Former Parma Public Housing Manager Sentenced in $232,000 Theft Case: UPDATE
Amy Belz was sentenced to 16 months in prison today for stealing $232,000 from the Parma Public Housing Agency. (See full story below.) “This defendant lined her pockets with nearly a quarter of a million dollars that was meant to help poor people,” U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said in a public statement today. “Public employees…
Beachwood Mayor Merle Gorden Got Audited, Then Beachwood Kicked the Beehive
“Our job is to find truth, based on evidence, and publish it,” Ohio Auditor of State Dave Yost posted to his Facebook page Wednesday morning. “There are many things I believe to be true that I cannot prove. Without proof it doesn’t go into an audit report.” Yost was likely responding to comments by the…
Lunch at La Plaza Supermarket
One doesn’t typically think of a supermarket as the place to go for lunch, but La Plaza (13609 Lakewood Hts Blvd., 216-476-8000) isn’t your typical supermarket. For starters, it’s a Mexican market. That means it’s got all the bases covered when it comes to cooking ingredients, including Latin-themed produce, cheeses, salsas, spices, dried chiles, and…
Cuyahoga County Study Reveals Pay Incongruencies and General Malaise
Detailing employee malaise and off-kilter salary structures, a new report finds that much of the mid- and upper-level administrative framework within Cuyahoga County is still stuck in the pre-reform days. “Overwhelmingly, all focus groups view the current system as being unfair and poorly administered,” according to the study, which was carried out and authored by…
“Completely Inappropriate” Sign Removed from Justice Center, Sheriff Opens Investigation
Cuyahoga County Director of Communications Emily Lundgard has confirmed that the above sign, which had been taped to a Sheriff’s Department Security Desk on the 22nd floor of the Cleveland Justice Center for years, has been removed. “This sign was completely inappropriate and unacceptable,” a statement from the County read. “It was removed as soon…
Maple Heights Lands In ‘Fiscal Emergency’ Mode
Following a path worn well by the city of East Cleveland, leaders and constituents in Maple Heights now find themselves in “fiscal emergency,” according a report from State Auditor David Yost. Beyond running a $2.8-million deficit, the city owes more than $125,000 in Ohio Water Development Authority loans. Based on that and the auditor’s recent…
Silverstein Brings Discovering the Waterfront 10th Anniversary Tour to House of Blues
After 15 years, Silverstein has become a staple on the post-hardcore scene. Named after children’s author Shel Silverstein, the Ontario fivesome had a breakthrough with 2005’s Discovering the Waterfront, an accessible album that cracked the Billboard 200 the first week of its release. Songs such as “My Dagger Versus Your Sword” and “Already Dead” have…
UPDATE: Cleveland Police Investigating Shooting Death of Chief’s Brother
William D. Williams, the brother of Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, died after being shot sometime around 2:50 a.m. today on Grantwood Avenue. William was 34. He was shot once in the head. Cleveland police identified Dana Johnson, the mother of two of William’s children, as the primary suspect in the shooting. She has been…
Reminder: Wear Your Seatbelt
Car crashes during snow storms aren’t rare. But getting video of somebody getting thrown from his car during one is. The Ohio State Highway Patrol just shared an insane dash-cam video of a man who was thrown out of his car after losing control last month. Somehow, the guy isn’t dead, and even managed to…
Murder by Death Embraces Subtlety on ‘Big Dark Love’
Given that Murder by Death singer-guitarist Adam Turla has such a big, rumbling voice, you’d think he looked to someone like Johnny Cash for inspiration. That’s actually not the case. “The truth is that it took me a long time to learn how to sing in my own voice,” he says in a phone interview.…
Ohio Trooper Resigns after Having Sex in His Cruiser While on Duty
An Ohio trooper has stepped down from his position after he admitted to having sex in his cruiser while he was on duty in late December. 23-year-old Cody Nevers said he had developed a relationship with a woman he met at a crash scene, and later acquiesced to her request to fornicate in his state…
CSU Adjuncts Will Walk Out of Class Wednesday to Protest Unfair Pay
In conjunction with “National Adjunct Walkout Day,” part-time professors at Cleveland State University will walk out of class Wednesday to raise awareness about the plight of overworked and underpaid professors. Adjuncts teach 66 percent of the courses at CSU, but are still paid chump change, at rates which fail to account for the majority of…
UPDATE: What is this Awful Sign Doing in the Cleveland Justice Center?
