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J U LY 13 - 19 2016 Dedicated to Free Times founder Richard H. Siegel (1935-1993) and Scene founder Richard Kabat Publisher Chris Keating

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Associate Publisher Desiree Bourgeois Editor Vince Grzegorek

Upfront

Editorial Managing Editor Eric Sandy Music Editor Jeff Niesel Staff Writer Sam Allard Writer-at-large Kyle Swenson Web Editor Bliss Davis Dining Editor Douglas Trattner Contributing Dining Editor Nikki Delamotte Stage Editor Christine Howey Visual Arts Editor Josh Usmani Interns Hannah Borison, Maddie Capron, Cecilia Ellis, Danielle Immerman, Tucker Kelly, Austin Linfante, Phoebe Potiker, Eli Shively, Alexis Wohler

RNC projections downplayed as event looms, “Trump Museum” sets up shop, and more

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

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Dozens of events spanning the next week in Cleveland

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UPFRONT CUTBACKS AND CANCELLATIONS FOR RNC-RELATED EVENTS

THIS WEEK

EVER SINCE CLEVELAND LEARNED that it would be hosting the Republican National Convention, there has been non-stop chatter about the piles of cash that would rain down on the North Coast.

Restaurants were being booked by national corporations for literally millions of dollars, others were being snatched up for champagnesoaked private parties, and every caterer in town lined up to the trough for a big fat slice of the pie.

But as we get closer to the big event, we’re learning that many of those grand projections about the Grand Old Party’s party are turning out to be a heaping portion of pie in the sky. From caterers and restaurant owners on down to third-party vendors, almost everybody we spoke with confirms that the money just isn’t there – at least not at the levels projected by most.

“Everything we have booked has adjusted their budgets down,” explains Mike Smith, chef-partner at Marigold Catering, which is one of a dozen official caterers to the Republican National Convention.

“We had somebody cut their guest count in half and we’ve had somebody cut their budget in half.

Everyone across the board expected all this craziness and the money is just not there. We released a bunch of staff because, like everybody, we expected to do a lot more than we are actually doing.”

Marigold will be hosting between 12 and 15 events per day inside the Q and many more outside the arena. Despite losing between 10 and 60 percent of the volume they initially hoped and expected to be

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banking on, the high-end caterer still will be paying approximately 200 employees throughout the event.

This dramatic drop in dollars is a direct result of big name corporations electing to sit this convention out. Bloomberg recently reported that prominent companies like Wells Fargo, UPS, Motorola, and Ford all have said they would not be sponsoring this year’s convention. Though none would admit publicly, the cause likely can be found at the top of the ticket.

“I think what happened here is a lot of the companies that come to conventions are publicly traded companies and they may or may not be in love with the presumptive nominee and they may not want the public to know they are supporting him so they scale back or don’t show up at all,” explain Scott Kuhn, whose Driftwood Catering also is an official caterer. “I think a lot of people were licking their chops a little bit when it was looking like it was going to be a contested convention, and when that fell by the wayside I think corporate America really stared to bail on this thing.”

An illustration of the diminishing magnitude of this year’s convention can be shown in actual dollars and cents. Kuhn, who also operates a number of Cleveland restaurants, including Hodge’s, Washington Place Bistro, and Cibreo, says that every one of his places has been booked up for some time.

“They are all privately contracted, with our first one being signed all the way back in January

2015,” he says.

But those restaurants were gobbled up by third-party brokers, the ticket scalpers of the events world, who then attempt to peddle the spots to the highest bidder.

But much like a scalper hoping to unload those seats after the home team finds itself behind by five runs in the first inning, value can be fleeting.

“As it gets closer and closer to the deadline, they’re trying to get any dollar as opposed to no dollar to mitigate their losses,” Kuhn explains. “The inability to resell that space has made life very challenging for us over the past month.”

While the numbers of elected officials, delegates, media and staff all descending upon Cleveland might not have precipitately fallen, the quantity and scope of the events feting them most certainly have. And that uncertainly makes it nearly impossible to plan for, especially for small businesses who help support the big caterers.

“We’re lower on the food chain,” explains Shane Culey, who along with his wife and pastry chef Britt operate Coquette Patisserie, which

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supplies many of the caterers in town with high-end pastries.

“We’re at the mercy of our caterers, who are at the mercy of their customers. If the goal posts keep changing for our customers, then they can’t confirm anything for us.

It’s impossible to prepare for that, especially when a lot of the work we do takes days if not weeks to prepare.”

Culey says that Coquette went from working with three RNC-approved caterers in the beginning of all this to just one, largely because the business those caterers originally had lined up has vanished or been significantly reduced.

“The initial estimates coming from caterers on what they were going to come to us for were significantly higher than what’s coming into fruition now, to the tune of 80-percent higher,” he says. “We had estimates as high as $40,000 for the event, which is significant for us. To have that figure dropped down to $1,500 is disheartening.”

Some small local businesses, like those large national corporations, are electing to sit this one out.

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Izzy Schachner, who operates the Streat Mobile food truck, is helping to organize all the food truck components of the convention. He’s working with a dozen different trucks that will provide food within the security perimeter.

“Some food trucks have been weighing the cost of doing RNC events versus screwing the whole thing and going somewhere else, not because of dollars but because of the logistics involved,” he explains. “When you have regular corporate lunch stops with 150 customers locked up, you weigh that against something they don’t really know how it will turn out.”

The more we learn about the convention from those involved, the more it seems that those inside the Q likely will fare better than those outside the Q. “Quicken Loans is getting the prime cut of the business,” explains James Gibson, who along with his wife Kim runs Hungry Bee, an official caterer of the RNC. “Aside from the businesses being rented out by Twitter, Yahoo or whoever – the restaurants with contracts signed – there’s not going to be a lot of traffic throughout the day outside where the convention is going on because once people are in there, they’re in there for the day.”

As for who benefits and by how much, nobody will know for sure until the GOP rolls out of town. But when they do, many expect to see results well below early projections.

“I think there will be a lot of people who don’t get what they’re expecting – I know that will be the fact,” says Kuhn. “The RNC is nowhere near what we just saw a couple weeks ago when 1.3 million people were downtown. This is a Cavs game in terms of crowd four days in a row. I just hope for Cleveland’s sake that this turns out okay because this is not Cleveland’s fault. This is the Drive of politics.”

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Amidst a sea of uncertainty and potential chaos, at least one Democratic super PAC will bring some much-needed humor to the Republican National Convention.

American Bridge 21st Century will set up a temporary “Trump Museum” for the week.

Though American Bridge told

Scene they have yet to disclose the specific location of the museum, the Washington Post reports that it will be located in “a loft” near the Q for the duration of the RNC. The museum’s aim is to showcase Trump-branded items — golf balls, apparel, liquor etc.

— and thereby highlight the spectacular juxtaposition between the presumptive Republican nominee’s rhetoric and his practices in business. Short shrift will not be given to Trump’s racism and incendiary remarks, either, a garden variety so replete with falsehoods and moral bankruptcy that news outlets like our very own Plain Dealer are ripping him a brand new butthole as the convention approaches.

American Bridge is a GeorgeSoros-funded outfit whose whole purpose is fi lming Republican legislators in order to hold them accountable. It’ll have 12 reps on the ground “to capture Trump’s every move.”

The Trump Museum will essentially be a sideshow for the benefit of publicity. The grand opening is an invite-only shindig accessible via “Golden Ticket,” which Golden Tickets have been distributed to a number of media entities and left-leaning political orgs. Eventually, though, the museum will be open to all convention-goers.

When a spokesperson for American Bridge responded to Scene via email, she did not address whether the museum would be open to the public.

THE HOTTEST DELAY IN REAL ESTATE In non-RNC news: At least a fraction of the eighty-three units that will comprise the West 25th Street Lofts complex were supposed to have been completed and inhabited by now. Earlier this year, tenants signed lease agreements for the chic new apartments at W. 25th Street and Church Avenue with move-in dates scheduled for June 1.

But those dates have been pushed back more than once, first to July 1 and then to August 1. Now, it’s looking like the first units won’t be available until mid-to-late August at the earliest.

(For out-of-towners, W. 25th is basically the city’s hottest urban playground, with sundry bars and restaurants that appeal to the yuppie sets. Its development has sparked a demand for upscale apartments in Ohio City,

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Developer Rick Foran, of the Foran Group, told Scene that he’s meeting with the project’s general contractor Tuesday and that he’ll have a more precise idea of the opening date after that meeting. He called the delays frustrating, and said that there have been yelling matches between parties as the project has stalled.

Foran said that though 54 of the 83 units are already leased out with down payments paid, they’ve lost at least two tenants because of the delays.

“We’ve had doctors who moved to Cleveland to begin their residencies on July 1,” Foran said. “And it’s not like they can just sleep on mom’s sofa until the apartment is ready because they’re not from here.”

The big hold-up turns out to be on account of the windows, which are being manufactured by Traco Windows and shipped from Pennsylvania. Extensive back-andforths were required with the state of Ohio’s historical preservation office and the National Parks Service, according to Foran, before the windows could be built.

“We have had iterative

discussions and revisions of extremely detailed shop drawings where the two preservation agencies poured over minute specifications and profiles,” Foran clarified via email. “This began in November, 2015, and we got a conditional release May 6, 2016, which is when we released the order into production.”

Once the windows are installed — the first batch will arrive Tuesday, July 19 — the units will have to dehumidify for five days, after which point the wood flooring can be laid. Twenty-two units on the complex’s western end (what Foran called Building C) will be available first. Then, 26 units in the building that fronts West 25th Street will come online. The remaining units likely won’t be available until November.

“As a developer, you never want this to happen,” said Foran. “In the meantime, all we can do is continue to apologize and work as fast as we can.”

One tenant who signed a lease agreement in February told Scene that she was informed last week that her move-in date would now be September 1. Free storage and hotel accommodations were to be

arranged until the West 25th Street Loft units were available.

But the “hotel accommodations” turned out to the Chelsea Apartments in Tremont, a residential location that’s not often associated with the sort of urban living for which millennials have lately clamored. If tenants preferred not to live in the Chelsea in the interim, they were given the option of having their deposits returned.

“I’m sorry that [some tenants are unable] to move in when we thought but we are meeting at least twice a week trying to find ways to accelerate the schedule,” Foran said. “In the meantime, we thought it only right to give all those 54 tenants a worst case move in time so that they can decide which route to take.”

Given the demand for trendy apartments in Ohio City, a demand that has yielded a building boom around Detroit Avenue and W. 25th Street specifically, odds are most prospective tenants will endure the frustration of the delays.

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There will be plenty to say and see along the way; we’ll get to that in due time.

