Out Today: KT Tunstall
KT TunstallTiger Suit(Virgin) Tunstall calls the music on her third album “nature techno.” And that’s a pretty fair summation of the grooves found on Tiger Suit — a mix of songs rooted in traditional folk music but tweaked with bursts of club-ready electronic noise. Like Beth Orton before her, Tunstall blends the organic and synthetic,…
What to Do Tonight: Drive-By Truckers
“You’ve walked right into an Alabama ass-whuppin'” After a dozen years and almost as many records, you pretty much know what you’re getting with the Drive-By Truckers by now. And there’s lots of familiar scorching guitars and simmering rage on their latest album, The Big To-Do. The solid and sturdy Truckers plug in and tear…
What to Do Tonight: JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys
The JP and Chrissie part of the group After three decades fronting the Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde finally steps out for a new project. Akron’s favorite daughter makes an inspired move with JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys, going rawer than she has in years on the band’s debut album, Fidelity! The group’s warm, vibrant songs…
What to Do Tonight: Band of Horses
Band of Horses want to know if you want to come back to their cave for meat or something. Not too long ago Creighton Barrett took his mother to see Eclipse, the third movie in the Twilight series. A theater full of screaming Team Edward/Jacob fans probably isn’t where you’d expect to see a 32-year-old…
What to Do Tonight: Mike Posner
“Yo, wanna come back to my place and just chill?” Mike Posner looks and talks a lot like one of those college guys who’s finally on his own after being badgered for years by his parents to do his homework and cut the lawn. Free of parental shackles, he’s binge-drinking, high-five slapping his frat buddies,…
What to Do Tonight: !!!
!!! show off their newest member, Mr. Whiskers Few artists are capable of making great dance music — funky club-floor anthems that mix disco, house, dub, and electro. Even fewer are six-piece indie-rock bands that absolutely kill it onstage. Funky dance-punk troupe !!! (commonly known as Chk Chk Chk) have transformed rock clubs into raves…
What to Do Tonight: Tim Kasher
Tim Kasher spots a fluffy bunny down the hall Tim Kasher enjoys one distinction among his indie-rock peers: he’s released more concept albums than any of them over the past decade. Inspired by his divorce, Kasher’s band Cursive first made some noise with the uncomfortably personal Cursive’s Domestica in 2000, and he recorded the album…
Out Today: Phil Collins
PHIL COLLINSGoing Back(Atlantic) It’s been eight years since Phil Collins released a solo album. Not that he hasn’t been busy scoring Disney movies and touring with a reunited Genesis during the gap — maybe too busy to write any new songs, since Going Back is filled with mostly classic Motown songs from the ’60s and…
Out Today: No Age
NO AGEEverything in Between(Sub Pop) On their third album, Los Angeles duo No Age sound less like a My Bloody Valentine tribute band and more like the skate-punk malcontents they really are. Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer Dean Allen Spunt still allow for plenty of kaleidoscopic detours like those found on their 2008 breakthrough album,…
12-Year-Old North Royalton Girl Missing (Update)
Missing since Saturday night. Updated: Well, this scary story had a happy, if weird, ending. Aliya Fleckenstein was found safe and sound… at Tower City. She was last seen at 11 p.m. on Saturday night in North Royalton taking her dog for a walk. She tells cops she walked all the way to Tower City,…
Vintage Video: Mayor Ralph Perk’s Hair on Fire
WEWS has been pumping out great vintage video from its collection in recent months, mining their library for goodies and uploading them for the digital age. Today, they produced video of one of Cleveland’s more dubious and memorable moments: mayor Ralph Perk’s hair catching on fire. Cleveland mayor Ralph Perk cut the ribbon to open…
Cleveland Leads the State in Lottery Sales
“We see you staring, Parma Heights.” Good News. Bad News. We’ll do the bad news first: Clevelanders are now topping another list, one more dubious honor to throw up on the shelf with all the others. This time: Clevelanders top the state in throwing good money away on long odds. Yup, we’re a lottery town.…
