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He hasn’t been indicted and he has a driver’s license. But what else should you know about Armond Budish?

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UPFRONT FAMILY SEARCHING FOR JERITA SCOTT PRUITT, 15, MISSING ON WEST SIDE

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CLINTON AND RITA PRUITT PACED outside the Cleveland Public Library branch at West 83rd and Lorain on Monday evening. Armed with a stack of fliers bearing their daughter’s face and information, they were comforted only by the small crowd that had gathered to help them spread the word: Jerita is missing, and they need to find her.

March 18 felt like a normal day.

Temperatures dipped into the upper 30s as Jerita, 15, arrived home from school. She and her parents argued about grades (though she routinely pulled As and Bs, she had started slipping in some classes, Clinton tells Scene). And then she was off to the library, where she spent most evenings and which closed at 7 p.m.

“Time is going on, and she never showed up,” Clinton says. “Her phone was off. I came up here looking for her, and didn’t see her. The next day, she never came home.” Jerita was formally reported missing on March 20. Clinton and Rita, both facing their own health complications, haven’t slept in weeks.

The police, meanwhile, haven’t done much. After a few weeks, the first detective working the case was removed. (He spent most of that time on vacation, anyway, Jerita’s parents say.) The second detective isn’t maintaining contact with the family.

The school — from which Jerita has also disappeared for the past month — calls Clinton and Rita more often that the cops do.

And here’s the key to everything, Clinton says: Jerita’s school, Nexus Academy, is able to locate the schoolissued laptop that Jerita is likely carrying around with her. But the school isn’t giving that information up to the family, and the police aren’t

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yet compelling administrators to hand over that information.

“This is a child that’s missing, and you fumbled the ball on Gina DeJesus,” Clinton says, indicting the police department for inaction on yet another missing persons case.

It’s not for nothing that conversations about missing children in Cleveland return to the story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. (All three girls were abducted in this same general westside neighborhood.)

In the wake of the Seymour Avenue rescue and the Imperial Avenue murders, the Cleveland Division of Police rolled out a number of changes -- including a partnership between the department’s Sex Crimes & Child Abuse Unit and the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center -- but those who gathered Monday night raised concerns that not enough is being done. Even in the wake of the city’s most visible and horrendous criminal tragedies, activists and families in Cleveland are feeling the burden of having to take matters into their own hands. Hence the fliers adorning car windshields on the city’s westside this week.

“All the years before that — I swear I don’t know how many missing person families we’ve dealt with,” Judy Martin, head of Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, tells Scene. “After the Imperial women, after some of the changes, they must have been doing better, because [the families] weren’t calling us. What is this? Are we going back to where it was? We can’t have that.”

Martin’s been around for years with local families looking for missing persons. Decades into this work on the streets of Cleveland, she remains flummoxed by the lack of police

presence. And each new family ushered into that bond of pain and uncertainty learns those lessons that Martin holds dear: You need people to talk, and you need information right now.

“Whoever is harboring her — she’s only 15 — we need to know,” Rita says. “Who does that? What parent is going to just let this child come into their house and not consult the other parents? It’s been 30 days, and the Cleveland Police Department hasn’t done a thing.”

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The Harp’s owner, Karen O’Malley, successfully demonstrated to the BZA that without live music, her business would experience “unnecessary hardship.” She presented earnings statements on nights with live music vs. nights without live music to prove the point.

And if that wasn’t enough, an army of residents and (near west side and Irish-American) community leaders showed up to signal their support, calling the Harp “the heart and soul” of Cleveland’s Irish community in testimony.

Community support has been strong ever since the zoning issue first appeared before the BZA back in June 2012. (And the vocal support

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In May 2014, the eighth district court of appeals remanded the case back to the BZA to decide whether not granting the variance would cause The Harp unnecessary hardship. The BZA ruled that it would.

So the Harp now gets an expanded use permit, moving from a “bar/restaurant� to a “bar/restaurant with live entertainment, including outdoor entertainment.� The variance was required because The Harp is located within 500 feet of a residential zone, and one resident, Julie Kurtock, initially complained about noise.

Kurtock gave no testimony Monday, but her lawyer, Alan Rapaport, argued the legal (as opposed to emotional) angle. It’s incumbent on The Harp to show that the location is unsuitable for use as a bar without live entertainment, he said. “No matter how good an operation fares,� Rapaport said, “no matter how popular it is, no matter how people think it’s a great operation, no matter how many people object to it, illegal is illegal.�

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Organizers in Lake County are questioning a forum on racial diversity to be held at Painesville’s Harvey High School Wednesday evening. The forum, billed as the ďŹ rst in a series of conversations about race, was initially spearheaded by the Lake County NAACP and the Lake County Prosecutor.

In fact a committee, called “Begin the Conversation,� was formed to facilitate these discussions. And though Organize Lake County members are heartened by the prospect of engagement with leaders, they’re concerned about the messaging. “The predominant narrative that has been presented to the media is that this panel is happening to prevent the type of unrest that took place in Baltimore and Ferguson from happening in Lake County,� wrote Raven Nyamwihura and Maggie Rice in a letter to the NewsHerald. “As is often the case, the focus is on preventing property

damage, rather than addressing real concerns that people of color have, which are what leads to unrest.�

Nyamwihura and Rice told Scene in a phone conversation that they were also bothered by the composition of the panel itself. Members include local NAACP president Al Jones, Lake County Prosecutor Charles Coulson, Common Pleas Judge Richard Collins, Mentor Police Chief Kevin Knight, La Nueva Mia radio station 88.3 FM owner (and former Cleveland City Councilman) Nelson Cintron, Painesville Schools Superintendent John Shepard and Lake County Commissioner Judy Moran. “There are only two people of color and not a single woman of color,� Rice said. (Nyamwihura said she volunteered to sit on the panel herself.)

And in terms of inclusion, Rice and Nyamwihura argued that an equally important issue was the fact that Begin the Conversation was composed of leaders -- “mayors, religious leaders, judges, police chiefs, prosecutors,� etc. -- but that beyond the NAACP, there wasn’t representation from (or outreach to) “anti-racist groups.� “If the main concern of the panel is to prevent unrest, as has been stated repeatedly in the media, why did no one on the “large committee� seek out community organizers themselves to offer perspective on how organizing and activism takes place in Lake County?� they asked.

The “keynote speaker� at the forum will be Rev. Michael Nwankwo, pastor of Calvary CME Church in Painesville. He’ll give a talk called “Hope and Individual Responsibility� before a Q&A. Nwanko told the News-Herald that he’s excited for community members to become “part of the conversation.� “We want them to ask the tough questions,� Nwankwo said. “Don’t bring your softballs. This is the major leagues, bring that sweeping curveball at us. As long as it’s really in your heart, bring.�

But Rice and Nyamwihura wonder how tough the questions for the panel can be -- and whether or not they’ll be screened -- if leaders won’t even respond to requests about the makeup of the panel.

OHIO SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR TYRONE NOLING APPEAL CASE The Ohio Supreme Court announced this week that oral arguments in Tyrone Noling’s ongoing appellate review case are scheduled for May 31.

The oral arguments will address Noling’s request that the Ohio Supreme Court grant him the “same appellate review for his DNA application as non-capital defendants.” Routinely, death row inmates’ requests for post-convicion DNA testing are denied. Noling has remained on death row for 20 years; convicted of murder, he has maintained his innocence and regularly cited the lack of physical evidence against him in this case and the recantations of state witness testimony.

Noling is specifically asking for all results of post-conviction DNA testing in his case. He also wants the shell casings from the murder weapon to be run through the federal database — particularly in order to see if the murder weapon is linked to other crimes or a specific perpetrator. Lastly, Noling seeks “an appropriately selected lab to make the scientific determinations listed in Ohio’s DNA testing statute based on scientific

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“We are grateful that the Ohio Supreme Court will hear Tyrone Noling’s case. Mr. Noling is an innocent man who has been on death row for almost 20 years,” Carrie Wood, assistant state public defender, said late last year, when the court first decided that it would assume jurisdiction in this case. “As the Ohio Supreme Court determined in accepting jurisdiction, Mr. Noling’s case is one of great public importance and involves a substantial constitutional question.”

Wood was referring to the appeals process for death row inmates in Ohio whose postconviction DNA testing requests are denied. Noling has repeatedly requested that shell casings and ring boxes found at the crime scene be tested for DNA — a use of technology that was not as advanced as it is today when Noling was first convicted.

The Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation has insisted that the shell casings and ring boxes are “unsuitable for DNA testing,” despite having never attempted to perform such tests.

“Yet,” Wood wrote in an email to Scene earlier this year, “at least two other state labs in Ohio perform testing on fired shell casings when the forensic question relates to the identity of the shooter, as do the government labs in a number of other states.”

On June 22, 2015, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals dismissed Noling’s appeal, ruling that the Ohio Supreme Court — rather than the Eleventh District — is the court in which Noling should be filing his appeal. Hence today’s news.

“Ohio must do everything in its power to be sure it does not execute an innocent man,” Wood wrote. “The gaps in Ohio’s appeals process must be fixed. Non-capital defendants who have had their requests for post-conviction DNA testing denied are allowed to appeal to the Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court.

However, capital defendants who have had their applications for post-conviction DNA testing denied are only permitted to appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, which takes only a small number of cases per year. Giving individuals whose lives are at stake less court review is nonsensical as well as patently unconstitutional.”

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EXECUTIVE DECISIONS WHO THE HELL DOES CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE ARMOND BUDISH THINK HE IS?

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“A MAJOR PILLAR OF THIS administration is fairness and equity for all persons,” County Executive Armond Budish said earlier this month. It was a statement accompanying an executive order that banned all non-essential government travel to North Carolina.

Budish issued the order in the wake of legislation passed there that excluded LGBT people from legal protections.

“We invite those businesses that share our views, such as Pepsi, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Dow Chemical, IBM and Apple to bring their businesses to a much more welcoming place,” Budish said.

“Cuyahoga County.”

Budish also headlined the roster of elite local signatories on a letter, courtesy of the PR pros at Dix & Eaton, that invited PayPal to establish a presence in Northeast Ohio. PayPal had canceled its plans to install an operations center in Charlotte, and the letter to CEO Daniel Schulman was meant to entice the company north. It cited the Gay Games and an influx of millennials with advanced degrees as examples of Cleveland’s capacity for

welcoming and growth.

The North Carolina travel ban was interpreted, at least in media circles, as little more than a publicity stunt.

WCPN host Rick Jackson joked on the air that no county personnel were traveling to North Carolina anyway.

As such, it might be submitted as the latest example of Armond Budish’s earnest, but toothless, brand of podium leadership. Eighteen months into his administration (Budish was elected with 59 percent of the vote in November 2014), it seems fair to inquire: What does Budish stand for?

Beyond “fairness and equity for all persons,” what are the real pillars of Cuyahoga County government under the former state legislator and Golden Opportunities host from Beachwood?

And what has he accomplished while in office?

At noon on Thursday, April 21, Budish will try to let us know. In his second State of the County address, he’ll take stock of his desired image for the county — very broadly, a government that provides opportunity, promotes equity and gets results — and he’ll announce, as he did last year, specific policy initiatives to help make

Northeast Ohio the “hub for innovation and entrepreneurship” that he’s envisioned, since he took office, with such dewy eyes.

The address will take place at the Cleveland Convention Center (which won’t yet have transitioned from FirstMerit to Huntington branding), the crown jewel of the $465-million, taxpayer-funded mega project ushered into existence by his predecessors.

Parking will almost certainly be a headache.

FROM BEHIND THE BLOCKADE of manila folders on his king-size desk, Armond Budish rocked in his chair, gazed at the miniature pink elephant before him, and said that the Global Center for Health Innovation was an “evolving concept.”

He was sitting for an interview with Scene, and the talking points had at last given way to hotter-button quotables. E.g.: “I believe that we’re doing everything we can to make sure that it’s a significant success,” he said of the Global Center. “And to do that, I believe we need to make sure that it becomes a

Global Center for Health Innovation.”

The suggestion seemed to be that the massive building constructed as part of the convention center complex in 2013 was not, as yet, living up to its name. In fact it was not even an example of its name. It was the misfit sibling of the Convention Center proper — which, despite having helped Cleveland land the RNC, has itself failed to attract a regular stream of major trade shows — and its mission and its brand were as fungible as its title.

In Cuyahoga County, titles are important. The “Global Center for Health Innovation,” for instance, had been alchemized on spreadsheets by a committee specifically assigned to the christening. Or re-christening, to be more precise. (It was known, in headier days, as the Medical Mart.)

“Global” was a good word, most of them agreed. “Health” was a good word, too, a serious word that encompassed important regional themes. “Innovation!” Man. That right there was a slam-dunk word.

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Cleveland.com’s Mark Naymik, one of two or three roving reporters who every so often cast a county-ward gaze in the absence of a dedicated beat writer, published an op-ed slideshow in January that indexed the Global Center’s current tenants. It was home to a yoga studio, he reported, and an offsite college classroom. Naymik argued that the promised “Superstore for Doctors” was really just a tragic and oft-vacant shell, another highpriced embarrassment for a county government that had failed to assert much of an identity in the wake of the commissioner era.

The Global Center for Health Innovation was just another dream — a lot like former County Executive Ed FitzGerald’s Great Lakes Expo, perhaps, except real — at which pillaged taxpayers could now do little but roll their eyes.

Not Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. The adjectives he used, when talking about the Global Center for Health Innovation, were the following: evolving, significant, creative, best, outstanding, leading, tremendous, smart, best, fabulous, key, tremendous, exciting, exciting, bigger, exciting, optimistic.

Even the name itself — “the Global Center for Health Innovation” — seemed possessed of an almost mystic buzz when Budish said it. It was as if the county executive thought that by Beetlejuice-esque incantation, he could cheerlead the facility to life.