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p.m. every Thursday. In addition to a performance by a local band, you’ll find yoga, standup paddleboarding and cornhole. And those ubiquitous food trucks will be on hand as well. It’s free. (Niesel) 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway NW, clevelandmetroparks.com.

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Body and Soul Directed by Robert Rossen, Body and Soul traces the difficult journey of a boxing champion who is trying to get his life together after drifting into corruption and immorality. This hard-hitting, anti-capitalist critique of the boxing world helped catapult some of its makers before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

It screens at 7 tonight and Friday night at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $10. (Danielle Immerman) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Local indie folk act Maura Rogers & the Bellows will perform at Van Aken Beer Garden in Shaker Heights. See: Friday.

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Going Furthur Writer Ken Kesey famously chronicled his exploits of the ’60s in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, a book about the cross-country trip he took in a school bus he christened Furthur. Fifty years after that venture, Kesey’s son Zane took a bus named Furthur on the road with a new band of Merry Pranksters.

It traveled some 15,000 miles in 75 days. With never-before-seen archival footage shot over the course of three months, the movie Going Furthur documents the younger Kesey’s travels. At 7 tonight, the Kent Stage hosts the only regional screening of the movie. The bus will make an appearance too, with George Walker, one of the original Merry Pranksters, at the wheel. A special Q&A with members of the cast and crew follow the screening.

Plus, singer-songwriter John Welton performs after the screening. Tickets are $12. (Jeff Niesel) 175 East Main St., Kent, 330-677-5005, kentstage.org.

Opera Night Music Box Supper Club tries something new tonight with its firstever Opera Night. The concept goes something like this: Rather than singing from the stage, performers will walk around the tables on the lower Supper Club level and “truly transform the space in a magical way.”

Patrons can either join the singers on the main floor for a three-course, winepaired dinner prepared especially for this show or they can attend for free as “opera only” attendees who will sit on the mezzanine level and watch the show from there, where the standard Rusty Anchor menu will be available.

Tickets are $46, and that includes dinner, wine, tax and gratuity. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the event begins at 7:30 p.m. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

Summer in the City Each summer, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosts a variety of indie and alternative rock acts on its outdoor plaza. For this year’s Summer in the City concert series, some of the city’s “most buzzed about” local acts will perform. Tonight, local indie rocker Uno Lady plays along with Gold Mines. The concert takes place from 6 to 9 p.m.; prior to the concert, the Rock Hall will host a Q&A with the acts slated to play. The concerts are free — as a bonus, local residents and college students can purchase admission to the Rock Hall for a mere $5. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com.

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Lakou Mizik Each year, Cleveland Museum of Art hosts Ohio City Stages, a weekly concert series at the Transformer Station. Much like Solstice, the museum’s signature concert program, Ohio City Stage aims to bring bands from around the globe for a free outdoor concert. Think Central Park’s SummerStage. Tonight at 7:30, Haiti’s Lakou Mizik performs. The band’s lively dance music should go over well at the festive event. Admission is free.

(Niesel) 1460 West 29th St., 216-938-5429, transformerstation.org.

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

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Walnut Wednesday You know it’s summer when Walnut Wednesday returns. Today from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons — at East 12th and Walnut Streets — food trucks gather to serve up lunch to area residents and employees. Follow the Downtown Cleveland Alliance on Facebook for weekly updates on vendors, entertainment offerings and more.

Admission is free, but the food will cost you. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com.

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Edgewater Live Two years ago, the Cleveland Metroparks launched its extremely popular Edgewater Live Thursdaynight happy-hour concert series. The event returns this year; the concerts take place from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30

Maker’s Market Nothing embodies the concept of “shopping local” quite like the maker movement in Northeast Ohio. Evident at art fairs and markets throughout the region, the city is full of creative, industrious people. Northeast Shores Development Corporation showcases Collinwood’s makers in a series of three Maker Markets this summer.

Stop by the inaugural event from 4 to 8 tonight to learn more. (Josh Usmani) 560 East 185th St., northeastshores.org.

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A Midsummer (Grown Up’s) Night Out BAYarts hosts a special evening of fun for adults tonight at 8 when the Cleveland Metroparks’ Huntington Reservation hosts a Midsummer (Grown Up’s) Night Out. At sundown, catch a screening of Play It Again Sam. Light food and libations will be available through Sweet Melissa at BAYarts. Grab a date or some friends for this free event. While you’re at BAYarts, catch their latest exhibitions, BAYarts: 10 and Sarah Sedwick’s The Color of Light. (Usmani) 28795 Lake Rd., Bay Village, 440-871-6543, bayarts.net.

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Outdoor Movies at Crocker Park Seeing a film indoors, cooped up with hordes of sweating, texting teenagers, is hardly an optimal way to be entertained, especially given the lovely breezes and picnic-able lawns of Northeast Ohio in June, July and August. Watching a movie outside’s the way to go. Drive-ins no longer have the cachet, nor the presence, that they enjoyed in the soda-fountain 1950s, and while they’re still thoroughly enjoyable, plenty of local cities and organizations are helping to fill the void by getting the silver screen under the starry sky. For instance, every Thursday evening at 9 p.m. through August 25, Crocker Park screens a film behind the GameStop store.

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Outdoor Movies at P.E.A.C.E. Park For outdoorsy movie fans on the other side of town, never fear: P.E.A.C.E. Park in the Coventry neighborhood will be the eastside analog to Crocker Park, showing free films on Thursday evenings through July. Tonight you can catch a bunch of classic cartoons and take part in the Coventry pie fight; bring your own whipped cream! The screening begins at 9. (Allard) 2843 Washington Ave., Cleveland Heights, 216-556-0927, coventryvillage.org.

Big Green on three stages. The festival runs from 4 p.m. to midnight today.

General admission tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Bring a blanket. (Niesel) 6709 Euclid Ave., 216-431-1060, agumboot.com.

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Carmina Burana at Cain Park Returning to Cain Park for its 14th summer series, GroundWorks Dance Theater will once again present an exciting and eclectic dance performance to challenge audiences

Kent Blues Fest Northeast Ohio features a thriving blues scene that includes old and young players from a wide range of backgrounds. You can sample some of the best artists at the eighth annual Kent Blues Festival, which takes place at 21 different venues in downtown Kent. The lineup includes acts such as Wallace Coleman, Armstrong Bearcat Band, Memphis Cradle, Iris Isadora, the Juke Hounds, 15-60-75 (the Numbers Band), Austin Walkin’ Cane, Gaetano Letizia and the Underworld Blues Band, Good Moan’n String Band, John Patrick and the Outside Voices, the Zydeco Kings Duo, the Bluestones and Adelaide Brooks. Admission is free. Find a schedule on the website.

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Rod Paulette Ohio comedian Rod Paulette, who returns to his home state to perform tonight at the Improv, has a deep voice that seems to carry through the room as he makes fun of racial issues. Like Donald Glover, Paulette plays off the stereotype of being a black man who acts white and he jokes about some of the struggles he’s subsequently encountered. In one skit, he talks about how people on the West Coast always assume he grew up on a farm because he’s from Ohio. “When’s the last time you saw a black man on a farm without a chain on his foot keeping his ass there?” he asks. “If you ever see a black man on a farm, sneak up on him, tap him on the shoulder and let him know he’s free.”

Paulette performs tonight at 7:30 and has shows scheduled through Sunday.

Tickets are $12. (William Hoffman) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.

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Agumboot Music Festival Earlier this year, local promoter Thomas Fox — the guy who helped turn Brite Winter Festival into the mammoth music festival that it’s become — announced plans to launch Agumboot Music Festival, a summer music festival slated to take place on the lakefront. Because Fox was unable to use a lakefront location, he’ll hold the festival on the beautiful grounds of the historic Dunham Tavern. The festival lineup includes a dozen groups from Cleveland and across the United States. Out-of-town acts such as Saintseneca (Columbus), Mimicking Birds (Portland, Oregon), Chrome Pony (Nashville), ONA (Huntington), and Varsity (Chicago) join locals like Village Bicycle, Meridian, Whiskey Hollow, Sweetgrass Dolfish and Jul

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Cardio Hoop Dance It’s like Zumba, but better. That’s the tagline advertising Cardio Hoop Dance, a hula hoop workout that takes place at 11 a.m. on Fridays at U.S. Bank Plaza. If you don’t own a hoop, it’s no big deal. The event’s organizers will have a few you can use free of charge. New hoopers should arrive early to receive lessons. The event is free. (Niesel) East 14th St. and Euclid Ave., 216-771-4444, playhousesquare.org.

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Maks & Val Live on Tour: Our Way Stars of the ABC hit show Dancing with the Stars, Maksim and Valentin Chmerkovskiy have dreamed about touring together since childhood.

With Maks & Val Live On Tour: Our Way — the thrilling, all-new smash hit dance tour of the summer — that dream has become a reality. A cast of “fellow professionals” support them at this show that “will surprise and delight with timeless elegance and steamy seduction.” In a press release, Maksim Chmerkovskiy says, “Val and I have pushed each other to be better dancers every day since we were kids, and this show will fulfill a lifetime dream to perform on the same stage together across the country. We want to connect with our audience and take the performance to a whole new level. There will be no holding back on this tour.” The performance takes place tonight at 7:30 at Connor Palace.

Tickets start at $40. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

to think about dance in a new and different way. This year, the dancing is set to Carl Orff’s timeless and powerful classic, Carmina Burana; you’ll also see the world premiere of Hex, from acclaimed New York choreographer Adam Barruch. The performances take place tonight and tomorrow night at 7, and Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Alma Theater at Cain Park. Tickets are $25 in advance; $28 the day of the performance. (Immerman) 14591 Superior Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216-371-3000, groundworksdance.org.

Outdoor Screening at Impett Park Looking for yet another opportunity to see a free movie beneath the stars?

Venture to Impett Park tonight for an evening of family fun. Games and prizes for the kiddies have been promised. Though the party starts at 6:30 p.m., the movie begins at dusk.

Bring a blanket and a lawn chair!

Tonight’s feature: the kid flick Norm of the North. (Allard) COMEDY

Jerry Seinfeld Comedian Jerry Seinfeld became a sensation in the ’90s, thanks to the popularity of his TV show that was famously about “nothing.” In

the wake of the sitcom’s success, Seinfeld has returned to his first love, standup comedy. He regularly comes to Cleveland, and we’re told that every one of his Playhouse Square appearances over the past 23 years has sold out. There’s no reason to expect tonight’s appearance at 7 at the State Theatre will be any different. Tickets start at $50. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Third Fridays As the summer heats up, so does the schedule for tonight’s Third Friday at 78th Street Studios. From 5 to 9 tonight, drop in to see dozens of artist studios and galleries, many of which are hosting receptions for new or continuing exhibitions. For example, E11even 2 hosts an opening reception for Lucky Charms, a group show featuring the work of accomplished local artists Andy Dreamingwolf, Randy Maxin and E11even 2 cofounder R!ch Cihlar. On the second floor, Hedge Gallery also hosts an opening reception for a new group show. Face Value includes the work of more acclaimed local artists: John W. Carlson, Sarah Curry, Brian Mouhlas and Douglas Max Utter. There’s plenty more to see throughout the building.

