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Upfront

Editor Vince Grzegorek

East Cleveland inches toward a merger with Cleveland, our City Council members spar over funding, and more

Editorial Managing Editor Eric Sandy Music Editor Jeff Niesel Staff Writers Sam Allard, Doug Brown Web Editor Alaina McConnell Contributing Writer Will Burge Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Contributing Dining Editors Nikki Delamotte, Jason Beudert Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Editor Josh Usmani Interns Martin Harp, Kaitlin Siegel

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Known for its heaping servings of Italian, it’s no wonder Frank and Tony’s has been a Willoughby staple for more than a decade. Whether kicking off your night out or looking for a late night bite with a delightful price tag, slide into this spirited favorite for homestyle standards. Deep dish pizza, stromboli, and calzones come sizzling straight from the oven. Crispy wings are served piping hot and a lengthy choice of “munchies” make for perfect small plates to share with friends. For burger fans, try the signature Fat’s Burger, an indulgent double decker patty topped with original tangy Fat’s Sauce. But the fun encompasses much more than just the dishes. Just spend one evening mixing and mingling at the giant, full-service patio. With happy hour specials served up daily by cheery wait staff, Frank & Tony’s is truly a melting pot of personalities where everyone feels welcome.

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upfront east cleveland inches toward merger

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East ClEvEland Mayor Gary Norton delivered a hallmark performance last week -- one that, when the political goings-on surrounding a potential merger between his city and the city of Cleveland bloom into reality or fizzle into nothing, his residents will remember for some time. “When I said that conditions could become unsavory in the city of East Cleveland, people think that we’re talking about slower response times on ambulances and police. And we are talking about that,” Norton told the packed house at McGregor, hundreds of residents all tuning in to the mayor’s grand plans. “But if we let this go too far, we’re not talking anymore about how long an ambulance will take to get to you. We’re talking about whether there will be an ambulance to get to you at all.” See, April 2 was a big night for Norton. He’s all-in on these talks of a merger with Cleveland now. Months into the discussions of a merger now, he’s still got a lot to prove to a lot of people. “This conversation is so important that I am 100-percent willing to go through all of these shenanigans and all of these protests and all of the loud voices and all of the demonstrations because these facts are powerful. These are economic forces that we don’t see, and it took 40 years for this to happen. Today is the day that we must seriously consider it and just keep moving toward it. If I allow some disruptions, if I allow some disagreement, if I allow some dissent to stand in the way of allowing you to thoroughly study this and make your own decision, then that’s failure on my part. So I’ll take whatever criticism, I’ll take whatever yelling — in order to get this information to you and get you to take an action that you want to take.” By all political accounts, that was the boldest moment of Norton’s

tenure — at least, of course, since last year’s State of the City address where he repeatedly pronounced that there would be no merger for his city. The problem is that the economic forces that built up for 40 years — the ones he said the city doesn’t “see” — have been in plain sight the whole time, tucked into public databases and state auditors’ reports and the streets themselves. The evening’s momentum built up to a powerful climax where Norton declared that a merger with the city of Cleveland was up to the people. He spoke those lines above one hour into a forum on East Cleveland’s financial crisis — a forum that, in reality, was little more than a signature-gathering event for the petition to sanction a commission to study the possible merger. The mayor described how other options have already been exhausted: cutting the budget (pretty much impossible, given the length to which city services have run dry); raising taxes (essentially impossible, given the city’s average household income and the state’s cap on municipal income tax); bankruptcy (not feasible, according to Norton, since East Cleveland has a “revenue problem” and not a “debt problem”); economic development (essentially impossible, as the city hasn’t had a bond rating since 1988 and as the city would need to cultivate 3,000 new employees’ income taxes). In short, Norton said that if residents are in favor of a merger, they should sign the petition. If residents are against the merger or unsure of what it all means, they should sign the petition and begin the formal studying process. And it’s not like the funds for this commission will come from East Cleveland’s depleted coffers. Norton intimated last night that several

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regional foundations have already presented “commitments” north of $100,000 for the purposes of studying a merger. Once the 600-some signatures are in, the commission will form with East Cleveland City Council selecting three members and Cleveland City Council selecting three members. The commission will have 120 days to complete its work. “We’ve got more out there to explore,” Norton said. “And in this era of partnerships — where we have to explore partnerships seriously that we may not have had to explore before — we have to do this.” Up for debate among many in the crowd was what Cleveland could really offer the city of East Cleveland. As City Councilman Nathaniel Martin told Scene last week, “That’s the question. What are they gonna do for us? They got their own issues! Mike Polensek and Jeff [Johnson] and them are crying about the potholes! Can’t get out of their driveways. So what are they gonna go for us and the 3.1 miles we have? They’ll take our numbers, our 17,000 [population mark] and get [federal] grants and all that. But the question is: What are they gonna do for us? And I don’t see much.” Norton conceded that the giveand-take of resources is still one of many “unknowns” in a post-merger situation. He contrasted the budgets of East Cleveland and Cleveland, noting that, based on some back-ofthe-envelope math, there’s just going to much more money going around the geographic boundaries of what is today East Cleveland. But, he added, that’s what the commission is for: to fully understand the financial

Ted Strickland pulls nine-point lead over Rob Portman in early Quinnipiac University poll. Strickland later dismayed to learn polling measured best Shatner impression, not U.S. Senate favorability.

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ramifications of a merger. In the petition language, Norton cites ORC 709.24, which explains that City Council must formally pass an ordinance to support the commission. What is unclear is whether the residents of Cleveland will have any say in this undertaking. The evening’s Q&A session went well enough, though mayoral assistant Michael Smedley began ripping the microphone out of people’s hands midway through their questions as the night went on. When local activist Art McKoy asked whether Norton had a “lucrative” job set up on the other side of a merger, Smedley motioned to the police officers in the back of the room and ordered them to remove him from the building. “I give you credit, Mr. Mayor,” McKoy said. “You have slick PR and you are a great con man, Mr. Mayor!” Toward the end of the night, a man in the back of the room said out loud, to no one in particular: “Cleveland ain’t gonna do NOTHING for us!” A woman responded as she walked by: “Well, East Cleveland can’t do anything either.” The man responded that there’s just no way that Cleveland can save East Cleveland and take care of all the problems out there on the streets. The woman replied: “I didn’t say that they will, but something’s gotta get done.”

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We’ve come to expect a certain degree of drama and discord at these special confabs -- see, for example, last week’s meltdown starring Jeff Johnson -- and though the sober account of the city’s five-year capital expenditure plan was important, it lacked the puerile panache to which we’ve been treated recently, and which (along with non-corrupt leadership) we frankly yearn for when it comes to our cast of city legislators. (Do be apprised, as you read, that Councilmen Jeff Johnson and Zack Reed, rabble-rousers No. 1 and No. 2, were absent for much of the caucus.) Not to ignore or forsake the elephant in the conference room, Council President Kevin Kelley kicked off Monday’s proceedings with a stern admonishment about last week’s display: “What happened was an embarrassment to this body,” he said. And he tacked on a quick apology to the media: “It won’t happen again.” (The lone cameraman was absolutely beside himself.) Indeed, to make matters worse for the press corps, the humorless Ken Silliman, Mayor Jackson’s chief of staff, took center stage to outline the city’s five-year capital program, followed by an only occasionally bristly Q&A. Councilman Polensek, in fine cowboy boots, and Councilman Brian Cummins, feverishly entering data into a personal Excel file, expressed concern that there simply wasn’t enough available information to adequately explain capital projects to their residents. “Here’s the big challenge,” Polensek said. (Polensek and Cummins both use “challenge” as a diplomatic stand-in for “reason I’m pissed off.”) “We were told there would be a report which rated the roads, which gave one road priority over another. Parks and playgrounds: We were supposed to have a report or document which rates all these. I might be old, but I’m not senile. Mr. Chairman, I request the friggin’ document.”

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Silliman countered that though a numerical rating system may not exist, the ratings -- whatever and wherever they might be -- were the result of professional staffers’ hard work; not “arbitrary,” as Polensek suggested. It’s true that those ratings are now outdated, but the city is devoting $500,000 to a new road-assessment survey which will help drive Kevin Kelley’s data-driven resurfacing initiative, which will increase resurfacing dollars from $4.4 million to $10 million each year, beginning in 2016. One prominent concern among council members, though, was what they perceived as the inequitable allocation of dollars. Silliman stressed that of Frank Jackson’s $100 million bond issue approved earlier this year, the moneys being directed toward neighborhoods are, in theory, intended for those areas that haven’t received big-ticket private investment thus far -- sorry Ohio City, sorry Detroit-Shoreway. But council members still noticed a huge disparity in upcoming projects, ward by ward. Joe Cimperman’s Ward 3, for instance, is slated for $87.7 million in capital spending over the next five years. Councilman Marty Keane’s far westside Ward 17 has only $3.7 million in the pipeline. Who’s making these calls? They wanted to know. Why aren’t we? Polensek even suggested forming a subcommittee to vigilantly track the allocation of dollars. The debate over allocations took on a more holistic tone. “Sometimes be careful what you ask for,” Silliman remarked later. “Right now you don’t take the hits for the choices. We take the hits---” “No no no no, you’re wrong. We take the hits for your choices!” Councilwoman Dona Brady rejoined, much-incensed. “Ask my colleagues: Who takes the hits for the streets? Who takes the hits for the rec centers? We do. Nobody calls you, Chief, and if you’d like them to I’d be more than happy to give my residents your phone number. I have it memorized.”

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ANOTHER PRO-MARIJUANA GROUP GATHERS SIGS Another campaign aimed at legalizing marijuana in Ohio to one degree or another has released its ballot language. In short, Ohioans to End Prohibition (OTEP) is working toward “advancing an open, transparent, free market solution for marijuana and industrial hemp control that emphasizes patients’ rights and public welfare,” according to directors. The group is referring to its product as the Cannabis Control Amendment. “Any person aged 21 or older, or any corporation, may establish and operate any [commercial marijuana entity], provided they first procure the appropriate [commercial marijuana entity] licenses from [the Division of Marijuana Control,” the language states. The Division of Marijuana Control would be a newly created office within the Ohio Department of Commerce and would operate like the Ohio Division of Liquor Control. The campaign’s full amendment language can be seen at legalizeohio2016.org. The group must submit its language to Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with 1,000 certified signatures, before moving ahead with the process to land its initiative on the a ballot in 2016. OTEP President Sri Kavuru said the signature-gathering work is beginning today in Cincinnati. Additional public events will be posted on their website.

