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UPFRONT CITY COUNCIL POUNCES UPON CLASH MISTAKE TO SUBVERT CITIZEN ACTION Photo by Sam Allard

IN 2017, CLEVELAND CITY Council rejected petitions seeking referendum on a deal authorizing public funds for the expansion and renovation of the Quicken Loans Arena. Council clerk Patricia Britt (and the council leaders and lawyers hiding behind her name) argued then that the petitions violated the United States Constitution. That argument, which was a clear effort to stall and subvert citizen action, was ruled invalid by the Ohio Supreme Court. Last week, City Council rejected petitions yet again. This time, they’re arguing that those petitions submitted on April 2 by Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) seeking a ballot initiative for lead-safe housing legislation failed to include language required by the Ohio Revised Code. It is true that the petitions failed to include the required language. CLASH admits that it made a mistake by not including an all-caps disclaimer — “WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE” — but notes that the petition did include additional election falsification language. The redundant requirements seem to have

no purpose other than to complicate citizen-led initiative and referendum efforts. CLASH acknowledges that the mistake likely means the law they wrote, which would require landlords to certify that their properties are “lead safe,” will not be placed on the November ballot. But they argue that the City Charter, not the Ohio Revised Code, governs city council’s response. The signatures had already been deemed sufficient by council clerk Pat Britt and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, and the City Charter states that the proposed ordinance must be submitted to city council at its next meeting — this past Monday night. Per the Charter: “The Council shall at once read and refer the [ordinance] to an appropriate committee, which may be the committee of the whole. Provision shall be made for public hearings upon the proposed ordinance before the committee to which it is referred. Thereafter the committee shall report the proposed ordinance to the Council, with its recommendations thereon, not later than sixty days after the date on which the proposed ordinance was

submitted to the Council by the Clerk.” CLASH gathered to demand as much Monday night. Former city councilman Jeff Johnson, who sponsored lead legislation in 2017 which was ignored and now is a leader with CLASH, told Scene that he’s disheartened by the pattern of council leadership being dismissive of citizen action. “There are members of CLASH who’ve been involved in all three of the recent citizen-led petition drives,” Johnson said Monday. “The $15 minimum wage, the Q Arena deal, and now lead. We’ve been through this process and we’ve seen council leadership, and the mayor’s office, act this way before. Kevin Kelly is at the heart of this. I’m speaking for myself, but I’ve been on the inside, and his behavior is absolutely unacceptable. He continues to be antagonistic to procedures outlined in the charter. He is openly antagonistic and dismissive of the process.” Kelley, throughout, has maintained that the most effective way to deal with Cleveland’s lead crisis is through the city-formed Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition (LSCC), whose policy committee is actively at work on recommendations.

Johnson said that if council refuses to certify the petitions, as CLASH believes they are required to do, a sitting council member could alternately sponsor the legislation. It could be introduced and amended in accordance with the city’s standard legislative practice. “Our reaction is not to go away, but to double down on our belief that when citizens act, they should be listened to,” Johnson said. He added that CLASH members were committed to ending the lead crisis one way or another, and while he’s hopeful that a court of law would side with CLASH’s interpretation of the City Charter, he knew the coalition members would once again hit the streets to get signatures for a future ballot initiative if need be. —Sam Allard

4 a.m. Last Call Coming to Cleveland for MLB All Star Week in July The deadline for bars and restaurants to apply for a special “major event” 4 a.m. extended last call liquor permit is May 3, which means now is a good time to remind you | clevescene.com | April 17 - 23, 2019

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UPFRONT that the MLB All Star Game qualifies as a major event and later drinking hours at approved locations will be in effect from Friday, July 5, through Wednesday, July 10. This will be only the second such extension for Cleveland, the first being the RNC, of course. That was allowed by a then-recently passed Ohio bill that permitted special extended hours during oh-so-special events. During that memorable, week-long collective lowering of national standards, about 240 Cleveland joints were approved to stay open until 4 to serve what ended up being a pretty underwhelming super-late-night crowd. Still, it’s a thing, so once the approved list of options is available, we’ll be sure to share it with you. — Vince Grzegorek

BP Funded Smarmy Opposition Ads Against Toledo’s ‘Lake Erie Bill of Rights’ Ballot Initiative A few weeks before the election in Toledo that eventually made

Lake Erie a person, there was much discussion about who was bankrolling those smarmy and scary-sounding radio ads that predicted the evils of the new Lake Erie water monster if the amendment passed. The ads warned a healthier Lake Erie was going to put people out of business and that food would cost too much, with the good people in Lucas County possibly starving to death. And here was the worst part of these ads: With foreboding music in the background, the narrator said that “outside special interests” were the ones behind pushing this Lake Erie environmental rights mess. Oh, the humanity! But in the irony of all ironies, the ones who bankrolled the ads that bemoaned the “outside special interests,” were in fact, “outside special interests.” In post-election campaign fi nance fi lings released last week, it was revealed that nearly all of the smarmy ad funding came from a $302,000 donation from BP Corp. North America, affiliated with Houston-based BP America Inc., the subsidiary of one of the world’s largest oil companies, formerly known as British Petroleum. You know, the one that

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caused the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. BP America’s media affairs director, Michael Abendhoff, said in a prepared statement that BP funded the anti-Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) campaign because it “believes a healthy Lake Erie is important to the region and to our employees who live and work along its shores … That’s why we support the rigorous environmental permitting already in place and strong enforcement of existing laws to help protect this precious natural resource. “We opposed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights because it undercuts those existing laws and allows individuals to fi le lawsuits against businesses that are operating properly under state or federally approved permits,” his statement continued. “While we did not support this specific measure, BP remains committed to working with regional and state elected officials on Lake Erie issues and to a strong permitting process that protects this important resource for generations to come.” Despite such care for its workers who live and work along the Lake Erie shores, not many paid much attention to the ads,

and the LEBOR referendum won by a 61-39 margin on Feb. 26. Julian Mack, a backer of the amendment and a member of Toledoans for Safe Water, said, “I’m glad the voters of Toledo recognized a lie when they saw it and that they weren’t swayed by money and politics this time. And I think it underlines the nobility of our cause.” Even the Toledo Blade, which was none too pleased with the amendment from the beginning, had had it with how the opposition hid their BP funding. “Voters should not have been kept in the dark about this outside influence,” the Blade wrote in an op-ed last week, and that the opposition “should have disclosed the involvement of BP at the outset.” “Local opponents hid in their mahogany-lined boardrooms and let Big Oil carry their water, pun intended.” One more point: Markie Miller and Crystal Jankowski, both members of Toledoans for Safe Water and originators of the ballot idea, have been asked to address the United Nations in New York on April 22. Good for them. — Daniel McGraw

Undesign the Redline Exhibit to Open in Three New Cleveland Locations Cleveland Neighborhood Progress has announced the three new locations that will host the Undesign the Redline exhibit, an interactive art installation that tackles the issue of racial inequality and the history of redlining. One of the main purposes of the exhibit is to educate people about discriminatory practices from the 1930s, such as redlining (the process of refusing to give loans, insurance or credit in speciďŹ c communities,

DIGIT WIDGET $30 MILLION Planned expansion of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which will include a “weatherproof connection� between the Rock Hall and Great Lakes Science Center and additional parking for both facilities.

17 Hours after the suicide of Brendan Kiekisz at the Cuyahoga County Jail on Dec. 27 that ofďŹ cials implemented changes so all incoming inmates received medical screenings upon entry. MetroHealth ofďŹ cials had been pleading with the County for weeks to make the change.

195 Total blocked shots by the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2018-2019 season, the lowest total in NBA history. No team has ever blocked fewer than 200 shots, and only seven teams — in history — have blocked fewer than 250.

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usually because of race or ethnicity), and how they are linked to social issues that persist today. Cleveland Neighborhood Progress has been working since 2017 to create conversations about race and economic inclusion, and to establish a comprehensive team of leaders throughout the city who are devoted to continuing to advance toward racial equality. Last year, they announced plans to bring a traveling exhibition to diverse Cleveland communities. Dates for the exhibit run from April 15 until June 28 at the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and Cudell Improvement, Inc. (6016 Lorain Ave.). Then, from July 8 to Sept. 27, the exhibit will be at the YWCA of Greater Cleveland (4019 Prospect Ave. E). Finally, from Oct. 7 to Dec. 20, the exhibit will be on view at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (2230 Euclid Ave.). Undesign the Redline was created by Designing the WE and hosted at Mt. Pleasant NOW Development Corp. (MPNDC) since last fall. A display will also remain at MPNDC through December. — Alana Whelan

Retrograde Ohio Legislature Passes Heartbeat Bill Gov. Mike DeWine last week signed into law one of the nation’s strictest laws regulating abortion, one day after the so-called “heartbeat billâ€? prevailed in the State Senate. Opponents protested and demonstrated as the proceedings dragged on toward these depressing conclusions. Supporters of the bill not only expect, but are excited by, the prospect of a prolonged court battle. The ACLU is expected to ďŹ le a lawsuit challenging the law this week. As we’ve noted before, courts have struck down similar heartbeat laws in other states, including North Dakota and Iowa, as recently as January. “Ultimately, this will work its way up to the United States Supreme Court,â€? DeWine told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last month. “And they’ll make that decision.â€? John Kasich last year vetoed the heartbeat bill, saying it likely violated the U.S. Constitution under Roe v. Wade. Instead, Kasich signed a law banning abortions after 20 weeks. Ohio continues to be a frequently horrible place to live. — Grzegorek

