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INVESTORS NATIONWIDE ARE rubbing their hands together as they wait for the full set of rules from the U.S. Treasury regarding Opportunity Zones, the new federal tax incentive that targets highpoverty census tracts for economic development. Investors will be able to postpone or forego capital gains taxes if they invest those gains in the zones via “Opportunity Funds” created for such investments. In Cleveland, a cohort of leaders are trying to ensure that the majority of these dollars don’t flow into already prosperous areas. Parts of Tremont, Ohio City, downtown and University Circle are among the local designated Opportunity Zones. They were selected based on input from the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and a handful of local economic development organizations, including the Greater Cleveland Partnership and the Fund for Our Economic Future. The think tank Policy Matters Ohio, in a report published this week, said that the tax incentive might enhance poor communities, but unless the program is implemented carefully, it could also increase inequality. The program is intended to direct the investment of capital gains, 64 percent of which, in Ohio, belong to the richest 1 percent of tax fi lers (average annual income of $1.2 million or higher). They’ll benefit greatly from the tax cut. But as Policy Matters reiterates, tax cuts drain scarce resources from the public sector, which, unlike the wealthy investor class, isn’t focused on maximizing its profits to the exclusion of all other considerations. “The effect on low-income residents of Opportunity Zones is less clear,” Policy Matters wrote in its report. “Tax incentives have not been very effective in creating jobs. Investment capital does not address the pressing needs of people living in or near poverty. Pricey new residential development could force rents up and drive some low-income residents out of
their neighborhoods. Cuts to food aid and health care that federal legislators are considering to pay for last year’s tax overhaul (including the Opportunity Zone program) would hurt low-income families. Reporting requirements, transparency, local oversight and enforceable community benefit agreements should be an essential part of the program to ensure residents are helped and not harmed.” (Italics added.) One likely outcome is that, without intervention and safeguards, investors will merely flock toward the highest possible returns and pour money into projects like nuCLEus, the Quicken Loans Arena and the Flats East Bank, all of which already have received (or could potentially receive) significant public subsidies. Earlier this month, in a summit about the Zones, roughly 100 public, private and nonprofit leaders gathered to discuss strategies for ensuring sustainable, equitable development. Writing about that summit for the Brookings Institute, Rachel Barker and Alan Berube noted that investors do tend to seek out projects with higher projected returns. This is a no-brainer. “In Cleveland, for example, the
typical home value in Opportunity Zone communities ranges from just $52,000 [around] the Opportunity Corridor, to $137,000 in Ohio City/ Tremont/West 25th Corridor. As one expert noted, this dynamic could lead to just 10 to 15 percent of the “hottest” Opportunity Zones capturing the lion’s share of investment. Preventing this outcome, and ensuring that Opportunity Zones deliver a social benefit commensurate with the revenues that the U.S. Treasury foregoes, won’t happen by chance.” So there needs to be a concerted effort around “truly equitable investment,” said Brad Whitehead, president of the Fund for Our Economic Future, when Scene asked about the summit and its key takeaways. Though all the rules aren’t out yet, Whitehead said there are a number of strategies that economic development organizations can pursue, including identifying investors across the country “who are applying a social lens” to their investments, “utilizing measurement mechanisms to score investments on their social impact,” and leveraging philanthropic dollars to “structure deals that make sense both financially and
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Cleveland on the Brink of Surpassing 100 Homicides for Fifth Straight Year Last Wednesday night marked the most recent deadly shooting in Cleveland after gunfire erupted in the parking lot outside the Zelma George Recreation Center during a youth-league football game. A 15-year-old boy was shot in both legs, and a 21-year-old-man was killed. The man was the eighth homicide between Sunday and Wednesday, including a 94-yearold-woman who was beaten to death during a Slavic Village neighborhood home invasion. From these eight homicides, only a few arrests have been made, including Dettrick Walker, 18, who was arrested Thursday on charges related to the Sunday murder of Victor Maar II, 35, in the West Park neighborhood.
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UPFRONT The first episode chronicles a bar fight on Cleveland’s west side and illustrates the ways in which the justice system, even when it’s ostensibly working, exacts material and spiritual costs on those entangled in it. The second episode is a jaw-dropping look at the courtroom of Judge Daniel Gaul, whose language, tactics and sentencing all give host
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Cavs Beat Reporter Joe Vardon Departing Cleveland.com for The Athletic Cleveland.com, which earlier this year lost some folks through voluntary buyouts and which has, in recent months, lost its meteorologist and a key member of the Columbus bureau staff, lost a big name on a big beat Monday. Joe Vardon announced that after four years with the outlet, he’s departing to join The Athletic Cleveland to cover the Cavs and the
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YOU’RE LIVING IN A TOWN THAT’S DRUNK ON THEATER So drink up, with dozens of theater companies and scores of productions By Christine Howey Photo by Steve Wagner
I’VE BEEN A THEATER CRITIC for about 20 years, so people will sometimes ask me how many plays I see. I tell them it averages out to two or three a week, and they always seem surprised. Especially since I don’t typically review shows at our vast array of accomplished and industrious community theaters, such as Chagrin Valley Little Theater, Clague Playhouse, Cassidy Theatre and TrueNorth Cultural Arts. But that shouldn’t be so surprising, since there are dozens of theater companies or theater-involved organizations presenting familiar scripts as well as brand-new ones to the area. So let’s look at a small sampling of the shows on deck for this fall. And later, I’ll give you a Google-ready list of other theaters you should check out for yourself. If familiar scripts are your thing, the Beck Center is staging Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, written more than 55 years ago but still a powerful piece. It’s a knock-down, drag-out battle between a husband and wife (and their multiple demons) that opens Oct. 5. Of course, you like your plays even older than that, so how about a classic romantic comedy, Pride and Prejudice at the Great Lakes Theater? Ms. Bennett and Mr. Darcy are at it again in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel that’s so love-struck you may find yourself looking for a fainting couch. It opens Oct. 5. And there’s also East of Eden, the American epic based on the John Steinbeck novel, on the boards at Ensemble Theatre beginning Oct. 19. Sorry, James Dean is not involved. Familiar theater also comes in musical form, as Hello, Dolly! will prove when it visits Playhouse Square starting on Sept. 30. This revival features awesome Betty Buckley as the irrepressible matchmaker at the turn of the 20th century. And in another musical vein, the 15–year-old wit and wisdom (i.e., “Everybody’s a little bit racist”) of Avenue Q hits the stage at Blank Canvas Theatre on Dec. 7. In the semi-familiar category is the return to Cleveland Public Theatre
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of the hysterical troupe working at Conni’s Avant-Garde Restaurant. It’s a play performed during a five-course meal served to the audience by the performers — with kitchen utensils used in remarkably naughty ways. The crazy opens on Dec. 4. Fortunately for those who relish new stuff, several theaters specialize in producing new material. While Dobama Theatre’s current tagline is “Cleveland’s Off-Broadway Theatre,” that was more true three or four decades ago than it is now. To wit, at None Too Fragile Theater, a play titled Freakstorm, by Matt Pelfrey, probes a moral dilemma with a touch of macabre comedy. It opens on Sept. 28. And more off-Broadway style material is on the boards at Convergence-Continuum Theater, where wedded bliss is a target in This Much (Or an Act of Violence Toward the Institution of Marriage). ’Nuff said; it opens Oct. 12. And yes, Dobama is also in the game with the play John by Annie Baker, which will take us into a mystical puzzle composed of toys, figurines, and a very odd American Girl doll. The mystery begins on Oct. 19. The intrepid little theater in the basement under the Ohio Theater lobby at Playhouse Square, Cesear’s
Forum, will give us a taste of something different in Plath and Orion, two one-act plays — one by Lanford Wilson and one by company founder and artistic director Greg Cesear. Each features dialogue between the two women. It is running now until Oct. 27. And beginning on Oct. 25, all the black people from one town suddenly disappear in Day of Absence at Karamu House. Wrapping up the plays you haven’t see before is Sweat, at the Cleveland Play House, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about union lockouts and worker layoffs in a small Pennsylvania town. That opens Oct. 13. As you know, all these theaters are producing other plays during this season, so it would behoove you to visit their websites for further details on that impressive galaxy of upcoming plays. Still, this only scratches the surface of the activity in this theaterdrunk town. So your assignment is to check out the productions at these other venues. Here they are, with a small sampling of their wares: Near West Theatre: An intergenerational production of Newsies running now until Sept. 30. Ohio Shakespeare Festival: A
family theater experience, Treasure Island: An Adventure with Music, opens Sept. 28. Talespinner Children’s Theatre: The Boy Who Stole the Sun, adapted and directed by theater founder Alison Garrigan. Weathervane Playhouse: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, opening Oct. 11. New World Performance Lab: An energetic, engrossing and bilingual telling of Don Quijote (That’s Spanish for Quixote), running now through Sept. 29. Also, keep an eye out for productions by Playwrights Local, Lakeland Civic Theatre, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Powerful Long Ladder Ensemble and the Ohio City Theater Project. And that’s not even mentioning the theaters that only perform in the summer: Mercury Theater Company, Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Cain Park, Porthouse Theatre and the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival. That’s enough to float you away on a permanent theater-induced high. Ah, and what a glorious glow it will leave!
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The new Cleveland Ballet heads into its fourth season with a Playhouse Square residency By Laura Morrison Photo by New Image Photography
THERE’S A NEW CLEVELAND Ballet in town, the moniker’s third iteration. Most Clevelanders probably only remember the Cleveland Ballet that jetted off to San Jose full time in 2000 after its finances crumbled. The departure left the city without a homegrown professional classical ballet company, a fact that didn’t seem to bother some folks in town. After all, prestigious, worldrenowned companies still come to Playhouse Square semi-annually, and there are plenty of other local dance troupes performing around town. Artistic director Gladisa Guadalupe, who co-founded the new company in 2015, wants people to wake up. “Every major city needs a professional classical ballet company,” says Guadalupe from her Bedford Heights studio last week, pointing out that Cincinnati, Columbus and even Dayton have professional companies. Cleveland Ballet executive director Michael Krasnyansky, who shares an office with Guadalupe, explains the situation like this: “Would you
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want to get rid of the Cavs with the promise that every few months there would be an exhibition game here? Would you want to see the Pistons or the Knicks play in Cleveland? Or do you want your own professional team? Of course you do.” Guadalupe, a Puerto Rico native and principal dancer and teacher with the previous Cleveland Ballet, and Krasnyansky, a businessman who immigrated from Russia 30 years ago, started the non-profit Cleveland Ballet with their own capital. They say that no one was willing to help finance the new company through grants or an endowment. Many local arts donors had been burned when the previous troupe left town. “We had to prove ourselves from the beginning,” Guadalupe says. “We’re still proving ourselves.” But somehow, in a time when many national ballet companies are folding and audiences are graying, the new Cleveland Ballet is working. Through each season, the company has expanded its roster of paid dancers, blooming to 14 this year. Its board and donor lists have grown.
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And last season’s performances of Alice and The Nutcracker were completely sold out, culminating in an invitation to become the resident ballet company at Playhouse Square earlier this year. That means more marketing, and first dibs on scheduling higher-profile marketing, greater access to rehearsal space and priority in scheduling. “Unfortunately, some people in Cleveland still don’t know we exist,” Guadalupe says. “We don’t have a $6or $8-million budget, we’re a belowmillion-dollar budget company. To be honest, it’s a miracle. I don’t know how we did this. How did we do it?” But as their fourth season kicks off next month with a performance called Fall Collection, most of which Guadalupe choreographed, it’s apparent that this new company has learned from the past. First, the School of Cleveland Ballet, which Guadalupe has run since 2000, is a separate nonprofit organization from Cleveland Ballet, making each company more stable. Second, while other companies spend profusely on sets, Cleveland’s ballets are sparse, and the costumes, while
still intricate and beautiful, aren’t all sewn by an in-house designer, which saves money. As they work toward their goal of a $3-million budget, a number still far below that of other Ohio ballet companies, the quality of the dancing is the highest priority. “Even if I had the budget of other cities, I’d put that money into doing more performances and hiring more dancers,” Guadalupe says. Down the hall in a mirrorlined room, the company’s willowy dancers are running the upcoming performance’s first 20-minute number, set to Felix Mendelssohn’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.” Not all the moves are effortless yet, it’s still just practice. But seeing it all up close with the sweat dripping and the pounding of the pointe shoes shows athleticism at its finest. As Guadalupe knows, these dancers are the magic. They are the thing that brings people through the door. With dancers from all over the world now in the company, ranging in ages from 15 to 29, Guadalupe is ceaselessly excited to work with her artists and finesse their craft. Most of all she wants to create a company culture that feels like a family. “We have great dancers who care about this,” Guadalupe says. “It is a startup company yes, but we have a great product already.” Guadalupe and Krasnyansky know their dreams are massive, but there’s nothing they’d rather be doing. The goal is to get Cleveland back on the map in the dance world. “You know what I said when they took the LeBron banner down downtown?” Krasnyansky recalls of telling a Cleveland Ballet board member. “I said, ‘Why not put Cleveland Ballet up there? We’re not leaving, he came and left. We’re not leaving.’”
Fall Collection will be performed Oct. 19 and 20, produced by Cleveland Ballet at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, 1501 Euclid Ave. Tickets are $20-$79 at 216-241-6000, or playhousesquare.org.