COUNTy COUNCIl WARy Of BUdISH’S fINANCE WORRy Last month, County Executive Armond Budish pulled a Chicken Little, in a sense, and expressed public dismay over the county’s capacity to borrow money. He announced March 26 that, thanks to massive projects like the Global Center for Health Innovation ($460 million), the Convention Center Hotel ($260 million) and the County Headquarters on East Ninth Street ($80 million), not to mention an internal accounting problem which failed to segregate

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earmarked taxes, it’s unlikely that the county can take on any new projects for a decade or more. Budish said the county faces a “serious situation” with regard to its finances. Finance and Budgeting Chairman David Greenspan and others on council wanted to know more. Chris Murray, interim director of the county’s Office of Budget and Management, fielded most of the questions. At issue, for one, was 2015’s 27th pay period (there are usually 26 in a year) and whether the administration had been reserving money for that additional $11-million cost. It has, it seems. Murray insisted that Budish’s “serious situation” announcement had nothing to do with the 27th pay. He said that the resources are there, it’s just that the accounting/budgeting still needs to be figured out. Still, council members were wary. Greenspan said that, since the 27th pay has never actually been reflected in budgeting documents, there’s an inherent dissonance between what the administration is budgeting and what the council is overseeing. Murray dodged the question, saying that the cash is there, so what does it really matter? “Part of the problem here is a disconnect between what was presented in a press conference to the major newspaper of this town and went out over the Internet and is seen by those who are interested as reliable information,” Council President Dan Brady said. “It is in fact the case, by any reasonable person’s estimation or observation, that too much was made of this point. It was one of the major points that the executive made in his press conference. When I read what was said, this was one of the major points that the executive made. He was in error. I find it disconcerting that he could have been in error.” It remained unclear how internal budgeting mechanisms would change going forward. Read the full story at clevescene.com.

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facetime joe media Life in the Emerald City of media startups -or so it is postulated By Sam Allard Content marketing czar Joe Pulizzi has already enticed thousands of visitors to the windswept shoals of Lake Erie for his annual Content Marketing World conference -- this year’s keynote: John Cleese -- but that’s not all he’s done to preach Cleveland’s gospel. He’s teamed up with a couple other media companies in Cleveland to put on a one-day extravaganza for students and young professionals to convince them that Cleveland is the perfect town to begin a career in media (or to launch their own media company). Naturally, we were curious. We chatted with Joe by phone to talk about #MediaCLE next week and to get his take on the media climate here in Northeast Ohio.

So the whole premise of #MediaCLE is that Cleveland’s a great town to start a media company. You might have to convince me. Well, the first thing is that yes, you can start a media company, there are lots of opportunities. But also, this event is for anyone looking for opportunities in existing media. I think both of those are prime if you’re a student or a young professional. Honestly, most of the young professionals we talk to don’t know the wealth of publishing tradition in Northeast Ohio. What traditions are we talking? They don’t know that it’s one of the largest B2B [Business to Business] publishing towns in the United States, third behind New York and Chicago. They don’t understand the number of editorial and journalistic resources in this area. I think more than anything, we’re just trying to get out the idea that you’re in area with an abundance of content-creation resources to launch a media property or to get a job with anyone of these companies, whether that’s new media like your STACK Media or the Content Marketing Institute; or your old-line media companies like the NEOMG. And what’s the pitch to current students? I don’t wanna put this too harshly,

but schools, in their curricula, still aren’t really talking about new methods of content creation or social media or the opportunities to build new content platforms. We’re looking at this day as an intensive day to teach students in journalism programs, but who aren’t getting that kind of training. It’s also continuing effort to get this sort of programming into the university structure.

Plus I see on the schedule that there’s plenty of networking. Oh yeah, it’s definitely meet-andgreet. If you go from the education side, you’ll learn a couple things. You’ll learn about the opportunities from some of the industry leaders. You’ll learn about the transition from olderline media to new media. And then, if you’re willing to go all the way, you’ll learn how to create your own media property. That’s what I’m talking about anyway. The good news is, we’re going to have both students and media entrepreneurs and older line folks. They’re looking for talent. Hopefully we can provide some on-site dating, if you will. When you look at Cleveland’s media landscape, do you see any glaring holes? What type of media company would you recommend for Cleveland right now? It’s not specific, in my opinion, to anything Cleveland has to offer outside of the talent. The talent can’t be overlooked. And the second thing, honestly, is that it is still incredibly inexpensive to launch any sort of company here. Actually today is our eighth anniversary at CMI. Congratulations. Thank you, but the point is, if we were to have started this business in NYC, Chicago or San Francisco, I don’t think we’d be around today. I don’t think we would’ve been able to make it through the first three years of losing money. But we kept our expenses low. You can really attract good talent at lesser price as well as office space, if that’s what you’re interested in. You just can’t do that in San Francisco.

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(Photo courtesy JoePulizzi.com) Joe Pulizzi: founder, Content Marketing Institute, and author, Epic Content Marketing

Look at GigaOM, they’re a really good example.

GigaOM’s the tech blog, sort of, right? Was. [They ceased operations last month]. GigaOM had a fantastic model, but they went under. I don’t think the business model was flawed. I think the expense model was flawed. If you put GigaOM in Cleveland, they’re still going. But everyone’s like ‘Oh, you’ve gotta launch a media company in NYC or Silicon Valley.’ That’s absolutely not true anymore. Actually you don’t want to launch there. The cost structure’s just too prohibitive. Is there really the necessary infrastructure here? Look at straight B2B for a second. You could make the case that, from the commercial side, if you’re launching a fashion magazine, say, you’ve got to be on Madison Ave. or close to it. I can see that case. But if you’re in B2B, look at the publishing resources here. You’ve got Penton and Babcox and GIE and Meister Media and the remnants of Advantsar. It just goes on and on and on. It’s very hard to find that elsewhere. So, what? More jobs? Sure. You might say that means a lot of competition, but what it also means is there’s a lot of editorial talent here, a lot of people who understand trade publishing really well who are always looking for new opportunities.

This reminds me of how the Greater Cleveland Film Commission encourages filmmakers to make their movies in the Cleveland area. It’s the same thing, that’s absolutely true. When we started Content Marketing World five years ago, I gotta be honest with you, I was a little concerned that we couldn’t get people to Cleveland, but because of social media and because of the reach and the no barriers to entry, it simply doesn’t matter any more. If you have really good content, people will get it however they need to get it. Well, it sounds like you’ve got a hell of a day cooked up. I hope so. It’s not like we’re making money on this. It’s more of a thing that we felt somebody needed to do. I don’t think there’s enough of this out there. Any goals for attendance? Right now it’s trending well. I’d say if we can get 100-plus students to attend, I’d call that a success.

#MediaCLE will be held April 15 at the Renaissance Hotel. Cost is $20 for students and $95 for young professionals. Contact Heather Centorbi (hcentorbi@wtwhmedia.com) for details.

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news “Who are these f*&$%@g guys?” The identity of the Indians in modern-day Cleveland By Pete Beatty The chip on cleveland’s shoulder is old. We didn’t develop the us-against-the-world mentality when the jobs went away. The chip was here before the river burned, before the city defaulted. The chip is older than Harvey Pekar, older than white flight, older than the Great Depression. In fact, the chip is as old as Cleveland itself. As founding fathers go, Moses Cleaveland was something of a deadbeat. Cleaveland and his men rolled through in 1796. After spending all of two weeks mapping plots and townships, Cleaveland and party headed home to Connecticut, never to return. As late as 1800, there was a grand total of one white settler in Cleveland. Disease was endemic in the river valley. People came, but once they realized that they’d arrived in a malarial nowhere, they left, just like the city’s namesake. The solitary gringo, Lorenzo Carter, dealt with the flies and the boredom with a technique that remains popular: He drank whiskey at his trading post. Others eventually trickled in and the city eventually boomed. But Carter never completely surrendered the bitterness that sticking it out had bred. His tombstone is the first and best historical evidence of the Chip. The epitaph on the grave he shares with his wife: THEY REMAINED — OTHERS FLED. Lorenzo Carter, fairy godfather of the Chip, is buried in the shadow of Progressive Field. Imagine Carlos Santana, batting lefty, crushing one to right field. If that imaginary home run went through the stands and bounced across East 9th Street, it would roll to a stop right about on top of Carter’s grave at the western edge of the Erie Street Cemetery across the street.

Cleveland against the World. Keep Calm and Resent Outsiders. Cleveland is hardly utopian. We still have a busted economy, lousy leadership, a troubled police force, staggering inequality, crumbling infrastructure, winter weather, and the Browns. The rebirth of the past decade has largely excluded African-Americans and the poor. Cleveland isn’t heaven; no place is. We haven’t fixed all our problems, but we’ve at least learned to talk about them frankly. The Chip won’t stop us from tending our garden. The Chip is dead, long live the Chip. “They’re still shitty.” The Chip is no more, except for this one tiny thing. Sports—the measuring post of our civic self-esteem—are the one place where the Cleveland Chip still thrives. Our championship drought is 51 years young. The post-1999 Browns have the organizational equivalent of early Cleveland malaria. The Cavs have a real shot for as long as LeBron and

“We should have gotten a live chicken.” In an essay in his sterling 2014 collection The Hard Way on Purpose, David Giffels recounts his childhood experience as a ballboy for the

“But the Indians have been here, without interruption, for a century and change, through thick and thin, through problematic logos and multi-decade slumps.” Kyrie stick around. But as anyone who was awake in January can remember, the Chip and its attendant anxieties lurk just beneath the surface, in chill mode. And then there’s the Indians. Funny you should mention them. “You know, these guys aren’t so f*&$%g bad.”

“i hate this f*&$%g song.” The Chip is dead. Cleveland, as a collective psychology, no longer cherishes our shoulder damage. Maybe the change has something to do with Millennials. Or perhaps we just stopped needing the defense mechanism. Our inferiority complex is now mostly restricted to T-shirt slogans. When a psychic injury reaches the point of novelty memehood, it can’t truly hurt you anymore. Welcome to Believeland.

observed, Chief Wahoo is the third happiest guy on the front of that issue. The optimistic among us rationalized: This was a regional cover of Sports Illustrated. Sure, the Indians were on a cover, but it was only one of four covers of the mag’s MLB preview. If the cover curse still obtains, then we can only expect a quarter-strength dose of it. It’s almost like a jinx vaccine when you think about it that way. But then we actually opened the issue. Sports Illustrated only featured Kluber and Brantley on 25 percent of the covers, but in every single copy of the magazine, on the page of predictions for the upcoming season, under “2015 World Series winners,” it says Cleveland Indians.

