Euclid Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor After Egging Neighbor’s House More Than 100 Times
Update: 31-year-old Jason Kozan, the man who terrorized an elderly neighbor by egging the man’s house more than 100 times, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of inducing panic. Sentencing in the bizarre case will go down on September 6. The long and winding road to justice included, according to Cleveland.com, “undercover stakeouts and…
The Cleveland Print Room Asks, “What Makes a Portrait?”
“What makes a portrait?” According to the Cleveland Print Room (CPR), that depends on who you ask. The CPR’s upcoming exhibition, Third Person, seeks to explore portraiture through many different perspectives. One of the oldest artistic genres, portraiture has traditionally been defined as an artistic representation of a person, in which the face, and particularly…
Celebrating Women’s History Month at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
March is Women’s History Month and to celebrate, a number of galleries throughout the region are hosting exhibitions featuring exclusively female artists all month long. From 5:30 to 8 p.m. this Thursday Mar.12, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) hosts an opening reception for Majority Rising, a show featuring six of its archived…
Jackson Browne to Perform at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in September
Plenty of classic rockers don’t age well. They gain weight and lose their hair. They can barely hit the high notes. Not singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. The guy essentially looks (and sounds) the same as he did decades ago. Last year, he put out a new studio album but didn’t play Cleveland, choosing instead to perform…
Blues Guitarists Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to Play Hard Rock Live
Blues guitarists Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd have been recording and touring for years but have somehow never been on a tour together. They’ve just announced a co-headlining tour and will both be playing full sets at each performance. They come to Hard Rock Live on Tuesday, June 23. Tickets go on sale at…
Elegant Storytelling Shines in ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane’ at Cleveland Play House
Simplicity is powerful. For proof, you need look no farther than this one-woman show now at the Cleveland Play House. Mona Golabek, an accomplished concert pianist, tells the story of her mother Lisa Jura, who at age 14 escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, leaving behind her parents and two sisters. This show, which is touring…
Citywide Property Survey to Begin in May
Amid the region’s ongoing response to the foreclosure crisis and general population shifts, the Thriving Communities Institute will undertake a citywide residential property survey this summer. Paul Boehnlein, GIS and conservation planning specialist for the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, heads up data management for projects like this. In short, a crew of surveyors hits the…
Matt Kokoski To Debut Wide Array of Work This Weekend in Tremont
Matt Kokoski’s Spare Parts opens at Doubting Thomas Gallery with a reception this Friday, March 13, from 6 – 10 p.m., as part of March’s Tremont Art Walk. This will be Kokoski’s first solo show in Cleveland. He’s planning to make an impact, filling Doubting Thomas’ five rooms with five different bodies of work. The…
EDWINS Launches Cooking Classes for Budding Home Chefs
Since it opened a year and a half ago, EDWINS has been teaching individuals (ex-cons) to work in the kitchens and dining rooms of upscale restaurants like its own. Now, the non-profit institute will extend that training to home cooks. Beginning Saturday March 14, EDWINS will begin a series of cooking classes geared to “curious,…
Vacant Since 2007, Cleveland Athletic Club Building Could Have New Life Soon
The Cleveland Athletic Club building sold at auction Monday for $3.3 million to N.J.-based lender Waring Investments. Local developers suspect, however, that Waring doesn’t actually want the property. They think Waring will likely turn it over to a local developer eager to convert the historic building on Euclid, which has been vacant since 2007, into…
Dashboard Confessional and Third Eye Blind Bring Co-headlining Tour to Jacobs Pavilion
Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional, two alt-rock bands that were popular about 15 years ago, have teamed up for a summer co-headlining tour. The tour kicks off on May 29 at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica. “I love the unbridled enthusiasm of a summer tour,” says Third Eye Blind’s Stephen Jenkins in a press release. “All…
The Airborne Toxic Event’s Mikel Jollett Flexes Creative Muscles on Two New Albums
The Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett admits the execs at the band’s record label were a bit taken aback when the group announced it wanted to release two new albums, Dope Machines and Songs of God and Whiskey, on the same day. “They were like, ‘What the fuck!’” Jollett says in a phone interview…