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even ev ven en in th he mi midd-1, 1,000 000s 00 0s, th 0s, the te the t rr rrit itor ory y of com om mp peti pe tittiive v hig gh sc scho hool ol pla laye yers rs. Noo one ne staart rted ed pla layi ying ng at an ear arly ly ag ge, e, and nd no on onee ha hass tr trai aine ned d wi with th eellit lite ite ccooaches or highly paid che it h ss ttu uttoors ors rs. Eiigh E g t of the tea eam’ m’ss 10 offi fficcia iall memb me ember errss — and all of the players who com coomp mpeted reg gul u arly in n 2018 82019 20 1 — are re rec e en ent im i migrants i fro rom m India an and Ne N p paal. l They’ y ve pic icke ked d up chess on nly in th thee pa p st two years and have ha ve dev evot otted the oted hems msssel m elve el vess as ful ully ly to thei th eirr friend dsh ship ip ips ps wi with th h one ano noth ther er as they have to the gam a e. That’s how they’vee got o teen so good. By playing each other. A lot o. Gallagher eighth-grade lan ngu g age arts teacher Jose Colon, whose homeroom has become a kind of satellite headquarters for the team, at least during school hours, says that the chess players are the sort of students who turn in homework assignments days before they’re due. “They turn in their in-class assignments early too,” he says. “You

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*** It’s CMSD’s spring break, and seven members of the Gallagher chess squad are at team captain

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Akshar Patel’s apartment in West Park. They’re playing chess — what else? — on three roll-up boards arrayed side by side on the living room carpet. All but one of the core players, eighth-grader Nouh Shaikh, live here in West Park. But Nouh spent the night last night, he says. Nouh fires up a laptop to verify some team statistics. He’s fact-checking head coach Amit Ghose, who’s trying to summarize the team’s staggering list of accomplishments this season. Here’s one. Over the past two years, Gallagher has gone 57-0 in CMSD tournament play. This is a feat that Coach Ghose believes has never been equaled, or frankly even approached. He’s been coaching chess at Gallagher for nearly a decade, but this year’s team? “What this year’s team is doing has never been done before,” he says. “In chess, there are many draws [tie games]. To go 57-0? To not lose or draw even one time? This is a rare accomplishment.” Ghose is a first-generation Indian American — a native of the state of Uttar Pradesh — and serves not only as the head chess coach but as a bilingual instructor at Gallagher, which has CMSD’s highest percentage of Asian students (10.8 percent, as of 2017). Akshar Patel and his parents immigrated from India in 2015. Nouh arrived from India, by way of Oman, in 2017. “October 13,” Nouh says. “At 6:13 a.m. It was a Friday.” The rest are Nepali, and arrived in the United States from 2008 to 2013 as part of a U.N. resettlement program. Most of them had been living in refugee camps in Eastern Nepal after their families had been expelled from the Kingdom of Bhutan in the preceding decades. “These are children from very humble beginnings,” Coach Ghose says in a later interview. “Every day, I remind them that they were lucky enough to make it to this great country, and they have to succeed, for their families and for themselves.” In Cleveland, almost every immigrant student begins his or her studies at the Thomas Jefferson Newcomers Academy — “TJ,” to CMSD vets. There, the English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction and cultural acclimation is much more intensive. Once language barriers have been sufficiently reduced, students fan out to other schools. Many find their way to Gallagher. Several years ago, Coach Ghose — whom his players call only “Mister”

— noticed that the Indian and Nepali students were having a difficult time adjusting. They were loners, Ghose says, and not by choice. Some of this he attributed to the language barrier. But he also sensed that they weren’t particularly interested in popular American sports, and that they were struggling to make friends. He began recruiting them for the chess team, hoping first and foremost to give them a social outlet. That this year’s team has embraced chess as vigorously as they’ve embraced their friendships was unexpected. He gestures to the students, who are wrapped up in their conversations and their chess, erupting in laughter and their native languages after good or questionable moves. What some might see as extraordinary team chemistry Ghose sees as friendship strengthened by cultural bonds. They all take the RTA Red Line to school every day and meet on weekends at their homes or at Michael Zone Rec Center to practice chess and hang out. They share cultural festivals and food — many of them, under the watchful eye of their parents, are learning to cook regional cuisine. The girls are dancers. On Fridays at Gallagher, the students sit together at lunch and share meals from their home countries. “It’s not just chess,” says Coach Ghose. “Yesterday, there was a get-

together. They played an hour or two of chess. Then they had a food party and watched a Bollywood movie.” Akshar’s mom has prepared poha — a spicy flattened rice — and chai tea, and Nouh, much to his teammates’ chagrin, tracks down a YouTube video of a dance performance at Gallagher from a couple years back. The girls are mortified. “I also have another skill,” says Nouh, revealing a Rubik’s Cube. “Nouh can do it in less than two minutes,” Coach Ghose says. “It’s been a year since I’ve done this,” Nouh reports. “You literally did it yesterday,” says eighth grader Oma Dahal, from across the room. “Yes,” Nouh admits. “But it’s been a year since my top skills.” He completes it in 105 seconds.

Bf8xd6 “I like chess because it’s exercise for the brain.” — Akshar Patel, 14

*** The fact that the Gallagher chess squad is led by mostly eighth graders who have been playing competitively for two full seasons has bolstered their confidence and their performance. The players now say sincerely that their practices are much more difficult than tournament play.

Every day at the Gallagher library after school, they play each other in rapid succession. After one game is complete, they immediately start another one or else challenge another player. Their faces are low to the roll-up boards, their moves decisive. Eighth-grader Oma Dahal is known to be the team’s most deliberate player. Eighth-grader Arpan Rai, his teammates say, plays fastest. The squad’s nuclear-grade secret weapon, though, is seventh-grader Sunita Magar, a soft-spoken Nepali whose ferocity on the board is belied by her smiling shyness. Before games she sometimes appears to be daydreaming, and during games she’ll lazily cup her face in her hands. But her focus is razor-sharp, her attacks merciless. Even as she’s rapidly improved this year, she’s lovingly known on the team for her tardiness. “When I was 8 or 9 years old, I wanted to be a doctor,” Sunita tells Scene, when asked what she wants to be when she grows up. “Where I came from there weren’t many doctors. But now, I know that I can’t, because of my abilities.” What were her abilities? Scene wanted to know. “My abilities are: I love to sleep.” Coach Ghose refers to Sunita as the best middle-school girl in the state of Ohio in her division. “She knows now that to get better, | clevescene.com | April 17 - 23, 2019

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FEATURE she needs to play against players who are stronger than her,” he says. “All the girls. They used to only want to play their friends. Now, they’ll play anyone. They are fearless.” Sunita is one of four girls on the Gallagher team this year, alongside Oma Dahal, Binita Biswa and Ritu Limbu. This means that among regular competitors, there’s an even split along gender lines. This is exceedingly rare. Though competitions are mixed, chess is dominated by boys. Ghose says Gallagher’s principal Thomas Kubiak specifically asked him to recruit more girls for the team this year. “Boys are more aggressive,” Oma tells Scene. “But honestly, I’m more intimidated playing other girls. The girls are so rare that you know they are very smart. They are slower, more mature. The boys make many mistakes, and you can take advantage of them.” The team’s top two players (by official rating) are Akshar and Nouh. They’ve both gotten so good so quickly that they’ve advanced out of the main middle-school pool and now compete in the “Champions” bracket, reserved for players ranked above 1,000. It’s the equivalent of welterweight boxers gaining 60 pounds and extending their reach by several inches, all while maintaining their foot speed, and all in the span of a few months. Akshar and Nouh’s ascent has been both exhilarating and challenging for the team, because team chess scores are based on the cumulative point total of a team’s top four players in each round. A player receives one point for a victory, a half-point for a draw, and zero for a loss. Without Akshar and Nouh, Gallagher’s dominance was less assured. With Akshar and Nouh, Gallagher’s dominance was unequivocal. Having dispatched their CMSD counterparts, Gallagher competed this year in the Greater Cleveland Scholastic League. These monthly tournaments, organized by the local chess nonprofit Progress with Chess, convened some of the region’s stiffest youth competitors. “These are farm programs, more or less,” Coach Ghose tells Scene. “Regional powerhouses. The kids start playing at 5 or 6 years old, and the top players from the middle schools then play on their high-school teams.” Ghose lists off

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some of their well-heeled opponents: Beachwood, Solon, Hawken, Westlake, etc. But none of these programs were prepared for what awaited them in Gallagher. In November, during the first of the GCSL tourneys, Gallagher edged Solon by half a point for the top position. Coach Ghose was floored. “We thought it was a fluke,” he says. But then the team won again in December, and momentum was suddenly on their side. Then they won the next tournament, in February. Then they won in March. “These victories,” says Coach Ghose modestly, “were in convincing fashion.” By now, CMSD was taking notice, in part due to Ghose’s

seven, I think,” says Akshar. “Yes,” confirms Nouh. “2,207.” Seward, who has come in after school to play simultaneous games with the team and offer tactical tips, says he was surprised by the students’ skill. “As far as I can tell, they’ve had no formal training,” he tells Scene. “Most chess players I know have at least studied books. Others have had expert players teaching them. I don’t know where they got their chess from — of course it’s different nowadays, with the internet — but they’ve gotten to an impressive level all on their own.” Akshar, who is regarded as the strongest player on the team, says he regularly watches full games on YouTube to study the openings of the Photo courtesy of Amit Ghose

who taught many of the chess students as fifth graders, urged Ghose to take the team to nationals. They were good enough. They deserved to compete against schools from around the country. Principal Kubiak agreed. The students deserved an experience. But the district’s funds were limited, and the U.S. Chess Federation’s national middle-school championship was to be held in Texas. The trip was much too far and much too costly for the team, even with growing community support. The national high-school championship, however, was to be held in Schaumburg, Illinois, an hour outside of Chicago. Illinois was much closer, much more doable. And even though Ghose worried about the vulnerability of his 13- and 14-year-olds squaring off against seasoned high-school teams in the pressure-cooker atmosphere of national tournament play, the kids had earned the opportunity. Gallagher held a pep rally for the team in March. Each player was introduced as their accomplishments were read over the deafening applause of their classmates. They stood before the school on the squares of an enormous home-made chess board, donning their blue-andwhite jerseys. And on Thursday, March 14, the players awoke early. They met at Gallagher before the sun came up, boarded a van and headed West.

