CHA Spirits and Pizza Will Reopen in New Ohio City Location on Dec. 18
CHA Spirits and Kitchen will debut in its new home in Ohio City, at 3800 Whitman Ave. in the space most recently occupied by the shuttered Pasta and Pastries, on Dec. 18. The move comes after an announcement this summer that CHA would close up shop in Battery Park and relocate a few miles down…
Video: Every Harvey Pekar Appearance On David Letterman
There’s really no bad time to dig into the YouTube archives and devour Harvey Pekar’s seven appearances on David Letterman’s show over the course of a decade or so, but the recent arrival of all of those appearances edited together into one seamless hour-and-a-half long stream is as good a reason as any to do…
Puppet Masters at Work as County Democratic Party Chair Vote Looms
An element of rot, a kind of residual stink, remains in the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. Tuesday night, the three candidates for the Party Chairmanship stated their cases to a room full of precinct committee members at the Harvard Community Services Center. The party’s behind-the-scenes infighting was barely contained beneath the surface of their remarks.…
Columbus Day Officially Becomes Indigenous Peoples Day in Oberlin
The city of Oberlin no longer recognizes Columbus Day as a holiday. In a unanimous decision Monday night, Oberlin City Council voted to change the second Monday of October on the calendar to Indigenous Peoples Day, becoming the first city in Ohio to do so. As reported previously, many in Oberlin were calling for the…
Pop-Punk Band Say Anything to Play Two Nights at the Beachland in December
The pop-punk band Say Anything will honor the tenth anniversary of In Defense of the Genre with a special tour that includes two-night stands in 19 different cities. For the shows, the band will play its first three albums (2001’s Baseball: An Album by Say Anything, 2004’s …Is a Real Boy and 2007’s In Defense…
Hardcore Icons Hatebreed to Bring Their Anniversary Tour to House of Blues
Way back in November of 1997, the hardcore group Hatebreed released its full-length debut, Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire. By combining metal and hardcore, the group had a huge influence on the underground sound of the ’00s. Released 15 years ago, Perseverance yielded one of the band’s biggest hits with “I Will Be Heard.”…
Eight Cleveland Mayoral Candidates Vie for PD/Cleveland.com Endorsement
Cleveland.com streamed its mayoral endorsement interview live Tuesday morning. Eight of the nine candidates running for Mayor (all but former East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer) were present, vying for the endorsement of the editorial board. The PD/Cleveland.com is expected to endorse Mayor Frank Jackson, and it’s unlikely that any candidate made much of a splash…
Cloud Nothings Release New Music Video and Announce Fall Tour with Japandroids
Coming off a great summer that included performances at festivals such as Panorama and Lollapalooza, local indie rockers Cloud Nothings have just released a new music video for “Up to the Surface.” According the press release announcing the video’s release, it “marks a tonal shift from what fans have come to expect” from a Cloud…
Cleveland School Board Postpones Vote on nuCLEus Financing Deal
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s board members were set to vote on the nuCLEus TIF deal this evening. That agenda item has been indefinitely postponed. Read more about the complex tax increment financing deal here. Recall that City Council, which has the final say on this deal, has not yet spent one second debating the…
Local Indie Rockers the Lighthouse and the Whaler to Release New EP
Inspired by Herman Melville’s classic man-vs.-sea novel Moby Dick, singer Michael LoPresti formed the local indie rock outfit the Lighthouse and the Whaler some ten years ago. The band’s 2008 EP A Whisper, A Clamor caught the attention of an editor at the hipster-approved music magazine Paste, and a track from that record eventually showed up…
Proposed Ohio Bills Would Finally Allow Dogs on Restaurant Patios
This year, Ohio lawmakers will recognize two bills that would allow dogs on outside restaurant patios. Currently, Ohio law prohibits pups from dining with their owners anywhere in a restaurant due to health concerns. “The current rules are dogs are not permissible inside restaurants unless it is a service dog,” Cincinnati Health Department representative Antonio…
Capitol Theatre to Screen ‘The Nutty Professor’ as a Tribute to the Late Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, one of our greatest comedic actors, passed away earlier this week at age 91. To pay tribute to Lewis, who’s famous for films such as The Ladies Man, The Bellboy and The Patsy, movies which he both starred in and directed, the Capitol Theatre will screen his 1963 comedy The Nutty Professor on…