Trailer: “Destroy Cleveland,” a Documentary on the City’s Hardcore Music Scene
As Exclaim.Ca notes, “Destroy Cleveland” will feature interviews from Integrity, 9 Shocks Terror, H 100s, One Life Crew, and many, many others. We get our first taste of the doc today, which still doesn’t have an official release date, in a two-minute trailer filled with just about the brand of stuff you’d expect from a documentary…
Crafted Cocktail Co. Introduces ‘Proper’ Cocktails to Greater Akron Area
When Shawn Ford first heard about Stefan Was and his plans to open Porco Lounge, a proper tiki bar in Ohio City, he knew he had to be a part of it. And he was, from opening day until six months ago, when he left to open his own bar. That bar is the Crafted…
Music Box Concert Series Designed to Honor Rock Hall Inductees
Taking place from April 10 to 17, Music Box Supper Club’s “Rock Week” will offer a decade by decade tribute to Rock Hall inductees. Each night, local musicians and “select national performing artists” will celebrate rock’s history. “When the Rock Hall’s induction ceremony takes place in Cleveland, the city just comes alive,” says Mike Miller,…
Bidding Open for First 64 Riders on Cedar Point’s ‘Rougarou’
On May 8, 64 people will get to ride Cedar Point’s newest roller coaster, Rougarou, for the first time. Those slots are open to all as part of an auction through the LeBron James Family Foundation. The minimum bid is $123. The auction runs through May 3. Rougarou is a floorless roller coaster that uses…
Six Can’t-Miss Classical Music Events This Week
ClevelandClassical.com editors’ top six event picks for this week. Read, enjoy, attend. Isserlis & Levin play Beethoven. British-born cellist Steven Isserlis (an Oberlin Conservatory grad) and pianist Robert Levin (who’s finished some of Mozart’s abandoned works and regularly goes out on a limb to improvise cadenzas to his piano concertos) play three Beethoven cello sonatas…
Scorpions 50th Anniversary Tour Coming to Jacobs Pavilion
Though the band’s lineup has changed plenty over the years, the Scorpions have been around for 50 years. That’s a helluva long time. Now, on the heels of their latest studio effort, Return to Forever, the German metal act will kick off its 50th anniversary tour in May. It’s enlisted prog rockers Queensryche to be…
Best of Cleveland Voting Ends this Week So Go Vote
We know you have plenty to say about Cleveland (we do read your comments on Facebook), so go share your opinions where they really count: In our Best of Cleveland poll. This year’s we’re celebrating the fabric of the city — constructed and invented and reformed and improved by you and your fellow Clevelanders —…
Cavaliers Must Address Post-Break Issues Before Playoffs
The Cavaliers went on a terrific run from midway through January to the All-Star break, but in the last eight games they’ve not looked nearly as good as they did before. They’ve gone 5-3 in that time, and also lost the last game before the break. They won last night over the Suns, 89-79, but…
Scene Podcast: Talking Restaurants with Dining Editor Doug Trattner
This week, host Craig Lyndall talks with Scene Dining Editor Doug Trattner about Oak Barrel, Forage, new eats at the Jake, Winking Lizard’s moves, Local West, and much more. The duo also chats about the local cultural issues that arise when our favorite neighborhoods restaurants duplicate and transpose onto other parts of town. Does that dilute our…
Watch The Trailer For For The Upcoming ‘Super Pimp’ Documentary
If you live in Cleveland, you’ve probably at least heard of “Super Pimp,” the mustachioed guy in odd suits who’s always seen in Cleveland’s night clubs (and the subject of a 2012 Scene cover story, “The Soul of Super Pimp”). And soon, there will be a documentary, debuting at the 39th International Cleveland Film Festival…
Public Square Construction to Begin Monday, County and Rock Ohio Caesars Collaborate for Final Funding Push
The final $7.5 million in the funding campaign for Public Square’s renovation has been secured. Thanks to a “creative collaboration” between Cuyahoga County and Rock Ohio Caesars, (the company which owns and operates Horseshoe Casino), the $32 million construction budget is now at least officially spoken for. The much-anticipated redesign, brought to you by LAND…
8 Concerts to Catch This Weekend
Friday, March 6 Beachland’s 15th Anniversary Celebration with Echosmith It’s not often than an indie pop band scores a hit as big as Echosmith’s “Cool Kids.” If you listen to commercial radio, you’ll hear the catchy single with soulful vocals from the band’s 2013 debut Talking Dreams in constant rotation. It gets played alongside songs…
No Sleep in the CLE with Justin Markert and Mike and Drew from ‘Loud in Cleveland’
