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Associate Publisher Angela Nagal Editor Vince Grzegorek

Frank Jacksonâ€™s ugly jersey barriers might be replaced in Public Square, Cuyahoga County looks toward expanding anti-discrimination code to protect gender identity and sexual orientation, and more

Editorial Music Editor Jeff Niesel Senior Writer Sam Allard Staff Writer BJ Colangelo Staff Writer Brett Zelman Web Editor Laura Morrison Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Writers Dott von Schneider Copy Editor Elaine Cicora

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Is Cleveland doing enough to attract and retain young people starting families?

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UPFRONT GROUP PLAN COMMISSION WANTS TO REPLACE UGLY CONCRETE BARRIERS ON PUBLIC SQUARE WITH BOLLARDS, NEEDS $2 MILLION WHEN THE RENOVATED PUBLIC Square opened to bus traffic in March 2017 — after a bitter, obstinate, wrong-headed battle by Mayor Frank Jackson against the Federal Transit Administration, RTA, city council, transit advocates and basically every reasonable person in Cleveland — it debuted with decidedly ugly safety features, including concrete jersey barriers that marred what should have been an open, interconnected design. A couple of assumptions were at play: that the barriers, installed by the city, were temporary and would eventually be replaced with bollards; and that Jackson, who was grudgingly forced to include bus traffic through the square, figured that if he lost the fight, he might as well make the transit-friendly square as aesthetically unappealing as possible. More than a year after, it seems we might finally have a resolution as the city-county Group Plan Commission released designs this week that would have the jersey barriers replaced by bollards. The small hiccup: It would cost $2 million. Ideally, commission chair Anthony Coyne told the Plain Dealer, that money would come from a mix of public, private and philanthropic sources. Construction would take less than two months, and the bollards and additional proposed features would satisfy Jackson’s concerns about safety and terrorism. How dumb is all of this? Super dumb. Not only should the bollards have been included from the start, but Jackson’s decision to instead use the jersey barriers has cost the city $88,794, according to the PD, since they are removed for special events on the square at a cost to the city of $9,800 per event. There are two additional concerns

based on the proposed redesign of the redesign: First, that bicycles would continue to be prohibited through Public Square, which is an infuriatingly odd choice given that, as Bike Cleveland noted, Superior Avenue is on the city’s Bikeway Implementation Plan and Public Square will be the future connecting point between the bike lanes on the Detroit-Superior Bridge and the planned Midway network that would venture east. Second, as Clevelanders for Public Transit noted, the plan would include “curb extensions at the central crosswalk that would narrow the right-of-way for buses from 48 to 24 feet.” Meaning that additional bus stops wouldn’t be possible given the slim lanes. Anyway, this has been your periodic reminder that Frank Jackson single-handedly fucked up Public Square and no one should ever forget that. — Vince Grzegorek

Second Chance Village Homeless Community Gets Reprieve as City Delays Decision on Permit Following an emotional and lengthy meeting of the Akron planning commission last Friday, the city announced it will delay a decision on a conditional permit that would allow a homeless encampment on private property to continue operating. Sage Lewis, a local businessman, opened his land to homeless last year, and installed toilets, a kitchen and security cameras to facilitate their encampment. Second Chance Village has since been the subject of a lawsuit from a neighbor and endless rancor, not least because of its location. As the Akron Beacon Journal’s Doug Livingston wrote, “The building now bustles with homeless people in the

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heart of a neighborhood poised for development. After decades of decline, private and public investment are gelling at the nexus of Arlington, Market and Exchange streets with road projects, new shopping centers, housingdevelopments,aneighborhood development corporation and, soon, a new fire station.” Akron has argued that it’s an illegal campground, a contention that was challenged at the meeting by supporters, residents and even the neighbor who’d filed the lawsuit, who now says he supports the camp. The city nonetheless said that the property’s current use is a nuisance, the subject of more than a hundred police calls since it opened. “We believe in housing the homeless and we take our responsibility seriously to examine land use decisions in keeping with what protects the common good, wherever that may be,” Akron planning director Jason Segedy said. Lewis, who applied for a city permit to keep the camp operating, said that while shelters exist in Akron, there’s still a sizeable homeless population that is unsheltered and that Second Chance is meant to be a transitional housing opportunity. “Our dream from the very beginning was to have this be a start of a conversation. This was a new concept of a new way of working with the homeless,” Lewis said at the meeting. “Idealistic me thought officials were going to come and we were going to have this really cool discussion of the needs of the homeless and how we can make

Akron a better place by taking care of these people. But all I’m getting is ‘no.’” The ACLU of Ohio, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, an assortment of other nonproﬁts and a group of law and housing policy professors penned an open letter to the city last week imploring them to protect the village and cease punishing the homeless. “Encampments such as Second Chance Village save lives,” the letter read. “Disbanding this sanctuary would jeopardize the safety of its residents and would be illegal. “The City of Akron has spent far too much time over years attempting to criminalize and exclude people experiencing homelessness. For several years, the City has descended on encampments, seizing everyone’s belongings, including donated tents, blankets, personal mementos, legal documents, and other prized personal possessions. The Kramer Legal Clinic at Case Western Reserve Law School previously ﬁled a suit, arguing that this practice violated the Constitution. The City settled, paying for the damage it caused and agreeing to a protocol before disbanding encampments in the future. “When harassing encampments in the past, the City argued they were unlawful because the property owner did not agree to house an encampment. But, now that a property owner has generously welcomed his neighbors — providing facilities and trying to accommodate the concerns that neighbors and the City had — the City concludes people seeking shelter

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UPFRONT are not welcome there, either. We write to change the Cityâ€™s view.â€? The cityâ€™s ofďŹ cial decision didnâ€™t come Friday, and probably wonâ€™t come until the end of the summer. The planning commission voted to postpone a decision on the conditional permit in order to gather more information. It doesnâ€™t meet again until July. After that, a recommendation would be made to city council, which is on break during August and doesnâ€™t reconvene until September. Until then, Second Chance Village lives on. â€” Grzegorek

Legislation Introduced to Expand Cuyahoga Countyâ€™s AntiDiscrimination Code to Protect Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Legislation was introduced last Tuesday that would establish a commission to hear discrimination complaints, including complaints related to sexual orientation and gender identiďŹ cation, in Cuyahoga County. Introduced by county executive Armond Budish, county council president Dan Brady and councilmembers Dale Miller and Michael Houser, the legislation would establish a three-person Cuyahoga County Commission on Human Rights. Commission members would be attorneys and have the authority to levy ďŹ nes if they determine discrimination has occurred; the money collected from those ďŹ nes would be used to provide education and awareness regarding the problems and effects of prejudice, intolerance, bigotry and discrimination. â€œThis is an important step forward in our quest to make sure that all residents have equal access to justice and that they feel safe and supported,â€? Budish said in a news release. â€œYou can say that you support equal rights for all, but until there is legislation that supports this, it isnâ€™t a reality.â€? Current protections for Cuyahoga County include race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry and gender. The legislation would add sexual orientation and gender identiďŹ cation to that list. The Ohio House successfully passed similar legislation when Budish was speaker in 2009, but

the measure didnâ€™t make it past the Senate. â€œWhen somebody seeks to rent an apartment or get a job, they should be treated fairly â€” like everybody else â€” and not be allowed to be discriminated against based on their sexual orientation,â€? Budish said. There are currently no statewide protections in Ohio for sexual orientation outside of state employment, and only 30 Ohio cities and counties have anti-discrimination ordinances prohibiting employment and housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. â€” BJ COLANGELO

DIGIT WIDGET 107 Days that Quicken Loans Arena will go dark between last weekendâ€™s Shania Twain show and a Justin Timberlake concert in October as construction begins in earnest on the $280 million arena renovations.

$588,000 Amount of taxpayer money ECOT spent in 2017 on separation agreements with 201 former employees that included nondisclosure and non-disparagement clauses, protecting the nowdefunct online charter school system from public comment on its abysmal track record.

519,471 Years of life Ohioans lost between 2010 and 2016 due to opioid overdose deaths, according to a study by the state health department.

52,000 Number of Cuyahoga County residents who could be affected by proposed Medicaid work requirements, according to Policy Matters. That number is 300,000 statewide.