Green Day’s Rousing Concert at Blossom Proves the Punk Band Hasn’t Lost a Step
When seeing a Green Day concert in 2017, one might assume pop-punk’s elder statesmen, whose founding members, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, formed the band just over three decades ago, have lost a step when it comes to putting on a show. That assumption proves to be far from the truth, as many who…
Salt Fork State Park Removes Painting Of Confederate General
Salt Fork State Park recently removed a painting of Confederate General John Morgan from their lodge’s dining hall. The painting portrays the Alabama general during a Southern Ohio raid in 1863, swinging his sword high preparing to fight. “In light of recent events, we made the decision to remove the painting,” park spokesman Matt Eiselstein…
Weekend Drive-By Shooting at Eastside Memorial for 2015 Murder Victim
As the second anniversary of Deck Mangham’s murder looms, a party was held this weekend at the memorial site erected on East 113th Street. In the early hours of Sunday, as the party continued, a car drove by and someone shot four bullets into the crowd. A 32-year-old Strongsville man was wounded and taken to…
A Sampling of Completely Level-Headed Facebook Reviews of the Cleveland Browns After Players Knelt and Prayed During the National Anthem Last Night
Before last night’s preseason game against the New York Giants a dozen or so Browns players knelt and prayed on the sideline during the National Anthem in the largest silent protest by an NFL team to date. The group even included tight-end Seth DeValve, the first white player in the league to join the protests.…
Rock Hall to Host CD Release Concert with the Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word
Earlier this year, in marking the 50th anniversary of Carl Stokes’ election as mayor of Cleveland, the Cleveland Museum of Art commissioned the Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word to create and perform an original piece based on the writings and words of Stokes and his brother, U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes Jr. Today at 5 p.m.,…
Browns Players Kneel and Pray During National Anthem in Largest Such NFL Protest to Date
During the national anthem before last night’s preseason game against the New York Giants, at least 10 Browns players kneeled and prayed. It was the largest protest of its kind in the NFL. Duke Johnson, Kenny Britt, Jamie Collins and Ricardo Louis were joined by others in a silent protest on the sideline. Other players…
Rally for Luke Stewart at Euclid City Hall Forces City Leaders to Listen to Anger Over Officer-Involved Shooting
There were two meetings at the Euclid Municipal Building last night: a City Council meeting, replete with the intricacies of zoning policy, and a rally for Luke Stewart, a 23-year-old black man who was shot and killed by Euclid police officer Matthew Rhodes on March 13 of this year. At various points in the evening,…
Locals the Angie Haze Project Celebrate the Release of New EP with a Show at Akron Pride
Local rockers the Angie Haze Project feature eccentric singer-songwriter Angie Haze, an Italian-American who sings while wearing bells around her ankle and plays a handmade tambourine shoe, drums/percussion, a guitar, a cowbell, melodica and a kazoo. In last year’s International Songwriting Competition, she became a semi-finalist and then a finalist with the song “Wave Goodbye.”…
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Validates More Than 13,000 Q Deal Referendum Signatures
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has validated 13,072 signatures submitted by groups seeking a referendum on the Quicken Loans Arena renovation deal. The groups submitted more than 20,000 signatures in May. Only 6,000 valid signatures from registered Cleveland voters were required The signatures were initially rejected on constitutional grounds. Cleveland City Council Clerk Pat…
Sakkio Japan is Closed at Tower City
If you haven’t been to Tower City lately, the food court is a ghost town. After Dan Gilbert’s purchase of the Avenue Shops last year, tenants of the food court have been incrementally packing it in. Even McDonald’s has closed up shop. But the saddest location to see go was Sakkio Japan. It’s now a…
Get Over to Winking Lizard for the Solar Eclipse, and Other Places to Watch
We know you want to watch the eclipse today, but like us, you probably forgot to buy glasses in advance. And unfortunately, there aren’t many places around Northeast Ohio where the special glasses needed to look at the eclipse are available. Thankfully, there are some eclipse viewing parties you can check out in the Cleveland…
Country Singer Sara Evans to Bring Her Holiday Show to Hard Rock Live
