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SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 6, 2015 • VOLUME 46 N O 1 3

Dedicated to Free Times founder Richard H. Siegel (1935-1993) and Scene founder Richard Kabat Publisher Chris Keating Associate Publisher Desiree Bourgeois

CONTENTS Upfront

Editor Vince Grzegorek

Violent September ends with weekend shooting spree, councilman requests EPA investigation, and more

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, Xan Schwartz, Brandon Koziol

Framed

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Marketing and Events Jenna Conforti, Gina Scordos

Introducing “Clemojis”: For when your standard smartphone fare just won’t do

Creative Services Production Manager Steve Miluch Layout Editor/Graphic Designer Christine Hahn Staff Photographer Emanuel Wallace

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Advertising Senior Multimedia Account Executive John Crobar, Shayne Rose Multimedia Account Executive Kiara Hunter-Davis, Joseph Williamson, Savannah Drdek, Kelsey Cullen Classifi ed Account Executive Alice Leslie

Dozens of events spanning the next week in Cleveland

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Greg White leads a fine cast in a splendid rendition of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

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UPFRONT POLENSEK CALLS ON EPA TO INVESTIGATE EAST SIDE BEACHES

THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK, CLEVELAND CITY Council passed a resolution sponsored by Councilman Mike Polensek asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to get to the bottom of why the city’s eastside beaches have such a pernicious E.Coli problem. Both Villa Angela and Euclid Beach were closed to swimmers on Labor Day, and Polensek says he’s fed up with the continuous swimming bans. “Something is wrong,” Polensek said in a press release. “We need the U.S. EPA to come here and tell us what the problem is.” Polensek pointed out that unlike Huntington or Edgewater or Mentor Headlands, Villa Angela and Euclid Beach seem to have unsafe E.Coli levels even in “bone dry” conditions, when it hasn’t rained for weeks. “Our lake is in peril,” he said. “The federal government needs to get to the source of this pollution and help us make our lakefront safe and enjoyable for our families.” Polensek has been butting heads with Metroparks leadership about Euclid Beach all summer — over lifeguards, over an absurd “no body contact with water” policy, and now over the swimming bans. He told Scene in a phone call that his frustration level is “very high.” But it’s not just with the Metroparks. He said local and national politicians, not to mention the media, must make the health of the Great Lakes a priority. “It’s 2015 and our lake is sick,” he said. “This is becoming a national embarrassment. I went out to Toledo and the lake was like pea green soup. We saw what happened when Toledo was without water for three days. Who’s to say what would happen if that algae bloom came all the way to Cleveland?” Polensek said he’s tired of excuses. “I’ve heard it’s about illegal tie-ins, I’ve heard it’s about industrial waste,

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I’ve heard it’s geese,” Polensek said. “Well, if it’s geese, let’s get the EPA in here to figure out what to do about it. All I know is something is terribly wrong, and our disrespect for the lake is coming back to haunt us in a big way.” The Metroparks, for its part, issued a statement calling Lake Erie a “vital natural resource,” and said it would support “all initiatives to protect the health of Lake Erie and all the Great Lakes.” As for the EPA’s timeline and potential investigation, Metroparks said it really couldn’t comment. Polensek said Senator Sherrod Brown has reached out directly to the EPA and is awaiting correspondence. Polensek hasn’t yet heard from Senator Rob Portman and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, to whom he also appealed.

EAST SIDE MARKET TO REOPEN Councilman Polensek may be ticked off about the health of his ward’s beaches, but he and Councilmen Kevin Conwell and Jeff Johnson -- they of the “Northeast Neighborhoods Coalition” -have reason to celebrate: the dormant East Side Market in Glenville will be reopened soon. That’s the plan, at any rate. City Council voted to lease the vacant property in the heart of historic Glenville (E. 105th and St. Clair) to Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) at the symbolic rate of $1 per year. NEON runs health clinics in Cleveland and East Cleveland, and they’ll spearhead the renovation and development of the East Side Market property, a project they expect to cost $3.5 million and create about 100 jobs. Crain’s reported that Mazzulo’s Fresh Food Market has signed a letter of intent to anchor the facility, and

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the councilmen are thrilled, in part, because access to fresh produce and healthy food has been an ongoing problem for their constituents -- the area is considered a “food desert.” In addition to the grocery store, NEON plans to open a satellite health clinic there and renovate the exterior for an outdoor market during spring and summer. A cafe with patio seating and wi-fi may also be in the cards. The state of the Ohio will subsidize $750,000 of the project through a capital grant, and the City of Cleveland will pony up $166,000. NEON will scrape together the remaining costs, but officials told Crain’s they wanted to ensure the project was self-sufficient. In a press release after the legislation was passed earlier this month, the councilmen commented on how vital the East Side Market project is to them: “Residents constantly tell me they need a grocery store close to home,” said Councilman Conwell. “We have worked hard to make that happen.” Councilman Johnson stressed the importance of cooperation with his council colleagues. “It was significantly important for Kevin, Mike and I to work together to bring an exciting and transformational project to the North East side of the city,” he said. “It will lead to more investment in the area.”

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Council last week. The NEOMG’s Mark Naymik criticized the feckless Transportation Committee after that committee, chaired by Marty Keane, didn’t press interim airport director Fred Szabo about prior staffing levels and hefty Federal Aviation Administration fines. (This is all, by the way, in the aftermath of revelations by a former Hopkins employee who alleged to the NEOMG that the airport would be hugely understaffed again this winter, and that there simply wouldn’t be time to train required personnel.) “Keane’s lack of investigation is not surprising,” Naymik wrote after the Transportation meeting. “It’s another example of council leaders who -- metaphorically speaking – seat the public in coach when they are supposed to place them in first class by failing to press the administration with vigor and skepticism.” Jeff Johnson tried. He was working himself into his usual lather -- this time, fully justified -- when Keane interjected. Keane had called members of the committee before the meeting, instructing them not to ask about prior staffing levels. Frank Jackson’s administration is appealing the fine and Keane evidently wants to wait until the appeal is filed. In which case, why even bring Szabo into the meeting? But Johnson kept shouting, even as Keane adjourned the meeting -this is getting all too familiar -- until Kevin Kelley, overhearing the ruckus, stepped in and escorted Keane out, advising him quietly (via Naymik) “not to go down that rabbit hole.”

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UPFRONT POLICE: WEEKEND SHOOTING SPREE MAY LINK SEPTEMBER’S VIOLENT CRIMES It was around 2 a.m. Sunday, with Cleveland’s bustling nightlife bleeding into last call, when an unidentified shooter fired into a crowd of people near The Bank nightclub on Euclid Avenue, between East Fourth Street and Public Square. The shooter killed one man -- Dexter Mangham, 23 -- and injured two other people. Mangham’s death brought the city’s homicide count for 2015 up to 96 -- a startling number in late September. By the time the sun came up, the total had ticked onward to 97. Police suspect that the shooter -- or shooters -- traveled east out of downtown to Way Avenue, where bullets seared into the first-floor living room of a small bungalow. Sydney Smith, 19, was sleeping on the couch. She was shot in the chest, and later died at MetroHealth Medical Center. WEWS reported this week that her brother, who had been downtown at The Bank nightclub near the first shooting, was the intended target. From there, however, police reports paint a picture of the shooters firing rounds into homes on nearby East 105th Street. Officers describe seeing men leaning out of car windows and

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firing their guns. No injuries were reported as part of that shooting. There’s a hell of a lot of gunfire lighting up the side streets along Union Avenue from East 93rd to East 116th. A few weeks ago, 3-yearold Major Howard was shot and killed in a botched drive-by on East 113th. Investigators are reportedly considering a link between last weekend’s shootings and Howard’s death, as well. “How many more people have to die for us to figure out there’s a problem in Cleveland? How many more?” Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson asked Monday night. Probably a lot more, one could reasonably assume, because the city is inching closer to its deadliest year in decades even as many of its leaders and stakeholders skillfully point the spotlight toward easier, more profitable topics du jour. (The Browns’ regularly scheduled quarterback controversy takes fine precedence over other problems in Cleveland, of course. The RNC’s economic impact is the perfect interjection for any conversation about ballooning crime stats.) One could watch this year’s homicide rate rise very nearly in realtime, and yet even that isn’t forcing change. Still, to return to Johnson’s point, it isn’t an easy thing to identify the sources of problems in the city nor the solutions to the same. He and other council members are calling for more cops on the streets. People in the streets -- like Judy Martin, who heads up Survivors/Victims of Tragedy -- say that the cops on the streets need to be more mindful of how each community works. The Community Oriented Policing Services Office (of the U.S. Department of Justice) funneled $1.9 million to the city for additional officers. (Police Chief Calvin Williams has repeatedly stated his goal of community policing citywide.) The police department recently signed onto mental health training programs as part of its DOJ agreement. Recently, Mayor Frank Jackson touted, the CPD increased its gang impact unit with six additional officers and a sergeant. As the city will hopefully see, these things will go a long way in extricating Cleveland’s poorer neighborhoods from the vicegrip of violence. And with gunfire claiming a life downtown, in the heart of Cleveland’s internationally hailed dining scene, we might even see the process move along a bit more quickly. That’s another problem.

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FRAMED!

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Shreddage @ Scorpions and Queensryche at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica**

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FEATURE

CLEMOJIS

Because sometimes words aren’t enough to describe life in the Forest City By Scene Staff

THE LITTLE PIECES OF ART ARE A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, THE KIND of graphic that if left behind for future civilizations to discover, like cave wall drawings, would be pretty easy to decipher. Hey, that person was fucking happy! That looks like food! Emojis are both shorthand and longform at once, capable of conveying as much or as little information as the sender wants, their secondary and tertiary meanings ever evolving with inside jokes and cultural references. Which is all well and good and we love them. You can send a text to a friend in Alaska or France and they’ll understand what you mean. But there are certain local quirks and stories and emotions and actions that simply aren’t covered by the e-toolbox we’ve got right now. So we set about to create a set of emojis, Clemojis if you will, that would better help Northeast Ohioans describe their lives. Did we miss some? Surely. Drop by the comment section at clevescene.com and let us know what you would have liked to have seen. Illustrations by Lee DeVito. 12

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What It Is: Brownie the Elf, crying his eyes out When To Use It: We would say every Sunday, but the utter sadness of a Browns fan is not relegated to one day a week, nor 16 weeks a year. It is a daily grind of bad news and bad decisions. Whether it’s a picksix tossed by whomever has been assigned the quarterback role on a given day or an offseason failed weed test of a wide receiver, Brownie the Elf is there for you with the waterworks on.

What It Is: The Cuyahoga River When to Use It: You’re sitting in your apartment in Lakewood and your friend in Cleveland Heights asks if you want to come over. Yeah, man, probably not. That’s far. That’s the east side. The East/West divide is real, and that windy little river is the line of demarcation. Other uses: You’re kayaking on the river; you’re in an airplane; you’re studying cartography.

When To Use It: All the fucking time. Any city can and probably will complain that roads are seemingly perpetually under construction, but it’s especially true here. Between the Innerbelt Bridge and the random exit and entrance closures and the insane mess that is the area around Broadway, navigating downtown Cleveland can’t be done without encountering detours and barrels. Successfully doing so without losing your mind or being late basically qualifies you as a modern day Magellan.

What It Is: Poop on a Snowpile When To Use It: November through April, when Cleveland dog owners forget that they have to pick up their dog’s shit. Or: To express your general displeasure with winter.

What It Is: A Polish Boy When To Use It: For new restaurants, for a plea to your friend to meet you for some drunk food at 2:30 a.m., for an invitation to Happy Dog, for an invitation to the 17 other hot dog restaurants that will open in the next five years, for a reminder to your significant other to buy hot dogs at the grocery store. The options, given Cleveland’s love affair with cased meats, are endless.

What It Is: A Pothole When To Use It: Anytime, but especially after the winter thaw, when Cleveland’s roads crack and quake, producing sinkhole-sized craters capable of incapacitating a monster truck.

What It Is: An Alpaca When To Use It: Former mayor Michael White narrowly, by most accounts, escaped facing real consequences for running a shady and probably corrupt city hall during his day. There were alleged bagmen and bribes and an official FBI investigation, but White emerged unscathed and retreated far from the city to make wine and raise alpacas. So anytime a corrupt politician escapes the grasp of the law, or when they don’t, or when a decision seems like there’s some shadiness lingering in the background, bust out the alpaca.

What It Is: A Mountain of Construction Barrels:

What It Is: A Cleveland T-Shirt When To Use It: To express the money grab of any cottage industry that sprouts up around Cleveland boosterism. Can also be used to comment on the next group that will inevitably splash CLE or 216 or the outline of the Buckeye State on some cotton threads with little or no imagination and try to sell it to you for $25.

What It Is: The Circle K When To Use It: Anyone who’s watched or attended an Indians game this year knows that the starting rotation and bullpen are the backbone of the team and quite literally one of the only reasons the Tribe were in playoff contention (we use that term loosely) for so long. It’s the strikeout plastered high in right field and perfectly suited for 8-bit conversation about Corey Kluber or your date on Saturday night.

What It Is: A Billy Club When To Use It: The police shot another person. You’re protesting. You got arrested after protesting. You are actually in the back of a cop car right now.

What It Is: OH and IO When To Use It: During Buckeye games. When a strange Ohio crime story pops up in your Facebook feed. When you miss your pal who now lives in California. When John Boehner resigns. What It Is: A Skylift When To Use It: The idea of a skylift in Cleveland was floated a little while ago and it sounded

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FEATURE preposterous and laughable. The more we learned about the details, the more preposterous and laughable it was, especially when Metroparks CEO Brian Zimmerman said it was ready for the “next level of conversation.” So when do you use the Cleveland skylift emoji? Anytime one of our delirious leaders or private developers touts a project that a.) has no funding, b.) has no purpose, c.) is purely for vanity, d.) is described with jargon taken straight from Generic Business Talking 101, or e.) all of the above.

What It Is: Smiley Face Leprechaun When To Use It: Clevelanders love them some St. Patrick’s Day, despite the fact that the vast majority of us are not Irish. That hardly matters around these parts. Use it on St. Patrick’s Day. The lead up to St. Patrick’s Day. Your halfway to St. Patrick’s Day party. Your quarter of the way to St. Patrick’s Day party. Your 364 days out from St. Patrick’s Day trip to your local Irish watering hole. At 3 a.m. when you’re drinking a Guinness by yourself.

What It Is: The Goodyear Blimp When To Use It: Game days. When you feel like a superstar. When you think NBC and ESPN

and TMZ should be shadowing your every moment. When you’re listening to vintage Ice Cube. When you’re in Akron and have to quickly explain to your pals back in Cleveland you won’t be around for a while.

What It Is: The Christmas Ale Label When To Use It: When you’re drunk. When you’re drinking. When GLBC’s tapping date for Christmas Ale is announced. When you buy your first six pack. When you find a gas station still selling six packs when everyone else is sold out. When you’re in the mood to toast the winter season in general. When you’re blacked out. When your friend asks what he can bring to your holiday party. When it’s August and the summer shandys are tasting good but not quite cutting it. Okay, basically anytime you’re drinking.

What It Is: A Snowplow, Dummy When To Use It: About half the calendar year in Cleveland will give you chances to use this one, but two opportunities stick out to us: First, it snowed a shit ton and Cleveland’s delightful snowplow fleet hasn’t touched your street and you need to let your boss know that you’ll be “working from home.” Second, your boss preemptively says he doesn’t care that it’s snowing and that you’re expected to work on time regardless, and you need to let him know that unless he personally sends a snowplow to dig your 2002 Hyundai out of the driveway, there’s no way that’s happening.

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ticket costs and your friend asks you how much you can afford. Etc. Etc. Etc. Welcome to Cleveland, the most affordable place in America.

What It Is: The Leg Lamp When To Use It: There are few nostalgic moments Clevelanders hold more dear than A Christmas Story and its leg lamp. Whether you’re traipsing to the museum in Tremont, setting the movie on repeat on a cold Saturday, or decorating your front window, the leg lamp is ubiquitous, it’s cheerful, it’s a reminder of our past and, goddamn, isn’t it just a little sexy? Anyway, your significant other might not let you buy the full-sized replica for the house, so this will have to do.

What It Is: The Free Stamp When To Use It: When your friend plops down money in Arlington, VA, for a condo that could have bought a mansion on the near-westside. When your pals are visiting from Brooklyn and feel rich when they realize beers are $5 or less. When you’re deciding where to meet someone downtown for the tailgate. When you’re asking how much a concert

What It Is: Shrugging LeBron When To Use It: Any number of the approximately 17,824 times he will do something amazing on the court during any given season. Also, when the Browns and Indians suck and you realize Cavs season is just around the corner. When your friend asks how you played during the weekend pickup game. When your friend asks if you think you’re losing your hair.

What It Is: The Playhouse Square Chandelier When To Use It: Dazzle your … well, you can list the things you know that start with the letter “d.” Yes, Cleveland built an outdoor chandelier. And then they threw a party for it. If there’s any sign that the city finally has disposable income, this is it. So throw this one around when you splurge on something you really don’t need but bought anyway. When you want to Treat Yo Self. When you wake up and remember drunkenly ordering something from Amazon or off the TV the night before.

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What It Is: A Beard When To Use It: When you see some hipsters or lumberjacks. When you’re going to Happy Dog. When you have a blind date at Happy Dog and he’s a lumberjack. When you’re at a coffee shop that does pour overs. What It Is: Superman Logo When To Use It: Whenever. When you’re feeling undefeatable. When you got straight As. When you ate the Taco Bell in the car without spilling sauce all over your shirt. When you got the Chipotle guy to give you double meat without charging you. When you caught the foul ball in your beer cup. When your tweet got retweeted 100 times. When you had four drinks at Porco on a Saturday night and woke up without a hangover on Sunday. When you’re on Tinder. Or, ya know, when you get asked who your favorite superhero is.

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10/12,

6:30pm-close. OSKAR BLUES MEETS WILD GOOSE. Special food pairing with Oskar Blues hot sauces. With a Barrel Aged beer and Ten Fidy on draft. Wild Goose, Willoughby.

10/14, 7-9pm. ARTISANAL CIDERS. Small batch artisanal American, French and Spanish ciders paired with pastries and savory small bites. Gluten-Free event. $30 tickets available at Coquette. Coquette Patisserie, Cleveland.

10/12, 7-10pm. BURGERS, BIKES, BRATS AND BEER. Vic-

10/14, 11am-10pm. TACO PAIRING WITH PLATFORM’S YAMMA JAMMA. Specialty taco paired with a Platform Beer. Keep the pint and giveaways, while supplies last. Taco Tanto’s, Lakewood.

tory takes over the handles on the roof! Featuring Critical Mass and Blazing Saddle, as well as brats and burgers. Try the new Victory Cage Radler, as well as Saison du BUFF. Giveaways for Victory biking gear, including some rare biking jerseys! Must be present to win. Greenhouse Tavern, Cleveland.

10/13-10/18. CHOCOLATE, CHEESE & BEER FLIGHT. 4 truffles paired with cheese and beer. $20 for the flight, limited availability. Hours are 11am-6:30pm on 10/13-10/16, 10am-6:30pm on 10/17, and 11am-2:30pm on 10/18. Lilly Handmade Chocolates, Cleveland. 10/13-10/18. MINI-BEER FLOATS WITH HONEY HUT ICE CREAMS. Hoppin’ Frog Boris the Crusher Imperial Stout with Dark Chocolate Cayenne Ice Cream and Southern Tier Pumking with Pumpkin Caramel Gingersnap Ice Cream. $10 for both. Add truffles to match for $4.50. Hours are 11am-6:30pm on 10/13-10/16, 10am-6:30pm on 10/17, and 11am-2:30pm on 10/18. Lilly Handmade Chocolates, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18, 7:01pm-close. BREW KETTLE SATELLITE BREW PUB. Delicious brews from Brew Kettle including White Rajah all week and special tappings! Press Wine Bar, Cleveland. 10/09-10/18, 7:01pm-close. CORNERSTONE BEER & DINNER PAIRINGS. All week, we will be featuring our beers and special one-off kegs paired with a dinner. Cornerstone Brewing Company, Berea. 10/09-10/18, 7:01pm-close. LAGUNITAS HIGH-JACKS

10/10, 11am-close. TACO AND BEER PAIRING. Secial taco will be paired with Fat Head’s beer, keep the glass while supplies last. Taco Tanto’s, Lakewood. 10/10, 2-5pm. BELGIAN SOCIAL. Flagship event! Duvel USA and Butcher and the Brewer host this social celebration of the homeland that features Belgian brews, Belgian-inspired fare and live music. Advance tickets required at $40/person including 15 beer samples and food. Get tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek. org. Butcher and the Brewer, Cleveland.

