened Solutions, a Cleveland-based non-profit research and advocacy firm, initiated Project Noir to collect and analyze the lived experiences…
Livewire: 10 of the Best Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend
THU 10/03 Uz Jsme Doma The art rock band out of Prague returns to the Beachland Tavern. The group’s roots date all way back to the 1980s, and frontman Miroslav Wanek has somehow kept the group together (with a few different lineups) going all this time. Expect to hear Zappa-inspired music that embraces unconventional rhythms…
After Massive Weekend Street Takeovers Cause Havoc, Cleveland Police Create Task Force to Address Issue
Some time on Saturday evening, the Instagram account @cincytakeovers posted a story intended for followers in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. This was a street takeover. This was a big one, bigger than previous ones that year. “We are all going to the same places,” it read. “Spots will be dropped on the story. Do not…
The Backyard Cleveland Heights Pizza Oven Lawsuit Hits the Big Screen
From a neighborly squabble to national news, the tale of the backyard pizza oven in Cleveland Heights that produced a testy six-year battle between neighbords, multiple calls to the fire department, and a lawsuit that went all the way to a jury verdict is now the subject of a short documentary premiering at the Chagrin…
How Cleveland Became a Clambake Capital of America
“I had a clam supplier tell me a couple years back that more clams were being shipped to Northeast Ohio during September and October than the rest of the country combined,” the director of purchasing at Catanese Classic Seafood once told us. “I would think that that was still true today.” It’s clear that Cleveland…
The Cleveland Orchestra Welcomes Guest Conductor Daniel Harding and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
The Northeast Ohio classical scene will throw out the welcome mat for a number of visiting soloists and performers this week. – Joining Les Délices regulars, clarinetists Eric Hoeprich and Madison Vienna, hornists Nathanael Udell and Sadie Glass, and bassoonists Stephanie Corwin and Clay Zeller-Townson, the period instrumentalists will recreate the sounds of the Viennese…
Ohio Abortion Report Shows Increases in Out-of-State Resident Care
Ohio’s most recent official abortion count found an increase between 2022 and 2023, and also found the majority of abortions are still happening before nine weeks gestation. Out-of state abortion seekers have jumped up as well, with that group making up almost 13% of the total abortions conducted in Ohio. The annual report from the…
A Movement is Underway to Uplift Slavic Village’s Main Street. Will Vacant Property Owners Buy In?
A stroll down Fleet Ave in Slavic Village will greet you with two dozen or so businesses and storefronts. There’s the Lincoln Post—a bar home of the Polish Legion of American Veterans—off East 61st. There’s Stys Inc., off 59th, where one can get both used paint racks and forklifts. Or Bert’s & Son, hawking auto…
Honeybucket’s Adam Reifsnyder To Release New 7-Song Album
Local singer-songwriter Adam Reifsnyder (Honeybucket, the Fairdowells, Astronymer) just announced that he’ll release his new seven-song album, Better Than Late Than Never, on Friday. It features songs he wrote more than six year years ago before kids, Covid, cancer and a pregnancy loss. “Whenever I thought about recording something newer, these songs called me back…
With Additional Layoffs, Baldwin Wallace Has Cut 20% of Faculty This Year
Baldwin Wallace announced additional sweeping cuts on Tuesday to help rein in a $20.5 million budget deficit the university has been fighting to address since it was discovered last year. In a press release, the cuts were described as a “transformational reorganization.” With 28 faculty and staff being laid off in the most recent wave,…
Tim Walz and J.D. Vance Tangle in Wonky, Largely Cordial Vice Presidential Debate
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance squared off Tuesday night in a vice presidential debate that marked the last scheduled in-person meeting for the campaigns as Americans decide the country’s next chapter. Meeting for the first time, Walz and Vance engaged in a policy-heavy, nearly two-hour back-and-forth hosted by…
Fact Check: States Newsroom Assesses Claims From the Vance-Walz Vice Presidential Debate
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance faced off Tuesday in their first and only vice presidential debate. But both brought up claims that were nothing new. Here’s a look at some of those claims and States Newsroom’s assessment of the facts: CLAIM: Walz said Vance called his running mate, former President…
Cleveland Police Stop and Search Black Drivers at Higher Rates Despite DOJ Oversight
Cleveland police searched Black people more than three times as often as White people during stops in 2023 — despite finding contraband at similar rates, a Marshall Project – Cleveland and WEWS News 5 analysis found. The analysis examined the race of people stopped by Cleveland officers and was developed using data the city was…
15+ Things to Do in Cleveland This Weekend (Oct. 3-6)
Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 10/03 All Dolled Up: 200 Years of Dolls and Miniatures Film Viewing Party and Exhibition Grand Opening From porcelain and rag dolls to Barbie and American Girl, this exhibit at Western Reserve Historical Society…
Rising Star Coffee Lands New Cleveland Heights Location
