Slayer’s Kerry King To Bring His Heavy Metal Solo Project to House of Blues
Guitarist Kerry King’s father gave him three choices when he was growing up. “Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was rehearsing for the tour that brings him to House of Blues on Friday, Jan. 31. “To this day, I…
This Year’s Cleveland St. Patrick’s Day Parade Could Be One of the Last Ones Downtown
After years of planning, fundraising, public forums and revisions, the long-awaited Superior Midway will break ground in the spring of 2026. The $25-million project will narrow Superior to four lanes — one bus lane and one all-purpose lane running in each direction totalling 24 feet in width — from Public Square to East 55th with…
15+ Things to Do in Cleveland This Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend (Jan. 16-20)
Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 01/16 Disney on Ice: Let’s Dance Disney’s annual ice skating event returns to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for a multi-night stand that continues from today through Sunday. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7. 1 Center…
15+ Things to Do in Cleveland This Weekend (Jan. 9-12)
Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 01/09 An American in Paris Guest conductor Stéphane Denève leads the Cleveland Orchestra as it plays George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, the iconic 1928 symphonic poem that inspired the Gene Kelly film. The…
Now Open: Lekko Coffee in the Warehouse District
Since opening Lekko Coffee (2529 Detroit Ave., 216-554-4875) in Ohio City three and a half years ago, owner Matt Ashton says that the reception has been so positive that it motivated him to expand the brand. In 2023, Ashton announced plans to open what would have been shop number two in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood,…
Guster To Revisit Its Many Eras at Upcoming Agora Show
The concept for the latest Guster tour came to the rock band in a rather roundabout way. Guster drummer Brian Rosenworcel was talking to a friend who joked that Guster could make like Taylor Swift and do its own eras tour, albeit on a much smaller scale than Swift, who plays stadiums. Like Swift, Guster,…
Homeless Clevelanders Die on the Streets Every Year. Advocates Say a New City Program Could Stem the Tide
We may never know what happened in the hours preceding Michael Knight’s death. The 56-year-old man was discharged from a local hospital on the evening of December 4 and brought to 2100 Lakeside men’s homeless shelter. He got out of the car, but never entered the shelter. He was found the next morning a couple…
Government Watchdogs, Black Lawmakers Urge DeWine to Veto Police Video Changes
Among the dozens of measures sitting on Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk, is one proposal that would allow police departments to charge $75 per hour of body camera footage with a cap of $750. The provision showed up late as part of House Bill 315 — a measure originally meant to revise Ohio Township laws,…
The Story Being Censored Could Be Yours (Whether You Know It Or Not)!
With any “Top 10” list, there’s a natural tendency to look first at number one, and neither I nor Project Censored would discourage you from doing that, when it comes to their annual list of the top censored stories of the year. This year, the top story is about workplace deaths and injuries — with…
Matt Fish Has Permanently Closed Melt Bar & Grilled
After launching Melt in Lakewood in 2006, Matt Fish grew the brand to a dozen locations over the next decade and a half. In recent years, however, as dining habits changed and financial realities hit, he made the hard decision to begin closing some outposts. And by late 2024, he had shuttered them all save…
15+ Things to Do in Cleveland This Weekend (Jan. 2-5)
Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 01/02 Big Jay Oakerson The co-host of numerous popular podcasts, Big Jay Oakerson has consistently toured and released new material over the course of a two decade-long career. His recent hour-long special, Dog Belly,…
Ohio Law Aims to Reduce License Suspensions
The Ohio Poverty Law Center is praising a bill passed in the lame-duck session of the Ohio General Assembly that is intended to reduce the huge number of Ohioans whose driver’s licenses are suspended because of unpaid debts or drug offenses. The bill awaits Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature. In a state so poor that a…
Cleveland Pierogi Week Returns Jan. 27
Among the many reasons to look forward to 2025, the return of Cleveland Pierogi Week is right up at the top. All the comforting, doughy action kicks off Monday, Jan. 27 and runs through Feb. 2. That’s seven days of $8 deals all across town from some of Cleveland’s best restaurants right at the time…
Appeals Court Says Cuyahoga County Juvenile Judges Abused Discretion in Three Bindover Cases
Three times in the past year, 8th District Court of Appeals judges have ruled that Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court judges abused their discretion when deciding to transfer children accused of serious crimes to adult court. The rulings involve a special type of juvenile court case called a discretionary bindover. Unlike mandatory bindovers, which require only…
