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UPFRONT LEBRON’S I PROMISE SCHOOL OPENS IN AKRON CLEVELANDERS HAVE BEEN fortunate to bear witness to living legend LeBron James since he was just a kid playing basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron. Now, kids in Akron will be bearing witness to more than just his on-the-court legacy as James opened his public school, I Promise, on Monday. The I Promise School, which is part of the Akron Public Schools, will begin with 240 third- and fourth-graders. The school will expand year by year, welcoming second and fifth grades next year, and ending with grades first through eighth by 2022. James’ I Promise School is not just a new location for learning. It also intends to offer academic support, as well as educational, career and emotional support for parents. “We are going to be that groundbreaking school that will be a nationally recognized model for urban and public school excellence,” I Promise principal and Akron native Brandi Davis told USA Today. “We are letting people know it is about true wrap-around support, true family integration and true compassion.” According to Keith Liechty, the Akron Public Schools’ liaison to the James’ Foundation, administrators looked at reading data and identified students who were a year or two behind. From there, a random selection was made of all students who met that criteria and those students were invited to be a part of the I Promise School. I Promise is a partnership between the City of Akron and the LeBron James Family Foundation. The name of the school stems from the foundation’s road map for students who promise to go to school, do their homework, listen to teachers, ask questions and find answers, be respectful of others and live a healthy life. LeBron posted about his “first day of school” jitters on Twitter over the weekend, even acknowledging his own troubled path as an
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elementary school student. James attended Akron Public Schools for eight years, and his mom, Gloria James, had help from the community — people who looked after them and made sure they got what they needed. It was this sense of kindness and “it takes a village” mentality that has inspired James to pass it forward and encourage Akron students to thrive. Executive director of James’ foundation, Michele Campbell, teared up when talking to USA Today on Sunday, “Every one of these kids, maybe they don’t become LeBron James on the basketball court, but they become the LeBron James of their passion and dream in life. We’re coming to them at a time when people came to LeBron and Gloria and wrapped around them and believed in them before he was this great basketball player.” The I Promise School is a renovated school building located down the street from St. VincentSt. Mary, featuring a split staircase with the IPS and LeBron James Family Foundation logos. High on the walls at the entrance are 114 sneakers worn by James. Corresponding pairs will be sold by Upper Deck and proceeds will help fund the school and the foundation. The bottom floor of the building features an incredible mural of iconic black heroes including James, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Jesse Owens and Martin Luther King Jr. School supplies will be provided for all students, as well as breakfast, lunch and a daily snack. Teachers will be given all of the tools they require, including a faculty lounge stocked with snacks and beverages and access to workout trainers. Each classroom will hold 20 students for every teacher and 43 academic staffers have been hired. I Promise School is a certified STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) school, and has an unconventionally long school year of Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 30 through May 17. — BJ Colangelo
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RTA Board Voted to Boot Calabrese from Top Position, Scheduled to Vote on Transit Levy Tuesday, the RTA Board of Trustees was scheduled to meet to discuss a proposed tax levy which would help fill critical funding shortages for the ailing public transit system. The board voted to draft the levy language last week after a push by the activist coalition Clevelanders for Public Transit. But sources told Scene they suspect the board won’t vote to adopt the levy language, at least not for the 2018 ballot. The local business community, represented by the Greater Cleveland Partnership,
likewise feels that the timeline is too compressed for a 2018 ballot issue. They wouldn’t be able to rally leaders and the community by adequately “telling the story” of RTA’s need for increased funding, GCP president Joe Roman said. The biggest news on the transit beat last week, however, was RTA Board’s vote to boot CEO/general manager Joe Calabrese from his position, rapidly accelerating what was politely called a “leadership transition.” The vote will transition Calabrese from the organization’s top position to a senior advisory role at the end of August. An interim GM (thought to be deputy GM Floun’say “Doc” Caver, though that’s not yet confirmed)
will serve in the top role until a permanent GM is named. Calabrese has come under ďŹ re recently for his leadership during a prolonged scandal involving board chair George Dixon III and, by riders and activists, for his failure to prepare for dramatic funding shortages, which have led to fare hikes and service cuts in recent years. Calabrese will continue serving as CEO and general manager ofďŹ cially until Sept. 1. He will then serve as a “Senior Advisor for Special Projects and Strategic Innovationâ€? in a full-time capacity between Sept. 1, 2018 and Feb. 28, 2019. After that date, he will serve as a part-time adviser until Feb. 29, 2020.
Newly elected board chair Dennis Clough, Westlake’s mayor, said in a statement that the agreement was mutual, which other sources have told Scene is true. But a faction within the board, led by Valarie McCall (a Frank Jackson appointee) and Newburgh Heights mayor Trevor Elkins (an appointee of the regional mayors’ association) pushed for Calabrese’s ouster. The residue of recent bad press — skeletons from the George Dixon closet, among others — was all over Calabrese, and board members believed it was time for him to go.
The agreed-upon arrangement, however, is thought to be preferable to an outright termination, which would’ve have cost the agency a great deal of money without the beneďŹ t of Calabrese’s experience and expertise on his way out. If Calabrese hadn’t agreed to the deal, sources said, the board would have ďŹ red him. Calabrese had earlier stated that he planned to retire at the conclusion of his contract in 2020. The head of the local Amalgamated Transit Union, William Nix, called for Calabrese’s ouster at a community roundtable last month,
suggesting that if the transit system continued to make cuts, they should cut from the top, not from the bottom. — Sam Allard
Cleveland Orchestra Suspends Concertmaster William Preucil Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations Following a Washington Post report detailing sexual misconduct allegations, the Cleveland Orchestra has suspended concertmaster William Preucil, whose 2016
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UPFRONT salary eclipsed $500,000, and the celebrated violinist has resigned his position at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The story detailed allegations from violinist Zeneba Bowers. Bowers was 26 in 1998, when she asked William Preucil out for a drink after a lesson, considering the chance to speak informally with someone at Preucil’s level as a precious opportunity. After a few drinks, Preucil asked Bowers back to his hotel room for a cigar before aggressively kissing her, opening her buttons, and pushing her onto the bed, she told The Washington Post. She says she was stunned and horrified, and fought him off and ran home. A few minutes later, he called her and threatened to blacklist her if she told anybody, she said. “I can see you at the audition next month or you can come upstairs and let me lick you all over,” she recalled him saying. “We’re both adults,” Bowers says Preucil told her. “You know how this works.”
The allegation shouldn’t have come as a surprise to the orchestra, as Preucil’s reputation has long been established, as Scene detailed in a 2007 feature story, “Sour Notes,” by writer Rebecca Meiser. “Employees of the Cleveland Orchestra and CIM have long talked about Preucil’s affinity for female students,” our story read. “His gaze, they claim, lingers a bit too long on a woman’s chest. His comments are a bit too sexually charged for the teacher-student relationship. “’Preucil and his girls — oh God, yeah, he’s legendary for it,” one member of the orchestra, who didn’t want his name used, told Scene at the time. As we reported, after making unwanted advances toward one of his students, who threatened to go public with her story, the Cleveland Institute of Music paid for that student to transfer schools and continue her education elsewhere. “The Cleveland Orchestra was not aware of the allegations reported by The Washington Post about William Preucil in their July 26, 2018 article,” a statement read. “We take this matter very seriously and will promptly conduct an independent investigation. Mr. Preucil has been suspended until further notice.”
Ten years later, in the midst of Me Too and in the national spotlight, Preucil is actually facing consequences for his actions, and the orchestra can’t pretend it didn’t happen. — Colangelo
Kevin Schmotzer Named Cleveland’s First LGBTQ+ Liaison The executive of small business development in the city’s Economic Development department, Kevin Schmotzer, was recently named Cleveland’s first LGBTQ+ Liaison by Mayor Frank G. Jackson. As part of his new position, Schmotzer will collaborate with internal departments, individuals, social service organizations and coalitions to address the needs of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. He will also serve as an adviser to Mayor Jackson on LGBTQ+ issues. “Cleveland has a long legacy of inclusion and welcomes people of all backgrounds,” said Mayor Jackson in a press release. “Mr. Schmotzer will help us expand and advance nondiscriminatory policies that move our entire community forward.”