On this week’s episode of No Sleep in the CLE, Justin Markert talks to fellow Cleveland music podcasters Mike and Drew from the podcast Loud in Cleveland. We talk about podcasting as a medium, Brite Winter, some of our favorite Cleveland bands that fly a little under the radar and about how Loud in Cleveland…
New Operator Claims Old World of Beer Spot in Lakewood
World of Beer closed its Lakewood location at the tail end of 2014. By early June 2015, the neighborhood will welcome its replacement – and unlike its short-lived predecessor, this one will prepare and serve food. The Detroiter (14701 Detroit Ave.), owned and operated by longtime Lakewood resident Mike Kozar and partners, will be a…
Ariana Grande Concert at the Q Lacks Cohesion
The problem with wanting to be a diva in today’s world is that the bar has been set so high. Within the last year or two, acts such as P!nk, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Cher have swung through town with elaborate productions that would rival any Broadway show. Ariana Grande, who played before an…
‘Dirty Dancing’ at Connor Palace: All Glitz, No Heart for This Musical
Hey, it happens to the best of us. Eddie Murphy, once one of the most innovative comedians and comic actors, shows up at the SNL anniversary show laminated and almost embalmed inside his own gigantic self-regard. So sad. The same can be said, in a different way, about Dirty Dancing, the musical version of the…
VIDEO: Watch these Guys Paddleboard Down the Cuyahoga on a Cold Winter Day
We’re all for people embracing Cleveland’s wintery weather because at the end of the day, what else can you really do about it? Yesterday, we shared with you some photos of two Clevelanders camping on a frozen Lake Erie, and today we bring you this video of a couple of guys standup paddleboarding down the…
Here’s an Image of the Cleveland Skyline You Can Use for Everything
We’re huge fans of Go Media and its team of stellar designers and we recently found another reason to love them: This pack of images they created of all your favorite city skylines, including Cleveland’s. We won’t even pretend to understand all the designy designer jargon behind the creation of these images and you don’t…
Cleveland Clinic Posts ‘Best Year’ in a Decade, While Failing to Cite Medicaid Expansion
During yesterday’s State of the Clinic address, Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove announced that the hospital had recorded a tremendous 2014. The good news came on the back of widespread budget cuts in 2013, which partially enabled a healthy $466 million in operating income last year. The Clinic is, of course, expanding its…
Of Montreal’s New Album Has a Real Immediacy to It
It’s a bit misleading to say that the latest offering from indie rockers Of Montreal is the band’s most eclectic release to date. The band tends to take an eclectic release on all its albums; it often doesn’t even sound like the same group could have performed all the tracks on any given release. “I’m…
Cavs Beat Back Raptors Behind LeBron’s 15-Point 4th Quarter
LeBron James has been the greatest basketball player on this planet for a great many years, and testament to that power is his ability to still surprise and awe us even when we’ve already seen his best. He pressed another such gold medal moment in taking over last night’s Raptors game and willing the team…
Lifetime Original Movie Based on the Life of Michelle Knight Slated to Air Next Month
A Lifetime Original Movie based on the horrific true story of Cleveland kidnapping victim Michelle Knight is slated to air on the network next month. The film, “Cleveland Abduction” will chronicle Knight’s decade long captivity at the hands of Ariel Castro who ripped her, and two other woman, away from their families, forcing them to…
Review: Renga Ensemble at the Bop Stop
by Jarrett Hoffman The BOP STOP stage was covered Sunday night — with instrument stands and cases, clarinets and saxophones large and little, and at least one broken reed — for The Renga Ensemble’s first visit to Cleveland. Having just released The Room Is last week, the sextet, formed by Chicago-based composer and clarinetist James…
First Look: Local West
It’s been two weeks since Local West (7400 Detroit Ave., 216-417-7001) officially joined the near-west side neighborhood of Detroit Shoreway and already it is settling in nicely. The craft sandwich and beer cafe offers neighbors an attractive dining alternative to fast food, run-of-the-mill pubs and pricier bistros. Owner Jon Mavrakis has done a remarkable job…
Chappie is a Hugh Jackman Mullet Fest
Chappie is another South African robot movie from Neil Blomkamp, the director who arrived on the scene in 2009 with the heart-pounding South African robot movie District 9. Chappie’s nowhere near as good as that film, nor for that matter as good as Blomkamp’s second, Elysium, from 2013, but it’s still an offbeat action flick…
Zac Brown Band to Play Blossom in May
Zac Brown Band’s forthcoming album Jekyll + Hyde comes out on April 28, and the country band will hit the road immediately after its release. The group will premiere new music from the album this weekend on Saturday Night Live. “Heavy Is the Head,” which features Soundgarden/Audioslave singer Chris Cornell, makes its world premiere this…