Armond Budish, County Council Exchange Testy Letters About Nurse Staffing at County Jail Cuyahoga County council leadership and county executive Armond Budish traded snippy letters last week in the wake of a public safety committee meeting in late May that featured questions to and not many answers from Ken Mills, the county’s director of corrections, regarding nursing staffing at jail facilities. Among other revelations at the meeting: the county has struggled to hire staff at the new Bedford facility and the Euclid jail, even as it markets its services to surrounding communities to take in their prisoners; the downtown jail remains understaffed; the county pays well below market rate for nurses, thus explaining some of the problems with recruitment and retention of staff; and MetroHealth, which runs medical operations at the facilities, has a long list of complaints about Mills and his “obstructionist” behavior. In fact, Gary Brack, the county’s interim nursing director and a Metro employee, was placed on leave and removed from his position after speaking out during the meeting. A county spokesperson said the decision was made because his comments showed a “lack of trust.” Council president Dan Brady and public safety chair Michael Gallagher penned a letter to Budish reaffirming council’s commitment to not only meeting state standards for medical care in its jails, but exceeding them. While commending Budish for approving an increase in nursing salaries to address the need to remain competitive in the marketplace, the councilmembers submitted two requests. First, that Budish take a long, hard look at Mills, who they found to be less than truthful during the meeting in May. “We ask you to review the County leadership at the Jail. Although we may not agree on the number of nurses needed for each shift at each facility, we know there were many false statements and inaccuracies presented to the committee, which is inexcusable. As we have learned from past experience, the issue is a matter of life and death for those in the County’s custody and we cannot have county officials making false statements either privately or publicly. Additionally, Brady and Gallagher suggested amending the county’s contract with MetroHealth to allow the hospital to take over hiring of the nursing staff. That currently is a county responsibility and falls under the auspices of Ken Mills.

Budish, for his part, responded with a predictable mixture of selfdefense and snippiness. “I am surprised that you chose to communicate your concerns through a letter, since my ofﬁce is just down the hall from you,” he wrote. “However, since you decided to write a letter, I am compelled to respond in-kind.” The county executive afﬁrmed that he too considers inmate care of the utmost importance, but said that state audits have repeatedly shown the county is providing suitable care. He echoed Mills, who said that

nurses had been hired for Bedford and Euclid before they withdrew from the positions, and that with the recently approved salary bump, hopefully the county wouldn’t run into that problem again. Budish also agreed that MetroHealth should probably be in charge of hiring nurses, though he couldn’t help himself from deﬂecting blame. “In fact, the current arrangement, with the County hiring the nurses under MetroHealth’s medical oversight, is quite odd. It should be noted that this arrangement was

previously approved by Council before this administration took ofﬁce,” he wrote. “It should also be noted that, while our nurses belong to a union with the right to collectively bargain, those at MetroHealth do not.” He then signed off, “We would be happy to engage in further conversations, preferably in person.” Zing. Either way, here’s to hoping all sides come together to ﬁx what seems to be an obvious problem. — Grzegorek

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BABIES OR BUST? Cleveland’s population could hinge on keeping or attracting young people once they start having kids. Is the city doing enough to make that happen? By Lee Chilcote KATHERINE AND I WERE A young married couple when we bought a townhouse in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood of Cleveland in 2006. For the most part, no one on our street had kids. Then we had our daughter — she learned to crawl on the sleek blond hardwood ﬂoors and perfect ceramic tile — and desperately wanted to be around other parents going through the same thing. We joined the Ohio City Babysitting Coop. At the group’s monthly meetings, a gaggle of kids played in someone’s backyard or messed up someone’s third ﬂoor while the adults drank beer and hung out, and on weeknights and weekends, members took turns watching each other’s kids. Once we found this network, we abandoned our preconceived idea of moving to the suburbs and began looking at larger homes in the city. According to David Sharkey, President of Progressive Urban Real Estate (PURE), this isn’t uncommon. “We don’t see a lot of families moving to the city,” he says. “What

we do have is couples living in the city, deciding to have a family and not wanting to move out because they enjoy the lifestyle.” Attracting and retaining parents in Cleveland could be key to stabilizing and ultimately growing the city’s population, which has been declining since the 1960s. The 2020 census is looming, and recent estimates show the city’s population has stabilized at about 385,000. But the question remains if the city can keep that trend going. Writing in Newsday on the question of whether New York City has lost its edge, historian Stephen Mihm said, “Conventional wisdom holds that cities must attract the so-called creative class — the wellpaid professionals who value culture, coffee bars, tasting menus, bike lanes and other amenities. Perhaps. But genuinely successful cities need to do more than attract people; they need to keep them as they start to raise families. Simply put, the successful cities of tomorrow must be homes to children today.” In his ﬁery speech at the City Club

a couple of weeks ago, Kohrman Jackson & Krantz law firm managing partner Jon Pinney, one of the lead authors of Cleveland’s RNC bid, cited the last line as he called for unified and visionary local leadership to address the poor economic health of the region that has festered just beneath the veneer of a rosy resurgence narrative trotted out in listicles and travel articles. Cleveland needs a lot of fixes — long-term solutions that touch education, transportation, planning, workforce training, and its possible rebirth as a family-friendly city. Despite the well-documented trend of millennials moving into Ohio City, Tremont, North Collinwood and other urban neighborhoods — the population of 20 to 29-year-olds has grown from 14.1 percent in 2000 to 16.4 percent today, according to U.S. Census data — Cleveland isn’t actually getting any younger. In fact, people in their prime childbearing years are still leaving the city at alarming rates. In 2000, 8.1 percent of the city’s population was under 5, while today

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Sarah and J.T. Tan, parents of three kids, looked at over 30 houses across the city before buying a four-bedroom home on South Hills Boulevard in Old Brooklyn. “Old Brooklyn is kind of a little undiscovered right now,” says Sarah Tan. “There’s a lot of new investment coming in, with Lilly Handmade Chocolates and other businesses moving to the neighborhood. A lot of the families have lived here for a long time and are now sort of aging out, and there’s a new wave of people coming in.” The migration of families is critical to changing a neighborhood’s “psychogeography,” Piiparinen says. “If there is a cluster of young families, a cohort, then it can change the perception of the city as a young, family friendly area, and that’s important.” That will be tough since there’s also a shortage of family-friendly housing. “One place where we’re struggling is having enough houses in that sweet spot, which I’m going to say is $175,000 to $275,000, for middleclass families to afford,” says Ratner. “There’s a huge shortage of either quality rehabbed or new housing in that price range that has three or four bedrooms in places that people want.” As neighborhoods like Ohio City

become expensive, urban home buyers are spilling into surrounding neighborhoods. Sharkey recently sold homes in Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn, neighborhoods that were not considered hot a few years ago, because those buyers had been priced out of other near-westside homes. This spillover effect is good for city neighborhoods, he says, but the lack of available product remains a concern. To address the shortage of familyfriendly housing, the nonproﬁt Ohio City Incorporated (OCI) recently partnered with Knez homebuilders to build new three- to four-bedroom houses in the West 30s and 40s, south of Lorain Avenue. So far, six homes have been sold on city-owned land-bank lots, ranging in price from $200,000 into the upper $300s. “We’re trying to make housing more obtainable to the average family,” says Tom McNair, executive director of OCI, adding that three future homes will be affordably priced for buyers who earn 80 percent of median area income. Despite the push for family-friendly housing, much of the new development is geared toward young professionals without children and empty nesters. Take Detroit Shoreway, for example, where hundreds of new apartment and townhome units have been built in recent years. Artis Lee, an AfricanAmerican parent who lives there with her two younger children, says that she sees fewer kids on the street and doesn’t know her neighbors. “I’m so glad for all the improvements that have been made, but I think we’re becoming disconnected, and that’s scary,” she says. Finding social support within the community is also essential. Phyllis Harris, executive director of the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland, is raising her son and daughter in the Larchmere neighborhood on the Cleveland/Shaker Heights border. When she moved there in 2012 so her kids could attend Shaker schools, she’d recently been through a job loss and divorce. Being an African-American lesbian, she was nervous at ﬁrst, yet her future landlords offered her a fouryear lease after she came out to them. She soon developed a co-parenting relationship with her former partner, who lived a block away, and made friends in the neighborhood. “Knowing that I had social and emotional support in the neighborhood … helped with parenting,” she says. It also helped that her kids could walk places. “It was a huge draw for us that our kids could walk to the corner store like we did when we were young,” says Harris, ticking off amenities such as Felice, the Academy

Tavern, the North Union Farmerâ€™s Market and Shaker Square Cinemas that are within walking distance. It cemented the deal when she found herself living within a diverse community where she felt comfortable. â€œWe call ourselves the LOLs â€” Lesbians on Larchmere,â€? she says with a laugh. Safety issues continue to plague many neighborhoods. Darlene English and her husband live in North Collinwood with their three kids, yet she doesnâ€™t feel comfortable letting her kids ride their bikes up and down her street without watching them to make sure they donâ€™t stray too far. â€œWe had somebody get murdered at the bus stop across the street from our house. I would say that we hear gunshots at least a couple times a week,â€? she says. Although English sees progress in her community, which is home to the Waterloo Arts District and Beachland Ballroom, itâ€™s been slow. It helps that sheâ€™s found a sense of community with other parents who live nearby, with whom she shares transportation and childcare. â€œThat makes it all worth it â€” to have a village,â€? she says.

