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DE C EM BER 9 - 15, 2015 • VOLU M E 46 No 23 Dedicated to Free Times founder Richard H. Siegel (1935-1993) and Scene founder Richard Kabat Publisher Chris Keating Associate Publisher Desiree Bourgeois Editor Vince Grzegorek

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Upfront

Editorial Managing Editor Eric Sandy Music Editor Jeff Niesel Staff Writer Sam Allard Web Editor Alaina Nutile Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Contributing Dining Editor Nikki Delamotte Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Editor Josh Usmani Interns Xan Schwartz, Brittany Rees, Brandon Koziol

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UPFRONT LAKEWOOD HOSPITAL AGREEMENT LANDS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS statement in support of the measure and in favor of a new model of health care in Lakewood. It was a surreal moment, as Save Lakewood Hospital members began rising from their seats in protest and walking out of the room. Bullock continued on, reading his thoughts quietly, while the room slowly emptied.

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THIS WEEK

LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL introduced an ordinance Monday night that would close Lakewood Hospital in nearly the same methodical process first forecasted back in January. The measure is expected to be voted upon Dec. 21. In brief, the agreement would “wind down” hospital operations until an early 2016 closure. An emergency department would remain open until the Clinic’s proposed “family health center, which includes it’s own emergency department,” opens sometime in 2018. A wellness foundation will be set up with annual payments from the Clinic of $500,000, which can be used “at the foundation’s discretion,” though the Clinic will maintain rights of first refusal of foundation partners. Additionally, 5.7 acres of primo Lakewood land will be available for redevelopment. Read the ordinance and a trimmed-down version of the master agreement at clevescene.com. The bottom line remains: There would be no inpatient hospital in Lakewood. Lakewood Hospital Association trustee Bill Gorton led off the public comment portion of Monday night’s meeting by declaring the master agreement “better” than the original Clinic proposal and lauding the diligence of all involved parties. He spent the rest of the meeting either perusing his phone or actually

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blowing raspberries and chuckling during Lakewood residents’ comments. (One man eventually turned around and asked, “Can you please stop? Seriously.”) From there, about a dozen Lakewood residents spoke — unanimously against the Clinic deal — and urged council members to reconsider the seemingly headlong sprint toward ratifying this agreement. Many residents pointed out that a Tennessee health care firm maintains an interest in the Lakewood Hospital properties — both via a specific proposal for the Westlake Medical Campus and an unspecified interest with the main campus in Lakewood. There is a company knocking on Lakewood’s door with ideas about how to keep a functioning hospital in Lakewood; the city line is that there’s no interest in those talks. (Surgical Development Partners was not represented at Monday night’s meeting.) “Let the patient dedication that was evident in May continue” one man urged, referring to the yearlong process of public discussions about health care and pointing out that some good may come from vetting additional proposals. No dice, it would seem. Toward the end of the hospitalrelated portion of the meeting, City Councilman Tom Bullock read a

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“I got Donald Trump’s ear,” Pastor Darrell Scott told a packed house at New Spirit Revival Center on Sunday morning. “He told me, ‘Bring all the programs that you think will benefit the black community, and I’ll take a look.’” Last month, news broke that Scott had publicly endorsed Trump after organizing a gathering of dozens of black ministers and religious leaders at Trump Tower in New York City. (Trump later told reporters that there was “great love in the room.”) Back in Cleveland Heights now, Scott spent much of this week’s sermon — a fiery meditation on the Book of Acts — railing against the “liberal media” and the religious institutions that have criticized his recent Trump endorsement. Of note, Scott seemed intent to dispel the perception that Trump speaks and acts from a racist point of view. “There’s a disconnect in the black community about some of the things people perceive,” Scott said, referring to the wide variety of national reaction — in favor and against — to Trump’s rhetoric w/r/t minority populations in the U.S. One church member told Scene that Scott has long blended political ideas into his Sunday service messages. (“There’s more politics in church than on the [campaign trail],” Scott said on Sunday.) Based on his preaching this weekend, it’s clear that Scott pours passion into every endeavor, and that

Work begins on new scoreboard at Progressive Field. Hi-def video of ingame hot dog races expected to draw first “substantial” crowds in years.

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he won’t be backing down from his support for the Trump campaign. “I’m not telling none of y’all to vote for him,” Scott said to a room full of applause and Amens, cautioning the wary that he’s not trying to “brainwash” the congregation. “It ain’t that deep.”

ONE BID PLACED ON SEVERANCE TOWN CENTER CWCapital Asset Management placed a $6.6-million bid on Severance Town Center during a county sheriff’s sale last month. The group, now actively servicing the mall’s $43 million in debt, was the sole bidder. The transaction must be approved by a judge. Prior to the sheriff’s sale, we wrote about the old mall in a feature story: Severance, which opened in 1963 as Ohio’s first indoor mall, was reinvented as an outwardfacing shopping center in the late ‘90s but could be approaching “dead mall” status just 15 years later, a sort of life expectancy unseen in the architecture world outside of sports stadiums and arenas. Walmart’s departure two years ago for the greener grass at Oakwood Commons in South Euclid sent the mall into a downward spiral. Severance is now 35 percent vacant and in foreclosure. “The truth about Severance is there are several retailers there that are doing well, and there are retailers that are not doing well at all,” Keith Hamulak, vice president with C.B. Richard Ellis, the court-appointed property manager for Severance, told us. He cited Home Depot and Dave’s as success stories on the property. “But the exodus of Walmart dumped 120,000 square feet back into the market and the back side of the mall needs to be repurposed.” Even if the sale were to be approved (which is likely enough), it’s unclear what the future holds for ol’ Severance Town Center.

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CLIMBING CLEVELAND Meet the small group of folks climbing bridges and chasing rooftops for the best views (and thrills) in the city By Vince Grzegorek

TO MOST CLEVELANDERS, THE crane that arrived to help construct the new 32-story downtown Hilton hotel was just a crane, if they noticed it at all. A piece of construction equipment. To a select few, it was something else completely. A beautiful rarity in Cleveland, an invitation of sorts: It was something new to climb. Kevin Inthavong (@churkh) mentions the crane just a few minutes into a recent chat at an Ohio City coffee shop. He’s talking about the scope of the climbing community in Cleveland compared to cities like Chicago and New York. It’s a small

group, but you’d be surprised at how many of them there are and where they’ve been. “Take the crane,” says the 21-yearold. “Aside from construction workers, I know of 24 people who’ve climbed and photographed the crane from the top. And that’s just people who have photographed it, that’s just what I’ve found on Instagram.” When Inthavong says “climbed the crane,” he’s being literal in one way and descriptive in another. He didn’t scale the crane from the bottom while pulling himself up the outside of the equipment. “There’s a stairwell right in the

middle of it,” he says. “And if you go into the building, you go up and there’s a platform you walk across to get into that and it’s a few flights up from there.” So while he wasn’t impersonating Spider-Man on the ascent, so to speak, he did climb onto the outside of the equipment once he was at the top. Inthavong pulls out his iPhone, finding a picture he’d posted to Instagram of one of the nights he was up there. And there he is, left hand grasping a thick wire and his feet at the intersection of the crane’s arm, the top of the Terminal Tower in the background and the pavement some

30 stories below. “I like to say that the construction company was probably aware of us,” he says. “They made a barricade at the base of the crane and tagged someone else that had climbed it and posted a picture. We just laughed because that’s not even how we got on there in the first place. We’re pretty popular among their group, though, construction workers. I’m not special, I make that clear. If construction workers had cameras then I’d be out of business. They find our pictures though. ‘You hear about these climbing kids?’ you know. ‘They do what we do.’”

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Except the construction workers are supposed to be there. As long as there have been bridges and rooftops, there have been people on the top of both. The evolutionary differences here are two-fold: First, in the case of buildings, a rooftop barbecue is a far cry from sitting on the ledge of a high-rise you have no business or legal right to be on. (Which doesn’t mean you should discount the very legal ways climbers gain access to roofs: Many times it’s as easy as simply asking someone you know in the building. More on that in a little bit.) Second, the ability to take and widely share magnificent photos. Just because you (and we) started noticing them in recent years doesn’t mean it wasn’t being done before. “The very first time I attempted to climb a lift bridge, in what must have been 2003 or 2004, I remember walking up to the lifter at the mouth of the river known as the Iron Curtain,” says one climber who’s been

doing this for more than a decade and who preferred we not use his name. “When I got to within 20 feet of the bridge and paused to figure out a game plan, my eyes focused on the bridge and I realized there were at least six people scattered all over the bridge wearing all black with white bandanas over their face. One of the strangest things I’ve ever seen while out exploring. Just goes to show that people have likely been climbing those bridges since the day they were built. But in terms of recent growth, you could probably chart the growth and it would follow the exact line of growth of Instagram.” It’s where we found Lisa A.M., otherwise known as @amusemymuse, a little more than two years ago. Lisa’s a mother of two in her mid-30s who, at the time and now, sported one of the more scenic and badass IG accounts in Cleveland. She started the feed about two years before that, and after the climber, who has a background in ballet and yoga, posted awe-inspiring

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pics from the tops of bridges, she started getting pings from others. She traveled to Chicago and Detroit and found a scene that didn’t really exist at the time in Cleveland, at least not semi-publicly. “The big thing in Chicago is rooftopping,” she explained to us at the time for an interview for Scene’s People issue. "Everybody’s chasing rooftops there. Coming home to Cleveland, I was like, ‘Why isn’t there anybody here doing this kind of stuff?’” She ran Instagram meetups which mainly drew people interested in photography and urban exploration, two hobbies that have a natural overlap. “Instagram has literally changed my life,” she told us back then. “It’s weird to say that about an app on my phone, but it’s connected me to so many people around the world. I was always into adventure and just living, and then I kind of lost that at some point along the way. But last year,

meeting all those people in Detroit and getting out to explore abandoned buildings, and then meeting all those people in Chicago — it just kind of reminded me how much I love getting out, seeing what’s out there. It’s inspired me to get out here, to see what’s here and dig deeper, finding the hidden side of Cleveland.” That they have. Lisa is kind of the central figure in the community, which counts somewhere between 15 and 30 regular climbers in that loose definition. When Inthavong, who besides working at H&M takes photos of various events around town, first got the bug, it was because of Lisa’s feed, and an Instagram meetup is where they first met. The same goes for Tim Long (@timothyplong), another climber/photographer, and Pierson Trimarchi (@pierson_), a 26-year-old mechanical engineer and photographer. “I started following Lisa on Instagram,” says Long. “I went to a