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This new role means that Schmotzer is joining several others in the Jackson administration who take an active role in advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. Director of public safety Michael McGrath recently named Commander Deirdre Jones as its LGBTQ+ Liaison in the Department of Safety and the Division of Police. Jones will focus specifically on building relationships between the city’s LGBTQ+ community and the Division of Police. LGBTQ+ advocates also serve on various city boards including the Community Relations Board, Workforce Development Board and the Police Review Board. Schmotzer has been working with the city for nearly two decades and has been responsible for creating and administering programs, financial incentives, and economic development tools to attract entrepreneurship, small business development and private investment in his role of executive of small business development. He also served on the board for the 2014 Gay Games in Cleveland. — Colangelo
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FEATURE SEEING GREEN Local efforts to ditch plastic straws, stymied attempts at taxing plastic bags, and Cleveland’s fines for improper waste disposal By Sam Allard ON AUG. 1, THE CITY OF Cleveland will resume issuing citations to residents who fail to comply with the city’s curbside recycling protocol. After a twoyear suspension of $100 fines — a suspension demanded by city council during a rash of the fines in 2016 — officials now feel that folks have had enough time to get educated. “Compliance is essential to our efforts to become a greener and cleaner Cleveland,” said Public Works director Michael Cox, in a statement last week. “Our goal is to educate residents early so everyone is in compliance by August 1st.” The city’s in a tough spot. It wants residents to want to recycle, and to recycle properly; but it feels that without punitive measures, the situation will only get worse. Worse means “more expensive.” Diane Bickett, executive director of the county’s solid waste district, explains why. She tells Scene from her office in Garfield Heights that people often put plastics in their recycling containers that they feel should be recycled, even if they’re not acceptable items. “We call it wish-cycling,” she says. “People want to recycle everything, wishing that someone will figure out what to do with it. Or, in the case of Cleveland, people get rid of their garbage in their recycling cart. That’s what has prompted the city to clamp down.” When the city ships these alleged recyclables to the Kimble Recycling & Disposal material recovery facility (“merf,” among industry pros) in Twinsburg, it costs more for the Kimble operators when there’s lots of trash and contaminated pieces of recycling mixed in. (Looking at you, greasy pizza boxes, plastic clamshells, Solo cups.)
This trash must then be trucked off to one of a handful of area landfills. Sometimes, items like plastic bags get caught in the machinery, which Bickett assures Scene is state of the art. All of those costs are then, in some fashion, passed on to municipal clients like the city of Cleveland. “[Non-compliance] is costing the city in terms of rejected loads at recycling plants, so they have to capture that money back,” Bickett said in June, when the city fines were first announced. “Sometimes, a punitive measure like a fine is the only thing people will respond to.” Well, all this represents a pretty stark reversal of the trajectory that Bickett and her impassioned team of six have been pursuing since the Waste District was established in 1988 as part of a state law. “For 20 years, our mission was to expand recycling opportunities,” Bickett says. “When we worked with communities on contracts for curbside recycling services, we were pushing the merfs to take more and more items.” Steadily, due in large part to the growth of the international recycling market — i.e., China — an increasing variety of plastics could be sold as recyclable material. Traditional waste management
companies expanded to recycling services because there was a huge demand for it in the ’90s, Bickett says, and vertical integration meant that municipalities could contract with a single entity for their entire suite of waste-collection needs. But recently, China has drastically cut its material imports. Bickett, who reads the industry trade journals with an assiduousness not seen since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, estimated that China had been receiving roughly 30 percent of all U.S. recyclable material for years. Within a couple of years, though, thanks to China’s “National Sword” program, which restricts the importation of recyclable commodities, the percentage will go down to zero. “We kind of exploited China,” says Bickett. “When I say ‘we’ I’m talking about the world. And as a nation, we became so reliant on China to take our materials, we really stopped investing in manufacturing capacity here in the U.S. to make recycled products. It’s been a rude wake-up call to everyone in our industry.” So now, she says, the mission has changed. “What we’ve got is a waste problem,” Bickett says. “We just create too much of it. So we’re focusing our attention on waste
reduction and the actions individuals can take to stop producing so much garbage.” Various initiatives — some on social media, some in county classrooms — have aimed at making local residents more responsible consumers, alerting them to the fact that, for example, each Cuyahoga County dweller produces 2,000 pounds of waste per year. “Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.” Bickett recites the familiar slogan. “We’re going back to basics in what we communicate.” Among other things, the Solid Waste District has been pushing for residents to reduce their use of single-use plastics: items like plastic take-out containers, plastic utensils and Solo cups, all of which end up landfills. Bickett reminds Scene that there are alternative choices people can make to reduce their reliance on them: Water bottles, for example. Lunch boxes. Silverware. Listing off a few tips, Bickett suggests buying eggs in a recyclable fiber carton instead of a plastic one, and buying yogurt in a large container instead of a batch of individual serving sizes. “And of course, there’s ‘skip the straw’” Bickett says, referencing a popular initiative that has been picking up steam locally and | clevescene.com | August 1 - 7, 2018
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ERIC WILLIAMS, THE OWNER OF Momocho in Ohio City and El Carnicero in Lakewood, recently announced that he’d be joining a handful of other local restaurateurs — Sam McNulty of Market Garden, Matt Fish of Melt Bar and Grilled, among others — in skipping the straw throughout their organizations. He tells Scene over the phone that the initiative is merely the latest in a series of efforts he’s taken to make his businesses more environmentally friendly. “We already use brown paper recycled [cocktail napkins], cornstarch forks and knives in to-go boxes, and recycled paper bags for carry-out orders,” Williams says, “but the straws were the last step.” Williams says that he goes through an enormous number of straws. And in that regard, he’s a lot like the rest of us. The oft-cited statistic, produced by a 9-year-old Vermont boy named Milo Cress, is that Americans discard 500 million plastic straws per day. The figure has been cited by environmental groups and mainstream national media outlets for years — USA Today, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times. The Times, in a recent report, said that more “rigorous market research” puts the actual figure in the range of 170 to 390 million straws per day. But Cress’ figure, at which he arrived after conducting a phone survey of straw manufacturers eight years ago, helped to raise awareness and incite a movement to limit wasteful straw usage. The city of Seattle, notably, has passed legislation to completely ban plastic straws from city establishments. At Momocho, Williams says that every margarita sampler they serve comes with three straws. And that’s going to change. Williams has been buying straws in bulk at an estimated cost of 10 plastic straws per penny. Now, he’ll be purchasing biodegradable five-inch cocktail straws — and only providing one per margarita
sampler — and has sourced individually wrapped plastic straws to have on hand for customers who ask for them. These might be elderly patrons, children, or customers with disabilities, Williams says. When purchased in bulk, these individually wrapped straws come out to a cost of 2.8 cents a piece. “If I were buying a million of them, I’d be taking a big hit,” he says, when asked about the implications of the higher cost, “but the goal is to use a lot less. We want to train people not to use them. Now, we’re not saying we’re better or worse than anybody — we’ll have them if people want them — but this is a way to do the right thing in a non-confrontational way.” There are steeper costs associated with other recyclable materials too. Williams cites, for example, his 2-ounce souffle cups. He’s been ordering them in batches of 2,500 for $38, he says. But the corn-starch 2-ounce cups that he’s now adopting will cost him $88 for a batch of only 2,000. “It can be quite dramatic,” Williams says. But it’s a price he says he’s willing to pay to set a positive example and to build good will in the community. “If we can help make a difference, we should help make a difference,” he says. “Some of this stuff is just common sense.” Williams also says that he’s following in the footsteps of guys like Sam McNulty and Matt Fish. “I love Sam and Matt,” Williams says. “Guys like that, with a lot of locations, they’re setting the tone for the rest of us. And I want to make sure I’m keeping pace. I want to be part of this journey.” When Channel 19 covered McNulty’s transition to paper straws earlier this summer, McNulty told a reporter that customers were extremely happy about that decision. And he says the same thing when Scene asks for updates. “They’re literally overjoyed,” he says, adding that once the company’s environmental goals are explained, patrons are thrilled to forego the plastic and become ambassadors for the cause. When Scene goes to Nano Bar on West 25th Street (one of McNulty’s joints) to corroborate, we see what he’s talking about. We ask a bartender for a straw, and an inebriated patron leans over to set us straight. “No straws here,” he reports. “We’re saving the environment, dude.” Like Williams, McNulty’s restaurants have shifted to a policy where straws aren’t automatic:
Customers can ask for them if they need them or want them. But unlike Williams, McNulty has shifted to a paper product. And on that front, there’s been a slight wrinkle. McNulty says there’s really only one manufacturer of paper straws, a company called Aardvark, and that it was “caught by surpriseâ€? by paper straws’ recent ascendancy. “It’s completely unable to keep up with demand,â€? McNulty says, “All bulk distribution sources we’ve talked to, including Amazon, are out of stock.â€? So McNulty says he’s talked to the local Ace Paper Tube manufacturer on Denison Avenue to see if they might be willing to start manufacturing paper straws locally. “They seemed perplexed that anyone would want to buy paper straws,â€? he says. “I told them I’d buy them by the pallet. There’s deďŹ nitely a business opportunity here.â€?
