For the past several years, guitarist Kirk Salopek has led Silencio, a band that plays the moody music from the soundtracks to David Lynch movies. The group also writes original music in the vein of the scores that Lynch collaborator Angelo Badalamenti penned for the director’s films. A high school art teacher, Salopek and his crew can play all the music from Lynch films such as Eraserhead and Inland Empire. They’ll have some trippy visuals with them too. (Niesel)
After two years without an in-person festival (last year's asian festivities were virtual), the Cleveland Asian Festival returned to a live gathering.…