Man Banned From Browns Stadium After Streaking at Browns Preseason Game (Updated)
Update: Anthony Saveriano, who made a Browns preseason game watchable after streaking on the field, is now banned from the stadium and must spend his clothed time cleaning up the Muni Lot, home to all detritus and waste human beings are capable of producing, the next four home Sunday Browns games. Also: a written public…
chef sets up shop in riverside pub, debuts upscale bar food menu
Damon Ginnard, former executive sous chef at Momocho, found himself in the typical position of wanting his own place but not being able to afford it. After all, there’s the build-out, the equipment, the rent, the staff, the insurance… Ginnard managed to find a way around most of those obstacles by setting up shop inside…
Tom Hamilton’s Giambi Walkoff Call vs. Chicago’s Hawk Harrelson’s
Google Search: “Jason Giambi Sexy” The Cleveland Indians sauteed the Chicago White Sox in dramatic, walk-off fashion at the Jake last night. Resident octogenarian Jason Giambi pulled a sinking fastball — I actually have no idea if it was a fastball or a slider or what, but it was low and inside — deep to…
$2 Million Worth of Cocaine Was Just Confiscated by Authorities During a Traffic Stop in Northwest Ohio
Last week we wrote about the largest heroin bust in northeast Ohio history, and about a massive heroin shipment that was intercepted by the feds at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on the very same day. This week, it seems, we have another large drug operative on our hands. Reports have come in that $2 million…
Watch A Trailer For A Movie About Heroin Trafficking In Cleveland Created By A Major Dealer Just Indicted For Heroin Trafficking In Cleveland
Right: Maceo Moore, known as Chase, with “props” in his move “The Game Ain’t For Everybody” “Many of the defendants charged in this case, as you’ll see in the indictment, were brazen, in fact, disturbingly even proud of their criminal exploits,” said U.S. Attorney Stephen Dettelbach in last week’s press conference announcing the largest ever…
Cleveland Man Sues Apple, Prompting Company To Offer Complete Final ‘Breaking Bad’ Season Through iTunes
The final episode of “Breaking Bad” airs Sept. 29, and fans can thank Dr. Noam Lazebnik, a University Hospitals gynecologist, for raising hell about Apple’s handling of the final season through iTunes. Lazebnik initiated a class-action lawsuit against the company after realizing that fans who purchased the 16-episode final season through iTunes only received the…
Gov. John Kasich Visits Cleveland To Announce ‘Lakefront West’ Support
ERIC SANDY/SCENE Gov. John Kasich discusses the Lakefront West plans. ERIC SANDY/SCENE Mayor Frank Jackson and Gov. John Kasich eye the Cleveland skyline. Brace yourself: West side commuter complaints are coming. …Remember when the filming for Hollywood opus Captain America 2 shut down the West Shoreway for two weeks? So much fun. All that madness…
El Carnicero to Kick Off Mexi-Brunch in Early October
El Carnicero (16918 Detroit Ave., 216-226-3415) in Lakewood has been up and running for a little over two months, and chef-owner Eric Williams thinks the time is right to kick off weekend brunch. He says his neighborhood and clientele made the decision to offer brunch a no-brainier. “Lakewood is the perfect neighborhood to hold brunch…
Cleveland to Host New Year’s Eve Party on Public Square
In its latest effort to promote hometown sentiment by doing cool things that other cool cities do, Cleveland will now be hosting what’s intended to be the first annual “Cleveland Rocks” New Year’s Eve Party on Public Square. The Ohio Homecoming Group, a collective of local young professionals, along with city and county officials, made…
Here Are the Top 30 Submissions from Scene’s Fall Into Cleveland Photo Sharing Contest
Looks like you’ve done it again- for our second photo sharing contest we received an overwhelming number of submissions. From the droves of awesome photos, we’ve whittled down the ranks to just 30- all of which are compiled here for your viewing pleasure. Check out which photos were our favs and, of course, see which…