Even when asked about the tenant situation — the convention management team, which already employs high-priced sales people and VPs, recently contracted with an outside brokerage firm, Colliers International, to seek tenants to fill the remaining vacant space (about 15 percent) — Budish emphasized quality over quantity.

“There’s always an effort to bring in new tenants,” he said. “But it has to be the right tenants. We’re not just filling space. It’s not just an office building.

It’s got to be tenants that fill the goal of making it a Center for Health Innovation.”

Presumably, the same thinking would apply to events. Budish said he didn’t know precisely how many “flagship medical conferences” the Global Center had hosted, but he vigorously refuted the idea that there were only “a few per year.” He estimated that he’d personally been to “dozens.”

Budish was also asked about the idea of hosting weddings and proms

at the Global Center in 2016, and what message that might send to taxpayers.

“City Hall is a City Hall for government, but they do a wedding there periodically,” Budish said. “So if there’s a way to add a little revenue, you always want to add. But that’s not the purpose. We want it to be a Center for Health Innovation.”

To that end, Budish was pleased last year to announce the appointment of Fred DeGrandis as the Global Center’s Managing Director. Budish also announced something called the Executive Advisory Council, composed of some of the region’s top minds — “leading, tremendous, smart, best,” etc. — to steer the Global Center toward its fullest potential.

MetroHealth’s President and CEO Dr. Akram Boutros, University Hospitals’ Dr. Marco Costa, Cleveland State University’s president Ronald Berkman, Nottingham-Spirk’s John Nottingham and other big names were appointed as members.

Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Tom Graham — “One of the best innovation minds I’ve ever met,” said Budish — chaired the Executive Advisory Council until he accepted a job in Florida in December 2015. Carla Smith, Executive VP at HIMSS, was announced as Graham’s replacement Jan. 20.

“Carla Smith is moving the Global Center in the absolute right direction,” Budish said. “She’s brought in the Connect-a-Thon on a regular basis, all kinds of seminars and conferences.

She is a tremendous asset.”

No doubt. But she also represents the Global Center’s biggest tenant, in terms of square footage, by a factor of almost nine. HIMSS stands for Healthcare Information Management Systems Society. It occupies the fourth floor of the Global Center and leases 40,087 square feet. (The tenant with the second-highest square footage is University Hospitals / Philips, with 4,614.) The reason why that’s significant is because Executive Advisory Council members are given a half-off deal. It’s a hell of a perk.

The Global Center is notoriously stingy with lease details these days, but we know HIMSS was paying a variable rate ($1 - $26 / square foot) in 2015. Now that Carla Smith chairs the advisory council, HIMSS may yet receive further discounts.

When Smith was announced as chair, three new board members were announced as well. One of them was Barbara Casey, a senior executive director at CISCO. Though CISCO only leases 942 square feet at the Global Center, it was paying full market rate

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FEATURE ($26/square foot) in 2015. With the Advisory Council discount, CISCO will presumably begin paying half too.

When asked to confirm, the Convention Center’s Director of Communications and PR, Dave Johnson, said they do not share lease information. That’s been the Convention Center’s recent line, and the thinking is that it’s bad for business if potential tenants are hip to discounts, but Scene did obtain the lease numbers in early 2015.

At that time, the medical-startup funding and networking firm BioEnterprise and the productdesign consultancy SmartShape were both leasing their space for free; six tenants paid $13/square foot; Johnson Controls, a company that identifies as “global,” but mostly builds energy efficiency tools and premium automotive seats, paid $22/square foot; four companies, including Forbo Flooring, paid $26/square foot; Dixon Hughes Goodman, an accounting firm, paid $28/square foot; and HIMSS paid a variable rate.

The appointment of existing tenants to the Advisory Council, and

the resulting loss in lease revenue (if indeed revenue is lost), illustrates a peculiar operational calculus for a facility that’s already underperforming against modest estimates.

On the other hand, keeping “the right” tenants by any means necessary reinforces the illusion of capacity and energy in the sundry fields of medical innovation. Moreover, it positions the Global Center for Health Innovation as the real and symbolic center of Budish’s vision for Cuyahoga County as the “Silicon Valley of Healthcare.”

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ARMOND Budish rocked in his chair, gazed at the miniature pink elephant before him, and uttered a string of buzzwords about the workforce question.

The workforce question, we’re told, is one of the most significant issues facing the region. Under its vast umbrella are housed any number of subsidiary issues: public transit (access to jobs), lending programs (access to capital), and even pre-kindergarten education (access to “long-term talent pipelines”). It’s one of the concerns over which the business community gets most regularly exercised.

And thus, it’s one of the concerns about which Budish repeatedly heard

during his “100 Meetings in 100 Days” at the outset of his term. That was the big PR push when Budish took office in January 2015, his immediate and meaningful engagement with business leaders. Budish wanted to publicize his eagerness to meet and listen, to discuss challenges, to “connect the dots.”

The Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Joe Roman, who helped Budish identify leaders to meet with, and who attended at least four meetings himself, told Scene that the meetings typically assembled 6 to 8 “like-minded companies” — a far cry from 100 individual meetings — and that “the single biggest message that came out of them was that employers and business owners need to address the workforce question.”

There it is again.

According to county documents summarizing the meetings, the workforce question meant “supply and development of talent”; “access to capital; “access to opportunity”; and “a streamlined government that gets results.”

According to County Councilman Jack Schron, who ran against Budish in 2014, the workforce question was “a monolithic blob.” And though he credited Budish for sitting down with

business leaders (a demographic to which he belongs) he tendered the observation that there seemed to have been an awful lot of meeting and talking about the workforce question and not too many visible answers.

Budish would counter that the answers aren’t visible because there simply isn’t adequate media coverage of the county anymore.

“We have a whole lot of accomplishments,” he told Scene, “things that have helped people and continue to help people move forward.

The reason people don’t get a complete picture is because the word doesn’t get out.”

Well, now. Word certainly got out about the North Carolina travel ban and the “fairness and equity for all persons” pillar. Word got out about the county’s potential financing for upgrades at the Quicken Loans Arena (over and above sin tax dollars). Word got out about the 100 Meetings in 100 Days. But it’s true that the unwieldy, mercurial workforce question, much like the unwieldy, mercurial institution of county government itself (to say nothing of the PR pap Budish wants slung), is, regrettably, just extremely boring.

It’s so boring and anti-clickable that even the Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com

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For the record, the county employes 8,063 people, 4,596 of whom fall under the purview of the county executive. There’s a lot that slips through the cracks.

And though news coverage of government agencies has been vastly diminished as media companies weigh their priorities in the digital age, the lack of vigilant county reporting is alarming in Cuyahoga County, given the corruption scandal and the remorse of local media in the aftermath. It’s especially troublesome given Cleveland.com VP for Content Chris Quinn’s own feelings on the matter, as articulated in an editorial in November 2015, titled “Why the Jimmy Dimora wiretaps are vital to our future.”

“The chief lesson learned from the county corruption crisis, which broke into our collective consciousness with a massive FBI raid in the summer of 2008, is that we can never again relax our vigilance over those we elect to govern,” wrote Quinn. “Not the voters. Not the criminal investigators. Not the media.

And yes, I know, we in the media dropped the ball. The Plain Dealer repeatedly endorsed these criminals, and the news team that I oversaw at the newspaper did not catch the corruption before the FBI did. For all of you who repeatedly note our lapse, I’ve said before and say it again: We blew it, and I humbly apologize.”

So where is the vigilant reporting today?

Karen Farkas managed to write a short piece about County Inspector General Mark Griffin last week, in between coverage of a frat controversy at Case, a mock border wall at John Carroll and the announcement of a film school at CSU. Griffin, who was appointed by Budish last year, replaced Nailah Byrd as Inspector General. Byrd had ruffled feathers when she publicly

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investigated County Executive Ed FitzGerald for his driver’s license lapse — and word was Budish wasn’t pleased. The Inspector General’s office was created in 2012 by County Council to investigate fraud and ethics violations, but Griffin said he’s now “shifting focus slightly.” He wants to pursue investigations that will “save taxpayers money.” That’s in line with Budish’s stated goals of efficiency, but it means he’s steering away from Human Resources investigations.

Perhaps that’s a sound idea.

Perhaps not. But whether it’s consistent with what County Council intended when they created the office in 2012 remains unclear.

Anna Clark is a political media correspondent for the Columbia Journalism Review. She, too, has registered the steep decline in the coverage of local governments.

“There’s no other way to put this,” she said, “It’s dangerous. It diminishes accountability for the people who are working on behalf of local citizens, and, as we’ve seen in places like Flint, the consequences can be devastating.”

Legendary Cleveland journalist Roldo Bartimole, who’s long decried The Plain Dealer’s support of major institutions, speculated that county government is going to continue to have major financial problems on its hands, but that the county executive shouldn’t sweat it.

“Budish has it easy,” Bartimole said, “because no one’s paying much attention.”

NO ONE — CERTAINLY NOT Scene — has paid enough attention to Budish’s lengthy delays in the hiring of county directors.

Councilman Jack Schron, from his first-floor office at Jergens in Collinwood, said that it’s one of the most confounding elements of Budish’s leadership, the fact that he didn’t have a team “waiting in the wings” when he took over.

“When your house needs fixed,” Schron said, “the first thing you do is get your house in order before you start putting new additions on.”

Two of the most important positions in the county — the Director of Economic Development and the Director of Health and Human Services — were filled for months on an interim basis.

Only in December, after a national search funded by the Greater Cleveland Partnership, was Ted Carter appointed Chief Economic Development Officer. Carter arrived from Jacksonville, Florida, and was

hired along with three other chiefs — of Transformation, Talent and Innovation.

In a PR blunder, the county initially announced that they’d be paying the $140,000 salary for the Chief Innovation Officer, Daro Mott, out of a Cleveland Foundation grant.

A County spokesperson later told Scene that to avoid any appearance of impropriety, the Cleveland Foundation grant would go into a general pool and not fund the salary directly.

Ed FitzGerald’s former chief of staff, Matt Carroll, (a friend of Budish’s current chief of staff Sharon Sobol Jordan) had been serving as Interim Director of Health and Human Services for Budish’s entire term. On March 22, Budish wanted to pass an emergency resolution to keep Carroll on as Interim Director, but County Council said no, voting 7-3 against Carroll.

This was unprecedented, but Jack Schron said the opposition was generally because council had grown weary of reappointments after 16 months.

Anyway, at the April 12 County Council meeting, a full-time director was appointed at last. Thomas Pristow, who was formerly the director of the county’s Division of Child and Family Services, took over the post.

The delay in these major appointments has created (at best) a purgatorial uncertainty at county HQ, one former employee said. And council members said they feel more like they’re just maintaining the government, as opposed to participating in any sort of transformative, innovative culture.

The county executive’s term is four years. Imagine if the president of the United States wasted a quarter of his term on a “national search” for key cabinet members. It’d be unthinkable.

Nonetheless, County Council folks did provide endorsements of Budish as a person: Councilman Mike Gallagher said that Budish has by and large been “diligent and accessible” as the executive, and that the general public likely can’t appreciate the scope of his job.

Councilwoman Sunny Simon said she’s been pleased with how Budish has embraced the sustainability department, abolished under FitzGerald and reinstated due largely to Simon’s advocacy. “He’s been fully supportive,” Simon said, “and we’ve got a really dynamic department now that’s going to be able to do a lot of things. I’m really proud and

pleased with the executive’s support.”

Schron credited Budish for his active engagement with the business community. “He’s committed to business improvement and efficiency,” he said.

Councilman Dave Greenspan said he appreciates the executive’s continued outreach to council on various issues. “That was not the case in the past,” Greenspan said.

“Council was not viewed as a coequal branch of government. The general perception now is that council is more respected and has been asked to be more engaged. I think by doing that, there’s a belief that our county is moving again in the right direction.”

If not the county, than at least the County Council salaries.

Even as council has been “merely maintaining” a government that they and others acknowledge has failed to get off the ground, they did find time to pass legislation (in a 7-4 vote, Feb. 9) that will raise their own salaries in 2019. The part-time positions, which now pay $45,000 per year, will soon pay $52,000 and be subject to the same increases that non-union county employees receive, beginning in 2020.

(Scene contacted all 11 County Council members for this story. The four who got back to us — above — are also the four who voted against their own salary increase.)

ARMOND BUDISH ROCKED IN his chair, gazed at the miniature pink elephant before him, and said that the “Innovation Centers” at Cuyahoga County libraries were “an important first step” on a “continuum for an innovation culture.”

Opening library Innovation Centers was one of six specific initiatives announced at last year’s State of the County address. One of the three proposed centers, at the Garfield Heights branch, opened in February. The other two, at Mayfield and Parma-Snow, are slated to open at the end of April.

The Garfield Heights location houses, among other things, the 3D printer on which Budish’s mini pink elephant was made.

“It’s very exciting,” Budish said.

Here are the three other initiatives announced at last year’s State of the County that, on paper, Budish has accomplished (which we’ll embolden to help you skim): 1) Loaning $2 million to ECDI, the Columbus-based micro-lending outfit with an office in Cleveland. The county’s loan will be maintained by

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ECDI and then loaned out in $10,000$100,000 chunks to small businesses who have had difficulty obtaining traditional financing. (The Plum Cafe, opening soon in Ohio City, was the recipient of such a loan.)

2) Loaning $4.5 million to JumpStart for two funds that make larger loans to “high-growth, hightech” startups. JumpStart’s CEO Ray Leach told Scene that Cuyahoga County is the only county in Ohio to partner with an organization like JumpStart in order to make investments in early-stage companies.

After the much-publicized departure of Phenom founder Brian Verne, to San Francisco, who argued that investors in Cleveland were too risk-averse, Budish said these county loans were critical.

“That’s exactly what we’re responding to,” Budish told Scene.

“We don’t have the same kind of venture capital or early-stage funders that the coasts have, so we wanted to incentivize the creation of that funding here on a more robust basis.”

