Prosecutors Decline Charges in 2014 Incident Where Lorain Cop Slammed Suspect’s Head on Cruiser Windshield: UPDATE
Federal prosecutors have declined to pursue any charges against Lorain police officers Zachary Ferenec and Christopher Ferenzi, Cleveland.com’s Eric Heisig reports this morning. Ferenec slammed Pele Smith’s head onto the windshield of a police car during a September 2014 arrest. (See dash cam video and earlier stories below.) The Lorain Police Department didn’t do much…
Update: Kid Cudi’s New Studio Album Is Now Streaming
Update: Despite recent struggles with depression and suicidal urges that forced him to check into rehab, rapper Kid Cudi, a Cleveland native, has just announced a release date for his new studio album. Passion, Pain and Demon Slayin’ will arrive on Dec. 16. The album’s new swinging single “Surfin’,” a tune that features horns and a…
Single Mother of Two Also Lost Everything in Fire That Destroyed Newlyweds’ Belongings
A week or so ago we told you about Pete Daley and Victoria Weiland, a couple of newlyweds who lost everything in a fire just days after their wedding. Pete and Victoria are well loved in the service industry and a couple of fundraisers were organized. A GoFundMe has raised $16,000 of a $50,000 goal so…
Surprise Ending Doesn’t Redeem Rote Thriller ‘The Girl on the Train’
In the literary world, authors often use an unreliable narrator to keep audiences guessing. That technique works to great effect in The Girl on the Train, the new thriller based on the book by the same name. But while the movie effectively builds suspense and offers a major twist at the end, it often comes…
Exhibit of Native Clevelander’s ‘Analog’ Photos To Open at Loop in Tremont
Back in 2009, former Clevelander Chad Bilyeu moved to Amsterdam where he now works as a freelance photographer and writer. He actually learned how to take photos from taking a class at his high school. Bilyeu hasn’t forgotten his Cleveland roots. He represents Cleveland proudly with ABSNFC – or Another Bullshit Night From Cleveland –…
Avant-Garde Jazz Act Birth to Play First Show In More Than a Decade
From 1998 to 2004, birth, a Cleveland/New York-based saxophone, electric bass, drums trio, received attention and praise from some of the leading voices of the avant-garde jazz and creative music world. The late Harvey Pekar, a Scene contributor in the early 2000s, proclaimed that birth was “so good that it’s scary.” Birth released four records…
Rudy Giuliani in Cleveland: Trump is “Extraordinary Man,” “Enormously Good Man.”
Thank God no one took a knee during the National Anthem Tuesday morning, when former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani visited the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association to accept the local rank-and-file’s Donald Trump endorsement and to stump for the Republican candidate he called “an extraordinary man.” As at rallies for both Hillary Clinton and…
Brownbag Concerts at Trinity Cathedral and Four More Classical Music Events to Enjoy This Week
When Adolphe Sax developed the saxophone in the 1840s in Belgium, he was out to create a new breed of instrument for military bands that would bridge the gap between woodwinds and brass. The instrument is still used for those purposes, as well as starring in music that Sax would have never dreamed of. Our…
Ultravox Singer-Guitarist Midge Ure to Play Songs He Hasn’t Played in Years
Ultravox singer-guitarist Midge Ure says a presentation he gave to a group of students at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts inspired him to embark on 2014’s Fragile Troubadour Tour. For that jaunt, he toured completely solo and even drove himself from city to city as he recorded the whole experience for a documentary released…
Auction Details for the Naked Donald Trump Statue Announced
Do you want to own the naked Donald Trump statue? Of course you do. It can be yours (and you’ll benefit public art in the Coventry Village Special Improvement District and Joshua “Ginger” Monroe, so a win-win) on October 26th when the sculpture goes up for auction. The auction catalogue goes live October 7, and a private…
Oak and Embers to Open Second BBQ Joint in Former Marcelita’s Space in Hudson
Last year we learned that Marcelita’s Mexican restaurant in Hudson was closing its doors after nearly 40 years in business. Now we know what will replace it. Hopefully by the holidays, Oak & Embers Tavern will be filling the building and the surrounding neighborhood with the sweet and smoky scents of barbecue. In 1978, Marcela…
