Both Maria’s Sunflower Field of Hope Locations Set to Bloom Early Next Month
Update: Both Maria’s Field of Hope locations are scheduled for bloom the first week of September, the Prayers from Maria Children’s Glioma Cancer Foundation recently announced. That means that Notheast Ohioans can take photos with happy, yellow sunflowers in Avon and Sandusky in just a few weeks. View this post on Instagram FIELDS UPDATE! Our Sunflowers are…
Marc Cohn and the Blind Boys of Alabama to Bring Some ‘Joyful Noise’ to Cain Park
Marc Cohn and producer John Leventhal were working together on a song for William Bell’s 2017 album, This Is Where I Live record, when Blind Boys of Alabama manager Charles Driebe, who also works with Bell, introduced Cohn to the Blind Boys. That would prove to be a significant introduction. Cohn would go on to…
Pinecrest Announces Its Summer Schedule
Pinecrest, the popular mixed-use district on the east side, has just announced its summer schedule. “We’re coming off our inaugural year and want to build on the success of last summer’s events,” says Lisa Pocci, Vice President of Marketing for Fairmount Properties, in a press release. “It is our privilege to provide opportunities for the…
8 Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Though the group has encountered a number of bumps along the way, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has outlasted many of its hip-hop peers. In the course of a 20-year career, the Cleveland group has won Grammys and countless other music awards, selling millions of albums. The group comes to town tonight in…
Sebastian Bach to Play Skid Row’s Debut Album in Its Entirety at the Phantasy in September
Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Skid Row’s self-titled breakout debut album with a U.S. Tour that’ll find him performing the record in its entirety. The tour includes a Sept. 4 stop at the Phantasy in Lakewood. “In 1989 we put out the first record, Skid Row,” says Bach…
Watch the SportsCenter Feature About 10-Cent Beer Night, Celebrating Its 45th Anniversary Today
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the infamous 10-Cent Beer Night incident at Municipal Stadium back in 1974. On that fine evening in Cleveland history, a crowd of 25,134 Indians fans pounded at least 60,000 10-cent beers and witnessed at least 20 or so streakers, nine arrests and plenty of drunken brawling on the field in…
Electric Scooters Return to the Streets of Cleveland This Summer
After a quick stint last August, electric scooters are making a return trip to the streets of Cleveland this summer. Monday night, city council unanimously approved a new ordinance that will regulate the return of e-scooter rentals. This time around, however, they’ll be distributed in select areas across the city based on past success rates of…
Phish’s Trey Anastasio to Perform at Canton Palace Theatre in October
Singer-guitarist Trey Anastasio comes to Northeast Ohio with his band Phish this month, and he’ll return to Northeast Ohio without the band in the fall. He’s just announced the dates of a solo fall tour, and he’ll perform a solo acoustic show on Oct. 23 at the Canton Palace Theatre. Anastasio also just announced plans to…
Former Clevelander Dave Clark to Play a Release Party at Sibling Revelry in July
Singer-songwriter Dave Clark knows Northeast Ohio well. He used to perform with the local rock outfits Baby Blue, Dreamer, Dia Pason and Rough House. He returns to town to perform at 6:30 on Wednesday, July 3, at Sibling Revelry in support of his new album, Rock City. The Geauga County-based duo 2Guys12Strings will also perform.…
Yuzu is Closing in Lakewood, Opening as Aji Noodle Bar This Summer
Lakewood’s Yuzu restaurant is closing up shop and returning with a whole new name and concept in the coming months. Yuzu owner Dave Bumba announced on Facebook this morning that the space on Madison is being sold to Jackie Kim, who also owns North Olmsted’s Ohashi, and is reopening as Aji Noodle Bar sometime in July.…
Twenty One Pilots and the Killers to Play Free MLB All-Star Game Concerts
As part of the festivities planned surrounding the upcoming MLB All-Star game, Twenty One Pilots [pictured] and the Killers will play free shows in Cleveland the weekend prior to the game. Twenty One Pilots will perform on Friday, July 5, and the Killers wil perform on Saturday, July 6. The concerts will take place on…
Vegan Eatery, Foodhisattva, to Open June 15 in Cleveland Heights
