Listen: Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 Speech at Glenville High School
On April 26, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. visited three east side high schools in Cleveland, including Glenville. Audio of that speech had been recorded but sat undiscovered in the high school’s library until it was accidentally unearthed in 2011 by an art teacher and some students. King had been invited to Cleveland by the…
Gold Medalist Dominique Moceanu Opens Medina-Based Gymnastics Gym Today
Update: Dominique Moceanu predicted her gym would open in May, and it is. Right on time, the Olympic medalist’s Dominique Moceanu Gymnastics Center celebrates its grand opening tonight at 6 p.m. Located at 734 N. Progress Drive in Medina, the space offers yoga (mostly for adults) and non-competitive gymnastics for kids of all ages. The gym…
On His First Standup Tour in 7 Years, Comedian Colin Quinn to Play Hilarities
Veteran comedian Colin Quinn has been so busy with acting commitments and other things (he’s had a number of Broadway and off-Broadway one-man shows), that he hasn’t been on a standup tour in seven years. But last year, he embarked on the One in Every Crowd tour, and he’s continued to tour in 2018. He…
In Advance of Her Playhouse Square Show, Comedian Kathleen Madigan Talks About Her ‘Healthy Amount of Irreverence’
Veteran comedian Kathleen Madigan, who brings her Boxed Wine and Bigfoot Tour to the Ohio Theater at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1, has been busy lately. She currently has an hour-long special streaming on Netflix. She also recently appeared on comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Raised Irish-Catholic, Madigan likes…
The Cleveland Orchestra Does Haydn’s ‘The Seasons’ and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus will perform Joseph Haydn’s charming and inventive oratorio, The Seasons, in Severance Hall on Thursday, January 18 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, January 20 at 8:00 pm. Soloists Golda Schultz, soprano, Maximilian Schmidt, tenor, and Christian van Horn, baritone (stepping in for the ailing Thomas Hampson) take…
Cavs, Warriors, Steelers and Glory Days — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac discuss LeBron’s present and future, the Warriors, Trae Young and the drama-filled Steelers’ crash landing. Subscribe here on iTunes.
Cleveland Restaurant Week Participants Announced For Spring
Cleveland Restaurant Week is back in action this March 5 through 16. Like last year, more than 40 locally owned restaurants are scheduled to participate in the two-week long promotion organized by Cleveland Independents. Once again these Northeast Ohio restaurants are offering that can’t-pass-up deal: three-course prix fixe menus for $33, plus tax and tip, of…
Browns Parade Sponsor FarmersOnly.com Just Delivered $8,000 to Greater Cleveland Food Bank
Standing before a wall of bread at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank Tuesday morning, the founder and chairman of FarmersOnly.Com and CurvesConnect.com, Jerry Miller, formally presented a check for $8,000 to Food Bank reps. FarmersOnly.com and CurvesConnect.com were official sponsors of the Cleveland Browns perfect season (0-16) parade earlier this month. Miller enthusiastically supported the…
Dave Matthews Band to Perform at Blossom This Summer
Dave Matthews Band continues to be so popular that the group can sell out venues even if it doesn’t have a live album to promote. But this summer, the band will tour in support of its ninth studio effort, its first album of new material since 2012’s Away From the World. The group returns to…
Jack White Returns to Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in June
When singer-guitarist Jack White played Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in 2014, he expertly alternated between solo material and songs from the White Stripes catalog. Much like his idol Bob Dylan, he rearranged the songs so they became difficult to recognize. The Stripes’ tune “Hotel Yorba” benefited from a touch of organ and had a bit…
Victim Shot and Killed by Off-Duty Cleveland Police Officer Outside University Circle Bar Identified
Update: The Cuyahoga County medical examiner today identified the victim of the Saturday night shooting by an off-duty Cleveland police officer outside the Corner Alley in University Circle as 21-year-old Thomas Yatsko. Two days ago Cleveland police identified Sgt. Dean Graziolli as the officer who shot and killed Yatsko over the weekend. Graziolli is a 26-year…
Indie Rockers Screaming Females to Play the Grog Shop in April
