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SEPTEMBER 9-15, 2015 • VOLUME 46 NO 10

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Associate Publisher Desiree Bourgeois Editor Vince Grzegorek

Upfront

Editorial Managing Editor Eric Sandy Music Editor Jeff Niesel Staff Writer Sam Allard Web Editor Alaina Nutile Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Contributing Dining Editor Nikki Delamotte Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Editor Josh Usmani Interns Caitlin Summers, Dana Hetrick, Alexandra Hintz, Xan Schwartz

Cleveland Metroparks moves to close Huntington Playhouse, anti-frackers rise up against Jon Husted, and more

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Five minutes on SiriusXM gave the world a beginner’s course on 19-year-old Ezzy. Now he’s looking to graduate.

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UPFRONT WHY IS CLEVELAND METROPARKS CLOSING HUNTINGTON PLAYHOUSE? FAIR QUESTION. After all, the Huntington Playhouse is a community theater, beloved of Bay Village residents, the musical-theater set in the west side suburbs and the many regional organizations that have hosted fundraisers there. But if you ask Brian Zimmerman or Metroparks spokespeople, the

holiday show — will continue as planned, perilous “safety concerns” notwithstanding. (The Metroparks did not, as of an early Friday deadline, respond to requests for clarification regarding the safety concerns or the quantity of the unpaid bills. Check Clevescene. com for updates.) In Ewinger’s report, new Photo courtesy of Huntington Playhouse Facebook

Lisa and Tim Hirzel in “My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra” at Huntington Playhouse.

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“safety concerns, unpaid bills, and productions that were paid for but never produced” left them no other choice. Parks officials told Plain Dealer reporter James Ewinger that they made the decision to shutter the 57-year-old community theater on their Huntington Reservation on Lake Road in Bay Village “reluctantly.” Indeed. The remainder of the Playhouse’s 2015 season — My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, through this weekend; Death by Design; The Addams Family Musical; and a TBA

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Metroparks spokesperson Kelly Manderfield (another marketing department personality), said that $755 was the “oldest invoice.” Zimmerman alleged that there was $1,200 owed in water and sewer service. It’s unclear, for instance, if the $755 is part of that $1,200 or if it’s an additional bill. Either way, these are meaningful quantities for a nonprofit arts organization. And while “nonprofit arts organization” isn’t co-terminous with “struggling” ’round these parts, it’s on rockier financial terrain than the monolithic Metroparks empire, which receives $73 million every year from county

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homeowners. The Huntington Playhouse has struggled. Through poor management or bad luck, it’s had to cancel shows in recent years, and area organizations that have subsidized small portions of production costs with fundraisers -- the Kiwanis Club and the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center are the two mentioned by Ewinger -- said they never got their $350 back. Tom Meyrose, the Playhouse’s executive director, has been extremely quiet in the wake of the news. He did not respond to Scene’s request for comment and has turned down other media outlets as well. Lisa Hirzel, current cast member in My Way: A Musical Tribute Frank Sinatra, said she suspects it’s because this is an emotional time for him. “He has done every season for 44 years, never missed one,” Hirzel told Scene. “He got married there. His kids got married there. It’s his home. He is a passionate director and I will personally miss working for him.” Hirzel said that despite the somber news, the cast and crew of the current production remain upbeat, in part because of hugely supportive crowds. “The music of Frank Sinatra sometimes fits the situation a little too perfectly,” she said, “and other times it’s just silly enough to make everyone forget and just enjoy an evening of great music.” Despite support in the community and lots of “sadness” from Playhouse regulars at the news, there hasn’t yet been a huge social media groundswell to, for example, “Save Huntington Playhouse.” Timid vows of support from residents can be seen on Bay Village community Facebook groups, but the threads’ louder rumblings, already, are concerned with what will take the Playhouse’s space. A library,

Lakewood voters to decide whether the people will have final say on hospital closure via ballot initiative. Democratic observers suggest city may want to hold elections for every new burger joint that wants to open too.

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Plain Dealer editor calls out cleveland. com commenters for their frequent racist, sexist rants. Internal memo from digital content VP Chris Quinn reminds him that “actually, their vitriol is great for business.”

perhaps? (Early conversations — hush hush — have already begun, allege residents in the know.) For his part, Brian Zimmerman says it’s way too premature to even speculate what might go there. Probably another restaurant, suggest cynics. Still, when Hirzel was asked what supporters might do to help, her response was simple. “Support the actors onstage, and make the need for a theater known,” she said. “Buy a ticket.”

HUSTED SHOOTS DOWN ‘COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS’ Citizens from Medina, Fulton and Athens counties gathered in Columbus last week to protest Secretary of State Jon Husted’s ruling that those counties’ citizens may not vote on their own county charter initiatives, despite meeting requirements to place those initiatives on the November ballot, community organizer Tish O’Dell says. Petitions for a Community Bill of Rights were circulated and signed in those three counties in a push for control over oil and gas drilling, among other health-related forces. In short, those measures would have set forth “home rule” provisions that would allow local leaders to regulate drilling permits and processes and to go around case law found elsewhere in the state. The most immediate connection is the NEXUS gas pipeline, which will carry natural gas from eastern Ohio shale plays through the state and toward Canada. Preliminary designs show parts of the pipeline being constructed in Medina County. Land surveyors are presently doing what they can to gain access to private property in and around the county,

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UPFRONT but some local residents are pointing to the years-long construction process and eventual operations that lie ahead as threats to environmental health and safety. As the state sits back and allows out-of-town energy companies to do what they wish with private land, this contingent of residents (from across the state, not just here in Northeast Ohio) is putting its collective foot down. But Husted is not interested in the argument. Husted insists that state law on fracking already exists, and that these bills of rights would circumvent that. The community organizers are saying that Husted’s job in this instance was merely to review the validity of the petitions and, if all is in order, push them along the democratic process toward the ballot. Those organizers and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund have filed suit against Husted’s office. Earlier this year, a judge overturned a similar charter measure in Broadview Heights. O’Dell tells Scene she and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund are appealing the decision there.

EAST 72ND STREET COAL PLANT TO CLOSE, BUT WHAT COMES NEXT?

NEW OWNERS TAKE OVER THE FAMED HARBOR INN, PROMISE TO KEEP IT THE SAME

Residents in Northeast Ohio are rallying in favor of home rule— and against drilling interests.

But it’s not like a new owner can come in tomorrow, purchase the property and erect a few hotels in time for the RNC. FirstEnergy will remain on the hook for “cleanup costs,” regulated restrictions that demand the company get the land and property in safe order before it’s sold. It’s impossible guess what those costs would be. McGraw states the case plainly, though: “[N]ow is the time for Cleveland business, philanthropic and government leaders to figure out how this property can be used to open up public or private development.” We agree. Meantime, the Corix Group, a Canadian outfit, has made clear their intent to demolish the old Cleveland Thermal plant in the Flats. That’s part of a more straightforward transition, one which will see the company transfer its new assets from coal to natural gas-powered production. Taken at face value, we’re onboard with that too.

THAT HUGE WATER SLIDE NEVER CAME TO CLEVELAND THIS YEAR Nothing like an unexpected latesummer disappointment right as the Browns season opens up. A rep at Slide the City, the Salt Lake City-based company dedicated to bringing the “family friendly slip-and-slide water party event” to towns across America, said the company couldn’t “find the right type of street and secure the permit in

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Between FirstEnergy’s East 72nd Street coal plant closing over the next 18 months and a Canadian company promising to demolish the coal-fired steam plant in the Flats, the city is left looking at two major tracts of land once used for dirty energy production and now open to whatever comes next. As Scene contributor Daniel McGraw wrote in Cleveland Magazine this month, it’s not entirely clear what will happen to the East 72nd Street property. It’s 70 acres of lakefront beauty, and the company tells McGraw that they’re “open to any proposals that come forward” at this point.

huge success, despite ticket prices in the $15 to $60 range. A City of Cleveland spokesperson told Scene by phone that he didn’t know what happened locally, and said he’d get back to us once he checked whether or not Slide the City even pulled a permit.

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time to market the event properly,” in Cleveland this summer. Though the 1,000-foot water slide made stops in Youngstown (in June) and Akron (in August), the expected Cleveland date was never announced. With September upon us, it’s unlikely that Slide the City will manage to come back to Northeast Ohio in 2015, especially with stops in Utah, Alabama, Arizona and Georgia in the next few weeks. “We are working to do an event in Cleveland next year,” the rep wrote Scene in an email. Slide the City canceled another recent stop in Rockford, Illinois, due to low ticket sales — CEO Spencer Hunn said his company needed to sell 3,000 tickets to make it financially worthwhile — and canceled stops in Seattle and Spokane earlier this summer due to permitting issues in those cities. In Flint, Michigan, in July, Slide the City canceled its event nine days out. At the time, a guy from Flint’s Downtown Development Authority, which had been coordinating the event with Slide the City, called the cancellation a “blessing in disguise.” He was worried after hearing of long lines and a lack of water at the event in Ann Arbor over the July Fourth weekend. One official there called it a public health issue because of the dehydration and crowding downtown. In Akron early last month, the event was by all accounts (or at least by the Akron Beacon Journal’s) a

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Cleveland was nervous when the news started spreading that King Wally had put the incomparable and irreplaceable Harbor Inn up for sale. What would new owners do? Hipsterize it? Tear it down? Try to, god forbid, improve it? Well, the bar and building have finally sold and we’ve got good news: Nothing much at all should change. “The paperwork should be final either today or tomorrow,” says Mike Mercer. “The Jacobs Entertainment Group bought the property and building. Obviously because it’s in the middle of the Nautica complex, it makes sense. I am taking over the operation, buying the business of the Harbor Inn and will leave it exactly the way it is.” Mercer has a long history in the Flats, previously owning Howl at the Moon and Club Coconuts. “We’re going to clean it up a bit and put some elbow grease into the corners,” says Mercer. “But other than that, we’re not planning many changes. We’re going to add some draft beer and resurrect the late night and evening food service component — we’re excited to bring back the Harbor burger. We’re not going to do daily specials. Wally’s sister Elizabeth was there forever, and she was a great cook and we could never compare to her stuff for lunch. She’s taking retirement so we’re not going to do that, just evenings.” Mercer also notes that the Harbor will still be the home of the Cleveland Darter Club. Long live Wally. Long live the Harbor Inn.

