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Publisher Andrew Zelman

Upfront

Associate Publisher Angela Lott Editor Vince Grzegorek Editorial Managing Editor Eric Sandy Music Editor Jeff Niesel Senior Writer Sam Allard Staff Writer Brett Zelman Writer-at-large Kyle Swenson Web Editor Laura Morrison Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Writers Josh Usmani, Dott von Schneider Copy Editor Elaine Cicora Interns Daniela Cacho, Julie Ciotola, Kirby Davis, Colton Faull, Adrian Leuthauser, Lawrence Neil Advertising Senior Multimedia Account Executive John Crobar, Shayne Rose Multimedia Account Executive Kiara Davis, Andrew Newsome

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U.S. Sen. Rob Portman plays starring role in health care showdown, Asian carp head east toward Lake Erie, and more

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PROTESTS MOUNTING AS HEALTH CARE VOTE LOOMS Sen. Rob Portman and motley band of moderates form tentative stonewall

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LAST FRIDAY, AS THE MINNESOTA Twins shut out the Tribe 5-0, a small airplane carted a simple message around downtown Cleveland: “SENATOR PORTMAN: TRUMPCARE HURTS WOMEN.” The aerial plea to Sen. Rob Portman came in the waning days before an expected U.S. Senate vote on the latest draft of the much

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ballyhooed Obamacare repeal. It’s one of many last-ditch attempts at public protest before the senator, who’s sort of wavered in his stance to the health care bill’s evolution in Congress. Portman offered this, upon its passage in the House: “We will review the new analysis as we work on a different approach here in the Senate.”

On June 22, Portman gave constituents another vague promise: “If the final legislation is good for Ohio, I will support it. If not, I will oppose it.” The day before, constituents aligned with Indivisible staged a sit-in at Portman’s Washington, D.C., office, hoping ultimately to lock in a “no” vote on the Senate bill, which

was released to the public late last week. UltraViolet hosted another sitin at Portman’s Cleveland office (and at the offices of other Republican senators) earlier in June. Recall that the Senate’s new version of the health care bill, this one clumsily titled the Better Care Reconciliation Act, has been drafted and constructed in secret by a small

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UPFRONT contingent of power, with no public hearings ahead of what seems by most accounts to be a rushed vote. The general theory, based on the last failed attempt to pass the blandly titled American Health Care Act earlier this year, is that Sen. Mitch McConnell would not be taking this thing to the floor unless the votes were locked in. Portman has yet to declare how he’ll vote. The Congressional Budget Office released a report on the Senate bill on Monday (after Scene’s print deadline), following up on the abysmal marks granted to the original House bill in May. Some 1 million Ohioans would likely lose access to health coverage in the event that some manifestation of the Republican plan replaces the Affordable Care Act, and the state’s aging population would no doubt face incredibly costly obstacles to insurance in the years ahead. Senate “moderates” like Portman — and Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia) — likely hold the key to staving off an affirmative vote for the bill.

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Their basic dispositions on the bill have been tied to the impending Medicaid expansion rollback and its impact on their states; they want any impending phase-out to be as gradual as possible. McConnell seems hellbent on pursuing the baseline Republican rallying cry of scaling back Medicaid rather quickly over the next few years. Under the ACA, states were given the opportunity to broadly expand their Medicaid coverage. Ohio did so. The program has been hailed outside of Republican legislative circles as

a success; coverage rates increased in states that expanded Medicaid offerings and, as the country’s opioid addiction crisis worsened, the access to affordable health care stanched the tragedy to some degree. A recent Associated Press report states: “In Ohio, the expansion accounted for 43 percent of Medicaid spending in 2016 on behavioral health, a category that includes mental health and substance abuse.” The ratio is even higher in some other states, like the 59 percent of Medicaid expansion funds going toward substance abuse treatment in Maryland last year. Gov. John Kasich was one of the most vocal Republican supporters of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion opportunity when he rolled it out in 2014, and Portman has lauded that decision in the ensuing years. Kasich went on to use the expanded health coverage program as a sharp dividing line between him and other candidates on the presidential campaign trail last year. Now, faced with an imminent Senate vote on a bill that proposes doing away with that expansion, Kasich is urging caution: “That is a very, very bad idea, because we cannot turn our back on the most vulnerable,” he said on CNN.

With the Senate vote expected seemingly any second now, Portman’s vote is more important than ever. This highly politicized health care debate comes at a time when all predictions point to an even higher opioid overdose death count than in years past, especially in hard-hit Ohio. And it’s not like access to treatment is terrific in the first place. “I continue to have real concerns about the Medicaid policies in this bill, especially those that impact drug treatment at a time when Ohio is facing an opioid epidemic,” Portman said as the Senate released its bill last week. — Eric Sandy

THE GREAT LAKES ASIAN CARP PROBLEM DRAWS NEAR Concerning news out of the Great Lakes has become fairly routine, what with a soaring record of mismanagement already settling in across the region. The latest headline takes us to Chicago, where a live Asian carp has been caught about nine miles away from Lake Michigan, below the T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam. This is troubling, because it confirms that the large, feisty fish is capable of breaking through a

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repealing this law is really taking hold now. All Breeds Lakewood organized a mass assembly at last week’s city council meeting, regaling representatives with stories and context that underscore the callousness of the BSL. Lakewood resident Jennifer Scott spoke at the meeting, calling the pit bull ban a “racist, classist law.â€? She asked council members to amend the law to conform with Ohio statutes. Scott adopted a puppy earlier this year, and Lakewood’s animal warden reported that “the puppy would be welcome in Lakewood at this time,â€? though there seemed to be a concern that it might be a young pit bull. A DNA test was “recommended,â€? based purely on the dog’s appearance. If the DNA test showed that the puppy was more than 50-percent pit bull, the dog would be taken away from her. “Now there’s some special kind of crazy right there,â€? she told council. (She did not submit her puppy to the DNA test.) When Scott’s puppy got loose through an open gate recently, the city scheduled a hearing and mandated a DNA test. With a 30- to 45-day window now on the books, Scott helped rally the Monday night gathering and this latest push against the pit bull ban in Lakewood. Like many others, we’ve pointed out before the shortcomings of breed-speciďŹ c legislation like pit bull bans. The black-and-white policies leave little room for case-by-case discretion, instead describing an entire group of dogs as guilty until proven innocent. This is obviously problematic for families who rescue and adopt pit bulls and for trainers who work with a broad spectrum of dogs. Former Lakewood resident Kerry Stack, a dog trainer herself, organized All Breeds Lakewood last summer in an effort to reduce the stigma around pit bulls in the city. Embedded in BSL, Stack said at the council meeting, there is an inherent and “sinisterâ€? theme. “We believe it has not been designed for the safety of our citizens,â€? she said, “but rather as a racial and socioeconomic proďŹ ling that has blemished Lakewood’s claim to being an all-inclusive diverse city.â€? Stack promised ongoing action from All Breeds Lakewood. In a phone call with Scene, she said that All Breeds will be taking it upon themselves to â€œďŹ ll in some of the voids that council and the mayor have failed to ďŹ ll in, such as education and resources.â€? All Breeds’

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blog boasts training materials and points out that there’s much more at work here than simply repealing a law; there are leash laws and dogs-atlarge laws that can be strengthened in a city as densely populated as Lakewood. She advocated a “holistic� approach to dog policies, something that, more and more, cities and courts are starting to recognize. Earlier this year, the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Ohio struck down an anti-pit bull law in Reynoldsburg, Ohio (near Columbus). As ASPCA leadership stated in April: “This victory should generate important momentum against BSL in Ohio: Absent review and reversal by the Ohio Supreme Court, the more than 80 municipalities in Ohio with breed-discriminatory ordinances still on the books now face the choice of either repealing them or defending them in court — with the law stacked against them.� The city of Reynoldsburg did

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Q DEAL OPPONENTS FILE SUIT, THROW DOWN THE HAMMER Lawyers for the Chandra Law Firm, representing ďŹ ve named Cleveland taxpayers, ďŹ led a motion in the Ohio Supreme Court last Friday asking that the court dismiss the city of Cleveland’s Q Deal lawsuit against itself. (The Chandra Law Firm has represented Scene.) The motion contends that the city’s law department and the city council clerk are not truly “adverse parties.â€? It says the “collusiveâ€? suit is a deliberate effort to thwart a voter referendum on the Q Deal. From the motion: “The mayor and council — who are controlling this lawsuit — have a substantial and undeniable political interest in avoiding a referendum here. They have outspokenly supported the controversial Q deal against a vigorous public outcry, and know that a referendum will bring this issue (and their support of it) under heavy scrutiny in a cycle where they are all (the mayor and all 17 council members) up for reelection. They also know — given Clevelanders’ rejection of a similar “Sin Taxâ€? arena subsidy at the ballot in 2014 that was more defensible because taxpayers arguably had a legal obligation to fund the renovations at issue — that they are likely to lose this referendum.â€? Attorneys Subodh Chandra and Peter Pattakos were both stunned when Scene reached them by phone after a joint press conference by Mayor Frank Jackson and Council President Kevin Kelley announcing the suit earlier this month. “I have never seen a party working to orchestrate a suit against himself, telling himself to do the right thing,â€? Chandra said at the time. Pattakos, in a press release Friday announcing the motion, added: “While the Supreme Court should put a stop to these shenanigans and swiftly afďŹ rm the citizens’ right to a

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referendum, it’s just as important that voters pay close attention to the way these elected ofďŹ cials are attempting to subvert democracy here, and hold them accountable accordingly.â€? By phone, Pattakos said that “what really gave [the city] awayâ€? was its refusal to name taxpayers in their suit. “The statute expressly

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not ďŹ ght back against the ruling, signaling a solid win for pit bull advocates. The Fifth District decision covers 15 counties. Legal precedent assumes that if some sort of litigation were to develop in the Eighth District (Cuyahoga County), the court would rule similarly. Until then, however, All Breeds and the many supporters of equitable policies in Lakewood will continue to keep up this conversation in council chambers and at public events. — Sandy

contemplates allowing taxpayers to participate, and we explicitly asked them to,� Pattakos said. “Why wouldn’t they have named us? What reason could there possibly be if their motives were legitimate?� Cleveland law director Barbara Langhenry and council clerk Pat Britt have both retained outside lawyers in the city’s suit. Jackson and Kelley positioned the suit less as a legal battle and more as an impartial debate between two “equally valid� arguments. The ultimate question for them is: Did the clerk have legal authority to reject more than 20,000 petition signatures or didn’t she? — Sam Allard

OHIO SITES, INCLUDING KASICH’S, HACKED Gov. John Kasich’s website was among several Ohio sites hacked Sunday by the Islamic State to display a pro-ISIS message denouncing President Trump.

and Corrections and Ohio Department of Medicaid, were taken ofine by Sunday afternoon. Republican Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel managed a screenshot of the hacked webpage, and he posted via Facebook: “Radical Islam inďŹ ltrating the heartland.â€? Team System DZ has claimed responsibility for past ISIS hacks, and has been called “a group of antiIsraeli Arab teenagers,â€? USA Today reports. The hackers also inďŹ ltrated a Long Island website Sunday, which displayed the same message. “All affected servers have been taken ofine and we are investigating how these hackers were able to deface these websites,â€? Tom Hoyt, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, said in a statement. “We are also working with law enforcement to better understand what happened.â€? — Julie Ciotola

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FEATURE THE ALT-KNIGHT A man who dresses in medieval garb and walks around downtown is a strange ranger. But is he dangerous? By Sam Allard