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FEATURE couple meetups and met her in person and just went out a few times, taking photos. It felt like something that was unique. They’re a very private, close-knit group in terms of who they hang out with. It’s almost like being accepted into this exclusive clique.” “It’s a tight group,” says Trimarchi. “You have to kind of know people who do it. You can’t just ask. So I went to the meetups and started from there. I knew Kevin from Instagram and whatnot, but I didn’t meet him intentionally. I was climbing early in the summer and I was on top of the bridge that connects Whiskey Island to the east bank of the Flats late at night. I was by myself, alone for a good 20 minutes. Then I see these two black figures descending from one of the tresses. We didn’t get close enough to talk to each other and I

had no idea who it was, but I posted one of the photos the next day and Kevin commented, ‘Oh, you’re the guy I saw up there!” And then we started exploring and climbing together.” There’s an affinity there that binds them together, but also a host of motivations that bring them there in the first place. “I’ve always loved heights. I’ve always been a climber,” Lisa told us back when we first talked to her in 2014. “If you ask my parents, they’ll tell you I’ve been climbing since before I could walk. It’s a lifelong obsession: Anything climbable, I’m up there.” When we caught up with her this month, she elaborated a bit. “For me, it is a lifelong obsession with heights, as well as a curiosity, love, and respect for history and architecture. I thrive on challenges and believe the research and discovery process is part of the adventure.” The anonymous climber mentioned

earlier echoes that exploration sentiment. “I could say that I was exploring and climbing things that I shouldn’t have been since I was in grade school — drain tunnels, the building at the park, the neighbor’s garage. I was a dumb kid, we were all dumb kids. You get in trouble. You wouldn’t know people were doing it before, because no one was taking pictures and posting them on Facebook. If there were photos, they were maybe on Flickr, but Flickr really was by and for photographers.” And most of these climbers are photographers either from the start or by virtue of wanting to capture what they see. “I was looking at it more from a photography perspective, views that no one else has access to,” says Trimarchi. “You see the same pictures of the skyline over and over and you can only make it so nice. Climbing roofs and bridges, you get views of the city that no one else gets. I like

it for that respect. I have no real fear of heights. I just like being able to experience the views; it’s peaceful and secluded and kind of only for you.” The mundane yet extensive documentation of the Cleveland skyline is something you’re probably familiar with. There are only so many buildings, so many vantage points. Drive by and through the city enough and it becomes white noise. Walk around downtown and it can only present itself in so many variations: How many identical pictures of the Terminal Tower have you seen on IG? It’s boring as a viewer. Imagine how boring it is as a photographer. “For me it started as getting a cool angle to document our city,” says Tim Long. “We’ve seen shots from Edgewater and the east side and here you have these people who want a different angle, one above the city. You’re part of it. You can see an alley that maybe not everyone else sees. We want to document things that we Photo by Kevin Inthavong

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that I’m responsible for. From there, you can figure it out and you know what to do and what not to do. I don’t take minors though, as a rule. That’s a bad idea.” Inthavong took us out on a beginner’s crash course one evening in late November. We started with a walk in Duck Island that winds its way up to the plateau and bridge that carries the RTA’s Red Line. “I come here a lot,” Inthavong says. “It’s quiet. We’ll just come here and hang out.” It’s not high or dangerous, just quiet and secluded. The view looking east toward downtown is magnificent. He points out the ease with which you could scale the bridge to the top. He points to the various bridges dotting the Cuyahoga River: He’s climbed them all. He’s climbed just about every climbable building in Cleveland: Progressive Field (there’s a shot on his Instagram feed of him sitting atop the script “Indians” on the scoreboard), The 9, most of the Warehouse District buildings, most in the Flats. There are few places he and others haven’t been. And access is pretty easy. Walk into a hotel and go into the stairwell. Ask a friend to let you into their apartment building. Hop up on a fire escape in an alley. Lest you get visions of the crazy daredevil Russian teens posting videos of themselves dangling off buildings by one hand, or dangling

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FEATURE their friends off buildings arm-inarm, that’s not what this community is about. “That’s just cocky,” says Inthavong. “I’m not a huge fan of that.” “I weigh my risk vs. reward every time I do it,” says one climber. “I could say, ‘Well, if I just hang on to this one spot, I could get a really cool photo,’ but is that worth the reward if I have to dangle from this tower crane? No, no, no. I don’t always act like an adult, but I am an adult, so I can’t help but think like one.” Kevin and Lisa and a few others stand out for the precarious positions they put their bodies in — on the arm of the crane, for instance — but many more err on the cautious side of that risk vs. reward equation. And in terms of access, this also isn’t Jason Bourne-style alley-hopping. There is certainly climbing, especially for some of the tougher, unique locales — scaling to the tippy top of the Eagle Avenue bridge, for instance — but most times it’s simply a matter of going where you might not think to go. Like up a winding dirt path to the RTA tracks. “It’s basically like climbing a ladder,” says Tim Long. “Some of them are more difficult. I’d never loved heights, but I like pushing myself and getting out of my comfort zone. The people you’re with make you feel comfortable. You have to have balls to get up there, but there have been times I’ve assessed a situation and thought, ‘This might be a badass photo, but it’s not for me.’” “If you can climb a ladder you can basically do it,” says the anonymous climber. “For a long time I couldn’t walk an I-beam under a bridge, an 8-inch I-beam. My knees would go to

jelly. But you get up there, you get up there a couple more times, and now it’s like, ‘Okay, I’m jogging across it.’ It’s amazing how quickly the fear kind of goes away.” We can climb a ladder, so Inthavong drives us over to a nearwestside four-story building after the trip to the RTA tracks. We park down the street and walk to the side of the building. He steps over a fence that isn’t so much a fence as a trampled down bit of metal on the ground. Next is another fence, this one still standing, about 6 feet tall. We climb it and reach up to a fire escape and pull ourselves up to the skinny set of stairs that zag up the side of the building like a line graph. There’s a rush, a small one, but the adrenaline is flowing. It pumps a little faster on the third floor where there’s a light in a window and a woman who bangs on the glass, clearly unpleased by our presence. We could be robbers, for all she knows. The mission, so to speak, is aborted. After we quickly scamper back down the way we came and make our way back to the car, the thought materializes that we probably scared the shit out of her. “Sometimes that happens,” says Inthavong. He’s talking about someone putting an abrupt end to a climb. We’re more concerned with the woman who saw two men traipsing up the side of her building late at night. But after that thought fades away, it’s replaced by one that very clearly wants to go do this again, somewhere else. “There’s part of it that’s definitely that you’re doing something bad, but it’s not the worst thing,” says Tim Long. “It’s like when you were 13 and you were doing dumb shit. You feel like a kid.” It’s actually rare to get noticed or draw attention in most situations, simply by virtue of the fact that people on the ground pay little attention to

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FEATURE their city. “It’s surprising. I could be on a rooftop that’s only six stories up and I can be hanging out there for 30 minutes and I won’t be worried about anyone looking up. No one looks up,” says Pierson Trimarchi. “I could climb up the face of a building and no one would pay attention.” There are dangers, of course, that go beyond injuries or falling. You can get chased out by private security, you can get caught by the cops and maybe get a trespass citation, you can get your camera confiscated and spend a few nights in jail if someone really wanted to throw the book at you. But that rarely happens, and it certainly doesn’t stop anyone.

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There’s an odd sort of binary going on with the climbers when they talk about their hobby and why they wish it didn’t get so much attention. That doesn’t go for everyone. Pierson, for instance, talked for this article because, “I don’t feel like it needs to be that close-knit of a secret. I don’t want it to turn into something that everyone is doing, but I don’t feel like it has to be mine and mine only. It’s not my community, I feel a little more detached and I’m getting into it from a photography perspective.” Others disagree to a degree and for a variety of reasons, but they acknowledge that there’s an interesting intersection in posting and sharing their photos far and wide on Instagram while still not wanting too many people to know about it.

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“I’m not big on the publicity aspect of the hobby,” says the anonymous climber. “Normally I’ve turned down interviews, but there’s definitely a little hypocrisy there. It’s one thing to post a photo of some gorgeous view and it’s another to share those photos and the stories behind those photos with a much broader audience that normally wouldn’t be exposed to them. “It’s a fun hobby,” he continues. “But — I don’t know if this is going to come out the right way — but I don’t necessarily think some people doing it deserve the attention they get. It’s not that difficult to do, and it’s gimmicky. The line between art and ‘look at what I did’ is pretty small. I think there’s less art and more shock value. I love taking the photos and the experience but I could go out tonight and take a photo from the top of any bridge and post it, and in the morning I’ll have a couple hundred Instagram likes and new followers and comments. I could also go out and take a beautiful black and white portrait and I could spend a long time on it making it this perfect, breathtaking photo and post it, and it’ll get half as many likes and I’ll lose followers. It’s shock value.” The undercurrent there is that as the crane was an invitation to the climbers, the publicity is an invitation to others to do what the climbers are already doing. “It’s flattering that it’s becoming popular and people are into it,” he says. “But the more attention it gets, you wonder how much longer I can do this. I miss the hobby when it was a little underground. Now, you post a photo and two weeks later six other people have posted the exact photo. When you’re talking about a