WHILE INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER choice is an important aspect of any broad environmental effort, legislative action is even more critical. And in Ohio —- a lot like in the United States at large — enacting sensible environmental policy is virtually impossible, given the deference legislators pay to business interests. Take plastic bags. Last year, Cuyahoga County council, led by councilwoman Sunny Simon, introduced an ordinance that would impose a fee on plastic bags (and paper bags) at big grocery stores and restaurants. There were a number of caveats that seemed designed to preempt the concerns of opponents: The fee would not apply to small businesses, for example; any establishment smaller than 7,000 square feet would be exempted. Those with WIC cards would not be required to pay the fee. Everyone would have access to free reusable bags at senior centers and family service centers, etc. The whole point of the legislation, according to Simon, was to encourage county residents to use reusable bags, and to fund efforts to clean up Lake Erie. “If anyone should do this, it’s us,� Simon said last October, when the ordinance was being discussed in county committees. Her thinking was that Cuyahoga County borders a lake, and we ought to take some responsibility for ensuring its cleanliness. Six cents of the proposed 10-cent fee would fund lake cleanup efforts. The other four would
offset the costs of the program’s implementation. And yet, the legislation stalled. Opponents were unmoved by the moral and environmental arguments — they held that because plastic bags weren’t the lake’s primary pollutants, it didn’t make sense to put a fee on them — and said the ordinance would harm businesses. The Ohio Retail Merchants Association and the American Progressive Bag Alliance rallied their lobbyists to oppose the bill and drum up opposition. And because this is Ohio, opposing the bill locally wasn’t enough. As Simon and councilman Dale Miller planned to re-introduce the bill, pre-emptive ordinances were drawn up at the state late last year. Much like the ordinance drafted by Uber lobbyists that prevents any municipality from taxing or regulating ride-sharing companies like Uber, the plastic bag state law would prohibit any municipal corporation from “imposing a tax, fee, assessment, or other charge on auxiliary containers,â€? (aka bags). State Rep. George Lang (R-West Chester Twp.) co-sponsored the bill on the House side. There was a concurrent bill introduced in the senate (SB210), but Lang became the face of the legislation when he testiďŹ ed on its behalf with his colleague Scott Lipps this spring. Lang placed a plastic bag over his head to show how versatile the containers are: This was intended to show how plastic bags keep his hearing-aid dry in the rain, he later clariďŹ ed on Twitter. When Scene catches up with him by phone, he conďŹ rms our hypothesis and says the bill is “primarily aimed to help business.â€? Lang is a business-owner himself and says there’s actually a plastic bag manufacturer in his district. When we ask why the imposition must be statewide — if he doesn’t want a fee, ďŹ ne, but why shouldn’t Cuyahoga County be allowed to impose one if voters want to? — he says having different taxing situations across the state is a nightmare for businesses. “Imagine the complexity,â€? Lang says, “if you have one set of rules in one corner of the state and a whole different set of rules in another. This is all about reducing the cost and complexity for business. Ohio has over 6,000 taxing jurisdictions in the state. That’s more taxing jurisdictions than California or Illinois. We want to make it easier for business to do business in the state, not harder.â€? When Scene suggests that the
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wrappers and cigar tips. Huber says she thinks local council members aren’t sufďŹ ciently educated on environmental issues and their local impacts. “If they were, [the plastic bag fee] would be a no-brainer,â€? she says. “We are not the ďŹ rst people to have this conversation, and to me, it’s low hanging fruit. Plastics are harmful. Not only do they normally package un-nutritious foods, but they create an environment that we
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park Summer Concert Series Each summer, the National Park Service teams up with the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park to produce a free summer concert series at Howe Meadow in Peninsula. This summer’s schedule includes several terrific local acts, including tonight’s talent, singer-songwriter Chris Allen and his backing band the Lonesome Stars. The concert starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit the website. (Jeff Niesel) 4040 Riverview Rd., Peninsula, conservancyforcvnp.org/concerts.
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Morning People Billed as a “healthy, daybreak Cleveland dance party to start your day the best way ever,” Morning People offers an alternative to going to the gym before work. Hosted by Mason’s Creamery and the Scare Your Soul Courage Movement and completely volunteer-led, the event takes place today at 6 a.m. at the Mason’s Creamery Warehouse. The workout begins with an optional yoga session; then the dancing happens from 7 to 8:30 a.m. The $5 admission includes all of the above, plus coffee, juice and a light breakfast. Proceeds benefit Recovery Resources. (Niesel) 3504 Stanford Ave., morningpeople.eventbrite.com.
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Hamilton Since making its Broadway debut three years ago, Hamilton, the hip-hop musical that tells the story of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, has been a smash hit. It traces the life story of Hamilton, referred to in the play as “a bastard, orphan, son of a whore,” as he joins the Revolutionary War and then plays a key role in writing The Federalist Papers and serving in President George Washington’s Cabinet. There’s plenty of drama in Hamilton’s life, which ends in a duel, and the play exploits every bit of it with a superb soundtrack of catchy songs that tell his remarkable story. Tonight’s show takes place at 7:30 at the State Theatre, where performances run through Aug. 26. A few tickets still remain. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. COMEDY
Tony Hinchcliffe Known for roasting famous friends as well as audience members, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe pushes the boundaries with his performances. He switches between fast-paced jokes and poking fun at the audience. In one improvised bit on YouTube, he takes suggestions from an audience and makes a joke out of “coffee, carrots, Jews and juice.” He tapes his podcast live tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tomorrow night at 8, he performs standup at the club. Tickets are $20 for tonight’s event; $18 for tomorrow’s.
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Summer in the City Each Wednesday through Aug. 22, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosts a free concert as part of its Summer in the City series. Tonight’s concert, which begins at 7 p.m., features the Nashville-based indie rock act Bully, a group fronted by powerhouse singer Alicea Bonanno. Local rockers Punch Drunk Tagalongs open the show. Admission is free. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. The annual Ohio Burlesque festival returns to the Beachland. See: Thursday.
The club also offers a ticket package that includes admission to both shows. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. SPOKEN WORD
Keep Talking Keep Talking is an exciting storytellers program where locals can share their real-life experiences on a theme. The monthly series offers attendees the chance to grab a drink and a dog while listening to some of their Cleveland neighbors tell tall tales. The theme for tonight’s storytelling is “Anniversary,” and the program honors the Happy Dog’s 10-year anniversary. The hosts are Adam Richard and Zachariah Durr. The
program starts at 8 p.m. sharp at the Happy Dog. Admission is $5. Want to be a storyteller at a future session? See details on the website. (Niesel) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com. THEATER
Menopause the Musical A musical parody set to songs from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, Menopause the Musical tells the story of four women at a lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra and the perils of menopause (you know, hot flashes, night sweats, etc.). A perennial favorite, the play is back at the Hanna Theatre tonight at 7:30, where performances continue through
FAMILY FUN
Wade Oval Wednesdays A summer tradition continues tonight from 6 to 9 at Wade Oval in University Circle. It’s Wade Oval Wednesday, and there will be local food vendors, a beer and wine tent, a farmers market and free kids’ activities — all laid out on the Wade Oval lawn, adjacent to the Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Cleveland Natural History Museum. Some museums will stay open late too. The Motown/ rock/R&B group Ruby’s Fun House will perform. Details are on the website. (Niesel) universitycircle.org. FOOD
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GET OUT at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons — at East 12th and Walnut streets — as food trucks gather to serve up lunch to area residents and employees. Check out the Downtown Cleveland Alliance website for weekly updates on vendors, entertainment offerings and more. The series continues through Sept. 26. Admission is free, but the food will cost you. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com.
