Hannibal Buress Discusses the Drive-In Tour That Brings Him to the Aut-O-Rama Tomorrow
Specifically created for drive-in theaters, Hannibal Buress’s Let’s See How This Goes tour kicks off tomorrow at the Aut-O-rama Twin Drive-In in North Ridgeville. The five-date run supports Buress’ new comedy special, Miami Nights. Buress has also released the first episode of Splitting 10s, his new podcast series that finds him talking about sports gambling,…
Lots of Cleveland Adults Are Living at Home With Parents, New Data Shows
If you’re over the age 0f 25 and find that the lyrics to the Beastie Boys’ “Fight For Your Right (To Party)” still resonate with you, and/or Steve Buscemi’s “How do you do, fellow kids?” meme hits too close to home, it’s likely that you still live with your parents — or moved back in.…
New Black-led Org Calls for Dismantling RTA Police, Ending Police Presence at CMSD
A new Black-led organization in Cleveland has begun a campaign calling for the dismantling of the RTA police department and an end to police presence at Cleveland public schools. Material from the #AbolishtheOverlap campaign circulated Sunday on social media. It noted the abundance of police jurisdictions in Cleveland and the atmosphere of “hyperpolicing” that ensues.…
Annual Jam for Justice to Live Stream This Month
Each summer for the past ten years or so, the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland has hosted Jam for Justice, a summer-festival-style concert to raise funds for the nonprofit’s important mission. The event features law students, attorneys, judges and other professionals from Northeast Ohio who moonlight as rock stars. This year, the live show is…
New Music Lessons Studio Opens in Cleveland Heights
A new neighborhood music lessons studio company specializing in 30-minute private lessons has just opened in Cleveland Heights. It’s the first studio outside of Columbus for Musicologie, which has four studios in the state capital. Here in Northeast Ohio, the studio has rebranded the former Fairmount Music School, the space that locals Kevin and Pat…
Cleveland Italian Film Festival Returns for 15th Year Despite Covid-19
The 15th annual edition of the Cleveland Italian Film Festival will proceed in 2020 in a reduced capacity after initial plans to cancel due to Covid-19. Four Italian films will be screened on Thursday evenings from Sept. 17 to Oct. 8 at the Atlas Eastgate Cinemas in Mayfield Heights. Festival founder Joyce Mariani said that…
Clevelanders Call on City Council to Hold Hearings About Operation Legend
The day before Cleveland Police Det. James Skernivitz was shot and killed while working undercover on the city’s west side, he was sworn in to the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force in the Northern Ohio district. That task force will now be working with 25 reassigned Federal agents as part of the so-called Operation Legend,…
Hako in Lakewood Will Have Sushi Lovers Fondly Remembering Sapporo on East 6th, With Good Reason
For 15 years, Sapporo was the ace-in-the-hole for downtown workers and residents in search of a fresh alternative to gut-busting burgers, subs and slices. The unassuming Japanese restaurant on E. 6th Street proved a consistent, reliable choice for quick, healthy and appetizing meals built around sushi, noodle bowls and teriyaki dishes. For just as long,…
Michigan Working to Offer Cheaper Weed to Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Patients
Vicious sports rivalries aside, Michigan and Ohio may soon be working toward a common goal: providing affordable weed for Ohio’s medical marijuana patients. Though purchasing and consuming medical marijuana in Michigan is legal for Ohioans, traveling with marijuana products across state lines is not. Yet many registered Ohio patients admit to frequently making trips to…
Savage Love: Why Is Choking a Thing?