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FEATURE bridge, if you get to the top, you’re standing on a 10-by-10 platform and there’s the skyline and you’re limited, you can’t help but take the same photos as everyone else.” For Lisa, it’s more a matter of climbing being a very personal activity. “Exploring is just something I do. It feeds my soul and I don’t mind sharing my photos online — much like someone would share photos of any hobby,” she says. “Doing so has allowed me to connect with explorers around the world and create wonderful dear friendships, beyond exploring. On the other hand, I do not like the way mainstream media sensationalizes the activity, and I just don’t care about that kind of attention. I have been approached by all of the major local news channels multiple times for stories over the past few years, and I have declined.” There’s also the issue of newbies perhaps going further than most members would go. Not in terms of danger, though there’s certainly a matter of that with some fresh hobbyists, but also in going beyond simply quasi-illegal trespassing. “We abide by personal property law, you could say,” says Tim Long. “There’s been a huge rise though and this is what’s dangerous: You have kids who are breaking down doors, breaking fire doors, and our reputations suffer because of that.” “I have respect for explorers who put in that work and tread lightly, leaving places exactly as they found them,” adds Lisa. “It breaks my heart to see destruction and the lack of respect some explorers have for iconic buildings and bridges.” Visibility also has a more direct effect. “When you talk about publicity,” says the anonymous climber. “When it comes to articles talking about where we’re going, you’re announcing to the whole community, to the city, to the county, to ODOT, to the property managers, to the police. You’re saying, ‘Hey, we’re out here doing this every night.’ And now those guys who are responsible for security are going to say, ‘I didn’t know they were doing this. I gotta pay attention now. I gotta weld this door shut.’”

scope rooftops. Inthavong has hit Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati and New York. Lisa has hit those and dozens of others. Her feed is a travelbug’s dream (and an acrophobe’s nightmare). There she is high above Las Vegas, there she is overlooking the streets of New York, there she is in Detroit on top of the defunct Pontiac Superdome, its dome already gone as the demolition of the stadium continues. There she is guest hosting the Instagram feed for Palladium Boots beaming out pics from around the world. “Exploring and climbing are

important to me, but my family and other things in life come first. Sometimes I get out a lot and other times I go weeks between adventures. I travel as much as I can and have done lots of that in the past year or so ... Chicago, L.A., NYC, Las Vegas, Detroit, Denver, and even Amsterdam. I have more big trips in the works, too,” she says. “Traveling has always been a priority for me. I want to see as much of the world as possible. One of the reasons I love living in Cleveland is that I can afford to travel often to places across the country and around the world.”

As far as new local urban climbs go, Kevin and Lisa and others will eagerly await each new building. Development is great for Cleveland, and it’s great for the climbers. Once the scaffolding and Flats East Bank sign went up, they were on top of it. Once the crane arrived for the Hilton hotel, they were up there too. And as one climber noted, looking toward the future: “As soon as they put up the next tower crane, the same

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Akron Concert Choir performs on Dec. 12. Tickets start at $45. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com. NIGHTLIFE

Freaky Tiki Fridays As if to ward off winter, jazz/ surf/spy instrumentalists Martini Five-O will bring a beach vibe tonight to Prosperity Social Club in Tremont. The band hosts Freaky Tiki Fridays, an event that features $6 Mai Tais, Pama Palomas, mango-habanero margaritas and other retro-cool cocktails. Appetizer specials include throwback items like coconut shrimp, pigs in a blanket, Hawaiian meatballs or pineapple chicken skewers. “Tiki has always represented an American desire to escape somewhere exotic,” says Prosperity Social Club owner Bonnie Flinner in a press release. “While sipping on a lime-and-rum concoction and listening to the surf sounds of Martini Five-O may not be an island getaway, it is a fun way to forget about the work week and the blustery weather for one night.” The event runs from 9 p.m. to midnight. Admission is free. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com. BURLESQUE

The Tease Awakens The forthcoming Star Wars movie stands to shatter box office records and permeate popular culture like few other films have. With that in mind, Ohio Burlesque and Troupe Le Femme Mystique Burlesque have teamed up to bring a Star Wars burlesque show to the Beachland Ballroom at 7:30 tonight. Highlights include the trapeze duet Doll Carousel from Phoenix, Bella Sin and Doll Bambino. The line-up also includes Ellie St Cyr, Fever Blister, Lady J Martinez, Noella Deville, Lillith Avalon, Sable Champagne and Rubina Mamelons. The Cleveland Burlesque Academy of Kinsey Quake and Marley Teenie will be on hand. Ken Schneck hosts. A special raffle of Star Wars items for Dare2Care will be held. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. (Niesel) 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com.

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Three’s a Crowd Renowned silent-film accompanist and composer, New Hampshirebased pianist Jeff Rapsis makes his Cleveland debut tonight at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, where he’ll play an original score to accompany a screening of the 1927 film Three’s a Crowd — 63 minutes of comedic pathos featuring silent film star Harry Langdon. Langdon portrays a lovelorn man who takes in a poor pregnant woman one snowy night and cares for the woman and her child as if they were his own. The Laurel and Hardy Christmas caper Big Business, a short film about two hapless door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen, precedes the screening of Three’s a Crowd and also will feature accompaniment by Rapsis. The program starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $12. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.

A Christmas Story Each year, A Christmas Story plays over and over on TV for 24 hours straight. Yes, the 1983 film about Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) and his quest for a Red Ryder air rifle is that fricking popular. Shot in Cleveland, the movie holds a special place in the hearts of locals. Today at 10 a.m. at both the Capitol Theatre and the Cedar Lee Theatre, you can enjoy the movie on the big screen. Tickets are $1. (Niesel) clevelandcinemas.com.

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A Very Last Call Christmas The local improv troupe Last Call Cleveland returns to Playhouse Square’s Kennedy Theatre tonight with a show full of “holidaythemed sketches, songs and videos” designed to celebrate the season. Named “best performing arts group” by both Scene and Cleveland Magazine, the veteran group has been active for more than a decade. Tonight’s show starts at 8 at Kennedy’s Theatre and repeats at 8 tomorrow night. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 day of show. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Chardon Polka Brunch with Santa The party-hearty Chardon Polka Band headlines this holiday event at the Music Box Supper Club, dubbed Chardon Polka Brunch with Santa. We’re told there will be polka dancing and a kielbasa-infused brunch menu. The mighty Cleveland Krampus will make an appearance as well. And you can snap your photo with Santa in the photo booth. The $7 admission includes the cocktail of the day or a hot chocolate. It starts at noon at the club on the west bank of the Flats. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

SHOPPING

Cleveland Bazaar This weekend, the 78th Street Studios in Gordon Square play host to the Cleveland Bazaar (formerly Bizarre Bazaar), the longest running indie craft show in Northeast Ohio. Now in its 11th year, the Bazaar is bigger and better than ever. This year’s event will extend throughout 78th Street Studios’ many galleries and artist studios. Browse more than 125 vendors and support your local economy by shopping local this holiday season. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1300 West 78th St., clevelandbazaar.org. DANCE

A Cleveland Inner City Ballet Nutcracker The Cleveland Inner City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker has been an annual tradition since 2004. Tonight at 6 at the Liberty Hill Baptist Church auditorium, the dancers will once again give a performance of the ballet. Chanda Ford-White provides the original choreography with the help of guest choreographers Elain Dowling and Erica Piper. Local pianist Karin Tooley will perform during the show. Tickets are $15. (Niesel) 8206 Euclid Ave., 216-903-6604, clevelandinnercityballet.org. ART

A Graphic Novel Speaker Series Comic books aren’t just for kids. With that in mind, local comics scholar Valentino Zullo hosts a regular graphic novel series in the literature department on the second floor of the Cleveland Public Library. Today, Michael Sangiacomo, a reporter and comic book columnist for the Plain Dealer, will delver his talk, Life of a Creator and Journalist in Comics, at 3:30 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel)

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p.m.; Dec. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Dec. 19 and 20 from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1005 North Abbe Rd., Elyria, 440-366-4040, lorainccc.edu.

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as well. Admission is free. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Niesel) 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com. SPORTS

Holiday Carriage Rides Beginning today and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 3, Cleveland Cultural Gardens will host holiday carriage rides on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 8 p.m. The rides are designed to create “memorable, special moments with family and friends.” Guests will wait before the ride at a fireplace and then receive hot chocolate and hot cider to drink as a carriage takes them through the gardens and fields. Sponsored by the Cleveland World Festival, Famicos Foundation and Shamrock Carriages, the rides celebrate the Cleveland Cultural Gardens’ centennial. A special kickoff event today from noon to 2 p.m. will feature free hot chocolate and snacks and the chance to roast marshmallows in the fireplace. The holiday carriage rides leave from the Upper Italian Garden (990 East Blvd.) The cost of each ride, which accommodates up to five persons, is $25 or $50, depending on the length of the route. A percentage of the proceeds goes to the Famicos One World Theatre Camp, which takes place during the summer at Michael R. White School in Cleveland. (Niesel) 990 East Blvd., 216-791-6476 ext. 269, clevelandworldfestival. com/carriage-rides.

SHOPPING

The Rock N Roll Holiday Flea Market The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern’s annual Rock N Roll

Santas in Tremont Thousands of Santas will reportedly be on hand for the annual One Mile Santa Fun Run that

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Tinsel Town Today at 10 a.m., Playhouse Square hosts Tinsel Town, a special family friendly event designed to celebrate the holidays. There will be holiday crafts, pictures with Santa, a hot chocolate bar, cookie decorating, toy raffle baskets and more. All proceeds benefit community engagement and education programs at Playhouse Square. Tickets are $18 for kids and $12 for their accompanying adults; a family four-pack costs $50. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Juntos Taking its title from the Spanish word for “together,” Juntos is a group exhibition of artwork by more than 50 local and regional artists. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery at Lorain County Community College and the Museum of Hispanic and Latino Cultures; it also functions as a benefit designed to raise funds and awareness for the museum. A portion of each sale will be donated to the museum’s efforts to help establish a permanent home. Juntos opens with a reception from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. today. The exhibition remains on view through Sunday, Dec. 20. Additional hours are Sunday, Dec. 13, from noon to 3 p.m.; Dec. 14 to 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30

to Tremont bars. Registration is $35. See the website for details. (Niesel) hermescleveland.com.