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Cleveland Museum of Art’s annual performing arts series features world premieres By Jeff Niesel Photo by David Samyn
FOR ITS ANNUAL PERFORMING Arts Series, the Cleveland Museum of Art regularly brings artists from around the world into town to perform at the museum. This year, the program gets even more adventurous as it will incorporate a major commissioning program featuring six internationally acclaimed composers into the mix. In the series, co-sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program, the composers will appear in Cleveland over the next two years. They’ll take inspiration from a piece or exhibit at the museum that piques their interest, return to their respective homes and compose a piece based on whatever inspired them. “For the first time ever, the Cleveland Museum of Art is launching a committed, top-level commissioning program,” says Thomas M. Welsh, the museum’s director of performing arts. “In 100 years of concerts and a wonderful, rich tradition of music at the museum, there’s always been one missing component. The museum has not commissioned new works by living composers in a globally ambitious way. That changes this year as we jump in with both feet. We identified six composers to invite to the Cleveland Museum of Art to find something here that inspires them after they immerse themselves in our collection and our works. Out of that will spring six new compositions. It’s a grand adventure. Each work will undoubtedly be different because each artist has a unique voice.” It all starts with CMA’s popular series of chamber music in the galleries featuring young artists from the Cleveland Institute of Music and from Case Western Reserve University’s early and baroque music programs. They’re slated to perform in the museum’s galleries on the first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. (Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Feb. 6, March 6, April 3 and May 1). “It’s a pleasure to feature the rising stars of the classical field in the intimate settings of our galleries,” says Welsh. Led by founder and artistic director Lionel Meunier, the Belgian
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Vox Luminus comes to CMA in October.
early-music vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, which performs at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, gives over 60 concerts a year. The group has played in Belgium and across Europe, releasing 12 albums during the course of its career. The CMA show will feature special guests Anthony Romaniuk (organ) and Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda (viola da gamba). “This is one of the finest choral music groups bringing a program of Bach,” says Welsh. “They’re absolutely wonderful. In the last several years, we’ve had some of the greatest choral groups come through, and we’re excited to add Vox Luminis to this list with their first performance at the museum.” Regulars at the museum, the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble returns to perform at 2 p.m. on Nov. 11. Timothy Weiss conducts the group that features guest pianists Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff and includes works by composers-in-residence at Oberlin. “This is one of our ongoing series,” says Welsh. “I believe that Tim Weiss and the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble are among the finest new music ensembles of our time. This group plays as well as any of them, and Tim is a major force. Presenting
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them over the course of the season greatly expands the repertoire offered to Cleveland audiences.” Another ongoing series comes from a relationship that the museum has with Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. The cathedral regularly hosts organists from Europe and then sends them to Cleveland to participate in the Performing Arts Series. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9, Paul Goussot from the medieval Abbey of StCroix in Bordeaux, France, will perform. He recently won first prize for improvisation at the 26th International Organ Festival in Saint Albans. “This is a nice partnership for us because the New Orleans cathedral has a channel to the great organ conservatories of Europe and with them we get a first look at some young stars of the organ world,” says Welsh. “They’re typically playing not only their first Cleveland concerts but their first U.S. concerts.” Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016, composer Henry Threadgill has been called “perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation.” He and his ensemble Zooid will team up with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble for a world-premiere performance of
an “expanded and improvising” chamber ensemble. Part of the Creative Fusion-sponsored commissioning series, the concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11. “The plan with Henry is that given this wide opportunity, he wanted to have his band Zooid, an extraordinary five-piece ensemble based in New York, be expanded or attached to a chamber music ensemble and have this flexible chamber music group that’s neither classical nor jazz but living in a new form. Tim Weiss and the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble are the perfect collaborative partners. By commissioning artists, it’s like a high wire act with no net. I know about his work, and I have an understanding of the music he has made in the past, but we don’t know what this piece will sound like because we’ll hear it for the first time in January.” At 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, conservatory musicians from the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Organ Studio will present an afternoon recital of works for solo organ on the museum’s McMyler Memorial Organ. “In conjunction with the two young artists coming from France, we have a regular and ongoing commitment
FEATURE to presenting organ recitals including young artists from the studio of Todd Wilson at CIM,� says Welsh. Another composer in the commissioned series, Japan’s Aya Nishina will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8. She will debut “Symphonia,� a multi-movement work inspired by the “opened-mouth creatures� she found throughout the museum’s collection. The work is for choreographed voices and mixed large ensemble. “For many years, she has split her time between Tokyo and New York,� says Welsh. “She’s currently back in Tokyo and has visited us and has fallen in love with the museum’s collection, particularly in the Korean and Japanese collections.� German violinist Carolin Widmann
pianist Omer Klein and percussionist Itamer Doari will join them. “It’s a quartet and a world-music inected jazz band,â€? says Welsh. “They’re from the Moroccan Jewish diaspora so the music has all the avors of Middle Eastern jazz.â€? Turkey’s Cenk ErgĂźn, an improviser whose work has been performed by So Percussion, JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound and Yarn/ Wire, concludes the series with a performance that takes place in the museum’s atrium in May (the exact date hasn’t been announced yet). “Cenk is also part of the composer series,â€? says Welsh. “He is Turkish but has lived in New York for many years. I think he’s one of the most unique and singular voices in his generation.
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will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29. She rarely performs in the States and will deliver a solo performance of old and new pieces in a program that has yet to be announced. “She’s a German violinist who’s a star in Europe as a soloist and has had violin concertos written for her. She’s doing a rare short tour in the U.S. in the spring and was gracious enough to accept our invitation to play a solo violin program.� French organist Emmanuel Culcasi, a guy who began his musical studies at age 6 in Aix-en-Provence, will perform a free show at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 31; and Tim Weiss will again conduct the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble when it performs at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Avi Avital with Omer Avital, a jazzmeets-world-music duo, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10. Mandolinist Avi Avital comes from a classical tradition while bass and oud player Omer Avital is an acclaimed jazz performer and composer. When the two perform at the museum,
Nobody sounds like him in the current generation of composers. His music is marked by long duration and slowmoving soundďŹ elds, often microtonal. He will do a large immersive event in the atrium with musicians scattered throughout the space so that the audience can move through it or simply sit — almost like a sound installation, or a sounding event.â€? Welsh says the museum also hopes to host pre- or post-concert talks with the Creative Fusion composers. “I intend to organize some events in October and November when the next three composers will come through,â€? he says. “The next three composers will have their premieres in the 2020 season, so the whole thing happens over a two-year arc. One of the crucial things to do is to give people access to young living composers. That’s a rare thing, and it also humanizes the entire experience.â€? Learn more at clevelandart.org.
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A SILVER SCREEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival has a bounty of cinematic excitement in store By Christine Howey Photo courtesy of CDFF
LET’S SAY YOU DECIDED THAT you wanted to spend some time rubbing shoulders with filmmakers. (And we’re not talking here about filmmakers such as the recently outed and thoroughly disgusting Harvey Weinstein.) We’re talking about people who have a passion to create films that tell unique stories about important social issues, emotional aspects of the human spirit, and sometimes even frivolous topics. Well, lucky you! Because dozens of filmmakers will soon be descending on Chagrin Falls when the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival launches its yummy onslaught of films Oct. 3 to 7. This is the ninth annual Chagrin Fest, and it is now well-established as one of the leading film festivals in the world. Indeed, MovieMaker Magazine has named it one of the “Top 50 Film Fests Worth the Entry Fee” for six years running! By most counts, there are about 3,000 active film festivals in the world, so when you’re in the top 50, repeatedly, you’re in elite company. Since this is a documentary film festival, it touches a lot of bases, subject-wise. Farming in Sudan? Check. Sammy Davis Jr.? Got it. Refugee tragedies? Yep. Bathtubs Over Broadway, which explores the corporate video musicals made for employees in the 1950s? Oh, yeah. Declining eagle habitats? Certainly. Men and women who live with and love their silicone doll pals? Why, of course. Speaking of that last one, Melody Gilbert is the filmmaker who created the 70-minute film called Silicone Soul. And she is stoked about coming to Northeast Ohio for the CDFF. “I’m very excited to come to Chagrin Falls for this festival. I particularly enjoy the conversations I have with people after the screening of the film, and it seems the Chagrin Fest is set up to encourage that kind of connection between audiences and filmmakers.” And so it is. The founder and director of CDFF, Mary Ann Quinn Ponce, established the festival in honor of her son David Ponce, a
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Hello, dolly: Silicon Soul explores an unusual slice of life.
documentary filmmaker (The Lost Sparrows of Roodepoort) who lost his life to leukemia at the age of 20. As she says, “The Festival is all about the filmmakers. We treat them like gold, providing an opportunity for them to meet their audiences whenever possible, and the chance to network with other filmmakers from around the world.” This year, there will be 89 films from 31 countries that encompass a variety of lengths: one-minute docs, short films, and feature-length movies. This treasure trove includes world premieres, Midwest premieres and Ohio premieres. And Ponce expects about 75 directors, producers and film subjects to be in attendance during the five-day festival, which has projectors running from morning to night at seven venues in and around Chagrin Falls. Since this charming town is small, it will be hard not to bump into filmmakers when you go out for a bite to eat or stop for a refreshing beverage or ice cream cone. There are also special events and parties scheduled, including 10 panel discussions and film events. As Ponce notes, the Chagrin Fest is not your usual film festival. “We are different because we are
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situated in beautiful Chagrin Falls at a gorgeous time of the year. We’re not stuck in a single building, nor are we spread out over a wide expanse in a large city. Since we are embedded in this lovely town, it allows everyone to enjoy the films and conversations in a relaxed and friendly environment.” Of course, it’s impossible to see everything, so how do you choose which films to see? Festival director Ponce has a suggestion. “Why not pick a film on a subject you’re not interested in or haven’t looked into in any depth? I think people will be surprised how involving these films can be, particularly when the movie in question is providing a glimpse into a part of the world or a slice of humanity that is unfamiliar.” It’s probably fair to say that, for most of us, Gilbert’s film Silicone Soul fits into that category. As she explains, “We have a variety of different people in the film who have chosen life-size silicone (not blowup) dolls as their partners or companions. These are expensive dolls costing around $10,000 each, so there is a substantial commitment involved. The subjects in the film range from a man who is ‘married’ to a doll to a woman, a well-respected
photographer, who has 12 female doll girlfriends.” As a chronicler of various subcultures, Gilbert sees the humanity in these subjects. “We all have a need for companionship and love. Who are we to judge people who find what they need in these dolls?” In addition to Ms. Gilbert, you may meet Christian Sonderegger from France, the director of Coby, which explores the transition of Suzanna into a man at age 23. Or you might encounter Ashwini Kumar Bhat from India, who directed Aghanashini, about a nurturing river that still flows in spite of nearby pollution from industries. New experiences abound at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, and you can purchase your tickets conveniently online. So load up on your popcorn and let the films begin! The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival runs from Oct. 3 to 7, in various venues in and around Chagrin Falls. Buy tickets and find more information at chagrinfilmfest. org.
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Plath and Orion TWO
One -Act Plays Lanford Wilson’s đƫ THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION Greg Cesear’s đƫƫPLATH, SEXTON & THE ART OF CONFESSION
September 21st through October 27th FRIDAY and SATURDAY at 8pm Two Sunday matinées at 3pm on October 7th and 14th Kennedy’s Down Under, Playhouse Square 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
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Modern Warrior LIVE is coming to Playhouse Square this October. Co-created by jazz trumpeter Dominick Farinacci and Army veteran Jaymes Poling, this piece is an incredibly moving journey of a soldier’s story experienced through words and music. Whether you have a military connection or not, this performance will give you goosebumps.
7:30 p.m. | Oct. 6 Ohio Theatre
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OKAY, YOU’RE A PLAYWRIGHT (or wannabe playwright, or just an interested person) in Cleveland. You want information about that craft, you want to meet people who write plays. And yet, you have no money. Well, you’re just the person they’re looking for at the fourth annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival, sponsored by Playwrights Local. This one-day fest is all about being a playwright — in the world and in Cleveland — and it’s free. David Todd, artistic director of Playwrights Local, says this event is all about the playwrights. “We want to promote and draw attention to the budding and established playwrights
on “Writing Plays That Get Produced;” and a performance of the tabletop play The Events of the Warren County Fair as Observed by a Young Astronaut, by Amy Schwabauer and Mikc Geither, followed by a talk-back session. As a special event, there also will be a screening and talk-back of the new, locally created web-series Upstairs, with production contributor Robert Hunter and others. All these events are free and open to the general public. Playwrights Local has produced eight new plays in its brief tenure in the city. And their staging of Objectively Reasonable — conceived by Todd, directed by Terrence Spivey and written by an ensemble of
A reading at last year’s Playwrights Festival.
in this area, so we’re offering a series of workshops and small-group discussions that can help playwrights develop their work. It’s also open to others who are just interested in the subject matter.” Todd and his group are collaborating with organizations such as Literary Cleveland, the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, the Powerful Long Ladder Ensemble, the Dramatists Guild and more to create a full day of information and inspiration. There will also be staged readings of short plays and related activities. The workshops cover a wide range of topics. Here’s a taste: An exploration of 21st-century storytelling techniques in “The Sherlock Project” led by Eric Schmiedl; a panel discussion moderated by playwright Les Hunter
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local playwrights — dealt with the community response to the Tamir Rice shooting tragedy. It received widespread critical acclaim, sparked many post-show discussions, and has been performed numerous times, even touring local schools. No tickets or reservations are required (huzzah!) for the Cleveland Playwrights Festival. Just show up on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts, 397 East 156 St., in the Collinwood neighborhood. The programs are recommended for adults and teens, and run from 11 a.m. into the evening. For a full schedule of activities, visit playwrightslocal.org.