Update on a story we brought you back in March: Foodhisattva, a 25-seat vegan eatery in Cleveland Heights, will open on June 15. From then on, the restaurant will be open Friday’s for dinner (5-9 pm) and Saturday and Sunday for brunch (10 am-3 pm) and dinner (5-9 pm) until they are able to expand…
Cleveland City Council to Introduce Lead Safe Legislation Tonight
Cleveland City Council will introduce legislation to combat the city’s lead poisoning crisis at its meeting Monday evening, the final scheduled meeting before the body’s annual summer recess. After a series of planned community meetings, council hopes to vote on the legislation at the June 21 Cleveland Lead Safe Home Summit and secure passage by…
The Shoreway’s W. 45th Exit Ramp is Closing for At Least Five Months Due to Sewer Project
Starting today at 7 p.m., the City of Cleveland is shutting down the W. 45th St. ramp on West Shoreway eastbound for at least the next five months. Drivers are instead implored to use the exit ramps at W. 73rd St. or W. 25th St. for any of their Detroit Shoreway/Ohio City needs. The closure…
In Advance of Next Week’s Show at Cain Park, Singer-Songwriter Ani DiFranco Talks About Her New Memoir
Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco says she first began thinking about her recently published memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, several years ago. It slowly evolved over time to become an account of her life story, including her childhood and the wall-less “donut-shaped” house in the Buffalo area where she grew up. “Back in the day,…
Indie Duo Matt and Kim to Kick Off Their Anniversary Tour in October at the Agora
A duo known its infectious, beat-driven anthems, Matt and Kim have announce the Grand 10-Year Celebration Tour to mark the anniversary of the release of their breakout album, Grand. The group recorded the album in Matt’s childhood bedroom in rural Vermont; it features hits such as “Daylight,” “Lessons Learned” and “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare.” “In…
The Steelyard Aldi to Close in July for Renovations
While remodeling started last month, the Steelyard Aldi store has so far remained open during the construction process. But that’s all about to change July 16 when the spot closes temporarily for renovations, Aldi Hinckley Division Vice President Corey Stucker confirmed to Scene. The store is then set for a grand reopening sometime in late August.…
Wu-Tang Clan Brings Da Ruckus to the Agora
The year is 1993. A cassette is placed into a tape deck and played. After a series of beeps, a kung-fu sample plays, followed by a war cry of “Bring the muthafuckin’ ruckus, bring the muthafuckin’ ruckus” repeated over and over. A man begins to rap — “Ghostface, catch the blast of a hype verse/My…
Ken Johnson Goes Full Dingbat in Newsletter Attacking ‘Conspirators’ in Wards 4 and 6
[image-1] Residents of Cleveland’s Ward 4 can’t say for sure, but are fairly certain that a recent newsletter purporting to expose a ring of “conspirators” plotting to “take over” Wards 4 and 6 was distributed by Councilman Ken Johnson. The double-dipping councilman has become increasingly unhinged as cleveland.com’s Mark Naymik continues to report on his…
Comedian Joe Rogan to Perform at Wolstein Center in October
Comedian Joe Rogan regularly sells out theaters, and he’s now making the move to arenas. He’s just announced the dates of a fall tour, and he’ll perform on Oct. 26 at Wolstein Center. Rogan hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, a comedy podcast that features long form conversations with celebrities and is one of the most…
‘Jersey Shore’ Star and DJ Pauly D Hits Cleveland in July
Hide the kids, freshen up your laundry and get thyself to a tanning bed immediately, as MTV reality legend Pauly D is coming to Cleveland this summer. While the Jersey Shore Family Vacation reboot is on hiatus, Pauly D continues to live off his celebrity from the show, spinning tunes at select spots around the country.…
David Chin, Chef at Flour, to Host Ramen Pop-Up Dinner at Larder Tonight
David Chin began working at Flour restaurant as a line cook. Today, five and a half years later, he’s the chef de cuisine. Like many rising-star chefs, Chin has aspirations to do his own thing. And his own thing is Asian-inspired noodles. Those noodle bowls will be available to the public for the very first…
Tony Orlando Coming to MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage in November