Just last month, country singer Sara Evans released Words, her latest chart-topping hit album. A veteran musician who’s a legitimate superstar, Evans is also an accomplished author, blogger and Red Cross ambassador (in 2008 she was presented with the national Crystal Cross award for her work with the disaster-relief organization). Her latest tour brings her…
‘Rock Box’ Speakers Downtown Will Play ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ During Solar Eclipse
Beginning at 1:50 p.m. or so, the Rock Hall will play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon through its Rock Box speakers, located across downtown. The album’s final song, “Eclipse,” will sync up with the darkest point of the partial solar eclipse, right around 2:31 p.m. There’s not much more to the news than that.…
A Compelling Look at a Woman’s Confining Marriage in ‘A Doll’s House’ From Mamai Theatre Company
Great theater often comes alive in the details, and there are gorgeous details aplenty in the outstanding production of A Doll’s House now at Mamai Theatre Company. This talented troupe has taken an adaptation by Thornton Wilder of the Henrik Ibsen script and turned that old Norwegian play into a fresh and compelling look at…
Coldplay Put on a Joyous, Colorful Show Last Night at the Q
Chris Martin’s voice was coming from somewhere. He wasn’t on the main stage or the end of the walkway that went into the audience. Finally, I located the Coldplay frontman’s body. There he was sprawled out at the start of the walkway, slowly singing “Fix You” while looking up at the ceiling, as if Quicken…
Chris Stapleton’s Blossom Performance Showed Real Country at Its Finest
He was mostly shadows and fingers up there on stage. At least that’s what the packed-in audience could see of Chris Stapleton last night at Blossom. But it didn’t matter that his face was obstructed by a sandy cowboy hat and a straggly-ass beard, you could still hear that voice and you could still see…
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen to Revisit His Past With a Little Help From a New, Young Band
When singer-keyboardist Donald Fagen and singer-guitarist Walter Becker, the guys in the jazz/rock act Steely Dan, toured back in the 1970s shortly after the band’s inception, they quickly developed an aversion to touring and rarely hit the road prior to disbanding in 1981. Since reforming in 1993, however, they’ve toured with more regularity. The band…
The Cavaliers’ New Uniforms Haven’t Exactly Been Well-Received
LeBron James officially modeled one of the Cavaliers’ new uniforms earlier this week. And ever since photos of the fresh jerseys were introduced last month, the internet has certainly had a lot to say. As the NBA switched their uniforms from Adidas to Nike this offseason, every team got an updated look to their jerseys.…
Locals Wrecking Crew Red Panda Bears Release New Music Video
Local rockers Wrecking Crew Red Panda Bears formed some two years ago and issued an EP last summer. Now, the band has just issued a new single, the power ballad “Young Medusa.” The group filmed the accompanying music video in Lorain in the woods close to Lorain Port Authority. “We found a really nice path…
Aussie Rockers Midnight Oil Dig Deep Into Their Back Catalog for Reunion Tour
Guitarist Jim Moginie and drummer Rob HIrst, both of whom played together in an Australian band that would eventually morph into Midnight Oil, found 6-foot 4-inch Australian National University student Peter Garrett by placing an ad for a lead singer. Looking to add “charisma” to the group, Moginie knew they had something special when Garrett…
MTV’s Hit Series Catfish Comes to Cleveland
MTV’s Catfish, a show dedicated to publicly exposing people for getting played via online dating, announced an upcoming trip to Cleveland: Next stop: Cleveland, OH! 📍 #Catfish — Catfish (@CatfishMTV) August 17, 2017 This hit series premiered after the success of the 2010 documentary Catfish, which followed the story of Nev Schulman and his intimate…
Weary Polensek Grills Council, But November Q Deal Referendum Unlikely
Cleveland City Council met Wednesday afternoon. It was the legislative body’s final meeting before September 18, but four councilpeople — Mike Polensek, Zack Reed, Jeff Johnson, and Kevin Conwell — had written a letter to Council President Kevin Kelley earlier in the week asking that the next meeting be moved up. If the next meeting…
You Can Now Help Name Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s New Baby Giraffe
After welcoming a new baby giraffe into the world last week, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced today how the public can help pick his name. By visiting the zoo and casting your vote, you'll be supporting the Giraffe Conservation Fund and helping secure a #futureforwildlife pic.twitter.com/YANb24XnYt — Cleveland Zoo (@clemetzoo) August 18, 2017 Four boxes…
Mike Peters Brings the Alarm to the Music Box Supper Club for a Rare Full Band Show
