Oberlin Professor Fired After Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts, Vows to Fight Dismissal
Update: Joe Karega, the assistant Oberlin professor fired by the university after an internal investigation into anti-Semitic posts on social media, released a statement yesterday vowing to fight her dismissal. “I will challenge the college’s decision and assault on my substantive rights through ALL the avenues I have available to me. Several of my Facebook…
LeBron Slams the Knicks, Rains Leather Down on Them
When a dominating Cavaliers defensive effort in the first half gave way to a 40-point Knicks third quarter, fans started popping their nitroglycerin pills and clutching their rosaries. Tell Mama it’s alright, the Cavs prevailed 107-93, and evened their trip to the Big Apple by avenging Thursday night’s sheet-staining at the hands of the Brooklyn…
Local Folk-Rockers Maura Rogers and the Bellows to Play EP Release Party at Beachland
Last year, singer-songwriter Maura Rogers was so pleased with the progress she had made with her live band that she sought to document it in some way. The director who had helmed her previous music video was unavailable so she decided to bring in aspiring local director, Damien Campbell, to film some live footage. Campbell…
Fly to Orlando for Just $39 with Allegiant’s Intro Fare
Budget airline Allegiant has unveiled plans for an Akron-Canton Airport to Orlando route; it will begin flying in May. The move will plug in the hole Southwest Airlines might have left when it announced it would discontinue its routes to Orlando next month. The new Allegiant route will fly twice a week, with a one-way…
Local Hardcore Heroes Run Devil Run to Perform at the Foundry’s Big Show
The Lakewood metal club the Foundry has just announced the lineup for the Big Show 2016, an annual concert that features 20 bands and a slew of vendors. The show takes place on April 23. The big news: local hardcore heroes Run Devil Run will play what the promoters say will be the band’s first…
Sweat and Feast With Rala Bala This Friday Night
Rala Bala is hosting a Sweat & Feast Night Out this Friday, March 11. It’s a fitness and food party all wrapped up into one, because what’s the point of working out if you can’t enjoy recapping those calories afterward. It’ll be held at Redspace in downtown Cleveland. Check-in is at 6:30 p.m., followed by…
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Hosts 11th Annual Pestival Festival
On Friday, April 15, the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes will host its 11th annual Pestival festival, a popular cocktail-style event that utilizes dishes crafted by local chefs using garlic mustard pulled from the Nature Center grounds and elsewhere. Pestival began in 2005 as a way to help eradicate the invasive garlic mustard plant through…
Video: Clip From “My Blind Brother” Has Tremont, Jenny Slate, Adam Scott, Nick Kroll and a Punch
“My Blind Brother” will premiere at SXSW this weekend and will also be part of the Cleveland International Film Festival’s lineup. It was produced by Tyler Davidson, and as Davidson tends to do, he brought filming of the movie to Northeast Ohio. This clip, released by Deadline today, features the intersection in front of the Flying…
Progressive Field Adds Momocho, Fat Head’s, Others to Stadium Dining Options
The Cleveland Indians announced Tuesday that Momocho, Fat Head’s Brewery, Dante’s Inferno (of the Dante restaurant group) and The Brew Kettle will all be coming to Progressive Field for the 2016 season. Those big-ticket names join 2015 additions Melt, Barrio, Sweet Moses, Great Lakes Brewing Co. and Dynomite Burger, and the more recent announcements for the “Infield…
Cleveland Tree Plan Hopes to Plant a Ton of Trees in Cleveland, Make “The Forest City” Green Again
Cleveland has a lot of nicknames old and new — the plum, the sixth city — but one of our favorites is the Forest City. It might sound like an irrelevant or bygone moniker these days but a new planning commission project is hoping to make it true again. The Cleveland Tree Plan is pretty…
Chagrin Falls’ West End Bistro to Reopen as Gamekeeper’s Cottage
