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THE U.S. MARSHALS LAST week released a scathing report on the operations inside the Cuyahoga County Jail. County executive Armond Budish had asked for a review and report following a string of seven deaths in the facility this year as well as numerous concerns voiced by staff. Former jail director Ken Mills resigned last week in advance of the report’s public release. The report is a blistering 52 pages, detailing a dangerous and overcrowded facility where inmates’ constitutional rights are routinely violated, where the general health and well-being of the inmates is routinely ignored, where food is withheld as punishment, where officers festooned in SWAT gear intimidate and threaten inmates, where those same officers verbally abuse inmates and use excessive force, where inmates are locked down for 27 hours at a time, where basic levels of hygiene and sanitation are not met, and where staff lacks adequate training. That Budish and the Sheriff’s Office could even profess to claim that they were unaware of the situation is baffling, but Budish, in a statement, said that routine inspections by the state of Ohio have revealed compliance and, in fact, high marks. That is not what the Marshals found, giving unsatisfactory ratings across the board in every area they investigated at the facility, which was built to house 1,760 inmates but which currently houses some 2,420. “This must change, and it will change,” Budish’s statement read. “It’s my plan to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to improve safety in the jail, addressing the concerns detailed in the report. We have already made some of the recommended changes. Some of the concerns in the Marshals’ report can be quickly cured, like the need to practice fire drills. Other issues will take longer to address. We will closely review the Marshal’s report and prepare a comprehensive plan to ensure the
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Ohio Becomes First State to Accept Cryptocurrency for Business Taxes In conjunction with this weekend’s Blockland Solutions Conference — the inaugural conference to explore civic and
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Clark-Fulton’s South Branch Library to Reopen at Last For five years Clevelanders in the Tremont/Clark-Fulton neighborhoods have awaited the reopening of the South Branch Library at its rightful home on the corner of Scranton Road and Clark Avenue. This Saturday, they’ll be waiting no more. After plenty of discussion, planning and a full renovation, the historic Andrew Carnegie-funded library building is finally opening to the public with an all-new 1,600-square-foot, fully ADAcompliant addition. Closed back in 2013, the nearly 110-year-old building was in need of serious structural and electrical repairs. Through the renovation, the building’s historical integrity has remained intact, as much of the wood features, fireplace and skylight are still on display. “It’s remarkable that the community members voiced their opinions and their needs, and that the Library was able to respond by saving a historical building,” Jaime Declet, the South Branch manager, said in a statement. “That corner of Scranton and Clark wouldn’t be the
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Ohio High School Drops Native American Mascot On the Native American Mascot beat: A Butler County school district voted last week to drop its Native American “Braves” mascot by removing the final letter. Talawanda High School will now be known as the “Brave,” a name meant no doubt to connote fortitude on and off the field. The school district in Oxford, Ohio will no longer purchase or sell apparel and equipment with
is best for students in Talawanda,” the spokeswoman said, “and impressed upon everyone that finding ways to come together is important.” Talawanda is located just south of Miami University, which dropped its “Redskins” mascot in 1996 and thereafter have been known as the “Red Hawks.” In January, Scene tabulated the total number of Ohio high schools with Native American mascots. Talawanda was one of 79 at the time, and one of six with the “Braves” mascot. — Allard
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FROM A MONTH IN CLEVELAND WITHOUT A CAR AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, MY CAR broke down a few days before I was slated to begin a promotion, sponsored by the ride-hailing service Lyft, that would entail “Ditching [My] Car” in favor of alternative transit modes for one whole month (Oct. 8 through Nov. 6). Lyft randomly selected 50 local participants for the promotion — occurring concurrently in other American cities — and was careful to include a handful of “influencers” like yours truly to help get the word out. Ditching our cars, the promotional literature assured us, was a “bold step toward creating a better future for our cities, our planet and future generations.” That’s something I could get behind and was eager to promote. And my own car’s malfunctioning ensured that I wouldn’t be tempted to cheat. I was delighted, in any case, to put off what might be a costly repair and leap headlong into regular public transit use. Lyft was providing all #DitchYourCar participants (“ditchers,” in the preferred lingo) with $300 in use-em-or-lose-em Lyft credits — the cost, we later learned, of an upcoming monthly Lyft “subscription” — and a monthly RTA transit pass that retails for $95. Along with these items, ditchers were sent a clear plastic box into which we were meant to symbolically deposit our car keys. My plan was to participate sincerely, to document all my trips for the duration of the promotion in the hopes of identifying areas where I could cut back on solo car trips. This struck me as a good and achievable goal.
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For background, my wife and I are a two-person household with two cars, an arrangement I’m not proud of, but one which often feels necessary given our busy, divergent schedules, and one which — since we’ve got our cars paid off and our downtown parking subsidized — requires a deliberate effort to escape the tyrannical convenience of. For those of us in the luxurious position of being able to make transit choices, walking or biking or busing can sometimes feel like a sacrifice. And to the extent that that’s true, my personal position is that it’s a sacrifice worth making. The National Household Travel survey found in 2017 that roughly 45 percent of all vehicle trips in the United States are 3 miles or less, and that those trips account for more than 100 billion total miles. I sometimes imagine all those miles as tiny arrows fired at Earth’s weakening atmospheric defense. Speaking of which, the authors of an all-hands-on-deck National Climate Assessment, released last week, argued that climate change is aggressively shifting where and how we live and will continue to wreak havoc on the American economy and built environment. Humans must act urgently, the authors said, to adapt to current impacts and mitigate future catastrophes. We all have to be much more intentional about our individual and societal impacts on the environment. That means both fighting for policies — and supporting leaders who advocate policies — that combat climate change. It also means holding ourselves accountable for the choices
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we make every day. In many individual cases, that might not translate to a radical change in behavior. It might just mean being more thoughtful about our actions: making conscious decisions about what we eat, for example, and how we move around. Lyft is of course a fleet of cars — private vehicles operated by their owners — and the company makes no mention of climate change in the #DitchYourCar promotional materials. Rather, its stated vision of the future (which they take for granted will exist) is one which “moves away from [car] ownership and into transportation as a service.” The $300 monthly subscription presumably wants to do for personal transportation what Netflix has done for home entertainment. A press statement from the company’s co-founder and president John Zimmer said that cities should be built “around people, not around cars or parking lots.” In my view, that vision requires investment, first and foremost, in convenient, reliable, equitable public transit. It is perhaps needless to note that those I spoke with who participated in the #DitchYourCar challenge did not interpret the promotion the same way I did. Responding to a series of emailed questions when the month was over, not one of the three ditchers Lyft put me in touch with mentioned using RTA. All three said they’d used their personal vehicles occasionally, if not daily — in defiance of the promotion’s mandate and symbolism — for long trips or when there were time constraints.