UPDATE: 2/24, 12:02 p.m. — Darren Toms, Director of Community Outreach for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, responded, via voicemail, to say that he (on behalf of the court) agreed that the above sign was inappropriate. He directed us to the Sheriff’s Office and the County’s Director of Communications Emily Lundgard, who wasn’t immediately…
First Look: MoMo’s Kebab
The “eat street” of Lee Road in Cleveland Heights has a new entry. MoMo’s Kebab (2199 Lee Rd., 216-932-3512, momoskebab.com) opened in February in the storefront briefly occupied by A Phiner Bistro. It’s a pleasantly simple Mediterranean grill, where gracious host and owner Mo Abelessamad makes and cooks everything from scratch. There are a few…
Rock Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones Brings ‘Organic’ Group to Music Box
Plenty of musicians start their careers when they’re teenagers. But few have taken the path that Booker T. Jones has taken. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum back in 1992, he’s left behind an incredible legacy both as a session man and as the leader of his band, the M.G.’s.…
Kristi Capel Apologized This Morning For Using a Racial Slur On Air Yesterday
If you were wondering how Fox 8 would handle Kristi Capel’s infamous viral moment yesterday after dropping “jigaboo” live on air, the station wants to let you know that they stand by Capel after her mistake. There will be no firing, no suspension. This morning, though, Capel did issue an apology while sitting next to…
The Cleveland Museum of Art Debuts Its First Special Exhibition App in Conjunction With ‘Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa’
The Cleveland Museum of Art recently unveiled its latest special exhibition, Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa. Along with the exhibition came the debut of the museum’s first special exhibition app, CMA Senufo (now available for iPhones through the Apple iTunes App Store), as well as an accompanying “catalog” – a 272-page, full-color, hardcover…
Video: Cleveland’s Happiest Man Dances While Waiting For Bus
We don’t know who this man is, but we do know he’s living the hell out of life, despite the miserably cold weather and snow on the ground. The gentleman in the video was recorded yesterday from the window of XYZ Tavern in the Gordon Square Arts District while waiting for a bus on the…
Hip-hop Duo PRhyme Brings Inaugural Tour to Grog Shop
Rapper Royce da 5’9″ credits a friend of his at Shady Records for providing him with the concept for PRhyme, a collaboration with veteran producer DJ Premiere (Gang Starr). “We wanted to get this kid Adrian Younge, who was heating up at the time and Jay-Z had just used two beats on his album that were…
The Five Best Classical Music Events to Hit This Week
The editors of ClevelandClassical.com drop by every week to point you toward five of the must-see classical events around Northeast Ohio. Here are their picks: Spring Operas. Baldwin Wallace and the Cleveland Institute of Music have picked Mozart operas for their spring titles — one comic, one serious. CIM’s David Bamberger takes on La clemenza…
Winking Lizard to Host Game of Thrones Inspired Beer Dinner in March
If last weekend’s Wizard World Cleveland convention didn’t sate your inner geek, here’s another event that may be of interest: Bedford Heights’ Winking Lizard is hosting its second annual Game of Thrones party next month in partnership with New York’s Brewery Ommegang, which is releasing its fifth series-inspired beer. On March 21, folks can indulge…
Second Dynomite Burgers to Open Uptown
A year and a half after Zack Bruell opened Dynomite Burgers, Cleveland’s version of Shake Shack located in PlayhouseSquare, the local restaurateur has announced plans to expand his burger operation across town. Beginning this spring, locals will be able to get their burger ‘n fry fix uptown, in the space next to the Cleveland Institute of Art…
The Brew Kettle in Strongsville Teams Up with the Cavs for IPA Release
Combining some of the greatest things about Cleveland — The Cavs! Local craft beer! Timely marketing opportunities! —- a new IPA is set to sate our appetites next month. The Cavs and Strongville’s own Brew Kettle are teaming up on a new recipe — the “All For One” session IPA — that will hit streets…
J.R. Smith and the Cavs Slam the Knicks, 101-83
It may have been Madison Square Garden, but the opponent was more like Grand Forks. This was strictly D-League competition, so the only challenge for the Cavs was maintaining their focus. Mission Accomplished. The Cavs treated the Knicks like the foothills of Pennsylvania and gave them serious fracking. The very seams of the earth seemed…