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UNDERGRAD Five minutes on SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning gave the world a beginner’s course on 19-year-old Ezzy. Now he’s looking to graduate. By Jordan Zirm Photos by Emanuel Wallace

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The seminal moment of Ezri “Ezzy” Walker’s music career almost never existed at all. “Last call for boarding for Alicia Miranda, Ezri Walker and Jordan Morales.” It was a Wednesday night this past March at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and Walker and his management team (made up of his mother, Miranda, and a good friend, Morales) were scrambling to get through airport security when that announcement came crackling over the speakers. The team was on its way to New York City to appear on Sway in the Morning, the SiriusXM satellite radio show that has become a rite of passage for aspiring and established rappers alike. It was one of those proverbial “once in a lifetime”

opportunities, a chance for Walker’s name to ring out much further than just the confines of Cleveland. This was a flight they could not afford to miss. But, as happens with airport security lines, getting through took a while. By the time the trio made it into the gate area, their plane was already rumbling down the runway. Morales took out his cell phone and nervously dialed Reggie Hawkins, the director of programming for SiriusXM and the man who had introduced Walker’s music to Sway Calloway, the former MTV mainstay and current host of Sway in the Morning. Walker was booked to appear on the show in New York at 9:00 a.m. the next morning, and he was still stuck in Cleveland. “Sway can’t find out about this,” Hawkins told Morales. “Just be here.” Morales hung up and frantically began looking up any remaining flights heading to New York that night. There was nothing. So the team went with the only viable option they had left: Rent a car and drive the 460 miles to New York City. With Morales behind the wheel, they sped through the darkness to arrive in Manhattan at 5 a.m. Four hours later, Walker, who hadn’t slept a wink, sat next to Calloway and spit a freestyle that would change his life. Today, Walker can look back on the near disaster and laugh about it. “It was fun,” he says of the adventure. “Now it’s just back to making music.” Before he was dropping bars on national radio shows, Walker was a singer. Sort of. At the age of 11, Walker was commissioned to write and perform a song at his cousin’s birthday party. The writing stuck with him. The singing? Not so much. Spurred on by Lil’ Wayne’s “No Ceilings” mixtape, the stylings of Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole and the

support of his mother, Walker was pursuing rap by the ripe young age of 12. Glen Infante, the founder and owner of the I Love The Hype (ILTHY) clothing label, first met “Little Ezzy” when he was 12 years old. At the time, Infante had taken to filming short cyphers of local rappers spitting their best stuff for two minutes, then posting it to ILTHY’s website. ILTHY was still a side hustle at the time, so Infante would host the cyphers at Hot Cards where he worked during the day. Walker was invited to participate by a mutual friend, and was immediately thrown into the fire upon arriving. “We had him jump in a cypher right away because they told us he could spit,” Infante says. “When we heard him the first time I was like, ‘Wow, he’s really good.’ His skill level, it didn’t match his age. He knew exactly how to perform. He had a lot of energy. He was better than everybody in the cypher.” Fellow artists also took note. “I met Ezzy when he was 13, I believe,” says Cleveland hip-hop mainstay DJ Corey Grand. “I still remember the night. It was cold and winter and I was DJing a hip-hop showcase downtown. I had never heard of or met Ezzy and when he took the stage, he blew my mind. His lyricism and his delivery was amazing, especially for him being so young at the time. He was the best performer that night in my opinion. Fast forward to today, I’m really proud of his growth not only as an artist but as a human being. He stands for righteousness and just being a good person overall.” Now a wiry 19-year-old, Walker sits in a bedroom he’s morphed into a makeshift studio at the Tremont Lofts, the pad he’s sharing with a few of his fellow actors from The Land, the movie he’s been filming. The room is windowless, a place where you could record for hours on end without ever knowing what time it is or what the weather’s like. When the door is closed, the walls

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Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor Real-life doctor Thomas Lilti wrote and directed Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor, a comedy-drama about a twentysomething intern who learns just how screwed up the health care world can be. Released last year, the film makes its Cleveland debut tonight at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $9. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

The Selfie Show The Northern Ohio Illustrator Society’s exhibition, The Selfie Show, opens tonight at the Art Gallery in downtown Willoughby. NOIS, a nonprofit that formed nearly 20 years ago to support local and regional illustrators, encouraged its members to create and submit work that explored and expanded the definitions of a self-portrait, as well as themes like narcissism and selfishness. NOIS required members to submit new work created specifically for the show and theme. The result is a fresh exhibition of all new, never-before-seen work. The Selfie Show opens with a reception tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibition remains on view through Oct. 6. It’s free. (Usmani) 4099 Erie St., Willoughby, 440-946-8001, nois.com.

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Jim Jefferies Australian comedian and actor Jim Jefferies became a household name back in 2009 when his HBO special I Swear to God introduced him to a wider audience. Jefferies recently wrote, produced and starred in his own FX sitcom Legit and released his first Netflix comedy special Bare in 2014. In one bit about flying business class, he jokes about how he likes to “dress like shit” just to piss off the other first-class passengers. The guy’s got sharp storytelling skills that’ll be on display when he performs tonight at 8 at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $39.50. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

Two Robert Altman Classics Director Robert Altman has made some great movies over the years. Forty years ago, he delivered the Oscar winner Nashville. The film features 24 characters whose lives are intertwined through multiple storylines. The film focuses on a third-party presidential candidate organizing musical talent for a rally. Thirty-five years ago, Altman directed Popeye, which stars the late Robin Williams as the spinacheating sailor. Starting today, in honor of their anniversaries, Capitol Theatre will screen both flicks. Nashville will play daily at 3:45 and 7 p.m. through Sept. 17. Popeye will play daily at 1 p.m. through Sept. 17, with an added late show at 10:15 p.m. on Sept. 11 and 12. Tickets for the evening shows are $9.50 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, $8.50 for students. Matinee tickets are $6.75 for adults Friday through Sunday and $6 Monday through Thursday. All seats on Monday are $6. A special double-feature discount admission of $6.50 is available for either film when a regular priced admission is purchased for the other. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.

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NEOCycle Last year’s inaugural NEOCycle, an urban cycling competition and music festival, drew some 2,700 registered riders and 10,000 total festival attendees. In addition to hosting a wide range of cycling races, the event features more than 50 vendors, bike shops and entertainment booths. There will also be a beer garden and more than a dozen food trucks. Led by indie rockers Jr. Jr., some 25 bands will perform at the music fest. Local acts such as the Speedbumps, the Modern Electric, Seafair, Marcus Alan Ward and Revolution Brass Band are slated to perform. The event kicks off tonight at 6 with racing at the velodrome

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GET OUT theatrical with the title, but he is hoping that, over time, the First Annual World Famous Cleveland BBQ Throwdown that takes place today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Sterle’s does grow into something pretty spectacular. After all, you gotta start somewhere, says Hyde, who along with partner Scott Slagle runs the weekend barbecue ops in the Sterle’s Bier Garden. The barbecue battle will pit Hyde and Slagle against Melissa Khoury and Penny Barend of Saucisson and Adam Lambert of Ohio City Provisions. Each chef will prepare one main dish and one side dish, each of which will be blindly judged by an “expert” panel as well as the allimportant Peoples’ Choice. Ticketed guests will each receive one platter containing each of the three mains and sides, along with one beer, lemonade, ice tea and snacks. There also will be a pickle bar and sauce bar on hand. Guests can purchase additional beers from the bar after the first freebie. Tickets are $35 on EventBrite. (Douglas Trattner) 1401 East 55th St., 216-881-4181, sterlescountryhouse.com. MUSIC

Studio-A-Rama An annual free concert that pairs national indie rock acts with some of Cleveland’s finest underground bands, this year’s Studio-A-Rama features two very good headliners. The indie surfrock act Man or Astro-Man and singerguitarist Doug Gillard (Gem, Death of Samantha and Guided by Voices) coheadline the 34th annual WRUW event which takes place at 1 p.m. today at Mather Memorial Courtyard. Local acts such as Hiram-Maxim, Swirly in the Fryer and Cheap Clone round out the bill. Admission is free and it’s BYOB (but no bottles will be allowed). (Niesel) 11220 Bellflower Rd., wruw.org. MUSIC

The Playoff Finals Corporate rock will be celebrated when eight bands associated with corporations perform at The PlayOff, a national competition to find the best company rock band in the States. The event takes place tonight at 7 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Musuem. Bands include Swann Communications’ “Band from the Boardroom” (Santa Fe Springs, California), Indiepay’s “Esquella” (New York City), Mattel’s “The Toys” (El Segundo, California), Gartner’s “Gartner in the Cloud” (Stamford, Connecticut), Erie Insurance

Group’s “Above All in Volume” (Erie, Pennsylvania), GE Aviation’s “Title 14” (Whippany, New Jersey), Excella Consulting’s “Detached Retina” (Washington DC) and Gracenote’s “Gracetones” (Emeryville, California). Tickets are $27.50. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. FILM

Freud A mercurial man who struggled with his own hangups, philosopher and psychotherapist Sigmund Freud lived a fascinating life. Actor Montgomery Clift portrays him in Freud, a 1962 feature from the late, great director John Huston. The film has never been released on DVD or video in the U.S., but the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque has obtained an archival print that it screens tonight at 6:50 p.m. The uncut version runs a whopping 139 minutes. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.