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Two of the three lived downtown and typically walked to work, but said they enjoyed being able to avoid the hassle and stress of downtown parking for evening outings. Two mentioned the decorations of the cars and the personalities of drivers of Lyft vs. Uber. All three said they intended to keep using ride hailing services for short trips or weekend outings, especially with groups, but expected their transit habits to remain about the same. “I do think sometimes having a car and paying for gas is cheaper than [ride-hailing] costs,” said one. When Lyft’s community associate, Abbey Svigelj, posted a survey on the Ditch Your Car Facebook group asking which mode ditchers were using most, 15 people responded. Ten of the 15 said they’d been using Lyft most. Three said the Rapid. Two said RTA buses. Lyft’s regional market manager, Jay Dumaswala, told Scene that the promotion was aimed at changing people’s attitudes and encouraging multimodal transit use. “Our goal was to bring together the public and private sector to shift behavior in how people move around their communities and show that it’s possible to maintain your routine and lifestyle without car ownership,” Dumaswala said. And he stressed that members of transit ecosystems must work together. Companies like Lyft must work “handin-hand with public transportation partners” in order to obtain the future Lyft wants, he said, (i.e., one where transportation is a subscription service run by tech companies?) Last year, a Cuyahoga County
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subcommittee proposed that transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft pay a $0.27-per-ride fee as a mechanism for funding public transit. That fee, though, was dead on arrival due to a 2015 pre-emptive state law which forbids Ohio municipalities from regulating or taxing ride hailing companies in any way and which was literally written by an Uber lobbyist. When Scene asked Dumuswala about the fiscal crisis of RTA, and whether Lyft’s commitment to public transit meant helping to overturn the 2015 law, he deflected. “Cities should be built around people, not cars or parking lots,” he responded in an email, using the familiar talking point. “Using a mix of multimodal options, it’s possible for us to retake our cities and ditch our personal cars. Fixing our broken transportation system is the biggest area of opportunity for the public and private sector to work together. Neither one of us can do it alone.” In Lyft’s model, all of us obviously can’t ditch our cars. They need drivers, after all! Here are 10 takeaways — some general, some specific — from my month in Cleveland without a car:
1) The Health Benefits are No Joke For orientation, my typical daily commute was on the Red Line Rapid. I left my home in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood and got off at Tower City. From there, I walked to Scene’s offices on Bolivar Road, near Progressive Field. I worked remotely, in my
“home office” or from Gypsy Beans & Baking Co., one or two days per week. “Walking” was my most popular transit mode for the month. A November report by the local Center for Community Solutions examined the intersection of health and transportation. It cited a recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control that adults average 22 minutes of moderate physical activity each day. That’s a target that less than half of Americans achieve. You’ll be no doubt as pleased as I was to learn that moderate physical activity includes “brisk walking.” The report mentioned that those who take public transit tend to hit activity targets simply because they’re walking to and from bus stops. I can confirm. Having ditched my car, even with four short (sub-10-minute) walks — plus miscellaneous midday strolls and coffee runs — I was averaging far more steps per day, according to my phone’s internal pedometer, than I had in any previous month in 2018, including June, July and August, which had been my highest months in previous years for obvious reasons. Like others, I tend to be more active when it’s nicer outside. The most direct financial savings of going car-free are not having to pay for a car and its upkeep. The American Public Transportation Association calculated in June that a Cleveland resident in a two-person household would save $9,873 per year by owning one fewer car, a calculation that factored in gasoline prices and average downtown parking costs. But the CDC has noted another cost
savings: Among physically able adults, average annual medical expenditures are 32 percent lower for those who achieve physical activity targets ($1,019 per year) than for those who don’t ($1,349 per year). Taking public transit means walking more, and that’s good for the body as well as the spirit.
2) Active Commuting Time is a Psychological Barrier A study conducted at Penn State University this year found that respondents significantly overestimated the time it takes to walk or bike to work — what’s called “active commuting.” Respondents who drove to work and had parking spaces closest to their final destination were the furthest off-base. It’s my sense that resistance to walking and biking is much more a psychological barrier than anything else. Once you start doing it, it’s not that big of a deal, time-wise. (This is assuming you’re physically able and don’t need to wear dress clothes to work, or else have access to showers.) I only rode my bike to work twice during the challenge — I admit that cold weather and wind are the biggest barriers for me; barriers that I could solve with appropriate gear — but I try to bike once or twice per week over the summer. I always enjoy doing it. When taking public transit, the walks to and from the bus stops I find extremely pleasant, if not downright invigorating. By the end of the month, the walk from the office to Tower City had become second nature. I now
vastly prefer it to sitting in downtown traffic during rush hour as the parking garages disgorge onto East Ninth and funnel with excruciating slowness onto the highways.
3) Lyft is Great in Certain Circumstances, But Not CostEffective as a Primary Transit Mode I came nowhere close to using my total Lyft credits, burning through only $180 in fares, before tips. Only once did I use Lyft for a ride home from work, on a rainy day when RTA trains appeared to be self-destructing left and right. Images had been posted on social media of lengthy delays and train cars with fluid leaks on the Blue and Green lines and I wasn’t in the mood to risk it on the Red. Otherwise, I used Lyft when public transit times would be inconveniently lengthy: once to the Cedar Lee, once home from Valley View — both of which times I used public transit for the opposite end of the trip — and once from work to a dentist appointment. I also used it in the situations that I’ve come to regard as its best value: small group outings, generally on weekend evenings, where alcohol will be consumed. As a solo proposition, taking public transit is almost always a better value, but with three or four folks traveling from Detroit-Shoreway to Tremont, say, which happened in my case twice, the $9 Lyft ride, plus tip, is fairly comparable with bus passes. The thought of using Lyft as a primary transit mode, however, seems outlandish to me, one step shy of
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4) Without Employer Incentives, Transit isn’t Necessarily a Better Value than Driving As I mentioned, both my wife and I have our downtown parking subsidized. When APTA and others calculate the savings of not owning a car, downtown parking costs are included. And while paying for gas and upkeep is still more expensive than a monthly transit pass, it’s not that much more. For folks to consider public transit instead of driving, the system itself first has to be convenient and reliable. But it also has to be affordable. In order to make commuting by public transit more popular and attractive, employers should offer equivalent (or even more appealing) incentives than parking.
5) RTA Trains Have SERIOUS Problems Far and away, the route I rode most often was the Red Line Rapid, often from the westside to downtown, and occasionally out to University Circle. The good news is that these trains were almost always on time. The bad news is that often, the Red Line was running single cars, and during the morning and evening rush hour, they were packed with annoyed commuters. Among other things, RTA is in desperate need of a fleet upgrade.
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The mobile ticketing app, which I had to use once when I forgot my wallet at home, and which I use regularly for single trips, is a must-have for multi-modal transit users. It makes buying tickets quick and easy. Tower City has recently
installed mobile ticket readers at select turnstyles as well, which streamlines the boarding there. The Transit app was also almost always accurate (for the Red Line and #26 bus, which I rode most frequently) and only once led me astray, when downtown traffic for an evening concert meant that routes on Prospect were significantly delayed. Almost always, I was able to plan my trip to minimize wait time.
7) Living in a Walkable Neighborhood Matters Throughout the promotion, as I mentioned, I’d generally work remotely one or two days per week. My wife and I intentionally bought a home in a walkable neighborhood, and having a coffee shop, a diner, few neighborhood taverns, a convenience store, a library and even a movie theater in walking distance means we don’t have to rely on a car for these activities. During my #DitchYourCar month, an even higher percentage of our outings occurred within walking distance. Even when we met friends for a bite or a drink in neighboring Ohio City, we’d walk, which took about 20 minutes and was really not that much of an obstacle. 7.5) Streets should be designed with cyclists and pedestrians in mind On the aforementioned transit trip to Valley View, I took the 77F bus from downtown Cleveland to Rockside Road, an easy trip that took not much more than 20 minutes. But then I had to hoof it East on Rockside for about a mile. There’s a thin sidewalk on the south side of the four-lane road, but I was on the north side, walking in the darkening evening on sloping grass with no opportunity to cross. When I eventually turned left on Canal Road, there was no sidewalk on either side of the street, and I got progressively muddier as I made my way toward the cineplex. I became increasingly distraught over the plight of employees, at the Cinemark or at any of the businesses in Canal Road’s various commerce parks, who commute via bus. It’d be hard to cook up a more literal expression of marginalization.