Lakewood Resident Bob Toomey Dies in Fire
RICK ULDRICKS [Twitter: @lkwdcitizen] Bob Toomey at the 2013 Lakewood Summer Meltdown Lots of people knew Bob Toomey. Ubiquitous throughout Lakewood, riding his bicycle and casting a craggy smile toward everyone, Toomey was one of the city’s omnipresent residents. He had a deep voice, and an accompanying laugh that could shake a barroom wall. Toomey…
Backstreet’s Back — Again
Backstreet Boys played to a capacity crowd at Nautica in August, and the group is coming back to town to perform at House of Blues at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9 as part of the Q104 Holiday Ho show. The best selling boy band of all time just issued a new studio album and…
A Cleveland Press Columnist Broke the News of the Manhattan Project in 1944 Before His Story Was Squashed by Government Censorship
“Before Woodward and Bernstein, before Glenn Greenwald, there was John W. Raper, a columnist for The Cleveland Press, who stumbled across something very odd while on vacation in New Mexico.” That’s the hook to a terrific article by Atlantic editor Rebecca J. Rossen which chronicles the cause and effect scenarios of a Cleveland Press columnist who…
Indians’ Attendance is Dismal, But the Astros Just Pulled a 0.00 Nielsen Rating
Via Deadspin, the Houston Astros’ televised 9-2 loss against the Tribe drew an improbable 0.00 Nielsen rating in Houston yesterday. Says Deadspin: It’s not as bad as it sounds. The Nielsen numbers are calculated by extrapolating a limited number of meters, in this case 581 of them. So it’s more accurate to say that of…
Scene Podcast: The Long Lost Case of Christina Adkins
On this week’s podcast, host Craig Lyndall talks to staff writer Eric Sandy about this week’s cover story — an in-depth look at the case of Christina Adkins, who went missing when she was 17 years old and pregnant. Her case is not unlike many of the missing persons cases that dot the news and…
10 of the Most Scenic Streets in Northeast Ohio
ERIC SANDY/SCENE Park Drive The continental clock just ticked over to autumn, and we couldn’t be happier about that. Pumpkin ales, football, Halloween, Phish tour, City Council elections… Oh and – AND – mid-afternoon drives through the region’s most beautiful neighborhoods. Thankfully, the good readers of Scene have tossed us suggestions for the most scenic…
Here Are the Prices for the Cleveland Indians Post-Season Tickets
A very kind Redditor, ninjabit, has taken the liberty of compiling a list of the Cleveland Indians post-season ticket prices, which went on sale earlier this morning. Here’s what you can expect to shell out this year: Price …
The Avett Brothers Treat Cleveland Right: Concert Review
HEATHER VASELANEY Avett Brothers at Jacobs Pavilion Likely known to a widespread audience more for their catalog of really terrific studio albums than their live shows, the Avett Brothers are surely one of the top touring acts still running around the world today. They brought their spectacular blend of spirit and talent to the bee-yoo-tiful…
PHOTO: Ohio State University Has Acquired a Military-Style Armored Truck
Ohio State University has apparently acquired a new 19-ton mine-resistant ambush-protected military-style vehicle through a state military surplus program: Photo Courtesy of Twitter The truck, formally called a “MaxxPro,” is built to withstand ballistic arms fire, mine fields, IEDs, and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical environments, according to its product description. Why would a college campus…
Backstage Pass: An Interview at Ingenuity with Mr. Gnome
A dynamic hard rock group that’s hands-down one of the best bands in Cleveland, Mr. Gnome played a terrific set on the Scene Stage last night at Ingenuity. We talked to the duo backstage after its set.
Backstage Pass: An interview at Ingenuity with CLASS
CLASS, aka Columbus, Ohio-based DJ Caleb Shomo, is an up-and-coming electronic artist who spun a two-hour set last night at Ingenuity. We did a short interview with him before he spun on the Scene Stage.
