Here Are the 240 Places That Applied to Stay Open Until 4 a.m. During the RNC
Update: The RNC qualifies as a major event, and with that designation bars, restaurants and other businesses were allowed to apply for major event waiver permits to stay open until 4 a.m. during that oh-so-special week. The city released the list of the 240 businesses that applied and were recommended by Cleveland. That full list,…
Third Man Records’ Audio Social Dissent Tour Headed to Now That’s Class (Updated)
Third Man Records, the hip indie record label run by singer-guitarist Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs), ended 2015 by issuing three records of “articulate American punk, rock and noise”: Wolf Eyes’ I Am a Problem: Mind In Pieces; Timmy’s Organism’s Heartless Heathen; and VIDEO’s New Immortals. Now, the label has just announced a tour featuring…
The Grand Jury in the Tamir Rice Case Did Not Take a Vote on Charges (Updated)
The grand jury that opted not to indict Cleveland police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback in the shooting death of Tamir Rice never actually took a vote on the matter, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. What actually happened in the most significant grand jury hearing in county history isn’t quite clear, and the…
Rapper Biz Markie to Host ‘Decades Collide’ Concert at House of Blues
Famous for his hit single “Just a Friend,” a tune that appears on VH1’s list of the 100 greatest hip-hop songs of all time, rapper/DJ Biz Markie will host Decades Collide: ’80s vs ’90s, a show featuring pop music from both eras. The 1988, an ’80s tribute band will start off the show. Biz Markie’s…
Where is Ohio on Marijuana Legalization Going into 2016?
The Buckeye State’s first stab at some kind of marijuana legalization went down with a — sorry for this — puff of smoke last year, with the Issue 3 weed bill losing out at the polls 63 percent to 36 percent. That said, the swing-and-miss has at least ladled some legitimacy onto the issue. Rumbling into…
Rapper Machine Gun Kelly Recovering from Emergency Surgery
Cleveland-based rapper Machine Gun Kelly took to social media to reveal that he recently had emergency surgery for an infection in his arm. On his Snapchat account, he posted a few photos of his arm in a cast and wrote “da fuck happnd” as the caption. He didn’t reveal the cause of the infection, which…
Study: Cleveland Ranks 8th Nationally in Attracting Millennial Professionals
Young, college-educated professionals are heading to Cleveland in droves, according to a new report released this morning via the Cleveland Foundation. Cleveland now ranks eighth in the nation for migrating millennials, coming in at about the same rate as Miami and Seattle. Cleveland State University’s Center for Population Dynamics at the Maxine Goodman Levin College…
Video: Nina Turner Joins Bernie Sanders, Killer Mike, Cornel West in Discussing Martin Luther King Jr.
Yesterday, State Sen. Nina Turner joined Bernie Sanders, Killer Mike and Cornel West for a discussion about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a pretty great group of people. Watch it here:
Capitol Theatre to Launch Happy Hour Series with a Screening of ‘Fargo’
Located in the Gordon Square Arts District, the locally owned and operated Capitol Theatre regularly presents special screenings of cult classics and oddball flicks that don’t receive wide distribution. Now, the venue has just announced that it’ll present monthly screenings of classic films that will include a happy hour cocktail party in the lobby before…
Family of Samuel DuBose to Receive $4.85 Million From University of Cincinnati
The family of Samuel DuBose, the black man slain by a University of Cincinnati police officer in July, has settled with the University for $4.85 million. The settlement was announced on Martin Luther King day and includes free undergraduate tuition for DuBose’s 12 children, an on-campus memorial and a formal apology from the University. Additionally,…
Pretension Gallery Tees Up Next ‘Insider Trading’ Event
The fourth installment of Pretension Gallery’s Insider Trading series takes place from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. this Saturday, Jan. 23, in Slavic Village. This year’s event will be held in a vacant storefront, converted into a pop-up art gallery for this one-night-only, special event. Sounds pretty normal, right? Well, Pretension isn’t your average gallery…
Singer-Songwriter Elle King Returns to Her Southern Ohio Roots for Debut Album
You can take the girl out of Ohio, but you can’t take Ohio out of the girl. The small Southern town of Wellston figures prominently in gutsy growler Elle King’s story, even next to her star-studded upbringing and the time she brandished a banjo on an RCA executive’s couch. But after years of searching for…
Warriors Channel Sparta While Cavs Mimic Browns, Lose Badly
The Cavaliers’ lackluster showing against the Golden State Warriors in last night’s 132-98 loss was at least good news for beat writers, who mostly finished their stories by halftime. Who can blame them when garbage time begins in the second quarter? We typically don’t start writing until we’ve heard postgame postmortems, so no early evening…