8) 90-Minute Work Commutes Should Horrify Us As one of Scene’s film critics, I venture out to the Cedar Lee, Valley View or Silverspot’s Pinecrest at least once per week. The former two I accessed via public transit (both from downtown) in about an hour. I could reasonably get to both in 60 or 75 minutes from my house on the West Side as well. But Pinecrest would be a 1-hour, 50-minute commute, and I
wasn’t prepared to give up that much of my Friday, with all due respect, for Beautiful Boy. (I walked to the Capitol Theatre to see it the following week.) In 2015, Brookings released a report which showed that Cleveland, from 2000 to 2012, had lost the highest number of jobs available to the average resident among the country’s 96 largest metropolitan statistical areas. Jobs were moving further and further aďŹ eld, deeper and deeper into more remote suburbs, and low-wage earners (who are disproportionately minorities and females) had no reliable way to get there. After traveling an hour — via Rapid and bus — to get to the Cedar Lee, I was annoyed at how much of my afternoon had been eaten up. The next time out, I split the difference, Lyfting out and taking transit back to save some time. But for those without a car who commute 90 minutes or more each way every day, that lost time has serious ramiďŹ cations on quality of life. Not only can a late or absent bus mean penalties at work, it means far less time with family and less time to complete life’s other necessities. In Cleveland, there are a ton of people dealing with this situation. According to data mined by Apartment List, about 12,445 Northeast Ohioans spent 90 minutes or more getting to work each day in 2016. And while 93.8 percent of all commuters in Cleveland travel to work in a car, only 58.3 percent of people with 90-minute or more trips (“supercommuters,â€? as they’re called) did so in a car. The disparity between the number of supercommuters in a car versus on public transit is the the second-highest among major metro areas. And, additionally, those public transit supercommuters aren’t hopping on a bus or train by choice: 55 percent of Cleveland’s supercommuters fall below the area’s median income level. Policy makers should regard with extreme prejudice employers who ee to Solon or Independence or MayďŹ eld and then complain about an inability to attract a qualiďŹ ed workforce.
9) Car Costs are More than Just Gas and a Monthly Payment During my car-free month, I’d determined that my trusty Dodge Avenger needed a new battery. I was distraught to discover that even once installed, the car wouldn’t start. I called AAA (after buying an annual membership the day before) for a tow, and took it to a mechanic, who determined quickly that the car needed a new alternator: a repair of roughly $360, with tax. The AAA membership was $41. The battery,
after my core charge refund, was about $90. Just to get back on the road after the #DitchYourCar festivities, I had to shell out nearly $500. Again, I have no monthly payment at this point, and I pay less than $100 per month for gasoline, on average, but auto repairs are often a jolt to any budget.
10) You Don’t Have to Go Car Free to Make an Impact While the costs mentioned above are often annoying, and sometimes surprising, I generally don’t object, or even mind, paying them. Annual registration fees. Car insurance. Periodic oil changes. Tires. Rotors. These are all built into the price of car ownership. And like many others, I like owning a car. My Avenger with the missing handle, broken gas cap and recurring squeal won’t turn many heads, but it’s my ďŹ rst car, and buying it was a real moment of pride for me, a symbol of ďŹ nancial independence. There are many who work years to save up for a car, and many who, having worked for years, still can’t afford one. It’s expensive. And owning one is a privilege that makes my life easier. Like virtually everyone else for whom car ownership is one of adulthood’s default settings, I’m not prepared to convert to a car-free lifestyle. As a reporter, I’m often obligated to dash off to a press conference or a last-minute interview at locations across town, and the ability to get somewhere “on a moment’s noticeâ€? is critical. But this month of Ditching my Car showed me how effective planning ahead can be in order to streamline and reduce my solo car trips. In the same way that planning out weekly meals can save money on groceries and reduce food waste, planning out a week’s travel can reduce redundant or extraneous travel. It requires a few minutes of attention, sure, but it’s not insurmountable. As I’ve come to believe, a radical life change is not the only way to make an impact. Some people are willing and able to go car-free, just as some are willing and able to convert to a fully plant-based diet. But small changes are good, too: things like combining errands, carpooling, and trying to walk or bike to work one day per week. Those are all steps in the right direction. And since human civilization is racing toward extinction, taking those steps is vital.
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Keith Alberstadt Low-key comic Keith Alberstadt likes to joke about how people take themselves way too seriously: He hates it when people use big words to describe the wine they’ve had at Applebee’s. Much like Jerry Seinfeld, he takes most of his material from everyday observations about the stupid things people say and do. He performs tonight at 8 at Hilarities, where he has shows scheduled through Saturday. Tickets start at $18. (Jeff Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. THEATER
Chicago The production of the Tony Awardwinning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago that takes place tonight at 7:30 at the Connor Palace features former NFL star Eddie George in the role of Billy Flynn. That’s reason enough to see the play about fame, fortune and “all that jazz.” Tickets start at $10, and performances continue through Dec. 2. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. 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, Cleveland storyteller Dan Ruminski talks about the “famous and infamous women of Cleveland’s Millionaire’s Row.” The equally fancy-sounding menu features lobster bisque, Oysters and Pearls, and Cherries Jubilee. 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.
The new Warren Miller movie screens at the Capitol. See: Thursday. FILM
Outrage As part of a series devoted to BritishAmerican actress Ida Lupino, who would’ve turned 100 this year, the Cleveland Museum of Art will screen her 1950 film Outrage tonight at 7. Lupino helmed low-budget movies about issues that Hollywood tended to avoid, and Outrage focuses on the rape of an innocent bookkeeper. The movie screens tonight and Friday night at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.
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11/29
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A Christmas Story A Christmas Story, a near-genius piece of American reminiscence, is so period-perfect and charming that the
squishy sentimentality (of which there is plenty) never leads to saccharine reflux. Philip Grecian is listed as the playwright, but everyone understands that the bulk of insights and telling detail comes from the mind of Jean Shepherd, who wrote the original story, co-authored the movie, and narrated the flick in his distinctive, triple-wry voice. The Cleveland Play House’s production of Story rides a two-hour wave of intricate details to unerringly establish the period and to help even the youngest patrons make the leap back to a time before televisions were omnipresent and cowboy hero Red Ryder was king of the wireless. See it tonight at 7:30 at the Allen Theatre. Performances continue through Dec. 23. Tickets are $25 to $97. (Christine Howey) 1407 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. COMEDY
Craig Ferguson An actor, comedian and writer who
set viewing records while he was the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Craig Ferguson embarked on a 48-city comedy tour earlier this year. Dubbed the Hobo Fabulous Tour, it finds Ferguson delivering all-new material. The show begins at 7:30 tonight at the Agora. Tickets are $45 in advance, $50 at the door. (Niesel) 5000 Euclid Ave., 216-881-2221, agoracleveland.com. FILM
Warren Miller’s Face of Winter The release of a new Warren Miller Entertainment film signals the start of ski season as much as anything. Tonight at 7, the Capitol will screen Face of Winter, his latest movie to feature skiers performing death defying stunts. It’s the 69th installment of the series and includes clips from Engleberg, Chamonix, British Columbia, Alaska, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, Washington and more. Featured skiers include Anna Segal, Dash Longe, Forrest
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engage and delight. Framed cozily as a story within a story in this Gerald Freedman adaptation, the production really comes alive once the ghost of Jacob Marley appears, dragging his chains and creaking eerily with every movement. This annual tribute to knee-jerk liberal sentiments, like compassion for the downtrodden, is always a must-see, whether you’ve seen it before or not. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $15 to $75.
that runs all season, Cleveland Monsters fans can score a $1 Pepsi, $2 Sugardale hotdog and $3 select 12-ounce beer on Friday nights. Luckily, tonight is a Friday, so fans can eat cheap while the team takes on the Syracuse Crunch. The game begins at 7, and the two teams face off again on at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets start at $10. (Niesel) 1 Center Court, 216-420-2000, theqarena.com.