BARRIO’S DOWNTOWN. Lagunitas takes over our taps for the whole week. The first 30 peeps who sip a Lagunitas get a funky Lagunitas Mason Jar, each day of Beer Week! Barrio Downtown, Cleveland.

10/10, 7-9pm. SWEET AND SOUR: AN EVENING WITH JOLLY PUMPKIN. 5 Artisanal Ales paired with imaginative pastries for $35. Coquette Patisserie, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18, 7:01pm-close. ZOMBIE DUST THEMED

10/11, 11am-2pm. PLATFORM BEER & DONUTLAB GO-

SANDWICH. Monster of a sandwich paired with the sought after Three Floyds Zombie Dust. Melt Bar & Grilled, Lakewood.

10/09-10/18,

ING LOCAL. 4 Platform Beer Samples paired with 4 specialty donuts featuring locally produced toppings. Keep the pint and giveaways, while supplies last. Edison’s Pub, Cleveland.

7:01pm-close. SOUTHERN TIER FEATURE. 4 Southern Tier Beers including I-90, brewed special for Cleveland Beer Week! We will have a special Beer Week menu featuring pairings with Southern Tier beers. El Carnicero, Lakewood.

11am-2pm. BRECKENRIDGE BELGIAN WAFFLE BRUNCH. Cask of Salted Caramel Vanilla Porter with made to order Belgian waffles featuring special chocolates and fruit syrups for $8.99. Market District, Strongsville.

10/09,

10/11,

7:01-9pm. GOOSE ISLAND LIMITED RELEASE DRAFT NIGHT. Including The Ogden Belgian style Tripel, The Muddy Imperial Stout and Lolita Wild Ale! Winking Lizard Galleria, Cleveland.

10/09, 7:01pm-close. TV BEER DINNER. Featuring an

exclusive beer from Dogfish Head, their Chocolate Lobster Porter as well as many other favorites such as Kvasir, Bitches Brew, Palo Santo, Namaste, Punkin Etc. 3 courses with three beers for $30. Southside, Cleveland.

10/09,

9pm-close. KEEPIN’ IT 100. Featuring drafts that are exclusively scored at 100 points. La Cave du Vin, Cleveland Heights.

10/10-10/18, 8am-close. CLEVELAND BEER WEEK COLLABORATION TAPPING. Large selection of collaboration beers created just for Cleveland Beer Week and available at our growler stations. All participating Heinen’s locations. 10/10, 11am-close. ROGUE OYSTER FEST HOSTED BY

TITUS OVERTURF. An amazing day of 16 Rogue drafts and fresh oysters flown in from the Pacific Northwest Ocean. Beer Engine, Lakewood.

10/11,

11am-4pm. SOUTHERN TIER CLEVELAND I-90 TAPPING. Every year Southern Tier brews a beer celebrating Cleveland Beer Week called Cleveland’s I-90 and every year we feature it at a number of Lizards. Winking Lizard Beachwood, Bedford Heights, Cleveland Heights, Galleria, Gateway, and Independence.

10/12, 4-6pm. HIT THE BOTTLE WITH JACKIE O’S. Ex-

tremely limited Jackie O’s barrel aged bottle release. Bourbon Barrel Black Maple Imperial porter, Rum Barrel Oil of Aphrodite Imperial Stout and Bourbon Barrel Champion Ground Imperial Stout, while supplies last. No to go’s and limit one per person. Winking Lizard, Independence.

10/12, 5-8pm. BEER COCKTAIL SOIREE WITH ALLTECH

LEXINGTON AND JACKIE O’S. Reps for breweries will be pouring seasonals, limited offerings, and old faithfuls. Featuring beer cocktails as well. Stay for our famous Open Mic Night at 9pm. Edison’s Pub, Cleveland.

10/12, 6-8pm. FOUNDERS PIZZA PARTY. Artisan pizzas

made in house and paired with a selection of Founders beers including KBS, ReDANKulous, Blushing Monk and Spectra Trifecta. $15/person. Market District, Strongsville.

10/15, 11am-11pm. “CELEBRATE THE LITTLE VICTORIES” MINI BEER DINNER. 4-course beer and food pairing served at your table, featuring Victory beers. $28/person; no tickets required. Fat Head’s Saloon, North Olmsted. 10/15, 4-10pm. SOUTHERN TIER I-90 AND KEEP THE GLASS NIGHT. Featuring I-90 and seasonal favorite, Pumking. Keep the glass, while supplies last. Parnells at Playhouse Square, Cleveland.

10/13, 5-10pm. 1 YEAR BLACKBERRY CHERRY SERRANO

10/15, 4-11pm. WARPIGS NIGHT. 10 beers from both 3 Floyds and Mikkeller, including rare collaboration beers and a la carte BBQ all night long. Tickets will be provided for limited beers. Oak Barrel, Valley View.

10/13,

10/15, 6-10pm. PSYCHEDELIC BEER DINNER WITH LAGUNITAS. Featuring the music and inspirations of Frank Zappa and the last case of 2008’s Cruising with Ruben and The Jets for a 7-coure meal. Call 216-902-7110 for reservation details, limited seats. Crop Rocks, Cleveland.

10/13, 6-9pm. CULTURE YOURSELF. Flagship event!

10/15, 6:30-10:30pm. OSKAR BLUES HOUSE PARTY. Come try Oskar Blues Beer Can Chicken and some great beers to go with it. With one of their barrel-aged beers, while supplies last. Morehouse, Willoughby.

PAIRING. One of our most popular small batch meads from last year returns and is paired with 3 cheeses. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights.

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10/15, 11am-5pm. FAT HEAD’S UNLEASH THE HOPS DRAFT DAY 2. Special tapping and taste study of hops varietals in Head Hunter IPA, Hop Fro Pale Ale, Hop Stalker Fresh Hop IPA and Jungle Juice Head Hunter IPA. Supplies limited. Winking Lizard, Beachwood.

5-10pm. TACOS & GNOMES. Purchase a LaChouffe Golden Ale, Houblon Chouffe Tripel IPA, or McChouffe Brown Ale and keep the specialty Chouffe Tulip Glass, while supplies last. Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, Lakewood. One of our most popular events where 16 top breweries pour beers that have been carefully paired with artisanal cheeses and other fare. Meet the brewers while you enjoy this educational, walk-around tasting event. Advance tickets required at $45/person for 25 beer samples with cheese pairings. Purchase tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek.org.

10/13, 7-8pm. CRAFT BEER, WINE AND CHEESE. Unique

collaboration with Heinen’s and Hawks View Cellars. 3 cheeses with 3 craft beers and wines. $22.09/pp; limited tickets available. Portside Brewery, Cleveland.

10/13, 7-9pm. SOUTHERN TIER TAP TAKEOVER AND KEEP

THE PINT. 8 different Southern Tier beers on tap including the 2015 version of I-90. Keep the Glass while supplies last. Barrio Tremont, Cleveland.

10/13, 8pm-close. DARK HORSE METAL NIGHT. Badass

10/15, 7-11pm. BOULDER BEER FEATURE. Specialty drafts as well as some classics, and featuring some specialty food options. Chicken Dan will be there, you should too. Morehouse, Willoughby. 10/16, 4-8pm. BEER AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL. Choose

your favorite from Young’s Double Chocolate, Well’s Banana Bread Beer or Well’s Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale over vanilla ice cream. Meet the Breadettes from 4-6pm. Winking Lizard, Beachwood.

10/16, 4pm-close. BEST OF OHIO BREWERIES. 24 of the

best Ohio brews will be on draft! Check out our Louisiana Shrimp Boil while enjoying a pint of local beer. Bourbon Street Barrel Room, Cleveland.

beer from Marshall Michigan on tap. Listen to metal and hang out with some of the Dark Horse staff. Edison’s Pub, Cleveland.

10/16, 5-7pm. ERIE BREWING COMPANY BEER TASTING.

10/14, 4pm-close. ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Butcher and the Brewer’s Eric Anderson will make his interpretations of Goose Island’s Sofie, Matilda, and Muddy to taste against Goose Island’s signature beers. Butcher and the Brewer, Cleveland.

10/16,

10/14, 5-10pm. BBA PORTER AND CHOCOLATE PAIRING. Our new Threads of Fate Robust Porter, aged in fresh Tom’s Folery Bourbon barrels with vanilla and blueberries, paired masterfully with chocolates. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights. 10/14, 5-11pm. MEAD NIGHT. Some of the best meads from around the world paired with food from a variety of uptown Lakewood retailers. Beer Engine, Lakewood. 10/14, 5-8pm. STONE IRS VERTICALITY WITH SPECIAL GUEST OLD GUARDIAN 2015 ODD YEAR. Vertical flights with Stone IRS 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 plus we’re tapping Old Guardian Extra Hoppy 2015 Odd Year. While supplies last. Winking Lizard, Lakewood. 10/14, 6-8pm. SOUTHERN TIER MEET AND GREET WITH FOOD PAIRINGS. 4 Southern Tier beers including I-90 and a special beer week menu. Tonight, we will have a Southern Tier rep on hand for a tasting and discussion. Free bar snacks included! El Carnicero, Lakewood.

Meet Amanda from Erie Brewing Company and sample Johnny Rails Pumpkin Ale, Railbender, Derailed, and Misery Bay IPA. Cap & Corks, Lakewood. 5-10pm. ALTBIER & SAUCISSON BEER BRAT NIGHT. A brand new version of our Dusseldorf-style Altbier paired with bratwursts made with the same beer. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights.

10/16, 6:30-8pm. FALL SEASONAL BEER TASTING. New

releases and fall seasonal brews, featuring 10 bottle selections and our draft collaboration beers, paired with light appetizers. $10/pp. Heinen’s, Strongsville.

10/16, 6:30-8:30pm. BEER & CHOCOLATE EXTRAVA-

GANZA. Flagship event! Just in time for Sweetest Day, we’re featuring a fabulous showcase of craft beers from top breweries and artisanal chocolates. Enjoy this interactive, walk-around event while discovering your favorite pairings. Advance tickets required at $40/person for 20 beer samples and chocolate samples. Get tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek.org. Heinen’s Downtown, Cleveland.

10/16, 7-11pm. Choose Young’s Double Chocolate, Well’s

Banana Bread Beer or Well’s Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale over vanilla ice cream for a delicious float for adults. Meet the Breadettes from 7-9pm. Winking Lizard, Bedford Heights.

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10/16, 7-11pm. BREWERY FOOD FIGHT. Judge as Mi-

chael Fisher from Heavy Seas and Pam Matousek from Breckenridge go head to head to see who has the best beer pairing during this 4-course event. Tickets are $40/ person. Contact Ballantine to make your reservation. Ballantine, Willoughby.

10/16, 8pm-close. SMUTTLABS LABORATORY OF LIBA-

TIONS. Smuttlabs are Smuttynose’s line of experimental brews including rare, hard to find, collaborations, barrelaged, and just all-around off the wall beers. Wear your lab coats and hard hats for a crazy night of creative beer drinking. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

10/17, 10am-2pm. A VERY SPECIAL FOUNDERS BRUNCH. Featuring many Founders beers and brunch by The Grocery. CBS (5oz) tickets will go on sale day of only at 10am in the brewhouse (1 per person), and will be tapped at 1pm. Spectra Trifecta will be tapped at 2pm with no ticket needed. Platform Beer Co., Cleveland.

10/17, 11am-close. “PUCKER UP” SOUR SESSION. Slaap-

mutske Flemish Sour Sat, Great Divide 21st Anny, Cuvee de Jacobins Rouge, Elgoods Coolship #3 Lambic, Victory Sour Monkey, Bells Wild One, Cleveland Falchen Oben Berliner, Goose Island Lolita, and more. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

10/17,

noon-4pm. BEER, CHEESE, AND CHOCOLATE SWEETEST DAY. Collaboration beers paired with artisan cheeses and chocolates. Heinen’s Aurora, Avon, Bainbridge, Bay Village, Brecksville, Chardon, Downtown, Hudson and Mayfield.

10/13,

6:30-9pm. BOTTLEHOUSE BEER DINNER. 4-course beer dinner featuring Bottlehouse brews and chef’s culinary creations. Reservations only, $40/person. Graffitti, Cleveland.

10/13, 6:30-9pm. GREEN FLASH BEER DINNER. 5-course

One entry per day, per person. Entries accepted 10/9 at 7:01pm until 10/17 at 1:45pm. Drawing to be held on 10/17 at 2pm. Must be present to win! Brew Kettle, Strongsville.

10/09-10/18. TROEGS ANCHOR BAR WITH SCRATCH

meal with 6 courses of beer. Seating is limited to 40. $60 with tip/gratuity included. Fat Head’s Saloon, North Olmsted.

BEER. All Week long, experience some of Troegs Flagship beers along with Scratch Beer! Meet the brewery on Sunday Oct 11 from 7-9 and Saturday Oct 17 from 7-9. Video play is free for customers. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, Lakewood.

10/15, 6-9pm. BOTTLEHOUSE BEER DINNER. 5-course tasting menu featuring 4 beers, 1 mead and 1 signature cocktail from The BottleHouse. $60. Sterle’s Country House, Cleveland.

10/10, 4-7pm. BEAT THE BREWERY REPS. Beat brewery reps from Fat Head’s, Alltech, Heavy Seas and Breckenridge. Play a round against them on their favorite game and win various trinkets and enjoy some delicious beers. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, Lakewood.

10/15, 6-9pm. LAGER HEADS DINNER. 5 beers paired with small plates designed by the Club’s culinary team. Open to members and guests. $19.95/pp plus tax. RSVP at 216-241-1272 or contactus@theclubatkeycenter.com. The Club at Key Center, Cleveland. 10/15, 6:30-9:30pm. BROWNS FANS CLAMBAKE. Enjoy a

festive Cleveland clambake paired with Great Lakes beers and enter for your chance to win tickets to the Monday Night Browns game vs Baltimore Ravens! $35, reservations required, call Fahrenheit at (216) 781-8858. Fahrenheit, Cleveland.

10/11, 1-4pm. SKEE BALL TOURNAMENT WITH DOGFISH HEAD. Test your skee ball skills while enjoying Dogfish Head beers. Prizes to be won! Dive Bar, Cleveland. 10/12, 7:30-10pm. BBA YORKSHIRE OLDE ALE THEMED TRIVIA. 12-month Bourbon Barrel-aged version of our Yorkshire Olde Ale, celebrated with a special beer week themed Trivia from Forest City Trivia! BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights.

10/12, 8-11pm. LEFT HAND INVADES MARIO MONDAYS. Join Jeff from Left Hand while he invades our Mario Kart Tournament. With great brews from Left hand and swag for winner! Side Quest, Lakewood.

10/15, 7-9pm. COLLABORATION DINNER: BUTCHER & THE BREWER AND DESTIHL BREWERY. 4 courses paired with beers from both breweries as well as their collaboration. $55/person before tax and gratuity. Butcher and the Brewer, Cleveland.

10/13, 4:20-7pm. YAPPY HOUR WITH LAGUNITAS. Bring

OLD CITY SODA. Brunch and a plethora of Boulevard beers and limited one offs. Make your own Radler with Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat and your choice of flavored Old City Soda! Town Hall, Cleveland.

10/15, 7-9pm. ELEVATOR BEER DINNER. 3 courses paired with 3 Elevator Brews for $30/pp. Purchase tickets at 216-664-5696. Merwin’s Wharf, Cleveland.

10/13,

10/17, noon-11pm. STONE BREWING AND TACOS. Lots

10/15, 11am-close. “AS YOU GO” MINI BEER DINNER WITH VICTORY. Amazing food paired with world class beers. Cameron Russell will be on hand between 4-7pm to talk all things Victory. Fat Head’s Saloon, North Olmsted.

10/17, noon-2pm. BOULEVARD FEATURE BRUNCH WITH

of special beers and great creations from the kitchen, designed to pair with Stone beers. Barrio, Lakewood.

10/17, 5-10pm. SOUTHERN TIER TAP TAKEOVER. 14 dif-

ferent beers from Southern tier Brewery and a special beer week menu. Meet and greet from 5-8pm plus glassware giveaways, while supplies last. A Bar + Kitchen, Cleveland.

10/18, 8am-1pm. BROWNS VS. BRONCOS TAILGATE. Flagship event! The mother of all tailgates with Great Lakes and Oskar Blues beer, a Tito’s Bloody Mary bar, and food truck lunch. $25/person includes lunch ticket, 4 pints, and 1 Bloody Mary. Does NOT include tickets to the game or parking. Children permitted with ticketed adult. Get tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek.org. Huntington Surface Lot at the County Courthouse, Cleveland. 10/18, 10am-3pm. BELGIAN BRUNCH. No tickets needed

for this a la carte menu where beers will be paired with brunch items on the suggestion of servers.Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

10/18,

10am-11pm. STOUT BREAKFAST. Nurse your Brewzilla hangover with a special brunch menu paired with big boozy stouts. Pay as you go. Beer Engine, Lakewood.

10/18, 1-6pm. BEER WEEK RECOVERY BEER AND BACON

FLIGHT. Bean Me Up with Oreo Bacon, Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Zeus Juice with Maple Pecan Bacon and Spooky Tooth with Sea Salt Caramel Bacon. Fat Heads Brewery and Tap House, Middleburg Heights.

BEER DINNERS 10/12,

7-10pm. WHO PAIRS BETTER?. Chefs Michael Nowak and Adam Lambert will battle to see which chef reigns supreme during this 4-course dinner paired with Goose Island beers. $40/person, limited to 20 patrons. Black Pig, Cleveland.

10/17, 4-8pm. SPRECHER CLAMBAKE. Traditional clam-

bake with beer incorporated as the cooking ingredients. Sterle’s Bier Garden beers with a special release of Sprechers 30th Anniversary Belgian Quad XII, Grapefruit Radler, Hefe Weiss and Pub Brown Ale. Doors open at 4pm, clambake served from 6-7pm. $30/person, advance tickets required. Sterle’s Country House, Cleveland.

BEER CRAWLS 10/09, 7-10pm. COLLABORATION KICKOFF. Our offi-

cial opening ceremony! Featuring 8 small-batch collaboration beers brewed just for us and only available together on draft for this event. Pick up your passport and walk to neighborhood bars to taste all beers. Advance tickets required at $25/person. Neighborhoods featured are Lakewood, Tremont, Ohio City, East 4th, Flats, and downtown Willoughby. Get tickets at www. clevelandbeerweek.org.

10/16, 4-10pm. FOURTH STREET FANFARE. Fat Head’s, Bell’s, Founder’s, Green Flash, Jackie O’s and Revolution parade up and down 4th street having a good time. One brewery/beer at each bar starting at Corner Alley at 4pm, Barrio at 5pm, Pickwick and Frolic at 6pm, Flannerys at 7pm, Society at 8pm, Wonderbar at 9pm, and Butcher & the Brewer at 10pm. Costumes are encouraged.

CONTESTS/GAMES 10/09-10/17.

CLEVELAND BEER WEEK WRAP UP RAFFLE. Every Day during CBW, stop in and enter to win a complimentary Brew Session, 2 floor seats to an upcoming Cavs home game, or an official TBK Brewer’s shirt!