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A LONE AND LEERY MAN, ARMORED IN CHAINMAIL, IS PROWLING the parapets of Public Square’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument. It’s a damp morning in June, and the man is an odd, in fact a striking, sight. For it is June 2017, not June 1117. The man’s been a near daily presence downtown these past few months. He’s often just walking — “patrolling his route,” a subtle list in his gait — though he sometimes can be spotted doing a bit of light parkour. He picks up garbage. He chats with passersby. He goes to church. But people have justifiably wondered what his deal is: Is the medieval get-up a joke or something? Is he on camera? Is he on drugs? The question lately posed by Cleveland Antifa, the anti-fascist group that emerged in the wake of Donald Trump’s election (and whose sibling chapters across the country have made headlines for violent clashes with the alt-right) is: Does this man pose a threat? To answer that question, a more basic one must be asked: Who is he? To some, this man is Lord Levi Athon (“Leviathon”). He is a creative anachronist and sword-fighting instructor who runs a Historic European Martial Arts (HEMA) club on Sundays in Lakewood Park. He is also McKenzie Levie (or Mac Levi) — though he claims to have gone by many other names — and has returned to Cleveland on a mission both ancient and brand-new. “I protect the city from Islam,” he told a live-streamer during the May Day March in downtown Cleveland on May 1. The live-streamer, an independent journalist who goes professionally by Erick M, was baffled. He captured Levie darting into the march and shouting at the Cleveland Antifa group, to whom he appeared especially, if not exclusively, hostile. “What, are you trying to trigger them?” Erick M asked. “This is a workers’ rights rally, taken over by George Soros’ company, Antifa,” Levie said, calling back to Erick M as he followed alongside the marchers. “I was asked to keep them distracted so they’re not gonna riot.” “Who were you asked to keep them distracted by?” “My order,” Levie said. “Who ordered you?” Erick M sounded confused. “Your order? What group are you with?” But Levie didn’t answer. He dashed off, swatting away an Antifa sign as he did so. An administrator with the Cleveland Antifa Facebook group, who communicated with Scene by email and who would not reveal his/her/their identity, said that Levie was first spotted at the Cleveland March for Science, where he was alleged to have shouted “Fuck Antifa” and other obscenities at “old folks who had a table there under the name Resist Fascism [sic], a nationwide organization we have no affiliation with.” Refuse Fascism, for what it’s worth, is the group that has received funding from the Alliance for Global Justice, a nonprofit which itself received a $50,000 donation from George Soros’ Tides Foundation. That’s the weak financial link that has led Breitbart News and other sources (and indeed, McKenzie Levie) to insinuate that the Antifa | clevescene.com | June 28 - July 4, 2017

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movement is the handiwork and/ or brainchild of the left-wing philanthropist billionaire. Similar insinuations were made in an opinion piece in the New York Times. Due to the array of organizations that Soros donates to, it was suggested that he had “paid protesters” to attend the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., and others across the country, in January. That claim has been thoroughly debunked, receiving a “Pants on Fire” designation from the fact-checking organization Politifact. The claims against Levie are harder to pin down. He was said to have stolen signs and destroyed them at the local March for Science. Later, the Antifa administrator said, they’d received reports of Levie calling people “faggots” and making “suggestive comments” to a group of minors at May Day. At Pride in the CLE, Levie was said to have stolen signs and stomped on them. These “reports” may have been gleaned from comments on a Facebook thread that appeared beneath a post earlier this month. The post was shared hundreds of times. “Northeast Ohio people, we need your help in identifying this individual,” the Cleveland Antifa page posted on June 3, along with two photos of Levie from the May Day event. “He was seen at Cleveland’s [Pride in the CLE] harassing people and ripping signs out of people’s hands. His behavior keeps escalating. We don’t want to see anyone get hurt or even killed because of this fascist.” The thread devolved into a partisan debate about tactics and

style. Many asked what Antifa’s goal was. The thread had resulted in at least one mistaken ID. Wasn’t that a problem? What did Antifa mean when they called this man a fascist? Was it possible he was mentally ill? Wouldn’t it be better to engage him in conversation? On the flipside: Cleveland Antifa maintained that informing the community of a potential threat did not constitute “vigilante justice,” as was claimed, and that “dragging mental illness” into the mix was a common method of writing off bigoted ideologies and violent behavior. At the same time, the allegations against McKenzie Levie escalated. While the initial post said that he’d been “harassing people and ripping signs out of people’s hands,” the reports on the thread became more salacious and more specific: “Sexually harassing a minor, threatening rape, threatening murder,” commenter Matt Meister wrote. “=all crimes witnessed by [Cleveland Police].” But the Antifa administrator consistently positioned the thread as a fact-finding mission, with the ultimate goal of safety: “If we have his name it will help us figure out how dangerous he is,” they posted. “It could be determined that he needs to be outed to his community or his workplace as a fascist who is escalating his aggressive behavior, in order to keep people safe.” The fatal knife attack on Portland’s MAX train occurred eight days before the Facebook post. It was suggested that in light of the Portland attack and others like it, people should be on

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FEATURE “high alert” for potential violence. “There aren’t any laws yet that say you aren’t allowed to talk about people being shitty assholes,” the Cleveland Antifa administrator wrote, in an illustrative comment. “[McKenzie Levie’s] rights are not being infringed. And would you rather people be wary, or would you prefer that we wait until he actually hurts people?” In an email to Scene, the administrator said, “We’re trying to find out if he has deeper ties in hate groups. Nationalism has been on the rise and most of these alt-right groups encourage violence as a tactic. We don’t want to see this happen in a great diverse city like ours.” The group that McKenzie Levie belongs to these days is an organization called, “The Order of the City.” It may or may not consist of Levie himself and no one else. He is, at any rate, the organization’s only “visible” member in Cleveland. According to an email from someone going by “Stella Sader” (a known alias of Levie), the Order of the City is a “Public Safety and Cultural Heritage Organization.” Levie’s “assignment” was described as a “soft patrol of

“We’ve got it pretty good, but they want to tear it all down. And if you try to talk to them, they can’t articulate what they want beyond their hatred for Trump.” — McKenzie Levie downtown Cleveland, including parks, streets, alleys, and Christian churches from E. 12th to Public Square.” For the record, he never carries weapons on these patrols. (He does use blunted steel blades for his HEMA practices and events, he said.) The Order of the City has no online presence. Again, it might just be something that Levie calls himself. Stella Sader said that “some of [their] members” were also members of the Order of the Artifact Recovery Knights (ARK). But this also appears to be a solo outfit, the name that Levie gave himself when he took a trip to the Middle East with the hopes of recovering the Ark of the Covenant. The Stella Sader moniker is a reference to Levie’s current heraldry. On both of the tunics that Levie regularly wears over his chainmail are images of a star, variations on the star of Solomon. Traditional crusaders wore an image of the cross. “Stella”

is Latin for star. Stellasader = “Star Crusader.” The Stella Sader email account wrote that The Order of the City was formed in the aftermath of the Westminster Bridge attack in London this March, and that: “We dress and armor as Knightly Orders of the 12th Kingdom of Jerusalem, as our mission of protecting the people is the same.” When asked which “cultural heritage” the Order wanted to preserve and promote, Stella Sader responded: “We are for the cultural preservation of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. We stand for objective good and altruism.” Communicating with the Stella Sader account, we set up an interview with Levie on Public Square. It was a chilly, overcast day when we met him at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Levie remarked off the bat, by way of small talk, that he preferred the chill, given his layers.

Levie wears his hair long, though it was corralled beneath a hood for the first part of our conversation. His nails were painted black. His eyeliner had been carefully and generously applied. Among other curiosities, it’s unclear how Levie supports himself financially. He described himself as “in my 30s” and claimed to patrol downtown every day. Working for the Order is a full-time job, in other words, but it’s one for which he is not paid. (He said he makes a little money on the proceeds from two self-published books, one of which is called The Gospel of McKenzie and presents an alternate telling of the life of Jesus Christ). Recreationally, Levie participated in the Barony of the Cleftlands, Cleveland’s chapter of the Society of Creative Anachronists (SCA), the Renaissance Faire crowd, but he voluntarily resigned from that group after the Facebook controversy. He said he didn’t want his personal actions to cast that group in a negative light. Sunny Buchler, known in SCA circles as Constanza Mendoza, Baroness of the Cleftlands, confirmed Levie’s departure. Creative anachronism might be what’s going on with Levie’s crusader routine downtown, though it’s difficult to discern how much of it is performance. Levie said that he

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FEATURE is a former actor, has an IMDb page, and tried to make the entertainment industry work for him as a career. He says he spent time as a bartender and manager in New Orleans and worked with cannabis farmers in northern California before coming back to Northeast Ohio, where he said he spent part of his childhood. (He remains a strenuous marijuana advocate.) Levie does not, to be clear, believe that he actually is a 12th-century knight. He doesn’t speak in an approximation of Olde English or anything like that. He’s engaged in current politics and uses email. Nevertheless, the Crusades, which Levie reveres, were anti-Islamic wars. And Levie’s stated primary target is indeed Islam. In our conversation, he would not utter “the I-word” or “the M-word,” and said that he took issue with followers of “a certain book,” (the Quran). “I’ve read the book a few times,” he said. “It’s a mean book.” But he also readily acknowledged that Cleveland is under no imminent threat from Islamic terrorism. His primary daily duty, he said, is promoting order and cleanliness by picking up trash downtown. In this respect, he differs from the Downtown Cleveland Alliance ambassadors only in his garb. (In the May Day video, Levie can be seen yelling at the protesters for littering, and running to and fro to put garbage in city trash cans.) But his anti-Islamic views are disconcerting and and may lead to trouble. He described questionable interactions he’d had with “groups of young men” who he said “looked like they were up to no good.” “Are you talking about black people?” Scene asked, honestly unsure to whom he was referring. “No, no, no,” Levie replied. “I’m talking about followers of that book. They sometimes gather up around Perk Park.” He described his feud with Antifa in the terms of order and disorder. While he referred to them multiple times in connection with George Soros, and once called them a “scumbag organization” with a “heartbeat in Berkeley,” his bigger ideological problem with them was that in his view, they wanted to “dismantle everything.” “We’ve got it pretty good,” Levie said. “But they want to tear it all down. And if you try to talk to them, they can’t articulate what they want beyond their hatred for Trump.”