Angel Olsen’s Unique Voice Sets Her Apart
Angel Olsen, who plays Ingenuity tomorrow night at 8:30, has a really unique voice. She sounds a bit like a cross between Roy Orbison and Lauryn Hill. While growing up in St. Louis, Olsen started singing and making her own DIY recordings at any early age. “I was always interested in singing,” she says. “I…
Band of Heathens Singer Talks About the Band’s New, Highly Personal Album
Before the guys in Austin’s Band of Heathens began recording their new album, Sunday Morning Record, they went some changes that made them wonder if the band might break-up. “There was some uncertainty about what we were going to do when some of the guys left the band,” says singer-guitarist Gordy Quist via cell phone…
Drake Cancels Oct. 13 Cleveland Show
Is this his “Fuck you, Cleveland” face? Drake’s fall tour dates are being switched around, but the Oct. 13 Cleveland outing at the Q has been completely dropped from the list. Fans are pissed. The rapper’s management team cites “an intense rehearsal schedule and technical production requirements,” which seem like fairly standard things that get…
More Than Seven Pounds of Heroin Intercepted at Cleveland Airport, According to DEA Affidavit
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, via flicker user skabat169 On Wednesday — the same day authorities announced the single largest heroin takedown in Northeast Ohio history, with 92 people indicted on 203 counts — two Drug Enforcement Agents were at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport where they found more than seven pounds of heroin in the suitcase…
Cedar Point Has Two of Country’s Top Ten Roller Coasters (Duh)
In a comprehensive study from the folks over at Time’s Tech department, Cedar Point’s Millennium Force was named the country’s best roller coaster. Top Thrill Dragster, the country’s second-tallest coaster at 420 feet, nabbed the four-spot. Here’s the full top ten. 1. Millennium Force, Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio)2. Bizarro, Six Flags New England (Agawam, Massachusetts)3.…
Disturbing Missed Connection Hits Cleveland Craigslist: UPDATE
For everyone eager for the rest of the dumpster sex story, it’s hit a bit of a dead-end. The Craigslist post has been deleted and, oddly, some shmuck in the comments section is claiming the whole thing was a goof. Hilarious stuff. Anyway, we’ll let the tale of junkie love rest at that. It’s been…
Hey Monea! plays Scene Session
In 2012, the Canton-based indie pop band Hey Monea! won the international Hard Rock Rising Global Battle of the Bands Competition. Now, the band has just released its new album, Cheap Souvenirs, a collection of catchy tunes that it recorded with big-time producer Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, Ra Ra Riot). The guys came by the…
Guitarist Joe Satriani shares spotlight with his band at Lakewood Civic Auditorium concert
It’s not just the title of his latest instrumental opus — Unstoppable Momentum — also works well when describing the set that Joe Satriani laid down on Thursday night at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium. Over the course of nearly two hours and 19 songs, Satriani and his predictably high-caliber band would visit a lot of…
Take a Tour of the New Phoenix Coffee Shop in Coventry
Earlier this month we wrote about how the relocation of Phoenix Coffee Shop’s Coventry branch from the south end of the street to the north end marked the end of a coffee-based era. While some of you naysayers may still be bemoaning the move, we had the opportunity to visit Phoenix’s new digs this week and…
The Top 10 Must-Have Fried Foods In and Around Cleveland
Are you a fried food fiend? Then the latest Q104 segment is for you. This week our food critic “Jason the Food Guy” talks delicious fried eats, all found within a close radius of Cleveland. Try one, try two- hell, try all 10 and let us know what you think.
Photos from last night’s Saxon show at Peabody’s
Last night at Peabody’s, Saxon, one of Britain’s biggest heavy metal bands, played a terrific show that featured classic hits such as “Leather and Denim” and “Motorcycle Man,” both of which came near the end of the nearly two-hour set. Here are a few photos from the veteran band’s concert.
12 Awesome Tribe Town Pics
Last night, Indians President Mark Shapiro issued a call to Indians fans: Make your business or school a #TribeTown on Thursday by allowing employees, students to wear Tribe gear! http://t.co/6lQ1zdWh8d.— Mark Shapiro (@MarkShapiro) September 18, 2013 Fans answered the call. Below, we’ve collected some of our favorites.