I’m a 29-year-old straight woman in Pennsylvania. My question is to do with choking and consent. I’ve had two experiences in the past six months or so where someone has tried to choke me without my consent. The first time this happened, I coughed immediately, but he tried multiple times during sex. I was caught…
Clevelander Angie Schmitt’s New Book Investigates the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
In 2018, a pedestrian was killed in a traffic crash in the United States every 84 minutes on average, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Thousands of pedestrians die every year in traffic accidents, and the issue of pedestrian safety has grown significantly in the last decade. In her new book, “Right of…
New Photo Exhibit Celebrating Rock Hall’s 25th Anniversary Opens at Hopkins International Airport
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Rock Hall has partnered with local photographer Janet Macoska for an exhibit that’s now on view at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Dubbed Long Live Rock!, the exhibit features significant milestones and legendary Inductee performances captured by Macoska. Since 1974, Macoska has photographed acts such as David Bowie, Led Zeppelin,…
EATBUTT, IPULOUT and FUCOVID Are Just a Few of the Many Rejected Ohio Vanity Plates in 2020
Thanks to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, we’ll never have to see some of the personalized license plates requested by Ohioans who are mean, hateful, or wrongly working under the assumption that they’re funny. (Okay, some of them are funny.) That’s because there are rules regarding vulgarity, hate speech, racism and general decency that…
Power Wash: City Council Gets Rosy Picture of CPP History as Woeful Utility Excavation Continues
The second hearing in an ongoing City Council series delving into Cleveland Public Power featured a rotating cast of city officials reciting a rapid-fire resume of the utility’s milestones over its century-plus history. But the prepared remarks Tuesday, which were meant to educate council on the origins and evolution of CPP, were devoid of all…
Cleveland’s Rescheduled July 4th Celebrations on September 19th Are Now Off
Hey, remember when Cleveland rescheduled the 4th of July to September 19th? It was ages ago, so you’d be forgiven if you forgot, but we sure didn’t. We had the flip flops, tank tops, coolers and assorted novelty American flags ready to go this month. As far as Cleveland ideas go, it was particularly dumb,…
Mahall’s, Visible Voice Books and Literary Cleveland Team Up For Virtual Event About the Future of Live Music
Mahall’s, Visible Voice Books and Literary Cleveland have teamed up to present a virtual event with three nationally renowned science-fiction novelists, Annalee Newitz (Lambda award winner, contributing opinion editor for the New York Times, founder of io9), Sarah Pinsker (two-time Nebula award winner, singer-songwriter), and Mike Chen (Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal). At 6:30 p.m. on…
By All Appearances, Bakersfield in Ohio City is Permanently Closed
Bakersfield Tacos, a project three years in the making, appears by all outward appearances to be permanently closed. The Ohio City taco and tequila concept, which launched in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in 2012, opened on W. 25th (a block south of Lorain) in 2017. While attempts to contact the owner have been unsuccessful, the restaurant…
Nightlight Cinema Will Screen Movies Outdoors at Stan Hywet Hall This Month
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens (714 North Portage Path), the prestigious Akron event space known for spectacular Christmas lighting displays and lush gardens, is teaming up with Akron’s Nightlight Cinema (30 North High Street) to create an outdoor movie program called “The Nightlight Under the Stars”. “Nightlight Under the Stars” will feature five films: “Grey…
The “TITLE TBD” Exhibit at the Reinberger Gallery Challenges Our View of Collective Culture and Arts Practices
“Art galleries need artists, but artists don’t need galleries. The future relevance of commercial galleries, museums, and arts institutions depends on how they prioritize the artists and arts communities they serve in these precarious times.” -Meghana Karnik, Curator “TITLE TBD” is the latest exhibit on display at the Reinberger Gallery at the Cleveland Institute of…
Ohioans’ Perspectives on COVID, Economy Differ Based on Life Experiences
When people make decisions in their everyday lives, they seldom analyze their choices by running through a checklist of who they are – age, race, income, level of education or where they live. But that checklist is important, especially now, in an unusually tense presidential election as Ohioans try to understand how others think and…
