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Upfront

Editorial Managing Editor Eric Sandy Music Editor Jeff Niesel Staff Writer Sam Allard Writer-at-large Kyle Swenson Web Editor Bliss Davis Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Contributing Dining Editor Rachel Hunt Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Editor Josh Usmani Intern Tucker Kelly

LeBron James premieres his new show in Gordon Square, Accidental Comedy returns to town, and more

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Advertising Senior Multimedia Account Executive John Crobar, Shayne Rose Multimedia Account Executive Kiara Hunter-Davis

Our college guide will ensure that you don’t completely look like a freshman, even if you’re a 45-year-old attorney

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

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Business Asst. To The Publisher Angela Lott Sales Assistant/Receptionist Megan Stimac Staff Accountant Kristy Dotson

Dozens of events spanning the next week in Cleveland

Circulation Circulation Director Don Kriss Euclid Media Group Chief Executive Offi cer Andrew Zelman Chief Operating Offi cers Chris Keating, Michael Wagner Human Resources Director Lisa Beilstein Digital Operations Coordinator Jaime Monzon Chief Financial Offi cer William Mickey www.euclidmediagroup.com

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THIS WEEK

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY SUMMER for Cleveland. First, the Cavaliers made history by defying the odds and overcoming a 3-1 deficit to bring a championship to a city that hasn’t seen one by any professional sports team in 52 years. Then, the RNC came to town and brought Cleveland much-needed national exposure. Finally, in keeping with the rule of threes, we have Cleveland Hustles, a show produced by locals about locals. “I’m excited to give back to my community, and Cleveland is definitely my community,” LeBron James told Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts. Last summer, the prodigal son of Northeast Ohio put on a new hat, then quickly threw it into the ring. James’ name has been attached to the project since as early as last summer, but his role is largely behind the camera as an executive producer. On the other side of the camera, New York native B. Bonin Bough, former Chief Media and eCommerce Officer at Mondel z International and all-around media master, was hand-picked by James and executive producer Maverick Carter to host. The real stars of the show: veteran and up-and-coming entrepreneurs from Cleveland. The show stars four local business leaders: 30-year-old Kumar Arora; financial adviser Kathy Futey; chef, business owner, educator, and frequent Michael Symon collaborator Jonathon Sawyer; and retired ad agency and business owner Alan Glazen. All save for Futey, who is certainly an honorary Clevelander after 20 years living in the area, are locals whose successes have made them players on the national stage. The four provide capital and mentorship to eight entrepreneurs of

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CLEVELAND BUSINESSES COMPETE IN FRONT OF NATIONAL AUDIENCE

burgeoning local businesses. Hundreds of pitches were submitted and narrowed down shark tank-style to 25, and then to eight, with each of the four veterans selecting two apiece to work with closely. The eight businesses selected: Akron Honey Co., Cleveland Bagel Co., Fount, Groundswell, Old City Libations (formerly Old City Soda), Proper Pig, Randy’s Pickles, and Styles of Success. By the end of the eight-episode season, each investor will choose one of their two ﬁnalists as a winner. The criteria for selecting these eight ﬁnalists was strict. “I don’t think I’m much value to someone just learning how to operate a cash register,” Glazen told Scene.

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Businesses had to be more than an idea; they had to have already hit the ground running with the potential and momentum to carry them beyond the local market. Often, businesses plateau at the local level and struggle to grow outside of their old stomping grounds. However, where some see stagnancy, the investors saw potential. “The question that doesn’t come up for a lot of local businesses is ‘How do I break out of Ohio?’” he said. Of the four investors, only Sawyer and Kumar had ever been in front the camera before—Sawyer has been on a number of shark tank-style cooking shows and Kumar ﬁlmed a pilot for a show similar to Cleveland Hustles for MTV, but it was not

ANOTHER “THE” MOMENT Tyler Naquin cements latest major Cleveland sports history event: “The Walk-Off Inside-the-Park Home Run.” Unwieldy, perhaps, but, hell yeah, we’ll take it over all the other monikers of the past.

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picked up. Glazen, Kumar, and Futey all initially expressed reluctance when contacted initially. Before the show, Glazen had retired from advertising and focused his attention on neighborhood development on Cleveland’s west side. When they were approached by CNBC in August of 2015, Arora and Futey thought it was a phone scam. “I said no at first. I thought it wasn’t real,” Futey said. “Making a difference finally convinced me that this is going to be business and revitalization,” she added, after vetting the network’s authenticity. With the wealth of knowledge and resources at their disposal, the relationship between the veterans and the up-and-comers could have easily been didactic and haughty on screen, but that is simply not their way. (Arguably, it isn’t the Cleveland way.) Over the course of filming, their relationships became symbiotic, one of mutual gain and respect. “These are practical people; they got their hands real dirty,” Glazen said. Despite the often unforgiving nature of the business of business, the investors’ relationships with entrepreneurs continued offcamera and even after cameras stopped rolling. Arora, for example, purchased a derelict building in Gordon Square that finalists Fount and Ohio City Soda, one of which he did not work with directly, now share. “Our standards for success are much higher. Success, for us, means giving back,” said Glazen. These folks are doing good, and they’re doing it well. Cleveland Hustles premieres on Aug. 24 at 10 p.m. on CNBC.

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this news tracks that notion. Elsewhere, Camelia Carter’s petition to demand a “state of emergency” be declared in Ohio has crossed the 10,000-signature threshold and continues to grow.

One of the more eyebrow-raising developments in the opiate crisis has landed closer to home. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner warned last week that carfentanil — the “elephant sedative” that’s been introduced to heroin supplies across the state — found its way onto his turf. For those who’ve missed the headlines, Dr. Thomas Gilson reiterated that carfentanil is 100 times more deadly than the already alarming fentanyl and 2,500 times more deadly than heroin. (The chemical analogue is cited as part of the hundreds of overdoses that have occurred in Akron since early July.) “Fentanyl and heroin have already killed 300 people this year and we are headed for double the number of fatalities as 2015,” Gilson says. His ofﬁce projects some 500 deaths to be attributed to heroin and fentanyl overdoses by the end of 2016. We’ve reported before that many in the community believe the problem will get worse before it gets better, and

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Dee Perry

THE SOUND OF FAREWELL: DEE PERRY SIGNING OFF AT WCPN The buttered-popcorn lilt of her majesty Dee Perry will, come August 26, no longer waft over the terrestrial radio airwaves of Greater Cleveland. After 40 years in the local biz and 20 years hosting her arts & culture interview show “The Sound of Applause” (originally called “Around Noon”), Dee Perry is taking some time for herself.

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The 66-year-old Perry told Scene last month (and told The Plain Dealer last week) that she’s looking forward to pursuing some personal artistic projects in retirement — visual art, music, dance — and will most certainly find time for classes and travel. “For me, the important thing,” said Perry, “will be establishing a new routine.” She’s spent years arriving early at WCPN and prepping for the vast array of interviews that she’s conducted with (as listeners have noted) genuine interest and delight. She’s spoken with musicians, filmmakers, writers and directors of local arts organizations, coaxing the region toward a deeper understanding and heartier embrace of the diverse artistic scene. Continuing a routine — a different one, slightly more relaxed — will be essential for her. Perry said she’s hopeful that she’ll still make guest appearances on the show in the future, or maintain involvement with the station in a casual way, but for now, nothing specific has been planned. In the meantime, the Sound of Applause segments will be hosted by WCPN’s Dan Poletta until a permanent replacement is found.

This might be the bittersweet sound of farewell, but because it’s Dee Perry, it still sounds like caramel.

CHANNEL 19 GM STEPPING DOWN, LOCAL TV NEWS IN FLUX The announcement of Dee Perry’s retirement from WCPN, last week, arrived as local TV continues to hemorrhage on-air and executive talent left and right. The latest departure from the turbulent landscape: Channel 19 / Channel 43 Vice President and General Manager Dominic Mancuso. Mancuso reportedly told staff last week that he’d be stepping down. His last day will be Friday. During two years at the helm, Mancuso presided over the rebranding of Channel 19. He brought the station from its in-yourface “19 Action News” approach to the softer, more upbeat “Cleveland 19 News,” the stated editorial goal of which has been to “champion all that is great about Cleveland.” Though an executive behindthe-scenes, Mancuso was also a recurring on-air presence, sounding off in short editorials on the issues of the day -- he’s a huge Chief Wahoo

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sociophobic Weezer cover band” featuring Cleveland’s own Jim Tews). The Accidental Comedy Club is a collaborative organization that promotes and dishes up shows and open mics around town each week. Comprising a crew of notable locals, the group’s most visible presence is Ramon Rivas II, who’s been

working in Los Angeles and New York City most of the summer. (He also traveled to New Orleans to ﬁlm a Comedy Central special, and he appeared on @midnight not too long ago with an excellent Jo-Ann Fabrics joke.) Wherever Rivas goes, he’s seen sporting an Accidental Comedy hat and some sort of Cleveland T-shirt, repping our proud city in an already very prideful year. That’s one of the big points: Cleveland is fucking awesome, and there are a hell of a lot of cool, funny people here doing terriﬁc things. If you’re reading this, then surely you already. But if you need a reminder, well, ACF takes place this weekend. Tickets are available at accidentalcomedy.com.

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LISTICLE 101

Rife with flaws, are college rankings even useful at this point? By Tucker Kelly EVERY YEAR, U.S. NEWS AND World Report, Princeton Review, Money and others publish new rankings of the best universities and colleges in the nation. Some institutions — Harvard, Princeton — top every list, every year. Others — Yale, Stanford — fluctuate within and between publications. So what are prospective students and their parents to make of these rankings? More importantly, what are they to make of the apparently mercurial quality of these institutions? Whether or not you’re the first in your family to attend college, these publications tend to complicate rather than clarify. The variance in rankings of these institutions has little to do with changes within the institution from one year to the next. Instead, know that each publication uses it own particular methods for picking and choosing. First, metrics like acceptance rate and retention rate are measured and categorized. Then, categories like affordability and reputation are weighted based on the publication’s discretion to determine a college’s score. Finally, institutions are ranked and results published. If it sounds a bit superficial, it is. Data gathered from those chores can be easily categorized two ways: qualitatively and quantitatively. For example, Princeton Review surveys thousands of students at colleges and universities around the country. Up until a few years ago, Princeton Review would spend days on campuses handing out paper surveys to students. Needless to say, this method was much less effective than their modern, digital survey, which reaches far more students. U.S. News and World Report takes this a step further: 22.5 percent (“significant weight”) of an institution’s rating is based on the “the opinions of those in a position to judge a school’s

undergraduate academic excellence,” including academics, administrative faculty and guidance counselors from public and private high schools. Who, now? It’s not very clear; thousands of professionals nationwide are surveyed and/or consulted, and results are truncated at the high and low end to eliminate outliers. Still with us? All publications rely on qualitative data to some degree, and all qualitative data is subjective and flawed to some degree. The National Association for College Admissions Counselling (NACAC) has criticized U.S. News and World Report for allotting such significant weight to reputational surveys. Such surveys are not mandatory, based on a simple one-tofive scale, and respondents are allowed to skip questions. For years NACAC has repeated this critique, yet the heavily weighted qualitative category remains. While the qualitative value of institutions should be taken with a grain of salt, the quantitative character of institutions cannot be overlooked. Money’s methodology uses surveys to determine the weight of the given category. In the 2016 rankings, weight is divided equally between quality of education, affordability and outcome. Within those categories, metrics like net price of a degree, graduation rate and return on investment (ROI) are weighted. The end result: a scorecard largely based on quantitative data. Every publication accounts for these metrics; but, again, they are weighted based on the publication’s discretion. Not calculated by Money or many publications is the cost of living in the town or city where the college is located. This is a big deal. For example, students can certainly expect to spend much more money on living expenses in the San Francisco

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Bay Area, where two Top 10 schools (Stanford and University of CaliforniaBerkeley) are located, than they would at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor or University of Virginia in Charlottesville, two other Top 10 schools. Moreover, though both Stanford and UC Berkeley offer a higher percentage of students’ need-based aid, students at UV and Michigan still pay less toward tuition annually. Weighing the importance of categories and metrics is itself suspect. For first-generation college students and those going into less lucrative fields, price may outweigh prestige, while students from wealthy families may be able to prioritize prestige. Long story short, all of that is to say this: Annually published rankings are not a substitute for determining what college is right for you. When deciding what school is right for you, NACAC advises you ask yourself: “Do these rankings reflect my own interests?” (Scene advises you concurrently to ask: “Which bars have the best deals on wings and Jameson shots?”) Annual rankings are, however, pricelessly valuable resources for the prospective college student. Despite flaws in methodology, U.S. News and World Reports, Princeton

Review, and Money offer a multitude of rankings from “Best Universities,” to “Best Graduate Schools,” to “Best Value” and even rankings by degree. It’s up to you to place the context. Metrics like percentage of students who receive need- or merit-based aid, student-teacher ratio, retention and ROI are difficult if not impossible to come by on your own. However, a visit to the institution’s website is necessary to determine the catalog of majors, quality of departments and scholarship opportunities. For many, a visit to the campus and conversation with financial aid officers and academic advisors is necessary to seal the deal. With the average debt per student breaking the previous year’s record year after year, more and more is on the line for ambitious high school students anxious to continue their education and find a lucrative and fulfilling career. The greatest test they’ll face in high school is not an exam or standardized test, it is how they determine their trajectory for the years following high school. That trajectory starts with how they approach the college application.

