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UPFRONT CITY COUNCIL REJECTS Q DEAL PETITION SIGNATURES ON QUESTIONABLE GROUNDS
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DEMOCRACY DIED ONCE AGAIN in Cleveland Monday, and this time more than a few seemed to mourn its passing. Several city councilmen cried foul after City Council rejected 20,603 signatures presented Monday morning, signatures for a petition seeking a referendum on a city ordinance that will commit future tax revenue to an enormous upgrade at Quicken Loans Arena. At a Committee of the Whole meeting, Councilman Mike Polensek, who voted against the deal and who was one of its most vocal opponents, argued that in rejecting the signatures, council had gone beyond the issue of support of or opposition to the deal itself; they were entering territory that called into question the city charter, to say nothing of certain foundational principles of American democracy. “Twenty-thousand signatures were submitted,” Polensek said. “These are citizens. These are not illegal aliens. These are citizens of the United States and residents of the City of Cleveland. I don’t know why we are denying residents their due process under the law. We’ve got to be real careful what we’re doing here. Very careful. This is part of the basic, fundamental rights of an American citizen. We better be very careful about what decisions are being made here, and by whom.” If you ask Councilman Jeff Johnson, Council President Kevin Kelley made the decision to reject the signatures on his own, a suggestion at which Kelley balked. Kelley repeatedly said that he’d made the decision after advice and consultation from city lawyers — both attorneys for city council (Jennifer Heinert O’Leary and Rachel Scalish) and attorneys within Barb Langhenry’s office in the city’s law
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department. Kelley would not name the names of the lawyers who’d given him advice until the end of the meeting, when he hinted that “Rick Horvath was involved.” Horvath is Cleveland’s Chief Corporate Counsel. More troubling to Jeff Johnson, Zack Reed, Mike Polensek, Kevin Conwell, and even Matt Zone was the fact that this legal opinion is currently unavailable in writing. “I don’t have a written opinion,” Kelley said, responding to a question from Johnson. “So someone just told you?” Johnson replied, incredulous. “Yeah,” Kelley said. Johnson, who doubted Kelley’s explanation, wanted a written opinion by Monday’s 7 p.m. council meeting, but Kelley said that that couldn’t happen on such short notice. Johnson took exception to that as well. “I’d like to remind everyone that it’s 1:24 p.m.,” he said. “I’ve seen these opinions produced in an hour. It could be the two sentences you just said.” The two sentences in question were loosely paraphrased from the two sentences that were handed to representatives of the referendum
coalition when they tried to officially submit their signatures earlier in the day. The petition required 6,000 valid signatures. The coalition had collected more than 20,000 in less than 30 days. “A referendum seeking repeal of Ordinance 305-17 [the Q Deal] would unconstitutionally impair an already executed and binding contract. Therefore, I do not accept the petition papers for such referendum,” read the message signed by Deputy Clerk Allan Dreyer. Members of the Greater Cleveland Congregations, Service Employees International Union Local 1199, the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus, AFSCME Ohio Council 8, and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 268 had given a brief press conference at 10:30 a.m. outlining their position once again. Pastors Richard Gibson and Jawanza Colvin spoke about GCC’s idea for a Community Equity Fund, with money that would go toward a job pipeline, mental health access and neighborhood investment. Colvin said that the city was in a “state of emergency,” and railed against the idea of committing millions of public dollars without input from the public
itself. “We want a better deal or no deal at all,” Colvin said. And yet, Kelley, via counsel, personally decided the City Council position: that the signatures would not be accepted because of an existing contract. (Council did agree to receive the four boxes of signatures for safekeeping, but in another memo to the coalition signed by Dreyer, said that they did not consider the petition to have been filed with the Clerk.) Polensek wondered to which contract Dreyer’s first message referred. It was his understanding that the County hadn’t yet sold the renovation bonds, as the county was waiting for a resolution on the referendum issue, per the advice of financial adviser Timothy Offtermatt. Kelley said that there were other contracts that had been signed, city contracts. Johnson and Reed, reeling, asked what contracts Kelley was talking about. (This remained unclear.) “Can I get a copy of those?” Reed asked. “Because I haven’t seen a single one.” During one heated exchange, Johnson demanded that Kelley let the public know how he’d arrived at the decision he did. Johnson would not, he said, allow himself be embarrassed by “the circus” over which Kelley was presiding. “I need to know who gave you that opinion,” Johnson said. “Was it our folk? Was it Barb Langhenry’s people?” “It was both,” Kelley said. “While we live in a public realm where almost everything is public record, there’s still attorney-client privilege on certain matters.” “Who’s the client here?” Johnson asked. “Council,” said Kelley.
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UPFRONT “That’s right,” said Johnson. “Am I a member of council?” “As far as I know,” Kelley said. —Sam Allard
SCIENTISTS, BUSINESS LEADERS URGE AMAZON’S JEFF BEZOS TO SAVE OHIO’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Nuclear power is walking an uncertain path in Ohio these days, even despite a state bill that would prop up both the Davis-Besse and Perry plants along the shore of Lake Erie. With an increasing need to rely on renewable forms of energy in Ohio and elsewhere, a vocal contingent of environmental observers has taken to the private sector in search of a savior for nuclear. A group of “concerned citizens, scientists, business leaders, conservationists, and community leaders” sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos earlier this month, pleading for his involvement in saving the facilities and securing an economically viable future for nuclear power in Ohio. Amazon, of course, has lately
planted a firm footprint in Ohio’s retail and tech landscape. The letter’s authors point to Bezos’ “commitment to clean energy and job creation in Ohio” as a good prerequisite for the challenge ahead. The CEO has a history of supporting investments in nuclear fusion. In essence, the letter encourages Bezos to include nuclear power in his company’s definition of renewable energy, opening the door to a possible business relationship between FirstEnergy and Amazon for future energy consumption at the retail giant’s Buckeye State facilities. (Note that FirstEnergy has signaled intent to sell the plants, but the running scuttlebutt is that both may continue to operate under new ownership.) Ohio’s renewable energy standards were recently unfrozen, though there is yet another bill in the Statehouse that proposes to do away with the mandates altogether. Nuclear power is not included in the state’s renewable energy portfolio, the guiding document behind the standards. The move toward renewable investment is an ongoing debate in state and local government here. Amazon, though, has joined other major companies in Ohio on the absolute vanguard of
renewable energy adoption. It claims 100-percent renewable sources in its data and fulfillment centers. That trend, in turn, has helped privately and publicly fund wind and solar energy installations across the state. The authors of the Bezos letter, however, insist that wind and solar pale in comparison to the immediate output of these two nuclear power plants. The infrastructure is already there, the authors write, and it’s at risk of disappearing without further private investment or subsidies (or, in the words of critics, a public “bailout”). The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has suspended hearings on the state subsidy proposal as of last week. Statewide, nuclear provides 14 percent of electricity generation in Ohio to wind and solar and hydropower’s 2.2 percent. The authors here argue that losing the nuclear plants would result in a dramatic increase in non-renewable energy sources, leading to more of the same Southeast Ohio natural gas drilling phenomenon that’s causing its own brand of environmental problems. It’s a quandary worthy of public debate, and the timing of this letter reminds Ohioans that the energy and tech industries are intrinsically
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UPFRONT “As Bloom continues to grow both as a business and a catalyst for social change,” wrote Fahey, “I recognize that it is time to transfer operational oversight to a new leadership team that will be focused on long-term sustainability. I was brought on to launch Bloom and oversee its initial stages as a start-up in the field of social enterprise; now that both of these goals have been accomplished, an exciting new chapter lies ahead.” Exciting indeed. Fahey, in an interview Thursday with Scene, said he’s still finishing up with Bloom, but that he’s always been inclined toward politics — he considered running for the Strongsville school board — and right now seemed like the ideal moment to launch a political career and “make an impact” in Cleveland. Fahey moved from Strongsville to downtown’s theater district two years ago to be closer to Bloom operations near CSU. He grew up in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood and attended St. Edward High School in Lakewood. While he has no political experience, he said that he has run
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the expanding opiate addiction crisis. Sens. Joe Schiavoni (running for governor) and Kenny Yuko introduced the legislation last week. “This bill would allow us to start addressing the opioid crisis immediately and send resources where they’d be most useful,â€? Schiavoni said in a public statement. Most of the money would be funneled directly to local government budgets for agencies like Cuyahoga County’s ADAMHS board or to treatment facilities capable of expanding their bed count. Schiavoni continued: “Every community is struggling to get a handle on this epidemic, but Columbus’ needs may be different than East Liverpool’s. With this infusion of dollars, local communities will have the exibility to use these funds where they believe they will have the most impact.â€? Gov. John Kasich, meanwhile, opposes the bill. The “rainy day fund,â€? his ofďŹ ce argues, is meant as a fallback safeguard in the event that a future budget cannot be balanced properly. (The senators point out that there’d still be $1.8 billion left in the fund to address future budget shortfalls.) Kasich has pointed to the Opiate Action Team’s $1 billion in statewide
investment as evidence that things are already being taken care of. But by all observable accounts, the opiate addiction crisis is only getting worse in Ohio. More people are dying in more cities; powerful fentanyl analogues are being cut into the heroin supply from Cincinnati to Cleveland; law enforcement’s resources, already trimmed down to maddening levels by the state’s overseers, are being siphoned off disproportionately to overdose response services. Schiavoni and Yuko, in other words, are arguing that this is no time to rest on laurels. Ohioans are dying en masse. “The opiate epidemic shows no signs of letting up. Today alone, it will claim the lives of close to eight Ohioans,� Yuko said. “Under the Republicans’ current plan, this crisis will claim many more lives before any real results are seen. Our bill supplies the state with the funds to effectively address the opiate epidemic as it tears through our communities now. It also gives us the knowledge we so desperately need to properly appropriate funds and achieve the most impactful outcomes longterm for the citizens of Ohio.� — Sandy
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warbler will continue to search out young jack pine forests each spring for generations to come.” But why? The argument for the Kirtland’s and for the protection of all other endangered species is that we, as humans, have forcefully taken on a role as stewards of the planet. Our civilization’s culture is such that we learn from a very early age that humans run the show here. We kill other animals and eat them, we domesticate the cute ones, and we generally use this place for our own ends. To stretch that logic a bit further, and to grow a conscience a bit late in the game, the big idea here is that we’re now responsible for these species’ futures. If we’ve decided to commandeer this planet, then it’s up to us to make sure that everyone thrives. It’s also just good business, if you don’t care for the moralizing. The Endangered Species Act, a series of laws passed in the 1970s to protect animals and plants, is itself endangered. The laws have directly led to the preservation of bald eagles and whooping cranes — and their habitats. It also played a role in the Kirtland’s warbler recovery plan. But President Donald Trump’s promise to strip away federal regulatory policies leads environmentalists to believe that his administration may take aim at the ESA. It’s not hard to imagine, and it’s a good thought experiment to consider. ESA protections play an important role in the global ecosystem, and the U.S. still has a shot at being a leader in conservation efforts. As the great migratory season continues onward — with warblers flocking en masse to their North American breeding grounds, stopping here and there along the north shore — you may, with a little luck, see a Kirtland’s warbler. But even if you don’t, it’s heartening to know that they’re still out there. —Sandy
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20 WAYS YOU CAN MAKE CLEVELAND A BETTER PLACE THIS SUMMER By Scene Staff
BY ALL MEANS, THIS SUMMER YOU WILL AND SHOULD escape in whatever mental or physical form you prefer. You should idly spend hours clicking through Snapchat or going down an Instagram wormhole until you forget how and why you ended up on Beyonce’s cousin’s boyfriend’s dog walker’s account. You should sit on a beach and let nature calm your nerves. You should walk through a park without a phone in hand and bask in the silence, letting your brain wander down whatever contemplative path it wishes. You should drink on a patio and eat barbecue in your backyard. You deserve it, you need it. But, if you, like many fellow Americans, are overwhelmed with dread and inertia, if you wander from one crisis, personal or national, to another, escapism is but one healing balm to turn to, and part of the solution. Beset by problems, burying your head in the sand this summer might get them out of sight briefly, but it’s not going to solve anything. Neither is incessant Facebook ranting, for chrissakes. Summer calls for extricating yourself — from the house, from the office — in the most relaxing sense, but also with the purpose of
inserting yourself in your city — becoming part of the natural world, being with your neighbors and friends and strangers. This summer, more than any in recent memory, calls for urgency and action, agency and accomplishment. We’ve rounded up some easy ways you can serve that calling and make your city a better place to live this year. Beyond helping out someone else, you’ll be happier for the effort.
PLANT A TREE Forest City is one of the better nicknames for the city of Cleveland,
totally underrated and underused, probably for good reason: it doesn’t really apply anymore. The moniker was born a century ago after a push from Cleveland in the 1800s to increase forestation efforts. That concerted, governmentbacked plan was extremely effective — by the 1940s Cleveland claimed 40-percent canopy levels and had nearly 220,000 trees lining our fine streets. Things have changed, sadly: Canopy levels are now around 19 percent and the city continues to lose about 100 acres of forestation every year. But there’s hope: The city adopted a master tree plan last year to address the receding foliage over the next 25 years, and even then, Cleveland would need to add some 700,000 new trees by 2040 to again reach 40-percent canopy levels. Hell, it takes 35,000 new trees a year just to even out the 100 acres we’re losing. So plant a damn tree, but also don’t ignore the ones we have. Development isn’t the only thing draining Cleveland’s tree count — poor maintenance and pruning, as well as invasive species, are killing
older, mature trees. The benefits are many and splendid: Trees improve air quality, add property value, help save on energy costs, reduce pollution and stormwater runoff, serve as habitats for wildlife, and, of course, just look freaking beautiful.
