30 Photos from Peabody’s Illustrious Past
The epicenter for the city’s metal and hardcore scenes, Peabody’s hosted its last show last night. Located across the street from Cleveland State University, the venue is being torn down to make room for a health innovation center. Owner Chris Zitterbart has decided to move his operation to the Agora, but it’s unclear whether the…
Jets Player Josh Cribbs Pulls the “At Least We’re Not Cleveland” Card
Ex-Browns player Josh Cribbs is under fire today after taking a jab at his former team, while praising his current one, the New York Jets, who are fresh off a 49-9 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals. “We’re not the Browns,” Cribbs told Newsday on Sunday. “We’re not the team that gives up. We have fight…
The Akron Aeros Changed Their Name to the Akron RubberDucks
Akron Aeros top brass announced a branding overhaul this morning. They’ve changed the team name to the Akron RubberDucks. The name comes from Akron’s history as the “Rubber Capital of the World.” Akron maintains standing as the home of Goodyear HQ and the Bridgestone-Firestone tech center. “We wanted to do something that was fun and…
15 Real Northeast Ohio Haunted Places
Looking for a thrill this Halloween? Why not try out a real haunted house instead of a gimmicky gore fest? Ohio has a lot of places that are rumored to be plagued by spirits and paranormal happenings. Check out these fifteen real haunted places and prepare to be scared out of your mind!
Ohio University Students, Alumni Live-Tweet Alleged Sexual Assault During Homecoming Weekend: UPDATE
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The alleged sexual assault took place outside of this bank on Court Street last weekend. Athens County prosecutors announced on Monday that no charges will be filed in the Ohio University street sex case because neither the accused nor the victim can actually remember what happened that night. Since neither party can accurately…
America’s Got Talent Live Comes to the Playhouse Next Week
If you’re an America’s Got Talent fan, we’ve got some good news for you- The NBC hit show is coming to Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare on Nov. 6. Headlining Wednesday’s stage show is Season 8 winner, Kenichi Ebina, who made a splash earlier this year for his bizarre, one-of-a-kind dancing style, which combines illusions, mime, and special…
Backstage Pass: An interview with New Beat Fund
We caught up with the guys from the L.A.-based band New Beat Fund, who play House of Blues tonight as part of the Journeys Noise Tour with 3Oh!3, the Summer Set and Wallpaper, to talk about the current tour and their terrific new album which features the infectious hit “Scare Me.”
A New Chapter in the Uncle Drew Saga
If you’ve been following Kyrie Irving’s off-court exploits (or even if you haven’t), you know that he doubles as the Pepsi Max mascot and spinner of oldschool b-ball wisdom, Uncle Drew. Today, Irving (through Pepsi) has released the third chapter in Uncle Drew’s chronicles. The story follows an aging — but still incredibly nimble —…
This Week Marks One Year Since Hurricane Sandy
ERIC SANDY Lakewood Park post-storm Out on the east coast, whole neighborhoods are still crushed by the consequences of Hurricane Sandy. Here in Northeast Ohio, the damage – considerable, to be sure – wasn’t as devastating, but memories of the storm live on. Remember when the storm brought pieces of old Municipal Stadium out of…
Sandusky Couple Names Daughter “Scarlet Gray” in Honor of OSU Buckeyes
A Sandusky couple has taken fandom to a whole new level. Justin and Kim King have named their daughter “Scarlet Gray” on purpose. Justin has been an Ohio State Buckeyes fan “since [he] was real young,” according to the Sandusky Register. The parents decided to make sure that their 3-month old daughter followed suit. Scarlet…
The Ohio State University Marching Band Transformed into a Prowling T-Rex and Ate Someone
The Ohio State Marching Band wowed audiences again this week with an incredible blockbuster film tribute performance. Highlights include “Superman” at 1:20,”The Lord of the Rings” at 2:20, and “Harry Potter” at 4:59, but the real treats pop up in the second half. Around the video’s six minute mark, “Jurassic Park” comes on and the…
Analysis: The Racist Facebook Rant of an Akron Music Teacher
Sometimes even teachers say inconceivably stupid things on social media. David Spondike, a music teacher at Akron’s Firestone High School, was angry about an apparent trick-or-treat incident near his house and dropped multiple n-bombs in a Facebook rant aimed at a black teenager (complete with the classic “I’m not racist, but here’s the most racist…
Jeff Beck and Brian Wilson Provide Double Dose of Classic Rock at E.J. Thomas Hall
The pairing of guitar hero Jeff Beck and pop composer Brian Wilson, whose co-headlining tour stopped at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron last night, doesn’t immediately make sense. While both have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the connection between them ends there. Despite their vast differences, the show…