Fox 8’s Kristi Capel Dropped “Jigaboo” On Air This Morning
In the midst of this morning’s Fox 8 morning show, during a discussion of Lady Gaga’s performance at the Oscar’s last night, Kristi Capel dropped “jigaboo” into the conversation as an adjective to describe Lady Gaga’s music. Not good, ladies and gents. Wayne Dawson’s reaction is interesting. Clip below. (Fox 8 had the original YouTube…
Sam Smith to Perform at Wolstein Center in July
If you haven’t heard Sam Smith’s hit single “Stay with Me,” you probably live under a rock. The song is on heavy rotation on commercial radio, and it helped the soul/pop singer to four Grammy wins. Global sales of the guy’s debut album have topped five million. To capitalize on his success, Smith has just…
Aerosmith Concert Film to Screen at Area Theaters on Thursday
If you’ve seen Aerosmith perform lately, you know the band still rocks. At 7 on Thursday, Feb. 26, at select theaters, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers kick off a monthly Classic Music Series with Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014, a concert film featuring a 19-song set list including hits such as “Love In An…
The Pixies to Play Masonic Auditorium in May
Influential indie rockers the Pixies have been a steady force since reuniting a decade ago. The band played some 120 shows in the past two years but didn’t include Cleveland as part of that tour. Now, the group has just announced a spring tour that includes a May 17 show at the Masonic Auditorium. The…
Cavs Send the Wizards Packing With a Brutal Spanking
I hope the Harlem Globetrotters are ready for a basketball game, because there was apparently a mix-up in the travel itineraries and the Cavaliers had the pleasure of playing the Washington Generals instead of the Wizards last night. At least that’s how it appeared as our boys toyed with Washington like they were Buzz Lightyear…
New Internet Radio Station From John Gorman Aspires to be Catalyst on the Local Scene
“When you walk in here, you’re inspired,” says John Gorman, Chief Content Officer for oWOW, a regional online radio station that has just gone live, as he walks through the halls of the 78th Street Studios where the station has its offices. The hallways of the warehouse-like building are filled with artwork and photographs by…
Aussie Singer-songwriter to Make Cleveland Debut
About a year ago, Australian singer-songwriter Irwin Thomas was in town to play with Aaron Hendra, another Australian who was performing a handful of shows in Northeast Ohio. Thomas played with him and made the occasional open mic appearance. But he didn’t have the chance to play a full set. Tonight at Wall Street Tavern…
Cleveland Orchestra Brahms Weekend: Concerto No. 2 with Bronfman
By Daniel Hathaway The program notes mentioned that Johannes Brahms and Hans von Bülow enjoyed programming Brahms’s piano concertos, deciding at the last moment who would conduct and who would play piano. Some feat that, but Yefim Bronfman may top it this weekend when he plays both concertos in pairs of concerts over four days…
5 Concerts to Catch This Weekend
Saturday, Feb. 21 Brite Winter Festival With more than 60 bands lighting up the Brite Winter music festival in 2015 — including Maps & Atlases and Welshly Arms in the headlining slots — this year’s installment feels bigger than the ones that came before it. “We increased our music budget by 50 percent to allow…
The Cavs’ Competition: Breaking Down the Eastern Conference Contenders
Now that we’ve hit the regular season’s two-thirds mark, we have a pretty good idea who will be in the Eastern Conference playoffs. So we figured it would be fun to breakdown the competition and imagine how the Eastern Conference might play out. Dark Horses (6th, 7th & 8th slots) Miami Heat. (22-30) Were looking…
Former Rock Hall CEO and President to Open for Booker T. Jones
Former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CEO and President Terry Stewart has a vinyl record collection that’s the stuff of legend. Seriously, the guy has hundreds of thousands of albums. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has partnered with the Rock Hall and Music Box Supper Club for a special pre-Booker T. Jones…
For Consent Decree Recommendations, Jackson Has Only to Look at DOJ Website
In a session with city council Tuesday morning, Mayor Frank Jackson said that too many community groups want a seat at the table in consent decree negotiations with the US Department of Justice. “Everyone wants to be the one [to make decisions],” Jackson said. He said that he and the DOJ are still working toward…