Eric Williams Was a Winner on Last Night’s Episode of Guy’s Grocery Games
Best of Cleveland winner Chef Eric Williams won on last night’s “Guy’s Grocery Games: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Tournament.” (And he did so in an El Carnicero t-shirt designed by Scene pal Aaron Sechrist.) We here in Northeast Ohio know and love Williams, of course, for his fare at Momocho and El Carnicero. America got…
Former Browns WR Joe Jurevicius is Now Cleveland Laundromat Mogul
Joe Jurevicius, the Lake Catholic product and former Browns wide receiver, is featured in the January issue of Cleveland Magazine for his new(ish), and wholly unexpected, foray in the business world. He’s the owner and operator of local laundromats. Jurevicius opened a Spins laundromat — Quick N Fresh! — on Lorain Avenue just west of W.…
L.A. Times Poll: Delly is NBA’s “Dirtiest Player”
[image-1]In a recent Los Angeles Times poll of 24 NBA players and coaches, the Cavs’ Matthew Dellavedova was voted the league’s “dirtiest player.” Scuffles in the 2015 playoffs — with Atlanta’s Kyle Korver, Al Horford, and Golden State’s David Lee — were cited as primary testimony for the vote. Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams and Serge Ibaka,…
Local Rapper Kipp Stone Inks Deal with Chicago-Based Label
It’s almost fitting that cold winter winds seemed to finally blow down into Ohio just as reps from the Chicago-based indie record label Closed Sessions came to town to visit their first out-of-town signee, Kipp Stone. After a full day of visiting Stone at his home, touring the city to get a better feel about where…
BrewBoat CLE, a Water-Based Version of a Pedal Pub, to Launch This Spring
“I’ve been super-secretive because this is a project we didn’t want anybody else to do before we did it,” says an observably excited Freddie Coffey, who has been teasing his big announcement for some time. “We’re working on building and launching from downtown Cleveland a pedal pub on the water. It’s like the Cleveland Cycle…
Symphonic Metal Band Epica Launches New Era with Latest Album
When Mark Jansen left the metal band After Forever in early 2002 and then formed the symphonic metal group Sahara Dust (which he then rechristened Epica), he initially asked then-girlfriend Simone Simons to join him. “He asked me if I wanted to join, but I was 17 years and still in high school and it…
New Finer-Dining Restaurant to Launch in the Hermit Club at Hofbrauhaus Cleveland
Despite being a little more than a year old, Hofbrauhaus Cleveland still holds plenty of surprises. The most fascinating one sits right under most visitors’ noses: The Hermit Club. Founded in 1904, The Hermit Club is dripping with history. The private club for performing arts buffs produces and hosts its own elaborate performances, holds elaborate…
Up-and-Coming Country Singer-Guitarist Chase Bryant to Perform at Dusty Armadillo in Rootstown
Up-and-coming country singer-guitarist Chase Bryant comes from a long line of musicians. His grandfather performed with Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings and his uncles co-founded the chart-topping group Ricochet. So when he started playing guitar and singing, he wanted to follow in their footsteps — to an extent. “I was always trying to make a…
Ohio Police Officer Killed Following ‘Chilling’ 9-1-1 Call
Danville police officer Thomas Cottrell was killed overnight after a local resident warned that her ex-boyfriend intended to kill a police officer. (Danville is about 100 miles south of Cleveland. Population: Little more than 1,000.) At around 11:30 p.m. last night, police received a 9-1-1 call from a woman who said that her ex-boyfriend was…
Musicians and Fans Express Condolences for Local Singer-Songwriter Kevin Junior
Since returning to Northeast Ohio a couple of years ago, talented singer-songwriter Kevin Junior performed a handful of times and was hard at work on a new album. Late last week, he passed away — he had open-heart surgery a few years ago but still suffered from heart-related health issues. He was only 46 years…
“Fresher, More Streamlined” Plain Dealer Debuts Today
Monday morning, the Plain Dealer debuted its “fresher, more streamlined” look. A narrower page (11 inches wide, down from 12), livelier graphics, and a slightly larger typeface align Cleveland’s daily with industry standards and attempts to make it more useful for readers, according to editor George Rodrigue. The redesign comes on the heels of a price…
Joe Reedy on What Browns Fans Can Expect From Hue Jackson — The A to Z Podcast with Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Joe Reedy used to be the Bengals beat reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer. He brings his experience covering the team to discuss the Browns’ recent hiring of the Bengals’ Hue Jackson. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Android users can find the RSS feed here. Download the episode directly here. Or stream below.