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The fall classical music schedule is jam packed with something for everyone by Daniel Hathaway and Mike Telin, editors, ClevelandClassical.com Photo by Ken Blaze, courtesy of the Cleveland Orchestra
WITH A LENGTHY SCHEDULE of concerts and recitals in Northeast Ohio, choosing a few events to recommend is like throwing darts at the list. Here are some especially interesting performances.
ORCHESTRAS The first big production of the Cleveland Orchestra season will be Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony” led by Franz Welser-Möst, with soprano Joélle Harvey and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke on Oct. 4, 5 and 6. German violinist Christian Tetzlaff will be featured in Alban Berg’s concerto, along with music by Webern and Schoenberg, on Oct. 25 and 27. Composer John Adams will lead the orchestra on Nov. 29 and 30 and Dec. 1 in two of his own works, including “Scherazade.2” with violinist Leila Josefowicz. As part of the Severance Hall holiday festival, Jane Glover will lead four performances of Handel’s “Messiah” from Dec. 6 to 9. Jeannette Sorrell’s period instrument ensemble Apollo’s Fire begins its season with three performances of Magnificent Mozart from Oct. 12 to 14, then launches a new series, Baroque Bistro. AF continues its exploration of Middle Eastern music with “O Jerusalem!” and celebrates the holidays with Handel’s “Messiah” and a revival of “Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain.” Akron’s Tuesday Musical will present Montreal’s Les Violons du Roy with countertenor Anthony Ross Costanzo in an Oct. 16 E.J. Thomas Hall program of music by Glass and Handel. Vinay Parameswaran will lead the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in its first concert on Nov. 16 in Severance Hall, when violinist Célina Béthoux will be featured in Samuel Barber’s “Concerto.” The next evening, Nov. 17, the Contemporary Youth Orchestra will play music by Michael Daugherty, Christopher Rouse and Michael McIntosh under Liza Grossman in Waetjen Auditorium at Cleveland
State University. And on Dec. 12, in Finney Chapel, Atlanta Symphony conductor and Oberlin alum Robert Spano will lead Oberlin Orchestra in the premiere of Stephen Hartke’s “Cello Concerto” with Darrett Adkins.
OPERA Two conservatories are offering unusual titles in November. Oberlin Opera Theater’s production of Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti (along with music from Candide and West Side Story), and CIM opera’s staging of Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol and Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges will run simultaneously between Nov. 7 and 11.
CHORAL MUSIC Oberlin College Choir offers the rare opportunity on Oct. 18 to hear Igor Stravinsky’s “Le Noces (The Wedding)” for chorus, soloists, four grand pianos and percussion. The Finney Chapel performance includes Sofia Gubaidulina’s “Canticle of the Sun.” Composer Margaret Brouwer has revised her “Voice of the Lake,” an oratorio about Lake Erie’s slide toward crisis, for a performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music on Oct. 19. Domenico Boyagian conducts, and soloists include soprano Angela Mortellaro, tenor Brian Skoog and bass Bryant Bush. Jay White takes the reins of
Quire Cleveland this season. Its first concert at St. John’s Cathedral on Nov. 2 includes Requiem Mass movements and elegies. In December, the French Baroque ensemble Les Délices will join Quire under guest conductor Eric Milnes for three performances of Charpentier’s charming “Midnight Mass.” The Cleveland Museum of Art will kick off its performing arts series in Gartner Auditorium on Oct. 24 with a concert of Bach Motets by the Belgian choir Vox Luminus, Lionel Meunier conducting. Among a number of community chorus concerts, Good Company’s Nov. 4 performance of music by Ola Gjeilo at Lakewood Presbyterian Church stands out. The composer will be present.
CHAMBER MUSIC AND SOLO RECITALS Les Délices continues its chronicle of Mozart’s visit to Paris with three concerts on Oct. 4, 6, and 7 in Akron, Lakewood and Shaker Heights featuring fortepianist Sylvia Berry. The Cavani Quartet will appear in two concerts with poet Mwatabu Okantah: the Arts Renaissance Tremont series at Pilgrim Church on Oct. 14, and the John Knox Performance Series in North Olmsted on Nov. 2.
Baldwin Wallace saxophone professor Steven Banks will be featured in an Oct. 14 Music from the Western Reserve recital at Christ Church in Hudson. Burning River Baroque (soprano/ cellist Malina Rauschenfels and harpsichordist Paula Maust) will bring 18th century music into the #metoo era with performances of “Destructive Desires” on Oct. 19 in a private home, and on Oct. 20 and 21 in Cleveland Heights and Lakewood. On Oct. 26, Keith Fitch’s CIM New Music Ensemble will mark the centennial of Igor Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale (L’Histoire du Soldat)” with the premiere of a new video by Kasumi, along with other Stravinsky and Kasumi pieces and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s “Catch and Release.” The Baltimore Consort will visit Akron’s Arts at Holy Trinity Lutheran series on Oct. 28 with a program of early and traditional Scottish music. On Nov. 3, at First Unitarian Church in Shaker Heights, the celebrated Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will be a highlight of the fall Cleveland Classical Guitar Society’s season. Heights Arts will begin its four-performance Close Encounters season with “We Too,” works by women spanning a millennium. Cleveland Orchestra members will play music from Hildegard von Bingen to Joan Tower on Nov. 11 in a private residence in Herrick Mews. Canadian violin virtuoso James Ehnes will bring his quartet to the Cleveland Chamber Music Society at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights for Haydn, Elgar, and Bartók on Nov. 13. And finally, fans of former Cleveland Orchestra assistant conductor James Feddeck will want to catch his Gala Serenade Evening on the Rocky River Chamber Music Society series at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church on Nov. 19. He’ll conduct Cleveland Orchestra members and friends in serenades by Dvorák and Brahms.
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PLAYS AND PUPPETS AND CLOWNS…OH MY! Next summer, Cleveland will become a hub for international performing arts By Christine Howey Photo courtesy of Borderlight
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WHEN IT COMES TO THE places that host significant international performing arts festivals, which cities spring to mind? Avignon, France! Edinburgh, Scotland! Cleveland, Ohio? (Add record needle scratch here.) But wait, that’s not such a crazy idea, because plans are afoot to launch the BorderLight Festival of International Theatre next summer, right here in downtown Cleveland. Co-directors Dale Heinen and Jeff Pence are leading the way on this project, and they’ve summoned local talents and resources to make this festival a reality. Heinen and Pence plan to follow a European model for the festival, with most of the activity happening between Public Square and Playhouse Square along the Euclid Avenue Corridor. In addition to using established theaters, many additional spaces will be utilized, including storefronts and the street. As Heinen notes, “Cleveland has an amazing theatrical infrastructure. Playhouse Square is the second-largest performing arts center in the country. And our city boasts other neighborhoods, such as Gordon Square, where communities have been reinvigorated by theater. Along with our renowned Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Museum of Art, this city has become a leading cultural center. And BorderLight will only enhance that image.” Of course, it will take a lot of activity to fill the space between Tower City Center and the Connor
Palace Theatre. So Heinen, Pence and BorderLight board members have developed a multilevel plan. There will be a core festival featuring performing arts companies that they will import from around the world. Then there will be shared events in which local Cleveland performing artists and groups will collaborate with similar and complementary groups from across the U.S. and internationally. And third, there will be a “fringe festival” with unique theatrical offerings. And, as they say, you’ll get all that plus much more: Puppetry, circus acts, clowning, choirs, youth performances — you name it. “This is an exciting concept,” says Heinen, “and because we’re establishing an advisory council with national credentials, we believe BorderLight can be a cultural fixture that will draw people from around the world.” So if you’ve been practicing juggling toasters in the basement and you’re ready to go public, or if you are active in any of the myriad performing arts, keep an eye out for the BorderLight announcement inviting Requests for Proposals. That notice will be sent out in October. The Festival itself is scheduled to take place July 25 to 28, 2019. For more information, visit www.borderlightcle.org.
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As the inaugural Front Triennial wraps up, a conversation on what it actually did for the Cleveland arts community By Dott von Schneider Photo courtesy of Front
THOSE OF US INVOLVED IN the arts in Cleveland know that it is, and has been, a cultural destination for decades. But what about the rest of the city? And what, if anything, will change after the Front Art Triennial, which has received plenty of positive press since its debut? As we near the end of its three-month stint, which runs through Sept. 30, Scene reached out to participants, organizers, artists and people on the street regarding what worked and what could be built upon for the next triennial. “What is Front? Seriously, I don’t know what that is.” That’s what Amber, in Lakewood, said when we asked her about it. She’d heard rumblings of a big art show, but didn’t understand what all the fuss was about. One gentleman, who wished to remain anonymous, thought it was “a hoity-toity event that nobody cared about within the city limits unless they were actually involved in the arts. Which begs the question: Could the organizers at Front have pushed harder for the attention of and participation from everyday Clevelanders? Liz Maugans, the chair of Front’s local artist advisory board, told us, “I think that more support, resources and efforts could be put into programs with young school-age and college students to be involved (with) tours, docents, activators of the Front sites and partnering shows. On all fronts, they relied on partnering organizations to do this. This could be boosted across the board. Young people need to see this work and be involved. I loved the show at Spaces because of this. (John) Riepenhoff connected to other artists, curated them into his interest in gun violence as an American City theme, particularly with Cleveland and the tragic death of Tamir Rice. It was specific, immersive and an authentic experience for those involved with Cleveland youth (like Amanda King).”
Yinka Shonibare’s installation at the Cleveland Public Library.
As artist and author Arabella Proffer stated in her recent observations of the triennial, “The marketing of Front and its choices of artists was to serve the purpose of bringing people in. In fact, almost all marketing efforts were targeted to those beyond a 500-mile radius of Cleveland. Does a gorgeous spread in Architectural Digest inspire a culture junkie in Seattle or a diehard art collector in Dallas to make a weekend out it? As though we are on a hamster wheel, always something to prove, Cleveland has a hurdle that most other cities with arts events don’t have: the stigma of being Cleveland. Let’s face it, Prospect New Orleans, Art Basel Miami, and the Venice Biennale take place in places people want to visit, anyway.” Proffer astutely continues, “The process of selecting artists was to choose those who have started to ascend, or have already made a splash in other biennials, triennials, and various degrees of academe in the art world. The list of international artists is staggering for a first-time art triennial in any capacity.” We couldn‘t agree more. “The American Library,” a sequel to “The British Library” created in 2014, is the quiet and visually stunning installation by Yinka Shonibare at the Cleveland Public
Library’s downtown branch. It presents books wrapped in African wax cloth printed with the names of first or second generation U.S. immigrants and African Americans affected by the Great Migration. It certainly tackles the American immigration debate. We witnessed several visitors participating with the artwork’s interactive features. And, of course, there was the outcry by the local community that there were no regional artists chosen, although this turned out not to be the case. Six artists were, in fact, chosen to participate, including Elizabeth Emery. Emery, a sculptor whose modus operandus is breaking boundaries and the tension of that containment, is presenting “Hear Her Sports” in Front. “‘Hear Her Sports Glenville’ is one of the biggest projects I’ve ever done,” she says. “I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to do it. Talking to almost 100 sporty girls and women had a personal impact beyond what I could have expected. Such wonderful women told their stories: seniors at Glenville Rec Center; Tia Blackmon Mosely, the manager there; Coach Crider a stellar basketball coach and her players; Ms. Destiny, a cheer and drill coach at the FDR Academy Boys & Girls Club; the Glenville Panthers Cheerleaders.” The project began as screen prints
looking back on the lack of media coverage that beleaguers women in sports. The rogue exhibitions surrounding Front, such as the CAN Triennial turned out with some triumph and even a bit of controversy. Dana Depew’s magnificent and very funny installation piece, “Your Art Sucks,” was perched at the entryway to the 78th Street Studios complex. It did not sit well with some in the local arts community. It did, however, open up dialogue within the general public, which is an arguable measure of success. The thing that nobody can deny in the city and within its arts community was that the spotlight was on us. From ArtNet to the New York Times and art bloggers, this triennial brought national and international media attention, which is more than we’ve ever seen. Front sparked many opportunities for our own artists, as well. “Some of the later programs on residencies and Midwest studios, galleries and collective spaces was very good for engagement moments and gave information and connectivity to local artists for the future,” says Maugans. “I have nothing but admiration for Front and now that they have this foundation year tucked under their belt, new curators and partnerships, new iterations and programming all are ways that possibilities can open up for local artists and continue the impact of Northeast Ohio being a great place to be an artist.” There is still time to take in the citywide exhibitions, and we’re certainly curious about what Fred Bidwell and the Front team will bring in 2021. For more information and a listing of events, go to frontart.org. For more on the Hear Her Sports project, go to hearhersportsproject.com/stories.