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Local chess master Steven Seward plays simultaneous games with the team, but Nouh Shaikh is a worthy challenger.

relentless advocacy and publicity. CEO Eric Gordon himself sent personalized letters to the team, congratulating them on their regional accomplishments. Students at Gallagher, too, were beginning to notice their classmates. “They are becoming a little bit like celebrities,” Ghose says. “Students have their favorite players. And they all want to join the team now.” In a stroke of good fortune, a rated chess master named Steven Seward lived down the street from Gallagher and volunteered his services. Seward tells Scene he heard about the team in a block club email. As a former Ohio Speed Chess champion, he reached out to Coach Ghose, who accepted immediately. “Mr. Seward is ranked above 2,000,” Ghose says. “Two-thousand two-hunded and

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world’s best players. Seventh-grader Reyosh Biswakarma swears by the Chess Talk YouTube channel, where he says he’s learned a variety of ways to checkmate opponents. Nouh enjoys the “Play Magnus” app on his phone, where you can play against a simulated version of world champion Magnus Carlsen at his various stages of development. But nothing teaches chess like playing chess. And Seward has been valuable to the team’s top players in the same way that the team’s top players have been valuable to those developing their skills. “Akshar, for example, became obsessed with beating Mr. Seward,” says Ghose. “I beat him yesterday,” Akshar says. “Twice.” As the GCSL victories mounted, Gallagher teacher Cynthia McGuire,

“Before playing, I take deep breaths so I don’t panic. If you panic, you lose control of the game. You cannot lose control. You must focus, and you cannot be focusing on anything else. Then, you just need the attitude that you’re going to win.” — Oma Dahal, 14 “When you shake your opponent’s hand, your heart starts to race.” — Reyosh Bishwakarma, 13

*** It is a matter of perpetual controversy at Joseph M. Gallagher that Amit Ghose, the head chess coach himself, believes that Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. “LeBron is the greatest player of his generation,” Ghose conceded to Scene, when asked to defend his position against the obvious. “But there is a reason why LeBron wears Michael’s number. During championship time, it is the elevation of the game. LeBron is not a naturalborn assassin like Michael was. If you have three seconds on the clock,

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would you rather give the ball to LeBron or Michael? Ask anyone. They give it to Michael. LeBron is a master distributor, a facilitator. But Michael, as a competitor, was the total package. He never had a bad game, even with the flu.” Ghose frequently turns to Michael Jordan analogies when describing the Gallagher chess team. Just like Jordan, he says, the practices are more intense than the games. Just like Jordan, he says, there is a healthy amount of trash-talking. And just like Jordan, he says, when a flu bug visited the team in Schaumburg, they dug deep and played through it. Ghose was scrambling for Tylenol that Friday evening after the tournament’s tough opening rounds. The following day, he knew, was going to be hellish. Chess tournaments are excruciatingly long. A round is only completed after every game is over. So if you win or lose early, you’ve got a lot of downtime. At the district level, each round is two hours, but at nationals, each round is five. Three rounds were scheduled for Saturday, and his players’ temperatures were rising. The illnesses would have been easier to keep in check had they booked rooms at the convention center hotel, where the tournament was held. Ghose had been looking for value, though, and the team was camped out in a hotel 15 minutes away. On Saturday, as other players returned to their rooms upstairs to nap or unwind after games, the Gallagher kids were stranded, nursing headaches in the hallways. The U.S. Chess Federation, at the high-school level, has a U-800 division (players ranked below 800), and a U-1,200 division. This put both Sunita Magar and Binita Biswa up with Nouh and Akshar, above the level where they normally compete. That meant that Oma Dahal would be anchoring the foursome in the U-800 division, along with teammates Arpan Rai, Ritu Limbu and Reyosh Biswakarma, the leather-jacket-wearing team rebel. While players are matched against competitors of the same general skill level, playing against high schoolers is still a different beast. They’re physically imposing, for one thing, but they also play more deliberately. They make fewer mistakes. Chess, by its nature, is a cruel and unforgiving game — it is not uncommon for students to

emerge from tournament ballrooms in tears — but high-school players are more experienced, keener to exploit their psychological advantages. Being younger, though — and being smaller — has advantages as well. Oma tells Scene that chess is unique because “size doesn’t matter.” Children beat adults all the time, and there is nothing more demoralizing than losing control of a game to an opponent you feel you should be beating. (This is why Coach Ghose repeatedly instructs his team not to look at ratings before their matches. Playing an opponent with a higher rating can lead to undue intimidation; playing an opponent with a lower rating can lead to dangerous overconfidence.) The Gallagher kids didn’t have to look at the ratings to be intimidated. The high-schoolers they were playing were huge. Nevertheless, and in the face of their sickness, the team prevailed. Both Nouh and Akshar managed to tally 4.5 and 4 points, respectively, over seven rounds in the U-1,200 group. But the star of the tournament was Reyosh. He’d lost his first two games Friday, and things were looking bleak for the U-800 squad heading into Saturday. But in Round 3 Reyosh was pitted against a player who had also lost his first two games, and Reyosh defeated him. He then won his fourth round game, bringing his individual record to 2-2. In Saturday’s final round, he won again. The U-800 team was making some noise. Oma, Arpan and Ritu were winning too. Reyosh won Sunday morning, bringing his tournament record to 4-2 (four total points) with one round to go. In the final round, he was matched up against a player from Florida who was also 4-2. “He was playing with white,” Reyosh tells Scene, “and he told me that the only two games he’d lost were when he was black. When he was white, he said he had destroyed his opponents.” Reyosh’s heart was racing, he says, but even with the slight disadvantage of playing with black (which moves second), Reyosh took the game. With an individual record of 5-2, the best of any Gallagher player, Reyosh tied for 30th in the country and received a trophy for the tournament’s top players. And with that victory, alongside Oma and Arpan’s 4.5 points and Ritu’s 4, Gallagher secured a top-10 team finish. The U-800 squad tied for sixth place in the nation. (Solon high school’s U-800 squad, Coach

Ghose was very pleased to mention, finished 61st.)

Bd6xg3# “Chess — how do I say it? — it prepares me for real life. You make a move in chess, and with every move, there are consequences. Sometimes you lose a piece and you cannot take it back. It’s just like in real life.” — Sunita Magar, 13

*** At the Ohio Middle School Championships, three weeks after Schaumburg, the Gallagher team wants to put the only cap on their season that makes sense: a state title. They’re feeling confident and relaxed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mayfield Village as match assignments for Round 2 have just been posted. They process into the hotel ballroom and take their seats, writing their opponents’ names in paper booklets — players are required to record their moves so that if a dispute arises, neutral judges can check the results against both players’ tallies. No parents or coaches are allowed in the playing area once the round begins, and so Coach Ghose, at tables near the hotel bar, can do little but wait. As he has before, Ghose mentions that he’s hopeful the team might be able to stay together next year, even as the majority of them head to high school. Most of the students live near John Marshall and have expressed interest in the three schools on CMSD’s campus there. But Binita, whose expressiveness and buoyant personality seem suited for highschool theater, and Oma, who loves to dance, have both also considered the Cleveland School of the Arts. Ghose wants nothing but good things for this team and hopes that all the kids find their way to high schools where they can thrive. But if the team does manage to stay together, he intends to stay on as coach and mentor. What has made the Gallagher team so successful this year is that they have all improved. Together. Akshar, Nouh and Sunita may be individually dominant, but every player has shone brightly in district and regional tournaments. Each one of them has scored crucial victories when others were outmatched. A single stellar player cannot carry a squad. There’s no “I” in team just as there’s no “I” in chess. That’s why, if they go to different high schools, Ghose says, even if they continue to succeed, they won’t be able to reproduce the power of the team. This team.