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HOW NOT TO LOOK LIKE A FRESHMAN Advice that’s worth hearing at any age By Bridgette Norris AT THE START OF THE SEMESTER, every college student who is even somewhat social is going to be out and about at the bars with liquor pitchers in hand. Syllabus week will arrive and it will be better than waking up on Christmas morning. Sure, the smell of stale beer and puke surrounding every inch of the bar and a 20-minute bathroom line might not sound charming, but it actually kind of is. Being reunited with friends and all of that other crap is great, but the highlight of going out during syllabus week (and during the first half of the semester, if we’re being honest here) is the pure entertainment freshmen obliviously provide upperclassmen. From the childish outfit choices and the intensely sexual dance moves to the Snapchat addiction and the Blue Long Islands, let’s just say the whole attitude that 18-year-olds carry into a college bar needs major help. THE OUTFIT First things first: College bars aren’t clubs. Understanding this is a major key to mastering collegiate nightlife. And you’re not going to prom or homecoming. So for the ladies, here’s What Not To Wear, College Edition: tight dresses, booty shorts, high heels and wedges, brightcolored eyeshadow and other dramatic makeup choices. The more casually you dress, the older people will think you are. Guys seem to master this earlier than girls (please heed the cargo shorts thinkpieces), but they should pay attention to these next two pieces of advice just as much.

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THE DRINKING Other than very poor fashion choices, there are other red ﬂags identifying freshmen before they can even make their way into the bar. Showing up right when doors open means you are either an upperclassman alcoholic or a thirsty freshman (and not thirsty for a beverage, if you know what I mean). And once you do make your way in at a reasonable hour, don’t order a Long Island Iced Tea; it’s like turning on a big neon sign over your head that says, “I make poor decisions.” Try to pace yourself. You can loosen up without ending up in a puddle on the sidewalk on your way home. THE DEMEANOR No matter how much you like a song, this is not a high-school dance, so do not even think about grinding on someone. You’re in college. There will be no pelvic thrusting in the bar. And keep in mind, plenty of other people in the bar are new to this scene too. You don’t need to use Snapchat as a defense mechanism to avoid human contact and awkward communication. Stop taking a ton of pictures and singing into your phone for a “cool” snap story. Keep your phone put away and try to socialize like a normal person. That’s what you’re there for, right?

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HOW TO BREAK UP WITH YOUR HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART Because the alternative is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short By Jarleene Almenas SO YOU’VE MADE IT TO COLLEGE and realize you might’ve packed one item too many: Your high school relationship doesn’t fit anymore. There’s no shame in acknowledging that something isn’t working out, and college is the best time to realize that it’s okay to look out for yourself (even if that seems a little selfish). Here are five steps to help you break up with your high school sweetheart. BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF It sounds simple, but the first step in breaking up with your high school boyfriend or girlfriend is realizing that you want to break up. It’s coming to terms with the fact that you two are not the same people you were in high school and that you’ve grown in opposite directions. College is the time to start figuring out who you are as a person and who you want to be. And if you can’t see your current relationship being a part of your new life, then it’s time to make changes.

BE HONEST WITH HIM/HER The next step is to tell them. After all, you can’t break up with a person if you don’t tell them. Approach this conversation in the way you feel most comfortable, though preferably it should take place face to face. No one likes getting dumped via text, and you’re in college now so you should at least try to be an adult about it. Tell them why you want to break up as simply as possible. Stay away from cliched phrases like “It’s not you, it’s me,” and don’t drag it out too long. Just tell the truth. SEVER ALL TIES This third step will probably be the hardest, but if you truly want to break up, it is the most necessary. Severing ties doesn’t exactly mean deleting all of your photos with them on social media, or changing your relationship status on Facebook. You might ﬁnd that helps, or it might make no difference — that’s up to you. Severing ties means not texting them

when you’re bored or when you see something online you know they’ll ﬁnd funny, not “accidentally” running into them, and not calling “just to see how you are.” Hopefully you didn’t pick a school based on where your boyfriend or girlfriend was going, but if you did, at a school like OSU with more than 60,000 students, chances are you probably won’t see them unless you’re actively trying to. So don’t. (If you both chose to go to Hiram, with less than 2,000 students, it is going to be a lot harder — but you can handle this.) IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ACTIVITIES This one is easy. There’s always something happening on campus, and making plans for activities and events is good not only for distracting yourself, but also for meeting new people. You can join an organization; most colleges have dozens — if not hundreds — of excellent and active groups to choose from. One of the quickest ways to get over a breakup is

to stay busy, and joining diverse clubs and expanding your friendship circle is a great way to do so. GIVE IT TIME It’s okay to admit that sometimes you miss your ex, especially at the beginning. You will be tempted to call them, text them or even Facebook-stalk them, and that’s normal. Regardless of whether you had been together since you were 14 or started dating shortly before graduation, after any relationship ends (especially a meaningful one) you need time for yourself. Of course, since you’re in college you’ll probably date a bit in the time you’re still getting over your ex, and that’s okay too. You’re going to make romantic mistakes, just like you’ll probably switch your major once or twice. But like everything else in life, you’ll get it right eventually.

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because they lived it too. Con: You’ll eventually be stuck with someone you can’t stand. There will always be that one person you hate, regardless of your major. The difference is that in a small program, you will see them all the time — in your classes, during your professor’s office hours, at club meetings and probably even at graduation. Pro: Your professors will know you really well. They’ll know your name, your work ethic, your strong suits, and possibly also details about your personal life — like who you’re dating or who you’re friends with. It’s inevitable, as you’ll be seeing them all the time. But it’s nice. When you need help, you’ll know exactly which professor to turn to for advice. Con: Your professors will know you too well. Yeah, this pro is also a con. Just like they’ll know your strong suits, they’ll also know your weaknesses, and at some point they’ll know you well enough to be able to see through excuses that might’ve flown with a professor who doesn’t even recognize you. Plus, if they form a bad impression of you as a student, you’ll probably still have to put up with them for a couple more classes. So try not to get on anyone’s bad side. Pro: Your professors will be accessible. While sometimes professors will still want you to make appointments with them for office hours, they’ll probably be easy to reach even if you don’t have one. Sometimes your professor doubles as your faculty advisor, and popping into their office for a quick chat about your grades or an assignment you’re having difficulty with isn’t unheard of. Their offices doors are usually open

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and since they like seeing you take interest in your work, they’ll likely happily help you out. LARGE MAJOR Pro: Professors are more accommodating. If you have a lecture hall class, chances are that most of the slides and study guides the professor goes over in class will be available online. Some schools use Blackboard or their own proprietary platform to get material to students with digital ease. This gives you the option of going to class or watching the lecture later from your laptop. Con: You’ll be tempted to miss class. With most material accessible to you online, you’ll find yourself making excuses to skip class all the time. Why bother to show up for a three-hour lecture when you can binge-watch weeks of lectures from your dorm the night before your midterm? But paying half-attention to a lecture in your dorm and seeing it firsthand in class are two different things, and the most convenient option isn’t always the most beneficial. Pro: You’ll always be meeting new people. It’s impossible to know everyone in your major, so you’ll be seeing new faces regularly. You might sit next to someone one day and never see him or her again — not because they’re not around, but because there are more than 300 students in the class. It definitely keeps things interesting. Con: It’s hard to make friends. There will be classmates that you hang out with daily. You’ll study with them, you’ll eat with them, you might even party with them. But unfortunately, that’s generally a onesemester thing. Unless your schedule

for the next semester happens to be the same, you will probably not hang out with them again. You might see them on campus sometimes, but just in passing. This won’t happen with all your classmates, but definitely with most of them. Pro: You have more professors to choose from. That’s the thing with big majors. They need more professors to teach courses, so you as a student have more options of whom to take classes with. Ratemyprofessor.com will become your best friend, and remember: The earlier you sign up for classes, the better chance you have at getting the professors you want. Con: Professors can be hard to track down. You will definitely need to make an appointment to meet with most of your professors during office hours. And even then, you might still have to wait a long time to meet with them. Some of these professors teach multiple classes of more than 200 students, and if they all were to show up unannounced during office hours, things could get hectic. Pro: You’ll become a studying expert. At the end of the day, your large major and your equally large classes will really force you to study material you have no recollection of your professor ever teaching. You’ll learn all about marathon study sessions and how to drag yourself out of bed the next day for that 8 a.m. class you regret choosing. In a large major, you have to develop some self-discipline.

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organizations, a small team of college students founded the Students United Against Gun Violence. “After the shooting at Pulse in Orlando happened and after talking to a few people, we all realized that we were just done with it all. We kept seeing shooting after shooting. That was the turning point for us,” says Jeremy Cronig, one of the association’s founders. “And we weren’t just going to work within the construct of organizations that already exist.” Much of modern organizing is done by utilizing social media for contacts and support, as opposed to establishing an initial base of people and money prior to the launch. Following the right people on Twitter or Facebook for your niche of activism is helpful for notification about how to get involved in causes in your area or on your campus. “We saw that there was a need for this student voice against gun violence. We saw on our Facebook feeds and through social media that people wanted this voice,” Cronig observed. “We started the organization and then people have latched on along the way, and that’s hugely because of social media. Almost exclusively.” By founding or becoming a piece of a relatively new organization, young people can also avoid being stuck with the label of the “Representative of the Youth” to ﬁll a quota. Either through joining along the way and working hard to become a part of the board or by starting from the beginning as an essential piece of the team, you can become as leading a member as any veteran activist.

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WHO KNOWS ANYMORE? The dating scene is murkier than ever for college students, and that’s fine By Phoebe Potiker NOWADAYS, MOST RECENT HIGH school graduates don’t head off to college with the concern that if they don’t find someone to marry by the end of senior year, they’ll be considered a failure. If you head back home for the summer after freshman year with a declared major and a roommate for next year who you mildly get along with, consider yourself lucky. As Americans increasingly wait until they’re older to get married, the idea that you have to find your future spouse somewhere within a sea of fellow classmates is fading away from many students’ top priorities. Today, the average age of first marriage is 27 years for women and 29 for men (compared to 20 and 23 in 1960), meaning most are out of undergraduate school by the time they tie the knot. The difference between college students’ dating lives in the modern day versus that of their grandparents’ is becoming increasingly stark. Of course, some people do meet the person they’re eventually going to get hitched to during their college years, but most don’t. So the first lesson for those who are worried about dating in college, proposed by a current sophomore who arguably has next to no knowledge about dating in college, is to not stress out about it. Living in the dorms freshman year is comparable to bunking at summer camp — a sexually frustrated, belligerently drunken summer camp with some studying to worry about on Sundays, that is. During the mess that is the first year of college, most students probably stand witness to just about every type

of relationship on the spectrum. There are the relationships people haul in from high school, whether they are of the long-distance or open-relationship fashion. Then there are the newly found hookups that isolate angry and tired roommates to the hallway or a nearby friend’s room for the night. Finally, every once in a while, you might find two teenage lovebirds in a long-term relationship. Whether they met living in the same building, at a dirty bar one night, or in English Comp, they have been together for roughly a year or so. But no matter the nature of the particular label you decide to use with your significant other, that still doesn’t guarantee that you’re going to have a flawless relationship free of hardships and idiocy. Figuring out that nobody really knows what they’re doing while trying to navigate college relationships is on par with the realization that your parents are real, mistake-making people. But most just decide to carry on and hopefully affirm the theory that you weren’t one of the mistakes they made. Nevertheless, college is a time to live and learn and make the dating mistakes that teach you both about yourself and what you want out of relationships in the long run. It’s not a time for taking things too seriously — no matter how many times your grandmother looks across the table at you during holiday dinners, dropping those subtle, passive-aggressive, “You’re next,” hints.