RECREATION OPTIONS In our neighborhood, weâ€™re fortunate to have Near West Recreation. Where I grew up in Cleveland Heights, there were always enough kids for a game of soccer in someoneâ€™s front yard, but living in Cleveland these days is different. There arenâ€™t playing ďŹ elds near our house and most parents arenâ€™t comfortable letting their kids run around unsupervised anyway, so having recreation outlets is key. Near West Rec, a partnership between OCI, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, Tremont West Development and Metro West CommunityDevelopmentCorporation, offers year-round recreation programming for children of all ages and select programs for adults. Currently, programs include baseball, soccer, basketball, adult and family bowling, youth and womenâ€™s boxing, track, volleyball, lacrosse and more. The league operates on a slidingscale system, making it affordable to all. Grants and sponsorships from businesses like Ohio Savings help cover the cost. Last year, the group served over 1,000 kids from diverse backgrounds: 29 percent of participants were African American, 23 percent were Hispanic and 25 percent were white. Thirteen percent of participants were multiracial, while 10 percent were â€œotherâ€? or chose not to answer.

Near West Rec program manager Keri Palma says the program is building â€œlittle mini family teams, which is awesome to see â€Ś If you watch a kid from the beginning of the season to the end, theyâ€™ve grown so much and gotten more conďŹ dent. I have parents who have told me, â€˜My kid now has a few friends; he was timid before, but now he canâ€™t wait to play next year.â€™â€? Unfortunately, urban recreation amenities arenâ€™t always easy to ďŹ nd or centrally organized. Parents I talked to praised Sokol Greater Cleveland in Slavic Village, Old Brooklynâ€™s tee-ball and baseball programs, and Cleveland Muny Football League on the cityâ€™s east side, but said the cityâ€™s rec centers arenâ€™t always user-friendly. â€œMy youngest really wanted to go swimming a few weeks ago, but to ďŹ nd a pool in Cleveland with open family swim offered at the time we were available to go, I had to download each PDF,â€? says my neighbor Emily Muttillo, who lives in Detroit Shoreway with her husband and three kids. â€œYou cannot sign up for anything online or learn more about the programming â€Ś so unless you are actively searching for information or already engaged with a rec center, youâ€™ll never know whatâ€™s going on, which certainly does not serve the residents, including families, very well.â€? The city of Cleveland declined an interview request for this article. Many parents say the cityâ€™s rec centers have good programs â€” including the pool and waterpark at Collinwood Rec Center, arts classes at Cudell, and the ice skating and the roller rink at Halloran â€” making the cityâ€™s approach all the more unfortunate. Across Cleveland, nonproďŹ ts have organized to ďŹ ll the recreation gap. In Slavic Village, for example, the Boys and Girls Club offers a baseball league, the velodrome has a kidsâ€™ program, and Washington Park golf learning center has a First Tee program for kids in the city. Chris Alvarado, executive director of Slavic Village Development, says it isnâ€™t easy to plug the recreation gap in a neighborhood with a child poverty rate of 45 percent in the last census. â€œPrograms like Near West Recreation require engaged parents who have the luxury of time and have their own vehicles to volunteer,â€? he says.

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FEATURE passports were stamped with an expiration date that would take effect when our oldest child started kindergarten. Then we were offered spots at Urban Community School, Campus International School, and Near West Intergenerational School. We chose Campus because of its international baccalaureate curriculum, diverse students, and dedicated teachers. Yet we had the luxury of shopping around. All parents should have easy access to information about school choices, says Piet van Lier, executive director of the Transformation Alliance, which tries to ensure that every student attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has great schools from which to choose. Because the district has an open enrollment policy, parents can sign their child up for any school in the district where there are spots. “A lot of people don’t even know until they start looking at it they don’t have to go to their neighborhood school,” says Van Lier. “We try to make sure that families have the information they need.” TA publishes an annual School Quality Guide and website with state ratings, school-provided information, and community reviews. In addition to the neighborhood schools, according to the CMSD website, 17 new “portfolio” schools have opened since 2006. Additionally, even though the number of new charter schools opening each year has dropped, the percentage of those sponsored by or formally partnered with the district has increased. Alenca Banco, who lives in South Collinwood and has a son who is a junior at Cleveland School of the Arts, says that as more parents realize the gains being made by CMSD, they’ll discover that they have great options. “There’s this huge misconception that suburban schools are better, and you have to do your homework,” she says. Transportation and after-care can be barriers even when parents ﬁnd out about great schools. Dawn Arrington, a consultant who lives in Buckeye with her teacher husband and two children, wakes her kids up at 6:15 a.m. so they can make the 6:52 a.m. bus to Campus International School. They spend two hours a day going back and forth to downtown, and “they’re exhausted and starving” when they get back home at 4:30 p.m., she says. “School choice is a privilege, not a choice,” says Arrington,

acknowledging that she’s lucky her kids got into Campus and the family can make it work for their schedule. “It’s not a realistic option for many working parents.” Van Lier says that the Cleveland Plan is focused on making sure there are high-quality public schools in every neighborhood. “We need options for families who can’t cross town,” he says. Yet some fear that with all of the excitement surrounding the new high-performing schools — for example, Campus International — CMSD is not focused enough on improving the quality of neighborhood schools. The TA’s October 2017 report acknowledges that “the district has seen limited progress on K-8 schools, which is where Cleveland’s charter sector has seen success.” Christine Fowler-Mack, chief of New and Innovative Schools for CMSD, says that the district has recently completed a community design process and is rolling out 13 new school programs in the 2018-19 school year. The schools, which are located throughout the city, are Alfred A. Benesch, Anton Grdina, Case, Charles

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W. Eliot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fullerton, H. Barbara Booker, Luis Muñoz Marin, Mound, Oliver H. Perry, Robert H. Jamison, Sunbeam and Waverly. “We want to ensure there are high quality options in all neighborhoods,” she says. Mound is in Slavic Village. Alvarado says the area’s neighborhood schools have already seen modest improvements, thanks to the Cleveland Plan and the P-16 program, which supports the development of young people in the community. “For years, third-grade reading scores have received failing grades in the state report card,” he says. “This past year was the ﬁrst time since the state started releasing report cards that each of the schools received a passing grade.” There’s also concern that not enough Cleveland families are taking advantage of the spots available in newer highperforming schools. According to CMSD data, new schools have a greater percentage of out-ofdistrict enrollment than existing neighborhood schools. Nearly 30 percent of Campus International

students, 24 percent of Cleveland School of the Arts students and 15 percent of Cleveland School of Science and Medicine students live outside the district. (Campus has a special partnership with CSU and sets aside spots for children of CSU faculty, staff and students.) The deadline for out-of-district students to enroll is May 15 for high school and July 31 for K-8 schools. According to Rick Macintosh, director of School Choice for CMSD, “Cleveland students get preference and priority. As seats become available, out-of-district students can enroll.” So far this year, more than 5,000 families have made a school choice for the 2018-2019 school year, and 84 percent of families were assigned to their No. 1 high school choice, an increase from previous years.

LOOKING AHEAD Census estimates may show that the number of young people in Cleveland is declining, yet on the westside street where we live, we’re seeing a mini-boom of young

families. Every Halloween when memories pop up in my Facebook feed, I get a visual aid for how many more kids there are compared to eight years ago when we moved in. Our Halloween photo then showed our 18-month-old standing by a tree in a tiger costume with a handful of other kids in princess and bunny outﬁts. Yet in last year’s pic, there were so many kids on our neighbor’s porch steps it was hard to cram them all into one photo. Many of the kids on our street attend Cleveland public schools or charter schools sponsored by the district, part of a recent increase in enrollment. Cleveland schools’ enrollment was under 38,000 before the Cleveland Plan passed in 2012. Today, it’s listed on the CMSD website as 38,949. “With 50 years of population decline, it’s signiﬁcant to see this recent increase in school enrollment,” says Jeff Kipp, director of Neighborhood Marketing with Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. Fowler-Mack cites the growth of new and innovative schools as examples of how the city’s schools continue to attract new students. For example, Bard High School Early College is a four-year public school that allows students to take

two years of tuition-free college credits. When the school launched several years ago, it only had 100 students, but now it has more than 400. Yet no matter what, increasing the city’s population will be a massive uphill battle akin to the Cavs coming back from a 3-1 deﬁcit. According to the 20102015 census estimates from the American Community Survey, only a handful of city neighborhoods gained population, most of them on the west side (Cudell, Kamm’s Corners, and Edgewater among them) or downtown. On the east side, only Central and University Circle have seen a rise in population, and most witnessed fairly steep decreases. Contrast my experience with that of Dawn Arrington, who says she and her husband are the only family with small kids on her street in Buckeye. The neighborhood’s population has emptied out, she says, and it’s not getting any younger. The city needs to focus on boosting opportunities for existing residents and attracting new, younger transplants to eastside neighborhoods by focusing on safety, recreation and high-quality schools, she says. “You never really

