Feb 24 – Mar 9, 2021

Feb 24 - Mar 9, 2021 / Vol. 51 / No. 22

Beloved Irish Ballad Inspired Marys Lane’s New Single

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, local rockers Marys Lane have released their latest single, “Raglan Love.” The song represents the follow-up to band’s 2018 effort, Wild Unknown. Lee Turner, Darius Rucker’s piano player and a noted multi-instrumentalist, joins the band on the B3 Hammond organ for the raucous tune that starts slow but…

Avo Modern Mexican More Than Rises to the Occasion in Ohio City

In four short years, Gabriel Zeller and Julie Mesenburg have gone from operating a single taco bar in Sandusky to overseeing a multi-concept portfolio of popular eateries that spans counties. The husband-and-wife team’s hands-on approach has propelled a rapid expansion eastward with stops in Amherst, Rocky River and Ohio City. Next up for the hungry…

Local Singer-Songwriter Moises Borges To Deliver Livestreamed Concert on Friday

During the pandemic, the Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve has hosted a number of livestream concerts featuring local musicians, and at 8 p.m. on Friday, jazz singer Moises Borges will perform. He’ll receive a little help from a few of his Northeast Ohio-based musician friends. Drummer and percussionist Dylan Moffitt, saxophonist and…

New Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick Exhibit Demonstrates How Art Can Heal

Stephen Romano has curated several exhibits for Cleveland’s Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick. He was the man behind the following exhibits: the wildly popular William Mortensen’s WITCHES, an exhibit that featured a selection from Romano’s comprehensive collection of works by the artist; Barry William Hale, the first ever solo exhibition by the world renowned…

Ohio Infrastructure Gets ‘C-‘ Grade From National Engineers Group

Ohio’s infrastructure could use a little help, engineers say. In the 2021 edition of the “Report Card for America’s Infrastructure,” the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives Ohio an overall grade of C-. As of 2017, the national average grade is D+. For the report, member engineers in the Buckeye State grade Ohio’s infrastructure…

Behold This Cleveland Bollard Art

Captured by ace WEWS overnight news photographer Mike Vielhaber, this ingenious rogue bollard art can be seen at the corner of East 30th and Prospect. Bollard art! It’s no substitute for bollards replacing the jersey barriers at Public Square, but we’ll take what we can get. Someone added some character to this @BollardsofCTown at East…

13 Cleveland Arts Organizations Receive NEA Grants

Almost 30 Ohio arts organizations — including 13 in Cleveland — have received federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Grants for Arts Projects program. Three Ohio poets have also received Creative Writing Fellowships, according to a media release from the Ohio Arts Council. The awards for Ohio organizations totaled $650,000, with grants…

New Opportunities to Connect College Students to SNAP in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hunger is an unfortunate reality for many Ohio college students, but there are new opportunities to help connect more students to food assistance. The USDA is allowing new flexibility so low-income “traditional” students temporarily can qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Betsy Suver, bureau chief of SNAP, cash policy and…

Michael Stanley Was Cleveland’s Troubadour

Ask 50 Clevelanders their favorite Michael Stanley song and chances are you’ll get 50 different answers. There are the tunes considered his classics: the early solo signature “Rosewood Bitters,” the Heartland staples “Lover” and “He Can’t Love You,” and the You Can’t Fight Fashion top 40 hit “My Town.” Many might just take the easy…

Rock Hall’s Nwaka Onwusa To Speak at Upcoming NCJW/CLE Event

Before coming to the Rock Hall two years ago, curator extraordinaire Nwaka Onwusa worked at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, where she specialized in exhibition development and created more than 20 unique and memorial exhibits, including Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey, All Eyez on Me: The Writings of Tupac Shakur and Ringo: Peace and Love.…

Socially Distanced Dyngus Day To Take Place on April 5

The 11th annual Dyngus Day celebration will go on this year, but it won’t be the massive shoulder-to-shoulder celebration that it typically is. On Monday, April 5, the event will commence with several smaller in-person events at Forest City Brewery. In addition, the festivities will be live-streamed on Facebook. Dyngus Day (or wet Monday or…

Cleveland to Host 2024 Pan-American Masters Games

The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission announced last night at the annual Greater Cleveland Sports Awards that it will be bringing the 2024 Pan-American Masters Games to Cleveland. Featuring athletes over the age of 30 participating in Olympic-style events like track and field, tennis and cycling, the quadrennial games are expected to bring more than 7,500…

Looking Beyond Classroom to Improve Student Success in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new bill would help schools in Ohio look beyond the classroom to improve student success. The Full-Service Community School Expansion Act would help districts bring in wraparound services that support the overall well-being of students and their families, including medical care, counseling, mentoring and transportation. Alexander Local Schools started a Community…

CSU to Hold In-Person Commencement Ceremony at Progressive Field

Cleveland State University President Harlan Sands announced Wednesday that graduating students will get an in-person commencement ceremony this year. It’s scheduled for May 15 at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Baseball Team. Sands cited low coronavirus positivity rates on campus as a reason for the decision in a social media forum. He thanked the…

