Update: Ministry Reschedules Its Industrial Strength Tour, Including Agora Date, for Fall
Update: Ministry has just announced yet another set of rescheduled dates for its tour in support of the 30th anniversary of The Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Taste. The band originally intended to play the Agora last summer but then pushed the tour to spring of this year, only to reschedule the dates once…
Willoughby Brewing Company Reopens After Tax Issue, Owner Still Facing Lawsuit From Minority Owner
Update: In case you missed it, Willoughby Brewing Company reopened earlier this week after being shuttered briefly by the Ohio department of taxation for failing to file sales tax receipts. But, as WKYC reported, principle owner Rollin G. Cooke III is apparently facing other troubles. Channel 3 reported that Cooke was sued last year by Cheryl Heineman,…
KRS-One and the Jungle Brothers to Play the Annual Hip-Hop Preservation Project Showcase
On Saturday, Feb. 22, the locally based Keepers of the Art, Inc. (KOTA) will present the latest installment of their annual Hip-Hop Preservation Project. The showcase will feature the Jungle Brothers and KRS-One. Better known by his stage names KRS-One, Lawrence “Kris” Parker rose to prominence as part of Boogie Down Productions, which he formed…
Cupid’s Undie Run Runs Back Through Tremont Feb. 15
The day after Valentine’s Day, the Tremont neighborhood is once again scheduled to be bombarded by a bunch of Clevelanders wearing next to nothing. The annual Cupid Undie Run is headed back to town come Saturday, Feb. 15, and that means anyone interested in running one mile in their underwear for a good cause can…
Gary Brack Suing County, Email Proves Budish Knew about Pending Jail Catastrophe
After an email from terminated Cuyahoga County budget director Maggie Keenan was appended to a state lawsuit in the ongoing county corruption investigation, former county jail nurse (and whistleblower) Gary Brack is suing Armond Budish for public records. Brack’s suit, which was announced Tuesday by the Chandra Law Firm, alleges that Budish failed to produce…
Cleveland Pickle Fest Returns This August With a New Downtown Location
Last summer’s first-ever Cleveland Pickle Fest was such a curiosity that a reported 16,000 people were willing to wait in long lines just to taste pickles. So this year, the free event, which returns Saturday, Aug. 22, is moving from the North Coast Harbor to the more accessible Mall C in downtown Cleveland. Just like…
Data Tracks Ohioans’ Perceived Harm of Regular Marijuana Use
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Ohio’s medical marijuana program embarks on its second year, health-care advocates are trying to better understand the prevalence of marijuana use, as well as its perceived safety. Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal substance in the country, and the latest Ohio Health Issues Poll found nearly half of Ohio adults…
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra’s MLK Day Concert at the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
Les Délices, Cleveland’s period instrument ensemble that usually traffics in French music of the Baroque period, will collaborate with Boston-based Blue Heron ensemble in a series of concerts devoted to 14th-century music by Guillaume de Machaut and his contemporaries. The subject is an eternally thorny one: love and the lessons it teaches humans who fall…
In Advance of Saturday’s Show at House of Blues, G. Love Talks About Each Track on His New Album
Co-produced and co-written with Grammy winner Keb’ Mo’, G. Love’s latest album, The Juice, features special guests such as Robert Randolph, Marcus King and Roosevelt Collier. On the album’s opening track, “The Juice,” G. Love masterfully slurs his way through the song and emphatically sings, “Time’s up.” His former label mate Keb’ Mo’ produced the…
Get Your Pussy Hats Ready, Women’s March Cleveland Returns Saturday
Celebrating the three-year anniversary of the event that brought out everything from grandmas wielding “I can’t believe I still have to protest this shit” signs to a bevy of crocheted pink pussy hats, the Women’s March is coming back to downtown Cleveland on Saturday, Jan. 18. This time the nation-wide event, which in Cleveland kicks…
Lilly Chocolates and Confections in Old Brooklyn has Closed
Sadly, it’s the end of the line for Lilly Chocolates and Confections. The high-end, handmade sweets shop that launched in Tremont in 2008 and relocated to Old Brooklyn a year and a half ago has closed. Owners Amanda and Joshua Montague announced in a Facebook post that they shuttered the shop to take advantage of…
Country Singer Morgan Wallen Plays Two Shows This Week at MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage
When he performed at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse last year with Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen took a rock ’n’ roll approach to his performance. He blasted a smoke machine at the start of his set, and he regularly encouraged the audience to “get rowdy.” A ZZ Top-like guitar riff kicked off “Happy Hour,” one of the…
Upcoming History on Tap Event to Honor Leo’s Casino