Monrovia, Indiana Prolific filmmaker Frederick Wiseman returns with Monrovia, Indiana, his 44th movie. The film centers on a small town in the heart of Trump country and includes interviews with the residents, who talk about their way of life, their rituals and institutions (churches, clubs) and their values (duty, service, generosity). The movie makes its local debut tonight at 8:30 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, where it screens again at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $11, or $8 for members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. HOLIDAY HAPPENING
Snowed In Holiday Variety Show Tonight at 7, Forest City Brewery hosts the Snowed Inn Holiday Variety Show, an all-ages, family friendly piece of theater that pays homage to the TV shows that stars such as Bing Crosby and John Denver hosted back in the day. Hosted by co-creators Marissa DeSantis and James Catullo, the show features guest performances by comedians Dionne Atchison and Sam Dee as well as music from singer-songwriter Stephanie Trivison. There will also be a baking demonstration from Becca Ritterspach of Save Room Catering, and a crafts segment with Free Period Press’s Lora DiFranco. Tickets cost $10 at the door. (Niesel) 2135 Columbus Rd., 216-228-9116, forestcitybrewery.com.
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A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens was a hell of a writer, but he could be a tad verbose. So it’s convenient that there have been so many great stage and screen versions of his classic ghost story. One of them — required viewing for anyone with a Netflix membership — is the 1951 movie starring Alastair Sim as a Scrooge for all eternity. And the other is this Great Lakes Theater production, which never fails to
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Scuba Claus & the Seas’N of Play Scuba Claus & the Seas’N of Play continues today, tomorrow and Sunday at the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. Kids get a temporary tattoo, an activity book and the chance to expend some of their excess holiday spirit by learning about and imitating the movements of crabs, archerfish, frogs, frilled lizards and other Aquarium residents. Guests of all ages can participate in an aquariumwide scavenger hunt and/or talk to and snap a selfie with Scuba Claus while he dives in the Aquarium’s 230,000-gallon shark exhibit from 1 to 2 p.m. Aquarium hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Check the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 2000 Sycamore St., 216-862-8803, greaterclevelandaquarium.com.
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Rock ‘n’ Soul holiday hits by GRAMMY winner Mike Farris Dinner by Cleveland Celebrity Chef Rocco Whalen
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that chronicles appearances with Marilyn Manson, collaborations with Marina Abramovic and a performance on America’s Got Talent. The movie makes its local debut tonight at 9:15 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $10, or $7 for members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.
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Performances continue through Dec. 23. (Howey) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. SPORTS
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Narcissister Organ Player A mixed-media performance artist, Narcissister wears a mask and a merkin while exploring issues regarding gender, race and sexuality. She makes her directorial debut with Narcissister Organ Player, a film
Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors The Cavs played a tight game against the Toronto Raptors at the beginning of the season, but the Cavs have clearly regressed since that initial meeting. While the Cavs have struggled to win, the Raptors have played like a team determined to get to the NBA Finals. The addition of forward Kawhi Leonard has really given the team a competitive edge. The Raptors face off against the Cavs tonight at 8 at the Q. Consult the Q website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 1 Center Court, 216-420-2000, theqarena.com. HOLIDAY HAPPENING
Light Up Lakewood Organizers of Light Up Lakewood, the annual holiday happening that takes place today from 4 to 8 p.m. in downtown Lakewood, have announced that this year’s event just became a lot more enticing. It will now include a beer garden that will be located at the intersection of Mars and Detroit avenues. Additionally, Light Up Lakewood 2018 will feature the introduction of the Holiday Market at Lakewood Masonic Temple. Replacing Vendor Village, the Holiday Market will showcase goods from
a wide array of local artists and entrepreneurs. Also new this year is the addition of the Light Up Lakewood Holiday Train, a restored classic trackless train that will run along Detroit Avenue between Belle and St. Charles; tickets to ride it will cost just a buck. As usual, the free event will also feature a holiday parade, a lighting ceremony, winter fireworks, live music, ice carvings, hot chocolate, food trucks, children’s games and more. Details are on the website. (Niesel) lakewoodalive.org. MUSIC
The North Coast Men’s Chorus The North Coast Men’s Chorus returns to the Hanna Theatre this weekend with Snowbound, its “multifaceted holiday concert.” They’ve promised that the stage show will feature “a winter wonderland of song and dance” as they perform the holiday hits while decked out in crazy costumes. Concerts takes place at 3 and 8 p.m. today and at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $10 to $50. (Niesel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. HOLIDAY HAPPENING
Rock & Roll Holiday Ball Tonight, the Rock Hall gets into the spirit of the season and launches its inaugural Rock & Roll Holiday Ball. Grammy-winning blues/gospel singer Mike Farris will perform, and local celebrity chef Rocco Whalen will cook up a special holiday meal. Activities include photo sessions and holidaythemed “stories of rock” inside select exhibits. The Rock Hall will be decked out with holiday displays and other festive decor, and the Rock Hall store will feature exclusive holiday gifts and collectable memorabilia. The $75 ticket includes dinner, two drinks, dessert, live music, museum admission and a
shuttle ride to and from the Great Lakes Science Center parking garage. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. FILM
Rocky Horror Picture Show It’s the first Saturday of the month again, so tonight the Cedar Lee Theatre hosts its usual midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 cult classic that still draws an exuberant, costumed crowd that likes to throw rice and dry toast and sing along to the songs in the movie. In addition, locals act out a floor show that mimics the movie, turning the event into a veritable party. Tickets are $9.75. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 440-528-0355, clevelandcinemas.com.
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The Ancient Law Pianist Donald Sosin and klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals will provide musical accompaniment to today’s screening of the 1923 silent movie, The Ancient Law, a film about the conflict between a rabbi and his son who wants to become an actor. The movie screens at 1 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $20, or $15 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. COMEDY
Vicki Barbolak Comedian Vicki Barbolak was 38 years old when she saw an ad for a comedy class. She enrolled and has been on the fast track ever since. A finalist on the recent season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, she likes to
joke about her many marriages and what she refers to as the “Southern California trailer park lifestyle.” She performs tonight at 7 at Hilarities. Tickets start at $20. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. HOLIDAY HAPPENING
Holiday Circlefest The 23rd annual Holiday CircleFest, which takes place today from noon to 7 p.m. at University Circle, includes activities at more than a dozen of the cultural district’s museums, gardens, galleries, churches and schools. The places will feature music, food, fun, and shopping. On Wade Oval there will be ice skating at the Rink, ice carving demos, horse-drawn carriage rides and other activities. The Cleveland Museum of Art hosts a Winter Lights Lantern Procession at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel) universitycircle.org. BOOKS
Sunday Beat As part of a Sunday Beat promotion at Visible Voice Books, if you purchase a New York Times at the store, you’ll receive a free cup of coffee or tea and a Jim Alesci’s Place pastry. An added bonus: A jazz, Americana, samba or bossa nova band will perform from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Anyone who shows a Sunday receipt from Music Box, Prosperity Social Club or any of the Tremont restaurants that offer brunch can enter a same-day drawing for a $30 Visible Voice gift certificate and a $25 Visible Voice Loyalty Card. They’ll also receive 10 percent off any Visible Voice book purchase. The bookstore is open today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Niesel) 2258 Professor Ave., 216-961-0084, visiblevoicebooks.com. THEATER
Trailer Park Boys The Trailer Park Boys — Ricky,
Julian, Bubbles and Randy — present a special holiday program today at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre. The storyline: A camera crew wants to capture what it’s like to live in a trailer park community in Nova Scotia, and the guys intend to show them all the highs and lows. The Trailer Park Boys came to life in 1999 as a short film. A Canadian television series (now picked up by Netflix) and a popular podcast followed. Tickets for tonight’s live tour stop are $45.50 to $55.50. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.