Cavaliers Siphon Rockets’ Fuel and Leave’em in the Dust
The measure of a person, or a team in the Cavaliers case, is not how they handle success but adversity. After losing to the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, Cleveland hung their heads and never really showed up, losing the next night in Portland. They suffered no such hangover from Thursday’s loss to San…
Michael Stanley to Play Benefit for Chrissy Krause, ‘Early Pioneer’ in the Local Rock Scene
Part of the “family” that worked at the Agora in the ‘70s, Chrissy Krause was an early pioneer in the local rock scene. She started her career as the assistant to Agora concert booker Buddy Maver and then became the club’s promotion director. She later spent years working at a number of Cleveland radio stations…
8 Concerts to Catch This Weekend
FRIDAY, JAN. 15 Ottawa Local indie rockers Ottawa cite acts such as Portugal the Man and the Talking Heads as influences. You can hear their influence on the band’s recent EP, 2014’s Random Lights. It offers a nice distillation of its influence. The title tracks careens like a Strokes song on steroids, and “The Good…
New App CLEseats Offers Local Restaurant Deals, Launches New Food Podcast
When Lauren Kluth moved to Chicago in 2013, after graduating from John Carroll University, she watched as her friends back home Instagrammed their way through all of Cleveland’s new restaurants and bars. But every time she would return home to visit, the quickly evolving dining scene felt overwhelming to navigate. While working for the digital…
Proposed Bill Would Require Ohio Attorney General to Investigate Police Shootings
Not even a month has passed since a grand jury followed Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty’s recommendation and declined to file charges against Cleveland police in the Tamir Rice case, but the 2014 killing has still supercharged the atmosphere, not only around town but across the state. Some of that has lingered into the statehouse,…
Mike O’Malley Steps Down as Parma Safety Director; Will Focus Full Time on Campaign to Beat Tim McGinty in Prosecutor’s Race
Just about a week before the official kickoff of a public campaign in his quest to unseat Tim McGinty as Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Mike O’Malley is stepping down from his full time role as Parma’s safety director. His last day is today. “He is committing full time to beating Tim McGinty,” says Ryan Miday, who…
On the Hiring of Hue Jackson — The A to Z Podcast with Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Since the last time Andre and Zac podcasted, the Cleveland Browns made the hiring of Hue Jackson official. It’s a bonus episode for you as a result. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Android users can find the RSS feed here. Download the episode directly here. Or stream below.