Lucky Charms remains on view through Aug. 23, and Face Value is on view through Sept. 23. Admission is free. (Usmani).

1300 West 78th St., 78thstreetstudios.com.

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While general admission is free, you may also choose to cough up $50 to attend a meet-and-greet post-show reception, or $250 to attend dinner with Gwen Ifill. Moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, Ifill is the bestselling author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.

The taping begins at 3 at the Hanna Theatre. See the website for details.

(Niesel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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Green Growth Symposium Zygote Press hosts the first Green Growth Symposium for artists, art organizations and educational institutions to discuss greener options to make their studio practices “healthier, safer, less toxic and more beneficial to your bottom line.” The free event takes place at Zygote Press today from noon to 4 p.m., and includes presentations and discussions, demonstrations and a tour of Zygote’s green shop. Exploring the topic from all viewpoints, the event will examine how artists, educators, policymakers and funders can improve their health and environment through organizational and professional practices. (Usmani) 1410 East 30th St., 216-621-2900, www.zygotepress.com.

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Van Aken Beer Garden Held in the parking lot of Van Aken Center in Shaker Heights, the Van Aken Beer Garden, a bi-weekly event, celebrates summertime with music, food, beer, wine, cocktails, retail vendors and activities for the kids.

This year, the series will run through Sept. 9. Admission is free, and the event is both bike and pet friendly. It takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. In the case of rain, the event will be held inside Club Rock. A portion of the proceeds from the beer garden will go to a hosting non-profit. Local indie folk act Maura Rogers & the Bellows will perform at tonight’s event. (Niesel) vanakenbeergarden.com.

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill In advance of the Republican National Convention, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill, a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major stories emanating from the nation’s capital,

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Mozart Under the Stars Now that the Blossom Music Festival is fully under way, expect the Cleveland Orchestra to regularly perform at the outdoor venue. Tonight at 8, it presents Mozart Under the Stars, a program featuring Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and orchestra, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 and Vaughan Williams’ A London Symphony (Symphony No. 20). Tickets start at $24. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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Rock ’n’ Rummage Flea Market The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern hosts the Rock ’n’ Rummage Flea Market today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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GET OUT food specials. Locals Maura Rogers & the Bellows and Automagik will perform. It’s free. (Niesel) 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com.

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An American in Paris Bramwell Tovey conducts the Cleveland Orchestra as it presents An American in Paris, a program that features Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole, Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. The concert serves as a salute to the 100th anniversary of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It takes place at 7 p.m. at Blossom. Tickets start at $19.40. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

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Medium Cool In Medium Cool, a 1969 feature directed by Haskell Wexler, a news cameraman casts aside all morals and shoots the violent street demonstrations that take place at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combining fiction and cinema verite, the groundbreaking film shows at 1:30 p.m. today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $9, or $7 for CMA members, seniors and students. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Northeast Ohio Vinyl Swap and Spin While sales of compact discs continue to decline, sales of vinyl, the format once considered obsolete, are on the rise. Today at 1 p.m. at the Happy Dog, vinyl aficionados can potentially add to their collections as the Northeast Ohio Vinyl Club descends upon the place for a “social, swap, sell and spin.”

Admission is free. (Niesel) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com.

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Riverside Cemetery Music Festival As far as unconventional music venues go, the Riverside Cemetery ranks with the best of them. Located in Brooklyn Centre, the cemetery was initially a 102-acre farm owned by Titus Brainard; when it acceped its first interment in 1876, it was the first

major cemetery on the west side of the Cuyahoga River. The cemetery has played host to the Riverside Cemetery Music Festival each year for the past six years. In continued celebration of the cemetery’s 140th anniversary, the music festival returns to the site today from 1 to 4 p.m. with Mike Jacobs Dixie Jazz Ensemble, a longtime ensemble whose credits include national, political and industrial conventions; Ron Davis and the Eddie Baccus Quartet; and violinist Mary Beth Ions, a first call solo and strolling performer. In the case of rain or bad weather, the show will go on at the Archwood United Church of Christ (2800 Archwood Ave.). Admission is free. (Niesel) 3607 Pearl Rd., 216-351-4800, riversidecemeterycleveland.org.

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Toxic Burlesque Carmen M’Knoxide & Co., the folks behind Toxic Burlesque, have thrown burlesque bashes at Brothers Lounge for the past four years. They return to the club tonight with Carmen M’Knoxide, Rubi~Nesque, Dot King and Ava Adore. The emcee is Champagne Charley. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $10. (Niesel) 1609 Detroit Ave., 216-226-2767, brotherslounge.com.

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Tropical Sundays A weekly summer celebration, Now That’s Class’s Tropical Sundays features cornhole and basketball in the club’s back parking lot and exclusive Tropical Sunday cocktails including Pimms, Paulito’s Puerto Rican Punch, Mi’Monsters, Cucumber Bloody Marys and Bloody Tooth. The club promises “many more surprises and activities” too. The event starts at 3 today.

Admission is free. (Niesel) 11213 Detroit Ave., 216-221-8576, nowthatsclass.net.

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The Fixers Series At 7 tonight — the first night of the RNC — the Bop Stop hosts a screening of the entire Fixers series. Created by a collective of artists, filmmakers and activists, the six short films that comprise the series were created to offer an alternative view of this city to the politicos, policy makers, visitors and media members descending upon us this week — a view that expands upon the limited official narrative.

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GET OUT community leaders to contribute to a deeper conversation at a crucial point in Cleveland’s history. For this special screening, a $10 donation is suggested, but no one will be turned away. (Usmani) 2920 Detroit Ave., 216-771-6551, thefixerscleveland.com.

event features specials on Buffalo wings and cold brews. Prosperity will not only serve up substantial, $1 whole wings, but it’ll also offering meatless Monday “wing” baskets for vegans.

Discounted drafts and a playlist of vintage-electric blues and soulful R&B curated by local musician Clint Holley will be on tap as well. Wing Ding Doodle takes place every Monday from 6 p.m. to midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.

TRIVIA

Lunch Hour Live Trivia Teams compete for prizes by answering trivia questions during Last Call Trivia, a live one-hour event that takes place every Monday at U.S. Bank Plaza throughout the summer.

The games include a point wagering system that gives teams the ability to choose their own strategy. It starts at noon. Admission is free. (Niesel) East 14th St. and Euclid Ave., 216-771-4444, playhousesquare.org.

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Wing Ding Doodle Blues icon Howlin’ Wolf famously covered “Wang Dang Doodle,” the old blues tune penned by Willie Dixon.

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Outdoor Movies in Old Brooklyn We’ve already testified that watching a movie outside is way better than in a stuffy theater. Interested? Old Brooklyn’s Loew Park has dibs on Tuesdays, in its second annual “Cleveland Summer Cinema” series that runs through August 9. The screenings begin at dusk. Tonight’s film is the animated flick Aladdin.

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A Special Symposium Timed to coincide with the second day of the RNC, Transformer Station hosts a special symposium structured around current exhibitions at its partner organizations, SPACES and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as well as its own temporary public art installation, The American Dream, and co-founder Fred Bidwell’s role in LAND Studios’ Inter-Urban project on the RTA’s Red Line. The symposium includes a series of panel discussions with artists, curators and members of the community and takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. As for

the Transformer Station’s exhibition of Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese’s The American Dream: It’s a 4,000-pound ice carving that will vanish in just one day. During the event, street interviews will be recorded with the public regarding the project, and posted on meltedaway.com, where the event will also be streamed live. It’s free. (Usmani) 1460 West 29th St., 216-938-5429, transformerstation.org.

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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. (Alaina Nutile) 1859 West 25th St., 216-862-6631, nanobrewcleveland.com.

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ART ROLL CAMERA The RNC is here, and our local art galleries are flashing political exhibits

By Josh Usmani IT SEEMS EVERYONE IN THE city is gearing up for the upcoming Republican National Convention (July 18 to 21), and Cleveland’s art community is no exception.

Exhibitions throughout the city range from nonpartisan to scathing critiques and just about everything in between. In advance of next week’s convention, we’ve compiled a list of city’s many RNC-related exhibitions and events.

Unsurprisingly, Spaces sets the bar high, hosting several politically themed exhibitions, installations and events. Through seven short films created by a collective of artists, filmmakers and activists, The Fixers allows cultural and community leaders to contribute to a deeper conversation at a crucial point in Cleveland’s history. At 7 p.m. on Monday, July 18, the Bop Stop (2920 Detroit Ave.) hosts a screening of the entire Fixers series. A $10 donation is suggested, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

In addition to the highly anticipated local project, Spaces’ resident artist Roopa Vasudevan (based in Shanghai and Brooklyn) presents her #Bellweather project, which will unfold during the course of her residency. Vasudevan will be in the gallery each Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and campaign buttons and bumper stickers are available. Additionally, Spaces’ Vault features a selection of video and film works examining the election cycle, as well as a mini-retrospective of former Plain Dealer editorial illustrator Edward Freska’s political cartoons.

For the younger set, Spaces hosts a Cleveland Kids Convention from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, featuring maps, brochures and postcards entirely designed by local children. Families can create their own political cartoons, and kids can vote for their favorite presidential candidate.

2220 Superior Viaduct, 216-621-2314, spacesgallery.org.

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Maria Neil Art Project hosts Michelangelo Lovelace’s We the People, timed as a response to the RNC. Drawing inspiration from personal and social issues in his community, Lovelace estimates he has produced over 500 paintings throughout his career. A student of the late Rev. Albert Wagner, Lovelace is considered one of Cleveland’s most accomplished folk artists. His paintings have been recognized with a Creative Workforce Fellowship, Cleveland Arts Prize Mid-Career Artist Award, and in recent exhibitions at MOCA Cleveland and 2731 Prospect.

15813 Waterloo Rd., 216-481-7722, marianeilartproject.com.

The Future, Flatiron Plaza, New York City, September 21, 2014

partner organizations, Spaces and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as well as its own temporary public art installation, The American Dream, and co-founder Fred Bidwell’s role in LAND Studios’ Inter-Urban project. The symposium includes a series of panel discussions with artists, curators and members of the community. As for that American Dream art installation, it’s a 4,000-pound ice carving which will vanish in just one day. During the event, street interviews will be recorded with the public regarding the project, and posted on meltedaway. com, where the event will also be streamed live. The free symposium and installation take place from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.

1460 West 29th St., 216-938-5429, transformerstation.org.

The Galleries at Cleveland State University present a large collection of election-themed graphic art produced by more than 300 members, medalists and influencers of AIGA, the professional association for design.

