The Flats Festival of the Arts Debuts This Weekend
The Flats East Bank will be busier than ever this summer, and no, it’s not because something else is under construction. The Flats Festival of the Arts is set to debut this August — a three-day affair featuring musical acts, dancers and fine artists from all around Cleveland. The plan is to make the fest…
Body-Based Womanist Artists and Activists Will Host Creative Event in Detroit Shoreway
This weekend, various business and residents of the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood are hosting a variety of socially conscious arts events and performances by Re|Marking, a body-based womanist community group of artists and activists. The event features live performances, site-specific installations, visual art and interactive activities throughout the area around and near Gordon Square. Re|Marking takes…
Local Singer-Songwriter Emily Keener Talks About Competing on ‘The Voice’
Thanks to her father’s eclectic taste in music, local singer-songwriter Emily Keener, a recent contestant on The Voice, grew up hearing a wide range of different music. “My dad played guitar and sang all the time growing up,” says the 17-year-old via phone from her Wakeman home. “He loves all kinds of different music from…
Dreams Do Come True: Slyman’s is Launching a Food Truck
[image-1] We had to wait patiently for 52 years, but Slyman’s Restaurant finally is launching a food truck. The rig is a joint effort from the downtown deli (3106 St. Clair Ave., 216-621-3760, slymans.com) and Slyman’s Tavern (6091 Rockside Rd., 216-642-0062, slymanstavern.com) in Independence. The truck should begin making appearances at food truck events like…
Hundreds of Brightly Colored Animals Will Descend on Public Square in the Name of Art
Once the new and improved Public Square opens the center of downtown will be ready to stand alone as a public space but it will also serve as a venue of sorts for any number of temporary events. Today we got a look at one of them. Three years’ worth of temporary art installations are…
Russo Brothers to Host ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Screening
At 8 p.m. on Monday, May 2, brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, the award-winning film and television duo with Northeast Ohio roots, will come to Case Western Reserve University for a special advance screening of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War, which they’ve directed. The screening will take place at the Milton and Tamar Maltz…
Singer-Songwriter Robbie Fulks Reflects on Becoming ‘Philosophically Reflective’
In the early ’90s, what we now commonly called alt-country was known as “insurgent country.” Singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks, who performs at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Music Box Supper Club, became part of that first-generation of singers and songwriters that appeared on the Chicago-based Bloodshot Records’ roster in the early ’90s. He doesn’t glamorize…
10 Percent of Ohio Children Have Had a Parent in Prison: Report
[image-1]A new report released this week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation states that 10 percent of all Ohio children have had a parent in prison, either currently or in the past. That’s the third-highest ratio of all U.S. states, behind Kentucky (13 percent) and Indiana (11 percent). In all, 271,000 children in the state have…
Cleveland Opera Theater Presents “La Bohème” and Five Other Classical Music Events Not to Miss This Week
This week’s picks range from the Egyptian to the Electric, from classical pops to popular opera, and from Beethoven at his wildest to Wagner at his most erotic. Westerners like to think of the art music of other cultures as “world” music, but there are “classical” traditions everywhere. One good example is the wasla, the…
Graffiti HeArt Organizes New Murals Up Now Around Northeast Ohio
The gang at Graffiti HeArt is busy this spring helping facilitate public art opportunities for local artists with businesses throughout Northeast Ohio. This weekend, Graffiti HeArt helped organize the production of four new murals at Crocker Park in Westlake. Earlier in the month, Graffiti HeArt helped the CLE Urban Winery commission a mural for its…
Eddie Tancredi Launches Line of Culinary Spices
Eddie Tancredi, the executive chef and managing partner of Adega at Metropolitan at the 9 will join the ranks of chefs like Doug Katz, who have launched their own line of spices. The ETC Spice product line will officially be launched this Saturday, April 30th at Miles Farmers Market. The affable and talented chef will…
Cloud Nothings to Headline 5th Annual Red, White & Brew Music Festival
One of the few local acts that can legitimately make the claim that it’s a national act, indie rockers Cloud Nothings don’t play often in Cleveland because they’re regularly on the road. Now, the Greater Cleveland Aquarium has just announced the band will headline the 5th Annual Red White & Brew Music Festival, which takes…
