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THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD of Elections’ official candidate list currently includes 17 people running for mayor of Cleveland. But it’s missing Mayor Frank Jackson, who is most certainly running; Fresh Brewed Tees’ owner Tony Madalone, who announced his candidacy yesterday; fiery former East Cleveland mayor Eric Brewer, who announced his candidacy via Facebook back in February; and the Donald Trump-supporting, Eastern European, Warehouse District club owner Velimir Lucic, who has a campaign Facebook page, but little else. Hundreds more may be waiting in the wings, biding their time. It’s reasonable to assume that many of the “candidates” may not successfully gather the necessary signatures. At least one, the young community development idealist Ja’Ovvoni Garrison, has already backed out. Others, like State Rep. Bill Patmon and the politically independent Robert Kilo, are perennial contenders who don’t stand a chance. Most of them haven’t done anything resembling “campaigning” — though to be fair the primaries are still three-and-a-half months away. Regardless, the field is becoming cluttered. But that’s okay. With so many big personalities in the mix, and several legitimate options for Cleveland voters, 2017 is shaping up to be the most exciting local election since 1989, when Michael White defeated George Forbes after a powerhouse primary lineup that also included Tim Hagan, Benny Bonnano and Ralph Perk Jr. White, of course, then began the longest mayoral tenure in the city’s history. If Frank Jackson is elected to a fourth term, he will eclipse White as the city’s longest-serving mayor.
He intends to do so, considering himself the only candidate equipped for the job. But he is unaccustomed to resistance. Since defeating incumbent mayor Jane Campbell in 2005, he has had no serious opposition. In 2009, he crushed Bill Patmon. In 2013, he laid waste to Ken Lanci, the orange gasbag whose candidacy never transcended the level of a ridiculous joke. This year, Jackson has bristled at his challengers, at least two of whom mean business. The mayor recently
got heat for saying councilman and mayoral candidate Zack Reed was “pimping” opposition to the mayor’s controversial dirt-bike track for political gain. At age 70 (he will be 71 in October), Jackson is frailer and less coherent than he’s ever been. So, too, are his top personnel — Michael McGrath, Marty Flask, Ken Silliman? These men look dead. His administration has been said to be in disarray, though his communications staff has been recently enhanced. They’re working
overtime to announce and promote new legislation as city council nears its summer recess. Meanwhile, opposition to the Quicken Loans Arena renovation deal grows ever more inflamed after council rejected petition signatures for a referendum this week. In the past month, Jackson has inundated the press with almostdaily releases about legislative packages, city infrastructure, awards and recognitions, and public safety. (Last week he announced a “demolition strategy.”) This is highly unusual. The mayor has communicated two key messages during this spate of activity: 1) Many of these actions are the result of a citywide tax increase that voters approved last year. The mayor has repeatedly stated his gratitude. 2) These actions — particularly the so-called “Healthy Neighborhoods” legislative agenda — are the result of years of intricate planning and patience. That message is, in large part, a response to challengers who have claimed that Jackson is only bothering to legislate now because it’s election season. The three most serious candidates in the race, make no mistake, are Frank Jackson, Jeff Johnson and Zack Reed. Barring the late entry of Dennis Kucinich, as Cleveland.com editor Chris Quinn has twice speculated upon during WCPN’s Reporters’ Roundtable, these will remain the Big Three. Both Johnson and Reed represent wards on the city’s east side, and both object to recent actions by the administration, in particular (in Reed’s case) the mayor’s ghastly bungling of the Public Square situation, and (in the case of both) the mayor’s and council leadership’s support of the Q deal. Johnson has made neighborhood investment the
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centerpiece of his campaign. Reed has zeroed in on violence and jobs, the latter being an antidote to the former in his vision. Two additional challengers, Brandon Chrostowski and Tony Madalone, are entrepreneurs who are new to politics but are frustrated by the status quo at City Hall. They see themselves as capable outsiders with the energy and personality to turn the city around. Madalone’s slogan is “A New Mindset.” Neither have offered much in the way of concrete policy suggestions. Chrostowski has said that he hopes to use principles of his EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute, which employs formerly incarcerated people, in other areas of the city; Madalone has proposed the immediate creation of a city department of transportation. But both are well-intentioned and do have some interesting ideas. Curiously, both have dismissed outright the idea of running for city council, though Chrostowski, in Ward 6, would be an interesting challenger to the recently appointed Blaine Griffin. They insist that the only way
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to make change is at the very top. Madalone, in a press conference yesterday, suggested that his desire to “speak from the heart” was what separated him from other candidates. “I’m going to always be honest with you,” he said. “I’m going to always be transparent and accessible.” He said that his campaign was not “a publicity stunt” — he had no T-shirts for sale — and that he was tired of seeing the current administration communicate, by their words and actions, that the people don’t matter. Madalone wasn’t definitive in his stance on the Q deal, telling Scene that it wasn’t an either/ or proposition. “If the administration had taken care of these communities for the past 10 years, they wouldn’t be this upset,” he said. He was, however, deeply lastMonday in rejecting the petition signatures. Chrostowski, for his part, has come out in strong opposition to the Q deal. He submitted his signatures to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Monday. The bigger news this week was the dismissal of a legal challenge to Jeff Johnson’s mayoral candidacy. The Board of Elections voted unanimously (4-0) to dismiss the challenge, in line with an opinion written by Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh. Johnson had
PROTESTERS’ LAWSUIT HIGHLIGHTS CHILLING EFFECT OF POLICE CRACKDOWNS On the two-year anniversary of downtown protests against the acquittal of Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo, seven men and women arrested that night filed a lawsuit in federal court. The sequence of events on May 23, 2015, adds up to a violation of constitutional rights, the plaintiffs argue. In essence, they insist, Cleveland police officers infringed on a lawful and protected protest with no mention of cause nor hint at allegations of unlawfulness. The narrative that we’re reminded of in this lawsuit is one of premeditation: At one point, one of the legal observers of the protest was slapped with plastic handcuffs and asked by a police officer, “Did you come out here to be arrested today?” As day turned to night, almost infamously at this point, the police officers’ riot gear-clad clampdown became more pronounced. Many will recall the critical moment when police had corralled protesters within Johnson Court, between West Sixth and West Ninth: “After some unlawful arrests had already been made, Defendants herded the protesters and observers to a small
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generally less inclined to publicly protest now. This is how things like constitutional rights are worn down: by the daily goings-on of the criminal justice system, slowly and nearly out of sight. Point-blank, the attorneys suggest: “Many law-abiding citizens, including some Plaintiffs, are now understandably reluctant to attend or participate in lawful protests within the City of Cleveland.” There has not been a public protest on the scale of the May 2015 events since then — even when a Cuyahoga County grand jury in December 2015 declined to indict officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback in the shooting death of Tamir Rice. The protesters seek relief from the court and relevant damages, including the spectrum of costs amassed during their jail time. — Eric Sandy
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THE Q LITIGATION The arena renovation deal could be headed to court after Kevin Kelley and city officials reject referendum signatures By Sam Allard ATTORNEYS AT THE CHANDRA law firm, representing the Q deal referendum coalition, filed a taxpayer demand letter May 26 entreating the clerk of Cleveland City Council to accept the initiative petition that was summarily rejected early last week. “Swift action is required,” the letter said. “Not only is the City apparently expending resources against the will of the electorate under the false pretense of a socalled ‘emergency measure,’ it is invoking inapplicable constitutional arguments in an apparent effort to thwart the electorate’s statutory right to referendum.” The letter was addressed to the city’s law director Barbara Langhenry and asked for assurances that the petition be accepted and certified by June 7. If that doesn’t happen, the attorneys said they were prepared to file taxpayer litigation against the clerk of council, city council, and the law director.
In a statement released in conjunction with the demand letter, attorney Peter Pattakos (who has written for and legally represented Scene, and is a known opponent of stadium subsidies) decried the actions of city council. “It’s shocking to see elected officials attempt to thwart their constituents’ will like this,” he said. “If the City Council members who passed this ordinance are truly confident in its merits, they should be glad to have it put to the test at the ballot. The law guarantees Clevelanders’ right to this referendum. The Clerk’s refusal to fulfill her legal duties should be met with a swift correction in court.” The ‘thwarting of the electorate’ was of course met with hostility at last week’s evening council meeting. Chants of “Shame on you” and “Vote him out” thundered through council chambers at city hall as members of the Q deal referendum coalition and
their allies raged against council president Kevin Kelley. That morning, city council rejected more than 20,000 signatures that had been collected during the preceding 28 days. Members of multiple citizen groups who oppose the Q deal attempted to submit the signatures at city hall, but a letter signed by deputy clerk Allan Dreyer was waiting for them: The petition was being rejected because the referendum “unconstitutionally impair[ed] an already executed and binding contract.” (Note: City council told Scene that clerk Patricia Britt had been away at a municipal clerk conference, and that “in her absence Allan Dreyer is the responsible person.”) The “unconstitutional impairment” was a justification that some council members found, at best, flimsy. The Chandra law firm’s demand letter, too, said that the U.S.