“I Can’t Eat all the Pizza by Myself”: The Terms Indicted Drug Dealers Used To Disguise Their Heroin Business
Yesterday, we reported news of the single largest heroin takedown in Northeast Ohio history: 92 men and woman were named in a 203-count indictment. That indictment, 191-pages in all, is pretty detailed (read it below). It contains transcripts of tapped phone calls and text messages from the drug dealers and buyers discussing their businesses operations.…
Video: A 13-Minute Documentary on Cleveland Fashion Designer Jonathan Anderson
This documentary from area-filmmaker Mike Bacanu is called “Needlework,” but it’s about more than just fashion design. It chronicles the fascinating life of Cleveland designer John Anderson, who now runs Anderson Couture on the East Side. Anderson lived in Puerto Rico until he was 14, when he moved to Cleveland. From there, he went to…
10 Things Going on this Weekend in Cleveland (September 20-22)
We’ve got two words for you this weekend: Arts & Music. The next few days are jam packed with multi-day, art and music heavy events including the largely anticipated Ingenuity Festival on Cleveland’s lakefront, the weekend-long Hip Hop awards show where local icons like Machine Gun Kelly were discovered, and several arts-and-crafts-related getups like The…
Here’s Dennis Kucinich Interviewing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Dennis Kucinich, former subject of west side lawn signs and current Fox News contributor, interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Fox News Senior Correspondent Greg Palkot joined him. The conversation was televised yesterday. Probably the biggest takeaway from the conversation was an admittance on Assad’s part that chemical weapons have been used during the civil war…
A Bold New Vision Without A Vision: Cuyahoga County and Medical Mart Operator Part Ways
The Medical Mar – wait, the Global Center for Health Innovation – has never been a stranger to bad press. And just two months after opening, MMPI, the Chicago-based operator of the GCHI (are we doing the acronym thing on this one?) and the adjoining Cleveland Convention Center is stepping away from it all. Cuyahoga…
8th Annual Ohio Hip-Hop Awards kicks off tomorrow
Talk about stimulating the economy. Derrick McKenzie, the main organizer behind the 8th Annual Ohio Hip-Hop Awards, estimates “at least 400 people” will be coming into Cleveland this week for the big three-day celebration that culminates with an awards ceremony at the Ohio Theatre on Sunday. Not bad for an event that started small. “The…
Greensky Bluegrass at Beachland Ballroom: Concert Review
ERIC SANDY/SCENE Greensky Bluegrass at Beachland Ballroom ERIC SANDY/SCENE With a length season of summer festivals falling back in the rearview, Greensky Bluegrass kicked off what’s sure to be a hell of a fall tour right here in Cleveland. The crowd at the Beachland was palpably enthusiastic, keeping up the high levels of energy alongside…
Scott Kim Debuts New Raw Bar at Accent
Chef Scott Kim knows fish. For years he ran the impressive Eastside sushi restaurant Matsu, before heading over to Shaker Square to open the seafood-heavy Sasa. It’s one of the few places in town where it’s safe to order the mackerel. So when Kim announced that he was adding a raw bar to the offerings…
Michael Buble concert at the Q starts slow, finishes strong
“If I sing another ballad, I’m going to cut myself,” said Michael Buble as he reached the mid-way point of last night’s 2-hour concert at Quicken Loans Arena. While he was just joking, he had a point. The first half of the concert was so heavy with ballads and torch songs, it suffered as a…
Ohio State University Students Had No Idea There Was a Squatter Living in Their House for Over a Month
