Eighth District Denies Cuyahoga County’s Appeal of Order for New Trial for Man Convicted of Murdering His Wife in 1974
Update: The Eighth District Court of Appeals denied Cuyahoga County’s motion to seek an appeal of the order giving Isaiah Andrews a new trial. A new trial date has not yet been set. Andrews remains on house arrest with GPS monitoring. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Robert McClelland has not yet ruled on the Ohio…
Savage Love: My Husband’s Coworker Keeps Blowing Up His Texts Day and Night
I’m committed to my male partner, and he’s committed to me. (I’m a woman.) But we both understand we need to flirt and that we will both want to sleep with someone else at some point. We live together, we have a dog, and neither of us believes in marriage. We plan to purchase a…
Developers Unveil Plans for Studio West 117, a Nonprofit Project and Complex to Support Cleveland’s LGBTQ Community
On the Lakewood/Cleveland border, two developers, Betsy Figgie and Daniel Budish, have been amassing close to 100,000 square feet of real estate over the last few months. The reasoning behind the acquisition? To form a brand new LGBTQ ecosystem for community members and businesses. Studio West 117 will focus on philanthropy, health and wellness, arts…
Aut-o-Rama, Ohio’s Top Movie Theater Last Weekend, Looks to Dominate with Harry Potter Marathon
The Aut-O-Rama Drive-in movie theater in North Ridgeville was the fifth-highest grossing movie venue in the country last weekend, according to industry reports. It raked in more than $60,000 on the strength of its Jurassic Park / Jaws double feature. Per Deadline, Ohio currently has 56 movie theaters open for business, trailing only Texas (82)…
Quintana’s Speakeasy in Cleveland Heights Sets Re-Opening Day as Wednesday, July 1
Quintana’s Speakeasy (2200 S. Taylor Rd., 216-262-8288) in Cleveland Heights, which has been closed since Sunday, March 15, will reopen for business on Wednesday, July 1. Owners Alex and Dawn Quintana say that they have been waiting for the coronavirus numbers in Ohio to move in the right direction, while using the down time to formulate…
Donate to These Black Cleveland Organizations Fighting Racism in Healthcare, Housing, Education and the Arts
One can’t help feeling a little paralyzed, doom-scrolling through photos and videos of turbulence across the country, watching communities rise up against police brutality and racial injustice. Beyond demonstrating in the streets, there are ways to contribute and show solidarity. Donating to local Black organizations is one of them. Below are a number of Cleveland…
Market Garden Brewery Reopening July 1st, Nano Brew to Follow July 14th
After a prolonged shutdown due to the coronavirus and state mandates, Market Garden and Nano Brew are ready to come back online, on July 1st and July 14th, respectively. “We’re normally on the bleeding edge of things,” says Sam McNulty. “We’re used to risk and we embrace it, but we didn’t want to rush reopening…
Westside Steve Simmons Shows Off His Musical Range on His Fourth Solo Album
The lead singer and principal songwriter for the Easy Street Band, local singer-songwriter Westside Steve Simmons has just issued his fourth solo album, Great Wishes and Small. Simmons, who’s been doing a solo show at Put-In-Bay and around Ohio for the last 32 years, shows off his musical range on the album. “The Sandy and…
CBD for Senior Canines
This article was originally published on Blue Ribbon Hemp. To view the original article, click here. Just like humans, age can take a toll on our four-legged friends. CBD can be a great additional to your senior dog’s life because of its wide ranging health benefits. Similarly to humans, CBD interacts with the endocannabinoid system…
Report Provides Pre-COVID Benchmark of Ohio Child Well-Being
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new report is providing a benchmark of how Ohio’s children were faring prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Buckeye State ranks 31st nationally for child well-being in the 2020 Kids Count Data Book, released yesterday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. In the education domain, Ohio fell from 16th to 18th…
Scene Is Closing Comment Sections on Stories as of Today
Effective as of just a few moments ago, reader comments will no longer be accepted on Scene stories. It feels good to finally be able to say that. The long overdue decision need not be explained at any more length than necessary, since most everyone already knows that comment sections are largely cesspools of racism,…
The Ultimate Guide to CBD and Seniors With Arthritis
This article was originally published on CBD Seniors. To view the original article, click here. In the United States, 23 percent of adults suffer from arthritis. Around the world, 350 million people have this condition. While most people who have arthritis are age 65 or older, there are still many young and middle-aged adults who…
Four Cleveland Police Officers Fired for Boozing on the Job
Late last week, four Cleveland police officers were fired after an internal investigation confirmed that they’d been drinking on the job and had falsified their daily duty logs to conceal their conduct. Under a 2018 general police order on discipline, as mandated by the Consent Decree, falsifying reports carries a presumption of termination. Officers Matthew Dates,…
Why We (Think We) Need Sports — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac are back with a wide-ranging discussion on sports and other stuff. Subscribe to A to Z here or stream below.