hear the term ‘boomerang’ being attributed to people of color moving back to these neighborhoods,” she says. “You only hear it about the west side.” In its 2017-2021 strategic plan, CNP set the ambitious goal of rebuilding the city’s population above 400,000 by 2021, and attracting and retaining families will be critical, says Ratner. “That’s really hard because household size in Cleveland and nationally has been declining,” he admits. “We believe we’re getting pretty close [to stopping population loss]. Some neighborhoods continue to lose population — some eastside neighborhoods have a lot of elderly residents without a lot of young families moving in — but other neighborhoods, downtown most prominently, are gaining population.” One of the problems with using population as an indicator is that it’s hard to get good numbers between decennial census years. Community development advocates say that neighborhood-level population statistics are unreliable, and we won’t have a complete data picture until after the 2020 Census is completed. If it dips below 375,000, the city will be forced to

give up two council seats, but for now it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. Ratner vests his faith in the rising number of high-quality schools in underserved areas. For example, Glenville now boasts the new Stonebrook Montessori charter school. Although Glenville has lost 15 percent of its population from 2010-2015 alone, declining from 29,133 to 24,810 according to census estimates, Stonebrook could help breathe life into the historic East Boulevard neighborhood, Ratner says, where the large, renovation-ready homes are perfect for growing families. The city’s high-quality school options are an “untold story” that CNP will focus on going forward along with other community partners, he says. “We’ve got to prepare the way for families by supporting the continued development of great schools and by continuing to develop the housing that young families need,” he says. “The more we focus on those two things, the more we’ll have families staying in the city and moving into the city.”

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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 such as the altcountry act Hillbilly Idol, who perform tonight. The concerts start at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit the website. (Jeff Niesel) 4040 Riverview Rd., Peninsula, 330-657-2909, conservancyforcvnp.org. THEATER

Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin Actor Hershey Felder ( George Gershwin Alone, Maestro: Leonard Bernstein) tells the story of composer Irving Berlin, a guy who emerged from anti-Semitic czarist Russia and relocated to New York’s Lower East Side, where he penned tunes such as “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Always,” “God Bless America,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “White Christmas.” Felder’s blend of character and music brings Berlin’s remarkable journey to life. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at the Allen Theatre, where performances continue through June 24. Tickets are $25 to $80. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave., 216- 241-6000, clevelandplayhouse.com. SPORTS

Indians vs. Chicago White Sox At the end of last season, the Chicago White Sox traded away several veteran players to get some good young talent. While the new players probably won’t be good enough to turn the team around for another year or two, the White Sox appear headed in the right direction. They wrap up a threegame series today at 1:10 p.m. at Progressive Field. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. FAMILY FUN

Wade Oval Wednesday A summer tradition, Wade Oval

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Wednesdays take place from 6 to 9 p.m. every hump day, through Aug. 22, at Wade Oval in University Circle. You’ll ﬁnd local food vendors, the 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. Tonight’s live musical entertainment comes from Hubb’s Groove, playing R&B, blues and jazz. Details are on the website. (Niesel) universitycircle.org.

Memphis the Musical Loosely based on the real-life DJ Dewey Phillips, Memphis the Musical won four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and two 2015 Olivier Awards. It centers on a white radio DJ who wants to “change the world.” He begins to promote a black club singer who’s ready for her big break. The play features a Tonywinning book by Joe DiPietro and a Tony-winning original score with music by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7 at Cain Park, where performances continue through Sunday, July 1. Tickets start at $25. (Niesel) 14591 Superior Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216-371-3000, cainpark.com.

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Walnut Wednesday Walnut Wednesday is one of summer’s great traditions. Today it continues, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 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. Follow the Downtown Cleveland Alliance on Facebook 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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through Aug. 2. In addition to a local band, 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. It’s free. (Niesel) 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway NW, clevelandmetroparks.com. MUSIC

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Cool TLC A veteran comic, local hero Cool TLC has worked the Cleveland scene for years now. During that time, he’s shared the stage with national acts such as Eddie Grifﬁn, Bruce Bruce, Snoop Dogg and Patti LaBelle. The rowdy, fast-talking comedian regularly punctuates his live show with singing and dancing as he brings an excessive amount of energy to the stage. He performs tonight at 7:30 at the Improv. Tickets are $15. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com. MUSIC

Edgewater Live A few years ago, the Cleveland Metroparks launched its extremely popular Edgewater Live series of Thursday-night happy-hour concerts. The fun returns this year, with musical performances from 4:30 to 9 p.m. every Thursday

Make Music Day Cleveland Launched in France in 1982 (where it’s called Fête de la Musique ), Make Music Day has become an annual celebration in the States and around the world. Cleveland is one of 800 cities in 120 countries to participate. According to the press release announcing the event, “Make Music Day celebrates and promotes the natural music maker in all of us, regardless of ability.” The event caters to musicians of all ages, backgrounds and genres. Expect to hear musicians ranging from bucket drummers and opera singers to hip-hop artists and rockers. The goal is “to celebrate, create and share music with friends, neighbors and strangers.” Concerts will take place all day long at a range of venues in Cleveland. Acts will even perform at Heinen’s downtown and at MetroHealth Medical Center. At the end of the day, the Beachland Tavern will host a concert. Consult the website for a schedule. (Niesel) makemusicday.org/cleveland .

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GET OUT 6 p.m. at Voinovich Park. Tickets are $10 in advance, or $15 at the door. An On the Green package is $35 in advance and includes priority entry, a tour poster and other perks. Tickets and details are on the website. (Niesel) adultswim.com/presents/ onthegreen.

a throwback feel and hearken back to the glory days of Euclid Beach Amusement Park. The fun takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday through Aug. 3. This evening’s musical entertainment comes from the gospel group Sending Up Songs of Praise. It’s free. (Niesel) 16301 Lake Shore Blvd., 216-635-3200, clevelandmetroparks.com.

the roster, but they’re in rebuilding mode. The Tigers meet the Indians in a three-game series that begins at 7:10 tonight at Progressive Field. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.

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Cleveland Pizza Festival An annual event, the Cleveland Pizza Festival gives Northeast Ohio’s best pizza places the opportunity to show off their stuff. Angelo’s, Upper Crust, Fire Truck Pizza Co. and Jet’s Pizza will all be on hand. There will be also be live music, a classic car show and a run/walk. The event takes place today from 5 p.m. to midnight and continues through Sunday at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $6. (Niesel) clevelandpizzafest.com.

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Lavell Crawford Some people are born funny; others grow into it. The latter seems to be the case for Lavell Crawford, a stand-up comedian whose act primarily revolves around his upbringing in St. Louis, jabs at his weight and the women who’ve wronged him over the years. If his obesity-centric material weren’t enough, Crawford’s supremely goofy and aloof demeanor only helps to make him more likable. It helps to explain how he ended up ﬁnishing second in the ﬁfth season of Last Comic Standing, which he has parlayed into appearances on Chelsea Lately, Breaking Bad, and Workaholics (“Eggs Tyrone,” anybody?). He performs tonight at 7:30 and 10 at the Improv, where he has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets are $30 to $35. (Jacob DeSmit) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.

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Euclid Beach Live Much like Edgewater Live, the weekly happy-hour concert series that takes place at Edgewater Park, the Euclid Beach Live concert series offers great music, delicious food and fun for the whole family. The setting couldn’t be better either: The site overlooks the scenic Euclid Beach State Park on Lake Erie. Once completed, the 285-foot rebuilt pier should give the events

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Indians vs. Detroit Tigers How the mighty have fallen. Back in 2014, the Detroit Tigers clinched their fourth consecutive AL Central Division title and went to the playoffs. They haven’t been to the playoffs since. And last year’s team was so bad, the Tigers traded away star pitcher Justin Verlander before the season was over. The Tigers still have star Miguel Cabrera on

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a performance from East Wind. Admission is free, but be sure to bring a lawn chair or a blanket. (Niesel) 25333 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst, 216-382-3871, legacy-village.com.

popular free concert series, Legacy Live has become a tradition that families and couples look forward to each summer. The concerts, which take place on the Legacy Village lawn at 6:30 each Friday and Saturday night through Aug. 31, feature local bands that play everything from blues to jazz and rock. Tonight’s entertainment comes from the Beatles’ tribute act Revolution Pie; tomorrow, catch

Pink Floyd x 2 More and The Valley (Obscured by Clouds) , the first two features directed by Barbet Schroeder (a producer and occasional actor associated with the French new wave), are “hippie-era dramas” that feature original music by psychedelic rock icons Pink Floyd. Part head trip and part travelogue, these color movies were shot by the great Néstor Almendros ( Days of Heaven) and the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque will show both of them tonight. More screens at 7 and The Valley screens at 9:15. General admission to a single film is $10; see a second film on the same day for $7. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. FUNDRAISER

#TheLongestDay Both today and tomorrow, Bad Tom Smith Brewing will participate in #TheLongestDay, a national fundraising event to help the Alzheimer’s Association and the Alzheimer’s Association Cleveland Area Chapter. The brewery will release its 13 Preachers Marzen Lager, and a portion of its sales will go to the cause. Pizza Whirl, Ohio City Burrito, and the Rib Cage Smokehouse and Bar will serve food each day, and a portion of their sales will to go the Alzheimer’s Association. Consult the brewery’s Facebook page for hours and more information. (Niesel) 1836 West 25th St., 216-862-9296, facebook.com/ badtomsmithbrewingohiocity.