Local Guitarist Contributes to New Pat Metheny Album

Well-known outside of his Northeast Ohio home base, Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux regularly performs all over the world. During his career, he’s played the National Gallery of Art, Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colon, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the 92Y, Wolf Trap, Curtis Presents, Seoul Arts Center and Shanghai Concert Hall. He’s performed as a concerto soloist with over 100…

Mysterious Nose Sculpture Appears Out of Nowhere at Hart Crane Park in the Flats

A sculpture that resembles a human nose, complete with hairy nostrils, mysteriously appeared this weekend at Hart Crane Park, the small greenspace adjacent to Sainato’s and Merwin’s Wharf in the Flats. Canalway Partners, the local nonprofit chiefly responsible for the Towpath Trail and restoration efforts on the northern end of the Ohio & Erie Canalway…

Savage Love: I Caught My Husband Sexting His Cousin

I am at a loss. I am devastated. I just found out my husband has been sexting with another woman. As if that wasn’t not bad enough, this woman is his first cousin! And this has been going on for years! I’ll give you a moment to recover from that jaw drop. Okay, now the…

Rule of Young’s Cat Calabrese To Release New Single, Teases More New Music

The former lead singer for the local band Rule of Young, singer-songwriter Cat Calabrese recently branched out as a solo artist. She teamed up with producers and fellow Clevelanders, Wavy Duder (co-producer of Machine Gun Kelly’s 2020 hit, “In These Walls”) and DJ London Bridges for her new single, “Quicksand.” Featuring percolating synths and soulful…

Drive-In Movie Season Returns to the Aut-O-Rama on March 19

After a record-setting year thanks to being one of the few pandemic-safe entertainment options available while most of the world shut down, the Aut-O-Rama twin drive-in movie theater in North Ridgeville is ready to emerge from a brief winter slumber come mid March. The Aut-O-Rama, like other drive-ins, thrived in the summer and fall of…

Two of Armond Budish’s Top Chiefs Departing for Work Elsewhere

Ted Carter, Cuyahoga County’s chief of economic development, and Eliza Wing, the county’s chief of communications, are both departing the distinguished employ of County Executive Armond Budish for work elsewhere. A county spokeswoman confirmed to Scene that both had resigned and will be moving on. Carter, who was brought on by Budish after a national…

Lakeland Community College Launches “Women’s History Month 2021: A Visual Journey Through Northeast Ohio” Featuring More Than 200 Artists

The month of March welcomes “Celebrate Women’s History Month: A Visual Journey through Northeast Ohio” from Lakeland Community College. One hundred studios and more than 200 female artists will be exhibiting in person or online in this expansion on the annual show “from WOMAN XIV…,” which started in 2009 and was spearheaded by Mary Urbas, Gallery…

Lake Erie Ink’s 9th Annual Kids’ Comic Con To Take Place Virtually

Slated to take place virtually on March 19 and 20, Lake Erie Ink’s 9th Kids’ Comic Con will feature workshops, panels, and conversations with experienced comic creators and guest artists from across the country. This year, organizers will offer 18 unique comic-based workshops for youth of all ages including DrawTogether with WendyMac for youth aged…

Ohioans Bought a Ton of Guns in Turbulent 2020, FBI Data Shows

In the United States, we’ve hoarded a lot of surprising things over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the beginning. Toilet paper. Beef. Puzzles. And here in Ohio, we apparently bought up all the guns. According to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), 976,751 firearm background checks were performed in…

COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Ready for Teens This Summer

Encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines keeps coming. No unusual safety issues arose during the first month of vaccination, when 13.8 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were administered in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported February 19. The vaccines also appear to slow the spread of the…

Cleveland’s First Mac ‘n’ Cheese Week Arrives March 29th

The Inaugural Cleveland Mac & Cheese Week is coming! From Taco Week to Pizza Week to Burger Week, you’re likely no stranger to the range of Cleveland’s week-long devotions to America’s favorite foods. But coming March 29th through April 4th, there’s a new dish-centric celebration for you to sink your teeth into. For seven days…

Cloud Nothings To Celebrate New Album with Livestream From Grog Shop

Slightly more than 10 years ago, local singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi, a frustrated music student at Case Western Reserve University, recorded a couple of songs in his parents’ Westlake basement and posted them online. He was hoping for a way out of school, and he got it when a New York promoter heard the tracks and…

Car Dealer Bernie Moreno Resigns from MetroHealth Board of Trustees

Bernie Moreno, the luxury car dealing blockchain enthusiast and possible U.S. Senate candidate, resigned his seat on MetroHealth’s board of trustees last week. His term wasn’t set to expire until 2025. A Metro spokesperson confirmed the news to Scene after a Twitter user noted that Moreno’s bio and name no longer appeared on Metro’s site.…

George Clooney to Produce Docuseries on Ohio State Wrestling Team Sex Abuse Scandal

Actor/director/producer George Clooney plans to produce a docuseries about the sexual abuse scandal that has dogged Ohio State University for decades, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Clooney’s and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures will produce the series in conjunction with Sports Illustrated Studios and 101 Studios, Hollywood Reporter says. The series will be based on an…


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