Cleveland Police Union Wants Tamir Rice’s Family to Donate Part of Settlement Money Toward Gun Education
There is absolutely no reason for the Cleveland police union to have issued a statement today in the wake of the announcement that the city of Cleveland and family of Tamir Rice had agreed to a $6 million settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit of the 12-year-old. Zero. But it turns out Steve Loomis and…
David Lynch Fans Rejoice: Digitally Restored Blue Velvet Screening at Capitol
The Capitol Theater will screen David Lynch’s iconic 1986 film noir / psychological thriller Blue Velvet for one week, beginning Friday, April 29. The film has been digitally restored on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. Blue Velvet stars a baby-faced Kyle Maclachlan, who would later appear in Lynch’s TV series Twin Peaks, Laura Dern (Jurassic Park),…
Cleveland Named No. 2 Best Spot to Bring the Family on Vacation
Cleveland has been racking up the tourism accolades for a few years now. Add another notch to the post. The city has been recognized as being a top spot to bring the family by Gogobot.com. The 2016 Family Travelers’ Rising Stars Destinations winners are chosen based on feedback from vacationers and through grades for the family…
Rock the Park Announces Summer Concert Schedule
Established in 2009, Rock the Park takes place each summer at Perici Amphitheatre in the 72-acre Glenn Chamberlin Park. With a maximum capacity of 1,500 people (lawn only), the amphitheatre provides “an intimate concert experience that you have to see to believe.” Organizers have just announced the schedule for this year’s series — tickets go…
Carol & John’s Comic Book Shop Visits Facebook HQ
Last week, John Dudas, owner and co-founder of Carol & John’s Comic Book Shop, was invited to Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters in California for its 2016 Small Business Council. Just one of 13 businesses selected from throughout the country (and the only one from Ohio), Carol & John’s was selected from more than 25 million…
Los Lobos to Perform at Music Box Supper Box Club in July
When Los Lobos swung through town in 2012 with Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the Wolstein Center, they played a set that featured a terrific collection of songs culled from their catalogue that, like Young’s, stretches back over four decades. They opened strong with “How Will the Wolf Survive” and then turned in a…
City of Cleveland to Pay Tamir Rice Family $6 Million to Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The wrongful death lawsuit brought by Tamir Rice’s family against the city of Cleveland and Cleveland police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback looks to be ending as the city announced this morning it has agreed to pay $6 million to Rice’s family to settle the case. The sum will be divided over two years —…
Can You Name These 36 Cleveland Neighborhoods?
Click That Hood, an online trivia game that tests knowledge of local geographies, now has a Cleveland map available. The game is timed (a lot like Sporcle) and was built through an open source community. Originally built by the Code for America 2013 fellowship team in Louisville, the game now offers interactive maps of 86…
In ‘Marie Antoinette’ at Dobama, a Rock ‘em, Sock ’em Version of the Doomed Royal
Apparently, it is part of the human condition to be entranced by showy splurges of wealth by people who are not very bright yet weirdly popular with certain segments of the public. Yes, I’m talking about Donald Trump, and who isn’t! In the April 25 issue of the usually staid The New Yorker, all of…
’60 Minutes’ Returns to Ohio for In-Depth Look at Heroin Overdose Epidemic
[image-1]As the criminal justice system wrestles with itself over how to interact with the growing heroin epidemic, the problem is only getting worse. 60 Minutes joined the cavalcade of narratives this weekend with a hard look at the tsunami of heroin addiction statistics in Ohio. The news program focused its work around Columbus — “middle America personified,”…
Prince, King James, King Steph and the Browns/Eagles Trade — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
This week Dre and Zac quickly dip into Prince’s death and legacy, King James and Steph as the first round comes to an end, and the Browns/Eagles trade that has Cleveland sitting at No. 8 right now for Thursday’s NFL Draft. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Android users can find the RSS…
Cavaliers Take Pistons’ Pink Slip, Sweep Series
Some teams they just can’t hang, dying little by little, piece by piece. Some teams show up and buckle down, prove their mettle racing in the streets. In the desperate grab for that last chance power drive, it was the Cavaliers leaving Detroit in its rear view mirror, shutting up and then shutting them down…
What Have Cavs Learned Beating Pistons Thrice?