Hundreds of posters fill the walls throughout the galleries. All member posters are available to print and share on social media to support and promote voter engagement initiatives.

To see all posters available for download, visit aiga.org/vote. During the RNC, the gallery will be open daily from noon to 8 p.m.

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broad series of events and activities being hosted by the university during RNC week, including an RNC Cybersecurity Forum from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19; TEDxSalon from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20; and Conservative Thought and Environmental Sustainability from noon to 4 p.m., also on Wednesday.

For a complete list, visit csuohio.edu/ rncweek/index.html.

1307 Euclid Ave., 216-687-2103, csuohio.edu/artgallery.

Gallery One Sixty presents Adam Sheetz’s Nobody’s Safe 2016 at 78th Street Studios (second floor, suite 215). Clearly a big fan of Hunter S. Thompson, Sheetz’s visual style is inspired by gonzo artist Ralph Steadman, but with content updated for our current socio-political climate.

Sheetz’s new work furthers his sharp critique of socio-political issues during a time when these issues are impacting residents of Northeast Ohio more than ever. View the exhibition during Third Friday at 78th Street Studios from 5 to 10 p.m., July 15.

To view the exhibition during the RNC, contact the gallery to set up an appointment.

78th Street Studios, 1300 West 78th St., 330-819-7280, 78thstreetstudios.com.

Gallery One Sixty, 440-715-0603, galleryonesixty.org.

Although not a traditional art exhibition, Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics is a multimedia exhibit exploring music and musicians’ roles in politics and social movements. The Rock Hall has partnered with Washington D.C.’s Newseum for the exhibit.

During the RNC, the Rock Hall will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and admission will be free.

1100 East Ninth St., rockhall.com.

Inter-Urban is a public and private collaborative partnership between the City of Cleveland, LAND Studios, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, the Cleveland Foundation and Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The project sponsored large-scale murals and photography installations by 19 local and international artists throughout the RTA’s Red Line. The term “interurban” comes from the Latin term, inter urbes, which translates to “between cities.” LAND Studio received nearly 300 submissions for the project, and the selected artists were chosen by Fred Bidwell — local collector, philanthropist and co-founder of Transformer Station — and Hawaiian artist Jasper Wong.

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STAGE BACK IN BLACK Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash jukebox musical, delights at Porthouse

By Roy Berko JOHNNY CASH, “THE MAN IN Black,” was noted as a somber singer of such songs as “I Walk the Line,” “If I Were a Carpenter,” and “Ring of Fire.” The latter was chosen as the title for Richard Maltby Jr.’s jukebox musical, now on stage at Porthouse Theatre, which loosely centers on the trials and tribulations of Cash’s life.

While not biographical per se, the tale includes enough of the man to provide an understanding of Cash, his music, his strong belief in social causes and his personal problems.

Cash’s deep, calm, bass-baritone voice set the gold standard for other male country music icons, making him one of the most influential, and successful, musicians of the 20th century: His worldwide sales topped more than 90 million records.

Though most would identify the man as a country music icon, his songs and sounds encompassed not only country music but rock and roll, alternative rock, rockabilly, blues, folk, gothic and gospel. And, though he was noted for his sincerity, he also is identified with such ditties as “A Boy Named Sue,” “Egg Suckin’ Dog,” and “Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart.”

Cash served a stint in the Air Force, married young, had four daughters and divorced. In 1955, following his time in the service, he brazenly walked into the offices of Sam Phillips, the legendary owner and producer of Sun Records. Phillips was responsible for finding and mapping the careers of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. Cash sang a gospel song, was told that Sun wasn’t recording gospel any longer and was supposedly sent away with the message, “Go home and sin, then come back with a song I can sell.”

Legend has it that Cash came back the next day with “Cry! Cry! Cry!” which became a country hit.

In the late 1950s, Cash became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates. Despite several attempts

Amy Fritsche and Matthew Smolko in Ring of Fire.

at rehab, those demons shadowed him for the rest of his life.

The addictions created a frenetic creativity, which produced the likes of “Ring of Fire,” a crossover hit that reached No. 1 on the country charts and landed in the Top 20 on the pop charts.

Interestingly, though he cultivated an outlaw image, he never actually served a prison sentence. He did, however, feel a strong compassion for prisoners, and not only performed in many prisons, he performed songs such as “Folsom Prison Blues,” illuminating the need for prison reform.

He had a longterm relationship with June Carter of the famed Carter Family. They fell in love, married and had a son. Their duet, “Jackson,” which closes the first act of Ring of Fire, reveals the inklings that became

2002, both those he wrote and those written by other composers.

The Porthouse production, coproduced with the CATCO Theatre, had an extended run in Columbus before being staged locally. Under the direction of Steven Anderson, with high-quality musical direction

by Travis Smith, the production is creatively staged and well sung.

Anderson won the Times Tribute Award last year for his directing of Porthouse’s Violet.

Anderson’s concept alters the Broadway production by using only five performers (four males — Brian Mueller, Travis Smith, Mathew Smolko, and David Goins — and a female, Amy Fritsche) instead of the six used in the Big Apple, where three heterosexual couples — young, middle-aged and older — sang the roles.

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their life story and foreshadowed the many duets the couple would perform.

Cash passed away on Sept. 12, 2003, at the age of 71, supposedly from complications from diabetes.

“Ring of Fire” had a short run on Broadway in 2006. It uses songs recorded by Cash between 1955 and

Anderson has all of the cast become “Johnny Cash,” stressing the songs rather than who sung them.

The talented ensemble plays all of the music on electric guitars, banjo, washboard, harmonicas, ukulele, bass, piano, drum, tambourine, spoons, autoharp, metal pipes and chains. No off-stage band is used.

All of the performances are top notch.

The cast was so proficient that listing the songs they each sang so well is impossible. The upbeat “Get Rhythm,” the weeper “Cry, Cry, Cry,” the pretty “I Still Miss Someone,” the humorous “I’ve Been Everywhere,” were the less well-known tunes that deserve recognition.

Special notice should be made of Amy Fritsche, last year’s Cleveland Critics Circle Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Violet, who will be appearing in Best Intentions at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as in London, in August.

Terry Martin’s set centers on a conceived barn with a wall on which various instruments are hung.

Jakyung Seo’s lighting effects help develop the song moods by creating the correct emotional illusions, while Nathan Rosmarin’s sound design makes for clear audio and nicely inserted special effects.

The intimate Porthouse thrust stage is a perfect venue for the show.

It brings the action up-close and personal and allows the cast and audience to interact. (Many in the audience, obviously Cash fans, were mouthing the words to many of the songs.)

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MOVIES TICKLE TICKLE TICKLE Tickled is investigative documentary of sadistic tickling empire

By Sam Allard LIKE ANY GOOD, CURIOUS journalist, New Zealand pop culture guru David Farrier was intrigued by an “endurance tickling” competition he stumbled upon online. A mysterious company was offering all-expenses-paid trips to L.A. to hyper-ticklish male athletes to film them in the throes of tickleinduced laughter. In Tickled, a kooky investigative documentary that hinges on the bizarre novelty of its subject matter, and one that, moreover, feels ripped from the pages of an alt-weekly, Farrier and his taciturn chum Dylan Reeve plumb the depths of this obscure and ultimately troubling rabbit hole. It opens Friday at the Capitol Theatre as part of the Capitol Selects series.

After some hostile social media correspondence from the company hosting the tickling competition, Jane O’Brien Media, Farrier decides he’d like to make a documentary on the subject. Jane O’Brien sends a trio of legal emissaries to New Zealand to bully Farrier and Reeve into backing down. The Trump-ish threat from Jane O’Brien is that any legal battle will be so costly and time-intensive that lives will be ruined in the trenches of the courts. Don’t make the documentary, they are warned.

Sufficiently baited, the New Zealand documentarians begin to probe the subject in a more concerted way. They get the idea to turn the

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tables on this invisible bully with deep pockets. They fly to the United States to interview a former tickling subject who became a victim of Jane O’Brien’s aggression when he declined to continue participating in the videos. They interview a former casting director who worked for one of Jane O’Brien’s former alter-egos.

They interview the Philadelphia journalist who wrote about the sensational case which revealed Jane O’Brien’s true identity.

One of the most interesting segments takes place in Muskegon, Michigan, where Farrier and Reeve learn of a “tickling ring,” allegedly one of many in the U.S., where Jane O’Brien cultivates future video talent in the depressing arenas of regional mixed-martial arts leagues.

The accumulation of evidence and

personal testimony paints a picture of an icky, cruel, power-drunk tyrant.

The documentarians are, throughout, as baffled as the viewing audience surely will be.

“This shit exists?” you’ll no doubt ask, more than once. Farrier’s face, while watching a benign fetishist who runs another (more upstanding) tickle website, is one of confusion and almost pain. The weirdness of the subject matter, (i.e., a sadistic, global tickling empire) is without question the film’s principal hook. And though the novelty of that subject matter fades, it remains just as bonkers at the end as it is at the beginning.

Whether or not the material warrants a 90-minute documentary film is a question worth asking.

But for the eventual confrontation with the true Jane O’Brien — a necessary, though underwhelming scene — a few hidden-camera moments with the O’Brien legal reps, and snippets of the YouTube tickling clips, there’s nothing particularly visual about the investigation of the case. The information unfolding is engrossing, but given the complexities of the characters’ backgrounds, and the blustery jargon of the Jane O’Brien entity’s legal threats, a print story might have been clearer and more comprehensive.

It’s not like Farrier and Reeve’s financial limitations in confronting the empire are all that compelling.

Nor do the dead-end phone calls and subjects’ frequent preference not to discuss the subject make for investigative thrills. The film amounts to the outing of a deeply perturbed bully. And while the outing is surely a good thing in some ways, it might leave you wishing the documentary had been more purely focused on the investigation, had tried to mount a legal case against this company and enjoin them to stop, instead of merely trying to annoy and embarrass its boss.

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SPOTLIGHT: HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE NEW ZEALAND DIRECTOR TAIKA Waititi might just be one of the brightest upand-coming directors. He possesses a unique vision. Much like indie auteur Wes Anderson, he creates magical worlds. Charming movies such as Eagle vs. Shark and What We Do in the Shadows demonstrated his ability.

His latest such endeavor, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which opens Friday at the Cedar Lee Theatre, represents yet another crowning achievement for the actor, comedian and painter. The film centers on Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison), a troublemaking teen who has a history of committing petty crimes.

Family Services has finally found him a foster family, and his life appears as if it will change for the better when Aunt Bella (Rima Te Wiata), a genuinely kind middle-aged woman, takes

him into her rural New Zealand home.