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out your favorite 4-legged best friend! We’ll have some tasty suds pouring from Lagunitas and any donation gets you Lagunitas schwag! Tremont Tap House, Cleveland. 6-11pm. BEER TRIVIA WITH STONE. Join Travis from Stone for some specialty beers and trivia. Jolly Scholar, Cleveland.

10/13, 7-11pm. DOGFISH HEAD FEATURING MR. POTATO

10/15, 7-11pm. BOULDER TAKES OVER TRIVIA NIGHT. Trivia with a special round involving beer. With Dragonhosen Nitro, Shake Nitro, and rarities Cork and Berry and Barrel Aged Midnight Delight. Order a Boulder Shake and keep the glass. Trivia starts at 8. Side Quest, Lakewood. 10/15, 7:30-10pm. BBA CHERRY VANILLA MEAD WITH BREWERY BINGO. First time release with Bingo/Trivia hybrid by Forest City Trivia. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights. 10/15, 10pm-midnight. BOWLING WITH BALLAST POINT. San Diego exclusives including Grunion, Sculpin, Grapefruit Sculpin, Pescadero Pils and Dorado Double IPA! Compete for the highest score to win prizes. ABC Tavern Uptown, Cleveland. 10/16, 6-10pm. NORTH COUNTRY PONG TOURNAMENT. Join Donnie from North Country for a 7pm pong tournament and North Country beers. Take home some swag, while supplies last. Beerhead Bar & Eatery, Cleveland.

10/16, 10pm-midnight. BOWLING WITH TROEGS. Give

your best roll to win a Troegs prize pack while enjoying some Troegs favorites and scratch beers! ABC Tavern, Cleveland.

HEALTH & FITNESS 10/11, 8:30am-noon. THE GREAT BEER CHASE 5K. Flagship event! 5K run/walk starts and ends at Great Lakes. Registration includes finisher medal, t-shirt, pint of award-winning beer, and a chance to compete with GLBC-themed pace runners. $30 until Oct. 1, $35 until Oct 9, $40 race day. During this event, the GLBC pub/restaurant will be open, a rare Sunday treat! Get tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek.org. Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland.

HEAD RACES. Come join Justin from Dogfish Head and his bracket tournament of Mr. Potato Head Races. Winner will get some Dogfish Head swag. Side Quest, Lakewood.

IN-BREWERY EVENT

10/13, 11am-close. CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY. Featuring 15 different breweries and giveaways. Beer Engine, Lakewood.

10/09, 7:01-9pm. LIGHT BENDER BLACK IPA RELEASE WITH TOURS. Release of Light Bender Black IPA in draft and bottles at brewery and Heinen’s locations. Tours at brewery from 5-6pm. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights and Heinen’s Aurora, Avon, Bainbridge, Bay Village, Brecksville, Chardon and Downtown.

10/14, 6-9pm. UNITA SKEE-BALL TOURNAMENT. Brews, laughs, and Skee-Ball! Tournament begins at 7pm. Bucket of 4 Uinta cans for $12. Spitfire Saloon, Cleveland. 10/14, 7-11pm. ONSHORE POUR: DIVE BAR. Flagship

event! If you missed Offshore Pour on the Nautica Queen, not to worry! All Premium Beverage Supply’s great craft breweries are taking over 30 handles at Dive Bar for an epic onshore party! Individual Skee Ball tournament to win brewery swag and a 4-pack of tickets to Brewzilla. Advance tickets required at $20/ person for 4 pints, food ticket and entry to Skee Ball tournament (100 spots available). Get tickets at www. clevelandbeerweek.org. Dive Bar, Cleveland.

10/14, 8-10pm. TECMO BOWL TOURNAMENT. Tecmo Tournament on the original Nintendo Entertainment System with Brent Mangan of Brooklyn & Cameron Russell of Victory Brewing Company. Winner and runner-up will get Brooklyn and Victory swag from the brewery. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, Lakewood. 10/15, 5-11pm. PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST. Dress up

in your best costume! $15 gets you a pumpkin and a pint. Carving tools will be provided. Tickets available at Beer Engine, space limited. Beer Engine, Lakewood.

10/15, 5-10pm. SCHMELTZAGGEDON. Featuring collabo-

ration brew SCHMELZEN Rye Kolsch. Melt crew will serve their famous Parmageddon Melt. Platform/Melt inspired Trivia for the chance to win a Month of Melt and Platform Schwag Basket! Trivia starts at 7pm; preregister on eventbrite. Platform Beer Co., Cleveland.

10/10, 1-10pm. FAT HEAD’S/GREEN FLASH/CORNERSTONE COLLABORATION TAPPING. Featuring Three Badgered Brewers, our Cleveland Beer Week Collaboration Beer. Tours of the brewery are free at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Fat Heads Brewery and Tap House, Middleburg Heights. 10/11, 1-7pm. PUMPKIN BEER EXTRAVAGANZA. Get your

first taste of Pumpkin Chucker Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Spooky Tooth and Red Wine Barrel Aged Spooky Tooth. Fat Heads Brewery and Tap House, Middleburg Heights.

10/11, 2-10pm. REVIVAL TEA MEAD #3 AND KEEP THE GLASS. Our third collaboration with Hingetown’s Cleveland Tea Revival is a mead with Indian Tulsi added. Free BottleHouse Meadery logo glass with purchase. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights. 10/12, 11am-close. JUNGLE JUICED HEADHUNTER IPA

TAPPING. Tapping a keg of Citrus Spiked Jungle Juiced Headhunter IPA. Fat Head’s Saloon, North Olmsted.

10/13, 6pm-close. CASK NIGHT AT WILLOUGHBY. Brew-

ers on hand with cask conditioned beers, including some very special treats not to be found anywhere else, while supplies last. Willoughby Brewing Company, Willoughby.

10/14, 4-9pm. WET HOPPED WEDNESDAY. Get a sip of Wet Hopped Trail Head and Hop Stalker Fresh Hop IPA. Fat Heads Brewery and Tap House, Middleburg Heights.

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10/17, 1-10pm. TAP HOUSE 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY. With specialty tapping’s including some of our barrel aged offerings like Citra Hopstalker and more. Free tours at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Featuring Austin Walkin Cane from 6:30pm-9:30pm. Fat Heads Brewery and Tap House, Middleburg Heights.

MUSIC 10/11, noon-5:30pm. BLUEGRASS BREW BASH. Flag-

ship event! We’re taking over Main Street at Crocker Park with top local and national acts for a day of jamming, craft brews, Woodford Reserve bourbon tasting station, and popular food trucks. Performing are Boy=Girl, Thor Platter, and this year TWO special headlining acts, Vickie Vaughn Band and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper! $20/person includes festival entry and five tasting tickets that can be used for craft beer or Bourbon. Get tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek. org. Crocker Park, Westlake.

10/15-10/16. GOOSE

ISLAND ROCKTOBERFEST. Two days with Welshly Arms. On 10/15 featuring American Scarecrows and Uptight Sugar. On 10/16 featuring The Commonwealth and Corduroy Season. With Goose Island specials on draft and in cans. $12 for one day; $18 for two. Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland.

PINT NIGHTS/FEATURE BREWERY 10/09-10/10.

TAPPING OF THE PUMPKIN. Featuring Alltech Lexington’s exclusive Jack O Lantern snifters. Tapping on 10/9 and offering through 10/10, while supplies last. B Spot Eton, Strongsville and Westlake.

10/09-10/18. BELLS SATELLITE BREW PUB. 12 Bell’s beers on tap all week including core, seasonal, and specialty beers. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18.

BREWERY TRIFECTA. Founders, Green Flash, and Fat Heads feature on draft all week! Cantine, Broadview Heights.

10/09-10/18. WEST COAST TAKE OVER WITH GREEN

FLASH AND ALPINE. Week-long takeover including classics like West Coast IPA and a bunch of rarities and limited brews. City Tap, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18. STONE COMES TO BARRIO. Eight beers on draft all week, with a food pairing on Saturday. Barrio Downtown, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18. FLYING DOG SATELLITE PUB. 4 beers on tap and a variety of bottles all week. Becky’s, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18. THE GARGOYLE LANDS AT BARRIO. Fea-

turing select Stone brews all week including the only keg of Nitro Smoked Porter in OH. On 10/16, Travis Sessions from Stone will be in house from 5-8pm. Barrio Tremont, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18.

LAGUNITAS HIGH-JACKS BARRIO’S LAKEWOOD. Week long tap takeover, first 30 who sip Lagunitas each day get a specialty mason jar. Barrio Lakewood, Lakewood.

10/09-10/18. LOGSDON FARM SATELLITE PUB. Bel-

gian-style organic farmhouse ales from Hood River brewing all week. Brick & Barrel, Cleveland.

10/11, 11am-1pm. BELL’S BIRTHDAY BRUNCH AT TOWN HALL. With 10 Bells beer on draft, a magician, clown, and prizes. Town Hall, Cleveland.

10/12, 5pm-close. HEAVY SEAS DROPS ANCHOR. Specialty beers and brewery reps on hand, with $10 pizzas all night. XYZ Tavern, Cleveland.

10/09, 7:01-9pm. DUCLAW TAP TAKEOVER, SWEET BABY JESUS. Many DuClaw products, including Devil’s Milk, Sweet Baby Jesus and a barrel aged Guilty Filthy soul. Mid Town Booths Tavern, Lakewood.

10/11, 11:30am-10pm. REVOLUTION ROCKS. Revolution Brewing and Hero series feature including Anti Hero IPA and Mosaic Hero, with limited keep the glass special. B Spot Woodmere, Strongsville, and Westlake.

10/12, 6pm-close. DOUBLE UP WITH DOUBLE MOUN-

10/09, 7:01-9pm. SOUTHERN TIER TAP FEATURE, KEEP THE GLASS, MEET AND GREET AND TAPPING OF I-90 SPECIAL ALE. Brewery reps and 7 Southern Tier beers on tap including the 2015 version of I-90! Keep the Glass while supplies last. Barrio Downtown, Cleveland.

10/11,

10/09, 7:01-10pm. ANNUAL DOGFISH HEAD KICK-OFF PARTY. Dogfish Head and 8 mainstay and rare beers on tap, including rare Rehobeth pub release. Small plates specials will be paired with the beers, pay as you go. Southside, Cleveland. 10/09, 7:01-10pm. CHIMAY RED, WHITE AND BLUE NIGHT. Grand Reserve, Cinq Cents and Premiere on tap at the same time, while supplies last. Winking Lizard Bedford, Bedford Heights. 10/09, 7:01-11pm. WEIHENSTEPHANER KEEP THE GLASS. Purchase a Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen and keep the Weizen glass, while supplies last. Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, Lakewood. 10/09, 7:01pm-close. BALLAST POINT BREAKS BEER WEEK. 10 different varieties of Ballast Point on on tap including core items, seasonals, specialties and limited offerings. Bier Markt, Cleveland. 10/09, 7:01pm-close. FAT TUESDAY AT NIKO’S. Join the Fat Heads reps for gyros and gulps of your favorite Fat Heads beers plus Jungle Juiced Head Hunter and Pumpkin Chucker. Niko’s, North Royalton.

10/09, 7:01pm-close. FOUNDERS FRIDAY AT MIKE’S. Flights include Blushing Monk, Backwoods Bastard, and CBS, tapped at 8PM. Mike’s Bar & Grille, Berea. 10/10-10/18. LAGUNITAS WEEK. Week long draft feature including PILS, IPA, and Lil Sumpin Sumpin’ Ale which is rarely available on tap. Flannery’s Pub, Cleveland.

10/10, 11am-4pm. MADE IN OH-IO. Celebration of brew-

eries in OH including limited selections, while supplies last. Winking Lizard Beachwood, Bedford Heights, Cleveland Heights, Galleria and Independence.

10/10, 11am-close. GREAT LAKES SAVES BEER WEEK.

Monster 37 tap takeover with Great Lakes including barrel-aged selections, special timed tappings and one-offs. Winking Lizard and Lizardville, Lakewood.

10/10, noon-close. BELL’S RUINS BEER WEEK. Epic tap takeover with Bell’s including special timed tappings and one-offs.Tremont Tap House, Cleveland. 10/10, 4pm-close. SOUTHERN TIER TAKEOVER. 12 tap takeover including Pumking, Warlock, Harvest, Live and I-90. Barrio Lakewood, Lakewood.

noon-close. TROEGS SCRATCH SERIES DRAFT NIGHT. Featuring limited, experimental small-batch beers while supplies. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

10/11, 1-4pm. GRIDIRON REVOLUTION. Revolution Brew-

ing invades with rare drafts and old favorites during the Browns vs. Ravens game. Brewery reps on hand to talk beer. ABC Tavern, Cleveland.

10/12-10/17.

HOME TEAM BREWERY CHALLENGE. Week-long feature to get ready for the Ohio State vs Penn State game with 3 craft beer from both school’s hometowns, North High in Columbus and Troegs in State College. Special glass with their and CBW logos, while supplies last. Buffalo Wild Wings Brooklyn, Fairview Park, Strongsville and Warrensville Heights.

10/12, noon-8pm. HOME TEAM BREWERY FEATURE AND

NORTH HIGH RELEASE. In celebration Ohio State vs. Penn State Game, we are featuring brews from North High and Troegs. Limited edition CBW pint glass with brewery logos, while supplies last. Giant Eagle 117th, Day Drive, Broadview Heights, Legacy Village, Rocky River, Southland and North Olmsted.

10/12,

4-8pm. GET WEIRD AND UNUSUAL WITH SMUTTLABS, ROUND 1. Featuring Smuttlabs, the experimental small batch brewing arm of Smuttynose, and their unusual draft experiments. Winking Lizard Gateway, Cleveland.

10/12,

4-8pm. LAST CALL FOR HAPPY ENDING WITH SWEETWATER. Featuring new brown ale Hash Brown, Take 2 Pils, 420 Pale Ale, Georgia Brown and the limited Happy Ending dry hopped Imperial Stout. Winking Lizard, Bedford Heights.

10/12, 4-8pm. WALK THE PLANK WITH HEAVY SEAS. Play board games and enjoy some beers from Heavy Seas’ special stash! Tabletop, Cleveland.

10/12, 4-11pm. FAT HEAD’S AND GREEN FLASH DRAFT NIGHT. Tap takeover including Fat Head’s and Green Flash collaboration beer. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

Meet the reps and enjoy several beers, with a keep the pint glass special while supplies last. Carney’s Top O’ the Flats, Cleveland.

10/13, 11am-4pm. FAT HEAD’S UNLEASH THE HOPS DRAFT DAY. Taste study of hop varietals with Head Hunter IPA, Hop Fro Pale Ale, Hop Stalker Fresh Hop IPA and Jungle Juice Head Hunter IPA. While supplies last. Winking Lizard Galleria, Cleveland. 10/13, 11am-7pm. A TASTE OF BAVARIA. Flights of Ay-

inger Brauweisse, Oktoberfest, Celebrator and Kirta-Halbe with our soft Bavarian pretzels. Winking Lizard, Lakewood.

10/13,

11am-close. CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY WITH HEIDELBERG DISTRIBUTING. Exclusive kegs from Brooklyn, Deschutes, Rogue, Smuttynose, Thirsty Dog, Uinta, and Victory. Rep be on hand with giveaways and prizes. Beer Engine, Lakewood.

10/13, 11:30am-10pm. GNOME NIGHT. Featuring beers

from Brassiere d’ Achouffe and glassware glassware, while supplies last. B Spot Woodmere, Strongsville and Westlake.

10/13, 4-8pm. CHICAGO BREWERY NIGHT. With Two Brothers Heavy Handed 2015 and Adam Smasher, 5 Rabbits 5 Lizard and Super Pils, and Revolution Anti-Hero and Oktoberfest. Winking Lizard Gateway, Cleveland. 10/13, 4-8pm. CLOWNIN WITH CLOWN SHOES. Clown Shoes draft feature with Billionaire barley wine, Space Cake Imperial IPA, Ohio Unidragon 2014 and more. Limited, while supplies last. Winking Lizard, Bedford Heights. 10/13,

4-9pm. WEST COAST DRAFT NIGHT. California Dreaming draft night with Alpine Nelson IPA, Green Flash Green Bullet Triple IPA and West Coast IPA, Lagunitas Sucks, Dopple-Sticky and Hotside Sourmash DayTime. While they last! Winking Lizard, Independence.

10/12, 4:20pm-close. LAGUNITAS MASON JARS & BUCK-

10/13, 4-11pm. KOSMIC MOTHER FUNK GRAND CRU.

ETS. Watch the Steelers get killed while drinking from a Lagunitas Mason Jar. Football buckets with 5 Lagunitas bottles for $20 bucks! Mike’s Bar & Grille, Berea.

Aged KMF Grand Cru hits us on their 20-city tasting tour. Burntwood Tavern Brecksville, Chagrin Falls, Solon and Rocky River.

10/12,

10/13, 4-11pm. BRECK NIGHT. Featuring Breckenridge

10/13, 4-11pm. GET EVEN MORE WEIRD AND UNUSUAL

10/09-10/18.

10/12, 5-11pm. REVOLUTION FLIGHT NIGHT. Meet Antho-

10/10, 5-11pm. PUMPKIN FEST. Pumpkin ales on tap and pumpkin-related food specials. Featuring Southern Tier Pumking, Southern Tier Warlock, Hoppin’ Frog Frogs Hollow, Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Ace Pumpkin Cider and Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale. Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, Lakewood.

10/12,

TORY!. 12 beers all week long! 10/9 will feature Louisiana Shrimp Boil along with Abita swag, while supplies last. Bourbon Street Barrel Room, Cleveland.

10/12, 10pm-close. LATE NIGHT POUR WITH TROEGS.

10/13, 4-10pm. SOUTHERN TIER I-90 AND KEEP THE GLASS NIGHT. Featuring I-90, 2XStout on Nitro and the seasonal favorite, Pumking. Keep the glass, while supplies last. Parnell’s Pub, Cleveland Heights.

10/10, 4-8pm. STEAL THE PINT WITH DOGFISH HEAD. Meet brewery reps, sample Dogfish Head beers and walk away with a logo glass, while supplies last. Gillespie’s Map Room, Cleveland.

10/09-10/18. LARGEST ABITA TAKEOVER IN OH HIS-

ing Mystic Mama and Firefly, as well as specialties. Wild Goose, Willoughby.

rarities like Paw Paw Wheat and Dark Apparition Imperial Stout. Take home their specialty glass, while supplies last. Plank Road Tavern, Lakewood.

10/09-10/18.

DOUBLE MOUNTAIN SATELLITE PUB. Great beers from Hood River Oregon’s Double Mountain, where our brewer Karl used to brew, on tap and in bottle. Brick & Barrel, Cleveland.

10/12, 7-11pm. JACKIE O’S AND THE GOOSE. Featur-

10/12, 4-11pm. JACKIE O’S PINT NIGHT. Favorites and

10/10, 4pm-close. SOUTHERN TIER’S GREAT EIGHT. 8 tap takeover including Pumking, Warlock, Harvest, Live and I-90. Barrio Downtown, Cleveland.

LAGUNITAS HIGH-JACKS BARRIO’S TREMONT. Lagunitas will be high-jacking 3 handles for the whole week. First 30 who sip Lagunitas each day get a specialty mason jar. Barrio Tremont, Cleveland.

TAIN ON TWO PLAYER TUESDAY. Double Mountain feature with Kolsch and fresh-hopped seasonals Killer Red and Killer Green on draft. Great beers and games! 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, Lakewood.

5pm-close. DOGFISH HEAD FEATURE NIGHT. 4 Dogfish Head beers on tap including rarities and ancient ales. Purchase and take home a Niko’s specialty pint glass, while supplies last. Niko’s, North Royalton.

ny from Revolution and enjoy 6 beers including Flagship Anti Hero IPA, Coup D’etat Saison and special limited releases Mosaic Hero, Gravedigger Billy, Revolution Pils and a barrel aged beer TBA. The Wine Spot, Cleveland Heights.