CLEAN UP THE OUTSIDE WORLD The buses arrive one by one, spilling dozens of volunteers into the Furnace Run watershed in Cuyahoga Valley National Park on May 20. It was River Day, and folks from around Northeast Ohio congregate to plant saplings. The Cuyahoga River meanders peacefully along the nearby trail loop. Part of the idea here — and in parks throughout the country — is that the natural world is in a fragile state now, in need of hands-on involvement. Human impact on our riverbeds, forests, fields, shorelines, etc., has irreversibly changed much of the environment. Here in Furnace Run, deforestation in the late 19th century led to decades of farming; what’s left now is a sparsely populated watershed overrun with invasive species. (About 20 to 25 percent of CVNP flora comprises | clevescene.com | May 24 - 30, 2017
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invasive species.) Today, the River Day crew is planting trees and shrubs: elderberries and dogwoods and several species of oak, for example. Plant ecologist Chris Davis says that the main goal is to establish a sort of safeguard against stormwater runoff (by establishing a broad root structure and enriching the soil) and provide a thicker habitat for the park’s breeding and migratory birds. “Just walking away and letting nature takes its course — that’s not healing nature,” Chris Davis says. “That’s just letting nature unravel.” He points to a nearby multifora rose, whose species invaded the Cuyahoga River valley in the late 1800s; the U.S. government promoted it as a nice “natural fence”-type species, but now it’s overrunning natural habitats and outcompeting native saplings. That’s a problem. Our past impacts on nature have brought us to a place where we must manage the outside world. Similarly, there’s the problem of accelerated erosion along the edges of old farm fields, which look very pretty from the road. Where there should be giant sycamores and broad root networks, there is only bare dirt falling six or eight feet into the Cuyahoga River. That sediment ends up closer to Lake Erie, where a massively expensive dredging campaign has driven political tension and further environmental hazard. This is the sort of stuff, anyway, that Davis and the CVNP’s corps of volunteers are thinking about when they’re in the park. It’s a narrative that too often rests just below the more general American sentiment of “let’s just enjoy nature.” Hence the whole River Day project. “The tangible thing is, yes, eventually this [tree-planting project] helps reduce the erosion that is costing literally millions and millions of dollars every year in Cleveland,” Davis says. “And Cleveland is not necessarily paying for it. It’s the U.S. Army Corps and sometimes the Port, but somebody is paying big bucks to dredge out the sediment that we should just be holding here, growing plants on.” As another bus arrives, Davis lays out the day’s work. Each volunteer grabs a shovel, and they congregate around a row of red osier dogwoods. Davis mowed down some paths through the nearby meadow, and he tells the volunteers to plant in
the tread. It’s a simple enough task, but, of course, there are always a few people in each group who’ve never planted anything. (“The most important thing to remember is not to plant them too deep,” Davis tells them.) First-time volunteers are extremely welcome to all of these sorts of events. Other major volunteer opportunities in the park include National Trails Day (June 3), National Public Lands Day (Sept. 30) and Make A Difference Day (Oct. 28). Of course, other small-scale opportunities are available nearly every day. Just last year, the park system’s 6,300 volunteers clocked some 225,000 hours of conservancy work. Trail work, native species planting, invasive species removal and native seed collections take place across most of the park’s 33,000 acres, including right here, quite often, in the Furnace Run watershed. Caitlin and Devlin caught the national park volunteerism bug on Earth Day. Scene speaks with them as they’re planting their fourth sapling of the morning. “We had a lot of fun planting trees, so we came out again for River Day,” Devlin says. “It’s nice to wake up on a Saturday and get the day going by volunteering. You feel affirmed.”
JOIN A CSA We can’t wait for CSA season to kick into full gear, and it’s right around the corner. “CSA,” for the uninitiated, means “communitysupported agriculture,” and there are about 45 of these outfits in Northeast Ohio. If you’d like to improve your community, the best thing you can do is engage it. Food is a better venue than most to do so. We’ve picked out a few good recommendations here. Support local farmers! Most CSAs work in a relatively similar method: Customers sign up for weekly or biweekly food deliveries or pick-ups. There are omnivorous and vegetarian CSA options in Cleveland and, generally, the share baskets vary as the summer season progresses. You’ll see, for instance, kohlrabi early in the summer and, by the onset of fall, apples and broccoli. One of the most popular CSAs in the region is City Fresh (cityfresh. org), which boasts Fresh Stop pickup locations all over the greater Cleveland area. Last year, City Fresh delivered more than 100,000 pounds of locally sourced produce to 14 “food deserts” (stretches of residential neighborhoods that have no grocery store options).
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do note that they’re capping the program at 50 families this summer. We’d like to mention, also, in passing, The Refugee Response (refugeeresponse.org), which unfortunately has sold out of its 2017 share subscriptions. But this is a terrific program that employs refugees at the Ohio City Farm and connects families in need with fresh, whole foods.
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beneficial to the environment of Ohio. (Maybe this is the summer you “go vegan,” yes?) You’re looking at $27/week or $43/week for Fresh Fork bags. Redbasket Farm (redbasketfarm. com), out in Kinsman, is a great option for our fartherflung readership base. Their “FarmToHome” program will net you biweekly shares of seasonal produce, eggs and honey. You can pick up the good stuff in Peninsula, too, though
You’ve probably heard the term “upcycling,” and maybe you’ve even upcycled something yourself. With several excellent years of art under its belt, Upcycle Parts Shop has offered Cleveland the tools and knowhow to create public space-defining creations — the sort of thing that goes a long way in settling a neighborhood’s identity. Plus: It’s really good for the environment of the city. In its first year alone, Upcycle diverted six tons of excess material otherwise destined for the landfill; 156 people donated their stuff, which then became art. Nicole McGee has been running the shop this whole time, and she says that its mission has only deepened. Thousands of participants — children, corporate staffs, church groups — have spun through the
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PROTEST IN CLEVELAND LEGALLY No matter the whims of the person currently residing in the White House, the First Amendment still allows Americans the right to peacefully assemble and protest. As long as you’re not rioting, protesting is a positive way to inform the public on issues near and dear to your heart – and it’s far easier to set up than you may think. But before heading out on the picket line with all of your friends, get informed. First, whether you’re protesting the Rover pipeline or Chief Wahoo, it’s important to determine if you need a permit from the City of Cleveland. Any type of meeting on public property, like a park, does not need a permit. Standing on sidewalks, as long as you’re not blocking foot trafďŹ c, is ďŹ ne too. A
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HELP WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WEAR HEELS A man walks into a bar wearing high heels. Not totally out of the ordinary. But when a bunch of men walk into a bar in the Warehouse District, then it must be time for the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser. This year’s event, which raises awareness for violence against women and is sponsored by Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center, is set for June 25. Entry fees for male and female participants vary depending on your footwear selection: Bring your own heels for $30, wear provided heels for $50 or wear regular shoes for $100. Participants, who must be 21 and over, are also encouraged to raise funds before the walk. Find out more at dvcac.org. Clevelanders should also feel free to donate their time and
money to other women’s shelters around the city. West Side Catholic Center’s Moriah House Women and Children’s Shelter (216- 631-4741) helps homeless women and domestic violence survivors get back on their feet, and Laura’s Home Women’s Crisis Center (216-431-3510) works to bridge the gap between crisis and stability and help women to know they are never alone.
BE AN INFORMED CITIZEN Among other things, the summer of 2017 is campaign season. Mayor Frank Jackson is running for an unprecedented fourth term and all 17 city council seats are up for grabs. The primaries are on Sept. 12, so expect to see yard signs, direct mailings and town hall meetings from your area candidates. One easy way to get involved in local issues is merely by learning a thing or two about them. Take, say, your city councilperson. Have you interacted at all with them? Are you happy with their service both on the street level and in their policy work at City Hall? If you’re not satisfied, learn about the challengers. How will they represent your ward and author policies that will move Cleveland in a safer, smarter, more equitable direction? Consuming
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WORK FOR A BLUE LAKE Becoming a “green city on a blue lake” requires everyone’s small, steady effort. And as the federal government contemplates slashing environmental funding across the board — and significant Great Lakes funding in 2018 — actions by everyday folks are essential if lakes large and small are to survive and thrive. One easy way to protect Lake Erie is by being more conscientious in your lawn and garden care. (If you rent, and aren’t responsible for lawn upkeep, no worries. Keep being thoughtful about your water usage and picking up litter and all that jazz.) But if you are responsible for a lawn, make a concerted effort not to leave your grass clippings on the sidewalk, driveway or in the street. Those clippings blow into the sewers and ultimately end up in our waterways. Additionally, if you mulch your grass, that reduces the need for fertilizer. And the less fertilizer there is on Cleveland lawns, the less fertilizer there’ll be in Cleveland waterways. You can do the same thing when your leaves begin to fall. If you’re willing to go the extra mile, you can reduce
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stormwater runoff by directing downspouts onto your lawn instead of onto hard surfaces. (Doing things like this leads to less runoff, which means less flooding. When storm sewers flood, the waters rise and sometimes reach and then carry off other pollutants that, once again, end up in our waterways.)
JOIN A COMMUNITY GARDEN The Summer Sprout program, a partnership between the city of Cleveland and the OSU Extension in Cuyahoga County (OSUECC), has been around for 41 years. It has 190 community gardens throughout the city ranging from church gardens with only a handful of raised plots to the Ben Franklin Garden, at more than 250,000 square feet. At any time during the year, and certainly this summer, you can purchase a plot at a garden near you. Typically, said Courtney Woelfl, who coordinates the program for OSUECC, a plot only costs about $10 for the entire year. Give Courtney a call (216-429-8200 ext.246), or an email (woelfl.1@osu.edu) and she’ll hook you up with a plot near you. Most of the gardening is for vegetables and other consumable plants. The goal, said Woelfl, is to increase Clevelanders’ access to healthy foods. That’s why she encourages gardeners to involve the neighborhood. “Invite people over for a barbecue to enjoy your vegetables,” she said. OSUECC distributes 11,000 seed packets each year and provides soil, lumber, organic matter and testing at all of the 190 locations, which tend to be run by churches, block clubs, community development corporations, or passionate individuals. Even if you don’t have a green thumb, the learning curve
is easy at Summer Sprout. “We don’t discriminate,” said Woelfl. “We have gardens all over.”
BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR This sounds corny and sort of old-fashioned, but one way to make a difference in Cleveland this summer is by being a good neighbor. For starters, get to know your neighbors. (It’s nerve-wracking at first, but don’t be shy. Knock on doors and introduce yourself. If you’re really ambitious, you can even bring little goodie bags or baked goods!) Next, consider attending the monthly meeting of your neighborhood block club. Volunteer for neighborhood events. On an even more local level, see if there’s anyone on your street who needs a hand taking out the garbage or mowing the lawn from time to time. In today’s increasingly polarized, atomized culture, where we’re glued to computers all day and then glued to TVs or mobile devices all night, it’s critical to interact with other human beings in whatever ways we can. Moreover, knowing the people on your street and on your block makes for safer, healthier neighborhoods.
COACH A LOCAL YOUTH SPORTS TEAM Coaching youth sports may be seen as an obligation for parents alone — something to worry about once your toddlers start breaking windows in the house — but it’s an easy way to give back to your neighborhood and the children in it, even if you don’t want kids or had them long ago. Coaching is often a minor commitment (a weeknight practice, a weekend game each week) but can make a huge impact on the lives of children. If you’re a former
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HELP BUILD OR MAINTAIN A MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL The recent growth in popularity for mountain biking has led to a need for designated trails to prevent rogue bikers from ripping up the woods on unsanctioned paths. The Cleveland Metroparks now offers three different mountain bike trails: the Bedford single track trail; the Royalview Trail in the Mill Stream Run Reservation; and a section along the Towpath Trail near the Canalway Visitor Center. The Metroparks also permits mountain bikes on its 100-plus miles of shared-use, paved, all-purpose trails, and other paths designated for use of bicycles.
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members to maintain mountain bike trails throughout Northeast Ohio. A section of its website (camba.us) provides details on its volunteer program. CAMBA volunteers helped construct the Royalview trail, and CAMBA regularly works with both the Metroparks and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. “As long as we get people out on bikes, our mission is accomplished,” says CAMBA’s Jim Olander. “Back in 2001, we didn’t use to know how to build a sustainable trail and now our process has been expedited through organizations like the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA), who have helped teach us how to build sustainable trails.”
GOOD WITH ANIMALS? TAKE YOUR TALENTS TO A LOCAL SHELTER If you’re not a people person but still want to spread your philanthropic wings this summer, consider assisting an animal rescue organization. Both the Public Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and the Animal Protective League (APL) are easy to get involved with and always welcome new volunteers. This summer, PAWS is especially in need of fosters. They have a no-kill policy for pets, but have no physical facility and rely on volunteers to care for the animals until they’re
adopted. “Without fosters, we can’t do what we need to do with [helping] the rescues,” said Associate Director of Canines, Janet Hanna. You can also assist PAWS with laundry, their monthly Adopt-AThon events at local PetSmarts and distributing information about their organization. APL volunteer manager Danielle Begalla said they, too, have an active foster program and are looking for people to join. Fosters are provided with training, supplies needed to care for the animals and an emergency line to call for health or behavioral issues. “We are compassion in action,” said Begalla. “We would not be able to do half of what we do here without our volunteer corps.” The APL will host an orientation session for new volunteers on June 10, where you can learn about opportunities besides fostering — and there are plenty. You can groom animals so they can “put their best paw forward” for adoption, as the organization says, help coordinate upcoming events or even serve as a photographer. “We have volunteer opportunities big and small,” said Begalla. “All of them make a difference to the life of an animal.”