When a group of Ohio State University students repeatedly found doors and cabinets ajar in their off-campus rental home, they casually joked that the place must be haunted. However, what they discovered one afternoon last week was far more bizarre than some unearthly presence: a total stranger had converted part of their basement into a…
The Biggest Heroin Bust in Northeast Ohio History (with documents, pictures, audio)
The single largest heroin takedown in Northeast Ohio unfolded Sept. 18 with a lengthy indictment filed against dozens involved in a long-running local and national drug ring. In all, 92 men and women were named in the 203-count indictment. The charges span the gamut from heroin trafficking, most notably, to illegal possession of firearms and…
Backstage Pass: Saxon singer Biff Byford talks about the band’s legacy
Saxon is one of Britain’s biggest heavy metal bands and the group is just a few dates into its most extensive U.S. tour in several years. Singer Biff Byford spoke to us about the band’s legacy while sitting on the group’s tour bus that was parked in front of Peabody’s, where the the band plays…
Rappers Drake and The Game are Paying for the Funerals of the Kids Who Died in the Tiffin Trailer Fire
Some of the biggest names in rap, Drake and The Game, are teaming up to help finance the funerals of six people who died tragically this week after a house fire ripped through a Tiffin mobile home, killing five young child and a man. TMZ reports that The Game got the ball rolling after hearing…
The Coffee Lovers Guide to 14 Great Cups of Joe in and around Cleveland
News of Cleveland’s beer scene graces our headlines on the regs, but today we’re gonna talk about a different kind of juice- the kind that helps keep this city awake and energized throughout many a long day and night. We’re talking Cleveland coffee, of course. This city is host to a whole slew of all-star…
UPDATE: Cleveland Police Recover Missing Prescious Starr Alison Johnson
Johnson UPDATE: An arrest was made just prior to the 11:30 a.m. press conference. No charges were filed at that point. No additional information was provided on the abductor, who was arrested near East 185th and Euclid. Johnson is safe, though she sustained a few injuries this morning. “I want everybody to tell everyone that…
Brian Hoyer: An Etymology
ESPN Cleveland BRIAN HOYER (n): A professional football player from Lakewood, OH, who has returned — unceremoniously — to a hometown team with a stadium in kicking distance from the player’s High School. The starting QB for this Sunday’s match HOYER (n): A synonym for the number 19, deployed situationally. (E.g. “Hey, how many miles…
Frank Russo Shaved His Head
Frank Russo — yeah, remember him — was back in Cuyahoga County to testify before a grand jury in more corruption-related goodness and holy hell, here’s what he looks like now.
UPDATE: Lake Erie Crushers Play for Survival in the Frontier League Championship
UPDATE: So the Crushers lost last night. The Schaumburg Boomers got hot late in the game, ultimately winning 3-1. Still though, a stunning season for our friends in Avon. From the Crushers’ website: The loss for the Crushers ended an incredible 2013 season. Lake Erie was as many as six games below .500, but claimed…
Regional Beat: The Krypton Monkeys
Crush (Red Fields Entertainment) The press release for this, the debut from the local prog rock outfit the Krypton Monkeys, boasts that the band makes the kind of music that was popular 30 years ago but still gets airplay today. That’s an apt summary of the disc, which sounds like it was recorded during another…
Quirk Fest: The Weirdness Piles Up, and Not in a Good Way, During “Nerve” at None Too Fragile Theater
There is one time in life when each of us, even the most stable and well-balanced, acts as if we have significant brain damage. And that is on the dreaded First Date. We choose the wrong words, phrases come out tangled, and we can’t even exit the same sentences we entered a couple seconds before.…
Band of the Week: Hey Monea!