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about the trials and tribulations of being in relationships. “I’ve been investing in women for 40 years and have yet to see a profit,” he jokes in one routine. He performs tonight at 7:30 and 10 at the Improv, where he has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets are $25 to $35. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.
Beach State Park on Lake Erie. Once completed, the 285-foot rebuilt pier should give the events a throwback feel and hearken back to the glory days of Euclid Beach amusement park. Tonight’s final edition takes place from 6 to 9. The music comes from the reggae band Jah Messengers. (Niesel) 16301 Lake Shore Blvd., 216-635-3200, clevelandmetroparks.com.
Edgewater Live This is the final week for Edgewater Live, the Cleveland Metroparks’ extremely popular series of Thursday-night happy-hour concerts held at Edgewater Beach. In addition to live performances, activities include yoga, standup paddleboarding and cornhole. Those ubiquitous food trucks will be on hand, of course, and the Beach House will sell drinks and food as well. Tonight’s musical lineup includes People in the Daytime and Hot City Symphony. Hours are 4:30 to 9 p.m. It’s free. (Niesel) 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway NW, clevelandmetroparks.com.
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Ohio Burlesque Festival Now in its eighth year, the Ohio Burlesque Festival returns to the Beachland Ballroom this weekend. The three-day event kicks off today with a showcase that features Miss Holly Grail, Minnesota’s Tre Da Marc and international producer and drag king Devon Ayers. Ryan Zymbler serves as the host. Tomorrow’s event will include a performance by the All Stars and Saturday’s gala will feature international starlet Bunny Buxom. A weekend pass costs $50, and single-day tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. (Niesel) 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com.
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Earthquake Better known by his stage name Earthquake, Nathaniel Martin Stroman has worked as an actor, voice artist and comedian since the ’80s. His jokes tend to steer clear of current events as he talks generally
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Drummer Spotlight with Sum 41’s Frank Zummo Hard-hitting drummer Frank Zummo plays with both the poppunk act Sum 41 and the dance group Krewella. Today, he’ll be at the Rock Hall from 2 to 5 p.m. to play drum solos and answer questions from the audience. Consult the Rock Hall’s website for more information. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com.
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Progressive Field. Tonight is a Rock ’n’ Blast evening, so win or lose, a spectacular fireworks show will follow the game. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.
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Euclid Beach Live All good things come to an end, and that includes Edgewater Live, the weekly happy-hour concert series at Euclid Beach State Park which concludes tonight. The live concert series has offered a summer’s worth of great music, delicious food and fun for the whole family. The setting couldn’t be better either: The site overlooks the scenic Euclid
Indians vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have competed well this season, especially when you consider their division is stacked with tough teams like the Houston Astros and the Seattle Mariners. They should give the Tribe a tough time when they come to town tonight at 7:10 to launch a three-game series at
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Lakewood Arts Festival The annual Lakewood Arts Festival is a juried show with more than 175 regional and national artists and makers displaying paintings, prints, photography, art glass, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, fiber and more. Founded in 1978, the festival helps fund an annual scholarship for Lakewood seniors continuing to art school. The festival will also feature musical acts such as Punchdrunk Tagalongs, Senegalese drummer Assane M’baye, Luca Mundaca with Alexis Antes, the New Ohio Jazz Trio, Chris Allen with Austin Charanghat, Cats on Holiday and more. A food court will be set up in front of Lakewood Library on Detroit Road and will offer food trucks which also contribute to the scholarship fund. The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Detroit Road between Belle and Arthur. Details are on the website. (Niesel) lakewoodartsfest.org. FILM + MUSIC
The Little Mermaid, Live Sarah Hicks conducts the Cleveland Orchestra tonight at Blossom as the orchestra plays the score to the Disney flick The Little Mermaid during a screening of the 1989 animated movie about a mermaid princess who wants to become a human. The concert begins at 8:30 p.m. Consult the Cleveland Orchestra website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.
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Peninsula Flea It’s not just a city thing. Good fleas can be found beyond Cleveland’s city limits. To wit: The Peninsula flea, which is held on the first Saturday of every month from June to September at the beautiful Heritage Farms. The location provides a perfect escape from the crush of city life, perhaps best enjoyed by taking a hike in the surrounding Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the third most-visited national park in the country. A slew of local vendors will be on hand with indoor sales taking place in two of the barns on site. The flea is the perfect opportunity to get some antiques, handmade collectibles, local gear and delicious fresh food while taking in all that Peninsula has to offer. Shoppers are welcome from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Halle Weber) 6050 Riverview Rd., Peninsula, 330-657-2330, heritagefarms.com.
The Big Lebowski Released in 1988, the Coen Brothers’ flick The Big Lebowski has become a cult classic that regularly makes appearances in the Cedar Lee Theatre’s Late Shift film series. The film centers on the Dude (Jeff Bridges), a slacker/ bowler who becomes the victim of mistaken identity when he is assaulted. The movie features a slew of cameos by actors such as John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, Tara Reid and David Thewlis. To mark the movie’s 20th anniversary, it screens today at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Cedar Lee Theatre. Regular admission rates apply. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 440-528-0355, clevelandcinemas.com.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show It’s the first Saturday of the month again, so tonight the Cedar Lee Theatre hosts its usual midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 cult classic that still draws an exuberant, costumed crowd that likes to throw rice and dry toast and sing along to the songs in the movie. Tickets are $9.75. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 440-528-0355, clevelandcinemas.com.
Concerts at Lake View Cemetery Now in its fifth year, the Concerts at Lake View Cemetery series offers locals yet another great opportunity to catch a free outdoor concert this summer. The six-concert series takes place on the Garfield Monument lawn, making it one of the most unique settings in the city; each concert showcases some of the city’s best jazz acts. Today, the Americana act Beatnik Playboys will perform. The organizers encourage fans to bring a lawn chair, blanket or a picnic. Hours are 4 to 6 p.m. Admission is free. And if it rains, the fun will be delayed until Saturday, Aug. 12. (Niesel) 12316 Euclid Ave., 216-421-2665, lakeviewcemetery.com.
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Twins Day Festival Come see how Twinsburg got its name this weekend at the annual Twins Day Festival, which takes place at the city’s Glen Chamberlin Park. The portion of the festival that’s open to the general public begins today with the “double take” parade that heads down Ravenna Road at 9 a.m. Entertainment will be held on two stages throughout the day. A twins contest will take place at 12:30 p.m. at the Perici Amphitheater, crowning twins who look the most alike and those who look the least alike. A fireworks display will close out today’s festivities. Tomorrow, a 5-K begins at 8:30 a.m. at Dodge Middle School, and a volleyball tournament will be served up at noon. Consult the website for a complete schedule. Tickets are $4 per person per day; it’s free for Twinsburg residents. (Weber) 10260 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg, 330-425-3652, twinsday.org.
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Dvorak’s Seventh Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 inspired composer Antonin Dvorak to compose his Symphony No. 7, a 40-minute piece that many regard as the man’s best work. Tonight at 7 at Blossom, the Cleveland Orchestra will perform the piece under the direction of conductor Michael Francis. Consult the Cleveland Orchestra website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com. FILM
Manry at Sea: In the Wake of a Dream In 1965, Cleveland suburbanite and Plain Dealer copy editor Robert Manry set out to accomplish a lifelong dream of sailing across
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GET OUT the Atlantic Ocean. Middle-aged and married with children, Manry thought his life had become stale. Manry at Sea: In the Wake of a Dream, “a riveting documentary” from director Steve Wystrach, includes rare archival footage and captures Manry’s journey and the global media sensation it became. The film screens at 1:30 p.m. today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Sam Allard) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.
to make the playoffs this year, they might give the Indians some trouble. They play tonight at 7:10 as part of a four-game series. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. TRIVIA
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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
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Splash Fund Edgewater Adopt-A-Beach For the seventh year, Greater Cleveland Aquarium’s nonprofit Splash Fund hosts an Adopt-aBeach shoreline cleanup program. Volunteers who participate in the removal of trash from Edgewater Park beach today will receive one free aquarium admission in exchange for their time. Aquarium staffer Elizabeth Allen will be on hand to “advise, assist and provide necessary supplies.” The aquarium has partnered with Drink Local, Drink Tap for today’s cleanup. It takes place from 10 a.m. to noon. Registration info and other details are on the website. (Niesel) greaterclevelandaquarium.com.