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HIT THE ROAD Ideas for Cleveland college students’ college-sized travel budgets By Austin Linfante DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, there will come a time when you want to take a break and get out of Cleveland. But given that you’re a college student, your options might be pretty limited based on budget. For those who are tight on money but don’t want to take a staycation, here are some places you can spend the weekend or a day on a college student’s budget. GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE If you thought the closest thing Ohio had to a beachfront was Edgewater Park, think again. About an hour-long drive east, Geneva-onthe-Lake in Ashtabula County is an expansive lakeside resort where you

and your friends can do practically anything. With a large beachfront and a strip ﬁlled with nightclubs, restaurants and arcades, the resort is basically Ohio’s version of a New York or New Jersey boardwalk. Nature-oriented students can head to any one of the parks available — like nearby Geneva State Park — and check out the beach and bike trails. The cheapest hotels in the area start at around $80 a night, according to Trivago. Geneva-on-the-Lake has been a popular vacation spot for decades, and for good reason. PUT-IN-BAY If you’re able to save a bit more money, you can also go out and

enjoy Lake Erie at Put-In-Bay. Only accessible by ferry, this island is a great spot for those who want a nighttime getaway from the usual bars and pubs in Cleveland. In the daytime, you can rent anything from kayaks to jet skis and sail on the Erie waters, or you can explore Perry’s Cave and marvel at the underground lake inside. Lodging on the island starts at around $110 a night. There’s a party atmosphere during the warmer months, so come prepared. PITTSBURGH Those who want a bit more of an urban setting can take a two-hour drive southeast and visit Pittsburgh for the weekend. Although it willingly houses the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city itself is a great place to experience urban life without paying the normal urban price. Since it is a major city, pubs, wine bars and live music are almost guaranteed no matter when you head down. But for those looking for something new, you can go to any one of the Carnegie Museums within the city (including the Andy Warhol Museum), admire the amount of dedication needed to make Bicycle Heaven, or take a trip to Mount Washington and relish the beautiful

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AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, HERE are some numbers you should know. Two-thirds of Ohio university students will leave college with student debt, and the average debt of Ohio university graduates in 2014 was $29,353, according to The Institute for College Access & Success. The cost of attending college has more than doubled, adjusting for inflation, since 1986, according to a report published by College Board. As of 2015, the White House reports that the total amount of outstanding student debt in the United States was $1.3 trillion. And with all that, there are still people within the higher education system who are able to find hope for the future. Who knew? Take Chelsea Novario, an incoming freshman at Cleveland State University. She’s majoring in nursing, a degree that PayScale states has a minimum median salary of $60,469. But when it came to deciding her major, she wasn’t considering money. “I’ve always had an interest in nursing because that’s what my mom is, and I’ve always wanted to take care of people with whatever I did,” Novario says. The Mayfield Heights native is, of course, worrying about paying for her education. But she’s hopeful that being at CSU will put her where she needs to be. “CSU has a lot of opportunities for nursing and other medical majors because of the hospitals around,” she says. CSU’s yearly tuition for in-state students is $9,696, which is cheaper than most of its Ohio public university rivals like Ohio State University ($10,037 a year) and the University of Akron ($10,509 a year). The price difference is even more stark if Ohio’s private universities are included, like John Carroll University ($37,180 a year) and Case Western Reserve University ($44,560 a year.) But as state funding for public higher education has decreased, CSU’s tuition might still be too high for some prospective students.

“Since the largest share of our revenue is tuition, the biggest issue we face is our competitiveness in the marketplace in attracting qualified students,” Cleveland State University’s senior vice president of finance and business affairs Stephanie McHenry says via email. “State funding of higher education has increased slightly in recent years, but is significantly lower than 8-10 years ago. This is largely due to changes in demands on state resources and the economy.” To keep students enrolled and have them graduate on time, CSU offers multiple ways to stay on track toward graduation and possibly graduate earlier than the typical four-year program. This includes allowing students to register for classes for an entire academic year as opposed to a single semester and lowering the required credit hours for some programs to 120, which allows the possibility for students to graduate early. “As a result, in part, of these efforts, CSU’s four-year graduation rate has doubled over the last five years. And given the fact that every additional year that a student spends at a public four-year college costs approximately $68,000 (nearly $23,000 in cost of attendance and $45,00 in lost wages), reducing time to graduation greatly reduces costs to students and their families,” McHenry writes. At the state level, there have been major plays to curb the rising costs of higher education. The two-year state budget passed by the Ohio Senate last year included a mandatory freeze for all Ohio public universities without a guaranteed tuition program for the 2017 fiscal year. It also required colleges to create a plan to lower the cost of attendance by five percent, whether that comes from reducing costs or offering fast-track plans to graduation in less than four years. One example of lowering costs at a local level is the modification of a Kent State University policy that charged

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the Downtown Cleveland Alliance on Facebook for weekly updates on vendors, entertainment offerings and more. Admission is free, but the food will cost you. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com.

8/24

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Rhea Butcher Akron native Rhea Butcher’s career has ﬁ nally started to take off. This month, the comedian is set to release her ﬁrst TV series, Take My Wife, and will also release her debut comedy album Butcher. Butcher, who now lives in Los Angeles, possesses a distinctively “blue-collar brand of cool” that has served her well on television shows such as Comedy Central’s @midnight and Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls web series She Said. She returns to town to perform at 8 tonight at Hilarities. Tickets are $15 to $20. (Jeff Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FILM

Fat City The late, great John Huston directed Fat City, a 1949 film about a young fighter who becomes obsessed with winning each and every fight. Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy and Lola Albright star in the movie that screens at 7 tonight and Friday night at the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of the museum’s series, Lords of the Rings: Boxing Films Before Rocky and Raging Bull. Tickets are $10, $8 for CMA members, seniors and students. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Pig & Whiskey returns to downtown Willoughby. See: Friday. FOOD

Pig + Whiskey Wednesdays The patio season is in full swing in Northeast Ohio and chefs like Ben Bebenroth over at Spice Kitchen are ﬁnding every excuse in the book to move culinary operations out of the restaurant and under the clear blue skies. Through Aug. 31, Bebenroth and his crew will be celebrating Pig + Whiskey Wednesdays: He and his chef Josh Woo ﬁre up the smoker and cook up a mess of barbecue. The items vary based on whim and weather. There’s always a seasonal whiskey cocktail or two to wash it all down. The events run from 5 to 10 p.m. and there will be live music at some dates. No reservations are required. (Douglas Trattner) 5800 Detroit Ave., 216-961-9637, www.spicekitchenandbar.com.

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In Search of Israeli Cuisine Now in its 10th year, the Jewish Community Center’s Cleveland Jewish FilmFest regularly brings some of the top international Jewish films to town. This year’s festival, which runs from September 8 to 18, will feature 29 films from nine countries. The films all have Jewish or Israeli themes. Films will screen at five local theaters and venues including Shaker Square and Cedar Lee Cinemas. To kick off this year’s festival, organizers will host a special film and party tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Institute of Art. The film In Search of Israeli Cuisine will screen. There will be a spread of Israeli food as well. Tickets are $18. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.

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Red Stage Summer Music Series Locals now have one more place to hear music this summer. On select Wednesdays through Sept. 7, Beck Center for the Arts will present the outdoor Red Stage, located on the front lawn and patio of Beck Center’s main building. Tonight’s edition runs from 6 to 8 p.m. The free series features local artists, interactive art experiences and refreshments on sale (cash only). (Niesel) 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216-521-2540, beckcenter.org. MUSIC

Summer in the City Each summer, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosts a variety of indie and alternative rock acts on its outdoor plaza where some of the city’s “most buzzed about” local acts perform.

Tonight, some of the best bands from the local Lottery League, a hodgepodge of different local acts formed by a “draft,” will perform. The concert takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. and prior the each concert, the Rock Hall will host a Q&A with the acts slated to play. The concerts are free — as a bonus, local residents and college students can purchase admission to the Rock Hall for a mere $5. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. MUSIC

Wade Oval Wednesdays A summer tradition, Wade Oval Wednesday, which takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday through Aug. 31 at Wade Oval in University Circle, provides the opportunity to catch a free concert — jazz, swing, world music, and more. Between sets, check out the local food vendors, the beer and wine tent, the farmers’ market, and free kid activities — all laid out on the Wade Oval lawn that’s adjacent to Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Cleveland Natural History Museum. Tonight, the local groups Honeybucket and NewGrass Pop perform. A screening of Zootopia follows the music. (Niesel) universitycircle.org. FOOD

Walnut Wednesday Walnut Wednesday is one of summer’s great traditions. Today from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons — at East 12th and Walnut Streets — food trucks gather to serve up lunch to area residents and employees. Follow

Luenell Fearless when it comes to making jokes and making the audience erupt in laughter, Luenell regularly jokes about being a full-ﬁgured women and getting married later in life. She can ﬁnd humor in any topic and situation. She performs tonight at 7:30 at the Improv, where she has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets are $20. (Hannah Borison) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com. COMEDY

Drew Michael Known for his smart-but-crass sense of humor, comedian Drew Michael pushes the boundaries with his jokes and focuses on social and political issues. He grabs the audience’s attention by joking about relatable situations like the horror of dating and being cheated on. A self-proclaimed narcissist, he regularly vents about his ex girlfriends and the concept of marriage. He performs tonight at 8 at Hilarities. Tickets are $13 and $18. (Borison) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FILM

Outdoor Movies at Crocker Park Seeing a film indoors, cooped up with hordes of sweating, texting teenagers, is hardly an optimal way to be entertained, especially given the lovely breezes and picnic-able lawns of Northeast Ohio in June, July and August. Watching a movie outside’s the way to go. Drive-ins no longer have the cachet, nor the presence, that they enjoyed in the soda-fountain 1950s, and while they’re thoroughly enjoyable, plenty of local cities and organizations are helping to fill the void by getting the silver screen under the starry sky. For instance, every Thursday evening at 9 p.m., Crocker Park has been screening fi lms behind the GameStop store. Sadly, tonight’s edition is the final one for this | clevescene.com | August 24 - 30, 2016

GET OUT summer. The feature is the comedy Hitch. It’s free. (Sam Allard) 143 Crocker Park Blvd., Westlake, crockerpark.com.

resource for news on Northeast Ohio’s artists, galleries and museums — in the words of the people organizing and presenting these events and exhibitions. Each issue also includes several additional feature articles. In addition to picking up a copy of CAN and mingling with members of the local arts community, guests will

Bank Plaza. If you don’t own a hoop, it’s no big deal. The event’s organizers will have a few you can use free of charge. New hoopers should arrive early to receive lessons. The event is free. (Niesel) East 14th Street and Euclid Avenue, 216-771-4444, playhousesquare.org.

most beautiful settings. The festival takes place today and tomorrow from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Coast Guard station on Whiskey Island. Tickets are $15. You can buy tickets, get directions, and ﬁnd a complete rundown of food, beer and entertainment on the website. (Danielle Immerman) burningriverfest.org.

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Two-Wheel Roundup Now in its ﬁfth year, Prosperity Social Club’s bike night, dubbed Two-Wheel Roundup, attracts a wide array of motorcycle riders. “You can’t help but appreciate the eclectic range of vintage euro, modern, racers, Japanese, Frankenbikes and custom built classics that line Starkweather Avenue during these free summer meetups,” says Prosperity Social Club owner Bonnie Flinner in a press release. There will be a biker trivia contest and a BMW fashion apparel show sponsored by Sills BMW/Honda Motor Sales, with additional prizes donated by Prosperity Social Club and Cleveland Moto/aka Pride of Cleveland Scooters. There will be live music by Brittnay Reilly too. The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. It’s free. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.

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Accidental Comedy Fest A group of performers dedicated to “enriching the arts in Cleveland through live comedy and other productions,” Accidental Comedy features some of the best local comics. Now in its ﬁfth year, the group will host its annual blowout Fest. More than 50 artists from all over the country will converge this weekend for event, billed as “three days of standup, sketch, improv, music and podcasts.” The lineup features comics such as Kurt Braunohler, Beth Stelling, Jo Firestone, Ramon Rivas and many more. It all kicks off tonight at 7 at Mahall’s, which hosts shows through Sunday. Tickets start at $5 but a VIP day pass will cost you $50; weekend VIP passes are $135. Find tickets and the full schedule on the website. (Niesel) 13200 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-521-3280, accidentalcomedy.com.

