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UPFRONT SAME AS IT EVER WAS New Global Center operator in the wings

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BIOENTERPRISE, A NONPROFIT Cleveland business accelerator formed in 2002, is in line to take over the Global Center for Health and Innovation, multiple sources have told Scene.

Though the discussions have been described as an open secret in some circles, and though everyone contacted by Scene acknowledged the rumblings, no one is eager to talk on the record. That’s troubling, especially given that the facility, part of the $465-million complex that includes the convention center, was funded entirely with taxpayer dollars.

As for the players in this game of Med Mart Monty, there is, of course, the county, which built the thing. There’s SMG, a Philadelphiabased management firm that runs operations at the Global Center, as well as at the convention center.

And there’s the Cuyahoga County Facilities Development Corporation, a nonprofit created by Cuyahoga County to oversee the facilities and work with SMG. The CCFDC has full autonomy when it comes to deciding the Global Center’s future. The proposal for BioEnterprise, whose offices are in University Circle near the Cleveland Clinic, to take over operations is expected to be on the agenda at the CCFDC’s next meeting in October and could even be up for a vote by the board that day.

A message to BioEnterprise’s media relations department was returned initially by a call from Dix & Eaton, a Cleveland-based PR company. Later, a BioEnterprise spokesperson told Scene, via email, “I understand that you are seeking comment for a story about strategic talks that BioEnterprise may be engaged in. BioEnterprise does not comment on rumors. As

an organization, we have worked since 2002 to expand and support Northeast Ohio’s bioscience sector through our work with entrepreneurs, our support of The Medical Capital and other activities.

We are proud of the progress that we and the entire region have made and are committed to even greater strides in the future.”

SMG spokesperson Dave Johnson declined to comment. Jeffrey Applebaum, a Thompson Hine lawyer who’s worked on and for the projects in various capacities, declined to comment. George Hillow, the executive director of the CCFDC, didn’t respond to a voicemail message. Multiple calls over two days to CCFDC’s listed

office number went unanswered.

Cuyahoga County spokesperson Mary Louise Madigan said she had no information to share.

Their silence notwithstanding, an industry source told Scene the takeover is “a done deal” and would likely be formalized and announced soon. A second industry source, who’s spoken to the SMG sales team in recent weeks, said it was relayed to them that the transfer is indeed happening and that up to half of the 235,000 square feet will be turned into meeting rooms.

Prospective terms and details — financial, managerial, operations, etc. — remain unknown.

That the Global Center (nee Med Mart) could be poised for another

pivot isn’t entirely surprising: The enormous albatross has been nothing short of an abysmal failure in each of its three or so incarnations in the short five years since it opened: The original plan for a healthcare mall showcasing high-end medical wares was scrapped early on, replaced by a vision of attracting trade shows and conferences with a focus on education.

At least 20 percent of the building is vacant, according to reports, though Scene’s been told the number is closer to 40 percent.

So ineffective were efforts by SMG to secure new tenants that a consulting firm was enlisted to fill the void. They couldn’t attract

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Reached for comment, county executive Armond Budish said that they’d “become a little redundant since OK Computer.”

Cuyahoga County is still trying to unload the old Juvenile Justice Center, which has sat vacant since 2011. Reached for comment, Budish said, “Yeah, I really think Radiohead still gets in though.”

Cuyahoga County mulls new $5 vehicle registration tax, which would bring total cost to about $60. Reached for comment, Budish said, ‘You know, I was thinking about doing a sort of Thom Yorke haircut next time.”

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UPFRONT any new businesses either. The rapid turnover in leadership positions at the facility probably hasn’t helped, though who would stick around when the most successful indications of progress are the arrival of a Starbucks, the expansion of an Au Bon Pain, plans to lure people for coffee or lunch in the empty atrium, and the transformation of vacant space into large conference rooms?

The majority of the leases for the few tenants that the Global Center does lay claim to expire in 2018, and there’s little reason to believe any of them were keen on re-upping.

