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UPFRONT CLEVELAND CITY COUNCILMAN MARTY KEANE TO RESIGN Photo courtesy of the city of Cleveland

SHORTLY BEFORE THE CLEVELAND Browns took the field last Thursday evening, Cleveland city councilman Martin Keane announced at a Ward 17 Democratic Club meeting that he will be resigning from his elected position, effective Monday, Nov. 25. The news came as a shock to members of the club. Keane made the announcement soon after he arrived and said it was the first time he’d spoken the news out loud to anyone other than his family. Many of the politically active residents in the Kamm’s Corners, West Park and Puritas neighborhoods have noted an increasing agitation and even hostility in their councilman over the past six months, including a less than cordial relationship with the lately re-branded West Park Kamm’s Development Corporation. “It’s been a weird time in Ward 17,” one meeting attendee said. “But this definitely took us by surprise.” Keane did not immediately respond to Scene’s request for comment about his decision, but a member of the Democratic Club who was present at the meeting spoke with Scene, and said that Keane explained his decision by saying he wanted to do right by his family, to get them “out of the spotlight.” “He talked a lot about his family,” the club member said, “but it was pretty obvious that he hated his job.” Keane told the club that he would be taking an unknown position at City Hall — even Keane himself evidently doesn’t know what role he’ll be stepping into, further evidence to some observers that he just wanted out — and that he had already selected a successor. That man is reportedly Charles Slife, an Avon Lake native who lives near Riverside School in Ward 17 with his wife and 11-month-old son. In recent weeks, Slife stepped down from his board seat at West Park Kamm’s CDC, citing “personal reasons.” That move makes sense in light of Thursday night’s news. Slife, a Miami of Ohio alum, worked for seven years for the city of Cleveland in the department of economic development and now works as a corporate location consultant for a local consulting firm. In an emailed statement, Slife told

Municipal election” (italics added). Keane waited precisely for the two-year threshold — the elections earlier this month — and then announced that he’d be bowing out. The Ward 17 councilman was first elected to the body in 2007. He is chairman of council’s utilities committee and vice chairman of its transportation committee. — Sam Allard

Cleveland Wants to Build New Police HQ on Opportunity Corridor

Scene he credited Councilman Keane for his passion and advocacy in the ward, and while not confirming any agreements with the councilman, said that if he were to be appointed: “I’d like to build on our neighborhood’s strengths and be a vocal advocate for living and investing in both Ward 17 and Cleveland as a whole. I also believe that neighborhood residents have a deep interest in city services. I’m hopeful that my experience would give me a special ability to connect people to their local government.”

If Slife is indeed Keane’s choice, as Keane told the Democratic Club, he will no doubt be unanimously approved by city council colleagues, in keeping with the legislative body’s anti-democratic tradition. Keane timed his resignation, in fact, to minimize his own term and maximize the term of his unelected successor. The city charter stipulates that council vacancies “shall be filled by the Council for the unexpired term” unless the vacancy occurs “at any time which is more than two years before the next regular

The city of Cleveland introduced plans Thursday to build a brandnew police headquarters on the Opportunity Corridor, the $330 million roadway that’s currently under construction and will ultimately connect I-490 to University Circle when it’s completed in 2021. While the costs for the proposed 10-acre police site near the intersection of East 75th and Kinsman are as yet unknown, it’ll be a good deal more expensive than the projected $60 million it would have cost to purchase and redesign the Plain Dealer building at 1801 Superior Ave. The city pulled out of a deal to purchase that site for reasons that have yet to be clarified, though likely involved lease agreements with current tenants. According to a presentation from mayor Frank Jackson’s chief of staff Sharon Dumas, police chief Calvin Williams and economic development director David Ebersole last week, the Opportunity Corridor site was one of roughly 30 that the city considered. After the PD building site fell through, four new sites were considered alongside an initial 24. The Opportunity Corridor site is four miles from the central business district, further than the city said they intended to look at the outset. Ebersole said, though, that the construction of the police headquarters could help spur private commercial and industrial development along the Corridor. The city has been acquiring parcels in | clevescene.com | November 20 - 26, 2019

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UPFRONT the area with the hopes of selling land to developers. Director Dumas added that it had been difficult to find properties that met the city’s specifications downtown. The Cleveland police currently operate out of headquarters at the Justice Center. The city sold that property to the county last year, planning to relocate in the near future. Their lease on that space expires in 2022. Construction on the Opportunity Corridor site, if approved by the City Planning Commission and authorized by city council, could begin as early as 2020. Councilman Mike Polensek complained on Thursday that council has been totally unaware of the city’s progress on selecting a new site. He said he had been supportive of the Plain Dealer building plans but was frustrated because this was the first time he’d seen plans for the Opportunity Corridor site. Furthermore, he said, there wasn’t any documentation supporting the decision. He asked for rankings of the other sites the city considered.

He called the area surrounding the proposed site “desolate” and worried that the four-mile distance from the central city — “out in the hinterlands” — was less than ideal. Councilman Brian Kazy echoed many of these concerns. Sharon Dumas said that the site was unique in that it allows for future expansion. The proposed “campus” could grow from 10 to 13 acres as it’s constructed in phases. Ebersole noted that the triangular shape of the site was not optimal for private development. He said that while the shape would be “awkward” for a traditional commercial facility, it was actually a “nice use” for the police plan, which would include a main building, auxiliary buildings and “significant parking.” — Allard

Statehouse Republicans Propose Total Ban on Ohio Abortions For years, conservative Ohio lawmakers have enacted stricter and stricter provisions limiting abortions. Now, a group of Republicans in the Ohio House say they’re taking their opposition to abortion all the way. A bill sponsored by State Reps. Candice Keller and Ron Hood

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would extend full legal protection to unborn fetuses and level murder charges against doctors who perform abortions. The proposal has support from at least 21 of the House’s 99 members — a sign it may have more chance of passage than a similar bill Hood introduced last year that failed to move out of the House.

The legislation is almost certain to trigger legal battles should it pass, but also appears tailor-made to challenge Roe V. Wade, the historic 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide. “The time for regulating evil and compromise is over,” Keller said in a statement about the legislation. “The time has come to abolish abortion

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in its entirety and recognize that each individual has the inviolable and inalienable right to life. Only respect for life can be the foundation of a free society that supports peace, justice and integrity.” Since President Donald Trump appointed two conservative justices to the high court, conservatives in a number of state legislatures, including Georgia’s and Mississippi’s, have been lining up bills designed to challenge Roe. Some of those laws are already winding their way through the courts.

In April, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a controversial “heartbeat” bill that bans most abortions occurring roughly six weeks after conception. The law, one of the strictest in the country, is currently paused pending a legal challenge in federal court. Pro-choice groups quickly shot back after Keller and Hood’s proposed bill was announced, calling its supporters “extremists.” “These politicians want a total ban on abortion, to classify any abortion as murder,” NARAL ProChoice Ohio executive director Kellie

Copeland said in a statement. “They want prosecutors to charge people who provide or receive abortion care with aggravated murder, which carries the death penalty. They would also remove protections for pregnant people who experience issues during pregnancy, and place individuals experiencing a miscarriage at risk of criminal prosecution. If all of that weren’t bad enough, these politicians don’t care that these kinds of bans could also ban some contraceptives and fertility treatments.” Should the bill pass the House,

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it would need to be approved by the Ohio Senate and signed by DeWine. — Nick Swartsell

State of the City Address Cost $38,500 Mayor Frank Jackson’s 2019 State of the City address, held Oct. 10 at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium downtown, cost $38,500. The largest single expense, as reflected in a summary spreadsheet which Scene obtained via public records request, was for audiovisual projection. This is consistent with last year’s costs. The city paid Northeast Projections Inc. nearly $18,000 for their services. About $10,000 was spent on catering. Small sums were invested in printing and advertising. Public Auditorium’s internal costs, including rentals, labor and security, amounted to about $7,000. For the past two years, Jackson’s State of the City address has been free and open to the public. And even though the content of the mayor’s remarks has been roughly identical over the past decade-and-a-half, the costs for hosting the speech seem fairly modest when measured against the value of an event open to all. — Allard

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OU PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR life for whom you must, or at least should, procure gifts this holiday season. You hopefully have disposable income with which to acquire those gifts. You have, likely, not given much thought as of yet to what exactly those fine folks would like to receive from you, but you are a fine person yourself and would like those gifts to reinforce that belief. Which is all by way of saying you need to buy shit and you, like everyone else, could use some recommendations. And recommendations do we have. All local, all wonderful. And all guaranteed to make you a hero, or at least not a thoughtless schlub who clearly stopped by Drug Mart on Christmas Eve, this fine, fine season. Northeast Ohio Topographical Map Cuyahoga Collective, in Lakewood, is one of the region’s more specialized home decor boutiques. Their rugged home goods all loosely adhere to a “roaming and exploration” aesthetic, which means you feel like an adventurer when you’re sipping from their patterned coffee mugs or gazing upon their home accessories. It’s not unlike how driving a Subaru makes you feel

outdoorsy. The store also sells an assortment of prints. Among our favorites are those in the Northeast Ohio topography collection. These hand-cut maps are printed on polyblend canvas and measure 20-by24 inches. The colors are subdued enough to mesh with almost any palette, and would be a perfect addition to the home or apartment of any nature, geography or local history nerd. With a distressed wooden frame, these prints will instantly elevate your Cleveland cred. What’s doper than an old local map? $59.99, 15701 Madison Ave., Lakewood, cuyahogacollective.com.