It’s also part of Budish’s response to the business community, enhancing access to capital. Budish said that the county’s $4.5 million investment has leveraged $30 million in additional funding, but critics might argue — in fact one did, to Scene — that that language was slightly disingenuous: If you put a cherry on top of a sundae, did you leverage the sundae? Or was the ice cream already there?

Ray Leach said that though the money in the $20 million “NEXT” Fund and the $10 million “Evergreen” fund existed before the county’s loan, the county was one of the largest individual limited partners.

3) Appointing Fred DeGrandis as Managing Director of the Global Center for Health Innovation and establishing the Executive Advisory Council: “Leading, tremendous, smart, best,” etc. Beetlejuice!

But two other initiatives announced last year are still awaiting action. One was a commitment to make the innovation economy more inclusive by creating a Community Benefits Agreement and passing other pieces of legislation aimed at assisting women- and minorityowned businesses. (“Fairness and equity for all persons,” recall.) The other, in the service of creating a streamlined government, was to repurpose a member of the Economic Development Department as a “Small Business Ombudsman.”

When Budish spoke with Scene

in late March, the language he used was roughly identical to his speech in April 2015. He spoke of a disparity study and a robust set of initiatives to address the problem.

“I’m very excited that five or six pieces of legislation are before council right now,” he said.

But what has taken so long? The county didn’t even create its own Community Benefits Agreement.

Council merely resolved to endorse the City of Cleveland’s CBA. And that happened in March, nearly a year after Budish claimed he wanted one on the books “as soon as possible.”

No Small Business Ombudsman exists yet, either.

“It will happen,” Budish assured Scene. “We were waiting to hire our permanent economic development director, so we went through a fairly lengthy process to do that. It was a national search, so it took a while.

One of his first orders of business will be to set that up.”

ONE FORMER HIGH-RANKING county employee characterized Budish’s first year in office as “the weirdest ever,” and stated flatly that the current county executive had “no clue” what county government was supposed to achieve. Worse yet, they said, was the fact that he didn’t appear to want to know. Budish is not Jimmy Dimora and he has a functional driver’s license, and that’s something, but should we be satisfied? Should we be energized?

This is a man about whom the first reaction is either “Who?” or “Meh.” Nevertheless, when Budish speaks on April 21, he will sincerely preach the gospel of Cuyahoga County’s momentum — even cynics agree he is nothing if not earnest.

He will lavish praise upon the upcoming RNC, cite Cleveland’s recent favorable media coverage, and maybe even announce one or two programs related to the workforce question. Everything will be tremendous and exciting and robust.

But from the bowels of the Convention Center, one might have occasion to recall the pep-squad call to arms with which Budish concluded his remarks last year.

“We have lots to do,” he said, “and there’s no time to waste.”

The elephant in the room — and not the mini pink one — is that he hasn’t done much, and it’s taking forever.

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Tickets start at $29, and performances repeat at 8 p.m. on Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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Adult Spelling Bee Can you spell? Sure, you think you can. You even scoff at the kids in the national spelling bee on ESPN every year. But can you do better? It’s time to find out. Tonight at 8, the Spotted Owl hosts an adult spelling bee next week, and it’s not quite your average bee. The bee is the first of what will be a monthly “Ruthless Battle of Wit and Will.” Contact The Spotted Owl to compete against the Cleveland’s brightest, and probably most vulgar.

The winner gets a bar tab and bragging rights. (Bliss Davis) 9617 Clinton Rd., Brooklyn, 216-9399052.

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Cleveland Stories Dinner Parties The Music Box Supper Club plays host tonight to Cleveland Stories Dinner Party, a weekly series that pairs fine food with storytelling. The series aims to help raise awareness of the mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s new Cleveland History Center by “bring(ing) to life some of the fun, interesting stories about Cleveland’s past — from sports, to rock ’n’ roll, to Millionaire’s Row,” as it’s put in a press release. Each week will feature a guest speaker and a custom prix fixe menu – a full three course meal for only $20. (The talk is free, with no cover charge.) Dinner is served at 6 p.m., and the storytelling starts at 7:30 p.m. Tonight, Dr. Brad Ricca discusses the “amazing adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.” The menu includes Kryptonite soup, Metropolis City chicken and Superman ice cream.

(Jeff Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

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Double Feature The old California Police code 420 signified that someone was caught smoking marijuana. As a result, 4:20 p.m. has become the time of the day that many stoners light up, and April 20 (4/20) has become Weed Day. As the legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana has gained more traction, more people now think of the day as a legitimate holiday. Tonight, the Cedar Lee Theatre will bring two marijuanathemed cult classics to the big screen in recognition of the day’s growing

Whad’Ya Know? comes to Cleveland one final time. See: Saturday.

Little Row Boat or, Conjecture Set during the French Revolution, Kirsten Greenidge’s new play, Little Row Boat or, Conjecture, centers on a teenage slave who gets “her first taste of freedom” when she becomes involved in one of the “most speculated about and scandalous relationships in American history.” Greenidge imagines how events unfolded in the Jefferson household as the scandal unfolded. Today at 3 p.m. at the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre, she reads from the play that’s been described as “a visceral and intricate story of convictions, contradictions, and sacrifice in the pursuit of liberty.”

Tickets are $20. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave, 216-771-8403, playhousesquare.org.

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reputation as an unofficial holiday for pot smokers. Appropriately, the films include Reefer Madness, an old parental warming film about the dangers associated with cannabis, and Up in Smoke, the classic Cheech and Chong comedy. Reefer Madness screens at 6:45 p.m., and Up in Smoke shows at 8 p.m. In addition to the bargain admission, the Cedar Lee concession stand will also have happy hour drink specials with $1 off beer, wine and cocktails as well as a bottomless popcorn special for “anyone with the munchies.” (Niesel).

2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216321-5411, clevelandcinemas.com.

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Three Colors: White Before his death 20 years ago, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski made some terrific movies. With the program Kieslowski in France, the Cleveland Museum of Art will show four of his flicks. The series continues tonight at 7 with a screening of Three Colors: White, the 1994 film about a Polish hairdresser who loses everything when his wife divorces him. Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski star. Tickets are $10.

(Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Drawing Power Twice every month, Great Lakes Brewing Company hosts Cleveland’s Drink and Draw Social Club. The event is organized by the Rust Belt Monster Collective and sponsored by Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop.

Drink and Draws are an opportunity for artists of all levels of experience to drink, draw, socialize/network and collaborate in very relaxed and welcoming environment. Events take place at 7 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. At the end of each Drink and Draw, prizes are awarded for various superlatives. Free.

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Partners, the official young professionals group of Playhouse Square, strives to support the notfor-profit Playhouse Square district by engaging young professionals in “leadership, volunteer and social activities.” Today at 6 at Market Garden Brewery, Partners hosts Recess on W. 25th, a good oldfashioned scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt will include happy hour at the Bier Markt, and drinks at TownHall and Nano Brew. Proceeds benefit the Partners Bus Fund, which helps subsidize transportation costs for school field trips to Playhouse Square.

Tickets are $10, $40 for groups of four.

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Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony Composer Ludwig van Beethoven once said that Symphony No. 3 was his favorite. Tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall, the Cleveland Orchestra performs the piece under the direction of conductor Antoni Wit. The concert will also include Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto with soloist Jan Lisiecki and an orchestral overture by Wagner that serves as homage to the Polish people.

An hour before the concert, Kent State University professor Donna Lee gives a pre-concert talk dubbed “Heroic Beethoven, Fashionable Chopin.”

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GET OUT artists at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 19. Things That Fly remains on view through June 4. Free. (Usmani) 2175 Lee Rd., Hts., 216-371-3457, heightsarts.org.

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Thunder from Down Under The press release promoting the latest appearance by the group of burly hunks who call themselves the Thunder From Down Under boasts that they’ll provide “the perfect girls’ night outback,” a reference to their Aussie heritage. Expect “seductive dance routines, cheeky humor and boy-next-door charm” from these topless dancers. The group performs tonight at 7 at Club Velvet at the Hard Rock Rocksino at Northfield Park, where it has shows scheduled through Saturday. Tickets are $29.95 to $39.95. (Niesel) 10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330908-7793, hrrocksinonorthfieldpark. com.

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Tom Green Funnyman Tom Green used to be the king of comedy. Green, who got his big break while hosting a show on MTV, has had roles in movies such as Road Trip and Freddy Got Fingered and was once a guest host for late night icon David Letterman. All that fame and fortune came about in the early 2000s. Since then, Green has been under the radar, hosting an Internet talk show in his living room and returning to standup. His standup act usually involves a series of rants about things like social media and health care; he’s been known to smash a guitar on occasion too.

Expect lots of yelling and cursing as Green likes to exaggerate his anger. He’s at Hilarities at 8 tonight and tomorrow night. Tickets for tonight’s show are $25 and $30 and tickets for tomorrow’s show are $28 and $33. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com.

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Corey Holcomb After debuting at an open mic in 1992, comedian Corey Holcomb has taken top honors at numerous comedy festivals and appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and the Chicago Comedy Festival.

A physical comedian, Holcomb has said he practices his “stage faces.” He speaks with candor about romantic relationships, admitting that “sensitive people” might find his jokes offensive but “confident people” will like him just fine.

Recently, Holcomb appeared in the film Think Like A Man Too and Adult Swim’s TV series Black Jesus.

He performs at 7:30 and 10 tonight at the Improv, where he has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets are $25 to $27. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.

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be psychedelic and interactive art installations, performance artists and a slew of New Belgium Brewing beers. Tickets are $10. (Niesel) Crop Rocks, 1075 Old River Rd., 216902-7110, www.croprocks.com.

BEER

Citradelic Experience Outside magazine and the Wall Street Journal recognize New

COMEDY

THEATER

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’n’ Tina’s Wedding, the interactive and improvised show engages the entire audience as the guests are treated as the friends and family of the deceased. The show starts at 8 tonight and plays again tomorrow night at 8 at Kennedy’s Theatre. Tickets are $26. (Patrick Stoops).

1501 Euclid Ave, 216-771-4444.

Kent Reggae Jam This year, Main Street Kent and the Crooked River Arts Council have teamed up to present Kent Reggae Jam, an event that promises “reggae rhythms, free flowing jams and other island sounds” to 13 different venues in downtown Kent. This year’s lineup features Outlaws I & I at Ray’s Place, the sounds of the Grateful Dead with The JiMiller Band at the Water Street Tavern, the Rhodes Street Rude Boys at Tree City Coffee and Pastry, Armstrong Bearcat Band’s rock and blues jam at the Venice Café. Admission is

free. Check the website for a full schedule. (Niesel) kentreggaejam.com.

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Kiss Me Kate When a divorced Broadway couple agrees to star in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, all hells breaks loose as another couple dealing with gambling problems joins the cast. That’s the premise of Kiss Me Kate, the 17th annual CMSD All-City Musical that takes opens today at 7:30 p.m. at the Ohio Theatre. The Musical Theater Project joins the locally based Human Fund this year as producing partners. Performances repeat at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15.

(Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

The Big Show 2016 An annual concert that takes place at the Foundry, the Big Show features 20 bands and a slew of vendors. The big news for this year: Local hardcore heroes Run Devil Run will play what the promoters say will be the band’s first local concert since 2002. That’s 14 long years., Fronted by Don Foose, Run Devil Run built a reputation based on fierce live performances at places like the Agora and the now-shuttered Peabody’s Down Under. Other acts on the bill include the Eddie Leeway Show, Lifeless, Drowning, Homewrecker, Steel Nation and more. Bands will perform at both the Foundry and at the Symposium Niteclub. The merch and vendor marketplace will open at noon; doors for the show open at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. (Niesel) 11729 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216-555-6669, www.facebook.com/ foundrycleveland.

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Jon Pestoni: Some Years Last month, the Cleveland Museum of Art announced the acquisition of a painting by Los Angeles-based painter Jon Pestoni. The purchase of Pestoni’s Replica was especially noteworthy because it was the first museum acquisition for Pestoni, who has been painting in LA for the past two decades. Additionally, the CMA will showcase Pestoni’s work at Transformer Station from April 22 through July 10. Replica will be included in the exhibition, Jon Pestoni: Some Years. In addition to his oil paintings, the exhibition includes works on paper and a collection of watercolors being exhibited for the very first time.

Some Years opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 22.

Pestoni will be in the gallery for the reception. Free. (Usmani) 1460 West 29th St., 216-938-5429, transformerstation.org.

MUSIC

Rock ‘N’ Remember Live The 1960s, which delivered the Beatles and the Stones as well as a slew of other great acts, were a great time for rock ‘n’ roll. Tonight at 7:30 at the Akron Civic Theatre, you can relive those glory days at Rock ‘N’ Remember, a concert that features acts from yesteryear such as Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Peaches and Herb, Gary U.S. Bonds, the Happenings and the Reflections, groups that have over 26 top 20 hits to their credit and have sold singles and albums in the millions. Tickets are $30. (Niesel) 182 South Main St., Akron, 330-2532488, akroncivic.com.

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Creative Fusion If you haven’t heard yet, the latest round of Creative Fusion artists from around the world are currently in residency at local arts organizations in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

Throughout the spring, these artists will work with their community, peers, students and their host organizations to produce new work and engage our community in an effort to exchange ideas and cultures.

Stop by Zygote Press at 10 a.m. today to meet Anila Rubiku and learn about the Albanian born Italian artist and her work. She divides her time between Milan, Tirana and Toronto.

Rubiku’s work deals with social and political issues. During her residency, she plans to immerse herself in our local culture in an effort to discover the unique elements of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, “things that are very crucial for this town and not somewhere else.” Learn more and contribute to the conversation at Zygote this weekend. Free. (Usmani) 1410 East 30th St., 216-621-2900, www.zygotepress.com.

