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M AY 2 0 - M AY 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 VOLU M E 4 5 NO 4 7 Dedicated to Free Times founder Richard H. Siegel (1935-1993) and Scene founder Richard Kabat Publisher Chris Keating Associate Publisher Desiree Bourgeois Editor Vince Grzegorek 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

CONTENTS 75 Upfront

The city’s peacekeeping forces are strategizing ahead of the Brelo verdict, NEXUS pipeline garners mixed opinions, and more

Framed

The best photos we shared with you this week

Advertising Senior Multimedia Account Executive John Crobar, Shayne Rose Multimedia Account Executives Amanda Klein Classifi ed Account Executive Alice Leslie

Facetime

Marketing and Events Promotions Coordinator Remi Bruell Marketing Director Moira O’Neill

Former Westwood Country Club caddie Rob Fisher pens a novel about his experiences there

Creative Services Production Manager Steve Miluch Graphic Designer Kristen A Lovejoy Staff Photographer Emanuel Wallace

Feature

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Business Asst. To The Publisher Angela Lott Sales Assistant/Receptionist Megan Stimac Circulation Circulation Director Don Kriss

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Euclid Media Group Chief Executive Offi cer Andrew Zelman Chief Operating Offi cers Chris Keating, Michael Wagner Chief Financial Offi cer Brian Painley Human Resources Director Lisa Beilstein Digital Operations Coordinator Jaime Monzon

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upfront city illuminates peacekeeping training sessions

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Community members from Cleveland Police Department’s Fourth District gathered at the Zelma George Community Center Monday morning to discuss the city’s response to expected protests whenever the verdict is announced in the Michael Brelo trial. “Daily briefings” have taken place at neighborhood rec centers for several days, but Monday’s was the first to which media were invited to attend. Representatives from the the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, the Cleveland Division of Police, CMSD, and the city of Cleveland (including Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland) were in attendance. In the segment of the briefing we observed, no tactical specifics were discussed beyond the fact that police are making an effort to “get to know people,” “touching base with business owners,” and paying special attention to areas where people congregate (Lee-Harvard, Lee-Miles, Buckeye Plaza). If this represents a deviation from standard police practices, that’s a problem. Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Reggie Rucker, a member of the city’s community relations board and president of the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, provided some operational updates. He assured volunteers that “his guys” would be doing the “violence interrupting” on the ground, should violence break out. The expectation for community members was merely to pass information along when they hear it. “We’ll be handling what we call the street,” Rucker told Scene after the meeting concluded. “The Peacemakers Alliance has a long history of doing street outreach. In the past five years, it’s been structured and formalized. This work requires a certain skill set that only these guys have.”

Rucker said it would be wrong to characterize his group’s work as a recent development. They’ve been liaising and collaborating with the Community Relations Board for years. As for the Brelo verdict, Rucker says the recent meetings have been helpful, but that doesn’t mean he’s not nervous. “I’m always nervous,” he said. “The best law enforcement minds in the country will tell you that you can’t stop violence. But you can be prepared for it.” The best preparations, according to Rucker: Communication and men who are willing to step up. (He suggested in the meeting that confrontations between white police officers and black men, fueled by mutual fear and ignorance of each other’s backgrounds, were a significant cause of violence.) A CMHA rep mentioned, in the “questions” portion of the agenda, that though she’s attended daily briefings, she still doesn’t know what she’s supposed to do in the event violence breaks out. Commander Deon McCaulley responded that she wouldn’t be expected to “gear up.” Mostly, she’s just expected to provide information if she gets any, and to continue being a positive force in the community. Meantime, Cleveland’s non-violent protesters continue to remind skeptics and doomsdayers, via social media, that there has been no credible threat of violence from their various camps. They intend to continue protesting peacefully, as they did again Monday morning, outside the Justice Center. Mayor Frank Jackson, however, saw fit to chime in with an editorial on Cleveland.com, stressing once again that violence would not be tolerated from protesters or police officers (a bit of irony there, in that violent police have been tolerated for years). “It is my hope that we can show the nation that peaceful demonstrations and

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dialogue, not violence and destruction, are the right direction as we move forward as One Cleveland,” wrote Jackson Sunday. At Monday’s meeting, Reggie Rucker hinted that if violence did erupt, Jackson has a curfew up his sleeve and might be inclined to use it as a sort of trump card. A City spokesman, though, said he was not aware of any discussion at City Hall regarding a city-wide curfew. On a semi-related note: These pacifying forces will be wearing limegreen lanyards, which has irked the Ohio chapter of the National Lawyer Guild, because their own legal observers will be out among the inevitable protests and clad in lime-green gear, as well. The NLG’s Legal Observer program is part of a legal support system aimed at protecting individuals’ rights to political expression. “The NLG reiterates that its role is entirely distinct from that of the City’s volunteers and Marshals and is in no way connected to the City’s rapid response strategy,” the organization writes. Furthermore, the NLG warns that peacekeeping volunteers are “potentially agents of the [Cleveland Police Department] and the City of Cleveland.”

NEXUS PiPEliNE DEbatE iN StaSiS We’ve mentioned in passing the impending NEXUS pipeline in recent coverage of the fracking industry’s moves into Ohio. With a $1.5 billion price tag and a likely 2017 construction start date, there’s still plenty of news rolling in on that development. This week, echoing statements he’s made previously, Medina County Auditor Mike Kovack said officially that property values are going to hurt as NEXUS comes to fruition in the county. “The installation of the pipeline on properties will necessarily reduce

NPR mistakenly reports that Councilman Kevin Conwell says he will riot for three days after Brelo verdict. Conwell corrects reporter, saying he will actually riot after this week’s “bitchin’” Jane’s Addiction show.

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the usage of those properties to some degree,” Kovack said in a May 18 statement. “The easement and right of way ensures this. Therefore, there will be reductions in valuations of property. I have been shown several examples of the current path of the pipeline where I believe the impact on a property value in Medina County may be substantial.” (See a map of the proposed — and very much unofficial — NEXUS route on clevescene.com.) A NEXUS spokesman sent us this statement regarding the question of property values: “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the lead federal agency on the construction of pipelines, researched pipelines effect on property values and reported the results in an Environmental Impact Statement issued in October 2014. The Environmental Impact Statement found that there was no pipeline-related impact on property value.” The debate over property values on land leased by oil and gas conglomerates or pipeline operators pretty much always follows that back-and-forth tone, and it’s unclear at the moment how NEXUS will impact homeowners. Of course, some will hit paydirt when they sign their leases; others will find themselves on the wrong side of that same starry-eyed neighbor’s fence. We plan on following the story through the pipeline’s arrival in Northeast Ohio. Currently, members of Sustainable Medina County are circulating petitions to get a Community Bill of Rights charter amendment on the ballot in November. The idea is to assert residents’ rights to “safety, security, environment, parks and the community in which they live.”

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Singer Jeff Hatrix iS a veteran on the local metal scene. Years ago, he sang in the metal band Purgatory before becoming a member of Mushroomhead. Tragically, his wife Stacy has just been diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer and has started chemotherapy. The band has plans to tour extensively in 2015, and

burden,” so the band has organized a Go Fund Me campaign dubbed Hatrix Hates Cancer to help the Hatrix family. The Agora hosts a benefit concert that takes place at 6 p.m. on May 22. Shrouded In Neglect, Madison Crawl , One Click Crazy, X-Members, Vulgar Devils, JJ Grim, Jus Mic, Mechanical Avalanche, Run Devil Run, Psycho

A “no wave” band formed in Cleveland by John D Morton (electric eels, Johnny and the Dicks) back in 1978, X__X has recently picked up a bit of traction. Last year, the band was featured in a New York Time s article that chronicled the events leading up to the group’s recent rebirth. What’s been the key to getting people to pay attention to a group that’s thirtysomething years old? “People want it,” says Morton via phone. “We show up when we’re asked for. Anywhere, anytime. It was dead in the water for 35 years. I started to get interest about reissuing the singles about five years ago. I didn’t like the deals and record company business confused me, but then when Ektro Records approached me, I loved the fact that they were Finnish. They want to do underappreciated American music. It was not for profit. That took the angst of the

contract out of it.” Once the record came out, the New York Times came calling. The band did a tour in August. “I wanted to see if we could do it,” Morton says of the tour. “We could. It went well. We get to do new music based on historical importance. I hesitate to use that word, but we recorded a new record for Smog Veil Records, which has long been supportive of me and my work. We’re doing what we do. So what if we had a 35 year hiatus.” Now, in advance of the band’s forthcoming album, Albert Ayler’s Ghosts: Live at the Yellow Ghetto, the group has announced a few gigs. The band performs on May 22 at Annabell’s in Akron, on May 23 at Ace of Cups in Columbus and on May 24 at UFO Factory in Detroit. The group includes veteran Cleveland punk rockers such as Morton, who plays guitar, Theremin, didgeridoo and electric sitar, and Rocket From the Tombs’ Craig Willis Bell, who plays bass.

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anything else. You don’t want his hands and toys smeared with more fecal matter than is typical for the hands and toys of most 5-year-olds. “It’s also on the outer edges of ‘typical’ sexual behavior in a young kid,” said Lang. “He may very well have discovered this sort of outlier behavior on his own, but there is a chance that someone showed him how to do this. HISMOM needs to calmly ask her son, ‘I’m curious—how did you figure out that it feels good to put things in your bum?’ Listen to what he has to say. Depending on his response, she may need to get him a professional evaluation to make sure that he’s okay and safe. She can find someone through rainn.org in her area to help. While it doesn’t sound like he’s traumatized by this—he’s so open and lighthearted about it—you never know.” Regardless of where he picked this trick up, HISMOM, you gotta tell him that it’s not okay to put stuff up his butt because he could seriously hurt himself. I know, I know: You are a progressive, sex-positive parent—if you exist—and you don’t wanna saddle your kid with a complex about butt stuff. But think of all the sexually active adults out there, gay and bi and straight, who have overcome standard-issue butt-stuff complexes and now safely and responsibly enjoy their assholes and the assholes of others. If you give your son a minor complex by, say, taking his toy cars away until he stops putting them in his ass, rest assured that he’ll be able to overcome that complex later in life. “She should tell him that she totally gets that it feels good,” said Lang, “but there other ways he can have those good feelings that are safer, like rubbing and touching his penis, and he is welcome to do that any time he wants—as long as he’s in private and alone. You can also tell him the safest thing to put up there is his own finger. But he MUST wash his hands if he does that. Nothing else, finger only. And did I mention NO BUTT TOY? Seriously.” Follow Amy Lang on Twitter @ birdsandbees.place for trans people. It’s what an ally would do.

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it’s very interesting to realize how thoroughly the job defined my summers. It’s also funny to look back at how little money we made back then. It’s not just inflation-adjusted. I mean, $6 was a pretty good round. We were paid peanuts. that might be one of the bigger differences, actually. by the time i got well into the job, it became very lucrative. How much would you make for a round of doubles?

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Rob FisheR spent summeRs in the 1980s as a caddie at Westwood Country Club, which, for many in the area, plays out as one of the great picaresque narratives of Northeast Ohio youth. The program exists to this day; I caddied at Westwood from 2003 to 2010. To reflect on those summers and honor the memories, Fisher wrote The Wichita Kid, a novel about a young boy who shows up in Cleveland for a summer with his grandparents. The Kid finds work slinging bags at Westwood, where he falls into the bizarre and timeless world of golf-course servitude. You can find the book in Amazon’s Kindle store and Apple’s iBooks store.

i personally fell into the job knowing nothing about golf. how did you get into the program? is the book autobiographical? It’s semi-autobiographical. I found that I needed to write it into a novel. I wanted to compress all the stories into a single summer. I realized after writing about half the book more as a memoir that some of the things that happened actually happened to this kid who caddied for a summer. He was from Kansas City, and we called him the Kansas City Kid. No one knew his name. I got this idea that I’m going to turn it into a novel and kind of borrow his viewpoint so that it’s more of an outsider looking in. I just made up the rest of the back story, although some of the struggles that I had — you know, I definitely was the smallest caddie there and I had some anxiety issues.

Rob Fisher looks back on his time as a caddie in Northeast Ohio.