“We don’t know what will happen in high school,” Ghose says, “but this year, these moments, they are something we may never experience again. This team has been so special. When they come together, magical things happen.” Ten minutes after Round 2 begins, Reyosh emerges from the ballroom with a smile. He immediately tracks down Roy-Allen Bumpers, a coach and organizer with Progress with Chess, and challenges him to a game. Arpan Rai comes next, moping over to Coach Ghose and then flashing a smile as Ghose begins to console him: Tricked him good! Next out of the room is novice player Joshua Hargett, whom Ghose congratulates for taking his match to a draw. Nouh is a few moments behind, striding over to the Gallagher tables having claimed a victory in the Champions pool after an intense firstround loss. Binita and Oma are still in there, as is Akshar, who’s being extra careful after losing his first round to a player rated in the 1,800s. Sunita slips out of the ballroom after Nouh, almost unnoticed, but shoots a thumbs-up to her teammates. They don’t know yet that she is in the midst of one of the state middleschool tournament’s most impressive individual performances of all time. Sunita will go undefeated in six rounds. And in every round, she will beat a player who had been undefeated until they played her. She is the conqueror of conquerors. It should go without saying that Gallagher will take home the state title. In Sunita, Oma (who had no losses and two draws) and Arpan (who had only one loss), Gallagher will boast the division’s top three individual performers. Ritu will be ranked seventh, Reyosh 15th, in a divisional pool of 71 players. But after Round 2, Sunita saunters over to the tables where Reyosh is already on his third game against Mr. Bumpers. He keeps losing, but keeps demanding to play again, tinkering with an opening that Steven Seward taught him. (He will defeat Bumpers, who says he’s rated about 1,600, on his fourth try.) Sunita scans the table, looking for an opponent. They have all just finished high-stress tournament games, yet there is no repose — no scrolling through cell phones or trawling for snacks. They can think only of diving back into chess. “Nouh,” she calls, and Nouh turns, giddily. “Wanna play?”

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GET OUT Everything you should do this week

Dyngus Day returns to Cleveland’s west side. See: Monday.

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SPOKEN WORD

Cleveland Stories Dinner Party Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is a weekly series that pairs fine food with storytelling. Through it, the folks at Music Box Supper Club hope to raise awareness of the mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s Cleveland History Center. The goal of the Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is to “bring to life some of the fun, interesting stories about Cleveland’s past — from sports, to rock ’n’ roll, to Millionaires’ Row,” as it’s put in a press release. Admission is free, with no cover charge, although a prix fixe dinner, designed to complement the night’s theme, is $20. Tonight, Frank Smith and John Thobaben — two street performers with Downtown Cleveland’s Take a Hike program —will give a live

performance in their roles of John D. Rockefeller and Alan Freed. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner is served at 6, and the storytelling starts at 7. (Jeff Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com. FILM

Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story focuses on the life and career of blues musician Paul Butterfield, a white harmonica player from Chicago’s South Side. Blues great Muddy Waters mentored Butterfield, who’d go on to become a Rock Hall inductee. The movie screens tonight at 7 at the Rock Hall. It’s free for members, or $5.50 for the general public. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com.

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Let the Fire Burn Part of the Racial Equity and Inclusion series, Let the Fire Burn uses found footage to tell the story of a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and controversial radical urban group MOVE. By order of local authorities, police dropped military-grade explosives onto a MOVE-occupied row house, and TV cameras captured the conflict that resulted in the tragic deaths of 11 people (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. The documentary film screens at 6:30 tonight at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets cost $5. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.

production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal musical success, The Phantom of the Opera, has come to Playhouse Square as part of its North American tour. With exciting special effects, along with new scenic and lighting designs, and refreshed staging and choreography, this production pulls out all the stops. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at the State Theatre, where performances continue through April 20. Tickets start at $40. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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a night of music, poetry and comedy. The club’s doors open at 5 p.m., and performances begin at 8 p.m. Artists can sign up at stellasmusic.com/openmic to secure a 15-minute time slot. Signups will be available at the club as well. Meanwhile, happy hour takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel) 2217 East Ninth St., 216-272-3377, stellasmusic.com.

50 studios and galleries will participate in this popular indoor art walk; be sure to check out spots like the Derek Hess Gallery, Tregoning & Company and Hilary Gent Studio for a chance to shop and interact with artists. Look for food trucks out front and live music on the first floor. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. and admission is free. (Niesel) 1300 West 78th St., 78thstreetstudios.com.

Mandy Nicolas Cage gives what one critic describes as “the performance of a lifetime” in Mandy, a 2018 phantasmagoric film about a logger who wants to avenge the kidnapping of his girlfriend (Andrea Riseborough) by a hippie cult and motorcycle gang. The Lynchian film also features a score by the late Johann Johannsson. It screens at 8:40 tonight and at 9:20 tomorrow night at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for students and Cinematheque members. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.

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Countess Luann and Friends Countess Luann, who stars in the reality TV show Real Housewives of New York City, began headlining her own cabaret show last year. Dubbed Countess and Friends, the concert finds her singing and dancing with a few of her musical friends. She has some decent credentials too. She’s performed at New York’s Town Hall with Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera and also performed with Natalie Cole. Her show begins at 8 p.m. tonight at MGM Northfield Park Center Stage. Check the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7793, mgmnorthfieldpark. mgmresorts.com.

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Jay Oakerson Comedian Jay Oakerson likes to observe people, and he’s crass. His observations are so spot-on that you’ll think he’s gotten inside your head to find the things you’re too embarrassed to say outloud. Favorite topics include rich white people in plaid shorts, attempts to hook up audience members, becoming a king in Ireland, and “sugar daddies.” No, really — this guy is actually pretty funny. He used to work as a bouncer for a strip club and as a children’s party entertainer. How could he not be a hoot? The show starts at 8 tonight at Hilarities, where he has shows scheduled through Saturday. Tickets are $23 to $28. (Liz Trenholme) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.

as well as performances by duos and trios that will “explore the individual instruments as well as show the musicians’ range and capability.” The concert begins at 8 p.m., and tickets cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door. (Niesel) 2135 Columbus Rd., 216-228-9116, chamberbrews.com.

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Flanagan’s Wake Flanagan’s Wake transports the audience to an Irish wake where villagers tell tales and sing songs for their dearly departed Flanagan. Finding the humor in life and death, the wake acts as a dark backdrop to an otherwise hilarious show in which alcohol fuels the humorous reminiscing. Sort of like a tragic Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding, the interactive and improvised show engages the entire audience. Tonight’s show starts at 8 and repeats tomorrow night at 8 at Kennedy’s Theatre. Performances continue weekends through April 27. Tickets are $26. (Patrick Stoops) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Chamber Brews A classical chamber music organization committed to presenting concerts in nontraditional venues and interacting with audiences, Chamber Brews comes to Forest City Brewery tonight for a special spring concert. The performance will feature solos

Indians vs. Atlanta Braves The Cleveland Indians get their first taste of inter-league play today as they take on the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 at Progressive Field. The Braves made the playoffs last year, but they’ve gotten off to a slow start this season, thanks, in part, to having some tougher competition from within their division. The threegame series concludes on Sunday. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.

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Kent American Music Roots Festival Produced by the Crooked River Arts Council, the second annual installment of American Roots will offer free live music by 26 acts at 23 venues throughout Kent. Singersongwriter Thor Platter, old-school country act the Shootouts, roots rockers the Jack Fords and singersongwriter Emily Keener will be among the performers. Consult the website for a schedule and a map of the participating clubs. (Niesel) kentamericanroots.com. FILM

The Learning Tree In conjunction with an exhibit featuring photos by Gordon Parks, the Cleveland Museum of Art will screen Parks’ directorial debut, The Learning Tree, today at 1:45. Based on his semi-autobiographical novel about two black teens living in Kansas in the 1920s, the film is one of the first 25 movies selected for the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. CMA curator Barbara Tannenbaum will answer questions after the screening. Tickets cost $12, or $9 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. COMEDY

Faizon Love Comedian Faizon Love once tried to lose weight via Jenny Craig. But when he ate all the food they gave him in one sitting, he realized the truth: Jenny herself is never around because she’s off eating biscuits at Popeye’s. Love’s jokes span topics like the First Amendment, how being fat is the new black and the three phrases you need to keep your Southern wife happy. Love seems like a big, tough guy, but he’s really a gentle giant. Even his most offensive jokes will have you rolling in laughter. He takes the stage at the Improv at 7:30 and 10 tonight and at 7, 9:30 and 11:30 tomorrow night. Tickets are $22. (Trenholme) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.

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04/20

COMEDY

10th Annual Alan Cox Comedy Tour Comedians Steve Byrne, Mike Polk, Rob Ward, Mary Santora and Bill Squire will all be on hand for the 10th annual Alan Cox Comedy Tour that touches down at the Masonic Auditorium tonight at 8. Cox, a DJ on WMMS, will host the event. DJ Mattitude will provide the tunes.

Tickets start at $10. (Niesel) 3615 Euclid Ave., 216-881-6350, masoniccleveland.com.

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04/21

OPERA THEATER PRESENTS

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FOOD + MUSIC

Gospel Brunch The monthly Gospel Brunch has been a spiritual Sunday staple for years at the House of Blues. The recently reinvigorated show puts a bit more emphasis on the music. As for the food, the all-you-caneat musical extravaganza features Southern classics like chicken jambalaya, biscuits and gravy, and chicken and waffles. Since it’s Easter Sunday, the place has doubled up on its offerings and seatings are available at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased online, by phone or at the box office. (Niesel) 308 Euclid Ave., 216-523-2583, houseofblues.com.

