Local Pop-Punk Act Pipe Dream to Play Farewell Show at Grog Shop
The local pop-punk band Pipe Dream — guitarist Spencer Hendricks, singer-bassist Jack Ellis and guitarist Gavin Sterkel — formed in late 2012 when the guys were still high school students. Set to relocate to Los Angeles at the end of the month, the band will celebrate the end of a great run with a farewell…
Cavs Close Door on Preseason, Make Final Prep for Title Run
As far as NBA basketball goes, there wasn’t much to enjoy about the Cavaliers preseason, nor was there much to report. While preseason is never exactly a joy, most years it does provide an extended look at the second stringers. But with just about the entire starting squad nursing or recovering from injuries, the backups…
Local Bands to Play Special Sets of Cover Songs at Beachland’s Halloween 9: Party All the Time
The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern has announced that it will host the ninth annual Beachland Halloween party. Dubbed Beachland Halloween 9: Party All The Time, the event takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. The club promises “endless entertainment throughout the night,” and there will be a costume contest, DJs and drink specials.…
Ohio Halts Executions Until At Least 2017 Because It Can’t Find the Drugs It Needs to Legally Kill People
After allegedly trying and failing to obtain the necessary drugs by possibly illegal measures, according to a report from BuzzFeed earlier this year, and after a string of problematic executions in previous years that left victims gasping and writhing for damn near a half hour, Ohio announced that it’s putting off all state-sanctioned state punishments…
Rapper Kendrick Lamar to Play House of Blues in November
Earlier this year, rapper Kendrick Lamar released his third studio effort, To Pimp a Butterfly, a heady album that dabbles in funk, spoken word poetry and jazz. It topped the charts all the over the world and made Lamar into a superstar. Now, he’s just announced a special small-hall fall tour, TDE Presents: 1st Annual Kunta’s…
Dates Announced for 20th Annual Tri-C High School Rock Off
Now in its twentieth year, the annual Tri- C High School Rock Off will return to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the site of last year’s competition. The annual battle of the high school bands and musicians is presented by Live Nation, Cuyahoga Community College Recording Arts and Technology School, Scene…
The Amusing, Believable “Bat Boy” at Blank Canvas Theatre
In order to do a great production of this hilarious musical about a half-boy/half-bat, named Edgar by his adoptive parents, you need an actor playing Edgar who is willing to throw himself bodily and every other way into the role. Indeed, this is a human-animal hybrid that even director and puppet creator Julie Taymor might…
Food Network’s Cake Wars to Feature Clevelanders in Christmas Series
The Food Network is set to represent the 216 this holiday season with a mixture of guest judges and contestants from Northeast Ohio joining in “Cake Wars: Christmas.” The confection-filled throwdown premieres Nov. 9, unveiling Akron’s expert cake sculptor Stephen Baity to the nation. In each installment of the six-episode series, teams of seven will…
ResponsibleOhio Fires Woman Who ‘Played’ Buddie, the Weed Mascot
The Columbus woman who donned the “Buddie” costume for ResponsibleOhio since August was fired last week. Ericka Buford, 26, still isn’t clear on why she was canned on Oct. 14. From the Dayton Daily News: “I wasn’t treated fairly at all,” Buford said. “They never gave me a reason behind letting me go. We had…
Indie Rockers Saintseneca Explore the Concept of Consciousness on New Album
Saintseneca multi-instrumentalist Zac Little might have grown up on a farm in Noble County, Ohio, but don’t take that to mean that his youth was that much different than that of a typical teen. “From the time I was a little kid I was making up songs and stuff, just dumb little things,” he says…
Is a Cleveland RTA Rail Shutdown Unavoidable?