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Sixty-six percent of adults in Cleveland are functionally illiterate, meaning they struggle with math and reading skills above a fourth grade level. Not only does this affect individuals in their day-to-day lives, but studies show that children’s academic success relies mainly on the strength of their mother’s reading level. While 66 percent doesn’t place Cleveland in the top five most illiterate cities (California and Texas claim those), it’s still alarming. Organizations like Seeds of Literacy, however, are working to bring down that number, and welcome volunteers as tutors or committee members. Bonnie Entler and Alexandria Marshall, executive director and volunteer and digital media Coordinator, respectively, emphasized the city’s need for literacy programs like theirs. “That’s fundamentally staggering,” said Marshall of the literacy statistics Cleveland residents are fighting, “But that also means there’s lots of room for improvement and work to be done.” “For a lot of our students who have had difficulties with their education, this might be the first time they had attention paid to them and people to encourage them,” said Entler. Seeds of Literacy helps about 1,000 students every year, an impressive feat with merely 15 regular staff members, plus volunteers. The nonprofit offers GED preparation along with one-on-one tutoring for adults, free of charge. The organization is seeking dedicated volunteers who are passionate about education, who can become tutors or join committees for
finances, funds, program planning and community relations. Entler and Marshall say past students have not only reported academic success after working with the organization, but gained more independence and the desire to help others as well.
FEED THE NEEDY The Greater Cleveland Food Bank served more than 50 million meals last year across six counties. That’s a startling number, and they can only fulfill their mission with the help of volunteers. “Last year we had over 15,000 volunteers come through the Food Bank. Those 15,000 volunteers gave us 72,000 hours of their time,” said Matt Jackson, volunteer services assistant at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. “That saved us the need of hiring 35 full-time employees, which is equivalent to about $1.5 million. What that does is enable us to put all that money back into the program to help serve more individuals.” Volunteers help out the organization in a multitude of ways — repacking food, working in the kitchen and putting meals together or working at their remote locations in different communities around the area. They welcome groups of up to 20 and all volunteers must schedule their shifts before they show up to help. Call their direct volunteer line at 216-738-2069 or visit greaterclevelandfoodbank.org for more information. Besides volunteering, there are other ways to help out the Food Bank. You can donate money directly to them, start a virtual food drive through their website (which is basically like hosting a personal fundraiser) or drop off canned goods. There are, of course, many
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other community groups feeding the needy, including churches. Find one in your area and lend a hand because the need is great: 16 percent of Northeast Ohioans were food insecure in 2015, including 86,000 children.
HELP OUT THE KIDS AT CMSD The Cleveland Metropolitan School District uses volunteers in a host of areas, from chaperoning field trips to organizing libraries to assisting students with research assignments. It all aids in strengthening school programs, establishing support groups, and making sure each student reaches their full potential. “The major goal of the district Volunteer Program is to assist schools in providing the best possible education for each student. The services of volunteers are utilized to relieve teachers and support personnel of some non-instructional tasks, to provide teachers with more time to work with students, to enrich the curriculum and children’s learning opportunities, to provide individual attention to those children who need more one-onone assistance than the classroom teacher is able to provide and to promote a school-home-community partnership for quality education,” according to CMSD’s volunteer brochure. For more information, call Judith Lozada at 216-838-0337 or visit clevelandmetroschools.org/volunteer to help out in your local public school.
BE A VOCAL CITIZEN There are varying schools of thought on the efficacy and effect of calling or writing your representatives. It depends on your rep, of course, and on the issue at hand, but it certainly doesn’t freaking hurt. Whether it’s your House member in advance of an AHCA vote or your Senator as an environmental bill is being debated, there is quite literally no downside to telling the people elected to represent you, whether you actually voted for them or not, what you think. And it’s quite painless to do so. Clip this section out, bookmark it, screenshot it, because we damn well know that there will be between one and 1,754 times this year that Washington will be making a decision on something that has very direct ties and effects on your life. Two quick tips to remember
whether you’re speaking to a staffer, leaving a voicemail, or emailing your concerns: Be civil in your message; be brief, clear and to the point. Rob Portman: DC Office - 202-2243353; Cleveland Office - 216-5227905; Email contact info can be found at portman.senate.gov Sherrod Brown: DC Office - 202224-2315; Cleveland Office 216-522-7272; brown.senate.gov/ contact House members: Northeast Ohio is served by a number of House reps, find yours here: house.gov/ representatives/find/
DONATE BLOOD The average adult can donate blood once every 60 days or so, and if you’re not doing so already it’s important to know a few things. First, it’s a fast and simple process that lasts all of 10 to 12 minutes. Second, someone in the U.S. needs blood every two seconds. There are more stunning facts about the dire need for blood donations from the Red Cross but that one gets right to the point. Find a donation station near you at redcrossblood.org/ northernohio.
BECOME A BIG BROTHER OR SISTER We’ve already highlighted a couple of volunteer opportunities and there are obviously endless more but if you’re willing to make a commitment long term and for more than an occasional weekend, get in touch with Big Brothers Big Sisters, one of the oldest volunteer organizations in the country. Without volunteers it simply wouldn’t exist, and if it didn’t exist things would be worse than they already are. According to stats from a 1990s study the benefits of the program are clear and evident — 37 percent less likely to skip class, 33 percent less likely to hit someone, 46 percent less likely to use drugs, etc. Once you’re matched, it’s up to you what you do with your little brother or little sister, but typical outings include meals, sporting events, sightseeing, movies, and just generally hanging out and talking about whatever’s on their mind. Whether you’re looking to become a big brother or sister yourself or know a child that could use a mentor, you can visit wementoryouth.org for more information.
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A Book Release Party Ken Schneck, PhD, is the host and producer of his This Show is So Gay podcast, as well as writer of a Huffington Post column and Associate Professor and the Director of the Leadership in Higher Education Program at Baldwin Wallace University, where he teaches courses on ethical leadership, anti-racism and how individuals and communities work together “to create a more engaged and just world.” More of an academic than an adventurer, Schneck found himself in several unusual situations, such as signing up for a 425-mie bike ride, visiting the deep backwoods of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and twice visiting rural Uganda. Chronicling these unexpected adventures, Scheck’s new book Seriously, What Am I Doing Here?: The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew is being released this week by Cleveland-based 1984 Publishing. Be among the first to pick up a copy at the book’s official release party at Ohio City Libations from 6:30 to 9:30 tonight. The book is available in a variety of formats: hardcover, softcover, audiobook and e-book. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, including how to purchase the book, visit 1984publishing.com/store/. (Josh Usmani) 6706 Detroit Avenue, 216-303-9292. SPOKEN WORD
Cleveland Stories Dinner Parties Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is a weekly series that pairs fine food with storytelling. Through it, the folks at the Music Box Supper Club hope to help raise awareness of the mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s new Cleveland History Center. The goal of the Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is to “bring to life some of the fun, interesting stories about Cleveland’s past — from sports, to rock ‘n’ roll, to Millionaires’ Row,” as it’s put in a press release. Admission is free, with no cover charge, although a prix fixe dinner, designed to complement the night’s theme, is $20. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner is served at 6, and the storytelling starts at 7. Tonight, Dr. Ed Pershey, director of special projects at the Western Reserve Historical Society, will talk about Cleveland’s auto manufacturing history. The
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menu includes the Peerless salad, the Wynton short rib and the Chandler chocolate sundae. (Jeff Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com. ART
Drawing Lessons Looking to brush up on your observational figure drawing skills? The Cleveland Institute of Art’s pay-as-you-go life drawing sessions return tonight from 7 to 9 in room 302. Attendees have the opportunity to draw a live model in a variety of poses, ranging from quick, gestural sketches to longer poses. Drawing boards and benches are provided, but attendees must bring their own drawing materials. Led by talented CIA alum and instructor Eddie Mitchell, the classes are limited to just 25 participants. Classes are open to the public, but serious artists only. Admission is $15 at the door, $10 with college ID and $5 for high school students (minors must bring parental permission form). (Usmani) 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland Ohio 44106, 216.421.7000, www.cia.edu. BEER
Hoppin’ Frog Hoppy Hour Much like the Fat Head’s tasting room in Middleburg Heights, the Hoppin’ Frog tasting room in Akron is in a non-descript strip of storage facilities and warehouses. But step inside and you’ll find a cozy space with a huge array of the brewery’s wonderful libations. The place features “hoppy
hour” every weekday from 3 to 7 p.m. Tonight, the brewers visit the tasting room from 5 to 7 p.m. While they don’t fill growlers, you can drink bottles on site or take ‘em to go. The place also offers a “Hoppin’ Frog Rare & Vintage” list as well as a guest bottle list. And you can order from a limited food menu too. (Niesel) 1680-F Waterloo Rd., Akron, 234-5253764, hoppinfrog.com/tasting-room. SPORTS
Indians vs. Cincinnati Reds For the past several years, the Cleveland Indians have been the baseball team in Ohio. That trend will likely continue this year despite the fact that the Cincinnati Reds got off to a hot start. Tonight at 6:10, the two teams face off in an interleague matchup. The first 10,000 fans will receive an AL Championship replica trophy. Tickets start at $13, and the two teams will go at it again tomorrow night at 6:10. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. MUSIC
Keep Quiet Csanád Szeged, the anti-Semitic former vice-president of Hungary’s Jobbik Party, is the subject of Keep Quiet, a documentary film directed by Sam Blair and Joseph Martin. The film chronicles his discovery that his maternal grandparents were Jewish. It makes its Cleveland premiere tonight at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it
screens again at 7 on Friday night. Tickets are $9, $7 for students, seniors and CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. COMEDY
Vince Morris Comedian Vince Morris has a demeanor that seems tame and gentle, but his quips have you still laughing later as you realize their deeper meanings. This guy talks about all sorts of things including Southern living, funny dialects and the way people relate to each other through language. Lots of this stuff isn’t your typical comedy, but the guy is downright funny. He appears at Hilarities at 8 tonight and tomorrow night, and tickets range from $18 to $23. (Liz Trenholme) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. MUSIC
Murray Perahia Plays Beethoven The New York Times has called Murray Perahia the “poet of the keyboard.” He appears tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall to play Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Cleveland Orchestra. The concert will conclude with two landmark works of the 20th century. Guest speaker Cicilia Yudha, an assistant professor of piano at Youngstown State University, gives the pre-concert talk beginning an hour before the concert. Performances repeat at 8 | clevescene.com | May 24 - 30, 2017
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GET OUT tomorrow night and at 8 on Saturday night. Tickets start at $29. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.
on the same surface. Each time the group met, they added a new work to the rotation until nine works were being created at once. In conjunction with its new exhibition of NewCelle collaborations, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve hosts an artist reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today, and the exhibition remains on view
It takes a lot of self-motivation and organization for a college student to work independently of the strict structure of academia. As the culmination of her self-led internship, Cleveland Institute of Art student Morgan Mansfield (Drawing, ’18) debuts her first solo show at Loftworks Gallery. Titled Abjectified, Mansfield’s
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Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque There’s burlesque and then there’s the Suicide Girls. A group of “badass bombshells and geek goddesses,” the troupe takes the art form to another level. Consider, for example, their current Blackheart Burlesque Tour that they’ve re-launched after a six-year hiatus. Instructor/dancer Manwe Sauls-Addison, who’s worked with world famous performers such as Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga, did the choreography and picked seven of the troupe’s best dancers for the tour. The show parodies contemporary pop culture and makes fun of films/TV shows such as Star Wars, Orange is the New Black, Donnie Darko and Clockwork Orange. Tickets are $20 to $105. The show starts at 9 tonight at the Beachland Ballroom. (Niesel) 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com.
Walnut Wednesday Walnut Wednesday is one of summer’s great traditions. Today from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons — at East 12th and Walnut streets — 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. Admission is free, but the food will cost you. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com.
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An Artists’ Reception Led by Op Art pioneer Ed Mieczkowski, NewCelle was an artist group formed in 1998 with the purpose of “revitalizing drawing in the light of the new millennium.” Although it began as an experiment, the group continued to draw together for more than four years, producing work that had a powerful and lasting impact on the members. Preceded by two Mieczkowski-led artist collectives, NewCelle was unique in its process. Influenced by the Surrealists’ psychic automatism technique, the artists took turns drawing a single line at a time
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Berea’s National Rib Cookoff Over the past 18 years, Berea’s National Rib Cook-Off has been a Memorial Day staple. This year will mark the festival’s 19th year at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Some 16 Rib Teams will compete weekend long for prizes for the top ribs. There will also be a children’s activity area. Friday Night is “Bike Night.” Bikers also are invited to bring their bikes inside the gates to a special parking lot right next to the midway. Tonight’s entertainment includes Haywire, Spazmatics and Colin Dussault’s Blues Band. For all festival information go to the website or call the hotline number at 440-234-5181. Admission is free before 5 p.m. today and $5 after 5 p.m. The festival continues through Monday. (Niesel) 164 Eastland Rd., Berea, 440-2430090, cuyfair.com. COMEDY
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8 p.m. today and remains on view through June 11. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1667 East 40th Street #1A, 440-9917097, www.loftworksgallery.com.
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through July 8. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1834 East 123rd St., 216-721-9020, artistsarchives.org.
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Abjectified Self-led internships aren’t for everyone.