Levie admitted he had engaged multiple times with the Antifa protesters at various events downtown. But he called the Facebook accusations defamatory lies and contended that he was

“not a dangerous person.” He never uttered homophobic slurs, he said — he is a member of the LGBTQ community — and he never made sexual advances of any kind. Nor did he physically assault anyone, he

said. He did admit to stealing signs and to verbally provoking protesters. He claimed he threatened to fight them because he knew in his heart that no one would actually fight him. But these are “Punch a Nazi” times, a meme that has inspired Antifa chapters across the country, most memorably in the punching of the white nationalist Richard Spencer. Levie, too, was punched by a protester at Pride in the CLE. After stealing signs and throwing them in the garbage, Levie said he was attacked by protesters with

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FEATURE “NO!” signs (from the national Refuse Fascism group) and was punched in the head by a person named Lydia Kelly. Kelly made the image of her fist her profile picture on June 3. Despite Antifa’s “militant leftist” posture, the local chapter has done much of its activism online, sharing information, posting articles, and alerting the community to figures that, in their view, pose threats of various kinds. On Monday, June 12, the Cleveland Antifa page posted information on a woman named Kristi Wall. Wall owns the Land of Plenty home goods stores in Akron and Detroit-Shoreway. On Facebook, she had questioned Cleveland Antifa about what she perceived as their “support for Sharia Law” — a frankly ludicrous interpretation of Antifa’s support for Muslim immigrants. After the exchange, Antifa did some cursory digging and found a cache of repellant online commentary that Wall had made on Alt-Right websites recently. “I wish black people who hate white people and America so much would just move to Africa where there’s an entire continent of their own people,” Wall wrote, for example. “Oh wait...Africa is a shithole and you’d actually rather live with white people.” Unlike the post about “Chainmail guy,” (what many of the Antifa crowd began calling Levie in the absence of an ID), Wall was a known element in Cleveland. The post was intended not to procure information about a person who might be physically dangerous; it was intended to inform people about a business owner whose views were ideologically dangerous. The Antifa administrator clarified that this should not be considered “doxxing,” the online practice of publishing someone’s personal information without their consent. “All the information posted here is publicly available and directly related to [Wall’s] business ventures,” the administrator wrote. “People have a right to know what they are supporting with their money…I make it a rule in my life to not financially support people who are openly bigoted. It doesn’t have to be your rule, but there are a lot of people who feel the same as I and who would want to know if they had mistakenly supported a bigot.” Like the post about Levie, the

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post about Wall generated massive local interest. It too had been shared hundreds of times and led to intense online debate. Levie, for one, was furious. Scene received an email from Stella Sader on June 14. “The protest group known as Cleveland Antifa was allowed to dox a member of our organization unchecked by local law enforcement, governing authorities, or the MEDIA, and as such they have

reiterated what Mac had said on Public Square: that Cleveland Antifa represented “the local soldiers for the globalist state.” With respect to Wall’s comments, which Scene hastened to clarify were not just run-of-the-mill “opinions,” about a favorite movie or a preferred vegetable, say, Stella Sader rejoined that while they could indeed be considered repellant, “they were responses to current, Photo courtesy, Facebook / Lydia Kelly

Kelly made this photo her profile picture on June 3.

progressed,” Stella Sader wrote. “They have doxxed, again using their Facebook page as a weapon, a local business owner for sharing her opinions online. It appears that this woman has not physically interacted with the group. “This cannot be tolerated. We will be doing everything in our power to SHUT CLEVELAND ANTIFA DOWN.” Scene asked Stella Sader (operating under the assumption that we were communicating with Levie) what the root of his Antifa beef was. Levie, after all, had been antagonizing local protesters before any of the so-called doxxing began. It turned out to be a highly personal feud. “Mac has been actively working against the global socialist network (Antifa) since a family wedding at the Indianapolis State House was disrupted by a quickly planned protest in November 2016,” Stella Sader wrote. “Apparently he engaged with members of their group there and was quite offended.” More broadly, Stella Sader

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questionable events.” “Kristi, a liberal, questioned an Antifa group’s motives for seeming to promote sharia law,” Stella Sader wrote. “In response, Cleveland Antifa attempted to destroy her life. A poignant comment, conversation, or private email might have shifted this woman’s views and caused her to delete every comment. Instead Cleveland Antifa worked to ruin a community so as to impose their own views. This is part of the globalist plan.” With respect to shutting Cleveland Antifa down, Stella Sader said that the Order of the City (Levie) would work to “suppress their activities until they cease operations.” “We are not threatening violence,” he said. “Mac will be attending the Cleveland Pride Rally on June 24th. The antifites have indicated that they plan to be there as well with intent to do harm to him. He will be in full armor.” When we saw Levie at the Pride parade and festival for the first time, he was strutting north on East Ninth Street with handfuls of litter,

seeking a garbage can. Outside the Rock Hall, he briefly engaged with a bible-thumper, disputing the man’s contention that all gay people would end up in hell. “You’re all going to heaven,” Levie told the colorful passersby. “All of you!” The bible-thumper persisted, spouting hateful nonsense about Jesus Christ and sin, and Levie chanted over him, “Sin is legal, sin is leeeeegal.” Then something occurred to him. “That’s Taqiya! You’re Muslim, aren’t you? I should’ve known! Taqiya! Taqiiiiiiiiiya.” It was an absurd scene. A young onlooker quietly suggested a rap battle between the two characters, which would’ve been appropriate. It was pure theater. Some time later, after Levie had entered the festival at Voinovich Park, a small contingent from the Refuse Fascism group arrived. Levie hopped to: He’d been waiting for them. This group is unaffiliated with the Cleveland Antifa Facebook group, but that didn’t much matter to Levie. He proceeded to engage in his preferred brand of suppression: just kind of being an asshole. He followed alongside them, occasionally taunting them, reminding them that they were promoting the agenda of elitist billionaires. A woman with the group pulled out a bullhorn outside Nuevo Mod Mex and announced to the crowd nearby that “Chainmail Guy” was a racist white supremacist who had been spitting on them. Everyone should avoid him for their own safety, she said. The exchange felt abundantly petty, personal, and exaggerated on both sides. Most of the psychedelically apparelled passersby regarded these personalities as irrelevant — they were there to celebrate love and acceptance, etc. The stately harmonies of the North Coast Men’s Chorus eventually drowned out the dust-up. Anyway, police were summoned. Much to Levie’s dismay, he was asked to leave. The cops began escorting him out, but the longhaired knight dashed off ahead of them, deking out a tree on his way toward the exit. “I’ll see you on Public Square, Antifa!” Levie shouted over his shoulder, as the officers rolled their eyes. “I’ll see you on Public Square!”

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Hip 2B Square: Fear No Art Now in its seventh year, Gordon Square’s Hip 2B Square: Fear No Art honors the investors of CNBC’s Cleveland Hustles who invested $1 million into new businesses in the neighborhood. Hip 2B Square takes place from 6 to 8 tonight, with a VIP preview at 5 p.m., at the Edison, a new luxury apartment complex on the bluffs of Lake Erie. The poolside party features a Fear No Art auction, along with theatre, music, dancing and, of course, plenty of great food and drinks. Tickets are $100 for general admission or $150 for VIP treatment; packages and sponsorships are also available. To purchase tickets, and check out the auction items, visit the website. (Josh Usmani) 6060 Father Caruso Dr., gordonsquare.com.

Indians vs. Texas Rangers The Indians started the season with a sweep of the Texas Rangers. Following that bright beginning, the Tribe struggled to stay above .500 until a winning streak propelled them into first place in their division. The Rangers got off to a rough start but have since recovered and continue to keep pace with the teams battling for a wild card spot. The Tribe and Rangers continue their four-game series tonight at 7:10 at Progressive Field. They play again tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. Tickets start at $13. (Jeff Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. FILM

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Austria’s entry for this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Drama, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe dramatizes the life of JewishAmerican writer Stefan Zweig. An inspiring figure, Zweig, who went into exile after Hitler rose to power, still believed in a “free Europe” even though he could no longer lecture in Germany. The movie screens at 7 tonight and Friday at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $9, $7 for CMA members, students and seniors. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Cleveland Arts Prize The Cleveland Arts Prize is the oldest award of its kind in the United States. For nearly six decades, the organization has recognized local artists and arts advocates nominated by members of the community. Annually, the Cleveland Arts Prize awards $10,000 to two Emerging Artists, two Mid-Career Artists and one Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as special awards that don’t include cash prizes. Although the winners were announced at MOCA Cleveland in May, the formal award ceremony takes place tonight at 6:30 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Hosted by Dee Perry, the 2016 Robert P. Bergman Prize recipient, the event features remarks and performances by this year’s winners. Tickets range from $75 to $250. For more information on the winners and to purchase tickets, visit the website. (Usmani) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Mall B for the 28th annual Star-Spangled Spectacular. See: Friday. FAMILY FUN

Wade Oval Wednesdays A summer tradition, Wade Oval Wednesday takes place every Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Wade Oval in University Circle. The weekly party 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, adjacent to Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Cleveland Natural History Museum. The series continues every Wednesday through August 30. (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 the Downtown Cleveland Alliance

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Fifth Annual CLE Have a Heart Charity Date Raffle A charity organization that provides mobility and autism service dogs to children with disabilities, W.A.G.S. 4 Kids celebrates its fifth annual CLE Have A Heart Charity Date Raffle tonight from 6:30 until 10 at the Barley House. The fundraiser aims to create a fun, feel-good event by raffling off 25 of Cleveland’s most eligible bachelors; attendees also have a chance at more than $8,000 in prizes. Local comedian Steve Guy hosts. There will be an open bar, great food, live music by DJ G and Live Productions, a tasting by Cleveland Whiskey, free massages and more. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. See details on

Edgewater Live Now in its fourth season, Edgewater Live features local acts along the shore each Thursday throughout the summer. The event also boasts food trucks and recreational activities. The weekly beach party commences today at 4:30 p.m. on the Centennial Plaza at the new Edgewater Beach House with performers from the Tri-C Creative Arts program. From 6 to 9 p.m., a headlining act will perform on the RTA Main Stage. (Niesel) 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway NW, clevelandmetroparks.com. FESTIVAL

Fourth of July Freedom Fest The comedy duo Cheech & Chong hosts this weekend’s Fourth of July Freedom Fest at Nelson Ledges. The weekend-long event kicks off tonight. Tomorrow night, the jam band Rusted Root performs; Cheech & Chong take the stage on Saturday night. There will be hiking, biking, camping, swimming and volleyball. Admission, which costs $100 in advance or $120 at the gate, includes camping. (Niesel) 12001 State Route 282, Garrettsville, 440-548-2716, nlqp.com. | clevescene.com | June 28 - July 4, 2017

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Them! Taking a break from its recent series of conceptual, process-oriented exhibitions, the latest show hosted by Transformer Station celebrates artists who share an equal passion for music and photography, many of whom also write, make videos and produce photography books and works on vinyl. Organized by Transformer Station co-founder Laura Ruth Bidwell, Them! examines the role these relationships may (or may not) play in each artist’s creative process. On select Thursdays during the exhibition’s run, Transformer Station hosts a series of CDJ2017 Small Hall Concerts from 7 to 8 p.m. Each artist will perform new or rarely heard work. Stop by today for a performance by Collapsed Arc (David Russell Stempowski). The series also includes Jeremy Bible on Aug. 10. Admission is $5, and limited to just 50 guests. (Usmani) 1460 West 29th St., 216-938-5429, transformerstation.org.

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by Oster, including her “Bouffant Ghouls” and “Thread Heads,” which bridge the gap between the traditional works on paper and the garments. During tonight’s opening reception, music will be provided by Kristin Plambeck (Garageland on WCSB). Can’t make it? Bats in my

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An Evening With(Out) David Bowie Parts 1 and 2 A couple of years back, local Bowiephile Thomas Mulready began hosting “An Evening With(out) David Bowie,” an in-depth presentation featuring rare video clips, “needle drops,” obscure cuts and recently surfaced details regarding the Thin White Duke. The show offers “a multitude of factoids and little-known background informed by a framework of themes the artist mined at every stage of his career right up to his untimely passing and beyond.” Part 1 concentrates on “the early years, from Davy Jones to the Thin White Duke.” Part 2 features material from “the mid-to-late period: from Berlin to Blackstar.” Each presentation concludes with live music by local heroes Vanity Crash. Part 1 begins tonight at 7:30, and Part 2 follows at 9:30 p.m. (Niesel) 2920 Detroit Ave., 216-771-6551, themusicsettlement.org.