Last spring, we outlined the changes that were about to take place at the Chagrin Falls restaurant West End Bistro, which is owned and operated by the same folks who run the nearby Gamekeeper’s Taverne (87 West St., 440-247-7744, gamekeepers.com). Last summer, the West End space reopened as Casa Roja (79 West St.), a tapas-themed…
Remembering Local Architect and Designer Mark Yager, Who Passed Away Saturday at 55
Accomplished architect and designer Mark Yager passed away peacefully last Saturday at the age of just 55 after a long battle with brain and neck cancer. Yager studied architecture at the University of Cincinnati, graduating in 1985. His recent projects included the beautiful redesign of the Hyatt Regency at the Arcade’s parking garage façade. Perhaps…
Lakewood City Council Places Referendum on November Ballot
[image-1]In a bizarre and wholly expected move, Lakewood City Council voted this week to place a referendum on the Lakewood Hospital closure on the November 2016 ballot — 11 months after the decision to close the hospital was unanimously approved. There are two things happening here: 1. The “wind-down” and ultimate closure of the hospital’s…
Jackson To Give State of the City Address Thursday, City Mum on Format
Mayor Frank Jackson will give his 11th annual State of the City address Thursday at noon at the Cleveland Public Auditorium in an event co-sponsored by the City Club of Cleveland. When Scene inquired whether Jackson would be giving a traditional address or delivering his remarks in the form of a Q&A, city spokesman Dan…
NEOSonicFest and Six Other Classical Music Events Not to Miss This Week
NEOSonicFest continues this week with two large ensemble performances. Steven Smith will lead the Cleveland Chamber Symphony in Frank Wiley’s Horizon and Donald Erb’s 1967 work, Reconnaissance (one of the first compositions to feature live electronics) on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm in Drinko Hall at CSU. The program will also feature new works…
Talking NFL Draft With Rotoworld’s Josh Norris — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Rotoworld NFL Draft expert Josh Norris joins the show to talk quarterbacks, Browns, Ohio State prospects and more. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Android users can find the RSS feed here. Download the episode directly here. Or stream below.
ThistleDown Racino Temporarily Closing Today to Transform into JACK ThistleDown
The ThistleDown Racino is undergoing the first stages of a makeover beginning today to become JACK ThistleDown. The closure is very temporary, however. JACK will reopen/open to the public at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The racino and Horseshoe Casino recently unveiled rebranding plans after Rock Gaming became JACK Entertainment. The last time the track underwent a…
Facing Injured Grizzlies, Cavs Lead With Their Jugular
What can you say about the Cleveland Cavaliers? Oh baby, they like it raw? Maybe we could nickname them the Widowmakers, because they’re hell on weak hearts and stomachs. Whatever GM David Griffin’s talents or faults he certainly struck nail with the observation “this team struggles with prosperity.” Dirk Diggler couldn’t have hammered it more…
NASA Glenn Research Center Celebrates 75 Years With an Open House
The NASA Glenn Research Center is celebrating its 75th birthday with several public open houses. The Cleveland open house will be held at Lewis Field May 21 and 22, followed by Technology Day on May 24. Another open house in Sandusky will follow on June 11 to 12 at Plum Brook Station. “These events offer…
Rob Zombie and Korn to Bring Co-Headlining Tour to Blossom
Hard rockers Korn (pictured) and Rob Zombie were arguably more popular in the ’90s and 2000s when nu-metal’s popularity was at a peak. But they’ve just announced that they’ll team up for a co-headlining tour that will launch on July 19 at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Englewood, Colorado. Slated to visit 26 North American cities,…
ICYMI: Anthony Bennett Still Really Bad at Basketball, Released by Toronto Raptors