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Monday Night Trivia Do you have tons of obscure music knowledge? Are you a student of fast food menus and their nuanced histories? What say you about the geographic evolution of Scotch whisky? Tonight’s your chance to wow your friends, make yourself instantly more desirable to someone you’re newly dating, and hang with Cleveland’s headiest hipsters and hot dog lovers. It’s the Happy Dog Monday Night Trivia. Starting at 8 p.m., expect themed rounds and general knowledge questions that seem considerably trickier than some of the other live trivia locales in town. Obviously, have a hot dog and a craft brew while you’re at it. And arrive early: Seats fill up fast. (Sam Allard) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com. FILM
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Shit Show Karaoke Local rapper/promoter Dirty Jones and Scene’s own Manny Wallace host Shit Show Karaoke, a weekly event at the B-Side Liquor Lounge wherein patrons choose from “an unlimited selection of jams from hip-hop to hard rock,” and are encouraged to “be as bad as you want.” Fueled by drink and shot specials, it all goes down tonight at 10 p.m. (Niesel) 2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 216-932-1966, bsideliquorlounge.com. FOOD
Wing Dang Doodle Blues icon Howlin’ Wolf famously covered “Wang Dang Doodle,” the old blues tune penned by Willie Dixon. Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has adopted that slogan, calling its wing night Wing Dang 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 Dang Doodle takes place every Monday from 6 p.m. to midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.
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The Age of the Medici, Part 1 Originally released in Italy in 1973 as a three-part TV series, The Age of Medici, which was directed by Roberto Rossellini, chronicles the exile of Cosimo de’ Medici, head of the prominent banking family that thrived in 15th-century Florence. It screens today at 1:45 at the
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Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, the Winchester hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesday. DJ Kris Koch offers 20-minute slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. Turntables are provided; you can play three to five songs during your time slot; and a mic is available to talk about the selections. (Niesel) 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-600-5338, facebook.com/ TheWinchesterMusicTavern. MUSIC
The Piano Guys: Christmas Together Four dads straight outta Utah, the Piano Guys have become an internet sensation as their self-produced music videos have snagged some 500 million views. For their cover of “Let It Go,” the hit tune from the Disney flick Frozen, they sit at their player pianos and perform atop giant glaciers. They’ve made 40 videos since early 2011, blending classical music with pop. At tonight’s show, you can expect to hear tunes from their holiday album, A Family Christmas. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre. Tickets start at $40. For $160, you can meet and greet the guys at the concert. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. MUSIC
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.
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ART HARMONIOUS DIFFERENCES Why Jessica Pinsky’s mesmerizing new exhibit at Hedge Gallery shouldn’t be missed By Dott von Schneider
TEXTILE-BASED WORK HAS long been considered craft or decorative art in Western culture. Deftly woven to tell stories, tapestries were found in castles or manors during the Middle Ages. Beautiful yet functional, they would keep out drafts of cold air trying to steal through the walls. Perhaps the most familiar collection is the “Lady and the Unicorn,” which consists of six tapestries, woven in silk and wool, five of them recounting the senses. We would be remiss if we didn’t speak about the importance of textiles in Africa, as well. African artists have a long, rich art history that spans thousands of years from the Dogon, who used weavings to tell the story of rebirth, to contemporary artists such as Abdoulaye Konate, whose massive tapestries are constructed and reconstructed and speak to global socio-political issues. Indeed, the medium has drastically evolved into a strong contemporary fine art. Textile artists like Jacqueline Fink, Ana Teresa Barboza, Maryanne Moodie, Hanne Friis and, closer to home, Rebecca Cross, Libby Chaney and Jessica Pinsky continue to push boundaries and reinvent our relationship with the art. Enter Dissection … Shiny, soft, stiff, foreign and familiar are a few words that come to mind when describing Dissection, the new body of work by artist Jessica Pinsky on view at Hedge Gallery. Like members of a choir, the pieces croon in unison, creating distinct upper- and lowerranged harmonies that suffuse the gallery. The wall hangings bear no titles, but are numbered from 1 through 83. Starting near the north entrance of the smaller gallery and moving into the large space, we are taken on a journey through suspended moments in time. Pinsky confirms this in her artist statement: “These weavings are hung in a straight line to visually dissect the gallery in two. This line creates a divide
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A small portion of Dissection, a new body of work by Jessica Pinsky.
to represent how we either rise or fall. The space between any beginning and end seems suspended in time, frozen in an eternity of discomfort.”
reconstructing her medium. She removes sections from the threads that run back and forth, known as warp, as well as weft, the threads that run up and down.
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The majority of the artworks gravitate toward the floor with only a select few that move in an upward direction. These are not your typical weavings. Pinsky is known for deconstructing and
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Once Pinsky is satisfied with her distortions, she paints each one with dye and then dips it in resin. Not every piece received this final treatment, however. Some of them move ever so slightly when a
breeze passes through the gallery. Toward the south wall of the gallery, a weaving seems to ooze over itself into a cascade of soft, plush lines, like a wild river rapid whooshing through a canyon. Eventually the threads succumb to the stiff resin underneath to resemble a chunk of ice. A few feet away, another in pastel pink and cream reclines to the left as if to reveal a secret to the artwork next to it, an airy, blue threaded number. Nestled into one of the gallery’s alcoves, we find a neutral toned, soft and matte square; hints of muted red and brown coddle us toward a wildly controlled tail. Using MX reactive dyes for plant-based fibers, Pinsky gifts us colors ranging from neutral and acid pink to indigo and blood red. Her palette references the female body. “I am suspended in anticipation of pregnancy. These pieces express degrees of conflict, challenge and hope that are before me as I await motherhood,” she says. The wall pieces can’t be more than 12-by-12 inches, on average, but they have a big impact, as though they were alive, each weaving taking on its own persona. If they could speak, we admit we feel like they would. On the title wall there’s a weaving that reminds us of a woman wearing a fascinator, her hair tousled and sprayed around it to keep it all in place. Further into the gallery, there are some clearly pregnant weavings hanging about. Some have parentheses of fringe, some don’t, but they are making their mark for sure. The entire collection is captivating. No matter what your familiarity with textile-based art, Pinsky’s latest creations make you stop and take note. This exhibition is a showstopper and demands more than 30 seconds in front of each weaving. We suggest you schedule accordingly.