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Cabaret Nights Revue Cabaret Nights Revue tells the story of Parisian dancers who performed on the sultry Las Vegas Strip. The show features live music, “daring choreography” and authentic costumes. The performance, by a cast of professional dancers, takes place tonight at 7:30 at Kennedy’s Theatre. Tickets are $26. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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always, CMA tickets sold out months ago; secondary markets could help. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Jesse Dayton Singer-songwriter Jesse Dayton recorded his latest album, The Outsider, while on tour, working with Grammy Award-winning engineer/ producer Vance Powell (Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell and Jack White). Raw electric guitars drive a redneck rock tune such as “Hurtin’ Behind the Pine Curtain,” a tune that shows off his gruff vocals. He performs today at 1 p.m. at the Rock Hall. Consult the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. COMEDY

Lisa Lampanelli Known for her racy and controversial style of comedy, Lisa Lampanelli originally worked as a journalist before she began her standup career in New York in the early ’90s. She got her big break at the New York Friars Club roast of Chevy Chase in 2002 and has roasted Donald Trump, who was a reality TV show star at the time. Tonight’s show marks her last gig before she takes a year off. She

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Solstice An annual event that draws thousands to the Cleveland Museum of Art to hear exotic bands that normally don’t come through town, Solstice has become the museum’s signature summer event. Tonight’s installment takes place at 8 p.m. The lineup includes the Moroccan-born Hatim Belyamani (aka HAT), a guy who makes music based on ﬁlming and remixing the sounds and images of his native country’s Arabic, Amazigh and sub-Saharan African origins; and Hello Psychaleppo, the brainchild of young Syrian music producer Samer Saem Eldahr, who draws from dubstep, drum and bass, electro and trip-hop to create “a journey away from boundaries of style.” The lineup also includes LADAMA, a group of four women from across the Americas who produce pop and soul-infused songs that they sing in Spanish, English and Portuguese; and Ravid Kahalani’s Yemen Blues, a band that brings a “polyglot mix of music from Yemen and West Africa.” As

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Toxic Burlesque Over the past few years, the folks

at the local burlesque promotion company Toxic Burlesque have thrown a number of events at Brothers Lounge. According to promoter Frank Ian, who runs the company with his wife, there’s been a “packed house every time.” For tonight’s show, they’ve booked Rubi~Nesque, Lavender Bitters, Samantha Echo and others. Champagne Charlie hosts. The show begins at 7 p.m. and tickets are $15. (Niesel) 11609 Detroit Ave., 216-226-2767, brotherslounge.com. COMEDY

Brad Wenzel Comedian Brad Wenzel once started a routine on Conan by saying, “Let’s get to the issues.” He then proceeded to make fun of “little people” and his own outdated choice of clothing (he likes flannel shirts and landlines). Wenzel doesn’t write narrative jokes; rather, he delivers a series of off-kilter one-liners in a monotone voice. He performs tonight at Hilarities 4th Street Theatre. Consult the website for the time and ticket prices. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.

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MOVIES LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR Documentary provides a poignant behindthe-scenes look at Fred Rogers’ life By Jeff Niesel MOST GOOD FILMS REVOLVE around some kind of drama. It doesn’t matter if the movie is a documentary or fiction, you’ve generally gotta have some kind of conflict to keep it interesting. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, a new documentary about the late Fred Rogers and his long-running PBS program Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, provides an exception to that rule. The movie paints a portrait of Roger that shows just how kind and sensitive he was as it tells the story of how his TV program came to fruition in the ’60s and then forged its remarkable legacy. The film opens at the Cedar Lee Theatre on Friday. Other than mentioning that his childhood peers used to call him “Fat Fred,” the film doesn’t provide much background about Rogers’ childhood. It does, however, explain how Rogers, an ordained minister who studied childhood development and childhood care in college, came up with the concept for Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, which originally aired on WQED Pittsburgh. While working at WQED, Rogers

realized he often had to ﬁll time when the tape reels holding children’s programs broke. So he developed a puppet show to as a placeholder while the broken reel was getting spliced together. Eventually, he had enough material to merit his own show, and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood made its debut on WQED in 1968. It began airing nationally on PBS in 1970, and became a huge hit with both kids and parents. In each episode, Rogers would walk into his home and change from his sports coat into a sweater and tennis shoes as he sang the show’s title song in his remarkably soothing voice. Rogers, who says that kids could easily spot “a phony,” advocated talking bluntly to children about topics such as the Vietnam War. He had a calmness about him that served as an antidote to the violence and conﬂicts of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Rogers continued to be relevant and remained a mainstay on PBS until 2001, albeit with a short break in 1976 when Rogers explored another unsuccessful program. While Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

included a cast of characters who inhabited the “Neighborhood of MakeBelieve,” it was rooted in real life. It wasn’t by accident that Rogers asked François Scarborough Clemmons, an African-American singer, to play the role of Officer Clemmons, the neighborhood policeman who’d often stop by Rogers’ home for a chat. He wanted children to see some diversity on his program, and Clemmons became one of the first African-Americans to have a recurring role on a kids’ TV series. Interviewed numerous times in the film, Clemmons admits that Rogers initially told him to not disclose his homosexuality for fear of losing the show’s major sponsors. While that might be seen as a blemish on an otherwise spotless track record, Rogers’ wife Joanne says that she and her husband had many gay friends and that Rogers wasn’t homophobic.

In one pivotal scene, Rogers appears before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications to advocate for funding for PBS. Right as Rogers is about to testify, chairman John O. Pastore says he’s grown tired of hearing prepared statements. In response, Rogers speaks off the cuff. His good-natured charm wins Pastore over, and the curmudgeon declares, “I think it’s wonderful. Looks like you just earned the $20 million [in funding].” Through archival footage, presentday interviews and even behind-thescenes clips that show Rogers had a good sense of humor, director Morgan Neville ( 20 Feet from Stardom) depicts Rogers as a true humanitarian who put the interests of others before his own.

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SPOTLIGHT: TO A MORE PERFECT UNION: U.S. V. WINDSOR AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE TAIL end of Pride month, it may be difficult to think of the world that existed long before the commercialization of rainbow products. With the return of Queer Eye, and RuPaul’s Drag Race finishing its 10th season, the non-LGBTQ world may forget that we still live in a state where it’s legal to fire someone just for being gay. Enter the powerful documentary, To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor. It screens at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, at the Capitol Theatre and concludes the Capitol’s Pride Month film series. Edie Windsor was an American LGBTQ rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. After

the death of her (legally recognized only in Canada) wife, Thea Spyer, Windsor found herself inundated with problems. As the executor and sole beneﬁciary of Spyer’s estate via a revocable trust, Windsor was required to pay $363,053 in federal estate taxes on the inheritance of her wife’s estate. Had federal law recognized the validity of their marriage, Windsor would have paid no federal estate taxes. Windsor desperately wanted the legal validity of her more than 40-year relationship with the love of her life, and was willing to go to through the legal system to get it. Recognizing the travesty, lawyer Roberta Kaplan offered to represent Windsor pro bono and was the lead

plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which successfully overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and was considered a landmark legal victory for the samesex marriage movement in the United States. To a More Perfect Union offers an intimate look at Windsor as a gay rights pioneer, and its correlation with the Stonewall Riots, the AIDS crisis, the Defense of Marriage Act and other staples of LGBTQ history. The documentary is incredibly touching, predominantly due to the subject matter, but it takes a paintby-numbers approach to the story telling. Archival footage, talking

heads, and a few celebrity cameos all take their traditional place — which isn’t surprising given director Donna Zaccaro’s previous documentary Paving the Way is a heartfelt look at the life of her politically trailblazing mother, Geraldine Ferraro. U.S. v. Windsor was profoundly important in the ﬁght for marriage equality, serving as the penultimate case before the full establishment of gay marriage rights two years later in Obergefell v. Hodges. To A More Perfect Union is a wonderful ﬁlm, albeit more educational than entertaining. — BJ Colangelo