A former Westwood Country Club caddie pens a novel about his experiences By Eric Sandy

one thing i noticed as a reader was how true to form all the idiosyncrasies of the caddying life were. the references were so familiar, even after so many years. Yeah. Now, how many caddies were in the program when you were working there? total? maybe a couple hundred, but only 100 or so were caddying

regularly. That’s about the same. That’s pretty cool. have you been back to the club recently? I haven’t. I’ve driven through, but just a quick drive-by. I’ve seen that they changed the caddie shack; the old caddie yard doesn’t really exist anymore. I’m actually going back this month. They’re putting on a lunch for the members, and then we’re going to play a round of golf. In the afternoon we’re going to have a caddie alum event for those old-timers like us who caddied back in the ’80s and ’90s. That should be fun. i imagine most former caddies are going to love diving into this book. I think what it tapped into was that this was a really important thing that we did in our lives. I’m sure you feel the same way, and you’ll feel that more so as you get on in years. There’s no structure to look back and connect with people. There haven’t been any reunions like there are for high school or college. We all just kinda went our

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each chapter has great character development within all of these funny little stories. so you were able to fall back on real memories for much of the plot? Most of the things that happened in the book actually did happen. Two idiots in the pro shop did burn the pro shop down. That might have been ’83. Mr. G, the caddie master, really was the caddie master there for about 40

years. I changed everybody else’s identity, except for his. I kind of viewed him as a public figure. But at the last minute, when they say his actual last name in the book, I changed that. But Mr. G was real. People who read the book will be very familiar with Mr. G. He was a caricature of a person, and he was very easy to write about.

i caught the DeLorean reference in the book too. i caddied for mark DeLorean a bunch of times. I don’t know how old these guys are now; he’s got to be in his late 60s now. He was pretty young when we were there. But yeah, that’s a good point, I did note him as well in the book. And there was a DeLorean parked at the front of the circle everyday. It was pretty cool. Even before Back to the Future, everyone at Westwood knew what a DeLorean was. Could you elaborate on what drove you to want to write a book in the first place? I felt like I had a bunch of stories that I kept telling to friends about what happened when I was caddying. Another thing was that I went to Ignatius. When I would go back to Ignatius reunions, I would find other guys who caddied with me. We would spend so much of our time reliving our caddie days — to the annoyance of my best friend, who was the basis for Mouse in the book. Every time he’d come over, he’d be like, “Oh my god, you’re telling those stories again!” I realized after one of those reunions that there are some great, unique stories. I started writing it as a series of vignettes of funny things that happened. I felt like it wasn’t enough. To turn it into a book, I really had to switch it up into a novel. It became an intellectual challenge for me; I’d write when I was traveling on planes or trains. It just kept growing and growing. What do you do for work? And have you written other books? No, this is the first one. I’m an economic consultant. I work primarily for railroads, defending their rates here in D.C. Like I said, it became a side project where I’d learned to write. I read a lot of books about how to write. It’s a lot better than it was when I first started writing it. I’ve also thought of it as just a good story that speaks to teenagers, as well.

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How to enjoy the long summer months when you’re short on cash By Scene Staff We seem to have bypassed spring altogether in Cleveland this year, which is just damn fine by us. But now the question you face every summer: What are you going to do? We’re here to help, because we don’t want you opening Instagram every morning, watching with regret as you see your friends enjoying all the great food, drink, festivals and events of Cleveland that you seemingly missed. Seriously, take out your phone, open your calendar, and bask in the hundreds of things we compiled to help stack your summer with fun from start to finish. The best part? Not a single thing will cost you more than $30. In fact, almost half of what you’ll find here is free. Zero dollars. Zero excuses. Anyway, get that calendar ready. We’ll see you around.

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Wednesday nights at Iggy’s in Lakewood are awesome. First of all, it’s jam night. Musicians bring in their gear to thrown down covers and originals all night (with plenty of Grateful Dead stuff, so you know you’re in the right place at the right time). But beyond that, whiskey drinks are $2. Get it straight-up, neat, on the rocks, with Coke, whatever. They renovated their bar a little more than a year ago, updating the lighting and the overall look of the place. As an aside, there aren’t too many great spots to shoot pool on the west side — particularly in Lakewood. Iggy’s

boasts three tables, and the crowd is usually pretty laid-back. Good company, good tunes, good whiskey (at a great price, duh). 13405 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-472-4449.

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Um, we have no idea why this hasn’t been publicized with greater fervor, but every Thursday at Classic Park, the Eastlake Home of the Lake County Captains, you can get twentyfive cent Labatt Blue drafts during a special pre-game happy hour. (During the game, domestic draft beers are half-off, which is a great deal in and of itself, but come on, twenty-five-cent beer!) Minor League baseball has always been home to some insane promotions, but this is probably the best beer deal in Northeast Ohio. If you can’t make it out Thursday nights, the Captains always have special promotions going on, including fireworks on Friday and Saturday nights and family fun day at Sunday matinees. 35300 Vine St., Eastlake, 440-954-9467, milb.com.

month, and wow! We are impressed. Perched 150 feet above city streets, Azure offers unadulterated views of downtown Cleveland, Live Music Thursdays, and happy hours where folks can enjoy $4 beers, $5 glasses of wine, and half-off cocktails. 2017 East Ninth St., 216-239-1200, metropolitancleveland.com.

$15: a year of Cheap Beer, Polish $1: Tall Boy, Bac Legion of american Veterans, Post It’s become one of Cleveland’s #58 go-to restaurants, even in the Where the Tremont lifers drink: a real neighborhood bar that’s been around since before Tremont became “cool.” It’s a membership bar that costs $15 annually, but go there a few times and you’ll more than get your money’s worth. Two cheap American beers on tap, cheap liquor, a jukebox, and a pool table; what more do you need? 2442 Professor Ave., 216-241-1788.

$0: Happy Hour, Mix at the Museum This monthly after-work shindig hosted in the gloriously beautiful atrium of the Cleveland Museum of Art includes wine, beer, cocktails and live entertainment. Every first Friday of the month, the CMA spotlights unique art, artists, poets, live performance artists and other artsy type fun with music from bands or DJs. Clevelandart.org.

competitive and foodie-driven neighborhood of Tremont, but while we love Bac’s noodles and pho, what brings us back after work during happy hour is the $1 tall boy. From 3 to 6 p.m. every weekday, you can grab a PBR for a buck. Oh, and there’s a bunch of $5 food specials too, in case happy hour turns into late lunch or early dinner. 2661 West 14th St., 216-938-8960, bactremont.com.

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It’s also a place to admire beautiful architecture and, on the second floor, a place where you can sip on wine by the ounce for as long as you’d like. It’s the perfect way to sample a bunch of new vintages without grabbing a whole bottle. 900 Euclid Ave., 216-302-3020, heinens.com.

Not everything has to be done outside. At some point, you’ll want relief from the sun and a blast of air conditioning. So why not stop by the grocery store? Yes, the grocery store. It’s no secret Heinen’s downtown location is a bit more than a place to buy food.

Nestled on a bend of the Cuyahoga River, this might be the Metropark’s best-kept secret. The place is built on the old Lock 44 (“Sloop Lock”) that once was located beneath the Merwin Street Bridge between West and James streets. As a result, it offers great views of both the river and the city skyline, and the enormous deck stretches out to the banks of the river. The place regularly has a great selection of craft beers on tap — including several local brews — and when a keg nears its end, it’s placed on the “mystery

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Eat WEll $5: Sushi rolls, Ginko happy hour We often refer to Ginko as a modern sushi speakeasy, and that’s architecturally kind of true. But it’s so much more authentically Japanese than that descriptor implies. If you’re into sushi, then you already know what’s up. If you’re new to the game, this is as fine a place to start as any in Northeast Ohio. And happy hour is the time to do it. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, slide up to the bar and order from a cast of sushi rolls clocking in at just $5. Cocktails and glasses of wine are half-off too, along with deals on edamame and miso soup. This is one of the premier joints for Asian food in Cleveland, and their happy hour makes it the perfect afterwork spot for a bottle of sake and a sushi roll. 2247 Professor Ave., 216-274-1202, ginko.danteboccuzzi.com.

$0: Bar Snacks at Fahrenheit and Barrio Fahrenheit, in Tremont, is one classyass establishment, a white-tablecloth, anniversary-dinner-type joint. That’s why it’s extra satisfying to chill at the bar during happy hour, as the suits and the precocious yuppies begin their nightly procession, munching on some free bacon. You heard right, folks. Free, crispy, thick-cut slices of bacon are yours for the chewing as you sip on an early evening brew. As for Barrio down the street (and its other two locations), it’s probably best to avoid Taco Tuesday, when the throngs descend, but happy hour at Barrio is a double whammy of goodness. Not only are the drafts $1 off (we recommend Phin & Mat’s Extraordinary Ale from Southern Tier) but you get chips and salsa free of charge. The salsa’s thin and cilantro-laden and the chips themselves are about as addictive as they come. (And look, if you’re there at happy hour, all tacos are $1 off, so snag at least one). 806 Literary Rd., 216-999-7714, barrio-tacos.com. 2417 Professor Ave., 216-781-8858, chefroccowhalen.com/fahrenheitcleveland.

the prices have skyrocketed to the $3 range. If you want a truly dirt cheap breakfast, head over to the 49er Diner on Broadway in Slavic Village. Don’t expect anyone to stand on ceremony. This isn’t a “trendy” dive diner by any stretch. But you can build your own breakfast special and pay anywhere from ninety-nine cents to $3.99. Expect some weirdos and some low-lifes, but enjoy the automotive-themed decor and the off-the-beaten-path novelty. It’s a pleasant reprieve from the Mimosas and cilantro we’re all expected to enjoy these days. 5006 Broadway Ave., 216-641-1477.

$6 to $1: Food, Walnut Wednesdays There’s no greater pleasure in life than watching a pharmacist — dutifully sorting pills behind the counter at La Plaza Supermarket on Lakewood Heights Boulevard — doff his white jacket and don a white apron and start grilling meat. At La Plaza, everyone’s a chef. And the $2 tacos in the back are some of the best in the city. They’re simple: doublestacked corn tortillas, meat. You have your choice of chicken, pork, beef, steak, chorizo, all cooked and prepared to perfection. If you want some cilantro, salsa and assorted hot sauces, you can help yourself at the console off to the side. You’ll never have a better meal in a grocery store. Guaranteed. 13609 Lakewood Hts. Blvd., 216-476-8000.

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Cleveland is bursting at its seams with food trucks, and what better time to catch them all than summer? With Walnut Wednesdays taking over Perk Plaza from May through September, Edgewater Live to kick back up in June, and Wade Oval Wednesdays drawing crowds to University Circle all season long, there are plenty of chances to sample Cleveland’s mobile culinary delights, which usually range in price from $6 to $11.

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$5: Ruby Burger, Payne Cafe

$10: Sandwich, Market at the Fig Chef Karen Small’s Ohio City shop is chock-full of locally sourced goodies such as meats, cheeses, nuts and fresh fruits perfect for summer picnics or gatherings. Want something pre-made? The shop also boasts mouth-watering sandwiches for under $10. It’s a great place to grab a bite that you can carry on over to the nearby park or munch as you stroll around delightful Ohio City on a busy summer day. 2523 Market Ave., 216-241-4243, theflyingfig.com.

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With so much fine breakfast dining round these parts — Eggs Benedict! Eggs Florentine! Eggs Wellington! — we can’t be blamed for forgetting the value of a simple breakfast, trucker style: eggs, meat, hashbrowns and toast. Nick’s on Lorain used to have the market cornered with its $1.99 special, but with a new interior and a freshly minted “SOLO” district,

here, where even those wise enough to call ahead end up twiddling their thumbs. But the result is quite possibly the best fried chicken in the city. Diners get to choose among seven types of breading, from the subtly sweet Honey Crisp to the aggressively spiced Cajun. After what seems like forever, the owner of this 13-year-old secret hands over the goods: a breast, thigh and wing shellacked in an armor of flaky, fiercely crunchy batter. The meat, naturally, is screaming hot and dripping with juice. The menu at this wildly decorated take-out shop (there is anisland-themed mural with boats taped to the watery part) is huge, but all we can vouch for is the yardbird. 15418 Lakeshore Blvd., 216-738-7000.

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You probably have driven by the joint a million times and never considered it, but the next time you’re in the neighborhood and need lunch, seek it out. Ruby, who’s run the damn place by herself for three decades or so, will get you her namesake burger for $5, seared on the coal-black griddle. Used to be every bar had such a flattop, useful for everything from fried eggs and hash to seared beefsteak. Ruby cropdusts the meatblobs with some secret seasoning and presses it deep into the meat with a woodhandled rectangular patty press. The normal-size bun looks absolutely Lilliputian compared to the beef patty, its charred and flared perimeter escaping its bunny borders by a good three inches. There’s lettuce, there’s bacon, there’s cheese, there’s onion and, what’s this, ham? And who uses good china in a dive bar? 3528 Payne Ave.

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There are few better ways to spend $10 on dinner than Sterle’s irresistible pork schnitzle sandwich (topped with kraut and served with fries for just $2 more). Authentic Slovenian and Eastern European fare has been coming out of the kitchen for decades, and Sterle’s keeps growing, including the the newish beer garden out back (a perfect place for a pint to follow up the sandwich) and a new brewery in the works. 1401 East 55th St., 216-881-4181, sterlescountryhouse.com.

$20 or less: Dinner on the Grill, Farmers Markets No matter which side of town you call home, there’s a weekend farmers market near you (Crocker Park, Tremont, Ohio City, Shaker Heights), which means that for less than $20, you can grab at least enough grub to grill at home for you and a friend. And we’re not simply talking about lettuce here. These days, you can find sustainable local pork, chicken, beef and other meaty deliciousness alongside specialty products like Cleveland Kraut and other favorites you might recognize from the Flea.