Earlier today, singer Tony Orlando announced the dates of a fall tour. He’ll perform on Nov. 21 at MGM Northfield Park – Center Stage. A Grammy nominee, Orlando has sold millions of records and had several No. 1 hits, including “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree,” “Knock Three Times,” “My Sweet Gypsy…
A Public Library Canceled a Drag Class After Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, Other Republicans, Got Angry
Two public libraries in central Ohio recently canceled LGBT-related events after public backlash. One in Newark was to offer a number of LGBT-themed activities, including a drag makeup tutorial. It was cancelled yesterday after a powerful state lawmaker waded into the controversy, issuing a stern letter condemning it. Another in Delaware County aimed to teach…
Scott Mills Announces Second Run for Highland Heights Mayor, Wisely Ditches ‘M4M’ Slogan From First Campaign
Scott Andrew Mills on Saturday announced on his personal Facebook page his intended run for mayor of Highland Heights. It’s actually the second shot at the office for the Maverick Insurance principal and agent. Mills ran unsuccessfully in 2011 against Scott Coleman, who had been mayor since 2004 but who resigned this past year after…
Come to Buffalo and Visit America’s Tastiest Drive
“Buffalo-style.” The flavor gracing the menus of nearly every pub in North America takes on a whole new meaning in the city that created it. It was Buffalo’s Anchor Bar that changed the course of American food history in 1964 by inventing the Buffalo-style chicken wing. In the decades since, Buffalo’s corner taverns have perfected…
Aut-O-Rama Drive-In’s Retro Tuesdays are Back This Summer
A trip to the Aut-O-Rama Twin Drive-In Theatre offers the wonderful experience of spending a summer evening outdoors while also staying inside for a movie. Starting next month, you can kick back in your car with double features of the retro or current kind, old-school snacks from the concession stand and even an upcoming event…
Cuyahoga County Healthcare Centers Offering 15,000 Free Test Strips to Detect Deadly Fentanyl Combinations
Following an uptick in fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Cuyahoga County — including eight deaths over Memorial Day Weekend — public health officials are advising individuals affected to pick up free fentanyl test strips. The 15,000 free test strips can detect when the deadly drug is laced with substances such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Because they are…
Local Rockers Tropidelic to Release Their New Album on June 7
A local act that’s recently evolved into a national act, Tropidelic will release its latest album, Here in the Heights, on Friday, June 7. The group’s last album, 2017’s Heavy is the Head, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Reggae Chart in 2017. As usual, the Sublime- and 311-inspired group draws from reggae, funk, punk and hip-hop on…
RTA Shuttle Buses to Replace Red Line Rapid from Cudell to Hopkins ‘Until Further Notice’
Just a little PSA here: RTA has announced that due to “extensive track work” on the Red Line Rapid, shuttle buses will replace rail service between the Cudell station and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport from June 2nd until further notice. Starting Sunday, the 66R buses will make stops at the Airport, Brookpark, Puritas and West…
Local Rock Act Falling Stars Releases a New Single and Music Video
The local rock act Falling Stars has just announced that it’ll release a new EP on July 19. In advance of the EP’s release, the group has issued the single “Let It All Go” along with an accompanying music video. The EP is a “guitar-fueled affair with songs that celebrate defying the odds, running wild…
The Ohio State University to Create National Campus Sexual Abuse Task Force After Strauss Revelations
In the wake of revelations that now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss sexually abused at least 177 people over the course of almost two decades, the Ohio State University will create a national campus sexual abuse task force. OSU President Michael Drake announced the launch of the task force May 31 at the university’s monthly board…
Toronto, Twitter and the Browns — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac are back with a discussion on social media parenting, the NBA Finals, the state of the AFC North and more. Remember, Summer is just around the corner so hit up AmericanFireworks.com for all your fireworks needs. (Note: Recorded before last night’s NBA Finals game.) Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here…