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Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out Comedian Mike Birbiglia comes off as the thinking man’s comic. This American Life’s Ira Glass proclaims, “Birbiglia’s stories are even funnier live than they are on the radio.” Time Magazine calls him a “master of the personal, embarrassing tale.” For the current tour, dubbed Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out, the comic will try out entirely new material and improvisation along with a few stories from his previous tour, Thank God for Jokes. He performs tonight at 7:30 and 10 and tomorrow night at 7 and 9:30 at Hilarities. Tickets are $30. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.
exhibition explores the relationship between the abject and the objectified. The exhibition and internship are part of CIA’s Creativity Works Internship, made possible by the Cleveland Foundation’s Fenn Educational Fund. Each Creativity Works intern is responsible for researching, preparing, budgeting, executing and reflecting on the project. Abjectified opens with a reception from 5 to
The Classic Rock-Off and Rooftop Picnic Music Box Supper Club kicks off the holiday weekend with a bang as it hosts tonight’s Classic Rock-Off and Rooftop Picnic on its deck. The event, which begins at 5:30 p.m., features a special “picnic menu” that includes fried chicken, potato salad, corn on the cob and strawberry shortcake. Then, at 7:30 p.m., local rockers the Sunrise Jones will play sets of covers featuring tunes by the Stones, Beatles, Tom Petty and Allman Brothers. Tickets are $10, $25 for the “concert and picnic” package. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.
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Indians vs. Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals started the season in the American Central cellar but have slowly played better and inched toward .500. They silenced the Tribe’s bats when the two teams played in Kansas City earlier this month but still lost two of three games to the Indians. Expect the Indians to produce more runs this time around as the two teams start a three-game series tonight at 7:10 at Progressive Field. It’s Dollar Dog Night, and there will be a Star Wars-themed fireworks show after the game. Tickets start at $13. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. FOOD
Taste of Summer Since summer has finally arrived, what better way to celebrate than at Taste of Summer, an annual event hosted by Flats East Bank and Scene. The free event, which continues through Sunday, will feature summertime foods from local restaurants, music from some of Cleveland’s most talented musicians, summer cocktails and beer, local vendors, sports on the big screen and activities for all ages. The event takes place today from 4 to 10 p.m., tomorrow from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel) scenetasteofsummer.com. FESTIVAL
Tremont Greek Festival Held in Tremont every Memorial Day weekend at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the annual Greek festival features Greek music, food, drink and even antiques. Visitors will find a mouthwatering assortment of homemade Greek specialties like pastitsio, moussaka (Greek-style lasagna), dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) and lamb shanks. But the crowd favorite is always the gyro — and they don’t get much better than they are here. Be sure to save some room for baklava or loukoumades (fried dough with honey). If you want something to wash it all down with, try the Greek beer Mythos or some Greek white wine. The festival starts at noon and is free. It continues through Monday. (Niesel) 2187 West 14th St., tremontgreekfest. com. TASTING
Wine and Beer Tasting Weyerbacher Brewing, Block Nine Winery and Carol Shelton Wines will make a splash tonight at Rozi’s Wine House, where guests can sample over 15 wines and beers throughout the
evening. Samples of Last Chance IPA, Sunday Morning Stout and Five Row Merlot will be available. Rozi’s cook will be on site to prepare appetizers to pair with the beverages. The tasting lasts from 6 to 8. Admission is $25. (Vidal) 3471 Fairmount Blvd., Hts., 216-3209923.
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Collecting Outsider Art As part of its Art Bites 2017 series of Collecting Art Talks, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve hosts Collecting Outsider Art with Columbus collector Thomas Arlen Wagner from 1 to 3 p.m. today. Wagner will share his experience collecting outsider art for the past 30 years, as well as discussing the definition of outsider art, its history and how he began collecting it. To illustrate his talk, Wagner is bringing a dozen artworks, including drawings, paintings and works in wood, glass and steel from his personal collection. Pieces from Wagner’s collection have been loaned to institutions throughout the U.S., including the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, the Folk Art Society of America, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago and the Halle Saint Pierre Museum in Paris. In 2013, more than 130 objects from Wagner’s collection (including 70 drawings and paintings) were used for Mark Beyer’s first in-depth retrospective at Ohio State University’s Urban Arts Space in Columbus. In June, Wagner is curating Outsider or Insider? Art!, an exhibition at the Mansfield Art Center, comprised of equal numbers of outsider and academically trained artists, including Cleveland artists Amy Casey, George Kocar, Scott Miller and Douglas Max Utter. (Usmani) 1834 East 123rd St., 216-721-9020, artistsarchives.org.
fter enduring five years of psychological and A physical terror, seven citizens of a small town stage a revolt and brutally murder the man who has destroyed them -- or do they? Massacre combines magic realism and pulp horror-movie events in a powerful depiction of the use of violence as a response to living under a repressive plutocratic regime...and of our own role in perpetuating the tyranny.
At the Liminis Theater 2438 Scranton Rd Cleveland 44113
General admission $20 Seniors $15 Students $10 Reservations and info at
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Plant Sale and Vintage Boutique Join the Village of Gates Mills for its inaugural Plant Sale and Vintage Boutique. Shop around for your favorite perennials, annuals and shrubbery as well as collector’s gardening and flower arranging tools. The sale starts at 8 a.m. and lasts until 4 p.m. at the Gates Mills Garden Club. Admission is free. (Vidal) 1280 Chagrin River Rd., Gates Mills, 440-423-4555, thegatesmillsgardenclub.com. | clevescene.com | May 24 - 30, 2017
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Cleveland Improv Jam The Angry Ladies of Improv has hosted the Cleveland Improv Jam for four years now. A few years back, Scene described the show as “fierce, formidable and very funny.” The women have some serious experience too. Katie WhiteSonby is an actress who’s performed at Clague Playhouse, Karamu and Kennedy’s Cabaret. Marjorie Preston is an alumna of Something Dada and Rockwell 9 improvisational comedy troupes. The event begins with a shortform set of improv games, followed by a longform improv set. It begins at 5 p.m. at Coffee Phix. Arrive early if you want to sign up and perform. Admission is free. (Niesel) 4485 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, 216381-5706, coffeephixcafe.com.
Clevelander, often performs the show on the Vegas Strip. He returns home today to pay tribute to America’s men and women in uniform. The concert begins at 3 p.m. at Hard Rock Rocksino’s Club Velvet. Admission is $15 to $20. (Vidal) 10705 Northfield Road, Northfield, 330908-7771, hrrocksinonorthfieldpark. com. FILM
Titicut Follies To celebrate the 50th anniversary of filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, the Cleveland Museum of Art will screen many of his movies. Wiseman, who made 40 feature-length films, would shoot hours of footage and then sculpt the raw material into the finished product. Today at 1:30, the museum will screen his 1967 effort, Titicut Follies, an expose about the Bridgewater Sate Hospital for the criminally insane. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.
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Billy Donato’s Salute to the Troops Singer Billy Donato’s multi-genre performance Vintage Vegas With a Modern Twist highlights a collection of Billboard No. 1 hits. Donato, a native
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Indians vs. Oakland Athletics Since making the playoffs in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Oakland Athletics seem to be stuck in
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rebuilding mode. In each of the past two seasons, the team lost nearly 100 games. This year doesn’t appear to be an improvement either as the band has struggled to win games despite acquiring players such as Santiago Casilla, Matt Joyce, Trevor Plouffe and former Indian Rajai Davis. Today’s game begins at 4:10 p.m. Tickets start at $13. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. NIGHTLIFE
Wing Ding Doodle Blues icon Howlin’ Wolf famously covered “Wang Dang Doodle,” the old blues tune penned by Willie Dixon. Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has adopted that slogan, calling its wing night Wing Ding Doodle. The weekly event features specials on Buffalo wings and cold brews. Prosperity will not only serve up substantial, $1 whole wings, but it’ll also offering meatless Monday “wing” baskets for vegans. Discounted drafts and a playlist of vintageelectric blues and soulful R&B curated by local musician Clint Holley will be on tap as well. Wing Ding Doodle takes place every Monday from 6 p.m. to
midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-9371938, prosperitysocialclub.com.
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Vinyl Night Jukebox owner Alex Budin has described his 1,350-squarefoot music-focused bar in the Hingetown ‘hood as “a place where people can expect to hear and learn about music of multiple genres, all of which is concentrated in a constantly evolving jukebox.” In keeping with that spirit and recognizing the burgeoning popularity of vinyl, the club hosts a vinyl night every Tuesday that serves as a listening party for new releases. The place has partnered with Loop in Tremont so that patrons can hear a new album on vinyl. You can bring your own vinyl and spin it too. It all starts at 5 p.m. (Niesel) 1404 West 29th St., 216-206-7699, jukeboxcle.com.
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FRIDAY, MAY 26
THAT 80’S BAND 8P- 12A
SATURDAY, MAY 27
EAST WIND 2-6P
STONE PONY 8P- 12A
SUNDAY, MAY 28
JIM MILLER 2-6P
SCHOOL GIRL CRUSH 8P- 12A
MEMORIAL DAY! MONDAY, MAY 29 JUKE BOX HERO 1- 5P
BUTCH ARMSTRONG 7-11P
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ART PEP TALKS Looking inward with the enlightened works of Liz Maugans and David Masters in the latest exhibition at HEDGE By Dott von Schneider HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS too much information? Artist, activist, community leader, and all around powerhouse Liz Maugans answers that question in her current series of printbased collages at HEDGE with a question. Each piece in Too Much Information is autobiographical and investigative. They are hectic yet organized as Maugans, showing bedlam who’s boss, lays mastery over color, texture, pattern, and medium. The most dynamic and imposing pieces in the exhibition are the large, unframed collages. Maugans’s creations work on many levels and one of them specifically because they are relatable. We can identify with her journey. “I Can Not Seem to Get Organized” forces us to face our own doubts and anxieties while simultaneously cheering us on. “Keep Going” in the upper left of the piece and the nurturing woman in the upper right corner giving us parenthetic comfort in the midst of life’s chaos. “I don’t know how long I can do this” is a phrase we’ve all muttered, screamed or glared at someone about. “Cold Winter Ahead” is a stream of consciousness narrative according to Maugans. “There are people, myself included, who have had real tough patches in their life...Things are good, then bad, then okay. You are young, you take
Liz Maugans: Too Much Information
Too Much Information. The five pieces along the brick wall facing the gallery windows are strong and, despite their size compared to the rest of the work in the show, they are intellectually and psychologically huge. In these framed print-collages Maugans makes use of her own archived work, which she has layered with
LIZ MAUGANS: TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND DAVID MASTERS: STRADDLING THE GREAT DIVIDE HEDGE GALLERY, 1300 WEST 78TH ST. 216-650-4201 WWW.HEDGEARTGALLERY.COM
risks, face great obstacles, level out and find peace and understanding. We are constantly getting older. This is my record of that process.” This collage seams together apartment listings, calls for odd jobs and opportunities, estate swaps, and “cash in a dash.” It is a commentary on loss, adversity, and hope. Stark black, white and red all over, the palette is more subdued and sober than the rest of work in
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the new colors in her repertoire adding to an already great body of autobiographical work. In the adjoining gallery, David Masters creates an actual, physical divide with his exhibition, Straddling the Great Divide. The underlying stream-of-consciousness scribbling peeks through chasms and canyons, creating a philosophical dialogue within each piece. The artist states, “This
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David Masters: Straddling the Great Divide
relationship between the static and dynamic, rigid and organic, speaks directly to the greater truth of our temporal frames and eternal souls.”
The show’s title piece, “Straddling the Great Divide,” demonstrates a vertical heartbeat with its sharp angles and contemplative planes of gray, rose, and lilac hues. The lines on the right of the work seem to be a veil pushed aside as the interior markings bashfully peer out from the shadows. Across the room, “The Problem with False Idols” is an illuminated and textural dynamo. Using wood, wallpaper, joint compound, graphite, enamel, and caulk, Masters creates relief of his scribbles on the outside of the piece, which bursts open like a book falling off the shelf to reveal its true essence. It’s an accomplished piece of introspection. As Lao Tsu states, “Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing the self is enlightenment…” Maugans and Masters are on their way, and we are delighted to bear witness.
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STAGE HOW TO LOVE A THEATER Even when you hate the play By Christine Howey Photo by Cory Molner
OKAY, HATE MAY BE TOO STRONG a word. But Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by Jose Rivera is largely a pretentious muddle spiced with gross-out references to violence. And you should definitely see it because it’s being produced at convergencecontinuum theater—a performance space and acting company you should love, even when they try your patience. The Cleveland-Akron area is blessed with several theaters that deserve that kind of unquestioning devotion. They deserve that not because you adore every production they mount, but because they are out there tracking down interesting scripts and providing unexpected and stimulating live theater experiences. Take Massacre, for instance. Playwright Rivera has a solid stage resume and, if this sort of thing matters to you, he received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay, The Motorcycle Diaries. In Massacre, he presents us with seven people howling with vengeance as they enter a home, dripping in blood and each holding a different implement of destruction. They’ve just beaten and stabbed a man who lies bleeding on their porch, and they couldn’t be happier or more proud of themselves. Their leader, Panama, is full of joy at their gory success and riffs on the lyrical plans he has for them in the future. His multi-racial and multi-generational gaggle of followers responds in kind with specific tributes to their own viciousness, as middle-age Vivy (the always hypnotic Lucy BredesonSmith) coos, “I fucked him in the neck with a thin steel cock.” We soon learn that the unfortunate fellow outside, Joe, is a venal and despicable cretin who rules their town with an iron fist, murdering and raping at will. That’s a damn interesting way to begin a play, but the first act quickly gets bogged down in navel-gazing that swings from self-congratulation (“We are revolutionaries!”) to self-doubt (“Who was that out there, pretending to be me?”). In Act Two, the brutalized guy on
Wesley Allen as Panama, Hillary Wheelock as Lila. in Massacre (Sing to Your Children).