Yours Truly Closes Rockside Location for Two Weeks After Staff Member Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Yours Truly on Saturday announced that its Valley View location will be closed for two weeks after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. It appears to be the first Northeast Ohio restaurant to publicly announce a positive test. All staff members will be given a two-week paid vacation and the restaurant will undergo…
‘Your Voice Ohio’ Project Seeking Participants to Help Define the Issues That Matter Most for the November Election
The uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing protests for racial justice, concern for how the economic recession will affect businesses, families, and communities, and the overwhelming amount of misinformation circulating online about everything from vaccines to voting have already made 2020 a year unlike any other. Not surprisingly, people are stressed as they…
Petitioners Want to Rename Columbus as ‘Flavortown’ in Honor of Guy Fieri
A change.org petition is calling upon Columbus City Hall and Mayor Andrew Ginther to rename the city of Columbus, Ohio “Flavortown” in honor of native son and “cheflebrity” Guy Fieri. The Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives star, restaurateur and receiver of probably the most infamously scathing dining review of all time for his Guy’s American Kitchen…
From East Cleveland to a National Poetry Fellowship: Cuyahoga County Poet Laureate Honey Bell-Bey Is Getting Her Due
Cuyahoga County poet laureate Honey Bell-Bey recently received an award from the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships. The prizes, $50,000 to $100,000 in range, are unrestricted awards given to commend poets appointed to serve in civic positions. Receiving the nod was a major moment for Bell-Bey, who didn’t think she had a shot. She…
CPT Wants RTA to Defund Transit Police, Shift Dollars to Fare Reduction and Service
Clevelanders for Public Transit will host a rally Tuesday morning calling on the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) to cut funding to its police force. Echoing local and nationwide calls to defund and restructure police departments, CPT will ask RTA to reduce its transit police funding by half and redirect those dollars to fare…
Millions in Welfare to Save Cleveland’s Downtown Hilton? It Should Be Our Honor
The news hit Cleveland like a gut-punch thrown by someone who watches a lot of Vin Diesel movies. The Downtown Hilton was in trouble. Due to a collapse in travel from the coronavirus, Hilton Worldwide was unable to make $7.9 million in debt and property tax payments on the iconic hotel. Were it to be…
Filmmaker Traces the Tragic, Unorthodox Story of Akron Poet and Philosopher Walter Delbridge
Production is underway on ‘Comeback Evolution,’ a documentary that tells the fascinating story of a lesser-known Akron legend — Walter Delbridge, a prolific poet and philosopher whose poems were published alongside the likes of Langston Hughes, Lead Belly, Gwendolyn Brooks and Audre Lorde. Filmmaker Kate Tucker, who was born and raised in Akron, says the…
Prosperity Social Club to Host Livestream Concerts Prior to Reopening on July 31
The current pandemic has forced restaurant owners to rethink the way they do business, and Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has just announced some changes it plans to make prior to reopening on July 31. “We’ve been closed since late-March and that’s given me time to really consider how Prosperity can continue to be part…
Broadband Expansion Bill Heads to Ohio Senate
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is a step closer to creating a program to help more Ohioans get online. In Ohio, 1 million people lack reliable internet connection, and 300,000 households have no internet options. To Delaware County area Representative Rick Carfagna, that’s unacceptable. He called high-speed internet “the great social equalizer of our time,” and…
Ohioans Join National Call for a Moral Agenda
Faith leaders in Ohio and other states are hopeful a massive action this weekend will be seen as a light in times of darkness. The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Justice Gathering on June 20 will unite participants against racism, war, poverty and ecological devastation. Mary Aguilera, co-chair of the…
This Year’s Feast of the Assumption Canceled Because of Coronavirus
Add the Feast of the Assumption, a summertime favorite on the Cleveland festival circuit that draws thousands to Little Italy, to the list of events that won’t happen this year because of the pandemic. In a joint statement with Fr. Joseph Previte of the Holy Rosary Parish, Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson said: For 121 years, Holy…
Society Lounge Team Claims Former Hodge’s Space for Casual Downtown Bar
For months, Joseph Fredrickson was on the hunt for a space that offered him and his team the sorts of features that Society Lounge, which is going on eight years, did not. With the former Hodge’s property, he believes he found it. Just days ago, he signed a lease and began the work of building…
moCa Cleveland Executive Director Jill Snyder Resigns After Cancellation of Exhibition on Police Violence
The Museum of Contemporary Art’s Executive Director, Jill Snyder, has announced her resignation as of Friday June 19th after 23 years with the museum and just weeks after publicly apologizing for canceling ‘The Breath of Empty Space,’ an exhibition that had been slated to debut in Cleveland this month featuring Shaun Lenardo’s charcoal drawings of…