But as much as Aunt Bella bestows affection on the portly kid, her husband, Uncle Hec (Sam Neill), doesn’t take well to the hip-hop loving young boy who wears sneakers and hoodies and regularly talks about “gangstas.” He tells the kid to just leave him alone while he spends his days hunting and maintaining the ranch.

Though hardly suited to life on their rural ranch, Ricky appreciates the love that Aunt Bella bestows upon him. And he agrees to be responsible for a dog that she gives him, naming the creature “Tupac” after rapper Tupac Shakur. Things appear to be improving for Ricky.

But when Bella has a sudden heart attack, Ricky and Uncle Hec must learn to cope with one another. On a trek through the rugged

wilderness, Uncle Hec twists his ankle, forcing him to rely on Ricky, who helps him recover from his injury. When Family Services returns to the ranch to take Ricky back to juvenile detention, the two go on the run, escaping into the thick woods that surround the family ranch as a manhunt ensues.

A kids’ movie that’s not a kids’ movie, Hunt for the Wilderpeople benefits from some great performances. Dennison makes Ricky into a true anti-hero. You can’t help but root for the kid, even though he often doesn’t do the right thing. And Neill successfully brings out the softer sides of the cranky Uncle Hec. And throughout the film, Waititi delicately balances comedy and drama, showing just what a remarkable talent he is. — Jeff Niesel | clevescene.com | July 13 - 19, 2016

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EAT WELCOME TO CLEVELAND Now eat and drink like a local for a few days

By Douglas Trattner

OHIO CITY Bar Cento (1948 West 25th St., 216-274-1010, barcento.com) is open every single day of the year until 2:30 in the morning, so they’re not about to mess things up now. Swing by this laid-back wine bar for amazing meat and cheese boards, killer frites served with an array of sauces, and smart, seasonal entrees brimming with local ingredients. But most people come to this 10-year-old enoteca for the fly pies, a roster of a dozen thin, crisp and shrewdly topped platters that are served, you guessed it, every day of the year until 2:30 in the morning.

Jack Flaps (3900 Lorain Ave., 216-961-5199, jack-flaps.com) serves the funkiest breakfast in town on the edge of town. This diminutive diner specializes in sweet and savory breakfast items like waffles, flap jacks and french toast, but none of it is conventional. The Fat Elvis caps a waffle with banana, whipped peanut butter and bacon praline, while the Benedicto Mexicano is like biscuits and gravy dragged kicking and screaming across the border. Here, “bacon” is Mexican Coke-glazed pork belly. And you should get it.

Johnny Mango (3120 Bridge Ave., 216-575-1919, jmango.com) is like that wonderful little lunch spot you wandered into on vacation when you didn’t know where you’d wind up. It’s bright and beachy, with festive artwork shellacking most of the interior. The drinks are equally cheerful, with margaritas, sangrias and Long Island iced teas at the ready. Even the food is an escape from the everyday, with a curated menu of inexpensive dishes plucked from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Far East. Most people dig the black bean quesadillas,

the shrimp pad Thai, and the spicy jerk chicken.

Old Angle (1848 West 25th St., 216861-5643) is where the locals drink whiskey and watch sports, mainly soccer, but also baseball, basketball, football and golf. The grub here leans to Irish comfort foods like pot pies, shepherd’s pie, fish sandwiches, burgers and fries. The drink leans to draft and bottled beer and the aforementioned brown booze. This convivial tavern predates most of the bars and restaurants on the main Ohio City drag, earning it a loyal following among longtime neighborhood residents.

TREMONT The Tremont Tap House (2572 Scranton Rd., 216-298-4451, tremonttaphouse.com) is an oasis of craft beer and gourmet grub in an overlooked section of otherwise bustling Tremont. From dozens of taps flow some of the best brews available locally, including many brewed right here in Cleveland. Knock those beers back on the roomy patio or inside the snug gastropub, where upscale bar food keeps regulars coming back for more. On the plates are fat German pretzels, pork belly nachos, and blackened salmon BLTs. Sunday

brunch here is tops.

Fat Cats (2061 West 10th St., 216579-0200, coolplacestoeat.com) was cool before Tremont was cool, with this hip bistro approaching 20 years in the business of pleasing neighbors. Settle in at the petite bar, beneath a fading pressed-tin ceiling, and take in the view, which includes funky local art and views of the city skyline through the picture window. The hearty but progressive Mediterranean menu goes big on flavor, with items like grilled octopus, pan-roasted salmon and the overlooked bavette steak. The chefowner knows his way around both a bouillabaisse and a wine list.

Bac (2661 West 14th St., 216-9388960, bactremont.com) is a one-off that attracts the lunch, happy hour and dinner crowds thanks to original, contemporary pan-Asian food. This laid-back neighborhood bistro is going on seven years thanks to a menu of delicious and different Asian American eats like green papaya salad, porkfilled steam buns, mango curry and Vietnamese crepes. Hit the bar, dining room or patio for a true Cleveland experience.

Edison’s Pub (2373 Professor Ave., 216- 522-0006, edisonspub.com) wears its “dive bar” status like a rusty crown.

This is the place where neighbors,

dogs and in-the-know visitors cohabitate in tipsy harmony to live music, rowdy trivia or the soothing sound of popcorn popping. A goodenough beer selection is served up by personality-rich bartenders operating with limited space. Open til 2:30 every night, Edison’s is often that last stop for locals before they call it a night.

Before you call it a night, order a pizza from the adjacent shop.

DETROIT SHOREWAY XYZ the Tavern (6421 Detroit Ave., 216-706-1104, xyzthetavern.com) somehow manages to please everybody in the group. It starts with the setting, an open barroom space that goes from tranquil to lively right along with the clock and crowds. Whiskey fans love XYZ for its massive bourbon collection, and craft beer lovers take comfort in the two dozen craft taps. There’s no tasting menu here; just solid comfort food that ranges from house-smoked barbecue and New York-style pizza to fish and pasta specials of the day.

Luxe Kitchen (6605 Detroit Ave., 216-920-0600, luxecleveland.com) welcomes one of the most diverse, eclectic crowds in town, much like the neighborhood that surrounds and embraces it. Most of the time, those folks are unwinding after a long day

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BY NOW YOU’VE LIKELY BEEN besieged with tips and guides on what to eat and where to drink while visiting The Championship City. But since most of those suggestions have been put forth by outside media or inside boosters, please take them with the shaker of salt they deserve.

Below you’ll find not only a listing of worthwhile spots to sip and snack like a local, but also one that doesn’t include places that are closed for private events or located inside that pesky security perimeter.

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or week with a seasonal cocktail on the back patio, which puts most others to shame. Indoors is just as nice, a cosmopolitan bar and dining room that fit like a glove. An amazing staff dishes up unfussy Mediterranean fare like burrata with local tomatoes, grilled lamb meatballs, and ricotta gnocchi with short ribs.

Parkview Nite Club (1261 West 58th St., 216-961-1341, parkviewniteclub.com) has the distinction of being one of Cleveland’s oldest bars, a true legend among many legendary watering holes. History comes at you from all sides here, from the sturdy and stately wooden bar to the black-and-white press clippings that serve as wallpaper. Trouble finds you here, too, thanks to cheap drinks, live music and the bar’s out-of-the-way address.

BEYOND Tommy’s (1824 Coventry Rd., 216-321-7757, tommyscoventry. com) isn’t just worth the trip from downtown; it’s worth the flight from out of town. For more than 40 years, Tommy’s has anchored the Coventry neighborhood of Cleveland Heights, which is seven miles east of Public Square. This hippie haven was serving vegan and vegetarian food long before Instagram, with amazing pita sandwiches filled with falafel, tofu and tempeh. But this place loves omnivores too, with roast beef, corned beef, burgers, fries and the world’s best milkshakes.

Trattoria on the Hill (12207 Mayfield Rd., 216-421-2700, trattoriaromangarden.com) is in Cleveland’s storied Little Italy neighborhood, a place with wonderful Italian American restaurants and miserable parking. We grit our teeth and bare it knowing that heaping platters of satisfying stuffed peppers, eggplant Parmigiana, linguini with clam sauce, and veal scaloppini await.

For more than 30 years, this Old World gem has been bucking trends and bulging bellies with family-style meals that arrive on time and under budget.

Pier W (12700 Lake Ave., 216228-2250, pierw.com) used to have

the view game pretty much all to itself. But then came the Flats East Bank, which deposited a dozen new eateries on the banks of the Cuyahoga. Still, given the likely crowds, we recommend heading west to Lakewood to dine at this majestic seafood restaurant perched high above Lake Erie. To go along with the water and skyline views, might we suggest starting with a seafood tower cascading with shrimp, lobster, oysters, mussels and lump crab? Do not miss the lobster bisque or the bouillabaisse loaded with fin and shellfish in a sunny saffron broth.

Balaton Restaurant (13133 Shaker Sq., 216-921-9691, balatonrestaurant.com) is as Cleveland as a restaurant gets. Opened 50 years ago by Hungarian immigrants, the welcoming eatery at Shaker Square offers a heartwarming taste of home for countless Eastern Europeans who resettled here in the Midwest.

The wienerschnitzel is legendary: thin, crisp and extending over the edges of the plate. Also on the bill of fare are stuffed cabbages, veal paprikash and Szekely goulash, a pork and sauerkraut dish served with dumplings. Cap off your meal with flaky Hungarian strudel or sweetcheese filled crepes.

Corky & Lenny’s (27091 Chagrin Blvd., 216-464-3838, corkyandlennys. com) has been feeding Jewish people and those who love them since 1956. It’s a bustling, New York-style delicatessen in the eastern suburb of Woodmere, near Beachwood. Huge deli coolers stock carry-out items like chopped liver, smoked whitefish, gefilte fish, knishes, meats by the pound and pastries like rugalah and black and white cookies. Sit down and wade through a sprawling menu that runs from breakfast through dinner. Tops are the mish-mosh soup with matzoh balls, kreplach, egg noodles and rice; the corned beef, pastrami and Reuben sandwiches; the potato latkes with sour cream and applesauce; and the open-faced turkey with gravy and mashed potatoes.

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By Nikki Delamotte TWO YEARS AGO, TRICIA REDDY was strolling through La Jolla, California, when she saw her ďŹ rst pitaya bowl. Immediately her thoughts turned to how many preservatives it must contain. After all, it was a cup of vibrant, hot pink fruit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I found out it was all-natural; I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it,â&#x20AC;? she recalls.

Such bowls are the centerpiece of superfruit cafes, a West Coast phenomenon that has caught on with the momentum of the frozen yogurt and juice bar crazes. Eager to bring back a piece of California, Reddy took a nine-week crash course with small business incubator Bad Girl Ventures when she returned to Cleveland. She launched the mobile operation Coastline Bowls (facebook. com/CoastlineBowls) this June with plans to one day grow into a brick and mortar operation.