When Sports Illustrated put Tribe stars Corey Kluber and Michael Brantley on its cover, wailing could be heard all along I-480. The Chip is alive and well. The Chip says it will never die. The Chip says it has a special corner dedicated to the last time Sports Illustrated pulled this stunt. Fans too young to even remember Corey Snyder’s rifle arm and feathered mullet know about the “Indian Uprising” cover. As Joe Posnanski once

Cavaliers of the Ted Stepien era. He came to see the relationship between a doofy losing team and its fans not as one-way adoration, but as codependence. The old, bad Cavs “needed to be loved. And the people of my place and time needed something to love,” Giffels writes. Any Cleveland fan will recognize the truth of that statement. But the Indians, despite being far more competitive than the Browns and Cavs over the past few seasons, can’t get any of that excess love. Their home attendance in 2014 averaged 18,400 per contest. Despite standout pitching and a winning club, Clevelanders filled 42.4% of the seats at Progressive Field on a typical gameday, by far the lowest percentage in MLB. The front office is throwing money at the problem: A ballpark makeover will bring beloved local eateries (Melt,

Sweet Moses, Barrio) to the outfield plaza. $13 will get you a standing room ticket and a beer. Season ticket prices are scandalously affordable. These enticements should help, but the underlying question remains: In a city starving for a winner, why can’t the Tribe attract a following? “Win the whole f*&$%g thing.” There’s not a simple answer. Part of the issue no doubt is that baseball fans are older and more suburban on the whole. A pilgrimage from Ohio City or Tremont for a Cavs game isn’t that big of a commitment; Browns games are scarce enough -- and primarily on weekends -- to justify schlepping in from Solon or Strongsville or beyond. To boot, the Indians suffer from a glut of product. You have 81 chances every year. It’s not that tempting to sit through a 45-degree April weeknight game when you can tune in at home. Short of LeBron pulling a Michael Jordan and learning to play third base, it’s hard to conceive of a silver bullet to fix the Tribe’s shrinking fanbase. Apart from the biggest, silverest bullet of them all: A championship. And in truth, no other Cleveland team deserves the honor of finally burying the Chip right alongside Lorenzo Carter. The Browns skipped town, after all. Yes, Vegas odds and common sense says if any Cleveland team will end the drought, it’s the Cavs. As glorious and overdue as that celebration would be, it would be a mild miscarriage of poetic justice. After all, the Cavs didn’t even exist in 1964, the last time we had a champion. Besides, the Cavs played for twenty years in a pasture halfway to Canal Fulton.

But the Indians have been here, without interruption, for a century and change, through thick and thin, through problematic logos and multidecade slumps. In a city that lives and dies with its sports teams, wouldn’t it only make sense that the team whose World Series drought is old enough to collect Social Security puts the final spackle to our collective chip on the shoulder?

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Four years removed from an ugly exit in Boston, Tribe manager Terry Francona talks about the pervading happiness of his situation in Cleveland By Vince Grzegorek

IndIans skIpper Terry Francona has told the story before,

but he tells it again when asked to evaluate his status in Cleveland. When Tribe General Manager Chris Antonetti came to Francona to talk about a contract extension in late 2014, he told his boss he had to tell him how much he was even making at the time. “What that points out,” says Francona, “is that I was completely content and I was happy. I’m here for awhile. I have a lot of years left, something like until 2021 with club options and stuff, but I don’t really know how long it goes or what I’m making. Chris [Antonetti] knows me so well, he understands me so well and what makes me tick, he’s doing great for me. I know I’ve said it a few times already, but I’m completely happy.” He had said it a few times already in the course of the conversation, and he would go on to say it many more times. For Francona, the working relationship that exists between the dugout and Top Men upstairs -namely Antonetti and team President Mark Shapiro -- has been years in the making. “The main reason I came here to begin with, to be pretty honest, was because of my relationships with them,” he says. “I met them in a period when I had just gotten fired by the Phillies. It was the first time I’d ever gotten fired, and your self esteem takes a hit. I came here and worked with Mark and met Chris and I immediately knew he was the smartest guy in the room who also never made you feel dumb. I was at a point where I was searching and it was good for me to be around those guys. And then it came full circle. Chris called and I came back and two years in, I would say those relationships are even stronger -- not only professional relationships, but personal relationships. I think I was smart enough to know to come to a place where I would be comfortable and maybe my better qualities might come out and maybe my bad ones wouldn’t.” That current state of contentment

pairs well with winning, which the Indians have done better than just a small handful of teams in the last two years since Francona arrived. But winning is only part of the equation. Francona had won plenty before, taking the Red Sox to the playoffs six times including two World Series victories. But the end of that Red Sox career came with gossip-laden takedowns in the newspapers, rumors of pain pills, tales of a clubhouse lost and a manager who couldn’t control his players, let alone get the most out of them on the field, and the end of his marriage. “I had a nice run in Boston,” Francona says. “But Boston’s a whole different animal. It’s a very difficult place to be the manager. It’s an awesome place to be the Manager

job on camera at ESPN, the Tribe was dealing with the end of the Acta era and a culture that had plummeted to Brownsian depths in the lockerroom. The turnaround, in just two short years, has been remarkable. Francona is routinely mentioned as the best manager in the game and the Indians’ clubhouse atmosphere is as tight as ever, with examples of Francona’s brand of camaraderie dotting media reports throughout the year. Most recently, there was the string of spring training pranks -- parking shortstop Jose Ramirez’s car on the field, for example, or the water balloon war against the front office. “We got them good and then they got us,” Francona says. “We entered the gate one day and 10 guys, a couple of Ivy League guys in there too, doused us. I remember thinking these

“I love Cleveland. I haven’t been here my whole life, but I live downtown, I walk around, I care about the Cavs winning, and not because I should but because I know what it’ll do for the city. I was thrilled for the convention coming too, because I know what that’ll mean for Cleveland. — Terry Francona too. With all that good, there’s going to come some bad. It was my turn at the end. I was responsible for some of it. Some things were truths, some were half truths, and some were not-at-all truths. It was hurtful. That’s why, when I came here, I came for the right reasons. You live, you learn, and you try to make good decisions. I love Cleveland. I haven’t been here my whole life, but I live downtown, I walk around, I care about the Cavs winning, and not because I should but because I know what it’ll do for the city. I was thrilled for the convention coming too, because I know what that’ll mean for Cleveland.” He’s happy, and he’s happy with who he works with, and he’s happy with how the team is built. The feeling is mutual. As Francona’s Boston tenure ended and he rounded into a

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are Ivy League guys and they spent some serious time thinking how they could get us back. I thought that was special.” Francona and Antonetti, with whom Francona says he has a bit of an Odd Couple friendship, have had more than a decade to build that sort of bond. The skipper’s still working on that evolving bond with the players, though from the looks of things, you’d assume he’d been in the Tribe dugout for a decade too. “The more you know people the more you can ask of them,” says Francona. “We talk about it all the time: Each team is going to have their unique personality. You have to work at it, so that when things are wrong, you came through it. The team that starts 6-0 might be talking about how they have each other’s backs. Well,

shit, you’re 6-0. Let’s hear from the team that starts 0-6. That’s when you find out about loyalty and chemistry and those things. It’s a long year. It’s not all roses. You have to tell them stuff they don’t want to hear, but if the relationship is built on honesty, they’ll listen.” From the start, when the Indians first approached Francona while he was at ESPN, that’s how the Tribe front office dealt with Francona. “Chris was really honest,” he says. “He said, ‘This is where we are. I don’t want to talk you into coming here and in a year, you’re frustrated with where we are.’ I really appreciated that. I think sometimes people need to step back and, whatever our payroll is, and I’m not even sure what it is, realize that Chris’s job is to work within that framework. When Chris sees Jon Lester out there, I’m sure he thought he was a pretty good pitcher too. But he has to make it work and win, and I sometimes feel the need to come to his defense. He’s in a really difficult challenge and I think they’re acing it. I don’t think he gets enough credit, and that’s by no means a criticism of where our payroll is. I knew coming in where we were. “I had come from Boston where we were one of the bullies. Teams would talk to players and then we’d swoop in. It was kind of fun. We had good teams. But I knew that wasn’t going to be the case in Cleveland. I was more excited about trying to do the job with people I not only respected but genuinely liked. I knew it would be more baseball and less babysitting. And I was at a point not just in my life but in my career where I thought that would be something fulfilling.” Francona, incidentally, doesn’t talk about the Red Sox days with the current roster. “I don’t bring it up unless someone asks,” he says. “I don’t want to be that guy. I’m here. What’s important is here. It’s a different set of circumstances and we’re all in. I didn’t come here to go to pasture.”

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news The BesT FronT oFFice, The LeasT respecT How the Indians were built through a series of nifty trades By Todd Dery “THE DOLANS ARE CHEAP.” “Chris Antonetti and Mark Shapiro have been in place too long.” “The organization is stagnant.” There aren’t any bits that are older and more tired in Cleveland sports. The narrative needs to be buried. Your Cleveland Indians are the most stable and well-run franchise in town and it isn’t close. I know all about the Cavs, but despite boasting one of the best records in the Eastern conference and a star-studded roster, nobody would say that the last four years haven’t been chaotic. Even this season, the new coach was on the ropes within two months, the roster has been overhauled, and one of the “new big three” still doesn’t seem happy. But I am not here to talk about the Wine and Gold. The Dolan family ownership has entrusted Shapiro and Antonetti to run things the way they see fit and have not interfered. Yes, I am quite aware of their budget restraints, but it is not as if the Indians are the only team in Major League Baseball that operates this way. The front office does everything within their means to put a competitive product on the field. The lack of a billionaire, a “my team is my toy”-type owner, has Antonetti and his lieutenants in a constant state of creativity. Drafting well and hitting on a few low-cost, low-risk/high-reward free agents are of the utmost importance. Criticizing the lack of high-impact first round draft picks would not be unfounded. The list of flops is long and not so distinguished. But Antonetti has made his bones building the rosters of the Terry Francona-era Indians through shrewd trades. The casual fan seems to just gloss over all of this because “they don’t sign big name free

agents.” Swimming in that pool is fools gold. The praise for the Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn signings was through the roof during the spring of 2013. Eighteen months later, the calls to trade both players to get out from under their contracts were equally as loud. The real props should go to the front office for the deals that built this club into a contender. If you ask any baseball “expert” where the strength of the 2015 Indians lies, it’s with the starting rotation. And how was that group built? Back at the trade deadline in 2010, Antonetti was in the middle of a three-team deal that sent the rock of the rotation, Jake Westbrook, to St. Louis. Outfielder Ryan Ludwick went from St. Louis to San Diego. Kid Chris had a list of a few San Diego prospects to choose from and settled on a right-handed starter named Corey Kluber. Oh, and by the way, Paul Dolan signed off on paying Westbrook the balance of his 2010 salary — $2 million — to give Antonetti his choice of prospects from that list. But yeah, keep going with that “Dolan’s are cheap” narrative. All Corey Kluber did was turn himself into the 2014 AL Cy Young award winner, not to mention the Indians have him under club control through his prime years. Kluber cannot become a free agent until after the 2018 season. Behind Kluber is Carlos Carrasco, who enters 2015 after a breakout second half where he looked every bit as dominant as Kluber. The Tribe was patient with him and his work with pitching coach Mickey Callaway and former bullpen coach (now Tampa Bay manager) Kevin Cash translated

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into huge success. Carlos’s bullpen worked gave way to a spot in the rotation that he finally grabbed around the throat. Carrasco became an Indian in 2009 at the trade deadline as well. Former Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee was pitching his way out of the Tribe’s price range, so with a year and a half left on his deal, Antonetti and Shapiro felt as if they had to maximize their asset. Up until last season, the deal looked like a complete bust, but now, the Indians look like winners as the 28year old Carrasco has finally started to live up to his billing as a potential top of the rotation starter. Maximizing assets has become

something of a specialty for Antonetti. Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is another example. A year before he hit the market with his agent Scott Boras, the Tribe sent him packing during the offseason as a part of another three-team deal. This one netted the Wahoos their current number three starter, the intense gamer Trevor Bauer (see Page 23) and set-up man Bryan Shaw. Reliever Matt Albers also came over in that deal and was a key member of the 2013 bullpen that helped the Indians get to the playoffs. Heck, even the starting pitcher slated for the home opener, Zach McAllister, was acquired in

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Mike Aviles

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from the top down, then we might be able to have a productive discussion but I challenge you to even define what overthinking is. Where’s the line? How do you even quantify something like that? It’s just a way for fans who have no idea why something is happening to sound like they know something when they don’t. IMHO.”