An afterschool music club at a New Jersey Catholic school led to the formation of the indie rock act Screaming Females. That’s where band members all met. Much like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Sleater-Kinney, the band highlights its female lead singer while surrounding her with punk-inspired white noise. Both Spin and Village Voice have…
Women’s March Cleveland is Back Downtown This Saturday
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the event that brought out grandmas wielding “I can’t believe I still have to protest this shit” signs and a bevy of crocheted pink pussy hats, the Women’s March is coming back to Cleveland’s Public Square this Saturday. This time the nation-wide event, which kicks off with keynote addresses at 10:30…
New Period Western Film Promotes Discussion About the Native American Experience
For both Wes Studi, a Native American actor who plays Yellow Hawk, a dying Cheyenne war chief, and Q’Orianka Kilcher, an American actress who plays Yellow Hawk’s wife Elk Woman, director Scott Cooper’s new film Hostiles portrays Native Americans in a positive light. The period Western centers on surly army captain Joseph J. Blocker (Christian…
Quicken Loans Arena, So Badly In Need of Renovations to Remain Competitive, Had Record-Setting 2017 in Attendance and Shows
The Quicken Loans Arena renovation deal was sold to voters, in part, on the basis of the arena’s presumed obsolescence. Cavs CEO Len Komoroski and others repeatedly stressed throughout the proceedings that in the near future — the quote unquote “short-term years ahead” — the Q would no longer be able to compete with other…
Café Sausalito to Move, Change Concept and Name to Sausalito on Ninth
After three decades at the Galleria at Erieview, Café Sausalito (1301 E. 9th St., 216-696-2233) is pulling up stakes, relocating and rebranding. The restaurant will close its doors on January 31 and reopen in the IMG Building as Sausalito on Ninth sometime in late February. Café Sausalito, opened by iconic Cleveland restaurateur Gary Lucarelli in 1987,…
TJ Dow’s Explanation for Botched $700,000 Transfer Sounds like it was Written with Predictive Text
City Council President Kevin Kelley announced last week that he would not authorize an attempted transfer of more than $700,000 from a discretionary pot of Ward 7 funds. Outgoing Ward 7 councilman TJ Dow had attempted, days before he left office, to transfer those funds to Ward 4’s Ken Johnson, a man who routinely wears…
Spanish Artist Sam3 Tapped to Paint Iconic Cleveland Water Tower
Cleveland’s iconic water tower is getting an update. With the help of LAND Studio, which works to bring public art to Cleveland, Spanish artist Sam3 has been tapped to spruce up the landmark with a fresh mural. This Wednesday, at a public meeting, Clevelanders get the chance to meet the heralded artist and share ideas…
51 Acts to Compete in This Year’s High School Rock Off
Set to kick off this coming Saturday at the Rock Hall, the 22nd Annual Tri-C High School Rock Off will feature 51 acts (214 band members and six solo acts). The musicians represent 84 schools and five states (Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania). Four preliminary rounds on sequential Saturdays precede a “Final Exam” that…
Zac Brown Band Returns to Blossom in August
With its latest album, Welcome Home, which came out last year, Zac Brown Band returned to the more traditional country sound it adopted on its 2008 debut, The Foundation. Now, the country/rock band has just announced dates for Down the Rabbit Hole Live, its upcoming eighth headlining North American Concert Tour. The 27-date tour begins with…
Tonight’s John Mulaney Shows in Cleveland Have Been Canceled; Rescheduled for March 16
[image-1] Well, this sucks. The inclement weather arriving on the shores of Lake Erie means that John Mulaney can’t get into town, which means both of his shows at Playhouse Square have been canceled. The rescheduled date is March 16. Original tickets for both showtimes will be honored on that date. CLEVELAND IS CANCELLED. Planes…
Jim Renacci on Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Comment: The President Says What People Are Thinking
[image-1] After Donald Trump declared Haiti and Africa “shitholes” yesterday a parade of GOPers around the country were trotted in front of cameras and microphones to either condemn the horrendous, racist statement or, for the MAGA-aligned sect, attempt to defend it. Here in the Buckeye State, former Ohio governor candidate and new U.S. Senate candidate…
The Alarm Clocks’ Mike Pierce Talks About the Local Garage Rock Band’s 50-Year Legacy
Local garage rockers the Alarm Clocks existed for close to three short years in the ’60s before calling it quits after releasing only one single. And yet, it left such a lasting impression, that it would reunite 12 years ago to start recording and touring again. Singer-bassist Mike Pierce can still recall the first version…