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GET OUT while quizzing two contestants vying for unique prizes. Feldman comes to Ohio one last time with Whad’Ya Know, the call-in quiz show that just celebrated its 30th anniversary. A live broadcast of the show takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the State Theatre. Feldman will talk with Dr. Oz’s buddy and Wellness specialist Dr. Michael Roizen. He’s also lined up locals such as writer Anne Trubek, Platform Brewing and musicians Hey Mavis. Tickets are $39.50 to $55.

(Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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NIGHTLIFE

Local Brews Local Grooves Billed as “the ultimate craft beer and music festival featuring the finest breweries, hottest bands and the tastiest food,” Local Brews Local Grooves features beers from 15 of the top local breweries, and 14 of Cleveland’s best bands play on four stages throughout the venue. In addition, you’ll be able to sample food at multiple food stations. House of Blues chefs will create a special menu just for this event. Plus, new to 2016, guests can sample wines from two of the area’s best wineries. Tickets cost $12. The $35 VIP package includes one admission ticket, two wristbands, one food voucher, early entry at 5 p.m. and a swag bag. (Niesel) 308 Euclid Ave., 216-523-2583, houseofblues.com.

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A Reading of Feed Set in the future, Feed centers on a typical American teenager who does all the things typical teenagers do.

He parties with friends and surfs the net. Only thing is, he does all that in outer space, taking information from the Feed, an implant streaming the internet directly into his brain.

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When he falls in love, he begins to the resist the Feed. Trouble ensues.

Commissioned by Cleveland Public Theatre and penned by Cleveland playwright Eric Coble, Feed serves as an outlandish adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s award-winning novel.

Today at 2:30 p.m. at the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre, CPH hosts a reading of the play.

Tickets are $20. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave, 216-771-8403, playhousesquare.org.

BEER

Stout It Out Loud Today, Butcher and the Brewer puts on its inaugural Stout It Out Loud festival, a late-season celebration of dark beers and their most famous culinary partner: oysters.

Participating breweries include Fat Heads, Brew Kettle, Portside, Great Lakes, Willoughby, Thirsty Dog, Platform, Market Garden, JAFB, Rocky River, Brick and Barrel, Griffen and Buckeye. For its part, Butcher and the Brewer will offer up their flagship Albino Stout, a deceiving looking brew with the flavor and mouthfeel of a stout but lacking the customary deep, dark hue. That beer also will be dished up in eight unique forms, infusions built around atypical flavors like Green Coffee & Cardamom, Creamsicle on Vanilla & Oranges, Spicy Mexican Mole and Tiramisu. Approximately 14 local breweries will be on hand pouring two different dark specialty beers. As for the food, there will be a dozen different varieties of oysters on the half shell, plus oyster shooters, oyster Po’ Boys and Johnny Cake fried oysters. Tickets are $40 and include a souvenir tasting glass, tasting tickets and food. A non-food ticket is available for $35 and designated drivers get in for $10. The event runs from noon to 4 p.m. (Douglas Trattner) 2043 East Fourth Street, 216-3310805, butcherandthebrewer.com.

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7th Day Sweat The “seventh day” tends to be a day of rest for many folks. But not for the party hearty people who run B-Side Liquor Lounge, the popular dance club located underneath the Grog Shop.

Dubbed 7th Day Sweat, their weekly Sunday night soiree features DJ White Rims spinning “today’s hottest dance hits,” so you can “sweat it out” every Sunday. Admission is free but you must be 21 or older. It all starts at 7 p.m. (Niesel) 2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., Heights, 216932-1966, bsideliquorlounge.com.

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A Third Way — Settlers and Palestinians as Neighbors A 2015 documentary, A Third Way — Settlers and Palestinians as Neighbors follows a West bank group of settlers and Palestinians who want to get to know one another despite facing resistance from their own communities. Director Harvey Stein will attend today’s screening at 4:15 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $9. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia. edu.

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, one-dollar whole wings, but it’ll also offering meatless Monday ‘wing’ baskets for vegans. Discounted drafts and a specially curated playlist of vintage-electric blues and soulful R&B curated by local musician Clint Holley will be on tap as well. Wing Ding Doodle will take place every Monday from 6 p.m. to midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.

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to spin cool tunes too. It runs from noon to 4. (Niesel) 13200 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216521-3280, mahalls20lanes.com.

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The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Free Admission Day for Local Residents Looking for a fun and free way to start your week? Head on over to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which offers free admission for all residents of Cuyahoga County and Hinckley Township on Mondays.

You can explore the zoo’s massive collection, which includes more than 3,000 animals and 600 distinct species, including the largest primate collection in the country. Or check out the zoo’s impressive botanical garden, which has been praised for expertly illustrating the interdependent relationship between plants, animals and humans. Whatever you decide to explore, you’ll be able to get up close and personal with all your favorite exhibitions since Mondays are usually one of the least crowded days of the week. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This free Monday promotion is not available on holidays and unfortunately excludes access to the RainForest. (Alaina Nutile) 3900 Wildlife Way, 216-661-6500, clemetzoo.com.

NIGHTLIFE

Industry Brunch Brunch isn’t just a Saturday/Sunday thing. Over at Mahall’s, you can grab a great brunch on Mondays as the club caters to industry folks who have the day off. Not that you have to work in the restaurant industry to indulge. The menu features items such as Chicken and Donuts, a dish that features three pieces of fried chicken along with two “Old Hushers donuts.”

Other staples include the Everything Pretzel and the Creamy Egg Sandwich.

A live DJ from WCSB will be on hand

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LIfe, the Universe and Hot Dogs A regular series at the Happy Dog, Life, the Universe and Hotdogs provides local educators and lecturers with the opportunity to leave their ivory towers and mingle with the masses at the Happy Dog, the Detroit Shoreway club and restaurant known for hosting underground rock bands and serving up hot dogs with a wide selection of toppings. Today’s talk takes place at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. (Niesel) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com.

NIGHTLIFE

Trivia Tuesdays How do you spend your Tuesday nights? If you’re not at Nano Brew in Ohio City, you’re definitely missing out. This friendly neighborhood brewpub hosts weekly trivia nights from 8 to 10 p.m. Grab some friends and head on down for a little brainstimulating trivia, freshly brewed craft beer and some seriously stellar bar grub. Better yet, bike on over. The folks at Nano Brew love bikes almost as much as they love beer, and they’re happy to share that love by giving you half off your first drink when they see your bike helmet. (Nutile) 1859 West 25th St., 216-862-6631, nanobrewcleveland.com.

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ART BATTLE ROYALE Four drawing groups enter, only one emerges victorious in Drawn & Quartered live drawing competition at HEDGE Gallery NOW IN ITS EIGHTH INCARNATION, Drawn & Quartered is a live art event unlike anything else you’ll find in Cleveland. At 7 p.m. this Saturday, April 23, HEDGE Gallery at 78th Street Studios (2nd floor, Suite 200) transforms into a gladiator-style coliseum of sorts. Lighthearted at its core, the event pits four local live drawing groups against each other in a competitive environment, crowded with a rowdy audience, an Olympicstyle panel of judges and one hypedup announcer, Michael Salinger.

Drawn & Quartered combines the best parts of spectator sports, fine art, competition and absurdity into overwhelming excitement for everyone involved.

Representatives from each artist group participate in poses ranging from 10 minutes to more than two hours. Following each pose, each group selects its two best works, which are scored by the panel of judges to approval or disapproval of the rowdy audience mentioned earlier.

The group with the most points at the end of the evening takes home the prestigious trophy designed by Murray Hill group member Jack Flotte.

Each pose features a different model, ranging from audience members to professional dancers and local celebrities. Common categories include Blind Contour (artists cannot look at their paper as they draw), Gesture, Best Likeness, Moving Model, Non-Dominant Hand, Tandem Drawing (switching with a partner), Caricature, Extreme Angle and of course the Long Pose, featuring one posed model over the course of the entire event.

In addition to defending champions, the Murray Hill Life Drawing Group, this year’s competing groups include Dr. Sketchy, the Northern Ohio Illustrator Society (NOIS) and the West Side Art Markers.

The members of each of these groups are very diverse, ranging widely in age, education, experience, media, style, etc.

Drawn & Quartered was founded eight years ago by local artists Deb Steytler and Juan Quirarte of the Murray Hill Life Drawing Group

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Photo from Drawn & Quartered 7 at HEDGE Gallery in May 2015

with the help of (former) Dr. Sketchy organizers Jason Tilk and Aaron Erb, George Kocar of the Northern Ohio Illustrator Society, Tim Herron of the Pretentious Tremont Artists and Dana Depew, who hosted the inaugural event at his Asterisk Gallery in Tremont. The event has evolved over the years, and has been held in

Quartered again this year,” says HEDGE Gallery owner and director Hilary Gent. “It is such a spirited event, with a variety of artist styles jam packed into three hours of intense competitive drawing. The energy is contagious.”

“Dr. Sketchy has been participating in Drawn & Quartered since

DRAWN & QUARTERED 8 Hedge Gallery, 1300 W. 78TH ST., 216-650-4201 HEDGEARTGALLERY.COM

various venues, including Walleye Gallery (now Bruno Casiano Gallery) in Gordon Square, Loren Naji Studio Gallery in Ohio City and Great Lakes Brewery’s Tasting Room, also in Ohio City.

For the second consecutive year, HEDGE Gallery hosts Drawn & Quartered. This year, the gallery’s walls will be filled throughout the evening by the artwork created at the event. Many of these drawings will be available for bidding in a silent auction throughout the night.

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it’s inception eight years ago,” explains Dr. Sketchy organizer and participating artist Ashley Ribblett.

“Since then, it’s changed hands but we’ve kept with the fun and tradition in true Dr. Sketchy spirit. Our group is generally considered the ‘wild card’ of the bunch. Typically, our members consist of the younger generation: art school graduates, art school drop outs and loose-living, self-taught weirdos (like yours truly) that love to get together and pay homage to classical life drawing with music, booze and crazy costumes.”

So, how much does all this fun and excitement cost, you ask? $10? $15? $25…? Unbelievably, Drawn & Quartered 8 is free and open to the public. Now that is “art for art’s sake,” and just another reason why Cleveland has the best arts community in the region. It’s truly something that must be experienced in-person.

HEDGE is plenty busy otherwise: On April 28, the gallery presents a special studio visit with legendary local painter and art critic Douglas Max Utter. For more information on how to attend, contact the gallery.

And next month, HEDGE hosts Optic Environments, a group show of new and recent work by Cleveland-based artists Matthew Gallagher, Sarah Hayes, Ashley Pastore and Dott von Schneider. Optic Environments opens with a Third Friday reception from 5 to 9 p.m. on May 20 and remains on view through June 25.

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STAGE KIDNAPPED: A CHILD AND A PLAY Great promise is cut a bit short in Mr. Wolf at the Cleveland Play House IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE of the emotions and torments that would plague a parent whose child had been kidnapped. It is equally difficult to imagine why a playwright would short-circuit his own intriguing story.

Still, those are the challenges facing playwright Rajiv Joseph in Mr. Wolf, now at the Cleveland Play House.

After an opening scene that pulses with intrigue laced with heady discussions about infinity and the cosmos, the play slowly devolves into a domestic drama with snatches of a police investigation. It is indeed rare to see a play begins so promisingly and then meander away from glorious possibilities to settle for a handful of mundane clichés.

There’s no denying that this production is superbly handsome to look at, thanks to scenic designer Timothy R. Mackabee, starting with a book-stuffed library in someone’s home. It is there that we meet 15-yearold Theresa and an older gentleman, Mr. Wolf, who comes back from the store with an urgent agenda.

According to him, “the world is coming” and about to enter their lives, and Wolf has brought Theresa a warm coat, sneakers and some chocolate to prepare for the journey.

These logistical preparations take place next to a blackboard where Theresa has been drawing maps of the stars and using colored chalk to illustrate the most distant known galaxy. Is she a savant, as she postulates the possibilities that infinity provides? And what is their relationship? This may be one of the most exquisitely mystifying yet entirely involving starts to a play in recent memory. And that mystery is further enhanced when Mr. Wolf claims he’s about to commit suicide, followed by an unexpected set change between scenes one and two.

It is at that point that we are thrust back in time into a fairly conventional yet quietly unsettling story. Michael, Theresa’s father, is working out his issues a couple years after Theresa’s disappearance when she was three years old. At this point he has established rules for dealing with a vanished child, and he just finished sharing them with others in a support group setting when Julie shows up.

Photo by Roger Mastroianni

By Christine Howey John de Lancie (Mr. Wolf) and Juliet Brett (Theresa).

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She too has had her child abducted, and she says, “I don’t want to live.”

Michael shares with her some of his rules, one of which is: “Don’t talk to them if they’re not there.” As ensuing flashback and flash-forward scenes indicate, Michael and Julie get married, a union that is tested when Theresa is eventually found, and

Hana, Theresa’s biological mother and Michael’s ex-wife, shows up to welcome her home.

Trouble is, home for Theresa is the library in the house where Mr. Wolf, a professor of astronomy at a community college, has kept her safe and sound.

You see, the old guy thinks Theresa is a prophet from God who can plumb

the intricacies of infinity and save everyone. Okay, he’s malevolently bonkers, a fact that is proven when some of his other activities are revealed. But little Theresa gradually figured out that she could stay safe if she played Wolf’s game, becoming expert at running the stargazing scam that he set in motion.

In the key role of Theresa, Juliet Brett is small, fragile and seems slightly under-developed even for a 15-year-old. And that would be expected, having been held in the confines of Mr. Wolf’s house and imagination. In this difficult role, Brett is hauntingly arresting. John de Lancie conjures up such a fascinating character as Mr. Wolf in scene one, we feel quite bereft as we find he won’t return, except for a rather perfunctory flashback towards the end. He also plays a couple smaller roles, when Theresa sees Mr. Wolf in the shape of a doctor and a police detective, that aren’t nearly as interesting.

Michael and Julie are played by Todd Cerveris and Rebecca Brooksher, with Jessica Dickey turning in an edgy, blunt-speaking turn as Hana.