“It’s not just Twitter,” he says. “In general, if I’m signing for fans and the fans are like, ‘Hey, do this in the first inning,’ I feel like swatting their card out of their hands. People try to offer advice and they have no idea what the situation is and they think they know better than the person going through it. I’ve spent years working on this stuff and

they think it’s a simple fix: just throw strikes. I think the main thing, if I could boil it down: It’s oversimplification that bothers me. Pitching is not simple. It’s the different phrases like ‘game management.’ What does that even mean? Let’s define the term so we can have a productive conversation. Don’t tell me to not think too much.”

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He Ain’t Scared At the age of 14, comedian Aries Spears found his calling. It wasn’t long before Spears was a principal member of the hit sketch show MADtv — not only as a performer, but a writer as well. He recorded his twodisc comedy album, I Ain’t Scared, at the famous Icehouse in Pasadena. He has performed on Def Comedy Jam on HBO and Showtime At the Apollo. In addition to his credits as a comedian, Aries has made appearances in several movies. After being spotted in a comedy club, he was given a role in Home of Angels. From there he has been in Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Jerry Maguire. Spears has also made appearances on talk shows such as Loveline, Vibe and Soul Train. He plays a good range of characters and voices. His experience on TV gives him an advantage over other comics. Tonight’s show at the Improv starts at 7:30 and performances continue through Sunday. Tickets are $25. (Kali Fencl) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com. FILM

Love and Death A young man is not looking for a partner in life but a “partner in death” in Amour Fou, a black comedy from the director of 2009’s Lourdes. Set in early 1800s Berlin, the film was inspired by the real-life 1811 suicide of author Heinrich von Kleist. It’s shot to resemble a Vermeer painting. The movie, which has been called “one of the great films about the nature of love,” screens at 6:45 tonight and again at 8:55 on Sunday night at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $9. (Niesel) 11141 East Blvd., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. LECturE

Meet Virginia Bellwether (clevelandart.org) is a loose series of art talks, exhibition, and other formats that started up about two years ago. Now, after a winter pause, it’s back with a talk with acclaimed contemporary artist Virginia Overton. Overton will give an informal talk/ presentation tonight at 6 at the Underdog East, the space in the Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern basement. Admission is free. (Niesel) 11629 Euclid Ave., 216-231-7066, happydogcleveland.com.

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A Movie That Matters In conjunction with Joyce J. Scott’s Truth and Visions exhibition currently on view at MOCA, the museum is offering special screenings of An Authentic Life, a documentary on Scott’s life and work. At 5 and 7 p.m., the museum will present these free, public screenings. The film features personal stories from the artist as well as footage of her visual and performance art. Scott explores themes of racism, genocide and rape, but does so subtly with the help of humor and beauty. Get to MOCA early to see the exhibition before you check out the film. An Authentic Life also will be screened at 5 and 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. (Josh Usmani) 11400 Euclid Ave., 216-421-8671, mocacleveland.org. COMEDY

The Nasal Way With his high-pitched nasally voice, comedian Harland Williams is an acquired taste. His vocal delivery might get on your nerves, but he’s got good material. In one joke about witnessing his patrons having sex, he says, “I rolled over and said to them, ‘Get your own room.’” The punchline is a real zinger. Williams starts a three-night stand tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tickets start at $23. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. SPOrtS

A Push for the Playoffs At press time, the Lake Erie Monsters were making a push for the playoffs. The Monsters, who had been playing .500 hockey this season, took two

games from Charlotte and then split a two-game series with Milwaukee, losing the second game in overtime. Tonight’s game against Rochester begins at 7 p.m. at the Q and tickets start at $10. It’s also college ID night so students with a valid college ID can snag tickets for $6. In addition, select 14-oz. beers cost only $2 and “Monster” margaritas are $5. (Niesel) 1 Center Ct., 216-420-2000, theqarena.com. DrINK

Way to Go Joe After becoming Rookie of Year in 1980, former Cleveland Indians outfielder Joe Charbaoneau quickly flamed out. He played his last major league game in 1982 but has continued to work as a hitting coach. Today, the eccentric Charboneau will be at the Hofbräuhaus to tap a keg of Pilsner bier at 6:30 p.m. The beer is brewed on premises in the restaurant’s onsite microbrewery using an original recipe from Munich. Chardon Polka Band will perform. Admission is free but the beer ain’t. (Niesel) 1550 Chester Avenue, 216-621-2337, haufbrauhauscleveland.com.

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Abstract Art Abstracted landscapes and the streets of Paris — those are the subjects of the latest exhibitions at BAYarts. Robert Roth’s High Tide explores the mood and atmosphere of landscapes through shape, color and texture. Painters and long-time friends, Marge Gulley and Bernie D’Ettorre invite you to April in Paris, an exhibition

exploring iconic street views of Paris and Normandy, France. In celebration of both exhibitions, BAYarts is hosting an opening reception today from 7 to 9 p.m. Both exhibitions run through Apr. 25. (Usmani) 28795 Lake Rd., Bay Village, 440-871-6543. FILM

Angry Ladies Cleveland native Alix Kates Shulman (Memoirs of an Ex — Prom Queen) is featured in She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, a new documentary that traces the early history of the modern women’s movement. The film starts with the founding of the National Organization of Women by “ladies in hats and gloves” and concludes with the emergence of radical feminism. It includes footage of marches and speeches and includes interviews with a variety of prominent feminists. The screening takes place at 7:30 tonight and at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $9. (Niesel) 11141 East Blvd., 216-421-7450, cia.edu. SPOrtS

A Battle with Boston Somehow, someway, the Boston Celtics have held onto a possible playoff berth even after shipping their star point guard Rajon Rondo off to Dallas. While the team isn’t as formidable as it was a few years back, it’s still a solid squad and should give the Cavs a good fight tonight at the Q. The two teams square off at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25. (Niesel) 1 Center Ct., 216-420-2000 theqarena.com.

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A Lunchtime Lecture This week’s Lunch on Fridays lecture at Cleveland Institute of Art features a special panel discussion with all five participating artists of Women to Watch, the current exhibition in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries. Women to Watch features work by five women artists working in Northeast Ohio. The exhibition includes painting, drawing, photography, tapestry, installation and mixed media by Christi Birchfield (CIA, ‘06), Mimi Kato, Eva Kwong, Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson and Lauren Yeager (CIA ’09). The panel discussion begins at 12:15 p.m. today. Women to Watch runs through May 2. The exhibition is presented in partnership with the Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The exhibition and panel discussion are free and open to the public. Pizza and beverages will be provided at the panel discussion. (Usmani) 11141 East Blvd., 216-421-7407 cia.edu. MUSIC

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Play Ball! The Cleveland Indians missed the playoffs last year but expectations are running high for this season. With pitcher Corey Kluber and center fielder Michael Brantley, the Indians have two of the best players in the league. They’ll get some stiff competition from the Detroit Tigers, against whom they play at today’s home opener. The game is

sold out but you can find tickets from brokers or simply head to Progressive Field to soak up the excitement. Gates open at 2 p.m. when balloons will be launched and a “block party” will take place outside the right field gate. The Spazmatics are slated to perform and former Tribe star Carlos Baerga will be on hand to sign autographs. First pitch is at 4:10 p.m. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-916-6100, clevelandindians.com. COMEDY

The Queen of Mean The Queen of Mean Lisa Lampanelli is known for her racy and controversial style of comedy. Originally an accomplished journalist, Lampanelli began her stand-up career in New York in the early 90s. She got her big break at the New York Friar’s roast of Chevy Chase in 2002, and she’s been a huge name in comedy ever since. Her set is fearless, raw and raunchy. She says things most people are afraid to and never holds back. Lampanelli will shock you and her form of insult comedy will make you laugh regardless if it’s “offensive.” She’s been heralded as more of a standout than a stand-up by Jim Carrey, and Howard Stern called her a true original and brilliant comic. This is definitely not a show to miss. Lampanelli performs Friday night at the Ohio Theater. The show should be a hoot. It starts at 8 and tickets are only $45. (Kaitlin Siegel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. ThEaTER

Sweet Revenge Revenge yields to redemption in William Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest. Magician Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter have been stranded on an island for 12 years thanks to Prospero’s jealous brother, Antonio. When fortune finally sends Prospero’s enemies his way on a ship years later, he conjures up a tempest in order to exact revenge against his kidnappers. Catch Shakespeare’s play tonight at 7:30 at the Hanna Theater. Performances continue through the April 26. Tickets are $15 to $70. (Siegel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. ThEaTER

Wake for It No one knows grief and mourning like a Catholic, let alone an Irish Catholic. In its fifth year running in Cleveland, Flanagan’s Wake transports the audience to a wake in Ireland where villagers tell tales and sing songs for their

tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tickets are $13 to $18. (Harp) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.

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Airing It Out Arena Football has its pluses. The field is so short, it makes it easy to score. The teams put up some crazy numbers that make the scores resemble basketball scores more than football scores. Last year, our Gladiators made to the championship. Sure, it’s not a Super Bowl, but it’s something. Tonight at 7 at the Q, they play their home opener against the Arizona Battlers. The first 7,500 fans in attendance get a magnetic schedule and a rally towel. Sodas are only a dollar and select beers cost $2. In addition, Bone Thugs N Harmony will play a special postgame concert. Tickets start at $9. (Niesel) 1 Center Ct., 216-420-2000 theqarena.com.

local and regional artists to draw live in the exhibition space. All works are created in front of your eyes, and sold upon completion for $75 each. The show features dozens of the most active and accomplished artists in the area, as well as some of the area’s most promising young artists. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to discover your new favorite artist, and purchase something created right in front of your eyes. Kids can join in the fun in SPACES’ Li’l Monster Drawing Rally, a designated area with drawing materials for kids to draw and hang their work on the walls. New this year, SPACES invites 10 to 15 especially talented kids to participate in a special area called the Teen Wolf Drawing Rally and draw for one hour each. You won’t find so much creative energy under one roof anywhere else. Admission is $5, free for SPACES members/Season Pass holders and children 17 and under. All proceeds benefit SPACES. The event begins at 6 p.m. (Usmani) 2220 Superior Viaduct, 216-621-2314, spacesgallery.org.

to showcase their work at 4U. 4U takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. today and includes a traditional art exhibition, demonstrations and an open portfolio session. Learn more about intaglio, relief, monoprint and the rest of the endless possibilities of printmaking. 4U is free and open to the public. (Usmani) 1410 E. 30th St., 216-621-2900, zygotepress.com.

