There Are Five MLB Managers with Connections to ’88 Indians
The most impressive Cleveland Indians’ statistic released yesterday wasn’t the league-leading seven home runs in a single game. It wasn’t Mark Reynolds’ .301 batting average through April (a career high) or Carlos Santana’s ludicrous .476 On-base percentage. It wasn’t even Ryan Raburn’s second consecutive game with two home runs. It was the fact that five…
New Fleetwood Mac Song Hits Internet Following EP Release
Fleetwood Mac released a new EP today, titled Extended Play. It’s the first batch of fresh music from them in about a decade. The band tossed one of the three new songs, “Sad Angel,” onto the web today. It’s getting some pretty favorable press, mostly due to the chug-a-lug rhythm section. The EP is available…
Twelve Supervisors Face Discipline Within Cleveland Police Department
Disciplinary hearings will begin later in May, but for now the community will move forward with news that 12 Cleveland police supervisors will face charges. One captain and 11 sergeants will face some level of disciplinary action, according to Police Chief Michael McGrath. The charges stem from the Nov. 29, 2012, police chase and shooting…
Os Mutantes’ ‘Fool Metal Jack’: New Music Tuesday
Today is the day you dip your toes into the mysterious waters of Brazilian psychedlia. Os Mutantes’ latest album, Fool Metal Jack, expands on the band’s pioneering approach first dished up in the late 1960s and 1970s. When they reunited in 2006 with several lineup shifts, the spirit of eccentricity and counterculture propelled them onward…
Cleveland Pickle to Now Satisfy Pickle Posse on Saturdays
The Cleveland Pickle, the red-hot, year-old sandwich emporium run by Josh Kabat and Kiaran Daley, has decided that five days a week just isn’t enough. Beginning this Saturday, May 4, the gourmet sub shop at E. 9th and Euclid will be open for Saturday lunches. “Downtown is coming into the spring season and naturally the…
Transgendered Woman Murdered, Online Commenters Take PD to Task
The body of a transgendered woman was found in an Olmsted Township pond on April 17. Monday, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the body as Carl Edward Acoff Jr., a man who identified as a woman and suffered repeated incidents of discrimination. This morning’s story in the PD chronicles the criminal history of Acoff…
Chris Perez’s Thoughts on a Gay Player in Baseball
I talked to Chris Perez about a wide range of issues for a short profile I wrote last month on the Tribe’s outspoken closer. One of the subjects we discussed but that didn’t make the final piece was gays in professional sports. Whether one would come out publicly soon — we now have the first…
Gathr sneak peak program debuts at Cedar-Lee Theatre on Wednesday
The Iceman The distribution company Gathr Films brings its year-round sneak preview screening program to Cleveland this week. The program is being rolled out in just 20 cities nation-wide and it kicks off here on Wednesday at the Cedar-Lee Theatre with a 7:30 p.m screening of The Iceman, a true crime flick starring Michael Shannon…
Bad Girls Club TV show looking for new ‘talent’ tomorrow at Shooters
Tomorrow from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Shooters on the Water, casting directors from Bunim/Murray Productions, the creators of the Oxygen hit show Bad Girls Club, will be in town looking for — you guessed it — more bad girls for the latest installment of the reality show. The program’s premise: take a large…
New Details Emerge Regarding Downtown Red Steakhouse
We learned today about some design elements and an updated ETA on one of the most ambitious restaurant projects of the year. Red, the Steakhouse, which is currently undergoing construction on Prospect by E. Fourth Street, is now slated to open sometime in August, according to the restaurant’s spokesperson. Instead of traditional sidewalk seating or…
City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop Responds to Scene Questions
After Dan Moulthrop was appointed CEO of the Cleveland City Club earlier this month, we submitted questions for him. Moulthrop was good enough to get back to us, and he’s revealed himself to be as cute and charming as we all thought he was. Take a look at his answers below. 1) Have you ever…
Concert Review: Jamey Johnson at House of Blues
Given that many of today’s biggest country’s stars are more concerned with wardrobe and make-up than music, it’s refreshing to see a guy like singer-guitarist Jamey Johnson. As he strolled onto the stage last night at House of Blues to begin a two-hour set, he looked more like a roadie than a rock star. His…
Pic of the Day: Tim CleBow
Tim Tebow was cut by the Jets today. Brandon Weeden is the Browns’ quarterback. Anyone else see what happens next? From dynamite Clevo graphic designer, wrestling and pizza aficionado, and average softball player Aaron Sechrist:
Police Tried, Succeeded in Diminishing Kent State’s Annual College Fest
After police in Kent tried to nip College Fest, the annual riotous Kent State spring bash, in the bud, festivities on Kent’s College Ave. occurred with no significant police activity. University media relations called it a “peaceful night.” “Penalties for unruly behavior at this year’s College Fest will be far more severe than they have…
Strongsville Teachers Strike Ends
ERIC SANDY/SCENE After an eight-week teachers strike, the union and the school board have landed on an agreement. Normalcy returns to the district’s schools on Tuesday. After eight weeks of teachers hitting the picket line and fighting for improved working conditions financial fine print, the Strongsville teachers strike is over. The school board met for…