MASSACRE (SING TO YOUR CHILDREN) THROUGH JUNE 10 PRODUCED BY CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM AT THE LIMINIS, 2438 SCRANTON ROAD, 216-687-0074, CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM.ORG
the porch suddenly begins speaking to the would-be assassins inside, chiding them about their attempt to kill him and peeling away some of their personal secrets. Clearly, we are in magical realism territory here—is Joe a person, an idea, or both?—so many of the usual bounds are off. Rivera is attempting to use a murder mystery to explore the nature of oppression and the oftenviolent revolution it triggers. Does it all work? Not entirely. But this is why you need to love a theater that will go out
on a limb and produce a play with this kind of fierce point of view and risk-taking nature, even if it doesn’t quite hang together as a piece of theater. Of course, the theater you love has an obligation that goes beyond just selecting scripts that are offbeat or challenging. They also must take the necessary time in rehearsals to develop characters that can amplify and add nuance to the playwright’s words-even when the characters on the page are a bit dull or clichéd. In this regard, the cast under
the direction of Clyde Simon is only sporadically successful. In the two lead roles of Panama and Joe, Wesley Allen and Brian Westerley flit around the edges of compelling characters but never take the plunge. As Panama, Allen creates an ingratiating persona that is appropriate for the leader of a loose-knit gang such as this, but he never adds more notes to that overly simplistic approach. And Westerley’s Joe is not well-served by blocking that has him unseen on the porch, talking at times through the door, and at other times wandering around inside the room while the others still focus on the door. Without seeing the gang of seven interacting with their nemesis, face-to-face, the play loses a ton of potential steam. A goateed Beau Reinker and sultry Kelsey Rubenking develop an interesting relationship as Eliseo and Janis, but their reactions to the revivified Joe never make much sense. Jamal Davidson never loosens up sufficiently as Erik, so his attraction to the slight Lila (a game Hillary Wheelock), a young woman who unaccountably finds time in this abattoir to compose a tune on her guitar, doesn’t seem credible even in the context of a play where nothing is meant to be entirely believable. And Dennis Burby as Vivy’s pal Hector is just missing in action. These days, there is much that should be said, and shouted from the rooftops, about oppressive forces that seem to be twisting our lives in ways not experienced before. So an allegory of the type Rivera is attempting is certainly welcome and timely. And thank God there are theaters in town that choose to present this material, even though the script and the execution sometimes fall short of the mark. That’s why you gotta love convergence-continuum and other similar theaters. Go to their shows. All of them. Think about them, and talk about them. You’ll be better for it.
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MOVIES MORE THAN MARVEL Cinematheque’s summer slate should get you pumped By Colton Faull THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART’S SLEEK ARTHOUSE Cinematheque theater is a treasure trove for those looking to watch old and obscure films. The New York Times famously dubbed it “one of the country’s best repertory movie theaters.” This week’s Scene summer guide invites you to get active and engaged in Cleveland this summer. There’s no reason that can’t happen in your consumption of culture and entertainment as well. The reclining seats and 3D blockbusters at Valley View and Crocker Park aren’t going anywhere, so this summer, check out one of these awesome movies playing at the Cinematheque through June – included are some must-see modern films catching a lot of buzz and some essential viewing classics.
Two Men in Manhattan This 1959 Jean-Pierre Melville film is the director’s only work to be filmed in the U.S. and acts as a love letter to the American film noir genre. The French auteur also stars in the film as a journalist in New York City searching for France’s UN ambassador who has suddenly disappeared. This one will be played in new digital restoration. Showtimes: Thursday, June 1 at 6:45 p.m. and Friday, June 2 at 9:30 p.m. One Trick Pony Written by and starring Paul Simon, this fi lm was shot here in Cleveland and follows a washed-up folk-rock musician who hasn’t had a hit in 10 years. Lou Reed also gives his debut performance as a producer helping Simon record his new album. Showtimes: Saturday, June 10 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, June 11 at 8:10 p.m.
Eastwood made with director Don Siegel. (Most famous for Dirty Harry.) This one’s a Civil War drama from 1971. Eastwood plays a wounded Union solider (Eastwood) who holes up in an all-girls boarding school in Mississippi. Eastwood and a crop of prim southern seminary ladies? Given the explosive sexual politics of the late 60s and early 70s, this fi lm is a festival of seduction. It has a Cleveland connection, too. The film is based on the 1966 novel A Painted Devil by Cleveland author and playwright Thomas P. Cullinan (1919-1995). Also, Sofia Coppola’s remake of The Beguiled opens later in June, so it’s worth checking out. Showtimes: Friday, June 16 at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 17 at 5 p.m.
Stalker Coinciding with its addition to the Criterion Collection, the Cinematheque plays one of the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s best works. Visually immersive, it’s set in a postapocalyptic not too distant future where deep inside a forbidden space is known as “The Zone” exists “The Room,” where anyone’s deepest desires are revealed. Showtimes: Thursday, June 15 at 6:45 p.m. and Saturday, June 17 at 8:45 p.m. The Beguiled Per the Cinematheque, The Beguiled is the “oddest and artiest” of the five features that Clint
Monterey Pop Summer means music festival season is upon us. Coachella may have already passed but there are
plenty to come. Take some time stop by the Cinematheque and watch one of the most classic music festivals to ever take place (the preWoodstock Monterey International Pop Festival), including Jimi Hendrix setting fire to his guitar. Showtimes: Saturday, June 17 at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday, June 18 at 4:30 p.m.
Violet Violet is a dark coming-ofage tale where, after witnessing the murder of his best friend, 15-year-old Jesse tries to make sense of it all. Directed by Bas Devos, Variety found that the film “depicts stages of grief not as a series of emotions but as an evolving alchemy of perception that surrounds the protagonist, distorting time, space, color and light in patterns of dislocation, muffling the synapses that connect sounds and images. Intensely stylized, highly original and utterly mesmerizing, Violet could stun arthouse audiences worldwide.” Showtime: Sunday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m. Twilight Zone – The Movie This screening is a special event at the Cinematheque. Plain Dealer TV critic and author of Everything I Need To Know I learned in the Twilight Zone, Mark Dawidziak, will introduce
and discuss the 1983 fi lm based on the classic Rod Sterling television series. Showtime: Friday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m.
The Woman Who Left The Woman Who Left won the top prize (the Golden Lion) at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. Clocking in at 3.8 hours it’s shot in black and white and written, directed, and edited by Lav Diaz. The fi lm focuses on a woman just released from prison 30 years after a crime she did not commit and seeks revenge on the person who framed her. Showtime: Thursday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m. Solaris One of Andrei Tarkovsky’s earlier works, Solaris is known as the Soviet 2001: A Space Oddyessy. A rare arthouse film rooted in science fiction, the film is a meditative psychological drama following three scientists on their space station, each going through an emotional crisis, as they orbit the fictional planet Solaris. Showtimes: Saturday, June 24 at 9:10 p.m. and Sunday, June 25 at 7 p.m.
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EAT IT’S NOT HIP TO BE... An unimaginative menu, hefty price points, and uneven execution at Square 22 in Strongsville By Douglas Trattner FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, DINERS in search of an upscale meal in Strongsville pretty much had their pick of the litter so long as they chose Don’s Pomeroy House. So you can imagine the enthusiasm that many residents of the sizeable suburban community and neighboring cities cultivated during the lengthy construction process of Square 22. Rather than yet another national chain eatery, or copy-paste of a popular regional brand, Square was aiming for nothing short of the sort of chef-driven fare adventurous diners might discover in Tremont or Ohio City. Judging solely on the looks of the restaurant, which opened this past fall, the owners were well on their way to creating such a place. Designed to mimic an old brick warehouse, the expansive interior is divided into sections by large sliding panels that simulate multi-pane factory windows. In the center of it all sits the bar, a massive three-sider topped with gorgeous, glossy liveedge black walnut. It wasn’t just the setting that hinted at good things to come; according to general manager Dan Stroemple, the menu of contemporary American food would be neither unadventurous nor old-fashioned, geared instead to a hip suburban population that too often gets a bad rap. “They’re more adventurous than you think,” he told me. “They’ve been going to W. 25th and East Fourth and Tremont for years. We’re going to bring a little bit of that here and give them the opportunity to not have to drive so far.” Perhaps the goalposts have shifted since opening day, but judging by the current menu, the food is neither adventurous nor particularly exciting. Starters
include now familiar chestnuts like shrimp cocktail, prosciutto-wrapped dates, bacon and egg-topped poutine and flatbreads. Entrees follow a similar tack, with dishes constructed around staples like chicken, salmon, pork chops, strip steak, pasta and burger. It’s absolutely acceptable – even laudable – to keep things simple, but you’d better nail them each and every time. That means cooking items to the proper doneness and pairing them with seasonal and complementary vegetables, starches and sauces. Our experiences illustrated otherwise, where the results on the plate failed to match our hopes and expectations, especially at prices that do in fact bring Tremont to mind. In our opinion, there is nothing
clung to the bone like a crusty old barnacle. In the “what were they thinking” category, the marrow is paired with thin and floppy pita wedges and a dish of sautéed onions swimming in oil. The grilled broccoli Caesar ($9) showed promise on the plate, a large head of broccoli with distinct bits of char from the grill. It was garnished with a shower of shaved parmesan and a drizzle of creamy Caesar dressing. Unfortunately the broccoli was over-steamed, leaving it watery and limp. We had no complaints about the chicken paprikash soup ($7), a hearty, satisfying bisque with chicken and fresh spaetzle in a creamy paprika-spiked base. We also batted .500 in the main dish department. Square’s lobster roll ($25), while priced on the
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more gratifying than slathering globs of quivering roasted bone marrow onto slices of crusty bread. But as soon as the server delivered our order ($15), we knew that we’d end up disappointed. The pair of cross-cut bones had been roasted so long that little of the marrow remained, and what was still there
high side at $25, is one of the best I’ve tasted in recent memory. The toasted split-top bun is loaded with juicy, firm and sweet butter-poached lobster meat, and the fries that join it are spot on. If the kitchen can turn out such beautiful lobster, we wondered aloud, then why did it blunder so epically when it came
to the Gulf pasta ($23)? The fresh pappardelle was fine, but the shrimp arrived stiff and desiccated and the clams had long ago jettisoned their shell in favor of the bottom of the bowl, where they languished in the bland broth until they hardened to a rubbery texture. An eight-ounce sirloin steak ($28) that was ordered mediumrare arrived medium-well, and it lacked the lust-worthy char that comes from a screaming-hot grill or broiler. The chop was paired with run-of-the-mill green beans, roasted potatoes wedges and a housemade Worcestershire sauce that was exceptionally sweet. An organic half chicken ($23), moist, tender, flavorful but soggy-skinned, came bathed in a fragrant herb jus and sided by those same green beans and roasted spuds. In terms of atmosphere, Square does offer a nice change of pace from the bland chain. It’s a lively place to grab a craft beer or bottle of exceptional wine with friends while enjoying a bite. While it might indeed spare area diners a trip out of the ‘Ville, I’m not sure it will work the other way around.
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IN THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY National Park, Spice Acres (9557 Riverview Rd., spiceacres.com) is waking up as they prepare for their farm share season, which kicks off June 13. Andrea Heim, farm manager, has known founder chef Ben Bebenroth since 2012, when Spice first established a small suburban garden in Broadview Heights, totaling 10,000 square feet. Fast-forward five years and they’ve upgraded to planting over 13 acres as a part of the National Park Countryside Conservancy program. Spice Acres is one of 11 farms that are a part of a leasing program intended to conserve land through sustainable farming. They join the Trapp Family Farm (1019 W. Streetsboro Rd., 330657-2844) and Goatsfeather Point Farm (4570 Akron Peninsula Rd., 330815-0408) in servicing the immediate area. Talk about a commitment: “We’re on a 48-year lease,” says Heim. “Occasionally they’ll have a farm open and people can submit to get that farm. It’s a crazy application; you really have to know what you’re doing. There was a farmer here who wanted to get out of it and Ben was in the right place at the right time.” A CSA, or community supported agriculture, comes in many shapes and sizes, Heim explains. “CSA has a lot of different connotations to it. People think that they’re getting a part of everything on the farm, but when you have other revenue streams you’re selling to, some people have a really hard time understanding why they aren’t getting everything we offer.” Spice Acres provides farm products not only for its 50 farm shares and roadside stand, but it also is the main supplier for Spice Kitchen + Bar (5800 Detroit Ave., 216-961-9637, spicekitchenandbar.com) and Spice Catering Co. You may not get a piece of every bumper crop Heim and her staff grows, but subscribers do get 22 weeks
of fresh produce with four to five items per week, a dozen eggs every other week, fresh cut flowers, and weekly recipes from Spice chefs. For those who did not make it into the program this year, drive by during the week and grab eggs by the dozen or heads of fresh lettuce in addition to heirloom tomatoes, zucchini and fresh cut flowers. The produce grown on the farm finds its way into Spice’s kitchen in a variety of ways, most recently via kale and rhubarb in a lentil salad, served with pork tenderloin and an apple ramp mostarda. Asparagus, wine cap mushrooms, and pickled fennel make their way into a vegetarian couscous with charred rhubarb yogurt and cucumber broth, livening up the flavors of early spring. Spice Acre’s farm share differs from Fresh Fork (3800 Woodland Ave., 800-861-8582), another well-known local CSA, in a couple of ways. The duration of the program is the same, but they offer two sizes of shares and have a separate winter share program as well. Fresh Fork also includes meats like poultry and chorizo if you join as an omnivore. While Spice Acres raises pigs on the property, they only sell pork to their restaurant. Fresh Fork founder Trevor Clatterbuck established the 3,000 member buying club in 2007, and it has since grown into a network of over 100 farms in a 75-mile radius who supply the CSA with produce. New this year, you can purchase Fresh Fork produce at Ohio City Provisions (3208 Lorain Ave., 216465-2762, ohiocityprovisions.com). Shopping at Fresh Fork’s truck is limited to members, but you can join at any time during the season. Northeast Ohio’s fertile soils offer a plethora of options, so this summer spare your seedlings and subscribe to a local CSA for your produce needs instead.