The Women Of Copper Country, By Maria Doria Russell Mary Doria Russell, of Lyndhurst, is one of Northeast Ohio’s most important novelists. Her first novel, The Sparrow (1996), remains a classic of speculative fiction. After devoting years of research to Doc Holliday for two

novels on the famous gunslinger, she has turned to the story of Michigan labor activist “Big Annie” Clemenc in her new work, The Women of Copper Country. The book, which brings to life the labor struggles of miners in Michigan leading up to the Copper Country strike of 1913-1914, was published in August. It’ll make a perfect gift for the bookworms in your life, particularly those interested in regional lit, labor lit or meticulously researched historical fiction, for which Russell is known. $27 (hardcover), simonandschuster.com. Spurcycle Bicycle Bell Commuting by bicycle through Cleveland’s decidedly bikeunfriendly infrastructure is a chore, but little things make it easier. For the stylish, conscientious cyclist in your life, consider the Spurcycle Bell. At just under $60, it’s a functional gift that says you care. The brass and stainless steel bell (available in raw steel or black finish) is mountable on almost any handlebar and issues a clear, resounding tone to announce your presence. Riding through Cleveland’s sundry construction zones, multi-purpose trails and regular old streets with expanded micromobility options, clearly signaling your approach makes for safer, more courteous roadways. Ding ding! This gift’s a winner. $59, available at Joy Machines Bike Shop, 2605 Detroit Ave., or at spurcycle.com. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Membership One way to put your money where your mouth is when it comes to locally sourced food is to become a member of a community supported agriculture (CSA) program at a regional farm. These memberships typically include a bag of fresh vegetables every week. Some come with meat and eggs

and other goodies as well. Though it would be a substantial gift for a full season, some programs, like the one at Ohio City Farm, which is managed in partnership with the Refugee Response, offer a “half share.” At OCF, that costs $200 for a 10-week session. Twenty bucks a week for a cornucopia of fresh veggies is a small price to pay, given the imminent collapse of civilization. The Ohio City Farm’s CSA tends to fill up quickly, but others throughout the county also offer a rich diversity of food and subscription packages. Bridge Avenue and West 24th St., ohiocityfarm.com. Collin Sexton Throwback Cavaliers’ Jersey The Cavaliers’ are actually fun again! Through the early season, they’ve been in pretty much every game so far and the dysfunction that perpetually hangs over the organization has been lifted, at least temporarily. New coach John Beilein seems to know what he’s doing and general manager Koby Altman actually got a contract extension, the first GM to be extended under Dan Gilbert’s ownership. To celebrate the team’s competence, we recommend grabbing one of these awesome 90s throwback jerseys from the Shawn Kemp-era Cavs. Second-year fireplug guard Collin Sexton is leading the team in scoring so far, and he’s definitely one of the more fun players on the squad to watch, so his jersey would be the one we’d grab. $110, cavaliersteamshop.com. Paper Flowers from Love, Anji We all have that person in our life who, for whatever reason, just can’t keep a plant alive. Whether it’s from overzealous watering or lazy neglect, the greenery always ends up in the trash. Well, we have the perfect gift for that person. Love, Anji is a local paper florist | clevescene.com | November 20 - 26, 2019

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Cleveland’s Millionaire’s Row, by Alan Dutka From the renowned local Cleveland historian Alan Dutka, this new work focuses on the stately mansions that used to line Euclid Avenue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dutka, who has written such histories of Cleveland as Cleveland Calamities, Historic Movie Theaters of Cleveland, Cleveland’s Short Vincent, Slovenians in Cleveland and other works, is an expert when it comes to this city’s history. In fact, this is his second book focusing on the mansions of Euclid Avenue. His 2015 work, Misfortune on Cleveland’s Millionaire’s Row, focused on the lives of some of the wealthy Euclid Avenue homeowners; this followup focuses on the actual houses and what happened to them. This is the perfect gift for any lover of

100 Things Browns Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, by Zac Jackson Ace Browns writer Zac Jackson has seen a thing or two in Berea in his day. Now covering the team for The Athletic Cleveland, Jackson began his journalism career inside the NFL when he landed a postcollege job with the team to cover the Browns for their website. Between then and now, with stops at Pro Football Talk and Fox Sports Ohio in between, Jackson has witnessed the supreme dysfunction firsthand and has the receipts to prove how bad it all was. (Well, and good, sometimes, but just occasionally.) In this book, perfect for the Browns fan in your life, Jackson takes you through two decades of weird, wild and mostly winless football with some stories you may know, but many, many others you probably don’t. $15.29, at your friendly neighborhood bookstore or on Amazon.com. Visible Voice T-Shirt Designed by Local Artist Gary Dumm Famous for collaborating with the late Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series, local inker, penciller and writer Gary Dumm continues to draw even as he’s battled health issues. A one-time contributor to Scene, the very cordial Dumm drew the graphic found on these special T-shirts that features an image of the Cleveland skyline: All the buildings are made out of books, complete with smokestacks spewing smoke into the sky. Tremont is written in large type across the front. The shirt’s a great way to rep one of Cleveland’s best independent bookstores and coolest neighborhoods. $18, 2258 Professor Ave., visiblevoicebooks.com.

Mark Twain’s America Then and Now, by Laura DeMarco In her new book, Mark Twain’s America Then and Now, Plain Dealer reporter Laura DeMarco examines how America has changed since the American author’s time by showing what places he visited looked like when he visited them and comparing them to what they look like now. There’s a Cleveland connection here — the book includes images of the Cleveland Herald Building and Case Hall. Twain launched his famous Vandal Abroad tour from Case Hall on Nov. 17, 1868. The author of Lost Cleveland and Cleveland Then and Now, DeMarco uses nearly 200 pictures to trace Twain’s journey

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Wigle hosts a release party on Nov. 27, and Great Lakes will release the Christmas Ale aged in Wigle whiskey barrels at its annual Holiday Brewmaster’s Dinner on Dec. 10 at the Ohio City brewery. We suspect both items will be available in the Great Lakes store after their respective launches.

2516 Market Ave., greatlakesbrewing.com. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll Exhibit Catalog Earlier this year, Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll opened to much fanfare at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibit comes to the Rock Hall this month. It offers “a rare, in-depth look at the artists and instruments that made possible many of the songs we know and love.� The Rock Hall’s largest single exhibit ever, Play It Loud will feature instruments from 1939

to today, and many have never been displayed outside of their original concert performance settings. This hardbound exhibit catalog and picture album book features images of many of the instruments. Photographs and essays tell the story of the many iconic guitars and pianos you’ll ďŹ nd on display at the Rock Hall. $50, 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., rockhall.com. Cleveland Metroparks Challenge Map/Guidebook Clevelander Lora DiFranco founded Free Period Press ďŹ ve years ago to make print products that help humans slow down and unplug and focus on what is important. At ďŹ rst that meant designing adult coloring books, but that’s evolved. Until now, the company has never released anything Cleveland-area speciďŹ c. During the summer, DiFranco unveiled the Cleveland Metroparks Challenge map and mini guidebook, which helps people explore all 18 reservations in the system — even during the winter. As people visit a park, they can mark it off on their map and feel good about themselves.

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The challenge is not officially sanctioned by the Metroparks, but the materials can be found at about a dozen independent bookstores and shops around Cleveland. $8-$12, freeperiodpress.com.

Ghurka Leather Travel Bag It’s always fun to include one item on this list that’s a total splurge, and this year that’s the Ghurka Cavalier duffle bag. While the expertly designed bag, suitable for both men and women, isn’t actually made in Cleveland (hello, Connecticut and Italy), the five-decade-old company’s headquarters relocated here in the past year under new ownership. The best-selling Cavalier, seen here in vintage chestnut, comes in three sizes and is made with buttersoft leather, and offers plenty of storage space for your next weekend getaway. Ghurka, which has made fans out of Meghan Markle and LeBron James, doesn’t have a permanent brick-and-mortar storefront, but offers local pop-up events from time to time. $995-$1,495, ghurka.com.