Meet the World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales In celebration of the repeal of Prohibition, the Budweiser Clydesdales made their first-ever appearance on April 7, 1933. The two six-horse hitches moved fathers, sons and drivers to tears, thereby coining the phrase “crying in your beer.” The Clydesdales have served as “living symbols of not just Budweiser, but also the unconquerable American Spirit,” ever since. At today’s free commemoration, appropriately dubbed Meet the World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales, you can take pictures with the iconic draft horses, visit some food trucks and, of course, spend time with the Budweiser Beer Truck. There will also be a corn hole competition; tickets for that are $30 per team. The event takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (Leuthauser) 7777 Victory Ln., North Ridgeville, 440-954-8703, victoryparkohio.com. FESTIVAL

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Bats in my Bouffant The latest event at Canopy is part art exhibition, part fashion show. Bats in my Bouffant features collaborative works by visual artist and illustrator Angela Oster and textile artist Krista Tomorowitz. Opening with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight, the exhibit showcases silk chiffon garments crafted by Tomorowitz and hand-painted by Oster. The show also features original drawings

to many artists, many of whom are showcasing their current work in a self-curated exhibition at the Wooltex Gallery. The exhibiting artists are part of the Tower Press Artists Group, a tenant association, which discusses, plans and executes several events each year. Participating

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artists include painters, printmakers, mixed media artists, photographers, filmmakers and performance artists. As the exhibition comes to its end, the artists host a closing reception from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1900 Superior Ave., 216-619-6194, towerpressgroup.com.

Night Market The wait is over: Night Market CLE returns this evening from 5 to 11. Held on the last Friday of each month during the summer, Night Market CLE is part farmer’s market, part art/ maker’s market, part concert series and part food festival. Occurring only four times a year, the event includes more than 200 retail and food vendors and 40 bands and performers. Located on Rockwell Avenue, near the heart of Cleveland’s Asiatown district, Night Market CLE was inspired by a tradition in several Asian cultures,

and designed to connect the diverse people of Cleveland’s Asiantown, St. Clair-Superior and Campus districts while “energizing an often-overlooked corner of Cleveland.” As always, Night Market CLE is free, family friendly and appropriate for the entire family. (Usmani) East 21st St., nightmarketcle.com. FILM

A Night of (Mostly) Local Short Films and Videos A local organization dedicated to “showing independent films to new audiences in a variety of places with a focus on locally made films,” Emerge Microcinema hosts monthly popup film events at Forest City Brewing. Tonight at 8, it presents its latest program, A Night of (Mostly) Local Short Films and Videos. Tonight’s program includes a music video from the local indie rock act Ottawa, a documentary about the locally based Earthquaker Devices, a short film about local cartoonist Derf, a documentary about Edwins Restaurant and a martial arts satire from the 48 Hour Film Project. Several other short films will screen as well. Tickets cost $5 in advance or $7 at the door. (Niesel) 2135 Columbus Rd., 216-228-9116, emergemicrocinema.com.

the event will include the public premiere of a video of the last Lords of the New Church concert in 1986. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) 11213 Detroit Ave., 216-221-8576, nowthatsclass.net. ART

Valley Art Center’s Annual Student/Faculty Art Exhibit Founded by a group of inspired residents and officially incorporated in 1971, the Valley Art Center (VAC) annually serves more than 20,000 people from throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond. Located just a block off

Main Street in Chagrin Falls, VAC offers over 400 classes to more than 1,400 students of all ages and abilities, but it hosts only five gallery shows per year. You can catch one of them tonight: the Annual Student/Faculty Art Exhibit. The exhibit opens tonight with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and remains on view through August 2. More information on classes can be found on the VAC’s website. Admission is free. (Usmani) 155 Bell St., Chagrin Falls, 440-247-7507, valleyartcenter.org.

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Star-Spangled Spectacular Fourth of July takes place on Tuesday, but the Cleveland Orchestra will celebrate a few days earlier as it returns to Mall B tonight for the 28th annual Fourth-of-July-style community concert. Pre-concert activities involving a jumbotron presentation begin at 6. The concert starts at 9. The program includes “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Hurrah for Hollywood,” “Overture to The Magnificent Seven,” a few John Williams tunes from the Harry Potter movies and the 1812 Overture. A fireworks display will commence after the concert. It’s free. (Niesel) Mall B, 601 Lakeside Ave., clevelandorchestra.com. BENEFIT

Stiv Bators Documentary Fundraiser Arguably one of the best bands to ever emerge from Cleveland, Dead Boys left a lasting impression during their short run in the ’70s before they imploded in 1979. Tonight at 9, Now That’s Class will host a benefit for the local filmmaker behind the documentary Stiv: The Life and Times of a Dead Boy. Frank Secich, Tufted Puffins and Duo Decibel System will perform and

Rock all day and into the night. This ticket gets you access to tour the Rock Hall and a full day of live music featuring: The Vindys • Falling Stars Seratones Drive-By Truckers Sponsored by Aramark and Repros Color.

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July 12 - Mourning (A) BLKSTAR: Jimmy’s Songs July 19 - Part Time Lover with MIST July 26 - Hamilton Handshake with Skulx Aug. 2 - Shooter Sharp & The Shootouts with Cody J. Martin Aug. 9 - Seeress with Axioma Aug. 16 - Hiram Maxim with Glass Traps Aug. 23 - Funkyardx with JPENNELOPE Aug. 30 – Jack Fords with The Commonwealth

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performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, a piece about Russia’s defeat of Napoleon. The program also includes Shostakovich’s Tahiti Trot: Tea for Two, and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F and Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture. Weather permitting, fireworks follow. Tickets start at $24. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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Mayfield Village Fourth of July Celebration Mayfield Village hosts its annual Fourth of July fireworks bash beginning today at noon. This year, Fu5ion, a party band from Toledo that mixes pop, R&B, jazz, rock and country, will perform at the Parkview pool from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Then the party shifts over to the Grove for an evening full of music, topped off with fireworks shot off at dusk from the Parkview soccer fields. If it rains, they’ll try again tomorrow. (Leuthauser) 6629 Wilson Mills Rd., Mayfield, 440-461-2210, mayfieldvillage.com. FILM

Mulholland Drive Cleveland Cinemas’ Late Shift series, a program dedicated to the nostalgic cult and camp cinema that we love and cherish even though it’s certainly not Oscar-worthy material, has been a fixture at the local chain of theaters since 2006. The 2017 schedule continues tonight with Mulholland Drive, the David Lynch thriller about a woman who suffers from amnesia after a car accident. It screens at 9:30 and midnight tonight, and at 7 tomorrow night, at the Cedar Lee Theatre. Tickets are $6. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216-321-5411, clevelandcinemas.com. FILM

Rocky Horror Picture Show It’s the first Saturday of the month again, so tonight the Cedar Lee Theatre hosts a midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 film that still draws an exuberant, costumed crowd that likes to throw rice and dry toast and sing along to the songs in the movie. Tickets are $9.50. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Heights, 216-321-5411, clevelandcinemas.com. MUSIC & FIREWORKS

Tchaikovsky’s Spectacular 1812 Overture Jahja Ling conducts the Cleveland Orchestra tonight and tomorrow night at 8 at Blossom, in a

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U2 Tailgate Party U2’s Joshua Tree tour represents the summer’s most anticipated concert. Even if you don’t have a ticket to tonight’s sold-out show, you can get in on the action at the Rock Hall’s U2 Tailgate Party. There will be live music, trivia, cornhole and art projects from 4 to 7 p.m. The concert film U23D will screen throughout the party. Tickets are free, but seats are first-come, first-served. At 4:30 p.m., the Dayton-based act Warshful, a group influenced by acts such as Switchfoot, Foo Fighters and Fall Out Boy, will perform. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com.

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Cleveland Improv Jam The Angry Ladies of Improv has hosted the Cleveland Improv Jam for four years now. A few years back, Scene described the show as “fierce, formidable and very funny.” The women have some serious experience too. Katie White-Sonby is an actress who’s performed at Clague Playhouse, Karamu and Kennedy’s Cabaret. Marjorie Preston is an alumna of Something Dada and Rockwell 9 improvisational comedy troupes. The event begins with a short-form set of improv games, followed by a longform improv set. It begins at 5 p.m. at Coffee Phix. Arrive early if you want to sign up and perform. Admission is free. (Niesel) 4485 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, 216-381-5706, coffeephixcafe.com.

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90s Party Throw it back to flannels and jelly shoes for tonight’s ’90s party at the Fox & Hound. The event includes a costume contest and plenty of the ’90s hits we know and — maybe? — love. There will also be ’90s-themed drink

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GET OUT specials. The party runs from 8 p.m. until the bar closes. No cover, but your drinks will cost you. (Cacho) 1479 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Heights, 440-646-9078, foxandhound.com. NIGHTLIFE

Monday Night Trivia Do you have tons of obscure music knowledge? Are you a student of fast food menus and their nuanced histories? What say you about the geographic evolution of Scotch whisky? Tonight’s your chance to wow your friends, make yourself instantly more desirable to someone you’re newly dating, and hang with Cleveland’s headiest hipsters and hot dog lovers. It’s the Happy Dog Monday Night Trivia. Starting at 8 p.m., expect themed rounds and general knowledge questions that seem considerably trickier than some of the other live trivia locales in town. Obviously, have a hot dog and a craft brew while you’re at it. And arrive early. (Sam Allard) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com. MUSIC & FIREWORKS

A Salute to America Blossom’s traditional, star-spangled celebration with the Blossom Festival Band promises to be an eclectic affair. Expect to hear a mix of patriotic Sousa marches, Broadway favorites and an Armed Forces salute before the concert concludes with the 1812 Overture and fireworks. The concert takes place at 8 tonight and again tomorrow night. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com. MUSIC

Wing Ding Doodle Blues icon Howlin’ Wolf famously covered “Wang Dang Doodle,” the old blues tune penned by Willie Dixon. Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has adopted that slogan, calling its wing night Wing Ding Doodle. The 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

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Indians vs. Padres Having already played the top three teams in the NL West, the Indians get a break tonight as they take on the San Diego Padres in the first of three interleague games. The Padres got off to another lousy start and quickly sunk to the bottom of the NL standings after the season got underway. Tonight’s game starts at 7:10 and fireworks will follow the game. The first 15,000 fans will receive a Francisco Lindor bobblehead. Tickets start at $13. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. NIGHTLIFE

Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, Goldhorn Brewery hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesdays. DJ Kris Koch will offer time slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. The Northeast Ohio Vinyl Club and the locally based Gotta Groove Records serve as the sponsors, and turntables will be provided. Each person will be able to play three to five songs (20-minute slots), and there will be a mic available to talk about the selections. Along with theme nights, there will be giveaways, drawings and contests. (Niesel) 1361 East 55th St., 216-465-1352, MUSIC

Vinyl Night Jukebox owner Alex Budin has described his 1,350-square-foot music-focused bar in the Hingetown ’hood as “a place where people can expect to hear and learn about music of multiple genres, all of which is concentrated in a constantly evolving jukebox.” In keeping with that spirit and recognizing the burgeoning popularity of vinyl, the club hosts a vinyl night every Tuesday that serves as a listening party for new releases. The place has partnered with Loop in Tremont so that patrons can hear a new album on vinyl. You can bring your own vinyl and spin it too. It all starts at 5 p.m. (Niesel) 1404 West 29th St., 216-206-7699, jukeboxcle.com.