For its next History on Tap event, the Cleveland History Center will honor Leo’s Casino, a legendary concert club that opened in 1963 in the lounge of the old Quad Hall Hotel at 7500 Euclid Ave. According to a press release about the event, guests will immerse themselves in 1960s Cleveland and “enjoy the sights and…
Tim McGraw Returning to Blossom in July
Country singer Tim McGraw has just announced the dates of a summer tour that includes a July 24 stop at Blossom, a venue he’s played numerous times in the past. “Anyone who knows me knows how much I love to be outside in the summertime playing music. Everyone is there, sharing the moment, having fun…
OCA Greater Cleveland to Produce Documentary on History of AsiaTown and Chinese Immigrants
The OCA Greater Cleveland (OCAGC) is moving forward with plans to create a documentary film on Chinese immigrant history in Cleveland, after receiving $15,000 from the Cleveland Foundation’s Minority Arts and Education Fund. “We are honored to have this opportunity to produce a documentary on Cleveland’s Chinese immigrant community about their history, culture, and economic…
Todd Rundgren to Play Back-to-Back Shows at MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage in May
Earlier today, singer-guitarist Todd Rundgren announced he’ll embark on a jaunt he’s calling the Individualist, a True Star tour. It celebrates his fourth studio album, 1973’s A Wizard, A True Star, and each night on the tour, he’ll perform a full side of the album plus a set of other career-spanning hits. The tour comes to…
Cincinnati Clinic Will Likely be Able to Continue Providing Abortions, Planned Parenthood Says
A Mount Auburn women’s health clinic will likely be able to continue providing abortions under Ohio law, according to Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Ohio, which runs the facility. The clinic faced losing a variance to a 2013 Ohio law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. The Mount Auburn clinic got around…
Swift Senate Confirmations Revamp U.S. Judicial Branch, Including in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In the past 3 years, the U.S. Senate has confirmed 185 of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, the majority of whom have a conservative track record. Senators have confirmed two Supreme Court justices, 50 circuit court and 133 district court judges. According to States Newsroom reporter Allison Stevens, who has covered politics…
Exclusionary Zoning in Cuyahoga County Continues to Cause Segregation, Hamper Mobility of Poor and Minorities
Less than seventeen percent of all developed, housing-oriented land in Cuyahoga County is zoned for multi-family use. Eleven cities in the county ban renters altogether. These findings, from the latest Fair Housing Center study, suggest a pattern of exclusionary land-use practices that continue to limit the mobility of poor and non-White families across the region,…
Gladys Knight to Perform at MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage in May
A seven-time Grammy winner who’s had hits on the Pop, Gospel, R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, singer Gladys Knight will perform at MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage on Thursday, May 7. A wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, performer, restaurateur and businesswoman, Knight aims to bring a “spiritual outlook” to the stage, as it’s put in…
Rush Drummer Neil Peart, a Rock Hall Inductee, Has Died
Various media outlets have reported that Rush drummer Neil Peart has died at age 67. He lost a three-and-half year battle with brain cancer. Finally inducted into the Rock Hall in 2013, Rush was one of rock’s greatest power trios. The band, which also included singer-bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, stood at the…
Cleveland on Track to Tackle 130-Year-Old High Temperature Record This Weekend
Clevelanders are more than used to the berserk weather patterns in this city, often felt in just a single week. But this Saturday, the projected temperatures are on pace to potentially break records. The National Weather Service Cleveland reports that come Jan. 11, temperatures could be as high as 66 degrees with a low of 41…
Kentucky Man Found Guilty of Assaulting Anti-Trump Protester at Cincinnati Trump Rally
A Hamilton County jury yesterday found a Kentucky man guilty of misdemeanor assault for punching a protester multiple times outside a campaign rally for President Donald Trump last August in downtown Cincinnati. Dallas Frazier, then 29, jumped out of a red pickup truck just north of U.S. Bank Arena (which has since been renamed the…
The Boiler 65 is Now Open in South Euclid
The Boiler 65 has opened a second location, this time in South Euclid. Quietly opening its doors Dec. 21, with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier today, east side steamed seafood lovers no longer have to venture over to Gordon Square for their fix of the Boiler 65. The seafood-in-a-bag concept took both sides of Cleveland by…
Cleveland Is the Worst Large City in America for Black Women, According to New Study