She began vending the sweet snacks at local events and was surprised to meet people who had heard of the superfruit cafe concepts and were hoping it would soon make its way to Cleveland. Of course, a bright bowl of fruit sells itself along the shores of the Golden State. But in Cleveland, Reddy knew there would be an element of educating the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes people will stare at the bowls at ďŹ rst, but once you tell them that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no artiďŹ cial ďŹ&#x201A;avor, that what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing is the natural beauty and color of the product, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on board and want to try it,â&#x20AC;? she says.

As a former John Carroll University basketball player, diet has always played an important role in Reddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. After living downtown and seeing the rising popularity of spinning studios and events like Balance and Brews, where yoga is hosted in local breweries, she knew the growing ďŹ tness and health-minded community was ready for her launch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re healthy and in shape, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to perform well on the court,â&#x20AC;? notes Reddy.

Coastlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bowls are built with pitaya, a sweet superfruit noted for its antioxidants, iron, calcium, ďŹ ber and Vitamin A. Medleys of fruit sourced from the West Side Market, along with juices or coconut water, are blended with the pitaya to create a base.

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Reddy plans to add bases created from acai and grain bowls as the business expands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For acai bowls, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll use almond butter while keeping the pitaya bowls fruitier.â&#x20AC;?

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Already Reddy has immersed herself in the local community through partnerships with Harness Cycle, Ride and Workout and the NEO Cycle festival. Coastline also is receiving some high-proďŹ le attention as a sponsor of local volleyball superstar Kaitlyn Leary while sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the road for competitions.

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EAT NEW BREWERY IS JUST DAYS FROM OPENING

By Douglas Trattner GOLDHORN BREWERY (1361 East 55th St.), which sits immediately adjacent to Sterle’s Country House, is phase two of developer Rick Semersky’s ambitious Hub 55 project. The brewery and taproom joins Cafe 55 inside a sprawling 30,000-square-foot complex.

In preparation for the big day, brewer Joel Warger, previously at Great Lakes Brewing Co., has been working nonstop for weeks. The shiny eight-barrel copper brewhouse is highly visible behind a wall of glass, as is the tank farm in an adjacent room.

“We’ll start with classic European and American craft styles, with a rotation of six to eight beers until I can get a feel for what people are liking, what they’re looking for from us,” Warger says from his elevated perch.

On tap for opening day will be a pilsner, stout, Scottish ale, hefeweizen, India pale ale and a smoked pale ale.

The strongest beer is the IPA, at 7 percent. For now, those beers will only be served at Goldhorn and Sterle’s, but they might soon begin appearing at a few select neighborhood spots.

“Obviously we’ll send it to Sterle’s immediately, and another half dozen to a dozen bars and restaurants who are interested,” Semersky explains. “But right now we’re focused on making good beer and making sure that Goldhorn and the Hub stay popular.”

If the demand does find them, Goldhorn has plenty of room to grow.

“We can actually double our fermentation tank space,” he adds.

Goldhorn’s spacious taproom can accommodate around 125 guests at the dimpled copper-topped bar, at tables, and out in the beer garden.

When hunger strikes, customers will have a nice selection of hearty, casual and beer-friendly fare from which to choose. The setup will be self-serve,

with guests ordering and paying at the kitchen pass and picking it up when their buzzer buzzes. The taproom shares the kitchen from Cafe 55.

“We didn’t want to be another restaurant; we want to be a brewery that serves good food,” Semersky says.

“My only rule was that it couldn’t require silverware.”

Look for a sampling of sharable appetizers and sandwiches, priced between $10 and $15. The only deepfried items are the housemade potato chips, topped with beer cheese and sausage. There’s a sausage board with various sliced sausages, pickles, mustard and bagel chips. Also in the appetizer section are pierogi with creme fraiche, and a salad.

Sandwiches include an Italian beef with peppers, onions and spicy giardiniera; a Cubano with pork, ham, Swiss and pickles; and a burger. Also on the menu are pulled chicken tacos, tofu sliders and a BLT on sourdough.

Goldhorn will be open Tuesday through Thursday 3 to 9 p.m., Friday 3 to 10 p.m., Saturday noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday noon to 6 p.m.

“This is not a late-night place,” Semersky says. “This will be the place you come after work or on weekends to have a couple drinks and maybe a sandwich.”

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MUSIC FIGHT THE POWER Prophets of Rage’s Tom Morello and Tim Commerford bring tha noise to the Agora

By Jeff Niesel “THERE’S EVIDENCE THAT suggests the music of Rage Against the Machine riles people up, and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” says Rage guitarist Tom Morello. Morello brings his newly formed band, Prophets of Rage, to town to play the Agora on July 19, right at the start of the Republican National Convention.

The band also features former Rage Against the Machine members Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, along with Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Cypress Hill’s B-Real.

The band will play songs from the catalogs of Rage Against the Machine, Chuck D and Cypress Hill. Proceeds from the Agora show will go to the Cleveland Food Bank. “The profits from the Prophets of Rage show will go to those most hurt by predatory capitalism in Cleveland,” says Morello.

In separate phone interviews, Morello and Commerford spoke about Rage’s history as well as the significance of performing in Cleveland during the RNC. The band initially formed in 1991.

What was going on socially and politically at the time that was motivating the band’s music and lyrics?

Commerford: That was the Clinton era when we first started. That was the wake of the Gulf War. There was a lot going on. There always is a lot going on. The thing about the first Rage record that I loved was that there wasn’t a lot of thought put into the lyrics or the state of affairs. It was the universal sentiment that we’re fucked and that the world is fucked up. We had an idea how bad it could get. Here we are today, and it’s so much worse. It doesn’t seem like it’s going to get any better. It was the universal sentiment of the world we live in. Look where we are now with Trump. He’s tooting the horn of the Gulf War, that idea that we’re Americans and we should be proud and shouldn’t be scared and we should bomb whoever gets in our way. That’s what he’s feeding on. That all began with that Gulf War. Morello: We wrote those Rage Against the Machine songs during the Bill Clinton administration, which now seems like some sort of dreamy Camelot. [Rage singer] Zack [de la

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Rocha] is the principal lyrical architect, and they’re songs that speak to similar issues that are going on now. At the end of the day, the people who control the government don’t deserve to. At the end of the day, the currents of racism in the justice system deserve to be confronted. At the end of the day, imperialist military incursions in the Middle East that are essentially about access to oil deserve to be confronted. We confront those issues with microphones, bass and guitars and Marshall stacks blazing. In 2016, those issues are at the forefront once again. As Martin Luther King said, the hottest place in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral during times of great moral conflict. We are at a time of great moral conflict. It’s important to be playing Rage Against the Machine songs and Public Enemy songs and Cypress Hill songs with Marshall stacks blazing. One of the things that

you see now which is unique to this election cycle is that from left, center and right, there’s a rejection of the political status quo. Half of America is voting for a fascist and half is voting for a socialist. That shows you how ignorant the ruling class has been to the legitimate concerns of working people. On the one hand, Bernie Sanders tried to hijack the Democratic party to make it a people’s party. On the other hand you have a demagogue racist who has taken white working class concerns about globalization and has given this divisive and racist spin to hype his own ego and campaign.

Into the fray, enter Prophets of Rage, hopefully representing to people what it truly means to rage against the machine.

What do you consider your musical influences to be?

Commerford: I’m unafraid to admit

that, in 1991, I didn’t sign up to be in a political rock ’n’ roll band. I don’t think any of us discussed it when we started making music. We never even thought we’d be a band that would last 20-some odds years. I became political because of Rage Against the Machine. I went into it with a punk rock attitude of “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” and came out of it with a more educational view of the world for sure. Zack de la Rocha is a punk rock dude. There’s no doubt about it. He and I grew up together and we’ve known each other since elementary school when we were listening to Never Mind the Bullocks. I’m proud to say that in sixth grade I was rocking to that album. We listened to jazz and the beginning of “Bulls on Parade,” for example, was inspired by John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things.” It’s the same bass line. We were pulling from all over the place. | clevescene.com | July 13 - 19, 2016

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MUSIC Morello: Two of the major influences were Cypress Hill and Public Enemy. That was the hip-hop side of our formation. To be playing with Chuck D and B-Real is an honor and shows how things have come full circle. I grew up on hard rock and heavy metal music. I only began playing music when I had the punk rock revelation of the Sex Pistols and the Clash. A Sex Pistols cassette changed my life. I was in a band 24 hours after purchasing the Sex Pistols record. I didn’t know how to play a single chord on the guitar, but I was compelled.

When the band decided to come back together as Prophets of Rage, for the “Make America Rage Again” tour, was Zack de la Rocha invited to join?

Commerford: I called Zack and said he was our first choice. He was honored. Chuck D and B-Real were huge influences of his. These are his heroes as well as ours. You never know what the future might bring.

I can’t speak for him, but I’m always hopeful I will be able to share the stage with Zack.

Morello: Zack hasn’t been interested in playing Rage Against the Machine music for a long time.

He’s been busy with his own projects and I respect his decision to not do Rage Against the Machine. But like I said, dangerous times demand dangerous songs. We cannot sit on the sidelines of history when we have this potent catalog of Rage music and it needs to be played right now.

Talk about what the initial rehearsals with Chuck D and B-Real were like.

Commerford: They were great.

It was fun and easy. We just started

psyched. I can’t believe I’m in the presence of greatness and they feel the same way. It’s surreal.

Morello: Each band has to find its own chemistry and its own way to be great. We rehearsed in secret in the San Fernando Valley for months to see how this combination of musicians would be great. We wanted to see who could do what verse of what song and how we could incorporate a turntablist into the proceedings. We want to keep the authenticity and raw punk rock fury of Rage alive but with MCs Chuck D and B-Real. We want to Rage-ify Public Enemy and Cypress Hill songs.

We needed to figure that out. The good news is that we figured it out, and it’s pretty devastating.

Talk about how important it is to play Cleveland during the RNC. Commerford: Well, it seems really important because it looks like there’s going to be a racist who hates Mexicans and wants to build walls.

He’s a jamoke from New Jersey. He’s kind of dumb. He hates women, and I think he probably wants to have sex with his daughter. There’s a lot of illness. He’s definitely homophobic.

The list goes on and on. He reminds me of Adolf Hitler. Here we are in a world where people are embracing that. I can’t even believe it. It blows me away. With Rage, we played the Democratic Convention in 2000 and we played the Democratic and Republican Conventions in 2008. In 2000, there was a full scale riot. In 2008, they surrounded the stage and wouldn’t let us go on stage because our music was too dangerous. When we played in Minnesota in 2008, they had every single street corner blocked off. If history repeats itself, it’s going to be gnarly. And I want it to be. I’m excited for gnarliness. I want to use music as a weapon and start spraying fools.