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A mind-melting beautiful trip with the paintings of Eileen Dorsey By Dott von Schneider Photo courtesy of Eileen Dorsey
“IT’S LIKE VAN GOGH WALKED through the forest while on a fever dream,” remarked one visitor during Third Fridays at the 78th Stree Studios, accurately describing artist Eileen Dorsey’s paintings. Dorsey has been on our radar for some time. From “Watch It Wednesdays” at the studios, where patrons can watch artists at work, to the Dice Game, Dorsey’s Friday Facebook post where anyone can purchase a featured painting at a discount determined by a roll of the dice, her dedication to her craft has definitely pushed the artist into the public eye. We took the opportunity to hang out with Dorsey recently in her studio/gallery to talk about her work as she prepares for the throngs of people who walk through each Third Friday. We notice immediately that she has a new style emerging. The painter is known for her landscapes, thick impasto of oil paint on the surface. One might say that it’s as if the Fauvists met up with the Impressionists and did some hallucinogens. “I can’t tell you how many times people have told me my paintings look like acid trees,” says Dorsey. She continues after a laugh, “I have actually been approached at least once by a guy asking me if I had any LSD. I’m like, are you serious? You think I actually have that and that I’m selling it during Third Friday? No, no, absolutely not, dude.” Her paintings are meaty and textural. The leaves seem to almost pop off the canvas and into a pile underneath them. On one side of studio, the work is very leafy; and on the other, not so much. “I try to change it up every Third Friday. I want to showcase some of my newer work, as well as keep some work that people are more familiar with.” We talk about acrylics versus oil paint. “With the acrylics, I’m almost trying to play a game with your eye,” says Dorsey, “I start with an established palette of (my own) premixed colors and start with a background. I build each layer and then take the original colors and try to distort what the background and the foreground is, but still have
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Dorsey’s “Colorado Hike 2.”
these shapes that float on top, where one’s eye moves around and tries to figure out what’s going on. With the oil paintings, there’s an established source (lighting) in the foreground and background.” We talk about tools of the trade, and she continues, “I apply the oils with a palette knife and mostly I’m only using one size; I have a favorite one and it has the right give. I’ve had palette knives break on me because I’ve been too aggressive with the way I was painting. The acrylic paintings, I’m using different size brushes. I have a spray bottle in my non-painting hand and work instinctually with spraying and wiping down the surface and re-working it. The colors are a bit more vivid in the acrylic paintings.” Dorsey used to work on panels but, as she put it, they always seemed to chip on the sides and no matter how much gesso she put on the supports, over time she felt like the oil paint just sucked into the wood, causing the paintings to dry unevenly. She now works with canvas mounted onto panels. “I started putting the canvas over the panels and it’s just easier to transport them that way,” she says. “When it’s just canvas there’s
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the threat of puncturing the canvas or bruising it (imagine someone punching the canvas and leaving an indentation), and over time that’s going to break down the paint.” The new work is branching off the big mural in her studio. It’s looser, more gestural. “I did a small section of that mural during the second Watch it Wednesdays,” she says. “It was one of those things I did on a whim and wanted to work big, and I had nothing to paint on, so I painted on the wall, thinking I would cover it up. It came naturally that I did a wooded scene. I thought, ‘Oh cool, people can see that I do murals,’ because people don’t seem to associate 2-D artists with doing murals, as strange as that sounds.” Last September, Dorsey collaborated on a large mural on the Stockyard Meats building with Chicago-based artist Ish Muhammad in conjunction with Graffiti Heart, Land Studio and Gordon Square Arts District. “People love to see paintings in progress,” she says. “I’m painting from background to foreground. Often people think they are winter scenes when they are halfway finished, which is interesting. If they are regular Third Friday visitors, they stop by to see how the paintings
are moving forward.” This spring, Dorsey started creating a series called Hogsback Lane, based around multiple visits to the same spot on the Valley Parkway, in the Metroparks. “There are some really beautiful trees at the bottom and I started taking reference photos last fall and have been getting good responses from those paintings in progress,” she says. One can almost hear the wildlife when looking at Dorsey’s paintings. “I love these dense, wooded areas. The temperature changes, the sounds, the smells ... it takes you out of wherever you are , in your day-today. That’s why people connect with it. “You make work and you are, like, you hope people will like it, and you like it, and you are on a constant journey of discovery. Making a living off what you love doing is insane, and I can’t believe it’s real sometimes.” It’s almost like a fever dream. For more information about Eileen Dorsey and her work, go to eileendorsey.com.
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Fall means a full slate of horror films and festivals to scare you silly By BJ Colangelo Paramount Pictures
AS THE MOST PROLIFIC AND profitable cinematic subgenre of all time, horror movies are truly the lifeblood of the fall film scene. Sure, streaming options from Netflix, Hulu or Shudder abound. But fortunately for Clevelanders, we’ve got a wide array of big-screen options for anyone looking to get a frightening fix this Halloween season. Between one-night only specialty screenings or buttnumbing movie marathons, there’s something for everyone, no matter what age or how strong-willed you might be. Cinema Wasteland (Holiday Inn, 15471 Royalton Rd., Strongsville) Strongsville is invaded twice a year by one of the oldest and rowdiest alternative film conventions in the country, Cinema Wasteland. This year’s fall show contains classics on 16-mm, new releases of independently made horror films and countless cult favorites, but the central focus will be the cast reunion and screening of the original 1981 slasher classic, My Bloody Valentine. Wasteland Weekend is Oct. 5 to 7 and a full lineup of events and ticket purchases can be found at cinemawasteland.com Cleveland Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) The good people behind the Cleveland Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art curate some of the most unique screening opportunities imaginable, serving as one of the “premier repertory movie theaters” in the country, according to the New York Times. This fall, the Cinematheque slate features first-time screenings as well as all-time favorites. Dementia 13, a Roger Corman produced Psycho knockoff and one of the earliest films from Francis Ford Coppola, will have its Cleveland revival premiere and show throughout the month. The often forgotten Targets, about a psychopathic sniper and a has-been horror movie star (Boris Karloff) who has retired because scary films can no longer compete with the terrors of everyday life, will screen in 35-mm.
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Goblin keyboardist Maurizio Guarini will present a live performance of his original score to the first-ever feature film produced in Italy, Dante’s Inferno, showcasing horrific cinematic imagery decades before such giallo classics as Dario Argento’s Deep Red and Suspiria, both scored by Goblin and Guarini. Newly restored double features of Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Cat O’ Nine Tails keep the giallo running red, and triplefeature nights of The Fog, Evil Dead and Evil Dead II offer a little more name recognition among horror favorites. All of these films will play on multiple dates, so check out the full list of showtimes by visiting cia.edu/ cinematheque. Aut-O-Rama (33395 Lorain Rd. North Ridgeville) As is traditional, the Aut-O-Rama Drive-In will close out its season with special screenings of retro horror classics, including familyfriendly options. On the scarier side of things, the new reboot of Halloween is scheduled to play alongside three of the following four
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films: Hellraiser, The Thing, Return of the Living Dead or Evil Dead 2. For families, Goosebumps 2, E.T., Ghostbusters and Corpse Bride are slated to screen with Little Shop of Horrors serving as the backup for Goosebumps 2. As of now, all of the scheduled films are tentative and will be confirmed closer to the show date on Oct. 21. Cedar Lee Theatre (2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights) The Oct. 6 midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an absolute must this fall, but the schedule of scary movies at the Cedar Lee is pretty solid for 2018. The Addams Family plays on Oct. 6 and 7, as does the wildly dark and twisted Await Further Instructions. As part of the National Theatre’s stage-to-film productions, viewers can see Danny Boyle’s stage adaptation of Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular creator’s monster on Oct. 22 and 24 or Jonny Lee Miller on Oct. 29 and 31. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Night of the Living Dead, there will also be celebratory screenings on Oct. 24 and 25.
Tower City Cinemas (230 West Huron Rd.) In conjunction with the most popular horror movie website in the world, Bloody-Disgusting.com’s Retro Nightmares cinema series is coming to Tower City with the 1983 slasher classic, House on Sorority Row on Sept. 27, a double-feature of the underseen sequels Amityville: The Evil Escapes and Amityville: It’s About Time on Oct. 4, and a double feature of the totally underrated Sweet Sixteen and cult-favorite nunsploitation flick The Convent on Oct. 11. Capitol Theatre (1390 West 65th St.) Opening up the haunting season, the pregnancy nightmare film featuring horror icons Scout TaylorCompton, Sid Haig and Bill Moseley, Cynthia hits on Oct. 1. On Oct. 24, the only “true” horror film to ever win a Best Picture Oscar (Silence of the Lambs is a crime drama; fight me), The Exorcist, will spider-walk its way into the theater as part of the Happy Hour Classics series, which means a spooky specialty cocktail hour precedes the screening. For the 40th anniversary of the horror classic, producer Richard Rubinstein has made a new digital 3-D version of Dawn of the Dead, which will screen starting Oct. 26. However, the crown jewel of Cleveland’s horror movie screenings is the annual 12 Hours of Terror on Oct. 20. Curated each year by Cleveland Cinemas’ Dave Huffman, this Halloween highlight event will feature Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep, Candyman, The Human Centipede, Event Horizon, The Hills Have Eyes and the highly debated and coveted “secret screening.” We’ve featured this event as the “Best Place to Binge Watch Movies That Isn’t Netflix,” because absolutely nothing beats the all-day marathon of gruesome goodness. Additionally, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Halloween, Goosebumps 2 and HellFest all have wide-release screenings in theaters all across Cleveland and the surrounding area.
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Ingenuity Cleveland: Mission + Vision Ingenuity ignites the spark of creativity among artists, entrepreneurs and innovators of all types, through joy and collaboration, in service to civic progress. With our annual IngenuityFest, and ongoing programs like IngenuityLabs, Ingeneers, and Ignite! we inspire audiences, push boundaries, empower communities, and generate economic impact.
FuturePast celebrates the reawakening of our former industrial facility, The Hamilton Collaborative, and the drive toward a reimagined future.
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Hamilton Collaborative Ingenuity is proud to be a founding member of the Hamilton Collaborative, a group of innovators and entrepreneurs working together to transform a 100-year-old factory building and build a new economic model for Cleveland. We are redefining growth and innovation as an open, intentional community, managed cooperatively, providing tools, space and knowledge to a broad community of creatives.
Rust Belt Riders Rust Belt Riders is a worker-owned organic waste removal service available to Northeast Ohio businesses, schools and institutions, creating wealth from waste through conversion into value-added products. Soulcraft Woodshop An artisan woodshop and fabrication facility offering classes at a range of skill levels, incubation space for emerging woodworkers, high-end custom furniture, and featuring a new space for clean-tech experimentation. Skidmark Garage A community access motorcycle garage that encourages you to work on your own motorcycle: you provide the bike, they provide the tools, the space, and the expertise. Architecture Office A boutique contemporary architecture firm with a focus on a range of project types restoring Cleveland’s urban fabric. Rebuilders XChange A different kind of architectural salvage retailer, curating goods from soapstone counters to old bank vaults, and offering rehab, consignment and demolition services. MorrisonDance Integrating the art of movement with cross-disciplinary collaborations, continuously challenging the traditional understanding of dance. Performances on the Tesseract Stage Friday and Saturday. 3 Barn Doors A custom design/build furniture company working with clients on unique designs and furniture to give their space a completely new vibe. Stop by to enjoy the newly remodeled showroom and official grand opening! PAGE 4
IngenuityLABS Our growing IngenuityLabs incubator program provides tools, space, resources and networking opportunities with an eye toward broader efforts to attract and retain talent, promote a culture of arts and creativity; build spaces for technological innovation; foster entrepreneurship, especially among traditionally excluded populations; and connect local entrepreneurs with area youth and young adults. We encourage collaboration among artisans working in Cleveland and support innovators with our complementary year-round programs, the Ignite! series for creative entrepreneurs and the community-driven Ingeneers. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a member.
IngenuityLabs Incubator Residents Tesla Orchestra Doing great things with sound and light. Andrew Kaletta Statuary Custom, one-of-a-kind lighting fixtures and concrete casting for sculptural elements.
IngenuityLabs Guest Artists Steampunk Elephant BEX MOSS AND THE INGENEERS Walker and the CyberPunk Cafe JOE FEIGHAN AND THE INGENEERS
Madeline Finn Music Vocal coaching and music entrepreneurship.
Vortex CHARLES R. KISS This self-contained tornado gives visitors a chance to step inside and cool off.
Fire and Light Performing Arts Cleveland’s first and only dedicated Flow Arts studio, combining fire, prop manipulation and traditional dance while building community.
Cardboard Oasis KATE HART AND COLLABORATORS Cardboard furniture and decorations that are durable, functional, beautiful, and recyclable.
AstroCelt Multimedia production company combining costume, music, dance, and original video.
FuturePast Makeover CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART Spin the wheels to learn where and when you’re going and, most importantly, what to wear when you get there. Use our materials to create your look!
Makers Alliance Helping the Makers of Greater Cleveland by providing access to tools, resources and knowledge. Fire Guys Matt Hummel & Nate Clark Incorporating fire as a medium for interdisciplinary works large and small. Metalmorphosis The Art and Science of Metal. Splendid Dimensions Ross Bochnek presents “Virtual ReAlley,” including Casual VR, Archeatecture & more! Heyman! Productions Ryan Kinney presents “Analog Kingdom,” fragments of memory from Future and Past. The Artwork of Page Knoefel Custom Food Trailers, Ronald Nelson
Plus! Speakeasy Bar Proudly serving ManCan Wine, cocktails by Watershed Distillery, and brews by Masthead Brewing Co., Market Garden Brewery, and Platform Beer Co.
Alebrijes HECTOR CASTELLANOS, KATHRYN MAVER & FRIENDS Colorful creatures roam the Fest. Created collaboratively with volunteers from Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries. Dancing Birds PROGRESSIVE ARTS ALLIANCE A roving flock can be seen throughout the Fest. Dino’s Den and Lava Lounge THE INGENEERS, WITH THE ARTISTS OF BRITE WINTER The floor is lava! Better escape to the swinging volcano built by The Fire Guys, or clamber safely into the hanging gardens, jungle vines, or nests of giant beasts, all relics of an earlier time - there’s even an archeology pit to explore!