An advocacy group for intercity train travel in Ohio published a story Monday suggesting that, due to a severe lack of state and federal funding, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority won’t be able to operate Blue and Green Line trains from Shaker Heights to downtown Cleveland at full capacity in as little as five…
Lakewood Hospital Non-Debate Heats Up
With the election just two weeks away at this point, the debate over the future of Lakewood Hospital — and, dare we say, the community as a whole — is reaching critical levels. Now, we’re not talking about a literal debate here; the two mayoral candidates, duking it out in a proxy war for the…
Two Northeast Ohioans File Class-Action Lawsuit Against DraftKings, FanDuel
Alleging a “systematic and continued violation of the Ohio Revised Code and various criminal laws,” Scott Tyler of Mayfield and Owen McGrew of Olmsted Falls filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against FanDuel and DraftKings. “FanDuel and DraftKings are each operating an illegal online sports betting business within the State of Ohio,” the suit claims. The plaintiffs explain that…
Parma Mayor to Present Key to City to NunSlaughter Drummer Jim Konya
In a ceremony scheduled for November 19, Parma Mayor Tim DeGeeter will present the Key to the City to heavy metal drummer Jim Konya, who performed with NunSlaughter and Schnauzer and who passed away in September at age 44 after suffering two strokes. The local metal community rallied around Konya at the time, finding ways to…
Breaking Down Yet Another Browns Loss and Some Off the Field Nonsense — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
The Browns, as you surely know by now, lost in overtime to Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Andre Knott and Zac Jackson break down all the action on and off the field. Among other topics, Andre and Zac discuss Josh McCown, Karlos Dansby, Danny Shelton, and Johnny Manziel. Subscribe to the A to Z Podcast…
Cleveland Tattoo Artist Offers Nipple Re-Pigmentation Service for Breast Cancer Survivors (NSFW)
Casual passersby might not notice the tattoo parlor sitting along a dusty stretch of East 305th Street in Wickliffe, marked by a few window posters and a sign that reads “Appointments Only.” But Sacred Tattoo is becoming a destination for a very specific group of clients: breast cancer survivors. Enter Breast Renew – a service…
Hofbräuhaus Cleveland Turns One
A quarter of a million beers, 100,000 sausages and a bunch of drunken nights that nobody remembers mark one year since the opening of Hofbräuhaus Cleveland. On Thursday, Oct. 22, the German microbrewery/beer hall officially turns 1 and, of course, there’s a feier (celebration). Hofbräuhaus will ring in its anniversary beginning at 5 p.m. in true…
Mod Meals Promises Chef-Made Meals at Fast-Casual Prices Delivered to Your Door
Imagine being able to order restaurant quality meals prepared by some of Cleveland’s top chefs and have them delivered to your door at fast-casual prices. That’s the objective behind Mod Meals, a tech-based solution to that ever-present problem of what to do about dinner. What Mod Meals is not is a delivery service that simply…
The Best of This Week’s Classical Music Events in Cleveland
Clarinetist Franklin Cohen retired as principal of The Cleveland Orchestra at the end of the last Severance Hall season, but he’s busy pursuing an active solo career. You can hear him twice this week in completely different programs. On Wednesday, October 21, he’ll join pianist Zsolt Bognár in an 8:00 pm faculty recital in Kulas…
Update: Parma Homeowners Decide to Re-install Dead Body Display After Weeks of Attention
Update II: Today in Parma Halloween decoration news, we’ve discovered the Barrett family has decided to re-install their controversial dead body display after receiving an “overwhelming response from the community” (and probably a few Scene readers). In a statement to Fox 8, the Barretts stand by their choice of decor: The decision to put the…
Lorain County Pizzeria Takes Home Two Awards in Two Weeks
Two awards, two weeks and one great Italian eatery. Lorain County’s Lorenzo’s Pizzeria had landed not one, but two awards this month for its pizza and community commitment. First, Pulse Magazine dubbed the 33-year-old Oberlin staple as the best place to snag a slice of pizza in town. The mag featured Lorenzo’s in its “Best of…
Ohio Rights Group Endorses Issue 3
We generally don’t get involved in reporting on the endorsement game — except for those weird instances where media conglomerates delete dubious video footage of Gov. John Kasich or a longtime foe of the ResponsibleOhio folks suddenly endorses their ballot measure. The latter, this week: Ohio Rights Group, an organization that has championed medicinal marijuana…
Michelle Obama, LeBron James to Visit University of Akron This Week