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SINCE OPENING IN THE BIRDTOWN neighborhood of Lakewood back in 2011, Barroco Arepa Bar and Concert CafĂŠ (12906 Madison Ave., 216-221-8127) has continually expanded, matured and cast a wider net. Over that stretch of time, the operation has progressed from a pop-and-son shop with a scant 12 seats to a vibrant and eclectic dining destination for 80 guests, 150 if you count the wrap-around patio. But owner Juan Vergara is never satisďŹ ed. According to him, there still are too many people in Cleveland who have yet to experience his unique Colombianthemed arepa bar. To remedy that, he and his family will open a second location on the east side of town. The location is on Larchmere Boulevard, in a building that was home to the short-lived Valo as well as Jezebel’s Bayou, Menu 6 and Boulevard Blue. “We know we have something really nice going on in Lakewood,â€? Vergara says. “We’ve been having a lot of fun, things are going really good and we have a great concept. But I know for a fact that the East Side of Cleveland doesn’t know Barroco as well as I’d like. We do have a ton of people who come from the east side, but they don’t come as often as they’d like.â€? As fans of the Brazilian-themed Batuqui on the same street, Vergara and his father happened to see the property. After stepping inside of the recently renovated building, the
decision was made. “We spent 15 minutes in the building and it was a no-brainer to us,â€? he says. “We already knew we liked the Larchmere neighborhood. It reminds me a lot of what Birdtown is like: a really nicely kept secret neighborhood that just needs a little more love. We just ďŹ t.â€? Given the current state of affairs, Vergara estimates a three-month window until opening day. When it does open, Vergara promises that the experience will be nearly identical to that found across town. “We have to make the experience the same – that, to us, is really important,â€? Vergara explains. “We understand that people come to Barroco because of the experience, the food, the eclectic vibe, the live music. They will get the same food, the same service, the same experience – everything. That’s the whole point of us bringing a Barroco to the east side.â€? While the dining room is roughly 70-percent of the Lakewood restaurant, the kitchen is considerably larger and better equipped. That will allow the team to transfer many of the time- and labor-intensive cooking procedures across town, things like the scratchmade arepas, sauces, plantains, and cooking bases. The kitchen will also allow Barroco to stop saying “noâ€? to catering requests. “Our mentality has changed a ton of times since opening – from wanting to be everywhere in the United States to just focusing on
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It’s been more than a decade since Lopez (2196 Lee Rd., 216-9329000) served weekend brunch, but two weeks ago chef-owner Michael Herschman eased back into it with a quiet launch. “You know, people are always asking me, ‘Why don’t you guys open for brunch?’” the chef says. “I used to do really busy weekend brunches back at Cena Copa [the chef’s former Lee Road restaurant].” Being a “Southwest Kitchen,” guests can expect non-traditional brunch items, adds Herschman. “There are no waffles, there is no buffet, but there is a tasty lineup of items that are truly Lopez,” he says. Some dishes of note include Buenos Dias, a breakfast burrito with eggs, chorizo, smoked peppers and cheese; Charro skirt steak and eggs; chilaquiles with corn tortillas, scrambled eggs, smoked gouda and suiza sauce; chorizo sausage gravy over grilled challah with poached eggs and black beans; and Lobster Benedicto. Those brunch items are offered alongside a few staples like guacamole, tacos, sides and salads. Of course, there will be cocktails. “The key to a good brunch is having great drinks,” says the
Clevelanders waiting to go fins up at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville only have another month or so to wait. The newest addition to the Flats East Bank will open Tuesday, June 27. Margaritaville, which launched in Key West, Fla. in 1987, is now a global brand inspired by the “carefree” lifestyle of singer, songwriter and author Jimmy Buffett. The festive restaurants strive to evoke the sort of tropical escapism Buffett characterizes in his music. The expansive complex will be comprised of a full-service restaurant, multiple bars, a performance stage and retail store – all of which will be at home on Cleveland’s waterfront. “We are thrilled to bring the Margaritaville experience to the Flats in Cleveland and to continuing to work closely with our great partners from The Wolstein Group and Fairmount Properties,” said David Crabtree, President/CEO of International Meal Company U.S., the operator of Margaritaville Cleveland. “We look forward to bringing escapism to the city and becoming active members of the Cleveland community.” The approachable menus are loaded with casual fare like fish and chips, coconut shrimp, fish tacos, and, yes, Cheeseburgers in Paradise. Of course, most of the patrons are there for the margaritas and “boat drinks.”
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Nashville. And one of her friends had heard about this audition that was being held at the Indigo Hotel in downtown Nashville. Laura had never performed in front of anyone as far as I knew. And I guess she just got some guts that day and decided to go try out. She went and sang a couple of songs. The judges on the panel ended up just loving her voice and started talking to her about record deals and what the future might look like. She apparently stopped them and told them she had a younger sister that she wanted them to hear, so she called me and told me the story the entire story and asked me to drive up from Alabama, and I came and tried out, and they liked my voice. And we were walking out of the audition, and it was actually Dave Cobb who asked if we ever sang together. About two months after that audition, we had a record deal with Universal Republic and the rest is history.
Folk duo gets a well-deserved second chance By Jeff Niesel AFTER AN OPEN AUDITION in Nashville in 2009, the Secret Sisters, real-life sisters Laura and Lydia Rogers, quickly picked up momentum and recorded a well-received debut album with T-Bone Burnett and Dave Cobb, producers who understood the unique qualities of their voices. They’d tour with the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Paul Simon. But after the release of their sophomore effort, 2014’s Put Your Needle Down, the buzz subsided, and the sisters found themselves without a record label. They returned to their Northern Alabama home and contemplated leaving behind their musical aspirations. Enter Brandi Carlile. When the snger-songwriter found out the Secret Sisters had become destitute, she came to their rescue and offered to produce their new album. The resulting album, You Don’t Own Me Anymore, opens with the tender, bluegrass-y “Tennessee River Runs Low.” It features a set of songs that sound so organic, you’d swear they were traditional ballads. The duo even used a PledgeMusic campaign to generate the funds for the album, reaching 50 percent of their goal in just 48 hours (and exceeding it in just over a month) with donations coming from nearly 1,500 fans. We recently spoke to Laura and Lydia in a conference call from their Alabama homes. They’ll bring their tour in support of the release to the Music Box Supper Club.
tour, and ever since then we’ve gone on cycles of touring pretty heavily and then making the records that we made. So the early days were incredible and larger-than-life. We found ourselves hanging out with people like Paul Simon and T-Bone Burnett and Willie Nelson and Levon Helm and just these kind of ridiculous heroes and just fixtures in the music world. And so in the beginning, it was this kind of Cinderella story. We kind of came from obscurity from rural Alabama, and we weren’t trying to be a band or musicians, and we had never played a show together, and we didn’t have demos or a booking agent or anything like that. And then we found ourselves doing all these crazy things that most people only dream of. And that was the first few years that we loved and went through.
How did the band first get its start? Laura: Our early days were very wonderful. We grew up in a musical family, and we always just kind of played music as a hobby. And then in 2009, we were kind of discovered accidentally at an audition. There was an audition in Nashville, and we were not a band. We just sang together at home. And so it resulted in a record deal that created the band. And then we went into the studio and made our first record, and then we went on
Did you grow up listening to lots of gospel and bluegrass? Lydia: Yes, absolutely, Like Laura, said, we grew up in a musical family. Our dad was and still is in a bluegrass band. Pretty much every Saturday in the summer time, we were at a bluegrass festival, and I think at the time, we hated it because we were forced to be there. But it inevitably was ingrained in us. We both went to a church that used only a cappella singing. We, by default, learned harmony and how to sing in that way.
So it was rooted in us from a very early age. We are from the Shoals area, but I don’t think that that legacy had an influence on us, at least not in our early days. It was mainly gospel and bluegrass. Do you remember the first time you sang together? Laura: I think as far as like one moment where we decided to try to sing together, I don’t really remember anything like that because we did it from the time we were just tiny little kids. I remember specifically we would go to eat dinner, and we would ride in the car with our parents, and our dad would sing bass and our mom would sing alto and Lydia would sing tenor and I would sing soprano, so we would do this four part harmony driving to eat dinner and like on road trips, like going to the beach we would sing these church songs basically together. It was always what we did. There wasn’t one moment where we were like, “We like to harmonize together.” It was just kind of a family affair that we didn’t think was special or unique, but apparently people like it. Talk about that open audition in 2009 and what that experience was like. Lydia: Laura actually had just graduated college. I think she was 22. She was working as a nanny near
That was very gracious of you to invite your sister along. Laura: The thing you have to remember is that when I was growing up I had really bad stage fright. I could sing in front of my immediate family, but I could never sing in front of a crowd or people that I didn’t know. When they started talking to me about all going to make a record, I thought no this is not supposed to happen to me because Lydia had always been the performer growing up. She was the one brave enough to sing in front of people, and I thought if they like my voice then Lydia is going to be a shoein for a record deal. And I think that maybe subconsciously I thought they would chose her and not me but they ended up choosing both of us.
Put Your Needle Down didn’t receive great reviews when it came out and the label dropped the band. What was that like? Laura: It was hard. I think that in a way, we expected it. I think because at the time, we didn’t have a manager we didn’t have anything in place. There was no one leading the campaign to put out the record. It wasn’t a surprise to us and to be completely honest we didn’t have a terrible experience with the record label. They were very kind and generous to us. They’re an enormous label with an incredibly successful act, and we’re a small little Americana duo. We had just filed for bankruptcy, | clevescene.com | May 24 - 30, 2017
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MUSIC and we were in the middle of just this turmoil in the business world. We got a letter in the mail that they had wanted to end the relationship. And I remember thinking, well, that’s the cherry on top of the big ice cream sundae. In hindsight, even though it put a damper on things, because we expected it, it actually opened up the opportunity to go to a label that was a better match for us. And now we’re on a new label in Nashville that’s more our speed, and they’re wonderful. I don’t regret our time with Universal Republic; we definitely wouldn’t have gotten the two records that we did if it were not for their involvement. It was hard, but it was also useful in the grand scheme of things. It sounds like singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile came to the rescue. What did she bring to the album? Lydia: She is the whole reason we were able to make a record in the first place. We were ready to give it up for a while, music-wise. She actually happened to call us one day and ask how we were doing, and we talked for a long time. She was giving us advice and was really just a big encourager to us. So throughout the year, we would write a song here or there just to kind of boost our confidence a little bit. In December of 2015, she asked us to come to Seattle and open two shows for her. We went and started to do our soundcheck and played one of the songs that we had just written. And it was actually our first single, “Tennessee River Runs Low.” She was in the venue listening to our soundcheck. She heard the song and was like, “Girls, you better not have written that song.” We told her that yes we had we had, and we ended up going backstage and showing her more of the songs we had. She was just really excited about it and wanted to get involved. And she said that we
overlooking the Tennessee River that runs through our hometown. He graciously allowed us to have a weekend of songwriting at his house. We were sitting in this big room with this big window overlooking the river. It was the first time we got together with the intention of writing songs for a new record. We had just come out of this tumultuous season in our career. We had bottled up emotion from just the frustration that we felt. I remember we were not on good terms with each other that day. Lydia and I were just kind of angry. I think it was mainly at our situation and not necessarily at each other. But we sat down, and we started trying to to write, and we kept butting heads and disagreeing and finally said, “Let’s just go to different places in the house for 15 minutes and generate ideas and then get back together and just see what we come up with. And that’s just how that song was born. So I think that a lot of it is just using the river to personify and carry the emotions that we were feeling after getting through all of the hard stuff that we had to get through. So that’s where that song came from. “He’s Fine” is a really beautiful ballad. Is that about someone in particular? Larua: I think one of the things that happened on this record is that we spoke about the darkness we went through. It was all pretty much business-related. But it’s not easy to write a song where you specifically talk about severing ties with your manager or going through bankruptcy or filing a lawsuit. You don’t write about that sort of thing in a poetic way, and we felt that in order to keep the music applicable and relatable, we would just turn all of our frustration into spinning it from a romantic perspective. So it is about a couple of different people but their names are not Davey White by the way. That’s a fictitious name that sang well. The entire record is about specific people and kind of tragic experiences
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had to make a record together. That’s what we did for all of 2016. We would go back and forth to Seattle, and that’s how we got the record done. It was a really, really cool experience, and we couldn’t have done it without her. What’s the inspiration for “Tennessee River Runs Low”? Laura: We were sitting with a friend of ours who owns a house
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MUSIC THE TRIO AT THE TOP Future, Migos and Tory Lanez bring hip-hop’s hottest summer tour to Blossom By Lawrence Neil THIS WEEKEND, THE MOST anticipated hip-hop tour of the summer lands at Blossom Music Center. Rap kingpin Future joins forces with mischievous, trendsetting trio Migos, versatile rapper and singer Tory Lanez, and Haitian-born labelmate Zoey Dollaz for a trap-infused fiesta down in Summit County. The trio of acts at the top — Future, Migos, and Tory Lanez — cut a wide swath in rap’s collective cultural influence, flourishing into bonafide superstars over the last five years and shining bright in 2017’s limelight. Hit after hit, chart-topping album after chart-topping album, Grammy nom after Grammy nom, these hip-hop icons have pushed their innovative sounds and styles into the mainstream. Here’s a bit more on the artists carrying rap’s torch to the green hills of Blossom.