(BioEnterprise is a tenant itself and paid zero dollars for its space through its ďŹ rst lease term that ended in 2016.)

Whether the new plans are a good or bad thing, an actual solution or window dressing on a failed project doomed to fail into perpetuity, will be a vital question. In the meantime, stop by the Au Bon Pain. We hear it’s a lovely spot to get some peace and quiet and enjoy yet another day in Cuyahoga County where the taxpayers’ business is conducted behind closed doors. — Vince Grzegorek

FAMILY OF LUKE STEWART FILES WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST EUCLID POLICE OFFICERS The family of Luke Stewart ďŹ led a federal lawsuit this week against the city of Euclid and the two police ofďŹ cers who were directly involved in his March 2017 shooting death, including Matthew Rhodes, the ofďŹ cer who “entered into Luke’s car and beat, tased, and shot Luke multiple times, killing him.â€?

In August, a Cuyahoga County grand jury declined to indict Rhodes for his role in Stewart’s death.

The lawsuit comes seven months after the shooting, the details of which remained rather murky during an ongoing state investigation. The state admitted early, however, that Stewart was unarmed when he was shot and killed. He was not accused of committing a crime that day, when ofďŹ cers approached him while he slept in his car in Euclid. A brief chase ensued before Rhodes climbed into Stewart’s car and shot him.

The family seeks compensatory and punitive damages, as well as

certain reforms from the Euclid Police Department that target the “policies, practices, and customs shown to encourage the use of excessive and unreasonable force and the extrajudicial shooting of civilians, particularly AfricanAmericans ... .�

A response from the city is expected within three weeks.

For several months now, community members have joined the Stewart family in demanding answers from the city of Euclid.

While the investigation was being handled by the state attorney general’s ofďŹ ce, city leaders tended to pass the buck onto the BCI. Now, however, the spotlight remains ďŹ rmly on the city and police department’s ability to communicate what comes next and how they plan to heal the deepening divisions.

Just a few months after Stewart’s death, of course, ofďŹ cer Michael Amiott was seen beating a black man on a street. That incident prompted calls for change from the community, as well, to the point where it almost became confusing during a recent Euclid City Council meeting: Which case of police violence in Euclid were people talking about now? — Eric Sandy

ZACK REED CHALLENGES FRANK JACKSON TO LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES Cleveland city councilman and mayoral candidate Zack Reed issued a press release Monday challenging Mayor Frank Jackson to four “townhall style� debates throughout the city in the leadup to the Nov. 7 election.

Last week, Jackson’s campaign revealed that the incumbent would only participate in a debate sponsored by the City Club on Oct. 19. “While The City Club is a valued institution in our city, it should not be the only venue used for the mayor’s campaign and myself to debate the different issues and problems facing the City of Cleveland,� Reed said.

Last week, Scene reported that Jackson rejected an invitation from local media to sit for a second, alternative debate. Throughout September, WKYC’s Russ Mitchell was attempting to coordinate this supplemental event.

In correspondence with Jackson’s campaign, Mitchell had proposed two dates and outlined a speciďŹ c vision. Mitchell himself would moderate, with representatives from the Cleveland Press Club,

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DREAMERS URGE ACTION FROM SEN. ROB PORTMAN Several Northeast Ohio groups got together in a show of solidarity with the nation’s Dreamers last week, stretching paper ďŹ gures around Willard Park and calling on Sen. Rob Portman to get involved with the DREAM Act legislation in Washington.

The rally followed a candlelight vigil in support of Dreamers that took place last month in Market Square. Many of the same groups organized today’s event. “We decided we wanted to ďŹ ght back after Trump rescinded DACA,â€? organizer Deb Kline said. “We want [Portman] to take a stand and support the DREAM Act.â€?

DACA is the Obama administration program that granted renewable two-year protections to people who were brought to the U.S. as children by undocumented immigrant parents. The Trump administration is phasing out the program. The bipartisan DREAM Act would craft a pathway to permanent citizenship for

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that group, known as Dreamers.