Restrooms of Cleveland, by Arabella Proffer For her soon-to-come self-published book Restrooms of Cleveland, local artist Arabella Proffer documented hundreds of Cleveland bathrooms with her cell phone camera, taking in local commodes everywhere from dive bars to nursing homes. The result is

a 80-plus page photo book of some of Proffer’s favorite shots. Proffer admits these aren’t necessarily the best bathrooms in town, but rather the most interesting to her. A book release party is scheduled for Judd’s Tavern Dec. 5 and the project will be available on Proffer’s website and elsewhere after that. No doubt this book would make great bathroom reading material for any Clevelander. $19.99, arabellaproffer.bigcartel.com.

world of high-end and vintage watches. Now with 142,000 subscribers, and videos that have been viewed millions of times, Baldassarre started his own watch strap line called Teddy. Handmade in Cleveland, the straps are made of premium leather and stainless steel, come in a handful of colors and can easily be switched out on your favorite timepiece. $40-$340, teddybaldassarre. com.

Little Birdie Knit Fur Pom Pom Hat Not everyone has a grandparent who can whip up a cute knit stocking hat in minutes. For them, there’s Cuyahoga Falls-based handmade knitware company Little Birdie Design Studio. Coming in 17 colors

Stir Studio Kitchen Cooking Class At Stir, the cooking classes held the beautiful commercial kitchen are kept small by design. Charlie Denk wanted to keep things intimate as attendees learn how to prepare a full meal — slicing, dicing and cooking as much or as little as they desire. When most of the work is done, attendees take a break with a glass of wine, or maybe shoot a game of pool, before returning to the now-clean workstations for a healthy, flavorful meal. With a wide variety of seasonal options, Stir’s classes are the perfect gift for anyone wanting to further develop their home cooking skills or try their hand at something new. Prices vary, but most are around $60, and a full schedule built months out gives you plenty of options. various prices, 4461 Lorain Ave., stirstudiokitchen.com.

(we hope that’s enough for you), the company’s knit fur pom pom hat is made of lamb’s wool and acrylic, along with a faux fur bauble, and is thick enough to take on even the coldest Cleveland winter while still looking completely adorable. Little Birdie, designed by owner Tori Tedesco, can be found at various makers’ markets around the state as well as online. $40, littlebirdiedesignstudio. com. Teddy Watch Strap No one actually needs a watch to find out the time anymore. Thanks, cell phones. Instead, as fans and haters of Odell Beckham Jr. can attest, watches have become, more than ever, a status symbol. Clevelander Teddy Baldassarre understands that, and started a YouTube channel a couple years ago to help people navigate the

Fresh Veggie Box from Chef’s Garden Farmer Lee Jones is the dean of vegetables. As the founder of the Culinary Vegetable Institute, the legendary chef is a beloved and nationally known fixture thanks to his deep commitment to farming and sustainable agriculture. The Chef’s Garden, located on the farm in Milan, Ohio, and run by the Jones family — Bob Jones Sr., Lee Jones and Bob Jones Jr. — for the past 30 years, specializes in specialty products and high quality vegetables delivered right to your door. Options change with the season, so you’ll see braising vegetables and late fall harvests now, with winter veggies on the docket soon. Boxes start at around $125 for 15 pounds of fresh goods and go up from there. $125 and up, chefs-garden.com.

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the Cleveland Orchestra’s principal trumpet player, will perform Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto. The concert repeats tomorrow and Saturday, and guest speaker Emily Laurance gives the pre-concert talk tonight and Saturday. Check the orchestra website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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The Band’s Visit This critically acclaimed Broadway smash-hit musical won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It also nabbed a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. The play “rejoices in the way music makes us laugh, makes us cry, and ultimately, brings us together.” Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at Connor Palace. Tickets start at $10, and the show runs through Nov. 24. (Jeff Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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T.J. Miller Standup comedian T.J. Miller crossed over into feature films a couple of years ago when he landed major roles in movies such as Dead Pool and Transformers 4. Miller, who also had a significant role on Silicon Valley, still hits the comedy circuit with some regularity. He performs tonight at 7 at Hilarities, where he has shows scheduled through Saturday. Check the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.

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Blade Runner: The Final Cut This classic sci-fi flick based on a Philip K. Dick novel stars Harrison Ford as ex-detective Rick Deckard, a guy called out of retirement to track down and eliminate a team of humanoid androids that have escaped from an outer space mining colony and have taken refuge on Earth. During his search for the fugitives, he discovers some disturbing secrets about the future plans of the androids’ manufacturer, the Tyrell Corporation. Admission to the Capitol Theatre, which is screening the film as part of the Cleveland Cinemas’ Happy Hour Classic Series, includes a complimentary cocktail or soft drink and light appetizers starting at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $10. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com. SPOKEN WORD

Cleveland Stories Dinner Parties Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is a weekly series that pairs fine food with storytelling. Through it, the folks at Music Box Supper Club hope to raise awareness of the mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s Cleveland History Center. The goal of the Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is to “bring to life some of the fun, interesting stories about Cleveland’s past — from sports, to rock ’n’ roll, to Millionaires’ Row,” as it’s put in a press release. Admission is free, with no cover charge, although a prix fixe dinner, designed to complement the night’s theme, is $20. Tonight, Clevelander Joe Reardon talks about meeting Lee Harvey Oswald four months before

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the John F. Kennedy assassination. Reardon will speak about what he learned that evening, and what he thinks might have been Oswald’s motives. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner is served at 6, and the storytelling starts at 7. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

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9TO5: The Story of a Movement A three-time Oscar nominee who lives in the Dayton area, Julia Reichert is Ohio’s foremost nonfiction filmmaker. Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film, a traveling retrospective that has come to the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, features screenings of restored versions of her films. Tonight at 7, Reichert will appear in person to present her new work-

in-progress, 9TO5; The Story of a Movement. It tells the story of how a group of female office workers in Boston in the early 1970s decided that they had suffered in silence long enough and created an organization to force changes in their workplaces. Then, at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, the Cinematheque will screen her 2006 film A Lion in the House. Tickets to 9TO5 cost $12, or $9 for Cinematheque members and students, and tickets to A Lion in the House cost $11, or $8 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. MUSIC

Hummel and Haydn Tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall, the Cleveland Orchestra plays selections from Haydn, Hummel and Schubert. Critics consider Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“London”) to be one of his best pieces. Michael Sachs,

Monsters vs. Chicago Wolves The Cleveland Monsters kick off a two-game home stand at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse tonight at 7 against the Chicago Wolves. Since tonight’s game is a weekday game, the Monsters will offer Hockey Hoppy Hour tickets for $12 that include a free drink on the house. Tomorrow’s game, which also starts at 7 p.m., will feature the season-long 1-2-3 Friday promotion with $1 Pepsi products, $2 Sugardale hotdogs and $3 select beer specials. Consult the Monsters’ website for more info. (Niesel) 1 Center Court, 216-420-2000, clevelandmonsters.com. MUSIC

Play It Loud Opening Party Earlier this year, Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll opened to much fanfare at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibit officially opens at the Rock Hall tomorrow, but you can see it tonight at a special preview party. The exhibit offers “a rare, in-depth look at the artists and instruments that made possible many of the songs we know and love.” The largest single exhibit ever at the Rock Hall, Play It Loud will feature instruments from 1939 to today; many have never been displayed outside of their original concert | clevescene.com | November 20 - 26, 2019

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Theatre. Tickets cost $68.50 to $78.50. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Big Fish The critically acclaimed movieturned-musical, Big Fish is the next installment in the Near West Theatre’s Season of Discovery series. Based on the Daniel Wallace novel and the film directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish centers on parents and their children as well as “the tales we use to define ourselves and those we leave behind as our legacy.” Music is directed by Jordan Cooper and choreography is led by Katie Gibson. The musical runs weekends through Dec. 15. Tickets are as low as $10 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under. Reserved Star Seat tickets are $25. (Niesel) 6702 Detroit Ave., 216-961-6391, nearwesttheatre.org. MUSIC

Cleveland Mega Blues Festival Billed as “the most anticipated blues event of 2019,” the Cleveland Mega Blues Festival includes performances by blues and R&B artists Millie Jackson, Latimore, Willie Clayton, TK Soul, Wendell B and Pokey Bear. The show takes place at 8 tonight at the State

comedy thriller about a young boxer (Masataka Kubota) who starts smuggling drugs with a prostitute and drug addict (Sakurako Konishi). They quickly become the targets of both a corrupt cop and a female assassin. The movie screens tonight at 9 and tomorrow night at 9:25 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. HOLIDAY SHOPPING

I-X Christmas Connection I-X Christmas Connection features more than 725 booths offering handmade soaps, pottery, gourmet dips, woven garments, flavored coffees, jewelry, furniture and other items designed to make perfect Christmas presents. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on the premises, and you can enjoy breakfast with Santa tomorrow and Sunday morning (an extra fee applies). Today and tomorrow’s hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hours on Sunday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Consult the I-X Center website for ticket prices. Parking costs $10. (Niesel) One I-X Center Dr., 216-676-6000, ixcenter.com. COMEDY + MUSIC