15 Painfully Sexy Halloween Costumes
This year, Halloween falls smack dab in-between two weekends, giving celebrants twice the opportunity to dress up in their holiday finest. It also means we’re bound to see twice the number of totally unnecessary sexy costumes. In recent years, sexy costumes have gone far beyond the normal sexy cop or cheerleader, and have become increasingly…
National Square Dancing Convention to be Held in Cincinnati in 2017
Mark your calendar: the National Square Dance Convention has announced that it will be circling right into Cincinnati in 2017. We all did it in elementary school gym class, but if your square dancing is a bit rusty you have some time to brush up on your terminology and invest in some cowboy boots. The…
Just Another OU Weekend: 100 Arrested at Ohio University Halloween Block Party
The annual Ohio University Halloween block party- famous for its over-the-top costumes and wild quantities of adult beverages- helped to fill the streets and the jail cells of Athens, OH this weekend. Athens police reported 45 arrests, many of them alcohol-related- though at least one was for assault on a police officer’s horse- on Saturday…
No Cleveland Road Closures Slated During Katherine Heigl Film Shoot, “Jenny’s Wedding”
The stars are shooting at University Heights City Hall today, Cleveland.com reports. Apparently Heigl and her co-star Tom Wilkinson shot a scene in Mayor Susan Infeld’s assistant’s office. *** Shooting starts today for the latest Hollywood flick being filmed in Cleveland, Jenny’s Wedding, starring Katherine Heigl and Tom Wilkinson. The good news is that no…
Lou Reed Dead at 71
Reed Lou Reed has died at age 71, Rolling Stone reports. The cause of his death has not yet been released. Earlier this year, Reed underwent a liver transplant at the Cleveland Clinic. From Rolling Stone: “All through this, I’ve always thought that if you thought of all of it as a book then you…
Rock Hall Pays Tribute to Stones at Gala Concert at State Theatre
One of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s signature events, the Music Masters program offers a week of intensive scrutiny of an inductee before concluding with a gala concert. In the past, the concert has offered a mix of commentary and music and provided a chronology of the artist’s career. This year,…
Akron Man Calls Police, Gets Himself Arrested After Cocaine Found on His Microwave
An Akron man called the police to report a burglary, and found that justice was served- to him. Perhaps the police arrived faster than Darren Portis, 45, was expecting. Maybe he forgot that evidence of his illicit activities was on display. Either way, upon arriving at the scene, police arrested Portis after a line of…
The 10 Best Sushi Restaurants In and Around Cleveland
Sushi throughout Northeast Ohio is good when it’s good and bad when it’s bad. We are here to separate the good from the bad and highlight the top 10 sushi joints in the region. Enjoy.
Liberty Township Teen Tries to Burn Down House, Parents
Every teenager butts heads with their parents at some point.. It’s practically in the definition of “teenager.” On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Liberty Township boy took teen angst to a whole new level when he tried to burn his parents to death inside their home. According to Cincinnati’s WCPO and Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones,…
Lakewood Woman Gets Crap from Everyone After She Calls the Cops on her Neighbor Who Left Her a Flirtatious Note
Gentleman- be warned- the next time you try to flirt with an attractive young lass, she may just call the cops on you. At least that’s what one Lakewood woman did recently after she found a note on her car from a man who lives upstairs in her apartment complex. In his note, the author…
On first tour in nearly a decade, Desaparecidos to play House of Blues
Desaparecidos, the Nebraska-based 5-piece fronted by Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes fame), started out with a bang. The group formed in 2001 and made a lasting impression with its 2002 debut, Read Music/Speak Spanish, a white-hot blast of rock ‘n’ roll that lacks some of the pretentiousness of Oberst’s other, more folk-oriented outfits. “We all…
City Sets Community Meeting For Fate of West 117th/Clifton Corner and Vacant Church Property
NEIGHBORS IN ACTION A proposal for turning the property at West 117th Street and Clifton Boulevard into park space has been presented. The northeast corner of West 117th and Clifton in Cleveland is mostly empty now, save for the totally empty church building still standing there. And with development on the horizon, neighbors have been…
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman is Seen Boppin’ and Bustin’ Rhymes in a New Rap Video