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The Cleveland Garlic Festival Now in its sixth year, the annual Cleveland Garlic Festival celebrates all things garlic. Sponsored by the North Union Farmers’ Market, it boasts a variety of all things garlicflavored. There will be competitions between touted “garlic masters” and grill-offs for garlic-y dishes involving beef, chicken and pork. Local bands will perform as well. It takes place from noon to 9 today and noon to 6 tomorrow at Shaker Square. Tickets are $9. (Niesel) clevelandgarlicfestival.org. FILM

Horse Money An elderly worker takes a trip into Portugal’s past in this surreal film from director Pedro Costra (Ossos, Vanda’s Room, Colossal Youth). Costra’s sensibilities have little to do with commercial filmmaking, so be prepared for a film that pushes the boundary of conventional moviemaking. At the same time, the folks at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, where the movie screens, are calling this “one of the film events of the year.” The movie screens tonight at 9:30 and tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $9. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. FESTIVAL

Lakewood Wine & Craft Beer Festival Proof that you can throw a beer festival just about anywhere and people will come, the third annual

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Lakewood Wine & Craft Beer Festival has been a success despite the fact that it takes place on a two-story open-air parking deck. At this year’s event, which takes place from 5 to 10 p.m., more than 100 wines and beers will be available to sample. VIP tickets are $65; they include early entrance at 4 p.m., access to a selection of premier wine and beer offerings, admission to the VIP Tent with VIP-only bathrooms, an assortment of free food and “a few extra surprises.” Pre-paid general admission tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the gate. Designated driver tickets are $10. General admission and designated-driver ticket holders can enter the festival beginning at 5 p.m. (Niesel) 14701 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, wineandcraftbeerfestival.com.

Fresh Dressed Hip-hop hasn’t just produced some of pop music’s biggest stars and influenced artists in a range of musical genres. It also has had an

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Gospel Brunch The monthly Gospel Brunch has been a spiritual Sunday staple for years at the House of Blues. Curated by famed gospel singer Kirk Franklin, the recently reinvigorated show puts a bit more emphasis on the music. This week, the local artist Tony Lee

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Free Zoo Admission for Local Residents Looking for a fun and free way to start your week? Head on over to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which offers free admission for all residents of Cuyahoga County and Hinckley Township on Mondays. You can explore the zoo’s massive collection, which includes more than 3,000 animals and 600 distinct species, including the largest primate collection in the country. Or check out the zoo’s impressive botanical garden, which has been praised for expertly illustrating the interdependent relationship between plants, animals and humans. Whatever you decide to explore, you’ll be able to get up close and personal with all your favorite exhibitions since Mondays are usually one of the least crowded days of the week. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This free Monday promotion is not available on holidays and unfortunately excludes access to the RainForest. (Nutile) 3900 Wildlife Way, 216-661-6500, clemetzoo.com. WINE

Berea Arts Fest Although fall is definitely approaching, there’s one more summer arts festival left and it’s a special one: The Berea Arts Fest celebrates its 25th anniversary on Front Street today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The rain-orshine event will be their largest arts festival to date, with approximately 100 professional fine artists and craftspeople. Performing artists will entertain from multiple locations surrounding Coe Lake. Bring the kids to the Kids Kreation Station for interactive arts activities including face painting, a chalk walk, easel painting and more. Look for free shuttle service from the BaldwinWallace campus, and several raffles options too. And assuming all this fun makes you hungry, local food vendors will offer a variety of ethnic and local

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Rock the Core Cider Fest Drink the District, a national organization that strives to connect people over food and drinks, is bringing its Rock the Core Cider Fest to Cleveland’s Voinovich Park today. You can choose to attend either one of two sessions: the first from 1 to 4 p.m. or the second from 6 to 9 p.m. Either way, expect live entertainment, lawn games, food trucks and tastings of more than 30 ciders and 20 beers. Pre-sale tickets will set you back $35, while day-of tickets jump to $50. For the non-imbibers, a designated driver ticket is $10. (Alaina Nutile) East Ninth Street Pier, eventbrite.com.

Western flick written and directed by Joss Whedon. A continuation of Whedon’s short-lived 2002 Fox science fiction series Firefly, the movie centers on the “Firefly-class” spaceship responsible for smuggling and cargorunning. The film shows today at 1:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre in support of Equality Now and The Renee Jones Empowerment Center. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.

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impact on how we talk and how we dress. Fresh Dressed, a new documentary from Sacha Jenkins, explores hip-hop’s influence on the fashion world. The movie includes interviews with icons such as Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and Sean Combs. It makes its Cleveland premiere tonight at 8:35 p.m. at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $9. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.

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performs. The all-you-can-eat musical extravaganza features Southern classics like chicken jambalaya, biscuits and gravy, and chicken and waffles. It takes place at 11 a.m. Tickets are $39. (Niesel) 308 Euclid Ave., 216-523-2583, houseofblues.com. FILM

Serenity Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in Serenity, a 2005 space

Time for Wine Plenty of places in town have wine tastings, but few have tastings as affordable as Prosperity Social Club’s Summer Wine Tour. Tonight’s event is the final entry in this seasonal series of one-hour tastings. “From Argentina to Oregon, this is a chance to learn a little something about different regions’ wines and taste a few varietals from each,” explains Prosperity’s general manager Kelli Graibus in a press release. “We’ll be pairing the wines with appetizers so that tasters can experience how they bring out particular flavors in food.” The tasting will be on the rear patio from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., weather permitting. Cost is $15 and includes five wines, appetizer pairings, tax and gratuity. “I hope tasters learn something they didn’t know or are

Dance Showcase presented by Sheldon & Terry Adelman Friday, September 11 H 7 PM

Enjoy a FREE evening of dance with a selection of Northeast Ohio’s finest dancers. This year’s Dance Showcase features performances by Antaeus Dance, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland State University Dance Company, Inlet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance, Neos Dance Theatre, Travesty Dance Group and Verb Ballets.

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It’s a Revolution For many years, classical music wasn’t intended for the masses. Seemingly reserved for quasiexclusive concert halls, classical music hid from the outside world. Classical Revolution Cleveland helps tear down that wall and once again bring great chamber music to the people. Showcasing a variety of great performers in bars, cafes and the like, it’s actually not that different from how people used to listen to chamber music. The third Tuesday of every month, CRC brings its wide array of chamber music to Happy Dog. Full of immensely talented performers, CRC re-instills the relevancy of this vibrant art form. Tonight’s free, allages performance starts at 8. (Patrick Stoops) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com.

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Vinyl Night While sales of CDs continue to decline, vinyl has seen a resurgence. In fact, the recent Jack White album became the fastest-selling vinyl album since Nielsen Soundscan began compiling vinyl sales figures in 1991. Jukebox owner Alex Budin has described his 1,350-square-foot music-focused bar in the Hingetown ’hood as “a place where people can expect to hear and learn about music of multiple genres, all of which is concentrated in a constantly evolving jukebox.” In keeping with that spirit and recognizing the burgeoning popularity of vinyl, the club hosts a vinyl night every Tuesday that serves as a listening party for new releases. The place has partnered with Loop in Tremont so that patrons can hear a new album on vinyl. You can bring your own vinyl and spin it too. We love the concept. It all starts at 7 p.m. (Niesel) 1404 West 29th St., 216-206-7699, jukeboxcle.com.

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battalion of rising comics for the fourth annual Accidental Comedy Fest. It’s another notch in the belt for the cream of Cleveland’s comedic crop. Graham has been performing for more than three years now, and he says much of that time has been spent fumbling around the burgeoning scene: meeting people, working new material, hopping from now-defunct venue to now-defunct venue. “All that I knew of Cleveland comedy at that point was Hilarities and the Improv,” he says of his earliest inclinations toward the scene in 2010. “All these alt-indie shows started popping up, where, you know, you could see some super funny people on a Tuesday night. Cats were coming in from Chicago and doing it. I saw that and was like, ‘Holy shit, this is actually doable.’” Rivas’ Chuckefuck series bounced from bela dubby in Lakewood to Reddstone in Detroit-Shoreway.