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It’s Celebration Cleveland Rock Week, a celebration that leads up to the Inductions that take place on April 18, commences today with a big blowout at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The Rock Hall is offering free admission and bands will perform on stages set up both inside and outside the Rock Hall. Food trucks will be on hand and special programming is planned for the day. It will all end at 8 p.m. with the Rock N’ Blast fireworks show. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-5158444, rockhall.com.

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Drawing Power For five years, SPACES Monster Drawing Rally has been one of the coolest fundraisers in town. For one night only, SPACES invites over 100

spookier corners of this world. We’re just a shade over six months out from Halloween, but Kent Paranormal Weekend has got your ghostly fix covered. Experts will join the event at the Kent Stage and regale attendees with insight into and stories about their brushes with the land beyond the living. Guests include: Greg Noory, Eric Olsen, Laura Lyn, the Haunted Housewives (Theresa Argie and Cathi Weber), Rosemary Ellen Guiley, and others. Noory is the weekday host of nationally syndicated radio program Coast to Coast AM, among the most popular radio shows for the U.S. paranormal scene. Local writer Eric Olsen, you may recall, recently coauthored America’s Most Haunted with Theresa Argie. It takes place today and tomorrow at 10 a.m. Tickets are $60 for the weekend, and day passes are $40. (Eric Sandy) 175 E. Main St., Kent, 330-677-5005, kentstage.org. NIghTLIfE

Stellar Stuff Since 2009, locals have celebrated the anniversary of manned spaceflight with Yuri’s Night, a good excuse as any for a party. At tonight’s big bash in honor U.S.S.R. cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, you’ll be treated to hors d’oeuvres, dancing, space-related exhibits from

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get out NASA Glenn and a costume contest. Abby Normal and the Detroit Lean and DJ Justin Nyce will provide the music. Weather permitting, the outdoor party deck will be open too. New this year: a Solar Fire light show. Tickets are $55 in advance and $70 at the door. VIP tickets will set you back $85. The party starts at 8 p.m. at the Great Lakes Science Center. (Niesel) 601 Erieside Ave., 216-694-2000, greatscience.com.

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region. Shows are free if you make a reservation in advance (simply email accidentalcomedyclub@gmail.com) or $5 at the door. Comedy starts at 8:30 p.m. (Niesel) 1550 Chester Ave., 216-621-2337, chucklefck.com. Nightlife

Trivia Pursuits Do you have tons of obscure music knowledge? Are you a student of fast food menus and their nuanced histories? What say you about the geo-

Starting at 8 p.m., expect themed rounds and general knowledge questions that seem considerably trickier than some of the other live trivia locales in town. Obviously, have a hot dog and a craft brew while you’re at it. And arrive early. The tables are known to fill up quickly. (Allard) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com. food

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Electronic Ecstasy Probably the best way to kick-start the week is by shaking your ass uncontrollably at B-Side Sundays, B-Side’s bitchin’ Sunday night electronic show. DJs Eso and Corey Grand join forces to spin anything and everything: Funk, soul, hip-hop, trap, drum and bass, and all sorts of similarly ill shit. Grand’s cred speaks for itself: “Sucka Free Since ’88.” And that same sentiment goes for the Sunday-night throwdown as a whole. Work your way across Coventry all weekend and wrap up the party at B-Side. The DJs start spinning at 10 p.m. (Sandy) 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 216-932-1966, bsideliquorlounge.com.

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Almost Over The NBA regular season is almost over and tonight’s home game against the Detroit Pistons represents the secondto-last regular season game for the Cleveland Cavaliers. A few years back, Detroit had one of the toughest teams in the league. Those days are over and new coach Stan Van Gundy has failed to help the team win more games than it lost. Expect the Cavs to get the win, even if the team rests its starters. Tonight’s game begins at 7 and tickets start at $25. (Niesel) 1 Center Ct., 216-420-2000, theqarena. com.

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Comedy by Accident The local comedy scene is currently thriving and promoter and comic Ramon Rivas is at the forefront. He’s the man behind the Accidental Comedy Club, a weekly open mic session that takes place every Monday night at Hofbräuhaus. The weekly series features local comics as well as special guests from the

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chiles, mushrooms and vegan cheese), Tofu Etouffee (blackened tofu, onions, tomatoes and brown rice) or many of the regular menu items made vegan. If you’re still feeling skeptical, know this: Monday night is also Craft Beer Night and all 36 crafts are only $3 from 6 p.m. to close. Cheers! (Alaina McConnell) 1909 West 25th St., 216-344-9400, townhallohiocity.com.

free, or just plain interested in trying something new, head over to TownHall in Ohio City this evening from 5 to 10 p.m. for Vegan Night. Work your way through the delicious and healthy vegan menu, featuring hits like Veggie Vegan Flatbread (think fresh tomatoes,

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It’s an Honor The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Honor Choir features some 150 students from 49 Northeast Ohio schools. For the first time ever, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus and Youth Chorus Director Lisa Wong will assemble them for a performance. Judy Hanson, director of choral programs at the Chicago Children’s Choir, and Lisa Wong, director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, will conduct the performance that takes place tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall. The concert will feature compositions from the likes of Maurice Duruflé and James Taylor and will include traditional American, Caribbean, and South African folk music. The program runs about one hour, without intermission. Admission is free, but tickets are required. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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More than a Pastime For many minorities in America, baseball has offered a gateway to a better life. Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American, a new exhibit at the Maltz Museum, celebrates baseball heroes on the field and off. On view through September 7, the multimedia exhibition was organized by the National Museum of American Jewish History. It “looks at how issues of culture, race and community play out through the country’s national pastime.” Expect to see related events, including short plays, film screenings, expert panels, player appearances, city tours and other programming related to baseball’s role in society, over the course of the summer. The opening celebration takes place tonight at 6. Tickets are $15, $10 for Maltz Museum members. (Niesel) 2929 Richmond Rd., Beachwood, 216-593-0575, maltzmuseum.org. Nightlife

Trivia Tuesdays How do you spend your Tuesday nights? If you’re not at Nano Brew in Ohio City, you’re definitely missing out. This friendly neighborhood brewpub

hosts weekly trivia nights from 8 to 10 p.m. Grab some friends and head on down for a little brain-stimulating trivia, freshly brewed craft beer and some seriously stellar bar grub. Better yet, bike on over. The folks at Nano Brew love bikes almost as much as they love beer, and they’re happy to share that love by giving you half off your first drink when they see your bike helmet. (Alaina McConnell) 1859 West 25th St., 216-862-6631, nanobrewcleveland.com. SportS

A Two-Game Stand After opening the season against the Detroit Tigers, the Cleveland Indians take on another rival today as the face the Chicago White Sox. The Sox are supposed to be improved from last season, when they missed the playoffs and ended up in the division’s cellar. Tonight’s game starts at 7:10 and the two teams face off again tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. at Progressive Field. Tickets start at $10. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-916-6100, clevelandindians.com.

Girl,” “Seven Drunken Nights” and “Take Me Home.” The group performs at 8 p.m. at the State Theater. Tickets are $10 to $71. (Siegel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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

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A Fan Favorite PBS phenomenon Celtic Thunder brings its popular stage show back for The Very Best of Celtic Thunder, a concert that highlights its hits. They attract such a large crowd because they truly put on a great, theatrical show. The Very Best of Celtic Thunder will feature Damian McGinty (Glee) as a special guest and will feature fan-favorite songs like “Heartland,” “Gallway

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Hoppin’ Rad Much like the Fat Heads tasting room in Middleburg Heights, the Hoppin’ Frog Tasting Room in Akron is in a non-descript strip of storage facilities and warehouses. But step inside and you’ll find a cozy tasting room where you can find a huge array of the brewery’s wonderful libations. The place features “hoppy hour” every weekday from 3 to 7 p.m. Tonight, the brewers visit the tasting room from 5 to 7 p.m. While they don’t fill growlers, you can drink bottles on site or take ‘em to go. The place also offers a “Hoppin’ Frog Rare & Vintage” list as well as a guest bottle list. (Niesel) 1680-F Waterloo Rd., Akron, 234-525-3764, hoppinfrog.com/tasting-room. SportS

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Primed for the Playoffs The Washington Wizards started the season strong but faltered a bit down the stretch. Still, they’re well positioned for a playoff run as one of the top five teams in the Eastern Conference. Point guard John Wall leads the team and burly power forwards Marcin Gortat and Nene protect the paint. Tonight’s game — the Cavs’ last home game of the regular season — should be a close one. Take in the excitement, but know that the playoff run just around the corner will only make things hotter and crazier downtown! It begins at 8 p.m. at the Q, and tickets start at $25. (Niesel) 1 Center Ct., 216-420-2000, theqarena.com. coMeDy

King of the Crowd With the ability to go off-script and improvise to entertain a crowd, comedian Jim McCue never gives two shows that are alike. His uncanny, off the top of his head work has earned him the title of “Boston’s King of Crowd Work.” McCue loves to make the audience participate and encourages crowd participation in his shows. He blends thought provoking material with his amazing improv skills to keep the audience guessing and laughing the whole time. He performs tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tickets are $13 to $18. (Martin Harp) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.

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And the obscenity of it slams home in Extremities at Blank Canvas Theatre By Christine Howey One minute yOu’re comfortable and the next, you feel a noose slowly twisting on your neck, cutting off oxygen, making you dizzy and terrified. This not only happens to one character in Extremities, now at Blank Canvas Theatre, it also happens to the audience a mere few minutes after the curtain rises. And that noose won’t let you go anytime soon. While this play by William Mastrosimone is not without its flaws, it has a brutal honesty and enough credible moral complexity to fuel a number of intense post-show conversations. After a rather leisurely beginning, as a young woman pads around her living room at the start of a day, her placid environment is upset when an intruding wasp stings her and she sprays it dead. Turns out, that will be the highlight of her day since, a couple minutes thereafter, another intruder, a stranger, enters her unlocked house looking for a guy named Joe. After some uneasy back-and-forth between the two, it becomes clear that the man, Raul, won’t be leaving and that the woman, Marjorie, is in serious trouble. Marjorie calls for her husband to wake up, but Raul is totally relaxed, knowing that such a man doesn’t exist. He’s done his homework: he’s even waited until Marjorie’s two female roommates have left for work. Marjorie is trapped, and soon a

brutal assault ensues that will not only make your skin crawl, it may make your skin want to jump up and bolt for the nearest exit. But watch we must, as Raul throws himself on top of Marjorie on the floor and makes her coo she loves him as he tries to violate her. Before a rape can actually occur, she sprays his face with the can of Raid and, after a blackout, he’s tied up and imprisoned in the living room fireplace with a bicycle

women are forced into, after being assaulted or raped. The criminal justice system is stacked against them, which is why so many women never report these kinds of hateful crimes. A bit of levity in introduced as the roommates, first ditzy Terry and then sensible Patricia come home from work to encounter a man in the fireplace who definitely ain’t Santa. Gullible Terry is easily conned by the smooth-talking Raul, while Patricia applies her well-