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ArtS + Culture $0: Hot Salsa Saturday, Pinatas Mexican restaurant

At 10 p.m. on Saturdays, Pinatas Mexican Restaurant (near Case Western Reserve University) turns into a full-on salsa dance party. Latin nightclub dance music — salsa, bachata, kizomba, merengue, reggaeton — blasts onto the dance floor and keeps people moving all night. If you’ve never tried, salsa dancing is one of the most fun types of motion. A Cleveland Salsa Passion instructor is on hand at 9 p.m. for lessons if anyone is feeling like they might need a few pointers. Better yet: The beginner lessons are free. This is a perfect spot for date night or even for a group of couples. Grab an order of the camarones del pacifico postdance. 11611 Euclid Ave., 216-721-9599, pinatasmexicanrestaurant.com.

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Tucked unassumingly along Kenilworth Avenue in Tremont, the Ukrainian Museum Archives offer an up-close look at an important part of Cleveland’s ethnic history. Check out the museum’s online exhibits to get a sense of what you can see in person. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. From the oral history project organizers: “Of particular interest are testimonies involving UkrainianAmerican life and the immigrant experience, recollections of growing up in Cleveland, organizations, challenges faced by newly arrived Ukrainians, recollections of World War II, and recollections of Displaced Persons Camps.” 1202 Kenilworth Ave., 216-781-4329, umacleveland.org.

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We could break this listing out into multiple write-ups, but that’s a slippery slope to just writing a whole book about all the amazing experiences our museums offer. To wit, you could certainly make a day of visiting the museums in University Circle — the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Children’s Museum of Cleveland, the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, and so

West Park’s Impett Park has some nice fields and what not, but it’s not a huge destination. And yet, during the summer months, it plays host to the ever-popular Asphalt Cinema. Billed as an “evening of music, art, games, and prizes that ends under the stars with a family friendly movie,” Asphalt Cinema is a minioutdoor theater. It’s BYOLC — Bring Your Own Lawn Chair or expect to sit in the grass. The summer schedule includes screenings of The Lego Movie (June 19), Frozen (July 17) and Big Hero 6 (Aug. 21). Admission is free, and concessions will be available for purchase. kammscorners.com.

and often to see some miraculous performances that truly redefine “community” theater. Tickets are $10 ($8 for kids). 6702 Detroit Ave., 216-961-6391, nearwesttheatre.org.

With a new, bright-blue home on Detroit Avenue in the heart of Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District, you can’t miss Near West Theatre, nor should you miss any of the fine musicals they put on (and have been putting on, since it was a youth theater back in the ’70s). The pitch for NWT has always been that it takes regular folks from the neighborhood, puts them on stage and makes magic happen. Go see one show here and you’ll know that to be the case. Its first show in its new home was a nonstop sellout and unqualified crowd-pleaser. Next time tickets go on sale, buy early

What’s cheaper than a literary reading, right? Join some of the region’s finest literary luminaries as they read from published and unpublished work in this monthly Ohio City reading series. It has kickstarted a few other monthly readings as well — the Lighthouse Reading Series at CSU, for instance — but this one’s the original, the one that reminded us how optimally beer is suited for listening to (otherwise droning) writers. In the basement of Market Garden Brewery, this one’s in the thick of the action. And it’s still got one of the best deals in town: buy a book, get a free beer. 1947 West 25th St., brewsandprose.com.

$9: Movies, Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque Interested in French cinema? Historic directors unavailable on Netflix or Amazon Prime? Lowbudget American indies with cult

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FEATURE potential? Foreign series from a particular region or era or aesthetic school? The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque has you covered. Tickets are $9 — a pretty penny on our affordable summer to-do lis — but this is one of the nation’s finest repertory movie theaters, and it’s a Cleveland gem that everyone should experience. Plus, in their swanky new home at the Cleveland Institute of Art, seats are finally comfortable! Check out the “Lang Noir” series in June! 11141 East Blvd., 216-421-7450, cia.edu/cinematheque.

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Just remember, the early part of the week is the best time to go see a film at Cleveland Cinemas — the Capitol Theatre, the Cedar Lee, Shaker Square and Tower City. Monday, admission is only $6. Tuesday, Marquee Rewards members get free popcorn! And Wednesday is happy hour, when all beer is halfoff. Sure the recliners at AMC and the XD screen at Valley View are primo, but where else can you get locally programmed cinema (indie and mainstream) with alcohol and discounts? Nowhere, that’s where. 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Hts., 216-321-5411, clevelandcinemas.org.

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Tremont was sort of Cleveland’s original “arts district.” It was here, in the post-industrial slump, that bohemians flocked en masse and set up galleries and bars to feed the various muses. For more than 20 years, Tremont has been hosting a monthly walk to celebrate the artists, and it has grown into a major monthly event. It’s all free! Snag some free wine at one of more than 30 participating galleries and restaurants, enjoy the weather, and then have an app or a beer at one of the bajillion Tremont bars that you’ll encounter on your stroll. Oh, and hey, don’t forget to buy some art! There’s a few new galleries this year, so get excited to peruse. tremontartwalk.com.

Art, art and more art in one of the coolest venues in town. What more could you ask for? Down on the westward fringe of Detroit-Shoreway, in the old American Greetings HQ, 78th Street Studios hulks with an unassuming industrial vibe. It has become a bona-fide hub for artsy fartsyness in town and every third Friday, from 5 to 9 p.m., you get a free visitor’s pass. The galleries are eclectic and wild, bursting with color and energy. There’s always wine and apps on hand and, chances are, you’ll bump into somebody you know. Tourists and locals alike

Cleveland’s preeminent standup comedy promoter (and one of its most prolific performers and hosts), Ramon Rivas is constantly on a Cleveland tour. His weekly show at Reddstone is, sadly, no more. (Gone also is the weekly “Accidental Comedy” show at Hofbrauhaus). But Rivas and the Chucklefck standup gang are still telling jokes on a weekly basis all over town. For starters, check out the open mic at the Underdog (in the Happy Dog’s illustrious basement) every Sunday evening at 8. Ramon and a handful of regulars also host other comedy so stay abreast of all the local comedy happenings on the website, and be sure to hit all the other weekly shows, Hilario at Barrio and Market Fresh Comedy at Market Garden too. twitter.com/chucklefck.

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various businesses and galleries in the Collinwood neighborhood throw open their doors as visitors get a taste of the eclectic street. New attractions include Loren Naji’s Satellite gallery, which joins the Maria Neil Art Project, the Waterloo Arts Gallery and others in making Waterloo one of the premier arts neighborhoods in Cleveland. facebook.com/WaterlooArtsDistrict.

OuTdOORS $20: Hermes Cleveland 5K Races, Various Locations There are few workouts genuinely better than a good run on a sunny

day. Those dashes through the neighborhood can also be incredibly fun and soul-nourishing if you’re doing it right. Goal setting is an important part of that. Hermes Cleveland, the region’s premier roadracing organization, hosts runs all over Northeast Ohio all year long. Sign up for a race, get prepared, and then go have a great time on race day. Most of these races are paired with a charitable cause and come with a festive environment: music, socializing, sports mascots, and more, all before the race even starts! Registration prior to the event often clocks in around $20, though do be prepared to pay more as

Always free, and always entertaining, the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival is offering two shows this summer throughout the Cleveland area. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between June 5 and June 28, they’ll be performing The Life of Timon of Athens. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between July 17 and August 2, it’s The Merchant of Venice. All shows start at 7 p.m., and it’s held outdoors: Bring a chair or blanket. Check the website for locations. cleveshakes.com.

race day approaches. 2425 West 11th St., 216-623-9933, hermescleveland.com.

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$0: Money Time Learning Center and Money Museum, Federal Reserve Bank You don’t need to shell it out to learn about it here: admissions, programs and tours are free at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Learning Center and Money Museum. They’ve got exhibits on financing America’s wars, currency from around the world, and the regulatory process. 1455 East Sixth St., 216-579-3188,clevelandfed.org/ learningcenter.

$0: History With a Side of Nature, Lakeview Cemetery Essentially a 285-acre outdoor museum of Northeast Ohio’s history, Lakeview Cemetery is both educational and inspirational. Check out the massive James A. Garfield Monument (the Romanesque/Gothic/Byzantine-style building houses the former president’s body), the beautiful Wade Memorial Chapel, or the final resting places of notable people like John D. Rockefeller, Elliot Ness, Carl B. Stokes, Harvey Pekar and other folks who helped make the city what it is. It’s open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the summer; roam the grounds alone or schedule a free walking or bus tour in advance (a $5 donation is recommended). 12316 Euclid Ave., 216-421-2665, lakeviewcemetary.com.

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FEATURE Beach and — holy hell! — it is now like a mystical magical place you wouldn’t expect to find in Cleveland. It’s clean and secluded and boasts great views of the city and sandy accommodations you thought you had to get on an airplane to enjoy. Out east, Headlands State Park offers a huge expanse of lush Lake Erie beach life just 45 minutes or so from downtown Cleveland. Grab a towel, pack a cooler, grab a book, and while away the weekend hours enjoying the sweet, sweet rays.

fitness freak or something, or have nothing on the agenda, you can do the 15-miler, a four-hour trip, which costs only $8 more. A host of other canoe rental ventures offer similar trips. You can’t go wrong with any of them. 3045 OH-3, Loudonville, 419-994-4097, mohicanadventures.com.

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$25: Cabrewing, Mohican Park There’s simply no better way to tan and get drunk at the same time than lazily canoeing down a river. For the low price of $25, Mohican Park offers a 7-mile canoe trip (estimated at about two hours) for which you ought to bring a cooler full of cold ones. (We’re partial to Labatt Blue Lime or Cleveland Palesner). The canoe trip need not be strenuous. You can row and sip at your own pace. Enjoy the sunshine and the natural surroundings and experience day-drinking how god intended you to: on a river in Ohio. If you’re a real

Experienced (or elitist) golfers might scoff at the idea of a par-three course in the sleepy hamlet of Newburgh Heights, but for $10 ($7 more for a cart), it’s one of the best deals in town. Additionally — in part because there’s seldom more than a handful of duffers out on the green — on Mondays through Thursdays, when you buy 9 holes, you get 9 holes free. It’s an easy course (with free balls

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galore in the weeds and brush near the fairway), and you can play it in less than two hour, easy. Hit a small bucket of balls for $4 if that’s more your speed, or practice your chips on a chipping green. It’s a learning center after all, and it’s a prime spot for beginners and early-season rust-dusters alike, because we all know all of our strokes come near the green. So go practice that stuff for a fistful of dollars. 3841 Washington Park Blvd., Newburgh Heights, 216-641-1864, clemetparks.com/golf.

weather in advance and try to go on a sunny day. (And you can always follow @TowerLightsCLE on Twitter to get the latest on availability and promotions). The observation deck is usually

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open just on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Make it a date! 50 Public Square, 216-621-6060, @ TowerLightsCLE.

For a whopping $6.27 on the credit card of your choice, you can reserve one of 50 tickets per half-hour time slot to ascend the Terminal Tower (42 floors up) and take a gander at fair Cleveland from the sky. Yeah, it’s really an outdoorsy thing, but you get to enjoy the outdoors with your eyes. The Terminal Tower is the only skyscraper in town to offer an observation deck, and if you haven’t done it, you’ve gotta put it on your to-do list this summer. It’s only a 30-minute time commitment, but it’s a memorable experience and a view you’ll never forget. Check the

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$13: Indians Game, Progressive Field Wait, what? Tribe tickets for under $15? Why yes, yes indeed. For just 13 smackaroos, fans can snag a standing-room ticket to the Right Field Bar, which comes with a free drink, plus access to all of Progressive Field’s new amenities, like the rooftop deck and open air fire pit. Pair it up with Dollar Dog Night, and you’ll really be cooking. cleveland.indians.mlb.com.

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We know $15 for a single turn sounds obscene, but when else will you have the chance to ride a 1,000-foot water slide through your city? Probably never. That’s why you’ll see us in line when Slide the City, a traveling water entertainment company from Utah, brings its enormous, two-lane water slide to Cleveland, Akron, and Youngstown this summer. Dates are set for Akron (June 27) and Youngstown (August 2), but we’re still waiting on word for Cleveland. slidethecity.com.

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lines mean and basic track rules and etiquette.” 5033 Broadway Ave., clevelandvelodrome.org.

Sign up for beginners’ classes for both kids and adults at the Olympicstyle bike race track in Slavic Village. It’s free — but make sure to sign up online — and you can use one of their track bikes while you learn about “fixed gear riding, stopping and starting, parts of the track, how to get on and off the track, how to ride a smooth line, what the different

There’s a reason why the Metroparks Zoo is one of Cleveland’s most popular attractions. With more than 2,000 animals from 600 species representing six continents, there’s enough to see that you probably won’t see everything in one day. It’s just $13.25 for adults, $9.25 for kids aged 2 to 11, and free for those under 2 (knock a buck off by preordering online). Cuyahoga County residents get in free on Mondays. 3900 Wildlife Way, 216-661-6500, clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo.