[image-1]Former number one overall pick Anthony Bennett was waived by the NBA’s Toronto Raptors on March 1. The Raptors needed to clear a roster spot, GM Masai Ujiri said, so they could sign a marginally more attractive non-impact big man to ride the bench. Bennett, who played only 19 games with the Raptors this season…
Investigation Discovery Will Feature Cleveland Homicide of Gloria Pointer
A new episode of Motives and Murders: Cracking the Case on Investigation Discovery will focus on the 1984 rape and murder of Gloria Pointer. The episode will air at 9 p.m. March 10 on Investigation Discovery. During the episode, detectives and family members discuss the case at length — the decades of uncertainty and…
Madcap Spoof of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps” Delivers With Jam-Packed First Act
In most two-act plays, you rely on the second act to deliver the real goods, whether it’s the concluding heft of a drama or mystery, or the resolving laughs in a comedy. But in The 39 Steps now at Blank Canvas Theatre, many of the laughs and amazing stage effects are crammed into the first…
Performance of Dorothy Silver Reason Enough to See “The Revisionist” Despite Play’s Flaws
You would think that any play about the Holocaust would have a lot going for it, since the subject matter is so compelling. However, that isn’t entirely true when it comes to The Revisionist by Jesse Eisenberg, now at Dobama Theatre. The script, written by the young Hollywood star and Broadway actor/playwright, frequently veers away…
Patch.com Reinvesting Locally, Hires One Reporter for All Ohio Sites
You guys remember Patch.com? Expect to get reacquainted with its brand of hyperlocal content, because in an interview with Crain’s Cleveland Business, Patch editor-in-chief Warren St. John said that the network of websites (formerly an AOL affiliate) has hired a reporter to cover its 19 Ohio sites. Leeann Teagno, a Kent State alum and digital marketing…
ICYMI: Here’s Donald Trump Attempting to Buy the Cleveland Indians in 1983
So this made the digital rounds over the weekend, giving us in Cleveland a glimpse into a strange, alternate reality. The letter included here is a 1983 missive to Cleveland Indians CEO Gabe Paul, in which Donald Trump is “interested in purchasing the Cleveland Indians Baseball Team” for $13 million. (He later offered $30 million.)…
Parker’s Downtown Taps Andrew Gorski as Executive Chef
Parker’s Downtown, slated to open this spring in the Kimpton Schofield Hotel (2000 E. Ninth St.), has tapped local chef Andrew Gorski as its executive chef. Gorski most recently worked at Butcher and the Brewer and Tremont Tap House. “I’m thrilled to join James and Victoria Mowbray at their new restaurant,” Gorski said. “Their vision…
Donald Trump Will Hold a Rally at the I-X Center on Saturday Afternoon
[image-1] With Ohio’s primary vote coming up on Tuesday, March 15, Mr. Donald Trump will return to the Buckeye State and Northeast Ohio this weekend for a rally at the I-X Center. Governor John Kasich is holding tight with Trump in the polls here and has promised he’d win his home state. Kasich held a…
NFL Free Agency and Tribe Spring Training — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
On NFL free agency and Dre’s departure for Arizona. 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 Spot Celtics 18-point First Quarter Lead, Still Win by 17
Toward the end of the first quarter as the Cavaliers fell behind the Celtics 35-17, we suffered a brief auditory hallucination. Blame it on a bad sandwich, poor circulation or several unsanctioned college-age experiments passing through the looking glass. We were about to tweet something withering about the Cavaliers first quarter effort when it sounded…
Lakeland Community College Hosts ‘From Woman IX’ in Honor of Women’s History Month
Since 2008, Lakeland Community College has hosted annual exhibitions dedicated to the efforts of local and regional female artists. In honor of Women’s History Month, these shows are “by women, for women and about women.” From Woman IX is the biggest and most ambitious effort to date. Every year, these exhibitions at the Gallery at…