When we last spoke with Mike Peters, he was on a series of tours that found him in one-man band mode, surrounded by an expansive collection of instruments, including drums that he could play with his feet, and an acoustic that could go electric with a quick flick of a switch, alternating between several microphones…
71-year-old Nun Carjacked at Gunpoint in Cleveland
A nun was carjacked in the Collinwood neighborhood yesterday. The 71-year-old member of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland had arrived home from the store and was taking out bags from her 2004 Honda Civic, when a man appeared by her side to ask the time, police reports said. After the nun told him “4:35 p.m.,”…
New Tour Takes You Behind the Scene at Jakprints
It’s one of the most popular local businesses in Cleveland, but how much do you really know about local printer Jakprints? This Thursday, Engage! Cleveland offers a Behind the Scenes Tour of Jakprints’ world class, 150,000-sq.-ft. facility on Chester Avenue in Midtown. Led by Jakprints co-owner and CEO Nick DeTomas, guests will meet the talented,…
‘Dave Made a Maze’ Writer-Director Bill Watterson Took Inspiration From Experiences He Had in Cleveland
Bill Watterson had tried his hand at a few different things before finding success with the quirky new indie flick Dave Made a Maze, which he co-wrote directed. Watterson had played in a number of local rock bands before he moved west with aspirations of becoming an actor. “One of the film’s sound editors worded…
With Final Approval, FirstEnergy to Continue Receiving More Than $600 Million in Subsidies
After several years of ongoing debate and a formal decision last fall, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has given final approval to more than $600 million in subsidies to FirstEnergy. Last October’s PUCO decision prompted a number of appeals and challenges from environmentalist organizations who opposed the massive “bailout” meant to prop up nuclear…
Red Panda Brothers Born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Two red panda brothers were recently born at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, officials said today. The fuzzy pair remains cozy inside their exhibit’s nesting box, but their curiosity should bring them out into public view in the near future. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: We're happy to announce the birth of two male red panda cubs! They'll be…
MadTree Brewing to Kick Off Cleveland Distribution with All Four Core Beers
The Cincinnati-based MadTree Brewing Company will officially begin distributing in Northeast Ohio on Monday, August 28. All four of the brewery’s core beers will be available in cans and on draft at area establishments. The four core beers: PSYHOPATHY: IPA; citrus + bright + balanaced (6.9%) PSA: Pale Ale; tropical fruit + sessionable + balanced…
What You Need to Know About This Weekend’s Annual Burning River Fest
The Burning River Fest pokes fun at one of Cleveland’s not-so-proud moments while conveying the importance of preserving Northeast Ohio’s freshwater sources. Created by the aptly named Burning River Foundation, the fest takes place at the historic Coast Guard Station on Whiskey Island. Great Lakes Brewing Company, the event’s sponsor, will have five of its…
Is the Football Team More Important than our Country? — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
How should coaches respond to players who want to protest the National Anthem? How was Hue Jackson’s response at a recent press conference? Dre and Zac dive into the latest tough questions as the football season approaches. Get ready for Knott dropping some serious knowledge. He even says that if you’re not even ready to…
Citing Charlottesville Violence, Group Backs Off Plans to Protest Confederate Flag Sales at Lorain County Fair
The Lorain County Fair Board has announced that it will not prohibit the sale of Confederate flags at the fair next week, raising concerned responses from local residents and groups. The Fair Minded Coalition for Lorain County, for one, has objected to the sale of the Confederate flag (and other products with that symbol) and the…
Willoughby South High School Will Drop Confederate “Rebel” Mascot
Fox 8 has reported that the Willoughby-Eastlake School District has dropped its controversial “Rebel” mascot, or at least that the school will modify the way that “Rebel is interpreted. The depiction is currently that of a Confederate soldier. Scene reported in 2015 that at Willoughby South HS, the Confederate Flag is a symbol of school…
Cleveland Clinic Says 2018 Gala Won’t Be at Mar-a-Lago
The Cleveland Clinic has announced that the hospital’s 2018 fundraiser gala will not take place at the Donald Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Cleveland.com’s Steve Koff first reported the news Thursday. “After careful consideration, Cleveland Clinic has decided that it will not hold a Florida fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago in 2018. We thank the…