The Dear Santa Tour The Trailer Park Boys — Ricky, Julian and Bubbles — present a special holiday program today at 8 p.m. at Connor Palace. The stars of the Canadian mockumentary that has launched two feature films, the Boys are joined on tour by their former trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey, and his perpetually shirtless assistant Randy. The storyline: When Bubbles tries to spread the true meaning of Christmas to the world, Julian ruins his plans because he wants to cash in on the holidays. Tickets are $29 to $56.50. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. SHOPPING

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takes place today in Tremont. The race, if you can call it that — since Santas are permitted to run, jog, walk or crawl — begins at 4 p.m. at the Tremont Tap House and concludes at the South Side. Runners receive a Santa hat, a race T-shirt and a wristband for free trolley rides

Indoor Farmers Market The Kamm’s Corners Famers Market closes its seventh season today with one final indoor market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; find them inside the Cretan Center, right across the street from the seasonal outdoor market. More than 20 vendors will be on hand and the array of local foods includes Ohio eggs, cheeses, maple syrup, honey and a variety of preserved foods such as peppers, pickles, jams, salsas and sauces. You’ll also find hydroponic greens, storage crops such as apples, winter squash, potatoes and other root vegetables. Area vendors will provide baked goods, pasta, spices, tea and coffee, soaps and lotions, local art

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GET OUT and hand-crafted items for you and your pets. City Club Catering master chef Steve Nikolakis will have his homemade chicken noodle soup on hand to complement his gyros and Greek specialties, and local musicians will play holiday music. Smith Fruit Farm and Quiroz Farm will take part too with outdoor booths, weather permitting. (Niesel) 3853 West 168th St., 216-941-4455, kammscornersfarmersmarket.org.

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Joy: An Irish Christmas Ireland’s Keith and Kristyn Getty arrive at Severance Hall tonight as they bring their fourth annual tour of Joy: An Irish Christmas to town. Thanks to some exposure on Public Television, the Gettys have become a household name. For tonight’s performance, a crew of sharp instrumentalists will play Celtic, bluegrass, Americana and classical music. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets start at $40. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com. MUSIC

Music Mondays Great Lakes Brewing Company in Ohio City kicks off its week with a little live music, craft brews and delicious pub eats (we recommend the housemade pizzas, which are half off during their 4 to 7 p.m. happy hour). Guests can grab a beer and meander down to the Beer Cellar on the basement floor to enjoy the laid-back tunes of local musicians. Tonight, it’s local singer Becky Boyd, who adeptly alternates between blues and pop. She plays from 6 to 8 p.m., and there’s no cover. (McConnell) 2516 Market Ave., 216-771-4404, greatlakesbrewing.com.

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All the Way to #1 Book Signing High-school football has become a huge spectator sport; the new book All the Way to #1, authored by Timothy L. Hudak with John

R. Pflug Jr., documents its rise. Coaches like Paul Brown, Wright Bazemore, Gerry Faust and Bob Ladouceur produced national championship teams at schools like Massillon, Valdosta, Moeller and De La Salle. This book identifies 17 top-notch programs and even takes a stab at naming the best. A graduate of the University of Hawaii, Hudak has a bachelor’s degree in history and has studied the history of football at the high-school and collegiate levels for more than 25 years. A graduate of Brown University, Pflug majored in political science; his father, Bob, is in the high-school football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. Today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Massillon Museum will host a book signing by the authors; plus, the 408-page paperback edition of the book will be on sale in the MassMu giftshop for $34. If all that excitement whets your whistle for even more pigskinrelated activities, check out the exhibit Paul Brown: The Ohio State Years in the museum’s second floor gallery. (Niesel) 121 Lincoln Way, Massillon, 330-833-4061, massillonmuseum.org. MUSIC

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

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ART BACK TO BASICS

2731 Prospect taps into simplicity in art, storytelling By Josh Usmani MOST PEOPLE’S FIRST experience with art as a child usually involves a sheet of paper: a piece of copy paper, construction paper, a coloring book or whatever the case may be. The latest exhibition at 2731 Prospect explores established local and regional artists who never stopped

The exhibition’s roster boasts some of the region’s most acclaimed artists. Participating artists include Christi Birchfield, Jerry Birchfield, Timothy Callaghan, Lane Cooper, Bruce Edwards, Elizabeth Emery, Prajakti Jayavant (based in San Francisco), Andrea Joki, Jason K. Milburn and Darius Steward.

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creating Works on Paper. The exhibition showcases the diverse possibilities of working with and on paper. “Paper is one of the oldest materials used for communication and creativity, with each generation of artists continuing to reinvent new methods and strategies for the use of paper,” 2731 Prospect owner and director Lauren Davies says. “This group exhibition focuses on the unique attributes of paper investigated within a variety of approaches that range from reenvisioning traditional techniques to experimental and hybrid processes.”

These artists have professional ties to local institutions such as the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Spaces, Zygote Press and ArtHopper.org. A number of them were represented

that are paired with works that explore the abstract and vibrant use of color,” Davies says. “Personal narratives are examined through intimate visual story telling while other works employ monochromatic painted paper forms that give a nod to minimalist sculpture. Some works deftly utilize paint that is applied to paper with a delicate touch, while other works feature screen printed imagery sourced from the culture of contemporary pop entertainment.” These artists (and their similarities and differences) exemplify the limitless possibilities contained within a single sheet of paper. Timothy Callaghan’s gouache studies of urban landscapes, Darius Steward’s watercolor and gouache portraits and Jason K. Milburn’s pencil and watercolor portraits (with elements of collage of found objects) contextualize and explore our daily lives. Callaghan teaches at Lake Ridge Academy and Steward teaches at St. Ignatius High School and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Siblings Jerry and Christi Birchfield use paper in vastly different ways. Jerry’s works on paper are influenced by his background in photography and printmaking, while Christi utilizes various processes and techniques to transform paper into flowing, intricate, organic threedimensional objects. Jerry teaches at CIA, and Christi runs Zygote Press’ new Ink House satellite in Collinwood’s Waterloo Arts District. Lane Cooper is best known for her paintings, but these works on paper maintain the impressive nature of her larger paintings through the same creative process. Cooper teaches painting classes

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by William Busta before his retirement earlier this year; indeed, 2731 Prospect is in the former home of the William Busta Gallery. “Works on Paper includes stark yet elegantly printed aquatints

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at Cleveland Institute of Art and writes for ArtHopper.org. Andrea Joki is also better known for her paintings, but her works on paper can be quite different. Bruce Edwards utilizes traditional

techniques from photography, printmaking and advertising to create his nontraditional imagery. Edwards is Spaces’ residency coordinator. Elizabeth Emery usually works in mixed media sculpture and ceramics. Her unique background (which includes professionally racing bicycles for 10 years) subtly impacts her unique work. Emery is Zygote Press’ residency director and website manager. Although Prajakti Jayavant is currently based in San Francisco, she earned her BFA in drawing and painting from the Ohio State University. Jayavant’s work explores the three-dimensionality of a single sheet of paper by applying layers of paint and medium for varied pliability. She folds, bends, rips, cuts and binds the paper to create asymmetrical, seemingly simple forms. 2731 Prospect will take a brief winter break beginning on Dec. 23, and return to regular gallery hours on Jan. 13, 2016. The gallery will be open by appointment only during their winter break. To launch the new year, 2731 Prospect will present two special programs in conjunction with Works on Paper. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, representatives from the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservancy and the Intermuseum Conservation Association will discuss archival preservation of paper and artwork created on and with paper. There will be time for questions following the presentation. Works on Paper remains on view through Feb. 6. For the closing, Davies has organized a special roundtable discussion with the exhibition’s artists at 2 p.m. The artists will discuss their various techniques, processes and approaches to the media, which range from traditional printing processes to digital and experimental tools. Following the roundtable discussion, the gallery will host a closing reception with the artists. All events are free.

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THE BLUNT TRUTH: WEED KILLS!

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Experience the paranoia of marijuana hysteria in Reefer Madness at Blank Canvas Theatre By Christine Howey ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, you may be looking for an alternative to the usual holiday intoxicants. Let’s face it, a spiked eggnog can get a little nasty after the fourth or fifth one, turning your intestines into an egg-y, rumbling slush of cream, nutmeg and Black Jack. And while snorting ground Christmas wreaths and patchouli may sound festive, the results can be iffy. Better to stick with a proven source, such as good old-fashioned marijuana. And while we certainly don’t advocate inhaling the laughing lettuce (heaven forfend!), there’s another way to ingest some ganja fun with Reefer Madness now at Blank Canvas Theatre. This raucous musical — with music by Dan Studney, lyrics by Kevin Murphy and book by both — is a giggle-fest whether you’re high when you see it or not. The play has the same title as, and is based upon, the 1936, grade-Z flick which was originally funded by a church to warn high school kids away from the wacky tobacky. (Well, that worked.) Little did they know back then that 420 would gain such common acceptance that it’s now legal in several states and probably headed towards complete legalization across the country. But back then, when Hitler was on the march and Japan was inching closer to war, the one thing that really terrified some communities in

America were the blunts that kids were toking on behind the barn or next to the soda shop in town. The posters on display on the Blank Canvas stage capture the hysteria of the time, with lines such as: “Assassin of Youth,” “The Devil’s Weed,” and “Weed with Roots in Hell.” Indeed, in some quarters it was felt that even one puff of a spliff would send a normal, church-going teen reeling down a death spiral to murder and insanity. The original movie plumbed all those possibilities, and

Local nerd Jimmy Harper is in love with his main squeeze Mary Lane (Wait! That sounds just like … !), and while they’re getting ready to go to the prom, a pot pusher named Jack invites Jimmy back to his reefer den for a free doobie hit. Seconds later, Jimmy is whirling through an orgy populated by belly dancers, unusual people indulging in non-approved sex acts, and a horned satyr thrown in for good measure. It’s all played for laughs and, under the relentless direction of

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this clever stage parody matches the intensity of anti-blunt paranoia right from the start. In the opening song, “Reefer Madness,” a rabble-rousing lecturer (played to the hilt by Derrick Winger) is warning of the dangers: “Creeping like a communist it’s knocking on our doors/Turning all our children into hooligans and whores.” And then his argument is capped with the closer: “If you fail to draw the line, your babies will be next!” While the thought of a baby puffing contentedly on maryjane is both impossible and weirdly satisfying, it sets the stage for what is to come.