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On the ďŹ rst question, the county, which will sell the renovation bonds, is waiting for the referendum issue to be resolved before they move forward. So the “contractâ€? couldn’t just be the deal itself, could it? Council spokeswoman Joan Mazzolini said that the “contractâ€? was, in fact, merely the Supplemental Agreement contained within the Q deal legislation. The Supplemental Agreement extends the original cooperative agreement from 1992 which “proposed that the County provide a loan to Gateway from the proceeds of the Arena Bonds and that the city direct certain non-tax payments to the County as additional security for those Bonds.â€? In other words, the Supplemental Agreement is “the deal.â€? If this is the case, though, the rejection of the referendum becomes a laughable tautology. To paraphrase Allan Dreyer’s memo: A referendum seeking repeal of the Q deal would unconstitutionally impair the Q deal. In a conversation with Scene last week, Council President Kevin Kelley said he could not say for certain what the contract was, but it was his understanding that there was a separate document, (i.e., something other than that which is contained within the legislation). Per the council spokesperson, however: While the Supplemental Agreement is the substance of the Q deal, contained within 305-17, “it is also a contract that has been signed by [the city and the county].â€? (Italics added). Scene asked council how, if the contract referenced in Dreyer’s memo was just the deal itself, it could be construed as “executedâ€? when the county has stated publicly (and on advice from county ďŹ nancial adviser Tim Offtermatt) that it intends to wait for a resolution on the referendum issue before it sells the arena bonds. On that question, we were told we’d have to ask county council. County councilman Dale Miller told Scene that though he wasn’t a lawyer, he recognized that there was some uncertainty in the city charter about referendums on emergency measures, as noted above — that’s why the Cavs and council leadership lobbied so hard to secure an additional yea vote on top of the 11 they’d secured through early council deliberations on the matter. “I also think,â€? Miller said, “that it is not impossible that a judge could
rule that since no actual action has occurred yet to implement the Q project, that no irreparable harm would be done by allowing the referendum, and that the right of the people to referendum would trump other considerations.â€? Miller said “all indicationsâ€? are that the county administration and his council colleagues agree with him on that issue. “As one who voted for the Q project,â€? said Miller, who is a former Cleveland city councilman, “I would have no problem with the referendum taking place. If the Q project passed, it would validate my decision. If the Q project failed, I would say that I voted what I honestly felt was best, but willingly accept the decision of the people.â€? As to the question of the city’s lawyers’ legal justiďŹ cation for the rejection‌ Kelley admitted all through Monday’s afternoon committee meeting that he had been consulting with and seeking advice from the city law department and council attorneys. After the meeting, Zack Reed ventured to the law department to clarify the situation. In lieu of, or in addition to, a written opinion, Reed had said that he’d like to be briefed by the city lawyers who provided advice to Kelley. (This was initially a suggestion of Councilman Terrell Pruitt.) Kelley had seemed to indicate that this wouldn’t be a problem. But when Reed asked for information from the law department, a city lawyer told Reed that Kelley had invoked attorneyclient privilege and that Kelley would have to waive that privilege if other city councilpeople wanted to be briefed. Reed was mystiďŹ ed. He sought clarity that evening when he invited law director Barbara Langhenry to the microphone at the full council meeting. He asked Langhenry whether or not Kevin Kelley had indeed invoked attorneyclient privilege in seeking legal advice about the Q deal referendum. While this sounded bizarre, Langhenry said that yes, yes he had. Reed then asked Kelley directly if he would waive this privilege “and tell these ďŹ ne people in the audience ... they want to know from you, Mr. President: What is the reason you rejected their petitions?â€? The crowd, boiling over with accumulated boredom and anger, began to chant, “We want to know!â€? Kelley then advised Reed that he was not on trial. “This is miscellaneous,â€? he said. “Shame! Shame! Shame!â€? The
FEATURE chants from the crowd rose in volume and the meeting was thus adjourned. The referendum coalition and their allies screamed at Kelley as the council members and the mayor’s administration gathered their things and proceded out. Kelley’s claim of attorney-client privilege is odder still in light of ex post facto responses from city council about the Dreyer memo. In response to Scene’s questions about the contract mentioned therein, a city council spokesperson said, “The city law department and our attorney Rachel Scalish have advised the clerk of council. As a courtesy, the council president has also been kept in the loop, but the law department is representing the clerk in this issue.” But why would Kelley have sought attorney-client privilege if he were merely being kept in the loop as a courtesy? And if Kelley was informed of sensitive information in breach of the clerk’s attorneyclient privilege, why shouldn’t his council colleagues be entitled to that information as well?
It’s absurd to think that deputy clerk Allan Dreyer — while clerk Patricia Britt was away at a conference — would be coordinating the decision-making on an issue of this magnitude, one that Kelley has largely overseen. It was Kelley, recall, who was said to have personally orchestrated the lastminute provisions that were meant to sweeten the deal before the final council vote, which ended with Brian Cummins flipping from a “no” to a “yes” and giving the ordinance a 12-5 supermajority, allowing it to pass as an emergency measure. Kelley said that it would be dishonest to suggest that he was not involved in the legal discussions that took place behind the scenes before the petition rejection — he did indeed seek advice from city attorneys — and that it was not his intention to shirk responsibility. But he clarified that the “client” in question was not himself, but clerk Pat Britt. The clerk (that is, Britt, not Dreyer) sought advice, Kelley said, in the likely event that the signatures would be submitted. He restated his belief that attorneyclient privilege was valuable “for a whole lot of reasons” and that city council did not have the benefit of
executive sessions, as some other public agencies do, for sensitive matters. But why, then, Scene asked, wouldn’t Kelley have merely deferred to the clerk when his colleagues were demanding to know how he (that is, Kelley) made the decision to reject the signatures? “I could have,” said Kelley, “but I was in it. I don’t know what my exact legal role would be. It certainly would not have been a correct statement for me to have punted this whole thing to the clerk. Ultimately, it’s the clerk who has a legal role and is the person who keeps and receives records and is the client. I’m not trying to minimize the fact that I did seek advice on this, but the entity is the clerk.” Kelley said at last week’s meeting that he was not on trial — and he told Scene that he’d be surprised if the opposition leadership hadn’t anticipated a legal challenge from the city. “This isn’t on me,” he said — but the impression one can’t help receiving is that he was, and that he is. He is perceived, despite assertions to the contrary, as the lone author of this latest obstruction of citizen
action. (The observant citizen will remember Mr. Kelley’s trip down to Columbus last year, imploring state officials to enact legislation to directly stamp out a citizen-led initiative for a vote to institute a $15 minimum wage in Cleveland.) The rejection of the Q deal signatures has been called by some a “middle finger” in the face of the people of Cleveland and in the face of democracy itself. And whether it was Kelley, or the clerk, or some other unseen force at city hall, at least 20,603 citizens, hopped up on activism, are mad as hell, and there are likely plenty more who never got a chance to sign the petition but who would love a chance to cast their vote on the matter. That’s something the architects of the deal — Timothy Offtermatt, Fred Nance, Len Komoroski and other henchmen of Dan Gilbert, Armond Budish, and Frank Jackson, who crafted the plans behind closed doors and then pushed for quick council passages in the face of mounting opposition — clearly don’t want.
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Cleveland Stories Dinner Party Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is a weekly series that pairs fi ne food with storytelling at the Music Box Supper Club. The goal 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, Susan L. Hall, director of community relations and a curator at the Cleveland History Center of the Western Reserve Historical Society, will talk about the historic election of Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of any major city. The menu includes wedge salad, open-faced roast beef sandwich au jus with fries, and chocolate mousse. (Jeff Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com. 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 nondescript 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, 234-525-3764, hoppinfrog.com/tasting-room.
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as the team has struggled to win games despite acquiring players such as Santiago Casilla, Matt Joyce, Trevor Plouffe and former Indian Rajai Davis. Today’s game against the Tribe begins at 6:10 p.m.; the two teams will face off again at 12:10 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets start at $13. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. FILM
In Dubious Battle Set in Depression-era California, the feature film In Dubious Battle follows an activist who tries to get apple pickers to strike for higher wages. Directed by actor James Franco, the movie stars Nat Wolff, Robert Duvall, Selena Gomez and Bryan Cranston. It screens at 6:45 tonight at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it makes its local theatrical debut. Tickets are $9, or $7 for CMA members, students and seniors. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.
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Indians vs. Oakland Athletics After making the playoffs in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Oakland Athletics seem to be stuck in 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,
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 is not. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com. FILM
Waters Wednesday Director John Waters has made some remarkable movies over the course of a career that stretches back decades. He defi ned a satirical style that critics have subsequently dubbed camp. The last Wednesday of the month at Now That’s Class is Waters Wednesday. The club will play a Waters movie and have a competition to go alongside it. For tonight’s event, the club will screen Cecil B. Demented at 5 p.m. and Scene contributor Rachel Hunt will man the turntables and spin Waters-related music. Admission is free, but the drinks will cost ya. (Niesel) 11213 Detroit Ave., 216-221-8576, nowthatsclass.net.
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Art Therapy Studios Spaces’ new home includes a beautiful classroom overlooking the intersection of West 29th Street and Detroit Avenue. This new addition
allows the organization to provide more educational and community outreach programming. Today — and on the first Thursday of every month — you can join Spaces and members of the community for Art Therapy Studios. From 6 to 7:30 p.m., Spaces invites you to get inspired by the art projects currently on view in its galleries, and then create your own original artwork and connect with your community. A $5 admission fee covers the cost of all materials. This month’s focus is on the Japanese art of paper marbling. Reserve your space by calling Art Therapy Studios directly at 216-791-9303. (Josh Usmani) 2900 Detroit Ave., 216-621-2314, spacesgallery.org. FOOD
No Beast Feast: Summer Barbecue Last month at Now That’s Class, the restaurant Helio Terra presented a vegan friendly Cinco de Mayo celebration that featured bean and cheese enchiladas, jicama napa cabbage slaw, and raw chipotle chocolate cashew cheesecake. Today at 8 p.m., Now That’s Class will host another veggie friendly event catered by Helio Terra. For the No Beast Feast: Summer BBQ, Helio Terra will offer a four-course meal for $15. Takeout will be available too. (Niesel) 11213 Detroit Ave., 216-221-8576, nowthatsclass.net. | clevescene.com | May 31 - June 6, 2017
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Pride Month Film Series This month, the Capitol Theatre in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood hosts a Pride Month film series, featuring six movies that showcase and celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQ community. The series kicks off tonight at 8 with 2016’s Below Her Mouth. Directed by April Mullen, the 92-minute fi lm chronicles a love affair between two women, a roofer and fashion editor, and “shows a frankness about female sexuality that is rarely seen on screen.” Admission is $9.75 for adults. (Kirby Davis) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.
filmmakers and performance artists taking part. (A full list of resident artists is available at towerpressgroup.com.) Following the opening reception, the gallery hours will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in June.