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performance settings. Some of the items include Chuck Berry’s Gibson guitar, Eric Clapton’s Martin acoustic guitar model 000-42 used during his famous MTV Unplugged concert, Jerry Garcia’s “Wolf” guitar and Jimi Hendrix’ hand-decorated electric guitar. Other items include James Jamerson’s upright bass used on many early Motown hits, the keyboard John Paul Jones used to record “Stairway to Heaven,” Eddie Van Halen’s performance rig from 2013, Tina Weymouth’s “headless” Steinberger bass guitar that she used extensively with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club through the late 1990s, and Steve Miller’s electric guitar painted with psychedelic designs. Don Felder formerly of the Eagles, Nancy Wilson of Heart, and Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo of Metallica, all of whom have items in the exhibit, will appear at tonight’s opening party that takes place at 8. Tickets cost $30 for members, $50 for nonmembers. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com.

p.m.; Atari video gaming area; and a karaoke party at 8 tomorrow night. Admission prices are $10 for today, $15 for tomorrow, $10 for Sunday or $25 for a weekend pass. Kids 10 and under are free, when accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased at the door or on the website. For those planning to stay at the hotel over the

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1100 Rock and Roll Blvd • 216.781.7625 • Rockhall.com Sunday at the Holiday Inn in Mentor has plenty going for it. It’s a modernday comic con and a retro classic horror and sci-fi convention. Aside from celebrity guests, there will be many artists and vendors selling toys, comics, movie merchandise, and more. There will also be cosplay (costume) contests for children and adults tomorrow at 5 p.m.; movies playing all weekend, including a special screening of the original War of the Worlds tomorrow at 6

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weekend, let the Holiday Inn know that you’re with Dark X-mas for a special rate and breakfast buffet. The convention takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. today, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. (Niesel) 7701 Reynolds Rd., Mentor, darkx-mas.com. FILM

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Matt Johnson’s Dueling Piano Fiasco! Judging from the YouTube videos of pianist Matt Johnson’s dueling piano concerts, it’s safe to say the guy caters to bachelor and bachelorette parties. He can easily break into Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing’” and then segue into Billy Joel’s “The Piano Man,” which he tends to alter with a few of his own ribald lyrics. Expect rowdy singalongs and a boisterous performance. Matt Johnson’s Dueling Piano Fiasco takes place tonight and tomorrow night at 8 at MGM Northfield Park’s Neon Room. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7793, mgmnorthfieldpark. mgmresorts.com. BURLESQUE

The Second Annual Midwest Nerdlesque Festival This year’s Midwest Nerdlesque Festival will feature more than 65 performers from across the country for two nights of “naughty nerdery.” Bazuka Joe, a member of the award-winning Stage Door Johnnies, and Babia Majora, a co-producer and host of F*ck Shit Up, Toronto’s monthly trans and non-binary cabaret, headline the event. The Midwest Nerdlesque Festival also welcomes featured performers such

as Verna Vendetta, a gender-bending burlesque performer and drag king, and Delhi Marquette, the co-founder of Moonstruck Burlesque in Athens, Ohio. The show combines burlesque, drag, and variety performance with all things nerdy — pop culture, movies, TV shows, comic books, video games, or whatever makes a performer “geek out.” Expect to see performances drawing inspiration from Harry Potter, Speed Racer, the Marvel Universe, Greek mythology, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I Love Lucy, Star Wars and Disney. The shows take place tonight and tomorrow night at 8 at the Kent Stage. Tickets range from $20 to $40. (Niesel) 175 East Main St., Kent, 330-677-5005, kentstage.org. FILM

Union Maids Director Julia Reichert will be on hand for tonight’s screening of her 1976 documentary film Union Maids, a movie about three women involved in the labor movement in 1930s Chicago. The film screens at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film, a touring retrospective organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Tickets cost $12, or $9 for CMA members and card-carrying union members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. GIVING BACK

We Care: A Food & Clothing Drive A food and clothing drive designed to benefit the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, the City Mission, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere, We Care concludes tonight with an event hosted by Ricky Smith and BKA Watts and featuring music by DJ Knyce and DJ Walk. Organizers will accept monetary donations, non-perishable food, new and lightly used clothing, and hygiene products. Tonight’s event begins at 8 p.m. at the B-Side Liquor Lounge in Cleveland Heights. Admission is a $10 donation. For information on what and where to donate, see the website. (Niesel). 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 216-932-1966, forestcityltd.com/giveback.

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Cavs vs. Portland Trailblazers Despite having one of the best

backcourts in all of basketball, the Portland Trailblazers have gotten off to a rather sluggish start this season. Their defense has been pretty shoddy and they gave up 127 points to a Golden State Warriors team playing without Steph Curry. Still, the Cavs will have a tough time beating the team when they face off against them at 8 tonight at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Consult the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 1 Center Court, 216-420-2000, rocketmortgagefieldhouse.com. THEATER

Every Brilliant Thing Billed as “a surprising and immersive theatrical experience that speaks openly about depression, mental illness, and suicide,” Every Brilliant Thing focuses on a character who decides to make a list of things he thinks will rescue his mother from her depression. The Cleveland Play House presents its take on the play tonight at 7:30 at the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre, where it continues through Dec. 22. Tickets start at $20. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. COMEDY

Nick Offerman Humorist Nick Offerman became a star when his role in the TV sitcom Parks and Recreation catapulted him into the comedic canon. Offerman brought some real personality to the character of Ron Swanson, the ultra manly head of a city’s parks and recreation department. For tonight’s performance at the State Theatre, Offerman — a woodworker in real life — will present a night of “deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better side of humanity than the one to which we have grown accustomed.” The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $39.50 to $59.50. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. PODCAST

Straight Up With Stassi Live Stassi Schroeder, who stars in the Bravo series Vanderpump Rules, also hosts a popular podcast dubbed Straight Up With Stassi. Schroeder, who also wrote the best-selling book Next Level Basic, will tell “shocking stories” at tonight’s show as she downs glass after glass of wine (or so a press release for the tour promises). She’ll talk about popular culture, celebrity gossip, relationships and more. It all starts

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at 8 at MGM Northfield Park – Center Stage. Tickets cost $35 to $55. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7793, mgmnorthfieldpark. mgmresorts.com. COMEDY

The Uncle Louie Variety Show The Uncle Louie Variety Show has been a hit with Italian American audiences and has proven to have great crossover potential as well. The current world tour began in February of last year in Australia and comes to the Hanna Theatre tonight at 8. Tickets are $35 to $45. (Niesel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Browns vs. Miami Dolphins It took a minute, but the Cleveland Browns finally got their first home win when they beat the Buffalo Bills in the final minutes of a game that took place earlier this month. With that win behind them, the Browns should be able to build some momentum going into the season’s second half, and it helps that the schedule lightens up. Today at 1 p.m. at FirstEnergy Stadium, they take on the Miami Dolphins, one of the poorer teams in the league, so they should be able to get another home win by game’s end. Consult the Browns website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 100 Alfred Lerner Way, 440-891-5000, clevelandbrowns.com. MUSIC

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Soyeon Kate Lee Internationally acclaimed pianist Soyeon Kate Lee returns to town this month as part of the 20192020 Performing Arts Classical Piano Series presented by Cuyahoga Community College. She’ll give a free performance at 2 p.m. today at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium. Seating is on a firstcome basis, and the performance will feature works by Mozart, Debussy, Granados, Auerbach and Chopin. The Korean-American pianist won second prize and the Mozart Prize at the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition and first prize at the 2010 Naumberg International Piano Competition. She’s performed with

the Cleveland Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulsan Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de València and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. COMEDY

Greg Morton Back in the early ’90s, comedian Greg Morton worked as an animator on M.C. Hammer’s Hammerman cartoon. While he continued to dabble in cartoons after that, he turned his attention to standup. He’s most famous for his two-minute Star Wars mashup, which he’s likely to perform tonight at 7 at Hilarities. Tickets cost $18 to $28. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FILM

No Place Like Home Just released theatrically this year, No Place Like Home, director Perry Henzell’s followup to his 1973 classic The Harder They Come, centers on the relationship between a white New York woman and the black man she hires to drive her around Jamaica as she looks for a woman who has seemingly disappeared. It screens at 6:30 tonight at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. FILM

No Regrets for Our Youth Akira Kurosawa directs this 1946 film set in 1930s Japan. It centers on a professor’s daughter who falls for a young leftist. They both try to cope with living under a rightwing government. The movie screens at 1:30 p.m. today at the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of the museum’s Overlooked Kurosawa series. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. HOLIDAY MUSIC

The Singing Angels – 2018 Holiday Spectacular Today at 2 p.m. at the State Theatre, some of Cleveland’s finest young singers, the Singing Angels, will perform winter, Christmas and Hanukkah favorites. The program will feature everything from classical selections to barbershop harmony. The concert will even feature a medley of songs from The Polar Express. Tickets are $18 to

$43. You can find your tickets on the website. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Cavs vs. Brooklyn Nets Guard Kyrie Irving helped the Cavs win a championship and then decided he wanted to be traded. That was the beginning of the end for the Cavs, who would trade him to Boston for Isaiah Thomas, a player who never recovered from an injury and turned out to be a bush. In the off-season, Irving signed with the Brooklyn Nets and has put up some solid numbers this season. He and the Nets take on the Cavs tonight at 7 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Consult the website for ticket info. (Niesel) 1 Center Court, 216-420-2000, rocketmortgagefieldhouse.com.

centers on a woman whose life changes drastically when she’s forced to deal with her hospitalized schizophrenic sister. The 2019 Austrian film makes its local debut today at 1:45 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. MUSIC

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

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

Shit Show Karaoke Local rapper/promoter Dirty Jones and Scene’s own Manny Wallace host Shit Show Karaoke, a weekly event at the B-Side Liquor Lounge wherein patrons choose from “an unlimited selection of jams from hip-hop to hard rock,” and are encouraged to “be as bad as you want.” Fueled by drink and shot specials, it all goes down tonight at 10 p.m. (Niesel) 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 216-932-1966, bsideliquorlounge.com.