Patrick Ciamacco, the chuckles come as steadily as if you were mainlining the chronic yourself. He wisely keeps all his actors playing their parts in a straightforward and appropriately florid manner, allowing the witty lyrics and other staging effects to provide the humor. Those effects include projections of quotes such as, “Reefer gets you raped and you won’t care!” And at crucial junctures throughout the play, the title card “Reefer Madness” is shown, accompanied by a chorus chanting those two words with dread intent. As Mae, the madam of the reefer den and Jack’s abused girlfriend,

Kate Leigh Michalski has a number of amusing moments, particularly in her solo “The Stuff,” in which she croons: “He throws me down the stairs, but deep inside he cares/ He buys me lingerie, and the stuff!” Michael Crowley lends a sleazy charm to the pusher Jack, and Trey Gilpin giggles with an amped-up, bud-fueled authenticity as stoner Ralph. Colleen McGaughey plays the weed slut Sally who neglects her baby, but the infant gets its own solo. And even Jesus (Aaron Patterson) makes an appearance in silver short shorts and a glitter robe singing: “I’m here to help you, Jimmy, and return you to the fold/Try filling your lungs with God, and not Jamaican Gold.” As for the innocent teens, Cory Zukowski’s Jimmy is the perfect dweeb in his horn-rimed glasses. And after he’s hooked, he becomes a raging lunatic until he encounters sweet and innocent Mary (Neely Gevaart), who turns into a snarling dominatrix once she gets some tree in her bloodstream. Yes, tragedy awaits! If you love parodies, this one is a keeper. And even though there were some audio problems on this night, with a number of lines getting overridden by the band, you’ll no doubt hear enough to keep you chortling for the duration.

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Powerful performances distinguish the Sundance hit James White By Sam Allard JAMES WHITE, WHICH OPENS exclusively at the Cedar Lee on Friday, took home “Best of NEXT” honors at the Sundance Film Festival last year. Cleveland native Steven Caple Jr.’s local film The Land was recently selected to appear in this year’s NEXT program at Sundance, a slate of films from up-and-coming filmmakers that purport to define the next wave of American cinema. As a NEXT film par excellence, James White, written and directed by rookie Josh Mond, ought to represent something new and forwardthinking (avant-garde, even?) in filmmaking. Though it doesn’t necessarily do that — the narrative trajectory of grief and growth is a familiar one — it’s nonetheless a remarkable film, anchored by two powerful performances and strung together by a series of painfully ontarget scenes that show an entitled twentysomething on the receiving end of a reality check. James White (Girls alum Christopher Abbott) is a boozing, jobless New York millennial who’s been sleeping on his mother’s couch for four years. He’s deluded himself into believing that picking up his mom’s prescriptions from the local pharmacy constitutes full-time work. She’s got Stage 4 cancer, after all, and the physical and emotional strain of “caring for her” has so overwhelmed young James that he treats himself to an extended vacation in Mexico, after which he

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says he intends to return to get his life together. “I need a break,” says James to his mom, (Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon), in one of many scenes in which he’s unable to see the preposterous nature of his life, even as it’s explained to him. “Honey, all you do is take breaks,” she says. No dice. But Mexico is shortcircuited. His mom summons him back home after some discouraging medical news, and James — still unable to grow up — immediately begins cavorting again with his childhood buddy (Kid Cudi) and his new teenage girlfriend, whose emotional maturity is a

stark reminder of his privileged, self-centered childishness. He’s a repulsive character through-andthrough — he shows up to a job interview at New York Magazine, where he has a family connection, in a T-shirt, reeking of booze, and is incredulous, almost insulted, that he’s not offered a job on the spot. Even in his darkest moments, it’s difficult to feel anything but contempt for him. And yet, he does love his mother. Though his means of coming to her aid are themselves evidence of ugly entitlement — he demands a bed in an overcrowded hospital when his mother shouldn’t be there in the first place — you begin to feel

for him as you would a very young child, or a developmentally disabled person. Abbott and Nixon, playing a character whose illness can’t conceal mixed feelings about her son, are both tremendous in their roles. The camera shoots in intimate closeup, often following James from directly behind as he walks the streets of New York, or zooming in on his face in the hotel rooms and cabs where he spends unconscionable sums. It creates an atmosphere of discomfort and claustrophobia and is difficult to watch at first. Yet the technique turns out to be an ideal mode to follow our troubled, drunken solipsist through his pitch-dark days.

become a Christmas classic. It’s part of the Capitol Theatre’s on-going Sunday Classics Brunch and Movie Series. After the film, patrons who show their ticket stubs at one of the partner restaurants (Luxe Kitchen and Lounge, Latitude 41n, Spice) will get a discount or special offering for brunch. Tickets are $6. And finally, Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker, shows at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, and at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at the Cedar Lee Theatre. Nina Kaptsova, Artem Ovcharenko, Denis Savin, Pavel Dmitrichenko and Vyacheslav Lopatin

star in this adaptation of the classic story about a magician who sets out to find a young girl who can break a curse on his nephew and restore him to human form. Mice and toys do ferocious battle. Yuri Grigorovich choreographed the dance movements. Admission to this screening is $15 for adults, $12.50 for children and seniors. For more information on the screenings and to purchase advance tickets, go to clevelandcinemas.com. — Jeff Niesel

SPOTLIGHT: HOLIDAY MOVIES ’TIS THE SEASON FOR HOLIDAY films. While Cleveland Cinemas annually shows A Christmas Story on the big screen, this year’s screenings are even more highly anticipated, and advance tickets are going fast. The film screens at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Cedar Lee Theatre and the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are only $1. The Cleveland Cinemas holidaythemed schedule also features a slew of other seasonal favorites. Scrooged, an update of the Dickens story that features a very young-looking Bill Murray as a cynical TV exec who

fires people on Christmas until he’s haunted by three spirits who attempt to change his bad attitude and show him what a curmudgeon he can be, screens at midnight on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $6. A classic flick that centers on a small-town man (James Stewart) who feels so limited by his circumstances that he contemplates committing suicide on Christmas Eve, It’s a Wonderful Life screens at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Capitol Theatre. Despite its serious subject matter, the Frank Capra film has

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HEAT AND SERVE Mod Meals, Cleveland’s new chef-made delivery food service, makes dinner easy By Douglas Trattner AT PRECISELY 6:18 P.M., I receive a text on my phone that informs me that my meal is minutes away and suggests I preheat my oven to 375 degrees. It is the smallest of things, yet it manages to make a big impression. For one thing, it reassures me that my online order was received and processed; and for another, the heads up means that I will be eating dinner 10 minutes sooner than had I received no warning at all. I’ve now ordered two separate meals (roughly 10 different dishes) through Mod Meals (mod-meals. com), the new local startup that delivers chef-made meals right to your doorstep, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Launched in November, the enterprise works very differently from the typical restaurant delivery service, which merely shuttles hot food from point A to point B. Mod Meals’ dishes are prepared in the restaurant kitchens of the chefpartners, chilled and kept that way until they land on your stoop hours later. Not only is chilled food stable food, meaning that your dinner won’t arrive overcooked, mushy, soggy, limp or whatever the case may be, it also is more flexible. Heat and eat it right now if you want, or hold it in the fridge until later: The food will be

exactly the same. As one who uses his microwave almost exclusively to melt butter for popcorn, I was skeptical the results would favorably compare to those using a conventional oven. But the food turned out pretty much the same regardless of the reheating method, an outcome that doesn’t surprise Mod Meals CEO Bruce Teicher. “From the start our focus was on doing things that would stand up to delivery and reheating because busy people are going to want to get that meal in their mouth in two or three minutes,” Teicher explains. “The food has to work in a microwave, because who has time for ovens?” So chef-partners like Eric Williams (Momocho, El Carnicero), Karen Small (Flying Fig), Brian Okin (Cork & Cleaver, Graffiti), and Ben Bebenroth (Spice), who also happens to serve as Mod Meals’ chief culinary officer, cater their dishes specifically to the delivery and reheating process. Each dish comes with its own heating instructions, which might include removing a cold slaw, setting aside a fresh herb garnish, or adding a particular component halfway through the reheating process. Dishes like Bebenroth’s Memphis BBQ Brisket ($13.95), Small’s Pot Roast with Yukon Gold Mashers ($13.95), and Okin’s Chicken Confit

with Collards ($11.50) exemplify the types of dishes that reheat flawlessly. The thick-sliced brisket was fork tender, sporting a slender lip of fat and tangy tomato-based sauce. Okin’s chicken confit just about fell off the bone, the tender dark meat and mushroom gravy melting into the creamy polenta. One of my favorites, taste wise, came from Small, who paired two large, flavorful and juicy chicken meatballs ($13.95) with pureed potatoes and sautéed broccoli spears. The dish is garnished post-oven with a bright parsley pesto and good quality grated Italian cheese. My least favorite was a bland vegan vegetable salad ($9.95) with lentils, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and spaghetti squash. Pasta dishes like Cavatappi with Grilled Squash and Arugula Pesto ($13.95) and a Kid’s Squash & Cheese Cavatappi ($7.95) both performed well, though the former seemed out of line pricewise compared to heartier meatbased dishes. For dessert we enjoyed Cherry Chocolate Chunk Cookies ($2.95) one night and warm Mexicanspiced bread pudding ($4.95) with cool vanilla crème anglaise another. My biggest gripe has been the lack of variety. On some days there are as few as two or three dishes total from which to choose, an issue

compounded by the fact that some of those items linger on the website for days at a time. One of the nicer features of Mod Meals is that beer and wine can be added to any meal delivery, but since launch there has been exactly one variety of beer ($6/ can) and less than a handful of wines. It’s an issue that while completely by design is already being improved upon, says Teicher. “In the beginning we really concentrated on getting the rhythms of the business down, and that goes for the chefs as well, so the emphasis hasn’t been so much on menu variety as much as perfecting the service,” he says. “There is a much greater need for variety and the chefs have been actively developing new recipes.” That includes more vegetarian and healthy dishes, he notes, adding that cold-pressed juices from Daily Press already have joined the mix. New chefs, too, will be brought into the fold, giving time-crunched diners even more reasons to choose Mod Meals. And since launch, the delivery footprint has greatly expanded with Lakewood, Ohio City, Tremont, Detroit Shoreway, Bainbridge and Auburn joining downtown, University Circle and the near-eastern suburbs.

