Update: Maroon 5 Announces 2021 Date at Blossom
Update: Due to coronavirus concerns, Maroon 5 cancelled its massive summer tour that was set to include a stop at Blossom on June 18. The group has just announced a makeup date, and the Blossom gig will now take place on Aug. 26, 2021. According to a release from the band, original tickets will be…
Cleveland Native Emily Hackett, One of CMT’s ‘Next Women in Country,’ Comes to the Beachland Next Weekend
A Cleveland native who grew up listening to classic rock, country singer-guitarist Emily Hackett originally thought she’d play the flute. Inspired by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, she even took lessons. Then, she came to her senses. After all, Tull’s eccentric Anderson isn’t easy to emulate. “Flute was actually my very first instrument,” she says via…
Newburgh Heights to Implement 32-Hour Work Week for All City Employees
Tuesday, at Newburgh Heights’ village council meeting, Mayor Trevor Elkins introduced his latest piece of progressive legislation: a bill to reduce the standard work week from 40 hours to 32 hours for all full-time city employees. The bill was unanimously passed and is now official policy in the small, blue-collar suburb to Cleveland’s south. Elkins told…
Inaugural Taste of Black Cleveland Restaurant Week Kicks Off on Monday
Cleveland will next Monday join other cities that feature and focus on black-owned restaurants during a designated week — much like independent restaurants are celebrated as a whole during restaurant week. Following a mission to “create an opportunity to bring awareness to local black owned restaurants throughout Northeastern Ohio and to encourage the entire community…
Saucisson and Terrestrial Brewing to Host 6th Annual Carnivore Christmas at the Nash
Billed as a “meatacular six-course beer dinner,” Carnivore Christmas is an annual feast hosted by the Lady Butchers, aka Penny Barend and Melissa Khoury of Saucisson (5324 Fleet Ave., 216-303-9067). These festive dinners feature plenty of meat, plenty of beer, and equal parts good cheer. This year’s bash will be held from 5:30 to 10…
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. to Acquire Middletown’s AK Steel in Billion Dollar Merger
AK Steel, one of Southwest Ohio’s largest employers, will likely be acquired by a Cleveland company known for ore production, officials with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced today. Cleveland Cliffs, the nation’s largest producer of iron ore pellets, is seeking to acquire the local company in a deal believed to be worth roughly $3 billion. AK Steel,…
Indie Rockers Common Holly, Who Play the Beachland on Tuesday, Take a Look Outward on Their New Album
Given that singer-songwriter Brigitte Naggar, who records under the Common Holly moniker, was born in New York but grew up in Montreal, it makes sense that she initially gravitated toward Canadian artists. “I listened to a fair amount of singer-songwriter stuff,” she says via phone from her Montreal home. She performs with Bebe Machete and…
Singer-Guitarist Bob Mould Plays the Kent Stage for the First Time Ever in March
During the course of his decades long career, veteran singer-guitarist Bob Mould has often paired bright melodies with dark lyrics. That formula works to perfection on his latest effort, last year’s terrific Patch the Sky. Still touring in support of that album, Mould comes to the Kent Stage for the first time ever on March 25.…
Akron’s Steve Arrington on 30 Years of Advocacy for Men With HIV
The year is 1977. Steve Arrington is 25 years old when he walks into his first gay club, Hide & Seek, in Colorado Springs. The music is crisp and everything is chrome: the tables, the bar, the chairs. Red, purple and green strobe lights illuminate a dance floor where men dance with men and women…
Get Out: Everything You Should Be Doing in Cleveland This Week (Dec. 4-10)
WED 12/04 Chamber Music in the Galleries This monthly concert series at the Cleveland Museum of Art places young musicians from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University in the CMA galleries, for “a unique and intimate experience.” The performances often feature instruments from the museum’s keyboard collection. Tonight’s concert begins at…
Great Lakes Theater’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Glistens With Holiday Cheer
As holiday traditions grow scarcer and scarcer, it’s nice to know that one has stayed constant. For 31 years, Great Lakes Theater has been proud to present A Christmas Carol to folks looking for that nostalgic Christmas feel from the beloved Charles Dickens novel, adapted for the stage by Gerald Freedman. It’s safe to say…
‘Dark Waters’ is One of the Year’s Best Films
Perhaps it’s the familiar tones: the serious subject matter, the wintry color palette, the central conflict adapted from an astounding piece of journalism. Or perhaps it’s Mark Ruffalo, himself. But whatever the reason, Dark Waters, the new drama from director Todd Haynes about a corporate defense attorney who takes on DuPont on behalf of a…
It’s Hard to Look Away From the Unblinking Honesty of ‘Honey Boy’
The mercurial former child star Shia LaBeouf (Even Steven, Transformers), who wrote what became the script for Honey Boy while in rehab, has dealt with no shortage of negative publicity. Prone to vile outbursts and drunken misbehavior, LaBeouf was for many years a cautionary tale about peaking in Hollywood too soon. At best, he had…
The Crispy Chick Turns Out Dynamite Tenders and Positive Role Models in Central
In the acclaimed 2012 documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, sushi chef Jiro Ono reflected on how he became one of the best in the world: Over time, he pared away appetizers and other distractions from his true love — sushi. His philosophy and methods embody the tenets of Japanese cooking: cleanliness, minimalism, using only a…
Band of the Week: Public Squares
MEET THE BAND: Thuck Apton (via human vessel Brandon M. Abate, drums, vocals), Regulus Nine (via human vessel Steven Manko, bass), Dr. Rex Reezin (via human vessel Bill Kowalcic, guitar, additional vocals) NO REAL PLAN IN MIND: From Up There, the latest album from this local act, serves as the soundtrack to a movie that…
Savage Love: Some Quickies
My ex-girlfriend, who I dated for nine months, called me two months after we broke up and accused me of giving her HPV. She was going on, telling me how I needed to tell any future person I had sex with that I have HPV. I’m a 38-year-old man, and I’ve never had any signs…