ALL SUMMER LONG 8/1 Bully w/ Punch Drunk Tagalongs
8/4 Drummer Spotlight w/ Frank Zummo (of Sum 41) 8/8 Screaming Females w/ Forager 8/11 Social Distortion @ Klipschfest
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Jason Vieaux Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux won a Grammy for his 2015 album Play, and NPR chose the single “Zapateado” as one of its favorite songs of the year. Vieaux will perform an evening of solo guitar music tonight at 7 as part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Concert Series that takes place at Happy Days Lodge. He’ll play pieces by Scarlatti, Giuliani, Bach, Albania, Tárrega and Mudarra. Consult the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 500 West Streetsboro Rd., Peninsula, 330-657-2909, conservancyforcvnp.org.
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Indians vs. Minnesota Twins When the Minnesota Twins came to town last month, they took two of three games from the Tribe and had no trouble hitting Indians’ pitchers. While they’re probably good enough
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dance series at Playhouse Square, local dance instructors lead Dancing Under the Stars tonight, and every Tuesday night through Aug. 28, at U.S. Bank Plaza. Tonight at 6, teachers from Viva Dance Studio will teach the salsa; Papo Ruiz provides the music. The dancing begins at 6:30 and continues until 9 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel) East 14th St. and Euclid Ave., 216-771-4444, playhousesquare.org.
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8/25-26 InCuya MUSIC Festival The weekend boasts local, regional and national artists including New Order, Avett Brothers, SZA and AWOLNATION in downtown Cleveland.
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Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, the Winchester hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesday. DJ Kris Koch offers 20-minute slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. Turntables are provided; you can play three to five songs during your time slot; and a mic is available to talk about the selections. (Niesel) 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-600-5338, facebook.com/ TheWinchesterMusicTavern. FILM
Retro Tuesdays Visiting the Aut-O-Rama is a magical experience. Built in 1965 by the Sherman family, the drivein is still owned and operated by the family’s third generation. You can catch the latest films on the weekends, but the Aut-O-Rama also offers classic double features for Retro Tuesday. Tonight’s features: Raiders of the Lost Ark , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Check the website for times and ticket prices. (BJ Colangelo) 33395 Lorain Rd., North Ridgeville, 440-734-1786, autoramadrivein.com. FOOD
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Details & tickets: rockhall.com/summer trivia game during which teams compete for prizes by answering oddball questions, takes place every Monday throughout the summer at 12:30 p.m., at U.S. Bank Plaza on Playhouse Square. Designed to be “a spirited competition,” the contest lasts an hour. Admission is free. (Niesel) East 14th St. and Euclid Ave., 216-771-4444, playhousesquare.org.
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Truck Stop Tuesday As if to provide a westside counterpart to Walnut Wednesdays, Crocker Park in Westlake has launched Truck Stop Tuesday, a weekly food truck gathering that takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Needless to say, admission is free, but the food will cost you. Truck Stop Tuesday concludes for the season on Sept. 25, so don’t wait too long. (Niesel) 189 Crocker Park Blvd., Westlake, crockerpark.com.
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STAGE ALEXANDER, MAKE WAY FOR CAROLINE Hamilton is monumental, but Caroline, or Change ticks a lot of the same boxes By Christine Howey OKAY, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE doing. You’re sitting in the corner of your closet, morose that you weren’t able to score tickets to see Hamilton. You’ve finished off that pint bottle of apricot brandy that was collecting dust in your cupboard, and it dangles from your limp left hand even as your right hand clutches to your chest your tattered childhood rag doll Bitsy. However, Bitsy isn’t helping this time. All is lost. But wait! There is a glimmer of hope for that part of your play-going psyche that longs to see a superior musical that features excellent singing voices and a story that is poignant, historically significant, and intermittently amusing. A musical that features non-white performers singing a volley of songs (even more than Hamilton !) that continually captivate. So you should emerge from that closet, my friend, and experience the outstanding musical Caroline, or Change, now being staged by the Mercury Theatre Company. Like Hamilton, this work boasts splendid authorship, since Tony Kushner wrote the book and lyrics and Jeanine Tesori penned the score (uncredited in the program). As you know, Kushner created Angels in America and Tesori wrote the original score for Fun Home, so these ain’t no slouches. Structured as a fable of sorts, the mostly sung-through show focuses on a number of people who are emotionally challenged. Prime among them is Caroline Thibodeaux, a single black mother with three kids who works as a maid for the Jewish Gellman family in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1963. She is righteously pissed at how her life has turned out, and she doesn’t try to hide it — often glowering at the members of the family for whom she does the cooking and laundry. True to the fable form, there are inanimate objects that speak and sing to Caroline, including the washing machine (Lynette Turner, who also doubles as the Moon), an electric clothes dryer (dynamically performed in all the drying cycle settings by Derrick Cobey, who also plays Caroline’s ex), and the radio that is always playing African-
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American music in the basement laundry room. During daytime hours, the appliances sing along with Caroline; at night, the Moon chimes in with her own musical commentary. Surely the most compelling relationship in the play is between Caroline and Noah, the 8-year-old son of his widowed dad, Stuart, (Brian Marshall) and Stu’s new wife, Rose (Emily Grodzik). Still-grieving Stu is self-absorbed as he laments the loss of his first wife, and Rose is still spinning her wheels in an attempt to relate to her stepson. So Noah becomes fascinated with Caroline, mistaking her deep sadness for towering strength. As Noah, young Kyle Monaghan emphasizes the youngster’s tender vulnerability rather than the
bus going home, the loss of hope is tangible. Some of that disconnect is symbolized by a dustup Rose has with Caroline over loose change that Caroline finds in the pockets of Noah’s pants. Rose wants Caroline to keep the coins, to teach Noah a lesson. But Caroline sees this as just another affront to her dignity, pocketing the chump change with a scowl. Meanwhile Caroline’s teenage daughter Emmie (Jyrah Graves) is unsympathetic about her mother’s status in life, unaware of the emotional burden mom carries. This is all elucidated in Kushner’s libretto and Tesori’s score that ranges from operatic arias to Chanukah tunes to black soul riffs. Even though many of the lyrics are blurred at times when multiple singers are overlapping, the story
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character’s tendency to disrupt the status quo, and he is effective throughout. This exquisitely designed play deals with big issues, but often through a micro lens. After Caroline and her maid pal Dotty (Colleen Longshaw) learn of JFK’s assassination while they’re on a
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they are telling shines through. And musical director Eddie Carney manages to generate some lush and powerful accompaniment from his five-piece orchestra. But let’s pause here and recognize the remarkable performance by Kelvette Beacham as Caroline. A long-time member
of the Mercury company, the often upbeat and smiling Beacham is a true force of nature in this role, anchoring this conflicted and tormented character both physically and with her stunningly powerful voice. In one of her final songs, Beacham rips the heart out of “Lot’s Wife” when she laments her weaknesses and confusion over what God wants from her. Murder me God, down in that basement/ Murder my dreams so I stop wantin’/Murder my hope of him returnin’/Strangle the pride that make me crazy. Sure, there are a few small wrinkles in this production, since some of the younger actors aren’t quite up to the task of handling this demanding score. But director Pierre-Jacques Brault keeps this chamber piece active by moving his actors around the large stage, even finding a way to create a rainstorm near the conclusion of the play. This production is a fitting cap to Mercury’s 20th summer season of often extraordinary theatrical productions. So if you’re still jonesing for a Hamilton-style fix, grab a seat for one of the concluding performances of Caroline, or Change. As Alexander H. would say, don’t miss your shot.