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“I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD watching both grandmothers and my mom rolling the meatballs,” says Bo Santosuosso, co-owner of Johnny’s on Fulton (3164 Fulton Rd., 216-281-0055, johnnyscleveland.com). Squeezing through the narrow restaurant’s sea of suits and ties, Santosuosso makes his way behind the bar. He worked his way up from dishwasher at age 19 to mixing drinks at 21 to his ownership today. In the 41 years he’s worked at Johnny’s, the family meatball recipe has never changed. Santosuosso’s mother’s mother was from Sicily, his dad’s mother from Tyrol. Santosuosso grew up a couple blocks away and he’s been cooking their recipes, including their classic meatballs, ever since. The one guiding principle: Don’t even think about breaking from tradition. “Everything’s consistent,” Santosuosso says. “You can’t mess with anything; you can’t add your own twist to it.” While we think of the ItalianAmerican balls of meat and bread as a staple of fall comfort as the weather turns cool, meatballs transcend not only generations, but cultures. The Greek have soutzoukakia, as found at Taki’s Greek Kitchen (377 Lear Rd., 440-930-8888, takisgreekkitchen.com). Chef/owner Taki Diamantis, a former executive chef at Johnny’s on Fulton, grew up with the Greek meatballs he serves today. But being the owner of his own restaurant, he puts his own spin on the dishes he revisits when he travels to Greece every year. “We make the lamb meatballs in a spiced tomato sauce which is flavored with cumin,” says Diamantis. “Between that and a little cinnamon stick, it goes a long way.” He also adapted a chicken meatball influenced by the southern region of the islands. Lighter and fluffier, they’re accented with sharp cheese, a red wine reduced to a syrup and mint, an addition of Diamantis to the original recipe. “It gives it a little sweetness with the sharpness of the cheese,” he says. “The dill and the mint and the bold herbs really pop and make it vibrant.” Lamb and chicken are also two

of five “polpettes” served at Dante Boccuzzi’s D.C. Pasta Co. (12214 Pearl Rd., 440-238-8500, dcpasta. danteboccuzzi.com), which rounds out its offerings with pork, beef and a vegetarian ricotta cheese. “People will come in and order all five,” says manager Johnny DelBusso. “A table will sit down and say, ‘Give us one of each meatball’ and they all get to try them.” Each is made with breadcrumbs grated in-house from homemade bread, which differentiates “tender meatballs versus dried out, heavy ones,” he says. “There’s something reassuring about having that nice, hearty food,” says DelBusso. “It reminds people of their youth, when grandma used to sit there and make a pot of sauce with the bones and the meatballs in it.” Just ask his mother, Carmela DelBusso. Carmela is the “C” in D.C. Pasta and the former owner of Portofino Ristorante, which operated where D.C. is now housed. “I taught him everything he knows!” she says. Today, she’s the chef/owner of Oggi Ristorante (203 East Royalton Rd., 440-526-0789, oggiristorante.net), where she cooks authentic Italian she retained from her 14 years growing up in Italy. Meatballs, she says, start with good ground pork, veal and beef, with Parmigiano and Romano cheeses. “I use the butcher block black pepper, so when you eat the meatball you hit a chunk of pepper and it explodes in your mouth,” says Carmela. Then it’s mixed with handmade bread soaked in milk and one egg per pound of meat. Meatballs go directly into the sauce. “It’s colorful, not the sinister dark sauce that a lot of people use because they think that cooking the sauce for hours and hours and hours makes it better,” she says. For all the global variations of meatballs, it all boils down to keeping the classics just that: timeless and simple. “The simpler things are, the better they taste,” Carmela says.

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Like many local fans of barbecue, Ladner sees an undeniable void in the marketplace, one he hopes to help fill. “It’s a regional thing; independent restaurants are opened by people who have a passion for one thing or another,” he says. “If you grow up in a region where barbecue isn’t a thing you grew up eating, that’s probably not the kind of restaurant you’re going to open.” As a Texan, Ladner will certainly smoke beef, but he also recognizes our Midwestern love of pork, so that will find a place on the menu as well. Both, he hopes, will come from local farms. All will be smoked using real wood, he promises. In addition to the smoked meats and sides, the as-yet-unnamed eatery will offer some lighter dishes as well. “Given our background [at Giovanni’s], we’ll also try and introduce some nice composed salads and such to appeal to a wider range of people during lunch,” he adds. “You want to make your customers happy.” The undisclosed eastside location will seat about 80 inside plus another 40 to 50 on the patio. “When Carl saw this opportunity and location, it seemed like a good fit for that area, which has a lot of lunch business and residential.” The team is shooting for a springtime opening.

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Cleveland’s own Tancredi as the only chef representing the Red, White and Blue. If you haven’t been to Adega, the signature restaurant at The 9, it’s definitely an indulgence. Adega serves fresh, modern Mediterranean food, with entrees pegged from $25 to $45. Celebrity residents from The 9 have been known to dine at Adega, so it comes as no surprise that the head chef is one of the best in the business. Adega recruited Tancredi back in 2014. After graduating from Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, Tancredi worked nationally at the Greenbrier in West Virginia, Rosedale’s in Columbus, and Table 45 in Cleveland, where he was the chef du cuisine. In 2013, he was selected as Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Foundation. Trancredi will be competing for the Global Chef Title in Greece in September 2016. We won’t be able to watch it live, so we just might have to settle for splurging on a meal at Adega in order to cheer on Cleveland’s own world-class chef. –Xan Schwartz

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Indie rockers Sleater-Kinney reunite with a renewed sense of purpose By Jeff Niesel WHEN INDIE ROCKERS SLEATERKinney went on hiatus back in 2006, the band did so quietly. While a certain amount of drama often accompanies band breakups and breaks, that wasn’t the case for the Portland, Oregon-based trio. Rather, singer-guitarist Corin Tucker and guitarist Carrie Brownstein remained friends. At the end of 2011, Tucker suggested she and Brownstein get the band, which also includes drummer Janet Weiss, back together. “I mentioned to her that we should play together again,” says Tucker via phone from her Portland home. “That spurred a bunch of conversations. We started talking about how we would do it and what it would look like. After we jammed together, we decided we wanted to make another record. That took us a couple of years.” From the very start, the women decided that they didn’t want to just revel in their past glories. Rather, they wanted to record some new songs and tour in support of a new album. “We wanted to make a new album to reignite and reinvent who we are as a band,” Tucker says. “I’m glad we did that. It took a long time and a lot of work, but I’m glad we did it that way. It’s a great way to introduce yourselves to a new generation of fans and to say, ‘This is who we are in 2015.’ All three of us are really passionate about music. This band has meant a lot to us over the years. All of us are committed to working hard to have the band always come across as a really good group. We want to maintain the level of respect that we have earned.” The band earned that respect quickly after forming in 1994 in Olympia, Washington, the unofficial

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home of the riot grrrl movement that paired feminist philosophies with punk rock power chords. Taking their name from Sleater Kinney Road, a street near one of their early practice spaces, the band drew upon the experience of both Tucker, who formerly led the riot grrrl band

Heavens to Betsy, and Brownstein, who formerly had been in the band Excuse 17. Because they would often play the same clubs, they initially formed Sleater-Kinney as a side project. Their self-titled debut showcased Tucker’s high-pitched vocals, causing more than one critic

to compare her screech to that of X-Ray Spex’s Poly Styrene. “I think that for me when I started out as a singer, I was always singing over really distorted guitars,” Tucker explains. “I think that’s true of a lot of rock singers. But it was especially true for me

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MUSIC coming from a punk background. I really looked to people like Poly Styrene and Kathleen Hanna — women who had a unique and recognizable vocal style. I worked hard to grab people’s attention with my voice. I think at the time when I started singing there were people who were really not excited by the sound of my voice. I think that’s true for some people today. The people who do like my voice love it. That’s really special.” For No Cities to Love, the new album the band issued earlier this year, the group set out to capture the intensity of past albums. “I think when we went back to making new material, we were able to step back and see who we are as a band and what we’re good at as songwriters,” says Tucker. “We really focused on vocals and

but they mostly ran with it. I think it’s amazing. I love how it turned out. I’ve been a fan of [creator] Loren Bouchard. I was a big fan of (animated series) Dr. Katz. To have a creator like him do a visual piece for us was an exciting thing.” “Surface Envy” puts Tucker’s howling vocals up front in the sound mix and gathers momentum as the band cranks up the guitars and establishes a compelling groove in the process. “I think that song was written as a flashpoint in terms of how I feel about the band and how important it is for me and yet how difficult it is to be a parent and be in a band,” says Tucker. “That’s been a struggle for me for a long time, but it’s a worthwhile one. It takes all those concerns and wraps them into a song. Music can be this strong sense of identity and we have come to recognize that with our fans. It’s about bringing people together and being able to share that with other people. That’s a really special

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melodies for this record. There’s a lot of singing in unison, even more than on any other record. We wanted to make a record that people could be able to sing along to. We also wanted to bring a present-day sensibility to the music. It’s guitar rock but it has a synthesizer flavor to it, almost referencing Nile Rodgers at times with the guitar playing.” Though the group worked in three different studios, the album still sounds cohesive. “That’s owing to [producer] John Goodmanson,” says Tucker. “His level of professional attention to detail is bar none. He is incredible at making a cohesive album. That’s really important to him. I’m glad we were able to work with him again.” In the wake of the album’s release, the group’s been plenty busy. It played a headlining show to a soldout crowd at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival, and Brownstein released her memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl. It collaborated with Bob’s Burgers to create the music video for “A New Wave.” “That came about because our publishing agent is friends with the people who make Bob’s Burgers. He just suggested it,” says Tucker. “The people who make that show are fans of the band. We were like, ‘Really?’ We were pleasantly surprised. They had a couple of questions for us

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thing. As we’ve gotten older, we have learned to appreciate that more.” From the footage of recent live performances that have been posted on the Internet, it’s apparent the band sounds really tight. Does Tucker think the musicianship has improved? “Definitely,” she says. “That’s the awesome thing about sticking with it or even coming back to it. After working with other people and doing other things, we’ve brought a strong level of musicianship back to the band.” Thanks to the success of the IFC program Portlandia, a quirky comedy that has no parallel, Brownstein has successfully launched an acting career. That doesn’t surprise Tucker one bit. “You know, she always wanted to do acting and comedy,” she says. “Even back in the day she was doing improv in Olympia. I’m happy for her that she has found Portlandia and that really has become this great success. Tucker anticipates that the reunited band will continue to tour and record. “I would definitely like to,” she says. “It just depends on people’s schedules.”