Rock Hall Buries Some Shit in Celebration of John Lennon’s 70th Birthday
“You may say I’m a drea… What we’re you saying? I was dreaming” The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will mark what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday by burying a time capsule on October 8. Actually, the Rock Hall is storing the time capsule — which will be filled with…
Feds Land State’s Biggest Heroin Bust, Worth $1.8 Million
Score a win for the good guys. Scene’s been hearing street chatter that heroin is all the rage these days, sidelining prescription pills and blow as the drug of choice for deadbeat neighbors and wayward kids, coming soon to a suburb near you. If true, the incoming tide of smack may have been delayed by…
Bill Neiheiser Thinks Corruption is Good For You
“This has made me so happy.” As the county’s indicted celebrities prepare for the fall court season, the fashionable response to claims of misconduct thus far has been the classic handcuffed plea of innocence, followed by chipper anticipation of the judicial system running its happy course. But give the style points to William Neiheiser, longtime…
This Just In: Cleveland Concert Announcements
Boo! Bob Dylan is coming to Akron Brokencyde/Millionaires/the Hit: Mon., Nov. 15, 6 p.m., $12 ADV/$14 DOS. Peabody’s. Donavon Frankenreiter: Sat., Nov. 20, 8:30 p.m., Ballroom. Beachland. Bob Dylan: Tue., Nov. 2, (LiveNation.com). E.J. Thomas Hall at University of Akron. Greensky Bluegrass: Wed., Nov. 10, 8:30 p.m., Tavern, $10. Beachland. Inspectah Deck: Sun., Dec. 5,…
Tuesday Giveaway: “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” Giveaway
Who likes Zach Galifianakis? We love him. He has a new movie coming out soon called It’s Kind of a Funny Story. And we got a cool prize package to give away: five copies of the soundtrack (which is loaded with indie-rock songs by Broken Social Scene, Mayer Hawthorne, and guys like that) plus screening…
Sources: Bill Mason Expected to Resign Soon, Face Charges From Feds
Cuyahoga County’s corruption scandal has touched almost every corner of county service except the Prosecutor’s Office. That will change in the coming weeks, according to sources with close ties to county politics. Mason is expected to resign by the second week of October, the sources say. Federal charges against him are expected within the next…
Map: Cleveland’s Racial Divide and Makeup
Via Gawker, here’s the origin of this map (one in a series) and what the colors mean: Recently, cartographer Bill Rankin produced an astounding map of Chicago, which managed to show the city’s areas of racial integration. Eric Fischer saw those maps, and took it upon himself to create similar ones for the top 40…
UPS Driver Used Job to Deliver Pot
Drug delivery on wheels. If it wasn’t bad enough that UPS drivers drop your precious box marked “Fragile” and show up to deliver your cargo mid-day when no one’s home, at least one of them was also using his job as a convenient way to do mobile drug deliveries. Stanley William Taylor Jr., a former…
Pastor Uses LeBron’s Decision as Teaching Moment
How well he did so is up to you.
Ingenuity Turning Detroit-Superior Bridge Into a Waterfall
Soon to be site of a waterfall. No, really, a real waterfall. If you see thousands of gallons of water running off the Detroit — Superior Bridge this week, don’t panic. It’s just Ingenuity’s dramatic new water feature. Ethiopian —born Cleveland artist Kidist Getachew, working with Michael Lehto and John Thomas—conceived the waterfall as an…
Pic of the Day: Browns Fans Spell as Well as the Team Plays
It’s certainly not uncommon for bathroom graffiti to serve as error-laden assaults on the English language, but this one caught our eye. Kind of impressed the unknown artist knew how to spell ‘route,’ no? And substituting it for ‘root’ has to be one of the stranger grammatical mistakes to adorn the space above a urinal.
Escaped Zebra Prancing Around Ohio
A zebra recently purchased by a man in Wood County, OH, escaped from his owner’s home and has been spotted making its way through neighborhoods. Just a hunch, but it’s probably searching for Hipes, the Fruit Stripe zebra.