Never Shout Never’s Christofer Drew Revisits His Back Catalog for ‘Recycled Youth’
Alternative pop band Never Shout Never (aka Christofer Drew) and his fellow band mates have released more than 100 songs in the relatively short time that they’ve been a band. Drew recently delved into his back catalog and picked out a few fan favorites to rerecord for Recycled Youth, which comes out on March 3.…
Organist Paul Jacobs Opens for the Cleveland Orchestra’s Brahms Performances This Weekend
By Daniel Hathaway Brahms lovers (unless they particularly dote on his symphonies) will be ecstatic about what The Cleveland Orchestra is offering this weekend: two sets of concerts, each featuring the powerhouse pianist Yefim Bronfman in one of the two concertos, supplemented with other works by the celebrated nineteenth-century composer. And in a first-ever occurrence,…
Here’s the List of Celebrities Coming to Cleveland this Weekend for Wizard World
By now you surely know that Cleveland is hosting a nationally recognized comic convention this weekend and hundreds— nay, thousands— of folks are expected to attend, including a boatload of celebrities who have ties to the comic world. If you’re in to the whole star sighting thing, then you’ll certainly want to stop by the…
U.S. Marshals Use Social Media To Bust Florida Sexual Predator Living Unregistered In Northeast Ohio
A 48-year-old Florida man, who had spent nearly nine years in prison for two sex crime convictions, was arrested yesterday in Northeast Ohio for living here without registering his address with the state, as he’s required to do for the rest of his life. In 1996, Scott Ray Moon was convicted in Polk County, Fla.,…
Planting the Seed Pop-Up Dinner to Take Place in Historic Alcazar Hotel
About a year ago, a group of Cleveland Heights residents, business owners and passionate individuals got together to begin brainstorming ideas on how to better promote the neighborhood they love. Organized by chef Douglas Katz, who lives and works in the Heights, the group quickly grew in size. The members met regularly to plan events,…
Cleveland Museum of Art Bans Selfie Sticks
The Cleveland Museum of Art has officially banned the use of selfie sticks, which is probably the CMA’s humble way of asking visitors to stop acting like photo-fanatic dumb asses in its galleries. The museum’s Director of Visitor Experience told Cleveland.com that folks were at risk of harming the artwork and potentially each other as…
Brite Winter Tees Up More Expansive Visual Arts Offerings This Year
Entering its sixth incarnation this weekend, Brite Winter has become something of a wintry institution in this town. We’re a gritty, freezing temp-bred city, so a music and arts festival in the middle of winter — OUTDOORS, no less — is just as sensible as anything. Plus, the music and arts offerings are top-notch and…
Fleetwood Mac Delivers Arena Rock Thrills Without the Frills
When Fleetwood Mac reunited back in 2013 and launched what would become a very successful (and very long) world tour, the band sounded a bit rusty as it played its first show in three years in Columbus. But the group eventually warmed up and delivered a solid performance. Last night at Quicken Loans Arena, where…
A Don Pasquale Debut at Opera Circle This Weekend
By Daniel Hathaway “This is my first time singing Don Pasquale,” Polish-born bass Pawel Izdebski said in a recent phone conversation, “although I have done concert performances of the famous duet with Norina and the Act II Finale, so I already knew about a third of the role. Izdebski will make his debut in the…
Two Girls With Glasses: Haley Himiko Hudson Morris and Juan Vergara on the Art of Transforming Spaces
Muralist, maker and musician Haley Himiko Hudson Morris and graphic designer-turned-restaurateur mastermind Juan Vergara of Barroco Grill talk about transforming spaces through art and DIY style. Haley Himiko Hudson Morris’ work can be seen throughout Cleveland. She could most recently be found hosting Twin Peaks nights at Mahalls. For the full experience, she created Peaks-inspired…
Scene Podcast: No Sleep in the CLE with Justin Markert and Emily Hornack
On this week’s episode, Justin Markert sits down with Emily Hornack, the co-founder of Brite Winter. Brite Winter is a free annual music and arts festival. In its sixth year, Brite Winter will host 63 bands across 9 stages in Ohio City on Saturday, Feb. 21, to an expected crowd of more than 20,000. Justin…
The Duff, You Guys. Terrible Title. Not a Terrible Movie.