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Dyngus Day Founded in 2010 by husband and wife Justin Gorski and Laura Ross, the annual Cleveland Dyngus Day Festival draws crowds of about 40,000 to Gordon Square, Ohio City and Tremont. DJ Kishka will serve as the host at this year’s fest, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. today at locations throughout the Gordon Square Arts District and Tremont. Lolly the Trolley will provide free transportation. Kishka’s Beer Heaven Tent will feature food, shopping, official merchandise and pussy willows, and Sibling Revelry Brewery will serve up a special Kolsch just for the festival. Western Reserve Distillers will feature their vodka in Polish Flag Shots, jello shots and Bloody Marys (with Pope’s Bloody Mary Mix and Randy’s Pickles), and 25 vendors will be at DJ Kishka’s Art & Craft Market. Chardon Polka Band, Don Wojtila Band and the Alex Meixner Band will all perform on the main stage. Ethnic food vendors include the Pierogi Lady, Pierogi Joe, Rudy’s Strudel & Bakery, Cleveland Vegan, Banter and Carmen’s. Five local Polish women will compete in a beauty pageant for the title of Miss Dyngus Day, and an accordion parade will take place at 6 p.m. Consult the website for more info. (Niesel) clevelanddyngus.com. | clevescene.com | April 17 - 23, 2019

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Movie Mondays Every Monday, Cleveland Cinemas hosts $5 Movie Mondays, where film fans can catch up on the latest Hollywood flicks for significantly reduced prices. Bring your friends and family and make Movie Mondays a weekly tradition — many theaters even offer discounted concession stand items. Participating theaters include Apollo Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Cedar Lee Theatre, Chagrin Cinemas and Tower City Cinemas. Unfortunately, additional charges apply for 3-D movies. (Alaina Nutile) clevelandcinemas.com. MUSIC

Shit Show Karaoke Local rapper/promoter Dirty Jones and Scene’s own Manny Wallace host Shit Show Karaoke, a weekly event at the B-Side Liquor Lounge wherein patrons choose from “an unlimited selection of jams from hip-hop to hard rock,” and are encouraged to “be as bad as you want.” Fueled by drink and shot specials, it all goes

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isn’t likely to be much better as the team tries to work a slew of young players into the rotation. The game begins at 6:10 p.m., and tickets start at $15. The two teams play again tomorrow at 1:10 p.m. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.

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A Bronx Tale Oscar winner Robert De Niro and Tony winner Jerry Zaks teamed up to direct A Bronx Tale, a musical based on the film of the same name. The story centers on a boy who aspires to be a mob boss, and it features tunes from Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin). Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at Connor Palace, where performances continue through May 12. Tickets start at $35. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, the Winchester hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesday. Jason Gokorsch will book guest DJs and offer slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. First time DJs are encouraged, and equipment is provided. Patrons can also bring records for the night’s DJ to add to their set. Sign up on Northeast Ohio Vinyl Club’s Facebook page. (Niesel) 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-600-5338, facebook.com/ TheWinchesterMusicTavern.

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Indians vs. Miami Marlins The Indians match up against the Miami Marlins today in their second inter-league series of the season. Last year, the first season under the Jeter-Sherman group ownership, the team posted one of the worst records in franchise history. This season

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London and Amsterdam of his late works. Cleveland Museum of Art curator Betsy Wieseman worked on the exhibit in London; she’ll be on hand at the screening to talk about the artwork and answer audience questions. The screening takes place at 1:45 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets cost $14, or $10 for museum members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. MUSIC

Vinyl Night Jukebox owner Alex Budin has described his 1,350-square-foot musicfocused bar in the Hingetown ’hood as “a place where people can expect to hear and learn about music of multiple genres, all of which is concentrated in a constantly evolving jukebox.” The club hosts a vinyl night every Tuesday that serves as a listening party for new releases, partnering with Loop in Tremont, so patrons can hear a new album on vinyl. You can bring your own vinyl and spin it too. It all starts at 5 p.m. (Niesel) 1404 West 29th St., 216-206-7699, jukeboxcle.com.

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STAGE AMERICAN DREAMS 1776 relays our origins in song and dance, with plenty of chuckles too By Elaine T. Cicora YOU WON’T LEAVE THE THEATER humming any tunes. And the history you learn will be more than slightly fractured. But still, there is something about 1776 that makes it an easy-to-swallow antidote to the cynicism of our times. And as performed by the talented genderand racially- diverse cast at Ohio Shakespeare Festival, it’s a bunch of fun too. The exuberant, Tony Awardwinning musical (book by Peter Stone, and music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards) tells the rocky tale of how our nation came into being, complete with yucks, sex and silly antics, executed by an assembly of founding fathers and mothers who sing, dance and cavort on Greystone Hall’s Henry C. Bishop Stage in Akron. (See, Hamilton fans? That blockbuster wasn’t the first Broadway musical to upend America’s historical gravitas — although, sure, Hamilton was first to do it with rap.) And as a bonus, the play also manages to make a few points that seem relevant to the political realm in which we find ourselves today. That possibly has something to do with the temporal forge wherein the play was wrought: 1969, another time when many Americans thought they saw their country going down the crapper. While it doesn’t pay to strain that parallel too far, at least a few of the sentiments expressed in 1776 could have been rendered today, including the opening line, delivered by our protagonist John Adams (a dynamic, funny and commanding Andrew Cruse): “I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress.” And with that, the dramedy begins as the “obnoxious and disliked” Adams does his best to move his fellow colonial representatives off their complacent keisters and into the annals of history. While we all know how the story ends — with the signing of the Declaration of Independence — what holds our interest along the way are the characterizations of central

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OSF actors Terry Burgler, Jeremy Jenkins, and Andrew Cruse

figures like Benjamin Franklin (played as a loveable imp by longtime theater pro and OSF co-founder Terry Burgler), Thomas Jefferson (Ryan Zarecki, in a portrayal that gives us a young, randy and reclusive genius), and Richard Henry Lee (painted as a loveable goofball by the engaging Jeremy Jenkins). Toss in South Carolina’s unrepentant slavery supporter Edward Rutledge (Jason Leupold, who does an impressive job of calling out in song the hypocrisy of Northerners who

song and dance. While critics may argue that 1776’s music is mostly unmemorable, the quality of the singing remains of utmost importance. Here, credit should go to music director John Ebner, who coaxes almost Broadwayworthy vocalizations from many of the cast members. In particular, Tess Burgler (Martha Jefferson) shines in her sweet rendition of “He Plays the Violin,” and Lisa Marie Schueller (Abigail Adams) is impressive in her touching duet, “Yours, Yours,

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won’t own slaves but who profit from the slave trade nonetheless); and Pennsylvania’s anti-independency mugwumps John Dickinson (a suitable arrogant and contemptuous Joe Pine) and the waffling, selfinterested Judge James Wilson (Harold Darkow), and the stage is set for just over two-and-a-half hours of mostly witty, sometimes touching, and occasionally pointed banter,

Yours,” which she shares with Mr. Adams. It turns out that Mr. Adams, himself, boasts a fine set of pipes, with a resonant, expressive quality that Cruse puts to particularly good use in the despairing finale, “Is Anybody There?” All singing is done to a crisp, high-fidelity recorded soundtrack; unfortunately, on opening weekend, the volume was often cranked up so high it nearly

drowned out the lyrics, especially in songs delivered in higher registers. As for the dancing, choreographer Jan Guarino gives us a series of memorable sequences, complex enough to impress and nimbly executed by the cast. Especially entertaining is the minuet that accompanies the anthem of the conservatives, “Cool, Cool Considerate Men.” “To the right, ever to the right, never to the left, forever to the right,” croon the eight rich white guys, while precisely executing do-si-dos and promenades beneath an arch of raised walking sticks that imitate drawn swords. The action takes place on a remarkably large thrust stage surrounded on three sides by gymnasium-like seating. The main set — the sparsely furnished congressional hall in Philadelphia — is placed upstage, leaving plenty of room for downstage action “outside” the hall. Here, light/sound/ set designer Buddy Taylor does an ingenious job of using lighting effects to set a mood and create a sense of intimacy. This is especially effective in the heartbreaking “Momma Look Sharp,” a soldier’s lament delivered by the Courier (Cameron Zona), where lighting places the singer into a private world of shade and sorrow; and in several tender interludes between a homesick Adams and his wife, Abigail, wherein the missus is enveloped in hazy red light to signify that their communion is through letters and not face to face. Once all the plotting, threatening, and last-minute cajoling is complete, of course, the indefatigable Adams wins the day. Independence is proclaimed, the Declaration is signed, and an enormous Betsy Ross flag unfurls in the background as our founders freeze in an historic tableau. It’s enough to bring a tingle of pure patriotism to all but the most jaded among us. It’s a small thumb in the dike of despair, perhaps, but at this point, even that will have to do.

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ART DOUBLE PLAY A surprise around every wall and corner in Memories in Transition, now on view at Gallery W By Dott von Schneider TEXTUAL PATTERNS AND voluptuous curves greet us as we step into the current exhibition at Gallery W, in the American Greetings Creative Studios at Crocker Park in Westlake. The first thing we notice as we enter Memories in Transition, a two-person show featuring artists Libby Chaney and Alice Kiderman, is how the show is presented and installed. There are two tiny house structures on either side of the room that breath new energy into a space that could’ve been just four walls surrounding a stairwell. It’s a nice touch. Near the front of the room, we connect with Alice Kiderman’s sculpture titled “Awakening.” The piece is fissured and riddled with lines as only marble can deliver. There’s a red line that surrounds the sculpture that takes on the shape of a head and shoulders, the red line seemingly cutting through the heart. “The two sides of the sculpture represent the positive and negative within every human being,” according to the didactic. Contrasted against the black marble, the line bears a strong resemblance to the brightness of blood when it meets oxygen. As the artist states, “The red line represents the wrenching and sometimes bloody path toward enlightenment.” “Absurdia (Have a Seat)” recalls a Brancusi-esque head next to a red chair, perhaps a wink at surrealism and conceptual art. “Polka Dot Sin-Derella” is tribute to the artist Kusama, who famously uses polka dots in her work. This cheeky and fun sculpture recalls Kusama’s diminutive size along with her poufy, pear-shaped dresses. Here, Kiderman has carved divots into the dress to create a polka dot pattern that has been treated with a metallic dye. In what may be the last time one can view “Seasons,” the multi-panel textile installation by Libby Chaney, the artist has created a bench upon which one can sit and appreciate the construction and the concept behind the work. We sat down for a long time in order to inhale it all. “The first thought was to install the panels spaced out, individually, but