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them to get to the place and book their own hotel room. “Our goal is to bring these people in from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and treat them like they are those next people,” Graham says. The Accidental crew rented out the Cleveland Hostel for them and arranged to meet all sorts of transportation and food needs. “Our goal is to have these cats come in and have this be such a good experience that, when they do blow up, Cleveland becomes a stop in between New York and Chicago — or we’ll get skipped all the time,” he adds. Already, Cleveland’s getting skipped less and less by regional and national tours. Alexandro, a New York City-based comic, has come through Hilarities a bunch of times. He’s putting the finishing touches on a pilot for Teacher’s Lounge, a web series he created with Hollis James, and he just returned from a tour with

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The Accidental Comedy Fest shines a light on what makes Cleveland such a funny town By Eric Sandy IF THE CLEVELAND CULTURAL renaissance narrative is to be believed — and it is — witnesses should look no further than the ascendant comedy scene around town for proof. And laughs. Like, say, the way our public and private sectors collaborate to get things done, local comics have long been exhibiting the sort of mutual cooperation that moves mountains. Ramon Rivas II knows this. He’s been helming the at-times underground comedy community for years, hosting the late Chucklefuck series and honing his promotional chops to make sure people take notice of those shows. Brick by brick, the house that Ramon built has become a bustling party.

To tend to the scene, local comics Jimmie Graham, John Bruton, Brian Kenny and Mary Santora joined up with Rivas to form the Accidental Comedy Club. For a few years now, the crew has overseen small, independent comedy shows all over Cleveland. Surely by now you’ve either caught one or stumbled mistakenly into a room before realizing that this is where you’re meant to be. Lots of venues around town are opening up to the idea of hosting comedy shows; places like Happy Dog, Great Lakes Brewing Co., the Cleveland Hostel and others have really taken the reins. This weekend, Mahall’s 20 Lanes in Lakewood will host them and their

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Graham and many others were there, soaking up the vibe and coming around to the idea that this community is what you make it. But those places closed, and the crowd had to move on. “It’s always been kinda scattered,” Graham says. “We got together after Reddstone closed and we decided to collaborate with five or six comedians to become more of a collective — something closer to Second City or UCB or NerdMelt.” The full list of performers for the fest is expansive, with some local and regional comedians catching short sets in the upstairs room and more well-known names commanding the joint’s main stage. In short, the list includes: Ted Alexandro, Dave Hill, Baron Vaughn, Greg Barris, Jim Tews, Nate Fridson, Reid Faylor, Will Miles, Clark Jones, Kenny DeForest, Mike Polk Jr., Brendan Eyre, Megan Gailey, Noah Gardenswartz, Curtis Cook, Ben Palmer, Bill Squire and a host of other comics. On the ground at the festival, there’s going to be a real makeyourself-at-home atmosphere. (The upstairs room at Mahall’s is going to have the feel of a little apartment.) And this event will be distinguished not just for the crowds, but also for the comedians. See, typical comedy festivals are submission-based and at times detached from the personal element of the profession. Once a comic gets in, it’s pretty much on

Jim Gaffigan. Up next: Cleveland. “The festival espouses a lot of the things that I’m into: do-it-yourself grassroots stuff,” Alexandro says. “I admire the fact that they kind of built the scene and built this festival from the ground up, and it’s rooted in the community. It has more of a hand-knit feel than a lot of the things you do.” In New York, he says, young comics are sort of always surrounded by the greats. He came up watching Dave Chapelle and Jon Stewart crush stages across the city. He and Gaffigan, meanwhile, plugged away in, like, the back of a burger joint in Midtown. The struggle paid off, as time has told for him and many comedians in NYC. Here in Cleveland, the trajectory is at once different and completely similar. We’re a smaller market, but, just as in bigger cities, a sense of self-awareness and mutual support remains the cornerstone of the scene. “Cherish your peer group as you’re coming up. Those relationships will last throughout your career and lifetime,” Alexandro says. “What I would tell young comics, no matter where they are, is just to do it as much as you can and to write and to really acquaint yourself with your thought process. That’s what’s going to distinguish you over the years.”

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The fun starts at 1pm in the Mather Memorial Courtyard at the corner of Ford and Bellflower on the Case Campus! Bring blankets, chairs, friends, a picnic and your favorite beverages...but as always NO GLASS BOTTLES!

WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland is the college radio station of Case Western Reserve University. Through eclectic programming and a commitment to local music, WRUW has striven to expand the musical horizons of Northeast Ohio (and Toledo, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Canada) for nearly 50 years by providing “more music, fewer hits.”

Studio•A•Rama 2015 Headliners! Man or Astro-Man? Some years ago, a young collective of extraterrestrials arrived on this planet. In order to integrate into human society, these aliens would disguise themselves as a rock band, the perfect vehicle in which to traverse the globe and further their research. They would soon be known to the people of Earth as Man or Astro-Man?. Man or Astro-Man? Began to formulate their own blend of the retro-futuristic music, inspired by bands such as Kraftwerk, The Residents, Devo, Sun Ra, and The B-52s. Now, Man or Astro-man? has arrived to headline WRUW’s Studio-A-Rama, bringing with them their over-the-top, sensory overloaded show, which has always gained them a reputation for being an undisputedly amazing band to see live.

This year’s Studio-A-Rama is the station’s 34th annual celebration of local and alternative rock music. Founded in 1946 as WFSM by the Flora Stone Mather Radio Club, WRUW has evolved from the AM station WRAR to the FM broadcast station it is now in February of 1967. WRUW’s evolution was completed in 2002 when the station increased its power to a formidable 15,000 watts.

Underwriting For more information on underwriting with WRUW-FM, please email underwrite@wruw.org.

Doug Gillard Doug Gillard is a New Yorkbased guitar virtuoso and songwriter, hailing originally from Ohio. He has been a member of many notable punk and rock bands, including Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha, Cobra Verde, Bambi Kino, Nada Surf and Gem. Doug’s third solo album, Parade On, was released in April 2014 on Nine Mile Records.

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HIRAM-MAXIM is a four-piece dark psych-noise project based in Cleveland, and features Fred Gunn on vocals, Dave Taha on guitar, Lisa Miralia on electronics, and John Panza on drums. Their debut self-titled album was premiered in VICE magazine, and has since been reviewed and/or featured in New Noise Magazine, Decibel, American Aftermath, Steel for Brains, Ghostcult, and Pitchfork. Signed to Aqualamb Records, Hiram-Maxim recently played in NYC then recorded with producer Martin Bisi With friends like that, it’s clear that Hiram-Maxim will put forth a crushingly heavy show at this year’s StudioA-Rama.

Sammy Slims is a pop/dance group features themes of mortality and procreation set to danceable beats and hummable melodies. The group includes former members of Cleveland pop rock rock bands JJ Magazine and Dead Sweaters, featuring Zach Starnik (vocals), Roxanne Starnik (vocals), Glen McNell (guitar), and Will Nolan (guitar). With their pop dance sound and shiny bouncy beats, Sammy Slims is sure to get the Studio-A-Rama crowd dancing on the lawn this year.

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@7PM Queen of Hell was formed by random drawing in the Winter of Earth year 2013. Made up of four versatile, award winning vocalists and steeped in the tradition of glam gospel, Queen of Hell enjoys singing a wide variety of musical styles including ragtime, black metal, and standards from the Ancient Book of Souls. Mortician Treehorn (Matt Trahan) - guitar, vocals Spectre (Adam Spektor) - guitar, clarinet, vocals Maximillian Hellhound (Matt Clement) - drums, vocals Mole Gnar (Dave Molnar) - bass Dead Stephens (Ed Stephens) - occasional bass

@4:15PM Swirly In the Fryer consists of Joey Pepperoni on skins, sins, and twins, Danny Mozzeralli on geetar and vocal cord, Johhny no shoes Razz on vox on string box, and Corbin AssCrackerman on da big mouth bass. Swirly formed in the 2011 behind the dumpster of Bondi’s beverage store in the toxic dump of North Willobeast. You will love Swirly in the Fryer.

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@3:30PM Formed in 2012, Sweepyheads are a Cleveland Rock ‘n’ Roll band with garage rock and punk band influences. The group consists of Cleveland natives Andrew Yadon, Patrick Grieve, and Louis Haas. Playing fast and loud, they’ve performed on stages like the Grog Shop and Now That’s Class with bands such as The Orwells and FIDLAR. Their full length CD “I Don’t Get It” was released in 2014.

Bring your friends, bring your balloons! Half-An-Animal is playing Studio-A-Rama! Half-An-Animal features Marcia Custer (vocals, dancing), Beth Lomske (keyboard, backing vocals, more dancing), and Alec Schumann (drums, synthesizer, backing vocals). Half-An-Animal’s infectious synth/keyboard dance pop is sure to please at this year’s StudioA-rama.

@6PM Cheap Clone is four people who play jangly pop songs and try not to do so for longer than 23 minutes at a time. They just released their first album on cassette, it›s got a seagull on it. The band consists of Roseanna Safos on drums, Bubba O’Connor on bass, Kevin Jaworski on guitar, and Drew Ritchey on another guitar.

@2PM ITEM are a 5 piece band from Cleveland (featuring Conner McCready- Guitar, Skylar Keffer-Guitar/Vocals, Dylan Glover-Synthesizers/Vocals, Khalil Cormier- Bass Guitar, and Cob Kirkwood-Drums) who enjoy exploring different types of music and trying to form cohesive live sets through the exploration of their favorite influences. Sometimes playing experimental rock, and at other times meticulous math rock, from very quiet to very loud, in hopes of being as arresting as possible.