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The Ground Beneath My Feet This well-crafted psychodrama

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

White Christmas This lavish new production of the classic holiday musical tells the story of a song-and-dance team putting on a show in a “magical Vermont Inn.” Along the way, they mange to perform a host of beloved Irving Berlin songs and plenty of dancing too. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at the State Theatre where performances continue through Dec. 1. Tickets start at $10. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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MOVIES JULIA REICHERT’S 50 YEARS IN FILM Retrospective on Dayton-area filmmaker arrives at Cinematheque By Jeff Niesel ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO, DIRECTOR Julia Reichert, a Dayton-area filmmaker who’s now a three-time Oscar nominee, launched her career with Growing Up Female, a film she made while attending Antioch College. The movie examines female socialization through the lives of six women. It’s one of several films that will show as part of Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film, a retrospective coming to the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque this week. “We still have the patriarchy, and we still have sexism, and women are still narrowly defined, though much more broadly defined now than we were back when I came of age in the late ’60s,” Reichert says in a recent phone interview. “I went to college in the late ’60s, which I know seems like a really long time ago, but it was a very defining period. We learned to question authority. We learned that the government wasn’t always right. We learned that through organizing, with the anti-war movement and the Civil Rights Movement, we could make a difference. The Women’s Movement, which was the one that was the most powerful for me, changed more aspects of our culture here than any other movement. If you think about it, the Women’s Movement

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demanded change in the kitchen, the bedroom, the workplace and all parts of life. It was quite successful.” The retrospective runs from Nov. 21 thru Dec. 15. It started to come together a couple of years ago when New York-based Chicken and Egg Pictures gave Reichert an award and asked her what she would like to do for the rest of the year in honor of receiving the recognition. “It just came out of my mouth. I said, ‘You know, I have never had a retrospective,’” Reichert says. And just like that, it was on.

She met with Dave Filipi, the director of film and video at the Wexner Center in Columbus. Since Chicken and Egg is located in New York, they wanted the retrospective to open in New York. They pitched it to the head of the New York Museum of Modern Art’s film department. He got on board. “It was amazing how quickly everyone said, ‘Yes,’” says Reichert. “That got the ball rolling, and we had to get all the films restored. The Wexner Center made this beautiful book to go with the retrospective too. It’s really nice.”

Reichert will appear in person at 7 p.m. on Thursday to present her new work-in-progress, 9TO5: The Story of a Movement, at the Cinematheque. Then, on Friday, she’ll appear at 12:15 p.m. as the speaker at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s free, weekly Lunch on Friday lecture series, where she’ll talk about her life and career. At 7 that night, she’ll present her 1976 feature, Union Maids, at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The rest of the schedule includes A Lion in the House (Nov. 25), Growing Up Female/ Methadone: An American Way of Dealing (Dec. 1); American Factory/The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (Dec. 5); and Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (Dec. 15), which features scenes shot in Cleveland. All of these films will screen at the Cinematheque. Reichert has received three Academy Award nominations, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Sundance directing award, a 2018 Career Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association, and a slot on the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.

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SPOTLIGHT: FRANKIE DIRECTOR IRA SACHS HAS SAID that his films tend to be about love and its destructive effects on people. But they are also about self-discovery. In his latest film, Frankie, which opens Friday at the Cedar Lee, the radiant Isabelle Huppert plays an arthouse movie star who assembles her family in the tourist town of Sintra, Portugal. During the single day over which the film transpires, the complicated dynamics among them are revealed in tantalizing layers. Love has clearly been a destructive force in the lives of Frankie’s second husband Jimmy (Brendan Gleeson), son Paul (Jeremie Renier),

stepdaughter Sylvia (Vinette Robinson), and first husband Michel (Pascal Greggory), but also a reparative one. In individual scenes staged throughout the stepped and forested Portuguese village, these characters describe in sometimes startlingly frank detail the joys and disappointments of their lives. New disappointments materialize, too. Frankie has invited her friend and former on-set hairdresser Ilene (Marisa Tomei), with designs to set her up with Paul. But Ilene arrives with her boyfriend Gary (Greg Kinnear), who wants to take his relationship with Ilene to the next level. Many of these characters

work in the film industry, and their references to actual Hollywood productions — Frankie recently starred in “a Noah Baumbach film;” Gary and Ilene are currently working on the next “Star Wars” — make it seem like you’re watching Huppert, Gleeson, etc., instead of the characters they’re portraying. On the other hand, several of these scenes are awkwardly filmed and performed. There’s a stilted, first-take quality to much of the film’s first half, accentuated by the town’s unknowable geography. Everyone just seems to meander. Huppert is in a class all her own, and fans of the French actress will want to see Frankie

despite its shortcomings. But the storylines involving Sylvia and Paul, not to mention a tangential storyline centering on Sylvia’s daughter Maya — just don’t have much energy. It’s overall a rather lightweight affair. Even the gloomy reason for the family trip — which may be guessed at early on — rarely dampens the splendor of the scenic seaside town. For its simple pleasures, upper crust tourist voyeurism, and a few classic Huppert moments, this one’s worth seeing. — Sam Allard

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EAT HOLY MOLY Hot Chicken Takeover delivers damn good Nashville-style birds, and plenty of ranch dressing, at Crocker Park By Douglas Trattner Photo by Emanuel Wallace

OUR NATION IS PRESENTLY IN the grip of a fried chicken frenzy. Celebrity chefs are unveiling fried chicken spin-offs, every other restaurant has added fried chicken sandwiches to the menu, and variations like Korean-fried chicken, fried chicken and waffles, and Nashville hot chicken continue to gain market share. Why are diners obsessed with fried chicken? Because it’s delicious. Messy, but delicious. The best fried chicken shacks keep it simple, do it right and deliver the goods in an attractive setting with great customer service. If you can add an inspiring social mission to the mix, all the better. That describes Hot Chicken Takeover right down to the job application. The Columbus-based company prides itself on being a fair-chance employer, opening the door to qualified applicants even if they happen to be one of the 70 million U.S. citizens with a criminal record. In just five years, the company has grown from a weekend-only popup shop to a buzzworthy brand with four locations, three in Columbus and one in Westlake, which opened two months ago at Crocker Park. The restaurant succeeds because it employs a streamlined menu, constructs bold, striking restaurants, delivers exceptional customer service and, duh, produces consistently excellent fried chicken, spicy and otherwise. While concise, the menu does have its quirks, some obvious, others cryptic. There are no chicken thighs in the building, a shortcoming belonging only to the Cleveland store owing to inconsistent supply. There are no combination plates, meaning that drums, wings and breasts are sold only as drums, wings and breasts. Those cuts, along with a sandwich, are offered as meals that include sides. You would be hard pressed to find it mentioned on the wall-mounted board or the small paper menus, but you can ditch the sides and save four bucks. Hot chicken is in the name, so that’s a great place to start. Chicken is offered in four spice levels: cold,

warm, hot and holy. Cold chicken is still hot chicken, it’s just not spicy chicken. The others build in heat from a mellow glow to a serious sizzle, topping out at a no-joke blaze. Obviously, personal spice tolerances vary. On your first visit, consider getting the drumsticks ($11.50) or the wings ($11.50), which come four and five to an order, respectively, and can be mixed in terms of heat

roll with it. These proved better than most: meaty, tender and easily extracted from the bone. It is encased, like all the fried chicken sold here, in a craggy, crackly crust that is a joy to eat and the reason we love fried chicken. Wings are sold whole — flats, drumettes and tips — and are a tad on the dry side compared to the other cuts. They also are breaded,

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which can be a turnoff for Buffalostyle wing fans. Breasts are available as a meal ($12.75) or in a sandwich ($13.25). Large, whole (both halves), boneless and skinless pieces arrive remarkably plush, juicy and flavorful. In sandwich form, the meat is tucked into slices of white bread and topped with slaw and snappy pickles. Meals come with a choice of two sides from a short list of three that includes thick and cheesy mac and cheese, a bright and crunchy mayo-free slaw, and

dark, sweet and smoky beans. After the chicken, the most popular item at Hot Chicken Takeover is likely the dreamy, creamy and refreshing ranch dressing, which flows free from a bottomless vessel and helps douse those cayenne-induced blazes. Also free are the iced teas, both sweetened and unsweetened. For dessert, there’s banana pudding ($3.75) in a plastic cup that tastes like a summer picnic from 1975. After ordering and paying, guests grab seats in the bright, colorful dining room outfitted with communal tables, low stools and red and white checked tabletoppers. An upbeat soundtrack provides the backdrop for quick, casual and merry meals that are hard to find much fault in. North Coasters seem to be digging the food, says “head fryer” (aka owner) Joe DeLoss, who reports a very positive reception while hinting at future growth. “We’re excited to keep expanding throughout Northeast Ohio, with a lot in the works already,” he says.