Sunday. The event gives guests the opportunity to choose from a variety of food options, including pulled pork or chicken sliders served with a trio of Carolina sauces, Texas-style BBQ featuring smoked sliced brisket on Texas
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Lavell Crawford Some people are born funny. Others grow into it. The latter seems to apply to Lavell Crawford, a standup comedian whose act primarily revolves around his upbringing in St. Louis and jabs at his weight and the women who’ve wronged him over the years. If his obesity-centric material weren’t enough, Crawford’s supremely goofy and aloof demeanor only helps to make him more likable. It helps to explain how he ended up finishing second in the fifth season of Last Comic Standing, a fact he has parlayed into appearances on Chelsea Lately, Breaking Bad, and Workaholics (“Eggs Tyrone,” anybody?). He performs tonight at 7:30 and 10 at the Improv, where he has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets are $30. (Jacob DeSmit) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.
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West Side Story : Film with Live Orchestra West Side Story chronicles the battles between two brawling New York street gangs. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the 1961 film won 10 Academy Awards. Tonight at 7 at Severance Hall, the Cleveland Orchestra plays Leonard Bernstein’s score while the re-mastered fi lm shows in hi- def on the big screen with the original vocals and dialog. Guest speaker Bill Rudman, artistic director with the Musical Theater Project, gives the pre-concert talk beginning one hour before the concert. Performances repeat at 7 tomorrow and Saturday nights and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets start at $49. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.
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Boundless Thanks to a long-term commitment to creating a communal space for creatives, the Tower Press Building is home to many artists. This weekend, many of them will showcase their work with Boundless, a self-curated exhibition at next-door’s Wooltex Gallery. The exhibit opens today with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. The exhibiting artists are part of the Tower Press Artists Group, a tenant association, which discusses, plans and executes several events each year. You’ll find painters, printmakers, mixed media artists, photographers,
the $20 ticket price and is required to gain access to Brew and BBQ. Guests can purchase a special $67 admission and event combo ticket online or at the park on the day of their visit. (Niesel) 1 Cedar Point Dr., Sandusky, 419-627-2350, cedarpoint.com.
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View the exhibition and stay for lunch at next-door’s Artefi no Café on the first floor of the Tower Press Building. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1900 Superior Ave., 216-241-4069, thewooltexgallery.com. FOOD
Brew and BBQ Cedar Point’s annual Brew and BBQ event takes place at the park’s FrontierTown from 2 p.m. until close today, tomorrow and
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Toast, or BBQ carnitas nachos with creamy cheddar and pickled jalapenos. New this year: desserts like banana cream pie and pecan tartlets. The event also features more than 100 craft, micro and specialty brews. Cedar Point’s special brews include Shandy Shores, Valravn, Rougabrew, Iron Horse Porter, Slaughter House Red and Frontier Trail Ale. The park’s Bluegrass Jamboree will perform on the new Gossip Gulch stage. Park admission is not included in
Mix: Terrific This month’s Mix party at the Cleveland Museum of Art is going to be terrific. From 6 to 10 p.m. today, guests can expect music, drinks and art activities inspired by Alex Katz and his current exhibition, Brand-New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s. At a time when abstract expressionism dominated the international art market, Alex Katz explored abstraction with recognizable imagery by reducing his compositions to their most fundamental elements: line, form and color. In hindsight, these compositions foreshadowed the rise of pop art in the 1960s. Admission to tonight’s Mix event is $10 in advance, $15 at the door and free for CMA members; 18-and-over, please. Brand-New & Terrific remains on view through August 6. (Usmani) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. MUSIC
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Titicut Follies To mark the 50th anniversary of filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, the Cleveland Museum of Art will screen many of his movies. Wiseman, who made 40 featurelength films during his career, would shoot hours of footage and then sculpt the raw material into the finished product. Today at 7 p.m., the museum screens his debut film, 1967’s Titicut Follies, an expose about the Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. ART
Don’t let thousands of school age children in Northeast Ohio go hungry this summer. Cleveland Independents, in conjunction with The Greater Cleveland Food Bank and the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, wants to feed our children. Buy a cookie for $2.50 and feed a child for a day. A Last year, The Greater Cleveland Food Bank fed over 15,300 through its Kids Cafes, Summer Feeding and Backpacks programs. This year, it is estimating to feed over 16,000 children. A Within the eight county service area covered by the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, an estimated 83,970 children were food insecure in 2013. This equals nearly one in four children. A $2.50 will cover the coast of a meal (estimated). A Within the six county service area covered by The Greater Cleveland Food Bank, an estimated 99,550 children were food insecure in 2013. This equals more than one in five children. A Among the 50 largest cities in the U.S., Cleveland had the highest rate of child poverty at 58%, with Detroit following at 57%.
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Walk All Over Waterloo With the highly anticipated return of the Waterloo Arts Fest later this month, the Waterloo Arts District hosts a preview of sorts during this month’s Walk All Over Waterloo, today from 5 to 10 p.m. Some of the district’s galleries will be debuting new exhibitions; others will host closing receptions for exhibitions that are ending. Waterloo Arts, for one, will host an opening reception for its annual Waterloo Arts Fest Juried Exhibition, while Satellite Gallery, for another, debuts its latest series of installations, Pillars of Creation, featuring work by Stephanie Colonna, Mary Jean Ferretti, Joseph Fiore, Jonah Jacobs, Steve Simmons and Cindy Smith. The Maria Neil Art Project hosts a closing reception for Natural Selections: A Dresden Creation, an exhibition of new work by Deborah Pinter, which remains on view through June 18. There’s plenty more to see and do throughout the neighborhood. And stay tuned for more info on the Waterloo Arts Fest, held annually on the last Saturday in June. (Usmani) waterlooarts.org.
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Airplane! Cleveland Cinemas’ Late Shift series, a program dedicated to the
nostalgic cult and camp cinema that we love and cherish even though it’s certainly not Oscarworthy material, has been a fixture at the local chain of theaters since 2006. The 2017 schedule continues tonight with Airplane!, the classic comedy that stars Leslie Nielsen. It screens at 9:30 p.m. and midnight tonight and at 7 tomorrow night at the Cedar Lee Theatre. Tickets are $6. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 440-717-4696, clevelandcinemas. com. FOOD
Cleveland VegFest Expect to find more than 20 vegan food vendors, ranging from Chapati’s healthy Indian food to Garden of Flavor’s cold-pressed juices, at the Cleveland VegFest, which takes place today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. Larger restaurants like Aladdin’s and Barrio plan to attend, as well as locally owned businesses like Helio Terra Vegan Cafe and Urban Sweetness. To satisfy the sweet tooth, there are also a handful of vegan bakers expected at VegFest, including The Sweet Spot, a Cleveland gelato shop, and Poison Berry Bakery, a vegan bakery based in Cleveland Heights. Though food is a big part of being vegan, this event isn’t all just vegetables. VegFest also provides an opportunity for spectators to hear presenters who focus on different aspects of a vegan lifestyle, as well as watch several food demonstrations that showcase vegan dishes. Speaker Brenda Sanders, who believes in the power of veganism as a means to social reform, will discuss her work as a food and social justice activist in Baltimore. Though the event is free, small donations are accepted. (Julie Ciotola) 300 Lakeside Ave., 216-928-1600, clevelandvegansociety.org. SHOPPING
CWRU Book Sale More than 8,000 LP vinyl records (and more than 80,000 books) will be on sale this weekend as Cleveland State University hosts its annual Book Sale in Adelbert Gym. Donated by a private collector, the vinyl collection includes classical, comedy, country, folk, jazz, rock ’n’ roll and more. A used bookstore that recently closed has donated 5,000 books. A special donation of books on ancient Rome and Greece comes courtesy of a retired Case Western Reserve art historian,
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GET OUT and the Cleveland Museum of Art donated a wide variety of art books and exhibition catalogs from its library. There also will be a “booktique” table that will showcase rare and signed firsteditions. For a $20 admission fee, early-bird shoppers can browse and buy from 10 a.m. to noon today, before the admission-free public event begins at noon. The sale continues tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m., Monday from noon to 5 p.m. and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., when books are $5 per box. (Niesel) 2128 Adelbert Rd., 216-368-2090, acesite.org/book-sale/.
Frederick Wiseman continues today at the Cleveland Museum of Art, with a screening of his 1968 film, High School, which offers a look at the daily goings-on at Philly’s Northeast High School. Wiseman, who made 40 featurelength documentaries, would shoot hours of footage and then sculpt the raw material into the fi nished product. Today at 1:30 p.m. in Morley Lecture Hall, you can see his sophmore effort. Tickets are $10, or $7 for students, seniors and CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.