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EAT BLURRING THE LINE Landmark’s fine-casual concept delivers food worthy of a full-serve restaurant By Douglas Trattner A FIRST MEAL AT LANDMARK comes not without a certain amount of awkward pressure. Moments after crossing the threshold, a diner finds him or herself in an inescapable line bound for the counter, where an order-taker awaits with flinty attention. Unlike a visit to a typical restaurant, this one requires a guest to map out an entire meal — dinner, sides, drinks, dessert — without the benefit of casual contemplation. Swipe your card through the reader and you’re confronted with that ever-present gratuity prompt before any snippet of service has even been proffered. Welcome to the future, folks, where restaurants like Landmark blur the lines between fast-casual and full-service. This so-called “fine-casual” arrangement satisfies our desire for unfussy efficiency without stooping to the level of steam-table chow. Sure, guests order and pay at the counter, help themselves to condiments, and seat themselves, but the food on the other end of that transaction is every bit as good as that found in a traditional sit-down cafe. Also included in the bargain are alcoholic beverages, well-composed plates, real tableware and utensils, and an attractive dining room in which to enjoy them. Partners Constantine Katsaros and Jack Messer, who also operate the adjacent Twist Social Club, spent a good deal of time and money reshaping the old Diner on Clifton space into a sunny, cheerful and crisply tailored eatery that has the feel of a modern all-day diner. By stealing some space from Twist, the owners were able to nearly double the original footprint to 55 seats, spread across a flexible assortment of tables, banquettes, window and counter seating. Guests need not respond to a bellowed name or number; instead, employees deliver meals and drinks to your seat, guided by a number given to customers at the counter for display in a tabletop caddy. Thick paper napkins and silverware are already on the tables. Waiting times for meals ranged from as short as 15 minutes

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to as long as 25 and even 35. The goal is to keep those times south of 15 minutes. The goal might be food fast, but this is not fast food. In fact, it takes days to craft the luscious Texas-style beef brisket, which is rubbed and slow-cooked in a two-ton smoker that was custom built into the back of the kitchen. Also exiting that rig are whole turkey breasts, pork shoulders and Montreal-style smoked meat, a pastrami-like product that is made

Despite excelling at barbecue, Landmark is not a barbecue restaurant. The trim, wellconsidered menu is designed to appeal to the diverse neighborhood beyond the front door. So, in addition to smoked meats there are vegan burgers and active lifestyle-approved rice bowls. It was an absolute joy to dig into the Mediterranean bowl ($13), in large part because of the creamy tahini dressing that brought the ingredients together. That cast

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by curing and smoking brisket. Fifteen bucks lands a guy a twoﬁsted smoked-meat sandwich on rye with a side of perfect fries. Kraut fans can get that brisket Reuben-style ($15) with Swiss and Russian dressing griddled on a ﬂattop until golden, warm and melty. The Smoked Meat Tray ($25) is a carnivore’s playground trimmed with brisket, pulled pork, turkey, slaw, pickles and toast. Landmark offers four great sauce choices: KC, Memphis, North and South Carolina.

includes good grilled chicken, diced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives and chickpeas on a bed of ﬂuffy jasmine rice. Bright, fresh and perfectly dressed salads like the House Chopped ($10), a toss of romaine and arugula with bits of housesmoked turkey, ripe avocado, crunchy croutons and velvety blue cheese dressing, make nice additions to any meal. They also can be the meal with the addition of grilled salmon ($6 supplement). I did not expect to stumble

upon such terrific fried chicken ($18), a breast, thigh, drum and whole wing shellacked in a coppercolored breading. Dipped into the house hot sauce that comes with it, the juicy meat and crispy coating makes a perfect partner for an icecold Fat Head’s ($6). Landmark recently launched lunch service, working off the same selection of salads, sandwiches and rice bowls as dinner, but without platters like fried chicken and smoked meats. You can get that killer fried chicken as a sandwich ($10), or go with the Club ($14), which is packed with flavorful ham, smoked turkey, bacon, lettuce and cheese on buttery grilled sourdough. When you go, there’s nothing stopping you from grabbing a menu from the wall-mounted rack, taking a seat, and pondering a course of action in peace. Regulars, of course, will already have their favorites in mind: a diner-style burger, perhaps, or burrito rice bowl. And when you finish, rejoice in the knowledge that, unlike at fast-casual shops, you need not bus your own table. That’s one of the things your tip covers.

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BACK IN MARCH, WE REPORTED on the imminent closure of Bac Asian Bistro (and forthcoming opening of Ninja City in Detroit Shoreway) and chef Anthony Scolaro’s plans to open Trio (2661 West 14th St., 216952-7035) in that corner Tremont property. That restaurant opened its doors on June 21. For the past four years, Scolaro has been working to elevate the culinary scene in Medina, where he and his partners run the popular One Eleven Bistro (2736 Medina Rd., 330952-1122). His goal when opening the business, he told me, was to bring a little taste of Cleveland to his hometown. With Trio, a modern American bistro, the chef hopes to push his culinary game a little further. “When this opportunity in Tremont came up, it was kind of a way for us to do all the things that don’t necessarily fly down here,” he explains. “The opportunity kind of fell in our lap and we decided to take it and run with it. Tremont is a mainstay and I think we can use that ‘new kid on the block’ thing for a while to hopefully get people interested.” Management has spent the past few months spiffing up the interior and revamping the kitchen. An early menu draft reveals seasonal, ingredient-driven items like roasted carrots with Romesco sauce and tarragon gremolata; rabbit rillettes with fig, apricot and giardiniera; and desserts like parsnip tiramisu made with mascarpone ice cream, coffee foam and shortbread. Trio is open for dinner only, Monday through Saturday.

Popular Koko Bakery Opened a Full-Service Cafe As Cleveland’s Asian community continues to grow, so too does the number of authentic dining options in and around Asiatown. One of the newest comes courtesy of Koko

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Bakery (3710 Payne Ave., 216-8817600), which has been serving up Asian delicacies for approximately a dozen years. Fans of the place doubtless have seen the craft papercovered windows on the adjacent space for months. That place, Koko Cafe, debuted on June 15. Koko Bakery has earned a following over the years thanks in large part to its ability to pack so much flavor, value and choice into such a small, quiet cafe. Commuters adore the large donut-style case stocked with dozens and dozens of fresh-baked sweet and savory buns with fillings like red bean paste, ham-and-egg, BBQ pork, curried beef, even hotdogs. They make excellent grab-and-go meals that are delicious and affordable. Koko also excels at Asian sweets like colorful fruit tarts, cakes and pastries, such as light-as-air almond cookies and not-so-sweet cheese cake. Come lunch, Koko rolled out rice bowls topped with crispy fried pork or chicken katsu drizzled with tonkatsu sauce. The small, sunsoaked shop also serves bubble tea, fresh fruit smoothies and Taiwanese shaved ice. So it makes perfect sense that the owners would choose to expand. The 40-seat cafe is an all-day, full-service restaurant. The menu is remarkable for its length and breadth, a five-page catalogue that features dim sum items like beef short rib with honey sauce, rice noodles stuffed with half a dozen fillings, a dozen noodle soups starring items like fresh shrimp wontons, beef balls or tendon, and noodle dishes done Cantonese pan-fried-style and Singapore-style vermicelli. There are also dozens of entrees, steamed buns, steamed dumplings and even congee topped with anything from abalone to pork liver. For dessert, there’s mochi with fresh fruit, caramel flan, and Korean shaved ice.

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MUSIC AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP The Posies bring their 30th anniversary tour to the Music Box By Jeff Niesel WHEN THE POSIES (SINGERsongwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow) formed some 30 years ago in Washington State, Seattle had yet to become the epicenter of alternative rock. And yet, thanks to a cassette demo that the band circulated, the group became successful and signed to a major label at one point. “Dream All Day,” a prickly pop tune with harmony vocals and grunge-y guitar riffs, became a commercial hit in 1993, and Auer and Stringfellow would even team up with the power-pop act Big Star, one of their key inﬂuences, in the 2000s. Now, to celebrate its 30th anniversary and the reissue of its albums from the ’90s, the band has embarked on an extensive tour. The group performs with Terra Lightfoot at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, at Music Box Supper Club. In separate phone interviews, Stringfellow and Auer discuss the band’s legacy. TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ASPIRATIONS YOU INITIALLY HAD FOR THE BAND WHEN IT FORMED 30 YEARS AGO? STRINGFELLOW: You know what, we

had really small aspirations. We formed this band and had our songwriting partnership. Initially, we had trouble finding other musicians to play with us. When we made our first demo, Failure, we wanted to use it to get other people to join our band. We recorded every song we had because, why not. When we got the final product, it was clear that it was more than a demo. It had a personality. People told us they thought we made a record. Our earliest goal was to be on PopLlama Records, which is the indie label that our heroes, the Young Fresh Fellows, were on, and we wanted to play Bumbershoot, the big music and arts festival that takes place in Seattle over Labor Day weekend. That was pretty much it. AUER: We weren’t even about

aspirations to begin with. What occurred with us and where it all led to wasn’t something contrived.