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MOVIES HIGH ANXIETY Eighth Grade provides a glimpse of the contemporary pre-teen experience By BJ Colangelo LOOKING BACK ON MY MIDDLE school years, I’m reminded of my Tracy-Flick-in-Election-esque need to overachieve in every possible extra-curricular activity; the fact I was never once asked by a guy to dance during a slow song at the winter formals; and the mortifying experience of hitting puberty years before the rest of my classmates. Now, I can recognize my overachieving nature is actually a highly sought-after job quality; guys didn’t want to dance with me because I was, and still am, queer as hell; and dealing with puberty early on made me better prepared to deal with the world around me and saved me a lot of years of turmoil down the road. But at the time, there was nothing more important than the problems of my 12-year-old life, and A24’s newest release, Eighth Grade, captures that anxiety with perfection. The movie is currently showing at the Cedar Lee Theatre and Cinemark Valley View, and it opens at the Capitol Theatre, AMC Solon, Regal Crocker, Chagrin Cinema and Montrose on Friday. Written and directed by comedian and performance artist Bo Burnham, who rose to fame with his popular YouTube videos in 2006, Eighth Grade follows the last few weeks of wannabe YouTube sensation
KaylaDay’smiddle-schoolexperience. We see a forcefully enthusiastic and inarticulate 12-year-old recording self-help videos on her Macbook within the private confines of her room, while simultaneously being voted “Most Quiet” by her classmates for the end-of-the-year superlatives. Burnham’s adolescent is not “normal” in conventional terms, and there are some obvious parallels drawn between growing up in the public eye, and the fact that kids today have had access to social media from the day they were born. Kayla can craft her personality any way she wants within the false safety allowed by the internet. But in real life, she’s constantly anxious and desperately seeking approval. Eighth Grade doesn’t treat Kayla’s experience as a made-for-TV movie, but rather focuses on the nuances and small experiences that, years later, may seem minuscule, but in the moment mean absolutely everything. I remember being 13 years old and hearing a truck driver honk at my friends and me as we’d walk down to the beach by my house, and we’d all giggle about how it must be because we “looked so hot.” As an adult, I can now recognize that a truck driver honking at a bunch of 13-year-old girls is a fucking creep, and nothing about his attempt to “compliment” us
in that manner is acceptable. Kayla experiences something similar, and it’s the one moment in the film that borders on the shocking. It’s one of the most tension-filled moments I’ve ever experienced in a theater, solely because it’s one that just about anyone who has ever been an eighth-grade girl can relate to. Kayla is played by Elsie Fisher, who voiced Agnes — “It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die” — Gru in all the Despicable Me films, and Fisher’s handling of Burnham’s spot-on dialogue, littered with “ums,” “likes” and ear-grating un-ironic expressions of “Gucci,” is masterful. There are momentsshedelivers so authentically, it’s difficult to believe she wasn’t improvising. Today’s middle-schoolers endure things that many of us will never be able to fully comprehend. Instead of a tornado drill, Kayla and her classmates groan with annoyance when it’s time for the annual “schoolshooter” education drill. Hiding under desks in the dark is like, so boring; how can they be expected not to play games on their phone or scroll Instagram? The drama club has volunteered to play “shooting victims,” complete with low-budget
special FX bullet holes in the middle of their foreheads. Unlike the dads in the John Hughes films of yesteryear, Kayla’s single dad Mark (played by the incredible Josh Hamilton) is a fully realized character actively trying to do everything he can to assure his daughter that she is exceptional, even if she feels like she can’t amount to the beauty or “coolness” of the popular girls in school. The character helps emphasize the important role parents play in the lives of their pubescent teens, and that this is a time when it’s more important than ever to be an active participant — even when those kids are doing everything in their power to shut their parents out, because, of course, their parents just don’t understand. Eighth Grade isn’t a movie about how it feels like the whole world is against us when we’re in middle school, but rather a film about how we carry the problems of the world on our shoulders and never give ourselves the break we absolutely deserve.
machines and fuel nostalgia for the past. The Rolls represents how Elvis left behind the country boy of his past. He’s now a king. Now, you have the bigger question of whether a country boy should have ever become a king. We can also wonder should the country have become an empire? One became a king and one became an empire, both to their own detriment.” Jarecki visits Sun Studios in Memphis and Las Vegas, and the well-crafted film features beautiful shots of both the countryside and of the poor neighborhoods where Presley grew up. “The film is a love letter to
America and to Elvis,” says Jarecki. “It’s a tough love letter. I care about those things enough that I want to make a difference. If I had known Elvis, I would have tried to save him. As I get to know America and travel the country, I feel the same impulse. In order to do that, I have to convey my incredible love of the cities, of the grandeur of its people, of its monuments, of its small towns and farms, and forsaken inner cities. I have that Life Magazine love of America.” — JEFF NIESEL
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SPOTLIGHT: THE KING DIRECTOR EUGENE JARECKI ( Freakonomics, Reagan) had a premise for film that would compare the rise and fall of Elvis Presley with the rise and fall of the United States. He had already begun work on the movie when a crew member told him that a Rolls-Royce that belonged to Presley was going to auction. Inspired, Jarecki bought the car and turned his film, which he subsequently called The King, into a thrilling road movie that documents Presley’s career. The film includes interviews with celebs such as Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Chuck D, Emmylou Harris, Ethan
Hawke, Van Jones, Mike Myers and Dan Rather. The movie also features performances by Emi Sunshine and the Rain, Leo Bud Welch, Earlice Taylor, Stax Music Academy Singers, M. Ward, John Hiatt, Loveful Heights, Immortal Technique, the Handsome Family, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Justin Merrick and the Stax Academy All-Stars. It opens at the Cedar Lee Theatre on Friday. “We wanted to visit the places Elvis had been and see them through the prism of Elvis’ life,” Jarecki says in a recent phone interview. “Cars are memory lane machines. They’re American-dream
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EAT DESTINATION DINING The Pompadour in Fairport Harbor delivers tapas worth the drive By Douglas Trattner ON A RECENT WEEKEND NIGHT, we found ourselves on a sweet little restaurant patio in Fairport Harbor, that burg people zip past on their way to dinner in Cleveland or Geneva or Ashtabula. But the folks around us did not bypass the village. In fact, they drove from their homes in Mentor, Willoughby and Cleveland specifically to eat at the Pompadour, which is precisely what Rusty James Phillips was hoping for when he and his partner Lianne Mantione opened the place a few years back. “I wasn’t even looking to do a restaurant, but then I saw this place right around the corner from our house,” Phillips explains. “The plan from the beginning was to do a really cool restaurant in hopes that other people, other chefs would come in. We thought, let’s see if we can’t change this community a little bit.” The swing didn’t happen overnight. After buying the old Harbor Town Bar and Grill, a neighborhood shot-and-beer joint, the couple made incremental improvements. They ditched the Red Bull fridge, swapped out the tables and chairs, and painted most vertical surfaces. They kept the great old bar and stools, but added a new backbar, a 25,000-penny collage that emits a honey-colored glow. When the owners squirreled away enough cash, they added a small kitchen to the old tavern, it’s first. In the beginning, Phillips pulled inspiration from his days behind the wheel of MotorMouth, one of the first food trucks to roll through town. The early menu was far from crazy — just some sandwiches and tacos — but still, it was a seismic shift for the community. “We knew going in that we were going to lose 80 to 90 percent of the clientele from the original bar,” says the chef. But for every old-timer who decided to drink elsewhere, a new face would settle in. Emboldened by early praise, Phillips would trot out a few small plates, nothing extravagant, just … different. Over time, the tacos and sandwiches gave way to dishes like calamari, flashfried prosciutto-wrapped asparagus, and braised short rib on polenta. “Every three or four months we
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would take a step back to steadily improve everything,” he notes. “The menu would get a little bigger and more interesting. We’d bring in better product. It was encouraging to see the clientele keep growing with us; it inspired me to keep pushing the envelope a little bit knowing that people trust us now.” That calamari ($10) is exceptional.