State Legislature Continues Fight for Fracking on Public Parks Land
Even after Gov. John Kasich unexpectedly reversed his position and threw down a de facto moratorium on fracking across Ohio’s public parks land, the Republican-fronted state legislature is still pushing for that sweet drilling action. HB 8 would reroute the permitting process for new drilling wells, essentially diluting the regulatory power of the Oil and…
Local Hard Rock Act Deadiron to Play CD Release Show at Agora
One of the top hard rock bands on the local circuit, Deadiron has been slowly gaining traction since releasing its full-length debut, Out of the Rust And Ruin, back in 2012. Now, the group is set to issue the follow-up, Into The Fray, which will be officially released worldwide on March 24 via Auburn Records.…
Mushroomhead Slated to Launch Odeon’s Reopening
Late last year, Gregg Kelley, a former Scene sales rep with a background in concert promotion, started booking shows at Roc Bar, a 250-capacity club that once hosted local and national rock acts. Angela White took over as manager. Back then, Kelley told us that if things went well, he’d start booking the old Odeon,…
ACLU Files Lawsuit For Smithville Teacher Fired Over Anti-Dairy Farm Facebook Post
In rural Wayne County last year, a Vegan elementary school teacher was fired because he essentially upset the districts “biggest tax payers” after using his personal Facebook page to criticize the inhumane treatment of cows at an area dairy farm. Today the teacher, represented by lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, filed…
Agora Documentary to Start Filming this Month
On March 20, production starts on Live at the Agora, a feature length documentary film about the famous concert venue. Henry “Hank” LoConti founded the Agora Ballroom back in 1966. Bruce Springsteen, the Cars, Todd Rundgren, U2, the Police, Rush, Peter Frampton and Ted Nugent are among those who have played at the venue and…
Jackson Sits for State of the City “Conversation,” A Weird, Abstract Talk Mostly About Schools
Mayor Frank Jackson discussed some of Cleveland’s “high points and challenges” in his State of the City conversation Wednesday afternoon at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. The annual address — Jackson’s 10th — was indeed a conversation (not a speech), moderated by KeyBank President and CEO Beth Mooney, who also serves as Chair of the Greater…
Review: Tenor Lawrence Brownlee at E.J. Thomas Hall
by Timothy Robson It’s not every day that a performer can be judged to be one of the two or three best in the world. Tenor Lawrence Brownlee could make that claim, but he probably wouldn’t, at least not publicly. Brownlee, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, a Steelers and Ohio State football fan, and an…
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble to Premiere Helgeson’s Snow Requiem
by Mike Telin In his book, The Children’s Blizzard, author David Laskin chronicles the events of January 12, 1888. That morning the temperatures in the upper Midwest were unseasonably warm, so warm in fact that children walked to school without coats, hats or gloves. That afternoon one of the deadliest winter storms in U.S. history…
Nothing Formulaic About the Gaslight Anthem’s Recording Process
New Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem quickly became critics’ darlings as they distilled a variety of influences ranging from the Replacements and Social D to the Boss himself on albums such as 2008’s The ’59 Sound and 2010’s American Slang. On 2014’s Get Hurt, which is produced by Brit Mike Crossey (Foals, Arctic Monkeys, Jake…
Is It Safe to Believe in the Cavs After Last Night’s Total Obliteration of the Celtics?
So what have we got here? Am I right Cavaliers fans? Indicative of the speeding space-ball that wiped out the dinosaurs, the home squad left a smoking crater where the Celtics once stood, making them look like the high school teams St. Vincent-St. Mary routinely demolished during King James’ reign. The 110-79 score only hints…
Soup for You! Soup for the Soul Features 20 Chefs, 20 Soups for Great Cause
On March 26, more than 20 of Cleveland’s top chefs will gather and prepare their favorite soups to benefit Malachi Center, a community and family resource center founded in 1985. This year’s Soup for the Soul event will be held at Renaissance Cleveland, 24 Public Square from 6 p.m. to 10p.m. Host Chef, Nolan Konkoski…
JD McPherson Gets ‘Bombastic’ on His Terrific New Album
Singer-guitarist JD McPherson has a rather nifty way of describing the difference between his first album, 2012’s Signs and Signifiers, and his just-released new album, Let The Good Times Roll. “The first record was the one that I always wanted to make and the second one was the one I always wanted to make but…
Have You Voted in Our Best of Cleveland Poll Yet?