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Hidden Assembly Following its nationally acclaimed RNC-related programming, Spaces is ready to unveil its latest projects. Opening today, Hidden Assembly explores the invisible production of the objects that populate our surroundings. The project examines how factors such as global outsourcing, technological advances and the rise of precarious work have obscured or eliminated our perception of the creation of these everyday goods. It also explores how factors such as increasing geographic distance have obscured our view of global labor. Meanwhile, Spaces’ Vault presents Moving Anthropologies, videos by three Portuguese artists: Maria Lusitano, Mónica de Miranda and Rui Mourão. Curated by Mourão and José Carlos Teixeira, these videos present fragmented perspectives reﬂecting issues of memory, identity, history, otherness and cultural difference. The opening reception is from 6 to 9 p.m.; admission is free. (Usmani) 2220 Superior Viaduct, 216-621-2314, spacesgallery.org. MUSIC

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Cardio Hoop Dance It’s like Zumba, but better. That’s the tagline advertising Cardio Hoop Dance, a hula hoop workout that takes place at 11 a.m. on Fridays at U.S.

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Great Lakes Burning River Festival Since 2001, people from all over the Great Lakes region have come together to remember the 1969 burning of the Cuyahoga River and celebrate the renewed sense of eco-consciousness that the infamous ﬁre ignited. This year, Burning River Fest invites people to celebrate Cleveland’s historic Coast Guard station with live music, amazing local food and beer. Dance, eat, drink and relish one of Cleveland’s

Kristy Kline’s Pink Floyd Experience Local harpist Kristy Kline has logged some serious hours on the instrument. She started formal studies at age 12 with Laura Erb, a famous harpist and teacher who worked on the musical arrangements for ﬁlms such as The Godfather, Love Story and Fiddler on the Roof. Shortly after that, Kline, who attended Ohio University and majored in harp performance, began performing around town. She led a harp ensemble and performed locally for 12 years at the Ritz Carlton where she had impromptu sessions with classic rockers such as Robert Plant, Roger Daltry and Billy Joel. Tonight at 8, she and her electric harp pay tribute to Pink Floyd with a laser light show and album cover art exhibit at the Alex Theatre in the Metropolitan at the 9 hotel. Tickets are $9. You can also get a $9 specialty cocktail and $9 valet parking. Learn more on the website. (Niesel) 2017 East Ninth Street, 216-331-6297, alextheatercleveland.com.

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The Lazy Daisy Festival The JiMiller Band will perform all Grateful Dead songs at the annual Lazy Daisy Festival, a three-day affair that commences today at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park. Vibe & Direct, Electric Love Machine, Wanyama, Diesel Dog and Ice-Cream Truckers will also perform at the “intimate festival that is a lot of fun and great for the whole family.” Tickets are $45 pre-sale for the whole weekend and that includes camping, swimming, hiking and all music. (Niesel) 12001 State Route 282, Garrettsville, 440-548-2716, nlqp.com. FESTIVAL

Pig & Whiskey Scene’s third annual Pig & Whiskey festival features a wide range of whiskeys, bourbons and scotches in addition to mouth-watering barbecue from some of the country’s best grillers. The three-day event kicks off today in downtown Willoughby, where it continues through Sunday. The familyfriendly outdoor celebration includes a dozen restaurants (including local favorites like Crooked River) along with dozens of bourbon and whiskey specialties to sample, including established Kentuckybased distilleries such as Woodford Reserve and Jack Daniel’s. For the vodka lovers out there, Tito’s Handmade Vodka will serve up craft cocktails; and for the wine lovers, Dark Horse Wines will be on hand. In addition to the great food and whiskeys, this event also provides great entertainment options. Pig & Whiskey will feature two stages with live music: 80s tonight, 90s on Saturday when Eve 6 headlines, and country on Sunday. There will also be a kids’ activities area. General admission is free; drink tickets can be purchased at the event. VIP passes are available for online purchase and include two drink tickets, private bathrooms, a full service bar and light appetizers from 5 to 7 p.m. Today’s fest hours are 4 to 11 p.m. (Niesel) clevescenetickets.com.

with the audience and pokes fun at patrons throughout the entire performance, so we’d advise against sitting in the front row. He performs at 7:30 and 10 tonight and tomorrow night at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park’s Club Velvet. Tickets are $18. (Borison) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7771, hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.

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Cleveland Garlic Festival Northeast Ohio is prime garlicgrowing territory, so it makes perfect sense to honor the stinking rose with its very own festival. A fundraiser for the North Union Farmers’ Markets, the Cleveland Garlic Festival features music, wine and beer vendors, food competitions, top chef grill-offs, and countless vendors peddling garlicscented foods. The festival also rounds up many of the region’s best garlic growers, making the fest the best place for wannabe garlic growers to purchase this year’s planting stock. The event takes place today from noon to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from noon to 6 p.m. at Shaker Square. Admission is $9. (Niesel) clevelandgarlicfestival.org.

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Dark Universe Narrated by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dark Universe explores the mysteries of our solar system and beyond. The immersive and visually stunning planetarium show features “exquisite renderings of enigmatic cosmic phenomena, seminal scientiﬁc instruments, and spectacular scenes in deep space.” Although only 24 minutes long, the ﬁlm captures the fascinating vastness of the universe. It screens today at noon and 4 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium. There’s another show on Sunday, at 4 p.m. General admission is $5, but members get in free. (Elizabeth Bullock) 1 Wade Oval Dr., 216-231-4600, cmnh.org.

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Derek Richards The quick-witted Derek Richards possesses a cynical sense of humor that can make the crowd burst into laughter. He can do a host of impressions; every story features one hysterical character after another. He jokes about things like living in Las Vegas, getting pulled over for speeding, not wanting children and online dating. Richards interacts

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New Belgium’s 25th Birthday Bash Some 25 years ago, New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins released its ﬁrst beer, Fat Tire. To celebrate the launch of what’s become a very successful brand of beer, the brewery today will host a 25th Birthday Bash on West 11th Street. Wizbang! Theatre will be on hand and there will be games and other activities. Organizers

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Rock ’n’ Rummage Flea Market The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern hosts the Rock ’n’ Rummage Flea Market today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The market will take place in the Beachland parking lot where more than 30 vendors will be on hand to hawk vintage wares, clothing, records and more. There will also be an outdoor beer garden, live music and food specials. Johnny & the Apple Stompers and Polars will perform. It’s free. (Niesel) 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com. FITNESS

Zero Prostrate Cancer Run/Walk Prostrate cancer can be a killer. To combat the disease, Zero: The End of Prostrate Cancer has partnered with SouthWest Urology to promote the Zero Prostate Cancer Run/ Walk Cleveland, a 5-K run/walk, 1-mile walk, Kids Superhero Dash for Dad and virtual Snooze for Dudes program. After the race, there will be food, face painting, and an inﬂatable prostate to educate visitors about prostate cancer. The funds raised from the event will be invested around the country to provide research for new treatments and free prostate cancer testing and to educate men and families about prostate cancer. It all starts at 8 a.m. at SouthWest Urology in Middleburg Heights. Find details on the website. (Niesel) 6900 Pearl Rd., Middleburg Heights, support.zerocancer.org.

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Moody McCarthy Smart and relatable when it comes to his humor, comedian Moody McCarthy comes off as very personable with his jokes and his demeanor. He regularly jokes about everyday life: the trials and tribulations of living with a girlfriend for the ﬁrst time; growing up with six siblings; having to deal with a newborn baby; and online dating. He performs tonight at 7 at Hilarities. Tickets are $13 and $18. (Borison) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. THEATER

The Messy Church The folks at Playhouse Square tell us that this play about “clutching the bible to save your soul” promises to be a “riveting story based on decisions, truth and sin.” You can see The Messy Church tonight at 6 at the Hanna Theatre. Tickets are $15 to $35. (Niesel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. FESTIVAL

One World Day The ﬁrst garden in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens was established in 1916, making this its 100th anniversary. Today, the Gardens hosts the 71st annual One World Day. There will be free Lolly the Trolley garden tours, and a naturalization ceremony will welcome approximately 25 new citizens from all over the world. The Parade of Flags will feature dozens of nationalities, ethnic costumes and more. Each garden will have food from its culture or a food truck/vendor, and a variety of ethnic performances will take place throughout the Gardens. Local rocker Michael Stanley will be the closing act for the day. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel) clevelandoneworldday.org.

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Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil Pieter van Huystee’s 2016 documentary, Hieronymous Bosch, Touched by the Devil, follows the organizers at a Holland museum as they prepare to put on an exhibit featuring 25 panels by the famous Medieval painter. The movie makes its Cleveland premiere today at 1:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it also screens at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Tickets are

Ride for the Record Thousands of motorcyclists will descend upon Hard Rock Rocksino at Northﬁeld Park’s parking lot today for Ride for the Record, an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for most motorcycles started simultaneously. Part of a daylong fundraising event, Ride for the Record will aim to surpass the current record of 1,446 motorcycles set in 2014 in the Philippines. The event begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m.; the record-

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breaking attempt takes place at 2:30 p.m. The cover band the Spazmatics will perform, and there will be stunt riders and motorcycle displays, beer and food vendors, raffles, prizes and giveaways. Tickets are $25 and are available through Ride4Record.org. Walk-ins and non-riders are welcome. All proceeds benefit North Coast Community Homes, which provides homes for men and women who have developmental disabilities, severe mental illness and other disabilities. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7771, hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.

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Wing Ding Doodle This weekly event features specials on Buffalo wings and cold brews. Prosperity will not only serve up substantial, $1 whole wings, but it’ll also offering meatless Monday “wing” baskets for vegans. Discounted drafts and a playlist of vintage-electric blues and soulful R&B curated by local musician Clint Holley will be on tap as well. Wing Ding Doodle takes place every Monday from 6 p.m. to midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.

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Tropical Sundays A weekly summer celebration, Now That’s Class’ Tropical Sundays features cornhole and basketball in the club’s back parking lot and exclusive Tropical Sunday cocktails including Pimms, Paulito’s Puerto Rican Punch, Mi’Monsters, Cucumber Bloody Marys and Bloody Tooth. The club promises “many more surprises and activities” too. The event starts at 3 today. Admission is free. (Niesel) 11213 Detroit Ave., 216-221-8576, nowthatsclass.net.

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Author Series: Sara Marcus A self-described movement of “pissedoff girls with no patience for sexism,” Riot Grrrl erupted in the early 1990s and yielded some pretty fantastic musical acts, including Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Huggy Bear, Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney. In her book, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrl Revolution, Sara Marcus documents the movement. Tonight at 7 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Library and Archives, she’ll read from the book. Admission is free with an advance reservation through the Rock Hall’s website. (Niesel) 2809 Woodland Ave., 216-515-1956, library.rockhall.com. ART

Black to the Powers of Ten Oberlin’s Allen Memorial Art Museum presents Black to the Powers of Ten, a new exhibition by world-renowned artist Fred Wilson. A 1999 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” grant, Wilson is best known for reanimating museum collections through his unorthodox installations. Challenging our assumptions of culture, history and display practices, Wilson presents a new perspective on the Allen’s collection in the museum’s King Sculpture Court. Simultaneously, his works from 2003 to 2014 are on display in the Ellen Johnson Gallery. Both exhibits are on view through June 12, 2017. Admission is free. (Usmani) 87 North Main St., Oberlin, 440-775-8665, oberlin.edu/allenart.

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ART PUBLISH THIS! MOCA’s festival shines light on handmade small-print books and ’zines ARTIST BOOKS AND ’ZINES offer emerging voices a platform for uncensored and uncompromising self-expression. For the second year, MOCA Cleveland hosts a two-day festival dedicated to handmade and small print artists’ books, ’zines, comics and more. The event’s growth in its second year is evidence of the genre’s overall growth, both in terms of creators and popularity. Bound: Art Book + Zine Fair takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. this Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Friday’s event includes MOCA’s Loaded concert series, and Saturday features several presentations and a panel discussion, as well as an after-party at the Grog Shop. “Bound is a unique and free event showcasing artists’ books, ’zines, comics and other printed matter,” says Deidre McPherson, MOCA Cleveland’s curator of public programs. “This year we’ve nearly doubled the number of independent booksellers and publishers who draw from 10 different states — curated by TR Ericsson, a Clevelandborn, Brooklyn-based artist whose work deals with giving voice to the voiceless — and that’s at the heart of this event. This event is about connecting with and discovering the work of literary and visual artists who create work about a long list of topics from pop culture to activism. Come and browse literary eye candy, naughty paperbacks, and fancy photo books, and take in a few of the scheduled programs.” Whether you’re a die-hard collector or attending for the ﬁrst time, Bound is sure to enlighten and entertain. If you’re completely unfamiliar with ’zines and self-publishing, the festival’s exhibitors and presentations offer an unparalleled introduction. For ’zine fanatics, Bound is a rare opportunity to collect work from more than 60 underground and small print creators. Events like Bound allow readers and creators to develop a personal connection. This followup to last year’s highly successful Mimeo Revolution highlights creators of some of the area’s best ’zines, comics, books and more. A two-day event, BOUND

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includes artist talks and workshops, video art, live music, DJ sets and more. Curated by TR Ericsson, BOUND includes more than 60 self-publishing and small press writers and artists — twice as many as last year’s Mimeo Revolution. Throughout the past year, Ericsson has been busy attending and

another, you could see the curious charm in the eyes of people stumbling upon this intriguing and unfamiliar slice of the art world that continues to grow in popularity by leaps and bounds,” says Ericsson, reﬂecting on last year’s inaugural event. “When I was in Philadelphia, I was amazed at the geographic

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diversity of the exhibitors. There were people from Florida, Buffalo, New York, Michigan, California; it was incredible. And without exception they were all really interested in Cleveland as a destination for another artist book and ’zine fair.”