The Smith, a ‘Contemporary Smokehouse,’ to Open in Burton
Earlier this year, the sleepy Village of Burton welcomed the addition of Warren’s Spirited Kitchen, a progressive dining option in a sea of humble home-style cooking. By the middle of October, Burton will say howdy to The Smith, described by management as a “contemporary smokehouse.” For the past 18 months, owners Art and Linda Smith,…
Student Marches Planned This Afternoon Before Parma City School Board Meeting
The Parma city school board will meet tonight at 5:30 at Parma Senior High. As the district faces a two-year $15-million deficit ($7 million this year and $8 million next year) various and drastic cuts have been proposed to stave off a financial abyss leaders say is coming. Last week’s school board meeting was exceedingly contentious as…
Unique Thrift Store in Ohio City Will Close on Saturday
Unique Thrift Store in Ohio City is closing. The store’s last day of business will be Saturday, Oct. 8, an employee confirmed to Scene. And based on what we’ve heard, it’s an emotional day at the store; employees found out the news just this morning. “The decision was made by the corporate office to close…
Case Western Reserve University Announces Schedule for Its Think Forum Speaker Series
One of the country’s leading private research institutions, Case Western Reserve University prides itself on offering “a unique combination of forward-thinking educational opportunities in an inspiring cultural setting.” As part of that mission to enlighten its students and the general public, the university annually hosts the Think Forum speaker series, which brings celebrated artists and…
Seven Hills City Council Stomps on Democratic Process, Passes Emergency Ordinance to Permit Bowhunting of Deer
In a legislative maneuver virtually unprecedented in the state of Ohio, the Seven Hills City Council passed an ordinance Monday night that effectively circumvented a referendum that would have asked residents to vote on the legality of bowhunting in the city. This is the latest salvo in a raging controversy in Cleveland’s southwestern suburbs between…
Tribe Playoffs and Overachieving Browns — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
On Dre’s 7-day hangover, the Indians and the overachieving Browns. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here. Download the episode directly here. Or stream below.
Video: Mob of Kent State Students Go Clown Hunting After Reported Sighting on Campus
Kent State, like other schools and universities, has seen its share of clowning rumors and such this week. Specifically, last night saw multiple rumors and calls on campus. Kent State Police have been responding to calls of rumors of a possible clown sighting on campus on Monday evening & early Tuesday morning. — Kent State…
10 Tribute Acts to Play Beachland’s Annual Halloween Party
For ten years now, the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern has hosted a Halloween party and concert that features local bands paying tribute to punk and rock acts of yesteryear. Slated to take place on Friday, Oct. 28, this year’s event will feature 10 tribute bands. Bands will play on both the Tavern and Ballroom stage.…
Three Northeast Ohio Middle Schoolers Were Behind Clowning Threats at Area Schools
Clowning. It’s a thing now. More so the talk of clowning and stories about clowning and authorities warning people about clowning on social media than any actual clowning itself, but nevertheless, it’s a thing. And it’s led to wall-to-wall clown coverage on your local TV stations. Here’s Fox 8 with “Clown threats take over Ohio,”…
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham to Bring Perfectly Unbalanced Tour to Wolstein Center in 2017
Comic and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has won numerous awards for his cast of characters that includes Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Ached the Dead Terrorist, Bubba J, Peanut, Jose Jalapeno and Little Jeff, a mini-version of himself. Forbes once put him on its Celebrity 100 list of Most Powerful Entertainers, and Dunham has set the record…
Loren Naji’s Emoh Project Among Top 20 in Voting at Michigan Art Competition
[image-1]Last month, we told you of Loren Naji’s Emoh project, an entry into Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize annual competition. Yesterday, Naji got one step closer to his goal as organizers announced the twenty finalists from the first round of public voting. Naji’s Emoh was one of five entries from the Time-Based category. Following this week’s final…
