Price of Opiate Overdose Reversing Drug Naloxone Frozen in Ohio for Next Year
[image-1]The number of overdoses and deaths from drug abuse continue to rise in Cuyahoga County, in Ohio, and beyond. As the public health crisis continues to worsen, access to Narcan will remain one of the most important tools to prevent overdoses from becoming overdose deaths. The drug, which acts to quickly reverse the effects of…
Feds Approve NEXUS Pipeline, Which Will Run Through Northeast Ohio
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today approved the NEXUS pipeline project and its environment impact on Ohio communities. (The pipeline will also travel through Michigan to Canada; it was approved in its entirety.) As far as Northeast Ohio is concerned, the natural gas pipeline is planned to run through fairly dense, almost suburban portions of…
Goldhorn Brewery St. Clairsmas Stout Now on Tap
The St. Clairsmas Stout is now on tap at Goldhorn Brewery (1361 E. 55th St.). Beer drinkers who enjoy the seasonal taste of Great Lakes’ seminal Christmas Ale but appreciate a new take will enjoy this malty holiday stout. Head Brewer Joel Warger, a Great Lakes alum, tapped his new brew last week, and said…
Local Rapper Vice Souletric Releases New Freestyle Music Video Series
While local rapper Vice Souletric was born in Louisville, he’s called Lorain home since the age of one. While in high school, Souletric got into rapping while freestyling in art class. He’d eventually form Play Havoc, in which he rapped and produced under the name Ill Advice. With his solo debut, Vice for President, the…
Elyria Day Care Rapist Sentenced to Life in Prison
Heather Koon, the woman who raped two infants at Lorain County day care facilities in 2013, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole. (Koon had pleaded guilty to the crimes earlier this year.) Koon’s boyfriend, James Osborne, a known and violent sexual predator, is already serving a life sentence in connection with this…
Cleveland 19 News Hires Meteorologist Jason Nicholas to Lead First Alert Storm Team
Cleveland 19 News announced Tuesday morning that they’d hired a new Chief Meteorologist to lead their First Alert Storm team. Jason Nicholas, a Northeast Ohio native, will appear on the weekday newscasts at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. “I’m beyond thrilled to be the newest member of the Cleveland 19 [weather team],”…
MIX Will Usher in New Century for CMA — and Weekend of Holiday Arts
This month’s MIX at the Cleveland Museum of Art is a special one, as the museum begins to look forward to its second century. As the museum celebrates its final MIX event of its centennial year, MIX: Next doubles as a special preview of the CMA’s latest exhibition, Albert Oehlen’s Woods Near Oehle. The exhibition…
University of Akron Will Offer Class on Donald Trump’s Election Win
[image-1]The University of Akron will offer a class called “Trump’s Triumph” next spring. Professor Matthew Akers promises to tackle a lot of the lingering questions left after that wacky presidential election earlier this month — questions like “Wha-?” “Huh?” “Did that just -?” and “What is the average cost of living in Belize for an…
Rock Hall to Host Author Series With Novelist Chris Formant
Author Chris Formant conducted some serious research for his new novel, Bright Midnight. The book centers on an aging rock critic who begins to unravel one of rock’s greatest mysteries (hint: it has to do with the fact that Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died too soon) while working at Rolling Stone…
MetroHealth Plans to Pay for $855 Million Makeover on Credit
The MetroHealth Hospital System has announced that it is moving forward with an $855-million campus transformation, and that it will likely do so by seeking financing on its own credit. Assuming all goes according to plan, a new medical campus on the current footprint along W. 25th Street will be up and running in 2022.…
DJ Mustard to Headline Hip-Hop Competition at Take 5
A talented producer, songwriter and DJ, DJ Mustard regularly works with hip-hop superstar YG. He has described the craft of producing as something that goes beyond simply making beats. “Anyone can make a beat, but a producer works closely with the rapper,” he says in an interview posted on YouTube. At 7 p.m. on Thursday,…
All the Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers Who Went to Standing Rock are Back
The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed to Scene this morning: All troopers who were sent to North Dakota last month to assist with law enforcement at sites around the Dakota Access Pipeline have returned. The troopers’ last day of work in North Dakota was November 14, Lt. Robert Sellers told Scene by email. They departed…
Opera Circle Cleveland’s Free Performances and Four More Classical Music Events To Hit This Week
Here are five post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas events we can highly recommend during the next seven days. Two of them feature multiple performances around metropolitan Cleveland. Opera Circle Cleveland continues its free, itinerant performances of Pietro Mascagni’s 50-minute opera, Zanetto, calling in at Nighttown on Wednesday, November 30 at 7:00 pm, at the Barlow Community Center in…
Local Indie Rockers Mason District to Play EP Release Party at the Grog Shop