The Cavaliers beat the Pistons 101-91 to take a 3-0 lead in the best of seven series on Friday night. It’s what fans expected, and the Wine and Gold delivered. True to form, it wasn’t without its moments of drama. The Cavaliers were arguably outplayed in the first half for the third straight time. Yet…
Local Indie Rockers Sweepyheads Release New Music Video
After they finished recording their new EP, Seriously Losing It, local indie rockers Sweepyheads stopped at Bad Racket Studios to film a live video at Live from Bad Racket, the monthly session that highlights local and touring bands. The video is for the tune “Nothing Left,” the noisy-but-melodic Dinosaur Jr.-like first song off the EP.…
Scene Theater Critic Christine Howey Awarded Summer Residency in Provincetown
Christine Howey, theater critic for Cleveland Scene and recently named Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights, has been awarded one of the two summer residencies provided by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) and the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) in Provincetown, MA. It is available to Ohio artists who have received Individual Excellence Awards from the…
Biopic ‘Miles Ahead’ Fails to Capture What Made the Jazz Icon So Special
Poet and scholar Quincy Troupe has authored two books about Miles Davis. He penned Davis’ autobiography and also wrote a book about his friendship with the jazz icon. Troupe’s books reflect his friendship with Davis, one of his heroes while he was growing up in St. Louis, and show how deeply he understood the man…
Plagued by Platitudes, ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Misses the Mark
The Brothers Grimm certainly didn’t envision a franchise when they compiled the Snow White fairytale way back when. Decades later, the heavily hyped The Huntsman: Winter’s War, a spin-off/prequel to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman, has just hit theaters. A pastiche of other fantasy adventure tales (think Hunger Games-meets-The Hobbit-meets-Frozen), the movie fails to…
Almost All the Videos from Armond Budish’s State of the County Address
At Thursday’s State of the County Address, County Executive Armond Budish — whom Scene wrote about in this week’s cover story — peppered into his remarks no less than eight short videos. The gathered regional leaders, munching on lunch in the Cleveland Convention Center’s grand ballroom, were by and large delighted by the format (save…
In Elyria, Six Drug Overdoses in Less Than 24 Hours
[image-1] From Tuesday to early Wednesday this week, Elyria police were hit with a round of six non-fatal drug overdoses — a staggering number of calls that belies the growing opiate epidemic in Northeast Ohio. “We’re talking heroin, fentanyl or a combination of those and maybe even these new drugs. We just don’t know until…
9 Concerts to Catch This Weekend
FRIDAY, APRIL 22 The Thermals On their newest album, We Disappear, The Thermals offer up much of the same style of straightforward punk that has propelled the Portland trio for over a decade. Fans who were originally hooked by the band’s first hit, the biblical romper “Here’s Your Future,” won’t be disappointed; razor-sharp guitar fuzz…
Video: Rapper Stalley’s New Music Video Is Pure Cavs Excitement
The Cavs are in the playoffs for the second year in a row, which means it’s time for some of the best anthems to celebrate the occasion. Because how else are you supposed to fill the time between games other than by watching videos getting you pumped for the games? Northeast Ohioan and rapper Stalley…
Someone Who Just Moved Here Reviews Cleveland Stuff: A Christmas Story House
The third installment in the series, “Someone Who Just Moved Here Reviews the Things You Regularly Do.” At first I thought that Cleveland was just really into leg lamps. I understood the obsession – fishnets are sexy, the yellow lampshade creates its own golden Instagram filter, and the fringe is fun to run your fingers…
Cleveland Museum of Art Hosts Jon Pestoni’s First Solo Museum Exhibition
Last month, the Cleveland Museum of Art announced the acquisition of a painting by Los Angeles-based painter Jon Pestoni. The purchase of Pestoni’s Replica was especially noteworthy because it was the first museum acquisition for Pestoni, who has been painting in LA for the past two decades. The CMA will showcase Pestoni’s work at Transformer…
Fentanyl Overdose Cited in Lorain County Jail Inmate’s Death
Joseph Boden, 37, died as an inmate at the Lorain County Jail last month. Today, the county’s medical examiner’s office ruled that a fentanyl overdose caused his death. As of 11 p.m. on March 20, Boden was alert for a headcount at the jail. At 11:25 p.m., he was found “in need of assistance” in his…
Examining Ohio’s Opioid Epidemic: Senate Committee Hearing Set for Today in Cleveland