Water Seed Taps into New Orleans Heritage in Sprawling New Funk Album
Water Seed typically kicks out an album every six months or so; that didn’t happen with this latest album, We Are Stars, due out in the spring. “We initially set out: ‘We just want to make a funk album. Nothing else,’” guitarist and bandleader Lou Hill says. They certainly landed on that result, but what…
East Cleveland Doesn’t Have an Ambulance
The latest headline out of East Cleveland once again puts residents on high alert: There is no working ambulance in the city, so only call 9-1-1 if you’ve got a “true medical emergency that REQUIRES an ambulance transport.” An ambulance donated from Mayfield Heights broke down after three days of operation. (See photo.) From the…
Three Cleveland Coffeeshops Will Become Luke’s Diner from ‘Gilmore Girls’ On October 5th
Update: Two additional coffeeshops in Cleveland will join Pour in becoming Luke’s Diner on October 5th in collaboration with Netflix and Gilmore Girls. So if you can’t make it to Pour, stop by Vintage Tea and Coffee or Dewey’s Coffee House on Shaker Square for free coffee, giveaways and more. Oy with the poodles already,…
Local Rockers All Dinosaurs Take Pride in Defying Categorization
All Dinosaurs singer-guitarist Bo Bowersmith and singer-guitarist Dave Gibian first became friends in high school and started playing music together. Looking back on it, they admit they didn’t really know what they were doing. “We played in really crappy bands in high school and then after high school,” says Bowersmith one recent evening at Funhouse,…
LeBron James Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
LeBron James has thrown the weight of his name and enormous influence behind Hillary Clinton. In an endorsement op-ed provided exclusively to Business Insider and re-printed in Monday’s Akron Beacon-Journal, LeBron said that Hillary was the only candidate who would support policies and ideas to support children living in poverty. LeBron cited the ongoing work…
Rapper Kanye West Keeps It Tame and Inspirational at the Q
There are few entertainers that are as polarizing as Kanye West. The people who despise him will roll out a laundry list of reasons why they do, but on the other side of the coin, his endearing fans will unfurl a scroll of reasons why they adore him. Last night, West’s Saint Pablo Tour made…
Schlock Rocker Tom Jones Shows Off Soulful Side at Hard Rock Live
Known best for saccharine pop hits such as “What’s New Pussycat?” and “It’s Not Unusual,” both of which he played during last night’s two-hour concert at Hard Rock Live, Welsh singer Tom Jones, who looked rather distinguished in a tight-fitting black suit, emphasized his serious side at last night’s rousing performance. Accompanied by only his…
moe. Thrills Kent with Funky Blues Jams All Night
For a good long while, moe. has been a guaranteed thrill ride anytime they come to town. Earlier this week, the band posted up at Kent Stage — where they last played in late 2014 — and delivered another party for the mostly packed house. In fact, there were a lot of similarities between the…
Alt-Rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Have Learned to Embrace the Chaos of Their Career
Still touring in support of its most recent album, 2013’s psychedelic and space rock-inspired Specter at the Fest, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has teamed up with co-headliners Death from Above, a heavy psychedelic rock band out of Toronto, for the current jaunt that swings into House of Blues at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11.…
Beachland Ballroom to Host Paul Simon Tribute Concert
A long-time fan of singer-songwriter Paul Simon, local singer-songwriter Matt Harmon has assembled a group of local musicians to perform at Paul Simon 75: A Tribute to the Songs of Paul Simon, a birthday bash he’s organized to honor the Rock Hall inductee. The event, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9,…
Backstage Pass: An Interview with Cinderella’s Tom Keifer
Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer spent ten years working on his solo album, The Way Life Goes, so you can’t blame him for spending a couple of years on the road in support of it. Keifer, who plays a solo show tonight at 8 at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, stopped at the Rock & Roll…
Have You Ever Wanted to See Tyler Naquin With a Ball Gag In His Mouth?