“Lady Cash” Jackson Takes Home Bronze
Jackson joins the ranks of other famous American boxers who defended against communism one bout at a time. Cleveland-native, lady boxer extraordinaire and Scene staff bodyguard, Cashmere “Lady Cash” Jackson has been down in Barbados duking it out under the palms at the Women’s World Championship. After a strong run, Jackson suffered her first lost…
Ronald Pudder Accused of Setting African American Church on Fire
Nice beard. Ronald Pudder looks like an upstanding American citizen. OK, not really, but appearances don’t mean everything. Unfortunately, it’s not his looks that are in question at the moment; it’s his actions. A grand jury indicted him today for allegedly setting the only African American church in a small Ohio town on fire. Such…
Pic of the Day: World’s Largest Spider Webs
Holy hell, that’s one large freaking spider web. In fact, it’s actually one of the largest in the world. National Geographic took photos of these nightmare-inducing webs discovered by Akron biologist Todd Blackledge. The Darwin bark spider is responsible for these behemoths. Though the new species’ webs are overall the world’s largest, other spiders might…
Black Keys Pay Tribute to the Guy Who Named Them
Supporters of the arts Auerbach and Carney The Black Keys are paying tribute to the man who named them with the Black Keys Alfred McMoore Memorial Endowment Fund. The fund is set up in honor of Akron artist McMoore, who used the words “black key” so damn much, his pals Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney…
Vince Russo Pleads Guilty, Gets 18 Months in Prison
Thank your father, Vince. One day after Frank Russo stepped in front of a courtroom and pleaded guilty, his son, Vince Russo, did the same. Vince Russo will get 18 months in prison after copping to obstruction charges. He’s set to be sentenced the same day as his father, December 10. It became apparent during…
Rod Bowling Arrives in Atlanta
“How did you find me?” The serial scam artist sometimes known as Rod Bowling has been reported in Atlanta. As detailed in numerous Scene items since 2005, Bowling — also known as Rod Marshall, Rod Ericky, and Rod Boiling — earned a bad reputation in Cleveland, selling raffle tickets for Hummers that never existed, offering…
Eye in the Sky: Rock Hall Streams Alan Parsons Q&A
Alan Parsons will visit Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for a Legends Series interview tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Foster Theater, which recently received a $1 million renovation. The new digs include multimedia equipment that will allow the Rock Hall to stream video of events online, which is fortunate for this event,…
Gov Strickland Demands Bad Judges Step Down
“You know, you guys really screwed me on this.” Not surprisingly, Columbus has radioed-in on the county corruption arrests. Democrat Governor Ted Strickland, facing an uphill climb for re-election, has asked that the two judges fingered by federalistas step down, the PD reports. Common Pleas Judges Steven Terry and Bridget McCafferty were both arrested Wednesday…
Lady Cash Jackson Crushing at Women’s World Championship
Lady Cash has advanced to medal round at international tournament. Scene’s favorite local lady boxer Cashmere “Lady Cash” Jackson steered for the tropics late last month to compete in the Women’s World Championship in Barbados. Curious readers will be glad to know the one-woman kick-ass factory has been churning out wins on the island nation,…
Big Bad Wolf
Humphrey (voiced by Justin Long) and Kate (Hayden Panettiere) are buddies in their wolf pack until Kate goes off to alpha training to become a future pack leader in the animated Alpha and Omega. Humphrey is an omega; his pack role is merely comic relief. The two classes traditionally never mix, but when Humphrey and…
Frank Russo Gets 21 Years in Prison
The good old days. Those hoping that Frank Russo’s plea agreement with the prosecutors would involve hefty jail time will be happy. The former auditor pleaded guilty today to all 21 counts and, per his plea deal, will spend over 21 years in prison. According to the PD, Russo will be officially sentenced in December…
Manny Acta Doesn’t Want Instant Replay
This is usually the sort of news I wouldn’t bother posting here, but it seems fitting to me that since we have an anachronistic baseball beat writer covering the team that we have an anachronistic manager leading it. Too perfect. Manny Acta probably also agrees with Hoynes that the Cy Young should be based on…
Lung Association Wants Ohio To Up Cigarette Tax
Flavor country might get more expensive. Cigarettes are already expensive in Cleveland. Sin taxes for stadiums and the arts have tallied extra pennies and dimes onto packs of smokes for years, plus there’s the $1.25 state tax on the nicotine sticks. Smoking levels here and around the country, however, have stayed at the same rate.…
Image of Cleveland Replacing LeBron Banner
Better than LeBron’s mug anyway. Ever since LeBron James uttered the words “I’m taking my talents to South Beach,” Clevelanders have been wondering what, if anything, would replace LeBron’s gigantic Nike banner that had graced downtown in recent years. Nothing? A picture of Josh Cribbs? Jimmy Dimora’s mugshot? Nope, try again. Image of what will…
Pic of the Day: “Thanks FBI”
WKYC stumbled upon this FBI cheerleader yesterday after Jimmy Dimora and others were arrested. Rachel Manias said she is a concerned Cuyahoga County resident and a Republican. She said she just showed up to show her appreciation. She has been at a number of Cuyahoga County Commissioners’ meetings in the past. “…we all want honest…
Fabulous Vintage Browns Photos
The Cleveland Memory Project, one of the coolest and most useful archives of Cleveland photos, recently uploaded a new batch of Browns shots. And there are some great ones. Caption: “The Cleveland Browns champs of the Eastern Division will have to wait until 12/26 to learn who they will play for NFL title. But taking…
Fred Grzybowski, Akron Man, Sets Pogo Stick Record
What with all of today’s heavy, heavy news of surrounding the Cuyahoga County corruption probe, we could all use a little levity in our lives. Pogo sticking record? Why not. Fred Grzybowski, an Akron man, did nine consecutive backflips on a pgoo stick during a “Regis and Kelly” taping to set a new record. Video…
Q: Are We Not KSU Grads? A: We Are Devo!