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It was something that happened organically and naturally. We just did stuff and kept doing things we wanted to do. We weren’t looking at a huge prize. The prize was what we were doing. It was a very innocent time. I grew up in a musical household. My father was into music, and I had music around me. I started playing drums when I was 3 and violin when I was 6. It felt like I was a lifer. I never considered anything else. I just put one foot in front of another and kept doing what I loved. We had loose goals but nothing we wrote down. It’s remarkable we achieved all those things in a short period of time. There has to be something slightly cosmic involved. When you

YOU’RE KNOWN AS SUCH GREAT SONGWRITERS. WHAT INSPIRED YOU IN THAT DEPARTMENT? STRINGFELLOW: We set our standards

really high. You have to be careful with production value, and energy is another thing. There are lots of pop bands with great energy but okay songs. The songs stick out. The song is the information that stays. When someone else covers it, it still has the DNA. If some young band plays a Beatles song, it still has Paul McCartney or John Lennon’s DNA in it. It’s weird. It’s like cosmic DNA. We just zero in on that. Some people went for who is pushing for the most extreme mood, and I love bands like the

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look back at the things and see how they all line up, it seems like it was a plan, but it wasn’t. At the time, you don’t see the big picture. It’s remarkable, really.

Butthole Surfers, who just had jams. But I wanted to listen to great songs. We loved Husker Du, and the Replacements who went from being a thrashy band to becoming

alt-country or something like that. I liked the wordier counterparts from across the pond like Elvis Costello, Squeeze and XTC. We admired how they took the complexity and put it into a beautiful pop song with material for the intellectually curious. That’s what we wanted to do. AUER: We have a lot of the same

inﬂuences. Telling a journalist you admire the Beatles as songwriters is like saying you admire oxygen and air for breathing. They’re so ubiquitous. The Posies were about the songs and not about window dressing. The song had to stand on its own. The song was all and the song is all. We were going through a Goth phase at the beginning. We looked like that and were playing songs like what Squeeze would do. It didn’t add up to people. The funny thing was that people didn’t get our inﬂuences. Husker Du and the Replacements were huge. We were also fans of Depeche Mode. I FEEL LIKE THE BAND SOMEHOW APPEALED TO INDIE ROCKERS DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD MORE OF A POWER POP SOUND. WHAT’S YOUR SENSE OF THAT? | clevescene.com | June 20 - 26, 2018

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vulnerability gives us a place. Some of power pop isn’t very vulnerable. It’s kind of one-dimensional. It’s just one mood. It’s a little shallow. Our melodic nature and the positive nature of our music might confuse people into thinking we’re another power pop band and that’s right from one angle. But the themes were rarely boy-girl. There’s all this divorce shit on Dear 23, and powerpop is generally not divorce rock. We’re a good ﬁlter for people who respect vulnerability. AUER: I think we’re this band that

has been able to draw fans from different camps and different cliques, if you will. It’s been interesting to perform and look into the audience and see a metal head and a punk, if you want to typecast people. Then, you see people with a paisley shirt on who are into ’60s music. We get labeled as power-pop, but there’s eccentricities in there if you look beneath the surface. Our lyrics aren’t average. When we get typecast as heroes of power pop, it always mystiﬁes me because so much of our music doesn’t ﬁt that. TALK ABOUT YOUR SOLO CAREER. WHAT HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BEEN? STRINGFELLOW: I had some great

shows. I was the first person to play Houston Street in New York after 9/11. It was Sept. 20 and the first night that people could deal with a show. That was pretty intense. Every year, I travel to places I’ve never been and play a show there. It’s not just about planting a flag, though I’m the first American indie rocker who’s played in Bhutan and all kinds of places. It’s fascinating. Seeing how you can connect with people who don’t even know my solo music has been great. I worked with REM and Neil Young so they might know a name in there, but they have no context for my music, and it’s cool to see your art succeed in that kind of environment. AUER: I’ve put out one solo EP and

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a covers solo EP. Songs from the Year of Our Demise is a record that I spent a long time making. The joke was that it was my Chinese Democracy. I’m working on remastering it and reissuing it. There were even ﬁve songs that I recorded but didn’t put on the record. I did the Todd Rundgren trip where I played almost every

instrument on the record except for a few songs where someone else played the drums. That was a big moment for me to have that come out. Once it did, I was amazed at the response for it. The people who really loved it, loved it. Being able to pursue our solo interests has enabled the Posies to last as long as they have. It’s like being in an open relationship. WHAT WILL THE LIVE SHOW BE LIKE? STRINGFELLOW: It’s an anniversary

tour, and we’ve had different people come and go over the years. We’ve been unlucky in that it’s been hard to keep a stable lineup and lucky in that everyone who played in the band has been a great musician. For the anniversary tour with the reissues, it appealed to us to do a little bit of a victory lap. We had [drummer] Mike Musburger and bassist Dave Fox, who played on Frosting on the Beater. We thought it’d be great to support the reissues with Mike and Dave, who haven’t toured with us in 24 years. We are playing largely like we played in 1994 with the beneﬁt of experience we’ve had since then. It’s not like we’re making jillions of dollars. We’re eking it out, and I’m doing my best to keep the ship tight. That’s not why we’re here. We need to make money to make it possible, but it’s really about coming back to things that got interrupted due to personal circumstances, and with the beneﬁt of maturity going through this tour together and having it be more enjoyable. There are people who didn’t see that lineup. A lot of people saw that tour, but there are still people who never saw it and I think it’s a treat for everyone. It’s arguably the greatest lineup we ever had. It’s nice to bring that out and have it work so well. AUER: The special thing is getting

to play with Mike Musburger and Dave Fox again. These are friends of mine. There’s something chemistry-wise about this combination of people. We had some incredible firsts together. We went to Europe for the first time together with Teenage Fanclub and Juliana Hatfield. That was an equation for great memories. This is what we share with this lineup. We’ve been having a great time, and we’re looking forward to getting back to Ohio.

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MUSIC BOTH CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY Members of the Dip looked to the past to find their own future By Eric Sandy WHEN THE DIP ARRIVES IN Cleveland on Monday, it will be not with a bang but with a rhythmic snap and a brassy finish that the band slides into the comforting confines of Beachland Ballroom. This is how the seven-piece rolls: They are a wonderfully tight soul outfit from Seattle, and they do things like perform upbeat numbers like “Sure Don’t Miss You,” their sunny single from 2017, to groovin’ and bobbin’ audiences across this fine land of ours. The group is anchored by Tom Eddy (vocals, guitar), Mark Hunter (bass), Jacob Lundgren (guitar) and Jarred Katz (drums). The Honeyhut Horns round them out, with Brennan Carter bringing the heat on trumpet, Levi Gillis laying it down on tenor sax and Evan Smith holding it steady on baritone sax. They deal in tight, rhythmic soul, and you’d best come prepared with your finest pair of dancing shoes. The group came together as students and friends in the jazz program at the University of Washington. Five members were studying there, each finding his own way into the world of professional music. They had friends across campus and, before long, they wanted to take their creative kicks to the streets. “We were all just hanging out and playing so much together,” Katz says via phone, “and there was sort of an outlet that we weren’t really getting to fully exercise. Sometimes with school and all the regimented projects and assignments you have to do, we were kind of — I don’t want to say stuck , but we were busy trying to get school done and stuff like that. We needed a creative, new outlet to play music and play shows at a house party where our friends would want to come listen.” The house parties allowed the guys to take their lessons to the masses, where stages lent an ability to improvise and jam — to play to the crowd and develop their senses of songwriting and skill. “A lot of us were playing more experimental, avant-garde, free jazz — that was pretty prevalent at the music school we were at, which was super awesome,” Katz says. “Part of

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starting the Dip was a need to get a project going outside of school, just for some fresh new outlook and just to have fun.” Those early shows turned into the band’s ﬁrst EP, which was followed by a debut self-titled full-length and another EP, Won’t Be Coming Back (released in 2016). Through several years of increased touring and plenty of Paciﬁc Northwest shows, the guys in the Dip began chiseling away at their collective voice, at their sound. The process mirrored what they had been through in school.

he’d played with Pat Metheny and other enticing musicians in the scene, and he urged his students to push the boundaries of their instruments “It was super open and ﬂexible,” Katz says of the school. “That’s part of the reason why I think we all liked studying there, was because the program was so open to you ﬁnding what you were interested in and taking that and jump-starting that process and giving you the tools to work on that. Everyone there was being taught how to be a successful musician afterward. …