5-11pm. RHINEGEIST TAP TAKEOVER. Featuring Truth IPA, Ink Imperial Stout, Deuce Imperial Red IPA, Spike Wheat and collaboration brew, ALTerior Motive. Brew Kettle, Strongsville.

Brewery Salted Caramel Vanilla Porter Cask and a Flight of 471 including Double IPA , Barrel Aged 471 Sorachi Ace and Barrel Aged 471 Hull Melon Hop, as well as Breckenridge favorites. Lizardville, Lakewood. WITH SMUTTLABS. Unusual draft experiments including Daily Brett, Kung Fu Hobo, Cherry Short Weisse, Rouge de ‘Shire and Rye Stout. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

10/13, 5-11pm. 3 BREWERY FEATURE. Meet Founders, Green Flash and Fat Heads brewery reps as they take over our taps! Featuring KBS and Founders Blushing Monk, plus Collaboration Ale brewed by Green Flash and Fat Heads just for CBW. Cantine, Broadview Heights.

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and rarities from Jackie O’s, including tapping of Ohio Pale Ale at 5pm, BBA Dark Apparition and BBA Brick Kiln Barley Wine at 7pm. Meet Katie from the brewery and keep the pint glass while supplies last. Brew Kettle, Strongsville.

10/13, 6-8pm.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TASTING. 6 beers each from Boulder Brewing and Left Hand. Meet Boulder’s Chicken Dan and Jeff from Left Hand. $20/pp including beer samples, complimentary apps and brewery pint glass. Space is limited, call (440) 582-8766. Royal Park Royalton, North Royalton.

10/13, 7-9pm. SIERRA NEVADA TAKES OVER. Featuring Whiskey Barrel Aged Bigfoot, Ovila Golden with Pomegranates and others. Rep Lairdy Lee will be here with giveaways! Brew Garden, Middleburg Heights.

10/13,

8-11pm. BUCKEYE BREW BRAWL. Mario Kart tournament and have two Jackie O’s beers available on tap. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, Lakewood.

10/14, 11am-6pm. CAN YOU HANDLE THE RANDALL? Join Dogfish Head for a beer infusion and draft feature with Indian Brown Ale through whole coffee beans and Punkin Ale through cinnamon and vanilla bean. Plus rare Choc Lobster! Winking Lizard, Bedford Heights. 10/14, 11am-8pm. FLOYDS! FLOYDS! FLOYDS. Our first

Three Floyds feature with four drafts on tap, while supplies last. Winking Lizard Gateway, Cleveland.

10/14, 11am-close. PUMPKIN CHUCKER PUMKIN LATTE

STOUT TAPPING. Keg of Fat Head’s Pumpkin Chucker Stout transformed into a Pumpkin Latte-inspired stout. Fat Head’s Saloon, North Olmsted.

10/14, 7-10pm. WET YOUR WHISTLE WEDNESDAY. Enjoy Fat Head’s beers with brewery folks including Jungle Juiced Head Hunter, Head Hunter, Hop Stalker and Pumpkin Chucker. XYZ Tavern, Cleveland. 10/14, 7pm-close. BRECKENBARREL BASH. Purchase a Breckenridge Brewery or Alltech Beer and keep the specialty glass from each brewery, while supplies last. Brew Garden, Middleburg Heights. 10/15, 11am-8pm. MORE FLOYDS! FLOYDS! FLOYDS!. If you couldn’t make it to our first event, stop by here for more Floyds. Winking Lizard, Cleveland Heights.

10/15, 11:30am-10pm. BANK ON THE TANK. Featuring Boulevard Tank 7 farmhouse ale and brewery logo glass, while supplies last. B Spot Woodmere, Strongsville and Westlake. 10/15, noon-close. ABITA AND GREEN FLASH PINT NIGHT. Brews from both breweries and a keep the glass feature while supplies last. Gillespie’s Map Room, Cleveland. 10/15, 2pm-close. KOSMIC MOTHER FUNK NIGHT. Sam Adams’ Kosmic Mother Funk (KMF) Grand Cru is on the road and we’ve got it along with Grumpy Monk, Verloren, and Three Weiss Men. Lincoln Tap House, Cleveland. 10/15, 4-9pm. SCRATCH THE LIZARD WITH TROEGS. Featuring Scratch 194 Gose, Scratch 195 Double IPA, Scratch 202 Pale Lager and Scratch 205 Fest Beer. Winking Lizard Gateway, Cleveland.

10/14, 4-11pm. KOSMIC MOTHER FUNK NIGHT. For the second year, Sam Adams is taking Kosmic Mother Funk (KMF) Grand Cru on the road for a 20-city tasting tour and we’ve got it. Barrio Downtown, Lakewood and Tremont.

10/15, 4-11pm. PUCKER UP WITH NEW BELGIUM. New Belgium sours including La Folie 2015, Eric’s Ale, Love Apple Oscar and Love Peach Oscar. Winking Lizard, Lakewood.

10/14, 5-11pm. LAGUNITAS SPECIALTY TAPPING AND PINT NIGHT. 2 different specialty beers from Lagunitas, plus IPA and PILS, with a keep the glass special while supplies last. McGinty’s Pub, Lakewood. 10/14, 5-11pm. SOUTHERN TIER PINT NIGHT AT MERRY ARTS. Featuring 2XIPA, Harvest and I-90 on draft and a keep the glass promo, while supplies last. Merry Arts, Lakewood. 10/14, 5-11pm. SNOBS TAP TAKEOVER. Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers 25th Anniversary celebration with all 10 collaborations on tap and brewers on hand. TBK pint glass while supplies last. Brew Kettle, Strongsville. 10/14, 5pm-close. BELL’S BREWERY FEATURE AND PINT NIGHT. Mini tap takeover and keep the glass, featuring flagships and specialties. Mike’s Bar & Grille, Berea. 10/14, 5pm-close. STONE BREWING NIGHT. 4 Stone Brewing beers on draft including 19th Anniversary Thunderstruck IPA and Stone Enjoy By IPA 10.31.15. Complimentary Niko’ s Pint Glass, while supplies last. Niko’s, North Royalton.

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limited releases, vintages, sours and more from Goose Island. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

10/15, 4-11pm. NEW HOLLAND NIGHT. Featuring drafts from New Holland. Lizardville, Lakewood.

10/14, 5-11pm. KWAKTOBERFEST. Have a glass of Kwak and chat with brewery reps about this delicious beer and it’s famous glass. Bier Markt, Cleveland.

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10/15, 4-11pm. GOOSE ISLAND NIGHT. Showcase of

10/14, 4-8pm. GET WEIRD AND UNUSUAL WITH SMUTTLABS, ROUND 2. Featuring Smuttlabs, the experimental small batch brewing arm of Smuttynose, and their unusual draft experiments. Winking Lizard, Independence.

10/14, 5-11pm. HEAVY SEAS SAILS TO UPTOWN. Featuring special beers from their treasure chest and reps on hand. ABC Tavern Uptown, Cleveland.

Thursday, Oct. 15 “5 COURSE BEER DINNER WITH BOTTLEHOUSE BREWERY”

10/15, 5pm-close. TROEGS BREWERY FEATURE AND KEEP THE PINT GLASS. Mini tap takeover and keep the glass, featuring flagships and specialties while supplies last. Mike’s Bar & Grille, Berea. 10/15, 5pm-close. FIRKIN TAPPING WITH LONG TRAIL BREWING. Meet Long Trail’s rep and try some rare offerings including a firkin of Limbo IPA and the Rare SMaSH Project. A Bar + Kitchen, Cleveland. 10/15, 6pm-close. VANDER MILL AND REVOLUTION NIGHT. Ciders from Vander Mill and brews from Revolution Brewing. Meet Anthony from Revolution and Alexa from Vander Mill. Town Hall, Cleveland. 10/15, 7-10pm. PINT NIGHT WITH BRENT OF BROOKLYN. Join Brent from Brooklyn Brewery for pint night and glass giveaways, while supplies last. Mullarkey’s, Willoughby. 10/15,

7-11pm. B. UNITED LIMITED RELEASES. Extremely rare selections on draft and Midwest manager Dave Frost will be on hand. La Cave du Vin, Cleveland Heights.

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10/16, 11am-8pm. FOUNDERS HEAVY DUTY DRAFT DAY. Featuring Founders and their Breakfast Stout 2014 and 2015, Blushing Monk, and new Nitro Oatmeal Stout. Winking Lizard Galleria, Cleveland.

10/09, 7:01-9pm. CANTILLON AND TROIS DAMES FLIGHT NIGHT. Enjoy world class sour beers from Belgium and Switzerland, while supplies last. Lizardville, Lakewood.

10/16, 11:30am-10pm. JACKIE O’S PINT NIGHT. Jackie

10/09, 7:01-10pm. ALLTECH SHOT AND A BEER NIGHT.

10/16, 3-11pm. DOGFISH HEAD AND ALLTECH DRAFT

10/09, 10pm-close. AVERY RAJA DOUBLE IPA TAPPING. First tapping of Avery Raja Double IPA ever in Cleveland, with reps on hand. The Treehouse, Cleveland.

O’s Mystic Mama in it’s correct glassware and special tappings at each location. B Spot Woodmere, Strongsville and Westlake.

NIGHT. Featuring ultra rare one-off collaborative beer aged in Alltech Lexington’s barrels, the only time available outside KY. Randall event infusing Palo and IBA with whiskey soaked wood chips and other goodies. With Justin of Dogfish and Thomas of Alltech Lexington. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

10/16, 5-11pm. BARREL AGED BOTTLE RELEASE. An extensive barrel aged bottle release from breweries near and far. Lizardville, Lakewood. 10/16, 4-8pm. INTRODUCING THE LADIES OF GOOSE

ISLAND. Featuring Sofie, Gillian and Lolita. Winking Lizard, Independence.

10/10, 4pm-close. THE BUZZ ABOUT MEAD. 3 selections

10/16, 6-9pm. SWEET BABY JESUS IT’S DUCLAW NIGHT.

10/11, 10am-9pm. RIVERTOWN SOUR FEST. Meet Tylor

10/16, 7-11pm. FOUR STRING TAP TAKEOVER. Meet Matt with Four String and enjoy a 10 beer tap takeover. Music Box Supper Club, Cleveland.

10/11, 11am-3pm. BOULEVARD SMOKESTACK SERIES

10/17,

5-11pm. LAGUNITAS MASON JAR NIGHT. Purchase any Lagunitas beer on draft and keep the mason jar while supplies last. Year rounds plus beers from 2015 OneHitter Series. Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, Lakewood.

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experimenting with sour beers and we’re proud to share this, our 3rd Kettle Sour made with ingredients from local farmers and local maltsters. This Cherry Gose is made in a traditional style which includes corriander and salt. The wort aimed for a 5.0% ABV, but since it’s fermenting

local

cherries, the fermentable sugars may take it up to nearly 6%.

Hill from Rivertown and try flights of their sours including Kreik, Lambic, and Ojos Negros. Vintage bottles are 2011 Pestilence, 2011 Ville de Rivere Geuze, and 2012 Triumvirate. While supplies last. Beer Engine, Lakewood.

FLIGHTS. Flights of Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, The Sixth Glass Belgian Strong Dark Ale and limited release Love Child No. 5 while supplies last. Winking Lizard, Lakewood.

10/11, noon-6pm. VICORY TAILGATE. Browns vs. Ravens party with burgers, bratwurst, ravens wings, great Victory beer and cornhole. Win two tickets to Browns vs. Broncos game, a men’s and women’s authentic jersey, and food/ beverage for 2 at exclusive Victory Tailgate Party before the game! Every time you buy a Victory beer, you will receive an entry. Drawing at 4pm. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland. 10/11, 3-5pm. MEET & GREET WITH TITUS OVERTURF OF ROGUE. Tasting of their portfolio paired with unique cheeses. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights.

10/10, 2-10pm. BBA LOCKTENDER WITH BEER WRITER RICK ARMON. Release of 12-month BBA version of Locktender Imperial Stout on draft and numbered 22oz bottles. With guest Rick Armon, beer blogger and staff writer for the Akron Beacon Journal and author of “Ohio Breweries” and the upcoming “50 Must-Try Craft Beers of Ohio,” at 8pm. BBA Locktender tapped at 2pm, 2 per customer. BottleHouse Brewing Company, Cleveland Heights.

10/12, 4-11pm. MEET THE THREE BADGERED BREW-

10/14, 5-8pm. BOTANICAL GARDENS HOPPY HOUR. Learn about hops and horticulture with, as well as making Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, with Steve Forman of Great Lakes and garden staff. Non-member $5 after 5pm. $4 per beer, $6 for flight. Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland. 10/09, 7:01-9pm. AVERY SOUR FLIGHTS. Featuring Cabernet sauvignon aged Tectum et Elix, Insula multos Collibus aged in bourbon barrel with cherries, tequila barrel aged Fortuna, while supplies last. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

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from Crafted and B. Nektar. Flights available and meet the reps at 5:30pm. Platform Beer Co., Cleveland.

TALKS/ EDUCATIONAL

TASTINGS/MEET-N-GREETS

10/10, noon-close. MILLERSBURG FEATURE. Meet the brewers and Midnight in the Flats, an Imperial Black Wheat IPA collaboration brewed by Brick & Barrel and Millersburg. Brick & Barrel, Cleveland.

10/16, 5pm-close. BALLAST POINT TAP TAKEOVER. Featuring all your favorite beers from Ballast Point. La Cave du Vin, Cleveland Heights.

10/17-10/18. BOOT AND MUG WEIHENSTEPHANER WEEKEND. The iconic boots and mugs will be for sale, filled with Hefe Weizen, while supplies last. B Spot Woodmere, Strongsville and Westlake.

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10/10, noon-3pm. FOUNDER’S AT ROZI’S. Tasting event with Justin and KBS, Founder’s Imperial Stout and Founder’s Breakfast Stout. Rozi’s Wine House, Lakewood.

10/10, 1-3pm. TROEGS BEER SAMPLING. Jim from Troegs walks you through year-round beers and Hop Cycle series. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights.

A number of their selections including Devil’s Milk Barley Wine, Neon Gypsy and BA Guilty Filthy Soul. Brew Garden, Middleburg Heights.

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10/10, noon-2pm. LONG TRAIL BEER TASTING. Meet the Long Trail Rep and try their fall seasonals. Market District, Solon.

10/16, 5-11pm. SOUTHERN TIER PUMKING AND WAR-

LOCK GOBLET GIVE-AWAY. Purchase a Pumking or Warlock and keep the goblet while supplies last. Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, Lakewood.

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Enjoy a sample of Town Branch Bourbon, a Kentucky Ale and a glass of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale in a Alltech snifter, while supplies last. Winking Lizard Beachwood and Cleveland Heights.

ER’S BITCHES!. Meet reps from Fat Head’s, Green Flash and Cornerstone and try the CBW collaboration beer and others. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

10/12, 5-7pm. BRECKENRIDGE BEER & CHEESE PAIRING. Tasting of IPA’s, Porters, Stouts and a special release of Barrel Aged 72 Imperial along with cheeses. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights.

10/12, 5-11pm. SNOBS COLLABORATION TAP TAKEOVER. Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers 25th anniversary takeover with their 10 collaboration beers and brewers in the house. Beer Engine, Lakewood. 10/12, 6-9:30pm. OFFSHORE POUR. Flagship event! Set sail on a 2.5 hour cruise on Lake Erie with 15 of the best craft breweries in the world. Meet the brewery reps and enjoy their beers on this fun-filled excursion. $45/person includes 20 drink tickets and light appetizers. Purchase tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek.org. Nautica Queen, Cleveland.

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@ the brew garden | 7-9 p.m. wednesday, october 14 meet brewery reps pam from breckenridge & tommy from alltech Beers available on tap Breckenridge Nitro Vanilla Porter, Agave Wheat, and BA 471 IPA w/ Hull Melon Hops. Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale, and Kentucky White Ale. Purchase either a Breckenridge or Alltech Draft and keep a complimentary brewery glass. while supplies last. cavalier distributing | cavbeer.com | @cavbeeroh

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SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, Nov. 21 7-10 pm

CHRISTMAS BEER and CIDER TASTING at the

10/12, 6-10pm. LONG TRAIL NIGHT. Meet their rep and

10/15, 3-5pm. MEET & GREET WITH GREG MOHLER OF MT. CARMEL. Featuring a line up of their beers. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights.

10/12, 6pm-close. #BECAUSENUTSMASHER. Special tapping of latest batch of Nut Smasher Imperial Stout and a number of one-off beers on the guest taps. Willoughby Brewing Company, Willoughby.

10/15, 4-6pm. ERIE BREWING COMPANY TASTING. Meet

try some Limbo IPA, Long Trail Ale, Imperial Pumpkin, and Double Bag. Brick & Barrel, Cleveland.

10/12,

8pm-close. MOVIE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE WITH DESTIHL. Enjoy DESTIHL beer watch The Jerk with featured beer Weissenhiemer Hefeweizen and by Stripes with featured beer Hoperation Overload. Free popcorn and brewery swag, with movie theater gift card giveaways. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

10/13, 3-5pm. MEET & GREET WITH TIM OWENS OF UINTA. Featuring beers from Uinta paired with unique cheeses. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights.

10/13, 4-11pm. ANDERSON VALLEY NIGHT. Bottle re-

leases, limited drafts and more from Anderson Valley. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

Watch For Further Details!

10/13, 6-10pm. GOOSE FLIGHT NIGHT. 4 Goose Island

10/15, 5-10pm. DEAGAN’S STOUT NIGHT. Enjoy the widest variety and the most sought after Stouts available in Ohio. Many reps will be on hand to mingle with and talk beer. Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, Lakewood.

brews in a flight with small plate pairings. Mellow Mushroom, Rocky River.

10/13,

7-9pm. EXPERIMENTALLY YOURS, BROOKLYN. Flights of Brooklyn’s Quarterly Experiment, bottle conditioned beers including K is for Kriek, Cuvee Noire and Intensified Coffee Porter. While supplies last. Winking Lizard, Cleveland Heights.

10/15, 5-11pm. CAVALIER DISTRIBUTING TAP TAKEOVER. Raise a pint and rub elbows with reps from Arrogant Bastard, Heavy Seas, Dogfish, Fat Heads, Original Sin, Boulevard, Jackie O’s, Alltech and more. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

10/14, 3-5pm. MEET & GREET WITH MARK CONTI OF

10/15, 6-8pm. BEER TASTING WITH AVERY AND CLOWN

10/14, 4-7pm. SMOLDERING SOIREE WITH NEW BELGIUM AND FAT HEAD’S. Join brewery representatives from Fat Head’s and New Belgium, drink rare beers and learn a bit more about future collaborations. Forage Public House, Lakewood. 10/14, 5-7pm. HOPS AND SOURS. Meet Double Mountain and sample a variety of fresh hopped brews and rare sour beers including Killer Red, Killer Green, Tahoma Kriek, Peche Mode, and Devils Kriek. $10/pp at the door. Heinen’s, Pepper Pike. 10/14, 5-9pm. LEFT HAND AT XYZ. Meet the crew and

enjoy Left Hand beers on draft, including new offerings. XYZ Tavern, Cleveland.

10/14, 6-8pm. MEET THE BREWMASTER AND SPECIAL BEER RELEASE. Behind the scenes at Portside with brewmaster Dan Malz, with release of Ghost Ship BBA Imperial Stout. Portside Brewery, Cleveland. 10/14, 6-8pm. SIERRA NEVADA MEET AND GREET. Lairdy Lee will talk about the beers and sample their Ales and Lagers. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights. 10/14, 6pm-close. BREW VIEW BBQ. Enjoy the rooftop view, a delicious plate of BBQ, and pours from Thirsty Dog, Buckeye, Lagerheads, and Atwater breweries. Plus buildyour-own six packs. $24/pp for Music Box VIP Members and $28/pp for general public. Music Box Supper Club, Cleveland. 10/14, 10pm-close. SHIPWRECKED: THE OFFICIAL ON

AND OFF-SHORE POUR AFTER PARTY. Whether you made it on the Nautica Queen for Offshore Pour or hit up the Onshore Pour, join us for the official after party. Meet and hang out with brewery reps and brewers from 20 top breweries and try a variety of core, seasonal and specialty offerings. Tremont Tap House, Cleveland.