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HOLD MY CALLS. FROM NOW until the spring thaw you can find me marinating in the dining rooms of Bull and Bird, a cocoon-like environment with honest-to-goodness restorative qualities. That the restaurant is located in Chagrin Falls, a snow globe of a village purpose-built to smooth out life’s rough edges, only enhances the appeal. I come from a long line of gatherers, as opposed to hunters, but I could make an exception if this is what it’s all about. More opulent hunting lodge than rough and ready backwoods
exceeds expectations, and anticipates needs and desires. Our server greets the table as the host is still walking away. Wines are described, discussed, fetched, uncorked and poured with a level of professional confidence also in short supply. The pedigree of oysters is communicated without the need of a cheat sheet, bread baskets multiply like Tribbles, and shared salads are split in the kitchen, all of which is taking place during a maelstrom of weekend dining activity. Magical service and settings like this go a long way toward elevating
here. Claiming the upper right-hand corner of the menu — the so-called “sweet spot” used to push high-profit items — the House Specialty ($14) consists of a handful of tailless shrimp pre-tossed in cocktail sauce, a sort of cold shrimp stir fry that is more than a little unsettling. Stick to the briny, lively oysters on the half shell ($13/4), served casually with tart mignonette, bottles of Tabasco and packets of saltines, or head straight for the salad course. I’m partial to the Wedge ($7), which is respectively un-reinvented with its bacon, blue cheese and velvety buttermilk dressing. Also playing to type are the salty Caesar ($7) and savory warm spinach salad ($7). Including lamb chops and prime rib (Mondays only), the menu features about 10 different steaks, chops and roasts, some, but not all, USDA Prime. At 20 ounces, a bone-in ribeye ($46) seemed ideal for sharing, but rather than slice and present the steak on a platter, the kitchen simply divided it into two very unequal portions. We
only proposition. The twin airline breasts are paired with silky whipped potatoes and pan drippings. Sporting a crisp crust and delicate core, the pan-seared salmon ($25) might not convert a steak lover but will satisfy the pescatarian at the table. The fish is garnished with an uncharacteristically bland version of piperade, the fiery Basque blend of peppers, onions and tomatoes. In a pasta dish that incorporates elements of both carbonara and cacio e pepe, the bucatini ($19) is at once cheesy, smoky and peppery. Sides and supplements did not steal the show, with uber-crisp and salty fries ($5) outshining a milky creamed kale ($6), adequate roasted broccoli ($6) and tepid sauce Bearnaise ($2). Within cushy surroundings like these, however, the sting is less severe than it would be under the harsh glare of florescent lights in some sad other dining room. As we bandied anecdotal impressions about prices, portion sizes and menu diversification —
finished the job, and the excellent steak, with little difficulty. Non-steak options are not extensive, especially when one discounts the burger and French dip sandwich, but entrees like chicken, salmon and pasta are capably prepared if not exactly electrifying. A bistro-style spatchcocked and pan-roasted chicken ($25) is wellprepared, but it’s a white meat-
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cabin, the scene is so ruggedly handsome that you half expect to see Robert Redford holding court in the bar. A fire crackles away in the hearth, tastefully muted rugs cushion each step and plaid-jacketed booths swaddle diners in stylish comfort. All of this takes place in the clubby confines of a knotty pine-paneled den plastered with art, history and storytelling in the form of so many framed pieces. Supporting all that style is a level of service that is disappearing nearly as fast as our wide open spaces. Operated by the Hyde Park Restaurant Group, Bull and Bird nails the basics,
the food portion of the proceedings. We wondered aloud where in the hierarchy Bull and Bird sat with respect to sister establishments Jekyll’s Kitchen and ML Tavern, the first of which sits within spitting distance, the latter just up the hill. Of the three, ML and Bull and Bird share the most DNA, clear down to the salads, chops and sides. Does it matter? According to the boss, Bull and Bird aims to differentiate itself by reinventing the classics. Most would agree that the shrimp cocktail needed no updating, especially when the process results in the version served
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EAT BITES Ushabu and Black Pig chefs hosting eight-course, sake-themed bonanza By Douglas Trattner Photo by Split Creative
COMBINE THE CULINARY talents of Ushabu chef Matthew Spinner and Black Pig chefs Michael Nowak and David Kocab with the encyclopedic enlightenment of two of the world’s leading non-Japanese sake experts and you have the makings of a pretty spectacular epicurean experience. On offer will be eight courses of Japanese and French cuisine, perfectly paired with various sake selections chosen by Chris “the Sake Ninja” Johnson, a renowned sake sommelier certified by the Sake Service Institute. Also on hand will be John “the Sake Evangelist” Gauntner, author of “Sake Confidential” and co-founder of Sake Today magazine. “It’s kind of a big deal that we’ll have the two biggest American names in the sake world in the same dining room,” Spinner says. “Chris and John combined have over 50 years of experience in sake sales and education.” The event takes place at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3. Tickets are $99 per person and can be purchased by visiting exploretock.com/ushabu. “We’re hoping to use the event as a way to bridge the gap between Western cuisine and sake, as well as hopefully get some exposure in a setting that Ushabu normally wouldn’t be seen,” adds Spinner. “Mike and I have been friends for years, so this seemed kind of like a no-brainer for both of us.”
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What began five years ago in New York as a holiday-themed pop-up cocktail lounge has now spread to dozens of bars around the world. And this holiday season, the Miracle Popup Bar is coming back to the Spotted Owl in Tremont, and offering a tiki extension at Porco Lounge in Ohio City. Miracle’s beverages — with winterythemed names like Snowball Old Fashioned (which includes butterscotch rye, spices and citrus) and Christmas Carol Barrel (featuring aged rum, bitters, sugar and pumpkin) — will be served through Dec. 30 at an
exceptionally blinged-out Spotted Owl. Meanwhile, during those same dates, the Sippin’ Santa’s signature cocktail menu at Porco includes the rum-based Kris Kringle Colada and the gin-based Mele Kalikimaka. Find out more at miraclepopup.com. — Laura Morrison
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MINISTRY’S NEWEST ALBUM, AmeriKKKant, features Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell, DJ Swamp, NWA’s Arabian Prince and Lord of the Cello on nine tracks linked as one continuous piece of music. Even by Ministry standards, it’s an intense listening experience. On the opening track, “I Know Words,” singer Al Jourgensen takes aim at President Trump and samples one of his speeches, pairing it with dissonantsounding strings, turntable scratches and stuttering electronic beats. In a recent phone interview, Jourgensen speaks about the album and the accompanying tour that includes a stop at the Agora on Friday. You just turned 60. Did you do anything fun to celebrate? I got my AARP discount at a Golden Corral buffet and went to an early seniors’ dinner followed by using my coupon to see a really bad movie at the
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local cineplex. Turning 60 was such a revelation because about six months before my birthday, I started getting inundated with emails and snail mail from AARP. I freaked out. I have a couple of friends who just turned 60, Gary Numan and Jello Biafra. They said the same thing happened to them. You feel great and then you start getting all this mail for senior citizens’ discounts. It makes you feel old. I’m surprised they knew so much about you. They know everything about us. Trust me. Big Brother is watching. Ministry’s The Land of Rape and Honey just turned 30. Talk about the significance of that album. I think it’s the first album that I felt untethered to any genre or any kind of guidance from management or record labels. We just dug in our heels and said, “We’re going to try something that fits us and that’s new.” That stuff wasn’t actually new. It was written in the late
’70s and early ’80s and was soundly rejected by Arista and by Warner Bros. Records. Those are songs that had been kicking around for a little while. We did a cut-up style of editing, which hadn’t been done that much in music. It had been done in literary circles with William Burroughs and Naked Lunch and other novels. But it hadn’t really been done in music. It was the first [album for which] I felt unrestrained. It was a pivotal moment. As you started to assemble the songs for AmeriKKKant, what was your approach? The great thing about doing Ministry records is that each album is its own journey. It starts as a blank slate. Depending on who is in town and who happens to be passing by the studio and hangs out, what happens musically is a completely blank slate. The opening of the record is a good example. I go to this gigantic flea market each month. It’s at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It’s a
big thing here. I never miss a month. They have this violin player there. He makes minimum wage to play violin all day for the shoppers. I found him there and the album took a different direction. I met Arabian Prince at a music convention. It’s very organic. It takes on its own life. It’s not the destination; it is the journey that’s interesting to me. We’ll see what happens with the next record. As soon as this tour is over, we’re slated to record another Ministry record. We’ll play it by ear and see what comes out of that. I love the opening number, “I Know Words.” When you first heard Trump say that, did you immediately think of sampling it? I immediately thought he was a blithering idiot. He’s like a third grader. He’s a man-baby. That’s something I would have said when I was 5 years old. This is the leader of the supposed biggest democracy in the world? No wonder fascism is making a
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MUSIC comeback. This is the best we got? That definitely angered me, but I saw it coming. In all my interviews, I said there’s no way this could happen. About 48 hours before the election, I watched Michael Moore somewhere, and he made the case for how it could happen. I went to bed about 9:30 or 10 at night, and I already knew. My girlfriend stayed up all night wringing her hands. She had the obvious shock. I felt perfectly fine the next day, but I put a three-month kibosh on watching the news out of disgust. I retreated into a hole, and then I knew I needed to write about it. It wasn’t normal behavior for me. I needed to react to it and get it out of my system. I needed to write the album due to the shock, which wasn’t that much of a shock because I knew where it was heading. Talk about the music video you made for “Twilight Zone.” That was awesome. We worked with Gray Wolf, the president of the American Indian Movement.