I’m as surprised as you are, but The Duff, starring Mae Whitman of NBC’s Parenthood, actually isn’t so bad. It opens Thursday evening at your favorite suburban cineplex. It’s got a tough hurdle to overcome initially because it’s called “The DUFF,” which stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend. That’s a really unsavory label — I almost…
Hall & Oates Concert Film to Screen at Area Theaters
Throughout its lengthy career, the pop/blue-eyed soul duo Hall & Oates has never performed in Ireland. So when it came time to make a concert film, the twosome decided it would be great to film its Dublin debut. The resulting film, Daryl Hall and John Oates Recorded Live From Dublin, shows at area theaters tomorrow…
Melt Bar and Grilled Lands on List of Nation’s Best Drunken Eats
Since 2006, Melt Bar and Grilled has been nourishing locals with gargantuan cheese laden sandwiches, expertly staving off afternoon munchies and soaking up remnants of late nights at the bar. National eaters, too, have tossed Melt their praises, the latest coming from Thrillist, which reckons Melt offers some of the best drunken eats in the…
House of Blues Announces Line-up for Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
For the past decade, House of Blues has put together a day full of music to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The venue has just announced the schedule for its 11th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Acts will perform in both the Music Hall and the Cambridge Room, and admission is free. Here’s the schedule: Music…
Sawyer Lone Cleveland Chef to Nab Beard Award Semi Nominations
This morning, the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists in the 2015 Restaurant and Chef Awards, and only one Cleveland chef made the cut: Jonathon Sawyer. In the category of Best Chef: Great Lakes: Jonathon Sawyer, The Greenhouse Tavern, Cleveland The next round of cuts occurs on Tuesday, March 24 when the finalists will be announced.…
Amid Barrage of Befuddlement, Browns Will Announce New Logo Next Week: ICYMI
This year, like most years, has in its two-month infancy not been kind to the Browns. Little else could be expected, of course, but the steady drum beat of doofus decisions is certainly deafening. (“The Cleveland Browns are just the saddest NFL franchise,” WaPo writes today, listing all sorts of tragedy of which we’re all…
Dinner in the Dark Breaks with Tradition for All-Star Moxie Reunion
Once a month for more than four years, the team from Dinner in the Dark hosts a six-course meal for ticketed guests, with each course crafted by one of six local chefs and the proceeds going to charity. Neither the chefs nor the food are revealed until the very moment the guests arrive – hence…
The Jerusalem Quartet Talk About Their High School Beginnings and More Before Next Week’s Concert at Plymouth Church
By Mike Telin, ClevelandClassical.com Sometimes personalities and musical sensibilities between members of a chamber music ensemble just seem to click. Such is the case with the acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet, who first came together while still in high school. But according to violinist Alexander Pavlovsky, at that time, becoming a world-class string quartet was the furthest…
The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cavs as They Roll Out of the All-Star Break
The Cavaliers have played well and the rumored addition of future Hall of Famer Ray Allen certainly won’t hurt the future prospects of the team. Vegas has installed the Cavs and Warriors as presumptive finals contestants, and who are we to argue? The Cavs sit in fifth place in the East at this moment, but…
Film Spotlight: McFarland, USA
According to our calculations, Jim White was in his 40s when the cross-country team he coached at McFarland High School, a small school in a poor California town, won its first state championship. It’s a remarkable story given the fact that the kids came from such poor backgrounds that they often had to work their…
The Booze Brothers: Fraternal Animosity Fueled by Hooch Boils Over in The Lonesome West
If there’s anything worse than being lonely by yourself, it’s being lonely with another person, or other people. Because when you feel lost and abandoned in the company of others, you really have no good options. That’s the serious side of The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh, a play that is darkly hilarious much of…
The Long Road: Singer-Songwriter Kat Edmonson Worked her Way Up the Austin club Circuit before Breaking Big