Well, then today’s your lucky day. It’s the end of the Tribe’s last road trip and that means dress-up day. Traditionally, the vets get the rookies in ridiculous costumes. For your AL Central Division champs, the definition of rookie was a little more fluid. Anyway, more from the costume-fest below. Russell Westbrook got nothing on…
Major Renovations Coming to Edgewater Park and Euclid Beach Pier
The Cleveland Metroparks has big plans in store for two of Northeast Ohio’s favorite beaches. Out at Euclid Beach, the parks system has a $1-million pier renovation in the works. Demolition of the current pier will begin this fall and in its place a new 220-foot-long pier (80 feet of which will be over the…
On Highway Election Graffiti, Trump, Clinton, Gods and Penises
Just outside of Cleveland, on I-77 at mile 158, there is a train overpass. The overpass is a deep, rusted brown, which makes it a brilliant backdrop for the bright white graffiti that’s been scrawled across it for motorists to see and admire. There are two distinct messages on this train overpass: one for those…
SNL Skit Meets Napoleon Dynamite in Heist Comedy Masterminds
The Pawn, the Brains, the Bait, the Ex, the Law, the Psycho, etc. The posters explained the story of Masterminds, a new heist comedy opening Friday in wide release, much better than we ever could. Directed by Jared Hess, (the Napoleon Dynamite dude who, for several years, appeared to have the market cornered on eccentric indies),…
Tickets Go On Sale on Saturday for 8th Annual Lakewood Chocolate Walk
[image-1]Lakewood might be littered with bars, but it’s also home to some fantastic chocolate shops. Slated to take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, the 8th Annual Lakewood Chocolate Walk provides participants with the opportunity to visit more than 20 shops and eateries in downtown Lakewood. Each “sweet stop” provides visitors…
Activist Photos Capture Significance of the Civil Rights Movement
Today, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage opens This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement. The 4,000-square-foot exhibit, which runs through May 14, 2017, features more than 150 black-and-white images by nine activist photographers who documented the clash between “institutionalized discrimination” and “determined resistance by activists and volunteers” during the Southern…
Fundraisers Organized for Newlywed Couple Who Lost Everything in a Fire
If you work in the service industry or hang around at certain spots, you probably know Pete Daley and Victoria Weiland. If so, you probably also know what’s going on. For the rest of you: Pete and Victoria are delightful people and they lost everything in a fire recently, just days after they got married. (A…
7 Concerts to Catch This Weekend
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 The Mowgli’s An L.A.-based indie rock act that plays a mix of West Coast pop, garage rock and Laurel Canyon folk, the Mowgli’s have slowly acquired traction since forming back in 2010. “Freakin’ Me Out,” the first single from the band’s new album, Where’d Your Weekend Go, features call and response vocals…
9th Annual Benefit for Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory Goes Down This Saturday Night
At 15,000 sq. ft. (and a half acre garden), the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation is the largest arts center in America specifically dedicated to every aspect of papermaking, book arts and letterpress printing. Explore it for yourself during the Morgan’s 9th annual benefit and silent auction from 6:30 to 10 p.m.…
Capitol Improvements: Theatre Enthusiasts Face Grim Realities with Courage and Grace
Representatives from the Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Organization (DSCDO) and Cleveland Cinemas assembled a multi-generational bushel of Capitol Theatre enthusiasts Tuesday evening to discuss the west side movie theater’s financial challenges and explore options for enhanced marketing and publicity. Last week, Cleveland City Council voted to restructure a loan made by the city to Detroit-Shoreway for…
Former Ohio Trump Campaign Chair Who Said Racism Didn’t Start Until Obama Administration Was In Front Row of Mike Pence Rally Yesterday
Remember Kathy Miller? Garbage moves so quickly with the Trump campaign that it might be easy to forget the volunteer Mahoning County Trump campaign chair who quit just last week. That came after a video interview with The Guardian during which she said things like, “I don’t think there was any racism until Obama got elected,”…
Everyone Who Worked for the Cavs Last Season is Getting a Championship Ring
[image-1]And you get a ring. And you get a ring. And you get a ring. A nice little story from Joe Vardon yesterday: Dan Gilbert and the minority owners of your 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers have elected to bestow a championship ring not only to the usual crew — players, front office, etc. —…
Nighttown to Host Tribute to Singer-Songwriter Laura Nyro