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ART MORE THAN POTTY TALK The many, glorious facets of artist Arabella Proffer By Dott von Schneider A POLYGLOT OF TALENT and a natural raconteuse, artist Arabella Proffer’s professional and personal hat rack includes painter, consultant, record label owner, collector, blogger, actress and cancer survivor. “My parents’ (Russian academics Ellenea Proffer and the late Carl Ray Proffer) worst nightmare for me was that I’d become an accountant,” she says. “They kind of decided I was going to become an artist by the time I was 2 years old because I drew a landscape in the iris of an eye. So I guess I was already a surrealist at 2. I thought I’d go into film or animation; I never thought I’d be showing in galleries. It’s funny because a good portion of my collectors now are accountants.” Currently, Proffer is working on, of all things, a book about Cleveland’s unique and stylish lavatories. “Being an artist is about observing and you can’t do that from your couch,” she says during our interview at The Bum’s Saloon in Slavic Village. Proffer has 38 bathrooms already tagged for the project. “I want ones that look as if they haven’t been renovated since the ’60s, although I like ones that are at Now That’s Class and the Greek Orthodox church in Tremont. I plan on returning to the Allen Theater and also checking out the ones at City Hall.” Proffer gets up to check out the ladies room and comes back nonplussed. “It’s not interesting enough. I really want to go back to the Boardwalk Cafe to check out their purple bathroom. I hear it’s crazy.” And as if a sign from the potty gods, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” overpowers the room, our cue to head east. At the Boardwalk Cafe the bathroom is ostentatiously purple and adorned with circular mirrors. As a bonus, there’s a decoupage wall of cheesecake women in Daisy Dukes leading into the men’s room. Proffer is pleased. I joke that the title of this profile might become, “Potty Talk with Arabella Proffer,” and she quips right back, “I’m more than just potty talk. I’m multifaceted, I do photography, I do joke drawings, and I do serious oil

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painting. That’s another thing too — that whole artist branding thing — I kind of threw that out the window because all my work looks so different now. And I used to worry about it. You always got told not to do that in art school because the galleries frown upon it, but now with the internet I can be, like, I do this and I do this. I’m like the band that does a different album every time. “Being in the studio is fine, but I find that things always get done,” she goes on. “I love a deadline. Deadlines are my friend. I like them because it forces me to have a schedule for work, but in the summer I don’t have one and that’s how this book came about and how my solo show GURLS, at FB69 Gallery in Munster, came about: Doing stuff in between.” German art dealer Kolja Steinrotter had been following Proffer’s GURLS series on social media for some time when he approached her to do a solo exhibition. The series was developed in sketchbooks while Proffer was recovering in bed from multiple surgeries, when painting at her easel wasn’t possible. “Just like this book, it started off as a joke, actually,” she says. It speaks about technology, relationships, and first-world problems. “Once I got offered the show, I took it a bit more seriously. I didn’t think anyone would like it or care. I was slightly worried about the backlash from my work because it involves ‘basic bitches’ and I make fun of certain women, but every time, those girls love them and identify and can laugh at themselves. Everyone has found it funny and nobody has taken offense to them, because, you know, everyone takes offense at everything these days.” While Proffer likes deadlines, and likes work, there’s clearly an imperative to set aside time to rest, both for the sake of rest and because it produces better, more informed work. “All these artists who act like I

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don’t have a work ethic because I don’t paint every single day … No. I like to take breaks. I like to fool around and do nothing, you know? It’s not lack of work ethic; it’s called actually living life. Otherwise what do you have to say?” Proffer opines. “I’ve never regretted a trip, I’ve never regretted going out and socializing. You never know who you are going to meet. I’ve had a lot of things happen for me careerwise because of random people I’ve met by accident. Do I like to chill at home and watch Netflix? Sure, but I don’t live through that. It’s why pub culture is dying in England, why record stores are dying and nightclubs and video stores, because people don’t go out and do things and socialize anymore. They stay at home and get neurotic and weird.”

A lot of that instinct and motivation to get out of the house comes from the hours and hours she spent cooped up because she was sick. “When you’ve been really ill and confined to your bed against your will — and I have had years worth of being confined to my bed against my will, I’ve faced death several times — so I make up for it. And then there are people who say, ‘Oh you do such interesting things, you live such an interesting life.’ “It’s called leaving the f-ing house. I leave the house.” Follow Arabella Proffer’s travels and work starting with her blog, Arty Farty: ArabellaProffer. wordpress.com.

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DANCING UP A STORM Glorious ballet and gorgeous settings make An American in Paris a delight at Playhouse Square By Christine Howey IF YOU’RE A BIG FAN OF THE Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron movie An American in Paris, you should know that this stage version is quite a bit different. That is good news in some ways, since there are more Gershwin songs to enjoy in this rendition. But there are also some wrinkles that never quite get sorted out. To begin with, this touring production now at Playhouse Square is set a few years earlier than the 1951 flick — in 1945 — so the overtones of anxiety and horror caused by the Nazi occupation of France are ever-present. The book by Craig Lucas focuses on the same characters from the film: the American painter, Jerry Mulligan; his pal, the struggling composer Adam Hochberg; and Frenchie Henri Baurel, a wannabe song-and-dance man. In this telling, they’re all fresh from the war, their lives torn apart in myriad ways; Adam has a leg injury that is still painful. Lucas tries to weave into this the romantic yarn about three guys who are all in love, in one way or another, with the beauteous dancer Lise Dassin. But since the upbeat and optimistic songs by George and Ira Gershwin were written in the years before the war (since George died young in 1937), they don’t carry

the undertones of tragedy that the book wants to explore. Indeed, many of the songs reflect an upbeat view of life unaffected by the world war. That worked fine for the movie, which was set in the comparatively balmy 1950s. But here, the tunes such as “S’Wonderful” and “Fidgety Feet” are an odd match to a Paris where there were probably still shreds of swastika flags being swept out of the streets. That disconnect aside, the lavish production on the State Theater stage is a marvel. And the dancing, handled by ballet professionals and designed by the renowned contemporary ballet choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, who doubles as director, are spectacular. It is rare when a Broadway show leaves such room and space for accomplished dancers to ply their wares. And this company of performers does not disappoint on that score.

also designed the costumes. Aided by Natasha Katz’ lush lighting design and projections (by 59 Productions) that are layered one upon the other, both on moving and stationary screens, the visual palette is an absolute joy that moves as elegantly as the company of dancers. As we get to know the trio of men who are vying for the attention of Lise, we are treated to dance numbers that vary in their storytelling ability. But they are consistent in their quality, as the dancers swoop, glide and go airborne for seemingly long periods of time. It is thoroughly involving and an often engrossing vehicle to tell the story. In the lead roles of Lise and Jerry, Sara Esty and McGee Maddox are exceptional dancers. And they handle their singing duties professionally, even though each was trained in ballet. But they never quite ignite the kind of chemistry

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It begins with a ballet sequence to “Concerto in F,” as we are introduced to the main characters without the aid of words, spoken or sung. And a glorious introduction it is, since we begin to absorb the painterly scenic design crafted by Bob Crowley, who

that one would desire. In particular, the handsome and upright Maddox often comes across as a bit wooden — especially when you compare him to the bundle of barely repressed urges that Gene Kelly conveyed in the same role. Kelly was a dancing

orgasm in loafers while Maddox is strong, restrained and a bit of a bore. As Adam, Etai Benson conveys the schlubby persona of this character well enough, but he could be a lot more interesting. Again, one yearns for the acidic presence of Oscar Levant, who essayed this role in the film and who is referenced, somewhat wistfully, by Adam. The most interesting character among the three dudes is Henri, since his sexual orientation, let alone his prospects as an entertainer, are hard to fathom. But a crisp and eager Nick Spangler makes Henri a breath of fresh air throughout the proceedings. After the opening number, there are 16 more Gershwin songs and only four of them were in the movie. So if you love you some Gershwin, you’ve come to the right place. And the long, 15-minute title ballet, which punctuates the second act, is a triumph of balletic inspiration and execution. This American lacks truly compelling characters, and the story is sacrificed at times to the glory of dance — it’s easily more than half ballet alone. But this production is flat-out sublime visually, and not to be missed for that reason alone.

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MOVIES SMOOTH CRIMINALS Edgar Wright adds a twist to the heist film with his latest effort, Baby Driver By Jeff Niesel SOME 22 YEARS AGO, BRITISH writer-director Edgar Wright was putting the finishing touches on his film A Fistful of Fingers. While editing the movie, he relentlessly listened to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion album Orange, which he had on repeat. He could visualize a car chase taking place to the rollicking garage blues track “Bell Bottoms.” Two decades later, he’s finally brought that vision to fruition with Baby Driver, a thrilling heist film that features several Wright-like twists and benefits from witty dialogue, a killer soundtrack and some spectacular chase scenes. It opens areawide on Friday. Wright came to prominence with his Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy that consists of over-thetop comedies such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. As a result, Baby Driver might seem like a stretch. But the film, which focuses on Baby (Ansel Elgort), a getaway driver coerced into working for a mobster (Kevin Spacey) and his cronies (Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx), doesn’t come off as a huge departure. “Within this gang, you have a dark and more sinister world,” says Wright

when asked about the movie’s cast. “In terms of being the right age, Ansel is on the bubble. At the start of the movie, he’s an apprentice of sorts. At the beginning, he fools himself into thinking that he’s not a criminal.” When Baby meets Deborah (Lily James), a beautiful waitress at a diner, he simultaneously falls for her and realizes he can’t keep driving for criminals if he wants to settle down with the girl next door. “When he meets Deborah, rather than pursuing this glamorous life

as a getaway driver, he realizes he’d rather be a regular guy with her,” says Wright. “The idea is the aspiration of a better and more normal life.” Because of a hearing problem, Baby constantly listens to music via his iPod. Wright handpicked the tunes for the film’s soundtrack, a mix of classics from the likes of Barry White and Simon & Garfunkel and more contemporary tunes from Blur, Kid Koala and Danger Mouse. “One of the crazy things is that

when I put the songs together and presented it to the actors, I did these mixes that had all the sound effects in there,” says Wright. “As you’re listening to it, you could really get a sense of what the music would be like. With the scene in which the gunfights are set in time with the “Tequila” song, I have a mix of that song that dates back to 2008. I’ve been thinking about it that long. When I started writing the movie 10 years ago, that was the first thing I did before I had written a single word. It was all planned from a long way back.” Ultimately, the movie possesses a message more serious than its often flippant tone. “One of the earliest things I knew is that I wanted an escalation of heists,” says Wright. “Each one gets stickier and more complicated. It starts with the clean chase. It’s like a dream chase. You realize you could do it and not get a scratch on the car. Nothing goes wrong and nobody gets hurt. With the second heist, things go wrong. You’re presented with tough, morally complex situations where members of the public are involved and people get hurt. Members of your gang get killed. I tried to make each situation as sticky as real life is.”