Cavs Send Wizards To Their Room Without Dinner
You don’t expect emotional stability from teenage girls, and you don’t expect consistent play from this year’s Cavaliers squad. They’re attentive in stretches, but can’t be counted on to think of others before themselves. There’s a level of commitment they’re just unable to muster, and it’s not even necessarily a choice, they just haven’t been…
Tremont Bars and Restaurants Announce Details for Dyngus Day
For the past several years, Easter Monday in Cleveland has come to mean Dyngus Day, a Polish celebration also known as lany poniedziałek. This year, Tremont will offer even more ethnic food specials to celebrate the event, which takes place on Monday, March 28. “Dyngus Day taps into this neighborhood’s Eastern European immigrant roots and…
Cleveland Int’l Film Festival Releases Full Film Line-up
The Cleveland International Film Festival has made their full film line-up available online. In other words, today is a glorious perfect day. This year marks the 40th year for the festival, which begins March 30 and runs through April 10 at Tower City Cinemas and other special locations. More than a hundred films will be…
Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Closure of Studio Play Area for Children; Parents Not Pleased
Earlier this week, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) sparked quite a bit of outrage from concerned parents after announcing plans to temporarily close and remodel its Studio Play children’s area inside of Gallery One, the museum’s innovative gallery that combines art and technology. When the museum announced Studio Play 2.0 was being redesigned to…
Karamu House Cuts 15 Staffers, Including Longtime Director
The Karamu House is cutting costs, and with that 15 jobs — 13 full-time and two part-time. Among those getting a pink slip is Terrance Spivey, the Karamu House’s artistic director since 2004. The Karamu House’s daycare center, Preschool of the Arts, is no more, with eight staffers cut. The daycare was opened in 1945…
8 Concerts to Catch This Weekend
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Sunflower Bean The seductive singing of bassist Julia Cumming carries many of the songs on Sunflower Bean’s debut album, Human Ceremony, but the New York trio really shines when her voice contrasts the shimmering riffs of guitarist Nick Kivlen, who founded the band with drummer Jacob Faber around 2013. The overarching mood…
Video: Relive the Last Seconds of the Cavs’ Miracle at Richfield Win Over the Bullets
The wine and gold are honoring the 1976 Miracle at Richfield tonight. If you’re going, expect some nice videos and tributes and a t-shirt. If you’re not attending — well, even if you are — take a few minutes and relive the last seconds of the game seven win against the Bullets and the absolute…
Metal Sculptor Jerry Schmidt to Hold Liquidation Sale on Waterloo Tonight
Jerry Schmidt first started working on Waterloo Road in Collinwood in 2002, making his Waterloo 7 Studio/Gallery the longest running artist studio in the Waterloo Arts District. Located between the new Packy Malley’s pub and Praxis Fiber Workshop (and just across the street from Article Gallery), Waterloo 7 can’t be missed, thanks to a plethora…
The Keller Williams KWahtro Infects Beachland Ballroom with Sly Grooves
Despite the slushy late-winter weather settling in around North Collinwood, the Keller Williams KWahtro lit up the Beachland Ballroom with warmth and funk. The show featured a nice blend of intricate jamming and tightly rehearsed arrangements, part and parcel of the Keller scene. Drummer Rodney Holmes caught my attention the most throughout the show, deftly carrying…
Downtown Kimpton Schofield Hotel Days Away from Opening
The downtown Kimpton Schofield Hotel at the corner of Euclid Avenue and E. 9th Street is days away from hosting its first overnight guests. Travelers, suburban tourists or curious locals can reserve rooms at the newly renovated boutique-style hotel for stays beginning March 8. The 122-room hotel, named after its original designer, local architect Levi…