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The two-person show now at Gallery W features works by Libby Chaney and Alice Kiderman.

then the decision was made to bond them together,” the artist says. This idea creates a seamless installation that one can sit before and really contemplate. Then we rise and walk over to the house in the back corner of the gallery and discover a series of five exquisite collages by Chaney, an exciting reveal from the artist. “I like process. I like piling. And so I have always worked in the sort of small area, but I haven’t been doing

uncanny ability to create a small collage that holds the same impact and resonance as her larger works. We note how these small artworks look like they’ve been shrunk down from massive size to fit into a frame. Whereas we swim through Chaney’s larger panels, these are intimate — almost portals into another world. On the back of the house structure, there are four bonded, sewn cloth panels that can be interpreted as windows into the

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it for a while and I thought I would get back into it,” says Chaney. “It’s the same procedure as the larger ones. I like pattern. I like texture. I like color.” “City Bird” melds the buildings of Cleveland, as well as the lake, into a landscape where our protagonist winged pal sits perched in profile. “A+B=C” is a cavalcade of ROYGBIV, an anagram for the colors in the rainbow. Rare is the artist’s

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door-less building. In fact, one is appropriately titled, “Winter Window.” As we move through the Memories in Transition exhibit, we are treated to Kiderman’s “Hitchcock’s Birds (Raven),” a surprise installation depicting the seemingly soulless Corvus corax made infamous in the movie starring Tippi Hedren, an actress

who notably refused the director’s sexual advances. In this impressive installation, six ravens are in various stages of flight against the wall; a seventh raven sits upon its meaty red pedestal. We aren’t certain if there is a philosophical reason behind the red chains that hold up the limestone birds or if the color is an aesthetic choice. It does work, however, and brings motion to Kiderman’s work in this show. The marble sculpture titled “Eclipse” resembles a sand dollar one finds on the beach at low tide. At the same time, we see two figures holding a conversation head to head. One figure eclipses the other, as in its title. It’s a beautiful sculpture that really presents Kiderman’s prowess with her medium. Memories in Transition creates a nice balance between Chaney and Kiderman’s artwork. The colorful, textural fabric work against the cool smoothness of the marble and limestone are undeniable pleasing and well worth the trip to Westlake.

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MOVIES PETER-SNOOZE Mike Leigh’s historical epic Peterloo is short on drama By Sam Allard Photo by Simon Mein/Courtesy Of Cornerstone Films

MIKE LEIGH’S PETERLOO, which opens Friday, is a historical epic that crams more political oratory into two-and-half-hours than any film ever made. It is a movie of speeches: speeches before British parliament in the high rhetoric of 1819; speeches at taverns and meeting halls and fields, where the weavers and commoners of Manchester agitate for radical reform; speeches, in draft form, practiced before family members or rehearsed in private; speeches, even, that gathered crowds can’t quite make out. It is a curious film: at times acutely satirical, with the sort of grotesque portraiture clearly aimed at contemporary parallels; but at other times as void of drama and affect as a PBS historical documentary. “Peterloo” refers to a massacre by the British military (both volunteer and official army units) of citizens attending a political rally at Manchester’s St. Peter’s Square. In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, chronic underemployment and food shortages had led to miserable conditions for the working class, and reform-minded communities in Britain’s north were drumming up support for the right to vote. At the time, only landed men cast votes for their local members of parliament. A known orator, Henry Hunt (played

in the film by Rory Kinnear) was to be the featured speaker, and local magistrates were keen to punish those who dared to assemble. The violence at St. Peter’s Square is the film’s finale and is the functional equivalent of the Live Aid concert in last year’s Bohemian Rhapsody. While Leigh and his cinematographer Dick Pope effectively capture the tumult and terror of the event without exaggeration, I confess feeling very little emotional attachment to the crowd. Part of that is because the film, which begins as an intimate portrayal of a Manchester family, becomes, totally, a chronicle of a political campaign. With only one exception, the “scenes” don’t feature people discussing how parliamentary reform would affect their lives. There is no love story occurring alongside the campaign for reform, for example. There is no friendship in which one person is invested in the cause and one is suspicious of it. It’s entirely a narrative of the cause itself, its proponents and logistics. It’s all about writing speeches, delivering speeches, and determining the time and location of speeches. In what was clearly a choice, there isn’t even any music accompanying the speeches. Leigh seems interested in presenting an undoctored,

unvarnished account of events, which means most of the dialogue is stuff like: “Forbearance, gentlemen, forbearance. And here is my dear friend, Mr. Bagley, with a few words on reform.” This sort of impersonal account is most effective with the story’s villains — the local judges, who, watching from a window, ultimately call in the troops at St. Peter’s Square. In an early montage, they revel in harsh sentences for the local poor. And throughout the film, they huddle in conference, fretful and disdainful of the growing menace. These men are obviously caricatures, but one wonders whether current leaders in Britain and America

refer just as frequently to their own intellectual and moral superiority. Leigh’s British period pieces (Mr. Turner, Topsy Turvy) are always decadently costumed and shot, and Peterloo is no exception. There’s a moment, midway through the film, when a group of men are seen practicing a march in ranks and columns, from a distance, in the hilly countryside. It’s a glorious shot of the land and its people. And it’s a glorious reprieve from the cloistered confines of the script and its many, many words.

learn how things became so dire. The inmates were sent to space as guinea pigs for science. A particularly sadistic doctor (Juliette Binoche) keeps them heavily sedated as she conducts experiments on them. She also regularly masturbates on some kind of contraption that features a giant silver dildo and a harness and even hops atop Monte one night for a joy ride when he’s passed out. She might be the most demented of the bunch. Even though they’ve been sedated, the death row inmates still wreak havoc. They regularly get into brawls, and these scenes

become particularly gruesome. The final scenes find Monte alone with his daughter as they head toward a particularly ominous black hole. The press notes for the movie describe it as “a staggering and primal film about love and intimacy, suffused with anguished memories of a lost Earth.” The anguish, however, comes on the part of viewers who have to endure the movie’s scenes of rape and torture. — Jeff Niesel

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SPOTLIGHT: HIGH LIFE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Claire Denis, High Life offers a particularly esoteric take on the sci-fi genre. The movie focuses so much on character, you almost forget that it’s taking place in outer space. But while the extremely violent and twisted film certainly stands apart from other movies in the genre, its depiction of human depravity (to what end, we’re not really sure) makes it a tough one to sit through. The film opens on Friday at the Cedar Lee Theatre and at Cinemark Valley View. The film centers on Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter, the last survivors of a deep

space mission with a crew of deathrow inmates. They’ve been sent into space with no hope of ever returning to Earth. “Don’t drink your own piss or eat your own shit,” Monte tells the baby in one scene as he changes the kid’s diaper. Shortly after that tender moment, we see Monte hoist the crew’s dead bodies to an external doorway and dump them into the interstellar void. Running on fumes, the ship can barely function, and Monte even has to manufacture his own replacement parts. He also takes drastic measures to keep from using all the remaining electricity. In a series of flashbacks, we

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EAT ONE STOP SHOP Osso isn’t just farm-to-table dining. It’s the farm, the butcher and the table all in one By Douglas Trattner Photos by Douglas Trattner

SCOTT WEBSTER GUIDES ME to the rear of Osso, the restaurant he and his wife Tara built on their 40-acre farm outside of Chardon. We walk briskly past the bar, through the dining room, and into the back of the sprawling commercial kitchen, none of which garners much consideration. What Webster dragged me back here to see, the feature he’s so keen to show off, isn’t a hot smoker or wine cellar or woodburning oven; it’s a curving metal corral that runs from the back door straight into the building. “We have the luxury of saying that our animals never leave the farm,” says Webster. It’s only then that I square the meaning of that sentence with the purpose of the chute. At Osso, dinner literally walks in the back door on its own four legs, at which point the animals are slaughtered and processed on site. While its sounds grisly, the entire system is purposebuilt to minimize animal stress. Typical livestock get squeezed into the back of a trailer and driven for miles to a processor, where they confront unfamiliar animals and people. Webster’s charges simply go for a short walk. After purchasing the land in 2012, the Websters introduced some chickens into their lives. Chickens, the gateway animals that they are, soon opened the barn door to rabbits, ducks, turkeys, goats, pigs and cattle. Before they knew it, they were full-fledged farmers. The idea to build a restaurant on the property, says Scott, seemed like the logical next step, a way to share the bounty

of humanely raised food with a wider audience. Webster describes Osso as more of an agritourism business, where frequent bread-making, sausagestuffing and butchery classes offer a