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10/15, 4:30pm-close. COLLABORATION NIGHT WITH LEFT HAND AND DE’PROEF FEATURING WEKKEN. Try Wekken Sour, brewed with Left Hand’s Wake Up Dead Russian Imperial Stout and De Proef’s Zoetzuur Flanders Red style. We will be feature this special brew with several other offerings. Meet Scott From Artisinal Imports and Jeffrey from Left Hand. While supplies last. Bier Markt, Cleveland. 10/15, 5-7pm. TROEGS AND NORTH HIGH. Meet brewery reps and try 3 selections from each. With special pint glass featuring brewery logos, while supplies last. Buffalo Wild Wings, Brooklyn.

HIGHLAND. Taste a beer from Asheville’s first legal brewery that was established in 1994. Whole Foods Cedar Center, University Heights.

10/15, 4-9pm. BELLS BREWERY 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Celebrate this milestone with reps and try Two Hearted Ale, Octoberfest, Best Brown, Hell Hath No Fury and 30th Anniversary. Winking Lizard Independence, Independence.

10/13,

6-8pm. VICTORY NIGHT. Meet Cameron from Victory and try their rarities like Cage Radler, Liberty Bell Ringer IIPA and St. Boisterous Hellerbock. He’ll have swag, too.Mike’s Bar & Grille, Berea.

Proceeds benefitting The Ronald McDonald House

Amanda from Erie and sample several beers. Wine Brew and More, North Olmsted.

SHOES. Light appetizers and 6 beers from each brewery with reps on hand. Specialty bottle releases from both breweries. $25/flight, supplies are limited. Royal Park, North Royalton.

10/15, 6-9pm. BEERMUDA TRIANGLE. Featuring beers

from Willoughby Brewing, JAFB, and Columbus Brewing Company. Fat Heads Brewery and Tap House, Middleburg Heights.

10/15, 6-10pm. SOUR HOUR. Experience DESTIHL’s Wild Sour Series, with a different sour tapped each hour along with music that matches its hue. Jukebox, Cleveland. 10/15, 6-11pm. SNOBS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NIGHT. The Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers celebrates their 25th Anniversary with 10 collaboration beers on tap that were brewed with area breweries. Winking Lizard, Bedford Heights. 10/15, 7:30-9:30pm. TROEGS AND NORTH HIGH. Meet brewery reps and try 3 selections from each. Collector edition pint glass with brewery logos, while supplies last. Buffalo Wild Wings, Warrensville Heights. 10/15, 8pm-close. GRIFFIN CIDER/GREAT LAKES SNAKEBITE NIGHT. Meet Richard Read of Griffin Cider Works and try a proper snakebite, a top-notch cider in a pint of Great Lakes beer. Beerhead Bar & Eatery, Cleveland. 10/15, 9-10pm. TRIVIA & 471 FLIGHT. Come down for Tremont’s Best Trivia Night and try Breckenridge’s 471 Double IPA, BA 471 with Sorachi Ace Hops, BA 471 with Hull Melon Hops and cask of Salted Caramel Vanilla Porter. Edison’s Pub, Cleveland. 10/15, 11pm-close. VICTORY AND GOOSE ISLAND LATE NIGHT PARTY. Cameron of Victory and Mike of Goose Island host a party of rare beers and revelry. ABC Tavern, Cleveland.

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BEER WEEK 2015 SPECIAL EVENTS S AT U R D AY | O C T O B E R 1 0

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BELGIAN SOCIAL

“BELLS RUINS BEER WEEK”

A festival of featured Belgian breweries, plus plentiful beer debuts from the Butcher and the Brewer brewhouse.

BEGINS AT NOON. Our classic annual tap takeover.

TICKETS AT CLEVELANDBEERWEEK.ORG

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ATTACK OF THE CLONES Goose Island’s line goes style-for-style with Butcher and the Brewer in this showdown!

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S U N D AY | O C T O B E R 1 1

VICTORY TAILGATE PARTY Victory Brewing, Browns, and brats at our patio cookout.

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DESTIHL DOUBLE FEATURE Special taps, swag, and a screening of Stripes and The Jerk.

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LAGUNITAS YAPPY HOUR

COLLABORATION BEER DINNER

Bring your pup to the biggest dog party and tap takeover around.

A four-course dinner with special pairings to celebrate our work with Destihl Brewery.

SMUTTYNOSE SMUTTLABS

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T I C K E T S AT B U T C H E R A N D T H E B R E W E R .C O M

Exclusive Smuttlab Beers with the Mad Scientist crew.

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4 TH STREET FANFARE A palette-pleasing parade down East Fourth Street to toast Beer Week. Costumes encouraged. A B E E R W E E K F LAGS H I P EV E N T

216-331-0805 | www.butcherandthebrewer.com

PUCKER UP SOUR SESSION A special sour beer marathon, beginning at 11:00 am.

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BELGIAN BRUNCH

Food pairings and exclusive brews at our Beer Week finale.

OFFICIAL BELL’S SATELLITE BREW PUB

Events every day of Beer Week. For times and taps:

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www.tremonttaphouse.com

10/16, 3pm-close. SHELTON BROTHERS SHOWCASE.

Featuring eer from Mikkeller, Prairie, Jolly Pumpkin, Nøgne Ø, To Øl and more, while supplies last. Platform Beer Co., Cleveland.

10/16, 4-11pm. BARREL AGED MINI FEST. Featuring

Epic Big Bad Baptist, BBC 2009 Brandy Barrel Queen’s Knickers, Revolution Gravedigger Billy, MadTree Axis Mundi, Humboldt Black Xantu, and Heavy Seas Red Sky at Morning, while supplies last. Winking Lizard, Lakewood.

10/16, 5-7pm. TROEGS AND NORTH HIGH. Meet brew-

ery reps and try 3 selections from each. With special pint glass featuring brewery logos, while supplies last. Buffalo Wild Wings, Strongsville.

10/16,

5-11pm. OSKAR BLUES FEATURE. Meet Wes from Oskar Blues and try 5 of their beers. Barrio, Lakewood.

10/16, 6-9:30pm. ALES ON RAILS. Flagship event!

Heidelberg Distributing/Rampant Brands hosts this delightful ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad that includes boxed supper and 7 craft brews. Advance tickets required and range from $49-$82 depending on car selection. Purchase tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek.org. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, Independence.

10/16, 7-10pm. JAFB TAP TAKEOVER AND MEET THE

BREWER. Join Paul Fryman of JAFB Wooster for a tap takeover with some never before in CLE and a collaboration brewed with 46and2 Brewing. The Wine Spot, Cleveland Heights.

10/16, 7:30-9:30pm. TROEGS AND NORTH HIGH. Meet

brewery reps and try 3 selections from each. With special pint glass featuring brewery logos, while supplies last. Buffalo Wild Wings, Fairview Park.

10/17, 6-10pm. BREWZILLA, A MONSTER OF A BEER TASTING. Flagship event! We’re taking over the entire Wolstein Center to bring you the biggest and best yet! More than 80 breweries pouring hundreds of beers including Ohio favorites, national and international breweries, and a Belgian Beer Garden. BREWER’S CIRCLE TICKETS are $75 and include early entry at 5pm plus food ticket good for dinner, commemorative t-shirt, tasting glass and 25 tasting tickets, and access to all Brewer’s Circle and GA beers. GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS are $40 and include tasting glass, 25 tasting tickets, and access to all GA beers. Purchase tickets at www.clevelandbeerweek. org. Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Center, Cleveland.

VINTAGE RELEASES 10/09-10/11. ROLL OUT THE BARRELS. Rare and vintage kegs of BA Tunguska Imperial Stout, Jackhammer Barleywine, Dark Helmet, Collaborator Dopplebock and more. Brew Kettle, Strongsville. 10/09, 7:01-11pm. BIGFOOT EXPEDITION. Flights of Si-

erra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine from 2001, 2007, 2014 and Barrel Aged Bigfoot 2015. Get your picture with Bigfoot until 9pm. Winking Lizard, Independence.

10/10, noon-4pm. DESCHUTES VINTAGE FLIGHT NIGHT. Featuring Dissident, The Stoic, Abyss 2013 and Black Butte XXVI, while supplies last. Lizardville, Bedford Heights

10/10, 5-8pm. VINTAGE BOTTLE RELEASE. 12oz bottles of 2013 Jackhammer Barleywine and 2014 Tunguska Russian Imperial Stout. Brew Kettle, Strongsville.

10/11,

11am-close. FOUR ROSES BBA HIPPY SIPPY STOUT TAPPING. Featuring 2 kegs of Hippy Sippy Stout that has been aged in Four Roses Bourbon Barrels, while supplies last. Fat Head’s Saloon, North Olmsted.

10/12,

10/17, noon-3pm. BLEEDING BUCKEYE TAILGATE. Jay

5-9pm. ALPINE BOTTLE RELEASE. Featuring Duet and Hoppy Birthday in 22oz bottles, scoring 100 and 99 on ratebeer.com. Cap & Corks Lakewood, Circle A North Royalton, Convenient Independence, Lizardville Bedford Heights and Lakewood, Mack’s Beverage Cleveland, More-4-Less Cleveland and North Coast Wine & Beer Lakewood. Vintage

10/17, noon-5pm

10/15, 6pm-close. LIMITED BOTTLE RELEASE. Special bottle releases from Founders, Green Flash, and Fat Heads including KBS and Hop Stalker, while supplies last. Cantine, Broadview Heights.

10/17, noon-3pm. 3 FONTEINEN AND PANIL BREWERY FLIGHTS. Sour beer flights from both breweries, while supplies last. Lizardville, Bedford Heights.

from Elevator and Carl from Brick & Barrel host pregame celebration with Bleeding Buckeye, a surprise cask and Brick & Barrel brews. Brick & Barrel, Cleveland. 20TH WINE & BEER TASTING EXTRAVAGANZA. 150 wines and 60 beers with food pairings. $25/person. Purchase at store or call 216-2211119. Rozi’s Wine House, Lakewood.

10/16, 5-11pm. FRIDAY FUNK NIGHT. Pucker up as we tap some vintage sour beers. Brew Kettle, Strongsville.

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GET OUT

everything you should do this week

Photo by Emanuel Wallace

WED 09/30 FILM

The Birds Cleveland Cinemas’ Reel Science Series adds a scientific twist to popular movies. Tonight at 7, the Hitchcock classic The Birds screens at the Cedar Lee Theatre. You know the story: A wealthy San Francisco socialite goes to a small Northern California town that gets invaded by a flock of angry birds. Post screening discussion hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, curator of ornithology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Tickets are $7.50. (Jeff Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 440-717-4696, clevelandcinemas.com. LITERATURE

Jon Fine Book Reading An indie rocker who played for 30 years in a variety of bands (including Bitch Magnet, a group that reunited after a 20-year break to tour the States, Europe and Asia), Jon Fine chronicles his experiences in his new book Your Band Sucks. He’ll be at the Euclid Tavern tonight at 7:30 to discuss the book with Plain Dealer writer John Petkovic, who’s also the frontman for Cleveland bands Death of Samantha and Cobra Verde. Fine got backstage access so he could interview many of the indie and punk bands on the scene since the ’80s, acts such as Sonic Youth and Black Flag. Consider the book the equivalent of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential in that it provides “an insider’s look at a fascinating and ferociously loved subculture.” Admission is free. (Niesel) 11625 Euclid Ave., 216-2315400, happydogcleveland.com. ART

Rock Hall Author Series Local photographer Janet Macoska has taken some amazing photos over the years. She’s captured rock icons such as David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Clash, Devo, Heart, AC/DC and the Kinks. In All Access: Cleveland — The Rock and Roll Photography of Janet Macoska, the new book she’s co-authored with local writer Peter Chakerian, she docu-

Art and technology mix at Ingenuity Cleveland. See: Friday.

ments 40 years of shooting rock concerts in Cleveland. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will host a live program with her at 7 tonight in the museum’s Foster Theater. Macoska and Chakerian will discuss the book. Following the program, Macoska will sign copies of the book. The event is sold out but it’ll be live streamed on the website. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. COMEDY

Seaton Smith Originally from Washington D.C., Seaton Smith has a few jokes about politics that should play well given the buildup that’s already taking place for the upcoming presidential election. “I almost became a Republican last year because I got my first TV show and I got my first check,” he says, adding that it was “cocaine party money.” The bug-eyed comic probably laughs a little too hard at his own jokes, but at least he appears to enjoy himself on stage. He performs tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tickets are $13 to $18. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FOOD

Walnut Wednesday It’s the final Walnut Wednesday of the season, meaning that if you miss today’s food fun, you’ll have to wait until May 6, 2016! So be sure to show up between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons,

where you will find a roundup of 30 food trucks serving up delicious eats. Live entertainment, usually of the musical variety, is also expected. (Alaina Nutile) East 12th and Walnut St., facebook.com/DowntownClevelandAlliance.

THUR 10/01 COMEDY

John Caparulo Best known for his stints on E!’s Chelsea Lately and as the host of CMT’s Mobile Home Disaster, comedian John Caparulo is a Kent State grad who regularly comes home and fits some shows into his schedule while he’s here. Caparulo, known as Cap, got his start on the Cleveland circuit where he worked in the late ’90s. He plays the role of the dumb hillbilly, but his narrative jokes are well thought out and his comic timing is impeccable. In 2013, he issued Come Inside of Me, a collection of some of his best jokes, including his lengthy bit about the first time he went skydiving. Expect to hear some of that material tonight when he performs at 8 at Hilarities. He has additional shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets start at $30. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FILM

Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision Set during the 1840s in the Hunsrück region of Prussia

(which will encompass the fictional German village of Schabbach and the multi-generation Simon family in the later films), Edgar Reitz’ Home from Home centers on Jakob Simon, a blacksmith’s son living in poverty in the Rhineland. Winner of both the German Film Award and the German Film Critics Association Award for best film of 2014, Home from Home was shot in black and white and color and scope. With a run time of 231 minutes, or nearly four hours, it screens tonight at 6:45 and tomorrow night at 7:15 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $12. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-4217450, cia.edu. FAMILY FUN

Marvel Universe Live If you’ve been to the local multiplex lately, you know Marvel comic book heroes are more popular that ever. It seems as if every blockbuster movie is based on a Marvel superhero. Today through Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena, you can participate in an interactive experience related to all things Marvel. The official pitch: “a mind-blowing live-action arena experience featuring the most super heroes and villains ever assembled.” Wow! Tickets start at $25 and it’ll cost you $120 to get into the front row. Tonight’s event begins at 7 p.m. (Niesel) 1 Center Ct., 216-420-2000, theqarena.com.

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TrueNorth Cultural Arts Presents:

COMEDY

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Based on the book Knuffle Bunny:

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A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems

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Will Power If you’re skeptical about a comedy hypnotist show, Will Power will change your mind forever — whether he does it with mind tricks is for you to find out. His hypnotist act shows just how powerful suggestion can be on the human mind. This show is adults only, as Power’s act isn’t family friendly. Rated somewhere between R and X, Power’s performance will have you laughing with his naughty fun. Don’t think you can go to a hypnotist show and not participate, as Power will undoubtedly find a way to rope you into the show. He performs tonight at 7:30 at the Improv. Tickets are $10. (Martin Harp) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com. MUSIC

Welser-Möst Conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony Composer Gustav Mahler maintained a symphony “must be like the world, it must embrace everything.” With that in mind, he wrote the Third Symphony in order to create a “great hymn to the glory of every aspect of creation.” Tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall, conductor Franz Welser-Möst leads the Cleveland Orchestra as it performs the piece. A pre-concert talk precedes the concert at 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at $29, and the performance repeats tomorrow. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-2311111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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Zygote Press will provide onsite screen printing. Tickets are $30 on the website, and the event runs from 8 p.m. to midnight. As befitting all the best cocktail parties, 1960s-inspired attire is encouraged. (Niesel) 11409 Euclid Ave., muse.clevescene.com. MUSIC

Dead Fall Fest Anyone who knows local singersongwriter Jim Miller knows the guy is a huge Deadhead. Tonight at 9 at the Bevy in Birdtown, Miller will pay tribute to his musical idols by playing a set of Dead tunes as part of a concert he’s dubbed Dead Fall Fest. He’s enlisted Syrup to be his opening act. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-227-2389. ART

First Friday Arts and Music Series The Ohio City Masonic Arts Center hosts its First Friday Arts and Music Series tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. October’s featured artist is recent Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Abbey Blake. Xela (Alex Alverez) provides the music. Admission is free. (Josh Usmani) 2831 Franklin Blvd., 216-206-6022, ohiocitymac.com. ART

A Grand Re-Opening Gina DeSantis Ceramics hosts a grand re-opening tonight from 6 to 9 p.m., following renovations to the artist’s Screw Factory studio inside Lakewood’s Lake Erie Building. There will be wine, snacks and sales. RTD Design Collective will also be on hand with leather goods, jewelry and information on classes. It’s free. (Usmani) 13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood, screwfactoryartists.com.

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Cocktail Muse In the past couple of years, craft cocktails have become increasingly popular. Tonight at Cocktail Muse, a Scene sponsored event at Corner Alley Uptown, you can sample a variety of signature cocktails including an Appleton rum Old Fashioned, a Dobel Margatini, Tito’s Harpoon, Tito’s Collins and more. DJ Peter Pleasure Cruise provides the tunes and there will be complimentary food and the option to sign up your team of up to six for one hour of free bowlng.

Ingenuity Cleveland Now in its 11th year, Ingenuity Cleveland offers a family friendly collection of exhibits that combine art and technology. This year’s highlights include Big Tippy, a “claw game” created by Tesla Orchestra; Switchbox, a wooden structure outfitted with passive infrared sensors; Pipe Dream, a collaborative artwork that brings participants together to “paint a picture of what is and what could be”; and CUbE x WORK, a three-dimensional steel sub-structure mounted on a low

GET OUT rising platform. Weird stuff, for sure. There will also be a Dancing Wheels Parade in honor of the company’s 35th anniversary and a competition where four teams compete to create a unique seating environment within the festival grounds using an array of materials. Admission is free. It takes place today from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Voinovich Park. The event continues through Sunday. (Niesel) ingenuitycleveland.com. COMEDY

Anjelah Johnson-Reyes Exotic-looking comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes originally worked as cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders before she turned her attention to acting. Initially, she became an internet sensation thanks to the viral video “Nail Salon.” Expect to hear about it and a slew of other narrative-based jokes at tonight’s Improv shows at 7:30 and 10:15. Tickets are $25 and performances are scheduled through Sunday. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.