SPOTLIGHT: THE BEGUILED FOR ACTION STAR CLINT Eastwood, the opportunity to play Cpl. John “McBee” McBurney in the 1971 film The Beguiled, a period piece based on the novel of the same name (originally published as A Painted Devil) by Northeast Ohio native Thomas P. Cullinan, represented a chance to play against type. As a Civil War soldier who takes refuge at an all-girls boarding school in rural Mississippi and then systematically falls for several of the school’s residents, McBee comes off as particularly vulnerable and even emasculated. That’s hardly the stereotypical role for Eastwood, a tough guy who had gained a rep as a steely eyed anti-hero at the time he starred in the movie. Already a major star at the time that director Don Siegel shot the

movie, Eastwood couldn’t turn the period piece into a hit. It flopped at the box office (at least in the U.S.). It’s not likely that Sofia Coppola’s remake of the movie will do any better, despite the accolades it’s already received: The movie won Coppola the Best Director prize at Cannes. The movie opens areawide on Friday. Though she cuts a few scenes and characters (notably that of Hallie, a black slave), Coppola doesn’t alter the original storyline much. She lets Colin Farrell, who plays McBee, keep his Irish accent by making him a recent immigrant who enlisted as a Union soldier. Like the original film, The Beguiled commences as McBee stumbles upon an all-girls boarding school in the middle of a particularly

isolated plantation. The school’s head mistress (Nicole Kidman) instructs the students to take him in, and they nurture him back to health, hiding him from the Confederate soldiers who occasionally happen upon the school. In the original film, the sheltered women struggle to contain their feelings for McBee. Who can really blame them? The young Clint Eastwood was quite the hunk. Here, Coppola adds nuance to their affections. Martha keeps her distance from the man, and even Edwina Dabney (Kirsten Dunst) doesn’t entirely trust him when he pronounces his love for her. While the original film suffered from a protracted end, Coppola efficiently brings things to a climax and doesn’t dwell on the gossiping

that goes on as the women try to position themselves to outdo one another. The cast certainly lives up to the billing here. Kidman and Farrell both bring real depth to their characters. And Coppola capably captures the time period. But the ultimate point isn’t clear. Is it that the Civil War took a personal toll? That women at the time were much stronger than we might think? That human sexuality can be destructive? The movie’s meaning is a muddled mess. No wonder the French loved the original movie and bestowed such high honors upon this remake.

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EAT HOOKED Newly opened Hook & Hoof shines in Willoughby, even if its menu is maddeningly out of step with the season By Douglas Trattner WE WALKED THE ENTIRE LENGTH of Willoughby’s historic downtown, passing familiar haunts like Pranzo and Lure, and newer spots like Wild Goose and the Morehouse, before landing at the front door of Hook & Hoof. After crossing the threshold we were immediately immersed in something that felt … different. The slender bistro had an undeniable energy that grabbed hold of us right away and didn’t let go until we were back out on the main drag hours later. From the sharply renovated interior and crisp but playful service to the smartly crafted cocktail list and the drool-worthy roundup of unconventional menu items, our first impressions landed squarely in the positive camp. Partners Hunter Toth and Chaz Bloom managed to work miracles on the old Fanucce’s pizza shop, reshaping it into an attractive 70seat restaurant. Though small by modern standards, the svelte space boasts three distinct zones, each with its own vibe. We were seated up front in the spirited barroom, just inside the massive front window (that we desperately wished could open to the warm summer breezes). In the middle of the restaurant is an eight-seat chef’s counter that puts diners face to face with the cooks in the kitchen. In the rear is a more tranquil dining area largely removed from the hustle and bustle up front. When I first spoke to chef Toth about his plans, he said he was eager to merge his love of wholeanimal butchery with hyperseasonal cooking to craft timeless dishes using modern techniques. A cursory glance at the menu seemed to back up some of those claims, with ingredients like lamb belly, bone marrow, beef cheeks and an item listed as the “Butcher’s Cut”

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peppered throughout. We passed on Prohibitionera cocktails like the Last Word, Sazerac and Vieux Carre in favor of a few craft drafts ($6) and a bottle of sparkling rose from Spain ($40) off the impressive drinks menu. Starving from the drive, we immediately tossed in orders for a pair of appetizers. We were just getting to work on our beverages when the lamb belly meatballs ($12) landed on the table. Given that there were four of us, we did our best to behave. But we disappeared those balls at superhero speed because they were just that good. Four

and heat from a chili pepper and cranberry compote turned out to be just the right accompaniment. It was a feast for the senses when our server dropped off the next course, a spread that included a bone marrow and arugula salad ($9), braised short rib-stuffed pasta shells ($23), grilled swordfish ($29), and an impressive tomahawk pork chop ($27) that extended six inches off the plate. It was about a third of the way into the meal that our boundless infatuation eased off a little. That high energy had edged into modest discomfort as the noise of the room

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deeply flavorful balls sat in a mildly spicy arrabiata sauce capped with fragrant melted Taleggio. Of course, there was plenty of grilled bread for scooping up the bits and gravy. Our table had the same reaction to the beef cheek toasts ($13), two lengthy bias-sliced toasts mounded with butter-soft shredded beef set atop a thin schmear of tangy goat cheese. The subtle sweetness

seemed to converge right at our table. And here it is, literally the summer solstice, and it tastes as if we’re deep into fall, thanks to the preparations. That thick-cut, bonein pork chop was absolutely perfect, but why the heck is it paired with Brussels sprouts, bacon and apple? The kitchen nailed the swordfish, but then set it alongside roasted carrots, cauliflower and spuds in a

sweet cinnamon-based glaze. A hot crock of creamed kale with cipollini onions, while every bit of savory and sumptuous, would have been right at home on the Thanksgiving table. The soup of the day? Chili. And that adventurous Butcher’s Cut? A strip steak. I can appreciate the pushback of timid diners when it comes to truly exotic cuts, and I do admire Hook & Hoof’s attempt to push the diner and the conversation in the right direction. But where are seasonal ingredients like asparagus, peas, radish, favas, squash, beans, tomatoes and others? Save the root vegetables, hearty greens and autumnal preparations for fall and winter, when everything else vanishes. This might sound like quibbling, especially when everything else really is top-notch. But seasonal food is local food, and local food is more flavorful, more nutritious and better for the local economy. Seasonal cooking also gives diners a solid reason to return, which I plan on doing very soon.

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EAT THE PROFESSOR OF ICE CREAM An ode to Honey Hut and the family keeping Cleveland in good ice cream By Billy Hallal JONATHAN ROSATI IS IN TWO VERY different lines of work. By day, he is a lecturer at Cleveland Institute of Art. By night (and, to be honest, by day too), he manages the Honey Hut in Brecksville. At CIA, Rosati teaches English with an emphasis on critical thinking and philosophy. Scooping ice cream, though, is his “real job.” The two provide a nice balance. “One exercises my brain,” he quips. “The other exercises my biceps.” Rosati credits his ice cream gig with helping to relieve some of the pressures of teaching at the college level. But he’d do it either way. “I don’t really have the option to walk away,” he says. “I was born into it.” He means this quite literally. Rosati’s grandfather founded Honey Hut, and all five of its locations are owned and run by members of his family. The business model — making honey-sweetened ice cream with ingredients that are “as fresh and local as possible” — remains virtually unchanged since the ’70s. In an era of rapid restaurant expansion and franchising, Honey Hut is part of a dying breed. Honey Hut’s gourmet approach to frozen treats seems like an assured hit in the current artisanal food climate. But it was far from a sure thing in 1974 when, as Rosati reports, his grandfather Frank Page “literally woke up one day” and told wife Marianne, “I want to make my dream happen.” Page’s dream, it turned out, was to run a family ice cream shop, which, after 20 years of marriage, was a surprise to Marianne. The fact that they had five children and that Page worked full-time as a firefighter to pay off the mortgage could not have made the proposition all that enticing. But Page already picked out a location: a shoe repair storefront down the street from their Old Brooklyn home. He made an offer and started building the next week. The first

Honey Hut opened that same year. It started “real basic,” Rosati recounts, just chocolate and vanilla. As Page experimented with different flavors, his coworkers at the firehouse proved to be more than willing tastetesters. And his family — willing or otherwise — proved to be a great source of labor. More than 40 years (and four family-run locations) later, the operation has proved to be a success. Rosati credits this to his grandfather’s prescient vision. “It’s like he foresaw the local, fresh, anti-additive mindset,” Rosati explains. A lot of that comes from the commitment to using local honey. “You can taste the difference,” Rosati says, particularly in honey-forward flavors like Honey Pecän (“We’re snobs,” Rosati jokes about the umlaut) and Honey Vanilla. Honey Hut has gained some prominence as this summer’s official supplier to Cleveland Metroparks’ ice cream stands, including the justopened Edgewater Beach House. (They have not, despite a popular misconception, opened an Edgewater location.) They did, however, create a special flavor for the Parks’ centennial: Metroparks Bark, featuring chocolate bark from Lilly Handmade Chocolates in Tremont. Since the 1970s, ice cream makers like Ben & Jerry’s and Mitchell’s have followed a business plan similar to Honey Hut’s and have gone on to become much larger. Rosati bears them no ill will. The Mitchell brothers, he says, have mentioned eating Honey Hut products in the 1980s in interviews. “Their success is flattering,” he says. Would Honey Hut want to expand in a similar way? “We’re happy staying a family shop,” says Rosati. “If we had to open more locations, we’d have to have more babies.”

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of frozen custard concretes in collaboration with local food purveyors. Shake Shack’s burgers are made with fresh, 100-percent hormone- and antibiotic-free Angus beef. Since the original Shack opened in 2004 in NYC’s Madison Square Park, the company has expanded to more than 80 locations in 18 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and more than 50 international locations including London, Istanbul, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow, Seoul and more.

STERLES COUNTRY HOUSE ENDS REGULAR RESTAURANT SERVICE, WILL STAY OPEN AS EVENTS CENTER It’s the end of the line for another Cleveland landmark, sort of. After

more than six decades, Sterle’s Country House will close, according to owner Rick Semersky, but will stay open, just not as a restaurant. Semersky took over the business, formerly Sterle’s Slovenian Country House, in 2012. He has since worked tirelessly to make the restaurant relevant to today’s younger dining clientele by tweaking the menu and concept. Apparently, those efforts have not been enough to buoy the operation. Semersky added the casual Cafe 55 to the complex a couple of years ago and last year debuted Goldhorn Brewery. Hub 55, a multi-dimensional entrepreneurial endeavor at the same site, will continue.

Going forward, Sterle’s will be used solely for private events. Here’s the official statement: “Dear friends, family, and community! We want to thank you for the many decades of support. You have been a part of our family and hearts as much as we have been a part of yours. Although we will be discontinuing our dinner programs, we are happy to announce a new era for Sterle’s. Due to massive popular demand, we will be re-branding as a full-time events and catering venue. We are excited to host your next party, celebrations, or event, family or business, we accommodate all requests. Our Executive Chef Natasha Pogrebinsky will continue

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Lately, the news out of Red Restaurant Group has been one of exits: that of longtime chef and partner Jonathan Bennet, and that of short-lived restaurant 811, which closed last week to retool. This week brings some positive news for the organization. The recent hiring of two key figures will undoubtedly add some leadership and stability as the company continues to expand its footprint at home and away. Shawn Cline, who for many years has been an integral figure with Hospitality Restaurants, not the least of which has been helping to launch and expand the Rosewood Grill brand, has been named executive chef of Moxie and Red,

the Steakhouse (Beachwood). Cline graduated from the Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts and actually worked at Moxie early in his professional career. David Schneider, who recently rejoined Zack Bruell’s ZB Restaurant Group after exiting it a few years back, will leave again to join Red Restaurant Group. As director of operations, Schneider will oversee all facets of Red’s growing portfolio of restaurants, both here and in cities like Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Miami. “David and Shawn share the same passion for providing our guests with the highest level of experience,” states Jonathan Gross, president and CFO, Red Restaurant Group. “Our team of professionals is committed to excellence with every bite and at every turn.”