Op-Ed: Cleveland Needs New Tools to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
The City Club recently hosted an event called “Help Wanted: Building Wealth in Minority Communities.” The conversation featured three panelists who work in Cleveland to build wealth in black and brown communities through homeownership, traditional entrepreneurship, and worker ownership. Although each panelist is a leading practitioner in their field, the conversation fell short of the…
Someone Stuck a Dildo on a Cleveland Police Cruiser
There isn’t much more to the story than that, but the scant details… Someone snapped a shot of a dildo stuck to the back of a Cleveland police cruiser and posted the shot to Facebook. That post has since been removed, but it spread, as things like this tend to do, across Snap and Instagram…
Liquor Department Apologizes, Good Company Can Keep Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
After a round of media coverage following an order from a liquor permit inspector to label designate its bathrooms by gender, Good Company received an apology from the department and are now allowed to retain their gender-neutral facilities. The Battery Park restaurant has two bathrooms, which is all the superintendent now says it needs to…
Collective Soul’s E Roland and Gin Blossoms’ Jesse Valenzuela Talk About Their Tour That’s Coming to MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage on June 11
This summer’s pairing of Collective Soul and the Gin Blossoms is one that has been a long time coming. Collective Soul vocalist E Roland notes in a phone interview that both bands have “wanted to do this for years, and it just so happens that it worked here.” The tour includes a June 11 stop…
Cleveland Burger Week Set to Return in July
The popular Cleveland Burger Week is set to help bring on the meat sweats for the second year in a row. Rolling out July 15 to 21, the event features $5 burgers at 15-plus participating restaurants in the Cleveland area. Many of the burgers are concocted specifically for the event, while others are menu stalwarts. Vegetarian…
County Preparing to Borrow Even More Money to Pay Cavs for Arena Repairs
Cuyahoga County Council may borrow roughly $40 million to pay the Cleveland Cavaliers for capital improvements now underway at [Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse] and to reimburse the team for projects already completed. Under the terms of the Cavs lease, the public is on the hook for “major capital repairs,” that cost more than $500,000, and the…
Halle Berry is the Most Popular Person From Cleveland, New Interactive Map Shows
Oscar winner, Bond Girl, Catwoman. Now actress Halle Berry can add one more honor to her belt: She’s the most-searched for person from Cleveland on the Wikipedia database. An awesome new interactive “people map of the U.S.,” put together by the fine folks at the Pudding, uses Wikipedia search data to show which person is…
First Edgewater Live of the Season Canceled Today Due to Possible Storms
The popular Edgewater Live concert series at Edgewater Park Beach was supposed to kick off today at 4:30 p.m. Now, due to inclement weather, the event is postponed until next Thursday. The announcement comes as no surprise as the National Weather Service predicts that there will be “a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly…
Pet-Nat and Wet Naps Event at Black Pig Marries Natural Wines with Barbecue
Wine tastings need not be somber affairs. Take Pet-Nat and Wet Naps, for example. The event, to be held at Black Pig (2801 Bridge Ave., 216-862-7551) from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday July 21, will showcase the fruits of Old Westminster Winery, a minimal-intervention vineyard and winery in Maryland. Most of the wines that flow…
7 Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend
FRIDAY, MAY 31 Rob Thomas With his ongoing solo work, singer-songwriter Rob Thomas continues to unlock exciting new collaborations, including one with producer Butch Walker (the Struts, Fall Out Boy, Weezer) on Chip Tooth Smile, his newest album that was released in late April. Even though the two have been friends for quite a while,…
Lil Nas Did a Surprise Show for a Mayfield Heights Elementary School and the Kids’ Reaction Is the Best