[image-1]Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will convene a hearing at University Hospitals to further examine the opioid epidemic in Ohio. U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman will attend. (The 10 a.m. public hearing will not be live-streamed, according to the committee.) It’s impossible to miss the mountain of statistics…
Legacy Village Announces Schedule for Free Weekend Concert Series
Legacy Live, the Legacy Village free concert series, regularly attracts throngs to the lifestyle center located in Lyndhurst. Today, Legacy Village announced that the popular summer series will return on May 27. During the mid-summer, concerts will also take place on Thursday nights. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9:30 p.m. “There’s an amazing…
Cedar Lee To Host $1 Beer Day Friday, April 29
The day after it hosts a screening of the 1984 Prince film Purple Rain, the Cedar Lee will offer $1 Coors Lights as a special promotion. The Cedar Lee has been selling beer and wine since 1989, and the one-night-only offer is meant to remind Clevelanders of that fact. “The Cedar Lee Theatre was first…
Cedar Lee Will Screen “Purple Rain” Thursday, April 28, to Honor Prince
[image-1]In the wake of Prince’s untimely death, the Cedar Lee will screen the 1984 film Purple Rain next Thursday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the screening will be $6. “We’ve shown Purple Rain a few times over the years as part of the Melt Bar & Grilled Late Shift Series,” said David Huffman,…
The Indigo Girls to Play Kent Stage in July
It’s been more than 30 years since the Indigo Girls independently released their first single, “Crazy Game,” and launched a successful career as folk singers who’re known for their pristine vocal harmonies. Band members Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have a friendship that goes all of the way back to elementary school and were already…
NTSB Releases Report on Deadly Crash; Pilots Disagreed on Descent Speed
The Hawker 125-700 that crashed last year in Akron took the lives of nine people. Since the November tragedy, the NTSB has been working on a report on the details. That report has been released, though it doesn’t offer what they believe caused the crash exactly, but it does contain some new details. What we…
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Prince Dead at Age 57
Various media outlets are reporting that Rock Hall inductee Prince died at his home earlier today. Over his 35-plus-year career, Prince released some 39 solo studio albums, becoming one of rock’s adventurous acts in the process. Over that time, Prince played in Cleveland numerous times. When he performed in 2004 at the Q (then called…
Singer-Guitarist Joe Walsh Cancels Local Charity Event, Lambasts Republican Party
Last night, the PR firm that handles singer-guitarist Joe Walsh issued a statement regarding Walsh’s decision to withdraw from a July 17 Cleveland concert that was to benefit the families of American veterans. Walsh says he was mislead into thinking it was a non-partisan event. “Today, it was announced that this event is, in fact,…
Costco Opening New Northeast Ohio Store; Offers New Membership Perks
And then there were four. Costco Wholesale Corp. is building a new store in Boston Heights at 6720 Bass Pro Drive (what a name for a street!), and it’s scheduled to open June 22. The warehouse operation already has stores on Golden Gate Blvd., Avon Commons and Strongsville. The store hasn’t quite started the hiring…
Wife of Murdered Newton Falls Pilot Karl Hoerig Arrested in Brazil, May Finally Face Extradition
For the family and friends of Karl Hoerig, the last decade has been a heartbreaker. In March 2007, Hoerig — a decorated U.S. Air Force pilot and all-around great guy — was found shot dead in his home in Newton Falls, a small town outside Warren. Police immediately had a suspect: Hoerig had become estranged from…
Ohio Misses Out on Tens of Millions in Foreclosure Prevention Grants — Some Blame Botched Application
[image-1]One of the great debates in Ohio — and, in particular, in Cleveland — is whether neighborhood revitalization is best achieved through raising abandoned homes or rehabbing them and helping new families move into town. Thanks to the handiwork of state housing officials, the answer remains clear as mud. Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP),…
Cleveland Print Room to Celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day with Workshop
For the fourth consecutive year, the Cleveland Print Room invites you to join its celebration of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day with a special workshop. This year’s annual workshop takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 24. “This will be our fourth year participating in Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, which has become…
Rock Hall To Offer Free Admission During RNC