Joe Haden’s Shoe Store Re-Opens Today
Joe Haden’s store for all things kicks, The Restock, is hosting its grand re-opening later today. The store says it was temporarily closed due to in-store construction but it’s back now and remains in its original location at 645 Prospect Avenue. The grand re-opening will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Browns…
Video: Enjoy This Anti-Randy Lerner Chant From Angry Aston Villa Fans Sung to the Tune of “Achy Breaky Heart”
Remember that Randy Lerner fella, Browns fans? After selling the Browns to Jimmy Haslam, Lerner absconded from Cleveland but still had another team he owned to worry about — Aston Villa. (Much like his time in Cleveland, he’s described as an absentee in that regard.) Things have not gone well there for many, many years,…
City Design Review Committee Has Harsh Words for Rock Hall Redesign Plans
[image-1] So remember the other day when plans for an “enlivened” re-design of the Rock Hall’s entry plaza were unveiled to the world and everyone got excited? Us too. It was literally two days ago, and though public reaction included as many “mehs” as “woohoos” (very scientific terms), the general consensus was that it was…
Wahlburgers Restaurant To Open in Cleveland Across From Casino in Spring
The actor formerly known as Marky Mark is bringing his family’s fast food chain to Cleveland. The effort is part of a national expansion plan for the Wahlburgers chain, which is owned by Donnie, Mark and Paul Wahlberg. So far, five franchise groups have committed to opening 30 new restaurants in seven states. If everything…
Heights Arts Celebrates Cleveland’s Culinary Scene with ‘At Table’
With At Table: Cleveland Culinaria, Heights Arts celebrates Northeast Ohio’s rich culinary scene by transforming the gallery into five unique, themed installations that explore the art of food through the materials we use to eat and drink. At Table: Cleveland Culinaria features the work of 27 visual artists, including Pamela Argentieri, Eleanor Mallet Bergholz, William…
Local Musician to Open New Recording Studio in Downtown Cleveland
Since becoming active on the local scene in 2011, MJ the DJ has been nominated for three Ohio Hip Hop Awards and has secured sponsorships from Verizon Wireless and Villa Clothing Stores. He’s also reportedly the official DJ for singer and actress Teyana Taylor, Cavs guard Iman Shumpert, the Cleveland State Men’s Basketball Team and…
University of Akron Ordered to Refund $4.1 Million to Students for Improper Fee Increase
State officials say it shouldn’t have happened in the first place, and now the University of Akron has been ordered to refund $4.1 million to students for a “facility fee” increase the school imposed. The facility fee was increased from $18.55 to $28.50 per credit hour to fix a $60 million hole in the budget.…
Joe Walsh and Bad Company to Bring Co-Headlining Tour to Blossom
Earlier today, Joe Walsh and Bad Company (Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke) announced they’ll embark on a co-headlining tour this summer. Dubbed the One Hell of a Night tour, it begins in Dallas, Texas on May 12 and ends in Nashville on July 3. As co-headliners, Walsh and Bad Company will rotate the headlining…
Opening Soon: Vita Urbana in Battery Park’s Shoreway Building
Vita Urbana, located in the freshly minted Shoreway Building (1200 W. 76th St.) in Battery Park, is on track to open its doors within the month, says owner Mike Graley. The all-day gourmet market and café is designed with the immediate community’s needs in mind. “It’s kind of a new concept, but it’s beginning to…
Metalcore Bands the Word Alive and Fit for a King Deliver Strong Performances at the Agora
While the Agora wasn’t packed last night for the Dark Matter tour that featured metalcore acts the Word Alive, Fit For A King, Out Came The Wolves, Along Came A Spider and It Lies Within, the high-energy show still had plenty going for it. Headliners the Word Alive came out to a roar from the…
Cavs, Drama, and a New Rule to Live By — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac 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.