Over the past few weeks, organizers in Cleveland have been collecting the signatures of registered voters who support the DREAM Act. They asked that voters sign the backs of paper ďŹ gures, which bore a simple message. In all, they gathered 872 signatures and strung them together to form a chain that ran more than 150 yards. The groups include Indivisible CLE, DreamActivist Ohio, the InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Cleveland Jobs with Justice, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network and Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voice: Ohio. Together, they strung the ďŹ gures around Willard Park and called for others in the area to join them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We believe in Dreamers!â&#x20AC;? they chanted.

The groups asked Portman to throw his support behind the DREAM Act. (U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown supports the bill.) A small group of people took the 872 signatures up to Portmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce after the event. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sandy

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The National Association of Black Journalists and Scene providing additional questions for the candidates.

Mitchell had already received a verbal commitment from Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camp. But Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media liaison told Mitchell that after the development of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;new campaign strategy,â&#x20AC;? the mayor would only participate in the City Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event.

Reed said his proposal was in direct response to that strategy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frank Jackson has denied the request of a creditable journalist in our city [Russ Mitchell] to participate in a debate for unknown reasons, so now I am challenging him to debate me in the neighborhoods in front of the people,â&#x20AC;? Reed said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The issues of crime, safety, education and job creation are too important not to be debated in front of the voters.â&#x20AC;?

Reed proposed four events â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the northeast side, southeast side, west side and downtown â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and asserted his openness to both campaigns â&#x20AC;&#x153;sitting down and deciding the format and moderator.â&#x20AC;?

In a phone call Monday, Reed advised that we should â&#x20AC;&#x153;saddle up.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking this to the back alleys and the back streets, not the ivory towers,â&#x20AC;? said Reed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was just how Lincoln and Douglas did it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking this conversation to the streets and to the neighborhoods and to the people.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sam Allard

The 2018 Ohio governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race is in early-campaign mode, with eight candidates ďŹ lling out the Republican and Democrat slates. While thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk of some heavy hitters like Dennis Kucinich, Richard Cordray or Jerry Springer entering the race on the D side of the ballot, the political focus right now is placed on the current lineup of state and federal leaders vying for the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat.

Right now, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at Attorney General Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Jon Husted, U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor on the Republican side, and former State Rep. Connie Pillich, State Senate Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni and former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton on the Democrat side. All state and federal folks.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one more candidate, the local leader, setting herself apart from the pack early in this race: Dayton mayor Nan Whaley.

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UPFRONT services. The places where an Ohio voter is impacted most — fire department staffing, trash pick-up, outdoor recreation — are the places where Whaley has spent much of her political career as mayor and as Dayton city commissioner.

The structure of Whaley’s campaign platform is based on job creation, but the foundation behind that vision is re-establishing the economic and political network between Columbus and local municipalities. “They’ve had no partner in the state,” she tells Scene, citing cities and townships and villages across Ohio.

That drain of resources and support leads to a certain sense of political disillusionment — something that only a few political candidates seem willing to recognize in the wake of the 2016 presidential vote. “I understand the foundation of where that vote came from,” she says.

And that’s the crux of Whaley’s campaign, it seems, born out of the re-emergence of industrial Dayton and intent on capturing workers’ participation in the political process.

“There’s been little recognition of these folks’ contribution … that really made those communities thrive,” she says. “I’m very frustrated nationally with how there’s not many good minds on this definition of ‘work.’ …

Nobody wants a handout; people want to provide value to the community.

That’s where the conversation needs to go.” (Since Whaley took office in early 2014, Dayton’s unemployment has been slashed nearly in half.

Ohio’s has remained more or less static in the same time frame.)

Whaley says, if anything, she’s learned “lessons on what not to do” from observing Kasich’s eight-year tenure in the governor’s mansion, which began with a landmark fight and vote over right-to-work policies.

Kasich kicked that can down the road, and instead focusing on touting his balanced budgets — which returns the conversation to municipalities’ and mayors’ plights in figuring out their own economic struggle.