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Drummer Jason Bonham enjoys playing Led Zeppelin faves for the fans By Matt Wardlaw DRUMMER JASON BONHAM CAN keep time with the best of them when he’s behind the kit. But if you’ve got a scheduled appointment with Bonham, you might want to bring a magazine. Chances are good that you’ll be hanging out for a bit before he gets there, even if you’re Jimmy Page. The year was 1987 and Bonham — son of late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham — had been drafted to play drums on Page’s Outrider album. “The experience was an amazing one and I almost kind of blew it, because I was very young at the time and still kind of green around the edges,” he recalls in a phone interview. “I would push the boundaries because Jimmy was so close, family-wise. So before we would start each day, I would run down to the local pub and have a few pints. One day, I was particularly late, and I got into the studio and then went in to make myself a sandwich and he kind of lost his temper. It freaked me out because I’d never seen that side of him before.” It was a moment that shook his foundation. “I was scolded by my uncle, so it suddenly felt very real that this is not just ... this is real and you’ve got to work now. You know, you’re expected to be at places at the right time.” Bonham might have snapped back to reality at that time, but it didn’t stick, even for the O2 rehearsals with Led Zeppelin when the guys played a reunion show. “No matter where I was staying, whether it was three miles away or a hundred miles away, I would generally be late. And those guys, I couldn’t believe that they were always there on time or even early,” he admits. “I’d walk in and they’d be sitting there reading a newspaper, waiting for me to get there. When I look back now, I see a very, very fond memory of the three of them. I’d walk in and they’d go, ‘Oh, okay, well, he has arrived. His Lordship is here.’” Getting to play drums at the O2 show in 2007 with the surviving members of Led Zeppelin — Robert Plant, Page and John Paul Jones — was an emotional experience for Bonham, filling the role that his father, the legendary John Bonham, had dominated for so many years prior to his death in 1980. He knew that tens of thousands

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of people would be watching, and he wanted to make sure that his performance would do justice to the memory of his dad. “I wanted to rehearse,” he says with a laugh. “We rehearsed and we rehearsed and we rehearsed. It was a great experience, not only just doing the show, but to get to know them. Like, I’d give Jimmy ride a home and I’d play music in the car and see what he thought. It was the same with Robert. To go out to an Indian restaurant with the guys and sit there and talk about doing the Zeppelin reunion show at the O2. It was surreal, to say the least. I sat there, and I’m going, ‘Oh my God, this is really going to happen.’ And from the moment we started, it was a special show. Once we got the first three songs and kicked into ‘In My Time of Dying,’ I felt it was very, very special.” He works diligently to honor his father with his own group, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience. The band returns to the area for its second show of the year at the Hard Rock Live. “It was a fun Zeppelin town [back in the day],” Bonham says, quickly adding, “Of course, I get to say, ‘Hello, Cleveland!’” He takes the project very seriously. “We have the same connection

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when it comes to Led Zeppelin music,” he says, regarding his bandmates. “You know, each one of them is as passionate about it [as I am]. And because I’m not big into rehearsing, I like the fact that they know the catalog. I like to keep it as fresh as possible. It really is a celebration of the music and why I do this is for the love. We go out and play to our best ability and do some of the greatest songs ever. So definitely be expecting to hear [a lot of music]. Every album will be represented on these shows. I’m not going to steer clear of [anything].” The remaining Zeppelin band members haven’t seen Bonham’s band yet, but he’s done his part to try to get them to be part of the experience. “I’m sure they’ve seen a clip or so,” he says. “I’d love to have them come out to a show ... . That would be something for me, just to get one of them to come out and get up and have a play.” A lifelong scholar of his dad’s work, Bonham doesn’t hesitate when it comes to pointing out some of the key moments from the group’s recordings. “For years, The Song Remains the Same live version was the standard that I set everything to,” he says. “It kind of is the most familiar to everybody; the most significant live

versions of the Zeppelin stuff [come] from The Song Remains the Same. With that said, then they released How the West Was Won and I’ve got to say, the drum solo in ’72 even beat the solo in ’73. It came on randomly in my car the other day and I had to pull over, because it was so good. You can almost hear my dad’s brain start ticking in the middle of the solo. He goes into a snare pattern, basically a holding pattern, and you can actually hear his brain going, ‘Okay, what should I do now, what should I do now? Oh yeah, okay,’ and then he goes into another section.” Bonham has logged years of his own road work at this point, including stints with Foreigner and, more recently, Sammy Hagar and the Circle, the all-star project that features Bonham on drums, with Hagar and his former Van Halen band mate Michael Anthony, plus guitarist Vic Johnson. They play a mix of Hagar’s solo hits, plus tracks from Montrose, Van Halen and, of course, Led Zeppelin. No matter with whom he’s playing, he carries the distinctive sound and style of his dad’s playing forward to new generations. There are other areas where his father continues to make an impact. “Something that I still take with me every day when I play is his ability to just take a breath and be in the groove from the moment he starts playing live,” he says. “Because I always feel for the first three songs, I’m a bit tight. But Dad seemed to be able to just go out there and, from the moment he started, he was in the pocket. That’s the biggest thing. It’s that groove and playing where it doesn’t sound tight.” He uses playing with Hagar as an example. “Working with Sammy, I kept thinking, ‘What’s he doing? Why is he coming up and standing next to me and putting his hands in his pockets?’ I was like, ‘Sammy, what are you doing? It’s kind of distracting me!’ He goes, ‘That’s the moment when you’re really in the pocket. That means you’re really in the pocket right now.’”

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MUSIC LIKE A CLASS REUNION

Local pop/rock act the Fifth Wheel to play first show in 15 years By Jeff Niesel WHEN THE FIFTH WHEEL, A local pop/rock outfit that took a hiatus way back in 2000, announced it would play its first show in 15 years, guitarist Jeff Koval wrote us an email explaining what he hoped for from the band’s rebirth. “In the ’90s we had the Fifth Wheel rocking, playing big shows from openers at Agora and Blossom to CBGBs, selling out Peabody’s Down Under and the Odeon many times on our own.” He likened the Fifth Wheel’s return to a “dream come true.” Koval, who had worked at a local recording studio at the same time, subsequently moved to Nashville and did recording/mixing and producing for many artists and publishers. Since moving back to Northeast Ohio and reuniting with the band’s songwriter and singer,Josh Stone, he’s wanted to pick back up with the Fifth Wheel. Now the band hasn’t just reunited; it’s also recorded a new album. Stone and Koval first met at a music store in Fairlawn. They decided to form the band on a whim. “I was going in there when I was 16 or 17,” says Stone, who has written songs since he was 12. “I would go in there and play guitar. [Koval] said,

‘That sounds cool. Do you want to start a band?’ He knew a few guys and then we put together a few of the songs. It blossomed from there.” The band recorded its debut, Nothing, and began to receive airplay on the Inner Sanctum, a local music program on 107.9, the prominent alternative rock station at the time. “That’s back when there was a good scene for live music in Cleveland,” Stone says. “There was a good scene in 1994, 1995, 1996 in the Flats when that was pumping. All of a sudden we were headlining places like the Agora.”

music at that point yet. That never quite had the sonic quality I wanted, but the songwriting is there and a couple of songs like ‘Spider Boy’ are still fan favorites. There are a few gems on it.” The band had started to dissolve by the time of 2000’s In America. “That album was after the fact,” says Stone. “We recorded that album in a house in East Akron. It was more of a fun and experimental album. It’s one of my favorites.” The group officially split up shortly after its release because, as Stone

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Thanks to some local radio airplay, that debut album sold 5,700 copies. With the followup album, Therapy for the Sane, the band’s popularity tapered off a bit. “We got popular, and Therapy didn’t have the same success as the first record, but that’s normal,” says Stone. “I love the album. I wish we could have spent a little more time producing it. We weren’t able to produce our own

puts it, “life happens.” Koval moved to Nashville to work at a studio, and Stone went to work with reggae singer B.E. Mann, a local musician who was a childhood friend. The band’s new album, Even Without Wings, has been a 10-year project. It marks a strong return to form. Stone says he wrote some of the songs, including the track “Vega Song,” which is about his daughter,

10 years ago. The album opens with the shimmering “Find You,” a moody ballad that suggests the band’s strength is delivering songs that start slow and finish strong. “Dirty” has a simmering intensity to it as does “To Dust for You,” a song that begins with a bit of gently strummed electric guitar before Stone starts crooning and the band cranks up the guitars. The album was put together piecemeal. When Koval would come from Nashville to visit, he would bring things to record. They’d record “scratch tracks,” and then Koval would hire studio musicians to flesh out the tunes. When Koval moved back to town a few years ago, the band started getting serious about making an album. “We worked really hard to make it sound cohesive,” says Stone. “Even some of the vocal takes are a few years old. We had long talks about whether we should do a different vocal take. We wanted to keep that charm of that take. We made that conscious decision to not redo things. We wanted to mold it and make it sound like it was all done now. It wasn’t by accident.” The upcoming Beachland show marks the band’s rebirth and even includes a slideshow of old photos that will make the gig like a “class reunion.” It will also serve as a CD release party for Even Without Wings. “We’ve been practicing for six months,” says Stone. “We had to deconstruct the new songs, as well as some of the old songs that are just things we did on the spot in the studio. We had to gather up the guys, and I did a lot of one-on-one sessions with the guys playing in the band. I had acoustic sessions. We broke them down and relearned them. We just started having practices and decided which songs we’d play for the show. We’ll do half old and half new. I am blown away by this band. They ran with it. We’re really ready to come out of the gates. We want to keep going and make another album more as a band and not just as me and Jeff. We don’t want to play every weekend, but we’ll do shows that are really relevant. We’re in our 40s, so we don’t have any delusions about where it’s going.”