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Feast of the Bend of the Knee Feast of Bend the Knee Ale, and event to celebrate Brewery Ommegang’s new Game of Thronesinspired beer, takes place today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Winking Lizard Tavern in Lakewood. Winking Lizard will offer a limited menu featuring turkey, seafood, pork steak, beef rib and half chicken platters, all served with a glass of the Bend the Knee Golden Ale. Bottles will be available for purchase downstairs at Lizardville. Guests will also be able to try the Ommegang’s new Pale Sour Ale and longtime favorite Hennepin Saison. There will be live music, a costume contest, photo opportunities, and Game of Thrones trivia. (Niesel). 14018 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216226-6693, winkinglizard.com.
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A Unique Dinner Last November, local ceramicist Billy Ritter partnered with Toast Wine Bar in Gordon Square for a special dinner inspired by Toast’s menu and chef Joe Horvath’s plating. This time, Ritter is partnering with the Black Pig for a unique dinner, consisting of a cocktail, six savory dishes and one sweet dish. Designed to emphasize chef Michael Nowak’s specially designed menu, Ritter has handcrafted seven ceramic pieces using organic shapes, textures and a natural palette. Seating is limited to just 30 guests. Therefore, Ritter has created only 30 of each plate — and each will be available for purchase after dinner. The meal includes meat, seafood, vegetables and gluten. Due to the unique nature of the event, no substitutions are available. Tickets are $100 each, and include one welcome cocktail, food, tax and gratuity. As for Ritter, his art education began in a graphic arts program at a vocational technical school. He earned his BFA in painting from Slipper Rock University in Pennsylvania and his MFA in ceramics from Kent State University. During his time at Kent State, Ritter studied with legendary local ceramicists Kirk Mangus and Craig Lucas. Ritter is also an adjunct professor at Tri-C’s Western Campus and teaching artist at NewBridge Cleveland. The dinner takes place at 6:30 tonight. (Usmani) 2801 Bridge Ave., 216-862-7551, blackpigcle.com. FOOD
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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 offer meatless Monday “wing” baskets for vegans. Discounted drafts and a playlist of vintage-electric 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., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.
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Movie Mondays Every Monday, Cleveland Cinemas hosts $5 Movie Mondays, where film fans can catch up on the latest Hollywood flicks for significantly reduced prices. Bring your friends and family and make Movie Mondays a weekly tradition — many theaters even offer discounted concession stand items. Participating theaters include Apollo Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Cedar Lee Theatre, Chagrin Cinemas, Shaker Square Cinemas and Tower City Cinemas. Unfortunately, additional charges apply for 3D movies. Find schedules on the website. (Alaina Nutile) clevelandcinemas.com.
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Classical Revolution Cleveland For many years, classical music wasn’t intended for the masses. Seemingly reserved for quasiexclusive concert halls, classical music hid from the outside world. Classical Revolution Cleveland helps tear down that wall and once again bring great chamber music to the people. Showcasing a variety of performers in bars, cafes and the like, it’s actually not that different from how people used to listen to chamber music. The first Tuesday of every month, CRC brings its wide array of chamber music to Happy Dog. Performers like the Trepanning Trio, Anime Duo, students of Cleveland Institute of Music and even Cleveland Orchestra members grace the stage in these exciting concerts. Full of immensely talented performers, CRC re-instills the relevancy of this vibrant art form. Tonight’s free, all-ages performance starts at 8. (Patrick Stoops) 11625 Euclid Ave., 216-231-5400, happydogcleveland.com.
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Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, Goldhorn Brewery hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesdays. DJ Kris Koch will offer time slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. The Northeast Ohio Vinyl Club and the locally based Gotta Groove Records serve as the sponsors, and turntables will be provided. Each person will be able to play three to five songs during 20-minute time slots, and there will be a mic available to tell about the songs or the connections to the songs played. Sign-up starts at 5:30 p.m. The third Tuesday of the month will be Gotta Groove Records night, and the place will offer giveaways such as recent pressings, sweatshirts and other great gifts. Along with the various theme nights, there will be giveaways, drawings and contests. (Niesel) 1361 East 55th St., 216-465-1352, goldhornbrewery.com. COMEDY
The Mike Polk Jr. Show Live If you’ve seen local comedian Mike Polk Jr., the man behind the Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video, the Factory of Sadness video (parts one and two), Last Call Cleveland comedy troupe and his very own show on Fox 8 (aptly called the Mike Polk Jr. Show), perform live, you know he really thrives on having an audience at his disposal. He hosts the Mike Polk Jr. Show Live tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tickets are $5. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FILM
Pride Month Film Series All this month, Cleveland Cinemas is screening six films to showcase and celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQ community, during their Pride Month film series. The series continues tonight at 7:30 with Kiki, a 95-minute documentary that follows LGBTQ youth-of-color in New York City over the course of four years, as they battle homelessness, illness and prejudice while creating an artistic activist subculture. Admission is $9.75 for adults, $7 for seniors/children. (Davis) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.
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You nominated your favorite people and places, where to go for that perfect bowl of pho, the bartender who makes the perfect drink, your favorite sports player and much more. These were then narrowed down, voted upon and now we get to celebrate all of those named the Best Of Cleveland for 2017! Enjoy craft cocktails + music while meeting some of our Best Of winners for this year. Let's celebrate what makes Cleveland the place we call home.
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scenealefestival.com The 9th Annual SCENE Magazine Ale Fest will feature over 100 beers from around the corner to around the globe. The celebration is packed with your favorite porters, stouts, pilasters,ales, wheats, Belgians, ciders, and lagers just to name a few. Ale Fest has live music, interactive games, food booths, local vendors and more.
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FLEXIBLE DESTINY In conversation with the marvelous Libby Chaney, herself always in conversation with the fabrics she turns into art By Dott von Schneider
I COULD HAVE DROPPED ACID and still not achieved the trip had by hanging out sober with the ultracool Libby Chaney. She exudes a sort of subdued groovy energy, almost causing the walls to pulse and colors to blend together. We imbibed coffee around the table in her dining area/ study, enveloped by books, and talked about her life and work. Chaney is an artist who works primarily in fabric. She’s a Cleveland native with strong roots in her medium: Her great-grandmother and her great-great grandmother were seamstresses and had a business here. Chaney has made her residence in both California and Ohio, where she received her BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1966. In 2008, the artist and her husband, Paul, were driving on an eastward cross-country trip away from their home and the memories of their son, Alec, who had died three years earlier. Paul suggested that they stop in Cleveland. “Why?” Libby asked. “You are always so happy there,” he replied. So they got a condo and she a studio in Lakewood. “The healing waters of Lake Erie soothed my soul. I started researching genealogy, people who had been born and had died, very much like the lake waves. I put down names and went from there,” she says. Her solo show, I Travel Eye at Tregoning & Company in 2011 was
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an accumulation of this research. Of these intensely strong pieces she wrote, “My art is an invitation to tour a flexible destiny. I want harmony or a sense of play in my compositions. Structures I make and paths that connect are only suggestions. Stitches are textures, or steps on the journey, tiny trails of color. I love color. I bring together time, place and sensibility with the cloth from my collection. Here is unity and new life from diversity. These works are not meant to be another problem you need to solve! Neither are they purely decoration. They are meant as a meditation for the eye, to which you can bring your heart and your mind.” In 2015, the couple purchased an old clinical office on West 85th Street and Lake Avenue. Built in 1956, this mid-century modern building — one that would make HGTV flippers drool — had a sign in all caps that read MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER. They painted out all the letters except the ones that would read “ALEC.” Making our way down the hall from the study, there is a definite change of mood. Chaney is in the midst of creating a piece and the studio reflects as much. Myriad mountains of colored fabric in the studio go mano a mano with the brilliant throngs of songbirds in the yard. There is so much material
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that it must be stored in bins for the sake of wall space. I asked about the bin labeled Friends of Yellow, which appears to be the beginning throes of a studio overhaul. “All the cloth used to be folded on shelves. Highly organized. Now it seems my closet is out of control.” She adds, “When my studio gets too messy I can’t think. I need clarity of space.” Chaney creates one piece at a time as opposed to working a series. Her art is monumental in scale. “Seasons,” first commissioned and installed at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago, was over 9-feet tall and 22-feet wide. As stated above, hers is a journey, a conversation with cloth. “Fabric has personalities; I like interacting with their patterns and colors. Scissors are ancient hand tools; I like cutting out shapes — fitting and scrunching them into my evolving composition … I like to use power hand tools. Engines are powerful, expanding our capabilities in time: I like sewing machines and drive them like sports cars. One piece at a time is a form of single-taskizing; I like slowing down and composing in this way. Cloth is supple and alive; I like seeing the edges of the pieces soften during my process. My work begins and ends as cloth and thread — flexible, soft and still alive.” The artist has always been politically concerned. Since the
election, she has been vocal about the current administration on many platforms. “Trump really freaks me out,” she says, and her studio work in progress reflects just that. Hanging on the vast wall is a meticulously crafted, abstract fabric assemblage slated for exhibition at the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve in September 2017. It is so enormous that Chaney employs a laser pointer to discuss its variations. The story begins on the left with reds and roses that she had taken from a previous art piece. “The plan was to move to turquoise then to yellow, the subtle personage in the middle wasn’t so subtle when the work began, but now it is going to black. It keeps going black. I am stuck with what to do.“ Chaney adds that, “It speaks of the intentions and actuality when working … I’m facing myself in this piece. I keep thinking about how our democracy is in jeopardy.” We look forward to watching the evolution of this piece, now tentatively entitled “Friends of Yellow,” and, of course, to attending the subsequent exhibition at the Artists Archives in September. To check out Libby Chaney’s work from I Travel Eye, visit tregoningandco.com.