Since opening five years ago in Cleveland Heights, Rising Star Coffee has become a beloved – and vital – feature in the community. The coffee shop currently shares the diner property at 1975 Lee Road with Abundance Culinary. But they had been on the lookout for a larger, permanent home. Related Well, this story turns…
Abundance Culinary to Expand at Diner Car on Lee After Departure of Rising Star Coffee
Rising Star’s residency at the diner car on Lee Road was always meant to be a temporary one. With news this week that the local coffee chain has landed a permanent home in Cleveland Heights at the corner of South Taylor (2184 S. Taylor Rd.), it also means that Abundance Culinary, the year-old modern Chinese…
Lawsuit Filed Challenging Ohio Secretary of State’s New Ballot Drop Off Requirements
Two Ohioans and the state Democratic party are challenging a newly devised policy for returning absentee ballots. They argue Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s directive requiring people to fill out an attestation when returning someone else’s ballot amounts to making “new requirements and voting restrictions out of whole cloth.” At the end of July,…
‘Ludlow Fair & The Madness of Lady Bright’ at Cesear’s Forum Is an Invigorating and Hilarious Portrait of a Wounded Soul
There’s something appealing about going to a theater and watching two plays instead of one. Why settle for just one story when you can get two entirely different, and entirely captivating, experiences? And when those plays are co-directed by Greg Cesear and Tricia Bestic, you’re assured of a special evening. In Ludlow Fair & The…
Pulpo Beer Co. and the Kraken Room in Willoughby Have Closed
Pulpo Beer Co. has ceased operations at its Willoughby location. A representative for the company has confirmed that the whole of the operation – Pulpo and the Kraken Room – is done. Pulpo began as a sort of side project to Hola Tacos and Barroco Arepa Bar after owner Juan Vergara and his team moved…
An Interracial Ohio Couple Claimed a 2019 House Explosion Was a Hate Crime. The Feds Now Say It Was a Hoax
On August 7, 2019, at 12:36 a.m., fire officers from the Sterling Fire Department responded to a call of a home explosion at the end of the Spruce Street, on a block roughly 40 miles south of Cleveland. What they found were charred remains, with just a blackened chimney and two-car garage standing. Suspicion pointed…
The Power of Crypto in Ohio’s Political Landscape
As cryptocurrency becomes more prevalent, it’s also making its way into the political arena. With millions of dollars being funneled into campaigns across the country, including here in Ohio, questions are arising about the impact this new wave of funding will have on elections – and, more importantly, what it means for voters. Mark Hays,…
Last Week in Cleveland Food News: Dazzling Omakase, a New French Restaurant and More
There’s a whole lot to catch up on from the last week so let’s get to it. – Chef Johanes Jonathan has been dazzling diners willing to spend a few hours (and $200) at Issho Ni for weekly 12 to 20-course omakase nights. Scene dining editor spent some time with him to learn how he…
‘Purlie Victorious’ at Karamu House is a Biting, and Funny, Satire of the Jim Crow South
There’s a reason playwright George S. Kaufman once pouted that “Satire is what closes on Saturday night.” It’s because satire is damn hard to pull off since it’s based on a delicate twist: It’s pretending to be what you’re not so that you can undermine what you’re pretending to be. That is exactly the twist…
Ohio Recreational Marijuana Sales Exceed $76 Million in Less Than 50 days
Ohio recreational marijuana sales have surpassed $76.2 million in less than two months. The state’s total recreational marijuana sales was $76,280,490 as of Sept. 21, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control. Ohio has a 10% tax at the point of sales for every non-medical marijuana transaction. Recreational marijuana sales started…
‘Into the Woods’ at Great Lakes Theater is a Musical Treat
If you described the musical Into the Woods as a romp with various fairy tale characters who interact with each other in often amusing ways, you’d be right. You’d also be right if you said the play is a journey into the dark place where all our demons reside and that you may emerge wiser,…
Indie Rocker Kishi Bashi Gets Conceptual on Latest Release
For indie rocker Kaoru Ishibashi, who tours and records as Kishi Bashi, the music for a new album always comes to him first. After he has some idea of what the record will sound like, he begins to think about what themes he’ll explore in the lyrics. His latest effort, Kantos, followed that same trajectory;…
Bop Stop To Mark 10th Anniversary with Special Events
The Bop Stop has just announced it plans to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a series of special events that’ll take place at the jazz club next month. Since being donated to the Music Settlement in 2013 and reopening in 2014, the Bop Stop has hosted more than 300 concerts and events each season, engaging…
Judge Leslie Celebrezze Faces Misconduct Claims Over Appointing Lucrative Divorce Cases to Friend
Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze is facing multiple counts of misconduct alleging she steered lucrative divorce cases to a long-time personal friend, according to the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel. The three misconduct counts, filed this week with the Ohio Supreme Court, come a year after The Marshall Project – Cleveland detailed how Celebrezze…