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chained to the opening. Now, the roles are reversed but the complications have only begun. Marjorie quickly realizes that she’s in a no-win situation: If she calls the police, they may arrest Raul for trespassing or some other minor offense. But since there is no evidence of an assault on her, and he is suffering from the insecticide attack, she may actually be seen as a perpetrator. Raul makes it clear he will come after her again when he is freed from police custody. So Marjorie decides that the only sensible option she has is to kill Raul and bury him in her garden. Sure, it seems farfetched on the surface, but Marjorie’s thinking is emblematic of the tortured mental gymnastics many

honed good sense to a situation that isn’t easily amenable to logic. Eventually, the whole mess is resolved after a final confrontation between a noose-twisting, knifewielding Marjorie and helpless Raul. This showdown lacks the graphic specificity and psychological horror required to parallel the first attack and initiate Raul’s ultimate decision. But that is virtually the only staging misstep director Jonathan Kronenberger makes in this beautifully paced production. Sure, the whole confined-in-afireplace-by-a bicycle thing is a bit silly, since even a blind man could bust through that in short order. And the set design is spare to a fault, not

displaying the feminine decorative touches that would give the play an extra dose of shock. But we’re willing to set aside these blips in order to address the heart of the piece, which is both agonizing and fascinating. In the primary role of Marjorie, Tiffany Trapnell negotiates this emotional minefield skillfully, conveying the full amount of rage this woman must be feeling. And when she analyzes the difficult conundrum she finds herself in, it’s hard not to agree with her homicidal conclusion. As Raul, Aaron Christopher Marrero is smooth and terrifying in the initial assault scene. But he doesn’t find the throughline of this canny, manipulative, streetsmart scumbag. As a result, many of Raul’s speeches feel fragmented and unfocused—odd for a man blinded by the bug spray and fighting for his life with words, the only weapon he has left. In the secondary roles of the roommates, Katie Zarecki and Amiee Collier handle their parts with the mixture of confusion, self-centeredness and fear that would be natural. Farrah Fawcett starred in the movie version of Extremities back in the day. But to get the visceral feel of this shocking show, you need to experience it in person. And Blank Canvas is giving you that chance right now.

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A live drawing event at SPACES will captivate our eyes and minds By Josh Usmani Over the past five years, SPACES Monster Drawing Rally has become the region’s most exciting, can’tmiss visual art event of the year. For one night only, this Saturday, April 11, from 6 to 9 p.m., more than 100 local and regional artists will be drawing live at SPACES. This family-friendly, live drawing event serves as an annual benefit for the nonprofit organization. “Monster Drawing Rally puts our audience members in close contact with the artistic process,” explains SPACES Executive Director Christina Vassallo. “It’s happy chaos, with over 100 artists making new work, 400 people watching, and a bunch of kids getting inspired and being supplied with art materials.” Each artist draws for an hour, with about 30 to 35 artists working at tables lined throughout the exhibition space at any given moment. SPACES provides artists with basic materials and does its best to handle any specific requests. Each hour, a new group of artists begins. This rotation makes for a fast-paced, exciting evening. “It’s a good way to introduce yourself to SPACES and start your collection, or add to it, with some of the region’s most prominent artists,” explains SPACES Board President Thomas Starinsky. “This is the most democratic way to purchase art that you’ll love, with all works priced at $75 and sold on a first-come-first-served basis.” The best part for the audience is the ability to purchase work that was created in front of your eyes. Any work bought at the MDR is a guaranteed conversation starter. Not only do you get a new, one-of-a-kind work of art; you get a story to go along with it. Thus, the work is a relic of the experience itself. However, there is one small catch: (Photo courtesy of SPACES Flickr)

Visitors cannot purchase work until it is completed and hung on the wall. Whoever gets to the wall first may purchase the piece outright. If multiple people want that particular object, potential buyers must draw straws for the opportunity to purchase it. While many works will be available throughout the evening, many more will be gone as soon as they go on the wall. In this way, Monster Drawing Rally is simultaneously cooperative and competitive for both the artists and the audience. With each work being priced at a flat rate, artists are put on an even playing field. While the environment is

from beginning to end, and allows artists to feel like rock stars for a night. “Monster Drawing Rally is one of my favorite events of the year,” says Dr. Jon Logan, one of Cleveland’s most passionate art patrons, who supports this year’s MDR as a Gizmo Sponsor. “While seeing (and buying) the end product is always great, Monster Drawing Rally, unlike most other events, is special because of its emphasis on the artists’ processes. Where else can you go, and in one evening interact with 100 artists being creative, learning and collaborating with each other and producing art? It’s an amazing night.” The Monster Drawing Rally, which

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extremelycooperative,thismutualprice point inherently creates competition, with each artist striving to capture the attention and adoration of hundreds of potential buyers. Meanwhile,theaudiencecompetesto find and purchase their favorite work each hour. It’s common to see groups hovering around a particular artist or watching intently while circling the room. The Monster Drawing Rally gives viewers a rare opportunity to interact with the artists during the creative process. Furthermore, each artist gets the opportunity to perform in front of an audience. Normally, most artists produce their works alone like hermits in their studio; only revealing the results after the process is complete. SPACES’ Monster Drawing Rally allows viewers to witness the whole process

originated with Southern Exposure (SoEx) in San Francisco, has become an annual fundraising event for SPACES. Despite the title of the event, organizers are very lenient in their definition of the term “drawing.” “Our friends at Southern Exposure in San Francisco had started Monster Drawing Rally years earlier and had been lending out the well-tested model to other artist-centered organizations,” explains SPACES former Executive Director Christopher Lynn. “Hundreds of artists could cooperate, audiences loved it, artists loved it, and it wasn’t asking for expensive donations of artwork, just an hour of an artist’s time. Even the definition of ‘drawing’ was flexible to include many different mediums and disciplines.” “With a few tweaks to meet SPACES’ needs and audience expectations, we launched the Cleveland edition

of MDR in 2011,” continues Lynn. “We had performance art, drawing, printmaking, painting and others creating ‘drawings.’ I had never hosted an event that had 100-percent positive feedback until MDR. Artists wanted to come back, audiences were asking when the next one was, and it was a great fundraiser for SPACES.” Every year, SPACES invites guest curators to select ten artists each for MDR. This year’s guest curators are William Busta, Hector Castellanos, Don Harvey, Mimi Kato, Margaret Kimora, Angelica Pozo, Shari Wilkins and Justin Will. The remainder of the field is filled with SPACES’ staff picks and selected through an open call. Children are invited to participate in the fun at the Li’l Monster Drawing Rally, a section for children age 17 and under to draw and display their work at SPACES for the evening or weekend. After seeing so many talented kids over the years, SPACES is debuting a new Teen Wolf drawing section for a select group of about 10 to 15 especially talented kids to create and display work throughout the evening. (Kids’ work is not for sale.) Admission is $5 (and free for SPACES members/Season Pass holders and children age 17 and under). SPACES Monster Drawing Rally is Saturday, April 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. (Live drawing from 6 to 9 p.m.). Any unsold work will remain on view and for sale on Sunday, Apr. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. (Full Disclosure: I’ll be participating as one of the artists for the fourth consecutive year.) (SPACES) 2220 Superior Viaduct, 216-621-2314, spacesgallery.org

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DiRectoR noah BaumBach’S lateSt chatty, effervescent treatise on middle age, While We’re Young, is both Ben Stiller’s finest turn in years and the most nuanced portrait of Brooklyn hipsterdom we’ve probably ever seen onscreen. I’m not the first critic to point out that it feels in many ways like the indie analog to Seth Rogen’s Neighbors from last year. In any case it’s a comedy of age-and-culture clash — 44-year-old hipsters meet 26-year-old hipsters! — and it opens Friday at the Cedar Lee. Josh (Stiller) is a documentary filmmaker who for eight years has been tinkering with footage on an ambitious project that still hasn’t taken shape. His producer wife Cornelia (Naomi Watts) is in a holding pattern as well, personally and professionally. The film opens on Josh and Cornelia struggling pitifully to calm the infant of their friends, and then listening politely as they’re regaled with the transformative joys of birthing. This baby thing, we intuit instantly, is not for them. Ripe for an intrusion (or in need of a distraction), Josh is taken with the cartoonishly bohemian Jamie and Darby (Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried) who pop in to the continuing education class he teaches. Jamie claims to be a huge fan of Josh’s early work and proceeds to install himself in Josh’s life, as a “friend.” Josh is both flattered and energized by Jamie’s slick and cavalier approach to filmmaking, and is bashfully attracted to the idea of having a protege, (or rather, of being a filmmaker worthy of one). Cornelia, too, though initially skeptical, falls for the whimsy and freshness of the young Bushwick

Danny Collins >>

Al Pacino plays an aging singer who decides to reconnect with his family in this light-hearted drama that’s based on a true story. It opens on Friday at the Cedar Lee Theatre.

couple’s lifestyle. The first half of the film, then, juxtaposes these attitudes and signifiers in ways we’ve seen before, but nevertheless don’t feel like clichés: It’s true that Darby makes her own ice cream and Jamie is into vinyl and VHS cassettes. It’s true that their Bushwick loft is decorated with all the reclamationchic refinements we’d expect. And it’s true that the wine-drinking Josh and Cornelia are very attached to their mobile devices, and comment on their attachment like good, selfaware gen-Xers. But Jamie is also ambitious and at times cutthroat. Josh is tortured by the notion that he’s not the filmmaker everyone expected him to be. Though While We’re Young drifts, perhaps, too far into the weeds of filmmaking ethics for the casual viewer, it’s the stuff about aging—the young don’t own exclusive rights to mistake-making, for one— that resonate with great effect. Additionally, Baumbach has choreographed some very funny encounters here. Mescaline séance anyone? He locates a few dead-on emotional moments where the generations intersect and collide. Given the god-awful scripts we’ve seen thus far in 2015, While We’re Young has the advantage of comparison. It’s sometimes overly direct in its messaging and imagery, but there’s great satisfaction in watching a film with a vision and an argument, and four very gifted actors taking their respective sides. — Sam allard

Spotlight a few yeaRS ago, local film aficionado Michael Suglio was watching a few bands play at Now That’s Class when he realized that hosting a film festival in an informal, clublike atmosphere was a good idea. In 2012, he successfully launched his Short. Sweet.Film Fest at Ohio City’s Market Garden Brewery. This weekend, Suglio brings an expanded festival to the Alex Theater at the 9. He’ll screen 64 shorts over the three-day period (you can find a complete schedule at shortsweetfilmfest.com). Bands will perform once the screenings end. And once again, many of the directors will be on hand to answer questions during short sessions that will be held after their films screen. “We had a great three years at Market Garden, but we needed a bigger place,” says Suglio who sought out different venues before bumping into a friend who’s the house manager at the 9. “He told me about the brand-new Alex Theater and I met with him and checked out the space and it’s great.” The theater has hosted everything from concerts to burlesque shows. “One of the nice things is that I can incorporate more music and I have it for the entire weekend and there’s no time restraint,” says Suglio. “We have music on Friday night and music on Saturday night.” Of the 64 films on the docket, Suglio estimates that a third of them are local. “What’s crazy this year is that half of them have a director, actor or producer doing a Q&A session after the screening,” he says. Seven different local bands will perform. Rob Duskey will perform with his new band Forest City on Friday and acclaimed singer-songwriter Nate Jones is slated to play on Saturday. Other acts are slated to play as well. Suglio is particularly excited to screen Hidden in Plain Sight, a short that recently screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival. “It’s about the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and it’s a very good documentary about what gardens are all about,” he says. The movie shows at 7 p.m. on Friday, joining a slew of movies from all over the world. The film “Butterfly Dreams” is even coming all the way from Iran. “It’s one of the best animated films I’ve seen in years,” says Suglio. “It was hard for the director to get the film past the government.” Films start screening at 6 p.m. on Friday and at noon on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets range from $15 to $40 for a three-day pass. — Jeff Niesel

The Longest Ride >>

Another film based on a Nicholas Sparks’ novel, this romantic drama about a former champion bull rider who falls for a college student. It opens area-wide on Friday.