New Belgium Brewing’s Sour Beer Tasting Event Coming to Cleveland in February
From 8 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Rustbelt Reclamation, New Belgium Brewing hosts “Lost in the Woods,” a sour beer “soiree” that celebrates the brewery’s passion for sour beers and highlights its expanded wood cellar. The event will feature the 2016 Transatlantique Kriek, a wood-aged sour cherry ale brewed in collaboration with…
Spurs Dig In, Cavaliers Leave Bruised and Beaten
For twenty-three minutes the Cavaliers looked like champions. That will get them to the NBA Finals if they can afford a few grand for airfare and tickets. That’s because the NBA isn’t a burlesque show and there’s no award for great teases – just ask last year’s Atlanta Hawks – as the Spurs topped the…
CNBC Partners with LeBron James for New Reality Show Set in Cleveland
CNBC today announced plans to partner with LeBron James’ and Maverick Carter’s production company, SpringHill Entertainment, to create a new reality TV show for the network. The series will debut this summer. Here’s the gist: In “Cleveland Hustles,” NBA superstar LeBron James and his longtime friend and business partner Maverick Carter will give four aspiring local…
Akron’s Nuevo Modern Mexican to Open in North Coast Harbor Development at East Ninth Pier
The people behind Cleveland’s ambitious new downtown lakefront development project have selected an operator for the restaurant that will help anchor Phase One – and it isn’t a Cleveland name. “It’s really shocking – and it’s quite an honor for sure,” says Zack Hirt, who along with his wife and business partner Lisa opened Akron’s…
Singer-Songwriter Garland Jeffreys Bringing Rare Full-Band Tour to Beachland
Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys has always been a New York guy. Even when he went away to college, he didn’t leave the state. Jeffreys, who went to Syracuse University in the ’60s, had a college experience that changed his life. While at Syracuse, he befriended another aspiring singer-songwriter by the name of Lou Reed. The…
Lorain Man Who Filmed Car Crash Gets 30 Days in Jail; Judge Says He Deserves More
It’s front page news in Elyria this morning. Paul Pelton, the man who filmed the grisly aftermath of a July car crash involving two teens, has been sentenced to the maximum 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. Wednesday, Lorain Municipal Court Judge Thomas Elwell professed to be “dismayed” that he couldn’t impose a…
Artist Revealed for Second Installment of Coda Underground Concert Series
This fall, a small gathering of lucky music fans got to enjoy the music of Ed Kowalczyk from the band Live as he played an intimate set to open Dante Boccuzzi’s new subterranean club Coda in Tremont. That concert became the first entry in the Coda Underground Concert Series. The date and act have been…
Singer-Songwriter Lucinda Williams to Headline Kent Stage Anniversary Concert
Three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams just announced tour dates that come in the wake of the release of her forthcoming album, The Ghosts of Highway 20. The forthcoming album features narratives that revolve around the 1500-mile Highway 20 (aka Interstate 20) that runs in part from Georgia to Texas. Williams writes about places she has…
Brite Winter Announces Music and Artist Lineup
Brite Winter is set for Feb. 20 on the West Bank of the Flats — a return to the winter festival’s roots. This morning, the festival organizers are dropping the full artist and band lineup, which you can check out below. Stay tuned to britewinter.com for additional details as the fest grows closer. Visual Artists Crystal…
Clemson/Bama, QBs, the Cavs and More — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Zac and Andre talk about Clemson and Bama’s square off, quarterbacks and the Cavs. They also chatted about the Browns, but this was recorded late Monday before the Browns’ announced the hiring of Hue Jackson, just FYI. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Android users can find the RSS feed here. Download the…
Former University of Findlay Student-Athletes Say They Were Expelled Due to False Rape Allegation
Campus rape and the administrative response to such allegations are two of the defining higher ed issues of our times. The Title IX lawsuits you see exploding like land mines across the country are reshaping campuses in their wake. It looks like the University of Findley has found itself in the middle of such a scuffle…
Scene Podcast: Celebrating David Bowie and Talking 2016 Rock Hall Inductees
Annie Zaleski joined Craig Lyndall to discuss the passing of David Bowie as well as the newest inductees to the Rock Hall. They discussed Chicago and their overwhelming (sketchy) win in the fan vote online. They discussed Cheap Trick, NWA, and those left out like Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, and Janet Jackson Subscribe to…