Heavenly Creatures is a musical project by Amy Shoff (guitar) and Syd Barnette (drums). Playing lively, bright indiepop, Heavenly Creature will provide a heavenly, sunshine-fi lled opening to this year’s Studio-ARama.

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Martin Scorcese’s hand-picked Polish classics are coming to Cleveland By Jeff Niesel MARTIN SCORCESE, THE GUY who directed classic movies such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, has a long history of helping to restore and preserve old films. He’s recently turned his attention to Polish cinema. Starting on Sept. 13, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque will host Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, a collection of 18 Polish film classics from the 1950s through the 1980s that Scorsese hand-picked to circulate throughout North America. In a press release about the series, Scorsese says the films have “great emotional and visual power” and maintains they “stand up to repeated viewings.” “He was invited to go to Poland in 2011 by Andrzej Wajda; he’s the greatest living Polish filmmaker,” says Cinematheque director John Ewing. “While he was there, Scorcese was pitched on the idea of picking some favorites from Polish film history and putting them in a package and releasing them to theaters in North America.” Ewing first heard about this package in 2013, but at the time he didn’t have the proper equipment

to show the movies. Now he does. The series opened at Lincoln Center and has traveled to over 30 cities. Cleveland will be the last North American venue to show the movies. The retrospective includes WWII dramas, historical epics, love stories, a cult fantasy, modern social dramas, contemporary moral inquiries and a couple of comedies. It commences with The Wedding (Sept. 13), a film version of a famous Polish play that’s directed by Andrzej Wajda. “It’s a period piece and the costumes are very elaborate,” says Ewing. “It’s a quintessentially Polish film by a great Polish director. I think Poles will know the play and it alludes to Polish history. It’s like a dreamscape where people from other eras turn up at this wedding. It’s very symbolic and metaphorical. It’s very rare and I don’t think it was ever distributed in North America.” The series continues with The Last Day of Summer (Sept. 17), the debut from Tadeusz Konwicki, another famous Polish director. Several weekends are devoted to specific directors. The majority of the screenings will take place at the Cleveland

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Institute of Art Cinematheque, but Black Cross (Sept. 29) and The Saragossa Manuscript (Oct. 6) will screen at the Capitol Theatre. The series concludes with Austeria: The Inn (Oct. 25), Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s film about Poland’s lost Jewish population. “What’s interesting about [Austeria: The Inn] is that it deals with Jewish culture in Poland; that makes it very unusual,” says Ewing. “They tried to make the film in the ’60s and wrote the script in the ’60s. It’s a one-set drama for most of the film. Because the Jewish question was sensitive, they weren’t allowed to make it, but he could do it in the early ’80s. It’s a fairly compassionate or even prophetic look at the Jews in Poland. It’s not the cheeriest film to go out on but I don’t think it was even seen in the States in the ’80s.” Given Cleveland’s strong Polish population, the festival should resonate with local moviegoers. There’s a Polish studies department

SPOTLIGHT: SLOW LEARNERS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN archetypically dorky high school guidance counselor (The Mindy Project’s Adam Pally) and a terminally unhip high school librarian (I Love You Man’s Sarah Burns) decide to reinvent themselves? You can see for yourself in Slow Learners, a Sundance rom-com opening Friday at the Cedar Lee. Max and Anne haven’t had much luck on the dating front. In an opening montage, Max chokes on his salad while a date he met online catalogs, in comprehensive fashion, why she has no interest in him. (His face, his voice, his body.) Anne goes in for a routine checkup and is declared “clinically abstinent” by her physician. So when summer arrives, they hatch a plan: Revamp their wardrobes and hairstyles, hit the bars and start sleeping around. And wouldn’t you know it? Anne, who never had feelings for Max, starts

to realize that maybe she does when she sees him as the object of all these women’s desires. As the summer draws to its close, and friendships and emotional health have been cast aside in favor of happenin’ self-images, Max and Anne must decide who they really are and whether they’re meant to be friends or something more. The extent to which their preposterous transformations are successful — Max’s bandanas and eyeliner, for instance, or Anne’s springbreakish bar top up-for-whateverness — strains the otherwise compelling naturalism of the film. Even their overthe-top dorkiness is more believable than Max suddenly embracing bar fight culture and Anne, whose favorite pastime is guessing quotes from literature, becoming enraptured by trashy reality TV as she downs boxed wine and birthday-cake vodka. But this is your typical fringe

indie comedy, always characterized by creative teams as having been composed on a “shoestring budget.” It’s awash in sketch comedy stars whose faces, if not whose names, you’d probably recognize: SNL’s Bobby Moynihan, The Office’s Kate Flannery, My Boys’ and Veep’s Reid Scott. And it’s a script which revels in the improvisational gifts of its performers. Both Adam Pally and Sarah Burns are extremely funny, and they do well in scripted scenarios with supporting characters and in their one-on-one riffs. In projects like these you tend to expect, and forgive, a handful of silly moments that miss the mark. The plot is cut from basically the only available rom-com cloth, so don’t expect any wild twists and turns. Expect a few really original sketches within a familiar narrative template, and a few gifted comedians having a blast on screen. — Sam Allard

at CSU and a visiting Polish scholar is currently teaching a film course there. A Polish film critic is also taking classes at CSU and has expressed an interest in the movie series. “I know most of the films — I’ve shown some of them here,” says Ewing. “It’s really a great series; there’s no question about it. They’ve all been digitally restored so they should look spectacular.”

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THE VISIT M. Night Shyamalan returns (after directing 2013’s disastrous Will Smith vanity project After Earth ) to a horror film he also wrote. It’s Grandparents Gone Wild when two kids arrive for a visit. You’ll be jumping out of your seat at theaters across the region.

PERFECT GUY “Trust one, fear the other,” reads the tagline for this thriller about a woman (Sanaa Lathan) who breaks up with her boyfriend and then falls for a dude who’s almost too good to be true. Opens everywhere Friday.

LEARNING TO DRIVE A nice rom-com-dram for the Cedar Lee here. Patricia Clarkson stars as a Manhattan writer who starts taking driving lesson from a Sikh instructor (Ben Kingsley). We’re guessing “learning to drive” has both literal and symbolic meanings.

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Things have gotten off to a slow start at Great Scott Tavern, but it’s given Euclid’s newest (and biggest) restaurant time to adjust By Douglas Trattner WHEN NEWS BROKE THAT EUCLID was on the receiving end of an ambitious restaurant project, one that would repurpose a highly visible property on Lakeshore Boulevard, the response was immediate and almost universally positive. For a city of its size, Euclid is woefully light on appealing independent dining options, and Great Scott Tavern would add some much-needed depth to the neighborhood. But the crowds thus far haven’t materialized, chef Mike Keyerleber admits during a post-meal call, confirming my own personal experiences on two separate visits. “We’ve been open for three months now and people still don’t know about us,” he says. Much of the blame can be pinned on the building itself, a sprawling brick façade that looks nothing like an operating restaurant. And until very recently, a complete lack of front patio furniture (and those who would sit in it) didn’t help matters either. Step inside and the issue is exacerbated by a generous 7,500-square-foot floorplan that can accommodate 200 guests in two separate spaces on opposite ends of the building. But starting off slowly isn’t always a bad thing, especially in an operation such as this one, which saw the early departure of a pivotal figure in industry vet and consulting chef-

partner Nick Kustala. Now calling many of the shots himself, including doing double duty as GM, Keyerleber is leading the charge for strong second push. “It’s given us the chance to refine the staff, make some adjustments and just focus on what we’re doing,” says the chef, who spent three years working at Noodlecat and Greenhouse Tavern restaurants. “We need to stick to our guns and draw in that wider market.” If you enjoy scratch-made versions of comfort food, then Great Scott Tavern is your kind of place. While the main dining room is anything but cozy, looking like a cross between a corporate cafeteria and an upscale Denny’s, the food is decidedly so. The meat-heavy menu, overseen with assistance by executive sous chef Michael Schoen, plays it pretty safe in terms of dishes and preparations. A diner can start off with whole chicken wings ($9) in flavors ranging

specimens, the mussels frites ($10) nets a large portion of classically steamed and flavored mussels and near-perfect duck fat-fried spuds. Deep into summer and we’re kneedeep in ripe tomatoes, but all we can taste in the chunky gazpacho ($6) is a heavy-handed dose of cumin and coriander. Sit in the lively barroom/open kitchen and you’ll likely get a pleasant whiff of wood smoke emanating from the live-fire grill. It’s a special piece of restaurant equipment that does wondrous things to burgers, steaks and chops, which is why almost three quarters of the menu is devoted to such items. Tops among them is the pork chop ($17), a grilled double-bone flank doused with peppery red-eye gravy and served with creamy coarse-ground grits and succulent braised greens. Steak eaters have their pick from among four cuts, while burgers come in two sizes and house blends.