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ZHUG MIGHT BE ONE OF THE most cohesive new restaurants to open in Cleveland. From the seating to the lighting to the music, the overarching effect is to create an elegant but informal environment built around the sharing of small plates. For a year and a half, chef Doug Katz has been researching, devising and testing the dishes that will be unveiled this week when the restaurant officially opens at 12413 Cedar Rd. (216-862-2508). The location, in the former Fawaky Burst/Liquid Planet space, is in the Cedar-Fairmount district of Cleveland Heights. “Last year I went to Tel Aviv and tried 20 restaurants a day,” Katz explains. “Now, I wouldn’t really call this Israeli, because we have Spanish, Greek, Turkish and Lebanese foods. It’s more Middle Eastern and Mediterranean.” Massive front windows, tall ceilings and low-slung furniture combine to give the look and feel of a light-filled art studio. Muted tones, soft lighting and candlelight provide a laidback setting for 75 to 100 guests seated at handsome wood tables, comfortable pillow-backed banquettes and a smooth concrete bar. A menu consisting of nearly 30 tantalizing items, many of them vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free, are dished up on gorgeous pottery, some of which was crafted by Katz’ own hands. Prices range from $5 on up to $20, with options spanning the spectrum from a dish of warm citrus-cured olives with fennel pollen to braised lamb shoulder with dates, cocoa and pecorino. Diners are encouraged to order all at once or in waves, adding new items as the desire strikes. “We wanted it to feel more like a bar where you’re eating great-quality

food as opposed to a restaurant where you’re sat and served in a more formal way,” Katz adds. “This is more like you’re just walking in and having amazing food. We want people to be spontaneous, maybe stop in here for a drink before going to Vero or after drinks at Parnell’s.” To that effect, no reservations will be accepted. If there is a wait, diners are encouraged to browse the adjacent bookshop or slip in a neighboring pub while they wait for a text. The menu is compelling to behold, with literally dozens of alluring options. Various hummus dishes come topped with spicy harissa, burnt onion and nigella seed, or curried lamb and apricots. Lutenitas, a roasted red pepper and eggplant spread, is paired, like most foods, with warm, soft pita. Whole cauliflower heads are brined, roasted and drizzled with almond chimichurri. Crispy Brussels sprouts are presented on creamy pine nut puree and gilded with pomegranate syrup. Octopus is braised, air-dried, cold-smoked and then marinated in harissa before being going into the oven. It’s served with olives, crispy potatoes and saffron aioli. All of the above, of course, is served with plenty of the namesake zhug, a fiery concoction made from serrano peppers, spices and herbs that adds a kick to whatever it touches. To drink, there are cocktails and wines, both by the glass and bottle, that hail from Mediterranean winegrowing regions. Zhug will open for regular business sometime this week. The exact day has not yet been determined.

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MUSIC like that because it was on an island. I don’t know if people were a little bit weirder or more isolated, but most of the underground punk rock was more left field than the music coming out of Vancouver, which was more rock-oriented.” McBean played in a variety of punk acts before forming Black Mountain with drummer Joshua Wells in 2004. “I can’t speak for everyone but, for me personally, every band had been a natural progression and involves getting more proficient,” he says. “After hardcore in ’86 and ’87, the next thing to gravitate to was thrash metal. It was a bit more technical but was still fast. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, I liked a lot of the Touch and Go bands that were still heavy, but your mind was getting opened to

have thought the lyrics [to ‘FD’72’] sucked, but when you’re searching for songs, sometimes old ones come back.” McBean says learning to drive inspired some of content of the album, which is named after the 1985 Dodge Destroyer. “I did finally learn to drive and because of that, I got to have the experience of driving to music,” he says. “Prior to that, I was always walking around with headphones on

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different sonic possibilities. I know at the beginning of Black Mountain, I wanted to revisit riffs. Before that, I was more into songs and lyrics. There were different elements that came together. There’s weird artiness and metal.” The band released its self-titled debut in 2005 and followed it up with 2008’s In the Future. Shortly after the release of that album, McBean moved to Los Angeles. “It was a quick decision,” he says of moving to Southern California. “I had the opportunity to go down there because I knew some people there. Everything in my life pointed to moving there. I like that it’s close to the deserts. There are mountains and hiking. It’s got a cool, weird history that hasn’t been erased much. It’s started to get erased now. The Troubadour and the Whiskey and the Rainbow Room are still there. Laurel Canyon is still standing.” McBean says Destroyer started to come together after he wrote what would become its opening track, the British New Wave of Heavy Metalinspired “Future Shade.” “Things started to attach themselves to that song,” he says. “The chord progression and vocal melody of certain songs like ‘FD’72’ are at least 10 years old. I might

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listening to demos or song ideas, so this was a new thing. It did have an influence.” The band cut some of the album at its “jam space.” The group would record up to a point and then send the track to band member Jeremy Schmidt, who’d add keyboards. “Once we hit that phase, it became apparent it would be the next Black Mountain record,” says McBean, who retooled the band’s lineup and added new members Rachel Fannan (Sleepy Sun) and Adam Bulgasem (Dommengang, Soft Kill). “We weren’t sure at first because of the shifting of members. We just wanted to make a record and see what happens. For all the new people, everything was fresh to them. When you’re in a band with different people for a long time, everyone gets to know each other’s tricks. With new people, it can be exciting because you have no idea what they’re going to do.” One album highlight, “Closer to the Edge,” features a bit of spoken word and trippy keyboards at the start. “Me and Jeremy [Schmidt] had discussed a reoccurring theme that would reappear on the album in some of the lyrics,” says McBean when asked about the track. “I believe the lyrics came out of a joke

that was about being not right on the edge but playing it safe.” The drums and synths come together nicely at the beginning of “Licensed to Drive” and provide a solid groove that escalates as the heavy Judas Priest-inspired guitars kick in. “Adam [Bulgasem], who’s in the live band, plays on that song,” says McBean when asked about the track. “At the beginning, I just wanted to do something for 12 measures. I had those riffs. Then, when I sent that to Jeremy [Schmidt], it was the same thing. I told him, ‘Here’s 12 measures of drums without anything.’ I just wanted him to do something to it.” McBean says the recording process was really “pretty spontaneous.” “Some of the people [who played on the album] were only in town for a few days,” he says. “We’d record a bunch of stuff and weed through it, which is nice. I think with the record before, we did preproduction and writing and jamming and all that. For this record, we bypassed the preproduction and went right to recording to see what was good and what sucked. I like both ways of recording. The tough thing is that with the demos, you get the most spirited version. It might not be perfect, but it will have little mistakes that bring a certain life to that version. And then when you try to recreate a mistake, it’s really hard to do that.”

McBean says the live show has become “pretty banging.” “It’s a good mix of the new record and stuff from all the other records,” he says. “Revisiting the old material with the new people is really fun. We want it to be a band thing, and it’s fun and different because there are different people up there. Most of the concertgoers have been pretty thrilled.”

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MUSIC BUILDING A FOUNDATION The Panza Foundation celebrates its five-year anniversary with a benefit concert at the Happy Dog By Jeff Niesel Photo by Jarrod Berger

BACK IN JANUARY OF 2012, LOCAL musician John Panza, a full-time English professor at Tri-C who’s played in a handful of bands over the past 20 years, received some particularly bleak news. After a show at the Happy Dog with his indie rock act Blaka Watra, he felt sick and threw up. He woke up the next morning with a flu, went to the doctor and got a chest X-ray. They found fluid surrounding his lung and drained the fluid. The fluid kept coming back. It turned out that he had cancer. After three rounds of chemo, major surgery that involved the removal of his right lung, half his diaphragm and a rib, and then radiation, he finally healed. In the wake of his recovery, he formed the Panza Foundation, five years ago, with his wife Jane and local musicians Lauren Voss, Ed Sotelo and Fred Gunn. The foundation gives money to local acts for recording and touring purposes. “Before I got sick, Lauren [Voss] and I had talked about starting a musical arts collective,” says Panza. “It got complicated because we realized we just needed to give people money. We saw too many bands struggling to pay bills.” Recently, Panza & Co. expanded and added Christa “Uno Lady” Ebert to its board. The talented local musician who bills herself as a “one-woman choir” received a grant from the foundation in 2018 and is the first grant recipient to become a board member. “I was brought on to have someone that understands the process from the artist’s point of view and to be someone who can talk to and relate to the artists,” says Ebert. “I also have a lot of nonprofit experience.” Ebert says she likes the fact that the grants have no strings attached to them, and that artists can use the money for whatever they want. “I paid to get my record mastered through the Candyland Recording Studio in Kentucky,” she says when asked about what she did with the money she received from her Panza Foundation grant. “I also bought a camera, so I could start to make images that will project behind me while I

Punch Drunk Tagalongs

perform.” Unlike other organizations that provide grants to artists, the Panza Foundation doesn’t use an application process to determine its recipients. Much like scouts for major league baseball teams, board members attend local shows to see which acts leave lasting impressions. “We just grant money to whomever deserves the money, and every board member thinks about it and thinks outside of our social circle,” says Ebert.

ways bands have used the money. “Bands make up T-shirts and can then profit from that. Fixing a van is another one of my favorites. We’ve done that twice. We fixed a broken window on a tour van and a steering column on another van. You name it — the money has gone toward recording and mastering and buying people gear. [Obnox’s] Bim [Thomas] and I went to a pawn shop to buy gear. Every band has a different need, and those needs sometimes change.”