A local four-piece indie rock/alt-country act, the Mason District recently reworked its sound after adding guitarist Jeff Farmer to the mix. Now, the band has adopted a Southern rock sound. The title track from its new EP, Shotgun Soul, features guttural vocals and a shimmering guitar riff that makes the tune sound like something by…
Beachland to Host Eighth Annual Cleveland Metal Holiday Food Drive
An annual tradition in these parts, the Cleveland Metal Holiday Food Drive generates some serious cash and donations for the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and Friends of the Cleveland Kennel. This year, WJCU 88.7 FM, Auburn Records, the Exchange and Iron Ingo Stührenberg, who will fly to Cleveland from his home to Germany to host…
Tony Cuda’s Jazz Cats to Play CD Release Party at Bop Stop
A staple on the local jazz scene, Berklee-educated electric bass player Tony Cuda spends most of his free time working with the prog-leaning outfit Cuda, Renko & Cuda. But he also dedicates a decent amount of time to his straight-up jazz group, Tony Cuda’s Jazz Cats. Last year, the group issued Herding Jazz Cats, an…
Multiple People Taken to Hospitals During ‘Active Shooter’ Situation on OSU Campus, Police Report Scene ‘Now Secure’
We join much of the state and country in following the news of an active shooter on the campus of the Ohio State University this morning. (Note upfront that details remain amorphous and in flux.) As the morning unfolded, police clarified that the suspect used a vehicle and a knife as weapons, and was not…
Video: Here’s a Browns Fan Jumping Off a School Bus Into a Tree
Another week. Another loss. Another video of a Browns Fan Jumping Off Things. In this week’s edition, we have a Browns fan vs. a Tree. @bustedcoverage #munilot pic.twitter.com/BnLQ1zBN55 — Matt Weber (@MrCubsHat) November 27, 2016
City Council Will Discuss Public Square Bus Closure Wednesday
Cleveland City Council’s Transportation Committee will convene Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. to discuss the decision to close Public Square to buses. That decision was announced two week ago by Mayor Frank Jackson and RTA CEO Joe Calabrese, who cited safety concerns and public sentiment as reasons for their decision. But members of City Council,…
Ohio Lawmakers Are Debating Whether to Outlaw Bestiality in the State
[image-1] If it seems like we’re rolling out a headline from Scene’s Middle Ages archives, well, that’s only because of the striking similarities between those days and the 131st General Assembly here in Ohio. SB 195, which seeks to prohibit bestiality in Ohio, is up for committee debate this week. The year is 2016. “This…
Ben Axelrod Talks OSU/Michigan — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
It’s the final countdown to OSU vs. Michigan. Andre and Zac talk with Ben Axelrod about the big matchup.
East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton Fined $114,100 by Ohio Elections Commission
The turbulent public life of embattled East Cleveland mayor Gary Norton continued last month with a $114,100 fine from the Ohio Elections Commission, Ideastream reports. He’d previously been fined $20,000 by the same group. The cause of this monetary penalty: Apparently Norton failed to file a report from 2015, was tardy in turning in his…
Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Secretary Pick, Is the Opposite of Draining the Swamp
[image-1](Editor’s note: Our friends up in Michigan at our sister paper, the Metro Times in Detroit, know Betsy DeVos all too well. Here’s their dispatch after this week’s news.) With Wednesday’s announcement that President-elect Donald Trump has appointed GOP donor Betsy DeVos as his education secretary, it looks like there will finally be a DeVos…
“You’ll Be a Legend”: Beanie Wells Talks OSU/Michigan — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
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Cleveland Cinemas Announces Holiday Film Schedule
[image-1]Cleveland Cinemas has announced its line-up of Holiday films, playing through the month of December at the Capitol Theatre on the west side and the Cedar Lee on the east. The local theater chain must’ve been cranking out press releases before the Thanksgiving Holiday — they announced their Late Shift roster Wednesday as well. The…
Local Indie Rockers Grovewood to Play CD Release Show at the Five O’Clock Lounge
A few years back when He-Chaw Funk singer Chris Bishop moved out of town, the other guys in the band — bassist Matt Rusincovitch, drummer Ryan Bilikam and guitarist Sasha A. Kostadinov — got together at the Grovewood Tavern to discuss their future plans and meet their current singer Gillian Freed, who was tending bar…
Sounds Like the Browns Career Fair Was a Very Browns Event Indeed
[image-1]Keeping tabs on whether the Browns will eke out anything resembling a success this year, Deadspin checked in with the Browns Career Fair last week. In short: Let’s just say that no one’s rushing up the corporate ladder of the pro sports world anytime soon. For $65 or $105, attendees received a ticket to the Steelers-Browns game…
Cleveland Cinemas Announces Schedule for First Half of 2017’s Late Shift Series
Cleveland Cinemas has just announced the titles for the first half of its 2017 Late Shift Series, a program dedicated to the nostalgic cult and camp cinema that we love and cherish even though it’s certainly not Oscar-worthy material. The series has been a fixture at the Cedar Lee since 2006. All 2016 films will…