Some singer-songwriters become overnight sensations. Others take the long, hard road and perform in small clubs before gradually graduating to bigger venues. The ones who take the more difficult route tend to have more lasting power. That certainly appears to be the case with Kat Edmonson. Her first album, 2009’s Take to the Sky, received…
Intuitive Thinking: Reconstituted Swans Sound Sharp on Ambitious New Album ‘To Be Kind’
Swans’ frontman Michael Gira originally thought he would be a visual artist. Since childhood, he regularly created illustrations and “devoured books on art.” He even went to art school. Attending art school provided him with an introduction to punk rock, which he has said “seemed more relevant and urgent and necessary than forging some kind…
An Expanded Music Budget has Given Brite Winter Festival Organizers more Clout
With more than 60 bands lighting up the Brite Winter music festival in 2015 — including Maps & Atlases and Welshly Arms in the headlining slots — this year’s installment feels bigger than the ones that came before it. “We increased our music budget by 50 percent to allow us to draw bigger talent,” program…
Local Singer Ronnie Chase Shows off Vocal Range on Debut
Ronnie Chase Thirteen (self-released) ronniechase.com On Thirteen’s up-tempo opening tune “Go to Hell,” singer-guitarist Ronnie Chase delivers an accessible pop hook — you can imagine hearing the song on the radio next to the latest track from, say, Maroon 5. The same goes for the snappy “She Alright,” an infectious pop number that sounds like…
New Blue Lunch Album Shows Off Band’s Songwriting Skills
Blue Lunch Above the Fold (Rip Cat Records) bluelunch.com This veteran local blues/swing band has gotten some good traction on this album. Band leader Robert Frank tell us it’s the first recording the band has released that has “charted” on the first to get airplay on Sirius/XM. The songwriting is particularly sharp. “Ain’t Tryin’ to…
Photojournalist Laura Watilo Blake’s Latest Exhibition Connects Cleveland to Uganda’s Water Problem
Laura Watilo Blake came face to face with the brutal realities of unsafe drinking water in East Africa when she joined Cleveland-based Drink Local. Drink Tap. on a journey to rural Uganda. As a photojournalist, Blake realized the power of images as she learned more about what was being done to provide access to clean…
The Bar Exams
Unlike the narcotic for which it’s named, (*Cocaine = benzoylmethylecgonine, a tropane alkaloid harvested from coca leaves), the popular mobile app “Trivia Crack” loses its luster after about 48 hours. What’s the story with all these coins, for instance? No one cares about the coins. No one cares about the “levels” or the “achievements” they’ve…
Welcome to Wizard World
After months of anticipation, it’s finally here: This weekend, Feb. 20 to 22, the Cleveland Convention Center (300 Lakeside Ave.) is transforming into Wizard World Cleveland. For the first time, Cleveland is hosting a large-scale, nationally recognized convention celebrating comics and just about everything else pop culture-related. However, there is undoubtedly someone reading this thinking,…
Band of the Week: Two Cow Garage
Meet the Band: Micah Schnabel (vocals, guitars), Shane Sweeney (bass), David Murphy (drums), Todd Farrell Jr. (guitar, vocals) Straight Outta Cowtown: The group formed in 2001 in Columbus after what Murphy calls “a random encounter at an open mic.” The line-up has changed significantly over the years and just recently underwent another change. “We just…
The Black Pig Takes Shape in its New Home off West 25th Street
It’s an odd thing to pick up and move an existing restaurant. One day it’s here, and then another day it’s over there, like some large-scale David Copperfield illusion without all the shimmery curtains and litigation. But here’s the thing: Because restaurants and their surroundings are so intertwined, a physical move involves much more than…
The 5 Dishes that Made Me: Bill Fitts, Executive Chef at Lolita
Bill Fitts had little culinary ambition when he uprooted his art school lifestyle in San Francisco to be closer to family in Northeast Ohio. After landing odd jobs in food service, things finally started to gel while working at Virtues restaurant in Akron. The budding chef’s next move planted him at the epicenter of Cleveland’s…
Film Review of the Week: Timbuktu
Timbuktu, the entry from Mauritania that’ll compete for the best foreign-language Oscar at this Sunday’s Academy Awards, is set in neighboring Mali in West Saharan Africa. The movie, which opens Friday exclusively at the Cedar Lee Theatre, tells the story of a cattle herdsman who gets embroiled in the stringent enforcement of law and order…