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Walk All Over Waterloo Waterloo Arts District hosts the first Walk All Over Waterloo of the fall from 5 to 9 p.m. today. This month’s new exhibitions include ARTneo curator and collections manger Christopher Richards’ Chromatic Consumption, a collection of new work inspired by the sticker dots used for merchandising in retail department stores, and a new round of installations at Loren Naji’s Satellite Gallery. There’s plenty more to see and do throughout the district. It’s free. (Usmani)

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Past. Present. Future The new Cleveland Ballet and Neos Dance Theatre share the stage for the first time tonight as they perform classical, neoclassical and contemporary works for a show dubbed Past. Present. Future. It promises to be a “performance filled with artistry, beauty and high caliber artists.” The collaborative performance takes place tonight at 7 at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $20 to $49. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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King Lear Is King Lear Shakespeare’s most negative play? Is it his best? You can decide when this story about an old man and a “thankless” daughter hits the boards. Treachery and moral conundrums abound in this classic work. Great Lake Theater’s production opens tonight at 7:30 at the Hanna Theatre. Tickets start at $15; the play runs through Nov. 1. (Christine Howey) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. NIGHTLIFE

MIX Happy Hour The Cleveland Museum of Art’s MIX Happy Hours take place on the first Friday of the month, and October’s theme is Cultura, honoring Italy from ancient Rome to the Renaissance and up to modern times. The event runs from 5 to 9 p.m. and includes live music, cash bar and a special pop-up restaurant by Provenance in the atrium. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 day of event. (Usmani) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Collecting Photography Barbara Tannenbaum, curator of photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art, stops by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve for a presentation on collecting photography and current trends in the art market. Before accepting the CMA position, Tannenbaum was in charge of the Akron Art Museum, where she grew its photography collection from 500 to over 2,500 photographs. Tannenbaum’s talk begins at 1 p.m. The event is free, but registration is recommended via the website. (Usmani) 834 East 123rd St., 216-7219020, artistsarchives.org. MUSIC

A Gala Evening with Renée Fleming International opera superstar Renée Fleming joins the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Möst at Severance Hall tonight. The renowned soprano will be singing selections from Richard Strauss’s Capriccio as well as waltzes and songs by Johann Strauss Jr. and

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GET OUT Franz Lehár. Tickets start at $75. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-2311111, clevelandorchestra.com. MUSIC

Hingetown Hoedown Join Adam Reifsynder, co-founder of the Hingetown Hoedown, for a day-long bluegrass festival debuting today in Hingetown. Inspired by Duck Creek Log Jam music festival, Reifsynder and fellow Honeybucket bandmates will take that country feeling and drop it down in Ohio City today from 1 to 10 p.m. The event will feature a mix of new-grass bands like Shivering Timbers of Akron and more traditional bluegrass bands like the Wayfarers of Cincinnati. There will also be a variety of art vendors and activities for all ages. (Xan Schwartz) hingetownhoedown.com.

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Margaret Cho Inspired by Robin Williams, her “father in comedy,” and Joan Rivers, her “mother in comedy,” comedian Margaret Cho pays tribute to both comics during her show. Tonight’s performance will also feature material that Cho has developed over the past few months. Expect to hear references to police brutality, racism and the rising tide of violence against women. She’ll also address Caitlyn Jenner’s transition. The concert begins at 8 p.m. at Hard Rock Live, and tickets are $29.50 to $49.50. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7793, hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. MUSIC

Ustatshakirt Plus After the demise of the Soviet Union, Western pop culture began to infiltrate the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia. As a result, bands that played traditional music began to disappear. Nurlanbek Nyshanov, the leader of Ustatshakirt Plus, has tried to keep Kyrgyz mountain music alive. His ensemble features traditional instruments such as the choor (wood flute), the kyl kiyak (bowed, two-string instrument), and the jaw harp. The

group performs today at 2 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $33 to $45, or $30 to $40 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

violins. Tickets are $12, $6 for Maltz Museum members. (Niesel) 2929 Richmond Rd., Beachwood, 216-593-0575, maltzmuseum. org.

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Violins of Hope Dialogue Master violinmaker Amnon Weinstein and author James A. Grymes, author of Violins of

SPORTS

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Brews & Prose Come on down to Market Garden Brewery on West 25th for powerhouse readings. Tonight’s event features two terrific authors. An essayist and author of Visiting Hours, Amy Butcher has recently written for The New York Times, the Iowa Review, Guernica and Brevity among others. She earned her MFA from the University of Iowa and teaches writing at Ohio Wesleyan University. The author of The Brewer’s Tale: A History of the World According to Beer and Beer Craft: A Simple Guide to Making Great Beer, William Bostick writes about beer for the Wall Street Journal, GQ, and others. A homebrewer, former distiller’s apprentice, beekeeper, baker and “vagabond bartender,” he lives in Cleveland. As usual, the writers will stick around to chat and sign books afterwards. It all begins at 7 p.m. in the brewery basement. Other than the cost of your beers, it’s free. (Sam Allard) 1947 West 25th St., 216-621-4000, marketgardenbrewery.com. THEATER

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Bullets Over Broadway A terrific comedy about the making of a Broadway show, Woody Allen’s 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway featured an ensemble cast that included John Cusack, Dianne Wiest and Jennifer Tilly. Last year, a Broadway musical theater version of the film made its debut in New York. Time Magazine declared it “musical theater gold.” It opens tonight at Connor Palace for a short run that concludes Oct. 18. Curtain’s at 7:30 p.m. and tickets start at $10. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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ART THIS AND THAT Dana Oldfather brings artistic juxtapositions to Bonfoey Gallery By Josh Usmani THIS FALL, NATIONALLY AND internationally renowned Clevelandbased painter Dana Oldfather is presenting new work with solo exhibitions in Cleveland and Columbus. The self-taught Oldfather returns to the Bonfoey Gallery this weekend for Soft Armor, a new exhibition including recent paintings and a site-specific installation. Just weeks ago, she debuted Too Soft, a collection of new, large paintings at Angela Melaca Gallery in Columbus. Soft Armor is Oldfather’s first solo show with Bonfoey, and her first solo exhibition in Cleveland in nearly five years. Oldfather’s paintings present a new perspective on abstraction in contemporary art. Her ambiguous works subtly highlight the often overlooked similarities between the organic and mechanical, the digital and analog, the figurative and abstract. The result is something both intimately familiar and entirely new. “Reacting to the startling juxtaposition of the natural and manmade world that we move through each day, I am drawn to the combination of wild and tamed, sweet and dangerous, solid and ephemeral, flesh and machine, agricultural and technological,” Oldfather explains in her artist statement. “I’m inspired by the shape of landmasses, lakes and rock formations, interstellar events and anomalies, as well as figurative elements like toes, knees, ribs, collarbones, shoulders and necklines. Conversely, manmade objects such as industrial building structures, bridges, and plumbing, iPods and hardware innards contribute imagery to my shape-making. Urban industry and infrastructure underpins organic material. This combination of diametric elements results in a bio-mechanical environment and organism as one, something that has no birth or death and is beginning to show signs of autonomy.” “Each exhibition will have two large paintings on linen made with brushes that vary from 1/16 of an inch to 8 inches wide,” Oldfather revealed on her blog in July (danaoldfatherpainting.blogspot.com). “There are far more layers in the new

work and I’m working with more glazes and thinner paint.” At Bonfoey, Oldfather returns to familiar territory. It isn’t just her gallery representation in Cleveland. The 122-year-old gallery was once her employer. “In my early 20s, following a failed paralegal career, I came to the Bonfoey Gallery looking for a job,” reflects Oldfather. “As a lifelong painter, and a self taught artist, I brought overwhelming passion for visual arts, but underwhelming experience in the field. Richard Moore and Olga Merela introduced me to how a commercial gallery (and the Cleveland art scene) operates when they hired me as a framer in 2000.” The relationship between Oldfather and Bonfoey has evolved greatly since its humble beginning 15 years ago. “In 2003, a PR and graphic design position opened up and I convinced them to put my previous office experience to use,” she continues. “This promotion gave me the opportunity to see the inner workings of a large, established gallery, lessons I consider a boon to the business aspects of my painting career.” Though she continued to learn under the guidance of her mentors at Bonfoey, it wasn’t until 2008 that Bonfoey found the perfect opportunity to showcase her paintings. “Marcia Hall, the gallery director, and Diane Schaffstein, the assistant director, included me in a threeperson exhibition alongside Laura Sanders and Susan Danko,” Oldfather says. “That initial gallery spotlight did much to establish my work in Cleveland. Since then Bonfoey Gallery has been my local representation and a tireless champion of my artwork.

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(with her husband, Randall Darling Jr.) and pursue creative endeavors as her career began to take of. The Bonfoey Gallery was happy to see Oldfather’s success and continues to offer her support. Aside from the Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, Oldfather’s work is represented by Angela Meleca Gallery in Columbus, Library Street Collective in Detroit and RB Stevenson Gallery in La Jolla, California. Her paintings reside in numerous public and private collections including the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Eaton Corporate

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Richard Moore, Olga Merela and Marcia Hall took a chance on both me and my paintings and I will never forget that.” Oldfather left her position with the gallery to raise her young son, Arlo,

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Headquarters, Cleveland Clinic (and its Intercontinental Hotel), Jones Day, Progressive, American Greetings, Westin Hotel, First Energy, Miami University, University of Toledo, the Pizzuti Collection and

more. In 2013, she was awarded an Individual Excellence Award by the Ohio Arts Council. Oldfather describes her work “as a way of defying the void and defining the ‘home.’ I create systems of eroded, kneaded, knotted, laced up, scaffolded space in a state of simultaneous deterioration, support, and rebuild. Making these paintings and installation was a therapeutic exercise, a way to use my hands to work through anxiety. I transferred tension into physical objects, spinning lacey ephemera like a cocoon.” Dana Oldfather’s Soft Armor opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. The exhibition remains on view in Bonfoey’s street and lower level galleries through Oct. 31. Too Soft remains on view through Oct. 31 at Angela Meleca Gallery in Columbus.

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STAGE A SMALL AND MONUMENTAL DEATH

Greg White leads a fine cast in a splendid rendition of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman By Christine Howey WHEN A THEATER ATTEMPTS to stage a true American classic such as Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, an audience member may tend to approach it with one eye squinted. There is always a fear that the people involved will give the renowned material too much deference or, in the opposite direction, will try to imbue it with so much import that the characters feel puffed up and false. It is a pleasure to report that neither of those things happen on the Ensemble Theatre stage. Instead, what we have is a well-tailored, beautifully nuanced production that gets almost everything right. Under the sensitive direction of Celeste Cosentino, and employing the color-blind casting for which Ensemble has become known, this Salesman glides smoothly over Miller’s words and then packs a devastating punch at the end. Aside from Cosentino, the lion’s share of the praise must go to Greg White, who takes on the iconic role of Willy Loman. He eschews the grand, larger-than-life Lomans that have been essayed by spectacular actors such as Lee J. Cobb (in the original 1949 stage production) and Frederick March (in the 1951 film version), and the overly mannered, slightly daft interpretations done by fellows named Hoffman (Dustin in the 1985 TV version and Philip Seymour in the 2012 stage version). Instead, White fully embodies this noble yet often deluded person in real human size, making him a bent paperclip of a man. He’s a slumped, baggy-pants, on-the-road salesman, but he’s no clown: He’s someone who still has all his essential raw material assets but who has been distorted by time and his own demons of betrayal and abandonment. White’s Willy has always fervently believed in the American Dream, and now it has come to kill him for his devotion to that ephemeral illusion. Like a top-flight quarterback, White also makes everyone around him better. Slipping in and out of reality, as the past continually asserts itself in Willy’s mind, White and his fellow cast members craft one emotionally impactful scene after another. As Willy’s wife Linda, Mary Alice Beck is completely natural and loving, defending her man even

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Johnathon L. Jackson as Harold (Hap) Loman, Keith E. Stevens as Biff Loman, Mary Alice Beck as Linda Loman.

against the careless injuries inflicted by his own sons. Those sons, Biff and Happy, played by Keith E. Stevens and Johnathon L. Jackson respectively, each have their own telling moments. Jackson is particularly effective when playing the young, teenage Happy, who looks up to his brother Biff with awe. Then he morphs Happy into a smoothtalking, shallow adult who has a

and then convincing James Rankin) serves as Biff and Willy’s adolescent punching bag until his intelligence and work ethic trumps the Lomans’ reliance on personal attractiveness and being “really well liked.” August Scarpelli is brutally dismissive as Howard, the boss who finally fires Willy and sends the old man reeling into his inevitable demise. And Steven Hood is a memorable

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way with the ladies. Stevens’ Biff, although a bit forced at times, is spoton and shattering at the end when he confronts his father with his own truth about the failure he has become. The supporting roles are also handled with deft precision. Joseph Milan as good neighbor Charley is solid throughout, then delivers the famous “smile and a shoeshine” speech with understated elegance. Charley’s nerdy son Bernard (an amusing

and resonant Uncle Ben, the polished man who sums up the dream Willy is chasing with the words: “When I was 17, I walked into the jungle, and when I was 21, I walked out ... and by God I was rich!” The few missteps happen, not so curiously, when White is off the stage. The first scene with Biff and Happy in their bedroom never finds the right arc and fails to establish their characters clearly. And when mom

and her two sons are in the kitchen and Beck delivers Linda’s famous “attention must be paid” speech, the beats are rushed and the moment lands with a peculiar thud. But those are the rare flat notes in this gloriously orchestrated production. It is aided by Ron Newell’s compact set design, which blends the rooms of the Loman house — the one that is finally paid for — in the same way the past and present blend together in Willy’s mind. And the large yet unobtrusive projections designed by Ian Hinz and Steven Barton help create the world the Lomans inhabit. The one scene that White isn’t in, and which works wonderfully, is the last one. Linda, crushed by the devastating irony of being “free and clear” and alone, goes to her knees at the grave site. And thanks to the power of this production, you will be right there with her.

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SICARIO IS AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED An explosive cartel drama you don’t want to miss By Sam Allard THE EARLY WORD ON SICARIO, the cartel drama starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, is that it’s terrific. The preferred superlative on the TV blurbs (which blurbs come from credible sources) is not “grittiest” or “wildest” but “best.” Your Scene editors concur: this taut, explosive drug movie, which opens Friday in wide release, is among the best of the year. Blunt stars as no-nonsense FBI agent Kate Macer. She’s part of an Arizona detail that does home invasions on cartel-related properties. The film’s opening scene is one such invasion, and it takes a horrific turn right away. Hidden in the walls are dozens of corpses, bloody and wrapped in plastic — victims, we can only assume, of savage cartel justice. Macer is promptly tapped to aid an extra-governmental task force, led by flip-flop-wearing “consultant” Matt Graver (Brolin) and a hardened former prosecutor from Medellin (Del Toro), whose aim soon becomes clear: They want to wreak havoc on the cartel

business chain to bring its leaders out of hiding, and to thereby question or kill them. At least that’s what they allege. Macer, who’s fed up with the effects of the drug trade on her own Arizona community, is eager to lend her assistance. But she’s not prepared for her new colleagues’ unorthodox tactics — Are they CIA? Military? — nor is she keen on the flippant stance they take toward things like FBI protocol. Like us, Macer is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the violence and the chaos once she crosses into Mexico (on a chartered jet, when she thought she was en route to El Paso). Her journey has the thrumming immediacy of something conveyed in the present tense, and her curiosity and her horror are shared in equal measure by the audience. An early scene in which the team captures a cartel leader and attempts to spirit him away, but is detained by a traffic jam at the border crossing, has all the exquisite cinematic tension of The Hurt Locker’s finest bomb confrontations.

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It’s not long before the frayed, principled Macer wants to quit this cowboy outfit, but she can’t. She’s got a hunch that there’s something bigger and more sinister afoot. (Spoiler alert: Something bigger and more sinister indeed.) Sicario, which we’re informed in prefatory material means “hitman,” is just as visually assured as Quebecois director Denis Villenueve’s 2013 torture-drama Prisoners, but it’s bolstered by a much stronger narrative. The same killer camera work is courtesy of Prisoners director

of photography (and regular Coen brothers collaborator) Roger Deakins. Fans of Breaking Bad and Narcos will love the material and the landscapes; fans of Blunt, Brolin and/or Del Toro will love their individual efforts, all of which endeavor to portray flawed, nuanced characters in the liminal space between right and wrong; fans of movies in general will love Sicario.

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SPOTLIGHT: THE MARTIAN ANDY WEIR’S NOVEL THE Martian, released serially in 2011, then bought and re-published in 2014, was an instant sci-fi sensation. Described in cinematic terms as Apollo 13-meets-Cast Away (both, ironically enough, starring Tom Hanks), the book was not only a celebration of human ingenuity in the face of insurmountable odds, but was also a nerdtastic celebration of real (or at least theoretically real) science, as opposed to the warp drives and weaponry of hard sci-fi space operas. As a film, directed by outerspace-movie vet Ridley Scott (Alien, Prometheus) and starring Matt Damon, the magic of the book is successfully transposed to the screen. It’s ultimately a feel-good film, with a huge ensemble cast of borderline A-listers and an uplifting message of cooperation and courage. It opens Friday at theaters everywhere. Damon is astronaut-botanist Mark Watney. He’s collecting soil

samples on the surface of Mars when his mission is aborted due to a massive approaching dust storm. Headed back to his ship, Watney is blown away from the rest of his crew (captained by Jessica Chastain and peopled by Kate Mara, Michael Pena, and the Winter Soldier himself, Sebastian Stan) and is left for dead on Mars’ rocky and inhospitable surface. Back on Earth, NASA is both alarmed and elated, days later, to discover that Watney is alive. NASA director (Jeff Daniels), Mars director (Chiwetel Ejiofor), PR director (Kristen Wiig), indeterminate outer space authority (Sean Bean), caffeinated astrophysicist (Donald Glover) and a team of dogged engineers contrive various ways to communicate with Watney and strategize how to bring him home, all of which occurs with the knowledge that any mishap would surely guarantee Watney’s death. Nonetheless, Watney is a calm, resourceful man of science on the surface of Mars. He sportingly tackles one problem at a time and somehow

maintains a chipper joie de vivre despite what would be interpreted by anyone else as certain death. He uses his own excrement to fertilize the Mars soil and grow a bumper crop of potatoes; he creates water by heating various excess gasses in assorted tubes; he forages for bygone detritus to repurpose and reuse as energy sources. And unlike Tom Hanks in Cast Away, Watney is in perpetual communication with cameras or chatting digitally with scientists back on Earth. The improbability of it all only occasionally drifts into ridiculous territory, and the script’s commitment to wit makes the viewing experience much less intense than, for instance, Gravity. A bit of overplotting and politicking among the NASA personalities may have been true to the source material, but it left the screen version somewhat overburdened with characters, especially when only one of them is at its center.

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The Walk Robert Zemeckis directs this drama based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It’s now showing at Regal Crocker Park.

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IT’S FALL: THE LEAVES ARE changing, the days are growing shorter, and the list of forthcoming restaurants is growing longer by the day. In what has become an annual tradition here at Scene, we take a look at some of the most anticipated new food and drink projects on our radar. Some, like Mabel’s BBQ, Arcadian and Banter, are making repeat appearances from last year. Here we go: If it feels like we’ve been waiting many moons for Mabel’s BBQ to open on East Fourth Street, that’s because we have. Michael Symon first announced plans for his “Clevelandstyle” barbecue joint last summer, and we’ve been waiting impatiently ever since. Symon & Co. are shooting for a November opening of the 100-seat casual eatery, which will feature the chef’s Cleveland BBQ Sauce, a tangy

Bertman Ball Park Mustard-based sauce sweetened with a touch of Ohio maple syrup. Diners can expect oak- and applewood-smoked brisket, beef, pork and lamb ribs, pulled pork, grilled smoked chicken and kielbasa. Starters and snacks include smoked peanuts, pork rinds and crispy pig ears and tails. It was exactly one year ago this week that we first shared Matt Stipe’s plans for Banter, a contemporary bottle shop and cafe in Detroit Shoreway. The good news is that Stipe and his crew are now approaching the finish line, with an estimated opening slated for October. The 1,750-squarefoot shop at West 74th Street and Detroit will combine a retail beer and wine shop with a scratch kitchen turning out quick, casual foods crafted by Adam Lambert. Along with grab-and-go adult beverages, the shop

will offer comforting yet progressive fare built around Lambert’s handcrafted sausages and Quebec-style poutine. Speaking of Adam Lambert, his Ohio City Provisions project is gearing up for a pre-Thanksgiving opening. That’s when he and partner Trevor Clatterbuck will unveil their dual-purpose storefront on Lorain, which will feature a fullservice butcher shop and a retail market selling local produce, grains, meats and dairy. While Lambert will be handling all the meaty bits, converting whole animals into more manageable cuts and chops, as well as tasty sausages and cured meats, Clatterbuck will run the grocery as an extension of Fresh Fork, gearing the operation to customers for whom the weekly subscription model isn’t a good fit.