The Most Searched Term on Pornhub in Ohio Is…
While the vast majority of the Great Lakes Region prefers to search for “lesbian” when it comes to porn, Ohio prefers their step-sisters. (Side note: Really, guys? A study by Pornhub and Vocativ analyzed searches from each state during the month of January. The chart below was made from data collected from more than 187,000…
Cedar Point Hosting Job Fair on Sunday
Wanna be one of the first to ride the Valravn? Working at Cedar Point just might help achieve that dream. The amusement park is hosting a job fair this weekend, and among the list of available jobs is ride operator for the Valravn roller coaster. The job fair runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
Local Rockers Sweepyheads to Host EP Release Show at the Grog Shop on Saturday
A local three-piece garage rock band that formed in 2012, Sweepyheads has just posted its new EP, Seriously Losing It, in advance of its upcoming CD release that takes place at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Grog Shop. The EP opens with “Nothing Left,” a song which, with its spoken-more-than-sung vocals and hook-y guitar…
Snarky Puppy’s Cory Henry to Play On Air Studio on Saturday
A few weeks ago, Cory Henry’s jazz ensemble Snarky Puppy received a Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, beating out jazz giants such as Bill Frisell and Marcus Miller in the process. Fresh off his big win, Henry has embarked on a tour in support of his forthcoming album, The Revival Project, which features his…
Did You Lose a Bag of Crystal Meth in Macedonia?
The Macedonia Police Department took to Facebook with a very important message yesterday, asking for help in finding the owner of a lost bag of meth. The bag of high-grade crystal meth was found in a hotel room trash bin and is worth about $160. There were several other bags in the trash bin, but…
New Local Record Label to Issue First Single from Singer-Songwriter Bill Fox in 20 Years
Last year, BillMike Morrissey from the local rock act the Forgotten Souls of Antiquity, launched Eleventh Hour, a new record label devoted to releasing local acts on vinyl. Now, he’s just announced that Eleventh Hour will kick off its first release on April 9 with a split single featuring Bill Fox b/w the Forgotten Souls…
Local Indie Rockers New Planet Trampoline Re-Record a Long-Lost Album
Dark Rides and Grim Visions, the latest long player from the local psychedelic rock band New Planet Trampoline, has a particularly long and convoluted history. The group actually started working on the album, a terrific 13-song collection of trippy songs inspired by the lysergic late ’60s, eight years ago. Six Parts Seven’s Tim Gerak initially…
Ramon Rivas is Hosting an All Cleveland Comedy Show in New York This Weekend
Ramon Rivas, noted sandwich eater, comedian and Cleveland cheerleader, is gathering a host of Cleveland ex-pats for “Cleveland Against the World,” a comedy show this Friday night at Union Hall in New York City. The lineup, in case you live in NYC or will be there and wanna catch the show: Dave Arena Ray DeVito…
Cleveland Pickle Celebrates Four Years with Half-Off Sandwiches
[image-1] On Friday, March 11, the downtown sandwich shop Cleveland Pickle will be turning four years old, a remarkable feat given that the wee shop has been concealed by construction scaffolding for most of that time. Owned and operated by Kiaran and Josh Kabat, the shop is located at 850 Euclid Avenue, near E. Ninth…
West Side Market Will Be Open on Sundays Starting April 3
It’s one of the changes that’s been talked about forever and ever — Sunday hours for the West Side Market. Well, it’s finally happening. The City of Cleveland confirmed that the market will be open on Sundays from noon to 6 beginning April 3. As Michelle Jarboe of the Plain Dealer notes in her report this morning…
Cleveland 2021: Troy Smith Named Editor of Cleveland.com Amid “Walking Dead” Based Rebranding
Noted Walking Dead blogger Troy Smith was named the editor of Cleveland.com today during an announcement that the former tabloid-style news blog would become a Walking Dead forum. The entire website will be devoted to Smith’s brand of Walking Dead coverage. “We’ve tried everything: Lists, videos, enterprise stories, sending Chuck Yarborough to the lake to…
Cleveland 2021: Artist Loren Naji Christens Second Time Capsule After Henry Senyak Destroys First