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Items not coming off the grill include a very satisfying meat loaf dish ($13), with thin-sliced veal-beefand-pork loaf topped with cheese and chunky tomato sauce and paired with mashed potatoes and green beans. Come fall, the beef stroganoff

($17) likely will pop up on every table thanks to its soul nourishing medley of tender beef, fresh pasta and creamy mushroom gravy. Lighter fare, while limited in comparison to the meaty bits, includes expertly seared scallops ($25) with lemongrass chutney, nearly half a bird of crisp-juicy chicken confit ($16), and specials of the day like sauteed salmon ($24) with seasonal vegetables. Given the pricey and protracted build-out, financed by the namesake Janet Scott, a longtime Euclid resident who wanted to invest in her beloved community, neighbors can count on steady, continuous progress at the restaurant. The bar staff already has stepped up its cocktail program since opening day, and plans are in the works to do the same for the draft beer list, which was perfunctory at best. Design tweaks will attempt to add interest to the bland dining room, and the now-furnished patio is attracting some much needed attention to the building. With the recent departure of the Grovewood Tavern, long a staple for many diners in the immediate area, the arrival of Great Scott couldn’t have come at a better time.

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FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, the “lady butchers” behind Saucisson have been making a name for themselves by crafting some of the city’s best cured meats and sausages. During that time, partners Melissa Khoury and Penny Barend have become familiar sights at fleas, farmers’ markets, and frequent food-filled popup events around town. In addition to retail customers, Saucisson offers its gourmet products to chefs and restaurants. But working out of rented kitchens — first at the Cleveland Culinary Launch & Kitchen, and presently at the Katz Club Diner catering facilities — has put a ceiling on just how much product the fastgrowing food startup can produce and sell. What the ladies really needed was to find a permanent home. And find one they did. Work already has begun on Saucisson’s new production facility and retail storefront at 5324 Fleet Ave. Slavic Village residents might recall another butcher who called that address home for some 40 years: Jaworski Meats, which just celebrated its 80th birthday at its current home in Middleburg Heights. “There were probably eight or 10 butcher shops in that neighborhood alone,” Khoury says of the historic district. “We want to bring back the legit, old-school butcher shop with deli cases filled with cuts of meat, freezers with frozen soups, and even sandwiches of the day.” The move will open the door to more wholesale restaurant business, which under the current system is capped at 25 percent of total sales. But mostly, the increased space (2,800 square feet) will permit Saucisson to prepare larger batches of already popular products like locally sourced bacon, tasso ham, chorizo, jerky, fresh

sausages and nitrate-free cold cuts like roast beef, pastrami, corned beef and garlic bologna. Plans call for getting production up and running this winter, with the retail operation following next spring. “We are super pumped we found a home — and in a neighborhood that needs businesses coming in,” says Khoury. But nobody is more excited about the deal than Anthony Trzaska, who for years has been working to revive and support Slavic Village’s 95-year-old Slovenian National Home, or “Nash.” The Fleet native recently launched a development business to help push the entire neighborhood in the right direction. One of the first pieces of commercial property Trzaska acquired was the “Jaworski Building,” which actually began life in the early 1900s as a furniture store. “I grew up across the street,” he says. “Old Mr. Jaworski would slide me Smokies through the fence. That property was the one that I wanted more than most, not just for sentimental reasons but also for the role it can play in the new Fleet Avenue. Everything I’m doing is kind of a tip of the cap to how things used to be. For years, my motto has been ‘the new wave of the Old World.’” He admits that landing Saucisson was almost too good to be true. “You can’t write a better story than this,” he notes. “For years I have wanted to get a butcher back into that space to try and jumpstart some organic growth of this commercial district that is so ripe for it. I have to continue to sell the future of this street and then do everything that it takes to make sure we get there.”

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Singer Peter Wolf enjoys revisiting his J. Geils Band past By Matt Wardlaw BACK IN DECEMBER, THE J. Geils Band rolled into town for a show at Quicken Loans Arena supporting Bob Seger; it marked their first Cleveland area appearance in 15 years. Don’t take that personally — since their initial reunion in 1999 for a short tour, the band has played shows sporadically with charismatic frontman Peter Wolf continuing to put the main focus on his solo career. Thankfully, though, the Seger gigs went over so well that the band is back out for another set of fall tour dates, and it’s headlining this time around with another longtime Cleveland favorite, Ian Hunter, booked as the opener. “I always tried to have strong support that would make the evening better for the audience, and this was in the era when there were always three bands and at least two good bands on a show,” Wolf says during a recent phone conversation. “Throughout the years, U2 opened up for us, Tom Petty opened up for

us, Billy Joel opened up for us, the Allman Brothers opened up for us and one of the people that opened up for us was Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. It was always great to see them and I knew Mott the Hoople, so I got to spend some time with Ian and, through the years, he would come to Boston. His shows were always just so stellar. They were so fresh and I found myself just becoming a fan of what he did. I thought that like what Geils did with Seger where they sort of created an entertaining first part of the evening, I thought that Ian would do the same, because he’s just such an important artist and I think [he’s] someone who hasn’t really gotten the popularity [that he deserves], because he’s continually releasing records and he continues to have a quality band. So I’m really looking forward to sharing this tour with him.” Unlike many of their classic rock contemporaries that are out on the road every summer, Wolf and the members of the J. Geils Band are

careful not to wear out their welcome. As a result, each opportunity to see the Boston-bred band feels uniquely special. Wolf enjoys the chance to revisit his Geils past, but says there isn’t any creative overlap between his solo work and the shows that he plays with the band. “It’s not unlike an actor who makes a movie, like Johnny Depp is making Pirates 7, or whatever it is, and then he goes back and does a movie on Whitey Bulger,” he says. “It’s two different entities, the concentration is different, the approach to the stage is different and that’s what I enjoy about it is that it is different. You know, I enjoy jumping back to the Geils stuff — we don’t do it that frequently, so when I do get an opportunity to jump back, it’s a way of revisiting the material that I helped create. But it’s the solo stuff that I really feel most enthused about. Not that I don’t feel enthused about the Geils, but the Geils is sort of, it’s more of a house party feeling, where we get together

and kick up a lot of the songs that we’ve made familiar and popular.” Wolf takes more of an introspective approach to his solo material and he’s currently wrapping up his next album, which he says will be out in February or March of next year. “It’s pretty much a continuum of the Sleepless and Midnight Souvenirs [albums]. There’s no duets on this one, because it just didn’t seem to call for it,” Wolf says. “I don’t like to do a duet just to kind of say, ‘Hey, so and so is hot right now, let’s get them on the record.’ There are so many artists that I do know, just through all of the years of touring. You know, the other day Elvis Costello was in town and, before that, Billy Joel played Fenway Park and U2 was in town. We’ve remained friends all of these years and it’s easy to ask somebody, ‘Hey, would you like to sing on something,’ but it’s really not [about] having a well-known artist on it, it’s really for me, does it work or not work or is it needed or not needed. So I’m

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MUSIC excited about this new one and it’s a continuum sort of in the texture of the last several solo records that I did make.” Longtime collaborator Will Jennings was once again in the songwriting mix for the new album and Wolf says that his presence helps to keep the creative process flowing smoothly. “Will is someone who’s been an important part of my solo career,” Wolf says. “I enjoy collaborating because I find that if I sit alone, I get too scattered and never really have the discipline to get things completely done. So with Will, who is such a talented writer and who has done things with Stevie Winwood and won Grammys and Oscars, when I get out, he and I spend a good deal of time, but we always come up with [good results]. Even if I’ve written a song already, I’ll bring it out to Will, and it’s always better after the maestro’s hands are placed on it.” The experience of making the Midnight Souvenirs album, which was released in 2010, is one that sticks with him. He got the chance to work with a number of friends on the album, both old and new. Wolf marked at least one item off his own personal bucket list when he collaborated with Merle Haggard on the album closer, “It’s Too Late for Me,” an experience which he says was a real thrill. “Merle was somebody who I always admired and I got to meet several times, but I never dreamed he would consent to doing a recording with me.” He also

think would be suited for me, I’d love to sing with you.’ And so ‘The Green Fields of Summer’ became the song that I thought she could really sound great on and that’s how all of that came about.”

“Well, you know, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has their own rules and regulations. We’ve been nominated, I think, three times.” — Peter Wolf Wolf was in Cleveland earlier this year to induct the Paul Butterfield Blues Band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he was diplomatic when it came to sharing his thoughts on the possibility of the J. Geils Band being inducted someday and the recent concerns that the Hall might be moving away from inducting older artists. “Well, you know, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has their own rules and regulations. We’ve been nominated, I think, three times,” he says. “I got to induct one of my favorite artists and one of my heroes, Jackie Wilson, before I did the Paul Butterfield [induction] and I have attended many of the ceremonies — I think almost all of them. It’s the kind of thing where if you’re nominated, it’s a thrill, but if you’re inducted, it’s something that means a lot. And it’s one of

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had the opportunity to work with longtime friend Neko Case. “I got to see her when she was first starting at a small club in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and she had driven in from Montreal, her and her band,” he recalls. “They hadn’t eaten, so I knew the club owner and I got them some food. Then I had them follow me to the turnpike, because they had to be in New York the next day and we just became friends ever since. We were out at dinner one time and she asked me what I was doing and I said I was doing a new record. She said, ‘Well, if there’s a song that you

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those things that if it happens, it happens, and if it doesn’t, well, you just keep doing what you do. There’s a lot of artists I love that have not even been nominated, so it’s a big ocean out there and I know what you’re saying, I think they’re trying to perhaps keep it interesting for newer audiences — I’m not sure. But it would be nice to be part of it. I’ve been part of it in one way and it would be nice to be inducted. But again, if it happens, it does.”