Another Assault Happened On The Rapid
Last last year, it seemed like you couldn’t board a bus in this city without having your phone ping you about yet another attack on an RTA passenger or employee. (See exhibits A, B and C) But times haven’t entirely changed. 19 Action News reports that one woman crashed out on the Rapid sometime last…
Eric Williams of Momocho Divulges Plans for New Eatery
Long-rumored plans of Eric Williams expanding his mod-mex empire to points west finally have come to fruition. By July, the chef-owner of Momocho and Happy Dog will open El Carnicero in the old McCarthy’s Ale House in the West End neighborhood of Lakewood. El Carnicero will be a full-service fast-casual restaurant and bar serving unique…
Bistro on Lincoln Park Space to Welcome New Restaurant
Chef and owner Sergio Porcelli, of the popular downtown lunch spot Porcelli’s Bistro on E. 6th Street, has taken possession of the former Bistro on Lincoln Park in Tremont. Porcelli’s Italian Bistro is slated to open between late May and early June. A former Tremont resident, Porcelli is thrilled to open up a new eatery…
Concert Review and Slideshow: Taylor Swift at Quicken Loans Arena
In the past few years, Taylor Swift’s romantic turmoil has often overshadowed her music. However, at her sold-out concert last night at the Q, all that mattered to the screaming crowd was the 23-year-old’s songs. The nearly two-hour set focused heavily on Swift’s latest album, 2012’s Red, which made for some interesting contrasts. The night…
‘Hello Cleveland!’ Documentary Explores 70s Music Scene: UPDATE
UPDATE: Ashley Harrington got in touch with Scene to add some context to the film, which is actually a thesis project from her days at Syracuse University. She’s working at Focus Features in New York City these days, and, until our story was posted this morning, she was unaware that the film had been leaked…
Big Restaurant Changes Afoot at Shaker Square
Grotto, Fabio Salerno’s wine bar at Shaker Square, will close at the end of the month. Salerno sold the business to Coral Co., which owns the square. “With everything else going on it made sense to pull out,” Salerno told me. In addition to Gusto in Little Italy, and partnerships in other restaurants, he expects…
Scene’s Guide To Cleveland’s Local Music Festivals
GINA SCORDOS/SCENE Just preppin’ for some summer music magic at Nautica In tandem with Scene’s guide to summer music festival around the state of Ohio, we’d like to take this moment to feature some of the festies taking place closer to home. Relatively smaller in scale, local music fests abound in and around Cleveland. We’ve…
Search for Jimmy Hoffa’s Remains Reveals… Chicken Wings
Chicken wings?! Though the search for the ultimate resting place of notorious teamster Jimmy Hoffa continues, one thing is now certain: His skeleton was not made of chicken wing bones. Or something like that. The FBI and a slew of interested parties gathered at Wexler’s Tavern on State Road to tear down some walls and…
Plastered With the Ponies
At 24-ounces, the frothy, frozen concoctions at Slush Bar are the best deals in the house, promises our bubbly female bartender. Crammed into a dark corner of the newly re-opened Thistledown Racino, Slush is sadly depressing despite the fact that nearly a dozen giant blenders filled with brightly colored booze serves as backdrop. We were…
Who Made Wu
Ken Jeong originally wanted to be an actor but when he thought that dream wouldn’t materialize, he decided to go to medical school instead. “When I got into medical school, I started doing stand up on the side as a hobby,” he says. “I still wanted to be an actor, but realistically I did not…
Balancing Act
Not since Symon and Herschman ran dueling bistros across the street from one another has this end of Professor been so lively. But Mojo closed in 2003 and much of that energy went with it, despite the presence of some very good restaurants in its wake. All that changed with the opening of Press Wine…
Top Pop Culture Picks for the Week
TOP PICK The Impossible (Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment) Oscar nominee Naomi Watts is terrific in this film based on a true story about a family that survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Up-and-comer Tom Holland also gives a fine performance as the family’s 12-year-old son who grows up quickly in the wake of the tragedy. Frank Turner…
What’s Fresh At:
To truly zero in on “what’s fresh?” one must not only tell the story of the chef and restaurant, but the farmer. Take The Market Cafe and Wine Bar for example. with “local” as its main objective, the downtown eatery buys its poultry from Gerber, an Amish Country operation located only 58 miles from town.…
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Chuck Booms is one half of Kiley and Booms, the morning show on 92.3 FM The Fan. He gets to talk sports every day for a living, which sounds cool until you realize it’s the same conversation every day. It can be depressing, but Booms, a former comedian, tries to bring some levity, because it’s…
Movies Out
Thursday apr 25 Children of Men This 2006 world-gone-terribly-wrong thriller by Alfonso Cuaron, the man who polarized us all with Prisoner of Azkaban, features a scene in which Clive Owen is evidently crying so hard that he drools and spits all over the woods, where he’s fumbling about in grief. Children of Men is a riveting…
Movies In