Telling a crowd of more than 100 that “we have to move forward,” local artist Loren Naji installed a new time capsule in Ohio City last weekend. He used the same plot that had previously held another time capsule — meant to be opened in 2050 — until neighborhood “watchman” Henry Senyak burned the wooden sphere…
Cleveland 2021: Cleveland T-Shirt Companies Announce Launch of “2021” Collaboration T-Shirt
Fourteen of Cleveland’s 37 T-shirt companies came together on a special project recently. The result, the commemorative “Cleveland 2021” T-shirt, will go on sale this week. Simply an orange T-shirt, it will retail for $135. “It was a real team effort on the design,” said Genna Yolo of Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Designs. “The orange is…
Cleveland 2021: WKNR and 92.3 The Fan Announce Format Changes
After years of dueling head to head for ratings, the two sports talk radio stations announced this week they would be shifting gears completely in cost-saving measures. Gone will be the usual hosts and voices that have graced the airwaves for more than a decade. Instead, station management said, 850 AM and 92.3 FM will…
Cleveland 2021: Retweet This: Joe Cimperman’s Engaging One-Man Show Sees Him Reciting His Twitter Archive for Four Hours
After Twitter announced a formal ban on former Cleveland city councilman Joe Cimperman’s account for exceeding a tweets per minute threshold — “too myopic, with a perverse amount of back-slapping,” the company’s security team later added — other social media networks followed suit. First Facebook, then Vine, then Peach. Venture capital firms who have yet…
This Month’s Walk All Over Waterloo May be the Most Exciting One Yet
With a parade, public voting on $120,000 in community-based art projects, opening receptions for several new art exhibitions, the grand opening of Waterloo’s first coffee shop and more, March’s Walk All Over Waterloo is shaping up to potentially be Collinwood’s largest and most exciting to date. It all takes place this Friday from 5 to…
Cleveland 2021: Progressive Field Announces Opening of West Side Market at Progressive Field, Other Attractions
With the 2021 season just around the corner, Progressive Field has announced several major upgrades to its facilities including a blockbuster addition: the opening of a West Side Market inside Progressive Field. “We’re really excited to bring a local favorite like the entire West Side Market and all that trail bologna and ground chuck and…
J & J Czuchraj Meats Has Been at the West Side Market for 62 Years
Jaroslav and Klara Czuchraj, both from Ukraine, met by chance and fell in love in the Lincoln Park area of Tremont. In 1954, the couple opened Czuchraj Meats (jandjmeats.com) in the West Side Market, where they sold fresh kielbasa and ham and, perhaps, a handful of other products on any given day. Days spent at…
Cleveland 2021: Luke Walton Fired; Mike Brown Appointed as Interim Coach for Cavaliers’ Stretch Run
In shocking news, Cavs head coach Luke Walton has been fired. Though Walton led the team to two consecutive NBA finals, and though the Cavs currently own the Eastern Conference’s best record in 2020-2021, Cavs’ owner Dan Gilbert released an open letter Tuesday that began, “Do you like rockets? Yes? Do you like rocket poop?…
How Journalist Kim Barker’s Memoir Became the Basis of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
When the New York Times reviewed journalist Kim Barker’s 2011 memoir, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it noted that she depicted herself as a Tina Fey type of character in the book. In a recent phone interview, she admits she indeed had Fey in mind as she wrote about her experiences…
Cleveland 2021: Cleveland Chefs Lend a Helping Hand, Fill in Potholes with Soup
Noticing an opportunity to address a chronic civic problem and to drum up a feverish local trend, Cleveland chefs have begun filling the city’s many potholes with delicious soups. “This is a chance to bring the dining scene even closer to the neighborhoods,” chef Steve Schimoler tells The Press. “These potholes will feature the same…
Film Spotlight: Zootopia
Ernie Petti, the technical supervisor on the latest Disney animated movie Zootopia, which opens areawide on Friday, took a circuitous route to the world of digital animation. Petti, who went to Saint Ignatius High School and attended John Carroll University, initially started working in aerospace. “I majored in physics,” he says during a recent phone…