Columbus mayor Michael B. Coleman’s rap video went up on YouTube yesterday. The song, called “Succeed,” features local rappers Marquis Mitchell and William Pace with the chorus performed by students from the Columbus Arts and Technology Academy. The rap song is intended to encourage kids to stay in school. Coleman (sadly) doesn’t do much rapping, but…
PHOTOS: A History of 15 Cleveland Breweries (That Are No More)
Cleveland Beer Week is coming to a close and perhaps it’s just a result of all the glorious, glorious beer that’s been pouring this week, but this ole gal is feeling a bit nostalgic about the end of yet another successful nine-day beer fest. To commemorate all the new memories we’ve made this week and…
Cleveland Browns Have Had Way More QBs Than St. Ignatius
At a certain point, the dead horse has been beaten to such pulverized smithereens that it no longer resembles a horse. But ESPN has found a new and particularly depressing way to contextualize the Cleveland Browns’ QB carousel: …A high school team in 14 seasons will have had one half the starting quarterbacks the Browns…
Vigils Planned for Christina Adkins, Christina Kleckner, Ashley Summers
With news that hundreds of indictments have come down in one of Cleveland’s longest-running missing persons cases, renewed awareness has sparked hope for others. Christina Adkins’ remains were discovered in a utility vault along I-90 earlier this month. Elias Acevedo was indicted on hundreds of charges of kidnapping, rape, and aggravated murder in that case…
Cleveland to be Site of Another Movie Shoot: “Jenny’s Wedding,” Starring Katherine Heigl, Starts Filming Monday
Cleveland is about to host another round of film crews and celebrities as the movie Jenny’s Wedding, starring Katherine Heigl and Tom Wilkinson, begins filming on Monday, the Greater Cleveland Film Commission announced yesterday. The film centers around Heigl’s character, Jenny, who causes a massive sea change in the lives of her closely knit, highly…
10 Things Going on in Cleveland this Weekend (October 25-27)
There may be a nip in the air (or an all out snow storm coming our way), but this weekend Cleveland’s fall festivities are heatin’ up big time. Highlights over the next few days include Brewzilla, Beer Week’s epic end-of-festival blowout, as well as an electric Miles Davis tribute by the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and…
Elias Acevedo Awaiting Trial in 20-Year-Old Rape and Murder Cases
CUYAHOGA COUNTY Acevedo Elias Acevedo Sr., the man indicted on hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges, is in jail awaiting trial. He was charged last week with the 1994 kidnapping, rape and murder of Pamela Pemberton and the 1995 kidnapping, rape and murder of Christina Adkins. He was also charged with the rape of two…
Cleveland Museum of Art Board Investigated David Franklin’s Affair, Forced His Resignation
In a recent meeting, the board of the Cleveland Museum of Art discussed what to do regarding David Franklin, its director. After rumors spread that Franklin had an affair with a CMA staffer who committed suicide five months ago reached the higher ups, chairman R. Steven Kestner sat with Franklin, who strongly denied the rumors.…
Thousands Left Without Power During First Snow of Season
THE CLEVELAND KID/FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS Brace yourself. The first snow of the season is among the greatest indulgences of the Northeast Ohio press. In some circles, it’s more rousing than a local corruption scandal, a Browns victory and a Frank Jackson gaffe combined. Quickly, here are two important things from your pals at Scene: How…
Cleveland Shoreway Spotted in this 16 Second Captain America Trailer
Heya Cleveland, ready for our 16 seconds of fame? Actually it’s more like half a second. Right around the 0:08 mark of the newly released Captain America: The Winter Solider trailer, you can get a glimpse of our beloved Cleveland West Shoreway serving as a backdrop for a dramatic car explosion. Hope you think it’s…
Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ale First Pour Starts at 11:30 a.m.
“Take a vacation day on October 24—a Christmas vacation day, that is!” Great Lakes Brewing Company has announced the first Christmas Ale pour of the season will take place on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 11:30 a.m. Clevelanders jonesin’ for a swig of the sweet stuff can stop by the Ohio City brewpub on the 24th,…
Former Cleveland Museum of Art Director David Franklin Resigns After Affair, Suicide; Cell Phone of Victim Missing
Three days ago, Cleveland Museum of Art director David Franklin abruptly resigned, effective immediately, from his post at the prestigious organization for personal reasons. Scene was the first to give a glance into those personal reasons last night: Franklin had an affair with a CMA staffer (whose name we will not use) and she committed…
Unintentional ‘Dick In a Box’ at the Arcade
It’s cold outside and there’s lots of heavy news floating around today, so here’s some unintentional dick in a box (or, clit in a box in this case) spotted by Reddit user Steiner7305 at the Arcade downtown.