Livewire: 10 of the Best Concerts to Catch in Cleveland in January
FRI 01/03 Annual Free Weekend Each year at about this time, the Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights opens ups its doors for a free weekend of shows. Tonight at 9, Liquid Images, Louse and PIZZ take the stage. Shows also take place tomorrow and Sunday with a different group of local acts. Consult the venue’s…
Cleveland Classics: A New Owner is Guiding Stevenson’s Bar Back to the Glory Days and Beyond
For many years, you couldn’t pick up an alt-weekly, newspaper or magazine without reading about the legendary burgers at Stevenson’s Bar in Euclid. If Instagram had been around back then, the joint would have been crowned a “hidden gem” by the content creators who “discovered” it. The original Stevenson’s Bar – in service until 2013,…
First Look: Birdietown Mini Golf + Lounge, Opening in Lakewood on Jan. 4
Tim Frazee visited a few mini-golf bars and restaurants in other cities and fell in love with the concept, but when he and his wife Erin decided to open a version of their own, they did so with some changes. The result is Birdietown Mini Golf and Lounge (12501 Madison Ave.), set to open Saturday,…
Biden Death Row Commutations Met With Praise, Condemnation in Ohio
Monday morning President Joe Biden announced the commutation of all but three men on federal death row, including an Ohio man convicted of killing a Columbus police officer in 2005. The president’s actions struck a chord in the state; police union officials were quick to criticize the decision, but others praised Biden’s sweeping use of…
Livewire: 9 of the Best Concerts to Catch in Cleveland Through New Year’s
FRI 12/27 Red Wanting Blue The regional rock act returns to House of Blues for a special end-of-year show. This marks the group’s first show in Cleveland since releasing its latest album, Light It Up, and a faithful cover of Warren Zevon’s “Lawyers, Guns and Money” that finds singer Scott Terry doing his best to…
Norfolk Southern Quiet as Concrete Falls From Lake Avenue Bridge
Last December, following roughly seven years of neighborhood ire, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown wrote to railway magnate Norfolk Southern to lambast the embattled company about the decrepit state of their bridge just south of Edgewater Park. Norfolk Southern owns 20 rail properties in the city; 16 of them, Brown pointed out, were in less-than-ideal condition:…
Ohio Cannabis Prices Could Come Down in 2025
Sales of recreational marijuana began at Ohio’s existing 127 dual-use dispensaries on Aug. 6, with the state’s Division of Cannabis Control approving 117 new retail licenses while capping storefronts in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. The slow pace of Ohio’s rollout has led to inflated prices in the early-going. Based on data from the DCC website,…
Ohio Poised to Try Medicaid Work Requirements Again
Medicaid work requirements are back again. And they are just as bad an idea this time as they were before. The stated aim of Ohio’s proposed Medicaid waiver, posted for public comment this Tuesday, is “to improve Medicaid enrollee health and well-being through incentivizing work, education, and addiction recovery.” Deceptive rhetoric aside, the actual effects…
Ward 12 Clevelanders Brace for Redistricting Growing Pains After Next Year’s Council Shake Up
David Green, like many of his neighbors, was shocked this month to learn that the proposed redistricting map unveiled by Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin would drastically change Ward 12, which would be split into six different wards. “Six ways? Oh my lord!” Green said. “It’s like they took a pie and made it…
Last Week in Cleveland Food News: The Best of Dining in 2024
There’s plenty of news to catch up on this week, but we’ll start with Scene dining editor Doug Trattner’s recaps of the year in Cleveland dining. – After dozens (and dozens) of meals around the region in 2024, here are the very best things we ate. – Cleveland was blessed with a bounty of refreshing…
LGBTQ Ohioans and Advocates Are Asking Gov. Mike DeWine to Veto ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
Advocates condemned Ohio lawmakers for passing another anti-LGBTQ bill as the General Assembly wrapped up late Wednesday night, urging Gov. Mike DeWine to veto the legislation, though DeWine has indicated he will sign it. The Ohio Senate passed House Bill 8 and the Ohio House concurred with changes made to the bill, sending it to DeWine’s…
Relief Coming to Ohio Drivers Suspended Over Lack of Money
Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans could soon be back on the road after lawmakers this week passed sweeping reforms addressing the state’s driver’s license suspension crisis. The legislation follows a Marshall Project – Cleveland and WEWS News 5 investigation that found the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued nearly 200,000 new license suspensions in 2022…