When chef Vytauras Sasnauskas left Americano, he vowed that he would not be returning to the restaurant business — unless it involved Neapolitan-style pizza. Come October, that’s precisely what he’ll be doing when Citizen Pie debuts on Waterloo across the street from Beachland Ballroom. Sasnauskas and partners Claudia Young and Velvet Tango Room owner Paulius Nasvytis have designed a small pizza-focused cafe built around a wood-fueled Stefano Ferrara brick oven from Naples. The lunch and dinner menu will be hyper-focused on pizza, with likely six regular pies, one seasonal pie and two calzones. It’s been a busy year for Jonah Oryszak, who spent much of that time converting a 150-year-old building on Lorain Avenue in Ohio City into a contemporary backdrop for his cafe and bistro The Plum. He and partners Nate Lobas and Brett Sawyer are shooting for a November opening. In the morning, The Plum will operate as a neighborhood cafe offering quickserve coffee and pastries. Counterservice lunch will follow, with soups, salads, sandwiches and grab-and-go beverages. Come 4 p.m., The Plum will convert to a full-service farm-totable bistro serving seasonal American food. Any day now, Chow Chow Kitchen will open its doors to a Lakewood audience eager for something different. Banish the notion of another burger bar or taco shop: Chow Chow is rooted in the Deep South, dishing up updated comfort food classics gleaned from food-obsessed destinations like New Orleans, Nashville and the Low Country. Owner Joseph Zegarac says that he “wants to focus on dishes that have been around for a long time.” So get ready for Nashville-style hot chicken, crispy fried shaved catfish, smoked pork Po’ Boys, City Chicken and hushpuppies. Short of 1,000 square feet, the space will focus largely on take-out, delivery and catering. Detroit Shoreway residents have been following the Arcadian project since spring of 2013, when we broke the news that chef Cory Hess snagged the old City Grill property at West 65th and Detroit. Since then, he and architect Robert Maschke have deconstructed and reconstructed the space into a glassy two-level bistro that bears little resemblance to its former self. Opening this fall, Arcadian is Hess’ version of an updated neighborhood pizza parlor, with a buzzy lower-level pub and more serene second-level dining room. Diners can look forward to American bar snacks, modern pizzas,

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sandwiches and entrees. For more than 15 years, Gavi’s was the place to go in Willoughby for fine Italian food. But the restaurant closed four years ago and the landmark building, a 100-year-old brick structure originally built as a streetcar powerhouse, has been sitting idle. Come October the recently renovated space will reopen as Local Sol Kitchen & Cantiki, a Latin American meets Polynesian themed eatery from the crew behind the Local Tavern restaurant group. Guests can look forward to a lot of fun small plates, sharable items and Latinthemed entrees. To wash it all down will be a list of craft beers, wines by the glass, classic cocktails and Tikistyle drinks. Building off his 16-year run as chef at Players, Anthony Romano is ready to make a new start in an old space. Following the early October closure of the 30-year-old restaurant, the space will reopen in November as Sarita, a New American restaurant. Going forward the chef vows to lighten up the dishes and deliver healthconscious foods with Asian, Latin and Mediterranean flair. To go along with the new name and menu, the interior will undergo a makeover as well. Folks who know Dante Boccuzzi are keenly aware of his fixation with rock and roll. When he isn’t cooking in one of his kitchens he’s likely tearing it up on stage with his axe. So it isn’t all that surprising that he built a live-music venue in his basement. When it opens in October, Coda will be Tremont’s only club purposely built for live music. The sexy little subterranean grotto beneath Next Door features a colorful graffiti wall emblazoned with the logos of bands and musicians like the Rolling Stones, Devo, Beck, Cheap Trick and the Kinks. Nightly, crowds of 50 to 70 guests will enjoy live rock, blues or

funk bands, bar food and bevvies. Herb’n Twine Sandwich Co., a modern take on the grab-andgo sandwich concept, is on track to open in October, reports owner Brendon Messina. The “modern-meetsdistressed” space on Lorain has been reworked into a clean, simple and straightforward neighborhood shop where local residents, commercial tenants and anybody else looking for a wholesome, delicious lunch or dinner can pop in for soups, salads and about a half-dozen creative sandwiches. Messina will rely heavily on local producers and suppliers from the West Side Market as well as area bakeries. For 80 years, the Mayfield Cafe served as a private and public watering hole for residents of Little Italy. When that space reopens in November it will be as the Tavern of Little Italy, which will be a vast departure from most restaurants in the neighborhood. Following a top-tobottom renovation of the 100-year-old building, the space is being reborn as a cozy and casual American pub with draft beer, updated pub grub and no shortage of flat screens for gameday. Partners Johnny Lis and Brad Wiescinski are hopeful that their New York-style pizza restaurant Pizza (216) will open before the calendar switches over to 2016. The shop will be in the Old Arcade, in a storefront space across the street from the Corner Alley. Pizza lovers will have their pick from traditional and creatively topped thin-crust pizzas baked in a 700-plus degree brick oven. One, a carbonara-style pie, has a vodka cream sauce base and is topped with parsley, garlic, fresh peas, Parmesan cheese and sliced prosciutto.

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BRINE AND DINE Slurping up oysters around the city By Nikki Delamotte IT USED TO BE THAT OYSTERS, as the old adage goes, were best enjoyed during the cooler months containing an “r.” Not so since the advent of refrigeration, says Adam Smith, who has spent many a summer weekend doling out the live morsels to partygoers from his mobile shucking service CLE on the Half Shell (clehalfshell.com). When he started in 2013, Smith set out to recapture the social elements of shucking by gathering spectators and sharing stories about where food comes from. “If someone’s shucking it for you, you’re eating a part of the sea and there’s no middle man,” says Smith. “It’s between you and the oyster. We get to shine a light on this delicacy.” Smith has been serving up oysters to first-timers more and more often, an experience that chefs throughout

the city echo. While they might be seeing an uptick in popularity in recent years, oyster bars in this country flourished in the 1800s until the demand eventually depleted a significant amount of the population. “Over the past year or so, oysters have really come into their own,” says Blue Point Grille (700 West St. Clair Ave., 216-875-7827, bluepointgrille.com) executive chef Marc Standen. “I think with all the television shows about food, people are getting a little more experimental.” Blue Point estimates that it shucks more than 75,000 oysters a year. The restaurant takes its name from the classic variety, but Standen also is drawn to West Coast varieties like Kusshi, citing their delicate melon and cucumber flavors. “Like wines, they pick up the flavors of

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the seas and the bays where they’re grown,” says Standen. Rusty Anchor (1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, rustyanchorcle.com), the eatery at Music Box Supper Club on the west bank of the Flats, also has witnessed a rise in adventurous diners. Along with the traditional Blue Point, Anchor keeps on hand options like the Irish Point and meaty Naughty Pilgrims, both personal favorites of executive chef Dennis Devies. This summer, their outdoor bar sold more than 1,000 oysters a week. “There’s no longer that fear of eating a raw oyster,” says Devies. Restaurateur Zack Bruell has long observed that fondness for raw oysters at his restaurants that serve them, namely Parallax and L’Albatros. That sense of adventure led him to open his new Flats East

The entry-level slurper can still be a bit squeamish, Bruell admits, so Alley Cat eases the palate with cocktail sauce, horseradish and tart mignonette. The seasoned oyster aficionado? “They don’t want anything on it,” he says. Step outside the confines of the Western hemisphere and into a Parisian cafe and you’re bound to see oysters popping up on menus. That was the idea when Shane and Britt-Marie Culey opened Coquette Patisserie (11607 Euclid Ave., 216331-2841, coquettepatisserie.com), the French-themed bakery and wine bar where oysters are served alongside grower Champagne. Shane’s go-to pour is Pehu-Simonet. “Green apple and citrus notes in the Champagne intrinsically pair well with oysters, but there is also some nice minerality in the Pehu-Simonet that brings out that dimension of the oyster as well,” he says. Edwins (13101 Shaker Sq., 216921-3333, edwinsrestaurant.org) puts a spin on the classic raw bar with its alfresco oyster bar. A component of the outdoor patio in the heart of Shaker Square, the out-of-context setting draws the attention of casual shoppers just passing on the street. “Someone will come by and say they love oysters but they’ve never seen one shucked or ever shucked one before,” says general manager Jordan Levine. “We’ve taught a lot of guests and they get a kick out of just being able to do it themselves.”

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EAT SYMON, TRATTNER COOK UP THIRD BOOK By Vince Grzegorek WHEN HE ISN’T REVIEWING restaurants, pilfering menus, or defending the merits of a wedge salad as dining editor of this here magazine, Douglas Trattner co-authors cookbooks with famed celebrity chef and daytime television personality Michael Symon. This week, Symon and Trattner’s third cookbook — the chef’s fourth overall — was released: 5 in 5 for Every Season: 165 Quick Dinners, Sides, Holiday Dishes, and More (Clarkson Potter). Like the last one, 5 in 5: 5 Fresh Ingredients + 5 Minutes = 120 Fantastic Dinners, the book is based on the popular speed-cooking segment that Symon regularly performs as cohost of ABC’s The Chew. On that show, Symon cooks a from-scratch dish in under five minutes using just five fresh ingredients and items pulled from a well-stocked pantry. In the book’s introduction, Symon writes, “This new book delivers on the 5 in 5 promise I made from the start:

You can get a from-scratch meal on the table for you, your family, and your friends in very little time, for not a lot of money, and without a lot of fuss. This book gives you the tools to reclaim the weeknight family supper.” Unlike the last 5 in 5, which was a New York Times bestseller, the latest cookbook of all-new recipes is organized by season, with an additional chapter devoted to the holidays. Springy recipes like Grilled Salmon with Shaved Asparagus Salad transition into summertime recipes like Fried Eggplant Sandwiches with Harissa. Dishes like Kielbasa with Apples & Onions scream fall, while Rigatoni with

Ham & Broccoli Rabe is ideally suited to winter. In the Holiday chapter, Symon not only provides recipes for easy sides like Cauliflower & Goat Cheese Gratin, but also for dishes that utilize leftover meats like Mashed Potato Cakes with Parmesan. Of the cookbook-writing process, Trattner says that practice makes perfect. “This being the third cookbook we’ve collaborated on,” says Trattner, noting that Carnivore, also a NYT bestseller, was the pair’s first, “we’ve really been able to establish a rhythm, routine and system that works really well for all the major players. We each have our roles

— from Symon’s recipe creation and Katie Pickens’ testing and refinement to Jennifer May’s brilliant photography and our editor’s unceasing leadership and supervision — and together we make what I hope are beautiful, useful cookbooks.” “What do I do?” Trattner asks. “I take all of Symon’s words and thoughts, and Katie’s recipes and cooking directions, and mold them into something a little more refined and in keeping with our publisher’s pretty rigid guidelines.”

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Here’s a recipe from the latest cookbook, courtesy of Symon and Clarkson Potter. Grilled Salmon with Moroccan Spices and Cucumber Serves 4 Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon ras el hanout spice blend 4 (6-ounce) skinless salmon 4 tablespoons olive oil Juice of 1 lime 2 cups thinly sliced cucumber ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves 1. Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat. 2. In a small bowl, mix together 1 teaspoon salt and the ras el hanout. Season the salmon on both sides with this spice mixture. Drizzle the salmon with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and put on the grill. Cook until nicely charred and the fish releases from the grill, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until medium-rare, about 2 minutes. (For more well-done fish, cook covered.) 3. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the lime juice and remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Lightly season with salt and pepper. Add the cucumber, onion, and mint and toss to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding salt and pepper as needed. 4. Put the salmon on plates, top with the cucumber salad, and serve.

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Zedd puts his composition skills to good use on his adventurous new dance album, True Colors By Jeff Niesel OUTSIDE OF HAVING AN affinity for Daft Punk, electronic musician and producer Anton “Zedd” Zaslavski didn’t have much of an interest in electronic music. All that changed when he heard †, the 2007 album by French electronic duo Justice. “Justice to me sounded very similar [to Daft Punk] outside of the fact that their production was still some of the best in the world,” says Zaslavski via phone from Las Vegas, where he had just completed a residency at the Wynn Hotel club XS. “I still sample their stuff. I wanted to know how to do that. I didn’t know how to make kicks and snares sound that good. That’s what got me going and wanting to be better.” Now one of the best-known electronic musicians in the world, the Russian-born Zaslavski grew up in Germany where his parents gave music lessons and played concerts on the side. He learned to play piano when he was 4. “I was horrible at reading music,” Zaslavski recalls. “I would pretend I could read it. I just memorized every single piece instead of reading it. I think that is better, by the way, because you can focus on the emotion more.” When he was 12, he stopped studying classical music and formed a rock band with his brother. “I still played piano and wrote music, but I didn’t go to weekly lessons,” he explains. “We started producing other artists. One day, I discovered my interest in electronic music and started doing it just for fun. I thought my band would be the main music.” Well-versed in how to record music — Zaslavski produced his own band and other bands too — he took to electronic music quickly. “By the time I started making electronic music, I had played two instruments, written dozens of songs and recorded other bands,” he says. “The other thing I had to figure out

was how to use those synth sounds and what plug-ins to use. I didn’t even go out. I was a semi-shy guy who would sit at home and not really go out. I didn’t know about the DJ world. Part of that was maybe the reason why I sounded different from anyone else. If you know too much, you start thinking about things a musician shouldn’t think about it, like is this going to work and is the crowd going to jump. I didn’t know about extended mixes and that DJs needed those extra 30 seconds to mix other music in.” He issued a series of singles before signing to Interscope Records and releasing his full-length debut, 2012’s Clarity. That album delivered the crossover hit “Clarity,” a soaring pop anthem that features the British singersongwriter Foxes on vocals. “I’ve done albums in the rock world before, so that helped with the understanding of the flow of the album,” he says when asked about the process of making Clarity. “Everything I’ve done was for the first time. It was all in my hands and I didn’t know how to do transitions right. It was about making an album which means you have to have songs that bring the energy down. There’s much more than just focusing on one song at a time. I really enjoyed it. When I finished the album, I just wanted to make another one.” This year, he followed up Clarity with True Colors. The album has been a huge success; the single “I Want You to Know,” a poppy number that features singer Selena Gomez, topped the charts, and “Beautiful Now” features soaring synthesizers and a simple piano melody. The title track shows off his soulful

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drop or be 120 bpm.” “Transmission” features a mix of electronic music and hip-hop; it includes a cameo from the rapper Logic. Zaslavski says he’s not a huge hip-hop fan, but he enjoyed working with the up-and-coming rapper. “I love the vibe [of the song],” he says. “It sounds very different. The decision to have a rap on it was very casual. When I started it, I didn’t think it was going to have a rap on

amazing rap. I didn’t know if I could change things around. He just told me to do whatever I wanted. I chopped it up a little bit, and we had a rap on the record.” “Illusion,” a somber song that features a collaboration with the indie rock act Echosmith, works really well as a closing number. “I knew ‘Addicted to a Memory’ would be the intro and I knew that ‘Illusion’ would be the outro,” he says when asked about the album’s sequencing. “When I worked with Echosmith, that was one of the questions. They wanted to know what the function of it was. I told them it would be the closer and that I thought it would be too long as a single. It’s important to know the function of a song on an album. They should not all be hits. They should do their jobs.” He says the live performance is “all about the show.” He worked with the artist Beeple, who created original graphics for a LED wall. “He’s my favorite artist,” says Zaslavski. “I think he’s a genius. I think he’s going to be one of the most famous animators in the world. He got famous for making one art piece a day for the last six years. He didn’t leave Christmas or New Year’s or any day out. We asked him to work on special graphic content. We wanted him to consider doing it for half a year. We decided on the aspect ratio and resolution, and he created content to work perfectly with our production. It’s very difficult to do. We have incredible content with a really, really good LED wall.” For two weeks of rehearsals, all they did was assign visuals and think about what kind of lighting to use. But Zaslavski says the music still matters. “I played the first show without

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Time away helped British shoegazers Ride reevaluate and reassess their band By Annie Zaleski THE MODERN SURGE OF interest in the late-’80s/early-’90s U.K. shoegaze movement has been a particular boon for Ride. During their heyday, the Oxford, England, quartet was a sterling example of how musicians could twist and contort the genre around modern and retro influences. Ride’s music nodded to garage rock, Byrdsian jangle, the Beach Boys and the British Invasion; these inspirations in turn collided with vortexes of distortion, tornadic guitars and hints of psychedelic electro droning. As a result, the band’s first two Creation Records albums, 1990’s Nowhere and 1992’s Going Blank Again, are stone-cold classics featuring indelible songs — the burnt-out jangle-pop of “Taste” and “Twisterella”; the skyscraping, sticky haze of “Dreams Burn Down”; the grinding noise rocker “Leave Them All Behind”; and the wistful, string-aided “Vapour Trail.” Thanks to Ride’s U.S. record deal with Sire, the band toured the States several times in the early ’90s, most notably with fellow shoegazers Lush and Slowdive. One of these long-ago treks provided singer-guitarist Mark Gardener with a rather indelible memory, thanks to an incident that just so happened to take place right here in Cleveland. “We had a bit of a strange night after the show,” he recalls today. “The show was amazing, but then we went to some club and it all went a bit strange from what I remember. We ended up being driven at high speeds back to the bus at early hours in the morning, thinking we were all gonna die because some of us got a little bit crazy, basically.” Gardener can laugh about the memory now, perhaps because he and the rest of Ride — singerguitarist Andy Bell, bassist Steve Queralt and drummer Loz Colbert — survived intact and are returning to Cleveland to play House of Blues, as part of their first big North American tour since announcing a reunion late last year. That they’re returning to the city at all is something of a miracle, however:

After their initial burst of popularity, Ride released two subpar followup albums, and splintered amid creative acrimony and disagreements in 1996. In the years after the split, the band members kept quite busy. Bell was in the band Hurricane No. 1, joined Oasis and, later, played in Liam Gallagher’s other band, Beady Eye. Colbert, meanwhile, drummed for acts like the Jesus and Mary Chain and Supergrass, while Gardener honed his production skills and embarked on a solo career. Only Queralt left the music industry to do other things. “Lots of cycling and, from what we can work out, some sort of dealing with Italian furniture,” Gardener clarifies, before adding with a laugh: “But Steve’s a man of mystery, so we’ll never quite know.” Throughout much of this time, the members of Ride were adamant that the band wouldn’t reunite (save for a one-off 2001 TV performance for a Sonic Youth special). Still, Gardener was cognizant that fans and festivals desperately wanted to see a comeback — and, perhaps

The four original members of Ride have a certain chemistry.

Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, called Universal Road. (The full-length emerged in late March 2015.) “Which wasn’t fantastic timing,” Gardener admits. “But you know, this is how it was. We were all pretty locked into different projects, but then as soon as we kind of said, ‘Let’s do it,’ then everything beautifully just started clearing the way, and then we could announce and lock ourselves into more shows. What was just maybe going to be a month of shows has now become pretty much a year of shows.” He laughs. “In a way it’s strange, because it’s forces beyond our control. But I like it like that. We could plan this, but life has its own plans.” That the Ride reunion has taken on an unexpected life of its own is an indication that things are going well. Chalk that up to maturity and perspective. “I think everyone appreciates and values it a hell of a lot more than we ever did, because it was all we knew back in the day, you know?” Gardener says. “We left art school; we got signed to

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more important, also saw that Ride’s legacy had increased to mythic proportions. “[Ride] just seemed to grow and grow in our absence,” Gardener says. “The songs have grown and carried on. So that’s always been alive, but then it just needed us to reconnect with what was going on.” Yet after the band’s anti-reunion stance finally softened, the challenge then became aligning everyone’s schedules. Still, that hurdle proved easier than expected when Gallagher broke up Beady Eye in October 2014, which freed up Bell to commit to more activity with the reactivated Ride. The only downside? Gardener was finally ready to release a long-inthe-works collaboration album with

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Creation; and obviously it was our dreams coming true. But we didn’t really know anything different. And I think when you have time away from it, then you really learn to reevaluate and re-appreciate it. “And because we’ve had distance on it, you now have a better perspective on it,” he continues. “We can pretty much now tap back into the way that we felt that we worked the best and were the strongest as a unit. And that’s sort of what Ride is: It’s four people really strong in their corners. This couldn’t ever happen if it wasn’t the original four, really, because that’s where that chemistry comes from, really.” That chemistry was especially evident on the band’s debut,

Nowhere, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this October. (Accordingly, a deluxe reissue of the album, with an expanded track listing and a bonus DVD live performance from 1991, is due Nov. 6.) Today, Gardener recalls a “lovely naïvete about what we were doing, but also quite a lot of darkness” around Nowhere’s recording and creating process. In part this is because the band members were quite young, and working through what he terms “all the usual firsts”: leaving home, heading to school, falling in love. However, recording in London’s Blackwing Studios, which formerly housed a church, also lent itself to a special atmosphere. “Basically, we became nocturnal,” Gardener says. “What I really remember is that when we were coming into the studio, it was when everybody seemed to be going home from work in London. It was a weird feeling. We got completely out of sync and step with the rest of the world, but in a nice way. We did feel a bit like some sort of strange night owls working through the night. I think it colored the album.” As for the possibility of new Ride music, Gardener is taking a wait-and-see attitude, because the band prefers to focus on its current concert dates. Still, at the moment, there’s no sign of Ride Mach II ending. “I never really thought even back in our first incarnation that we were a career band in any way,” he says. “It all just felt pretty haphazard, and that’s kind of why we ended up crashing the car. So in a strange kind of way, it feels a bit like that again. It just seems to be the right time [to reunite], and for lots of reasons it’s come together. And it feels so good that it’s now got its own momentum back and, quite naturally, we’re feeling good about just keeping on going.”

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MUSIC THEY’VE GOT THE LOOK

Glam rockers Vanity Crash bring a theatrical element to the stage By Jeff Niesel BACK IN 2001, SINGER-GUITARIST Dennis Van Crash, who was in the local industrial Goth band Queue Up, accepted a job as music director for Cleveland Public Theatre’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch even though he didn’t know much about the play. A hit offBroadway, the play

play wasn’t in production, Van Crash says he didn’t initially know that the band, which would be rechristened Vanity Crash and go on to attain a cult following on the local scene, would carry on after the play’s conclusion. The group will celebrate the release of its latest EP with a concert and art show at the 5

Vanity Crash’s Dennis Van Crash has kept the glam rock group going for over a decade.

centers on a glam rock band fronted by a genderqueer East German singer. The musical’s songs, however, really spoke to Van Crash, and he formed a band to perform the songs in productions of the play that took place in both 2001 and 2002. “The band formed specifically for the play,” says Van Crash one afternoon over coffee at the Tremont coffee shop Loop. “The play had been in New York and L.A. but hadn’t really left those two cities. When I got turned onto it, I realized the music was great. It had this great glam-punk thing going on.” Even though the group did some gigs as the Angry Inch when the

O’Clock Lounge in Lakewood. “When it came time to mount Vanity Crash, there were only three of us left from the line-up that had been in the play,” he says. “We had to get a few more members and then we released our self-titled debut. The recording of this record went pretty well. Brian Hager, now of the Chromes, and I were really into recording. The album became half and half. He did half the album, and I did the other. What is cool is it doesn’t sound that way. It sounds cohesive.” For the next album, singer Dan Folino wrote songs that revolved around the story of a serial killer. “The original recording

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sessions went very well, but Dan kept writing and having me write more and more songs,” says Van Crash. “We never thought the album would be done.” Then Folino left for almost three years for an acting gig. Upon his return, the band finally issued the album. With an eightminute-plus opening overture that featured David Bowie keyboardist Mike Garson, the album was rather “verbose,” as Van Crash says. In the wake of the album’s release and Folino’s departure, Van Crash took over lead vocals and retooled the line-up once again for Rock N Roll Junkie. A much more accessible (and light-hearted) offering than the weighty Yours Justice, the album includes a cover of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There” that comes complete with British accents. The punky “Happy Anniversary” is a Ramoneslike ditty. With its sneering vocals, “Never Coming Up” has a real psychedelic edge to it and the album closer “Restraints” is so heavy, it borders on stoner rock. As its title implies, the band’s newest album, Love, centers on a theme. “Each one of the songs has an element about love from a different perspective,” says Van Crash. ‘Do It in the Movies’ is about the innocent love of two young actors who fall in love while doing a movie. ‘Indicators’ is about having

is different because [veteran local guitarist] Miss Melvis brings raw sonic sparks to the band. In the past, we worked hard to get that classic guitar sound, but with this album we upped the ante and played with the guitar sounds more. The backing vocals are a little different too since there’s more falsetto work.” Recording of the record began in early May but hit a number of speed bumps. “The interruptions started when I got sick the week I took off to work on the record. Then I had a commitment to finish the recordings of Titus the musical. And then for two months I lost access to our drummer, Jason Giaco, who was playing drums for Green Day’s musical, American Idiot. Ugh!” The passing of two family members a few weeks apart in August added to the delay and stress. “In the end it all came together really well,” he says. “Looking back I did have a lot of fun doing the CD.” The band continues to carve out a niche for itself on the local scene where there aren’t a helluva lot of glam rock bands. “We’re out about once a month,” says Van Crash. “We love playing and that glam rock sound and look suits us well.” “I really enjoy that era of music,” he says. “It has a lot of magic. It’s affected a lot of musicians downstream. What’s funny is that if you say glam rock, I would say 80 percent of people think hair metal bands. You have to clarify that.

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a relationship with somebody and then you get signs that it’s falling apart and going down the tubes on a downward spiral. ‘Wishful Thinking’ is about obsessive, lustful desires.” Van Crash says he came across “Love is Moving Underground” when he went through some old DAT tapes. He decided it was worth redoing and the song almost sounds New Wave with its squiggly guitar work and synthesizer fills. “The guitar work on the album

Audiences like our performances because we deliver great music and a visual show. I’ve always been of the opinion that rock bands shouldn’t look like their audience. The ‘look’ is a big part of rock. I don’t want to see a guy looking like he just got out from working underneath his car.”

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The Bellfuries/Jessica Lea Wilkes/ Oldboy: Cleveland native Joey Simeone leads the Bellfuries, a retro-sounding act out of Austin that records for Hi-Style Records, home to roots rockers such as JD McPherson and the Del Moroccos. Produced by label owner Jimmy Sutton (JD McPherson, Pokey LaFarge), the band’s new album, Workingman’s Bellfuries, sounds like a blast from the past as Simeone channels Buddy Holly on the snappy opening number “Loving Arms” and then sounds a bit like Roy Orbison on the twangy ballad “Bad Seed Sown.” Simeone’s tender voice makes the sharply written songs really pop. (Jeff Niesel), 8:30 p.m., $10. Grog Shop. Ott/Plantrae/Aligning Minds: A sonic experimentalist at heart, Ott has dipped his hands in a variety of waters. He’s from the same school that spit out artists like Shpongle and Entheogenic -- electronic musicians who infuse their craft with hallucinogens and the consequences of broken-down spiritual boundaries. He’s got history, too; around the late ’80s and early ’90s, Ott immersed himself in London’s electronic scene and became entranced with “people who were unafraid to combine bassheavy rhythm, abstract soundscape and timeless melody into a huge, ever-shifting sonic universe which reflected perfectly the spirit of hope and positivity which prevailed.” This year, he released Fairchildren, a sprawling trip through pastoral meadows and valleys. “16mm Summer Day” is multi-movement journey that distills Ott’s vibe very well. He calls his songs “sound pictures,” and there’s definitely something visual about his work. (Eric Sandy), 9:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. 10 X 3 Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Jackie Greene/Derek Hultquist: 8 p.m., $20. Musica. Hot Djang! (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Kodaline/Good Old War: 7:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $23 DOS. House of Blues. Lala Lala/Moaning: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Joe Leaman: 7 p.m., Free. BLU Jazz+. One-Eyed Doll/Stitched Up Heart/ Run 2 Cover/Olathia: 6:30

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and music. But the crown of Williams’ industrial hip-hop is found within 2007’s Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust. Williams hits hard against the pitfalls of contemporary hip-hop, pointing out the need for honest art and commanding lyrical wit. Oh, yeah: Go pick up a copy of his longform poem Said The Shotgun to the Head, too. Lots of good stuff in there. (Sandy), 8 p.m., $17-$21. The Kent Stage. AJ & the Woods/Daniel Rylander/ Harlot/Ray Flanagan: 8 p.m., Free. Beachland Tavern. Cruel Hand/The Language/We Were Kids/Stray Dogs/Dismantle: 7 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Now That’s Class. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., Free. Brothers Lounge. DJ Chris Kulcsar: 9 p.m., Free. The Euclid Tavern. Packy Malley Presents a Working Man’s Reggae Show with the Ark Band: 7 p.m., $5. Grog Shop. Psychic Heat/Worriers/Erienauts/ Heart & Lung: 8:30 p.m., $8. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Eric Seddon’s Hot Club: 8 p.m., $10. BLU Jazz+. Spyder Stompers/Jonn Ones: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Yellowjackets: 8 p.m., $40. Nighttown. Zvada/Brothers Band/JCK/Samuel Ross: 8 p.m., $5. Musica.

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for 10,000 Maniacs — as their promotional biography notes, they were “the original indie band,” having released an EP and an album independently on their own prior to signing with Elektra to release their second album The Wishing Chair in 1985. But when they starting laying the groundwork nearly three decades later to work on the album that would become their 2013 release Music From the Motion Picture, they were cautiously optimistic about how things might play out. They used PledgeMusic to fund the record and when the Pledge team told them they could raise $25,000 to make the album, they didn’t believe it. But, in fact, they made that goal and then some, discovering in the process that there was still a sizable fan base out there that wanted to hear new music from the band. The group is currently touring behind Twice Told Tales, a collection of traditional British Isles folk songs. (Matt Wardlaw), 8 p.m., $42 ADV, $48 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Benefit for Jim Konya aka Jim Sadist with Webrain/Punching Moses/Genital Giants: A veteran of the metal scene who’s played with local acts such as Nunslaughter and Schnauzer, Jim Konya recently suffered a stroke. A campaign is currently underway to help raise funds to help him pay for his medical expenses. Earlier this month, heavy metal yoga instructor Shannon Nietzsche hosts a donation based class at Lakewood Park. Tonight, the goodwill continues as local acts Wetbrain, Punching Moses and Genital Giants play a benefit concert in his honor. (Niesel), 9 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class. Hozier/LIttle Green Cars: An Irish

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LIVEWIRE singer and songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow, Hozier shot to fame after “Take Me to Church,” the single from his debut EP became a huge hit (the song is also on last year’s self-titled full-length debut). A gospel-inspired tune, it’s a surprisingly soulful and passionate ballad that showcases Hozier’s husky voice. The other songs on the album aren’t as dramatic but moody tracks such as “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene” rock hard and should enliven tonight’s concert. (Niesel), 7:30 p.m., $39.50$45. Jacobs Pavilion. Alloy X Showcase with Smoke Screen/Urbindex/Ghost Noises/ A/V/AdAb: 9 p.m., $5. Grog Shop. The American Jobs (bar show): 10 p.m., Free. Now That’s Class. Day Creeper/Tonowandos/ Meanderthal/Weird Science: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Faction: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Jeff German & the Blankety Blanks CD Release (in the Supper Club): 8:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Sam Hooper Group: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. An Intimate Evening with Jeffrey Osborne: 8:30 p.m., $45-$65. The Tangier. Lee Corey Oswald/Soda Bomb/Call Your Shot/Persons/Places/Things/ Rooted (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Dennis Lewin: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Tracy Marie (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. A Place to Bury Strangers/Grooms/ Hiram-Maxim: 8:30 p.m., $15. Beachland Tavern. The Rhythm Syndicate: 8 p.m., $20. Akron Civic Theatre. RIDE/The Besnard Lakes: 8 p.m., $27.50 ADV, $30 DOS. House of Blues. Laetitia Sadier/Uno Lady: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Scythian/Mary’s Lane: 8:30 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Soul Music and Other Music for the Soul with DJ Lawrence Daniel Caswell: 6 p.m., Free. Happy Dog. Truslow & Shiny Penny/Outdated View: 8 p.m., $8. Musica. Jim Volk/The Gage Brothers/ George Foley & Friends: 5:30 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Yellowjackets: 8 p.m., $40. Nighttown.

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15/60/75 The Numbers Band - 45th Anniversary Concert!: 15/60/75 The Numbers Band has a 45-year history of playing in Cleveland and recorded 1976’s Jimmy Bell’s Still in Town at the Agora. Two years ago, the band celebrated the long-time-in-coming release of Coal Tattoo, which was originally recorded in 1998 when the band was in Europe to perform at a festival curated by Pere Ubu’s David Thomas. It’s currently at work on a new song “Blue Collar,” which it plans to play at the Kent Stage tonight when plays a special show to commemorate its 45th anniversary. For tonight’s show, they’ll play a tremendous amount of music, including songs that are often requested but were no longer included in the repertoire. There will be nine visiting musicians from Cleveland which will include tenor master, Ernie Krivda,Tony Mamoine of Pere Ubu fame, Chris Butler the creator of the Waitresses, drummer Rod Reisman from First Light and other former members who have been with the band as far back as 1971. (Niesel), 8 p.m., $12$15. The Kent Stage. Arlo Guthrie’s 50th Anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant Tour: Over the years, the appeal of “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” Arlo Guthrie’s rambling folk ditty about how dumping some garbage on Thanksgiving Day got him in a heap of trouble and inadvertently helped him avoid the draft for the Vietnam War thanks to his criminal record, hasn’t diminished. On Thanksgiving Day, classic rock stations throughout the country will spin the 18-plus minute song in its entirety. And Guthrie is on a lengthy tour to mark the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired the song. On the current tour, he’ll perform the song in its entirety each night with some help from his backing band, which includes Terry Hall (drums), Bobby Sweet (guitar, vocals), Darren Todd (bass), and his son, Abe Guthrie (keyboards). Guthrie’s daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie, a singersongwriter who has a career of her own, will open select shows as well. The concerts will also feature an “awe-inspiring” light show created specifically for the tour by 44 Designs, Inc., along with previously unseen images from the Guthrie archives. (Niesel), 8 p.m., $46.50-$80.50. Lorain Palace Theater.

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LIVEWIRE The Internet/Nicky Davey/Marcus Alan Ward: Back in 2008, Syd the Kid and Matt Martians met each on MySpace. They struck up a friendship that carried over into Odd Future, an influential L.A.based hip-hop group that included rappers such as Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean. “He turned me on to good music, bands likes Of Montreal,” says Syd the Kid. “He was from Atlanta and his taste was more Atlanta-based. He grew up on Outkast while I grew up on neosoul.” The two split from the group to form the Internet, a group that draws equally from jazz, soul and hip-hop. Ego Death, the band’s new album, features guest appearances from the likes of Janelle Monae, Tyler, the Creator, and Vic Mensa. As it’s put in a press release, the album connects the dots between Digable Planets and Erykah Badu’s Baduizm. “We wanted the album to be more punk rock and have more of an edge to it,” she says. “I picked up instrumentals that have more edge to it.” (Niesel), 9 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Grog Shop. Babe Bash with Nervosas/ Goldmines/Didi/Slugbugs/Deche/ Fertile the Drip/Beerokrats: 5 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class. Greg Banaszak Jazz Quintet: 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Festivus: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Frogbelly and Symphony/9 Volt Haunted House/Blaka Watra (in the Locker Room): 9 p.m. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Wayne Hancock/Johnny & the Apple Stompers: 9 p.m., $15. Musica. An Intimate Evening with Jeffrey Osborne: 7 p.m., $45-$65. The Tangier. Bill Lestock/The Elderly Brothers: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. David Mayfield/The Angie Haze Project: 8 p.m. Akron Civic Theatre. Mo Mojo CD Release (in the Supper Club): 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Mark Olson/Shawn & Shelby: 8 p.m., $17.50 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Ottawa/By Light We Loom/Joshua Jesty and the Death Panels: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Reckless Kelly/Thor Platter: 8:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $23 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Justo Saborit & Latin Soul: 8 p.m., $12. BLU Jazz+. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown.

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Five Finger Death Punch/Papa Roach/In This Moment/From Ashes to Now: A heavy rock band out of Las Vegas, Five Finger Death Punch has been going strong for a decade now. Singer Ivan Moody can scream with the best of them and growls and grumbles his way through the songs on the band’s hard-hitting new album Got Your Six. The group’s European-style metal has made it one of the most popular bands on the hard rock circuit. Tonight’s show should bring a capacity crowd to Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica and bring the venue’s outdoor concert season to a climactic close. (Niesel), 6:15 p.m., $39.75-$45. Jacobs Pavilion. Veridia: With two nice EPs under their belt and a budding reputation growing out of Nashville, Veridia has had a couple of great years at this point. Their latest release, Pretty Lies, boasts some explosive riffs and choruses (e.g. when singer Deena Jakoub belts “Crazy in a good way!” in the opening cut). Based on their studio tracks, it’s a sure bet that these guys will bring some intense energy to the stage here in Cleveland. (Sandy), 7:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. House of Blues Cambridge Room. Hayes Carll: Acoustic/Aubrie Sellers: 8 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Cleveland Brass Works (in the Supper Club): 7 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Iron Chic/Worship This!/The Public/ Shitty Neighbors: 7 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Now That’s Class. Martime/Wedding Dress/Lawton Brothers: 8:30 p.m., $10. Grog Shop. Nostalgia Factor: 3 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Mike Petrone (in the Wine Bar): 5:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Kevin Smith: 6 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

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GAETANO LETIZIA By Jeff Niesel MEET THE BAND: Gaetano Letizia (guitar), Donny Patterson (drummer), Lenny Gray (bass), Dan Meyer (keyboards) ALL THAT JAZZ: A native of Northeast Ohio, guitarist Gaetano Letizia started playing when he was 15. “I played all the classic rock stuff, Hendrix and Clapton, which was happening back then,” he says. “Hendrix was close to jazz anyway. When Mahavishnu Orchestra and Chick Corea came out, I gravitated to that. I was heavy into composition. Rock was becoming more pop oriented and teeny bop and pasteurized so I said the heck with it. I couldn’t write stuff like that.” He studied music at Kent State and went to Baldwin Wallace on a composition scholarship. “I’ve circled around and realized that blues and funk relate to what I do as well. With both my jazz quartet and the Underworld Blues Band, we rip blues, rock and funk in addition to jazz.” Letizia also cites jazz greats such as Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery and Grant Green as influences. WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR HIM: Mike Bishop, a local guy who’s recorded orchestras, helped Letizia design a studio in his basement about 10 years ago, so he’s able to record at home. “I have a control room and a recording room,” he says. Last year, the musician took a rhythm lesson with Mike Clark, a famous

jazz drummer who’s played with Herbie Hancock. “I’ve been working on my rhythm,” he explains. “As a jazz player, you have to work on polyrhythms and all kinds of stuff. Someone suggested we do an album together. Mike Clark is the most sampled drummer in hip-hop. He was into it and I took Wilbur Krebs, who plays all over the world with Bob James and was on the road with Willie Nelson. He’s a cool fusion and funk and blues guy.” For the resulting album, Froggy & the Toads, Letizia went with a theme. When Clark gave him the dates he was available, Letizia only had two weeks to write the songs. “When we got together, there was no rehearsal. We just ripped it out. Sometimes when you rehearse it, you kill it. I just wanted to write something silly instead of 10 of my jazz funk favorites. I wanted to go Zappa and write songs about toads. It’s just off the wall. Toads are my favorite creature in my world; they eat flies and don’t bother anyone.”

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Dear Dan, I’m a straight 28-year-old female, in a relationship with my boyfriend for two years. We live together, and on the weekends we care for his kid. We are very much in love and have a supportive, happy relationship. I’ve always had a hard time being monogamous. In every relationship, I tend to get a wandering eye around the twoyear mark. Recently I went by myself to see

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