PLANS MOVING AHEAD FOR SWENSONS’ EXPANSION INTO CLEVELAND WITH UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS LOCATION After much speculation, Swensons Drive-In is coming to University Heights, and could be open within the year. In April, Scene broke the news that Swensons had plans to open an eighth location, this one in the Cleveland area. Now, with the approval of the University Heights city council earlier this week, LeBron James’ favorite burger joint is officially coming to the east side. The soon-to-be-built retro-inspired building will sit next to Jack’s Deli, at 14510 Cedar Rd.

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MUSIC BROADENING THE SPECTRUM Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur revisits Redemption’s Son By Jeff Niesel SINGER-SONGWRITER JOSEPH Arthur, an Akron native, has released 14 albums under his own name and 11 official EPs. He’s also been involved with several side projects such as Fistful of Mercy, a group that featured Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison. Because this year marks the 15th anniversary of Arthur’s studio album Redemption’s Son, he decided he wanted to do something to honor the occasion. He’ll play the album in its entirety, something he’s never done before, when he performs at Music Box Supper Club. Real World Records, the imprint run by Brit rocker Peter Gabriel, has just reissued the original album (with its original artwork) along with nine bonus tracks, all of which have been previously unreleased. The anniversary edition will be available on 180-gram double LP, double CD and digitally. It will be the first time the album has been available on vinyl. In a phone call from his Brooklyn home, Arthur talks about each track on the album. “Redemption’s Son” I think this was the first album where I started writing albums from the perspective of a character in a story. I did that later with The Ballad of Boogie Christ and The Family. The title is so close to Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song,” it might as well be called “Blowing in the Wind.” I was aware of that and decided to call it “Redemption’s Son” regardless of that. Starting it with the song might be a challenging equation because of the heavily Christian overtones, even though I was thinking of the character. There would have been easier openers. At the time, the label wanted me to start the album with “Favorite Girl,” which is an interesting choice. “Honey and the Moon” That was just about a relationship I was in. I was young and in love and couldn’t commit myself at that point. It’s about that

kind of heartbreak. It came from a genuine place. That was real. I think it resonated with people because I remember how much that was resonating in my own life. “You Could Be in Jail” That’s me singing the backing vocal track. I love this song. That was one of my favorites then and now. Nobody ever talks about it. I never played it live. I remember writing it based on this article I read about how cults work and pivoting that to larger relationships in general. You have to be careful. “I Would Rather Hide” That’s Pat Sansone from Wilco playing the wicked guitar on that song. I met Pat and drummer G. Wiz when Roger Moutenot was producing. Pat and G. Wiz have been two of my best friends since then. Pat’s musical contributions on the album are powerful. Pat had this influence on this musical

level that I hadn’t allowed people in before. With Pat, we were brothers from another mother but he’s such an accomplished musician. I’m a natural musician and I didn’t go to school. I do everything on an instinctual level. Pat is very schooled. He’s a ringer. “Innocent World” It’s like the first-ever Bon Iver song. Did I just say that? I’m not dissing Bon Iver or claiming anything. Culturally, it is falsetto acoustic and has a funky beat. It does have that sound. That song was Peter Gabriel’s favorite. He always made sure I would include that song and play it live. “September Baby” I’m trying to think about when I wrote that. That’s one where Pat and G. Wiz are huge on. That’s one of the reasons why it sounds like it does. I can’t quite remember what the inspiration was. I’m born

in September, so that’s part of the inspiration. It’s a breakup sort of thing. “Nation of Slaves” The lyrics of that resonate with where we are now. The lyrics of that are now. That’s what I feel with this record. If it came out yesterday, I think it would still sound forward thinking. It’s still pushing. As far as a singer-songwriter record, I don’t think there’s a new one that’s as modern sounding as this one. I can’t believe this is 15-year album. I remember consciously trying to push the singer-songwriter landscape forward with songs like this. I feel like I’ve always tried to do that and I’m still trying to do that. “Evidence” I find myself having fun sentences like this pop into my mind, “Apparently, I was in the habit of making masterpieces | clevescene.com | June 28 - July 4, 2017

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MUSIC back in the day.” Unlike back then, the cat’s out of the bag that musicians and artists don’t have a cushy life as it was once thought. I don’t think everyone understands that, especially outside of the big leagues. That affords us the ability to congratulate ourselves when it’s appropriate and celebrate it. Everything happens from enthusiasm. “Buy a Bag” That was initially when I started the project. The bonus songs were really good. The record company wanted to make “Ghost” a single. I got into the bonus tracks and fell in love with them and was chastising myself for leaving songs off. Initially when I put it on, and “Buy a Bag” came on, I was like “Really? ‘Buy a Bag’ over [the bonus track] ‘Downtown’?” Now that I’m inside the record, I don’t feel that way. I think it’s important when it comes. The party has to keep going. In order to have the possibility of going from point A to point B, you have to have some dynamics. It’s about the sleazier side of life. It can’t just be “Dear Lord, forgive us for what we’ve done.” You have to show what we’re being forgiven for. “Termite Song” I think I was inspired by Yo La Tengo. I worked with Roger, who they worked with. I wanted a long instrumentally kind of song and those guys do that well. They

they strongly recommended I put it on the record. I’ve grown to have an appreciation for that song. I don’t know why I wanted to leave that one off. I have a love for Jesus and I don’t know where it comes from. It’s just there. I won’t let Bill Maher talk me out of it. “You Are the Dark” A lot of it for me is based on the production. If I loved the production, that went a long way. I loved the harmony bass and the groove on it. It has a good vibe to it. “In the Night” The funny thing is that there was a journalist in the U.K. for Q or Mojo, and I remember doing an interview, and that was his favorite. He said he couldn’t believe I wrote it. I thought of it as this throwaway rocker but an energy track. That’s the reason I was including it. It’s an energy track to get us to the end. Now, I do appreciate it. It’s a Beatles-y thing. “Blue Lips” It’s a very Hendrix-y guitar tone. I remember writing that about my friend having a breakdown. That was directly out of someone else’s life. “You’ve Been Loved” It definitely feels like the credits are rolling. It’s interesting because I’ve been obsessed with the new Kendrick Lamar album. Kendrick Lamar, his new album, which is so good, that’s his third album. That’s his Redemption’s Son. He’s in that place I was 15 years ago. Not that

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do that quite well. I was angling for something like that. That’s an alternate tuning song. In relearning the album, I had to figure out how to play it. “Permission” It’s about a lot. It has that whole slow outro — “in the darkness, you are naked/in the darkness, you are near.” It’s a predatory sort of song. “Favorite Girl” As a songwriter you write tons of songs and some of them get gold stars by them. It’s hard to understand why at the time. That one got picked by Real World. I hadn’t even planned on putting it on the record. They never insisted but

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I was on that level of fame. I’m not equating that. But in the artistic journey, that was something that registered to me. From this point moving forward, it’s cool to look back. There are certain ways I’ve left behind artistically. If something is easy, you don’t necessarily value it as much as the things you’ve worked for. But they’re still important. That’s my takeaway from learning all this stuff. It’s broadening my approach for how I’ll proceed from this point. It’s not like I’ll regress, but it broadens the whole spectrum.

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MUSIC GETTING INTO THE GROOVE The U.K. duo Snakehips brings its global dance party to the Grog Shop By Lawrence Neil ARMED WITH LAPTOPS, DRUM kits, soul samples and an ear for groove, U.K. duo Snakehips make their way to the Grog Shop on June 29. With a lush, borderless soundscape of dance music, the London-based pair of Ollie Lee and James Carter are favs of internet two-steppers around the globe. Lee and Carter met cute in the summer of 2012; after chatting at a Hong Kong sake bar and making plans to hang out, they both bailed. But fate insisted, and they ended up sitting next to one another on a flight shortly thereafter to Los Angeles. They recognized their complementary, intertwining musical tastes and promised to find studio time together back in London. The result? Snakehips, the name inspired by an unfortunate dance move that Lee would bust out in slightly too-tight Levis. The duo splashed onto the scene in 2013 with a pair of HypeMachine-topping remix releases: a warm, buttery disco-funk mix of English songstress Banks’ “Warm Water” (sitting pretty at 10 million Soundcloud spins) and a shimmering, groovy bootleg of U.K. electronic act Bondax’s “Gold” (13 million). Lee — who, on the phone, comes off as casual and easygoing as his music might suggest — can’t quite put a finger on any criteria that the duo uses for choosing their songs to remix. It’s worth noting that remixing emerging or underground artists is certainly not the quickest or easiest way to create an audience; Snakehips took an approach guided far less by fame-seeking instincts than by a deeply intuitive, collaborative process informed by their own good taste. Lee remembers hearing the silky vocals of Banks’ painfully mellow tune and just itching to layer some danceable drums beneath it. “I’d hear something and just think, ‘Yo, this could work ... in a different way,’” he says matter-of-factly. “And

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it might be kind of cool. We hear something, and we just have an idea to change it and do something of our own.” Through this intuitive approach, Snakehips kept making hits, cranking out vibey, lauded flips of Wild Belle, pre-Starboy Weeknd and Raury. Just like “Warm Water” and

U.K. garage was king. The genre has since sprouted plenty of offshoots, from dubstep to U.K. funky and U.K. grime. With the early 2010s emergence of Soundcloud and the proliferation of digital music software, Lee found his way toward producers influenced by the soulful past but with an eye

“Gold,” their remixes often outshone the original versions. Lee grew up playing blues and jazz but was keenly attuned to hiphop. He nods to early U.K. rap as a large influence and has cited the Wu Tang Clan as a group he listens to religiously. But at its core, Snakehips is dance music, and their sound has an undeniable grounding in the

toward an avant-garde future. He frequently referenced Scottish producer, eventual Kanye collaborator and G.O.O.D. Music signee Hudson Mohawke as a primary influence. “There’s a cool scene of Dillainspired, Soundcloud stuff — it was really old school, but futuristic at the same time,” says Lee. “They really flexed their production skills, but it still sounded classic. That really

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underpinnings of U.K. garage, a style of mid-to-late-’90s, R&B-tinged dance music; the genre sprung out of soulful, sped-up house music, relying on 130 bpm, chopped vocal samples over shuffling high-hats and groovy bass. For a glorious heyday hinging around the British turn-of-the-millennium,

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influenced my stuff.” Snakehips quickly acquired a global fanbase through their viral, online remixes, which gave way to their own production as they nabbed a hand-picked assortment of collaborators. Each brought distinctive vocal instruments, from

Sinead Harnett on the soaring “Days With You” to Tory Lanez on the floral poolside jam, “Dimelo.” Just like selecting tracks to remix, the process for finding collaborators is instinctive. “It just starts with an idea, a beat, and we’d be able to hear someone’s voice on it,” Lee details. “We’re like, ‘Imagine if Tinashe were singing this,’ or, ‘Man, we should get Anderson [.Paak] on this.’ Whatever’s in the beat just makes you hear them in your head.” In the summer of 2015, they cooked up a simmering, anthemic cut, one that they couldn’t help but imagine pairing with the contrasting kooky stylings of Chance the Rapper and the rich, dreamy vocals of Tinashe. The two American artists agreed, hopped on verses, and together dropped “All My Friends,” an ode to regret and shitty nights out. The track vaulted Snakehips into the mainstream, charting in dozens of countries and taking over clubs across Europe. Things have been looking up since: headlining appearances at festivals around the globe, world tours and an even larger pool of marquee collaborations. In the past year, they’ve tapped southern Californian it-kids Anderson.Paak and Syd, ex1D-er Zayn, and Danish hitmaker MØ for loosie releases. Earlier this month, they dropped “Right Now,” a testament to their versatility and ear for finding new ways to nod heads. Atlanta crooner Elhae, recent Grog guest D.R.A.M., and enigmatic vocalist H.E.R. dance over an almost Metro Boomin-esque beat in knocking, trappy shades of blue. “We keep dropping things, and each track is a different style,” Lee says, referring to their releases ahead of this tour, “I just like the idea of making whatever the fuck we feel like making. And the people that get it, get it.”