$11: Nature, Cleveland Botanical Garden With 11 gardens and a huge glasshouse with amazing butterflies and “some of the strangest plants you’ve ever seen,” a trip to the Botanical Garden is the perfect summer activity for nature lovers. It’s free for members (and for active military and veterans) or or $11 bucks for adults, $6 for children, and free for kids under 3. 11030 East Blvd., 216-721-1600, cbgarden.org.

$0: Old Time-y Fun, Stearns Homestead The 48-acre homestead smack-dab in the middle of Parma dates back to the 19th century, making it a great place to show kids what life was like before video games. There are animals, two houses/museums with antiques, and events throughout the summer like the farmer’s market that opens June 20. 6975 Ridge Rd., Parma, 440-845-9770, stearnshomestead.com.

$15: Stand Up Paddling, Lake Erie Stand up paddleboarding is all the rage these days, and there are a bunch of different groups that can

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FEATURE get you out on the water even if you don’t have a board or any clue what you’re doing. Check out the “SUP CLE” people (supcleveland. com), who put on group lessons

doesn’t come around too often anymore. Grab an elephant ear and bounce around from demolition derbies to bunny barns and square dancers. Then grab a corn dog and hop around from the ferris wheel to the midway and the big-time country concert. The fair comes ’round but once a year, so don’t miss out on one of the great weeks of our Northeast Ohio summer. This year’s fair runs from Aug. 10 to 16. 19201 East Bagley Rd., Berea, 440-243-0090, cuyfair.com.

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(including SUP yoga) and demos on Thursdays (5:30 and 7:30 p.m.) at Edgewater Park throughout the summer, and offer private and group lessons and rentals on Saturdays. supcleveland.com.

Festivals $0: Parade the Circle, Wade Oval This free event at Wade Oval is a hallmark of summer for many in Cleveland. The park is transformed into a vibrant, colorful festival of art and music. Think Mardi Gras tempered for all ages, full of local and international artists, street performers, and revelers celebrating the arts with enormous dancing puppets, human-powered floats, and amazing street performances. “Circle Village” will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 13, with the parade stepping off at noon. This year’s theme: to beat, to breathe, to create. universitycircle.org.

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Coming up on its sixth year, the Lakewood Summer Meltdown has become a staple of summertime in this westside ’burb. Detroit Avenue shuts down for a few blocks around Warren Road, and the downtown district comes alive: Performers perform, vendors vend, entertainers entertain, dancers dance — you get the drill. It’s fun, and the fine folks at LakewoodAlive put on a terrific event for all ages. Admission is free, though things like food, the 5K race and drinks in the beer garden will cost ya. There’s nothing quite like celebrating the high-water mark of summertime in the middle of the street. This year’s event runs from 4 to 10 p.m. on July 11. lakewoodalive.org.

Imagine: Thirty bands performing on 30 front porches around one of the nicest neighborhoods in Cleveland. That’s exactly what goes down during Larchmere Porch Fest, running from 1 to 8 p.m. on June 21. “It’s so amazing,” says Lynne Alfred, owner of the Dancing Sheep boutique. “It draws people from all over. It’s actually to showcase not just the commercial district, but also the whole residential area.” This year’s line-up includes Shivering Timbers, Revolution Brass Band, MuAmin Collective, Jim “LooseChange” Snively, Diana Chittester, Oldboy and many more bands and artists. larchmereporchfest.org.

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breweries set up shop and pour all your favorite IPAs, porters, hefeweizens and ciders, and plenty of beverages that will be new to you. We’ve noticed the past few years that impromptu volleyball games become gravitational centers as the day goes on, so bring your best spike. Add in some food and music, and you’re looking at an ideal way to spend a Cleveland afternoon. Yes, we’re biased, but this is a can’tmiss frenzy of foamy fun. We’ll see you on July 25. Stay tuned for ticket announcements soon.

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$30: scene’s ale Fest, lincoln Park There’s something very Midwestern about the county fair. The whole event — the animals, the food, the sights, the rides — taps into more bucolic corners of our consciousness. If you pardon the at-times blithely bovine crowds, you’ll find yourself experiencing a brand of fun that

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Scene brought Pig and Whiskey to downtown Willoughby last year, pairing ribs with fine drink beneath the summer sun. A dozen mouth-watering barbecue joints and eateries lined up to keep hunger at bay. We figured there’s nothing better than a glass of whiskey to pair that that ‘cue, so we brought some two dozen distilleries to the show and kept everyone in high spirits all weekend. A full roster of bands performed over two days, with Uncle Kracker headlining. The whole thing was so much fun that we’ll be doing it again during the second annual Pig and Whiskey later this summer. Admission is free, and whiskey samples, beer and cocktails are available through the purchase of drink tickets (ages 21 and over, duh). The BBQ and other food items are available directly through the individual vendors. This year’s festie

Wade Oval Wednesdays have become a summertime staple in Cleveland, and this year, they’re again proving why. The free concert series at Wade Oval — in the heart of University Circle — is the perfect venue for a picnic and a chance to hear some incredible music. Starting June 17 and running through the end of August, you can hear Councilman Kevin Conwell’s band, the rock/soul group Welshly Arms, the jazzy light rocker Brent Kirby, the Cleveland Bluegrass Orchestra and many other groups and genres. When the weather cooperates, you can’t ask for a better summer evening. Check out the website for schedules, and arrive with enough time to negotiate the parking. But remember: WOW is always free! 10820 East Blvd., 216-791-3900, universitycircle.org.

$0: Cleveland area soap Box Derby With all the hoopla surrounding the Gay Games and the Republican National Convention, no one saw fit to publicize the fact that Cleveland will be hosting the National Derby Rallies in 2015 and 2016. There’s always the All-American Soap Box Derby down in Akron if that’s a tradition in your family. But if you want to keep it local, Thursday, July 20 through Saturday, August 1 is when racers nationwide will converge on Cleveland for some intense derbying. Don’t miss out on this unique competition. Great for the kiddies as well! ndr.org., clevelandsoapboxderby.com.

$0: Cleveland World Festival, Rockefeller Park On Sunday, August 2, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., head to the Cultural Gardens of Rockefeller Park for a day of family oriented music, dance and theater performances, multicultural food and drinks. Free admission, free parking, free shuttles. Visit the website for details as the date gets closer. clevelandoneworldfestival.com.

$0: Beach With Music and More, edgewater live It was a huge success last year, and now the Cleveland Metroparks are doing it for the second summer. On Thursdays after work, head to Edgewater Beach to enjoy a free weekly happy hour concert series with all the amenities you’d want: booze, food trucks, cornhole, standup paddleboarding, yoga and

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to summer in the U.S., but classical music — performed ’neath twilit skies in the greatest city in the world — gets us closer to the human condition. Fireworks accompany the concert too, which is just awesome. This year, the concert will take place at dusk on July 1 on Mall B. Admission is free, but space fills up fast! 216-231-7300, clevelandorchestra.com.

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more, all on Lake Erie’s sandy beach. Edgewater Live goes between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., June 11 through August 13 (Revolution Fire). clevelandmetroparks.com.

$0: Motorcycles, Thunder on the Strip If you’ve got a motorcycle, head to Geneva-On-the-Lake on September 10 through 13 for a massive weekend gathering of leather-clad riders. (If you don’t have a bike, it’s still one the of the best people-watching opportunities all summer). Show up, show off, drink beer and enjoy the music and festivities with hundreds of bikers who’ve been flocking there

Since 1989, the Cleveland Orchestra has made it a point to light up downtown with wonderful music during the week of July Fourth. Not only is the holiday already very communal and neighborly, but the Cleveland Orchestra gives us all a chance to revisit the music that has come to define us as humans (see Tchaikovsy’s “1812” Overture, for example). Rock bands and Americana songwriting have become our soundtrack

Wednesday nights at Parkview feature some truly stellar blues and rock music. The Bad Boys of Blues — guitarist Michael Bay, bassist Michael Barrick and drummer Jim Wall — host the evening’s fun and perform the first set with a special guest on vocals. This is often a tremendous hour of music, with each musician taking time to present awe-inspiring solos. The special guests bring their own sense of style —-jazz, calypso, classic rock — so the jams may veer in all directions on any given night. The rest of the evening has bands forming on the spot and throwing down bluesy dance parties ’til the wee hours. Feel like trying your hand? Bring your instrument and talk to Bay. The first set starts at 10 p.m. Don’t miss it! 1261 West 58th St., 216-961-1341, parkviewniteclub.com.

$0: Front Porch concert Series, Lakewood Public Library Architecturally, the front of

Lakewood Public Library works really well as a small stage for bands. And practically speaking, LakewoodAlive’s Front Porch Concert series has brought lively audiences to the library steps for several years now. This year’s bands include Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. Band, the Clifton Beat, Cats on Holiday and plenty more. Bring a chair or a blanket and set up shop along the now-bustling Detroit Avenue. Pre-show, check out all the wonderful offerings inside the library. Post-show, well, you’re now in the heart of a budding resto scene in one of the region’s coolest cities. Dig in. 15425 Detroit Ave., 216-226-8275, lkwdpl.org.

$0: Sofar Sounds concerts, Various Locations You don’t know where the show is until the day of the event, and you don’t know who’s performing until you get there. No matter, since Sofar Sounds has already established a great reputation in town for putting together fantastic mystery bills. The shows are free; you just have to sign up for their email blasts. “Cleveland is the best music city in the country. I really love Cleveland and I really love Cleveland’s music scene,” local

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FEATURE organizer Jeanette Sangston told us. Scene first attended a show at a boat docked in Lake Erie, at the shared offices of Arras Keathley and LeanDog. Local bands TWINKIDS, Honeybucket, The Modern Electric and national band Beta Radio performed, and the mood of the evening was incredible. Highly recommended. sofarsounds.com.

$0: Summertime on the Riverfront Concert Series, Music Box Supper Club

Since opening almost a year ago, Music Box Supper Club has brought plenty of great acts to town. Now, the newly rechristened restaurant,

Rusty Anchor at the Music Box, will host a Summertime on the Riverfront concert series beginning on May 28 and continuing every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. through Labor Day weekend. The concerts are free, and most bands will perform outside on the riverfront dock. The oyster bar will include fresh oysters, and Great Lakes Brewing Co. will offer special craft beers. The local “swamp pop” band Cats on Holiday will host Thursdays, and Fridays will feature a world music theme and include local jazz, funk and soul acts with accompaniment from local drummer, percussionist and producer DJ Neil Chastain. Local singer-songwriter Chris Hatton hosts a Yacht Rock theme on Saturdays, and Sunday will be devoted to traditional Irish music. 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

Lime to present the Labatt Blue Light Lime Concert Series, a series of free concerts that take place in the plaza. The music starts at 5 p.m. and the bands generally play until about 7. With the newly opened Zack Bruell burger joint Dynomite now in the plaza, you can grab a beer and burger while you check out some of the city’s best local bands. Concerts take place May 21, June 4, June 18, July 23, August 6, August 27 and Sept. 3. A singer-songwriter series also takes place at the plaza. Those concerts are scheduled for Wednesdays in June. Classical guitar concerts are scheduled for Mondays in June, and salsa lessons are slated for Wednesdays in July. And finally, jazz concerts take place on Wednesdays in August. The concerts are all free. East 14th Street and Euclid Avenue, playhousesquare.org.

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One of the great things about U.S. Bank Plaza, a tiny bit of real estate across the street from Playhouse Square, is that it has a liquor license. That makes it a good spot to party, especially during the summer months. Throughout the summer, the folks at Playhouse Square have teamed up with Labatt Blue Light

Tucked away in a carriage house on a backstreet of Case Western Reserve University’s campus, the Barking Spider is a legendary venue for free music and super cheap booze. Stop by any night and you’ll catch something different, whether that’s folk, reggae, world music, or any other genre you can think of. Get there on a nice

night and enjoy the fresh air as they throw the big doors open. Sure, the shows are free, but tipping is always encouraged.

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CAN hands the mic to Northeast Ohio’s artists for a karaoke competition By Josh usmani The ColleCTive ArTs NeTwork (CAN) and its CAN Journal were founded in 2011 as a collaborative promotional effort between local arts organizations. These institutions and arts professionals created a high-quality, quarterly publication designed to preview upcoming local arts events, as well as report and comment on relevant issues in the region. In the past four years, CAN has grown from 28 member organizations to more than 80. Every quarter, CAN Journal distributes 10,000 free, full-color issues to more than 200 locations in Cuyahoga County. This week, smART Space at 78th Street Studios hosts CAN Journal’s third annual benefit. So You Think You CAN Sing takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 21. The benefit features a competitive karaoke contest featuring members of the Collective Arts Network and friends from the local art community. Instead of another art auction, guests and patrons support CAN by pledging dollars to their favorite singer(s) in the competition. “In the tradition of last year’s cornhole tournament, we’re once again taking artists out of their comfort zones with a participatory event,” explains CAN Journal’s editor/publisher Michael Gill. “This year it’s a karaoke competition. It’s a wild collection of singers who have stepped up to support CAN with their voices. There’s regular karaoke diva Angelica Pozo, a SPACES trustee who has public installations in University Circle, Fairfax and elsewhere. There’s also one of Cleveland’s most respected gallerists, Cleveland Arts Prize winner William Busta. Bill won’t say yet what songs he is singing, but when I saw him at the Zygote event last week, he said he has in fact been practicing. Meanwhile, (Cleveland Clinic art program curator and co-founder of Zygote Press) Bellamy Printz, (Cleveland Arts Prize executive director) Alenka Banco, Girls of BAYarts … Loren Naji is building a posse to sing the Beastie Boys ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (to Party),’ and Adam Tully is leading a team on behalf of the Maria Neil Art Project.”