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“We’re not trying to hit the mass market,” says Webster, who was a custom motorcycle builder in a previous life. “We’re trying get people who appreciate what we’re doing.” Once harvested, the meat becomes the responsibility of chef-partner Maggie Demko, a passionate cook who exudes wisdom beyond her 10 years in professional kitchens. Respect for the animals doesn’t stop at the kitchen door, it simply changes course. “We try and use every ounce of that animal in one way or another,” Demko says of the Ossabaw Island and Mangalitsa breed pigs, Belted Galloway and Japanese Wagyu breed cattle, and every other animal reared on this quiet patch of earth. Nose-to-tail cooking means that once the prime steaks, chops and loins have been extracted, the real fun begins. Hams are hung

to cure into prosciutto, jowls into guanciale and shoulder muscles become coppa. Pork trotters and ears get transformed into delicious headcheese, while thick layers of fatback are rendered into lard or cured to become silky lardo. Extraneous bits are ground, seasoned and turned into terrines, pates and sausages. The bones, of course, are used to fashion stock. Adhering to what she calls “Old World traditions,” Demko and her team make nearly 90 percent of the food consumed in the dining room, plugging gaps with local produce and dairy while production catches up. Breads, pasta, pickles, cheese, kimchi, chutney, aioli and pretty much everything else is made in the partially open kitchen. Staffers work all week for just three days of dinner service, and two of those days, Friday and Saturday, are strictly prix fixe. Thursdays are a la carte. “Prix fixe gives our chefs more creative freedom to craft dishes,” Demko explains. “This way it’s not about trying to create a bunch of different things. It’s about creating a limited number of items that are really, really f-ing good.” Following a casual cocktail hour, during which guests sip, mingle and gaze at hairy beasts just outside the glass, it’s time to take a seat. Meals start with a charcuterie platter of cheeses, meats, pates, crackers, pickles and fruit compotes. An amuse bouche signals the start of the meal proper, which is four to six courses on Fridays, and six to 10 on Saturdays. Recent meals have started with tortilla soup with pork, or chili with cornbread crackers. A seasonal salad and intermezzo come next, followed by rabbit-stuffed pierogi, fettucine carbonara or smoked beeftopped flatbread. The main event might be braised short rib gnocchi with a fried egg or Wagyu filet with black truffled potatoes. Meals always end with housemade desserts like bread pudding, chocolate mousse or honey cake with sour cream frosting. Prices range from $80 to $150 depending on the meal.

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EAT BITES Pittsburgh-based Arsenal Cider to open local cidery in Ohio City By Douglas Trattner THE STRETCH OF LORAIN between Ohio City and Detroit Shoreway continues to draw entrepreneurial attention from hospitality-based businesses. Soon we can add Arsenal Cider House to the mix. In the nine years since Bill and Michelle Larkin launched the cidery in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Arsenal has graduated from a basement business to one with three taprooms and a separate production facility, all in Greater Pittsburgh. Demand for their award-winning ciders and meads has translated to a distribution network that covers much of Western Pennsylvania. Locally, the product is available at Fat Head’s and a few other establishments. “When we opened, there really wasn’t much of a demand for cider,” says Bill. “We pretty much created the demand in Pittsburgh, and now we’re in 300-plus bars in Western Pennsylvania.” Pittsburgh, like Cleveland, is a beer burgh. But that didn’t stop Arsenal from finding a niche, developing an audience, and thriving where others have not. “Honestly, I just think it’s a matter of people getting to taste high-quality cider,” he adds. “They’re not used to it when all they have access to is massproduced stuff like Woodchuck and Angry Orchard.” In contrast, Arsenal leans to semisweet and dry ciders that are made from apples grown in Pennsylvania and New York. “I describe it as a wine-style cider, meaning that we put in a lot of care to make sure everything is perfect,” Bill explains. As demand for the product continued to grow and expand westward, the Larkins started thinking about an out-of-state gambit. “When we started thinking that we might want to leave our area, Cleveland seemed like a natural place because it feels a lot like Pittsburgh,” notes Bill. “We feel more at home there than we do in other places.” Work has already begun on the Cleveland location, on the ground floor of the Go Media building (4507 Lorain Ave.), across the street from Forest City Shuffleboard. Arsenal will

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be producing cider on site from local fruit, supplementing the offerings with product from the mothership as well as local beers. The 15-barrel system and fermenters will be visible in the 30-seat taproom, which will feature a rustic, woodsy vibe like the original. Look for Arsenal Cider House to open this summer. “We’re excited,” Bill says “The more time I spend in Cleveland, the more I love it.”

Zuzu’s Meals in Rockefeller Building Offers Homemade Middle Eastern Food Tucked into the Rockefeller Building downtown, Zuzu’s Meals (614 West Superior Ave.) is a small Middle Eastern restaurant with a big heart. The cafe was opened last month by Kholoud Jallad, and named in honor of her son, Zuhair “Zuzu” Jallad. “Opening a restaurant has always been a dream of mine and my son’s, Zuhair,” she explains. “Tragically, Zuzu passed away in August 2018 in a horrible car accident. To honor him, I have decided to open this restaurant and share all of his favorite foods with all of you, our wonderful community.” In the morning, the modest breakfast and lunch cafe dishes up scrambled eggs, frittatas with parsley and a variety of man’oushe, warm housemade flatbreads seasoned with olive oil and za’atar, topped with cheese, or slathered with creamy labneh (yogurt). The lunch menu offers starters like hummus and baba with pita, freshbaked spinach pies, and seasoned ricestuffed grape leaves. Deep-fried falafel, shish tawook and chicken shawarma are available as sandwiches or in platter form with vermicelli rice, tahini and a choice of sides. For dessert there’s homemade baklava and harissa, a Middle Eastern semolina cake flavored with rose water and topped with ground pistachio and sugar syrup.

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After Urban Cowboy, Watson pulled up stakes and took his talents to Southern California. He had visited Rosie Flores, a singersongwriter who called Los Angeles home, and was impressed with the number of clubs that catered to musicians who played original music. “That’s what enticed me,” he says. “In Pasadena, there was a rule that you only do Top 40 songs and no originals. I took my own [songs] in there anyway, but it was frowned upon. I wasn’t great at songwriting or playing my guitar or singing, but it’s submersionlearning out there in Los Angeles. I met John Jorgenson, who produced my first album. He was with the Desert Rose Band. There was so much talent out there.” Watson started hanging out at the Palomino, the famous country and rockabilly bar out in the San Fernando Valley, and became a member of the Palomino house band. “That was like going to college right there,” he says. “We would have Jerry Lee Lewis sit in and Phil [Alvin] from the Blasters. There were some people who didn’t even have record deals yet who would come and sit in. People like [singersongwriters] Jim Lauderdale and Lucinda Williams would sit in. [Country singer-guitarist] Dwight [Yoakam] had already hit. That’s why L.A. was happening.” The Palomino would eventually close, and Watson would move back to Texas. Since living in Austin, he holds down a weekly

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gig at the Continental Club, an Austin institution that lets him do whatever the hell he wants. “I’ve been doing that gig for 20some years,” he says of playing at the tiny venue. “I love that Monday night gig. I’ve written a lot of songs during the shows and through the years. It’s a very comfortable setting. If you’re going to see me in Austin, that’s the place to see what I do.” Watson also splits his time between Austin and Memphis, where he bought a club. In fact, he recorded Call Me Lucky there at the Sam Phillips Recording Studio. “It’s like going back in time — but going back in time with all the modern gear,” he says when asked about the studio. “We did it analog but also did it digital. It’s a very unique room. It has so much soul and such a great vibe going on, and to record it with both ProTools and tape was great. It’s the first time I ever worked there. It was built in 1959, and it has that ‘room’ sound. I hate to say it like that, but it’s got some mojo in there.” The slow-motion ballad “Johnny and June” serves as a fitting tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter. Watson shares vocal duties with Celine Lee on the sparse song, and his somber baritone meshes nicely with her upper-register vocals. “Me and [singer-songwriter] Celine [Lee] had that song for a while,” Watson explains. “All of our songs, we wrote through texts. She was in New York, and I was in Texas. We were missing each other. She thought of that title, and we

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went back and forth with it, and that’s what came out. It’s one of my favorite songs on the record.” Horns bring tunes such as “Tupelo, Mississippi & a 57 Fairlane” and “Inside View” to life. Strangely enough, a comedian inspired the refrain in the twangy, Hank Williams-like “Haul Off and Do It.” “You know what’s weird is that I didn’t know it until after I had recorded the song that I had gotten the idea for it from these Roy D. Mercer tapes that I used to listen to years ago,” says Watson. “He was this comedian who used to do prank calls. This one guy that he bothered so much said to him, ‘You swore you’d leave me alone, so why don’t you haul off and do it.’ Somehow that bubbled up. One Monday night at the Continental Club, I wanted to write a song, and that just came to me.” Watson says the Beachland remains his favorite place to play in Northeast Ohio, and he promises his upcoming show there will cater to both hardcore and casual fans. “I never go by a set list,” he says. “I’m doing songs from the new album, but I’m never a slave to that. I would go to Johnny Paycheck and George Jones shows, and they would only want to do their newest songs, and they’d only do a medley of the hits. They never seemed to include the songs I wanted to hear, so I encourage my audience to come out and yell it out if they have a certain song they want to hear. But really, at the end of the day, it’s just a honky-tonk party.”