New Chef for Southside in Tremont Heralds Fresh Takes on Classics
Next Tuesday, Natasha Pogrebinsky will grab the reins of the Southside (2207 W. 11th St., 216-937-2288) kitchen, a place that has been going strong in Tremont for 15 years. For the last year, the chef worked at Sterle’s Country House, but her culinary CV includes more than a decade of cooking in the Big Apple,…
Now Open: Noce Gourmet Pizza in Tremont
[image-1]It took slightly longer than planned – okay, more like a year longer – but Noce Gourmet Pizza has opened for business in Tremont (2539 W. 10th St., 216-713-0005). The popular Chardon-based restaurant has been going strong for nearly a decade, but management felt the time was right to install an outpost in the big city.…
Rock Hall Announces Schedule for Black History Month
Per usual, the Rock Hall will celebrate national Black History month with a series of special events and programming. There will be live concerts, interviews, film screenings and special programming. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, DJ Yella and Lil Eazy-E kick things off. A Rock Hall inductee, N.W.A.’s DJ Yella will sit down with…
Kevin Kelley Won’t Authorize Councilman T.J. Dow’s ‘Dirty’ Attempted Money Transfer
Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley issued a statement yesterday, confirming that he will not authorize an attempted transfer of discretionary funds from Cleveland’s Ward 7 to Ward 4, both east side wards. Councilman T.J. Dow, who narrowly lost in November to challenger Basheer Jones, attempted to shift more than $700,000 of his ward’s funds…
This Weekend’s Snowstorm Will Probably Be Bad, Might Be Really Bad ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Breaking news from the Action Weather Desk at Scene HQ: The weather outside is weather. That weather will be different from the weather tomorrow. Four to six inches of snow is predicted as the balmy temperatures we’re enjoying today dip again to sub-zero levels over the course of Friday. That’ll be preceded by freezing rain.…
Cleveland’s Secret Amazon Incentive Package Has a Stupid Code Name
Hats off to Cleveland.com and columnist Mark Naymik, who continue to badger the various entities involved in Cleveland’s secret Amazon proposal. Naymik has been trying, with limited success, to obtain information about incentives offered to Amazon as part of the city’s pie-in-the-sky package to lure the so-called HQ2. Naymik revealed, in a scathing post Thursday,…
‘Unseen’ Documentary About Anthony Sowell Murders Debuts This Month
Unseen, a true crime documentary about the horrific Anthony Sowell murders, is set to hit DVD, Blu-ray and a handful of streaming services January 23. Directed by Cleveland-based filmmaker Laura Paglin (Facing Forward), the gripping film was an official selection at the Cleveland International Film Festival and DOC NYC. Covering the house of horrors on…
Set in Cleveland, the Action Flick ‘Acts of Violence’ Will Open Tomorrow
Since so much of the action flick Acts of Violence, which opens tomorrow at Atlas Diamond Center and will be available on On Demand tomorrow as well, takes place inside warehouses and dark clubs and bars, it’s difficult to recognize much of Cleveland in the movie, even though the film is set here. The city…
Rock Hall to Celebrate MLK Day With Educational Programs and Musical Performances
Music played a huge role in the Civil Rights movement, and musicians often stood alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while he made many of his speeches. On Monday, the Rock Hall celebrates King’s legacy with special programming that includes educational programs and musical performances. The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word will perform along with Tam…
County Executive Armond Budish Announces Re-election Campaign
Flanked and introduced by local establishment politicians, County Executive Armond Budish announced yesterday that he will seek re-election in 2018. Budish spoke at the Pipefitters Local 120 union hall in Valley View. He told Cleveland.com that in a new term (which at this point he’s all but guaranteed to secure) he’d continue to work on…
Cinematheque to Screen Documentary About Rape Victim Recy Taylor
In her recent speech at the Golden Globes, actress Oprah Winfrey referenced Recy Taylor, a woman whom Winfrey said was “abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church.” Rosa Parks investigated the case, and though the men were never persecuted, Parks became a…
Hangovers, Bama and the Brooklyn Pick — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac discuss a variety of topics, starting with the disinterested Cavs. They also discuss college football’s national title game, LeBron’s future and their spring plans.