Judging the karaoke contest will be the Beachland Ballroom’s owner Cindy Barber, local artist and cofounder of the former Elephant Stone Records Arabella Proffer and yours truly. Winners of the competition will receive custom trophies created by renowned Cleveland-based artist Dana Depew.

quarterly. In addition to 30 galleries previewing upcoming shows, it includes essays by Fred Bidwell (on the vote for Cuyahoga Arts and Culture in November), Joseph Clark (on an upcoming show at Harris Stanton Gallery), Henry Adams (on a new photo book by Barney Taxel on Lake View Cemetery) and myself

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The benefit also features the launch of CAN’s Summer 2015 issue. Guests can pick up a free copy on Thursday. “The Summer issue of CAN will be unveiled the night of our benefit,” elaborates Gill. “This issue marks the beginning of CAN’s fourth year as a

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(on the national Wood Engravers Network conference at the Morgan, and accompanying woodcut exhibit by Claudio Orso).” Over the past four years, CAN Journal has served as a true resource for the local arts community. The Collective Arts Network is comprised

of museums, commercial galleries, nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists. “I’m honored to be working with this growing group of Northeast Ohio galleries and art institutions to produce CAN,” says Gill. “The fact that we are able to collaboratively produce this magazine shows a level of serious commitment to sustaining and building the strength of the Cleveland art scene. It’s an inclusive mix, the full spectrum of organizations, from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Akron Art Museum, MOCA Cleveland and Cleveland Museum of Art, to galleries like the Maria Neil Art Project and Tregoning & Company, to neighborhood-based art centers like Waterloo Arts. “The timing of CAN — this moment in Cleveland art history — is perfect, and of course not coincidental,” adds Gill. “The amount of work artists are doing in the city is the reason for CAN, and builds CAN. I’m talking about work they’ll show in galleries, of course, but also work behind the walls, so to speak, building organizations like Praxis and Brick, in the manner of Zygote and the Morgan, organizations that enable artists to produce.” He continues: “And of course I also mean work that re-energizes neighborhoods, like Waterloo and (with the recent annual Rooms to Let event), Slavic Village. Of course, those up-and-coming neighborhoods are in addition to established ones, like Tremont and Detroit Shoreway. Hustling in the Cleveland art scene is contagious. When Cleveland artists see someone else’s success, they push themselves harder. Cleveland has momentum. I’m happy CAN can play a role in helping to keep it going.” Tickets to So You Think You CAN Sing are $35 and include pulled pork and other food and a drink ticket for beer or wine (additional drink tickets are available for purchase). All proceeds benefit the Collective Arts Network, an incorporated nonprofit organization.

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A simplistic story gets a facile staging at convergence-continuum By Christine Howey One Of the things gay children grow up without is their own set of stories — their own fairy tales, if you will — that teach them lessons about the adult world they will eventually enter. Where is the gay version of Cinderella or Rapunzel? And what about Little Red Riding Hood? Well we now have the last one touched upon in Wolves by Steve Yockey, now being produced by convergence-continuum. Even though many traditional fairy tales display rather shocking levels of violence, this version is certainly not for kiddies as it involves some rough sex play and an even rougher demise for one of the characters. Playwright Yockey sets out to tell a modern version of Little Red, but his story is lacking in sufficient wit to carry off an interesting take on that familiar yarn. And since director Cory Molner doesn’t apply a strong enough style for the proceedings, the play is performed in a strangely realistic manner that does the script no favors. True to the genre, it starts off with a narrator (Theresa Pedone) who introduces us to Ben, a young and rather neurotic gay man from the sticks who is sharing a flat in a big, scary city in Once-Upon-A-Time, USA. Right from the beginning, the narrator is slipping warnings into

her riffs, saying, “It’s safe, until you start to think that it’s not.” And she warns Ben and the audience to beware of false expectations. Soon, we see Ben (Eric Sever) with his roommate and very recent ex-lover Jack (Beau Reinker), and it’s clear their relationship has become testy. Jack is preparing to go out trolling for companionship, and Ben tries to keep him at home, telling him that homicidal “wolves” are on the prowl on those mean streets. Jack thinks Ben’s worries are overblown and heads off to

who these people really are and why they have the problems they do. That is fine and to be expected in a fairy tale. But the production desperately needs an inventive, overarching style that would help lift this pedestrian story to another level. Instead, director Molner treats the piece like it was Death of a Salesman, having his three male actors play their parts in a (you should excuse the expression) straight and naturalistic manner. Without an extra layer of performance depth, Yockey’s fable

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cruise the local bars anyhow. Soon Jack returns with his catch, a young guy he’s nicknamed “Wolf” to provoke his roommate. The ploy works even better than Jack could have imagined, as unstable and not-so-gentle Ben thrashes about in the apartment. Meanwhile, Jack and the Wolf are exploring relationship options on the couch until they hit on an option that works for both of them, after Wolf slaps Jack in the face. Turned on, they lip lock — which triggers an axe-wielding Ben to intercede. The storyline is pretty simple stuff, with little exposition defining

flops about like a beached carp. It’s possible that this still might have worked had the actors been able to overcome the deficiencies at hand, but that is asking an awful lot of any crew of performers, and it isn’t in the offing this time at con-con. Reinker does his best, making Jack at least interesting until his mental breakdown after the violence. But Sever never finds the key to Ben’s needy persona, launching into multiple monologues without a clear destination in mind. As the Wolf, Allen exudes some animal magnetism but his softness with lines on opening night

undercut his effectiveness. Ultimately, the boys decide to chop up the Wolf and bag him for disposal. And when they emerge from that task, covered in blood, they seem to have re-bonded in their now mutually agreed-upon fear of wolves in the night. Of course, every fairy tale needs some magic, and that is provided by Pedone, as she stops some scenes with a clap of her hands and interacts with the other characters. And she does exhibit an archness that seems interesting at first: a twisted fairy godmother, perhaps? But no, that thread is never developed. Indeed, the playwright uses the narrator mostly as a snarky meta-observer, as he does with the ghost of the Wolf when he comments on the activities post-mortem. Looking at his own mutilated body, he wonders about his erstwhile associates, “What’s wrong with these guys?” What’s wrong with them is a 70-minute script with a half-baked story and bland staging that doesn’t take nearly enough chances.

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SeveRal yeaRS ago, wRiteR-diRectoR Ted Geoghegan, a horror and exploitation film buff, decided he wanted to write a screenplay that would represent his own “take” on Lucio Fulci’s 1981 horror film House by the Cemetery. “It’s a movie I always really enjoyed,” explains Geoghegan in a recent phone interview. “We came up with the concept of grieving parents moving into a spooky old house and discovering that there’s a presence in the home, and they realize it’s a presence that’s much more malevolent than they first thought it was.” Geoghegan’s resulting film, We Are Still Here, was a hit at South by Southwest. It shows at midnight May 22 and 23 at the Capitol Theatre, and Geoghegan will attend the screenings to conduct Q&A sessions. The film comes off as an old-school horror flick as it starts slow and then builds to a climactic end as the couple — Anne (Barbara Crampton) and Paul (Andrew Sensenig) — encounters the ghost of the family that previously occupied the home. It turns into a commentary on how we deal with grief and how a mob mentality can turn people against one another — heady stuff for a haunted house movie. With its cavernous basement, the house itself acts as a character in the movie. Geoghegan says a bit of good luck helped him find a place that was old enough and creepy enough to take on the role. “The house was actually the last cast member to be cast,” he says. “It’s a major character in the film. We got to the filming location and still didn’t have the house. Thankfully, my producer

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had previously shot a film in the area and had reached out to several church groups and, shockingly, one of the pastors reached out to his congregation and a member had a gorgeous old house. When we got there, I was floored. It was the house from the script; so much so that when I asked him what year the house was built, he told me it was 1859 — which is the exact year the house in our script was built.” Geoghegan enlisted the help of Oddtopsy Effects, a special effects company, to help create the family that haunts the house. “The Dagmar family, who are the ghosts — a mother, a father and a little girl — are a fantastical presence in the film,” he says. “They’re these people from the 1800s who were burned to death and are still haunting the home. They still have hair and even though they’re ghosts, they’re still a physical presence. They’re not see-through.” Without giving anything away, suffice it to say that things come to a particularly gruesome climax as the ghosts become particularly violent by the movie’s end. “The climax of the film, which turns it into a bloodbath and home invasion movie, is very atypical for a haunted house movie,” says Geoghegan. “We wanted to do something exciting and out of left field as well as something that pays off the tension that has been building. We brought in a lot of extras from town. They just gave it their all, from top to bottom. It was extremely stressful but also really rewarding. The end of the film does come off as very authentic.” — Jeff Niesel

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Spotlight Back in the 1980S, MeRchant ivoRy, a film production company founded by producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, came to prominence as an art house hit maker. It churned out a number of elaborate period pieces set in the vast English countryside. Those films often starred Emma Thompson in roles in which she played women who struggled with the stereotypes of women that existed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Far From the Madding Crowd, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel, feels like one of those films. Thanks to a solid performance by Carey Mulligan, who comes across a bit like a modern-day Emma Thompson, the film does the romantic novel justice. The story centers on Bathsheba (Mulligan), a poor farmer living next to hard-working sheep farmer Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts). When the two develop a friendship, Gabriel does the logical thing — he asks Bathsheba to marry him. She kindly turns him down, telling him she’s not really interested in marrying any man. Soon after, their fortunes, however, head in the opposite direction. She inherits a massive farm and mansion and he loses his flock in a freak accident. By coincidence, he winds up at her farm and she puts him in charge of her flock. There’s underlying tension: Gabriel knows he’s subservient but still has feelings for Bathsheba. On the other hand, Bathsheba entertains other potential suitors, including socially awkward but wealthy bachelor William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), and often asks Gabriel for his opinions on the matters. Ouch! When she winds up marrying a philandering sergeant (Tom Sturridge) who likes to perform tricks with his sword, Gabriel is put in an extremely awkward position, thanks to having warned her against getting involved with the guy. And when he turns out to be an even bigger buffoon than anyone expected, Gabriel has to refrain from saying, “I told you so.” Anyone who’s read the book will know how the movie concludes. And even if you haven’t read the book, it’s not hard to figure out what the outcome will be. Mulligan is terrific as the strong-willed Bathsheba and Schoenaerts makes Gabriel into the underdog that you find yourself rooting for. Sheen isn’t in the film much, but he gives a good performance as well as a man caught in the middle between Gabriel, whom he befriends, and Bathsheba, whom he courts. Sturridge is the one weak link as he hams it up a little too much. — Jeff Niesel

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The wriTing’s on The wall eat brings review Graffiti Social Kitchen a new look to an old Battery Park address By Douglas Trattner PerhaPs the time has come for restaurants to move beyond the practice of assigning clever names and tongue-in-cheek descriptions to menu items. At best, the habit merely complicates the ordering process and requires an extended briefing from the server. At worst, the custom results in a diner ending up with something very different from what he or she expected, which may — or may not — end well. At Graffiti Social Kitchen — and sister establishment Cork & Cleaver in Broadview Heights — that practice usually does end well, because chef-owners Brian Okin and Adam Bostwick are both masters of the genre, a talent honed by years of hosting boundary-pushing Dinner in the Dark events. Order the Shepherd’s Pie ($17), for example, and the resulting dish will have about as much in common with the homey ground meat and potato casserole as a Big Wheel does with a Harley-Davidson low rider. All the components are there — lamb, potatoes, peas, carrots, gravy — but they have been deconstructed and reconstructed into a beautiful swan in place of the customary ugly duckling. The same goes for the Chicken Parmesan ($15), which swaps the expected pounded-breaded-andfried cutlet for one fabricated from supple chicken confit. The crispy flank is perched atop, not spaghetti marinara, but rather spaetzle in a zesty tomato puree. While infinitely

more thrilling than the original, the dish might disappoint a diner who arrives with very rigid assumptions. For a neighborhood as deserving as this one, it was a fortunate set of circumstances when Okin & Co. laid a claim on such a prime piece of restaurant real estate. Long credited with possessing one of the most attractive alfresco dining rooms in town, the “old Snicker’s building” has changed hands three times in a handful of years. Now, diners can be confident that reliably good food and service will be backing up that lovely scenery. Indoors offers diners two very different experiences. A 30-seat

they come. Fried oysters are, in fact, oysters that are fried ($11), all crisp, plump and briny from the sea. They are perched next to a swoosh of red pepper aioli. A chips and dip ($8) starter changes by the day. One evening netted a basket of housemade tortilla chips with a watermelon and black bean salsa that was alarming light on watermelon. Thinly shaved Brussels sprouts are the heart and soul of the Grainffiti salad ($8), a delightful toss of greens, grains and champagne vinaigrette. Prepare to do battle over the warm polenta croutons. Like the now-famous Reuben Ribs, which taste like their namesake