Those darn Republicans have booked the Rock & Hall of Fame for private events that take place in the evenings during the RNC. During the day, however, the Rock Hall will offer free admission to the general public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. thanks to a sponsorship deal with AT&T. The week of free…
Cavs Third Q Run Leaves Pistons Choking On Dust
Most of the time “remorseless killing machine” has a negative connotation. But it’s easier to appreciate after witnessing the regular season zoo, where natural predators dulled by success struggle through a blend of affluenza, ambivalence and ADD. If all it took for everything to snap into place was a trip to Madagascar, we’d have booked…
The Funhouse, a Circus-Themed Bar, Opens in Former Spitfire Spot
While one could give a valid argument that a bar is a circus of sorts, one just opened on the city’s west side that takes it to a new level. That is, a bar that looks very much like a circus. The circus-themed bar dubbed The Funhouse just opened at 1539 West 117th Street, complete…
Air Pollution Report Names Cleveland as One of the Worst, but Says We’re Improving
Bad news is we’re dirty, but the upside is we’re getting better about it. A new report from the American Lung Association listing the nation’s most polluted cities ranked Cleveland 11th out of 171 metropolitan areas. The State of the Air report also gave Cuyahoga County an “F” for ozone days and annual particle pollution…
Drug Dealer Gets Nine Years in Prison After Fentanyl Overdose
Mario Edmonds, 35, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for involuntary manslaughter after one of his customers overdosed on fentanyl. William Cohen, 66, died inside his apartment last May after taking what he believed to be only heroin. Police say that fentanyl—50 times stronger than heroin, and currently a literal epidemic landing a…
Foreigner Singer Kelly Hansen Reflects On the Classic Rock Band’s Enduring Legacy
Singer Kelly Hansen wasn’t always the singer in Foreigner, the classic rock act with roots that go back to the ’70s. He joined in 2004, shortly after the departure of singer Lou Gramm, the guy you hear on all the band’s biggest hits. The way he explains it, he just happened to be in the…
Antun Lewis, Twice Convicted of Setting Cleveland’s Deadliest House Fire, Heads to Federal Appeals Court
Following convictions in 2011 and 2013, Antun Lewis lands today in federal appeals court, where he’ll yet again ask for a new trial. Lewis was convicted of setting the deadliest house fire in Cleveland’s history, one that claimed the lives of eight children and one adult, Medeia Carter, 33, on May 21, 2005. Lewis has maintained…
Massive Ohio City Brickhaus Towers Project Looks Futuristic AF
Though details are still scarce and plans have yet to be finalized, artist renderings of Andrew Brickman’s “Brickhaus Towers” project on Lorain Ave. and W. 20th (at the western foot of the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge), are now available for viewing at the website of HP Urban, a planning and design firm. Brickman’s project, on the 4-plus…
Comedian/actress/singer Sandra Bernhard Talks About Her New Live Show, Feel the Bernhard
When the Elevation Group, the local agency that books concerts at Trinity Cathedral, issued a press release announcing that actress/comedian/singer Sandra Bernhard would bring her new show, Feel the Bernhard, to the venue on April 30, it included a statement from Bernhard, a Flint native. “The Midwest is in my blood,” she says in the…
Italian Artist Anila Rubiku Showcases Her Work at Zygote Press
If you haven’t heard yet, the latest round of Creative Fusion artists from around the world are currently in residence at local arts organizations in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. For three months throughout the spring, these artists will work with their community, peers, students and their host organizations to produce new work and engage our…
VIDEO: Mike Polk Jr. and Tom Hamilton Try Out New Indians Catch Phrases
Cleveland comedian Mike Polk Jr. visited Indians play-by-play legend Tom Hamilton in the booth recently to run a few new catch phrases by him. Hammy and Polk operate on slightly different wavelengths, but the collision makes for great hometown humor. (We hereby suggest another video, same style, featuring Tom Hamilton and Austin Carr — “that…
Rising Star Chef: Anthony Abare, Chef de Cuisine at Square Bistro
Heat ruled Anthony Abare’s formative years in Orlando, Florida. From an early age, his penchant for spice left him chasing the next great extreme. As chef de cuisine at Chardon’s Square Bistro (205 Main St., 440-279-0101, square-bistro.com), the chef has found a place to showcase that same enthusiasm for risk taking. “I grew up in…
Who the Hell Does Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish Think He Is?