Cleveland 2021: Machine Gun Kelly Recognized as Applebee’s Employee of the Month
In a brief two-minute ceremony before the dinner rush in Maple Heights Sunday evening, Applebee’s regional manager Tina Hamilton named Machine Gun Kelly as employee of the month. The award comes with an extra 15% off any appetizer this week and a cardboard plaque. “Machine Gun Kelly really demonstrated the ideals we want all servers…
Meet the Band: Lowly, the Tree Ghost
MEET THE BAND: Andrew Arbogast (vocals, guitars), Emily McKitrick (vocals, keyboards), Laura Simna (violin), Joe Piedmonte (bass), and Alec Schumann (drums) NOT JUST A ONE-MAN BAND: In 2009, singer-guitarist Andrew Arbogast relied on some longtime friends and Craigslist postings to transform Lowly, the Tree Ghost from a one-man bedroom project into what he’s described as…
Cleveland 2021: Jimmy Haslam Promises Next Head Coach Will Be “Right Guy”
Beleaguered Browns owner Jimmy Haslam faced the assembled press yesterday and promised that, with the help of the internet, the Browns will make the right decision with the team’s next head coach. “We’ve had a rough stretch, that much is clear,” Haslam said. The Browns have had 17 head coaches in the past 10 years.…
Savage Love: Four Word Limit
Dear Dan, Are you incapable of concision? Your answers are too long! You blather on, often rehashing the problem (unnecessary!) before giving four words (at most!) of (rarely!) useful advice. I’ve heard you say you have to edit letters down for space. Try this instead: Edit yourself! I want more of the letters—more from the…
Cleveland 2021: Michael Symon Debuts Michael Symon’s Bertman’s Ballpark Mustard
Admitting that it’s really “just a bottle of Bertman’s with my face on the label,” celebrity chef and Cleveland icon Michael Symon today debuted his line of Michael Symon’s Bertman’s Ballpark Mustard. The new product, which is not new or novel in any sense of the phrase, comes as eager diners await the opening of…
Well-To-Do Types are Dropping Like Flies in “And Then There Were None” by Great Lakes Theater
By this time in the winter, even a relatively mild winter such as this one (so far), a person begins to long for the joys of warm weather. One of those is the pleasure of biting into an ear of steaming, freshly buttered, sweet corn on the cob. Our world permits only a few such…
Cleveland 2021
Explore the links below for a look at what the stories dominating the news cycle of March, 2021 will look like. According to us, anyway.
Cleveland 2021: Jackson Press Conference Leaves City Puzzled About Possible Fifth Term as Mayor
Mayor Frank Jackson, addressing the press in the Red Room on Tuesday, made a string of vague pronouncements that provided little clarity on whether the 75-year-old will indeed run for an unprecedented fifth term in office. “It is what it is,” Jackson said at the beginning of the press conference, before going silent. A dozen…
Cleveland 2021: Results of Second Annual ‘Best Neighborhoods’ Survey Released
The numbers have been crunched, Clevelanders. We’ve tallied the totals from our annual “Best Cleveland Neighborhoods” survey and it’s time to share the results with you. There are quite a few familiar names on the 2021 list, but a few surprise entries as well! See if the neighborhood you call home has cracked our coveted…
Cleveland 2021: Opportunity Corridor Closes Just Days After Opening; No Timetable on Repairs
Days after the long-delayed grand opening of the Opportunity Corridor, a “complex subterranean” issue has closed the eastside boulevard indefinitely. The Opportunity Corridor steering committee called the issue “unexpected,” but promised that it would be dealt with soon. “Our priority is not to get this resolved quickly. It’s to get it resolved correctly,” an ODOT…
Cleveland 2021: Downtown Hilton Unveils Indoor Entertainment Complex
Just in time for spring, the Hilton Cleveland Downtown has unveiled its much-ballyhooed, taxpayer-funded, $220 million indoor entertainment complex —”The Slag Heap.” At a star-studded opening gala Tuesday night, county executive Joe Roman and Hilton Worldwide CEO Christopher J. Nassetta rhapsodized about the “state of the art” facilities, which include a skate park, a 12-screen…