They do a fine job in roles that feel, weirdly, almost superfluous. The writer is clearly more interested in Theresa and Mr. Wolf, yet he spends most of the play with the other three, without ever going deep enough into their specific stories. This Law & Order: Astrological Victims Unit whimpers to a close as the adults gather around Theresa in the now empty library where she was kept, and they reach a Kumbaya moment that feels depressingly pre-fabricated.

If only we could go back in time to the end of the first scene. That’s when Mr. Wolf gives Theresa a piece of advice for the moment when the police finally break down the door and find her. He tells her to focus on inquiry, keep asking questions, keep them off balance. Had the immensely talented Joseph been more willing to follow that splendid advice in his writing, Mr. Wolf would be vibrant instead familiar, open to possibilities instead of ultimately standing pat.

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MOVIES ELVIS & NIXON IS HISTORICAL CURIOSITY Shannon & Spacey are bang-on, but movie is little more than novelty

By Sam Allard MICHAEL SHANNON PLAYS ELVIS Presley and Kevin Spacey plays Richard Nixon in Elvis & Nixon, a “revealing and humorous” movie that tells the backstory of the most requested photo in the history of the national archives. It opens Friday at the Cedar Lee. Much like 2008’s Frost/Nixon, the film captures a specific episode in the life and times of Richard Milhous Nixon. But unlike that film, Elvis & Nixon has no aspirations to assail the president’s legacy or to add to the robust scholarship surrounding Watergate.

Rather, it merely attempts to capture a peculiar meeting and the elaborate stage management required to make it happen.

Presley, in uneasy repose at Graceland, is troubled by the state of America’s youth in the early ‘70s. The drugs, the violence, the anti-patriotism. He decides, late one night, that he’d like to be deputized as a “U.S. Marshall at large” -- a nonexistent position.

He enlists a former manager (Alex Pettyfer) to arrange a meeting with the president of the United States.

Because why not?

In Washington, two Nixon aides (the appropriately square Colin

Hanks and Evan Peters (American Horror Story, X-Men)) are intrigued by the proposal -- Elvis literally drives up to the White House gate to deliver a handwritten note -- and conspire to get their boss to meet with the King. They hope the stunt might generate some publicity with the nation’s disillusioned youth.

There’s talk of a potential TV special.

But Nixon’s not sold. The meeting would interrupt his nap hour. Presley dallies around D.C., suffering everything from incredulous stares to swoons as he awaits details from the White House and both sides pull strings.

Both Shannon and Spacey are gifted leading men. And though neither bear much physical resemblance to the mega-celebs they here portray, their performances are commendable less for the imitation than for the interpretation. Shannon, eminently mutton-chopped and bell-bottomed, is often soulful and somber as Presley. In a scene which might double as the movie’s thesis, he admits the pain of being known as a character and less as a man. Yet he wields the power of that character to get precisely what he wants. It’s unclear if he doesn’t know or doesn’t care how ridiculous he sounds when

he says he’d like to go undercover: “I’ve been in 31 Hollywood films.

That makes me a master of costume and disguise.” His desire to disappear is a tease, of course, given his eventual (and controversial) “death.” Shannon never sings as Elvis, but he does grant us the pleasure of a “thank you, thank you very much.”

Spacey overcomes the initial challenge of creating a Nixon sufficiently distanced from Frank Underwood, his character on the Netflix show House of Cards, and here presents as a gruff and earnest dad, dealing with Elvis as he might have dealt with a precocious teenager, asking to be considered

for a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

The final act of the movie is essentially just the two men talking. And the comedy of Elvis’s various impositions (he drinks Nixon’s personal Dr. Pepper; he asks if his assistant can be driven to the airport by the presidential motorcade) is appreciated in the larger context of the scene work: two veteran performers lending their talents to two vaunted 20th century figures, measuring the size of each other’s celebrity in the Oval Office.

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SPOTLIGHT: EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

WRITER-DIRECTOR RICHARD LINKLATER revisited the ’70s with his 1993 film, Dazed and Confused, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he would want to turn his attention to the ‘80s with his latest effort, Everybody Wants Some!!, which opens areawide on Friday.

While the film ostensibly serves as a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, a box office bomb that has become a cult classic, Linklater has also said he thinks of the film as a sequel to 2014’s Boyhood because it begins at the point that Boyhood ends, with the first day of college. Fans of Boyhood, however, will likely find Everybody Wants Some!! to be a much rowdier affair as the film comes off as something like Animal House if that movie put an emphasis on character development and dialogue. In fact, most of the plot simply revolves around which party or bar to hit next.

As much as it captures the look and feel of the ‘80s (a classic rock soundtrack featuring everything from the Van Halen tune from which

the movie takes its title to songs by the Cars and the Knack helps set the mood), its lack of any real plot serves as a major deterrent. While the characters allude to a crumbling economy (and one newspaper headline proclaims “a bear market”), the only tension here revolves around whether or not the guys will get laid.

And the film is all about the guys. Centering on the members of a baseball team forced to live together in off-campus housing, the movie

effectively shows the camaraderie that emerges when a group of overly competitive men cohabitate.

Sure, brawls break out if someone loses a game of ping-pong, but these guys live to compete.

Jake (Blake Jenner), a freshman with feathered hair and a subdued demeanor, suggests an alternative to all the testosterone. If his teammates represent holdovers from the ‘70s with their tank tops and mustaches, Jake suggests the more sensitive male that’d emerge in the ‘80s. As a result, he quickly attracts the attention of theater/ dance major Beverly (Zoey Deutch), an artsy type who appreciates the fact that he doesn’t come at her with insipid one-liners.

The cast of relatively unknown actors, which includes Wyatt Russell as the pot-smoking Willoughby, Juston Street as the hothead Niles and Glen Powell as the pseudo sophisticated Finnegan, really delivers here. The lack of meaningful conflict aside, this character-driven film possesses a likeable charm and capably captures the fast times of a bygone era. — Jeff Niesel | clevescene.com | April 20 - 26, 2016

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EAT IN THE BAG Messy fun is the name of the game at Boiling Seafood

By Douglas Trattner WALKING INTO BOILING SEAFOOD for the first time is terrifying. At each table, diners are hunched over what looks to be a gory heap, dismembering pieces parts with their bare hands and gobbling them up like extras in the Walking Dead. The fact that the restaurant is small and dim – a former Chinese carry-out – only seems to heighten the anxiety.

But within minutes we were those people, elbow-deep in a bottomless bag of boiled seafood, gleefully ripping meat from shell and depositing the tasty nuggets into our own gaping maws.

Whether it’s cracking crabs by the Chesapeake, dunking Maine steamer clams in butter, or attacking a mountain of boiled crawfish deep in Cajun Country, the most enjoyable seafood experiences are usually a god-awful mess. Good luck finding a messier meal in town than this one.

At one point, I literally was picking

shrimp shells out of my hair, and I’m pretty confident that I ruined a perfectly good pair of pants.

Boiling Seafood opened quietly last fall, and it’s one of the biggest sleeper hits of the year in terms of new restaurants. The Cleveland Heights spot is the first of its kind in the region, but it is modeled right down to the menu after similar boiled seafood shops down south and out west. And mark my words, it’s a concept that’s ripe for the picking in terms of replication.

If you were to cross a Louisianan crab boil with a Szechuan dry pot, this is what would come out the other end. Seafood is boiled in a flavorful broth, tossed in an aggressively seasoned spice mixture, and delivered to the table in clear plastic bags.

Guests can pour the contents out onto the white-paper table toppers or eat straight out of the sack. Plastic bibs and gloves are supplied by staffers, but I find that the

baggy plastic gloves only get in the way. Utensils are nowhere to be seen, replaced by a never-ending roll of paper towels.

The main meals here are built around seafood like crawfish, shrimp, crab, clams and even whole lobster. Specials like King crab, Dungeness crab and Florida stone crab make occasional appearances.

One of the most popular items is called the Handful ($31), a Santasized bag filled with a pound of shrimp, pound of crawfish, half pound of clams, a handful of andouille sausage slices, two ears of corn and a few new potatoes. Diners can also build their own experience by ordering seafood by the pound and add-ons like corn and potatoes.

After choosing the fish, guests pick a seasoning from a list that includes Juicy Cajun, Garlic Butter, Lemon Pepper or Homemade Juicy, a mix of all of the above. Spiciness is on a scale of “Baby Spice” to spicy, with the latter being full-on hair on fire. “Juicy” is an apt label for the sauce, a fire-engine red paste that clings to the food and tastes of garlic, lemon, butter and tongue-tingling Asian spices.

This operation only

works with fresh-tasting seafood, and that’s precisely what we found.

Whole (head, tail and shell intact) shrimp are firm and sweet. Same goes for the crawdads, which require a little more work for a little less meat but are worth the effort, especially if you’re a head-sucker.

The clams are small but tender, the potatoes hot and steamy, and the corn overcooked and mushy on both visits. You’ll be using that zesty sauce in the bottom of the bag as a dip for sides like fluffy corn fritters ($6), soft Hawaiian rolls ($1.75) and appetizers like crunchy deep-fried shrimp ($12), calamari ($12) and oysters ($12).

If you’re not up for the whole bag o’ fish experience, the menu offers Po’ Boys filled with Cajun fried chicken, soft shell crabs, and even lobster tail, all served with fries.

There’s also a soupy, savory version of crawfish etouffee ($8) with rice that is nothing like you’d find in Louisiana but seems to be staple at these boiling seafood places.

Our servers on both visits were fun, helpful and attentive, bringing round after round of cold Great Lakes beer ($4), refilling our paper towel roll as needed, and packing up the leftovers in a way that does not result in irreparable harm to one’s automobile.

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I can totally see this concept blowing up, perhaps popping up in roomier spaces. It’s fun, it’s social, it’s interactive, and it’s different. Sure, you’ll wake up in the middle of the night with a biblical thirst, and that spicy sauce will do unspeakable things to your insides the next day, but by the time you have a craving for another bottomless bag of spicy steamed seafood, you’ll have long forgotten about all that.

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HEAT RULED ANTHONY ABARE’S formative years in Orlando, Florida.

From an early age, his penchant for spice left him chasing the next great extreme. As chef de cuisine at Chardon’s Square Bistro (205 Main St., 440-279-0101, square-bistro.com), the chef has found a place to showcase that same enthusiasm for risk taking.

“I grew up in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood, so I got accustomed to a lot of heat from going over to my friends’ houses and having dinner with their families,” says Abare. Tamales and pork cazuela, meat braised for hours with jalapenos and citrus, were regularly passed around the table.

Like many youth in the Orlando area, Abare landed his first job at Disney World, where he bussed tables at Italian scratch kitchen Mama Melrose’s Ristorante. But after admiring his mother and grandmother’s cooking for years during the holidays, his ambitions were to climb to the top.

Before long, he was working the line while taking part in the Disney Culinary Program. As he took on more responsibility at Melrose’s, Abare’s favorite dish to prepare was, predictably, a seafood dish made with a spicy sauce created from fresh roasted habaneros and jalapenos. Today, he still enjoys playing with new sauces, like the jalapeno, kiwi and lime aioli he created for Square’s calamari special.

“I don’t like to stick to the basics of any kind of recipe,” says Abare. “I like to try things people wouldn’t expect and see how far I can take it.”

After eight years, Abare was ready for a fresh start. He moved to

Cleveland and took a factory job, but it wasn’t long before the kitchen called his name again. He began working at Joey’s Italian Grille and then Punderson Manor State Park Lodge, where he learned the ropes of cooking for banquets.

When Square opened, he jumped at the opportunity for a change. He started splitting his time between the Chardon location and its sister restaurant in Willoughby, the seafoodfocused Lure Bistro. At Lure, the cuisine has an Asian flair, a trait that continues to manifest itself at Square in dishes like miso-glazed black sea bass with an Asian salad.

The chef’s love for heat is alive and well in Square dishes like the chipotledusted pork tenderloin served with fig and blackberry jam. Undaunted by the idea of flexing his appetite for spiciness at the expense of timid Chardon palates, the chef says of his clientele, “They’re very adventurous when it comes to new things.”

His job at Square has brought him under the wing of chef-owner Jaret Havanchak. “We work seamlessly together,” Abare says. “He taught me to be able to try different things without being afraid to fail at it.”

He credits Havanchak for giving him the chance to work with ingredients like foie gras. As a chef who thrives on innovation, Abare has a deep appreciation for its versatility.

With a taste for testing the limits, Abare has evolved into a natural when it comes to culinary experimentation.

But he vows he’s just getting started.

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BY ALL MEASURES, BARRIO Restaurant Group is on a roll. Since debuting in Tremont four years ago, the popular Cleveland-based taco concept has gone on to open thriving shops in Lakewood and Downtown.

But owners Sean Fairbairn and Tom Leneghan have even grander plans, and in support of those projects they have hired veteran chef Pete Joyce, who will leave his post as Culinary Director for Crop Restaurant Group.

“Pete Joyce will help us get to the next level with the Barrio concept, which means hopefully expanding quite a bit,” says Fairbairn. “Getting a guy like Pete will help us get things organized, get our kitchens in the shape the way they should be, and help manage inventories, keep costs under control and staffing.”

Fairbairn and Joyce worked together years ago for Hospitality Restaurants, when Joyce was executive chef at Blue Point Grille.

Barrio is currently building a new commissary in the ClarkFulton neighborhood, another step necessary to support imminent expansion.

“That’s where we will produce and deliver all food daily to all our locations,” says Fairbairn. “Quality control is the biggest thing. When you have chefs trying to create these recipes in each store it gets a little goofy.”

“That’s what I look forward to most, helping out with the buildout of commissary, to push food

consistency and food safety, because it’s a big issue,” says Joyce, who will oversee the commissary as well as all restaurant kitchens.

“It’s a good move for me,” he adds.