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“We consider a diverse group of bands. One of the criteria is simply if you feel like it’ll help the band to do whatever is next.” To date, the foundation has awarded grants to 19 local acts. Bands such as Goldmines, Obnox and Ex-Astronauts have received grants, and by next year, the foundation will have given out a total of about $32,000. “My favorite is always merch,” says Panza when asked about the various

The foundation has also given money to the Lottery League, the event that randomly pairs Cleveland musicians with one another and has them play a Big Show. To mark the foundation’s fifth anniversary, this year’s recipients will perform at an upcoming benefit concert that takes place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Happy Dog. The show will acknowledge the milestone, and it’ll feature performances by Harvey

Pekar, Punch Drunk Tagalongs, Cotton Ponys and Joey Sprinkles. At the event, the foundation will also announce 2020 grant recipients, and there will be a raffle for musical equipment. Some 32 items will be raffled off, valued at about $5,000. Local studios and a local Pilates studio have made donations too. “As per IRS guidelines, each band has to do one charitable thing for the year,” says Panza. “This year’s bands are great. We’ll announce the bands for next year, and we have a special announcement about another project for 2020 will be in video form.” Ebert sees the Panza Foundation as a way of filling in gaps for local arts funding. “There is art support for local artists, which is great, but it doesn’t reach the DIY music scene,” says Ebert. “If you’re a band, you can’t apply to those single artist grants. We just want to fill in the blanks. The benefit is really fun. I had a good time playing it and performing at it, and I know that this year I will have a good time just hanging out at it.”

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Charlie Ballantine Trio: 7 p.m., $15. Nighttown. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening: 7:30 p.m., $39.50-$65. MGM Northfield Park. An Evening With Ben Monder: 7 p.m., $20. Bop Stop. Josh Heinrichs/Eureka Sound: 8:30 p.m., $13-$17. Beachland Tavern. The Holidays CAN Be Fun Tour with Julia Nunes & Elizabeth and the Catapult: 8 p.m., $15-$65. Beachland Ballroom. Mononegatives/Traders/Skin Graft/ Some Ones: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Pigs: Canada’s Pink Floyd: 7 p.m. Agora Theatre. Role Model: 8 p.m., $13-$48. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

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Black Mountain/Ryley Walker: 8 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Pete Cavano: 8 p.m., $10. Nighttown. Funny Business/Top Scrub/Grav: 7 p.m., $7. CODA. Sean Holt/Aly-Xe/Halumnen/Blame the Moon (in the Locker Room): 8 p.m., $6. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Philippe Lemm Trio: 7 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Aaron Lewis/Ben Danaher: 8 p.m., $40 ADV, $45 DOS. House of Blues. Briston Maroney/Covey: 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Tony Orlando: 7:30 p.m., $35-$59.50. MGM Northfield Park. RLwood/Life Magnetic/The Super Babes: 9 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Grog Shop. Corey Smith: 8 p.m., $25-$35. The Kent Stage. Varaha/Gates to the Morning/ Axioma/Ancient VVisdom: 8 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class.

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Alex Bugnon: 8 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Chase Rice/Cale Dodds/Hunter Phelps: 7 p.m., $30-$45. Masonic Auditorium. Falling Stars/Rumbling Spires: Earlier this year, the local indie rock band Falling Stars released the single “Let It All Go” along with an accompanying music video in advance of a new EP, a “guitar-fueled affair with songs that celebrate

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defying the odds, running wild and standing strong.” The band recorded the four songs this past January at Youngstown’s Peppermint Studio with Gary Rhamy on the dials. Singer-songwriter Don Dixon (R.E.M., Smithereens) joined the sessions to produce the acoustic rock track “Black & White.” Expect to hear songs from it at tonight’s show. (Jeff Niesel) 8:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Debbie Gifford Quartet: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Jason Kaminski/The Bears and the Bees/Learning Curve: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Lost Dogz/Eazybaked/Sumthin Sumthin: 9 p.m., $15. The Winchester. Moon Cactus/Summer School/Alex Stanilla/Bess IV: 8 p.m., $7. CODA. Moon Hooch/Nathan Paul & the Admirables: Since their debut album dropped in 2013, landing at No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts, Moon Hooch hasn’t stopped. With 2016’s Red Sky, written and recorded at Joshua Tree National Park during winter, the band continued to add more electronic techniques (“Rough Sex”) and vocals (“On the Sun”). Drummer James Muschler grew up in the Cleveland area and went to Beachland shows prior to moving to New York. Tonight’s show supports the band’s latest releases, a series of singles. (Laura Morrison) 8:30 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Sasha Sloan/Winnetka Bowling League: 8:30 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Grog Shop. Timmy’s Organism/The Missed/

Dollar Drafts: 8 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class. Van Morrison Tribute by Nitebridge & Colin Dussault: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Vinyl Wings/Land of Panda/The Temperation: 8 p.m., $10. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. We Will Rock You: A Night of Anthems & Hits With the Sunrise Jones (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

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2019 Panza Foundation Benefit: 7 p.m., $10. Happy Dog. Barefuzz/Rubix Groove/Cat’s Meow: 8 p.m., $8. CODA. Drag Daze/Feed the People/Learning Curve/Soot Sprites (in the Locker Room): 8 p.m., $8. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Charles Wesley Godwin: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Travis Haddix Birthday Bash (in the Supper Club): A staple in the Cleveland blues scene — and in the American music circuit writ large — Travis “Moonchild” Haddix has always brought the heat to the stage. He also surrounds himself with great musicians — like a tight, tight brass section. What he has always done so well has been his steady merger of classic blues structures with smooth R&B-style singing. He makes the blues accessible to anyone willing to listen and, inevitably,

dance. And having played guitar since he was 7, the dude can tear it up. He once told a music writer, “I am the best that I can be, and since no one else can be me, there’s none better.” Right on. (Eric Sandy) 7 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Honey Pocket/Anaconda Vampire Bats/The Rosie’s: 8 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. The Jayhawks/Harrow Fair: Although the Jayhawks first emerged from the same Minneapolis scene that gave us the Replacements and Husker Du, the group played a different style of music with tunes steeped in roots/country-rock and power-pop. Recently, the Jayhawks reissued their first five major label recordings on vinyl through American/UME. While frontman Gary Louris says he’s not one to dwell on the past, he’s said he’s still proud of the albums, which marked a shift away from the alt-country sound for which the band was known. They were recorded after the departure of founding member Mark Olson, who shared songwriting duties with Louris. (Niesel) 8 p.m. Music Box Supper Club. Lil Duval: 8 p.m., $50. House of Blues. ME::YOU/James Long Experience/ Broken Keys/Ghost Noises/ UNKNOWNPHRAZE: 9 p.m., $6. Grog Shop. Rumpke Mountain Boys/Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle: Released in 2013, the Rumpke Mountain Boys’ Moon is a great album. The strings are top notch as always, and the attitude is fresh and laid back. From down in Southwest Ohio to up here in the Northeast, the band’s got a lot of good to deliver. Their shows promise high-energy bluegrass and plenty of dancing for those who’ve got the itch. Here’s a parting drop of Rumpke perspective: “Doin’ wrong feels as good as being right, especially when I’m high as a kite.” We couldn’t agree more. (Sandy) 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Leni Stern Trio: 8 p.m., $20. Bop Stop. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Westown Bend/Sticky/Subtle Q/ Indre: 8 p.m., $10. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

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Amigo the Devil/King Dude/Twin Temple: Ross Robinson (Korn, Slipknot, At the Drive In) produced Everything Is Fine, the latest album from dark folk rocker Amigo the Devil, aka singer-songwriter Danny Kiranos. The album features drummer Brad Wilk (Prophets of Rage, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine) playing drums, and the group brings its headlining tour to town tonight. The disc opens with the sparse, Johnny Cashlike “Cocaine and Abel” and puts Kiranos’ baritone vocals up front on somber tunes such as “Preacher Feature.” (Niesel) 8:30 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop. Rachel Brown & the Beatnik Playboys: 7 p.m., $15. Nighttown. Litz: 8:30 p.m., $10. Beachland Tavern.