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MUSIC A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING

Singer-songwriter Thor Platter draws from his eclectic upbringing for his new EP By Jeff Niesel BORN AND RAISED IN BUFFALO, singer-songwriter Thor Platter received a good dose of classic rock as a youth when his sister introduced him to her record collection. She had albums by guys such as Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. His mother’s love of traditional Irish music and her Beach Boys obsession left a lasting impression too. Platter also dug into his father’s collection of bluegrass and blues, giving him a fairly eclectic musical background. “He had a CD that was like a bluegrass festival kind of thing,” Platter recalls one afternoon over beers at Brothers Lounge, the venue that will host a CD release party for Platter’s terrific new EP, Long Road Ahead. “[My upbringing] was heavy on the classic rock stuff and singersongwriter stuff. That made me want to play guitar and harmonica and write love songs and songs about trees.” In Buffalo, Platter played with the Fatbacks, a group that he says “played around a lot” and hit up regional festivals. At the time, he worked a day job and would re-invest his money into the band. But his band mates didn’t have the same mentality, so he decided to move on. He left Buffalo and arrived in Cleveland a few years ago. Though the two cities are very similar, Platter’s profile has increased since coming to Northeast Ohio. “Once I moved here, I found it easier to promote myself,” he says. “Coming to a new area helped some too. But when I first moved here, it was going to be a stepping point. We were going to go to a bigger city like Chicago or Louisville or Nashville. But after moving here and meeting people in the music scene here, I realized it was starting to flourish into something. I decided to base everything out of Cleveland. In Nashville, everyone there is fighting for the same dollar. And you don’t have to do that here. There’s still great talent here.” In 2013, he issued Looking for Sunshine, an album of songs that he’d written over the course of the previous decade. For his new album, Long Road Ahead, he went to Blue Buddha Studio and worked with local producer Jim Wall, the guy who owns the Cleveland-based studio. The disc

showcases his crisp vocals, which recall masters such as John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett or Willie Nelson. The songs’ arrangements draw from bluegrass and folk but don’t strictly stick to

His original idea was for the band to record in the same room. Instead, Platter was in an isolated booth and the other three guys were in the recording room and they Photo by Joshua Dane

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traditional structures and allow his stellar band, including bassist Matthew Charboneau and mandolin and fiddle player Bill Lestock, to really shine. Two session players — Paul Kovac and Tommy Hannum — also contribute. “I pitched the idea of doing an all-acoustic recording,” says Platter when asked about his approach to recording. “It might be called bluegrass because you have banjo and mandolin and fiddle and upright, but they aren’t bluegrass songs.”

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tracked it that way. “I went back through and threw better vocals on it, as one does, though I wanted the least amount of edits,” says Platter. “Tommy Hannum, a famous Nashville session player, put the dobra on and we put some effects on it to make it sound a bit more freaky on some of the songs.” The album opens with the twangy “Lake Erie Shore,” a tune written by Patricia Zook that features a fair amount of mandolin and banjo and suggests the album will be a collection

of traditional-sounding bluegrass songs. But the album clearly steers clear of traditional bluegrass. “I would like to be in the altcountry vein,” says Platter. “The music could be called newgrass or some modern version. I consider bluegrass to be the Statler Brothers and Bill Monroe. That’s what I like about Americana as a genre. You can be a little bit of everything.” “Josh’s Manifesto,” a song he co-wrote with local musician Josh Stevens, is the classic breakup song. The two collaborated on the tune one night in Platter’s basement. “I love the story that he tells in the song about getting inebriated and then going to tell a girl he isn’t in love with her anymore,” says Platter. “I added another verse to fill it out and changed the arrangement just a little bit. It turned out really nice.” The album centerpiece, “Ride,” comes off as “creepy and dark.” “Headed east, looking for a place to lie,” Platter sings in the song’s sparse opening before an eerie sounding dobro emerges in the mix. “It’s a fight-or-flight kind of song,” says Platter. “I used to write more about myself and now I try to put myself in other places. I had a buddy who was going through a breakup. Even though it’s not about that, it’s more about the crazy girl he was involved with. We routed the dobro through a rotary speaker.” The group is in the process of recording a new “electric band record” that should be out in the spring of next year. Platter says he hopes that disc, like Long Road Home, will reflect what his band sounds like live. “I want to capture the talent of our live shows,” he says. “When I listen to the album from 2013, it’s not representative of what we’re playing right now. Everyone is really talented on that album and there are different people on this one. It’s reflective of the cohesiveness that we’ve gotten over the past couple of years. This new EP is more representative of what our live show is. Like this one, the next one will have a little bit of everything on it, and some banjo and fiddle too.”

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MUSIC HE CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW

Sobriety has sharpened singer-guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.’s vision By Jeff Niesel BACK WHEN THE STROKES were kicking in the early ’00s, the band took five years to follow up its 2006 album, First Impressions of Earth. Later, it was revealed that part of the hangup had to do with guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., who had a drug problem. A stint in rehab did him good and now a clean and sober Hammond Jr. is not only still a member of the often-dormant-but-stillvital Strokes, but he’s also re-launched his solo career with the release of the 2013 EP AHJ and its followup, Momentary Masters, a terrific collection of pop/garage-rock tunes that came out earlier this summer. “After rehab, you find a way to enter life and you don’t know how,” he explains via phone from his upstate New York home. “It reminds you of how you did everything in the beginning, as cheesy as it sounds, but like when you were a kid. You get that back with a bunch of knowledge. It’s this great place to be. Since you learn how to not live solely on emotions that constantly change, you can feel things and separate things from how you’re living. You don’t have to go with everything you feel. That also helped. Having the time to think about those things is good. You go on pause when you get too fucked up and stop learning things. There’s a flood of new things [when you sober up]. That in turn gives you new inspiration, which is probably pretty natural if you didn’t do drugs.” For Momentary Masters, which he recorded with producer Gus Oberg, he took demos he had cut in New York City out to the upstate barn he’s transformed into a studio. He then realized that the songs could be reworked with a little help from his band, which includes guitarist Hammarsing Kharhmar, guitarist Mikey Hart, bassist Jordan Brooks and drummer Jeremy Gustin. “The band excited me,” he says. “I wanted to arrange with a band. We were trying it out with a few songs. When I saw how everyone pushed their parts in new directions, the songs would change and I’d rework them in the moment. I thought, ‘Oh shit, I should bring in the raw forms.’ So I did that. It was a bit shaky at first. Then, we figured out how to communicate with each other and

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“I liked that idea of losing touch with things.”

Albert Hammond Jr.

it just took off. Everyone gave me so much feedback. I could focus on melody and words and other things. It was a great collaboration. Everyone took this album to the next level.” One highlight, “Losing Touch,” commences with a gritty bit of guitar before Hammond starts crooning, “I’m just losing touch.” With its loudto-quiet-to-loud approach, the tune eventually evolves into something that sounds like a Strokes song.

vocals that have a bit of heft to them. “My friends who have Dylan Fest and Stones Fest and Petty Fest for this charity called Sweet Relief were doing one in Dublin,” he recalls. “They were doing a Dylan one, and I said I would do it but I didn’t want to just play a song. I did a demo of the song and it was fun. Then I got home and I liked listening to new melodies and the in-between parts where the harmonica used to be. There was a modern arrangement of it. I wanted

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“I liked that idea of losing touch with things,” Hammond Jr. says when asked about the song. “Things are almost better even though you’re getting away from them. It’s an emotion that we can all relate to. Things pass and you feel like you’re no longer a part of them. You can understand that or not. I like the idea of not going anywhere.” With “Don’t Think Twice,” he reworks the classic Dylan song into a pretty pop number characterized by percolating percussion and baritone

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to tweak it and find the right rhythm for my voice and everything. It fell into place. It worked on the album. It felt like a good thing to make the last four songs work better. It was a good ear break.” Hammond Jr. describes the album’s first single, “Born Slippy,” as a song about living “in constant cycles and constant change.” “We’re constantly slipping away from things we have a grasp on and starting something new,” he says. “I guess it’s not a word, but I like

it. In music, you can get away with stuff like that. It’s like “Coming to Getcha.” It would be ‘Coming to Get You,’ but that doesn’t sound right.” Being the frontman isn’t anything new for Hammond Jr., who played second fiddle to singer and primary songwriter Julian Casabalancas in the Strokes, but began his solo career years ago. But he says he’s still growing into the role. “I always feel like it’s a work in progress,” he says. “I think, at first, I didn’t fully understand because I had been in a band. It was partly there, but I was afraid to put the weight on my shoulders. The only difference with this one is that I’m aware of what it is. I’m accepting good or bad and putting that on my shoulders. I’m going forward with something that can establish myself. The songs really came together for this album. It’s a different thing and sometimes it can be exhausting. If anything, I tried to figure out how to pace myself because my personality will give everything and then nothing and not realize I have another eight months to go.”