A swing and spectacular miss for the folks over at Netflix. Good God, what detritus! Their new original program Hemlock Grove, released Friday in one 13-episode bundle, is such a stunning example of bad storytelling and vapid script-writing that I took a non-urgent poop after watching two episodes and considered the experience far more pleasurable…
We Get Mail
There are many regular commenters at Scene, whether it’s through our site, Facebook, email, etc. Cbrbart, however, comments on nearly everything we write. Seriously. From years-old stories to the freshest blog post or slideshow, he chimes in. This means we don’t feature him in the letters section nearly or at all. He’s too prolific, too…
Band of the Week
Meet the Band: Paul Kahan (vocals), Nick Hawkins (lead guitar), Shawn Kahan (guitar), Bryan Miner (bass guitar), Adam Biats (drums) Guitar Heroes: The band’s two guitarists — Nick Hawkins and Shawn Kahan — have played together for years and have real chemistry. “They know each other’s styles so well,” says singer Paul Kahan. “Nick is…
CD Review: Cheese Borger and the Cleveland Steamers
smogveil.com The solo debut from Pink Holes bassist Cheese Borger is an appropriately irreverent and free wheelin’ affair that’s far poppier than what you’d expect from a guy affiliated with one of Cleveland’s most outlandish punk bands. Album highlights include: “Cleveland,” a tune with a guitar riff that sounds like something off a Pere Ubu…
The Twang Gang
“It was awesome,” says singer Rachel Kolar when asked about the band’s appearance at the multi-day festival. “It was one of our biggest festivals. We were the first band to play the first day. We were like, ‘What the fuck. Nobody is going to be there that early to see us.’ And when we showed…
Out of Sync
With all the photos and footage of DJs playing on stages the size of buildings to crowds consisting of thousands of people, there’s no argument: DJs are the new rock stars, and just about everybody want to be one. And it’s not just because of the trendy nature of the scene and the insta-fame of…
Print Isn’t Dead
The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory is workshop and gallery for practitioners of print art and artisanal paper production, but also prides itself as teaching space for those same arts. Their current exhibition both showcases the work of a distinguished creator and educator in woodcut printing, Andrij Maday. Originally from Philadelphia, Maday is currently an…
Wild at Heart
For the past couple of 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 recently…
Also On View
Akron Art Museum The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats. Over 80 sketches, drafts, and final works from the portfolio of Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983), author and illustrator of the first full-color illustrated children’s book to feature an African American protagonist, are on display. Through June 30 at One South High St.,…
The Cleveland Craft Beer Report
The Brewer’s Association recently released their annual run-down of the biggest breweries in the United States. Congratulations are due to Great Lakes Brewing Company, which once again earned a respectable spot the list. However, despite brewing more beer in 2012 than ever before, Cleveland’s favorite brewery dropped ever so slightly in the rankings. According to…
Adventures in Argyle
Hey, how’s it going? Having a good time here at [name any random bar on West. 25th or in Tremont]? So, where you from? I guess it really doesn’t matter since about eight months from now I’ll probably cringe every time the city of your origin is brought up by someone in conversation. But just…
Savage Love
DEAR READERS: Last week was made of problems. The bombing of the Boston Marathon, the explosion that leveled a small town in Texas, the rising tide of antigay violence in France, the North Koreans being North Korean. And when I sat down to write this week’s column—while the manhunt was still under way for the…
The Sounds of Summer
Tennessee has Bonnaroo. Chicago has Lollapalooza. Milwaukee has Summerfest. Michigan has Electric Forest Festival. While Cleveland doesn’t have a signature music festival (CMJ tried and failed at producing a festival here a few years ago), Ohio has a growing number of destination festivals well worth the drive. Because why should we be left out of…
Breaking the Ice
In Shakespeare plays, the clowns and noblemen are separate characters. But in Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, virtually each drunken character is foolish and wise, pitiable and exalted. And that is why this play is so wondrous to behold. Fortunately, it is being given a remarkably fine presentation at Ensemble Theatre, directed with fluidity by…
Culinary Calendar
On Monday, April 29, Michelangelo’s Italian Restaurant will host a Marchesi di Barolo Wine Dinner. If the thought of a Barolo-themed wine dinner in Little Italy sounds as dreamy to you as it does to us, make plans to attend this event. Vineyard owner Anna Abbona and her daughter Valentina will be on hand to…
Also On Stage This Week
White People None Too Fragile Theater Sometimes, a playwright sets himself a bracing challenge he can’t surmount, such as writing three penetrating monologues for three Caucasians who are racist in different but very familiar ways. That’s what J.T. Rogers attempts in his play White People, now at None Too Fragile Theater in Akron, and though…
Dark Star Orchestra at House of Blues: Concert Review
Dark Star Orchestra at the House of Blues, Feb. 10 The House of Blues, to the best of its ability, transformed into some sort of time machine last night. The tight-knit community that showed up to feel good and listen to music ended up miles and miles and years and years away – in Lakeland,…