Matthew Cordle, YouTube Confessor, Gets 6.5 Years in Prison for Killing a Man
Update III: In a YouTube video that went positively viral, Matthew Cordle, 22, said he was prepared to accept a hefty sentence after he killed a man during a drunken driving accident over the summer. Looks like Cordle will be doing just that. Today, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David Fais sentenced Cordle to…
Hall in the Family: Preservation Hall Jazz Leader Reflects on the New Orleans Band’s Legacy
When Allan Jaffe and his wife Sandra moved from Pennsylvania to New Orleans in the early ’60s, they didn’t initially come for the music. But they ended up staying for the music after they took over a small, dingy art gallery in the French Quarter and turned it into Preservation Hall, a 100-seat concert venue…
Bring the Noise: Not Just Another Music Shop, Guitar Riot Caters to the Serious Shredder
Late last year, shortly after Brent Ferguson and Tim Parnin opened Guitar Riot, their boutique guitar, pedal and amp shop located on Superior Ave. and East 25th St., a group of teens from Kent drove up to check the place out. “They wanted to play Dr. Z amps because they had never been able to…
Brainy Sex: Multiple Levels of Gay Sexual Tension are Revealed with a Flourish in Lillies
You may not know what’s happening in the first 20 minutes or so of Lilies, or the Revival of a Romantic Drama now at convergence continuum .. Maybe even longer. But stay with it, because this richly textured script by Michel Marc Bouchard contains theatrical and thematic multitudes. As a play within a play within…
Band of the Week: Dan Bankhurst
Meet the Band: Dan Bankhurst (guitars) Teen Dream: Bankhurst started playing guitar when he was 11 years old. Back then, his favorite band was Metallica. “My dad has been a player ever since he was 15, and my older brother started also a few years before I did,” he says. “The two of them pushed…
Savage Love: Lotion Up
Dear Dan — My girlfriend always responds positively when I initiate sex with her, but she hardly ever initiates sex with me. I’m a no-beat-around-the-bush kind of guy, but I realize that this can be a sensitive topic, and I don’t want to scare her by saying, “Please initiate sex more often!” So I do…
Regional Beat: Lorine Chia
Naked Truths (self-released) Twenty-year-old Cleveland-bred Cameroon native Lorine Chia made quite a splash when she released her self-titled debut last year. That album featured a collaboration with up-and-comer Chance the Rapper that certainly helped get her some exposure. But make no mistake: Chia is a star in her own right. She’s in fine form on…
Also on Stage
All This Intimacy Ensemble Theatre If you Google the word “smirk,” you will find definitions revolving around the idea of offensive smugness. And that’s a pretty good capsule description of All This Intimacy by Rajiv Joseph. It’s now at Ensemble Theatre as part of their Second Season of shows in their smaller studio theater. Joseph,…
Juice for Life: Beet Jar will Open in Ohio City and Serve All Your Juicing Desires
It’s Cleveland Beer Week, which means that the bulk of beverages consumed around town this week likely will not be high on the healthy lifestyle list. Fortunately, it’s getting easier by the day to undo the daily damage we inflict upon our bodies simply by swapping out our beverage of choice. When Beet Jar opens…
Good Til The Last Drop: The Future of Advance Publications and The Plain Dealer in the Wake of “Digital-First” Media
From Hell and High Water by Rebecca Theim, © 2013, used by permission of the publisher, Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. After seeing what had happened in New Orleans and the seeming advantage the element of surprise there had given Advance, newsroom employees of the Cleveland Plain Dealer launched their own pre-emptive move in anticipation of…
The Cleveland Craft Beer Report
At the awards ceremony of the 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, Colo., the rest of the country found out what Ohio beer drinkers have known for a while: Ohio’s craft brewers create some of the best beers in the United States. At this year’s edition of the nation’s most prestigious beer competition,…
Suburban Flare: Saaj in Solon Proves You Don’t Need to Escape Suburbia for Ethnic Eats
William El-Biri has heard all the cynical things people mutter about his hometown of Solon, not the least of which is that some residents are too unadventurous to support a restaurant serving unfamiliar cuisine. “Everybody underestimates Solon,” says El-Biri, who along with a few partners opened Saaj Lebanese Grill this past June in that faraway…
Review of the Week: The Counselor
If you were excited by the trailers for the new drug-related drama thriller The Counselor — It’s director Ridley Scott and star Michael Fassbender, reunited after a thrilling Prometheus success! It’s Javier Bardem with sunglasses and a wacky haircut! It’s Penelope Cruz, playing the damsel-in-distress-who-bites-her-lip-coquettishly for the first time in her life! It’s Cameron Diaz…
Film Spotlight: Chill
Three years ago, directors Meredith Holland and Noelle Bye knew they wanted to make a horror film. They just didn’t have a concept. But after coming up with an idea based on a role-playing game, they had what they thought would be a good storyline and set out to make the film, which they called…
CMA Director David Franklin Resigns for “Personal Reasons,” Speculation Abounds
With yesterday’s announcement that David Franklin, CMA director for the past three years, is resigning for personal reasons (effective immediately), the museum will have seen the arrival and departure of four directors since 2000. Franklin’s resignation, according to a prepared statement, was the result of some personal reflection in which Franklin concluded he needed more…