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The thick-cut steaks, about the size of a taffy bar, could have gone wrong in any number of ways. But these are lightly breaded and fried to a meaty but yielding texture. A stack of four is paired with a straightforward yet aggressively spiced Sriracha mayo. Likewise, the kitchen had a deft hand when preparing the croquettes ($9), a trio of chestnut-hued spheres with a light, crisp shell that gives way to a fluffy, cheesy mashed potato mixture studded with bits of chorizo and Spanish ham. They’re perched in a sunny lemon-garlic aioli.
of flatiron steak ($10) are arranged on toasted bread, garnished with pert greens, and doused in a kicky horseradish cream sauce. Charred and luscious bone-in lamb chops ($13) are set against the sharp tang of an herby chimichurri sauce. Coupled with the spice-rubbed, oven-roasted carrots ($6) with cool yogurt sauce, you’ve got yourself a square meal. The creamy coconut-scented broth in the Brazilian seafood stew ($14), a wide bowl brimming with mussels, scallop, and shrimp, was so intoxicating that we asked for some
bread to drain it dry. Three grilled rounds arrived in a jiffy, but the $3 surcharge didn’t sit as well as the bisque. The Pompadour, named for the owner’s love of rockabilly and the fact that the space long housed a salon, puts forward a rock-solid cocktail and beer list, but the wine list could use a few more glass pours. We plowed through a summer-sipper white from Argentina ($24) before moving onto a bottle of red, a Spanish grenache ($24). On our visit, every seat inside and out, about 65 in all, was occupied, which seems to herald great things for Phillips’ neighborhood. The success of Pompadour notwithstanding, this resident is concerned that Fairport Harbor is stuck in a one-step-forward, twosteps-back limbo. “There doesn’t seem to be any forward thinking as to how to develop this beachfront town,” he reports. “We’re sitting right on a river and a lake and we’re the one community that’s still struggling.”
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DAVE’S COSMIC SUBS AND MUSIC TO OPEN IN FORMER BARKING SPIDER SPACE By Douglas Trattner FOR 30 YEARS, THE BARKING Spider Tavern drew scores of music lovers to a charming carriage house on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. Opened in 1986 by the late Martin Juredine and Bruce Medorsky, the legendary watering hole closed in September, 2016. Come late 2018, the location once again will play host to live music, when Dave’s Cosmic Subs and Music debuts at the historic property. The locally owned and operated sub shop will be a unique blend of familiar subs and live music, a first for the 20-yearold chain. “It’s my first store with live music,” says founder Dave Lombardy, who at the age of 23 left Cleveland to pursue an acting and singing career in California. “So it’s come full circle for me. It’s a wonderful location. It’s going to be a really cool spot.” North Coast Cosmic Subs, a franchiseethatoperatesDave’sCosmic Subs in Cleveland Heights, Berea, Mentor and Oberlin, has signed a long-term lease on the universityowned building at 11310 Juniper Rd., nestled in the heart of campus. Already, demolition has begun on the 1900s-era building, with construction expected to start within a month. When complete in late2018, the space will be a multifaceted operation that combines a sub shop, full bar and live music venue. “The intention is to completely renovate, restore and refresh the space into a modern Dave’s Cosmic Subs prototype that can house a full-service bar and a venue for music and live entertainment,” explains Paul Sidhu, president of North Coast Cosmic Subs.
In addition to familiar subs like the Hey Dave, Dave’s Far Out Chicken and the Original Dave’s Cosmic Sub, the shop will feature the now-iconic “Belkin wall,” a colorful collage of rock-themed memorabilia named for the famous local music promotion family. When it’s up and running, the venue will offer live acts, open-mic and poetry nights, karaoke, trivia and other programming. Down the road, the bar will be the site of a new annual music festival called Davesfest that will bring together multiple live bands. “I’m very familiar with the Barking Spider’s legacy,” Sidhu said. “That’s going to be very important to us. We want to complement the history and legacy that it left behind.”
Fix Bistro in Cleveland Heights Sold, Will Reopen as Elite Bistro Chef/owner Eric Rodgers has sold Fix Bistro, an offshoot of Black Box Fix, the popular sandwich shop he originally opened in Cleveland Heights before moving it to Legacy Village. Rodgers made the decision as he focuses on future franchising plans for Black Box locally and nationally. Fix Bistro’s last day was Saturday, July 28. The new owners will debut Elite Bistro sometime in mid-August. “We would like to thank everyone for their support over the past few years,” Rodgers said in a press release.
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MUSIC FUTURA PLANS The Outfield’s Tony Lewis talks about embracing his past and moving forward By Matt Wardlaw THE SIGNATURE MOMENT IN the career of the ’80s pop/rock group the Outfield was one which arrived quickly as they were working on songs for their eventual debut album. It served as an important catalyst for their career, which stretched across more than three decades. “Your Love” went Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 6 in May of 1986, and it was hard to miss on the radio and MTV. The members of the group were taken by surprise. “We were on tour with Starship. We did two legs with them, and it was just getting bigger and bigger,” singer-bassist Tony Lewis recalls during a recent phone conversation. “Your Love” was the second single from 1985’s Play Deep and helped the band find the success which had initially seemed elusive when “Say It Isn’t So,” the first single, was released the previous fall. “We were getting more adds on the radio, and people were getting more familiar with the song,” he says. “Before we knew it, everyone knew the song. It’s just amazing that 33 years later, people still love it. It’s played at football stadiums, baseball stadiums, and when you think about it, the song was basically written in 20 minutes. I remember [guitarist] John Spinks shouting down the corridor of his flat, ‘Josie’s on a vacation far away.’ I’ve still got the original lyrics sheet on lined paper. Twenty to 25 minutes, and it’s done. We thought it was a great little song then, but we didn’t know it would be so big.” Spinks, the principal songwriter for the group, had a knack for writing songs with engaging riffs and powerful hooks which helped the band rack up a total of five Top 40 hits during its initial run in the ’80s and the early part of the ’90s. But that hardly tells the complete tale of the tape as the band’s albums were loaded with plenty of additional tracks that also could have been successful singles. Their hooks
ran deep into the track listing, and Spinks and Lewis were a dynamic duo when it came to crafting
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memorable music together. Rest assured that “Your Love” will be a featured moment in Lewis’ set during his appearance at Retro Futura, the nostalgic ’80s tour package which will also feature
Wow’s Annabella and Kajagoogoo vocalist Limahl. Lewis will fill out the rest of his set with several other songs we’re guessing you’ll probably recognize and a small taste of new material. The tour lands at Hard
Rock Live on Friday. Retro Futura finds Lewis returning to the concert stage for the first time in more than 13 years. He and Spinks worked steadily with the Outfield, releasing a total of eight studio albums over the years, including Replay, their final record, which came out in 2011. Spinks had battled liver cancer for a number of years and passed away at the age of 60 in July 2014. Lewis was devastated by the loss of his collaborative partner and realized that his chapter in the Outfield had come to a close. “To be honest, John’s health was really suffering after Replay was done,” Lewis says. “We’d done some | clevescene.com | August 1 - 7, 2018
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MUSIC songs together [after the album was released] and kept recording and kept recording and in the end, you know, he found it hard even just to do chords. He would always send me demos of his falsetto voice, and his falsetto voice was my guide, and I would sing the melody of the song and then email it back to him. But he was struggling to do that. I just thought it was wrong to try and finish off something that, for me, wasn’t 100 percent. He wanted to keep going and keep going. We’ve got some good stuff, but I sort of wanted to end that chapter there.” It was three years before Lewis was able to think about the idea of making music again, and when he began to consider it, he found himself taking a bit of a different approach. “We’ve always been a very slick band, and we’re very conscious of our timing,” he says. “I think working with the gear has made our timing really good. You know, the important thing that we’ve always tried to put on our records is the groove. Like, the AC/DC groove, the ZZ Top sort of tones, you know, it’s a load of influences that you can hear in our music. I wanted to get away from that. We used to zone in on the first lines of the songs and it used to drive me mad, because I’d sing it and John [Spinks] would be the first one to say, we got in arguments, [and I’d have to sing it] again and again and again. It had to be in tune and in time. I just wanted to get away from that and be a bit more free with this album. I didn’t want to worry about first lines of songs. Because I know the first lines have got to grab you, but I was just wanting it to be a bit more, not looser, but just a bit more free in the songs, with the melodies and how you attack the guitars and vocals and keyboards and drums. It was just so nice not having everyone looking over your shoulder all of the time, that freedom of just putting music together yourself.” Lyrically, however, he got a big boost from his wife, Carol, who stepped in with the right words at a time when he didn’t have them for his new album, Out of the Darkness. “I started doing some backing tracks and some recordings. I got about half a dozen backing tracks together and they were sounding really good,” he recalls. “But I was just really struggling, lyrically. I was just writing songs about going out for a fight or stuff that people don’t really want to hear about. She said, ‘I
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could give you a hand. I’ve got some words here, maybe you can have a go at this.’ And the lyrics seemed to sort of fit the backing tracks really well. The first three songs, I wanted to make sure it was like the spirit of the Outfield, a ‘where [we] left off’ sort of thing. After the third track, you can hear that it’s got my own little spin on it.” “Into the Light,” the album opener, is one of the new songs that longtime fans of the Outfield will find to be reminiscent of the trademark sound of the group. Drummer Tanner Hendon plays on several songs on the album, but the majority of the album features Lewis playing all of the instruments, a role he says he grew comfortable with in the later years of working on Outfield albums with Spinks. “I always used to take a long, long time writing. John would just write a song falling out of the bakery. It was a natural process for him,” he says. “But we sort of shared the production role together. After we left MCA, and we did our own albums, I’d play guitar and John would play the bass. I learned to sequence the drums, keyboards and a lot of production techniques. So that’s why I was sort of able to do this album on my own. Because I’d learned how to do the instruments myself and I’m very much into drums as well as guitars. So I think this album is basically to sort of prove to people that I’m not just the voice and the bass player from the Outfield, I’ve got a few more strings to my bow.” And that’s something that fans of the British rock group may have already picked up on over the years. During a 2001 appearance at Blossom Music Center as part of the Totally ’80s Live tour, the group had a heavier edge live than some might have expected, even tossing a Led Zeppelin cover into their set that night. “I think it’s because we were a three-piece, and you work harder when you’re a three-piece because you’ve got a lot more sound to fill out in the structures of the songs,” he says now. “We were very much influenced by bands like the Who, the Beatles and the Kinks, and we [also] liked Cream and ZZ Top and Rush, three-piece bands like that. You know, they’re very exciting bands to watch because they work harder, and live we did work hard for those songs. We didn’t want it to sound like the studio versions.”