La Ville Lumiere, a French Brasserie, Now Open in Former Clifton Wine Bar Spot
Nearly three years after the Clifton Martini & Wine Bar shut its doors after a lease dispute with the landlord, the space has finally been claimed — La Ville Lumiere (10427 Clifton) opened its doors last Friday. The French-inspired brasserie is helmed by Chef Kevin O’Connell, formerly of the Cleveland Sandwich Co. After leases were set to…
Cleveland Institute of Music Faculty Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize
Following a controversial past year and a half, faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music voted—overwhelmingly—this week to unionize. Votes casted on the second floor of The Coffee House in University Circle Wednesday and Thursday showed 56 in favor and just 25 opposing it. Roughly 130 faculty at CIM will be joining the Local 4…
Independents, Republicans Chide Moreno Over Comments About Older Women and Abortion
Republican and independent voters are criticizing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno after he referred to women as “a little crazy” for making abortion policy the deciding factor for their vote. In a video obtained by WCMH, Moreno told a crowd in Warren County “(there’s) a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion…
Metroparks Secures $11M Federal Grant for Irishtown Bend Park
Irishtown Bend Park, which will be the largest riverside greenspace in Cuyahoga County, just got another notch closer to completion. This week, the Metroparks, the overseers of the park’s design, received $10.8 million in federal grants for construction purposes—for the build of Irishtown’s amphitheater, its plazas, picnic areas and boardwalk, the latter a missing piece…
How Cleveland Dining Habits Have Changed Post-Pandemic
If you think that the restaurant industry is on solid ground these days, you’re not paying attention. While each situation is unique, there are headwinds facing independent restaurant owners, forces driving a distressing wave of closures. On the operator side are hardships such as higher food and labor costs and difficulty in hiring and retaining…
Cleveland Beer Week Returns for Its 16th Year Starting Oct. 4
It’s one of the best times of year as Cleveland Beer Week kicks off from Oct. 4th through 13th celebrating local, regional and national craft brews. Cleveland Beer Week kicks off on Oct. 4 with its Pumking Poker Run. Head to Southern Tier Brewing and make your way through the Gateway District to collect your…
CLEConcierto Debuts and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
If you’re feeling like trying out something new in classical music this week, here are some suggestions. – On Thursday at 7, Nightingale Opera stages Jake Heggie’s Two Remain, based on true stories of Holocaust survivors Krystyna Żywulska, a political dissident, and Gad Beck, a Jewish gay man, at Congregation Mishkan Or (hosted by the…
Cleveland Institute of Music’s Tumultuous Era Continues With Contentious Union Vote This Week
In April 2023, near the close of the spring semester at the Cleveland Institute of Music, some 30 students were interviewed by school officials about one of their professors, principal conductor Carlos Kalmar. Allegations of sexual harassment circulated. Vivian Scott, CIM’s Title IX coordinator, was “horrified” at the comments made about Kalmar. Earlier this year,…
State to Close Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility
Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group announced what they’re calling “transformational changes across Ohio’s state and local juvenile justice system.” The group says the Ohio Department of Youth Services should replace its three large detention centers with numerous smaller facilities. The first to close would be the 180-bed Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile…
Livewire: 15 of the Best Concerts to Catch in Cleveland Through Early October
THU 09/26 The Airborne Toxic Event Frontman and band leader Mikel Jollett brings the Airborne Toxic Event back to House of Blues tonight. The group’s tour supports a new album, Glory, as well as Jollett’s memoir, Hollywood Park. Glory features moody numbers such as “Our Own Thunder” and “The Walk,” righteous rockers that aspire to…
Bernie Moreno’s Bold Strategy: Going After Ohio Women Voters on Abortion Rights
Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno accomplished something this week I didn’t even know was possible anymore for my jaded journalist’s mind: He truly surprised me. There I sat at my desk Monday, raising astonished eyebrows that a statewide political candidate would target a demographic represented in 51% of Ohio’s population about an issue…
Review: At Oliva, a Tuscan-Style Steakhouse Beckons You for Adventure and Decadence
As far as dining cycles go, Clevelanders have weathered the pandemic years and the slew of taco, pizza and fast-casual options that went with it. On the other side of that Styrofoam divide, we’ve in the past two years been blessed with a trend of openings that lean toward fine and finer dining. And if…
The Dazzling Excellence of Chef Johanes Jonathan’s Issho Ni Omakase Nights
Course No. 1 Ara with dashi ponzu, Japanese lime and mint flowers The first time I heard about Issho Ni was when a friend raved about the ramen at this strip-mall sushi restaurant in Willoughby. Always eager to sample – and spread the word about – great food, I visited back in 2020. Indeed, the…