First Lady Michelle Obama will join LeBron James this week to chat about the importance of post-secondary education at the University of Akron, an ironic but perhaps deliberate location choice given the institution’s colossal budget cuts earlier this year. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, thousands of students and parents (or at least those not drawn to Cleveland…
FINALLY, Hilton Cleveland Downtown is on Facebook
Signifying its near-completion and readiness for the RNC in July, 2016, the Hilton Cleveland Downtown Hotel has arrived on Facebook. You can peruse architectural renderings, get your dose of downtown boosterism — BuzzFeed ranks Cleveland third on a list of American cities you didn’t know you had to visit! — and read uplifting anecdotes from…
Punk Rockers Mayday Parade Return with Their Most Nuanced Album to Date
Formed nearly ten years ago in Tallahassee, punk rockers Mayday Parade got off to a rip-roaring start. The band sold some 50,000 copies of its debut EP, Tales Told by Dead Friends, before inking a deal with Fearless Records (and then landing on Atlantic Records for a minute). Initially, band members played in two separate groups…
Mahall’s to Host ‘Back to the Future’ Party
Oct. 21, 2015 was the actual day that Marty McFly and Doc Brown reached the future in the 1985 movie Back to the Future, the highest grossing film of the year. To mark the occasion, Mahall’s in Lakewood will host a Back to the Future party at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Three local…
Film About a Police Officer’s Fight for Her Rights Doesn’t Do Its Source Material Justice
Based on the true story of police officer Laurel Hester’s fight against the New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, director Peter Sollett’s new drama, Freeheld, stumbles out of the gate and then never regains its footing as it tries to bring the story to life. The movie opens today at the Cedar Lee Theatre. The…
“Redneck Mom in the Hood” Running for Cleveland Heights City Council
Cleveland Heights resident Julie Love, an inactive CPA who blogs at redneckmominthehood.blogspot.com, is running for a seat on Cleveland Heights city council. That doesn’t sit well with some residents who worry that Love’s political views — a small-government, “anti-Sharia-Law” ideology oft-associated with the Tea Party — will reflect poorly on the inner-ring suburb to the…
You Can Blame These 12 Guys From Cleveland For Creating Bullshit ‘Sweetest Day’
Saturday is Sweetest Day. Well, Saturday is Sweetest Day in many Midwestern towns, mainly Cleveland and Detroit. But in the rest of the country it will just be a regular ole Saturday. Who’s to blame for that? Those 12 white guys up top. (From left to right, courtesy of this post: C.R. Canter, A.E. Barton, R.T.…
Beachland Ballroom to Host All Vinyl Record Show
The compact disc might be headed toward extinction but vinyl sales continue to rise. Vinyl addicts will undoubtedly be happy to hear that the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern will host Record Riot, an all-vinyl record show, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14. The event will feature national and local record dealers…
Cleveland Public Power Has Charged Customers $128 Million in Controversial Fees
Front page news in the PD Friday morning: Cleveland Public Power, the city-owend electric utility, has charged its customers more than $128 million in fees over the past 16 years. The fees, which have been tacked on to statements as an “environmental adjustment,” don’t require City Council approval. Former utilities director Paul Bender told the NEOMG…
9 Concerts To Catch This Weekend
FRIDAY, OCT. 16 Welshly Arms Riding the crest of newfound recognition following Positively Cleveland’s “Cleveland Anthem” marketing video, Welshly Arms is eyeing nothing but blue skies. And rightfully so. This is one of those local bands — one among many, sure — that deserve a broader fan base. Last year, the band dropped a six-song…
Local Singer-Guitarist CJ Gunn to Celebrate Release of His New Book with a Series of Shows
Local singer-guitarist CJ Gunn, who spent several years playing with Ramones drummer Marky Ramone, has just published a warts-and-all book about the experience. Gunn’s autobiography, Catch Me When I Fall; A Story Of Punk Rock, Addiction and Recovery, came out earlier this year. Coincidentally, Ramone, who played with the Ramones for 15 years before embarking…
Cleveland School of the Arts Student is One of the Nation’s Five Best Youth Poets
De’John Hardges, 16, a junior at Cleveland School of the Arts, loves reading his own poetry out loud. On his phone, he’s got a list of his poems arranged alphabetically by title, and when he begins, his voice is deep and assured… Hardges is a Garfield Heights resident and an energetic ambassador for the literary…
The Ohio City Singers Announce Schedule for Christmas Concerts