From 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday, guests can peruse more than 50 artist vendors. Friday night also includes the latest installment of MOCA’s new Loaded concert series, featuring Form a Log, Hiram-Maxim and Fake Species. Live music begins at 8 p.m. and continues until 10 p.m. Friday’s bands were selected by Andrew Auten (Dandelion Moon), Lisa Miralia (Mysterious Black Box on WCSB Radio), and artistmusician David Russell Stempowski (Polar Envy). Saturday’s event begins at 11 a.m. While guests peruse exhibitors’ tables, a series of DJs from WCSB will be spinning throughout the day. Programming begins at 11:30 a.m., with a presentation on Aesthetics of Resistance: Dada 100 Years On by Joseph Makkos of NOLA DNA. From noon to 3 p.m., guests can participate in Open Art Studio. At 12:45 p.m., Jacob Koestler (My Idea of Fun) and Anna Tararova (Meowville) discuss Independent Voices + Handmade ’Zines on a Budget. This two-part presentation begins with a discussion at 1:30 p.m., and continues with a workshop from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. At 2:30 p.m., drop in for a panel discussion on Empowering Marginalized Communities through ’Zines, featuring Jimmy Lewis (Fag Enabler), Angel Cezanne (Eleanor: A Zine), RA Washington (Guide to Kulchur) and poet M. Carmen Lane. Finally, at 3:30 p.m., Caitlin Cass (Great Moments in Western Civilization), John G. (Shiner Comics) and Kyle Osborne (Shquirat) will read from their comics. The celebration continues from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. with an after party at the Grog Shop featuring Mourning [A] BLKstar, Hybrid Shakedown and Wildﬁre Soundz; there’s a $5 cover. The fair is free and open to the public, but admission to MOCA’s current exhibition, Mark Motherbaugh’s Myopia, and related programming is $5 (or free for MOCA members). For a complete list of participants, visit the MOCA website.

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OBJECTIVELY/REASONABLE A community response to the shooting of Tamir Rice is an emotional rollercoaster By Roy Berko ON NOVEMBER 22, 2014, 12-YEARold Tamir Rice was shot at close range by police officer Timothy Loehmann outside the Cudell Recreation Center on Cleveland’s near-westside. Tamir died the next day. Soon after the shooting, the community dissected video footage of the incident, which showed captured officers driving into the park and encountering Tamir and his replica pistol. The grand jury ultimately declined to indict Loehmann or his partner. Earlier this year, the city offered a $6-million settlement to the Rice family without admitting wrongdoing. Rice joined an ever-growing list of black tweens, teens and men who died at the hands of police officers. In describing the case, county prosecutor Timothy McGinty used the phrase “objectively reasonable” to describe the officers’ actions. Playwrights Local, the area’s newest theatrical group, is presenting the world premiere of Objectively/ Reasonable (A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14), a script and performance conceived by the theater. The performances continue through Sunday, Sept. 4, at Creative Space at Waterloo Arts. The playwrights interviewed Cudell residents, legal experts, teachers, activists and mothers for their reactions to and thoughts about what happened. Playwrights Mike Geither, Tom Hayes, Lisa Langford, Michael Oatman and David Todd

did the interviews to reﬂect the community’s responses, thus giving a voice to the “silent people.” They wrote the segments for the script, mostly monologues. Todd, as the dramaturge, wove the drama together, and the play’s director, Terrence Spivey, bridged the pieces with staging devices, including singing, dancing, electronic media and verbal and nonverbal elements. The play creates an emotional rollercoaster, raising a host of mindboggling questions and unsettling thoughts. What if the police had stopped when they arrived and tried to talk to the boy, rather than shooting? What would have happened if the 911 operator’s words had been clearly conveyed? (The original caller had indicated the gun was “probably fake.”) If only the police had been trained in non-confrontational techniques, or the negative climate of “young black male versus police” wasn’t the

following a poor performance review. Why was a 12-year-old even playing with a toy gun? The cast members (Ashley Aquilla, Kaila Benford, India Burton, Samone Cummings, Ananias Dixon, Kali Hatten, Jameka Terri, LaShawn Little, Brenton Lyles and Nathan Tolliver) each portray numerous characters with clarity of purpose. A special spotlight must be focused on Ashley Aquila for her emotional but measured monologue of the words of Samaria Rice. Tears ﬂowing, she slowly textures Samaria’s words. (Little did most of the audience know that Mrs. Rice was in attendance at a recent performance. Following the show, during the talkback period, she indicated she would be calling upon members of the cast to perform their words as part of her efforts to ensure Tamir’s legacy.) Though a little long, especially with the audience seated on hard church benches, the script holds the

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community norm. If only Loehmann’s record had been carefully considered before he was hired by the Cleveland Division of Police. He had bounced around Northeast Ohio departments, garnering a reputation for being aloof and “weepy” on the job. In 2012, for instance, he resigned from the Independence Police Department

attention with sensitive, curious, straightforward, probing, and highly emotional speeches. Though repetitious at times, much of the material works. If further productions are to be done, based on this presentation, the authors might want to consider some tightening of monologues and cutting of some speeches and the adjustment of the

ending so that the audience is aware when the play is over. The use of pictures and video to supplement the story helps add texture to the speeches. When action was not presented on the screen, a picture of the Cudell cupola hung over the stage as a sad reminder of the site of the horror. The post-performance talk-back session we attended was moderated by former county commissioner Peter Lawson Jones. It brought out a series of provocative points including needed changes in police culture, the beneﬁts of neighborhood policing, the probes as to whether Tamir would have been shot if he was white, and what white members of the audience would think of going through life as an African American male. Cleveland’s segregation pattern — east/black, west/ white, much like cities in the South — drive-by shootings, and the low quality of schools were also topics that came up for discussion. The next post-performance discussion will be on Sunday, Aug. 28. It is the purpose of the Playwrights Local to produce works of Northeastern Ohio writers. If future efforts produce anything like this painful-to-watch but wellconceived play, their purpose will be well conﬁrmed. This is a must-see experience for anyone interested in the real world around them, especially if they are not part of the African American community.

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MOVIES MILS, MARRIAGE AND DYSFUNCTION All three are center stage in rom-com-dram The Intervention By Sam Allard THE INTERVENTION, A FILM BY Clea Duvall (the lesbian bodyguard in Veep) that opens Friday at the Cedar Lee, follows in the grand and rustic tradition of 2013’s Drinking Buddies and 2014’s About Alex: ﬁlms that examine the freighted relationships of their principal characters during weekend vacations at cabins and/or lake houses. It’s a veritable subgenre! And its central signpost is setting, close quarters conducive to emotional collision. Here, eight friends gather for a weekend together at the family estate of sisters Jessica (writer-director Duvall) and Ruby (How I Met Your Mother’s Cobie Smulders) in the lushly willowed outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. Unbeknownst to Ruby and her husband Peter (Vincent Piazza, Jersey Boys), the other six have secretly conspired to host a “marriage intervention,” hoping to coax Ruby and Peter toward divorce. Ruby and Peter are unhappy in all the visible ways you’d expect — constant bickering, zero sex — and their lifelong friends are eager to intercede. Some of them anyway. The Intervention logistics are spearheaded by Annie (Melanie Lynskey) and Jessica. Peter’s best friend Jack (Parks and Recreation’s Ben Schwartz), whose wife Mary died the previous year and who, to the consternation of all, has

brought along a new ﬂame named Lola (Alia Shawkat), has been opposed all along. When Annie gets blind drunk on night one, frazzled by the impending awkwardness, it’s Ruby who suggests talking to her about her drinking problem, but Peter disagrees. Jack seizes on the opportunity to abort the mission. “So you think people should work out their own problems on their own?” he muses. No dice. Circumstances thus ripened, can we expect shit to do anything but hit every available fan? The ghastly intervention idea becomes a prism through which each of the four couples examines its own dysfunction. Jess

and her girlfriend Sarah (Orange is the New Black’s Natasha Lyonne) have been dating for three years but don’t live together. Is that normal? Annie and her easygoing ﬁancé Matt (Jason Ritter, who also, oddly enough, played Alex in About Alex) are a few months out from a wedding they’ve already postponed three times. It looks like they might have to postpone again. What gives? Is Jack really over the death of his wife? And anyway, what’s he doing with an admittedly insightful, but perilously promiscuous 22-year-old? The script isn’t electric from lineto-line and lacks the vivid naturalism of Drinking Buddies, but individual scenes succeed, popping with tension

and humor. We recognize the latent hostility, intimacy and emotional dynamism that attend groups of friends who have been hanging out forever and therefore know each other’s secrets. The cast, though, is sometimes a clunky assortment of personalities and types. But for one scene late in the movie, it’s tough to buy Jack and Peter as best friends. Likewise Ruby and Annie, who’s alcohol-induced goofball-ism doesn’t quite land alongside Ruby or Jess or Sarah, who are taking proceedings very seriously indeed. Stretched to its max at 85 minutes and chock-full of character actors from prime-time TV comedies, The Intervention has the collegial feel of something ﬁlmed on-location in more or less real time. Performances are solid, even if the ensemble is tonally jumbled. The buildup to the inevitable climax isn’t particularly elegant or context-rich, and the relationship dramas themselves, despite speciﬁc gimmicks (Ruby in crutches) and emotional moments (a retaliatory kiss-fest), are all fairly archetypal, which is a highbrow way of saying generic.

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SPOTLIGHT: EQUITY MOVIES SUCH AS WOLF OF WALL Street and The Big Short go to great lengths to show the ways in which big money often leads to big problems. With her new drama, Equity, which opens at the Cedar Lee on Friday, writerdirector Meera Menon adds her voice to the mix. Menon’s film, however, pales in comparison. Based on an Amy Fox (Heights) script, the movie fails to generate any sympathy for its central character, an investment banker who finds the odds stacked against her because she’s a woman. It ultimately delivers a mixed message about the perils of investment banking and how it’s still a man’s world. Early in the film, we learn that Naomi Bishop (Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn) continues to try to rebuild her career after a previous venture turned into a debacle. So when she hears about an internet security company that’s preparing to go public, she

leads the charge to sign them to a contract, so her firm can assist them in the endeavor. A few significant obstacles stand in the way of her attempts to rebrand herself. A government attorney (Alysia Reiner) questions Naomi about her relationship with Michael Connor (James Purefoy), who also works for Bishop’s investment firm. Turns out, Michael might have participated in some insider trading, and the government has begun an investigation. And then there’s Naomi’s deer-in-headlights assistant Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas), who’s angling for a promotion and will do anything to make that happen, even though Naomi has told her to give it a rest. In predictable fashion, Naomi quickly realizes she has no friends. Michael can’t be trusted, and Erin finds ways to undermine her authority and make the most of the fact that she’s younger and prettier.