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STAGE STAGES IN FULL BLOOM Apparently actors don’t get a summer vacation, given all the action at local theaters By Christine Howey
Red Ash Mosaic (from left): Darius Stubbs, Adam Seeholzer, Faye Hargate, Holly Holsinger, Colleen McCaughey, Raymond Bobgan
YOU’LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PULL YOURSELF OUT OF THE POOL NOW and then this summer. So after you towel off, why not head to some of the local stages and check out the interesting fare they’re providing?
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RED ASH MOSAIC Cleveland Public Theatre May 25 to June 17 Raymond Bobgan is back with one of his mysterious, haunting and always challenging original creations. Look at it this way: You won’t see anything like it anywhere else. REALLY, REALLY Beck Center June 2 to July 2 A contemporary drama loosely based on the Duke lacrosse scandal. Sexual politics and class warfare ignite on campus in this comic/tragedy. PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE Blank Canvas Theatre June 9 to June 24 Albert and Pablo, just sitting around and talking. That’s Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, as conceived by playwright and comedian Steve Martin. It’s a heady chat between these two, who are twenty-somethings in 1903.
Played in the open air, at various sites around town. And it’s free!
HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE Dobama Theatre June 15 to July 2 An in-depth look at the troubled soul of a man in the grips of heroin addiction. Based on real-life events and written by Cleveland playwright Greg Vovos. AN IMPENDING RUPTURE OF THE BELLY None Too Fragile Theater June 23 to July 8 A black comedy featuring oddball concepts and sardonic dialog. In other words, an average night at NTF. THE MIRACLE WORKER Oberlin Summer Theater Festival June 16 to July 30 (free, but make reservations) The timeless drama based on Helen Keller’s autobiography is always an emotionally charged experience.
CAROUSEL Mercury Theatre Company June 9 to June 24 The classic stage love story by Rodgers and Hammerstein, mounted by this small but determined theater company that always pops up in the summer with interesting shows.
AS YOU LIKE IT Ohio Shakespeare Festival June 30 to July 16 (free) Shakespeare’s enduring romantic comedy, performed outdoors on the lovely grounds of the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens. Cue the bullfrogs!
9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL Porthouse Theatre June 15 to July 1 Based on the hit movie from the 1980s, this musical tracks three female co-workers who are out to change the balance of power in their office.
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Oberlin Summer Theater Festival June 30 to July 28 (free, but make reservations) This Neil Simon romantic comedy had the longest Broadway run of any of Simon’s comedies.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Cleveland Shakespeare Festival June 16 to July 2 The battle of the sexes is truly a battle royal in this Shakespeare classic.
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Porthouse Theatre July 6 to July 22 The sassy, toe-tapping tribute to jazz great Fats Waller, including songs
THE TESTAMENT OF MARY Mamai Theatre July 5 to July 23 Pivotal events in the life of Jesus Christ, as told by his mom and performed by Anne McEvoy. CITY OF ANGELS Beck Center July 7 to August 13 Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, this is a tribute to 1940s film noir, with two plots running simultaneously. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Mercury Theatre Company July 7 to July 22 The gay owners of a drag club agree to “play it straight” for a dinner with their son’s potential in-laws. Starring Mercury co-founders Brian Marshall and Pierre-Jacques Brault. NEIGHBORS Convergence-Continuum Theater July 7 to July 29 Part minstrel show, part family drama and part tragic farce, this play takes on racial rage in a provocative way. THE WINTER’S TALE Oberlin Summer Theater Festival July 14 to July 29 (free, but make reservations) This could cool you off this summer as obsession and redemption, along with tragedy and comedy, weave together in an imaginary world. MACBETH Cleveland Shakespeare Festival July 21 to August 6 (free) The Scottish Play, or The Bard’s Play: Call it what you will, it returns to outdoor stages around town. And remember, all CSF shows are free!
NEWSIES Porthouse Theatre July 27 to August 13 Adapted from the Disney film, it’s the musical about newsboys (remember them?) fighting the bigwigs at newspapers (remember them?). THE WINTER’S TALE Ohio Shakespeare Festival July 28 to August 13 Didn’t get enough Tale at Oberlin? Here’s some more, on the pastoral stage right by the lagoon at Stan Hywet Hall. HAIRSPRAY Mercury Theater Company August 4 to August19 It’s the 1950s in segregated Baltimore, but all the kids can think about is who’s dancing on the local TV show. EQUUS Blank Canvas Theatre August 11 to August 26 A psychiatrist has to determine why a boy blinded six horses, animals he loves. A fascinating exploration by playwright Peter Shaffer. A DOLL’S HOUSE Mamai Theatre August 9 to August 27 Henrik Ibsen’s work, as adapted by Thornton Wilder, is about a woman teetering on the brink of personal discovery. RHINOCEROS Convergence-Continuum Theater August 25 – September 15 Ionesco’s absurdist comedy about a rhino (not the Republican “RINO” kind) barging into a quiet neighborhood, and the beastly results.
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MOVIES A DIFFERENT KIND OF BATTLE Director Jonathan Teplitzky talks about his new Winston Churchill biopic By Jeff Niesel HAVING LIVED THROUGH AND fought in one World War, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) grew weary of fighting as World War II escalated. Prior to the infamous Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, France, in June of 1944, he became increasingly afraid that he would repeat his previous mistakes, and the Normandy invasion would turn into another Battle of Gallipoli and result in the loss of many lives. With his new film, Churchill, director Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) focuses on this pivotal time period. The movie opens on Friday at the Cedar Lee Theatre. “I liked the personal portrait that [screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann] painted,” he says in a recent conference call with Tunzelmann. “The work we did was focusing the film on that element and I thought it was a unique way of capturing and engaging an audience with his deeper and more layered personality. Coming at such an iconic character at one of the most vulnerable moments is interesting.” Tunzelmann says she sought to “go behind the legend” with her script. “Churchill has been covered a lot with things like [the TV series] The Crown, which is great by the way,” she says. “But there’s a lot of room for Churchill because he had such a long and eventful life. I wanted to get to a side of him that fascinated me, which is his depression and his struggles with it. In 1940, he’s the great hero; but by 1944, his contemporaries were writing in their journals that he was
beginning to fail. As the Allies were beginning to win the war, it had taken a toll on him personally.” Veteran British actor Brian Cox delivers a magnificent performance as the cigar-chomping Churchill. He shows how the man could alternately fly into a rage if his speech wasn’t typed correctly and then exhibit real empathy when a woman tells him her husband-to-be was fighting on the front lines. “From the beginning, I thought he was perfect,” says Tunzelmann. “He’s exactly the right age for the role. He conveys strength and vulnerability, which is what was needed.” Teplitzky agrees. “He can access those layers of emotion,” he says. “Churchill was an emotional character, and he’s not like the classic British character, who is very reserved. He can bring layers to the character. Regardless of how cantankerous he can be, he manages to bring an emotional connection to
the audience in a profound way. That’s one of Churchill’s great attributes. He had an ability to engage with the everyday person. It’s what set him apart from other leaders. He has an ability to engage on the most basic level regardless of the fact that he was such a huge figure.” Miranda Richardson portrays Churchill’s wife, Clementine, one of the few people with the ability to reel the man in when he went on one of his tirades. “We needed a Clemmie that would reflect the true Clemmie,” says Teplitzky. “She was very strongminded and opinionated. Because we’re making a personal portrait of the man, it needed to be more layered. Their relationship was quite volatile and full of all the things that relationships are full of. Their chemistry on screen makes you feel that their relationship has been going on for a long time. For Miranda to come in and be as powerful and memorable as she is against a
fantastic performance from Brian tells you everything about how wonderful she is as an actress.” Not just another war movie, Churchill doesn’t feature the stereotypical battle scenes that show war’s brutality. Rather, the film expertly conveys its psychological toll and shows how heavily it can wear on a leader. Because Churchill actually fought on the frontlines, he was unlike many other politicians, both then and certainly now. “This is about the toll war takes and the responsibility,” says Teplitzky. “It’s about the political process. One thing you could say about Churchill is that his experience allowed him to engage with what it really meant to send young people to war and what war was like. There is a huge issue now about leadership and his name always comes up. He gets thrown into that mix. His ability to understand what is and what is meant is reflected in the deep emotion that he held with real people and with the guilt and shame he carried. Politicians now sit back while young people go off to fight wars.” Tunzelmann says it was “amazing” that Churchill put himself on the front lines. “You can’t imagine a politician doing that now,” she says. “He didn’t want to be the guy who stays at home.”