Check Out “Biggie Stardust,” Cleveland Native Terry Urban’s David Bowie-Notorious B.I.G. Mashup
“Biggie Stardust.” It just makes sense, really. This mashup of Bowie and Biggie is pretty excellent. Cleveland native Terry Urban, who’s been spinning recently at I Got 5 On It at Touch Supper Club, has some serious mashup chops. Listen here:
Rover Stashes $1,000 Worth of Powerball Tickets in Cleveland, Couple Finds Them
[image-1]Amid “Powerball Mania,” WMMS’s Rover decided to hide $1,000 worth of tickets somewhere in Cleveland. He dropped clues as to where they were, leading Ginger and her husband Jimmy to find them at Burke Lakefront Airport. From there, they went to the WMMS studios, where Rover offered $1,000 in cash instead. The couple kept the tickets.…
The Cleveland Browns’ Coaching Search Continues — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre Knott and Zac Jackson are talking about what the Cleveland Browns coaching search is really like. What will the Browns new analytic style look like? And Sashi Brown and Paul DePodesta remaking the Cleveland Browns with football guys. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Android users can find the RSS feed here.…
Transformer Station Showcases Impermanence of Art and Life in “Unfixed: The Fugitive Image”
This weekend, Transformer Station presents its first exhibition of 2016, Unfixed: The Fugitive Image. Unfixed features artists who explore the fleeting nature of life and reality through representational, photographic imagery designed to fade and deteriorate over time — sometimes even across the course of the exhibition. The exhibit opens Friday with a members preview from…
Band of the Week: The The Band Band
MEET THE BAND Gary Solomon (bass, fiddle, vocals), Jack Kraft (keyboards, accordion, guitar, vocals), Vinny Nicosia (drums, guitar, vocals), Josh Radin (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Loren Korevec (piano, vocals) PUTTING THE THE BAND BAND TOGETHER The brainchild of lifelong friends and Band fans Kraft and Solomon, the group came together in 2007 in Stony Point, New…
Sarita Opens in Former Players Spot, Though Doesn’t Quite Achieve Same Heights
I had my concerns about Sarita before we even walked in the door. Standing on the sidewalk, peering through the enormous storefront windows, it looked as if every last diner in Cleveland had the very same idea that evening. Fortunately we had reservations, which were honored immediately, but, man, was that joint jumping. A large…
Meet Andrew and Craig Martahus of Haus Malts
In the far corner of the Haus Malts (6107 Carnegie Ave., 216-570-1108, hausmalts.com) storage area, 55 brown sacks, each containing 55 pounds of malt, are stacked from floor to ceiling. They were bagged up on New Year’s Day, when malt house co-owners Andrew Martahus and his father, Craig, put their brother and wife, respectively, to work. Like…
How Cleveland’s Trying to Get Out of Paying $18.7 Million in Judgments Against Two Cleveland Police Officers
Shauna Smith sat in the courtroom each day, nausea knotting her stomach, as lawyers tussled over the details of how a Cleveland police officer killed her son. The trial stretched over a week last September on the 19th floor of the Federal Building downtown. Witnesses climbed into the stand before Judge Solomon Oliver and the…
Ron Weasley and Hellboy Stage the Moon Landing in Action-Comedy “Moonwalkers”
Rupert Grint (Harry Potter’s Ron Weasley) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy’s Hellboy) team up in Moonwalkers, a farcical British action-comedy about the staging of the moon landing. It opens Friday for a limited engagement at the Cedar Lee. Though it’s difficult to justify recommending this one when so many Oscar-caliber films are clogging the marquee, curious…
Film Spotlight: 13 Hours
In 2012, a group of terrorists attacked the U.S. State Department’s Special Mission Compound and the Annex, a CIA station, in Benghazi. Six American security officers tried to protect the Americans stationed there and bring them to safety. Although a few lives were lost, the crew succeeded, even though the odds were stacked against them.…
Savage Love: Racist Preferences
Dear Dan, As a queer man of color — I’m Asian — I feel wounded whenever I am exposed to gay men in New York City, Toronto, or any city where white gay men dominate. Gay men, mostly whites and Asians, reject me because of my race and no one admits to their sexual racism.…
Revisiting the Hough Riots in “Incendiaries” at Cleveland Public Theatre
It’s hard for anyone who wasn’t around in the era of the Hough riots to imagine the impact they had on this city. In the summer of 1966, a nasty racist encounter at a bar at East 79th and Hough Avenue triggered six nights of arson, police over-reaction, sniper fire, commie-bashing, and deaths of four…