“Whip it good” Kent State University is wrapping up its centennial celebration with a new TV campaign featuring some famous alum … well, at least the first one is famous. The first commercial — starring Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh — will premiere on Saturday during the noon KSU vs. Penn State game on ESPN. Two…
Jimmy Dimora Arrested by the FBI
Bye bye, Jimmy. Again, there’s bound to be loads of interesting tidbits of corruption news today. All updates will be posted here. Update: Here’s uncut, complete video of Jimmy Dimora speaking to media. It’s exactly what you would expect: seven minutes of pompous and defiant Jimmy. *** Update: Judge Bridget McCafferty also pleaded not guilty…
Angel Camacho Admits to Killing Girlfriend’s Toddler
Angel Camacho. Update: Camacho was sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison. *** On June 16, 2009, Angel Camacho was left in charge of Iris Rivera, a two-year-old, and her four siblings while her mother went to the hospital. When Camacho dropped off the children the next day at a relative’s house, they…
Visual Evidence That Ohio Calls Pop ‘Pop’
We all know that the majority of Ohioans call pop ‘pop.’ But what percentage? And what’s the difference between northern Ohio and southern Ohio? Well, this helpful graph from Matthew Campbell and Professor Greg Plumb of East Central University in Oklahoma gives us more information than we have ever needed on the soda vs. pop…
John Mayer (Sorta) Makes Good on Cavs Jersey Promise
Why is John Mayer wearing a hybrid Cavs/Heat jersey? Answer after the jump.
Judge Bridget McCafferty’s Fundraiser Canceled for Tonight
Judge Bridget McCafferty with Jimmy Dimora and Frank Russo during happier times. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Bridget McCafferty had planned a fundraiser for tonight at The Harp. Election season is well underway and McCafferty was looking to pad her campaign chest heading into November. Of course, she’s a little indisposed at the moment, being…
Frank Jackson Cancels Anti-Republican/Wall Street Press Conference
“Um, yeah… about that whole ‘Republicans are evil’ thing.” There was a press conference scheduled today at 1 p.m. where Mayor Frank Jackson, City Council President Martin Sweeney and Bedford Heights Mayor Fletcher Berger were to knock Republicans for aiding and abetting Wall Street in plundering hard-working Americans of their money and causing the economic…
Photo Show: Crosby, Stills & Nash at TWCA
Crystal Pirri got her 40-year-old hippie on at Crosby, Stills & Nash’s concert at Time Warner Cable Amphitheater last night. So did Mark Pirri, who took these pictures. Did you go to the show? Let us know what you thought of it in the comments. Follow us on Twitter: @clescenemusic
Cleveland Concert Review: Deftones at House of Blues
Rawk If you didn’t get laid after the Deftones show at House of Blues last night, it’s no one’s fault but your own. The sexy, panty-dropping sounds of the California band were enough to get hips grinding and heads nodding. At one point I looked around and it seemed like the entire audience had that…
Concert Review: Crosby, Stills & Nash at TWCA
“Anyone see Neil?” Stephen Stills stole the show from David Crosby and Graham Nash last night at Time Warner Cable Amphitheater. The trio has played together in various forms for tmore than 40 years now, but Stills is the one who plays with the heart of a much younger musician. When Crosby, Stills & Nash…
Concert Review: Jenny and Johnny at the Beachland Ballroom
Jenny, Johnny, and Johnny’s Justin Bieber hair Sadly, Jenny and Johnny, the duo of girlfriend/boyfriend Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice, are no Rilo Kiley. While it might be unfair to compare Lewis’ latest project with her more popular band, the expectation is that her voice and songwriting can turn anything to gold. She’s largely done…
Pic of the Day: Jimmy Dimora Gives the One-Finger Salute in Handcuffs
Here’s Jimmy Dimora, ever the consummate gentleman, flicking off WEWS’ camera while in the back of the FBI’s van this morning. Right back at you, big fella.