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and then returned earlier this year with Self Portrait. “I think for me, it’s about keeping the lyrics really honest,” she says when asked about her approach on Self Portrait. “I was over-thinking it with the first two EPs. With Self Portrait, I realized if it feels good in your bones, you should go with it.”

MEET THE BAND: Sasha Sloan (vocals) A PIANO PRODIGY: Sloan, who is of

Ukrainian descent, grew up in the Boston area and taught herself to play piano when she was only 5. “I guess I’ve always been doing music. My mom had this piano in our apartment in Boston,” she explains. “I’m not that good at piano now, but I was pretty good then. Back then, I listened to whatever my mom had in the house. She had the Carpenters and Jackson Five and acts like that.” Sloan moved to Los Angeles in her teens to pursue a career as a songwriter and quickly hooked up with the guys from Kaskade for their tune “Phoenix.” “That was insanely hard,” she says of the move. “I was only 19. I had no clue. I couldn’t even drive a car. There were lots of learning curves. I grew up on old-school music and then I got

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into the pop writing scene. It was really tough, and I had to get some side jobs.” Sloan has also written songs for artists such as Idina Menzel, Maggie Lindemann and Camila Cabello. “Songwriting can be a tough game, but the key is to find your people,” she says. “I met some other collaborators who I could work with, and that really helped.” AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT: Sloan raised eyebrows with her first EP, last year’s Sad Girl, an album that introduced her confessional songwriting. “That was terrifying,” she says of making the record. “I had written ‘Ready Yet,’ a song that was really personal, and I thought no one else could sing it, so that’s what motivated me to make the EP. It’s really scary starting with absolutely nothing.” She followed up that EP last year with Loser

“Thoughts,” the evocative opening track on Self Portrait, features percolating synths and soft vocals, and the brisk “Keep On” serves as an inspirational ballad. “I had a tough summer and started getting proper panic attacks,” she says of “Keep On.” “It’s about me telling me in the middle of a panic attack that it’s all good.” A Grammy party inspired the sardonic “At Least I Look Cool.” “I was at a Grammy party and fucking miserable,” she says. “I just hate that shit so much. I went home and got really stoned and wrote that song as a joke. I think someone heard it and said I should put it out. It came out as a freestyle, which never happens for me.” She says she hopes to drop an album next year. “It was important for me to have a little project to find my sound before I tackle a full-length,” she says. “I just wanted to build and grow.” WHERE YOU CAN HEAR HER:

sadgirlsloan.com. WHERE YOU CAN SEE HER: Sasha Sloan

performs with Winnetka Bowling League at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, at the Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights.

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SAVAGE LOVE THAT PROFESSOR by Dan Savage I’m a fortysomething gay male professor at a small college. I try hard not to get attracted to students, and usually succeed. But it’s tough to resist temptation when you’re surrounded by hot, smart, fun, horny young guys in a rural area with not many other options. Over the past several years, I’ve ended up having sex with several students. None of them were students I was currently teaching or likely to teach, and two had graduated. I’m not actually violating college policy, which only bans faculty from getting involved with students they’re currently teaching. I haven’t ever done anything on campus or made the first move —and when one of them starts trying to hit on me, I’ve usually mustered the willpower to ignore him. On rare occasions when I’ve ended up letting my cock do the thinking, I’ve treated my younger partners with kindness and respect and observed your campsite rule. All of these younger guys solemnly swore to keep our extracurricular activities secret, but still, word might leak out, and I don’t want to become known on campus as one of “those” professors. Most important, I don’t want my queer male students — many of whom look to me for mentorship — to think I’m grooming them for sex after I’m no longer teaching them, and I don’t want my female and straight male students to feel like second-class citizens. On the other hand, I’m a sex-positive person who believes that happy, consensual banging has its own intrinsic value. I tend to be attracted to younger guys, and I think part of the attraction is that they’re less jaded about sex and more excited. Fucking them feels less transactional than the typical hi-bang-jizz-wipe-bye Grindr hookup that seems to be the norm with gay guys in their 30s and older. I’m struggling with how I should feel about these off-campus romps. We’re all adults, and we’re not breaking any rules. Obviously the behavior is professionally risky for me, probably foolhardy. But is it immoral? Above all, what should I do when future opportunities present themselves? — Professor Horn-Dog Can we please not describe

one adult subtly and perhaps unintentionally telegraphing their attraction to another adult as “grooming”? That term refers to adult sexual predators insinuating themselves into the lives of minors, slowly gaining their trust and the trust of their family members, so they can abuse them sexually. It means something very specific, PHD, and we shouldn’t confuse or cheapen its meaning by applying it to your behavior — which, while not criminal or immoral, is incredibly stupid. Yes, these relationships are permissible, in the sense that the school where you teach permits them. They aren’t against the rules, those young men were all consenting adults, and you’re honoring the campsite rule (leave them in better shape than you found them). But this is an advice column, PHD, and you’re not asking me what’s permissible, but what’s advisable. And what you’re doing is crazy inadvisable for all the reasons you cite: the risk of promising and hot gay male students misinterpreting your interest in them as sexual, your straight students feeling like they may not be getting the full benefit of your attention, and your mediocre and not hot gay male students — sorry, your mediocre and not conventionally attractive gay male students — interpreting their failing grades as sexual rejection. I, too, am a sex-positive person who believes in happy, consensual banging, and I don’t think what you’re doing is immoral. But it is incredibly reckless at this particular moment on any American college campus. Power and consent are minefields that students, professors, and administrators are tiptoeing through, PHD, but you’re humping your way across them. Becoming known on campus as one of “those” professors — because you are one of those professors — could wind up being the least of your problems. What if your college revises its rules while you’re balls-deep in a student? What if you have a falling-out with a student you banged and he files a complaint? What if you want to move to a different school that has different rules and your reputation

proceeds and disqualifies you? Finally, PHD, it’s fine to be attracted to younger guys. But if all your experiences with guys in their 30s have been dispiriting and transactional, well, it sounds like you were the common denominator in a lot of meh sexual encounters. Speaking from experience, I can say that plenty of guys over 30 are excited about sex and good at it. If every guy over 30 that you’ve been with has been underwhelming, well, it’s possible they were picking up on your lack of enthusiasm/attraction and reflecting that back at you.

*** I’m a 33-year-old woman in a nine-year LTR with another woman. Our relationship hasn’t been great in the intimacy department for a long time. We’ve talked it to death, with no real significant change. I started talking to a woman online a few states over who is married and in a similar situation with her husband. Things are great between us, but neither of us envisions a future where we would leave our partner. My partner is chronically ill and I support her financially, and my online GF and her husband have young children. I’m wondering if you know anything about sustainability in a relationship with someone online. I’ll admit that sometimes it’s torture to not be able to be with her in real life. But then there’s the question of our significant others. Is it okay to keep this secret if things are good otherwise? — Making It Last Forever Your significant others aren’t questions, MILF, they’re people — and you don’t intend to leave your person, and your online girlfriend doesn’t intend to leave hers. So if you want to spare your chronically ill partner the anxiety of worrying you might leave her for this other person, then you’ll keep the online GF a secret. But you need to ask yourself — and your online GF needs to ask herself — if this online relationship/ emotional affair is making you a better, more contented, and more

emotionally available partner to your IRL partner. If it’s making you a better partner to the person you’re actually/technically/physically with, then great. But if it’s a distraction that’s causing you to neglect or resent your IRL partner, MILF, then you’ll have to end it. If it’s harming your IRL relationship and you don’t end it, then you’re engaging in shitty, dishonest, slo-mo sabotage. As for the sustainability of online relationships, there are people out there who’ve maintained online connections — intense friendships, romantic and/or sexual relationships — for as long as people have been able to get online. Sometimes online relationships run their course and come to an end, just like offline relationships and sometimes the online platforms they began on. (There are people out there who are still involved with people they met on Friendster and Myspace.) But offline or on, MILF, there are always challenges and never guarantees.

*** I’m one of your straight male readers. I’ve been seeing a professional Dom for the last year, with my wife’s okay, and it’s been very good for our marriage. I thought I could “give up” bondage when we got married, and then I found myself feeling resentful of my wife, even though it was a choice I made freely. This outlet — a wonderful pro that I see just for bondage, not for sex — solved our problem and even improved our sex life. I’m writing to say thank you. I don’t think we would have been able to discuss this calmly if we hadn’t been listeners of the Savage Lovecast. And, yes, I’ve told my wife if there’s ever anything she wants that I can’t do for her, she only has to ask. — Grateful Reader In Nevada Thanks for the sweet note, GRIN!

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