The principal of Lander Elementary in Mayfield Heights last week posted a video showing all the sweet kiddos enjoying “Old Town Road,” which caught the attention of Lil Nas, who then asked if they wanted a free show. About a week later, logistics were set, and here’s just one clip of the action yesterday. Priceless.…
Raw Sewage Overflows Into Lake Erie Once Again Following Storms
Delay your plans to swim at Edgewater Beach, at least until the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has removed a public advisory to keep out of the water. Turns out Lake Erie was once again contaminated with raw sewage and storm water overflow during yesterday’s rainstorms — an extra 142,600 gallons of the combination. The United States Geological…
Barberton Gas Station Owner Kindly Asks Asshole Kids Not Write the N-Word on a Public Sidewalk
You might have missed this little clip and story over the long Memorial Day weekend, but a Barberton gas station owner came upon a group of kids recently who wrote the n-word on a sidewalk with chalk. Shaun Jaber asked them to cover it up and kindly reminded them, while recording a video that obscured…
Here’s the Schedule for the Capitol Theatre’s Third Annual Pride Month Film Series
The Capitol Theatre has just announced that its third annual Pride Month Film Series will begin on Tuesday with a screening of the newly restored flick Before Stonewall. The film documents the infamous raid that took place on the Stonewall Inn, a bar in New York’s Greenwich Village, igniting the gay liberation movement. Opening night…
A Grandson of Robert Godwin Sr., the Man Whose Easter Murder Was Posted on Facebook, Turned His Grandfather’s Record Collection Into a Beat Tape
Robert Godwin, Sr. lived an ordinary life until he died at 74. Then he went viral. Easter 2017 was sunny and bright, a celebratory event for Clevelanders fatigued by grey skies and winter worries. Godwin had just eaten Easter dinner at his son’s house. He was going about his regular routine of gathering discarded cans…
County Council Passes Plastic Bag Ban, But State Could Invalidate
As expected, Cuyahoga County Council passed a plastic bag ban at its meeting Tuesday in an 8-3 party line vote. Republicans Jack Schron, Nan Baker and Michael Gallagher voted against. Though the ban was slated to go into effect Oct. 1, its lead sponsor Sunny Simon agreed to push back the start date to Jan.…
Consider the Testicle
The small, pungent and minimally advertised Tiro Testicle Festival is held in late spring each year in the part of Ohio where the Lake Erie Basin gives way to monocrop agriculture, meaning somewhere vaguely west of I-71 in what geologists refer to as the glacial till plains. The loamy interior of the state is threaded…
Get Out: Everything You Should Be Doing in Cleveland This Week (May 29-June 4)
WED 05/29 All About Eve Winner of six Academy Awards, All About Eve stars Bette Davis as an aging Broadway star who has to fend off an ambitious young fan (Anne Baxter) who wants to steal her spotlight. The film also stars George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe and Gary Merrill. Part of the Happy…
Cleveland Artists Bring all the Fabulism to the Yards
Walking into Fabulism: Meta Fact and Fictions, on view at the Yards through the end of June, is akin to riding a motorcycle through the canyon of our individual and collective myths. Curated by Liz Maugans, the exhibition’s works break down and rebuild as the participating artists experiment and evolve their modus operandi. Meng-Hsuan Wu’s…
The Kensington Pub on Lee Feels Like an Old Friend With a New Look
It’s truly astonishing what a little light can do. For as long as anybody can recall, the tavern at the corner of Lee and Kensington roads in Cleveland Heights has been a dim cavern owing to windows that long ago were sealed up tighter than Al Capone’s vault. By installing a wall of new glass…
Band of the Week: Harvey Pekar
MEET THE BAND: Elliott Frank (guitar), Ian Douglas (drums), Nick Kratsas (vocals), Nick Schmitt (bass) GIVING IT A GO: Friends since grade school, guitarist Elliott Frank and singer Nick Kratsas originally met bassist Nick Schmitt outside the punk club Now That’s Class and approached him about starting up a band. “That was right after the…
Savage Love: Seattle & Denver
Savage Love Live swooped into Seattle’s Egyptian Theater and Denver’s Oriental Theater over the last two weekends. I couldn’t get to everyone’s questions at these sold-out shows — there were so many great questions and I’m just one lousy advice columnist — so I’m going to power through as many as I can in this…