CD Review: The Drums
The latest group of Brooklyn hipsters isn’t nearly as challenging as many of its neighbors. In fact, there’s nothing at all complicated about the Drums’ self-titled debut album. Their glistening indie pop is rooted in the moody sounds of ’80s post-punk, but frontman Jonathan Pierce delivers every word with a wink — like he knows…
CD Review: Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson’s The Guitar Song is the most conventional and unconventional country album you’ll hear this year. Its main theme is a country-music favorite: redemption. But this two-CD concept album about a self-destructive musician who eventually sees the light is an ambitious song cycle that travels new paths to get to an ages-old subject. With…
CD Review: Weezer
After 16 years of cleverly written guitar pop, it’s easy to take Weezer for granted. Casual fans might even be a bit overwhelmed by the fact that Hurley is the prolific band’s third album in as many years. But it’s rare to have a songwriter as talented as Rivers Cuomo stay true to his original creative mission…
CD Review: Robert Plant
Robert Plant’s first album since Raising Sand, 2007’s Grammy-winning collaboration with Alison Krauss, deepens his probe into Americana. It doesn’t hook immediately; instead it insinuates. Band of Joy is a largely dark, haunting record. Produced wide and raw by Plant and Buddy Miller, the guitar ace who gave Sand much of its character, it features…
Going Down
Co-produced and based on an original story by M. Night Shyamalan, the spooky, moderately successful little chiller Devil is about a group of strangers trapped in an elevator who discover that one of them is really — well, the title sort of gives it away, doesn’t it? — is the type of stripped-down, glorified B-flick…
Bites: New Winebar at Playhouse Square
Visitors to Playhouse Square will soon have a polished new wine bar to add to their theater routine. Corks Playhouse Square, slated to open in early November, is a sister business to Corks Wine Bar in downtown Willoughby and Market Avenue Wine Bar in Ohio City — all co-owned by Greg Bodnar. Corks will occupy…
Heist Heist Baby
Ben Affleck proves that Gone Baby Gone, his sensational 2007 directorial debut, wasn’t a fluke with his equally impressive — if a tad more conventionally plotted — follow-up. Based on an acclaimed crime novel by Chuck Hogan, The Town examines what happens when Beantown bank robber Doug MacRay (Affleck, very good here) falls for his…
Zinc Deficiency
Ruth Reichl, the former New York Times restaurant critic, rocked the dining world when she famously delivered a twin review of Le Cirque, long an untouchable temple of fine dining. Reichl visited the restaurant once wearing one of her trademark disguises and received a peasant’s welcome. Upon being recognized during a subsequent visit, she was…
Sources: Bill Mason Expected to Resign Soon, Face Charges From Feds
Cuyahoga County’s corruption scandal has touched almost every corner of county service except the Prosecutor’s Office. That will change in the coming weeks, according to sources with close ties to county politics. Mason is expected to resign by the second week of October, the sources say. Federal charges against him are expected within the next…
And You Don’t Stop
The fifth Ohio Hip-Hop Awards return this weekend, with related events taking place at numerous clubs around town. Things kick off on Thursday with the Duck Down Records 15th Anniversary Party at the Grog Shop. The Earth club hosts a hip-hop battle and fashion show at 8 p.m. on Friday. A free open-mic battle takes…
HAWTHORNE IN HER SIDE
“John Hughes did not write my life,” laments Olive Penderghast, a high school student longing to be Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles rather than the scandalous harlot of her California school in Easy A. The sentiment, part of Olive’s webcast, pretty much sums up this very meta movie, which winks at film conventions including Hughes’…
Mixed Nuts
Actor Joaquin Phoenix is either a total nutjob or an annoyingly pretentious “artist” who thinks he’s making a big, bold statement about Hollywood in I’m Still Here, a documentary directed by his pal (and brother-in-law) Casey Affleck. It’s hard to tell on which side he falls, since the Phoenix we see in I’m Still Here…
Film Capsules