Cleveland is the worst large city in America for black women’s livability. That’s the striking but not entirely unsurprising conclusion reached by the City Lab after comparing income, educational and health outcomes for black women in American cities (42) in which at least 100,000 black women live. Specifically, Cleveland ranked dead last for educational outcomes…
Banter’s Polish Boy Makes Food Network’s ‘Best Sandwiches in America’ List
The Polish Boy sandwich is essentially only a thing in Cleveland. But now that Banter’s iteration of the sausage-and fries-filled monstrosity is getting national attention once again, more food-inclined folks will at least learn about its greatness. Earlier this week, the Food Network let loose their list of the “Best Sandwiches in America.” Banter, which has…
Terrestrial Brewing Company Teams Up with Ready Set! Coffee Company to Produce a New Breakfast Stout
Terrestrial Brewing Company has teamed up with Ready Set!, the locally based small batch coffee roaster that’s planning to open a storefront this year in the Gordon Square Arts District, to produce a new breakfast stout. “We’ve created a South American blend that is both nutty and sweet for their Imperial French Toast Morning Halp”…
Trump Lands in Ohio Tonight for First Campaign Rally of 2020
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is starting off the new year in the Buckeye State as the Republican holds his first rally of 2020 in Toledo tonight. The choice highlights Ohio’s continued relevance in America’s political landscape, though recent elections have seen the state shift from a straight-up swing state toward the right. Trump won Ohio…
Tiki Barge Cruises to Hit the Cuyahoga River This Summer
This summer, Clevelanders can float down the Cuyahoga River in Tiki-themed style while sipping a beverage of their choice. Boat enthusiast Brittany Orlando, a Cleveland native who currently lives in Florida, is behind the soon-to-come cruising experience called the Tiki Barge. After seeing tropical-style boating cruises in other cities, Orlando thought the concept would work…
After a Terrific 2019, Greensky Bluegrass Comes to the Agora on Jan. 17
When we spoke to Greensky Bluegrass dobro player Anders Beck at the end of last year, the group had just wrapped one of its best years ever. Early in 2019, it released its latest studio album, All for Money, and on a tour in support of the disc, it played three shows at Red Rocks…
Chagrin Documentary Film Fest to Present a Series of Special Screenings as an Encore to Its 10th Anniversary
The folks at the Chagrin Documentary Film Fest have just announced that they’ll present an encore screening of some of the most talked about films from the tenth iteration of the festival, which took place last fall. That festival broke attendance and growth records. As part of its growing year-round programming, CDFF will present eight…
Cleveland-Born Chef to Import Popular Chicago Restaurant to Little Italy
Last summer, Victor Morenz and Emily Gilbert closed their popular Chicago restaurant Home Bistro, which was a Boystown neighborhood staple for nearly 15 years. But Chicago’s loss will be Cleveland’s gain as the owners attempt to recreate the charm and personality of that beloved spot back home. They recently got the keys to the old…
6 Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend
FRIDAY, JAN. 10 Sinatra Night with Michael Sonata (in the Supper Club) Canton native Michael Sonata has always been involved in plays and choirs and was a member of the University of Notre Dame Glee Club. In 2004, he auditioned for a role in a Sopranos spoof that required a character based on Frank Sinatra.…
Former RTA Board President George Dixon III Sentenced to One Year of Probation for Theft in Office Over Insurance Premiums
Disgraced former RTA board of trustees president George Dixon III was sentenced yesterday to one year of probation with a nine-month suspended prison stint by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold for failing to pay insurance premiums while on the RTA board. The sum total of missed premiums and accrued benefits on insurance…
Researcher Says Future of Food in Ohio Depends on Climate Resilience
Without a sustained cold snap yet this winter, Ohio again is experiencing an unseasonable season. And an agricultural researcher says these unconventional weather patterns and other impacts of climate change are threatening the future of the food system. Soil scientist and educator Laura Lengnick, founder and principal consultant for Cultivating Resilience, explains that growers have…
Union Library Workers Call on Executives to Meet ‘As Soon as Possible, as Long as Necessary’ to Prevent Strike
More than 400 union library workers voted yesterday to authorize their bargaining team to strike. If Cleveland Public Library leadership fails to demonstrate meaningful commitments to staffing and safety in ongoing negotiations, the workers may issue a 10-day notice of an intent to strike at any time. According to the library workers’ union, SEIU 1199, the…
French Dance Company to Make Its Ohio Debut Next Month at Playhouse Square
The all-male French dance company Cie Hervé Koubi will make its Ohio debut next month in a performance co-presented by Cuyahoga Community College and DANCECleveland. Part of the Tri-C Performing Arts season, the performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in Cleveland at the Mimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square. The company will…