“At my age and in my position, offers like this aren’t going to come too rapidly. Most of my career has been white table cloth oriented, but I think this is a good move. A lot of people are going on the casual side and I don’t mind it at all. It doesn’t hurt my pride. I like to make good food and make it consistent.”

In addition to looking at potential spots on the west side of town, the east side of town, as well as possible sites in Columbus and Pittsburgh, the Barrio Restaurant Group is adding a third food truck and still is working to open a microbrewery and restaurant in the former St. Gregory the Theologian Byzantine Catholic Church in Lakewood›s Birdtown neighborhood. That should happen in late fall or winter.

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Guests can now enjoy the full menu of meaty smokehouse fare, most notably the brisket, pork, Texas hot link sausages, pork ribs and turkey. Diners will be able to order the meat in sandwiches or as part of combo platters featuring one, two, three or more varieties in a single go. Of course, sides like potato salad, baked beans and coleslaw will be on hand as well.

“We’re setting it up to be like the way we like to eat,” Vidovic explains. “When I go to barbecue places I like to try everything on the menu. That’s what I hope people will do here.”

Management has succeeded in creating a colorful, casual neighborhood restaurant with walkup counter-style service. There is seating for about 35 guests at small tables, large communal tables, and at one bourbon barrel-mounted Donkey Kong game set permanently on free play.

Asked to comment about that other guy who launched a barbecue restaurant in Cleveland recently, Vidovic says, “It’s never a bad thing.

Like in Austin, there are 50 places within 10 miles of each other. I think we’ll be the place where you go once a week and Mabel’s will be the place you go once a month.

Hopefully we can piggy-back off that a little bit.”

The menus are different, the prices are different and the settings are different, he adds. Vidovic did have an opportunity to stick his head into Mabel’s to steal a peek.

“He did a really nice job – it looks awesome,” he says. “If I had a couple extra million laying around, that’s the look I would have gone for too.”

MATT ANDERSON MOVING FROM CROP KITCHEN TO TABLE 45 AS NEW CHEF DE CUISINE Almost two years ago, Matt Anderson left his job as head chef at Umami in Chagrin Falls to join Steve Schimoler at Crop Kitchen, where he came on as chef-partner.

This Saturday will be his last day on the job there.

Beginning next week, Anderson will be the new chef de cuisine at Table 45, replacing outgoing chef Donna Chriszt, who will stay with InterContinental Hotels but in a different capacity.

“It’s a lifestyle change,” Anderson says. “I’m 45 years old with a wife and two kids and I’m trying to step back and relax a little bit. I’m excited. I think it’s a great move for me personally.

Working on the line every day for 15 hours was charming and fun when I was 20, but I’m getting too old for that.”

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MUSIC GRINDCORE MEETS GRUNGE Napalm Death and the Melvins bring co-headlining tour to Agora

By Jeff Niesel THOUGH STYLISTICALLY DIFFERENT, the Melvins (pictured) and Napalm Death, two veteran acts formed in the ‘80s, have teamed up for a coheadlining tour that promises to make your ears bleed. Sludge metal rockers who continue to actively tour and record, the Melvins had a huge influence on the grunge bands that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Formed in England in 1981, Napalm Death turned death metal on its head by mixing it with hardcore punk, creating a new genre dubbed grindcore. In separate interviews, Melvins’ drummer Dale Crover and Napalm Death singer Mark “Barney” Greenway talk about the tour and their bands’ remarkable legacies.

The two bands know each other from the past?

Greenway: Yeah, yeah. We’ve known each other for many, many years. I wouldn’t say we’re besties, but we’ve known each other many years, and the tour is something we had in the back of our minds for a long time.

With Napalm, we try to give different experiences not just for the people who come to

shows but for ourselves as well. It’s the perfect thing. They have a certain level of extremity themselves. On the other end of the spectrum, we have our thing.

Crover: Yep, we’ve played shows together before. [Melvins singerguitarist] Buzz [Osborne] and [Napalm bassist] Shane [Embury] were in Venomous Concept together. We’ve talked about touring together for quite some time now. We’re very excited, and it’s gonna be fantastic.

Which band plays heavier music?

Greenway: I can’t say that. It’s the ear of the beholder, I suppose you would say. What is heaviness and how do you gauge it? They’re just two different bands. Everyone will have a different angle on that one.

Crover: Hmmm, I guess we’ll have to have a weigh in before the tour starts to determine that. Time to start eating lots of cheeseburgers to bulk up.

of shows. It was Napalm and Melvins and Neurosis and Final Conflict, a California hardcore band. It was only three or four shows, but it was a great lineup. If I could have, I would have taken that whole lineup everywhere, but we could only do a few shows. I thik we played San Francisco and two or three other shows in that area.

There is history, and, personally, I have been a Melvins fan for a long time. I bought [1987’s] Gluey Porch Treatments the day it came out. I’m on board with the finer points of the Melvins.

Crover: I first heard of them through Chris Dodge who used to write for Maximum R&R and ran Slap A Ham records,

sometime in the late ‘80s.

How did the two bands first The Melvins let their freak flag fl y.

meet?

Greenway: We played together in 2005 or something. We did a series

Talk about the group’s legacy.

The group’s formation dates back to the ‘80s. Was the underground music scene better than now?

Greenway: For starters, I wasn’t there in the beginning. I was just a friend. I wasn’t there in the early ‘80s.

I first saw [Napalm] in ‘85 or ‘86. It

was a long time ago but not the very beginning. It was a different scene then. It was localized in many respects.

It was a punk scene. There was this great old venue we used to go called the Mermaid. It was a collection of punks. There were maybe some ’77 punks but mainly anarchist punks.

There were also a few Rastafarians.

It was a very mixed scene, which is a great thing. It was good times.

PR as y ake e Then, of course, Napalm p fS sy o got bigger because ur t e o c to it was P ho

notorious in some ways.

It had such extremity.

It just spread, and we started playing all over the world. With that comes a certain appeal and it went from there.

Crover: The area we’re from, Grays Harbor, is pretty isolated. There really wasn’t a music scene there besides a few high school cover bands. I was in one of those bands when I was a teen and we played with the Melvins at the local Elks Club. None of my bandmates liked them besides me.

They played originals and sounded like the Ramones mixed with Motörhead.

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MUSIC They didn’t look, dress or sound like everybody else from that area.

They confused the hell out of the locals. Nothing has changed in that department.

Grindcore/grunge didn’t even exist as a genre before the band started.

Greenway: It didn’t exist, but the more specific story is how the name came about. Mickey, the old drummer, coined it. He was looking for a word for something that was extremely slow and painful, which was like early Swans, and the fastest thing around which was Siege from Boston or Repulsion from Michigan or it could mean SOB from Japan or Asocial from Sweden. There were all these underground bands from back then. That’s where it comes from. The press picked up on it and ran with it. It was Mickey who came up with it. The scene was infinitely smaller then than it is now. Hardcore did exist before Napalm. Napalm was started in ‘81 and hardcore was used before that.

Crover: That’s a bit bold to say but certainly we had a big part of something that wouldn’t have existed without the Melvins. I think how it happened was by being outsiders and not being like everyone else. Doing our own thing and believing in it. And not giving a deuce about what anyone else thought.

Talk about your approach on your new albums.

Greenway: To be honest, when we go and do an album we don’t produce a checklist. That’s not how we do things.

It sounds obvious but we go in and

things I can do. I poke a stick at what is happening in the world. I don’t want to make it in the past because that’s already gone. I want to make it about now.

Crover: The Mike and the Melvins Three Men And A Baby record [is one] we started 17 years ago with Mike Kunka from Godheadsilo that was never finished until now. The idea was for everyone to play bass. Buzz plays low end bass, Kevin Rutmanis does noisy bass, and Kunka does bass that sounds like guitar. Each of us also take turns doing the lead vocals as well. In June we release Basses Loaded. There are no less than six bass players on the record. We have Jared Warren, Jeff P!nkus, Trevor Dunn, Steven Shane McDonald, Krist Novoselic as well as myself.

Given that the music industry is in shambles, what’s been the key to keeping the band together?

Greenway: I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Napalm is revolutionary and operates differently from every other band. You can go back to the most freethinking punk band and there are certain aspects there that any band has to deal with. In that sense, Napalm is no different. We try to be fair in the way we operate. If we didn’t think something was right, no matter how much we were leaned on to do it, we just wouldn’t do it. In the past certain companies wanted to get involved with the band. We didn’t need to do that. It was that simple. Of course, as band you should never be so arrogant that you can’t take advice.

But if it isn’t appropriate or if it doesn’t feel right after much consideration, you shouldn’t do it. That’s the principle we’ve operated under. We haven’t achieved the 100 percent best results.

Largely, we’ve done the right thing

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we make the best thing we can at the time. We want it to be appropriate to maintain the harshness of the band sonically. Lyrically, we also want to ask questions that might make people uncomfortable. Anything that comes from beyond that is purely organic.

Of course, I can only speak for myself because there are two other people who write music. However they feel about it is another thing. For me, from a lyrical point of view, I had the catalyst some time before [Apex Predator — Easy Meat] started, which is unusual.

Usually, when we come to a conclusion that we want to start a new album, I’m usually going through all the

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and what we felt was best in most situations. I know it’s difficult when bands first start off. Maybe you might have to brush shoulders with some aspects you don’t feel comfortable with but once you get into the swing of things, you can guide things pretty successfully.

Crover: We do a lot of our own releases with deluxe artwork. We also tour every year and we don’t stop working. That’s the key — don’t stop.

Work hard!

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MUSIC AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT Filter returns to its industrial rock roots on new album

By Jeff Niesel FILTER’S RICHARD PATRICK, who grew up in Bay Village, says he can remember wanting to play guitar since he was 4 or 5 years old. He didn’t actually pick up the instrument until he was 8 or 9 when his parents bought him the instrument.

“My dad had been playing a ton of music,” says Patrick via phone from his Los Angeles studio where he was working on music for a film soundtrack. “He played Neil Diamond, the Hot August Night record. I remember being fascinated by the guitar. I asked my mom for an acoustic guitar. Little did I know that when parents hear ‘musical instrument,’ they think it’s good for you. When she gave it to me, it wasn’t that great, but it worked. I just started playing. For Christmas that year, I got an electric guitar.

I remember parking on this little 7-watt amp and creating all this feedback. It’s exactly what I do now for movie scores but on a technical level.”

His noisemaking went against the grain in Bay Village, which he says was “a little conservative.”

“My father was a banker, but my mom was rebellious and my brother Robert was very rebellious,” he says.

“I told my mother I wanted to dye my hair black and wear combat boots. She said, ‘Alright. You’re doing the punk rock thing.’ My mother is this amazing Southern Belle from Little Rock. She told me to be myself and be different.”

He started listening to industrial rockers Skinny Puppy and met Trent Reznor through a variety of bands that Reznor was in, one of which was the Exotic Birds. He eventually joined Nine Inch Nails, which wound up with a deal on TVT Records that Patrick says is “a case study on what not to do.”

“My friend teaches at UCLA and they go over his record contract as one of the worst,” he says. “It’s really the publishing for his first three records that he got screwed on. The songs were owned for

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perpetuity, which means forever. It was a disaster.”

Still, NIN became an industrial rock success. While Reznor became iconic, Patrick lived in his parents’ basement. Destitute, he eventually grew discontent.

“Trent had this huge house and cars and everything,” he says. “They were paying me $400 a month. It was brutal. It was like, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ I was 26 years old. They suggested I deliver pizzas [to make ends meet]. They told me it would put some money in my pockets. They were treating me like this guy who had nothing to offer.

It would have been great if I had been on [Reznor’s] Nothing Records and made them a bunch of money.”

Patrick, who signed with Warner Bros. Records, would split from the band and form Filter in Chicago, where he lived for eight years before moving to Los Angeles, where he now lives.

“My entire life since that moment has been from a position of utter freedom,” he says.

Patrick says Warner Bros. became an attractive option because of the way the label treated altrockers Jane’s Addiction.

“They were an amazing band that did whatever they wanted,” he says. “They technically never had a hit until ‘Been Caught Stealing.’ You could tell the label didn’t demand they write hits.”

Richard Patrick

times, Patrick remains a constant.

After releasing 2013’s The Sun Comes Out Tonight, the band toured relentlessly and even played Cleveland twice in the course of promoting the album. Before long, Patrick got the itch to go back to the studio to record Crazy Eyes, which just came out this month.

“We toured for about a year and then I went into the studio and the label said, ‘I want to make another album,’” he says. “I just like putting records out as quickly as I can.

Records are getting easier and easier to make. I cannot believe how instrumental Pledgemusic.com was in finding out what the fans wanted.

They adored the heavier, crazier Richard. I’m speaking third person

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Patrick says he sat in “a little house in Rocky River” and recorded a bunch of songs including the first Filter single, “Hey Man, Nice Shot,” which became a massive success, and the group continued to reap success throughout the ’90s. Though the line-up has changed countless

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because that guy was completely different than the guy I am now. I like dangerous, drunken Richard.

He’s still there. He just doesn’t use alcohol.”

The album suggests a sound that Patrick has described as “new industrial.” It commences with “Mother E,” a song characterized

by distorted vocals and pummeling drums. “The City of Blinding Riots” features howling vocals and industrial-strength synthesizers as it recalls Downward Spiralera Nine Inch Nails. On the song “Under the Tongue,” he tried to record the bass and a click track.

He got the chorus right but screwed up the song and played two chuga-lug bars in frustration. He liked the imperfections so much that he decided to keep them.

“I’m not necessarily the greatest musician in the world – we’re not all Dave Grohls out here,” says Patrick. “The world doesn’t need ten million Dave Grohls. The world needs Neil Youngs. Look at how bad American Idol has become.

They chisel you away and take away all the eccentricities that are you and make another soulful perfect sounding singer with no mistakes. That’s the problem. The beauty of punk rock and rock ’n’ roll is that you need three chords and the truth. You can be not that great of a musician. Look at Pere Ubu. They were fucking tripped out. Look at Chrissie Hynde. Look at the Black Keys. Ninety percent is attitude.”