Morello: It was very important that this be the first stop on our Make America Rage Again tour. We want to

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There’s a lot of possibility in the world of rock and hip-hop. You don’t have melody in the vocal so it’s easy and fun to write songs and hear them the day you write them and know if they’re going to be good or not.

It’s exciting and it’s so great to come off stage or finish a song and look over and there’s Chuck D and B-Real and see those guys and they have big smiles on their faces and they’re

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send a message across the land and across the globe that while Trump and Sanders have been described as raging against the machine, we want to show people what it really means to rage against the machine. There’s no better stage to do it than at the Republican National Convention.

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A FINAL THRUST The current incarnation of veteran experimental rockers Swans plans to go out with a bang

By Eli Shively MOST PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS take their art extremely seriously.

It kind of comes with the job. For Michael Gira, however, music acts as more than just an art form. It’s a spiritual catalyst that possesses the power to completely turn one’s mental state on its head.

Gira, the 62-year-old creative mastermind and ringleader of the experimental rock group Swans, has devoted his musical career to creating deep and meaningful experiences through both the band’s studio work and their infamously powerful live shows. Preceded by 2012’s The Seer and 2014’s To Be Kind, the group’s latest offering, The Glowing Man, represents the conclusion of a trilogy of sorts; and while it honors the slow burning, groove-oriented structure of those two records, it also expands upon it a bit by bringing a more subdued and down-to-earth vibe.

Creating the vast wealth of material that Swans pour into each studio record can be a tedious process, especially when it’s all so well orchestrated. Gira is aware that the prospect of writing songs that often surpass the 20-minute mark sounds crazy, but as maddening as his methods may be, he insists that it’s all worth it.

“It’s just a gradual process of adding way too much sound to the tape, the recording medium, and then eventually scraping it away again until it makes some kind of logical sense,” he explains in a phone interview.

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Gira has always enjoyed looking at things from an elevated point of view, as evidenced by the length of his most celebrated material. This can be tied to the way he and his band often find creative inspiration in a live setting, through continual improvisation and “pursuing the sound,” as he likes to put it.

Oftentimes, after a breakthrough during a performance, the band keeps revisiting the same musical theme until it eventually becomes a new song. This is how most of Swans’ more expansive material is written. “‘Cloud of Forgetting,’ ‘Cloud of Unknowing,’ ‘Frankie M,’ and ‘The Glowing Man’ [on the new record] — those were performed over the course of 16, 18 months, live,” Gira says.

“They just morphed into the general shape you hear on the record.”

Of course, the five musicians that make up the rest of the band deserve a

This, too, can be tied back to Swans’ live performances, as the excellent artistic and personal chemistry between band members allows them to further break down any barriers that may exist while playing together. It’s all about finding “the path,” as Gira describes it: losing oneself inside the sound in order to reach deeper and deeper levels of the subconscious. It’s a magical, otherworldly thing to be a part of, and it’s the reason why Swans usually play for hours on end as loud and hard as they possibly can.

“When the sound live is working — it doesn’t always work — but when it’s really working it’s like you’re almost unconscious,” says Gira. “We’re just as much inside it as the audience, and just as surprised as the audience might be. Once it reaches an epiphany, to me it’s the closest I come to some kind of spiritual experience.”

The band pushes toward this

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lot of credit for conducting this whole process as well. Ever grateful for what he calls “the most fruitful collaborative effort that I’ve been involved in,” Gira quickly praises the other members of Swans.

“This band has been remarkable … it’s kind of one body. It’s very intuitive,” he says.

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revelatory feeling obsessively, trying to get the most out of every ounce of material and often wearing themselves out in the process; according to Gira, they had to cut down the time they spent on stage from three hours to around two and a half in order to conserve energy.

Currently on tour in support of

The Glowing Man, Swans will bring this beautifully loud sonic spectacle to Beachland Ballroom on July 18.

Fans of the current iteration of the band, which formed in 2010 after Gira set the project aside 13 years prior, may be particularly interested in seeing them this time around as it was recently announced that they’ll officially disband after this tour.

Swans name will continue on with Gira at the helm — it’s hard to imagine him ever retiring it for good — but the five musicians with whom he has such a good creative relationship will no longer be a part of it.

“The way I’m gonna proceed is continue to use the name Swans but have a revolving cast of contributors, and see what that can produce,” he says. “I’ve got to kind of step back from it for a bit. The other fellows have other things they want to pursue, which makes sense, and we want to give it a final thrust and then let it go.”

In typical Michael Gira fashion, he’s once again pushing away the familiar to create something new and uncomfortable and undoubtedly inspiring.

“I’m not quite certain what’s gonna happen, but I think that’s where I need to be right now, in a place of uncertainty, even fear,” says Gira. “I don’t think comfort is good. It may fail abjectly, but so what?”

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MUSIC ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM The annual Alternative Press Music Awards adopts a political theme HELD LAST SUMMER AT QUICKEN Loans Arena, the second annual Alternative Press Music Awards promised to be bigger and better than the inaugural affair, which had been held at Voinovich Bicentennial Park behind the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

And it lived up to the billing.

From the moment the stars started walking the red carpet into the venue, it was apparent the second event eclipsed the first. A throng of fans stood outside the Q to watch the alt-rock celebrities pour in. Bands such as Simple Plan, Sum 41 and All Time Low received the rowdiest receptions, while headliners Weezer were quickly whisked into the venue without any opportunity for the media to corner frontman Rivers Cuomo who, with his bright green denim jacket and well-groomed beard, looked like he had just stepped out of a Gap ad.

The event itself got off to a rocky start as the teleprompter malfunctioned and hosts Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat, who play in All Time Low, had to repeat their opening monologue (they cracked jokes about how the awards, which they dubbed the “Hot Topic Oscars,” had “more sponsors than NASCAR”). But once the glitches were fixed, the awards went off without a hitch.

“We were blown away by last year,” says Alternative Press publisher and founder Mike Shea in a recent phone interview. “The first year we were in Voinovich Park, and we didn’t know what to expect.

That event exceeded expectations. We didn’t know what to expect being in the Q, but it was a huge success for everybody.”

When it came time to plan this year’s event, Shea ran into a roadblock. The Republican National Convention called dibs on Quicken Loans Arena. Try as he might, he couldn’t find a way to keep the awards in Cleveland.

“We were set to do it again at the Q but we had to move it someplace,” he says. “We wanted to keep it in Ohio, so we’ve moved it to Columbus.”

Taking place on Monday, July 18, at the Schottenstein Center in

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Columbus, the event will be hosted once again by Jack and Alex of All Time Low. Given the hoopla that’s accompanying the RNC, they plan to bicker with one another like a couple of political candidates.

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“We have a couple of cities that are jockeying for next year’s event. I know Columbus wants us to stay. Cities outside of Ohio have wanted us to come.”

— Mike Shea to work with Jack and Alex again,” says Shea. “They did such a great job last year and are big fan favorites. We just knew we would be doing some kind of a take on a political convention. We thought it would be funny if Jack and Alex will be running against each other and sniping at each other. We couldn’t resist [the political angle] since it’s the first night of the RNC. It’s literally the elephant in the room.”

The awards will feature performances from A Day To Remember, Good Charlotte, Yellowcard, Of Mice & Men, Papa Roach, Babymetal, Issues, the Maine, Mayday Parade and Beartooth.

“Babymetal is showing up and everyone is talking about that, and we have Good Charlotte who has just returned with new material,” says Shea. “Ohio favorites Beartooth are performing a cool set that you can only see there. Rob Halford from Judas Priest will be there. All these other bands will be there in some way or another. The list goes and goes. We probably have 60 to 70 individual musicians who will be part of the show this year. It’s pretty crazy.”

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Alternative Press publisher Mike Shea

Alternative Press has championed shock rocker Marilyn Manson since he got his start in the ’90s. Appropriately, he’ll receive the magazine’s Icon Award at this year’s event.

“We gave him his first cover ever,” says Shea. “He was being represented by [Cleveland-based] Nothing Records at the time. They introduced us and told us they had this new act with a connection to Canton. We met him, and he has always been really cool to us. He was on our cover something like four times. He’s always been a great seller. No matter what has gone on in the music industry style-wise, he never faded out and stayed vital and relevant. That’s hard to do as a musician after 20-something years. We weren’t sure if he was going to accept it because he’s Marilyn Manson, and he doesn’t have to do anything. But he did and that’s awesome. He’s been part of our family. Plus, that last record

is amazing. He definitely warrants the award.”

Shea sounds optimistic that the festival will return to Cleveland next year.

“We have a couple of cities that are jockeying for next year’s event,” he says. “I know Columbus wants us to stay. Cities outside of Ohio have wanted us to come. Cleveland has put down some strong initial conversations and planning around bringing the show back. They want to make the city more of a music destination. For them, it’s something they want the show to be part of that. They are activated, and I have to give Destination Cleveland a lot of credit because they’re all over us to tell the truth.

It’s really great.”

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LIVEWIRE

all the live music you should see this week Photo by Shervin Lainez

WED

7/13

311/Matisyahu: Stalwarts of the indie alt-rock scene from way back, 311 still know their roots. 2014’s Stereolithic showed a band in full control of its destiny, maintaining its earlier sounds while lacing songs with new melodic ideas and interesting production twists. The album’s closest sonic cousin might be 1997’s Transistor, long hailed as 311’s most inventive and daring album ever. Guitarist Tim Mahoney shines -- check songs like “First Dimension” and “Simple True,” where his mad-scientist riffage takes center stage -- and the band seems to be sitting atop one of its career peaks right now. Their live show will attest. Also, note: The band’s 12th album is due out in early 2017. (Eric Sandy), 7:30 p.m., $32.50-$49.50. Jacobs Pavilion.

Disturbed/Breaking Benjamin/Alter Bridge/Saint Asonia: 6:30 p.m., $29.95-$79.95. Blossom.

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

Bluewater Kings Band: 8 p.m., Free.

Brothers Lounge.

The G-Nome Project/Switched On: 9 p.m., $10. Grog Shop.

Hollywood Slim Band/Sur’ Lawrence Trupo: 8 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Chris Isaak: 7:30 p.m., $37.50$62.50. Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park.

JD McPherson/Lera Lynn: 8:30 p.m., $18 ADV $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Joe Hunter: 7 p.m., Free. BLU Jazz+.

Sawyer Fredericks/Mia Z: 6:30 p.m., $20 ADV $25 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

White Night: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

THU

7/14

Guided By Voices/Nap Eyes: Guided

by Voices founder Bob Pollard recorded the band’s latest album, Please Be Honest, entirely on his own. He played every instrument on the disc. The album commences with “My Zodiac Companion,” a track that again reflects with Pollard’s affinity for British garage rock, particularly the Who. Songs such as the shimmering “Come On Mr. Christian” and “Glittering Parliaments” sound like vintage GBV as Pollard adopts a British

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The Julie Ruin hits reset and lands at Mahalls. See: Saturday.

accent and strums madly on his electric guitar while filtering in bits of feedback. Tonight’s show marks the local debut of the new lineup.