Safe Spaces Become Learning Spaces for Children Fleeing Violence
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Families and educators in Ohio aren’t the only ones coping with back-to-school challenges during a pandemic. Domestic violence shelters also are working tirelessly to turn safe spaces into learning spaces. Terri Heckmen, CEO for the Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties, explained their residents have children in 14 different schools;…
A Remembrance for Thursday’s Lounge in Akron
The first time that I ever set foot in Thursday’s Lounge in Akron was back in 1993. I was 21 and I was not wearing motorcycle attire. It didn’t make much of an impression on me one way or the other. It would be almost seven years before I walked through that door again. I…
24 Signs You Might Hate America Without Even Knowing It
You consider yourself a patriot. You’re willing to die for your country. Okay, maybe not die, exactly. But you’d be willing to do something. If you weren’t busy that day. And it didn’t involve anything more strenuous than yelling at a lady for speaking Mexican in the school supplies aisle at Walmart. But what if…
Labor Day 2020 Report: Ohio Workers are Struggling
COLUMBUS, Ohio — This Labor Day, Ohio researchers aren’t mincing words about the status of labor in Ohio – workers are struggling. The annual State of Working Ohio report by Policy Matters Ohio typically examines key economic indicators from the year prior. But given COVID-19’s impact on the economy, researcher Michael Shields said new figures…
The 16 Most Important Issues for Ohio Voters, Ranked According to a Recent Poll
Campaigns conduct surveys in key states like Ohio so that they know which groups of people are most likely to be on their side, who is undecided, or against them. They use the information to appeal to undecided voters and to also discourage their opponents’ supporters from participating in the election. John Green, emeritus director…
Monday Was Third Wettest Day in Cleveland’s History
Widespread heavy rain occurred across the area, with as much as 4-5+" of rain being measured in many areas. Here is a map of radar estimated rain from across the area.Color code:grey: less than 0.25"blue: 0.25-1.00"green: 1-2"yellow/orange: 2-3"red: 3-4"white/pink: 4-6" pic.twitter.com/sAmIC0y0h3 — NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) September 8, 2020 If the pandemic hadn’t already killed your…
A Trump Boat Parade Brings Hundreds of MAGA Supporters to Lake Erie Today
Today’s Cleveland Trump supporter boat parade, the latest in the Trumptilla waterway celebrations that began in Florida and then spread across the country as other beautifully deranged boat owners or people who know people who own boats organized similar celebrations, will bring hundreds of MAGA supporters to Lake Erie. The parade, which is a permitted…
Two People, Including Undercover Cleveland Police Officer, Shot and Killed in Stockyards
A Cleveland police officer and one other person are dead after a shooting and car crash in Stockyards on Cleveland’s West Side Thursday night. The officer was working undercover. He and his passenger crashed their vehicle on W. 65th Street between Clark and Storer, across from the Roses discount store, after reportedly being shot at…
Health Experts Remind Ohio Parents About Diseases Besides COVID-19 as Vaccination Orders Fall
COLUMBUS, Ohio — With all the national speculation about the release of a novel coronavirus vaccine, some health experts are encouraging Ohio parents to do what they can to prevent the spread of other diseases. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that orders for regular childhood vaccines fell by 2.5 million…
In ‘Political Pandemic,’ Ohio Lawmakers Punt on COVID-19 Response
The state General Assembly is not deploying any legislative effort to respond to the health toll of a pandemic that has killed 4,165 Ohioans so far this year. Eight months into Ohio’s coronavirus outbreak, nursing homes still report a chronic lack of personal protective equipment, Gov. Mike DeWine has repeatedly bemoaned COVID-19 testing shortages, the…
New Coronavirus Tests Promise to be Faster, Cheaper and Easier
In the United States, the average wait time for COVID-19 test results is about four days. Even worse, 10 percent of individuals don’t receive lab results for 10 days or more. Quick reporting of test results helps identify infected individuals so they and anyone they potentially spread the coronavirus to can be isolated, preventing further…
Death at Cuyahoga County Jail, Second in Two Months, Was Trans Woman Lea Daye