this guy DJ Swamp who had worked with Beck and was from Cleveland. We also hit it off. We will continue to have an equal balance of Portishead vs. Motorhead. It’s very healthy for the musical growth of Ministry. And Burton Bell’s vocals work really well on the track too. He’s great. For me, probably since [Ministry guitarist] Mike [Scaccia] died, he’s my best buddy. He’s in the SoCal area a lot. We just sit down and do mushrooms and giggle like little girls all the fucking time. That’s just what we do. He happened to hang out in the studio when we were making that album. Hopefully, he’ll do the same for the next album. We’ll see who shows up and what happens. We’ll see what kind of topical shit we can comment on. I may have to learn Portuguese because I might have to sing about Jair Bolsonaro winning [the presidency] in Brazil. That’s really dangerous. It’s all fun and games when it’s in Hungary and Austria, but now it’s in our backyard. Do you secretly hope Trump wins a second term so you can continue to make albums like this one? Dude, if I said yes to that, that would make me as much of narcissist
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The whole North Dakota thing was going on at the time. I didn’t have a chance to go there. I did go to Tornillo recently and checked out the compound there for the tent city, which they’re still expanding even though they say they’re not separating families at the border. That particular music video shoot was great. It was shot by people I know from Topango Canyon here, but they moved to Portland where they grow pot. It was a gas to shoot. I got to some ayahuasca on set, which I hadn’t done in about five or six years, so that was fun. DJ Swamp adds some terrific turntable scratching to “We’re Tired of It.” Talk about his contribution. It was great. We first had Arabian Prince from NWA. I met him at a music convention and realized we had the same mentality about a lot of shit — viva diversity and fuck racism and bias. We hit it off pretty well. He came in and scratched on one track. I was blown away by that. I thought about the possibilities of where Ministry could go, making us more Portishead than Motorhead. He had to do a long tour in Asia, and our engineer knew
and psychopath as Donald Trump himself. No! I hope to never do anything like that record again. I hope I make the shittiest record of all time, and I hope we take back at the House and Senate, and I can slink off to my vegan enclave and be happy until the end of my life. I don’t need to do another record, but I feel compelled to do records. I didn’t have a Ministry record planned when Trump won. It’s like a calling, starting with Reagan and Bush Senior. They just piss me off. I don’t understand why we’re arguing over issues that go back to the 1860s. We’re ready for another Civil War. It’s the same set of issues. I can’t believe we’re still talking about Roe v. Wade like it’s a current issue. I don’t understand why society doesn’t progress. Technology sure progresses, but society doesn’t. It bamboozles me and freaks me out. That’s why I have to throw my hat in the ring and at least say something about it.
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MUSIC A UNIFYING FORCE Inspirational R&B singer H.E.R. aims to bring people together By Jeff Niesel Photo by Sue Kwon
MANY PERFORMERS WHO START in their teens fizzle out before they peak. Not H.E.R., (aka Gabriella “Gabi” Wilson). The 21-year-old R&B singer continues to evolve with every EP and LP. Earlier this year, she released I Used to Know Her: Part 2, an 8-track, digital-only EP that followed up I Used to Know Her: The Prelude EP. The most nominated artist for the 2018 Soul Train Awards, H.E.R. kicked off a headlining North American tour earlier this month; she performs at 8 p.m. on Sunday at the Agora. H.E.R. says her musical maturation stems from the fact that she grew up in a very musical household. “Music was around me since the day I was born,” she says in a recent phone interview. “My father was a musician in a cover band that rehearsed in our living room. All the instruments were in our house, and I just gravitated to music. It came naturally to me and was something I did for fun. It took over my life. I performed a lot at a young age with my father. My mom booked me in talent shows and things like that. I just loved to do it. There wasn’t a question about what else I would do in life.” She signed a record deal at age 14 and dropped her debut, 2016’s H.E.R. Volume 1, when she was 17. “It was challenging,” she says of that initial offering. “I had been creating songs for a long time, but it wasn’t until I wrote ‘Losing’ that I knew I had it. I channeled the most honest and vulnerable part of me. It was frustrating trying to find my voice and find who I was within the music that was happening at that time. But I realized the best songs are the ones that people relate to you and resonate with others. I didn’t know what I wanted to put on the record. It was tricky. It was my baby. First impressions are everything. I was very particular and sensitive about my art.” Fans and other musicians responded quite favorably. H.E.R. says she was taken aback by her quick ascent.
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Janet Jackson and so many people reacting was confirmation that I did the right thing. I was honest and true to myself and it paid off a lot.”
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With I Used to Know Her: Part 2, H.E.R. says she didn’t exactly intend to do anything differently. Rather, she just wanted to “elevate.”
“I grew up playing instruments, and I wanted to showcase that more,” she says. “You hear live bass lines and more live drums and more keys and more organic sounds. I Used to Know Her is a feeling and another side of me. It’s not so much different. It’s all still very much me, but it’s another side of me.” On the tender ballad, she whispers, “I’m not okay/I’m not okay” over snappy percussion and a gentle piano melody. “One reason I wrote the song was that sometimes we don’t acknowledge the fact that we’re not okay,” she says. “We try to stay strong for everyone, but sometimes you have to talk to someone. Sometimes, depression and sadness can become a sickness to your body. It’s important to talk to someone. Sometimes, you have to accept not being okay in the moment and letting it pass. Sometimes, we put the responsibility on someone else to fix it. Sometimes, it’s not really on them. They just need to be there and not feel like they need to fix it. That’s why I was writing that song.” “Lord is Coming” offers a spoken word analysis of our current times over a jazzy bass riff. “We voted, but did we really get to choose,” H.E.R. intones on the moving song. “I wanted to dig into things I feel strongly about,” she says when asked about the track. “I didn’t want to be too controversial. I just wanted to make a song that everyone can appreciate and understand. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what religion or race you belong to. This world is in a crazy state. Music is something that brings everyone together. It’s a language that everyone speaks. We all know right and wrong, and we all have morals. Getting into the specifics can separate us. At the end of the day, we’re all human. It’s never too late to change and look at yourself and realize what you can do to make the world a better place, as corny as it might sound.”