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SPOTLIGHT: PRIDE MONTH FILM SERIES IF YOU’RE IN DESPERATE NEED of a break from superheroes, Smurfs, and glitzy summer blockbusters, Capitol Theatre has just the ticket. In June, they’ll offer a Pride Month film series, screening six films that “showcase and celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQ community,” as it is put in a press release. The series kicks off June 1, with Below Her Mouth, directed by April Mullen. The 92-minute film chronicles a love affair between two women, a roofer and fashion editor, and “shows a frankness about female
sexuality that is rarely seen on screen,” according to the release. Next up is Kiki (June 6), a film that follows LGBTQ youth-of-color in New York City as they create an artistic activist subculture, followed by Uncle Gloria: One Helluva Ride! (June 13), the true tale of a former 67-year-old Jewish macho, homophobic owner of an auto wrecking company and her transgender journey. Other films include Chavela (June 15), a profile of “barrier-breaking” Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, primarily through a 1991 interview,
and Spa Night (June 20), “a portrait of forbidden sexual awakening” in L.A.’s Koreatown. The series will also include The Fabulous Allan Carr (June 27), a feature on the man who “threw Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s” and fell from grace after producing the 1989 Academy Awards (not quite as catastrophic as this year’s, but still poorly received). Capitol Theatre, situated in Detroit Shoreway’s Gordon Square Arts District and run by Cleveland Cinemas, has struggled with operational costs in recent years
due to low ticket sales. They hosted a fundraising gala last month at which they screened Casablanca; Detroit Shoreway managing director Jenny Spencer told Scene that the proceeds would aid in upgrading the theater. Tickets are $9.75, and $7 for seniors and children. They can be purchased online at clevelandcinemas.com or at the box office. — Kirby Davis
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SIMPLE AND STEADY Bakersfield shows Cleveland why it shouldn’t settle when it comes to tacos By Douglas Trattner AS MUCH AS WE OBSESS OVER tacos in this town, it’s shocking how little regard many diners have for the quality of the actual taco shell. Just as long as that taco is cheap, fast and filling, who gives a crap if it’s bundled up in a cold, stiff and pasty flour wrapper? Corn tortillas are like bread; they need to be made fresh and consumed quickly. There is a huge difference in quality between fresh and frozen corn tortillas, and the fresh ones notoriously are challenging to store and serve. That’s precisely why so many restaurants ditch the corn in favor of flour, despite the fact that the results are inferior in just about every way. For the above-stated reasons alone, Bakersfield immediately rises to the top of the heap. This new Ohio City taqueria goes the extra mile by making corn tortillas in-house every day. Warm, fragrant and yielding, while still supporting the ingredients inside, those tortillas make all the difference in the world. That’s just one of the reasons why this Cincinnati-based restaurant group has exploded to seven locations in just five years. One of the well-worn axioms of the restaurant world is: Do a few things and do them well. That’s Bakersfield’s tack, executing a concise menu of just 20 items spread across five categories, which allows
the eatery to focus on making each and every one of them as good as possible. From the chips and guacamole to the tacos and margaritas, quality almost always shines through. When it comes to those tacos, Bakersfield also bucks the buildyour-own trend in favor of a system that puts chefs in charge. The result is a selection of tacos that is the opposite of haphazard. Instead, they are thoughtfully conceived creations that take into account flavor, texture and presentation. Take the cochinita pibil ($4), which sets earthy achiotebraised pork against the punch of pickled red onions and hot-as-Hades habanero salsa. Or the al pastor ($4), smoky chunks of juicy pork topped with summer-sweet pineapple and crunchy diced onion. Or the fish taco ($4), a SoCal-inspired combo of crispy fried mahi-mahi, bright and creamy lime sauce, and crunchy
braised short rib tostada ($9) is a multilayered delight that has everything going for it. A mound of tender, flavorful shredded beef is perched atop a pair of crispy fried corn tortillas. Up above, a perfectly cooked fried egg oozes yolky goodness into the meat when pierced. Down below, a shredded romaine salad tossed in a refreshing cilantro-buttermilk dressing offers a cool counterpoint. Other tostadas are constructed with chicken chorizo, black beans and salsa verde, or the vegetarian-friendly mashup of potatoes, poblano peppers and black beans. Bakersfield offers just a pair of tortas, or Mexican sandwiches, and goes about them in the right way. That means stuffing a ciabatta-style bun to overflowing with a handful of compatible ingredients. The kitchen swaps the pork in the classic torta de Milanesa ($9) for a pounded, breaded
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cabbage slaw, all bundled up in a fresh, supple tortilla. I never seem to end up with such satisfying creations when designing my own from an endless list of options. As tasty as those tacos are, it was one of the tostadas that made the biggest impression. The
and fried chicken cutlet paired with arugula, black beans, salsa verde and avocado mayo. Another is filled with that luscious braised short rib ($10), savory grilled onions, Chihuahua cheese and roasted tomatillo salsa. Even the salads, usually an
afterthought (if a thought at all) at other taco shops, are well designed and executed. Named after Bakersfield Sound artists like Johnny, Loretta and Willie, the “ensaladas” are big, bright, fresh and visually appealing. We enjoyed the Willie ($9), a large toss of crisp greens, roast chicken, bacon, black beans and veggies in a tangy buttermilk dressing. Starters like thin, crisp and salty chips, ripe and chunky guacamole ($8), and well-seasoned queso ($6) served in a cast iron crock go great alongside a tall glass ($9) or pitcher ($32) of margaritas, all made with fresh citrus, good tequila and zero industrial sour mix. Just as they’ve done with the food, the Bakersfield boys have taken ubiquitous design elements like reclaimed wood, concrete bar tops, Edison bulbs, outdoor string lights and garage doors and assembled them in such a way as to make them current and fresh. They’ve transformed the old Grind spot at the corner of West 25th Street and Keene Court, just a block south of Lorain, into a sleek, chill spot to enjoy some lively honky-tonk and tacos whether it’s #tacotuesday or any other day of the week.
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IN 2014, NURIA DE LA VEGA moved to the U.S. after meeting her husband-to-be, Brendan Cmolik, while studying in Madrid. When it came time for them to get married, their new family and friends traveled overseas, back to de la Vega’s hometown and the family’s vineyard in northern Spain, to watch them seal the deal. What de la Vega did not expect was for her brother-in-law, Mark Barilla, to become obsessed with Spanish croquetas and only months later convince the newlyweds to start a business with him. That business is the Croqueteria (216-512-1880, thecroqueteria.com). “Every restaurant he went to, he was always looking in the menu for croqueta, which is a ball of Spanish tapas,” de la Vega explains. “It’s on every menu you can think of, from bars to high-end restaurants.” Croquettes, which are popular in various forms all over the world, are breaded and fried balls stuffed with all matter of local ingredients. “With me being homesick sometimes, I need it,” she admits. “It made it easy for me to decide to open a market for [croquetas] here.” While not offering the traditional tapas experience, the Croqueteria has been connecting with clientele at the Cleveland Flea and other outdoor markets. For each event, they prepare one meat croqueta, usually bacon; one vegetarian, often with mushrooms; and one seafood version, usually the classic gambas al ajillo or garlic shrimp. “It’s the best vehicle for us to introduce Northeast Ohio to the flavors of Spain,” she explains, emphasizing that it’s all about a balance. “Everyone in the U.S. likes bacon,” she teases. “We wanted to use ingredients where people feel comfortable. You have to want it, keep it to things that people here know about. We also wanted to stay true to what Spain’s cuisine is like.” One look at the Croqueteria’s Instagram account, filled with
snapshots of sausage, salami and ham, and you’ll appreciate a Spaniard’s obsession with meat. In the future, the owners hope to expand flavors to red pepper and leek; squid in ink, which produces a black color; or a breakfast maple sausage. Also on the horizon is a chocolate dessert croqueta. They keep things balanced when it comes to side dishes too. This season it’s salmorejo de córdoba, a pureed tomato sauce with vinegar, olive oil, bread, salt and pepper. “Salmorejo has a spicy vinegary flavor that goes super well with the croqueta, similar to something like a tomato salad. You need a balance. If it’s fried food you need something light to go with it.” At the booth, you will see Cmolik dunking batches of croquetas to order in the fryer. They snap and crackle as the panko exterior browns and the filling warms. This is the last step in a process to make sure the rich bechamel interior is delivered as decadently as possible into the mouths of eager customers. It begins at Cleveland Culinary Launch Kitchen, where they rent space to mix the fillings and dough, let it settle, cut it into squares and then coat with panko. In the future, the owners hope to sell a frozen product to restaurants and grocery stores. “So far I have met people from Chile, Peru and Cuba who know and enjoy the croquetas,” Nuria says with pride. “It brought tears to my eyes because it’s my country and I miss it, so to have people loving it as well, it makes it worth what we’ve invested.” While we currently have paella places in Cleveland, for those who have ventured overseas, these small tapas-themed bites are a big reminder of good times.
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courts, one outdoor bocce court, arcade-style games and Skee-ball. Unlike the more upscale adult playground across the way at Punch Bowl Social, Backyard Bocce will sport a casual outdoor feel thanks to patio furniture, fire pits and garage door-style walls and windows. Next door in the former On Air Studio space, Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. will open a 10-barrel brewery and restaurant. Back in November, the Akronbased brewery — which started in 1997 and now distributes in 15 states — was in talks to take over one of the two closed spaces in the Flats East Bank project left vacant after Crop’s departure. At the time, owner John Najeway told Cleveland.com that “The market is healthy; there is always opportunity, especially since we don’t have a brewpub attached to our production facility. We haven’t had a brew pub since ’05. We’re looking at it and considering it.” Now, with the appropriate looking and considering done, Thirsty Dog is officially taking the leap with a 12,000-square-foot operation | clevescene.com | May 31 - June 6, 2017
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Since rolling out a new sushi menu a year and a half ago at his Chardon restaurant, Square Bistro, chef-owner Jaret Havanchak has been overwhelmed by the response from his customers. He shouldn’t have been all that surprised; after all, he’s been running the popular Willoughby-based sushi spot Lure Bistro for more than eight years. But the success of the sushi menu, as well as the original new-American bistro menu, only compounds the chef’s long-running capacity issues. “The problem we’ve been running into at Square is that we are turning
away 50 or 60 people every weekend night — and even during the week sometimes,” he says. “We needed to come up with a way to expand the space.” They didn’t have to look very far. The basement, used exclusively for storage, immediately came to mind. It runs the length of the entire restaurant and it can piggy back off the same liquor license. The plan is to convert that lower-level space into a sushi bar, with seating for an additional 45 guests. A wide commercial-size spiral staircase will usher guests down below, where they’ll find a dim, sexy, but rustic space, accented by 1800s-era beams and rough-hewn limestone walls. A 14-seat sushi bar will enable Havanchak to shift the sushimaking operation from the main kitchen upstairs to the basement. Diners, regardless of where they sit in the building, will be able to order off both the sushi and bistro menus. When it opens in the fall, the space will also be used for cooking classes, sushi-rolling classes, and private parties and events. “This is an opportunity to expand the restaurant and stop turning people away,” says the chef. “We have been getting nice feedback from our customers. They’re pumped that it will finally come to fruition.”