About 10 years ago, local singer-songwriter Chris Allen and his sister Molly worked up four Christmas tunes at their father’s request and then threw a big Christmas party to which they invited their musician friends. They played the four original tunes they had penned as well as a few choice covers, recorded them and delivered…
Local Art and Music Web-Based Audio Program to Debut Next Week
Local writer and musician Eddie Fleisher (also known as his alter ego, Johnny La Rock) has just announced the details of his new audio program, Hashtag City, set to launch on Oct. 19. Fleisher has been involved in the music scene in Cleveland for years, playing in bands like Presque Vu and Johnny La Rock &…
Reminder: Linndale, Newburgh Hts. Still Issuing Speed Camera Tickets to Fill City Coffers
Just because laws have changed and speed cameras are largely a thing of the past doesn’t mean that Podunk hamlets that use mayor’s courts and traffic fines to bolster budgets aren’t done giving you tickets. Sure, speed cameras now have to be manned, in a matter of speaking, by an actual officer who has to…
Following Civil Trial, Landowner Allegedly ‘Threatened’ NEXUS Surveyor with Shotgun
NEXUS warded off a challenge to its pipeline surveying work when a Medina County judge ruled that landowners must allow the company’s representatives onto their property. (Four residents were named as defendants in a restraining order case earlier this year; they eventually lost in court after obtaining a temporary victory.) And so on Oct. 10,…
Writer-Director Zhang Yimou’s New Film Delves into Chinese History
Perhaps most famous for having directed martial arts movies such as Hero and House of Flying Daggers, Chinese writer-director Zhang Yimou takes a step back from complex choreography and hyper-violence with the understated Coming Home, a well-crafted historical drama and love story based on the novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi. The movie opens today at…
Tamir Rice Family Calls Out County Prosecutor’s ‘Delay’ in Presenting Shooting Case to Grand Jury, Requests Special Prosecutor
With the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Tamir Rice looming, the long and winding investigation into what happened on Nov. 22, 2014, at Cudell Rec Center remains ongoing. Tamir’s mother, Samaria, has been a vocal critic of the prosecutor’s and sheriff’s offices’ foot-dragging; the concerns she’s voicing today have been lobbed at the…
Guillermo del Toro’s New Horror Film Offers Stunning Visuals in Place of a Compelling Story
Known for gothic horrors like Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone as well as more mainstream American movies like Hellboy and Pacific Rim, director Guillermo del Toro is a master of dark fantasy. His latest film, Crimson Peak, is a big-budget Hollywood horror film. Crimson Peak sets up a Jane Austen-esque romance but quickly reveals a…
Featuring Different Actor Every Time, ‘White Rabbit, Red Rabbit’ Pleases with its Mystery
It would seem that claiming conscientious objector status—in Iran!—would be one of the scariest things to do. So maybe that’s why Nassim Soleimanpour decided to come up with a theatrical concept that is even more terrifying, not to mention quite humorous. As a CO in Iran, playwright Soleimanpour is not allowed to travel. So he…
No Style Points, No Wins, But No Matter; It’s Just Preseason
Let’s be frank. That D-League team wearing the wine and gold this preseason isn’t exactly a joy to watch. Starters have passed in and out of the lineup like cameos because of injuries and the oddly loaded schedule. (Five games in eight days with two back-to-backs?) Whatever the excuse, the Cavaliers are still winless after…
Still Evil After All These Years, Danzig Brings His Blackest of the Black Tour to the Agora
Known as one of rock’s more cantankerous characters, singer Glenn Danzig isn’t an easy guy to interview. Even before our short phone conversation begins, we’re advised to not ask any questions about the Misfits, the horror-punk band that he founded. After they broke up in 1983, bassist Jerry Only reformed the Misfits in 1995, and…
City of Avon Gets Massive New Water Tower
Thursday morning, the City of Avon watched as a gigantic new water tower at the corner of Mills Road and Rt. 83 was lifted into place. It will be the western suburb’s second water tower and has been under construction since October, 2014. It has a capacity of roughly three million gallons — for comparison,…
Cedar Point Worker Arrested for Allegedly Raping 14-Year-Old Co-Worker
Sandusky police arrested a University of Pennsylvania student and temporary Cedar Point employee named Domenico Grace-Iacovetta on rape charges Saturday night. Grace-Iacovetta is accused of raping a 14-year-old fellow employee. According to the Sandusky Register, the 20-year-old college student was working at Cedar Point to raise funds for his fraternity, Phi Kappa Tau, as a…
Scene Podcast: Loud in Cleveland with The Commonwealth