Shania Twain to Perform at the Q in 2018
One of the busiest concert seasons in memory hasn’t come to a close yet, and promoters are already gearing up for 2018. Country singer Shania Twain, one of the top-selling artists of all time, has just announced a tour in support of her forthcoming album NOW. The tour will kick off on May 3 in…
5 Concerts to Catch This Weekend in Cleveland
FRIDAY, AUG. 18 Greta Van Fleet/The Glorious Sons/Hamilton Handshake This hard rock band from Frankenmuth, Michigan, has made an impact with its heavy-hitting debut, Black Smoke Rising. The disc features Zeppelin-inspired guitar riffs and howling vocals. “Flower Power,” a tune that benefits from a bit of organ, has a distinctively ’70s swagger to it. The band…
Robots Have Quietly Become Ohio’s Booming Workforce
Over the last decade or so, automated labor has grown as a robust presence throughout the state and its impact is starting to be more directly seen and felt, both commercially and politically This week, the Brookings Institute released a new study looking at the regional locations of industrial robots. Or, in the institute’s phrasing,…
Now Open: Crust Pizza Kitchen in Tremont
The new Crust Pizza Kitchen (2258 Professor Ave., 216-583-0257) quietly opened its doors for service tonight at 4 p.m. Located on the ground floor of the former Komorowski Funeral Home building in the heart of Tremont, the popular pizza, pasta and sub shop debuted with an expanded menu, a full liquor license and a footprint…
Sylvester Stallone to Film New Action Movie at Ohio State Reformatory
The infamous Ohio State Reformatory, used during the filming of The Shawshank Redemption, will soon host Sylvester Stallone and crew for the making of Escape Plan 3. Crew members estimate filming for the new production will run between Sept. 18 and Oct. 13, with the action movie possibly hitting theaters late next year. Escape Plan 3,…
Cedar Point Announces New Record-Breaking Hybrid Coaster for 2018
Goodbye, Mean Streak. Earlier today, Cedar Point announced a new roller coaster, Steel Vengeance, would take the Mean Streak’s place at the park next year. And the new hybrid scream machine, made of steel track and wood supports, is set to feature a far more thrilling experience than its predecessor. The new ride includes a…
Try This One Weird Trick to Get Your Friends and Family to Vote in Cleveland’s Primaries
Cleveland is burbling with the excitement of an upcoming Mayoral election. Before the primaries on September 12, voters will have ample opportunity to see at least some of the nine candidates in person. If you’re able to attend one of the upcoming forums, we recommend doing so. Reading about political candidates and what they intend…
Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Play the Q in December
Trans-Siberian Orchestra suffered a major loss earlier this year when charismatic founder Paul O’Neill died. But in the wake of that tragedy, the group has decided to solider on and has just announced dates for its Winter Tour 2017. According to a press release announcing the dates, the tour, which launches on Nov. 16 in…
Capitol Theatre to Screen Documentary Film About East Bay Punk Rock
Given that both Rancid and Green Day, punk acts that hail from the San Francisco Bay Area, included Northeast Ohio on their summer tours this year, local interest should be high for Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk, a new documentary film that traces three decades of Bay Area punk rock. The…
Backwards Swastikas Spray-Painted on Lakewood Resident’s Driveway
A Lakewood man shared a photo this morning on Facebook of two swastikas spray-painted onto his neighbor’s driveway. The symbols were painted backwards. Lakewood police confirmed to Scene that they were contacted and that officers were sent to the residence to investigate. (We’re awaiting a copy of the report.) Also, the Lakewood Building and Housing Department…
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Offers First Look At New Baby Giraffe
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo recently welcomed a new baby giraffe, who was hidden from public display to allow bonding time with his mother. Today, the zoo released an adorable video of the handsome, 6-foot tall baby exploring his new home: FIRST LOOK! We recently welcomed a male #giraffe calf born August 6, weighing approximately 160 pounds…
Let’s Check In (Briefly) With the 2018 Ohio Governor’s Race
This week’s issue of Scene is on streets right this very moment, and you should indulge your senses in Sam Allard’s compendium of Cleveland mayoral candidates and their views on this wacky city. You can also read it here, of course. But although it’s a year away, it’s also getting to be time to learn about…