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10 X 3 Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Program: 7 p.m., $10. Nighttown. The Hybrid Sessions Featuring Switched-On/Cat’s Meow: 9 p.m., $10. Beachland Tavern. Steve Kortyka Sextet: 8 p.m., $10. BLU Jazz+. Jon Mosey/Red Brick Rhoades: Barking Spider Tavern. Eric Seddon’s Hot Club (in the Supper Club): 7 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Sleater-Kinney/Waxahatchee: 8 p.m., $28 ADV, $32.50. House of Blues. The Sword/Royal Thunder: 8 p.m., $20.90. Agora Ballroom.

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Jonathan Hooper Jazz Trio Christmas Show: Cleveland native Jonathan Hooper is getting into the yuletide spirit with tonight’s jazz show. Listen, we’re all gonna be inundated with the radio-friendly standards for the next few weeks; why not listen to actually enjoyable versions of the old classics? Jazz talent like Hooper and his buds turns the same-old, same-old into lively trips down Nostalgia Lane. Grab a holiday-appropriate adult beverage and lean into the Christmas spirit. Skip Edwards and Scanlon “Scat Man” Sharp round out the trio tonight. (Eric Sandy), 7:30 p.m., $5. Vosh Club. The Huntertones (in the Supper Club): Coming from what he says is a “musical family” certainly helped trumpet player Jon Lampley. Lampley, who grew up in Tallmadge, says his cousins all sang or played an instrument. They inspired him to take a musical instrument, and he’s now one of the leaders of Huntertones, an up-and-coming jazz act that’s building a name for itself on account of its highenergy approach. A “huge Ohio State fan,” he attended the school not only to get an education in music but also to play in the marching band known as the Best Damn Band in the Land. While at OSU, he also joined the jam band O.A.R. after one of his teachers

Celebration Featuring Bill Cunliffe with Martin Wind and Joe Labarbera: 8 p.m., $35. BLU Jazz+. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties/Watermedown/Dead Leaves: 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Z107.9 White Out Featuring Dej Loaf/Tory Lanez/Preme Dibiasi/ Lil Cray: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. House of Blues.

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introduced him to the band’s sax player who was looking to put together a horn section. Initially, he started performing with the other members of Huntertones in the Art Blakey ensemble. That group would evolve into Huntertones. Lampley has even had a few guest spots with the band playing on Stephen Colbert’s new late-night show. (Jeff Niesel), 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. An Evening with Todd Rundgren: Singer-guitarist Todd Rundgren has spent the past couple of years playing a series of tour dates billed as An Unpredictable Evening with Todd Rundgren, and it’s quite appropriate, because “unpredictable” is a perfect summary of his career in a nutshell. It’s all part of the “choose your own adventure” feeling that comes with being a Rundgren fan. More than four decades into his career, the veteran artist and producer continues to be driven to explore the new challenges and ideas whenever the inspiration might strike. He’s keenly aware that his musical experiments can test the limits and patience of his fans and yet if there’s a line, it doesn’t seem like he’s afraid of driving over it. (Matt Wardlaw), 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$59.50. Hard Rock Rocksino. Caskey/Whitney Peyton: The hip-hop world has no shortage of what we’d call “get money” rappers, the sort of lyricists whose material never flies beyond the

world of cash, women and cars (all three being treated with the same reverence, mostly.) Caskey ranks among the up-and-comers in this world, and his latest album, Black Sheep 2, pretty much falls in lock-step with the genre. The album sizzles with baseline lyrical references (“Fuck a bitch; me and money, we in wedlock,” and that ilk) and fairly basic beats. If that’s your thing -- and, judging by even the most conservative music download data, you’re not alone -- Caskey gets the job done well enough. (Sandy), 6 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Agora Ballroom. Lou Armagno “Sinatra Selects”: 8:30 p.m., $20. Nighttown. Brand New Hat/Blues Chronicles: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. CIMprovise Jazz Trio: 8 p.m., Free. The Euclid Tavern. Gag/Prison Moan/Diva Cup: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. The Angie Haze Project/Cuddle Magic/Molly Stofko/Suitcase Runaway: 8:30 p.m., $7. Grog Shop. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., Free. Brothers Lounge. Johnny A./Nate Jones: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $22 DOS. Beachland Tavern. The New Soft Shoe: 8 p.m., Free. Happy Dog. Northeast Ohio Drum and Music Jam: 9 p.m., Free. Beachland Ballroom. Ol’ Blue Eyes: Sinatra Centennial

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Hey Mavis (in the Supper Club): For their latest album, What I Did, Hey Mavis teamed-up with Yonder Mountain String Band guitarist Adam Aijala, Chuck Auerbach (co-writer of the Black Keys song “Hard Row”), singer-songwriter Brent Kirby and Don Dixon. Kirby plays guitar on a couple of songs and co-wrote several of the tracks, and Auerbach has been supportive of Hey Mavis from the start. He showed up with a stack of lyrics and the band picked some they liked for the album’s title track. The music draws from myriad musical genres, including jazz, bluegrass, old-timey, folk and rock. This year, the group embarked on a regional tour of Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Guitarist Kevin Johnson, a graduate of Bowling Green State University with a bachelors in music performance, toured with the group; he spent five years playing music on international cruise lines and currently teaches and gigs in Northeast Ohio, primarily on upright and electric bass. The new album has lots going for it. “Mon Bijou” is an elegant waltz that sounds like it was recorded during a different era, and the ballad “Hairbrush,” a song that Kirby co-wrote, is a somber meditation on motherhood. Expect a high-energy show from these local favorites. (Niesel), 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Steel Panther/Devilstrip: Back in the ‘80s, the Sunset Strip produced

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LIVEWIRE folk-rock act Over the Rhine first formed in 1989 and had a brief brush with stardom in the ’90s, when it signed to the I.R.S. imprint, the same label that launched the career of R.E.M. The band never broke through to the mainstream but it has delivered some solid albums and regularly plays Northeast Ohio, where it has a small but devote following. Its Christmas show is an annual tradition in these parts and will feature a mix of original tunes and covers. (Niesel), 7 p.m., $30 ADV, $35 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Bill Rudman’s “A Christmas Cabaret”: For tonight’s annual Christmas extravaganza, Bill Rudman has put together a show of more than 30 songs, blending Christmas standards and novelties. The set list draws heavily on Great American Songbook composers like Irving Berlin and George Gershwin. He’s also likely to include a holiday song that George Gershwin composed at the age of 21 and a song that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote in 1952. Yep, you can bring the grandparents to this gig. (Niesel), 7 p.m., $21-$45. Nighttown. All Over the Place/The Island of Misfit Toys (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $6. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Martin Barre/CuDa/KrishNa & CuDa: 7:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. The Blue Drivers: 6 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience: Hard Rock Rocksino. Cleveland Jazz Orchestra: A Not So Silent Night Holiday Show Featuring Evelyn Wright: 8 p.m., $25. BLU Jazz+. Wallace Coleman Band CD Release/ Hollywood Slim Band: 7 p.m., $7. Beachland Tavern. Irish Sundays: The Portersharks (in the Supper Club): 4 p.m., Free. Music Box Supper Club. Austin Jones/Run 2 Cover: 7 p.m., $13.52. Agora Ballroom. Pale Dian/Christmas Pets: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Mike Petrone (in the Wine Bar): 5:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Rockin’ the Holidays with Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals: 8 p.m., $30$50. The Kent Stage. Trapt/Bridge to Grace/First Decree/ Meka Nism: 8:30 p.m., $15 ADV, $17 DOS. Grog Shop.

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Landis/Diegosaurs/Andrew Fontenot/Maddie Welborn: 6:30 p.m., $25 ADV, $28 DOS. House of Blues. The M2B2 Big Band: 8 p.m., Free. Brothers Lounge. Punchline/The Missing/The Promise Hero/My Mouth is the Speaker: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop. Helen Welch’s Christmas Show Jingle Bell Swing: 8 p.m., $25. Akron Civic Theatre.

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THE BASEMENT TAPES Songwriters Justin Miller and Kurt Eyman started the band in the winter of last year when they began collaborating on songwriting duties. “I bought a house in Lakewood and started building a home studio in the basement, and Kurt and I teamed up shortly after,” says Miller. “We went to the same high school but didn’t know each other. We had mutual friends who knew that we were both making music, and they helped us connect.” The two independently recorded the group’s debut album, Into the Pines, at Miller’s studio. ON A JOURNEY They’ve described the band as a “journey to share its unique blend of songs that embody the landscape, cultural identity and sound of the Great Lakes region.” The band draws from folk, indie rock and pop. “Lyrically, a lot of things are inspired by the environment around us and the different emotions that brings from the region,” explains Miller. “We try to play on that. Musically or instrumentally, I don’t know if that applies as much. We’re trying to develop what our sound will be, but I want to move toward more ambient

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‘Little Star Kids’ is a $25 ticket for pre-registered children ages 4 to 12, who must be accompanied by a festival ticket-holding adult. Festival attendees ages three and under are free. Gates to the venue open at noon on Friday, May 27. For complete information on the Dark Star Jubilee including 2016 tickets, festival info, directions and photos from past events, please visit darkstarjubilee.com.

OUTDOOR INSTALLATION COMING TO EAST NINTH The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Destination Cleveland and LAND studio have announced details regarding ROCK BOX, a permanent outdoor installation that will pay tribute to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The project involves placing multiple clusters of custom speakers throughout downtown Cleveland. Conceived by Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Mark Reigelman, ROCK BOX aims to “combine visual and auditory experiences in a series of compositions” along East Ninth Street. An evolution of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Walk of Fame, ROCK BOX has a looming deadline as the Rock Hall hopes to have it installed in time for the Republican National Convention next summer. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be represented in the project; new inductees’ names will be engraved as they are enshrined. “This is an incredible opportunity to engage with visitors and residents and expand Cleveland’s Rock and Roll attitude into Downtown,” says Greg Harris, president and CEO, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in a press release. “The ROCK BOX project is a creative and vibrant piece of visual art that will leave no reservation that Cleveland is the center of the rock universe.” Destination Cleveland will help fund the installation.

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