D.X. Ferris, Author at Cleveland Scene

Cool Cleveland’s ‘Til It Hurts Party

6 p.m. Thursday, August 11, $10 before midnight. At the Phantasy and Remix Lounge, both at 11794 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216-228-6300.

Abandon Your Friends (Vagrant)

Thursday, August 4 and August 11, 8 p.m., $10. Cleveland Black Box Theater (Cabaret Dada), 1210 W. 6th St., 216-696-4242.

Thursday, August 4, 8 p.m., $10. The Velvet Dog, 1280 W. 6th St., 216-664-1116.

Erectrospective (Rock N Roll Purgatory)

The Dan Band brings the silly to this year’s Cleveland Music Awards.

8 p.m. Thursdays, $5. At Bacchus Club Internationale, 620 Frankfort Ct., 216-621-6900.

With A Dozen Dead Roses and Science Fiction Idols. 9 p.m. Saturday, July 30, $6. At the Beachland Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-802-7234.

New clubs help keep the Flats alive.

Truth (Last Supper Songs)

A new box set excavates the ’90s.

And Hillbilly Idol. 8 p.m. Thursday, July 21. The Barking Spider Tavern, 11310 Juniper Rd., 216-421-2863.