Tesseract StageFeatured Artists Is this the portal to a radiant future or the still-glowing remnants of a cityscape now past? Built collaboratively by the Ingeneers, with visuals by Muséus Project. SUPPORTED BY DAVID AND SAROYA TABOR DancEscapes of the FuturePast MORRISONDANCE DIRECTED BY SARAH MORRISON Created and performed collaboratively with
AMANDA CLARK, MARYPAT DORR, JENNI HANKEY, TALIESIN REID HAUGH, DAVID LENAHAN, LEAH SMITH AND DANA WASIELEWSKI
MorrisonDance is exploring the theme of this year’s festival with “Utopian Dancers” leading a Vonnegut-style family out of Dystopia through different dance styles of the “FuturePast.” This work is a collaboration with Ingenuity Cleveland, supported by the Ohio Arts Council’s ArtsNEXT program. X=X and Electric Bird FIRE AND LIGHT PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTED BY VIOLETTE ROBINSON Created and performed collaboratively with
RACHEL LANYI MULHOLLAND, NINA ROSSI, BRITTANY STERLING, JENNIFER BAKER, SARAH JOLLY, MATT KOBALLA, LISA SABOL, SHAWNA TAYLOR
Bridging the disciplines of dance and the flow arts, one cast of dancers expanded skills to include prop manipulation and “flow”, and one cast of flow artists increased bodily awareness through dance instruction and learned the process of participating in a site-specific staged production.
Tesla’s Tentacular Dream Machine THE INGENEERS It may be very large, or you may be small. It’s a city within a circuit board that *sparks* the imagination. Nightly performances by Plasmosis at 8:30 p.m. will leave you electrified, in collaboration with Skuda Productions, will leave you electrified.
Rising of the Sun ASTROCELT A story of the pursuit of energy presented by costumed characters singing sci-fi fantasy backed by live musicians, video & special effects.
Inflate our Following JOHN WETZEL AND SAM LEARNER Pull out your phone and Like of Follow Ingenuity Cleveland on Facebook and Instagram and watch balloons magically inflate!
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FROM 53RD STREET GATE TO INGENUITYLABS Our Festival’s Main Drag! Starting from the 53rd Street Gate, park your bike, grab a bite, and take in some tunes at the Dock, Dingy Basement Garden Stage, or Ingenuity Cabaret! Be sure to visit everything, but take note - the Cabaret is adults-only after 9 p.m.! Bike PARKing OHIO CITY BICYCLE CO-OP A cool hangout for cyclists of all sorts with activities. Gallery U Haul PATSY KLINE AND FRIENDS Participatory art on the move! The Dock Stage Hip, Hoppin’ and sometimes hard, this space features the best in Cleveland talent, plus a bit from overseas. Experience it all while immersed in the multi-demensional works of Negative Space artisans. See pages 6-7 for schedule Wick Studios KAI WICK Furniture and more built collaboratively, empowering youth with leadership and the skills to create! Dr. UR Awesome Worlds leading bubblologist. Sunday Only Dingy Basement Garden Stage A reuinion of singer-songwriters and other acts, acoustic and beyond, who enjoyed wall beer at the underground Dingy Garden Basement shows. Curated by Michelle Gaw. See pages 6-7 for schedule Archetypal Remix ARCHITECTURE OFFICE In collaboration with the Ingeneers and Brite Winter, this offkilter creation turns home on its head! Road Printz Increasing safety of all road users through effective – and awesome! – robotic printed street markings. See the robot in action periodically throughout the Fest. The Ingenuity Cabaret PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VNTG HOME The Ingenuity Cabaret is a hangout and lounge presenting the best in weird and wonderful! From the circus arts to burlesque, comedy to puppets, this stage is family-friendly during the day, but gets bawdy at night. Adults only after 9 p.m., please! See Pages 6-7 for schedule
FEATURED PERFORMANCES Amid cozy and stylish eclectic vintage furniture provided by VNTG Home, this sweet and sassy space hosts family-friendly variety acts of all stripes during the day. At night, the curtains come down for those with more adult taste - 18 and and over after 9 p.m., please! Shanty Circus Acrobats explore, breach, and dismantle the physical boundaries that society imposes on daily interactions, exposing the walls we erect to shield ourselves from trust, love, and intimacy. We’ll tumble, balance, swirl from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Cabaret, using bodies, traditional circus props, and even our post-industrial landscape! Accidental Comedy Producing some of Cleveland’s best independent stand up comedy shows, Accidental Comedy Club is a collective of performers dedicated to enriching the arts in Cleveland thru live comedy and other productions. Velvet Hearts! Cleveland Ms. Lavender Bitters and the Velvet Hearts are an eclectic and diverse group of performers. As advocates of the queer burlesque community, they’ve broken barriers in the performance art world. Founder of the first LGBTQ burlesque troupe in Cleveland, Sonia Restivo, hopes to open the doors for performers of all types, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds to come together and express themselves in ways they couldn’t elsewhere, creating a safe haven for artists of all shades of grey. The Manhattan Project Cleveland Lab The Manhattan Project performs numerous events throughout the year, including Play Labs open to anyone who wants to participate as an actor. Designed to build community through unexpected locations and a wide range of audiences, The Manhattan Project even adopted several new performers from the audience after past performances at IngenuityFest. GLO Cleveland GLO is a community-driven movement developed and launched in Cleveland, Ohio in 2017 with the mission of bringing light to the city through creativity. Join in for poetry, music, dance, fashion and more. Sunday 12 - 5 p.m. See pages 6-7 for schedule
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Winding tunnels play with shadows and light. Kid-friendly programming abounds, so be sure to check out every nook and cranny, and from here find a way to head upstairs!
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Ingenuity Unplugged Trading Post & Imaginarium AMNEA ABU-SALEH, RACHEL SCOTT & THE INGENEERS A tiny village for pint sized travelers: visit the library to get inspired by stories about innovators Past and Future; prepare for your journey before setting off to the workshop where you can fashion DIY Goggles, telescopes, pocket watches and accoutrement needed for traveling though time. This bustling market is populated by the Young Entrepreneurs Institute. Genuine LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER CLEVELAND An immersive, reflective experience about celebrating individuality. Friday 5-9 p.m., Saturday 12-9 p.m,. Sunday 12-5 p.m. FuturePast BeatLab Flowmar, GhostPhoto, Jay Allen, UMILE and Oceans present a teeny tiny super duper discotheque, with live painting, projection and more! The Artwork of Sean Wheeler & Kimberly Munn Crystal Caverns MIKE BRUCKMAN, STEVE PITTMAN AND THE INGENEERS Featuring a bouldering wall, frosty tunnel and a few cool surprises, this collaboration takes voyagers through an ice-age journey. Geometric Kings & Queens GUICE MANN Paintings that might exist somewhere else as life forms on another planet, in the cosmos, in another dimension, or perhaps right here on earth on a microscopic level. Hallway for Curiosities ANDREW KALETTA AND THE INGENEERS Artifacts and oddities accompany this historical journey through light and space. Stargazer Station A relaxing and meditative space featuring: Selfspace Meditation Village LINDSAY STEFANS A camp of glowing copper meditation pyramids will softly glow and guide people on a gentle journey. Geometric Chorus BRAD CIVIC An assortment of sacred geometric chimes. Raven’s Ki Alchemy Holistic healing. Hunter Chiropractic
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Once a metal scrapyard, this festival village is blooming with new life! Check out the gardens and living soil tended to by Rust Belt Riders, of find a lovely place to lounge and take in the Music Meadow Main Stage!
Avian Factory Dana Depew Reclaimed wood from vacant and foreclosed homes become permanent site specific dwellings for bird.
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Some of our biggest acts of the event, on our most unique viewing space! Hang out in the “meadow” and have a listen, or clamber down the gentle slope to get your groove on . . . if these groups don’t bring out your boogie, we’re worried nothing will! OSHUN is an independent Hip-Hop / Soul duo and the sonic manifestation of Afrofuturism. Using digital and acoustic sounds, heavy drums and bass, and ambient harmonic textures, OSHUN connects with the spirit of their ancestors to manifest a sweeter tomorrow for us all.
Squonk’s Pneumatica Ingenuity welcomes back long-time festival favorite Squonk to perform Pneumatica, a show about air, made of air, powered by air, demonstrating the fluid dynamics that rule our bodies and our planet at a critical time. Calling physics, sustainable energy and civic interdependency into joyful tangibility, Pneumatica creates communities of the imagination and celebrates green energy. This show demonstrates the nature of scientific inquiry into the unseen, both measurable and knowable. It is also about the “air” that encompasses us socially, our shared joy and responsibility. In Pneumatica, we celebrate the engineering that has driven our success as a species, while referring to the other meanings of pneuma: breath, spirit, weather. Squonk wants to help audiences discover the magic of science and broaden their understanding of the world, by combining this cerebral information with the thrill of the senses: sight, sound, touch.
Dressy Bessy is groovy pop punk rock that works hard, plays loud, and rarely apologizes. The long-running Denver band released Kingsized in 2016; now back on tour, critics and fans agree they’re refreshed, ready to go, and better than ever!
Incendia Experience A chill daytime lounge becomes mesmerizing at night - lay back and watch flames lick the ceiling of this unique installation.
Champagne Superchillin’ Champagne Superchillin’ began when its members wanted to travel together to France –a whimsical band who bonded over late nights and a love of literature and classic film. With a particular affinity for Fellini’s carnival vibes, Bermans’ bleak profundity, and the iconoclasm of the French new-wave, Champagne Superchillin’ is mood-obsessed music, more soundtrack than set list.
Plus: Fire and Light Performing Arts Catch a glimpse of fire dancers and LED performers circling ‘round Incendia each evenning from 10:30 - 11:30 p.m., in time with the Renegade Beats of Sunil Shah. The Urban Blacksmith TIM SMITH
Illuminati Hotties brings pioneering tenderpunk from the sprawl of LA, trying not to break too many hearts along the way. Fresh off her debut, Sarah Tudzin balances humor and heart, illuminating the ways in which we cope with coming into our own, no matter our age. Kiss Yr Frenemies is out now via Tiny Engines.
Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 1:30 p.m. All shows followed by artist talk-back and tour.
Ministry of the Butterfly Returning festival favorites grace our garden with interactive gizmos powered by water and wind - these artists travel the country in their one-of-a-kind bus, so be sure to take a peak!
The Traveling Front Porch MEGAN SHANE AND KAI WICK This mobile gathering place is designed to encourage connection. Complete with custom woodworking and creative steel fabrication, this unique gathering place offers shade, benches, hammocks, hanging platforms, and porch swings. Designed and built by Akron metal sculptor Megan Shane, the structure is a collaboration with the Akron League of Creative Interventionists and Wick Studio. Tiny Huts LIVE-PAINTED BY LOCAL ARTISTS, WITH BRITE WINTER Catch these tiny resting spots all over the site.
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Ultimate TEAM UP Cleveland board game designers share their creative journey as artists and entrepreneurs - all around the gaming table!
The Treasure of the Wumpus in the Azimuth Cave (returns!) JARED BENDIS Peak inside to play Treasure of the Wumpus, a user controlled, surround sound gaming environment.
Projection Play Place OWEN LOWERY Interactive box fort where physical and digital collide. Dancing, pulling ropes, and rolling a giant duct tape ball are several activities that alter colorful projections.
Tech Central Maker Space at Cleveland Public Library The TechCentral MakerSpace is a cutting-edge space equipped with industry-standard technology and fabrication, equipment, and software, allowing you to turn your ideas into reality.
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Maya CLEVELAND DESIGN STUDIOS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INGENUITY A collision of industrial gear geometry with art-deco accents, inspired by the architecture of a Mayan temple.
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LED BY BEX MOSS AND ARRON BOUND, WITH MOY AGUIRRE AND PAIGE KNOEFEL Part old-west saloon, part Star Wars cantina, the vibe in the Time Travelers Tavern simply can’t be beat. Jazz, spoken word, slam poetry and singer-songwriters keep the humming with low-key activity, while wine flows to help mellow the mood. There’s even a baby grand piano just waiting for YOU to roll up and tickle the ivories!
Patchy Projects GEORGE BERLIN (CHICAGO) Art meets interactive technology in the whimsical minds of the Patchy Projects team; these installations come to life with your participation! DayGlo DIY MiniGolf ROSS BOCHNEK AND THE INGENEERS Pick up a putter and our special interlocking pipes, and begin creating your one-of-a-kind course! With special thanks to Waterloo Arts The Portal BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE CLEVELAND EAST CAMPUS, WITH DINA HOEYNCK Explore the lockers to read poems about memories of past and future, then enter the portal to add your own future memories. Special thanks to Grafix Plastics.
See Pages 6-7 for full schedule.
Vision of Dream RAINEY INSTITUTE A collective vision of dreams from the perspectives of children.