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barroom comes with all the buzz and verve one would expect given the setting, while the upstairs dining room is better suited to larger groups wishing to spread out and hold court. Thanks to recent upgrades, both rooms look better than they have in decades. Not every dish here is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; in fact, the guys seem to be playing it straighter in Detroit Shoreway than they are in the ’burbs. Meals begin with a fistful of seasoned popcorn in a brown paper bag, as humble a snack as

sandwich, the French Onion Egg Rolls ($10) are a dead ringer for the classic soup gratinee. Sliced on the bias, the slender rolls are filled with caramelized onions and gruyere cheese. When dipped into the accompanying broth, magic happens. Most of the entrees are pleasantly straightforward, like a perfectly grilled flatiron steak ($23) and potatoes, or the Graffiti burger ($14), a jaw-breaking beef bomb topped with fried tomatillos, goat cheese and banana peppers. A burrito ($16) as big as your head is crammed full of rice, beans and meaty hunks of braised beef

shortrib. The sub-sized loaf is griddled crisp and topped with crunchy fried onions. The Friday fish fry with pierogis gets a spring tune-up here, with pearly white sautéed cod ($17) alongside cheddar pierogis in a dilly creme fraiche sauce. Not every dish is a masterpiece of invention, like the fluffy but bland omelet ($15) topped with shortrib chili, a pair of components that should be required by law to keep a distance. We found the bologna fried rice ($8) exceedingly salty, a flaw that might have been mitigated had the fried egg been runny enough to ooze on in. It would be petty to nitpick what essentially is a spiffed-up neighborhood bar if not for the talent in the kitchen and the tariffs on the menu. That goes for the wine list too, which has way more by-theglass pours above $10 than below. No such complaints about the draft beer list, a rousing and reasonably priced roster of pints. Brunch at Graffiti is fast becoming a neighborhood ritual, where friends meet up over briestuffed French toast, coconut waffles, and a $24 Bloody Mary for two garnished with housemade pickles, a soft-boiled egg and an entire deep-fried Cornish hen. And that’s no joke.

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larchmere neighborhood welcomes two new restaurants By Douglas Trattner As soon As this weekend, Larchmere residents could be enjoying the flavors of Brazil at Batuqui (12706 Larchmere Blvd., 216-801-0277, batuquicleveland.com), a new Brazilian bistro concept from chef and owner Carla Flood and partner Gustavo Nogueira. The restaurant will be located in the attractive Victorian that has been home to Café Limbo, Vine & Bean, and Bon Vivant, which closed quietly last summer. Flood worked both front- and back-ofthe-house positons at Sarava, the popular Brazilian restaurant owned by chef Sergio Abramof. That restaurant closed in March of 2013, a year after Abramof’s untimely passing. Flood will be reviving many of the signature dishes that were served at that Shaker Square eatery, she says. Diners can look forward to bold flavored small plates like espetinhos, little skewers of grilled chicken, pork and beef, Brazilian cheese bread, garlicky Portuguese sausage, and spicy shrimp. Entrees include xim xim, a Brazilian stew with chicken, coconut and ground peanut, a seafood stew with shrimp, tomato, green peppers and coconut milk, and feijoada, the celebratory dish of black beans, sausage, ham, rice and crispy farofa, a crunchy topping made from the cassava root. Prices for starters are $7 to $8, entrees fall mainly in the $15 to $18 range, and desserts are $6. Less than a block away, Christopher King recently opened Valo (12718 Larchmere Blvd., 216-721-3966, valorestaurant.com), a supper club and lounge in the former home of Jezebel’s Bayou, the popular Cajun eatery that King purchased and shuttered. King also owns Vada Lounge, a nightclub on St. Clair Avenue just east of downtown. The American menu starts diners off with crab cakes and calamari, grilled shrimp cocktail and flank steak sliders. Frog legs are pan seared with garlic, butter and white wine, while mushrooms are stuffed with crab and topped with a

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Cajun cream sauce. Prices for appetizers range from $8 to $12. Main courses include grilled salmon with spicy shrimp sauce, seared scallops in a white wine butter sauce, and Cajun chicken Alfredo. Prices for entrees are $12 to $24. Live music and events are being added to the calendar all the time.

RestoRe Cold PRessed JuiCes to oPen in Playhouse squaRe Add Restore Cold Pressed to the growing roster of Cleveland juice and smoothie bars. The Playhouse Square shop (1001 Huron Rd) has announced an opening day of May 27. Run by Northeast Ohio boomerangers Adam Wright and Christie Pritt, the 1,500-square-foot shop is located in the American Institute of Architects building. The pair, who met at Ohio State University and lived for the last six years in New York City, recently moved back to the area to launch the business. “Cleveland is an ideal location, and we had always intended to move back here eventually,” explains Wright. “This gave us a great reason to. In New York, there is almost a juice bar on every corner. Juice and juicing actually has become a big part of our lives over the past several years.” The juices and smoothies will use allorganic fruits and vegetables, including as much local product as possible. Customers can choose between prebottled products or those made to order at the roomy juice bar. Restore will even deliver your juice within a certain radius of downtown. Guests will be encouraged to linger in the Wi-Fi café, where a small menu of vegan and paleo food items also will be on hand.

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Since opening Shop in ohio City five years ago, La Bamba Tortilleria has done nothing but grow. The Cleveland-based, minority-owned business crafts fresh corn tortillas in what used to be called the Culinary Market Building, located behind the West Side Market. That building is in the process of being converted to the Palace of Fermentation, a multi-faceted brewery and culinary production facility spearheaded by Sam McNulty. The time has come for La Bamba to find another home, and while market shoppers doubtless will miss the intoxicating aroma of fresh-made corn tortillas, owner Leticia Ortiz is ready to make a move. “We’ve been growing; the demand is there,” she says. “We don’t have the space here to expand.” This summer, Ortiz will relocate Cleveland’s only fresh tortilla factory to a larger facility on W. 130th Street near Brookpark. The move will allow her to do a number things that she was unable to accomplish at the current location. Since opening day, La Bamba has been producing top quality, fresh corn tortillas that go almost exclusively to commercial accounts like Mexican restaurants. The only retail spot where consumers can purchase them is Orale in the West Side Market. “It is like buying bread fresh from the bakery versus the stuff from grocery stores,” notes Orale owner Roberto Rodriguez, an early booster of La Bamba. That will change when the owners add a major retail component to their operation. In addition to selling its products direct to consumer at the new facility, La Bamba will claim space in the coolers at Heinen’s and Giant Eagle, if all goes as planned. “We want to expand our retail so more people can try our products,” Ortiz says. “There is a big difference in taste and texture between fresh and frozen tortillas.” The additional production space also will allow La Bamba to add flour tortillas to its product line. “It’s completely different machinery,” explains Ortiz, adding that they’ll be making them in 6-, 7-, 8-, 10- and 12-inch sizes.

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It takes an alternatIve natIon Jane’s Addiction singer looks back at the legacy of 1988’s Nothing’s Shocking

By Jeff Niesel When Jane’s addiction played at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in 2012, singer Perry Farrell stripped down to a tank top and cracked a joke about being “older.” But he certainly didn’t appear it. While not as buff as guitarist Dave Navarro, who performed shirtless for most of the set, Farrell still looked to be as fit as any athlete. The band gave its all during a vigorous 90-minute set. For the current tour, which comes to House of Blues this week, the group is performing 1988’s Nothing’s Shocking in its entirety. The album helped break the doors down for alternative rock groups and turned Farrell into a ringleader for a generation reacting against the hair metal and commercial pop of the ’80s. Farrell recently spoke about that legacy in a phone interview from a New York tour stop. What was it like going back to nothing’s shocking? We started doing it on the 25th anniversary. We wanted to do it just a few times, maybe as many as like three times. We got an overwhelming feedback from our audience. They wanted us to come to their area.

We obliged them. We’ve been busy working on things but Jane’s is our firstborn, so to speak, and we want to pay attention to it and honor it, so that’s why we’re heading to Cleveland. What’s the experience of playing those songs 25 years later been like? Things have changed. You have kids, you get married. You’re looking good. Your career is going well and you have a house and you’re meeting parents of kids who are in school with your kids. You become

children. Jane’s is this dangerous beast that has grown up and lived to tell the tale. I go into it like that. For those who were there, it’s a treat. For those who weren’t there, they get to witness the beast in a live state. That’s how I go into it. I figure, show up, look in their eyes and deliver. I feel the band has grown and gotten better over the years. I’m proud to go up there and deliver those songs to people. You look at today’s groups and I think we stack up. We’re doing a great honor to music and those who are there to see the show. I think

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a different guy. I tried to guide myself so I have a place in my heart for Jane’s and that time period; however, I’m not trying to become a cliché of myself. That would be cowardly. So I’ve gotten into the great outdoors and snowboarding and skateboarding and surfing and bike riding. They’re healthy but they’re dangerous still. I want to keep my wits about me to raise

we’re giving them something of great value. It might be of a time past, but it was an incredible time and it was a seminal time. And it was authentic and genuine. do you think it’s an album that represents Los angeles in the 1980s? Even more than Los Angeles, it represents the music world. We

were tangling with people like Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cult and all them cats that come out of Lollapalooza like Henry Rollins and the Butthole Surfers and Ice-T. I remember him singing about “cop killa.” We were tangling with all them cats. We were in the center of it. We were at the epicenter of music in that era and that time period, and Nine Inch Nails comes up and they’re watching and making music and chiming in. There aren’t many groups left that you can still go out and see now. We’re one of them. What was your reaction when the album didn’t sell well initially? I’ve always been a little depressed when it comes to my career, but I’m reminded by my wife that if I hadn’t been singing about having a ménage a trois and heroin, I might have gotten more popular. I made my bed. When she puts it that way, I’m good with it because I wouldn’t have it any other way. You re-recorded “Jane says” and “Pig’s in Zen,” which had come out prior to the release of the album, for nothing’s shocking. What

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did you do differently with those songs? We’re an interesting band in that we have the craziest kinds of twists and turns. We’re this crazy amalgamation of jazz and other music. We can jazz off our own tunes and we do it every time we perform. I haven’t listened to Nothing’s Shocking for 25 years, but when I get into it, I start to twist it and turn it for my own happiness and my own joy of making music so it’s not a recital. It’s a get-down, fucking expression session. The same with the other cats. I’ll notice that [drummer Stephen] Perkins will throw a half time on a spot and really fucking shine it and really dig it and Dave will hear what I’m singing in and groove on something. The songs are constantly evolving and it’s not boring for me, so I figure if it’s not boring for me, it’s got to be exciting for a crowd to witness. How have you changed as a vocalist? The thing about my approach to my vocals is unique. I began creating loops. It wasn’t just delay that I was using. I was coming from the era of Andrew Eldritch from Sisters of Mercy and Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division and the Cure. I loved those cats. I was hanging out with musicians that today they call the Silverlake hipsters. This was before they were around when I had my first band Psi Com. I started to experiment with several things. Optically, I was using a smoke machine with a foot pedal. I would do a verse and then hit you with a smoke machine with my foot. I started to think I should do things with my foot to treat my voice. I had a guy build me a system of a series of patches. I would go from a delay to a stop and a hold on it. What ended up happening was that I was doing live looping. I had an old unit that was an Ibanez DM 1000. It allows you to use a knob. Once I had the loop established, I would use the knob as if it were a fretless instrument. I don’t click it into anything; it’s a sweep. I start to sing and use the loop. I solo the loop. There are two solos going on — a guitar solo and a vocal solo that is a loop. That is something that is my contribution as a vocalist. I continue to develop that side of thing. The other side is the raw talent of singing. I’ve never sung better or sounded better. I have complete control of my voice. I’ve been invited to teach at Ivy League schools. I’ve taught at schools before but I think I have valuable things to teach singers in terms of controlling

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their voice and things that they can do production-wise and recordingwise to get notes that other people can’t get. Most notes that other people can’t get, I can get ’em. I first saw the band in 1987. I think you were experimenting more with feedback from the monitor then. That gets dangerous now that we play festivals. I used to carry my own small monitor so I could jam it. When that gets out of control, it will blow your eardrums out. I gave up on that one. Funny enough, last night after our show, I heard that Genesis P-Orridge was playing next door. We went over to see my friend Genesis and listen to his strange avant garde brand of his music. My wife, who is 16 years my junior, didn’t know who Genesis was. She was asking me what kind of music it was. She didn’t understand. It was funny because it sounds like a record is playing but there’s no needle. I told her, “I assure you that this has been planned and this is the effect that he’s looking for.” How did you come to take on a role outside the band as a ringleader of sorts for the Alternative Nation? I love it, first and foremost, because it allows me every year to see new young musicians and their slant on making music. Music will always evolve. It centers on technology. It began as a tribal affair and a ritual, and once electronics got involved, it started to go haywire and went into amazing places. I have this beautiful luxury called Lollapalooza. Every year, I get to touch base with the sound. I’m not out of touch. I’m absolutely in touch. Yes, when Jane’s did come in at the time of Nothing’s Shocking, there was a great upheaval and a revolution in music. The sound of it was beginning to change. Punk threw a demolition ball at music and shook things up. The fallout was alternative. Punk broke things and deconstructed things. We had to now reassemble it and we were giving you alternative angles. It was a very exciting time. It wasn’t just one look. It was a lot of different looks. You can’t identity all of it at once because it’s simply an alternative to what was there previously. I’m proud to be from that era and it’s given me longevity as a human being and as a musician and as an artist. It’s given me longevity. That’s where I’m at.