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MUSIC OVERCOMING ADVERSITY A record label feud fueled the themes on Mourn’s new album By Elizabeth Manno A BAND RELEASING ITS THIRD studio album while members are still in their late teens and early 20s rightfully sounds like a huge accomplishment, but considering the adversity that the members of this Spanish rock quartet had to face, they’re probably just glad they aren’t in deep legal trouble. A Catalonian four-piece, Mourn has made a name for itself here in the States with its rhythmic, melodic brand of post-punk and garage rock inspired by the likes of PJ Harvey, Sleater-Kinney, the Clash and others. Though the band is having the time of its life playing music all over the world, and is excited about the current U.S. tour, it’s had to overcome a series of music industry horror stories due to a rocky relationship with its former Spanish label. That ordeal just happens to be the subject of the band’s fiery new album. Mourn released its third album, Sorpresa Familia (which translates to “surprise family” in English) last month via Brooklyn label Captured Tracks, and the band headlines the Beachland Tavern on Wednesday, Aug. 8, with support from Chastity and Soundproof. The group’s new LP is marked by jagged guitars that occasionally thrash, animated punk vocals and an intricate rhythm section that really packs a punch. The controlled chaos of their sound perfectly mirrors the chaotic nature of the relationship with their former record label. In 2015, the band put out a statement accusing its former label of withholding hardearned income, preventing the release of their second album and knowingly manipulating the band. As a result, the band had to self-fund the album and has since parted ways with the label. In spite of the band’s short career, it’s already embarked on several U.S. tours including a recent tour in support of its 2017 covers EP, Over the Wall, which includes tracks from alternative rock greats like Echo and the Bunnymen, the Replacements and Husker Du. The band’s co-vocalist and guitarist Carla Perez is eager to get
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in front of American crowds again, as she mentions in our recent Skype interview. “We really like the people in America because they come to our shows, sometimes traveling from a town two hours from the place we’re playing,” says Perez. “They are really committed, and they know the songs. They make noise in America.” Perez started the band in 2014 with co-vocalist and guitarist Jazz Rodriguez after the two met in school and became friends over a shared love of music. To complete the band, they soon recruited Jazz’s sister, Leia Rodriguez, to play bass and Antonio Postius to play drums. The four members grew up in towns outside Barcelona in an area that lacked a lively rock music scene, so Perez was amazed that they were able to form a band of like-minded people. However, she says there was still plenty of other music in the air. “We were lucky to find each other because there wasn’t much going on,” says Perez. “You see people singing or playing Spanish guitar everywhere, even if it’s Catalan music, flamenco, Spanish music or shitty pop radio music.” They all came from musical families and started playing from a relatively young age. “Jazz and Leia’s dad is a really well-known musician,” says Perez. “Antonio’s dad is a pianist and my mom’s family is really into flamenco and singing loads.” Another thing that the four have in common is that they were smart
less fine. When I met Jazz, we used to not go to class, or write songs in the middle of a class, or shit like that. We were those kids.” Perhaps their former Spanish label saw this group of four talented, starry-eyed musicians as a perfect opportunity to manipulate a new band in any way they saw fit. The alleged, borderline abuse that the band suffered at the hands of the label is pretty jarring, but Perez says it wasn’t necessarily their age that made them a target for manipulation. “I think they took advantage of our hope, energy and positivity about the whole thing,” says Perez. One of their new album tracks, “Fun at the Geysers,” was inspired by the time in Iceland when their management ditched the band to visit the geysers, leaving them without any food or money. In addition, their management had the balls to pay for the impromptu trip with the earnings that the band just made from playing an Icelandic festival. The song’s new music video shows band members returning to the geysers in Reykjavik for the first time since the incident, this time enjoying themselves and giving a metaphorical middle finger to their former label. Another memorable cut from their album, “Doing It Right,” is a ferocious punk anthem, but instead of using their own angry words of rebellion against their label, they decided to use
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enough to get by in school, but they never really took an interest in it. Perez laughs when asked about school and says, “None of us have finished any university degree, so I don’t really think we enjoyed it that much. We used to pass exams, which is more or
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actual words from emails the label sent to the band, making it that much more of a moving, piercing blow to the gut. Amidst dark and scintillating guitar riffs, the band sings chilling lines like “don’t be scared/these numbers are normal” and “we’re gonna freeze
your career.” Perhaps the most visceral line is the repeated and shouted final chorus, “We’re doing it right!” Band members feel an immense amount of liberation now that they’ve been released from the choke-hold of the label, but they admit they’re still cynical about the music industry. “We know it’s still a really fucked up industry, but I think we said what we wanted to say, and we did what we thought was the right thing to do,” says Perez. “Because at the end of the day, we work as hard as other people work, and we deserve to be treated fairly.” Whether it’s the often predatory music industry, the tumultuous state of Spanish politics or the extreme highs and lows of growing up, the band doesn’t view music as an escape but rather as a venting session. “I think when we are on stage, it’s not to escape, but more a way to let all of this anger go,” says Perez. “It’s a relief.” The band’s last show in Cleveland was back in 2015, at Now That’s Class, during its first American tour; and despite relentless touring, Perez surprisingly remembers a lot from the show. “It was really punk,” says Perez. “There were like 10 people there or less, but it sounded really good.” She was also given a comical reassurance from fans that night about the low attendance. Perez laughs and explains that “people were telling us the show wasn’t crowded because Taylor Swift was playing. We thought, ‘That doesn’t make any sense because why would people who like Taylor Swift come to our show?’” Perez sums up Mourn’s live show quite simply. “I think we’re four freaks shouting and laughing and playing. I guess we make everyone have a good time. We play really fast, and we’re just fun.”
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FreeByrds Musician’s Night: 10 p.m., free. Smedley’s. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. RIVVRS/Paul McDonald/Swap Meet: 8:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Michelle Romary (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $8. Music Box Supper Club. Summer Salt/Hot Flash Heat Wave/ The Symposium: 8 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Zac Brown Band/Darrell Scott/ Mark O’Connor Band: Zac Brown Band is the perfect outdoor act. Talented, down-to-earth, original and head-and-shoulders above most mainstream country, the band possesses an easygoing vibe that translates perfectly to drinking on the lawn. “Chicken Fried” is the band’s unofficial theme song. In it, singer-guitarist Zac Brown discusses his love for the simple things in life and his pride in being a member of the country community. “Homegrown” follows the same theme, aiming to warn that living to excess isn’t the way to be happy. “Keep Me in Mind” is another of the band’s highlights. Catchy, acoustic and heartfelt,
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