“A MAJOR PILLAR OF THIS ADMINISTRATION is fairness and equity for all persons,” County Executive Armond Budish said earlier this month. It was a statement accompanying an executive order that banned all non-essential government travel to North Carolina. Budish issued the order in the wake of legislation passed there that excluded LGBT people from legal…
Elvis & Nixon: Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey are Bang-on, but Movie is Little More Than Novelty
Michael Shannon plays Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey plays Richard Nixon in Elvis & Nixon, a “revealing and humorous” movie that tells the backstory of the most requested photo in the history of the national archives. It opens Friday at the Cedar Lee. Much like 2008’s Frost/Nixon, the film captures a specific episode in the…
Flim Spotlight: Everybody Wants Some!!
Writer-director Richard Linklater revisited the ’70s with his 1993 film, Dazed and Confused, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he would want to turn his attention to the ’80s with his latest effort, Everybody Wants Some!!, which opens areawide on Friday. While the film ostensibly serves as a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, a box…
Savage Love: Women on the Verge
Dear Dan, I’ve been aware of my emetophilia since a very young age and have always kept it private. No need to tell me about the health risks, I’m aware, and I’ve only ever indulged this kink through videos online. The actual substance doesn’t turn me on—I have no desire to be puked on. For…
Great Promise is Cut a Bit Short in “Mr. Wolf” at the Cleveland Play House
It is impossible to conceive of the emotions and torments that would plague a parent whose child had been kidnapped. It is equally difficult to imagine why a playwright would short-circuit his own intriguing story. Still, those are the challenges facing playwright Rajiv Joseph in Mr. Wolf, now at the Cleveland Play House. After an…
Four Groups Enter, Only One Emerges Victorious in Drawn & Quartered Live Drawing Competition at HEDGE Gallery
Now in its eighth incarnation, Drawn & Quartered is a live art event unlike anything else you’ll find in Cleveland. At 7 p.m. this Saturday, April 23, HEDGE Gallery at 78th Street Studios (2nd floor, Suite 200) transforms into a gladiator-style coliseum of sorts. Lighthearted at its core, the event pits four local live drawing…
Meet the Band: The Subways
MEET THE BAND: Billy Lunn (vocals, gutiars), Charlotte Cooper (bass, vocals), Josh Morgan (drums) CLUB KIDS: Initially, the three members of the British group the Subways used to hang out in London. They originally christened themselves Mustardseed, one of many bad band names that singer-bassist Charlotte Cooper says they tried before settling upon Subways. The…
Messy Fun is the Name of the Game at Boiling Seafood
Walking into Boiling Seafood for the first time is terrifying. At each table, diners are hunched over what looks to be a gory heap, dismembering pieces parts with their bare hands and gobbling them up like extras in the Walking Dead. The fact that the restaurant is small and dim – a former Chinese carry-out…