Ohioans Filed 28 Petitions to Make More Conditions Eligible for Medical Marijuana — Including Being a Browns Fan
If you want to get medical marijuana in Ohio, you’re going to need proof that you suffer from one of 21 conditions currently accepted by the state-run program. But folks are asking the state to consider some other particularly painful conditions. The Ohio Medical Board in 2019 received 28 petitions asking it to consider other…
Cleveland Indians Announce Official Start Time of First Weather Delayed Game of the Season
It could be 60 degrees in Cleveland on March 26. It could also be 25 degrees. The safe bet is something closer to the latter — despite some unseasonably warm days in late March last year, there was a high of 36 degrees on that exact date in 2019. Also, Cleveland’s last snow of the…
Cleveland Opera Theater’s New Opera Works Festival and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
Franz Welser-Möst is back in town to lead pianist Yefim Bronfman and The Cleveland Orchestra in a ⅓ Austrian, ⅔ Czech program this weekend. Bronfman will solo in Mozart’s 23rd Concerto, and the Orchestra will be featured in Dvořák’s Fourth Symphony and Janáček’s striking Sinfonietta. Performances are Thursday, January 9 at 7:30 pm, Friday, January…
Gov. DeWine Says Legalizing Marijuana for All Ohio Adults Would Be a Mistake
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recreational marijuana use is now legal in both Michigan and Illinois, but don’t expect that to happen here on Gov. Mike DeWine’s watch. In an interview this week, DeWine said legalizing marijuana for adults would be a mistake. The governor told the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau that today’s marijuana is…
DonutFest is Headed Back to Cleveland for Fourth Time Next Month
If just the mere thought of eating round, fried dough makes you say, “mmmm, donuts,” than the return of Cleveland DonutFest should be cause for celebration. Now in its fourth year on the shores of Lake Erie — the event is run out of Chicago and pops up around the country — local donut (and coffee) fiends should…
Angie’s Soul Café Now Open at New Home on Carnegie in Midtown
It’s been nearly two years since we first learned of plans to renovate the former Hot Sauce Williams building on Carnegie into a splashy new Angie’s Soul Café (7815 Carnegie Ave., 216-426-8890). Well, today is the day that diners finally get to see what took so long. Over the past 18 months, commuters have watched…
Cincinnati’s Last Abortion Clinic Once Again Faces Closure Over State Regulations
Cincinnati’s last remaining women’s clinic providing abortions, a Planned Parenthood facility in Mount Auburn, could lose state authorization to perform the procedure soon. The Ohio Department of Health is seeking to revoke the facility’s license for surgical abortions because ODH director Amy Acton says it does not have an agreement with a nearby hospital allowing…
Van Aken’s Sawyer’s is Both a ‘Greatest Hits’ Outlet and Live-Fire Evolution for Its Eponymous Chef
Over the past 15 years, I’ve paid to eat Jonathon Sawyer’s cooking at Lolita in Tremont, Parea in New York City, Bar Cento in Ohio City, Greenhouse Tavern on East Fourth Street, Noodlecat downtown and in Westlake, Trentina in University Circle and, most recently, Sawyer’s at Van Aken District. If it wasn’t for my job…
Band of the Week: Small Wood House
MEET THE BAND: Chris Corsi (guitar, vocals), Emma Shepard (keyboards, vocals), Matt Schleckman (drums), John Corsi (bass) A DREAM-POP THING: This local indie dream-pop group formed when members met in Kent where they all worked at a coffee shop. “It snowballed from there,” says Chris Corsi. Band members count atmospheric acts such as the Cocteau…
Savage Love: Quickies on Quickies
I have a question about porn, and I can’t think who else I can ask that will give me an intelligent, educated answer. In modern porn, anal on women is gaining popularity. I’m a fan of anal with my boyfriend. However, in porn, it seems like the gaping asshole is a thing, a sought after…
‘1917’ is a Towering Work of War Cinema
Saving Private Ryan, Patton, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Dunkirk, Schindler’s List and The Bridge on the River Kwai all have more than one thing in common. Not only are they all acclaimed war films — many of them Oscar nominees and Best Picture winners — they are also all…
14 Things to Know About the Cleveland Music Scene in 2020
A new year means new music and 2020 is shaping up to be a good one for the local music scene, which continues to thrive. As a result, the new year promises to bring with it music festivals such as the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival and WonderStruck in Cleveland, new releases from acts such…
Get Out: Everything You Should Be Doing in Cleveland This Week (Jan. 8-14)
WED 01/08 Steve Gillespie Fearless, light-hearted and hilarious are some of the many terms used to describe comedian Steve Gillespie. He combines aggression and absurdity to create a humorous show filled with laughter. He has a crass sense of humor and is not afraid to speak his mind, which makes him appealing and relatable to…