Who cares what you think? We do. That’s why year after year we draw on you, our readers, to share with us your thoughts on the people, places, and things that make Cleveland, well, Cleveland. Let us know right here, right now your favorite place to grab a drink after work, your favorite Cleveland neighborhood, your…
Tribe Announces Two Additional Dining Options for 2015 Season
Earlier this year, we told you about the plethora of new and local dining options slated to hit Progressive Field this season, including popular eateries Melt Bar and Grilled, Barrio, and Sweet Moses. Today, the Indians announced two additions to the 2015 dining roster: Great Lakes Brewing Company and Dynomite Burgers, both of which will…
Oberlin College Venue Dionysus Disco Cancels Viet Cong Concert Due to Band Name
Calgary-based post-punk band Viet Cong was due to perform in Oberlin later this month at Dionysus Disco. The promoter for the show, however, announced this week that he’s canceling the event due to the band’s “problematic” name. Promoter Ivan Krasnov apologized and drew up a lengthy statement on the move: “As the person behind booking…
New ‘CAN’ Launched, New Student Art on Display at BAYarts this Weekend
BAYarts’ busy weekend begins with two special events this Friday, and continues with more fun on Saturday. Friday includes an opening reception for a new exhibition showcasing many of the region’s most active and accomplished illustrators, as well as a launch party for the latest issue of CAN Journal, the region’s premier visual arts quarterly…
Oh, the Places You’ll Go at Forage Public House
To keep a cavernous dining room like that of the Oak Barrel in Valley View — an insatiable beast at 400 seats — operating at or near capacity, a chef needs to be flexible. That means a guy like Demetrios Atheneos, whose resume includes an extended entry for time spent at the posh Giovanni’s Ristorante,…
A Look at Maple Sugaring’s Short but Sweet Season
In the close quarters of a white wooden cabin at Bath’s Hale Farm and Village (2686 Oak Hill Rd., 330-666-3711, wrhs.org), where sap is turned into syrup, flames crackle from a boiler. Steam evoked by the separation of water from sap’s natural sugar warms the room. It’s a sharp contrast to the freshly laid snow…
The Buckeye Medicaid Boom
The way Lori Smith remembers it, she and her husband Patrick really didn’t have much of a choice, and she didn’t really care anymore what people thought. Patrick was in a bed at MetroHealth, his leg recently amputated, the latest in five years of surgeries, and she had $850,000 or so in medical bills stacked…
Film Review: Buzzard
Revolting to the point of being mesmerizing, Joshua Burge stars in Buzzard, a shoestring-budget indie slacker flick from Michigan writer-director Joel Potrykus. It opens Friday exclusively at the Cedar Lee. This film is said to be the final installment in Potrykus’ “animal trilogy,” the first of which was the short Werewolf and the second of…
Film Spotlight: Road Hard
It helps to know a little about the career of comic Adam Carolla before digging into Road Hard, the new semi-autobiographical film that opens Friday at Tower City Cinemas. A few years back, Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel hosted The Man Show, a comedy show that featured pre-recorded sketches and in-studio shenanigans. It had a cult…
Band of the Week: Jack Fords
Meet the Band: Brent Kirby (vocals, guitar), Bobby Latina (guitar, vocals), Ed Sotelo (bass), Jim Wall (drums) Background: Brent Kirby and Bobby Latina have played together since 2005, when they would jam at the now-defunct Town Fryer. The band formed at about that time too, but it had a different line-up. “We went through a…
Great Lakes Theatre’s ‘Dial “M” for Murder’ Enlivens an Enduring Mystery
The pleasure in a repeat visit to a mystery story, thriller or skeleton-in-the-closet family drama cannot reside in the unrepeatable element of surprise. What might please us this time around is the freshness of the telling. Frederick Knott’s Dial “M” for Murder has been thrilling newcomers and pleasing old friends since its debut in 1952…