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Dreamers To Leaders RAINEY INSTITUTE This is an embossed painting made out of cotton string showcasing perseverance and collaboration. Himiko GoGo’s Dirty Disco HALEY MORRIS Step in and be surprised! Special performance Saturday Night! The Future is Past MARIA NEIL ART PROJECT Showcasing local artists pushing the envelope with photography, paint, furniture, light and sound. Featuring: Pita Brooks & Kristin Rogers Larry Fielder Amber Ford Hilary Gent Gabriel Gonzalez Michael & Ethan Loderstedt Dan Miller Daiv Whaley Rust Belt Monster Collective
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FALL INTO SOME GREAT STORIES Local independent bookstores on the books you shouldn’t miss this year By Brett Zelman
WHO BETTER THAN YOUR friendly neighborhood bookstore to recommend what you should be diving into this autumn and winter? Well, how about five of your friendly neighborhood bookstores? Here’s what you should be putting on your nightstand before 2018 checks out. From Loganberry Books (13051 Larchmere Blvd., Shaker Heights): The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman. Weinman is an international expert on crime fiction, but this is her meticulously researched and grippingly told true crime book on the real events that inspired Vladimir Nabakov to write Lolita. Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini. This illustrated short story inspired by the plight of Syrian refugees, by the author of The Kite Runner, is a beautiful book for both children and adults. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. The highly anticipated debut novel by John Green’s brother (The Fault In Our Stars) follows a young woman who unexpectedly becomes an overnight celebrity. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar. A big, fat, totally engrossing historical novel set in 18th-century Britain, ranging from the parlors of aristocracy to
the seamy underworld of carnival sideshows. The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. This touching little novel about friendship has been an international phenomenon, and this fall, American readers finally get the chance to meet Nana the Cat, and her traveling companion, Satoru, as they hit the road to revisit old friends and memories. From Mac’s Backs (1820 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Heights): Beautiful Country, Burn Again by Ben Fountain. In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, Fountain (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk) recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential crisis. Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami. The Japanese master novelist (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Kafka On The Shore) is back, with a story that centers on a painter dealing with his separation from his wife. What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila Abdulali. Thirty years ago, Abdulali was brutally gang-raped as a teenager in India. Her book is about changing the conversation around rape culture, questioning our assumptions, and deciding how we want to raise the next generation. Rust Belt Arcana by Matt Stansberry, with illustrations by David Wilson. Akron native Stansberry and Stow native Wilson teamed up with Belt Publishing to tell a story that explores the Rust Belt’s natural history through tarot cards. Joy Enough: A Memoir by Sarah McColl. From a bracing new voice comes this life-affirming memoir of a daughter making and remaking her life in her mother’s image. From Visible Voice (2258 Professor Ave., Tremont): Lake Success by Gary Shteygart. The bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story returns with a biting, brilliant, emotionally resonant novel very much of our times that focuses on a hedge-fund titan, his wife, and the breakdown of their marriage. Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. The New York Times
bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, and recipient of numerous literary awards, returns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval. The Spy and The Traitor by Ben MacIntyre. This spy tale is the thrilling true story of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian double agent whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. These Truths by Jill Lapore. The New Yorker writer and award-winning historian offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Big Game by Mark Leibovich. The author of the bestselling This Town turns his focus to the NFL for an equally merciless probing of America’s biggest cultural force, at a moment of peak success and high anxiety. From Appletree Books (12419 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Heights): Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen. This novel is an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning Dear Committee Members. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Lethal White is the fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series from the international bestselling author Galbraith, who may be better known to you as J.K. Rowling. Labryinth of the Spirits by Carols Ruiz Zafon. This riveting series finale of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series is a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation shines a light on the dark history of Franco’s Spain.
White Darkness by David Grann. A powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs. From Fireside Books (29 North Franklin St., Chagrin Falls): Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin. In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth and exercise of leadership. Cooking Like A Pro by Ina Garten. A brand-new collection of recipes, tips, and techniques, so readers can cook with confidence no matter how much experience they have in the kitchen. Past Tense by Lee Child. Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller. Becoming by Michelle Obama. An intimate, powerful and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny. The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author. Scene’s bonus recommendations: Your Duck Is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg. A new collection of brilliantly observant short stories from a master of the form. Boomer1 by Daniel Torday. A new novel from the author of the critically acclaimed The Last Flight of Poxl West Gone So Long by Andre Dubus III. The House of Sand and Fog author’s first novel in a decade is a masterpiece of thrilling tension and heartrending empathy. Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories by Mary-lee Chai. In this collection, readers will find a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and finally, the world at large. Evening in Paradise by Lucia Berlin. A collection of previously uncompiled stories from the shortstory master and literary sensation.
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Anisfi eld-Wolf Salon: Steven Pinker and Henry Louis Gates Jr. In both The Better Angels of Our Nature and his bestseller Enlightenment Now, author Steven Pinker maintains there has never been a better time to be a human being. Today at 5:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Pinker joins Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards jurors, friends and Harvard University professor and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. to discuss the issue. Admission is free, but registration is required in advance through the Cleveland Museum of Art website. (Jeff Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. FILM
Bad Reputation It took years for Rock Hall inductee Joan Jett, the former singer in the Runaways, to become a success. The documentary film Bad Reputation chronicles her rise to fame and includes footage from her punkrock days and from the time when she became a staple on MTV. It shows tonight at 7:30 at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets cost $9.75. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com. MUSIC
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Concert Series Presented by the National Park Service and the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Concert Series aims to celebrate the cultural legacy of the Cuyahoga Valley with a variety of folk and roots-rock concerts at the Happy Days Lodge. Tonight’s concert features the Bobby Selvaggio Quartet, a local jazz act featuring Bobby Selvaggio on alto sax, Theron Brown on piano, Dan Pappalardo on bass and Zaire Darden on drums. Tickets start at $10, and the concert begins at 7 p.m. (Niesel) 500 West Streetsboro Rd., Peninsula, 330-657-2909, ConservancyforCVNP.org. BEER
Hoppy Hour The Cleveland Botanical Garden
IngenuityFest returns to the Saint Clair-Superior neighborhood this weekend. See: Friday.
offers an educational take on beer tasting with its weekly Hoppy Hour, which comes ’round today from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. You can sample pale ales, dark lagers and other cool craft brews while discussing hops and horticulture with Botanical Garden staff and experts from a guest brewery. General admission is $5, but free for members. Twelveounce beers are $4, while a tasting flight is $6. There also will be fire pits, lawn games, flashlight garden tours and seasonal dinner specials from the Garden Cafe. Tastings continue through Oct. 24. (Niesel) 11030 East Blvd., 216-721-1600, cbgarden.org. ART
Kusama — Infi nity Seventeen years in the making, Kusama — Infinity, a new documentary film about visual artist Yayoi Kusama, debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and also screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival. An Akron native, director Heather Lenz uses archival photos, letters and film clips to paint a portrait of Kusama, who currently has a major exhibit on view at the Cleveland
Museum of Art. The film screens tonight at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $12, or $9 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. COMEDY
Mike Paramore and Aaron Kleiber Voted class clown in high school, comedian Aaron Kleiber has built up quite the resume. He received some terrific exposure when he embarked on the #Deathsquad Tour with Doug Benson, Tom Segura, Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban, and he’s appeared on the very funny podcast Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson. An alum of Chicago’s Second City, Kleiber recently served as standup director for the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival. A frenetic comic, he likes to joke about personal things such as his marriage and kids. He shares the bill tonight at 8 at Hilarities with local comic Mike Paramore. Tickets start at $18. The two have shows scheduled at the club through Sunday. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.
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Walnut Wednesday Summer is over, but Walnut Wednesday remains — at least for one more day. Catch it for the final time this summer today, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons — at East 12th and Walnut streets — where food trucks will gather to serve up lunch to area residents and employees. Check out the Downtown Cleveland Alliance website for an update on vendors, entertainment offerings and more. As always, admission is free, but the food will cost you. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com. THEATER
The Woman in Black Tonight at 7:30 at the Allen Theatre, the Cleveland Play House takes on The Woman in Black, a play that was a hit on London’s West End. The ghost story centers on a guy who never believed in the supernatural until he came face to face with an apparition. Tickets start at $25, and performances continue through Oct. 7. (Niesel) Sept. 26. 1407 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, clevelandplayhouse.com.
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and can be purchased through the Networking is Dead website. Doors open at 6 p.m. (Niesel) 2920 Detroit Ave., 216-771-6551, networkingisdead.net
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Bartók and Prokofiev Works by Béla Bartók and Sergei Prokofiev make up the program that the Cleveland Orchestra will perform tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall. Two works by Prokofiev — his Classical Symphony and his Third Symphony — are also on the docket. Rose Breckenridge, a lecturer and administrator with the Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups, will give the pre-concert talk. The concert also takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Consult the website for ticket prices and more info. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.
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Open Mic Scene All-Stars Open mic hosts from such places as Kelley’s Pub, CLE Underground, CLE Urban Winery, Coda, Duck Island Club and CLE Underground will converge upon Coda tonight
Networking is Dead Two years ago, Dave Lowery and his friend Ken Vinikoff started Networking is Dead, a local networking group for fans of the Grateful Dead. The group has steadily grown and now has about 250 members. Tonight’s gathering at the Bop Stop will feature networking, Grateful Dead-themed raffle items, a cash bar, and music from Grateful Dead cover band Sugar Magnolia. Tickets are $20
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Tony Rock While not as well known as his superstar brother, comedian Chris Rock, Tony Rock has plenty going for him. In one funny routine, he talks about the “whitest thing” he ever saw when a guy in an airport leaped into “full white-guy mode”
Eddie B. With his Teachers Only Comedy Tour, comedian Eddie B. has established himself as the official voice of teachers. His live show provides a lesson in the funniest ways to conduct a class in an “uncensored, raw and hysterically realistic portrayal of a teacher’s hectic life.” Tonight’s show takes place at 8 at the State Theatre. Tickets are $25 to $65. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.
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NOVEMBER 7 PLAY! In partnership with Super Electric Pinball. Test your skills on the drums, become a pinball wizard, or compete to be a Rock Band champion.
DECEMBER 5 ROCK ON TV Inside our Stay Tuned: Rock on TV exhibit, team up for a scavenger hunt, win prizes at our TV theme song contest, and try your hand as a variety show host. Nostalgia and good memories welcome!
Fall Badfish The legacy of ska-punk act Sublime lives on with Badfish, a popular tribute act that pays homage to the late, great Bradley Nowell and Sublime. The band headlines Fall Badfish 2018, a two-night stand at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park that includes performances by a slew of other like-minded bands such as Scotty Don’t, Bumpin Uglies, the Quasi Kings, Shrub, Wanyama and the Sultans of Bing. Badfish performs both tomorrow and Saturday nights. Campers can arrive tonight and stick around through Sunday if they want. Consult the website for ticket prices. (Niesel) 12001 State Route 282, Garrettsville, 440-548-2716, nlqp. com. FESTIVAL
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Halfway to CIFF 43 To mark the halfway point to the 2019 iteration of the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Capitol Theatre will host a special screening of shorts at 9 tonight. Sacred Hair, a film about a chance meeting between an ill boy and a Muslim woman in a Montreal park, will screen. It won the CIFF’s 2018 award for best live-action short. Other winners, such as The Driver is Red, Spice Sisters, Zion, Bagheera and Stag, will screen as well. The screening will also include a sneak peek of one of the shorts that will show at the 2019 festival. Some of the films that will screen will qualify for consideration in the short-film competition at the 2019 Academy Awards. Event organizers will also give away a CIFF all-access pass and vouchers. Tickets to the event cost $15. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.
tickets are $5. (Niesel) 2247 Professor Ave., 216-274-1200, coda.danteboccuzzi.com.
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IngenuityFest Now held at the former Osborn Manufacturing Company, IngenuityFest returns to the Saint Clair-Superior neighborhood this weekend. This year’s theme is FuturePast. The three-day festival promises to feature performances, art installations and a full lineup of live music throughout the weekend. It all starts at 5 p.m. today and runs through Sunday. Tickets are $5 per day, or $10 for a weekend pass. (Niesel) . 5401 Hamilton Ave., 216-589-9444, ingenuitycleveland.com. MUSIC
for Open Mic Scene All-stars, a program featuring the best acts from the local open mic scene. Tonight’s lineup includes Guy Snowden, Sam Ruekert (aka Foolish Dad), Zoe Elena Hartenstein, Nosole X Enef, Malik X, Ms. BBC & Conscious Eye and Rule of Young. Performances start at 8 p.m. and
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after he saw someone take an elevator “without authorization.” A great storyteller, Rock performs tonight at 7:30 at the Improv, where he has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets start at $17. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.
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
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GET OUT Billy Joel’s “The Piano Man,” which he tends to alter with a few of his own ribald lyrics. Expect rowdy sing-alongs and a boisterous performance. Concerts take place tonight and tomorrow at 8 at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park’s Club Velvet. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7771, hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. THEATER
Mamma Mia! This smash-hit musical features ABBA’s greatest hits, including tunes such as “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S,” “Super Trooper,” “Take a Chance on Me” and “The Winner Takes It All,” and “an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.” The musical even spawned a commercially successful film. Tonight’s performance takes place at 7:30 at the Hanna Theatre. Tickets are $15 to $89. (Niesel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. BEER
Rozi’s Seventh Annual Pumpkin Beer Tasting It’s the time of the season for pumpkin ales. Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., Rozi’s Wine House in Lakewood will once again host its annual Pumpkin Beer Tasting. The joint will have 14 pumpkin beers on draft and an assortment of snacks and appetizers. Masthead Haunted Hayride, Dogfish Heah Punkin, Forest City Kurbisleichen Pumpkin Ale, Market Garden Maple Bourbon, Franklin’s Castle and Southern Tier Pumking are among the beers you’ll sample. Tickets are $25. (Niesel) 14900 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216-221-1119, rozis.com. MUSIC
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Whiskey & White Lightning Music Festival For tonight’s Whiskey & White Lightning Music Festival at House of Blues, regional and local distilleries will be on site to offer samples of their bourbon, rye whiskey, moonshine and other spirits. Multiple bands will be playing throughout the night in the Music Hall and the Foundation Room VIP Club, where there will be exclusive, one-of-a-kind whiskey samples from Tom’s Foolery. Doors open at 6:30. General admission is $15, and VIP
early entry tickets are available as well. (Niesel) 308 Euclid Ave., 216-523-2583, houseofblues.com.