A Eulogy for Le Bistro du Beaujolais
The first time I met Georges and Claudie d’Arras was in the early 2000s at their restaurant Le Bistro du Beaujolais. At the time, anti-French sentiment in the States was soaring after that country issued statements of non-support for the Iraq invasion. Just days before, Ohio’s own Bob Ney went so far as to rename…
Update: Downtown Clevelander who Posted Sign that He’ll Tap Dance Above Trump-Loving Neighbor Does Actually Tap Dance
Earlier this week, we reported a story about a downtown resident responding to his neighbor’s “Trump 2020” window display by posting a sign of his own in his window. Jett Croisant’s sign simply read “Venmo @Jet513 and I will tapdance at midnight.” His neighbor across the way, Amy Ziemak, posted the photo on Twitter where it…
Local Hip-Hop Group Muamin Collective Addresses Racism on New Album
Muamin Collective, one of our favorite local hip-hop acts, has been a steady force on the Cleveland scene for more than a decade. The group, which features MC Josiah “Zion” Quarles, producer Aaron “aLiVe” Snorton and producer James “Jungle” Quarles, will release Tailor Made, its seventh album, today. It’s the second album on which brothers James “Jungle”…
Court OKs Reopening Euclid Police Lawsuit Where Cops Tased, Pepper-Sprayed Black Man with Colostomy Bag
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Lamar Wright, a Black man who was tased, pepper-sprayed and “maliciously prosecuted” by Euclid police officers in 2016, can have his day in court. The case, which Scene first reported on in 2017, is just one example of the racist policing and excessive force controversies that…
Local Singer-Songwriter Doug McKean Releases First Single From Album Recorded in Quarantine
During lockdown, former GC5/Magpies bassist Doug McKean kept busy by recording a new album in his basement. Just today, he’s digitally released a jittery new single, “Suddenly Summer,” a frenetic tune with a fantastically surf-y mid-song guitar solo. It comes from his forthcoming full-length, The Second Golden Age of Piracy, which will be released later…
Six Years After a Cleveland Police Sergeant Shot Kipp Holloway, a New America Confronts Its Racist Legacy Again
On May 21, 2014, Cleveland Sgt. Timothy Patton was investigating a burglary on East 128th Street when he pursued an apparent suspect into the garage of a residential house on the east side of town. His gun was drawn. Inside the garage, lying prone on the concrete floor and fearing for his life, Kipp Holloway…
Unauthorized Tamir Rice Memorial Just the Latest Example of Events Organized Without Support of Samaria Rice, BLM Cleveland
On Saturday June 6th, Brandon T. Patterson, a Shaker Heights native who currently lives in Los Angeles, organized “Family Reunion: We Are More Than a Resistance,” an event at Cudell Park “In Honor of Tamir Rice’s 18th Birthday.” Patterson had a flyer designed, printed t-shirts to give away to the first 200 attendees, gathered 30…
Artist David King Digs Into Vintage Edgewater Shots for a New Perspective on Isolation
David King, a Cleveland artist and teacher who was born in Stow, Ohio and received his MFA in painting from Kent State University, has been producing his latest series, “Social Distance,” using a surprising device to illustrate the concep:, a kiddie pool. One day after doing his community service of jury duty King found himself…
Karamu House to Debut New Production ‘Freedom on Juneteenth’ Online Today
In honor of Juneteenth today, Karamu House (2355 East 89th St.,), the oldest African American theatre in the United States, will debut Freedom on Juneteenth. The production is also a response to the recent murders of Black Americans and will be told through music, dance and spoken word. The program, which will begin at 7 p.m.,…
Weekend Plans Made: Lakewood Truck Park Will Open Friday, June 19
Late Thursday, Dan Deagan got the call he’d been eagerly waiting for. A liquor license had been secured and he could open Lakewood Truck Park, which he and partner Justin Costanzo will do at 4 p.m. Friday, June 19. “Finally, I’m so excited,” Deagan says. “This has been five years in the making. It’s going to…
Supreme Court Ruling to Protect LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination Renews Call for Ohio Fairness Act
On June 15, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal civil rights law, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, protects gay, lesbian and transgender workers from being discriminated against in the workplace. This ruling will extend protections to workers nationwide. However, there is still more to be done at the state level. Equality…
Nerd Alert: 16-Bit Bar and Arcade Now Open for Business in Lakewood
As more and more bars and restaurants continue to reopen their doors for business, questions regarding the risk levels of various activities, locations and environments must constantly be assessed by the consumer. While a video game and pinball-themed bar might sound like a risk-heavy proposition, the management of 16-Bit (15012 Detroit Ave., 216-563-1115) in Lakewood…
Flight Cleveland to Reopen Bar and Patio on July 1
Flight Cleveland (5712 Detroit Ave., 216-400-6867), the popular wine bar and bottle shop in Detroit Shoreway, has been closed since mid-March save for retail wine sales. On July 1, the bar will reopen for full-service enjoyment, both indoors and on the patio. Of course, given the current state of affairs, the reopening comes with more…