‘America’s Got Talent’ Star Olivia Millerschin to Perform at Brothers Lounge
Detroit-based singer-songwriter Olivia Millerschin gained some serious exposure when she became a quarterfinalist on the popular reality show America’s Got Talent. She has just announced that she’ll begin her first full-band Southeast U.S. tour later this month. Her latest album, the folk-y Look Both Ways, features cameos by Sawyer Fredericks, the 2015 winner of The…
Cleveland Author Thrity Umrigar to Speak About Her New Novel
This month’s edition of the literary series Between the Lines features local author Thrity Umrigar, who has just published the novel Everybody’s Son, a book about an adopted boy who discovers a dark secret from his past. A best-selling author, Umrigar has had her books translated into several languages. They’ve also been published in more…
‘Wind River’ Depicts Raw Life On Wyoming Indian Reservation
In a foreshadowing of the carnage to come, Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) shoots a wolf as it’s about to attack a herd of goats. The riveting opening scene of Wind River, the new drama from writer-director Taylor Sheridan, the guy who penned the scripts for films such as Sicario and Hell or High Water, effectively sets the tone…
Stirring Video Footage of Chernobyl Disaster Scene Underscores Rachel Yurkovich’s Work in Cleveland
Rachel Yurkovich’s studio is in an industrial neighborhood on Lakeside Avenue. Void of pedestrian traffic, it might be the backdrop for any post-apocalyptic film. The building itself is riddled with faded greens and deep browns. We take the Otis Elevator up to her floor and immediately feel transported to another time. Yurkovich opens the split…
Cleveland Public Library Presents New Exhibit on History of Superman
It’s no secret that Cleveland and Northeast Ohio have a rich history of comics and cartoons. The most popular and successful of these creations is certainly Superman, created by high school classmates Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel in Glenville in 1933 (first comics appearance in 1938). In celebration of the Man of Steel and his…
Fun Soderbergh Heist Flick ‘Logan Lucky’ Has Nothing on ‘Ocean’ Franchise
The trailers for Logan Lucky, the new West Virginia heist film starring Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, promoted the fact that it was directed by the guy behind such films as Ocean’s Eleven and Magic Mike. That guy, Steven Soderbergh, also won the Academy Award for Best Director for Traffic in 2001, and was nominated,…
Meet the Men Who Want to be Cleveland’s Next Mayor
September is coming. Sept. 12, that is. That’s the date of Cleveland’s primary elections. And that’s the day you’ll get to cast your vote for the city’s next mayor. Frank Jackson, like Game of Thrones’ Robert Baratheon once did, sits unhappily on his local throne. Despite his riches from suburb-dwelling corporate leaders (the Lannisters), he…
Get Out: Everything You Should Do This Week (Aug. 16-22)
WED 08/16 Angels in America Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge), Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass) star in this filmed staging of Angels in America, Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning two-part play that both documents the AIDS crisis and provides still-timely…
Smokin’ Q’s Debuts ‘Cue With Mixed Results and Promise
When you catch yourself dissecting, both literally and figuratively, various cuts of meat with your tablemates, as I did one evening at Smokin’ Q’s in Mayfield, the battle already has been lost. I’ve been so completely immersed in the act of enjoying barbecue — essentially a smoke-induced flow state — that I’ve lost all track…
In Praise of Good Gas Station Eats at Speedy’s
Gihad Zayed knows restaurants in America the way hipsters in a lazily written, early-2010s comedy sketch know obscure bands. “My wife is from Chicago,” Zayed tells me outside Speedy’s Grub Shack, his unconventional eatery on the Lakewood/Cleveland border (14001 Lakewood Heights Blvd.). “When we go there, I’ll be naming restaurants that her family doesn’t know.”…
Band of the Week: Greta Van Fleet
MEET THE BAND: Josh Kiszka (vocals), Jake Kiszka (guitar), Sam Kiszka (bass) and Danny Wagner (drums) A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING: The hard rock band came together about five years ago in Frankenmuth, Michigan. Guitarist Jake Kiszka originally had started playing in a duo with a drummer he knew from high school. Josh started singing…
Savage Love: Quickies
Dear Dan, I’ve been wondering: Since there are lesbians out there who occasionally crave cock, does the reverse also happen? Are there gay men who occassionally crave pussy? — This Possible? There are gay men who watch football — hell, I have it on good authority that some gay men play football, TP. So anything…