Farewell (NR) — Two actor-directors deliver the controlled performances that hold this subtle thriller together. Guillaume Canet’s Pirre Froment is a French engineer working in 1981 Moscow who becomes the reluctant middle man in a disillusioned KGB agent’s efforts to leak information to France’s DST counterintelligence agency. Sergei Gregoriev (played by Serbian director Emir Kusturica)…
The Other California Gurl
When you listen to Best Coast’s debut album, Crazy for You, you’re hearing singer Bethany Cosentino’s life. Piles of reverb coat the Los Angeles native’s songs about love, longing, and regret. There’s also occasional giddiness thrown in there for good measure. Surf-pop guitars brush over her insecurities, while Bobb Bruno’s scuzzy bass lines blare beneath…
Honky Tonk Women
After two solid years spent conquering any honky tonk and rock club that would book them, Those Darlins hit their first big snag this summer. Just days before the Murfreesboro, Tennessee quartet was set to take off on a high-profile Australian tour, ukulele player Nikki Darlin took a tumble at a music festival down in…
Get Out!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 FREE CLASSICAL MUSIC The CIM Orchestra Launches a New Season At 31, Croatian pianist Martina Filjak is hardly the young debutante of the classical piano scene. But since winning the Cleveland International Piano Competition a year ago, she’s been globetrotting for concerts and recitals in the way hot young stars do —…
We Get Mail
Tending the Soil When I first saw the attractive cover with the city farming scene, I thought Wow, great Photoshop [“Downtown on the Farm,” August 11, 2010]. But then I remembered seeing the farmers at work near the West Side Market and realized it was real. Kudos to Scene and Anastasia Pantsios for one of…
Crisis Squared
It’s a bitter homecoming when Susan Bard tours her old Slavic Village neighborhood. As she circles the block in her beige mini-van, she spins tales about the place like the cab driver she once was. She still sees potential — for the neighborhood, and even for herself. After all, she could afford one of these…
Soul Brother No. 2
The East Cleveland home is a sore sight inside and out. A peeling, putrid shade of yellow on the outside, on the inside the living room looks like a rummage sale has exploded, casting old VHS cassettes and magazines in every direction. A large Sony TV is so old that it’s hard to make out…
When Irish Eyes Don’t Smile
It’s no news flash that we all play certain roles in our families, and these roles often have sharp edges that cut deep if anybody dares to expand their assigned characterization. That’s why we’ve all felt that steely glance from the folks when we try to redefine ourselves. This curious dynamic is taken to ridiculous…
Stay In!
TOP PICK VIDEO GAME Mafia II (2K) It looks and plays a lot like Grand Theft Auto with a bunch of Italian-Americans running around, but Mafia II (for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) runs deeper than the stereotypes. For starters, the storytelling — centered on a young wiseguy named Vito (natch) — is richer…
On View This Week
HOPE FOR THE PICTURE GUILD Matt Dibble is a roofer, and about as regular a guy as you could meet. But Del Rey Loven, director of the art school at the University of Akron and the curator of a show of Dibble’s recent works, describes his paintings as anything but regular. “High-risk aesthetic adventurism” is…
At the Arthouse
The Oxford Murder The Elephant Man (John Hurt) and Frodo (Elijah Wood) team up to solve a series of killings. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 9:10 p.m. Saturday, September 18, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, September 19. Exit Through the Gift Shop Is this movie about graffiti art (supposedly helmed by British artist Banksy) the…
Hello, Cleveland!
Breathe Owl Breathe Breathe Owl Breathe got their start in 2004, when Oberlin College freshman Andréa Moreano-Beals was on tour with another band. She met singer and guitarist Micah Middaugh, and it wasn’t long before she was adding her classically trained cello to Middaugh’s warm folk songs. A few years later, percussionist Trevor Hobbs joined…
Mark Puente Is Leaving the Plain Dealer, Heading to St. Petersburg Times
Mark Puente. The Metro reporters at the Plain Dealer have been doing yeoman’s work for the taxpayers of Cuyahoga County. Though besieged by layoffs, cutbacks, and dwindling ad revenue, the paper has put a premium on investigative reporting in recent years. The result has been a string of stories unveiling corruption in the furthest reaches…