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Hollis Brown/Bad Hounds: Singer Mike Montali and guitarist Jon Bonilla, the main songwriters in the roots rock act Hollis Brown, grew up listening to the classics. That certainly comes across on the group’s new album 3 Shots. With its hushed vocals and intricate guitar work, album opener “Cathedral” recalls the great singers and songwriters from the ’70s — think Jackson Browne, Neil Young or James Taylor. There’s an Ohio connection here too as bassist Dillon DeVito is from Cleveland and drummer Andrew Zehnal is from Columbus. (Jeff Niesel) 9 p.m., $10. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Swervedriver/Dearly Beloved: When Swervedriver first came together, singer-guitarist Adam Franklin, who had played with guitarist Jimmy Hartridge in the band Shake Appeal, says he had a clear idea of how he wanted Swervedriver to differ from that project. He says there were plenty of bands in Oxford at the time, but there wasn’t a vibrant scene. During its initial 10-year run, the band issued four studio albums and a slew of singles and EPs. Its debut, 1991’s Raise, features a sonic wall of guitars; it holds up as one of the most innovative albums of the ’90s. After splitting in 1998, the band reunited in 2008 and played Coachella. It’s been active ever since. (Niesel) 8:30 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop. 10 X 3 Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. The Lucky Dutch (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. John Pizzarelli Quartet: 7 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Xe La/John Hansen: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

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Talib Kweli/Hi-Tek: Known to some degree for his engaged social commentary — particularly since the shooting death of Michael Brown in 2014 — Talib Kweli has always held a finger to the pulse of the American consciousness. From the late-’90s hip-hop duo Black Star (with Mos Def) through years of a successful solo and collaborative

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career, Kweli has studded the rap game with thinking man’s songcraft that keeps listeners’ heads bobbing and toes tapping. His most recent cut, an album of rarities and B-sides called Train of Thought, shows the surplus of material Kweli was creating amid a prolific career arc. Gravitas, from 2013, pulls his fans into this dark and uncertain decade, with tracks like “Rare Portraits” and “The Wormhole” blending autobiographical chops with a harrowing awareness of how twisted — and beautiful — this world can be. (Eric Sandy) 7 p.m., $20 ADV/$25 DOS. Agora Ballroom. The SteelDrivers/Rachel Brown: 8 p.m., $22 ADV, $25 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Agnostic Front/Freedom/Fuck You Pay Me/Feds: 7 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Now That’s Class. Brand New Hat/Bob Frank: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. CIMprovise Jazz Quartet: 8 p.m., free. The Euclid Tavern. Fair City Fire/Sean Kelley & the Ohio Jukes: 8:30 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Travis Haddix Blues Band (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Merle Haggard: 8 p.m., $48-$68. Packard Music Hall. Albert Hammond Jr./Prinze George: 8:30 p.m., $15. Grog Shop. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. The J. Geils Band/Ian Hunter: 8 p.m., $53.50-$79.50. Hard Rock Rocksino. Jam Night with the Bad Boys

of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. The New Soft Shoe: 8 p.m., free. Happy Dog. John Pizzarelli Quartet: 7 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Say We Can Fly/Wind in the Sails/ Sounds Like Harmony/Casey Boles/The Leda Bunny/Austin Lawrence: 7:30 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Chris Trapper/Clarence Bucaro: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

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Hippo Campus/American Wrestlers/ Diverge: Entertainment Weekly recently lauded Hippo Campus’ “shimmering pop-rock earworms,” which is a pretty good way of summing up their sound. Slick guitar melodies flit around tight, snappy percussion. (Two Door Cinema Club came to mind more than once while tripping through their EP.) “Sophie So,” for instance, sees guitarist Nathan Stocker cooking up a dazzling stew of rapidfire arpeggios, all growing more frenzied as the song goes on. The band has a new EP coming out next month; until then, they’re pushing their new single, “The Halocline.” It’s an anthemic piece that musically recalls some of Justin Vernon’s Volcano Choir stuff at times. It’s also indicative of a young band wanting to push their music in bigger, deeper directions; we look forward to future releases. (Sandy) 6:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Grog Shop. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong/ Yosemight: Based out of Baltimore, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have steadily garnered renown as they tour the region. Psychology builds off their original Funk EP, serving up funky instrumentation with swagger-laden lyrics and confidence. Songs like “F.U.” guarantee a bustling dancefloor, what with their tendency for tongue-in-cheek humor and shredtastic solos. The music is kind to all, so come to the show expecting to be welcomed into the band’s tight-knit community. (Sandy) 10 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Grog Shop. Bro Dylan/Daveferatu: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Rachel Brown and the Beatnik

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LIVEWIRE Playboys/Matt Harmon/ Songwriters in the Round: 4 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. The Commonheart (in the Supper Club): 8:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. The Dagger Rebellion/Sentients/ Atlas Uncharted/Asyria/Ruins of Tekoah/End in Echoes/Abstraction/ Chris Stevens/Steve Perrino: 6 p.m., $10 ADV, $13 DOS. Agora Ballroom. The Goddamn Gallows/Texas Plant/ Feral Ritual: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Husky Bundles/Tinko/Jean Jammers: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Melodic Cypher with Vigatron/ Wizzdom/Drastic/12 Finch/ PowerNapz/Turbo City/Juelz: 8 p.m., $9 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Mexican Knives/Strange Blood: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Mr. Speed/Wanted — The Ultimate Tribute to Bon Jovi: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. House of Blues. Jeff Sherman (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Leni Stern African Trio: 8:30 p.m., $20. Nighttown. That ’80s Band: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown.

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Kate Davis: Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Kate Davis plays jazz for hipsters. MTV recently proclaimed her one of “15 Fresh Females Who Will Rule Pop.” A crossover star in the making, she’s shared the stage with such diverse artists as Alison Krauss, Josh Groban, Ben Folds and Wynton Marsalis. Her rousing cover of the gimmick-y “All About That Bass” with PostModern Jukebox has received 13 million YouTube views. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, she just inked a deal with the locally based Concord Records. (Niesel) 7 p.m., $20. Nighttown. The Sheepdogs/Buffalo Killers: Mixed by Vance Powell (Jack White) in Nashville, Future Nostalgia, the forthcoming album from retro rockers the Sheepdogs, brings the band back to its ’70s-rock inspired roots. The album features some great grooves and suggests these guys are in it for the long haul.

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(Niesel) 6:30 p.m., $15. House of Blues. Big Lazy/Ryann Anderson Trio: 8:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $23 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Buckcherry/Saving Abel/Bad Remedy/Devil Strip: 6:30 p.m., $25 ADV, $30 DOS. Agora Ballroom. Dany Lou Grass CD Release Party: 6 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Mason Jennings: 8 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Sonny Landreth: 7:30 p.m., $23 ADV, $25 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Ky-Mani Marley/Wildlife Soundz: 8:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $23 DOS. Grog Shop. Night Owls: 3 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Mike Petrone (in the Wine Bar): 5:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge. T Sisters (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Ultimate Painting/Cheap Clone: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Utah Jazz/Vanilla Poppers/Retail Therapy: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

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MO’ MOJO By Jeff Niesel MEET THE BAND: Jen Maurer (accordion, vocals), Leigh Ann Wise (percussion, trumpet, vocals), Anthony Papaleo (guitar/fiddle), Bill Lestock (fiddle, guitar, mandolin), Sarah Benn (bass), Will Douglas (drums), Sam Rettman (harmonica), Toussaint English (bass, keyboards) INSPIRED BY “TEXAS”: The band actually came together way back in 1995. “It had a different name but we were the same type of band,” says Maurer. “Scott ‘Texas’ Gann came up from Texas and he had an accordion, so we started a band.” When Gann died in 2002, Maurer says she and her band mates kept the band going to honor him and “it took on a life of its own.” “I know it’s odd to have this commitment to this type of music but Scott brought it to us,” she says. “Over the course of time, we’ve had death, breakups, divorces. We’ve gone through a lot of change through the years.” AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION: Earlier this year, the band embarked on its most extensive tour yet. The group left for a five-week tour of Belize, Panama, Barbados, Mexico and Colombia as music ambassadors with American Music Abroad (AMA), a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs. Then, in June, the group played Tajikistan where it performed a variety of gigs, one of which was at an orphanage. “The response was great,” Maurer says. “If we’re serving as cultural ambassadors, it was a success. In the Central American and South American countries, the salsa is similar to the zydeco dance. Dancing opened up

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WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: Recorded at Suma and mastered at Cauliflower, the band’s new album, We All Got the Same, features more up-tempo party tunes. Album opener “Love Lorna” sounds like the punk band X doing a zydeco number as the back-and-forth vocals have some real spunk to them, and the song benefits from some bluesy guitar riffs. “Marry a Northern Girl” is a rollicking instrumental that you can dance to. “It’s a little bit of a different sound because we have sax on it,” says Maurer when asked about the album. “It has double guitar sound. It’s a little complicated because the band changed right after we made it. It’s got a different presence. It has more group presence in the songwriting. We’re pretty broad in what we do. There are two reggae songs, our version of zydeco and some Cajun tunes influenced by rock ’n’ roll and other things. We wanted to be creative and think outside the box a bit.” WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM: facebook.com/momojomusic WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: Mo’ Mojo performs at 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, at the Barking Spider, and at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Square Fest in Akron.

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Career Opportunity!! Window Nation

Now hiring Outside Appointment Setters for our Cleveland and Twinsburg, Ohio locations. This is a Full Time 40 hours per week position, must be able to work weekends early shift. Base salary plus bi-weekly bonuses usually average 600$ to 900$ per week. Full Benefits (401K,medical, paid vacation and holidays)

Call Bill at 216-903-1744 for immediate interview or email resume to Careers@windownation.com

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MON-FRI 10AM-8PM • SAT-SUN 10AM-6PM

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