This Cleveland Restaurateur Once Fed 10,000 People on Thanksgiving During the Great Depression
A little history for you on this afternoon before a long holiday weekend and a reminder to do what you can for others. That man up there is George Dallas, a Cleveland restaurateur from back in the early 1900s who became something of a Thanksgiving Santa Claus. Via the Cleveland Memory Project: Beginning in 1924…
Two Years Later, Tamir Rice’s Family Still Awaits Justice
Two years ago, on Nov. 22, 2014, Tamir Rice was shot and killed by Cleveland officer Timothy Loehmann. After a lengthy and oft-criticized investigation, County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced that a grand jury had “declined to indict” Loehmann and his partner, officer Frank Garmback. Despite that, the Rice family awaits justice. But what course of…
Cleveland City Council *Introduces* Legislation Regulating Storefront Tax Preparers
Monday, Cleveland City Council introduced an emergency ordinance that will regulate storefront tax preparers. Spearheaded by Councilman Anthony Brancatelli, the new regulations mandate that storefront tax preparers like Liberty Tax Service, H&R Block and Jackson-Hewitt disclose all of their fees upfront and must be certified by the city’s department of licenses and assessments. Preparers will…
Dick Goddard’s Final Forecast: Tears and Jokes
Fox 8’s Dick Goddard said goodbye to Cleveland viewers last night in an emotional telecast that saw him receive proclamations from Mayor Jackson and Governor Kasich, and a Guinness Book of World Records acknowledgement. There’s nothing quite left to say about the man who did some 100,000 forecasts and led a helluva life otherwise, including…
Genghis Con Connects Comic Fans with Indie Artists and Writers
From mainstream icons like Joe Siegel and Joe Shuster (Superman), Marvel’s Brian Michael Bendis, and Bill Waterson (Calvin and Hobbes) to independent legends like Derf, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm and Harvey Pekar (American Splendor), Northeast Ohio has been home to some of the biggest names in comics and cartooning. Less familiar are the countless artists…
Band of the Week: New Moon Rising
MEET THE BAND: Terry Campbell (guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, songwriter), Evan Stone (lead guitar, backup vocals), Justin Chambers (bass, backup vocals) and Steve Deurlein (drums) A GLIMMER OF SUCCESS: The band began recording back in 2012 as Campbell, who was playing solo, recorded one album by himself and self-released it. In the wake of its…
Eastern European Food, Beer and Cheer Make Hansa a Hit
“My customers were telling me, ‘Why don’t you move? Go to Parma, go to Seven Hills,'” Boris Music says of his pioneering days in Ohio City. “Even with a fire, being robbed, being beaten, something told me that the neighborhood was improving. Looking at the trends in America, you have these 40-, 50-year cycles. I…
Old City Libations Expands Food Menu
Old City Libations (6706 Detroit Ave., oldcitysoda.com), the brand new cocktail and soda bar from “Cleveland Hustles” winners Mike Gulley and Sean Adkins, has expanded its menu to go well beyond those popular sodas. The new menu is a checklist for build-your-own pierogi stacked high with toppings, and pretzels complemented by an assortment of dips.…
From the Front of the House to the Back, Cleveland Restaurants are Dealing With a Talent Crunch
In advance of the Republican National Convention, longtime Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema visited Cleveland, where he dined at a number of independent restaurants as research for a travel feature. Alongside praise for local establishments like Flying Fig was a swift and unequivocal swing at the service he received while dining around town. “One missing ingredient:…
A Northeast Ohio Native Helped Bring Disney’s ‘Moana’ to Life
As a Look Development Artist for the new Disney animated flick Moana, Rich Fallat painted textures and added hair and physical properties to animated characters. In addition, he brought to life character designs by the film’s art director. In a recent phone interview, Fallat was not exactly sure how growing up in Northeast Ohio contributed to…
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard Star in World War II Drama ‘Allied’
writer-director Robert Zemeckis delivered blockbuster films in the ’90s, including Back to the Future, Forrest Gump and Cast Away. His track record hasn’t been as strong recently, though that’s not to say his films haven’t been as good. But it does suggest that his movies might not connect with audiences in the same way that…
Savage Love: Eat Me
Dear Dan, I’m a very sex-positive girl and I finally convinced my boyfriend to open up about his fetishes. I could tell he was ashamed and torn about sharing them with me, but I’ve been with my fair share of guys and surfed the net for years, and I was convinced nothing would shock me.…
Get a Good Sense of the Philosopher and Man in ‘The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail’ at Ensemble Theatre
“I wouldn’t mind your being peculiar. But do you have to work at it so hard?” When Henry David Thoreau’s mother says that to him, early in The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, we aren’t yet aware that it will serve as an excellent summary of this script by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.…