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4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince Designed to celebrate the music of the late pop/rock star Prince, 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince will feature a live band of musicians and vocalists who will perform Prince songs with the help of an orchestra. Roots drummer Questlove, an avid Prince fan, has helped curate the music and arrangements. The concert takes place tonight at 8 at the State Theatre. Tickets cost $39.50 to $79.50. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. GALA
Cleveland Orchestra 100th Anniversary Gala Pianist Lang Lang will perform with the Cleveland Orchestra tonight at 7 at Severance Hall as the orchestra celebrates its 100th anniversary. The program includes pieces by Mozart, Strauss, Strauss Jr. and Ravel. Franz Welser-Möst conducts. Consult the orchestra website for ticket prices and more info. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com. COMEDY
Iliza Shlesinger For the second year in a row, Iliza Shlesinger was featured in Elle’s Women in Comedy issue. Her television credits include multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden and The Today Show. Additionally, her digital scripted series, Forever 31, is currently streaming on Hulu. She performs tonight at 8 and 10:30 at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $29.50 to $100. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.
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15th Annual Distinguished Lecture in Greek and Byzantine Art Today from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art, professor Antony Eastmond — A. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine Art History and dean and deputy director of the Courtauld Institute of Art at the
University of London — will give the 15th annual Distinguished Lecture in Greek and Byzantine Art. He’ll talk about the Byzantine artist as creator, bureaucrat and copyist and direct the discussion on the Cleveland Saint Luke, “an exquisite portrait of the saint from an 11th-century manuscript that shows him in a very different guise.” Admission is free, but a ticket is required. Register in advance through the Cleveland Museum of Art website. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. THEATER
Hello, Dolly! The KeyBank Broadway Series 20182019 season will include the first national tour of the Tony Awardwinning musical revival of Hello, Dolly! The musical stars Tony Awardwinning actress Betty Buckley in the title role. The legendary Queen of Broadway comes to the Connor Palace to launch the national tour of this beloved revival. One of seven shows in the KeyBank Broadway Series slated to hit Playhouse Square this year, Hello, Dolly! won four Tony Awards last year. Tonight’s performance takes place at 6:30 at Connor Palace. Tickets are $10 to $110. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.
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.
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Classical Revolution Cleveland Today, and the first Tuesday of every month, Classical Revolution Cleveland brings chamber music to the Euclid Tavern. Performers like the Trepanning Trio, Anime Duo, students of Cleveland Institute of Music and even Cleveland Orchestra members grace the stage in these exciting concerts. Tonight’s free, allages performance starts at 8. (Patrick Stoops) 11625 Euclid Ave., 216-231-5400, happydogcleveland.com. FILM
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Plummertime Cookout Plummertime, which takes place today from 2 to 8 p.m., brings in numerous chefs from restaurants in Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Columbus. Each will man individual charcoal grills spread across the patios of the Plum and neighboring Platform Beer. The $120 ticket price includes food from every station plus drinks from Watershed, Platform, New Belgium Brewing and Shacksbury Cider. Sides like potato and macaroni salad will be provided by Plum. The event is a fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which provides mental health care services to those who don’t have insurance and can’t afford help through traditional means. (Douglas Trattner) 4133 Lorain Ave., 216-938-8711, theplumcafeandkitchen.com.
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Intermezzo A 1936 Swedish film, Intermezzo stars Ingrid Bergman in her first film as a leading lady. Bergman plays a piano teacher who falls for a married violinist (Leslie Howard). Three years after its release in Sweden, a remake appeared in the States. It also starred Bergman. This month, the Cleveland Museum of Art screens both versions of the movie. Today at 1:45 p.m., it screens the earlier version. Tickets are $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. FILM
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. A splash at Sundance, the documentary film Matangi/Maya/ M.I.A. chronicles the life and times of pop star M.I.A., a refugee immigrant who rose to fame after moving to London and learned to blend “Tamil politics, art school punk, hip-hop beats and the unwavering, ultraconfident voice of a burgeoning multicultural youth.” It screens tonight at 7:30 at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $9.75. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.
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STAGE THRILLS AND CHILLS? MORE LIKE YAWNS AND SHRUGS A ghost story evaporates before your eyes in The Woman in Black at the Cleveland Play House By Christine Howey Photo by Roger Mastroianni
IF YOU’RE A FAN OF COUNT Floyd, the host of SCTV’s “Monster Chiller Horror Theater” that was on the tube from the late 1970s to early 1980s, have I got a show for you! Well, not really. Because Count Floyd’s sketch bit, as enacted by comedian Joe Flaherty, was intended to be a sendup of the cheesy TV horror film genre. And it was hilarious. However, The Woman in Black, which was staged last year by our local community theater, Clague Playhouse, is now on a national tour and is playing at the Cleveland Play House. It tries desperately to be scary, but it’s about as frightening as Count Floyd, wearing his cheap vampire drag and speaking in his corny Bela Lugosi voice, trying vainly to scare little kids. This play, which is definitely not a parody although it seems like one, has been a big hit in London for the past 30 years, which explains a lot about the British, who made Benny Hill a star. Based on a novella by Susan Hill (who evidently is no relation to Benny and who also is no Edgar Allan Poe), this adaptation by Stephen Mallatratt as directed by Robin Herford is long, boring and laughably inept when it comes to being scary. Indeed, you could visit any of the countless local Halloween haunted houses next month and get several bigger jolts than this play ever produces. Let’s put it this way: If you were chaperoning a gaggle of kids on vacation in a cabin in the woods and you knew those children possessed rather fragile natures, you might tell them a mildly diverting 20-minute spooky ghost story before beddy-bye. You might even point a flashlight in their eyes and make loud sounds now and then, to give them some shivers. But there would be nothing too terribly upsetting to disturb their sleep. Well, the creators of this play have taken that concept and
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extended it beyond two hours, filling the time with interminable skeins of direct address storytelling. This format results in, of course, lots of telling and very little showing, a style that quickly becomes tedious for anyone over the age of 9. Or frankly, anyone under 9. Admittedly, the play begins with some promise, as we are introduced to a young Actor who has been contracted to help an older gentleman, Arthur Kipps, dramatize terrifying events he experienced years before. Since the elderly chap is not a performer, the young fellow steps into his role and Kipps is persuaded to play other characters in the story. This conceit is amusing for a while, as the old guy struggles to read his words with any sense of character, but that one-joke pony gets tired after a while and eventually elderly chap turns into an accomplished thespian so the story can slowly (oh ... so ... slowly) unfurl. Since this play-within-a-play is set in the early 1950s, with extended flashbacks to 30 years earlier, it’s performed in period costumes and, apparently, with an absence of any contemporary
suddenly opens and, you know, things covered in sheets. All that’s missing is Abbott and Costello and a portrait on the wall with roving eyes. Young Arthur (as played by the Actor) prowls around the place and meets some quaint gentlemen (as played by the real Arthur). Then young Art starts seeing apparitions, such as a woman in black who mysteriously appears
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and disappears in, you guessed it, the nearby graveyard. And on it goes. And on, and on. Seriously, it feels like we’re all being played and this is really an attempt at a fiendishly clever satire that doesn’t quite work. The clues are many. The pre-show announcement carefully cautions people not to let their phone screens light up during the show, lest the production’s delicate, low lighting effects be disturbed. Hell, you could have the house lights
up full for the whole show and it wouldn’t negatively affect anything. Also, in the program there is an invitation: “Wowed by the set? Feel free to snap a photo before the show.” This supposed wow-inducing set amounts to gray drapes, a chair, a stool, a wicker trunk and a clothes rack covered with a sheet. Eat your heart out, Les Miserables. Credit must go to the two performers, Bradley Armacost as Kipps and Adam Wesley Brown, who plays the Actor. They work diligently and generate some muchappreciated chuckles from time to time, as this rickety ghost story lumbers to a close. Chloe Baldwin also participates briefly in the title role, a character so minimally impactful they forgot to include her in the program’s cast list. Are there any chills to be had? There are a couple tragic events at the very end of the play that, of course, happen off stage and which we are told about briefly. Don’t want to give anyone bad dreams. ’Night, kids ...
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EAT SECOND COMING The Dinerbar on Clifton marries favorites from its predecessor with delightful new offerings By Douglas Trattner Photo by Emanuel Wallace
DURING A PHONE CALL, OWNER Perry Drosos confirmed my own personal observations regarding the premium for seats at the newly opened Dinerbar on Clifton, the successor to the long-running restaurant of the (almost) same name. Two separate mid-week visits revealed dining rooms filled to the brim with fervent guests, patios that were operating at full capacity, and yet more hopeful diners shuffling their way up to the host stand. I can only imagine the scene on a sunny Saturday morning. “We kind of wanted to start slowly, but it wasn’t at all like that,” said Drosos, adding that the latest reports tally a staggering 500-diner-per-day average. Who knew that the smartest play in the restaurant world is to shut down, take a 2-year hiatus, and then reopen at a completely different address? While the Diner’s last few years of existence (and nonexistence) reads like the plot line from a maudlin soap opera, the story appears to be coasting toward a pleasant denouement. The big winner in all of this, of course, is Drosos, who never again has to endure the loathsome question: “So, when are you opening?” Loyal fans of the original diner, which operated for 17 years just 160 meters away, will quickly observe how much has changed. But they will also appreciate how much has stayed the same. A double-sided menu is long — too long, perhaps — because it blends old favorites like garden vegetable chowder, mac and cheese and patty melts with new arrivals like crab cakes, risotto balls and a poke bowl. There’s still a counter at which to belly up, but this one curves its way through the heart of the space. And if you couldn’t discern from the new moniker, all of the above now comes with a sidecar of beer, wine and cocktails. In keeping with the “Modern American Diner” tagline, Drosos and his team transformed a featureless commercial space into a sleek, stylish and subtly retro
interior that manages to conjure the spirit of a neighborhood gathering place. Graphic Fornasetti wallpaper provides an Insta-worthy backdrop. Chrometrimmed Formica tables fit the part, but they’re paired with cushy leatherette chairs and booths. Double the square footage of the old spot means diners now get a main-level restroom. We also get a patio, which is elevated above the street and sidewalk. Of diners we require few things, among them broad menus, breakfast all day and snappy service. Dinerbar nails two out of
meaning when it includes a bracing margarita ($9) as a side dish. Wellmade corned beef hash ($9.95) is delicious any time of day, especially when it features fat and salty chunks of meat, tender potatoes and sweet sauteed onions beneath a roof of over-easy eggs. The dish is joined by a handful of other egg dishes that can be ordered clear up till close. Items such as French toast, pancakes and eggs Benedict, on the other hand, are reserved for mornings and weekend brunch. The quintessential Dinerbar meal might kick off with a cup of garden vegetable chowder ($3.95),
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include a plate of bacon and cheddar topped fries ($7.95) with ranch dipping sauce for snacking, before landing at a classic like the tuna melt ($9.95), paired with crackly onion rings, or the hot roast turkey ($10.95) with mashed potatoes. The thin-sliced meat is surprisingly flavorful, the potatoes unusually silky-smooth, and the steamed green beans a dead ringer for those from a can. Dinerbar excels at the basics,
like BLTs, club sandwiches, wraps, burgers and patty melts. The entree section alone approaches two dozen dishes, most of which I can’t personally vouch for. But if you can’t decide between a New York strip steak, chicken Parm or shepherd’s pie for dinner, this is the restaurant to visit. That shepherd’s pie ($11.95) takes some liberties with the time-honored recipe, but the result is every bit as savory, satisfying and filling. One of the brightest storylines at Dinerbar is the sweets program, overseen by pastry chef Annabella Andricks. A glass-fronted display case literally taunts guests with mile-high salted caramel cheesecakes, giant swirled Ho-Hos and rainbow-colored “funfetti” cakes fit for a unicorn. Owner Drosos, who’s been working this beat since the Clifton Lunch days, has seen it all. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t liking what he sees. “I’m very grateful for the business,” he tells me. “People loved my old place and are very connected to it and the food. It’s all very touching and humbling to know that people appreciate what you do.”
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A MULTI-MEDIA ART AND music exposition that aims to showcase underground artists and bands, IngenuityFest takes over the Hamilton Collaborative space in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. James Carol, the local promoter who runs Cleveland Music City, has booked an eclectic mix of bands. Here’s a guide to some of the acts worth catching. Check the festival’s website for a schedule and more information.
of the band’s latest release, last year’s Young Lovers/Dystopian Future, stems from lengthy sound experiments at a home studio in Gates Mills. Surrounded by guitars, cameras and a warm, wooden ambiance, the guys ran sounds through an old Hammond Auto-Vari analog drum machine. What came out on the other end were stunning, polyrhythmic backbones that formed the genesis of this new material. (Eric Sandy)
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Automatic Weapons made a splash last year in the local music scene without so much as an opening slot at the corner bar. The multi-instrumentalist duo — Vinny DiFranco and Michael Bashur — hail from Ohio Sky, which scorched Northeast Ohio with an ethereal blend of heavy riffs and soaring soundscapes for about a decade. The group’s first EP, and much
The artsy, Flaming Lips-like Cereal Banter formed a few years back, and the local group’s debut single, 2010’s “Edible Confetti,” a song that features squiggly guitar riffs and echoing vocals, established just how off-kilter the band could be. Recently, band leader Joseph Joseph teamed up with singerbassist Nicholas Gunzburg, a local musician who was a fan of the band.