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MUSIC DEEPER TRACKS The Church’s Steve Kilbey talks about revisiting the band’s second album

By Jeff Niesel FOR THE CURRENT 17-CITY TOUR, which includes a stop at the Music Box Supper Club, Aussie rockers the Church plan to play two full sets. The first will feature the band’s second album, The Blurred Crusade, in its entirety. Only released in the States as

the band, it’s pretty easy, and we have moved on a lot. It was 35 years ago when we recorded it. In those days, we weren’t as good as musicians as we are now. Having said all that, we do it pretty faithfully.”

Kilbey admits that it’s “a weird

Clearmountain handling production, the band had a guy who could bring out the nuances in the band’s moody music.

“He was the number one guy in the whole world and somehow someone talked him into working with us,” says Photo Courtesy of SKH Music

The Church played alternative rock before alternative rock was cool.

an import, it features the psychedelic rock undertones for which the band would be known.

The second set will consist of selections from the band’s most recent album, Further/Deeper, along with other classic tracks. In a recent interview, singer-bassist Steve Kilbey didn’t ooze with enthusiasm when we asked about the decision to revisit The Blurred Crusade.

“You know what — I was bored with it about one minute after someone thought of the fucking idea,” says Kilbey, an admirably straight-to-thepoint guy who says what he thinks rather than what he should. “Seriously.

And then, it was just going to be for Australia and then it was just going to be for a few shows with the Psychedelic Furs. Someone said, ‘Let’s do The Blurred Crusade again.’ I was like, ‘Ah, yeah, alright.’ And now we’re coming back to America to do it.”

He backtracks a bit when we remind him that at least it doesn’t require much prep to learn the songs.

“That’s the upside,” he says. “I know I’m supposed to be getting people to come to our shows, so I shouldn’t say that. I guess I should say, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to play the album. It’s what my life has been leading up to.’ Let me put it this way. People who haven’t heard it in its entirety will probably like it. For

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and random choice” to play an album that didn’t come out in the States. But he recognizes that playing it in its entirety will appeal to the hardcore fans.

After the Church’s 1981 debut became a bit of a hit, the band went in a different direction for 1982’s The Blurred Crusade, replacing its hard-hitting original drummer with Richard Ploog, a finesse player.

“When The Blurred Crusade came along, everything fell into place,” says Kilbey. “Richard Ploog became the drummer so we lost that drive to be heavy that we had with our first drummer, who was an AC/DC fan and thought everything I was doing was wimpy. The guitarists settled into their roles more. Peter [Koppes] really defined his echoing, chorus-y beautiful lead thing. Marty [Wilson-Piper] hadn’t been playing that long. He took up his

Kilbey. “I don’t know why he did. He was an amazing producer. When the album was finished and mastered, [the record label] EMI rang me up and said there was a cassette waiting. I went and picked it up and went back to the market and my friend had a brand new invention called a Sony Walkman.

I put it on, and I couldn’t believe our album sounded like that. It sounded like a million dollars. I remember other bands telling me, ‘How did you bastards get it to sound like that?’

It was rich and warm and organic.

Clearmountain did a wonderful job.”

But it never came out in America because the higher-ups at Capitol Records thought Americans wouldn’t like it.

“There’s no way I would write a hit they would like,” Kilbey says. “You have to imagine what a guy working at Capitol Records in 1981 was like.

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role as 12-string electric. There wasn’t a lot of 12 string on the first album.

There were acoustic guitars, and I experimented with keyboards.”

And with producer Bob

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There was no R.E.M. There was nothing. There were a few things, but he was already stuck in 1979 anyway.

They’re always two years behind.

That’s what [singer-guitarist] Robyn

Hitchcock said to me. He said, ‘These guys sign you up in 1984 and they’re in 1982 and their idea of what 1982 is is 1980 anyway. So by the time the record comes out, they’re five years behind the times.’ These guys were hopeless. They’re like women who see a guy and want to change that guy when they get him. EMI/Capitol looked at the Church and saw what we were — young scruffy indie guys playing psychedelic music. They wanted to turn us into the Thompson Twins.

Why would they want that?”

An ill-fated tour with Duran Duran only added insult to injury; Kilbey pulled the group off the Duran Duran tour after only a few dates.

“Their audience hated us,” he says. “It was 1982 and there was no reference to this. There was nobody else out there with long hair playing 12-string guitars trying to invoke psychedelia or whatever that is. It was like a One Direction crowd. It was like putting Fleet Foxes on before One Direction. That wouldn’t go down very well. We were supposed to do a whole tour and after 10 gigs, I went, ‘That’s it. I’m not putting myself or my band through this.’ We couldn’t convert [the fans]. There was no conversion going on. Not one girl wetting her pants over [Duran Duran drummer] Roger Taylor would go home and buy the Church’s album. It’s not happening.”

Last year’s Further/Deeper finds the band in good form. On “The Vanishing Man,” the band offers up a kind of sonic density that suggests shoegazer but with definite pop sensibilities.

New guitarist Ian Haug (formerly of Powderfinger) fits in perfectly and even helped write the songs as the band pounded them out during and eight-day recording session.

“The challenge with the band is to maintain continuity,” says Kilbey.

“As you go through your career, you meander and take in interesting things without completely selling out. Sometimes, it’s a paradox and contradiction to try to do that. The second set is a lot of Further/Deeper and songs fans are hoping we are going to play like ‘Reptile’ and ‘Under the Milky Way.’”

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10 X 3 Hosted by Brent Kirby (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Creed Batton: An Evening of Music and Comedy: 7 p.m., $20-$40. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Blu Jazz + Student All-Stars Concert Series Presents: The University of Akron Jazz Ensembles: 7 p.m., $10. BLU Jazz+.

Blue Water Kings Band: 8 p.m., Free.

Brothers Lounge.

Will Cheshier/Dan Holt/Chad Elliott: 6 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Cleveland Stage Alliance Presents “The Divas, Radio Royalty”: 8 p.m., Free. Bop Stop.

Corey Grand & Twizz/Fake Species/ That Poor Girl: 9 p.m., $7 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Hayseed Dixie/Ramon Rivas II: 8 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Houndmouth/Lucy Dacus: With a flair for the deeply American chord progression, Houndmouth taps into the collective consciousness of the dusty fringes of the Midwest.

Their most recent album, Little Neon Limelight, has a looser, more open feel to it than previous outings. “For No One,” accented with ghostly backing vocals and driven by twangy acoustic guitar, sees a laid-back band indebted to a life on the road. That’s soon followed up by “Honey Slider,” where reverb-drenched lead guitar works it way across a building synth line and harmonized vocals. The band’s debut album, From The Hills Below The City, similarly is a true delight, complete with folksy fun, heartfelt musicianship and nods to the country-tinged legacy that lay within their shadow. (Eric Sandy), 8 p.m., $19 ADV, $22 DOS. House of Blues.

Magic Man/The Griswolds/Tim Moon: 7:30 p.m., $20. Beachland Ballroom.

Prof/Mike Mictlan/Fundo/JMO/ Referee Nelson: $15. Grog Shop.

Drew Schultz Funk Machine: 7 p.m., $10. Nighttown.

Spose: 6 p.m., $10. Agora Ballroom.

Tetsu Arrey/Butcher/Fuck You Pay Me/Prison Moan/DJ Kid Vicious: 9 p.m., $10. Now That’s Class.

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Rapper Tech N9ne returns to the Odeon.

See: Saturday.

Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Hillbilly Idol/John Hansen/Kosi: 6 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., Free. Brothers Lounge.

Marcus Johnson: 8 p.m., $20.

Nighttown.

Late Night Jazz Jam with Bobby Selvaggio: 11 p.m., Free. BLU Jazz+.

Eliot Lewis/Joe Vitale Jr.: 8 p.m.

Akron Civic Theatre.

Luxotica Lounge Cabaret: 8 p.m., $12. Musica.

Napalm Death/Melvins/Melt Banana: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons/ Ray Flanagan & the Authorities/ Megan Zurkey: 8:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Possibilities Trio: 8 p.m., $10. Bop Stop.

Bobby Selvaggio’s Grass Roots Movement: 8 p.m., $10. BLU Jazz+.

Shivery Shakes/Soft Copy/Sweet Gravy James: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Subways/PINS/The Scuzzballs: 8:30 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop.

Sun Club/Brainfreeze/The Allies: 9 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class.

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Twiddle/Sassafraz: Twiddle, connoisseurs of “hi-def shred,” have taken up the mantle of genreblending live improvisation straight outta Vermont — and they’ve done so patiently, woodshedding their craft as they make their way across the U.S. The band was most recently in Cleveland last fall, ending their tour with The Werks at Beachland Ballroom, and the concert was a stunning hat tip to the power of live improvisation. Among the national jam circuit, Twiddle has really been picking up steam, and their live shows are a terrific testament to that. Check out 2014’s Live at Nectar’s for a hearty primer on their sound. We recommend “Doinkinbonk!!!” for starters.

(Sandy), 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

WRUW presents Live From Lakewood featuring: Texas Plant/ Polars/The Ohio Weather Band / Small Wood House: 8:30 p.m., $5.

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The Thermals/Summer Cannibals/ Cheap Clone: On their newest album, We Disappear, The Thermals offer up much of the same style of straightforward punk that has

propelled the Portland trio for over a decade. Fans who were originally hooked by the band’s first hit, the biblical romper “Here’s Your Future,” won’t be disappointed; razor-sharp guitar fuzz and the raw singing of front man Hutch Harris remain their driving force, particularly on songs like “Hey You” and “In Every Way.” Proving they can still strike the delicate balance between sweet harmony and discord, the Thermals sound so sharp on their latest release, it suggests it’s still full-steam ahead for a band entering its fourteenth year. (Jacob DeSmit), 9 p.m., $15.

Beachland Tavern.

The American Anthology of Folk Music: 8 p.m., $35. Bop Stop.

Sean Benjamin (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Lee Brice/Maddie & Tae: 7:30 p.m.

Covelli Centre (Youngstown).

Cabinet/Hiram Rapid Stumblers: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Alan Doyle & the Beautiful Gypsies: 8 p.m., $25 ADV, $28 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Filter/Orgy/Vampires Everywhere/ Death Valley High/Impending Lies: 6 p.m., $20 ADV, $24 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

The Freeze/Rational Dads/Wetbrain/ Chromosone Damage: 8 p.m. Now

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Marcus Johnson: 7 p.m., $25. BLU Jazz+.

Jim Kweskin/Spyder Stompers/ Sugar Pie: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $22 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Dennis Lewin: 10:30 p.m., free.

Nighttown.

Martini Five-O/Eclectic Vision/ George Foley & Friends: 5:30 p.m.

Barking Spider Tavern.

The Menus: 9:30 p.m., $10. Brothers Lounge.

My Gold Mask: 9 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Nights/Commonwealth: 9 p.m., $8.

Happy Dog. The Pupils of Groove/Drunken Sunday/Psychic Relic: 10 p.m., $10. Musica.

The Ragbirds (in the Supper Club): 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Red Giants CD Release: 7 p.m., $10.

Musica.

Songwriters in the Round: 8:30 p.m., $10. Nighttown.

Spissy/Major Murphy/Village Bicycle/Bummed Out: 9 p.m., Free.

The Euclid Tavern.

Michael Stanley and the Resonators: 8:30 p.m., $45-$87.50. The Tangier.

That ‘80s Band: 9 p.m., $5. Vosh Club.

DJ Paul Weaver: 6 p.m., Free. Happy Dog.

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4/23

Beach Slang/Potty Mouth/Dyke Drama/Worship!: The salt to Beach Slang’s ocean water is introspection.

What at first seems like a tall glass of clean-cut pop punk (crisp, sustained guitars and gruff chantlike vocals) shocks the unsuspecting palate with emotional zingers like “All the words I carve out of my throat, they keep me alive, but keep me alone” (“Dirty Lights”). The band offers psychological sustenance in the aural vein of the Replacements, Japandroids, and Cloud Nothings.

It just began work on its first fulllength for Polyvinyl Records, so maybe the band will play a few of the tracks from it at tonight’s show.

(Bethany Kaufman), 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Grog Shop.

Tech N9ne’s Independent Powerhouse Tour: For the Independent Powerhouse Tour 2016, acts such as Ces Cru, Stevie Stone, ¡Mayday!, Rittz, Krizz Kaliko will accompany rapper Tech N9ne. Last year, he had the biggest

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radio hit of his career with “Hood Go Crazy,” a song that features 2 Chainz and B.O.B. “I was trying to prove to the industry that I can do anything as an independent,” he says when asked about last year’s Special Effects. “If I set out to do a song with Eminem, I did it. If I set out to do a song with Corey Taylor from Slipknot, I did it. If I set out to a song with 2 Chainz and Lil’ Wayne and B.O.B. and all these people, I did it. I was trying to show the industry that talent still exists.

I wanted to show that I could lock these songs down and get them cleared. I showed them what I could do and they didn’t charge me out of respect for the art. That made me feel so special.” Yates pushed the boundaries of conventional hip-hop too. A choir performs on the song “Lacrimosa,” making it sound like something by the classic rock group Queen. At a time when critics say hip-hop is dead, Tech N9ne continues to be prolific. He has another studio release slated to come out this year. (Niesel), 6 p.m.

Odeon.

Peter and Will Anderson Trio: 8 p.m., $20. BLU Jazz+.

Bossa Nova Night with Luca Mundaca (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club.

Cats on Holiday: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Cleveland Jams Springtime Jamboree (in the Supper Club): 3 p.m., $5. Music Box Supper Club.

Pat Dailey: $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Vosh Club.

An Evening with Noah Gunderson: 8 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Fresh Out of the Can Featuring a Work of Fiction: 7 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Tim Halperin: 6 p.m., $12. Musica.