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drew on his rock roots to put on an energetic show. At one point, he even took a request from a fan at the front of the stage and played “Chevy Van,” a cover tune that he said he hasn’t played in years — he had to pause to remember the lyrics but he made it through without a hitch. And he regularly ran out onto the catwalks that extended onto the floor to slap high fives with patrons. Expect something similar tonight when Church comes to town for the first of two shows in support of Desperate Man, a somber album that starts with “The Snake,” an ominous tune that sounds like it could’ve been on Springsteen’s Nebraska. (Jeff Niesel) 8 p.m., $20$126. Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Factual Brains/Stephen Haluska/ Flip Coin/Leonard Baum: 9 p.m., $6. Happy Dog. The Great Iron Snake + Oldearthanalög/Grievance Committee: 9 p.m., $8. Beachland Tavern. Jazz Jam Session: 11 p.m., free. Bop Stop. Melissa Morgan: 8:30 p.m., $20. Nighttown. Morticia’s Chair: 8 p.m., $5 ADV, $7 DOS. CODA. Saved by the ’90s: 9 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. House of Blues. Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute: 8 p.m. Agora Ballroom. Sundressed/Keep Flying/Eternal Boy/Hogan’s Last Smash/Fair Weather Friend (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $10. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Wild Belle: A Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based sibling duo, the indie rock act Wild Belle features Natalie and Elliot Bergman. The group released its third studio album, Everybody One of A Kind, earlier this year and comes to town tonight on a club tour before opening for Beck, Spoon, and Cage the Elephant this summer. Elliot Bergman also makes bells by melting down guns and bullet casings from Chicago. The duo has had their art displayed in prominent galleries and have directed their own music videos. (Natalie Bergman animated the video for “Have You Both” and does collage, while brother Elliot has showcased his “Peace Bells” installation at the prestigious Marciano Foundation.) The disc nicely veers from reggae-tinged rock tunes such as “Mockingbird” to electronica ballads like the woozy title track. (Niesel) 8 p.m., $14 ADV, $17 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Dan Wilson Group with Voices: 8 p.m., $20. Bop Stop.

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BAND OF THE WEEK Photo by Angela Regallis/Gigi Wild Photography

FANCY LEGS By Jeff Niesel MEET THE BAND: Corey Jenkins

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RECENTLY REFORMED: This Akron-based /new wave/power pop band originally formed in 2015. “It was me and [guitarist] John [Rosenberg II] and a couple of other people,” says Jenkins. We lost them for various reasons. I went and played in [the indie act] Time Cat for a year and when that year was up, I was ready to get Fancy Legs back together.” Jenkins says the current lineup is tighter than the previous incarnation, and the band now features synthesizers, something it didn’t have the first time around. “My singing has gotten better too,” says Jenkins, who adds that he picked up guitar when he heard Mick Ronson play on David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” when he was 10. RUBBER CITY REBELS: Jenkins says he

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always liked Akron bands like Devo, the Waitresses and Tin Huey; and the Waitresses/Tin Huey’s Chris Butler plays guitar on the track “Important Things,” and Tin Huey’s Harvey Gold performs keyboards on “Slow Saturday.” “They’re musical heroes and we’ve become friends with them,” says Jenkins. “Those two songs really needed something and we weren’t sure what to do. They seemed like the right guys to fill in the blanks. They were nice enough to want to do it. We had recorded it first and then they added their parts.”

Butler and Gold will join the band for the upcoming release party. WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: The band cut its debut album last year at StaLevel Recording Studio in Akron with Jeff Koval, the guitarist in late ’90s/early 2000s act the Fifth Wheel. Adam Boose mastered the music in Cleveland at Cauliflower Audio Mastering. “Jeff was excellent to work with,” says Jenkins. “After Fifth Wheel went their separate ways, he went to Nashville and worked in a studio there, so he has years of doing that. The space was really comfortable. We had a great time.” The band cranks up the guitars on “Love Ain’t Easy” and “You Took Me,” songs with a classic power-pop feel (think Cheap Trick or the Cars). “We like big guitars, and the recording setup was really good,” says Jenkins. “I put everything through two Marshalls. One was a vintage one, and one was more modern. Our other guitar player ran through two amps at the same time too. We wanted to have this huge sound.” WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM: facebook.

com/fancylegs/ WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: Fancy Legs

performs with Jeri Sapronetti, the Super Babes, Yo Chachi and DJ Lane Meyer at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, at the Rialto Theatre in Akron.

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SAVAGE LOVE WORKMATES by Dan Savage When I first started dating my girlfriend, I asked her about past boyfriends and she said she hadn’t met the right guy yet. After dating for nine years, I found out about a past boyfriend and looked through her emails. I found out she dated her married boss for three years. She broke up with me for looking and for judging her. I feel like she lied, and she thinks it was none of my business. We’ve been broken up for five months. She’s reached out, but I can’t get over my anger or disgust that she was someone’s mistress. Am I a bad person? — Still Angry And Disgusted Yup. “Haven’t met the right guy yet” & “Haven’t met any guys ever.” Almost everyone has done something and/or someone they regret doing — although it’s possible your ex-girlfriend doesn’t regret fucking her married boss for three years, SAAD, and it’s possible there’s no need for regret. Sometimes people have affairs for all the right reasons. Sometimes abandoning a spouse and/or breaking up a home with kids in it, aka “doing the right thing” and divorcing, is the worse choice. Life is long and complicated, and it’s possible for a person to demonstrate loyalty and commitment with something other than their genitals. Sometimes people do what they must to stay married and stay sane, and their affair partners are doing good by being “bad.” It’s also possible — and perhaps likelier — that your ex-girlfriend made an impulsive, shitty, selfish choice to fuck someone else’s husband. It’s possible he’s a serial philanderer, a cheating piece of shit, and then, after fucking him that one time, your girlfriend felt pressured to keep fucking him and wound up having a years-long affair with her married boss. And then, when it was all over, she stuffed it down the memory hole because she wasn’t proud of it and wanted to forget it. It’s also possible she didn’t tell you about this relationship when you asked because she intuited — correctly, as it turned out — that you are, in your own words, a bad person, i.e., the kind of guy who would punish his girlfriend for

having a sexual history, for making her fair share of mistakes, and for deciding to keep some things private. (Not secret, SAAD. Private.) In other words, she correctly intuited that you would punish her for being human. Finding out about a past boyfriend doesn’t give you the right to invade your partner’s privacy and dig through their ancient emails. Your girlfriend was right to break up with you for snooping through her emails and judging her so harshly. And she didn’t even lie to you, dude! Her boss clearly wasn’t “the right guy,” seeing as he was married and her boss, and the relationship ended before you two even first laid thighs on each other nine years ago. And from where I’m sitting, SAAD, it looks like she still hasn’t met the right guy. To be perfectly frank, I don’t want to help you get over your anger and disgust — not that you asked me to help you get past those feelings. It

pic. It’s worked out great so far. But I’ve noticed that most kinksters on OKC don’t post face pics. I can understand this. I once came across a coworker on the site — didn’t look, passed immediately — and I can imagine nobody wants their boss or coworkers to know they’re looking for puppy play and CBT. Not everyone has the luxury of taking a risk like that. So I’m tempted to drop my “no face pic = pass” rule for kinksters. But then I imagine how that would go: “Chat, chat, chat. ‘Hey, can I see a face pic?’ Oh no, I’m not physically attracted to this person!” Then I have to awkwardly un-match and feel terribly shallow and guilty for a while. So do I keep my rule and pass on some very promising profiles without face pics to avoid hurting someone’s feelings? Or do I bend the rules? I’m just not looking to hurt anyone in a bad way. — Not That Kind Of Sadist Lead with your truth, NTKOS:

Life is long and complicated, and it’s possible for a person to demonstrate loyalty and commitment with something other than their genitals. kind of sounds like you want your anger and disgust affirmed … and I’m going to go with that and affirm the shit out of those feelings: Stay angry! Stay disgusted! Not because those feeling are valid — they’re not — but because those feelings prevented you from taking your ex back when she reached out. She may not know it yet, but she’s better off without you, SAAD, and here’s hoping you stay angry and disgusted long enough for her to realize it.

“Hey, we share a lot of common interests — BDSM, CBT, TT — but I usually require face pics before I chat. I understand why you may not be able to post your pics and why you would want to chat for a bit and establish trust before sharing pics with me privately. So I’m happy to chat so long as you’re okay with the risk that I might pass after seeing your face pic. Still, even if we’re not ultimately a sexual or romantic match, every kinkster needs some kinky friends!”

I’m a few months into OkCupid dating, and it’s going well! I’ve stuck to two “automatic pass” rules: anyone who mentions my looks and nothing else in the first message and anyone with no face

So I’ve fallen in love with one of my good friends. I am in grad school, and we met because we are in the same intensive program and we spend a lot of time together. When we first met, I had no interest in

this person. And for the majority of the first year we worked together, that feeling maintained. However, over the past few months, I’ve found myself falling in love with this person. Their intelligence and beauty is simply intoxicating. I love our friendship, but at times it is a bit overwhelming being in their company because I’ve developed strong feelings for them. I don’t think they share these feelings. Or at least I haven’t been given any indication that they share the same feelings. How do I go about telling them? I’d like them to know this is how I feel, but I also don’t want to lay the weight of my feelings on them or ruin our friendship. — Growing Romantic Attachment Disrupts Studies You have two options: You can be honest with this person or you can be that unsettling “friend” with an ulterior motive. Personally, GRADS, I think ’fessing up is better than shutting up — sublimated/ unexpressed desire has a way of souring a friendship — but if your grad program is ending soon, I’d encourage you to wait. Most graduate programs are two years (some are less!), and you’ve been working together for more than a year. So there should already be a light at the end of that intensive tunnel. In the meantime, savor the agony and “pray on it,” as Mike Pence would say. (Only you should swap out prayer for masturbation.) And, hey, you didn’t have feelings for them until recently. So who knows? They may develop feelings for you by the time your intensive grad program ends. And, yes, telling a friend you have a crush on them is always a risk — it could ruin the friendship or make things awkward for a while. Just be honest, direct, and unambiguous (“I would like to date you,” not “I hope we can hang out sometime”), and explicitly invite your crush to say no if the answer is no. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow: savagelovecast.com.

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