Backcountry>>

This slow burning horror movie follows a couple of campers as they head into a thickly wooded forest. When a bear starts tracking them, trouble ensues. The movie opens on Friday at the Capitol Theatre.

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Q: Can You EvEr HavE EnougH TaCos?

A: Not when you’re heading to somewhere like Fresco Mexican Grill By Douglas Trattner Converting skeptiCal diners is as much a part of the new-restaurant game these days as satisfying enthusiastic ones. For each customer eager to experience the new place in town there’s an equal or greater number of cynics more interested in being “first” than being happy. That’s especially true when a concept is the opposite of unique as in the case of tacos. “Nothing is original anymore, especially when it comes to food,” admits T.J. Ingersoll. “You’re always building off something. Since the beginning, I’ve tried to separate myself from the other guys.” Ingersoll has been doing just that at his Kent-based taco shop Fresco Mexican Grill since the tail end of 2012. That two-and-a-half-year-old shop is the culmination of a lifetime spent in the restaurant business, and it’s the sprout of a budding, home-grown, tacofueled enterprise. In late March, Ingersoll opened his second shop, this one in the former home of Mad Tex Burgers in the Beachcliff shopping plaza in Rocky River. Like the original, this one is as festive as a piñata, filled with candycolored lights, walls and menu boards. There is seating for about 80 guests at high tops, booths and communal tables. Diners place their order at the counter, pay and grab a seat. Meals are delivered to your table. The young owner’s time working (Photos by Douglas Trattner)

as a national corporate trainer for P.F. Chang’s shows the moment you walk through the door. Guests are ushered in with a warm, enthusiastic greeting by staffers who genuinely seem to be enjoying themselves. If it’s your first time — or you need a refresher — they’ll gladly walk you through the entire menu, offering up suggestions to suit your wants and needs. As the name implies, the theme here is “fresh,” with everything made to order from housemade components. The core menu is built around tacos, burritos and quesadillas. There are about two dozen options in all, ranging in price from a three-

salsa in the case of the pork. Other taco fillings include grilled chicken, grilled fish and crispy batterfried fish. Tacos can be purchased individually or in combinations of three for $7.99. The large flour wrappers for the burritos ($6.99) are griddled rather than steamed, and are filled with grilled chicken, seasoned taco beef, pulled pork or a meat-free version crammed with just beans, rice and cheese. One of the best features of Fresco — indeed its signature element — is its salsa bar. Most menu items include bottomless baskets of thin,

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cantina-style tortilla chips and access to a well-stocked salsa station. The ice-filled display contains seven “anchor” varieties plus a few seasonal ones. Sauces run the gamut from a straightforward pico to a screaminghot habanero. Others like salsa verde and salsa asada are bright, fresh and appealing. On top of those, there’s a collection of approximately 25 bottled commercial hot sauces. When the paperwork goes through, Fresco will join its sister to the south and begin serving beer, wine and frozen margaritas.

New customers can be forgiven for assuming that Fresco is a link in a large national chain of fast-casual taco shops given its ready-for-primetime look, feel and customer service. Ingersoll is a keen operator who began his hospitality career at the tender age of five, washing dishes at one of his father’s many restaurants. In the years between he’s manned every station, including keeping the minutes at his dad’s board meetings. To him, running his own restaurant isn’t a job, but rather an existence he’s been ordained to inhabit from before he was born. “I know it’s cliché, but they say if you have fun at what you do then you never work a day in your life,” he says. “I feel like I never work a day in my life.” It’s too early to know for sure, but judging by my own personal experience and the early reception from neighbors, Fresco Mexican Grill will earn a strong following in Rocky River. And, assuming everything goes as planned, the startup will continue its patient, steady growth. “My focus right now is this store — and obviously the one in Kent,” Ingersoll says. “But we definitely have plans for a little more growth. Just not too fast.”

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ChiCago’s home of ChiCken & Waffles, a popular Soul Food restaurant with three locations in Chicago, will open its next location in Downtown Cleveland. The owners say they have been following our city’s progress and couldn’t wait to dip their toes in our bubbling market. The restaurant will be claiming the 4,000-square-foot space at 114446 Prospect Avenue, which is the current home of the Rathskeller. That longstanding bar, if you recall, previously was displaced from its previous home on East Fourth Street by redevelopment. Tonya Johnson opened her first Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles restaurant in 2008 in the South Side neighborhood of Bronzeville. She followed that up with a second spot two years later in Oak Park. In 2013, she added a third spot, this one up in Evanston. A favorite of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the small chain is eyeing out-of-state expansion. Johnson, Chicago born and bred, describes her restaurant’s food as “good, Southern-style down-home cooking — basically like your grandmother did,” she says. The all-day menu features breakfast, lunch and dinner items. The heart of the offerings are built around waffles, naturally, with nearly two dozen combinations. From the classic with dark meat fried chicken and waffles to the heart-stopping platter of waffles topped with fried chicken livers and smothered in gravy and onions. Other waffle concoctions are topped with fried catfish, omelets stuffed with fried chicken, or plain-old fried breasts. Entrees include chicken wings with fries and barbecue sauce, fried fish dinners, and grilled salmon. Dinners come with cornbread and a choice of Southern-style sides like mac & cheese, yams, collard greens, potato salad, rice and gravy, and Cajun red beans and rice. In the dessert category there is peach cobbler, sweet potato pie, and funnel cake-style waffles topped with whipped cream and caramel pecan. The menu might sound homespun, but the décor is contemporary,

comfortable and welcoming. “It’s comfort food packaged up in a very nice setting, but at price points where you can bring out a whole family of four and eat for less than $50 or $60,” notes Johnson. Plans call for a dining room and bar with seating for approximately 135 guests. Live jazz, a staple of the Chicago spots, will be a fixture here as well. Husband and business partner Darnell Johnson says that opening up in Cleveland is a smart move. “We love that Cleveland has all the main sports arenas all right there — the football, baseball and basketball arenas,” he says. “Anybody around the country that knows anything about Cleveland knows that the city is on the rise. We wanted to get on the ground before you guys got too expensive for us.” The owners hope to begin build-out in two months and be open sometime this fall. Future expansion plans might involve shops in Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati and Akron.

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“Elvis” is part of the Music Box’s induction Week celebration.

For Those AbouT To rock

Music Box concert series offers a comprehensive overview of rock’s history By Jeff Niesel Taking Place from aPril 10 To 17, Music Box Supper Club’s “Rock Week” will offer a decade-by-decade tribute to Rock Hall inductees. Each night, local musicians and “select national performing artists” will celebrate rock’s history. And it’s all for a good cause too.

“It it’s our first season here and since we’re neighbors with the Rock Hall, we thought it would be fun to help celebrate the hoopla,” says Music Hall Program Director and President Colleen Miller. “We wanted to go decade-by-decade through the years. It’s not strict by any sense.”

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At each performance, Music Box will collect donations for the annual Harvest For Hunger campaign, a food and fund drive which provides aid to local hunger relief organizations in 21 counties in Northeast and North Central Ohio.

Here’s the day-by-day schedule for the concerts along with Miller’s take on what to expect from each performance. The series starts with a tribute to the ‘50s and then proceeds to honor the rock artists of the prsecnt day, offering a comprehensive look at rock

throughout the decades.

Friday, april 10 Elvis presley celebrated by Walt Sanders & the Cadillac Band 7:30 p.m. in the Supper Club

Johnny Cash, Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Brenda lee, roy Orbison and more celebrated by Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, rachel Brown & the Beatnik playboys, ryan Humbert & Emily Bates 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall

“Walt Sanders is a flat out Elvis impersonator,” says Miller. “It’s a full-on Vegas show. It’s more Vegasera jumpsuit Elvis than ’50s. It’s a show. The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash do some Cash tunes, but they’re an Americana rock band. They’re

doing their show. They draw their inspiration from Cash. Rachel is doing a ’50s inspired set. She’ll play some Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison. Rachel lends herself perfectly to that. Even her original stuff has a retro feel to it. Ryan and Emily are doing a power set of Everly Tunes. It’s going to be great.”

Saturday, april 11 Celebrate the Band, aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Gladys Knight, the Beatles, the rolling Stones and more with the Band tribute: the tHE BaNd Band, thornetta davis, Chris Hatton 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall

“The THE BAND Band is very solid and very popular. This will be their Cleveland debut. They’ll focus on the

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early material of the Band, the ’60s and early ’70s might creep in. Thornetta is a blues power house from Detroit. She will bring Aretha and Janis and Stevie Wonder to her set. She’s bringing her band. She’s a well-known regional act. She’s the real deal. [Local singer-

“This will be really cute. The Chardon Polka Band will bring the Polka version of their favorite hits from the ’90s which will be Vanilla Ice and the Proclaimers and things like that. It probably will be a medley. It will be a power ’90s

“Martha Davis is on a true comeback tour. Her voice sounds better than it did in the ’80s.” — Colleen Miller

songwriter] Chris Hatton is game for anything. He’ll do a power set of Beatles versus Stones as a one-man band with some looping and whatever creative brilliance he’ll bring to the set.”

Sunday, april 12 Celebrate Bill Withers, Bob Marley, Grateful dead, Marvin Gaye, Buffalo Springfield, pink Floyd and more with Carlos Jones and the p.l.u.S. Band and the JiMiller Band 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall

Celebrate Steely dan and Muddy Waters with the FM project and Chicago blues icon/Muddy Waters band member John primer 5 p.m. in the Supper Club

“FM Project is a big band with horns and they’re so very good at channeling Steely Dan. We have John Primer, a former member of Muddy Waters band. He’s been doing a tribute that’s excellent. Carlos Jones is going to focus on the inductees that are of the ’70s soul flavor like Bill Withers. He and JiMiller like to do a lot of Grateful Dead tunes but there won’t be a ton of that. JiMiller will do Pink Floyd and other classic rock. We have a limited number of wristbands if you want to go between the two shows.”

medley. They’ll take a break and then do a set of their own music. The Verve Pipe is another group that has been touring since the ’90s and putting out new material. They’re one of the bands that defines the sound of the ’90s.”