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welcome to the ville ALO joins stellar cast for Northeast Ohio springtime music festival By Eric Sandy ALO is A cAmpfire bAnd with a big rock ’n’ roll sound. Their songs are indelible to their growing and devoted fan base, and their approach to performance seems rooted always in the present — like gathering with old friends around a crackling flame for another go ’round. Caught up in the recording process for their new album — due out in the fall — the band has signed on to a handful of music festivals around the U.S., including the Ville in North Lawrence, Ohio, this weekend. The festival features a nice blend of bands that are well known around Ohio and others that don’t make it through the Buckeye State too often. ALO — Animal Liberation Orchestra, officially — falls distinctly among the latter. For those in Northeast Ohio and neighboring regions, the springtime spot is a rare gift. Guitarist Dan Lebowitz spoke with Scene recently amid recording sessions. He had just gotten back from gigs with the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and was eyeing a quick tour with his other band, Incidental Animals, which includes some fellow ALO members. The band — pianist Zach Gill, bassist Steve Adams, drummer David Brogan and Lebo — will release a new album on Brushfire Records this fall, and Lebo says Ville attendees should tune in for a few of the new songs this weekend. They tossed several new ones onto set lists during their late winter tour. “It’s important for a band like us, because how we play together is a big part of what the band is all about,” Lebo says. “We’ve got these songs, and the way we interpret them is important. It’s important to test them out before we commit them to the record.” By the time the band got around to the studio this spring, they had a full cache of songs all ready to be “ALO-ified.” That’s how they approached 2012’s Sounds Like This. The band went into the studio and just threw down the

songs — preferring the in-the-moment sound over the typical overdub process. The album opener, “Dead Still Dance,” sends the listener immediately into a wide-open plain awash in funky bass and raindrop guitar lines. It’s the sort of all-in sound that the band flips onstage with dexterous aplomb night after night. Hell, even Gill’s simple ukulele love song “Storms and Hurricanes” sounds like a basement jam session on the fly. Lebo accents trembling keys and spends his solo emoting Delta blues licks before building back into the tight-knit verse with the rest of the band. “For me, I have a different perspective. I really enjoy the concept of a palette, where I’ve got my guitar and a certain way of doing things where it’s not necessarily traditional guitar playing,” Lebo says. “As we record more of the

Brogan, who would lock in as a full-time member of the band in 2002. What transpired through the 1990s was strikingly similar to what the musicians are up to today: expanding their individual horizons and having a hell of a good time playing music together. Lebo says his parents always told him to focus on what he loved, because otherwise he’d be stuck “working” all of his life. The advice stuck, and he knew from an early age that he loved music. The dream has carried the band ever since. Lumped in with the jam band community often enough, ALO has certainly created a presence angled around live, organic improvisation and musical surprises. “Talking about something is really good, especially if there’s a specific concept you want to get across,” Lebo

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band live in-studio, I feel like more of that can come across.” And so the new album in the works now sounds like it will have that classic ALO live essence about it. More extensive tour dates are expected after the album, and Lebo says the band is right where they want to be right now. From the get-go, Lebowitz, Adams and Gill (aka LAG) started writing and performing in junior high school in 1989. They were all into music; Gill had a piano, Lebo had a guitar, their original drummer had a set at his house. When it became apparent that they’d need one of those four-string guitar things, Adams picked up a bass. It made sense. They formed a band called Django for a time before line-up changes and moves around California took hold. During their college years in Santa Barbara, they began working with music mentor and drummer Dave

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says. “But sometimes talking can actually get in the way. Words are words; words aren’t music. Sometimes it’s easier to speak musically, rather than with words. “The thing for us is we have all these things we’ve learned over the years — or even just things in common,” he continues. “Sometimes at a show we’re really open to stuff like that, songs emerging out of other songs. We’ve learned all these songs, so the changes are in the back of our mind. Someone can start playing something, and then suddenly we’re at a fork in the road, you know? And it’s like, well, let’s go right instead of left, and suddenly we’re there. That’s something we like to play with a lot.” And that’s one main reason why the band is en route to Northeast Ohio for the Ville. “I insisted on them as part of the

line-up,” festival organizer Jason Morris says. “I mean, they never play. I’m super excited about it.” The rest of the line-up features a diverse cast of bands from around the jam scene: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Papadosio, Lettuce, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, EOTO, Trigger Hippy, ekoostik hookah, and more. For a biennial music festival nestled into off-the-radar North Lawrence, it’s a real heavyweight. The Ville began as Hookahville in 1994 with ekoostik hookah, Ed McGee, and Bill Creedon performing shows in rural Fredericktown. “It was such a revolutionary thing when they started doing it. Music festivals didn’t really exist back then,” Morris says. “A lot of the people who helped start that first festival moved on to help create others around the country. The history is pretty vast.” With such a rich musical community springing up in the past 20 years — partly, tangentially due to the roots ekoostik hookah was laying down with the spirit of Hookahville — it’s no wonder that the organizers have been able to pull in enticing and varied bands to hold down the stage for two weekends each year. The last time ALO was in town, they played a tour-opening set at Beachland Ballroom and dropped a massive version of “Barbecue” that segued smoothly into Prince’s “1999” and back into “Barbecue.” It was extraordinary. As he dipped back into the refrain in “Barbecue,” Gill spoke directly to the crowd: “I’ve got a good feeling about Cleveland and Ohio. I’m feeling it. I’m feeling the Midwest. We started our tour in the Midwest and it feels right to me. ‘The road is long and winding, full of twists and turns…’”

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First-stage cancer couldn’t derail Rubblebucket singer Kalmia Traver By Jeff Niesel While on tour in 2013, Rubblebucket singer Kalmia Traver was diagnosed with first-stage, clearcell ovarian cancer. For most people, that would signify it was time to take a break and try to recover. But Traver isn’t “most people.” She underwent and completed treatment while on tour. It’s been two years now since the tumor was removed. “It was a crazy year,” she recalls via phone from a Rochester tour stop. “I was diagnosed in mid-June and we had a few shows planned but nothing big. I played those shows and we booked a very small tour for the fall. In between the chemo treatment, I played those shows. I was done with chemo but I had no hair. It was really exhausting, but we showed the world that we could do it, and to see the world come out and pour their love on us, that was the single most healing moment of my whole journey. I’m so glad we did that.” Formed back in 2009 in Vermont by trumpet player Alex Toth and Traver, Rubblebucket, which now calls Brooklyn home, plays a cool combination of jazz, funk and rock. The band’s horn-driven style is unique, and Traver’s high-pitched vocals have a Bjork-like quality to them. She and Toth first met while attending the University of Vermont. “We were both really into music all throughout our childhoods and high school,” she says. “We were music majors and we met in Latin jazz ensemble. It was the first day of classes, and we’ve been buddies ever since. We both played the horns. We both used to ride our bikes around campus holding

our instrument. It was funny because we would ride by each other and say ‘hi’ because we were the only kids riding around with our instruments.” Inspired by a video she saw of Dizzy Gillespie wailing away on his trumpet, Traver says she picked up the saxophone simply because it wasn’t the instrument of choice for most girls. “I didn’t want to play flute or clarinet because that’s what all the girls played,” she explains. “My family was really supportive. My uncle Mark gave me jazz CDs at a young age. I loved bouncy funky stuff. I couldn’t get enough of it. I loved jazz so much that saxophone came natural. There weren’t that many women playing saxophone

It gave us the courage to start our own thing when we saw how it worked from the inside out.” The turning point for Rubblebucket came when Alex wrote the skittish tune “Came Out of a Lady” and the band played the ska-inspired song in Ithaca before a sold-out crowd at the jam band club Castaways. “The crowd just flipped out, and we thought we were onto something,” says Traver. “That was the biggest evolution moment for our sound. It was something between pop and lots of horns and we’ve taken it from there. It’s been a lot of work to figure out what makes a good lyric. I’ve never been lyrically minded.”

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back then. But I’ve met so many contemporary players. There must be a slew of women who thought it would be cool to play saxophone.” After college, the two teamed up with the regional reggae act John Brown’s Body. “It was very educational,” Traver says of the experience. “We were just out of college. We had no road experience. It was a dream come true in that sense, to go straight from college to a tour and become a professional musician. Those guys are road warriors. They’re a little bit older than us and they showed us the ropes. It was through that experience that we could take Rubblebucket on the road.

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As much as the title of the band’s latest album, Survival Sounds, might suggest that Traver’s brush with cancer was the songs’ inspiration, she says that Toth wrote the bulk of them. “I was down for the count for most of the writing,” she says. “Alex wrote most of the record. He decided to quit drinking leading up to that. He had a life realization and needed to do that. All of the music was written after that went down. It’s all about life and death. It’s about really intense life shit. I’m glad we have that stuff to look back on.” A song such as “Middle,” which commences with thumping drums before an undulating guitar riff kicks in, has a great mix of instrumentation

that suggests the band has emerged into something even jazzier. “I remember I did the demo for the song on Garageband,” she says. “I had these big thunderous drums. We went to the studio and had a hard time playing it live. We put it aside. We were working with John Congleton who’s a master at getting the gnarliest, huge, dirty, rock ’n’ roll sounds. He produced some of our favorite records by the Swans and St. Vincent and these huge sounding records. We were jumping up and down because it sounded so amazing. We built it in post-production. We just let the rhythm section play for five minutes and then chopped up what they did. It’s hard to pull off live. The ending is so shimmering and it’s my favorite part on the whole album. It’s exciting for us to reach those heights in the studio. We haven’t had a successful moment like that in the studio. To have a thing that’s so cool on tape that you don’t want to touch it live is pretty cool.” So has the band started thinking about the next album? “Yeah, we’ve been thinking about it a lot,” Traver says. “We wrote a lot and it’s all over the map. We picked out the best but we still have so many. We’ve been writing up a storm. Alex and I have both been writing for side projects. Alex just started a punk band. We’re juggling a lot of sounds. After this summer, we’ll take a break and dive into the next record.”

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Spirit Animal: Funky guitar and bass lines with a hard rock-meets-popmeets-blues twist as Spirit Animal takes a new look at alternative rock. With bass riffs similar to the Red Hot Chli Peppers, guitar riffs that mix traditional blues and grunge, and raw, hungry vocals, Spirit Animal may be big in the future. Their most recent single, “Party In the Back,” explores an ’80s funk sound. Thick synthy beats meet soulful and weird vocals. But don’t let them fool you — they are still a new age alt rock band. That means odd lyrics and vocals, and new sound exploration. On “BST FRIENDS,” punky vocals mix with a pop-like refrain and blues guitar. With the diverse assortment of sounds in their music, they are sure to please any new age music lover. 9 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. (Hannah Wintucky) Butch Walker/Jonathan Tyler/The Dove & the Wolf: Singer-guitarist-turnedproducer-turned-singer-songwriter Butch Walker got his start in the post-grunge band Marvelous 3, which had a radio hit in 1998 with “Freak of the Week.” The guy went on to work with big pop and rock stars such as Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, Pink, and Weezer, to name a few. His latest effort is the deeply personal Afraid of Ghosts, which came out last month. The album commences with the somber ballad “I Love You” that sets the tone for the low-key album. “Chrissie Hynde” is a tender tribute to the Pretenders’ singer and “Still Drunk” is a folk-y narrative that features cooing backing vocals and a gentle acoustic guitar riff. Most of the material here is rather somber, but the songwriting is really sharp and Walker is a solid live act. 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $28 DOS. House of Blues. (Jeff Niesel) 10 X 3 Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Crown Larks/Lost Head/Thank You Shut Up: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Gary Hall/Madeline Finn: 7 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. I AM/Beware the Never Ending/Heretic: 7 p.m. The Foundry. Caitlin Mahoney CD Release: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Melodic Cypher: 8:30 p.m., Free. Beachland Tavern. Johnny Polygon/Nylo/Corey Grand/Tae Miles: 8:30 p.m., $8. Grog Shop. Primitive Man/Blunt/Minimum Wage Assassins/Starve/Wake/Methlab Explosion/Nyodene D/Wasted Blood: 7

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Chamba Music: Last year, bassist Ed Sotelo and flautist Kathryn Metz, an ethnomusicologist who works at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, started playing Brazilian music as Bossa Novella. The band has since expanded to include percussionist Geoffrey Peterson and violinist and mandolin player Jeff Schuler. Rechristened Chamba Music, the group played a few shows last summer on the patio at Luxe. It kicked off a residency at the Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern last month and is back at the venue today to play an afternoon show. 5 p.m., Free. The Euclid Tavern. (Niesel) Etana/Umojah Nation: Soulful vocals that sound like Etta James and choppy guitar riffs traditional of reggae are staples of Etana’s music. Born Shauna McKenzie, she chose Etana as her stage name, which means “the strong one.” She belts out inspirational messages and tries to place a positive influence on her listeners. She describes her music as being “straight from the heart, straight from the soul, straight from the people and everyday life.”