The film preaches a feminist message at its core, but that message is muddled. Wall Street treats women worse than men, but if Wall Street is so corrupt, what does it matter if the dynamics tend to give women the short shrift? Gunn, who was so terrific in Breaking Bad, struggles to portray Naomi as someone we should care about. A clunky script is partly to blame, as she has to make lines like, “When is it going to be my fucking year?” sound convincing. And Thomas isn’t believable as the insecure assistant who suddenly develops the ability to navigate treacherous waters like some kind of shark, making the movie, which was written, directed, produced by and stars women, come off more like something you’d expect out of Lifetime than a film company devoted to showcasing the work of talented female directors and producers. — Jeff Niesel | clevescene.com | August 24 - 30, 2016

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EAT NOT CONSTANTINOPLE Avon’s Istanbul Grill is a Turkish treat By Douglas Trattner Photos by Doug Trattner

KEEPING TABS ON CLEVELAND’S Turkish restaurants can be a bit like playing the name game. Up until 2004, Northeast Ohio had zero Turkish eateries, a shortcoming remedied by Yashar Yildirim, who opened the bar-setting Anatolia Cafe at Cedar Center and later relocated it to its current spot on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights. In 2010, Anatolia was joined in the marketplace by Istanbul Grill, which opened in the freshly remodeled Hotz Valley View Cafe space in Tremont. That same year, Dervish Grill opened in Avon and Alaturka opened in Ohio City, taking over the original Kan Zaman spot. Alaturka lasted only one year as the property was gobbled up and rolled into the Townhall development. In 2013, Istanbul Grill closed its doors in Tremont, but it was almost immediately replaced by Dervish Grill, which swapped its Avon address for a Cleveland one. Dervish closed two years later, itself replaced by Tandul, an Indian restaurant that is still going strong. When Dervish closed its Avon spot, it was replaced by Istanbul Grill, a Turkish restaurant that has no connection with the short-lived Tremont spot of the same name. This place is owned by Mehmet Aziz Duyar, who previously operated a pair of Turkish restaurants in New Jersey. In a city that very recently had four Turkish restaurants but is currently down to just two, Istanbul Grill is a cherished member of the community. Appearance-wise, Istanbul Grill looks pretty much identical to Dervish Grill, your typical suburban strip mall space with a contemporary dining room outfitted with stained concrete floors, boldly painted walls, and blacked-out exposed ceilings. One wall offers a pictorial journey through Anatolia thanks to colorful photographs and accompanying descriptions. Warm, fresh-baked pide, a sesame-dotted flatbread that is considerably thicker than common pita, is delivered to the table almost immediately along with a yogurt and spicy tomato-based sauce.

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That bread goes great with the mixed appetizer ($16.99), a platter containing portions of hummus, baba, tabbouleh, stuffed grape leaves and labneh, lush and creamy yogurt augmented with walnuts, garlic and dill. In the hot starter department, the ever-popular sigara boregi ($7.99) are tough to top, a collection of crispy cigar-shaped phyllo rolls ﬁlled with dill-ﬂecked feta. Less successful this time around are the zucchini pancakes ($7.99), pan-

fried cakes made with shredded zukes that soaked up a bit too much oil. Istanbul also prepares falafel, calamari and red lentil soup. Diners can always count on Turkish restaurants to offer bright, fresh salads, and Istanbul delivers. In addition to the refreshing chopped veggie-ﬁlled shepherd salad ($7.99), there’s a perky white bean salad ($8.99) with ﬁrm cannellinis, diced tomatoes, red onions and fresh parsley in a light lemon and olive oil dressing.

Istanbul excels at grilled meats. The kitchen offers the full complement of kebabs, from marinated beef, chicken and lamb cubes to ground and seasoned lamb or chicken adana. The classic spitroasted doner (gyro) meat is shaved and tucked into sandwiches ($8.99) at lunch, or served atop fluffy rice pilaf ($14.99) at dinner. In the impressive iskender kebab ($15.99), that lamb/beef gyro meat is served atop torn pieces of pita bread, which soak up a buttery tomato sauce and cool, creamy yogurt. Seafood fans will have few qualms about the grilled shrimp kebabs ($19.99), medium-size butterflied specimens with just a kiss of char from the grill. Turkish stuffed cabbage ($15.99) is not unlike American stuffed cabbage. It’s a homey, cool-season dish of tender cabbage leaves filled with a warm-spiced lamb, beef and rice mixture. Four perfect pouches are nestled into a pool of smooth tomato sauce and garnished with yogurt. If you arrive on a Sunday, you’re in luck. That’s the only day of the week that Istanbul offers its lahmacun, or Turkish pizza ($12.99). This popular street food is built atop a thin, crisp flatbread, with a paste-like topping made from ground lamb, tomato and herbs. For dessert, a diner can’t go wrong with an order of flaky, honey-soaked baklava ($4.99) or the buttery, cheese-filled shredded pastry dish kunefe ($6.99) paired, naturally, with a cup of Turkish coffee. The warm service and consistency of product at Istanbul is representative of the genre, a class of restaurants that specialize in straightforward, healthy and flavorful foods that should appeal to most modern diners. That’s why it’s surprising — and a bit worrisome — that Northeast Ohio is back down to just two options. Given our boozy fondness for late-night gyros, you’d think we’d be beating a (tipsy) path to their doors.

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EAT CATERING TO THE LUNCH CROWD By Rachel Hunt MOST OF US HAVEN’T HAD TO request lunch money since our elementary school days, but as more companies transition to catered lunches for employees, diners might ﬁnd themselves shelling out more than a few bucks per day to eat at the cool kids’ table. Far superior to school lunches in nutrition, taste and appeal, these pre-portioned mid-day meal options take the guess work out of where to go.

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LunchOwl (216-672-0655, lunchowl.com), a company that specializes solely on catered lunches for area businesses, claims to boost the productivity of your team, while fostering camaraderie by organically creating community meal times. The ﬁrm’s mission is to make eating healthy accessible for the entire crew (25 staffers or more). LunchOwl’s weekly menu revolves around soups like spicy black bean or chicken posole, salads topped with shrimp and spiced pumpkin seeds, and brown rice bowls featuring ingredients like Angus beef, roasted carrots and mushrooms in a potato mushroom sauce. The lunches cost around $10 per person, but employers can contribute to the cost, reducing the price for individuals. LunchOwl caters to start-ups like Vocon, Thunder Tech, and Explorys to name just a few. Cleveland Vegan (17112 Detroit Ave., 216-832-7440, clevelandvegan. com) experienced an explosive beginning to its catering business after securing an account with Vitamix to feed 200 to 300 of its staff on a weekly basis. “We got in front of so many people who wouldn’t traditionally eat vegan,” says owner Laura Ross. “The whole idea behind the offering was that the CEO at Vitamix was vegan and really wanted to inform and educate people how to eat healthier.” These days, you don’t have to work for Vitamix to get meals catered for your work family; Cleveland Vegan offers lunch boxes ($12 per person with choice of wrap, side or salad, cookie or bar, and bottled water included, for a minimum of 10 people) or businesses can order lunch options

priced from $2 to $8 per person. Some of the tastiest dishes include breakfast items like homemade biscuits and gravy or Cajun breakfast potatoes. Another option is Food for Thought (7574 St. Clair Ave. Mentor, 440-946-0383), a caterer that promotes intelligent eating. The menu is designed with assistance from Lake Health Wellness Institute and they’ve partnered with ERC Health to provide an exclusive list of dishes used at all of the insurance provider’s corporate functions. Ginger bourbon chicken and stuffed cabbage don’t sound like eating on a diet, but Food for Thought’s versions turn the table. You can get many of their options in a customizable boxed lunch, costing between $8 and $12.50. Venerable Tommy’s Restaurant (1824 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216-321-7757, tommyscoventry.com), has offered boxed lunches since 1995. Tommy’s options run $10 per box, ﬁlled with classics like tempeh salad sandwich on pita, hummus and baba spreads, tuna macaroni and pasta salads, as well as a choice of delectable baked goods like banana bread or Jen’s vegan cookies. Repeat clients include University Schools, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. Slightly more traditional, Cleveland Pickle (850 Euclid Ave., 216-575-1111, clevelandpickle.com) makes party platters to feed 10 to 12 people per tray. You can pick two classic sandwich styles to be included for $59.99 and large sides such as zesty coleslaw and creamy pasta salad for $10.50 each. Reminiscing about the Terminal sandwich, made with brie, apricot jam, Black Forest ham, spinach, and mustard seed will have your crew craving a sandwich every week. Whichever lunchtime caterer your company decides on, these services will have the team arriving to work early to place their orders.

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By Douglas Trattner TWO YEARS AGO, CAFE BON Appetite opened a health-focused cafe on Coventry (2767 Euclid Hts. Blvd., 216-321-1930), joining its successful 7-year-old downtown location (1900 Euclid Ave., 216563-1619). Last weekend, the snug eastside restaurant added a small, after-hours cocktail lounge that specializes in whiskey. “We’ve had our liquor license for a while and have always wanted to offer some drinks in addition to our food,” explains Jade Novak, who runs the business with her husband Jay. “Whiskey is making a major comeback and I don’t think Coventry has a place like this that focuses on whiskey.” During Cafe Bon Appetit business hours, guests can access the space through the restaurant. After that business closes for the day, visitors will enter through a separate entrance. Novak describes the bar as “a very intimate space” with room for 30 to 35 guests. The lounge is urban and rustic, outﬁtted with wood trim, whiskey barrels and Edison bulbs. “It’s a good extension of our upstairs space,” she adds. The bar is stocked with about 50 different whiskeys from around the globe, with American, Irish and Japanese bourbons, ryes and

scotches among them. Other spirits and cocktails will be available as well. To eat, guests can order off a menu containing salads, wraps, sandwiches and small plates. Live entertainment along the lines of “jazzy acoustic performers” will enhance the experience. If a whiskey bar sounds at all at odds with a “health-focused cafe,” Jade disputes the notion. “Anything in moderation is okay, right?” she says. “The target audience for us is probably not someone who’s 21 and looking to get wasted. This bar is more for a mature crowd who wants to come down and listen to some music with friends and try some whiskey.” The whiskey bar at Cafe Bon Appetit opened last weekend. It will be closed on Sundays and Mondays going forward.

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on the part of Gulley and Adkins to step away from the wholesale side of the business. In fact, it is designed to bolster it by serving as Old City Soda’s HQ and marketing center, says Adkins. “We can bring in restaurant groups and show them our interpretation of high-end fast-casual cocktails using our soda-based cocktail mixes,” he notes. “There is still a strong focus on us promoting our Old City Soda brand as a readyto-drink soda on a regional and national basis in restaurant and bar locations.” Currently, Old City Soda makes its way in kegs and bottles to 65 accounts in Northeast Ohio and Columbus. It is still made the oldfashioned way with all-natural fruit juices and pure cane sugar and without corn syrup, preservatives or anything artiﬁcial or processed. For now, Gulley whips up his refreshing elixirs in a 5,000-square-foot production facility in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood, but that might be changing in the future. All of this progress and growth is surprising given that Gulley ﬁrst began brewing his soda in small batches in his apartment just three years ago. Old City will open to the public this Saturday, Aug. 27. “This concept was always part of the plan, and to see it come to fruition is great,” Adkins says.

KAFETERIA CLOSES It’s been two and a half years since Zack Bruell opened Kafeteria, his sprawling 8,500-square-foot cafeteria on the third ﬂoor of 200 Public Square. That space now belongs to a different operator. The operation was a boon for the 2,400 employees who work in the building, but also for many other downtown diners who enjoyed the range of quick, but high-quality, options the casual restaurant provided. Options included soup, salad, made to order sandwiches, sushi, a noodle station, braised dishes and fresh-baked pizzas. No word yet on how the new management will affect the operation. Zack Bruell, who also operates Alley Cat, Parallax, L’Albatros, Table 45, Chinato, Cowell & Hubbard and Dynomite, was unavailable for comment.