FUTURE THE SAVVY VET The dark shade-rocking, dreaddonning Atlantan has blossomed into a full-blown icon since he waded into rap’s waters. As hip-hop matured into its internet-democratized golden age around the turn of the decade, Future revolutionized the way autotune was used in hip-hop, creating a fibrous, gritty vocal overlay rather than mimicking an Eiffel 65/T-Pain /808s-era Kanye vocal jumpiness with the tool. His rich, sensuous warble casts his vocal instrument in a thick, synthetic, purple haze which has influenced the contemporary generation of trappers — check out Travis Scott, doppelgänger Desiigner, or even tour mate Tory Lanez as evidence. For a searing moment following his second studio album, 2014’s Honest, Future was truly untouchable. He released a trio of mixtapes — Monster, Beast Mode and 56 Nights — in quick succession from October 2014 to March 2015 following a tumultuous break-up with R&B star Ciara. This set of projects was jam-packed with woozy, intergalactic-influenced, codeinesoaked odes, from the stellar “March Madness” to the luxurious trap sounds of “Fuck Up Some Commas.”
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Before fans could catch their breath, Future launched another haymaker with Dirty Sprite 2, a studio album exploring loss, addiction, depression and indulgence. With highlights including “Thought It Was A Drought,” “Stick Talk” and the Drakeassisted “Where Ya At,” the platinumselling project landed near the top of end-of-year lists from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Complex and Noisey. In his season finale, he released the collaborative EP with Drake, What A Time To Be Alive, outshining the Canadian who was supposedly holding rap’s crown. This year, Future jumped back in the driver’s seat with back-to-back album releases this past February — FUTURE and HNDRXX. He became the first artist to have two albums debut at the top of the Billboard charts in consecutive weeks. Boosted by the flute-powered banger “Mask Off,” the Rihanna-assisted “Selfish,” and duo with the Weeknd “Comin Out Strong,” the two albums even had Lebron dancing along with a glass of rosé in a snap.
MIGOS THE MIDAS-TOUCHED FAMILY BAND Offset is cousin to Quavo who is uncle to Takeoff. It’s a bit of a convoluted family tree, but the trio is
partly joking “Migos > The Beatles” debate on social media — John Lennon never got a hundred thousand retweets, folks pointed out. Generating a buzz from mixtape singles like “Fight Night” and “Look At My Dab,” which triggered the worldwide “dabbing” craze, Migos shot into the spotlight in late 2016 with the unexpected smash success of “Bad and Boujee.” The song followed an unusual path that was a microcosm of their own — months of underground rotation and recognition before breaking into pop culture ubiquity.
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making the most of its genetic gifts, picking up the baton from Future’s “can’t miss” hit streak after a long time simmering in the ranks. The Migos have been steadily buzzing since their 2013 smash “Versace” rediscovered the power of the triplet flow over booming production. Not unlike the doubletime cadence popularized by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and reinvented by A$AP Rocky, the “Migos flow” set into motion a cadenced wave that seeped into the cadences of everyone from Drake to Kanye to Ab-Soul. Their widely acknowledged cultural influence even ignited a fiery and only
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Charismatic and unequivocally cool, the Migos make Southern-influenced party music that is best consumed at high volume while singing along.
TORY LANEZ THE DARK HORSE The rapper/singer/jack-of-alltrades who claims Toronto as home is an amalgam of the diverse North American cultural experience. His parents hail from the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Curacao, and after a Canadian childhood, Lanez (born Daystar Patterson) moved with his family to Miami. He lived there
until his mother died suddenly when he was 12, unhinging Lanez on a tumultuous adolescence that saw him kicked out of dozens of schools as he stayed with family in Atlanta, Queens and finally back in Toronto. He’s snowballed a dedicated core fanbase into mainstream appeal, first gaining real momentum through his breakout mixtape, Lost Cause that spawned rap/sung hits like “Henny in Hand” and “The Mission,” along with loosie releases like the bombastic “Diego.” In 2015, he dropped a unique collaborative EP called Cruel Intentions with the WeDidIt Collective, a crew of LA-based electronic producers and DJs. It was an unprecedented rap/electronic collaboration, leading to a trappy, industrial collection of jams like “In For It” with RL Grime and “Acting Like” with Shlohmo. In late 2015, Lanez signed to Interscope’s Mad Love imprint run by pop hitmaker Benny Blanco, the wunderkind crossover producer responsible for chart-topping monster hits like Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” and Wiz Khalifa’s “No Sleep.” Lanez quickly scored crossover hits “Say It” and eventually “LUV,” which led to the artist’s first Grammy nomination this year.
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MUSIC AN UNDERGROUND SHOWCASE Horrible Fest returns to Now That’s Class on Memorial Day weekend By Jeff Niesel EACH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND for the past 11 years, Paul Shlachter, owner of Now That’s Class, a West side punk rock club that plays host to an eclectic array of bands and special events (including a monthly night devoted to cult classic filmmaker John Waters), says he’s done producing Horrible fest, a multi-day underground music festival. And yet, every year, he gives in and presents Horrible Fest, sometimes calling it Not Horrible Fest. “We’ve called it Not Horrible Fest in the past, but we decided to just call it Horrible Fest this year,” says Shlachter one afternoon while sitting at the club’s bar. “It’s a long story but no matter what, it’s always just Horrible Fest. This year’s three-day event features the usual quotient of cutting-edge acts selected by Shlachter and co-workers Richard Rodriguez and Lia Masari. We stopped by the venue to talk to them about this year’s affair. Here’s a day-by-day guide to the event. THURSDAY, MAY 25 Horrible Fest Pre-Party with Brainwashed Youth/Real Regular/ Perverts Again/Mourning [A] BLKstar Shlachter: This is simply a pre-party night with local bands. Brainwashed Youth is a fun fake British punk band. They sing in fake British accents. It’ s a real goof on everything. Real Regular is a noise rock band. Perverts is a newer Cleveland band that’s been around a couple of years and are very popular. You’d call it punk, but it’s very rhythmic and caveman-like and grinding. I don’t want to say monotonous. Mourning [A] BLKstar is also on the bill. They are a very soulful band that we find more interesting than what most locals are doing now. Influenced by early soul, Motown and hip-hop with incredible vocals. We always like to have a local band that keeps the lineup fresh and different than your stereotypical punk show. It’s just a $5 cover or free with the weekend pass. FRIDAY, MAY 26 Horrible Fest Friday BBQ with Weed Whacker/Lido Lounge Shlachter: It’s in the backyard. We have a big BBQ and games. The hot
tub will back again. Weed Whacker is a newer band, and they dress like landscapers. They have some type of lawn tools and all their songs are about lawn care. They’re pretty outrageous but put on a good show. They’re very funny. Lido Lounge is a newer band. It has members of Nervosas, which was a popular Columbus band, and the Plain Dealers, the Cleveland band. Horrible Fest 2017 Night 1 with Warthog/Kaleidoscope/La Misma/ Empty Beings/Lacerate/Prostitutes/ DJ Deutschland Jerky Rave Shlachter: Three of the bands are from New York. They’re all pretty different but have their own popularity. Warthog is an old school hardcore band. They play fast ’80s style hardcore. Rodriguez: People label Kaleidoscope as a hardcore band, but they’re not at all. It’s very experimental and psyche. They’re one of the more
Rave is Steven Pfeffer, who owns the record store on West 65th. He sings in Nine Shocks Terror, which just did a reunion show, and he has a radio show on WCSB. It’s not any one genre. He plays everything from punk to reggae, and he even loves the Grateful Dead. Shlachter: They’ll be a surprise during his set. Masarai: Empty Beings is a good post-punk band from Pittsburgh. I think the singer is a trained opera singer. SATURDAY, MAY 27 Horrible Fest 2017 Matinee with Dianetics/Birch Boys/Know So/ Roobydocks/Street Gurgler (at the Sidetrack Cafe) Shlachter: The matinee show is at the Sidetrack Café, a biker bar on Lakewood Heights. Rodriguez: It’s the more straightforward hardcore show with bands like Dianetics. Shlachter: One band is from New
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interesting bands that’s playing the festival. Shlachter: They don’t fit the punk stereotype. And then there’s La Misma. The girl sings in Portuguese. They’re punk but they have a good sense of melody. They’ll be a crowd favorite. They’ve never played the Midwest. Rodriguez: DJ Deutschland Jerky
Orleans and another is from Chicago and another is from Pittsburgh. Street Gurgler is the curveball band. They’re like a ’70s Hawkwind-like band. Horrible Fest 2017 Night 2 with Hank Wood and the Hammerheads/ Janitor Scum/BB Eye/Magic City/ Bulsch/DJ Cripple Krak
Shlachter: Hank Wood is a big deal to some people. They’re the biggest band of the weekend. They used to have a separate percussion section. They’re great live. Rodriguez: They’re at the forefront of the trendy scene in New York. They’re one of the only bands that played Horrible Fest before. They’re a rock band with synthesizers. Shlachter: We tried to make sure that every band hasn’t played before, or at least the last two years. We want all fresh meat. Janitor Scum is all the way from Calgary. They’re a strange punk band. Rodriguez: Janitor Scum is a solo project for the singer, but she has a backing band for the tour. She uses a drum machine with some keyboards and guitar. It’s a good synth punk band. Shlachter: BB Eye is good. They’re New Wave-y, and Bulsch is a ridiculous local band. They wear matching turtlenecks and sunglasses and they sing in their own made-up language. Cripple Krak is from upstate New York. He recently broke his ankle and foot but will still DJ. Rodriguez: He once played Horrible Fest specifically because he wanted to play the 6 a.m. slot. Shlachter: There will be other secret shows and surprises too. There’s always something unexpected that happens at Horrible Fest.
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MUSIC Everclear’s Art Alexakis breaks down the alt-rock band’s biggest album By Jeff Niesel ALT-ROCKERS EVERCLEAR HAD a massive hit with 1997’s So Much For The Afterglow, an album that delivered singles such as “Everything to Everyone,” “I Will Buy You a New Life,” “Father of Mine,” “So Much For the Afterglow” and “One Hit Wonder.” The songs draw from post-punk and rock and presented a more accessible side of the group. Singer-songwriter Art Alexakis and Co. (bassist Freddy Herrera, guitarist Davey French and drummer Jake Margolis) will play the album in its entirety when they perform at the Agora. In a recent phone interview, Alexakis talks about each track on the album. “So Much for the Afterglow” It was written in the second wave of this record. I wrote and recorded the first part of the record, and I was going to call it Pure White Evil. I finished the record and was mixing it in New York in like January, early February something like that. When I got it done, I knew in my heart that it wasn’t great. It was good, but it wasn’t great. But I didn’t say anything. My A&R guy listened to it. And he was like, “I know it’s not the best you can do.” I think he knew it too. First, it pissed me off that he called me on my shit. I had a little bit of platinum album entitlement going on. I wouldn’t admit it at the time. I got all pissy, but I knew he was right. I started writing new songs and wrote that song in a response. It’s about fulfillment and what you’re trying to get out of anything. It’s about what makes you feel complete. It’s not necessarily other people’s perspective but yours. It’s just typical tongue-incheck, dark sense of humor. “Everything to Everyone” It’s not just at myself, but it’s directed at everybody because everybody has the possibility of being that. But I think it was directed to someone in the music business. I’m not going to name any names. “Ataraxia” I wanted something to lead into “Normal Like You.” I was looking for something with that ‘50s mentality where everybody fits in and everybody is normal. There was this ad when we
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were looking through the library in Santa Monica and to use that song, that little snippet, there’s a video that goes with it. To use that, to buy the rights to that, not to own but to use that cost 10 grand. But I loved it so much, and I had this big budget. “Normal Like You” It’s a song about dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. One of the things with kids is that everyone is worried their kids will be ADD or ADHD or this or that. I’ve got to tell you, just about every kid is ADD or ADHD. I mean some more than others. When you’re at that age, you just have like electricity going through your body. Your brain is just creating billions of neurons every minute. Our first jump is to medicate and try to make everyone fit in this box. It’s not necessarily because we don’t want them to be different but because we don’t want them to be ridiculed. “I Will Buy You a New Life” In Portland before we got signed, me, my girlfriend at the time who became my second wife and our baby Anna were living in a not good part of town. We would get in a Toyota Corolla which had a broken windshield and locks pulled out of the back, get a happy meal and drive up to the West Hills and park and look at these houses and fantasize. “Oh I love this house. I love this front. I want that and that.” That’s what we did; we couldn’t afford to do anything. That’s what we would do. When we had success with Sparkle and Fade, we bought one of those big ass houses. The song’s about the fact that it’s different when you’re looking from the outside in than when you’re looking from the inside out. It’s never
the things that went on. It’s about growing up without a father in the projects and then becoming a father myself. Just looking at my daughter and going, “How does a man walk away from this.” I didn’t know how he physically could do that. How he could emotionally do that? “One Hit Wonder” It’s a basic fuck you to all the people who called us a one hit wonder. People love to see people come out of nowhere and become successful. And then they really love to see us get knocked down and fail. People wanted to see us fail, and I just didn’t want to fail. I bet they sort of feel chagrin on this record. “El Distorto de Melodica” It started as this jam we just did for ten minutes and recorded all of it. A friend at the time had told me about ProTools. And I bought a ProTools system, and we didn’t know anything about it. We just cut up everything and took the best part of this and the best part of this and put it together. I was listening to Chemical Brothers at the time but wanted it to be heavy with guitars. Then, I recorded another couple of guitars on top of it. The vocals consist of me and him shouting into a mic with a distortion pedal. “Amphetamine” It’s just a story I wrote. I had known people like that and it just came from the perspective of different people I
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knew. It wasn’t an autobiographical story. “White Men in Black Suits” I knew I created a character from different people I knew from class dichotomy and where people find comfort. I had moved to San Francisco
and had rage in me. Mostly what I do is I take ideas and feelings from inside of me and make amalgams of other things and I create characters. “Sunflowers” That’s another one that’s not autobiographical. But my brother had died of a drug overdose. So, when I became a parent, I just thought, “How did my mom keep living after losing a child?” I just don’t understand. And watching your child, especially me who had been a recovering drug addict. I put myself in my mom’s place and watching my daughter actually go through the things I went through. It’s written from the male point of view. But like I said I create a character. “Why I Don’t Believe in God” That’s true about my mom having a nervous breakdown. This is a song we’ve never played live before this tour. It’s pretty cool. I’m playing 12-string. And even my banjo. It’s my old banjo that we recorded with back in the day. “Like a California King” It’s another fuck you perspective. I had moved to Portland poor but at the time a lot of people moved there to Portland from California with all their money from selling their expensive houses and buying up the not expensive houses. When I first moved there with a California plate, people were cutting me off and flipping me off. It was just not pretty. My girlfriend at the time wanted me to get the car registered, and I couldn’t even afford to put a lock on the trunk—I don’t know why you’re talking about getting it registered. When I got a publishing deal before we got signed, I took my car and got the windshield fixed and got everything fixed and got the plates on it. And even driving back to the house from the DMV, it was just like nothing.