THurSday, april 16 Celebrate ohio’s Greatest Hits: dean Martin, Black Keys, devo, the James Gang, the pretenders, the raspberries and more with ryan Humbert, erin Vaughn and a cast of local all-star musicians 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall

“Ryan Humbert is really organized and very good at putting together a show. He’s been thinking about doing Ohio’s Greatest Hits for some time. This is the perfect opportunity. I begged him to do it here. He has an extensive list of Ohio artists. It’s not necessarily artists who are inductees. He has a very tight house band and guest singers. This is going to be the show.”

Friday, april 17

Celebrate Hall & oates, Cameo, Blondie, Men at Work and more—with Chris Hatton

Celebrate the music of lou reed, the Clash, Bob dylan, Bruce Springsteen, B. B. King, Sex pistols and many more with Chris allen Band & Friends (featuring austin Walkin’ Cane, Tom prebish, Chris Hanna and Fred perez-Stable) and guest vocalists such as Michael Stanley, John petkovic, Tim parnin, alexis antes, Kelly Wright, doug McKean, dave Smeltz, dave Kasper, Colin dussault, laurie Caner, rachel Brown and ray Flanagan

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Monday, april 13 Martha davis & the Motels 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall

“We have Chris Hatton back. He’s going to do guilty pleasures of the ’80s. Martha Davis is on a true comeback tour. Her voice sounds better than it did in the ’80s. I’ve been wanting to book her for almost a year. I had a chance to see her in New York. She’s very good. She has new material and her ’80s classics.”

“Chris Allen is really amazing at putting together a show. It will be a looser rock show. It will be a ramshackle rock ’n’ roll show. High energy. It will focus on the rock aspect of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It will be super rock and super fun. That’s our blowout party night.”

TueSday, april 14 The Verve pipe with Sam Brenner 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall

The Chardon polka Band rock the ’90s 8 p.m. in the Supper Club

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Guster gets its groove on.

Not Just a ’90s BaNd Guster embraces ‘spacier grooves’ on its new album By Jeff Niesel FOR WHATEVER REASON, Guster is often considered to be a ’90s band. Perhaps it’s because the alt-rock band delivered its biggest hit, the lounge-y ballad “Fa Fa,” in 1999. But singer-guitarist Ryan Miller takes issue with being stereotyped as a ’90s act. “I don’t look at the ’90s wistfully,” he says via phone from his Vermont home. “It makes me laugh when people think of us a ’90s band since we were more active in the last 15 years than we were in the first five years. We certainly came up then. We were coming up during that phase when Semisonic was on the radio. We got signed and were in the major label system after that.” In the wake of “Fa Fa,” the band hasn’t been particularly prolific. It’s released only a handful of albums but has toured relentlessly. Miller says the band still plays to big crowds. “We take a lot of time between records, but we’re still chugging along and playing the places where we would have played ten years ago,” he says. “Ticket sales are the only thing that feel like a real barometer for the band. They’ve been consistent for the past 10 years.” The band goes in a different direction on its new album Evermotion. Produced by Richard Swift (the Shins/the Black Keys), it has more of an indie rock feel to it and

features experimentation that goes beyond the pop/rock formula the band has mastered on previous releases. You could call it the band’s foray into stoner rock territory. “Every time out and this time in particular, I have used the metaphor of breaking the bones to reset it,” says Miller. “This album felt as definitive as of a break as any. We had a new band member writing for the first time.

“[It proves] you can make these amazing records out of a garage in Cottage Grove, Oregon,” says Miller in reference to the studio where the band recorded. “This is the first producer we worked at whose pace we really trusted. We had great relationships with other producers but Richard was an artist. Someone like [producer] Steve Lillywhite would be more diplomatic. He could see the good in

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We were using textures we hadn’t used before. We have spacier grooves that weren’t part of the last records and were totally absent on the first records. Groove wasn’t even a word in our lexicon back then. I have used the word stoner record a few times. I think that to me is that you can lost in a groove independent of the intricacy of a lyric. I don’t want to use the word lo-fi, but it was a much more austere environment and we recorded and quicker pace.” The group recorded the album in a mere three weeks. And the fact that it sounds so layered and dense despite the rather austere setting suggests the extent to which the group used technology to its advantage.

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everything. But Richard would just be like, ‘No. That’s stupid.’ That’s cool. We liked that.” With its brittle guitar riffs and droning vocals, “Expectation” comes off as the band’s Pink Floyd moment. “I’ll take it,” Miller says when presented with the comparison. “I don’t have a Pink Floyd poster on my wall, but I don’t turn it off when I hear it on the radio. It’s that idea of openness and sincerity and trying to put some epicness and go for it in a weird way, whatever that means.” A song like “Simple Machine” is heavy with synthesizers and sounds a bit like Passion Pit with its upper register vocals and escalating tempo. “When we wrote that song, we had

a more organic treatment with a bass and an acoustic guitar,” says Miller, admitting that he’s a fan of ’80s synth pop acts such as the Cure, New Order and Erasure. “There was a little bit of keyboard stuff. When we were at Richard Swift’s studio, I pulled up a synth I had in my computer. We tried it and it scared us at the beginning. That’s a place we wanted to be in. We wanted to be a little in fear. Part of the reason that I’m still having this conversation twentysomething years on is that we’ve changed who we are. It’s not for the sake of change. Hopefully, it’s in service of the song. When people ask me what kind of band we are, I tell them that we’re kind of a pop band. We try to write songs that will last more than a year or two, and we try to make records that will hold up ten years later.” Miller admits the new album is a significant departure. “With every record, we lose some people and gain a bunch more,” he says. “There are people who have decided what Guster was and are now coming back. They’re like. ‘Oh wow.’ We’re a gateway drug for people in junior high and high school who went on to cooler music. I have a feeling that if you’re into Wilco or the Shins, we’re not that far away.”

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The guys in Dopapod can see the forest through the trees.

In bloom

Dopapod’s presence on the national jam scene grows brighter By Eric Sandy Prior to this weekend’s show in Cleveland, Dopapod will have been flying across Midwestern highways en route from the exotic locales of Lawrence, Kansas; Columbia, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska. At each of those three shows, the Brooklynbased band performed multifaceted two-set shows that flashed signs of brilliance from points old and new within their tenure as one of the jam scene’s brightest and most thrilling groups on the road these days. It’s simple math, really; people like good grooves and thoughtful improv, so dedicated musicians like the guys in Dopapod — keyboard player and singer Eli Winderman, guitarist and singer Rob Compa, bassist Chuck Jones and drummer Scotty Zwang — tend to thrive once they get out there and start slaying some shows. We spoke with Winderman even earlier in the band’s spring tour, when they were in Houston. “I guess it’s kinda like in some areas of the county we do have that renown,” Winderman says, pointing to the Northeast in particular. “In other parts of the county, we’re still building it.” And with a 2014 that included some 130-plus dates across the U.S. and a 2015 intimating that and then some, there’s no chance the band is slowing down anytime soon. They’ve reached that tipping point and leapt over — that point where young bands

must decide how much to gamble on the future. Winderman, Compa and Jones met at Berklee, performing in several bands around the Boston area for four years before branching out together. At the time, Neil “Fro” Evans was playing drums for the band (he’s since left to focus on Elephant Wrecking Ball). Drummer Scotty Zwang, who joined the band about a year and a half ago, has helped expand the band’s rhythmic boundaries. At first, Dopapod ran the regional

that huge of a show for us now. There were all these people outside that couldn’t even get in — it was crazy. That was probably when we were like, ‘This is happening. Let’s do it.’” And they did. Since then, the band’s purview has only broadened and deepened, bringing their live show to further-flung corners of the U.S. (see Lawrence, Columbia, Omaha, all of which are available on the band’s website) and to newcomer fans more hellbent on expansive improvisational music. They’ve connected with

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bands similar in sound and vibe, like Aqueous and our very own Broccoli Samurai. They themselves have opened for Umphrey’s McGee and, as of later this year, the String Cheese Incident. This current tour has seen awesome versions of the tunes from their most recent album, last fall’s Never Odd or Even. The Columbia show closed with an excellent take on “FABA,” one of the band’s favorite tunes to play. “It’s probably our most popular song in general,” Winderman says. “It’s just got that really uplifting quality to it. It really seems to resonate with people.” “FABA” is a great example for what Dopapod does best: It’s an

instrumental tune that weaves through multiple movements, guided by thumping bass and Winderman’s flanged-out synth melody. The song lands on a crushing, borderline-metal riff. It’s impossible to resist dancing, and that’s the whole point. Over the past two years, the band has moved away somewhat from the prog sound and toward composition that includes rhythmic hooks, refrains and windows to open-ended improvisation: perfect ingredients for more of a party atmosphere during the band’s live shows. Still, a lot of the material that showed up on earlier albums still populates setlists. With an ethos grounded in open-ended improvisation, there’s always the chance to reroute older material into newer, fresher horizons. That’s certainly been the case throughout all of the band’s recent tours. More than five years in now, it’s clear that the band has high aspirations and no desire to rest on their laurels or anything. “All of my favorite artists have always done that — constantly reinventing themselves,” Winderman says. “If you just keep repeating whatever made you popular, it just gets really boring.”

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Dear Dan, The thought of my wife being with another guy is a fantasy of mine. We’ll sometimes role-play that she has just come home from a fling, at which point I’ll go down on her while she tells me all the sexy condomless details. For health reasons, we aren’t going to actually do this. But can you recommend some substance that feels and perhaps even tastes like come that she can, um, insert into herself to add a sexy dose of verisimilitude to our play? It’s got to be safe and nonirritating for her, but it needs to

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Dear Dan, A friend of mine who indulged my foot fetish (let me jack off while looking at and fondling her feet) while we were dating mentioned recently that lots of women would be up for indulging it for the right price. I replied, “Well, sure, but you can’t just walk up to women on the street and be like, ‘Hey, can I jack off to your feet for a hundred bucks?’” She said, “The internet, duh.” My question: Is it illegal to offer money for such services online? What kind of risk would I be running if I ran an ad that hinted at what I’m interested in without getting too explicit? Cash For Toes The risk of being busted for an ad like that — particularly if there’s no explicit offer of cash in exchange for sexual services — is low, CFT, but not nonexistent. Busting consenting adult sex workers and johns is easier than catching thieves, rapists, and murderers, and it all but guarantees a police department some positive coverage on the local evening news. But the risk, again, is pretty small, and the rewards — for a foot fetishist — would be pretty great. Just remember the escort-ad dodge: You’re paying someone for their time — for their companionship — and whatever happens during that time is between two consenting adults. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with the medical director of Planned Parenthood: savagelovecast.com.

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