The Acts of the Apostles
The Sun Ra Arkestra. The Harmonic Attunement Festival, June 25-27, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Portage County, 440-548-2716. The Arkestra performs at approximately 8 p.m., Saturday, June 26. Admission (which includes camping space) is $20 before 6 p.m. Saturday, $15 after.
Cardboard Tombstones
For a man who died 25 years ago, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington is one hell of a prolific man. This year alone, he has released some ten albums—not to mention an eight-disc boxed set, and another mother containing 24 CDs with a list price of $407.97. The labels in charge of these Ellington releases—from the…
Livewire
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Lucinda Williams Gund Arena June 16 By the time Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers finished their first song (“Jammin’ Me”) of what would be a two-and-a-half-hour Gund Arena show and their second gig of the Echo tour, the areas that needed WD-40 were evident: uncertain Petty vocals, sloppy delivery, and…
Playback
Insane Clown Posse The Amazing Jeckel Brothers (Island) I have heard the enemy. Not the enemy of the state, of young minds, or even of the moral well-being of anyone within earshot of Insane Clown Posse, but the adversary of rock music itself. Forty-plus years of public scrutiny and revolution, from Elvis’s shaking hips on…
Soundbites
Send local music info and rag doll heads to dmartin@clevescene.com.
Techie Heaven
Electronic Surplus is located at 5363 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland. Open Monday, 9 a.m.-7p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 216-441-8500.
A Bunch of Amateurs
The Kirkendahl Voyd airs on Cablevision’s Channel 52 at noon Wednesdays and 7 p.m. Fridays. The Literary Café Talk Show airs at 10:30 p.m. Mondays and 4 p.m. Thursdays on Channel 53. Masterz of Mayhem is on Channel 54 at 7 p.m. Mondays and 1 p.m. Fridays.
Daddy Love
Big Daddy. Directed by Dennis Dugan. Written by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy, and Adam Sandler. Starring Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Joe Bologna, and Kristy Swanson.
The Lucky Bidder Beware
The Red Violin. Written and directed by Francois Girard. Starring Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Jean-Luc Bideau, and Christoph Koncz.
The Value of Loyalty
An Ideal Husband. Directed by Oliver Parker. Written by Oliver Parker, from a play by Oscar Wilde. Starring Jeremy Northam, Julianne Moore, Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, and Minnie Driver.
Payback Is a Hitch
For information on Senate Bill 153, call Senator Robert F. Spada at 614-466-8056. Gina Mace can be reached at editor@clevescene.com.
Edge
Overexposure has finally caught up with superceleb Denise Dufala—or maybe it’s just cranky editors. Either way, Dufala is being pushed out of print this summer: off a planned August cover appearance on Northern Ohio Live and out of The Plain Dealer, where her “People” column makes its final appearance this Sunday. New NOL Editor Cindy…
The Impossible Dream
Mark Naymik can be reached at mnaymik@clevescene.com.
Art of a Century
Modern Masterworks on Paper From the Israel Museum, through August 29 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, 216-421-7340.
Encore
Henry V. Tim Perfect’s production of Henry V has an ideal setting in the Tudor-like courtyard of Mather Mansion on the Case Western Reserve campus. Unfortunately, the production itself, with jungle-fatigue-trench-coat chic, is more akin to an advertising campaign for the Gap than the victories of a king or the magical evocations of a playwright.…
Sail Now, Eat Later
From the moment that the bottom edge of the sun touches its surface, the silvery green waters of Lake Erie take just two minutes to swallow the entire flaming orb. Moments after the sun dissolves into the lake, a pale full moon appears above the city, floating between Cleveland State University’s campus and the Terminal…