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MUSIC FROM CAMPFIRE TO THE CONCERT HALL Multi-instrumentalist Zach Gill talks about the joys of touring and recording with Jack Johnson By Jeff Niesel WHEN SINGER-SONGWRITER Jack Johnson played Blossom three years ago, the guy mixed things up enough — switching from acoustic to electric guitar throughout the night — to remain engaging. Sparse songs such as “Flake” and “Never Fade,” a song about Johnson’s wife, worked because their simple melodies were so damn memorable. And best of all, Johnson appeared to be truly having fun. He snuck a few snippets of the Cars’ tune “Just What I Needed” into “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” and later in the set he played the opening notes of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” as an intro to “Staple It Together.” During “Tape Deck,” a song about the punk rock bands with which he used to play when he was a teenager, he related a story about the day he first met keyboardist Zach Gill, a helluva singer in his own right, and how the two played in rival bands for a short time. When Johnson returns to Blossom on June 3, Gill, who fronts the indie act Animal Liberation Orchestra, will once again be at his side, playing keyboards and a variety of other instruments. Despite the aforementioned rivalry, the two have a strong relationship that dates back to the time when they were just starting out. Gill has seen Johnson transition from playing campfires to concert halls. “We met in the dorms,” says Gill in a recent phone interview when asked about when he first encountered Johnson. “He had a band, and I had a band. There was a rivalry there that wasn’t too serious. They’d be playing on the same night as us. We’d vie with each other to see who had the better party. That dissolved, and we became friends. He was one of the first guys I knew who was also writing songs. When I first met him, we would show each other songs we’d written. He told me that I should sing his songs, but I tried to tell him that he should sing them. He was soft spoken and a little on the shy side.” Gill says he initially tried to
emulate other popular songwriters that he listened to as a kid. “That’s just what you do, especially if you’re young and don’t have much life experience,” he says. “It’s like, ‘Here’s a love song, even though I’ve never actually been in love.’ I was trying to copy Billy Joel and the Eagles at first. The first song I wrote was a John Cougar Mellencamp-like song. It was about the hardships of life. It wasn’t based on life experience. It was just based on observing other people’s life experiences. The first song I ever fell in love with was ‘The Gambler.’ I remember
thinking, ‘I like that song.’ The wisdom still holds. You do have to know when to hold them and when to fold them.” While attending college at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Gill found that he could play pop-up shows in nearby Isla Vista and draw crowds. “I think it might be the most densely populated square mile west of the Mississippi though I’m not sure about that,” he says of Isla Vista. “It’s a lot of college kids. Most of the people are underage, and there’s not a lot of bars. I played a lot of parties. It enabled
you to open your garage door and you could draw a crowd no matter what kind of music you were playing and see what worked and what didn’t work. It was a good time to experiment with music. It was great. You get a keg of beer and set up in someone’s yard, and the people come.” At one point, Johnson’s band split up, and Gill and his Animal Liberation Orchestra bandmates began to back him up. Then, they toured together. Then, they recorded together. “At first, I would play a couple of songs with him, and then I went | clevescene.com | May 31 - June 6, 2017
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to Hawaii and played on [Johnson’s 2005 album] In Between Dreams,” says Gill. “For his tours, ALO would be the opening act and I would sit in on piano. Then, he wanted me to keep playing in ALO but also play in his band. That’s what happened. It’s been great. He’s helped produce ALO albums. He’s been one of my songwriting life partners for sure.” In 2008, Gill put out his first solo album. Earlier this year, he finished recording the longawaited followup, Life in the Multiverse. With songs such as “Eliza Grace,” a delicate, Cat Stevens-like folk number dedicated to his youngest daughter who inspired the song’s title, the album shows off his songwriting chops, and the songs are more personal than the ones on the albums he’s cut with ALO. “In ALO, it has grown over the years and is about the four of us,” he says. “Everybody writes, and everybody sings. When you bring a song to ALO, it goes through this ALO process and everybody has a
to make decisions.” Gill says he’ll likely do his own impromptu performances as he tours this summer with Johnson. “I don’t know what I’ll do exactly,” he says. “I might just ride out into the crowd in a golf cart. I just want to get a mobile rig and I can pop up.” The tour marks the first time that Johnson has hit the road without a new record to push. Since that’s the case, he’s rehearsed more songs than normal. “In rehearsal, we practiced every song we’ve ever recorded going back to the first record,” Gill says. “We’ll play the hits and delve into the set list and play songs that go a little deeper. When you get to eight albums, you have a lot of material to choose from.” While Johnson’s music is subtle, it translates remarkably well to large venues. Gill says that shouldn’t be surprising. “One thing that seemed to work out well is that the music has so much space in it, it fills the venues,” he says. “There’s not a ton
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say and it can go lots of different ways when you allow the group to have its way with it. These songs felt complete in and of themselves. A lot of them were about my family or things that seemed close to me. I thought, ‘Why not turn them into a solo album?’ I had a lot of guests on the record by the end. Michael McDonald sings on a song. Friends in Santa Barbara and San Francisco jumped in too. The band has to make decisions together, but in a project like this, you can just say, ‘Yeah, that’d be great.’ It’s easy
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of notes coming at you. In those big spaces, too many notes can be overwhelming. It becomes more energetic live. In the studio, you have headphones on and there’s lots of restraints. “It’s amazing to show up in another town and people know this music and it’s so exciting. It’s unbelievably amazing.”
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WHEN THE GUYS FROM THE Lighthouse and the Whaler, one of the best indie rock bands in Northeast Ohio, walked into local producer Jim Stewart’s new recording studio on Superior Avenue in a space shared by the Tragic Hero Music Group, Crushtone Studio, and Jon Richey and Bill Demarco’s Vuture Visions Audio and Video, they immediately knew they wanted to record there. They cut their forthcoming album at the studio earlier this year. “Lighthouse is one of the best known bands I’ve ever worked with,” says Stewart one recent afternoon as he gave us a tour of the newly remodeled space. “It’s a really cool record and seems like the natural progression for them. Their first album was pretty folksy and then they got into more electronic stuff. This seems like a nice blend. There are big open vocals and claps, all in a modern sort of way. It’s very cool.” Stewart has become the go-to guy for local indie rock bands. The inspiration for learning how to record bands came from a personal experience. In the early 2000s, he played in what he jokingly refers to as a “shitty high school” band. After the group paid what Stewart says was “a lot of money” for a subpar recording, it motivated him to learn how to record his own damn band. “At that point, I thought there has to be a better way and there have to
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be people who know what they’re doing,” he says, adding that he went to the School for Audio Recording and Music Production in Chillicothe in 2005 and enrolled in the school’s twomonth program. “It’s recording all day, every day, seven days a week,” he says. “The second week you’re there, you record a band. It’s really cool.” He then worked as an intern at Metrosync, the studio once housed in the Agora (Lava Room has taken its place). Shady Living, the very first band he recorded there, featured guitarist Will Hooper, who now plays with local indie rockers Ottawa, a band Stewart continues to work with. “I could get my own bands in for cheap from midnight to 6 a.m.,” he explains. “It started to slow down so me and the other guy would figure out what we wanted to learn. We would experiment with kick drum sounds. It was cool. It was time to experiment. If you put a microphone facing one way, we wanted to see how different it would sound if you put it facing another way. That’s the more traditional way of coming up with recording techniques rather than going to school and learning. I have a little bit of both.” Metrosync shut down, and Stewart started freelancing at Ante Up, the studio where local hip-hop heroes Bone Thugs N Harmony have recorded. Studio owner Michael Seifert would eventually hire him
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and he worked with bands such as the now defunct This is a Shakedown and heavy hitters Ohio Sky. He worked there for two years and then transitioned into working on his own when Ante Up suddenly shut down. “It was scary,” he says of that time period after Ante Up shuttered. “I didn’t have any gear. I had sold it off. There was a terrifying scramble. I did some odd jobs editing. I had a laptop and could do some work on it.” He made a deal to track projects at Lava Room, so he could use the facility to fine-tune the music he recorded at his Ohio City apartment. “At my apartment, I would do vocals and put them in my bedroom,” he says. “I had to turn off the heater in the winter because it was so loud. It would be freezing when we were trying to record.” In November 2015, he moved into Crushtone Studios after locally based producer Jim Wirt invited him to build a studio in the enormous warehouse where he worked. While there, Stewart worked with over 50 different artists. “I think there was some excitement that I finally got a proper space,” he says when asked about why so many bands gravitated to the space. “It has a cool vibe. It had a downtown view, and drums sounded really great. It set up what I wanted to do.” He says that bands were really supportive when he had to move down the street into the studio where
he now works. “Everyone I’ve brought in here really likes it,” he says of the current space. “It’s more of a proper space. There’s more isolation. In the old space, if someone was doing drums, no one else was working because they were so loud. It wasn’t really a drum room but just an open space. This space is more isolated and properly built. All the walls are floated.” Stewart says he understands that many bands want to record themselves but says he still has something to offer. “I can take the technical aspect out of it, so they don’t have to worry about why their microphone isn’t working. There’s no extraneous noise here. There aren’t distractions here.” Stewart says he hopes that Cleveland becomes a “destination” for studios and audio engineers and that bands from outside of town will want to come to the city to record. “Bands like the Lighthouse and the Whaler and Welshly Arms are getting beyond Cleveland, which I think is tough to do,” he says. “All these Cleveland bands are Cleveland bands, but they’re not beyond Cleveland bands. We have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate people and if I can draw bands to come here and make records, I think it would be great.”