New York-based singer-songwriter Christine Spero fell in love with singer-songwriter Laura Nyro’s music when a friend of hers gave her a copy of Nyro’s Eli and the Thirteenth Confession. A Rock Hall Inductee, Nyro became one of the most covered artists in the 1960s and 1970s with tracks such as “Eli’s Coming,” “Stoned Soul Picnic,”…
Great Lakes Theater’s ‘My Fair Lady’ Sticks to the Fundamentals — And That’s Good
One of the pleasures of seeing a classic Lerner and Loewe musical such as My Fair Lady is in seeing how it can be restaged, or even reimagined, some 60 years after it opened on Broadway. In this Great Lakes Theater production, directed by Victoria Bussert, very few liberties are taken with the material. And…
Prog Rockers Coheed and Cambria Deconstruct Most Recent Album, ‘The Color Before the Sun’
When Coheed and Cambria came through town in 2014 to play a sold out show at House of Blues in support of the reissue of 2003’s In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, the band put on a helluva show. The group assembled such an array of lights and sound equipment on the club’s relatively…
Four Local Photographers Show Latest Work in Cleveland Print Room Exhibition
As October approaches, the Cleveland Print Room begins its fall schedule with a group exhibition challenging four Cleveland-based photographers in terms of both content and process. Perpetual Ephemera includes new work by local artists Preston Buchtel, Ryn Clarke, Hadley K. Conner, and Raheleh Mohammad. The artists explore their personal histories through a variety of media,…
Giant Indoor Entertainment Complex Coming to Brunswick
An enormous indoor entertainment complex with laser tag, bumper cars, inflatable bounce gyms, arcade games, food, drinks, and more is coming to Brunswick. Scene75 — no relation to Scene magazine — which already has locations in Cincinnati and Dayton, will open its facility on the Center Road site of Buehler’s Fresh Foods, which announced that it…
‘All The Way’ Highlights Lyndon Johnson’s Civil Rights Work at Cleveland Play House
Lyndon Baines Johnson was one of the more fascinating characters to ever populate the halls of Washington D.C., since he combined the raw, crotch-grabbing energy of a good ol’ boy from rural Texas with the liberal leanings of a man who deeply cared about the disadvantaged. Try finding a mixture like that in today’s polarized…
Cali Miles and 11 Others Charged in Cocaine Ring Bust
A federal prosecutor has charged 12 people with conspiring to distribute cocaine around Northeast Ohio. Among the indicted: local “pop/EDM” artist and Instagram personality Cali Miles. According to the indictment, the alleged cocaine dealing took place in 2013 and 2014. A man named Darrien Smith sold large amounts of cocaine to Brandon McKinnie, who in…
American Greetings Officially Unveils New Headquarters, Art Gallery, and 37th Annual Fine Art Show This Week
Five years after planning began, American Greetings is finally ready to unveil its new world headquarters, a five-story, 660,000 sq. ft. building on a 13.5-acre site at the south end of Crocker Park. Its first floor includes 88,000 sq. ft. of retail space. “We are celebrating an incredibly significant time in American Greetings history,” says…
Video: Watch the Tribe’s Playoff Clinching Celebration From Trevor Bauer’s Point of View
Trevor Bauer did Tribe fans a solid by wearing a Go-Pro during the playoff-clinching win over the Tigers a few nights ago. That footage, from the moment the crew sprints out of the dugout after the final out for an infield mob-job to the clubhouse champagne extravaganza, is below with what we assume is Bauer’s…
Band of the Week: Dreamers
MEET THE BAND: Nick Wold (vocals/guitar), Nelson (bass/vocals) and Jacob Wick (drums) THE BROOKLYN SOUND: Wold and Nelson started the alt-rock band in Brooklyn where they lived for ten years. Wold had been in another band that broke up and teamed up with Nelson to release the single “Wolves (You Got Me),” which got some…
Jill Vedaa Dishes Up a Unique Roster of Small Plates and the Perfect Setting for Sharing at Salt in Lakewood
When it comes to dining out, is there a greater moment of anticipation than when a guest first picks up the menu to give it a read? The experience is the restaurant equivalent of the first impression, and you know what they say about those. Even the best rosters are bound to be clogged up…
Duck Island Chili Sauce is About to Become Your Favorite Topping for Hot Dogs and More
It was a fateful July 4 when Michael Tortora served up the latest incarnation of what he refers to as his “Cleveland-style” chili sauce to friends at Flying Monkey’s Independence Day party. With grass-fed beef and an Adobo-base (flavored with Penzey’s spices, GLBC’s Dortmunder, and Bertman’s Ballpark Mustard) the tangy, paste-like concoction, eventually christened “Duck…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Channels Harry Potter, X-Men
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, based on a peculiar book of the same name and directed by the embodiment of peculiarity himself, Tim Burton, is much better than you might have expected. Having seen the baffling publicity — a white-eyed, Don-King-coiffed Samuel L. Jackson, what? — you were likely to have considered this one…
Film Spotlight: Queen of Katwe