With one year of podcastin’ in Cleveland on the table, Loud in Cleveland returns this week with their latest episode, which features The Commonwealth. The band will perform at Beachland Ballroom tomorrow night with Welshly Arms. From hosts Drew Maziasz and Michael Cornacchione: Andrew and Nick Kuhar are a pair of brothers that are at the front…
‘Bar Rescue’ Features Another Northeast Ohio Restaurant This Weekend
Over the summer, there was all sorts of hoopla when the loud, often angry Jon Taffer brought his Bar Rescue crew to Akron to turn around Ripper Owens’ Rock House. This fall, the Taffer team picked a new northeast Ohio destination to help revamp: Youngstown’s Royal Oaks, a bar and BBQ joint being driven into…
Brimfield Bread Oven, NEO’s First Wood-Fired Bakery, to Open in Kent
If all goes as planned, Jud and Genevieve Smith will open the doors to Northeast Ohio’s first commercial wood-fired bakery before Thanksgiving. Located just outside of Kent, Brimfield Bread Oven will be a European-style bakery and café specializing in naturally leavened breads featuring locally sourced grains baked using heat generated exclusively from wood. The heart…
Kenan Ivery Found Guilty of Off-Duty Akron Police Officer’s Murder
Following lengthy deliberations this week, a Summit County jury found Kenan Ivery guilty of the 2014 murder of off-duty Akron police officer Justin Winebrenner. From earlier AP reporting: Police say Ivery was asked to leave Papa Don’s Pub in Akron after being unruly, then returned [that same night] with a gun and shot 32-year-old Justin…
Local Graphic Artist Derf Backderf to Host Book Launch Party at the B-side Lounge
The follow-up to his last graphic novel, My Friend Dahmer, Derf Backderf’s new book, Trashed, is “an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs—garbage collector.” According to the press release announcing the book’s release, “Anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig will relate to this tale.” The story centers on three friends…
Indigo Girls’ Latest Release is Another Powerful Collection of Songs and Stories
It’s been 30 years since the Indigo Girls independently released their first single, “Crazy Game” in 1985. Appropriately, it’s been a wild ride for Emily Saliers and Amy Ray through the decades that have followed. The pair has a friendship that goes all of the way back to elementary school. By high school, they were…
Zygote Press to Celebrate German, Iranian Artists Here Via Residency
Zygote Press’ Dresden Exchange, which is sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council, is the longest-running international artist exchange program in Ohio. Since 1995, Zygote Press and the Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, Germany, have each traded two local artists to learn from and work with. This year, Zygote sent its talented Ink House Manager Christi Birchfield, as…
Broadway Legend John Kander, Still Writing at 88, to Visit Cleveland
If you’ve ever hummed the tunes from Cabaret or Chicago. or been stirred by the first few bars of the theme from New York, New York, you should “start spreading the news” that the man who wrote that music is coming to Cleveland. John Kander, the composer who teamed up for years with lyricist Fred…
Pop-punk Act Motion City Soundtrack Explores a Nautical Theme on New Album
Motion City Soundtrack started in Minneapolis, a city that has a long, strong music history. When it first formed, the band played the city’s smaller, underground clubs and partnered with acts such as Cadillac Blindside and Amp 176. Pierre has described the band as “friends with bands who were way better than us and were…
Backstage Pass: An Interview with Singer-Songwriter Graham Nash
A two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum inductee, singer-songwriter Graham Nash rolled into town earlier this week (direct from Norway, where Crosby, Stills and Nash had just wrapped a tour) to help kick off the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s newest exhibit, Graham Nash: Touching the Flame. The exhibit includes items…
Tea Party, Judge Grendell, Continue to Control and Corrupt Geauga Park District
One of three Geauga County Park District commissioners was removed from his post Tuesday after only seven months on the job. Jeffrey T. Orndorff, an Auburn Township attorney, was appointed in March by probate judge Timothy J. Grendell, a former state legislator from the Republican Party’s rightmost fringe. Grendell’s removal of Orndorff is in keeping…
The Price Is Right Live Returns to Cleveland in February
America’s favorite game show returns to Cleveland this winter with its interactive stage experience, The Price is Right Live! Show-goers will have the chance to be plucked from the audience and win big prizes — Appliances! Vacations! A brand new car! — during the February 18 show at Playhouse Square. And, lucky for you, we…
Ring in Halloween with Quasimodo: The Cleveland Orchestra Brings Back “At the Movie” Series