Eighties Acts the Romantics and Berlin Team Up for Hard Rock Live Gig
The Romantics and Berlin, two New Wave/pop bands that were popular in the ’90s, both benefited from exposure in Cleveland. The Romantics regularly played the Agora when they first started touring in support of their power-pop hit single “What I Like About You,” and Berlin songs such as the slinky “The Metro” and the salacious…
Federal Indictment Alleges 28-Year-Old Cleveland Man Created ‘Fruitfly’ Malware, Spied on Thousands of Computers Over 13 Years
In early 2017, computer security experts noticed a particularly malicious and nearly undetectable strain of malware infecting computers across America, specifically Macs. Dubbed “Fruitfly,” the malware collected keystrokes and spied on users’ screens, webcams and microphones. “The only reason I can think of that this malware hasn’t been spotted before now is that it is…
Councilman T.J. Dow, in Spiteful Farewell, Tries to Impoverish His Own Ward
In what Ward 7 city council challenger Mansfield Frazier has called a “dirty trick,” former Ward 7 Councilman T.J. Dow attempted to transfer more than $700,000 of his ward’s funds to Ken Johnson’s Ward 4. In a letter requesting the transfer, dated December 28, 2017, Dow suggested that these funds should now go toward capital…
7 Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend
FRIDAY, JAN. 12 Keller Williams There’s no one in the jam business like Keller Williams. The guitarist is a powerhouse mainstay of festival bills and a frequent collaborator with a broad spectrum of rock, funk, soul and bluegrass bands and artists. Blending humor with irrepressible rhythm and lead skills, Williams forged a path early on…
Playhouse Square to Host Live Taping of NPR Politics Podcast
Tickets for the live taping of the NPR Politics Podcast that takes place on Friday, Feb. 23, at Playhouse Square, will go on sale at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The event will feature co-hosts Scott Detrow and Tamara Keith along with political editor Domenico Montanaro and political reporter Asma Khalid. According to industry watcher Podtrac, the…
A Much-Needed and Well-Conceived Message from Yoko Ono in ‘Imagine Peace’ at Akron’s Emily Davis Gallery
It was a cold and crunchy afternoon as we drove to the Emily Davis Gallery at the University of Akron’s Myers School of Art. The undisturbed snow embracing the freeway’s banks reflected patches of sunlight like prisms. It was a serene and contemplative trek on an otherwise bleak winter’s day. The past couple of years…
Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers Flick is Better Feminism Than Journalism
The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg, is less enjoyable than 2015’s Spotlight in much the same way that this year’s The Darkest Hour was less enjoyable than Dunkirk. Both The Post and The Darkest Hour tell behind-the-scenes stories that often feel like half of a really great movie. But in the end, it’s not soldiers…
Mediterra, a Family Business Built on Bread
I can’t imagine a better place to spend a frigid Pittsburgh morning than inside the Mediterra Bakehouse. Outside, the temperature is fixed at a toe-numbing 15 degrees, but all that discomfort melts away inside the balmy bakery, where the heavenly aroma of baking bread hangs in the humid air. We’re met at the door by…
Angels Land at Ensemble, and the Result Isn’t Always Heavenly
It seems the more we try to push some plays into the category of “period piece,” the more they fight to remain fresh and contemporary. For a while now the renowned work of theater, Angels in America, by Tony Kushner, has been considered a devastating snapshot of this country 30 or more years ago when…
Get Out: Everything You Should Do This Week in Cleveland (Jan. 10-16)
WED 01/10 Kevin Bozeman Comedian Kevin Bozeman likes to joke about the mundane. “I got one thing out of college,” he likes to say. “Bad credit.” With his high-pitched voice, Bozeman practically winces as he tells his narrative-based jokes. His problems are everyone’s problems. He has trouble with women and issues with his finances. Expect…
10 Things You Need to Know About Cleveland Music in 2018
Cleveland is a music town, even if the sports and restaurants take center stage in the national headlines. Gone, however, are the days of Alan Freed. Instead, bands and artists in Cleveland today have taken that spirit of rock ‘n’ roll and pushed it to the limit — sometimes in freezing-cold outdoor festival environs. It’s…
Savage Love: Worms Turn
Dear Dan I’m a 67-year-old gay man. After a breakup 15 years ago, I believed the possibility of emotional and sexual intimacy with a partner was over for me. Then a couple of months ago, my desire for sexual contact increased dramatically. For the first time, I began using apps, and I felt like the…
Band of the Week: Devil Makes Three
MEET THE BAND: Pete Bernhard (guitarist), Lucia Turino (bassist), Cooper McBean (guitarist) THEY CAME FROM CALIFORNIA: This bluegrass-y trio has slowly picked up steam ever since forming in Santa Cruz in 2002. Singer-guitarist Pete Bernhard says that Santa Cruz, the birthplace of indie rock heroes Camper Van Beethoven, proved to be a good spot to…