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MUSIC THE TAPE TELLS THE STORY Singer-songwriter Daniel Romano recorded his terrific new album on an 8-track cassette player By Jeff Niesel

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CANADIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER Daniel Romano plays a variety of instruments, but he possesses an unusual affection for drums. Romano made his stage debut at the age of 8 while playing drums in his family’s R&B band. “I wasn’t allowed to be in the bar when we weren’t performing, so I spent a lot of time drinking ginger ale and hanging out with the kitchen staff,” he says via phone from a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, tour stop. He performs on July 1 at the Beachland Tavern. “I didn’t think much about it at the time, but it showed me the simple enjoyment of performing music and probably rhythm, to some degree.” Once he left his family’s band behind, he formed the punk rock group Attack in Black simply because “it was the easiest style of music to write and play.” “[Punk rock] was also what I wanted to be writing,” he says. “I have always been a student of music and back then there’s a certain amount of head nodding and copying and emulation that you have to go through to get your bearings and figure out how it’s done.” Romano admits a certain restlessness has made him switch musical gears throughout his career. He issued a “folk rock record” with Attack in Black and began to adopt the kind of altcountry approach that musical friends such as Ron Sexsmith and the Sadies have embraced. “We wanted to diversify immediately, so we made a stripped down record much to the chagrin of the label,” he says. “They appreciate it now. We just wanted to make different records all the time. We liked all kinds of music, and we didn’t want to be put in a box. They didn’t really know what to do with us. Things became difficult relationship-wise. Not that it is now. It’s all fine now between us and them. Not getting stuck anywhere has always been very important to me. That’s kind of how I wound up doing something different.”

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Since releasing 2009’s Daniel, Fred & Julie, he’s put his punk rock predilections on the back burner. His latest effort, Modern Pressure, sounds like Dylan after he went electric. The album features dynamic horns and nasally vocals that give it a retro feel. With its whirring guitar riff,

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album opener “Ugly Human Heart, Pt. 1” has a “Rainy Day Woman #12 and #35” vibe. A bit of organ brings a soulful vibe to the bluesy “The Pride of Queens,” and the narrative driven “The Impossible Green” sounds like something the Band might’ve played in the ’60s. Romano recorded at a

minimalistic cabin in secluded Finnsäs, Sweden, with additional string and horn players laying down their parts at Baldwin Street Sound in Toronto. “I didn’t have a set musical vision for the album,” he says. “It was pretty song-based. I knew I wanted it to be drum-centric. Beyond that, I didn’t have a sound in mind, other than for the drums, which builds an album more than you think. Drums are important sonically to what is going to work. I did all the drum tracks first, as I usually do. That lent itself to whatever it sounds like now.” To accentuate the vintage sound, Romano recorded onto an eighttrack cassette player. “It was crazy,” he says. “It was just me and the engineer hunkered down. It was really great. We would get a little loopy.” “I Tried to Hold the World (in My Mouth)” comes off as a trippy, psychedelic rocker on par with anything from the late ’60s or early ’70s. “I have no idea what inspired the song,” Romano says. “A lot of these things make sense at the time, and then I lose touch with them, and they hopefully gain some other consciousness beyond their conception. I think that’s the goal of the song, really. I’m sure it was very specific at one point or another.” While Romano doesn’t have a horn or string section on tour with him, he says his backing band is more than capable of bringing the Modern Pressure tunes to life. “It’s a five-piece rock band that I play with,” he says. “We have two electric guitars and bass, drums and organ. It’s been really fun to play these songs. I’ve never been one to emulate a recording. The live show is its own entity for me. I don’t really revisit albums. I just revisit songs and however that suits a live setting best. That constantly evolves too.”

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Northfield Park. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge. ITEM/Key To The Mint/Mapache: 9 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Neighborhood Brats/Fuck You Pay Me/Kill the Hippies/Pillars: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class. Gwilym Simcock: 7:30 p.m., $20. Nighttown. Snakehips/Promnite/DJ Corey Grand: 9 p.m., $18 ADV, $20 DOS. Grog Shop. Songwriters in the Round: 8 p.m., $10. Nighttown. TriHearn: Farewell For Now (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

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All is Harvest EP Release/Thick Kevin/C-Level/Leaf Borbie: 8:30 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern. Johnny La Rock/Furface/J. Buckner/Actual Trains (in the Locker Room): Furface (MIDI controllers) and Johnny La Rock (samplers, turntables), who both played in the local hip-hop outfit Presque Vu, focused on solo projects before reconvening to form Johnny La Rock & Furface with Ottawa guitarist Will Hooper.

La Rock creates moody electronic music that recalls ’90s era DJ Shadow. Tonight’s show serves as a release party for his latest single, “Blue Away,” a dance tune that recalls the synth pop of the late ’80s and early ’90s (think Haddaway’s “What is Love”). (Niesel) 9 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Pokey LaFarge/Hackensaw Boys: While his latest album, Manic Revelations, sort of moves away from the American roots music on his previous works, Pokey LaFarge still brings a good dose of old-time charm to his songwriting. Often bedecked in pinstripe suit and finely coiffed side part, LaFarge leads his anachronistic band through a great set whenever he comes to town. This is fun and bright music, and you can tell that new tunes like “Riot in the Streets” will give his show an even more danceable quality. (Sandy), 8:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $22 DOS. Beachland Ballroom. Alex G/Japanese Breakfast/ Cende: 8 p.m., $14 ADV, $17 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. The Total Package Tour with New Kids on the Block/Boyz II Men/ Paula Abdul: 7:30 p.m., $29.50$99.50. Quicken Loans Arena. Across the Universe (Tribute to John Lennon): 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge. Joey Amato and the Lucky Charms (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers

Lounge. Blair Crimmins & the Hookers (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Music Box Supper Club. Disco Paradiso, Vol. 9 with John Jack, Pure & Supreme, and ADAB (in Club Atlantis): 9 p.m., $7. Now That’s Class. The Four Horsemen/Mecca Deth/ Maiden Voyage: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. House of Blues. Andy Gabbard/Cereal Banter: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Litz/Ebb n Flo: 9:30 p.m., free. Beachland Tavern. Nellie McKay “A Girl Named Bill”: 8:30 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Metal on Metal Night Out with Destructor/Savage Master/Lady Blast: 7:30 p.m., $10. Maple Grove. Rooney Run River North, Extra Medium Pony: 9 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop. Moss Stanley: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown. Ventana/Axioma/Dose Official/Half Raised Heathens: 6 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

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NOT JUST ANOTHER CUTESY GIRL: Willow and Lo Fi met through a mutual friend. They initially just jammed to see if they might be compatible. “I never had a band or played with anyone. It was just me in my bedroom. We clicked and just started the band.â€? Willow says. Willow taught herself to play ukulele by watching YouTube videos, and she decided to play the instrument in her band with Lo Fi. “It was hard because I couldn’t ďŹ nd any real inuences or bands that used the ukulele that we wanted to emulate,â€? Willow says. “It’s all cutesy girls playing soft love music.â€? PREPARING TO LAUNCH: Last year, the band wanted to launch its Facebook page with some music so it recorded a couple of demos. “Baby bands often don’t include music with their Facebook pages, so we threw together a demo and then uploaded it,â€? says Willow. “We were surprised that we got this far with just two demos.â€? The band describes its sound as “driving, crunchy drums layered with super distorted guitar leads.â€? They’ve even coined the term “uke-punkâ€? to explain its approach. “We all like so many different things,â€? says Willow. “The Pixies

are amazing and they have a female bassist so it’s inspiration all around. We also like the pop-punk band Say Anything. They have super crazy lyrics, which I always appreciated. They mash a million different genres into one song. Weezer is another big inuence, especially in terms of writing leads.�

WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: The band’s three-song EP shows off the group’s indie pop sensibilities as songs like “Doubts� and “End of My Daze� feature fuzzy guitars and infectious harmonies. The band recorded the EP itself at the apartment that Willow and Lo Fi share. “We had a perfect idea in our heads, and it was stressful to achieve it,� says Willow. “We almost scrapped the whole thing but after six months we had it done.� The band has written a handful of new songs and plans to record a full-length as the followup to the EP. WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM: the sonderbombs.bandcamp.com WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: Sonder Bombs performs with Sweepyheads, the Venus Flytraps and Skuff Micksun at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, at Mahall’s.

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The Rock Hall has just opened a new exhibit that chronicles that social phenomenon. The exhibit includes Jimi Hendrix’ purple velvet jacket and the recording console used for his “Summer of Love” recordings, a guitar belonging to the Grateful Dead’s Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, clothing worn by the Mamas and the Papas’ Michelle Phillips, concert posters from the Fillmore and Avalon Ballroom, and original artwork by Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin. The Rock Hall’s Library & Archives on Tri-C’s Metro Campus will feature a companion display of concert handbills. The exhibit runs through the end of the year.

STUDIO-A-RAMA TO RETURN IN OCTOBER Over the years, WRUW FM 91.1’s all-day Studio-A-Rama music festival has featured terrific headlining acts such as the Man or Astroman, Bleached, Tacocat, A Place To Bury Strangers, the Black Angels, Mission of Burma, Guided By Voices and the New Bomb Turks. WRUW broadcasts the festival, its signature event, in its entirety on its FM home (91.1 on the old-fashioned radio dial) and via its website. The station has just announced it has started taking submissions from local and regional bands who wish to play this year’s event. The deadline to

submit is July 21. Concert organizers will choose seven to nine bands to play alongside headliner Sweet Spirit and Ohio-based rock acts New Bomb Turks and This Moment in Black History. Bands interested in playing the event can send their submissions to WRUW-FM, Attention Studio-A-Rama, 11220 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106. Electronic submissions can be emailed to studioarama@wruw.org. Submissions should include at least three songs, band lineup and bio, a band photo, website address and contact information. To mark WRUW’s 50th anniversary as a radio station, this year’s event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, at MOCA Cleveland during Homecoming Weekend. MOCA will also celebrate its fifth anniversary in its current location. In recognition of the two anniversaries, MOCA will feature free admission throughout the day.

TROPIDELIC TO CURATE MUSIC FEST Tropidelic formed in 2008 in Kent and built a following after selfdistributing over 10,000 free copies of its self-produced first EP, Rebirth of the Dope. After releasing their second EP, Tree City Exodus, and relocating to Cleveland, the group has gained some traction and opened for acts like Slightly Stoopid, 311, Pepper, the Dirty Heads, Sublime w/Rome, Soja, the Wailers and Flobots. Now, the band has announced its first festival, the Freakstomp Music Festival. Taking place from Aug. 11 to 13 in Medina, the festival will feature acts such as Vibe & Direct, Bumpin’ Uglies, Sun-Dried Vibes, Pasadena, Elementree Livity Project, Drunken Sunday and Derlee. Tropidelic will headline both nights of music. There will also be fire performers, dunking booths and other “carnivalinspired attractions.” Tickets for the entire weekend are available for just $60, which includes both camping and parking. Individual tickets for Saturday will also be available at the gate.

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