In Training April with DJ Shiva/ Mint Clad/Kiernan Laveaux: 9 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class.

Konyafest: Jim Konya LIfe Celebration with Bowel/ Ringworm/Terror/Decrepit/ Solipsist/Schnauzer/Soulless Sky: 6 p.m., $10. Agora Ballroom.

Madison Crawl (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Phillip “Doc” Martin: 8:30 p.m., $25.

Nighttown.

Saved by the ‘90s: 10 p.m., $10.

Musica.

Shop Talk/Duo Decibel System/ Chomp!: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern.

Spazmatics: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge.

The Speedbumps/The Gage Brothers: 8:30 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

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The White Buffalo: 7 p.m. House of Blues.

Tom Stahl/Rob Bliss: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Michael Stanley and the Resonators: 8:30 p.m., $45-$87.50. The Tangier.

Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders/ The Greaves/The Lawton Bros.: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free.

Nighttown.

Gruca White Ensemble: 8 p.m., Free.

Bop Stop.

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The Temptations: The 1960s were flush with R&B/soul groups, many of whom have been forgotten. Not the Temptations. While hundreds of aspiring stars sold singles out of the trunks of cars, a few rose to shine as representatives of an entire culture. The Temptations boasted album sales in the millions and delivered hits such as “My Girl” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.” Original member Otis Williams leads new recruits in keeping the legacy alive on tour.

(Kaufman), 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$65.

Hard Rock Rocksino.

Case Western Reserve Jazz Program: 7 p.m., $5. Nighttown.

The Church: 8 p.m., $35 ADV, $40 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

The Darkness/RavenEye: 7:30 p.m.

House of Blues.

Davy-O: 6 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Brent Kirby: 3 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Benefit with Jurassic Punk/ Ian Bokas/The Saints: 6 p.m., $15 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Murder by Death/Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band: 9 p.m., $22 ADV, $24 DOS. Grog Shop.

Mike Petrone (in the Wine Bar): 5:30 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Brittany Reilly & Achill Crossing (in the Supper Club): 3 p.m., Free.

Music Box Supper Club.

Brandon R. Scarborough Presents Bringing Gospel to Blu: 3:30 p.m., $20-$30. BLU Jazz+.

Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $12. Music Box Supper Club.

Supermonkey: 7 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. The Kent Stage.

Adia Victoria/Mourning/BLKstar/ The Village Bicycle: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

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Skatch Anderssen Orchestra: 8 p.m., $10. Brothers Lounge.

Crowhurst/Space Funeral/Ghost Bread/Cattle Dogs/Andrew Kirschner/X-Terminal: 9 p.m., $5.

Now That’s Class.

Velvet Voyage (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. [edit secondary] 8 p.m.

Brothers Lounge.

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Justin Bieber: In the years since singer Justin Bieber became the most talked-about Canadian pop star of all time, the heartthrob has turned into a sex symbol as his hoard of “Beliebers” have grown out of puberty with him. His music matured, too, evolving from cheeky pre-teen pop to steamy electronic dance music. His latest album, last year’s Purpose, has been his bestcharting to date. Its first single, “What Do You Mean,” made Bieber the youngest artist, at 22, to top the Billboard Hot 100. Those with tickets to this show should stay tuned, however. Quicken Loans Arena might be needed to host the Cavaliers’ fifth playoff game against the Detroit Pistons,0 if the home team doesn’t sweep the series, Bieber’s concert will be bumped back to an undetermined date. (DeSmit), 7:30 p.m. Quicken Loans Arena.

Blu Jazz + Student All-Stars Concert Series Presents: Firestone High School: 7 p.m., $10. BLU Jazz+.

Coasts/Knox Hamilton/Symmetry: 8 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop.

Gnarly Davidson/Wooly Bear/End Thymes: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

Honeycutters/Lost State of Franklin: 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

M2B2: 8 p.m., Free. Brothers Lounge.

Open Mic Night with Will Cheshier: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

The Scuzzballs/Greys/Vacula/Theta Waves/Who Hit Me (in the Locker Room): 7:30 p.m., $8. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Swingtime Big Band: 7:30 p.m., $7.

Vosh Club.

Two-Set Tuesday Featuring Harry Bacharach: 7 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

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The three used to hang out in London and started playing punk songs as Mustardseed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were just teenage kids hanging out and playing Nirvana covers,â&#x20AC;? she says during a recent transatlantic phone call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really young. We were like 14 or 15 years old. We met at swimming club, which is not very rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll. We were so young. We would play the Glastonbury Festival and then go back to school on Monday. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about it at the time. You just go on with it.â&#x20AC;?

BRITPOP WITH A TWIST: Appropriately titled Young for Eternity, the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2005 debut featured snotty punk songs with a twist of Oasis- and Blur-inspired Brit-pop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think [the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popularity] has grown over time,â&#x20AC;? says Cooper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an initial big explosion with is when it was ďŹ rst released. Some of the songs have been discovered later. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rock N Roll Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is our best known

song but a couple of years after the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release, other songs started getting used in ďŹ lms and TV shows.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how people were introduced to our band.

WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: Released last year, The Subways shows an emphasis on songwriting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The songs just come as they do,â&#x20AC;? says Cooper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billy writes on acoustic guitar and then sends it to me and Josh. If Josh comes up with a heavy drum beat, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll become rather heavy. If Billy keeps it acoustic, it might become poppy. Sometimes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious. Other times, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to see where it will go.â&#x20AC;? Songs such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m In Love and Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burning in My Soulâ&#x20AC;? retain the loud-to-quiet dynamics that recall American grunge acts such as Mudhoney and Nirvana and Cooper and Lund capably trade vocals in songs such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirty Muddy Pawsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Times.â&#x20AC;?

WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM: thesubways.net WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: The Subways perform with Pins and the Scuzzballs at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, at the Grog Shop.

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PAUL MCCARTNEY TO PLAY THE Q IN AUGUST

By Jeff Niesel AT AN APRIL 18 PRESS CONFERENCE at Quicken Loans Arena, representatives from the Q, Live Nation and the Rock Hall announced that Paul McCartneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s One on One Tour will come to the Q on Aug. 17. The last time McCartney played the venue was in 2002.

Len Komoroski, Chief Executive OfďŹ cer of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans Arena, talked about how McCartney has changed â&#x20AC;&#x153;pop music for generations to come.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still making amazing music and playing sold out shows,â&#x20AC;? said Komoroski, adding that McCartneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerts regularly run three hours in length.

Greg Harris, President and Chief Executive OfďŹ cer of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, spoke about how a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go toward the Rock Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education programs. He also brought McCartney memorabilia from the Rock Hall, including a bobblehead and pages from the late rock critic Jane Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notebook that included signatures by all the members of the Beatles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been happening in Cleveland is the result of partnerships and part of collaboration with our friends at the Q and with Live Nation,â&#x20AC;? said Harris.

Komoroski said Pollstar recently ranked the Q 13th domestically and 33rd in terms of live entertainment activity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a major live entertainment destination,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Cleveland is a major destination.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paul will be the ďŹ rst show coming out of a dynamic summer,â&#x20AC;? said Live Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Belkin before showing a video clip of McCartney performing live. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To get an artist of this stature here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been too long. This new production is even more dynamic than the previous tour, employing massive screens and ďŹ reworks.â&#x20AC;?

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 25.

LOCAL CHOIR TO PERFORM WITH FOREIGNER Classic rock act Foreigner, which plays in NorthďŹ eld at the Hard Rock Rocksinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hard Rock Live on May 1, has something special planned for its appearance at the venue. Solonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NoteOriety Show Choir will perform with the band on the classic hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Want To Know What Love Is.â&#x20AC;?

Also, Foreigner will donate $500 to the choir for appearing with the band, and the choir will sell Foreigner CDs at the concert to raise money for Foreignerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charity partner, the Grammy Foundation, which aims to cultivate â&#x20AC;&#x153;an understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture.â&#x20AC;?

Both Foreigner and the Grammy Foundation are intent upon helping to keep music education available to students as part of the core curriculum in high schools throughout North America. The entire proceeds of the choirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CD sales from this show will be donated.

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Juan Ricardo

WRETCH ADDS NEW SINGER Formed in 1983, the metal band Wretch has few rivals on the local scene when it comes to longevity. Not that its career hasn’t been without its ups and downs. After releasing “Life” on Auburn Records’ 1989 Heavy Artillery compilation album, the group disbanded in the wake of an unsuccessful bid to land a major record contract. In 2006, the group reformed to release Reborn; it signed with Pure Steel Records in 2014, releasing Warriors that same year.

Now, after the amicable departure of vocalist Ron Emig the band just announced the addition of new singer Sunless Sky/Dark Arena/Attaxe’s Juan Ricardo.

“We were shocked when Ron informed us that he was going to stepdown,” says guitarist Mike Stephenson in a press release. “We will always hold a special place for Ron – in addition to being a great vocalist, he’s a dear friend. The timing for this change is right, as we had only just begun recording vocals. Juan will be able to step into the studio and begin laying down tracks as soon as he’s ready.

We’re excited to hear what Juan brings to the mix musically. I believe Juan’s soaring vocal style will be a perfect compliment to the Wretch sound.”

Ricardo echoes Stephenson’s sentiments.

“I’m excited and proud to join the legendary Wretch and look forward to singing live for their fans and recording the new CD,” he says. “But I do so with a heavy heart over the departure of Ron Emig, who is a 30year friend. I am and will always be his greatest supporter and wish him the best.”

Ricardo will continue to front Sunless Sky. Emig will perform two

last shows with Wretch on Saturday, April 30, at the Cleveland Agora with Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody, Primal Fear and Olathia, and on Friday, May 6, at the Empire Concert Club in Akron with Olathia, Iron Kingdom, Sparrowmilk and Klashing Black.

Ricardo will also front the band at its scheduled appearance at Germany’s BÄÄÄM Festival in Kierspe, Germany, on Aug. 6.

ROCK HALL ADDS TWO SONIC SESSIONS Before the band had even issued its first album, the UK rock group the Struts opened for the Rolling Stones in front of a crowd of 80,000 in Paris.

Mötley Crüe also hand-picked the guys to serve as support on its recent farewell tour.

Now, in the wake of the release of its full-length debut, Everybody Wants, the band will perform as part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Sonic Sessions concert series with special guests Dorothy. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 23. Tickets are $5.50 The Rock Hall also just announced that New York-based the London Souls, a band that draws inspiration from classic rock acts such as Cream and Led Zeppelin, will perform with special guests Thaddeus Anna Greene at 8 p.m. Friday, July 29. That concert is also part of the Sonic Sessions concert series. Tickets are also $5.50.

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By Dan Savage Dear Dan, I’ve been aware of my emetophilia since a very young age and have always kept it private. No need to tell me about the health risks, I’m aware, and I’ve only ever indulged this kink through videos online. The actual substance doesn’t turn me on—I have no desire to be puked on.

For me, the fantasy involves being with someone as they begin to feel sick, and then taking care of them as they puke.

It has something to do with the buildup and release. Who knows? I’m married, and I told my husband about my kink exactly once, a few years ago. He wasn’t judgmental, but he never brought it up again. We have a great sex life otherwise, and I’ve always assumed I’d have satisfying, normal sex with my husband and masturbate to this kink in private. But recently, on a whim, I posted a message on a kink site. A few weeks later, a guy reached out to say the description exactly mirrored his own kink. We’ve been texting for a few weeks. He makes me feel like less of a freak, it’s been super hot, and we’ve talked about meeting up and role-playing for each other. It makes me go crazy just to think about this. In light of the health risks—and the fact that I’m married—this would be a one-time thing. Do I have to tell my husband? I don’t want to have sex with this person; I just want to live out my fantasy for one night, which doesn’t necessarily involve getting naked. But obviously we will both get off, so there’s a definite sexual element. My husband and I have had threesomes, so he’s not a “strictly monogamous” guy, but it is new for me to strike out on my own. But more than that, I’m mortified at the thought of him knowing about the kind of night I’m having, asking me about it later, etc.

I would just rather him not know. But is that cheating?

A Lady Emetophile Meets Her Match The answer to your last question— is that cheating?—is obvious. If that wasn’t cheating, ALEMHM, or if you thought your husband wouldn’t regard it as cheating, you would be asking him for permission to meet up with your vomit buddy. So let’s just run with the assumption that getting together with your VB would constitute infidelity, if the low-grade, nonpenetrative, not-for-everyone kind.

So do you have to tell your husband?

You could tell your husband—and lots of people will insist you must tell your husband—but I’m sitting here, in this Starbucks on Lex and 78th, wondering if

your husband would rather not be told.

You shared your kink with your husband once, and he never brought it up again. We can reasonably assume that your husband isn’t interested in discussing, much less indulging, this very particular sexual interest of yours.

Another reasonable assumption: Your kink may not be something your husband wants to think about. The awareness of your kink, to use Emily “Dear Prudence Emeritus” Yoffe’s phrase, could be a libido killer for him. If your husband worked at stuffing your disclosure down the memory hole, because it interferes with his ability to connect with you sexually, asking permission to spend an evening with your VB could come as an unwelcome reminder.

So you could make—as I’ve just made—an argument for sparing your husband the reminder, and sparing yourself the discomfort, by not telling and/or asking him, and then discreetly meeting up with your VB just this once.

(The counterargument is also easily made: He never brought it up again because he picked up on your shame, he didn’t want to distress you, etc.) But if you decide to meet your VB, ALEMHM, weigh the risks (what happens if you get caught?) against the rewards (scratching this off your kidney dish list!), meet up with your VB in public first, and let someone know where you are and who you’re with on the big night.

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Really Into Not Going Solo Propose to him, RINGS. Don’t informally propose a formal proposal— don’t ask him to ask you to marry him— but go get a ring (for him) and ask him to marry you (for fuck’s sake). You have the power to pop the question and call it at the same time. Good luck, I hope he says yes.

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