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Katz, for example, entered the jazz program as a young student interested in the drums — but more intent on studying business. Under the tutelage of program director Cuong Vu, he says he really took to the jazz program and eventually ﬂagged it as his major. Vu had the sort of pedigree that inspired younger musicians like Katz and the other members;

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As a drummer, I didn’t know what I was getting into there, but coming out of there, I feel like a better listener.” Those sorts of chops laid the foundation for the band and, as house parties evolved into full-on touring in Katz’s mom’s Chevy Suburban, the band came together. Katz and his bandmates looked to the past to ﬁnd their own future,

shedding their on-stage noodling in favor of what has become, in fact, the Dip. “I think all of us were a little more into and inspired by groups like the Dap Kings or great soul groups of the past where the songs are a little bit more concise and there’s a story to be told,” Katz says. “The jamming — or a little bit more extended instrumental portions — would happen naturally, and that wasn’t always the main focus. We kind of just started to focus on songwriting. After doing some successful house parties, we decided to do a little EP that we recorded.” Taking care of everything inhouse in those early days, Katz says, allowed the band to develop the skills needed to actually function as a band. Guitarist Jacob Lundgren took care of a lot of the recording work, and the EP led the band to its LP. The band had a product to show people, which led to more recording sessions together and more shows. “There’s such a joy — we were just sort of naive in, like, ‘Oh, we love playing this music so much, and we like hanging out as a band. Let’s go out there and try it,’” Katz says of that time. “We didn’t think much of what was going to happen.” Chief among the self-titled album’s tunes is “I’m Lonely,” a smoky late-night lounge number that perfectly highlights the best of the Dip: Tom Eddy’s vocals wrap snugly around snappy percussion and bright bursts of brass. The six-string rhythms are undeniable. It’s in compositions like this that listeners will ﬁnd the Dip’s inherent crossover appeal. Jazz technique is on full display, but the song structure here lends itself well to FM radio play. Next up? The band is working on another album, and it’s been workshopping the tunes on stage for a while now. As American soul continues to ride a revival in the mainstream, on Spotify— and in smaller clubs all over the U.S. — the guys in the Dip are doing their part to push the grand musical arc further into the future.

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Bad Boys of Blues Jam: 9 p.m., free. Smedley’s. Circuit Des Yeux/Valley Girls/Fits of Hail: 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Now That’s Class. Dead & Company: 7 p.m., $49.50$149.50. Blossom. IJAMMREGGAEBAND/Ras Khalifa: 9 p.m., $10. Grog Shop. Kristine Jackson: Last year, in the attempt to emulate the WMMS Coffee Break Concerts that were so popular here in the 1970s and 1980s, the Music Box Supper Club teamed up with locally based oWOW Radio for a new, summerlong Happy Hour Concert series. The program has returned to the Music Box this summer and features both national and local acts. The radio station will broadcast the hour-long concerts live. Tonight, blues singerguitarist Kristine Jackson takes the stage. (Jeff Niesel) 6 p.m., free. Music Box Supper Club. Greg Klyma/Dan McCoy: 8:30 p.m., $10. Beachland Tavern. Lake Street Dive/River Whyless: Upon first hearing Lake Street Dive (it’s “Dive” and not “Drive”), it’s easy to be pulled in by frontwoman Rachael Price’s soulful vocals. Her instrument has an exceptional smoky quality, completely comfortable in the calm and the loud. The rest of the band is just as superb and brings trumpet, guitar, upright bass and groovin’ drums to the party. Since forming in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music, the original quartet has become a five-piece with the addition of keyboardist Akie Bermiss last year. The fresh instrumental infusion also helped with the group’s newest album Free Yourself Up, released last month, bringing a more filled-out (and sometimes experimental) sound to the band’s retro-inspired tunes. (Laura Morrison) 8 p.m., $34.25 ADV, $39.25 DOS. House of Blues. Paal Nilssen, Love Large Unit: 8 p.m., $20. Beachland Ballroom. The Posies/Terra Lightfoot: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

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$25 ADV, $30 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: 8 p.m., $20-$32 ADV, $23-$35 DOS. Cain Park. Cleveland Bluegrass Festival: 8:30 p.m., $5-$20. The Winchester. FreeByrds Musician’s Night: 10 p.m., free. Smedley’s. The Funky Knuckles/Acid Cat: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Night Riots/Courtship/Silent Rival: 8 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop. Mike Phillips: 8 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Sunshine Daydream: 9 p.m., $5. The Winchester. Thunderpussy/Xanny Stars: 9 p.m., $10 ADV,$12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Yosemight: 8 p.m., free. CODA.

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traveling the world, from what she calls a “trans perspective.” Expect tonight’s concert to be an inspiring affair. (Niesel) 7 p.m., $29.50 ADV/$35 DOS. Agora Theatre. Cleveland Bluegrass Festival: 7:30 p.m., $5-$20. The Winchester. Davina and the Vagabonds/Get Hep Swing (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $18 ADV, $22 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Dogs on Shady Lane/Diamond Bay/ Jonnycatland/Semi Haunted Skate Park: 9 p.m., $5. CODA. David Ryan Harris/Ethan Peterson: 9 p.m., $10-$60. Musica. Janis Ian/Susan Werner: 8 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Cain Park. Bob James: 7 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Petal/Camp Cope: Petal is the kind of artist you stumble upon on Spotify and immediately add to all your playlists. The Pennsylvania native possesses the old-school elegance of Lily Allen or Lana Del Rey, but also the too-cool-for-you rock star charm of Speedy Ortiz’ lead singer, Sadie Dupuis. Petal’s new album, Magic Gone, has many highlights. “Stardust,” is a lyrical masterpiece that features her classically trained vocals. While her perfectly controlled voice has real power, her words show she’s just as unsure as the rest of us. “Now we’re living in shitty apartments with mismatched dishes, unlike our parents/Maybe we’d make good parents?/Maybe not, I can’t say/I can’t say I didn’t love you,” she sings. “Tightrope” is a light-weight tune with more focus on the catchy instrumentals. Petal rounds out the trifecta with “Better Than You” and ditches her indie roots for a straight up rock ’n’ roll vibe. (Halle Weber) 7 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Now That’s Class. Priests/An American Astronaut/ Perverts Again: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Grog Shop. Matthew Sweet/Rumbling Spires:

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Blossom Reynolds Release Show (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Chris Rattie & The New Rebels/ The Mason District/Mimi Arden: 8 p.m., $4 ADV, $7 DOS. CODA. Cleveland Bluegrass Festival: 4:30 p.m., $5-$20. The Winchester. The Creepshow/Scoliosis Jones/ Lords of the Highway: 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Now That’s Class. Bob James: 7 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Poolside/Drama: 9 p.m., $15. Grog Shop. Revival ABB: An Evening with the Music of the Allman Brothers Band: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Steely Dan/The Doobie Brothers: 7:30 p.m. Blossom. Stimpy’s Revenge/Richie Tharpe & the Truck Nutz Band/Land of Panda: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern. The Vindys/Spirit of the Bear: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Musica.

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Randy Bachman, Songs of the Guess Who & Bachman Turner Overdrive: 7:30 p.m., $29.50$39.50. Hard Rock Rocksino Northﬁeld Park. Funk a Deli: 7 p.m., free. Cain Park. The Iron Maidens/Olathia: 8:30 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Bob James: 7 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Maps & Atlases/Prism Tats/So Long Albatross: 8:30 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop. Reggae Sundays: Outlaws I & I (in the Supper Club): 4 p.m., free. Music Box Supper Club. Satsang: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Soakie/Webbb/Gills/Shit Blimp: 9 p.m., $7. Now That’s Class. Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls/Lucero/The Menzingers/ Homeless Gospel Choir: 7 p.m., $29.99 ADV, $35 DOS. House of Blues.

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from New Orleans jazz, Memphis soul and musical theater, the group deﬁes categorization on its latest album, Nicollet and Tenth. With its woozy horns, “Knock Me a Kiss” sounds like it came from another era, and the raucous “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water” shows how hard the band can rock. “I wanted to record a live album because we’re known as a live band, and I’m known as being a ham and a performance person,” says Lozier. “I wanted to come out with an album that has that type of energy.” The group recorded the disc at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, where it played two nights and then picked the best songs from the two shows. Lozier says the band is currently working on a new album, which is half done. Her husband is mixing it, and it’ll be the ﬁrst record that Lozier hasn’t self-released. “It’ll be nice to have a team behind the record,” she says. “It’s been just me pounding the pavement, and the dirt isn’t tasting so great. Hopefully, it will start tasting better.” WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM:

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