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Local indie rockers Bro Dylan celebrate the release of their new single at the Beachland. See: Friday.
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Bro Dylan/Who Hit Me/The Tom Katlees/Young Folk: Last year, local indie rockers Bro Dylan released Crisis, a concept album about a character struggling to find hope in his “vapid existence.” The band recorded it in under 15 hours. At the time of its release, the guys had already begun to work on a followup album, and they said they planned to take a “more deliberate approach.” Tonight, they’ll give fans a taste of their new approach when they
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release the single, “No Boundaries.” They recorded the song, a catchy, Strokes-like number with jangly guitars and lackadaisical vocals, locally at Lava Room Recording Studios for an upcoming local compilation. They wrote the tune just after the departure of bassist Matt Burtonshaw, and the song represents their attempts to move forward without him. (Jeff Niesel) 8:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Com Truise/Clark: Representing the more vintage-synth side of the electronic world, Com Truise seems to have been quietly plotting his first release of new tunes since 2011; Iteration is due out this month. It’s a good time to tune in, because Truise (Seth Haley) promises his idiosyncratic “neon-streaked melodies, big drums, robotic grooves and bleary nostalgia.” Take, for example, “VHS Sex,” which appeared on that last album, Galactic Melt. It was the sort of thing that evoked all the above and offered a danceable beat for any underground venue cloaked in strobe and beam. It’s
heady at times — and Truise belongs to what some might call the “intelligent dance music” scene — but it’s also earnest in a way that few mainstream electronic artists are these days, which might help explain the long gap between albums. “It’s basically like I’m scoring this film in my head,” he told Fact recently, “but that film I’m scoring is also somehow my life.” (Sandy) 9 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop. Chuck Ragan/Heart & Lung/Max Stern: Raspy-voiced singer-guitarist Chuck Ragan is best known as the frontman of Hot Water Music, the punk outfit he started some 19 years ago. But while that trio plays a style of music that caters to fans of oldschool punk rock like Bad Religion, Ragan grew up listening to a wide swathe of traditional American music. Ragan has explored that side of his upbringing on his solo efforts, which can sound a bit like Nebraska-era Springsteen. His latest album, 2014’s Till Midnight, features righteous anthems that should translate well to the Beachland stage tonight. (Niesel) 9 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Bruce Cockburn: 8 p.m., $40. The Kent Stage. Ben Davis: 9 p.m., $10. Musica. Fear of a Black Planet Showcase Featuring Muamin Collective/ Fresh Produce/Mourning [A] BLKstar/Toma Doe/Obnox/ Lawrence Daniel Caswell/Archaic Mob: 7 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class. Pat Harris: 8:30 p.m., $15. Nighttown. Madison Crawl (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Mirah/Emma Shepard: 7 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Shady Drive: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Sinatra Night with Michael Sonata (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Moss Stanley: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Taake/Gost/Helheim/Burial Oath/ Ancient VVisdom: 7 p.m., $15 ADV, $20 DOS. Agora Ballroom. Uno Lady/Sister Smirk/Extra Medium Pony: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog.
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the 2011 release of its debut album, Torches. The disc, which features the hit single, “Pumped Up Kicks,” would sell nearly two million albums and over nine million singles worldwide. The band even received three Grammy nominations for the album/single. Currently working on brand new music to be released this year on Columbia Records, the band will play some new material at tonight’s show. (Niesel) 7 p.m., $35. The Agora Theatre. A Benefit for the ACLU Featuring Obnox/GoldMINES/Tufted Puffins/ Wolf Pack/Joyframe/Womantra: 7:30 p.m., $10. Beachland Ballroom. The Cars Tribute by Moving in Stereo (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Daughters/Dalek: 7 p.m., $15 ADV, $17 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Ethan Daniel Davidson/John Kalman/Stutter Steps: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. The Drexels/Dutch Babies/The Permanents: 9 p.m., $7. Musica. The Sam Hooper Group: 8 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Jack Johnson/Bahamas: 7:30 p.m., $35-$70. Blossom. The Lemon Twigs/Christmas Pets: 9 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop. John Moreland/Will Johnson: 8:30 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Beachland Tavern. The Numbers Band (15-60-75): 8:30 p.m., $10. Nighttown. Sros Lords/Dear Darkness/Perverts Again/Rubber Mate: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Tropical Cleveland Presents Bachata Night Featuring DJ Castro (in the Supper Club): 11:30 p.m., $5 ADV, $10 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Jeff Varga (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown.
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Jennings, Sturgill Simpson). On songs such as the opening number, “Big Man,” Suzanne Santo’s supple voice packs a real punch and the shimmering string section gives the song an undeniable power. (Niesel) 8 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Electric Six/Northern Faces: 7 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Agora Ballroom. Everyone Leaves/Jetty Bones/Elbow Room/Persons Places Things/ Long Shot (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Ha Ha Tonka/Trapper Shoepp: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Beachland Tavern. June Noise Lunch: 4 p.m., free. Now That’s Class. Mike Petrone (in the Wine Bar): 5:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge. New Berlin/The Drains/Womantra/ The Gentry Men: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Reggae with the Cliftones: 3 p.m., free. Bop Stop. Thelma and the Sleaze/Cotton Ponys/ Toma Doe: 9 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Grog Shop. Herb Wilborn Jr. Quintet: 7 p.m., $15. Bop Stop.
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Skatch Anderssen Orchestra: 8 p.m., $7. Brothers Lounge. Amy Black’s Memphis Music Revue/ Anita Herczog: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Shit Show Karaoke: 10 p.m. B-Side Liquor Lounge & Arcade. Velvet Voyage (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.
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Cheap Clone: 7 p.m., free. Now That’s Class. Dancehall on Coventry: Caribbean Dance Night with DJ Maul: 10 p.m., $10-$20. Grog Shop. Gorguts/Defeated Sanity/Exist: 6 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Agora Ballroom. Grun Wasser/Key to the Mint/ Shadows: 8:30 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. KOLARS/The Commonwealth: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Two-Set Tuesday featuring Jerry Popiel (in the Wine Bar): 7 p.m. Brothers Lounge.
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SAVAGE LOVE LOOKING by Dan Savage Dear Dan, I’m a middle-aged homo trying to figure out Grindr. Is it impolite to go on Grindr if you’re not looking for an immediate hookup? My preferred form of sexual relationship is the friendwith-benefits situation. I go on Grindr looking to make friends who could, at least potentially, be sex partners, but I like to do the friend thing before the sex. I’ve had guys call me an asshole because I exchanged messages with them for 20 minutes and then didn’t come right over and fuck them. Do they have a point? Does logging into a hookup app like Grindr imply openness to an immediate sexual encounter? — Talking Online Repulses Some Others Always be up front about your intentions, TORSO. The best way to do that is by creating a profile — on Grindr or elsewhere — that clearly describes what you want and what you’re up for. Because good partners (sexual or otherwise) communicate their wants clearly. Adding something like this to your profile should do it: “My preferred form of sexual relationship is the friend-with-benefits situation. I go on Grindr looking to make friends who could, at least potentially, be sex partners, but I like to do the friend thing before the sex.” Grindr is an app designed and marketed to facilitate hookups, but some people have found friends, lovers, and husbands on the app (usually after hooking up first). So being on a hookup app doesn’t automatically mean you’re looking for “right now,” and it certainly doesn’t obligate you to fuck every guy you swap messages with. But if you’re not clear in your profile or very first message, guys looking for a hookup on that hookup app will be rightly annoyed. Your timing could also have something to do with guys calling you an asshole. Are you exchanging messages at two in the morning for 20 minutes? Because most guys on Grindr at that hour are seeking immediate sexual encounters. If you’re just chatting in the middle of the night, then you’re probably wasting someone’s time — if, again, you’re not being absolutely clear about what you’re doing there. Also, TORSO, Grindr is location-based, which means you’re going to get a different
experience based on where you’re using it. Some neighborhoods seem to be filled with messy guys looking for chemsex, bless their hearts. In others, you’ll find unwoke twinks who are on Grindr to swap (highly problematic) GIFs of black women pulling faces. And if you’re in a rural area, it’s likely you’ll message your full cast of Grindr torsos within a few days.
Dear Dan, I’m a 25-year-old gay woman looking for a girlfriend for the past two years. I post on dating websites, go to the lesbian club, take part in the LGBTQ+ scene at my university, and put myself in places where I might meet women. But I’m worried that my persona deters women: I’m extremely analytic, a doctoral student and university instructor. Whenever I meet a girl, our conversation always goes in the same direction: She thinks it’s cool I work with literature and then brings up her favorite pop-culture novel like Harry Potter. I say something like, “I’ve never read Harry Potter, but people rave about it. What do you like about it?” At this point, things change. The girl I’m speaking with gets flustered. She says something like, “Oh, I’m not good at describing things,” seemingly feeling like I’m giving her a quiz. I’m not sure what to do about this. I think I’m a pretty attractive person, but my dating life is starting to make me feel differently. How can I find a woman I jibe with? — A Lesbian Obviously Needs Excitement You’re doing all the right things — almost. You’re getting out there, you’re not shy about initiating conversation, and you’re moving on multiple fronts. That said, ALONE, I’m surprised this hasn’t popped into your extremely analytic head: If Y happens whenever I do X, and Y isn’t the desired outcome, then maybe I should knock this X shit the fuck off. Your response to the mention of Harry Potter drips with what I trust is unintentional condescension. Don’t want women to think you’re administering a quiz? Don’t subtly telegraph your disgust. And maybe go ahead and read Harry Potter already.
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