Quasimodo and live organ music: Is there really any other way to celebrate Halloween Eve? The Cleveland Orchestra kicks off its fifth season of “At the Movies” with a 1923 silent film, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, definitely not Disney’s remake. On October 30, the classic will play on the big screen above Severance Hall stage, accompanied…
Mount Union’s Vince Kehres Talks Football — The A to Z Podcast with Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Today, Andre and Zac bring in their first guest to the A to Z Podcast, and it’s none other than Vince Kehres, head coach of the Mount Union Purple Raiders. Let’s get right to it. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. For Android users, here’s the RSS feed. Download the episode here. Or…
ALO Tangles Up the Beachland Ballroom In Funky Joy Grooves
You missed another good one, Cleveland. (Unless were there, in which case you had a hell of a good time.) I bring that up only as a brief foundation for this review. One of the more dynamic bands in the U.S. these days (yes, really) hit Cleveland last night for the first time in more…
Small Plane Crashes at Hopkins Airport
A small single-engine airplane with three people on board crashed at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Wednesday just before 10 a.m. The runway has been temporarily closed. Airport officials say that no one was injured and that the crash was caused when the plane’s nose wheel collapsed during the landing and caused it to slide into…
Ohio Hospital Employee Tells Little Girl That Boy Who Sliced Her Face Open Probably Just ‘Likes’ Her
The narrative of abuse in America — the vast majority of which is man on woman (though certainly not exclusively) — is a long and weary tale reaffirmed each year by stomach-churning statics on date rape, violence in the workplace, domestic abuse, femicide, sex trafficking, and more. This month, an Ohio hospital worker proves yet…
The Story of Cleveland’s Gang Violence Is Written Chapter By Chapter with Balloons, Posters and Candles on the City’s Streets
A crowd gathers slowly around a utility pole on East 113th Street in Cleveland. Young and old, they bring balloons and stuffed animals, candles and memories. A child no older than 6 hoists a poster onto the ragged roadside pine. Bedecked with photos of his uncle, the poster reads: “Do It 4 Deck.” Today’s gathering…
Three-Headed Beast of Art Exhibitions Opens at 78th Street Studios
Just in time for Halloween, this month’s Third Friday at 78th Street Studios is highlighted by the emergence of a “Three-Headed Beast” of exhilarating new exhibitions by some of the city’s most respected artists. These shows include a Godzilla-themed group show at Derek Hess Gallery, the debut of Michael Gill’s highly anticipated children’s book, A…
Alley Cat Finds its Home On the Water
Slurping raw oysters at the bar in Alley Cat, with the full expanse of the restaurant opened up to the river, we enjoyed views of the neighborhood in ways we haven’t in ages. Slender, slippery rowing shells glide by titanic freighters. Architecturally striking bridges, viaducts and overpasses pepper the landscape. People, so many people, amble…
Specialized Food Workshops Address Every Interest
Tuesdays are breakdown days at Saucisson. This means that butchers Melissa Khoury and Penny Barend are at Katz Club Diner, where they currently rent prep space until they move into their new home in Slavic Village, making into sausage what was only hours earlier a whole hog. If you find a certain magic in these…
‘Bridge of Spies’ Is Director’s Latest Gem
In the riveting opening minutes of Bridge of Spies, U.S. agents pursue a presumed Soviet operative through the meandering tenements, parks and subway cars of New York City. Director Steven Spielberg, a man who’s not shy about the fact that he can make action movies in his sleep, reminds us of his cinematic expertise immediately.…
Film Spotlight: 12 Hours of Terror at the Capitol Theatre
Saturday night, bring your comfy PJs to the Capitol Theatre (1390 W. 65th St.) for Cleveland Cinemas’ sixth-annual 12 Hours of Terror festival. The scary-movie marathon begins at 8 p.m. and will run — as can be readily deduced — for 12 hours, all night long. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at any…
Band of the Week: Nasty Habit
Meet the Band: Tommy Ende (lead vocals), Kenny Ende (guitars), Frank Wheeler (bass), David Jordan (drums) Throwback Thursday: While most contemporary musicians find inspiration in alt-rock or hip-hop, the members of Nasty Habit have a glam rock sound that would fit right in on the Sunset Strip in the 1980s. Nasty Habit officially came into…
Bullets Over Broadway Has Everything But What It Needs
Imagine, if you will, an entirely hypothetical situation in which a small, nebbishy guy—say, Woody Allen—is in a horrible accident and loses all his limbs. But the doctor says he can graft on new ones, and he recommends transplanting the arms and legs of a recently deceased champion body builder. Sounds like a good idea…