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3OH!3 x Emo Nite/Lil Aaron: 9 p.m., $25 ADV, $28 DOS. House of Blues. Canned Heat: 7:30 p.m., $35 ADV, $40 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Harry Connick Jr.: 7 p.m., $49.50$125. State Theatre. FreeByrds Musician’s Night: 10 p.m., free. Smedley’s. Gruvology: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Griffin House: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. House of Blues Cambridge Room. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Sarah Partridge with Dan Maier Trio: 8 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Raging Nathans/Blacklister: 9 p.m., $7. Now That’s Class. The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band - CD Release: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $23 DOS. The Kent Stage. The Sublets: 8:30 p.m., $5. Beachland Tavern.
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8 p.m., $25 ADV, $30 DOS. House of Blues. Tribe Untitled with Sam Supreme/Aloff/Tri-Eyed Bandits/Castle/Downhill Collective: 7:30 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. The Vindys (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown.
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Bayside Acoustic Tour/Kayleigh Goldsworthy: 9 p.m., $22 ADV, $26 DOS. Grog Shop. Cave: 8 p.m., free. Now That’s Class. Fool House 90s Dance Party: 10 p.m., $8. Musica. Second Annual Horton’s Holiday Hayride with Reverend Horton Heat/Junior Brown/ The Blasters/Big Sandy: Last year’s inaugural Horton Holiday Hayride was such a success that the singer-guitarist who calls himself Reverend Horton Heat is back at it again this year. The tour pairs him with some pretty good company. Rockabilly icons Junior Brown, the Blasters and Big Sandy will all join him tonight. Heat just released Whole New Life, another solid collection of psychobilly tunes that includes woozy tracks such as the Doorsmeets-Elvis-Presley song “Hog Tyin’ Woman” and the rousing title track. Expect to hear them Radiohead’s Thom Yorke comes to the State Theatre. See: Saturday. at tonight’s shindig. (Niesel) Leaf Borbie & the Family Tree/ 8 p.m., $40 ADV, $45 DOS. He wasn’t at all familiar with Aircraft/Soft Copy: 8 p.m., $7. Beachland Ballroom. soul or R&B, but once he heard CODA. Spider Studio: 6:30 p.m., $12. Stevie Wonder’s 1973 album Innervisions, he was hooked. Felly/GYPPS/Trip Carter: 9 p.m., Odeon. He moved to Spokane and $20 ADV, $22 DOS. Grog Shop. Underneath/Dance Gavin Dance/ then Seattle as he launched a Haken/Leprous/Bent Knee: Crown the Empire/The Plot in recording career in 2010, self7:30 p.m., $25 ADV, $30 DOS. You: 6 p.m. Agora Theatre. releasing his first album, Last to Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Beachland Ballroom. Speak, and focusing on playing Glenn Holmes Quartet: 8 p.m., Nighttown. as many shows as possible. A $15. Bop Stop. Window Dogs/Motherfolk/ year later, L.A.-based producer Philippe LeJeune Trio: 8:30 p.m., Madeline Finn/Blue Collar Lior Goldenberg took him on and $10. Nighttown. Coalition: 7 p.m., $10. Mahall’s wanted to do a record with him. Ministry/Carpenter Brut/Alien 20 Lanes. When he went into the studio, he Weaponry: 6:30 p.m. Agora Thom Yorke: Hot on the heels of a didn’t realize who the musicians Theatre. Radiohead tour that brought the were — but they were members ProgNation/The Shaker String band to Detroit, Columbus and of soul/R&B singer Raphael Quartet: 7:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 Pittsburgh, but not Cleveland, Saadiq’s touring band. He’d DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke hit license the resulting self-titled Allen Stone/Nick Waterhouse: the road as a solo act. He brings album to ATO Records, which Born in Chewelah, Washington, his live electronic performance helped it find a wide audience. powerhouse singer Allen Stone to town tonight. During it, he, He’s been steadily recording and started singing at his father’s Nigel Godrich and visual artist touring ever since. (Jeff Niesel) church when he was just a kid. Tarik Barri will perform songs | clevescene.com | November 28 - December 4, 2018
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10 years ago, the band released Acoustic. That album came in the wake of a terrible accident that nearly broke up the band. “We were involved in an accident that took the life of our drummer, and I was seriously injured,” says Ghanbarian. “We decided to continue to be a band, and to keep things moving, Anthony [Raneri] and Jack [O’Shea] put out an acoustic record featuring just the two of them.” Back then, the band wrote songs on acoustic guitar, so it was pretty natural for the band to release an unplugged album. THE SECOND ACOUSTIC ALBUM: Because the band hasn’t quite finished writing the tunes for a new studio album, the group decided to
says Ghanbarian when asked about the track. “It had a country-ish vibe, and it took us five minutes to find that vibe. It was a happy accident or that song just lives in that world.” “It Don’t Exist,” the album’s new track, features pristine backing vocals and gentle acoustic guitars. “We had the core of that song written and we went with a little bit more of a modern alternative acoustic feel like the Lumineers or Mumford and Sons,” says Ghanbarian. “That’s not really our style, but if it sounds like an acoustic radio type of thing, that’s fine. We’ll never stop trying to make new fans.” WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM:
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wrecking affairs.” If your diagnosis is correct and you have bipolar II and not bipolar I, KAB, you may be less susceptible to out-of-control hypersexuality. “Strictly speaking, a bipolar II diagnosis means she cycles between ‘hypomania’ (mild mania) and depression,” said Forney, “so her highs aren’t going to be as acute as they would be for someone diagnosed with bipolar I, where hypersexuality can really get dangerous.” Forney warns that misdiagnoses are not uncommon where bipolar is concerned, so you might want to get your diagnosis confirmed. But your long-standing kinks aren’t necessarily related to your condition. “Like for anyone else, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with feeling uninhibited enough to pursue varsity-level kinks, so long as they’re not putting her or anyone else in danger,” said Forney. “Ultimately, KAB’s goal is to be stable enough to trust her judgment. For now, she might weigh the risks while she’s feeling stable, so she can make some levelheaded decisions about what might or might not be too risky.” Forney also recommends having a discussion with your partners and friends about what your limits are. “That way, her partners and friends can help her recognize if she’s crossing her own lines,” said Forney. “And realizing that she’s suddenly tempted to cross her own lines could be a signal to her that she’s getting hypomanic and needs to take steps to stabilize — steps I explore in Rock Steady!” P.S. If your doctor won’t answer your sex questions — or only gives you unhelpful, sex-negative answers — find yourself a new doctor. P.P.S. There are letters I have to read three times before I can figure out what the fuck is going on. Your letter was as lucid as it was charming. P.P.P.S. If you haven’t already, KAB, please pick up Forney’s books. You’ll benefit from her insights, her advice, and her coping strategies. And thanks to Forney’s art and sense of humor, both books are a delight to read.
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