(Jeff Niesel), 8:30 p.m., $32. Grog Shop.

Woods/Big Thief: Calling the album “something preceding a realization,” rather than any major realization about life itself, Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker obviously feels closely connected to Masterpiece, her band’s debut and one of the headiest road trip albums of 2016 thus far. In fact, do yourself a favor and toss this one on your early-aughts Corolla’s stereo as you cruise along the north shore’s Route 2. Lenker’s voice glides across Americana-striped chords and wide-open percussion.

There’s also a healthy dose of outthere experimental stuff, too; dig the manic lead guitar work on “Real Love,” which will have your head spinning or swooning, depending on your style. (Sandy), 9 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Blu Jazz Jam with Theron Brown: 8 p.m., Free. BLU Jazz+.

Brand New Hat/Ken Bindas/Jason D. Thompson: 7 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

Heaven Is In You/Sneaks/Dylijens/ Ghost Noises/DJ Kiernan LaVeuax (in Club Atlantis): 9 p.m., $7. Now That’s Class.

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

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

Jarren Benton/Snipez/Flood Gang: 6 p.m., $15 ADV $20 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

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Across the Water (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $18. Music Box Supper Club.

JoJo Stella/Foto/Formula 5: 9:30 p.m., $6 ADV, $8 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Jonathan Hooper Trio: 8 p.m., $10.

Bop Stop.

Josh Rzepka Quartet: 8 p.m., $15.

Nighttown.

Marine Corpse/Cattle Dogs/Wooly Bear/Iron Oxide: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

New Soft Shoe: 8 p.m., Free. Happy Dog. TLC: 7:30 p.m., $45-$75. Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park.

FRI

7/15

George Delancey Quartet: Jazz bassist George DeLancey, a Cambridge, Ohio native, assembled an all-star cast of young players from the New York scene to play on his debut album, which Grammy winner Mark Wilder mastered at his Battery Studios. Expect to hear songs from it at tonight’s show.

(Niesel), 8 p.m., $12. BLU Jazz+.

Keith Urban/Brett Eldredge/ Maren Morris: To date, country singer Keith Urban has delivered a whopping 19 No. 1 songs. He promises a new stage show for this summer’s RipCORD World Tour 2016, which pairs him with Brett Eldredge and special guest Maren Morris. The tour comes on the heels of his eighth studio album release of the same name, which has already produced two singles, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Break On Me.” The album even features a foray into hip-hop as

Urban teams up with Nile Rodgers and Pitbull on the infectious “Sun Don’t Let Me Down.” (Niesel), 7:30 p.m., $26-$60.75. Blossom.

Werk Out Competition with Essential Groove/Slap n’ Tickle/ New Moon Rising/Psychic Relic/ Bypass Circuit: Each year, The Werks put together a nice twist on the typical festival bill: They hold a competition to get lesser-known bands onto The Werk Out lineup.

Tonight, some great up-and-comers hold court at the Beachland, throwing down heaters for your votes. Essential Groove, Slap n’ Tickle, New Moon Rising, Psychic Relic and Bypass Circuit: You’re already looking at a fun show right there, and the competitive angle makes it all the more enticing.

Come, dance, vote. The Werk Out happens Aug. 4-6 at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. (Sandy), 8 p.m., $10. Beachland Ballroom.

X_X/Obnox/Mike DeCapite/DJ Robert Sikora: A Cleveland punk rock icon, John Morton of Electric Eels and X_X and The Styrenes fame recently became homeless after he left behind his New York home in the attempt to move to Canada.

When authorities wouldn’t allow him to cross the border, he got stuck in Niagara Falls and set up a gofundme site to receive financial help. He’s raised a few thousand dollars and somehow managed to make sure that the band’s current tour took place as scheduled. Gotta admire his perseverance. The band, which formed in Cleveland in 1978, is touring in support of its new album, Albert Ayler’s Ghosts Live at the Yellow Ghetto. (Niesel), 8 p.m., $15. Beachland Tavern.

4 Door Theatre/Theta Waves/The Spectators/Goodnight Tonight: 5:45 p.m., $10. Grog Shop.

‘80s Night with the Sunrise Jones Band (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club.

Nathan Bell & Guests/Triage/George Foley & Friends: 5:30 p.m. Barking Spider Tavern.

BJ the Chicago Kid/Elhae: 7 p.m., $18. House of Blues.

Daikaiju/The Beyonderers/Lords of the Highway/The Del Rios: 9 p.m., $8. Now That’s Class.

Darling, Daylight/Joe Sprinkles/Ben Turner: 9 p.m., Free. The Euclid Tavern.

Flame Gang Summer Featuring Ripp Flamez: 10:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop.

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LIVEWIRE Tracy Marie with Special Guest Xela (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m.

Brothers Lounge.

Jerry Popiel & Osage Osage/The Chestertones: 9 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge.

Justo Saborit & Latin Soul: 8:30 p.m., $15. Nighttown.

Talia Keys: 8 p.m. Wilbert’s.

Navy Gangs/Staffers/Holy Poly: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Northcoast Jazz Collective: 8 p.m., $12. Bop Stop.

Outdoor Music: FireSide Duo: 5 p.m., Free. Music Box Supper Club.

Moss Stanley: 10:30 p.m., free.

Nighttown.

Really Cool DJ: Jason Tarulli: 6 p.m., Free. Happy Dog. Tropical Cleveland: 9:30 p.m., $5 ADV, $10 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Trunkweed/Pack Wolf (in the Locker Room): 9 p.m., $5. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

White Buffalo Woman (Album Release Show): 9 p.m., $10.

Musica.

SAT

7/16

The Julie Ruin: As a young feminist in the early ‘90s, Kathleen Hanna dabbled in spoken word before recognizing an unexpected source of power for her lyrics: punk rock, a genre known for sidelining female fans and musicians with its raucous, often violent culture.

The resulting band, Bikini Kill, called young women to confront misogyny with a knee to the groin; numerous other “riot grrrl” bands followed. The Julie Ruin moniker began as Hanna’s solo effort in 1998, emerging as a selftitled collection of sample-driven bedroom recordings just as lyrically provocative as those by Bikini Kill.

Hanna and fellow Bikini Kill alum Kathi Wilcox revived the Julie Ruin as a group effort in 2013. Their second album as a full band, Hit Reset, dropped last week, giving followers a deeper understanding of Hanna’s treacherous childhood and numerous battles with those attempting to trash her revolution.

Hanna’s long-standing history as both a feminist and human rights activist makes this show just as pertinent now as it was 20 years ago. (Bethany Kaufman), 9 p.m., $15 ADV, $18 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

PUP/Signals Midwest/Old Souls: Canadian punk powerhouse PUP has basically toured nonstop since

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its inception as a band, but that’s never stopped the group from putting on a live show that matches the intensity of the studio work.

Released earlier this year, their second full-length, The Dream Is Over, comes off as a full-speedahead bruiser of a record that still manages to show off the band’s extensive musical ability. The crowd will go crazy for newer favorites “DVP” and “If This Tour Doesn’t Kill You, I Will,” in addition to first-album cuts like “Reservoir” and “Mabu.” Local favorite Signals Midwest and Old Souls’ blazing pop punk will get the audience ready to lose its minds to the headliner. (Eli Shively), 9 p.m., $12. Now That’s Class.

Davey-O/Avin Loki Baird: 8 p.m.

Barking Spider Tavern.

The Deep End featuring Gladiator Space Jesus/AkAfunk/Bruh/ Capsule Club/Dutty/Jae Andres/ Konium/Lord Swan3x vs SLAVE: 9 p.m., $15 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Diego Figueiredo/Chiara Izzi: 8:30 p.m., $20. Nighttown.

Doe Boy (Freebandz): 6 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

Dutch Babies/super awesome macho/Odds of Being Born/The Melladramatics: 9 p.m., $6. Grog Shop.

Fabulous Booze Brothers (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Horns & Things: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop.

“Get Happy!”: Judy Garland 1944-’54 ft. Joan Ellison: 8 p.m., $15. BLU Jazz+.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Sweet Honey in the Rock: 8 p.m., $25$50. Cain Park.

Late Night Jazz Jam with Tommy Lehman & Lucas Kadish: 10 p.m., Free. BLU Jazz+.

Outdoor Music: Midnight Run: 3 p.m., Free. Music Box Supper Club.

Shagg/Venus Flytraps: 9 p.m., $5.

Happy Dog. Sugar Blue/Austin Walkin’ Cane (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Tribute to the Clash with the Boys from the County Hell/The GC5: 8 p.m., $15. Music Box Supper Club.

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

Nighttown.

Wesley Who/Pack Wolf/Pizza Creeps: 9 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern.

SUN

7/17

The Coathangers: Originally formed as a joke, Atlanta punk trio The Coathangers have fully put its days of messy chord progressions and

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a band out of Athens that released a single, but that’s all the group did. I loved the song, and we redid it and released it.”

WAKING THE DEAD: The Canton-based band formed in the basement of Wales’ parents’ funeral home in Minerva with the goal of “fusing rock, blues, psychedelic and soul into an explosion of new music.” “We started skateboarding together as kids and then started messing around with music,” says Rutledge. “We started making music after calling hours were over. There were cadavers right above us. We joked that we were playing to the dead. We weren’t creeped out by it.” Five years ago, the band played in Nashville and met the owner of the fledgling Grimtale Records, who liked what he heard. He offered to release the band’s music.

The group subsequently released the 7-inch “My Days/This Town” in 2012 and followed it up with a self-released four-song EP in 2013 and “Like You Used to Do/Always On My Mind,” another 7-inch, in 2014. The debut album even received airplay on Little Steven’s Underground Garage on SiriusXM and an endorsement from another garage rock guru, J. Geils frontman Peter Wolf. “Little Steven’s Underground Garage played ‘She’s Gone,’ which is a cover by the Oceans,

WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: The band recorded its latest self-titled endeavor at Ampreon, a Youngstown studio. “We wanted to keep that same sound,” says Rutledge. “We recorded analog, on old sounding things. We wanted it to have a classic sound, for lack of a better term. We dig the old sounding thing.” The band performs with plenty of swagger on the album.

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You felt strongly about your ex, but she didn’t share your feelings. You don’t feel quite as strongly about your current girlfriend, but you would like to be married — to someone, maybe her — and Girlfriend #2 seems like a good candidate. I wouldn’t suggest proposing, as you’ve been seeing her for only a few months and most sane women view early, impulsive proposals as red flags.

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