The second death at the Cuyahoga County Jail in as many months was a black 28-year-old trans woman named Lea Rayshon Daye. She was found unresponsive by jail guards very early Sunday morning and had been in custody, according to county court records, since May 17, when she was arrested and jailed on robbery and…
Belt Publishing Releases ‘Black in the Midwest,’ a New Book of Essays About the Black Experience and Racial Identity
Black in the Middle: an Anthology of the Black Midwest was officially released this week from Belt Publishing, adding yet another critical read to your bookshelf at this juncture in history. The anthology, which is edited by Terrion Williamson, takes a look at the often marginalized identity of Black Midwesterners. Williamson is the director of…
Fire Food to Host Sticky Bun Pop-Up This Sunday at Rising Star Coffee in Cleveland Heights
There is a lot to be sad about in the wake of Fire Food and Drink’s closing, but right near the top is the loss of those heavenly sticky buns. Brunch at Doug Katz’ Shaker Square restaurant was the highlight of the week for many diners, and the highlight of that meal was often those…
1,500 Fans Can Attend “Hell is Real” Derby Between Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati Sunday
In defiance of recommendations from the Columbus Department of Health, Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew will allow 1,500 fans into Mapfre Stadium Sunday to watch their game against FC Cincinnati. The in-state rivalry was branded the “Hell is Real” Derby last year, named for the ominous sign on I-71 between Ohio’s largest and third-largest cities.…
CDC Orders Sweeping Ban on Evictions Due to Coronavirus as Thousands of Ohio Tenants Face Homelessness
Tenants who have lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic are protected from eviction for the rest of the year under an order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Under the CDC order, tenants making less than $99,000 a year – or couples earning under $198,000 a year – would be…
Ohioans Discuss Need for Permanent Paid Leave
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some Ohio policy experts, business leaders and parents are calling on Congress to create permanent paid-leave policies that will support working families through the pandemic and beyond. During a virtual roundtable discussion about paid leave this week, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said the COVID-19 crisis is called the “Great Revealer” because…
Here’s What’s At Stake As Lawmakers Debate a Repeal of HB6, the Law at the Heart of an Alleged $60 Million Conspiracy
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit Energy News Network. Please join our free mailing list or the mailing list for the Energy New Network as this helps us provide more public service reporting. A bill to repeal Ohio’s nuclear bailout law has…
Trades, Camps and Routines — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac ramble through another edition of A to Z. Among the topics: Podcast fast forwarding, a little Glory Days, Browns training camp and the Mike Clevinger trade. Subscribe to A to Z here or stream below.
DeWine: Lawyers to Evaluate if Cincinnati Can Be Exempt From 10 p.m. Liquor Curfew After CPD Links it to Gun Violence
The City of Cincinnati has seen 355 shootings so far this year — a 49% increase from this time last year, according to police data — and 68 homicides. And Mayor John Cranley and Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac are linking that uptick to fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic, and recently — specifically — the…
Civil Rights Commission Reverses Decision on Cleveland Epidemiologist Who Alleged Discrimination
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has reversed its decision in the case of a Cleveland Department of Public Health epidemiologist who alleged that her supervisor had harassed and disrespected her based on her age and country of origin, (Colombia). Based on new testimony, the Commission has now ruled that there is probable cause to suggest Karen…
Here’s the Full 1995 Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, 25 Years Ago Today
Remember concerts? Yeah, us too. But today we’re remembering one specific one — the 1995 all-star jam at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium that welcomed the official opening of the Rock Hall. Sit back on this rainy Wednesday and enjoy almost three hours of sweet, sweet live music from Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bruce Springsteen and the…
Savage Love: My Husband Wants an Open Marriage, But Not For Me
I’ve been married for 30 years to the same man. I have dealt with his tantrums, his screaming, and his fits. He’s always had anger-management issues. He strangled me once a few months after our son was born and never did it again. I would have left otherwise. He’s had relationships with other women but…