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Dreadlock Dave & Friends: Local musician Dreadlock Dave has had a passion for music from the very beginning. As a young kid, he strummed the ukulele and watched his father perform in various barbershop quartets. He later mastered various instruments in the brass and woodwind sections. Flashforward to 2017 and Dave has made quite a name for himself around Northeast Ohio for the 25 years with his unique folkedelicfunkpop sound. Tonight, Dreadlock Dave and Co. will film a concert documentary to showcase the struggles and triumphs of a working musician in the region. (Bridget Vidal), 8 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. 10 X 3 Singer Songwriter Showcase: Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Happy Dog. Brand New Hat/Bill Lestock: 8 p.m., $5. Beachland Tavern. Happyness/The Movies/Brave Girls: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Norah Jones: 8 p.m., $35-$68. [edit secondary] 8 p.m. Jacobs Pavilion. Gus Mahoney in Concert - Benefit: 7 p.m., $90-$160. Nighttown. Rose Mcdowall/Robert Tuman/ Unikove & Him Hun/MX Silkman: 9 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class. Luca Mundaca: 7 p.m., $12. Bop Stop. Told Slant/Hello Shark/Anna McClellan/Leonard Baum (in the Locker Room): 7:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Kat Wright/The Katy: 8:30 p.m., $10. Grog Shop.
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Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Murder City Devils/Corey J. Brewer/ Glass Traps: 9 p.m., $28 ADV, $30 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. The Secret Sisters/Cheyenne Medders: 8 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Scott Stapp: 7:30 p.m., $33 ADV, $38 DOS. The Kent Stage. Steely Dan Tribute by The FM Project (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Winslow Road with Webster, Carr, Custy, & Abersold: 8 p.m., $15. Nighttown.
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Cayetana/Diet Cig/Petal/Slingshot Dakota: Lo-fi rockers Cayetana had just begun playing their instruments when they decided to form a band, but the three friends from Philadelphia have quickly made their mark in the city’s rich punk scene. Cayetana struck a chord with their debut LP, 2014’s Nervous Like Me, a 30-minute album bringing lush, driving, distorted sonic landscape that balances catchy melodies and spacious drums. Singer Augustana Koch and her earnest, rebellious vocals are the group’s highlight. Koch can angle a simultaneously traditional punk style and almost country twang to her vocals that is powerful and singular — check out “Serious Things Are Stupid” for a taste. Cayetana is touring their second album, New Kind of Normal, which dropped just a few weeks ago. It follows their lead single “Mesa,” a beautifully written jam that skews softer, but begs to be sung and danced along to. (Lawrence Neil), 7:30 p.m., $14
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ADV, $16 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Into the Blue: Grateful Dead Revival: Regardless of your take on the Grateful Dead, the band to which Into the Blue, an ensemble of local musicians pays tribute, the group maintains a damn important stature in the rock ‘n’ roll canon. Into the Blue revives that spirit and lends it the respect Jerry and Co. rightfully deserve. Anyone interesting in hearing — and seeing — great music flow from the stage should check out what these guys are doing. Fellow musicians and artists will glean inspiration. (Eric Sandy), 9 p.m., $12. Beachland Ballroom. 4th Friday Concert Series w/ Tracy Marie featuring Alexis Antes: 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Reeve Carney: 8 p.m., $15. Beachland Tavern. Cats on Holiday: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Cattle: 9 p.m., $5. Musica. Fifty Amp Fuse: 9:30 p.m., $10. Brothers Lounge. Horrible Fest 2017 Night 1 with Warthog/Kaleidoscope/La Misma/Empty Beings/Lacerate/ Prostitutes/DJ Deutschland Jerky Rave: 8 p.m., $20. Now That’s Class. Horrible Fest Friday BBQ with Weed Whacker/Lido Lounge: 5 p.m., free. Now That’s Class. Jeff Lorber Fusion: 8 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Motown Night with Nitebridge & The NB Horns (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Orquesta La Sonora: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Moss Stanley: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Young Folk/Anchor the Moon/The Permanents: 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Grog Shop.
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Mushroomhead/The Browning/ Sunflower Dead/Relicseed: When the local metal act Mushroomhead first formed in 1993, few critics imagined the group would still be going at it in 2017. And yet the masked band continues to be popular. Recorded at the band’s studio in North Royalton and mixed by long-time collaborator Bill Korecky, the band’s most recent album, 2014’s The Righteous & the Butterfly, is arguably its most polished effort to date. Album opener “Our Apologies” features parched vocals and industrial beats as it recalls nu-metal acts such as Korn and White Zombie. Even slower tunes such as “How Many Times” and “Portraits of the Poor” possess a real intensity that should translate live. (Jeff Niesel), 6 p.m., $24 ADV, $28 DOS. Agora Ballroom. Red Wanting Blue/Sam Goodwill: With another two-night New Year’s Eve stand in Cleveland receding into the recent past, Red Wanting Blue returns to the Northeast Ohio area for tonight’s show. The band has fulfilled its three-album deal with Fanatic Records back in 2014 — assembling a mighty trio of rock ‘n’ roll — and now they’re packing up the car and hitting the indie circuit again. The past soul-searching year brought excellent results, from the sound of it. RWB has been a band of best friends for years, but the all-in creative exploration that went into their upcoming album seems to have redefined what they’re doing here in the first place. “We all said that we didn’t want to record any songs on this record unless it was 100-percent unanimous — unless everybody loved the songs,” Singer Scott Terry says. “It’s the greatest collective effort we have ever made.” Watch out for some new tunes tonight, and, of course, the classics. (Sandy), 8 p.m., $25. The Kent Stage. The ‘90s Grunge Experience with STP2/Hollow/Seven Circle Sunrise: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. House of Blues. Moises Borges & Joshua Smith: 8:30 p.m., $15. Nighttown. Taylor Carano/The Brothers Band/ Joe Risdon: 9 p.m., $8. Musica. Paulo Costa Trio: 8 p.m., $10. The Euclid Tavern.
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Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy: Back in the ‘70s, Emerson, Lake and Palmer emerged as one of prog rock’s most popular acts. The band split up in 1998 (and keyboardist Keith Emerson died last year), but drummer Carl Palmer continues to tour and record. In the midst of a tour that finds him paying tribute to ELP, he brings his Carl Palmer’s ELP LEGACY – Remembering Keith And the Music of Emerson Lake & Palmer to the Kent Stage tonight. Expect to hear the ELP hit “Lucky Man” along with renditions of classic compositions by the likes of Aaron Copland and Béla Bartók. (Niesel), 8 p.m., $27 ADV, $35 DOS. The Kent Stage. Blues DeVille (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper
Club. Catch Meaning Music Fest with RJD2/Break Science/Jakubi/Aaron Cohen Band/Amoramora: 7 p.m., $35 ADV, $40 DOS. House of Blues. Folk Family Revival/Watching for Foxes/Shawn and Shelby: 8:30 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. In The Sea: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Nate Jones: 8 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Mike Petrone (in the Wine Bar): 5:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Pet Symmetry/Ratboys/Runaway Brother: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. The Rainbow Emergency/Lowly, the Tree Ghost/Meg & the Magnetosphere: 7:30 p.m., $6 ADV, $8 DOS. Grog Shop. Christian Sands Trio: 7 p.m., $20. Nighttown. Spill/Alcoa/Jake Clarke/Hell & Highwater/Cabin Fever (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $8. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Xasthur/Johanna Warren/Campfire: 8 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class.
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THE LINEAGE OF TODAY’S CHARTtopping hip-hop and, earlier, the international reggae scene can be traced back to the sound system culture that blossomed in Jamaica during the 1950s, 60s and 70s and soon spawned in cities across the world. The main idea was to gather thousands of people in the streets of Kingston’s ghettos or, more commonly, a derelict warehouse and literally surround them with sound. In the middle of the party: a massive, multi-tiered sound system that blared head-throbbing dub, ska and, later, electronic music. Picture a deep dance party, featuring multiple DJs and trippy lighting rigs; it’s the forebear of modern festival culture in the U.S. “We are doing our part to bring this culture to Cleveland’s music scene,” Steel Yard Sound System’s Tim Smith says. Steel Yard is teeing up slate of monthly sound system parties on the westside, and we got a taste of it this past weekend. “All over the world this culture is growing faster than it ever has before with sound systems being built from Tokyo to Brazil, Glasgow to San Diego. Cleveland has a long history with reggae music and with the current growth the city is seeing on the backs of arts and culture, this is another cultural element that we want to see grow in our hometown.” In an expansive warehouse on West 65th (with room to grow and an outdoor patio/roof-type situation), Steel Yard set up its House of Joy and invited a few dozen friends to come check out it. When Scene arrived, the whole evening was in action; lights floated across broad concrete walls, and the sound system beckoned with liquid bass notes like a stoic god in the middle of the room. A small group danced feverishly right up against the system, ensconced completely in the music.
Jacob Bennett was spinning while we were there, and he delivered some crisp, deep EDM with dashes of dub rhythm. The evening’s full slate included DJs from around the region. The real party begins with an official launch on June 17 at the warehouse. Check out facebook.com/ steelyardsoundsystem for details and tickets. Early birds are $15, but they’ll jump to $25 in no time. DJs from Cleveland, Columbus, Los Angeles and New Orleans will be on hand for that party. (NOLA’s Werd2jaH hosts the show.) Smith told us that the plan is to grow the monthly parties into adjacent warehouse space and to hold cookouts in the outdoor area. With summer upon us, we can’t think of a more quintessential event for a town in love with good music. — Eric Sandy
ROAR ALONG THE SHORE TO RETURN IN AUGUST After a two-year absence, local concert promoters Danielle Deboe Harper and Justin Markert have teamed up to organize this year’s Roar Along the Shore, an event that features local indie rock bands performing on the Goodtime III. This year’s lineup features Seafair, who’ll reunite to perform at the event, as well as Herzog, Goldmines, the Whiskey Hollow, Marcus Alan Ward and Poro. The ship will set sail at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 31. There will be live music on the dock starting at 7 p.m., and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will host a pre-party on its patio at 6 p.m. — Jeff Niesel
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Restricting someone’s air intake is always dangerous, RACK, and while we all too often hear about people dying during solo breath play, aka “auto-erotic asphyxiation” (an activity no one should engage in ever), we rarely hear about someone dying during partnered breath play. (I recently discussed partnered breath play with Amp from Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-ed YouTube channel. Look up Episode 533 at savagelovecast.com.) That said, RACK, someone can’t consent to being strangled to death by accident. “The lawyers in my office discussed this, and we agree that there is no way to ‘waive’ or ‘consent to’ criminal negligence resulting in substantial bodily harm or death,” said Brad Meryhew, a criminal-defense attorney who practices in Seattle. “I don’t think you’ll find any lawyer who would draft such an agreement. Even if an agreement were executed, it is not going to constitute a complete defense if something goes wrong. There are principles of criminal liability for the consequences of our decisions, as well as public-policy concerns about people engaging in extremely dangerous behaviors, that make it impossible to just walk away if something goes wrong.” Another concern: Signing such a document could make breath play more dangerous, not less. “A person who had such a waiver might be tempted to push the boundaries even further,” said Meryhew. And now the pro-Dom perspective… “As consenting adults, we assume the risks involved in this type of kink,” said Mistress Elena, a professional Dominant. “But if you harm your partner or they become scared, shamed, shocked, or, even worse, gravely injured, it’s the Dom’s problem. At any time, the submissive can change their mind. Some cases have
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Dear Dan, I’m a 32-year-old guy, my gal is 34, and we’ve been together for two years. Every time we get it on or she goes down on me (though not when I eat her out), my mind wanders to fantasies involving porno chicks, exes, or local baristas. A certain amount of this is normal, but I’m concerned that this now happens every time. When I’m about to come, I shift my mind back to my partner and we have a hot climax, but I feel guilty. Advice? —Guilty Over Nebulous Ecstasy I’ve been asked what biases advice columnists have. Do we favor questions from women? (No, women are just likelier to ask for advice.) Are we more sympathetic to women? (Most advice columnists are women, so…) Are we likelier to respond to a question that opens with a compliment? (Of course.) But the solvable problem is our biggest bias. Some people write in with problems that they’ll need an exorcist, a special prosecutor, a time machine, or some combo of all three to solve. I could fill the column week after week with unsolvable problems, and my answers would all be variations on ¯\_( )_/¯. Your letter, GONE, is a good example of the solvable problem—a letter likelier to make it into the column—and, as is often the case, the solution to your problem is right there in your letter. You’re able to “shift [your] mind” back to your partner when you’re about to come, and when you eat her out, your mind doesn’t wander at all. My advice: Make the shift earlier/often and engage in more activities that force you to focus (like eating her out). Problem solved. P.S. A lot of people allow their mind to wander a bit during sex— supplementing the present sensations with memories, fantasies, local baristas, etc. If it keeps you hard/ wet/game and isn’t perceptible (if you don’t start mumbling coffee orders), your partner benefits from your wanderings.
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