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MUSIC FULL TILT Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley reflects on the band’s 40-year run By Matt Wardlaw AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF being a band, hard as it is to believe, Kiss still hasn’t visited every city in the nation. With its current Freedom to Rock tour, it’s marking some of those places off the list, playing dates in four cities that, prior to this year, had never had a single Kiss tour date on the schedule. The rest of the tour, including stops this week in Youngstown and Toledo, brings the band back to markets it hasn’t played in a decade or longer. Talking via phone from a Des Moines tour stop, singer-guitarist Paul Stanley explains that they’re retracing some of their earliest steps on this current run of dates, traveling the highways and byways that took the band from town to town and city to city when they were first working to make things happen and find success as a group in the early ’70s. “The majority of [these cities] are places that we played closer to the beginning of the band, that really helped us become who we are,” he says. “A lot of the cities that we played, most bands flew over on their way from L.A. to New York. We came about in a time where people

really ignored a lot of the more blue collar and Middle America cities and we made a name for ourselves by going in there and playing. Nobody decides where they’re born, nobody chooses where they’re born and everybody deserves the same treatment and music. So that’s really where we cut our teeth. To be able to go back is something very special for us. The reviews, the response of the audience, everything has been stellar. I mean, I don’t know the last time we got such glowing acceptance and reviews from both fans and press. So we’re doing something right and we’re doing it full tilt.” Fans who are coming out to see their very ﬁrst Kiss show can expect a setlist that will cover a good cross-section of the band’s many eras. There’s a heavy dosage of ’70s favorites like “Shout It Out Loud,” “God of Thunder” “Cold Gin” and “Deuce.” They dip into the ’80s for “I Love It Loud” and “Lick It Up,” and there are a few cuts that veer off the traditional beaten path of well-known hits, particularly the

rarely played Destroyer-era nugget “Flaming Youth.” “We’re very aware that most of the people seeing us don’t go to multiple shows and for those [who do], we understand that some people may have issues with the fact that the setlist stays pretty much the same from show to show,” he says. “That being said, it’s a great setlist. To be able to play ‘Flaming Youth’ is really a joy for us. It’s a gem that somehow was ignored for a long time, just in the midst of how many great tunes we have. It’s always a challenge for us to try to ﬁgure out what we can drop to put something else in its place when you have songs like ‘Detroit Rock City,’ ‘God of Thunder,’ ‘Love Gun,’ ‘Shout It Out Loud,’ the list goes on and on. What do you drop? To be able to put some songs in [like] ‘Do You Love Me’ and ‘Flaming Youth’ in particular, it’s great.” He says the band is playing better than ever so fans who see the group for the ﬁrst time will

undoubtedly be impressed. “It’s astounding,” he says. “For those people [who have never seen the band], they’re coming based upon a legend. They’re coming based upon what they’ve heard and it’s for us to not only live up to that, but go far beyond that — and we are. We prove every night that any band with money can buy a Kiss show, but no band can be Kiss.” On the heels of the massively successful Alive! live album, which was released in 1975, Kiss came roaring back with two albums the very next year that matched and further amplified that success, firmly establishing the group. To this day, many musicians can point to their weathered vinyl copies of Rock and Roll Over and Destroyer as the key moments that lit the spark that made them not only want to join the developing Kiss Army but also follow a similar path themselves. Of the two albums, Stanley points to Destroyer in particular as one that was a defining moment for the band. “We were in a position where we were coming off a massively successful album that nowadays, it would be hard to correlate the sales of that album. But it was incredibly successful

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MUSIC compared to other albums of the time. It took us from a certain kind of notoriety, but no album sales, to becoming a juggernaut,” he says. “We had to follow it up with something special and the pressure was on us and we really went to boot camp to do Destroyer. So Destroyer was a pivotal album, and we knew a lot was riding on it. It wasn’t initially embraced quite as we’d hoped it to be, because it was much broader in its scope and it was more cinematic and perhaps less bombastic, but those songs have stood the test of time like no others. They still make up a larger percentage of our show than any other album.” Kiss Rocks Vegas, their newest release, commemorates the Las Vegas residency that the group did in November 2014, as it was in the midst of its 40th anniversary tour. As a bonus, there’s a seven-song acoustic set that ﬁnds the band running through a loose, fun and inspired selection of cuts, including “Plaster Caster” from the Love Gun album, “Comin’ Home” from Hotter Than Hell and “Love Her All I Can” from

who might think that there isn’t much going on behind the smoke and pyrotechnics to examine. “Look, you can’t exist for 40-plus years based upon a smoke bomb. It doesn’t hold up. Ultimately, if it were purely about the image of the band, there would be a whole lot of other bands around who attempted it and failed,” he says. “It just goes so much deeper. It’s really about the heart and soul of what we’re doing; and what embellishes it and enhances it and takes it to another level is what we look like, what we present on stage, the attitude of the band and what we give our fans. So at the end of the day, you can’t package a smoke bomb when you put out ‘Rock & Roll All Nite’ or ‘Strutter.’ It really comes down to great music and a band that totally and wholeheartedly for 40 years believes in what we do.” It’s been a busy past few years for the group, with their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, the Vegas residency, the release of Stanley’s autobiography and regular touring. Monster, their most recent studio album, was released in 2012, and if they decide to add another entry to their discography at this point, Stanley says they’ll do it

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on their own terms and for their own reasons. “Records at this point are really something that if we do, we do it for us more than anybody else. The market, the sales aren’t there ... the delivery system isn’t there,” he says. “There really is no music industry. It’s a guy who ran Tropicana last year, that may run a record company this year. It’s not a bunch of people who love music. It’s a commodity at this point. So if we do an album, it’s because we feel there’s a reason. Sonic Boom, there was deﬁnitely a reason to do. Monster, there was a reason to do. We’re toying, certainly I’m toying, with the idea of doing another album. I think it will happen. The only thing I’m adamant about is that it’s not Son of Sonic Boom or Son of Monster or son of any other album. I’m not interested in making a concept album, but I’m also not interested in just rehashing the last two albums, so it has to be something fresh. Because initially, the people we’re doing it for, are us.”

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MUSIC AN ECLECTIC SOUND Seal taps into his love of Big Band By Jeff Niesel BEST KNOWN AS A SINGERsongwriter with a tender, soulful voice, Seal shows off his sense of humor in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, the satirical comedy from the comedy troupe Lonely Island. Angry wolves chase after him in one scene, and one even grabs hold of his arm as he struggles to escape. “It was fun,” he says of the experience as he speaks via phone from Aspen, where he is vacationing. “It’s not something you do every day. Those guys are great fun to work with. Any opportunity you get to laugh at yourself is one that you treasure. When I was wrestling with the wolf, I’m not sure what it was. It was a beast of some sort. I had to wear a protective body suit underneath the suit that I was wearing. It wasn’t easy, but it was good fun.” Still touring behind last year’s 7, Seal began playing clubs in the ’80s. He even played in a blues band for a short time before he had his first “Pan-European” hit with “Killer,” a tune by DJ Adamski. “To be honest, I didn’t do a tremendous amount of [playing clubs], but I learned that it was something I loved to do,” he says. “You familiarize yourself with playing in front of different audiences. You can’t describe what it’s like to perform in front of people. It’s not something you can learn from a textbook. By failing and by performing in front of an audience that’s maybe not so impressed by what you’re doing, you learn so much. You learn to appreciate it. You get a sense for what you like. I like intimate audiences a lot more. I describe my shows as being conversational. It’s like being on a date. You’re checking each other out and finding out about the person and what makes them tick. You’re constantly trying to establish common ground or a point of empathy. You try to find an emotional access point.” After “Killer” became a hit, Seal teamed up with hot producer Trevor Horn (Yes, Frankie Goes to Hollywood), who produced his 1991 self-titled debut, an album that delivered pop hits such as “Crazy” and “Future Love Paradise.” Seal’s

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followup album, Seal II, also became a success as the moody single “Kiss from a Rose” topped charts in both the U.K. and the U.S. “I was an unsigned artist, and I didn’t have a record deal,” he says when asked about how he ﬁrst met Horn. “He sought me out. I was courted by half a dozen record labels. He was the most keen to sign me. I was a huge fan of his without knowing I was a huge fan of his. A lot of the records he produced over the years were ones that I owned. Everything from Yes’ 90125 to Grace Jones’ Slave to the Rhythm and ABC’s Lexicon of Love. I was a big fan of all those records. I hadn’t made the

shimmering “Daylight Saving,” a song that features ornate string arrangements and puts Seal’s soulful voice up front in the mix. The album’s an eclectic affair as Seal even embraces his funky side with the mid-tempo “Monascow.” With its Chicago-inspired horns, the song sounds like it could have been cut in the ’70s. “We were never really apart,” he says. “Yeah, sure, I’ve done records with other people. He started being my A&R man and publisher and my producer. Even when I made records with David Foster and things like that, I was always very close to him on a social level, completely outside

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of music. Making this record seemed like a natural progression. We just thought it’s time to make a ‘Trevor Horn [album].’ The care and attention he puts into making records is just phenomenal. I consider myself very

fortunate to be working with him. He has been my mentor for the past 20 years. I cannot tell you how much I value that man’s presence in my life. He’s taught me so much.” The credits for 7 include everything from orchestral and brass arrangements to programming and backing vocals. At a time when many artists record in their basements, Seal took a go-big-or-gohome approach on the album. “I’m a huge Sinatra fan and a huge fan of the Big Band era,” he says. “When you hear great musicians play, it’s so different than when you hear a computer play, even though the technology is so advanced. The power — I wouldn’t change it. But when you hear a great horn player or great classic musician playing, there’s a soul in that. You’re not just hearing great playing. When you have a 62-piece orchestra, you’re not just hearing the years and years of commitment and dedication to the instrument, but you’re hearing the DNA [of the musicans]. Unfortunately, making that kind of record is becoming more and more difﬁcult. We live in an age of copyright violation and thereby diminished returns. It’s not practical to make those kinds of records. That’s not necessarily a bad thing in the scheme of things. One just has to be more creative with technology.” For the live show, Seal says he’ll include material from throughout his 20-year career. “What’s happened is that the songs as you hear them on the record aren’t done in the same way live,” he says. “Technology has allowed us to, in essence, reproduce those songs and remix them live. I have someone working with me who’s been my studio engineer, Tim Weidner. We’re using technology in such a way that we’re remixing in real time on stage. It’s like stripping things out and putting them back together again. Each night is different. There’s an acoustic segment, which I love because I play more. We mix in the old songs, and it’s all very cool.”

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MUSIC SHE’S THE ONE Singer-guitarist Kait Eldridge takes the reins of the punk act Big Eyes By Bethany Kaufman KAIT ELDRIDGE, GUITARIST, singer, and songwriter for the New York-based punk act Big Eyes, is marking out her territory. After more than 10 years (an impressive run for someone who’s only 28), Eldridge hoists her own flag as a sonic and lyric proprietress. Through the group’s oftenmorphing cast of characters, Eldridge has always been the brain behind Big Eyes, a fact she asserts loud and clear on the band’s latest release, Stake My Claim. The album appropriately features a cover photo of a pugnacious Eldridge standing solo this time around. “I’ve always just kind of been on the fence, where I wanted to have it be the full band, so the full band was on the first two LP covers,” she says via phone from her New York home. “Then at this point I’ve just had so many different people in the band, it kind of gets old for me getting asked the same question of, ‘Oh, uh, who’s this guy? How come it’s a completely different lineup on this record?’ So I think right now I’m just trying to make it more of a statement: ‘All right everybody, this is my band, it always has been.’” Many of the band’s lineup changes were a necessity as Eldridge moved from New York (near her childhood home of Long Beach, New York) to Seattle and back again. Big Eyes sustained its reputation as a hardworking DIY punk band in both big-city musical meccas, releasing two prior full lengths and numerous singles between almost ceaseless touring. However, Eldridge feels the band never quite found a true cadre of likeminded bands in either place. “In Seattle it felt like we never really found the exact scene for us, you know?” she says. “There was like a handful of garage-y kinda punk-like Burger Records-style bands that would play together, and we didn’t really fit in perfectly with that. Then there was more like crusty kinda pop punk or whatever bands, and we didn’t really fit in there either. So we would just kinda play around in all of the different scenes. It was cool because we’d try to do the same thing in New York as well, and you know maybe anywhere

we moved we wouldn’t perfectly fit in, but we just try to play wherever we can with all different types of bands.” Big Eyes has played alongside groups ranging from punk traditionalists Against Me! to pop punk rockers the Thermals. The band spices the flourishing garage punk sound (Black Lips, FIDLAR, Twin Peaks) with the instrumental interplay of ’70s arena/hard rock (Thin Lizzy, Blue Oyster Cult). It’s a punkier version of Screaming Females, who also take a page or two from the classic rock book. Eldridge’s keen attention to song structure, which stems from her interest in ’70s pop rock, makes the band rise to the top. Although Big Eyes is a guitar-centered band, Eldridge points to instrumentally diverse music like Electric Light Orchestra and Fleetwood Mac as key influences on her ability to write a solid song with flow and intricacy. Eldridge’s songwriting matures and ripens on Stake My Claim. The guitars on the album stand stoic in comparison to the more pliable, dance-y riffs of the band’s earlier work. On the album’s title track, guitars crisscross over one another in harmony, supporting heavy minor chords like Greek columns. Even with the added complexity, that familiar punk guitar chug still makes an appearance on tracks like “Just Not Right” and “Count the Pegs.” On her quest to claim her conquered musical territory, Eldridge’s blunt lyrics are both the shovel with which she digs trenches for relational warfare and the keys to the getaway car when she needs to make an escape. Despite the antagonistic connotations of “staking claim,” sometimes the phrase can just mean getting out of

inﬂuence on her life: birth control. “That song is called ‘Curse of the Tides’ because it’s about birth control,” she explains. “Once I tried it for two months, and it completely made me lose my mind. I was super depressed, super manic and irrational, like not handling it well. When you’re kinda caught up in the moment you don’t realize, ‘Oh, maybe it’s this.’ I was just like, ‘Oh, maybe it’s something else.’ But as I started getting off of it I was like, ‘Jesus, that stuff is super toxic for your body.’ Or it can be; at least it was for me. The tides are related to your monthly cycle and all that shit, so that’s what that song is all about.” Eldridge has become increasingly bold in her subject matter. She recalls an early encounter with Seattle indie rockers Tacocat, who are known for their shameless approach to writing lyrics about women’s issues. Their song “Crimson Wave,” for example, is about a woman on her period. “I got a lot of respect for the fact that they sing about a lot of taboo kind of shit. They’ve been doing that shit

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a situation that proves detrimental instead of plowing ahead to prove a point. Eldridge not only ﬂees from obvious dangers, such as the stress of a toxic relationship (“Alls I Know”), but she also details the experience of pinpointing an unexpected adverse

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since day one too. I think I met them in like 2007 or 2008, and they had a song about UTI or something,” she says. “I don’t think I’m going to turn Big Eyes into any kind of political venture, but the older I get, the more I’m putting my foot down.”