They collaborated on the cassetteonly Oatmeal Outburst and quickly recorded another album, Junk Jazz. You should expect the unexpected with this avant garde act. (Jeff Niesel)
territory with its mix of vintage sounds and over-the-top personas, but it somehow manages to keep it fresh and in the now. (Laura Morrison)
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3. THE DREEMERS Pay no attention to this Akron act’s misnomer of a name. This isn’t some dreamy, hippie bullshit group; instead, the Dreemers are one of the most raucous and riotous bands around. As the group told Scene late last year, “We’ll have a punkier song or a bluesier song and then throw some kind of riff at the end, and it will go into doo-wop or some other genre. We just jam a lot and when we do that we blend styles together.” All of those styles can be heard on the group’s debut album Beach Mode, which is by far one of the most fun locally released records of last year. The three-piece, together since 2015, could easily roll into schtick
Kingsized, this Denver-based indie rock act’s most recent album, offers the perfect mix of Dressy Bessy traditionalism and successful experimentation and comes across as an excellent representation of the band. Although often branded as twee or bubblegum pop on account of an early association with the Kindercore record label, Dressy Bessy has matured to embrace rock ’n’ roll attitude. Not infrequently, singer-guitarist Tammy Ealom evokes the vocal gruffness of the Deal sisters or Kim Shattuck of the Muffs as she sings over fuzzedout guitars. New tracks like “Pop Phenom,” “Kingsized” and “Make Mine Violet” will invite fans
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Herzog is a Cleveland rock band through and through. Since forming in 2000, the group has brought its super relatable brand of rock ’n’ roll to venues all over town. Not that we’re complaining. In fact, for those in need of a new Herzog record, it seems something is on the way. The group hasn’t put out a new album since 2014’s Boys, but according to its Facebook page, a new full-length could be fully cooked by the end of the year. That means more of Tony Vorell’s wise lyrics (yes, just like Elton John, the band has a lyricist who never performs on stage) paired with Nick Tolar’s melodies. The group’s songs run the gamut from straight-up party music to more lyrical and insightful tunes. Their IngenuityFest performance is sure to pull out all this and more. (Morrison)
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6. ILLUMINATI HOTTIES An L.A.-based indie-pop outfit fronted by singer Sarah Tudzin, Illuminati Hotties just released its debut album Kiss Yr Frenemies to wide acclaim. The lead single, “Cuff” features soft vocals and dreamy synthesizer riffs before distorted guitars kick in and Tudzin begins to let loose on those howling vocals. Think Mazzy Star meets Smashing Pumpkins. A director/animator studying at CalArts, Sam Lane did the animation on the tune’s trippy music video that NPR recently premiered. (Niesel)
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We’ve written about this band a lot, and with good reason: Mourning [A] BLKstar offers fresh surprises nearly every day. The group’s debut album, Blk Muzak, is out now, awaiting eager ears. It’s a perfect entry point as James Longs, LaToya Kent and Kyle Kidd’s enveloping vocals wrap around RA Washington’s dynamic beats. They’ve been playing shows and festivals all over town for more than two years now (they topped our 2017 Bands to
Watch list), and each show is another surreal, enigmatic experience that treats listeners to a heady, groovy experience. (Sandy)
8. OSHUN As one of IngenuityFest’s headliners, the duo Oshun truly embodies what the event is all about. Combining the digital with the acoustic, in beats and layered harmonies, the duo’s music acts as a connector between hip-hop’s past and future. Meeting as students at NYU, D.C.-area transplants Thandiwe and Niambi Sala found that making music together made getting through school all the more enjoyable — and it didn’t hurt when the local scene and mainstream music outlets started paying attention either. The group’s debut album, bittersweet vol. 1, which dropped earlier this year, shows a culmination of all things spiritual, analytical and even political. Yes, their earlier single, “Not My President,” should also bring the house down tonight. (Morrison)
9. PUNCH DRUNK TAGALONGS
Punch Drunk Tagalongs come from a long tradition of bands led by fierce female singers. Anchored by equally vulnerable and ferocious lead singer Alisha Stahnke, the band writes songs that run the gamut of emotional intensity. The band tours extensively throughout Ohio and surrounding regions, continuing to develop an easy chemistry. On “Hazy,” a tune from their debut album, pulsing guitar work glides along and spikes, matching Stahnke’s bursts of frenetic energy. Inspired by the grunge and riot grrrl movements, Punch Drunk Tagalong’s live shows allow their frenzied instrumentals to come alive. (Michael Wu)
10. TIME CAT Named after a children’s book, the Akron-based indie rock group Time Cat has recently gained momentum. The online music magazine Noisey published a profile of the group last year, and the band just recorded a live album at the new Akron Recording Company (ARC) recording studio. Locals Ben Patrick of the Dreemers and Nate Butcher of See Creatures founded the studio, which offers both analog and digital recording. The band’s music features a mix of psychedelia and stoner rock as songs such as the Zeppelin-inspired “Into the Ocean” start slow before building a momentous wall of sound. (Niesel)
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MUSIC A MIDWESTERN SENSIBILITY Singer Brett Eldredge talks about growing up in ‘the middle of nowhere’ By Jeff Niesel Photo by Michele Laurita
WHEN COUNTRY SINGER Brett Eldredge stopped in Cleveland last summer to perform with superstar Luke Bryan at Progressive Field, he tried to spend some time in the city and not just hole up in his hotel room before heading over to the stadium for the concert. “I got to roam around Cleveland that day,” says Eldredge in a short 10-minute phone call from a Denver tour stop. He comes to Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica with opener Devin Dawson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. “I love the vibe there. There are cool new restaurants there. I’m a big believer in checking out the cities where I play. I can’t sit on the bus for a long time. I really love Cleveland and can see the city’s charm. I’m excited to be back as the headliner now. Being there with Luke at the baseball stadium was amazing.” Eldredge’s affection for Cleveland probably has something to do with his Midwestern upbringing. He grew up in Paris, Illinois, a city he describes as “the middle of nowhere.” “Coming from a place like that, you really create your own connections with people, and I think that’s why some of the most amazing people in the world are from the Midwest,” he says, adding that his biggest inspiration was crooner Frank Sinatra. “I love the values I was brought up with and have carried on through my life and the connection with people. I think that’s why I love music so much.” A late bloomer, Eldredge didn’t start writing his own songs until his junior year of college. He then moved to Nashville where he became inspired by the people there who he says were “standing up on stage, telling their own stories in front of people and playing guitar.” “At that point, I realized that I needed to figure out how to do all that stuff,” he says. “I
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developed a love for country music and never looked back.” He started writing songs for other artists, and in October
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the right time.” In 2010, he released the single, “Raymond.” The song made a decent splash on the Billboard charts, but when
the followup single flopped, Eldredge says he knew it wasn’t going to be easy to kickstart his career. “I got that first song out there, and it got me into the dance,” he says. “My second single didn’t even chart. I knew then that I needed to dive in and get it right. I wanted to make that debut album happen. [The album] went No. 1, but it didn’t happen overnight. I’m glad it didn’t happen overnight. I think if my first song would have gone to No. 1 right away, I would’ve thought it was easy.” With his latest album, a selftitled effort, Eldredge says he sought to “dive even deeper.” The twangy album opener, “Love Someone,” sets the tone for the album. “I’m falling for you over and over again,” Eldredge sings over a tapestry of acoustic guitars and mandolins. With its sonic swells and exuberant vocals, “Superhero” has pop/ rock crossover potential, and the ballad “The Long Way” shows off Eldredge’s soulful voice. The midtempo “Cycles,” a ballad that finds Eldredge talking more than he sings, chronicles falling in and out of love with the same person. “[With Brett Eldredge], I wanted to show more of the depth that I have, and I want to continue to grow,” he says. “It’s got big vocal moments and songs about my honest relationship with love. It’s not just about being in love but struggling to find love too. I don’t wanna hide anything. The more honest I can be with my music, the more special [the songs] come out. I think the album came out really special because of that. It’s got some breakup songs on it, but I think it’s a ‘reality of love’ record. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. It’s ups and downs, and I’ve sure been through all of them. I relate to that experience a lot, and when I start writing about that, I just can’t stop.”
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Supper Club. Sinatra Night with Michael Sonata (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. ThatKidFrom94/Joe Bills: 7 p.m., $10. Musica. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. West Side Punx Connect: Now That’s Class.
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Civic. The band is still touring behind its most recent album, Strangers to Ourselves, which was released all the way back in 2015, but rest assured that fans who are looking to hear those good old hits from 2004’s Good News For People Who Love Bad News won’t be disappointed — not that the band is guaranteed to play them at all. No matter what gets played tonight, the band is sure to keep the crowd movin’ and shouting along with frontman Isaac Brock’s lifegiving vocals. (Laura Morrison) 8 p.m. Akron Civic Theatre. Eddie Money: Classic rocker Eddie Money has had his ups and downs since his popularity peaked in the ’80s. After battling drug addiction in the early ’80s, he rebounded in the late ’80s to deliver hits such as “Walk on Water” and “Peace
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Khan has lost his edge. Opening number “Born to Die” sounds like the Doors but ups the quotient of psychedelic-ness. Jangly numbers such as “Bite My Tongue” and “Better Luck Next Time” have pop tendencies that turn them into songs you could actually sing along to. Khan reportedly entered therapy before making the album. While we wouldn’t want to insist he take that approach each time he records a new album, it certainly reaped dividends this time around. (Niesel) 8 p.m., $15 ADV, $17 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Skatch Anderssen Orchestra: 8 p.m., $7. Brothers Lounge. Velvet Voyage (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.
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Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. I also like some emo and punk music like Saves the Day and the Get Up Kids. I just write music that I would enjoy listening to. Based on all those inuences, I try to put a contemporary air on everything I do.� Joe Joyce Band came together last year.
AN ACOUSTIC FOUNDATION: All the songs were constructed as acoustic tracks, and then the band eshed them out for the group’s debut, Between You, Me and the Cherry Tree. “I really like the other guys in the band, and I feel like I’m in a band with four clones of me,â€? says Joyce. “We decided to cut a record with some songs that are as old as 12 or 13 years old.â€? Joyce and the album’s producer, Kevin Koch, actually started playing music together years ago in the local indie rock act
can’t make much sense of [how all my inuences come together] other than that my biggest goal is to make something that resonates with me.â€? Joyce says the group has started to compose new music as well. “We made the decision we want to be an actual band and not just record the songs I’ve written,â€? he says. “We started writing new stuff, and we’re thinking about an EP sometime within the next year.â€?
WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM: joejoyce. bandcamp.com WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: Joy Joyce Band performs with Ledges, Corey Kilgannon and CJ Thompson at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, at Mahall’s in Lakewood.
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I’m a 62-year-old woman. I was married for 33 years and left five years ago. We hadn’t gotten along for years, but he never stopped wanting or valuing me for sex — in spite of treating me like a household appliance and cheating on me regularly. Not long after the marriage ended, I met a guy online (my same age) who ticked nearly every box on my partner checklist — one of which was an ongoing interest in maintaining sexual relations. In the beginning, things were hot and crazy — but they cooled after a few months (going from once or twice a day to maybe once a month). Other than that, the relationship continued to grow and we enjoyed being together. I tried to carefully broach the subject, but he was not forthcoming. I’m not proud of it, but I checked his internet history. Big surprise: LOTS OF PORN. No animals or children, but pretty much everything else, with an accent on trans. Eventually, I admitted my sleuthing and asked if his viewing habits were an indicator of his interests or the reason he had turned away from me. After the anger subsided, he explained that he had been single most of his life and had more or less gotten used to taking care of business solo. The bottom line is that we are compatible in most every other area and have built a comfortable life together. The struggle for me is more ego-driven. I’m no raving beauty, but I am reasonably fit and attractive for my age, and (used to) enjoy feeling desired and valued sexually. Can I get to the place of letting go of that and enjoy the rare occasions of physical congress? — Sex Advice Please “Good for her for getting out of a marriage where she was treated like a ‘household appliance’ and getting back in the dating game,” said Joan Price, author of the books Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex and The Ultimate Guide to Sex After 50. “But her new relationship, while it sounds comfortable and affectionate, doesn’t sound sexually fulfilling.” This relationship doesn’t just sound unfulfilling sexually, SAP, it sounds infuriating generally. You entered into this relationship under
false pretenses. You let your partner know that “an ongoing interest in maintaining sexual relations” was a priority for you, and he allowed you to believe it was a priority for him. In fairness to him, SAP, he may not have known himself to be incapable of sustaining a strong sexual connection, seeing as he’s been single for most of his life. But even if he wasn’t aware he couldn’t meet your needs then, that doesn’t change the fact that you aren’t valued/fucked the way you want to be valued/fucked now. “I think her best option is to stay friends with this guy but start dating and having sex with others,” said Price. “She could continue to have occasional sex with this man if they both agree to a nonexclusive, friendswith-benefits arrangement. Or they could become platonic pals, if that’s better for them. But it’s imperative that she talk candidly with him.” You write that you tried to “carefully broach the subject, but he was not forthcoming,” but Price wonders whether you were forthcoming yourself. “‘Carefully broach’ usually means ‘I was vague,’” said Price. “Suppose, instead, she said, ‘I really value you, but I don’t think we’re well-matched sexually. How can we adjust our relationship so we’re not putting sexual pressure on each other and we’re both free to find other sexual outlets?’” Do you have to exit this loving relationship to get your needs met, or can you stay with your current partner, a man who meets your emotional and social needs, while getting your sexual needs met elsewhere? “SAP deserves a partner who matches her sexually,” said Price. “I know from personal experience and from the swelling of my inbox that many of us find hot, fabulous sexual partners in our 60s, 70s, and beyond. It’s never too late. She shouldn’t settle for sex that’s less than satisfying, and neither should he. If that means she looks for new partners and he returns to his solo pleasure with the porn he prefers and the hand that knows him best, they might both be happier.”
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