Zac Brown kicks off the summer concert season at Blossom. See: Saturday.

Her newest album I Rise explores traditional aspects of Rastafarian culture and protests violence. She performs with Umojah Nation, a local band that plays traditional Jamaican dancehall music. They play original songs like their dancehall hit “Travel” and also play covers from reggae legends like Bob Marley and Buju Banton. 9 p.m., $15 ADV, $20 DOS. Grog Shop. (Wintucky) Travis Haddix Blues Band (in the Supper Club): A staple in the Cleveland blues scene -- and in the American music circuit writ large -- Travis “Moonchild” Haddix has always brought the heat to the stage. He also surrounds himself with great musicians -- like a tight, tight brass section. What he has always done so well has been his steady merger of classic blues structures with smooth R&B-style singing. He makes the blues accessible to anyone willing to listen and, inevitably, dance. And having been playing guitar since he was 7, the dude can tear it up quite nicely. He once told a music writer, “I am the best that I can be, and since no one else can be me, there’s none better.” Right on. 8:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. (Eric Sandy) Bad Boys Jam: 9 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Casual Sweethearts/Village Bicycle/ Gypsydaze: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!/Hit the Lights/ Forever Came Calling/To the Win/In Her

Own Words/Chasing Horizons: 6 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Agora. Larry Coryell/David Garfield Quintet: 8 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Fiscal Spliff/Hybrid Shakedown: 8:30 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Hillbilly Idol/Matt Harmon: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Jane’s Addiction/A Place to Bury Strangers: 8:30 p.m., $75 ADV, $80 DOS. House of Blues. Elliot Moss/Pretty Little Head: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Northeast Ohio Drum & Music Jam: 9 p.m., Free. Beachland Ballroom. “Not” Horrible Fest Day 1 with Ivy/Facility Men/Folded Shirt/Fuck You Pay Me/ Perverts Again/Bad Noids/Sloth: 8 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class. Organ Ism: 8 p.m., $12. BLU Jazz+. Superheaven/Diamond Youth/Rozwell Kid/ Young and Heartless/I Love You, I Know: 7 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

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Ray Wylie Hubbard/Kelly Mickwee: With a new album out, Ray Wylie Hubbard is sure to make a splash with his mix of folk and country music. Old-school soulful and gritty vocals mix with the traditional twang of country guitar on his new

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album “The Ruffian’s Misfortune,” a cowpunk classic. The song “Chick Singer, Badass Rockin’” is a perfect example of the cowpunk genre. Loud vocals and heavy yet twangy guitar combine with harmonica to create something unique. He performs with Kelley Mickwee, a newly solo artist who mixes earthy, emotional vocals with subdued country and folk instrumentals. These two artists complement each other well, and are sure to put on a good show for any country or folk lover. 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. (Wintucky) Jeff Daniels and the Ben Daniels Band: On his new album, Days Like These, actor-turned-singer-songwriter Jeff Daniels goes for something rather bluegrassy. The title track features twangy acoustic guitar and bluesy vocals. The songs aren’t as tongue-incheek as tunes on previous albums. Not that Daniels takes himself too seriously. He still loves to joke around with audiences, something he’ll have a chance to do on his current tour with his son, Ben, whose backing band will do double duty tonight and back both father and son. 8 p.m., $30. The Kent Stage. (Niesel) The Peter and Will Anderson Trio: 8 p.m., $15. BLU Jazz+. Benefit for Stacy Hatrix with Dancing White Elephants: 6 p.m., $10. Agora. The Black Adam Memorial Show: 6 p.m. The Foundry. Larry Coryell/David Garfield Quintet: 8 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Dead Buckeye Six/Polar Bear Upstairs/ Earlygirl: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Deceiving Shadows/Mechanical Avalanche/Advance on Thermopylae/ Bonnie’s Last Breath: 8 p.m., $10. Musica. George Foley: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Georgia and the Georgia Preachers/Tokyo Rodeo: 9:30 p.m., $5 ADV, $7 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Gooch Palms/Death Valley Girls: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Marc’s Great American Rib Cook Off & Music Festival: America: 12 p.m., $8$35. Jacobs Pavilion. Martini Five-O/Eclectic Vision/George Foley & Friends: 5:30 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. “Not” Horrible Fest Backyard BBQ with Daikaiju/Mr. California: 5 p.m., Free. Now That’s Class. “Not” Horrible Fest Day 2 with Secret Prostitutes/Gary Wrong Group/Nervosas/ Black Panties/Homostupids/Low Charge/ Ruiners/Swirly in the Fryer: 8 p.m., $10.

Now That’s Class. Rubblebucket/Vacationer: 9 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop. Sounds of Jazz Featuring Nancy Redd (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Springsteen Tribute by Swamps of Jersey (in the Supper Club): 8:30 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Becca Stevens Band: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Sunset Strip: 9:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge. We Are the Union/The Glow Pop Jiggly Jams/The Public/Blacklister/All Over the Place (in the Locker Room): 7 p.m., $5 ADV, $8 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

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Ancient River/Worthless/Ma Holos: Via both London and Austin, Texas, Ancient River are carving up a nice presence in the psychedelic rock scene (“reverb-soaked noir-psychedelia,” is how the band puts it). The new album sees frontman James Barreto arranging statement pieces against his background in American rock ’n’ roll and improvisation. He and drummer Alex Cordova know how to manipulate dynamics and not just fall back on shoegaze-type tropes. “This is the Time,” for instance, intersperses droney verses among ascendent lead guitar lines. “Keeper of the Dawn” is a more laid-back trip, with Barreto arranging haunting keys on top of chilled-out percussion. Based on everything we’ve been hearing from these guys, it sure sounds like their live show should capitalize well on their dedication to the spirit of psychedelia. 8:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. (Sandy) Zac Brown Band: The Zac Brown Band has been breaking all kinds of record since releasing its new album, Jekyll and Hyde, earlier this year. The band is now only the second act to ever reach No. 1 on both the Country Radio and Rock Radio charts. The anthemic single “Homegrown” became the band’s twelfth No. 1 hit at Country Radio and was the fastest rising song on the chart since 2012. The single “Heavy Is the Head,” which features a cameo from Soundgarden/Audioslave singer Chris Cornell, has been a smash too. And now, the group’s issued a third single, “Loving You Easy.” The album’s a bit heavy with synths but the group rocks harder when it plays live. And given that the group is playing stadiums on some dates on its current tour, we should feel lucky that we get to see the group at the relatively intimate Blossom Music Center. 7 p.m., $39.50-$69.50. Blossom. (Niesel) Blonde Boy Grunt and the Groans/Rio Neon: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

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livewire Bossa Nova Night with Luca Mundaca (in the Supper Club): 9 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Paul Christiansen (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Richie Cole with The Sammy DeLeon Latin Jazz Septet: 8:30 p.m., $20. Nighttown. The Diamond Project Band: 7:30 p.m., $20. Akron Civic Theatre. Dolfish/Pleistocene: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. La Charanga Tres with Christina Howes: 8 p.m., $15. BLU Jazz+. Maid Myriad: 9 p.m., $8. Musica. Marc’s Great American Rib Cook Off & Music Festival: Steel Panther with Future Villains: 12 p.m., $8-$35. Nautica Center. “Not” Horrible Fest Day 3 with GG King/ Timmy’s Organism/Whatever Brains/ Running/Glue Bag/Daikaiju/Die Rotzz/ Wetbrain/Splat: 8 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class. Rachel Roberts and the Ruthless/Time Cat/Great Grandpa Beebe: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Seafair CD Release/Midnight Passenger/ Regret the Hour: 9 p.m., $10. Grog Shop. Silencio Performs the Sounds of David Lynch: 9 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Starkill/Befallen/SEERESS/Mithridium: 7 p.m., $10. The Foundry. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. The Websters: 9:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

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Lake Street Dive/The Congress: Lounge jazz vocals laid across Americana chord progressions and riffs: Well, that’s at least a start when it comes to describing the new-meets-old blend of musical traditions in Lake Street Dive. The Boston band has been buzzing around the Northeast for about a decade, and their 2014 album, Bad Self Portraits, is beginning to earn them some serious widespread acclaim. Fronted by the dynamic Rachael Price, this band boasts but three instruments (upright bass, guitar, drums), but somehow manages to sound like a waterfall of layered sound. Apart from their studio stuff, we might point you to the KEXP and WFUV sets floating around on Youtube. To wit, this band commands a helluva stage presences, and tunes like “You Go Down Smooth” and “Bad Self Portraits” will have the Beachland rockin’ tonight. 8 p.m., $25. Beachland Ballroom. (Sandy) Sonic Sessions: J. Roddy Walston & the Business: In the tradition of guys like Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino, J. Roddy Walston doesn’t just play the piano. He bangs away on the keys like a man possessed. Essential Tremors, the latest studio album he recorded with his backing band, the Business, is a collection of raw garage rock tunes that have the same kind of swagger you hear in tunes by Kings of Leon and the Black Keys. So how the hell did Walston learn to play the piano? His grandmother was a gospel/ honky tonk country piano player who taught him the tricks of the trade. Walston, who insists he’ll never play keyboards, tours with a piano and puts on a helluva show. The last time he played Cleveland, he said a rather “rowdy” crowd showed up for the gig. Expect the same this time around. 8 p.m., $5.50. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. (Niesel) The Early November/Lydia/Restorations: 8:30 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Grog Shop. Earth, Wind and Fire: 7:30 p.m., $66$126. Hard Rock Rocksino. Chris Hanna (in the Wine Bar): 7 p.m. Brothers Lounge. The Howl/In Exile/Nope/Spectators: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Nico & Vinz/Jason French/Sebastian Mikael: 8 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. House of Blues. Open Mic Night with Will Cheshier: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

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SEAFAIR By Jeff Niesel

Meet the Band: Chayla Hope (vocals), Ryan Kelly (drums), Michael Flaherty (guitar), Joshua Riehl (bass) Tara Hanish (cello), Andrea Belding (violin) BIGGeR IS BetteR: First formed in 2012, Seafair expanded to a four-piece when singer-keyboardist Chayla Hope and guitarist Joshua Riehl recruited drummer Ryan Kelly and cellist Tara Hanish, both of whom had played in the terrific local act Unsparing Sea, to join them. The group then became even bigger when it added guitarist Mike Flaherty and violinist Andrea Belding to the fold. Together, the six create lush soundscapes that have drawn comparisons to Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. “Everybody is very different but it’s almost to our benefit because it’s a family type atmosphere,” says Kelly when asked about the lineup. “Everything flows so smoothly. There’s squabbling and stuff like that, but it’s smooth for the most part. If something happens to one of the six of us, we’ll never have that same magic.” a BId tO PLaY BOnnaROO: Earlier this year, the band nearly won an online competition to play the big jam band festival Bonnaroo. It fell just short of getting enough votes to take the top spot but beat out some serious competition in a field of sixtysomething bands that were competing. “We got to the final four, which was great,” says Kelly when asked about the contest. “It’s a bummer because I really wanted to play with Tears for Fears.” the MILe hIGh CItY: For the new album, The Querencia, the band went to Black in Bluhm

Studio in Denver to record with friend Chris Fogal. After several EPs, it’s the band’s first full-length. “We didn’t want the distractions from being at home,” says Kelly, adding that the band stayed at a studio for a week and hammered the album out. “We’d wake up and record and go to sleep and wake up and record and go to sleep.”

WhY YOU ShOULd heaR theM: The band uses cello and violin in each song, and the music comes off as extremely up-tempo. “We’re energetic people,” says Kelly. “We’re lively, happy people and we all enjoy life. That comes across in our music. ‘Birdhouse’ is the only sadder song on the record. It’s more about missing a loved one. That’s the only slower, sadder one. The rest of the songs are upbeat because we’re upbeat. We’re a rock band. People often think we’re a folk band because of the instruments but we’re a rock band.” A song such as “DIM” features powerhouse vocals and sounds a bit like Florence and the Machine. Kelly describes the ten songs that made the record are “so fluid” and says the four nonclassical artists will write the songs and then the classical members will add their arrangements. “It takes our band from being a regular rock band to something totally different.”

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