Meet the Band: Dan Monea (guitar/vocals), Nate Monea (drums/vocals), Adam Orin (bass) Hooked Up: The group first formed in Canton as Hooked on Tonics in 2005, but its roots go back even further. “Nate and I have played together since we were kids, mostly acoustic shows,” says Dan Monea. “I played saxophone and he wanted…
Spotlight: Football Footage by Filipi
Four years ago, the Wexner Center in Columbus hosted a program in honor of Ed Sabol, the founder of NFL films, who was being inducted into the Hall of Fame that year. It made Dave Filipi, the director of Film/Video at the Wexner Center, realize he could put together an entire program of old football…
Canned History: The Revival of Locally Canned Beer
When Buckeye Brewing rolls out this year’s Cleveland Beer Week 2013 beer in a can, it will be reviving a grand Cleveland tradition of locally canned beer that ended in 1984 with the shuttering of Schmidt’s Brewing. Buckeye’s beer will soon be joined by others from Portside Distillery and Brewery, Rocky River Brewing, and doubtless…
Mix, Match, Meet: Ingenuity Fest Returns with an Eclectic Lineup on the Shores of Lake Erie
Ingenuity Fest has traditionally billed itself as a place where art and technology meet. The organization’s artistic director, James Krouse, still likes the spirit of that description, but wants to distance himself from that phrasing. It invokes Art and Technology as imposing cultural forces abstracted from the people who make and use them for personal…
A Rye by Any Other Name: Some Whiskey Brands Are Trying to Sell You a Mash Bill of Goods
The food was spectacular, but I’ll always remember Tyler Florence’s Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco for its liquor selection, which featured dozens of American whiskeys that were previously unknown or geographically unavailable to me. Among them was Templeton Rye, an Iowa-based craft whiskey that had three main things going for it: quality, history and scarcity.…
Missing: The Long Lost Case of Christina Adkins
A crowd of craned necks and reporter’s notebooks was gathering Aug. 30 at the corner of Vega Avenue and the brick-lined alley of West 26th Place after FBI sources announced a search for human remains was under way. This sort of congregation had become routine during the summer of 2013, the questions always teetering on…
And The Next Ethnic Food Trend Is…Pupusa (Fun to Say, More Fun to Eat)
Now that Vietnamese pho is old hat, Korean bibimbap is an increasingly common lunchtime option, and Colombian arepas—thanks in no small part to Barroco Grill—have invaded downtown Cleveland, adventurous diners might be wondering: What’s the next ethnic food fad primed for the limelight? If I have a vote in the matter, I’d make the case…
Rising Star Chef: Jill Vedaa
In the early 20th century, John D. Rockefeller became the world’s richest man by being a ruthless competitor who never settled on second place. In the kitchen of Rockefeller’s restaurant, located in a building once owned by that famed industrialist, executive chef Jill Vedaa seems to be channeling some of that self-assured behavior. “I am super-competitive,”…
“These Are Not the Real Browns” and Other Lessons from a Visiting Sportswriter
Before he spent five days immersed in Cleveland sports culture a few weeks ago, Will Leitch’s only experience in the city was at a 2:30 a.m. bus stop on his way to New York 14 years ago. (“Maybe not Cleveland’s best side,” he says.) This time, the writer for USA Today’s Sports On Earth —…
Film Review of the Week: Prisoners
Prisoners is one of those movies for which the act of watching becomes a kind of physical exercise, not unlike a bench press. It will be notable, over the duration of its run — it opens this Friday in wide release — for the regularity with which your friends forego your invitation based on their…
Bring on the Music: Gov’t Mule Gets a Little Help from its Friends on its New Album “Shout!”
When the jam band Gov’t Mule was in the middle of recording its terrific new studio album, Shout!, singer-guitarist Warren Haynes and his band mates — drummer Matt Abts, multi-instrumentalist Danny Louis and bassist Jorgen Carlsson — thought it might be good to include a few guest vocalists. “Initially, there was the thought of having…
Savage Love: Noise Makers
Dear Dan — I was in a monogamous relationship with a woman for two years. We split up and remained platonic friends. Months later, on a drunken night, we had sex. At that point, neither of us had slept with anyone else. After we had sex that night, the sexual lion was out, and I…
Building an Empire: Up-and-Coming Local Hip-Hop Producer Finds New Home at Ante Up Audio
A few years back, Ante Up Studios was the hot place to record. Bands came from near and far to use the analog board there and guys like Dave Matthews would swing by to get a little studio work done when he was in town. The studio, which paired state-of-the-art equipment with vintage gear, also…