Beyond lyrics and life circumstances, Eldridge has learned to stake her claim within her music career as well. Leaving behind Big Eyes’ Seattle lineup to move back home in 2014, Eldridge felt pressure to record and release a new album rapidly on top of the anxiety of a cross-country move. Faced with the decision to hasten the recording process by pulling together friends for a makeshift backup band, Eldridge instead chose to gather a new lineup and put in the time to tighten up the sound before recording. “We were in Seattle and we were touring so much, and we were putting out so many records, it was just nonstop,” she says. “After I ﬁnally got back home to New York, I kind of looked at it and said, ‘There’s no need to do that. What was I thinking?’” Eldridge occasionally wonders if the band might have lost some momentum during the two-year break between albums (the group’s last LP, Almost Famous, came out in 2013). But Stake My Claim does far more than glide along with the power of inertia; it propels the band to new sonic and lyrical depths. It’s a product Eldridge feels rightfully proud of. “You know, there’s no rush; I’d rather not drive myself insane and take my time and feel a lot better about everything because I’m not rushing it.”

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LIVEWIRE

all the live music you should see this week Photo by Piper Castello

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8/24

Bayside/The Menzingers/Sorority Noise: Since forming in Queens in 2000 — when members responded to an ad for bands to submit songs for a tribute album to the seminal ska band Operation Ivy — Bayside has stayed true to an ethos it developed during a time when bands like Minor Threat/Fugazi and Bad Religion addressed political and social issues in their lyrics. The band gets particularly personal on its new album, Vacancy. On songs such as the poppy “I’ve Been Dead All Day,” singer Anthony Raneri adopts an operatic vocal style as he sings about his issues, and in “Enemy Lines,” a song with driving guitars and cooing backing vocals, he really wails, “I am the last of my kind.” With their introspective and self-loathing lyrics, the songs recall the Smiths at their prime. (Jeff Niesel) 6:30 p.m., $19.98. Agora Ballroom. Rob Zombie/Korn/In This Moment: Hard rockers Korn and Rob Zombie were arguably more popular in the ’90s and 2000s when nu-metal’s popularity was at a peak. But earlier this summer they embarked on the co-headlining tour that comes to Blossom tonight. A veteran heavy metal singer who has fronted shock rockers White Zombie for over 20 years, Zombie has had a successful solo career (and can direct one helluva horror ﬂick). Korn arrives in advance of The Serenity of Suffering, the band’s 12th studio effort. Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones, Mastodon) produced the album that features a special guest appearance from Corey Taylor of Slipknot, who sings on the track “A Different World.” On songs such as “The Hating,” Jonathan Davis makes his vocals sound distorted and even harsher than normal. He delivers a particularly intense performance throughout the disc, suggesting the group has caught a serious second wind. (Niesel) 6:30 p.m., $25-$69.50. Blossom. 10 X 3 Singer Songwriter Showcase: Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. California X/Laika’s Orbit/The Cowboy/Dollar Drafts (in the Locker Room): 9 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Forest & the Evergreens/Uptowne Buddha/The Foolish Souls/PRSM:

8 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Grog Shop. Cliff Habian: 7 p.m., free. BLU Jazz+. Happy Together Tour Starring the Turtles, feat. Flo & Eddie/ Chuck Negron/Gary Puckett/Mark Lindsay/The Cowsills/The Spencer Davis Group: 7:30 p.m., $42.50-$75. Hard Rock Rocksino Northﬁeld Park. Kristine Jackson’s “By Your Side” CD Release: 8 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Lowly the Tree Ghost/North By North/Blaka Watra/Paper Morning: 8 p.m., $7. Beachland Tavern. Nous (Smith, Brown, Plank): 8 p.m., $12. Bop Stop. Opera Night (in the Supper Club): 7:30 p.m. Music Box Supper Club. Peggy and Brad/Red Brick Rhoades/ Alec Delphenich: 6:30 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

THU

8/25

Think Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd Tribute: To accompany tonight’s show by Think Pink Floyd, P.A.W.N. Lasers will illuminate Beachland Ballroom with a lightshow that we hear is equal to a UFO landing. P.A.W.N. Lasers have worked with the likes of World Wrestling Entertainment, MTV, JÄGERMEISTER, Reebok, Nissan Mexico, and the air craft carrier USS Intrepid in New York City. They have toured the nation for over a decade bringing an authentic musical experience for Pink Floyd fans everywhere. The band features four vocalists as well as a state-ofthe-art choreographed light show and HD video that will “immerse fans in a truly authentic Pink Floyd experience.” Adding to the experience, Think Pink Floyd also has recreated a variety of the stage props that the original band used on stage at shows. (Niesel) 9 p.m., $15. Beachland Ballroom. Big Eyes/Fan Fiction: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Blu Jazz Jam w/ Theron Brown: 8 p.m., free. BLU Jazz+. Vicki Chew/Kate Kooser/Happy Abandon: Barking Spider Tavern. Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang: 7:30 p.m. Hard Rock Rocksino Northﬁeld Park. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Roger Hoover: 9 p.m., free. Happy

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Country singer Darius Rucker returns to Blossom. See: Friday.

Dog. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. J@MS All-Star Alumni Band: 7 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Low Cut Connie/Ray Flanagan & The Authorities: 9 p.m., $10. Beachland Tavern. Outdoor Music: Dreadlock Dave: 5 p.m., free. Music Box Supper Club. Radkey/Bullﬁghter/slug fest/ Thunder Cougar/Falcon Hawk: 8:30 p.m., $6 ADV, $8 DOS. Grog Shop. Shooter Sharp and the Shootouts (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Steely Dan Tribute by the FM Project: 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Street Feet/Eaten/MDFL/PBR (in Club Atlantis): 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

FRI

8/26

Blaire Alise & The Bombshells/ DTCV/The Lawton Brothers: What is rock ‘n’ roll’s secret to defying

naysayers and surviving past its 60th birthday? Steady transfusions of young blood! Fans of local teen garage punk phenoms Archie and the Bunkers (who are now internationally acclaimed) will appreciate the spunk and youthful abandon of Blaire Alise and the Bombshells. Currently a student at New York University, Alise wasted no time establishing herself in Detroit’s longstanding garage rock scene. While still in high school, she founded the Bombshells, who recorded their 2014 debut album For My Darlin’ with Detroit’s Jim Diamond (the Dirtbombs, Bantam Rooster, les Sexareenos). The band followed it up with a 2015 EP, Just Another Day, and Alise signed with Nashville’s Carlin America. Alise’s vocals are laced with rockabilly sass and her songwriting spiked with pop sensibility. She doesn’t wait around for her fans to dance, but she sure does make it hard to stop once they do. (Bethany Kaufman) 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Darius Rucker/Dan + Shay/Michael Ray: Earlier this summer, three-

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LIVEWIRE time Grammy winner Darius Rucker (of Hootie and the Blowfish fame) launched his 2016 Good for a Good Time Tour. According to the press release announcing the tour, the country star plans to once again provide his concerts as “a platform to honor and present homes to our nation’s combat wounded heroes and Gold Star spouses, in conjunction with Project Rebuild.” Rucker, along with Lieutenant General Sisco, the CEO and founder of Military Warriors Support Foundation, presented the first house in an appearance on NBC’s Today and then presented 13 more homes in 2015. Opening acts Dan + Shay, who have just gotten their first No. 1 single with “Nothin’ Like You,” and country singer Michael Ray, who was the only new male country artist of 2015 to have a No. 1 single in 2015, round out the bill. (Niesel) 7 p.m., $31-$50.75. Blossom. All Dinosaurs/Part-Time Lover/ Cross Brothers: 9 p.m., $5. Grog Shop. The Blue Drivers/RailShakers/ George Foley & Friends: 5:30 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Brewer & Shipley: 8 p.m., $20. The Kent Stage. BUKU/Bruh/Dutty vs. Spruce/Bando: 9:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Daughtry: 8 p.m. Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park. DJ Paul Weaver: 6 p.m. Happy Dog. Envy On the Coast: 7 p.m., $20.80. Agora Ballroom. Evil Ways (Santana Tribute): 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Heart & Lung: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. In Training: August Exultation with Sassmouth/Pat Bosman/ Jarvi/Kiernan Laveaux: 9 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class. Jimmy Jack (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Kiss - Freedom to Rock Tour: 8 p.m., $36.50-$122. Covelli Centre (Youngstown). Late Nite Lounge (in the Supper Club): 10:30 p.m., free. Music Box Supper Club. The Milestone Tour Featuring Chrisette Michele: 7 p.m., $37.50$57.50. House of Blues. Lyndsey Smith & Soul Distribution/ Diamond Kut (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club. Schwartz Brothers: 8:30 p.m., $7. Beachland Tavern. Shockwave: 9 p.m. Vosh Club. Moss Stanley: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown.

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Under One Sun: 8 p.m., $20. Bop Stop.

SAT

8/27

MOCA Bound After Party with Mourning [A] BLKstar/Wildlife Soundz: One of the more compelling musical projects in Cleveland this year, Mourning [A] BLKstar brings together RA Washington and singers LaToya Kent, Kyle Kidd and James Longs. Take the hallmark example of their sound, “Field N***as, My Heroes,” which boasts an esoteric video catching traction on social media lately. That song pairs the frenetic beats and aural washes of Washington’s DJ skills with Kent’s enticing and undulating vocals. You can ﬁnd video footage of an April 24 gig on Youtube, which further showcases the onstage chemistry that backs up this powerful and enigmatic hybrid of musical ideas and traditions. (Eric Sandy) 8:30 p.m., $5. Grog Shop. Rosavelt/Reckless Citizen: Local singer-guitarist Chris Allen has tried to dodge the alt-country label for his entire career. But when that term is applied to Rosavelt, the band he’s fronted since the ’90s, it’s meant to be a compliment. The band writes songs on the level of Wilco and plays with the rock swagger of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The band doesn’t have any other plans to play a local gig this year, so tonight’s gig at Coda potentially represents your one chance to see them before 2016 comes to a close. The group will play songs from its entire catalog, including some new songs it’s written for a record it plans to record early next year. (Niesel) 8:30 p.m., $8-$11. Coda. Delta Rae/Castro: 8:30 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Eye/Sunrise Reset: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Travis Haddix Blues Band (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club. Late Night Karaoke: DJ Terkalerk (in the Supper Club): 10:30 p.m., free. Music Box Supper Club. Nappyhead Ent. Presents Kings of the Iron Mic Grand Finale with DJ Know1 and Special Guests: 9 p.m., free. Now That’s Class. No Breaks/Grin and Bear It (in Club Atlantis): 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Outdoor Music: Swap Meet: 3 p.m., free. Music Box Supper Club. Rebekah Jean & Duchess/Matt Monta & the Haymakers: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern.

Lionel Richie: 7:30 p.m. Covelli Centre (Youngstown). Michelle Romary Band: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival: 2:30 p.m., free. BLU Jazz+. Tom Shaper/Eclectic Vision: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern. Shiny Penny/Vesperteen/Take Off Charlie.: 8:30 p.m., $7 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Slightly Stoopid/SOJA/Fortunate Youth: 6:30 p.m., $29.50-$35. Jacobs Pavilion. Sounds of Jazz Featuring Nancy Redd (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. Talking Dreads: 8 p.m., $15 ADV, $20 DOS. The Kent Stage. Under One Sun: 8 p.m., $20. Bop Stop. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Z107.9 Summer Jam with T.I., Wale, Young Thug and Designer: 7:30 p.m., $27-$68. Quicken Loans Arena.

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8/28

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Def Leppard/REO Speedwagon/ Tesla: While Def Leppard singer Joe Elliottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice sounds a bit thin these days, particularly when the hard-rock band plays the power ballad â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Bites,â&#x20AC;? his

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