The collaboration between Walt Disney and ESPN — an intra-conglomerate partnership, of course, as ESPN is owned by the Walt Disney company — has now yielded another heartwarming international tale based on a true story. The first was 2014’s Million Dollar Arm, starring Jon Hamm. It followed a down-on-his-luck sports agent who travels to India…
The Most Versatile Actors in Cleveland? These Four are Certainly in the Running
With all the showbiz awards floating around these days, there is oddly no Meryl Streep Award for the most versatile actors. This seems strange, since one of the hallmarks of a talented thespian is the ability to take on widely different roles and deliver each with credibility. In order to correct this oversight, I hereby…
Savage Love: Cheats
Dear Dan, I’m a guy, 35, and a cheating piece of shit. I’m engaged to a woman I love, but earlier this year I cheated on her. I have no excuse. She discovered the dating app I used, and we worked through that. But she doesn’t know that shortly after her discovery, I went ahead…
Whether for Contemporary or Old Music, Two Artists Find Cleveland a Great Place to Live and Work
Cleveland provides fertile ground for artists who have grown up or gone to school here and later decided to make the city their home and a place for creating their artistic identities. Just to choose two examples, composer and new music advocate Timothy Beyer, and Baroque oboist Debra Nagy have chosen to settle here —…
The Classical Music Highlights You Shouldn’t Miss This Season
The Cleveland Orchestra gets back to business at Severance Hall Sept. 29 with Franz Welser-Möst at the helm and Paul Jacobs at the E.M. Skinner for Aaron Copland’s Organ Symphony. From Oct. 6-9, fans can enjoy all three of Ottorino Respighi’s Roman tone poems (Festivals, Fountains and Pines). Guest conductor Jakub Hrša and pianist Yuja…
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Performing Arts Series Offers a Wide Mix of Music
For nearly all of its 100-year history, the Cleveland Museum of Art has presented music from around the world, which makes its annual Performing Arts series part of a longstanding mission. “There’s a rich history of concerts at the museum,” says the museum’s Director of Performing Arts, Tom Welsh. “We present a wide range…
New Program Helps Graduates from Cleveland High Schools Land Scholarships at the Cleveland Institute of Art
On Aug. 29, freshmen Shania Gilbert and Zhaphar Weaver began their studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art. What set these two apart from the rest of the incoming freshman class? Gilbert and Zhaphar are local graduates from Cleveland high schools attending CIA on full-tuition, four-year scholarships. The second year of this relatively new scholarship…
From the Panel to the Page to the Silver Screen, Celebrating the Work of the Legendary Derf
Three local cartoonists were awarded 2016 Creative Workforce Fellowships, including John G. and Nathan Ward. The third, of course, went to John “Derf” Backderf. It was a long overdue hometown honor. Derf’s “The City” comic once ran in these very pages. (Ed. Note: Sorry about ever getting rid of it, Derf.) Spanning over 15,000 strips,…
Projection Designers are Bringing New Looks to Local Stages
You never see them. They do all their work before you ever arrive at the theater and by then they’re gone, off on another gig. But boy, do they leave their mark on the plays you’re seeing. These mysterious folks are the projection, lighting and scenic designers who are utilizing modern technology to give new…
Lafayette Carthon’s Gospel Shed Session Brings Together Singers and Musicians to Entertain and Teach
Pianist Lafayette Carthon, Jr. has condensed his artistic philosophy to small and direct list. “There are three things you can do with music,” he said, ticking off points with his fingers. “You can worship with it. You can entertain with it. And you can teach with it.” At his weekly Gospel Musicians Shed session, he…
Historic Cleveland Theaters are Getting New Life
In 1927, two years before his death, Italian-born architect Nicola Petti designed two Cleveland theaters that would become neighborhood anchors in their respective communities on the east and west sides. In 2016, 89 years later, both are being reborn. Thanks to significant city and state historic tax credits, grant contributions and the will of community…
Local Innovative Theater Companies are Exploring Exciting Possibilities
As much as we all enjoy seeing the classics on stage—from Romeo and Juliet to The Odd Couple—we are fortunate to live in an area where local theater companies are eager to venture out in new and compelling directions. This season, four such companies are proving that Northeast Ohio is fertile ground for theaters that…
Cleveland’s Arts and Cultural Community has Helped Cleveland Shine. It’s Time Cleveland Did More
With the release of this year’s fall guide, we pause once again to reflect on the state of our local art community. It seems pretty cliché to start an article by paraphrasing a Bob Dylan quote, but the times indeed are changing. That’s not to say they’re getting worse, they’re just getting different. For several…