As mayor, Whaley says, “you don’t have the luxury of not getting it done.” It’s a key distinction afforded her by her work in an executive capacity.

By forging partnerships between the state and those cities, Whaley

argues that local workforces will reap benefits — and that entrepreneurship will become even more accessible.

By supporting, for instance, a fire sprinkler grant program, prospective local business owners will be able to tackle building code enforcement with ease and liven up downtown commercial districts in small towns all over the state. And by taking the Dayton area’s focus on apprenticeship training at places like Sinclair Community College statewide, Whaley says that Ohio workers will be better prepared to deal with the technological and economic trends toward automation.

“Progressive policies will lead to economic prosperity,” Whaley says, pointing out also that tax policies that promote more equality across the board tend to produce better jobs numbers. — Sandy

WITCH MUSEUM MOVES INTO TREMONT Cleveland has a new museum, one featuring a broom-riding witch and a black cat on its front window pane.

But don’t think it’s some sort of seasonal Halloween storefront ploy.

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last week at the space officially called the Buckland Gallery of Witchcraft & Magick.

The pocket-size witch museum, accessed from inside A Separate Reality Records on West 14th in Tremont, is meant as a familyfriendly tourist attraction mostly focusing on the modern Wicca movement in America and Britain.

The treasures displayed in this room are curious — a mandrake root, black and white photos of women in high priestess garb, a broom and crystal ball previously owned by well-known witches — and that’s the point.

Slane moves to show off one of the most unusual items in the gallery: a compact black box allegedly containing a demon. It’s an object she and husband/museum curator Steven Intermill have never opened, even when people have offered to pay exorbitant sums to do so. Although she isn’t particularly religious or spiritual, Slane said there are some things you don’t mess with.

The couple always wanted to run a museum, Slane said; the only problem was they didn’t have a venue or even a collection to showcase.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;if you want people to understand witches and not be upset theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the neighborhood, you need to tell people what this is about. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not devil worship, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nature worship,â&#x20AC;?

Slane explained.

Over the years, the collection bounced around from the East Coast to New Orleans, eventually landing in the Columbus area, its last stop before the Slanes acquired it.

In April, the pair ofďŹ cially debuted the museum in Tremont, bringing out more than 300 guests, including Buckland, to the opening reception. And while people, and famous internet cats like Lil Bub, have since traveled to visit the feastfor-the-eyes spot from all over the country, the pair has been wary of advertising too much locally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people in Cleveland donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about us,â&#x20AC;? Slane admitted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;partly because we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how we would be received at ďŹ rst.

There have been a few people that come in that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it and are upset. Maybe they think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Harry Potter thing and then they see this is real. But for the most part, we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had any problems.â&#x20AC;?

All the same, she said they have patrons enter through the back door, not only to keep a partnership with the record shop, but also because of safety concerns.

Yet, she said, running one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only witch museums is a worthwhile endeavor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important as a history to have all these items together,â&#x20AC;? Slane said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We like to think of this in some ways as a First Amendment museum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a place where all of these things can still exist. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Laura Morrison

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BAD MOON RISING Turf wars and philosophical divisions in Ohio City … again Sam Allard AMONG THE MISCELLANEOUS radical values I internalized growing up on Cleveland’s near west side, one of the most readily observable was an idea that “community” was more than a buzzword — a whole lot more, in fact.

The sanctity of “community” was what might be termed a guiding tenet of the neighborhood. Abiding by it meant more than abstractly espousing its virtues. It meant girding one’s loins and doing some honest-to-god communing.

Community was a thing to practice, to do, to be in.

Which was a little fetishistic and weird, it occurred to me more than once. What was the deal with all this community? Why was that word, in particular, a part of so many neighborhood institutions: Urban Community School, Near West Side Community Theatre (now Near West Theatre), St. Paul’s Community Church? Why were the block clubs so active? Why was everyone always hanging out in packs? What on earth were these hippie-dippie “intentional communities” about, places like the Jesuit Volunteer house on Church Avenue and the

Catholic Worker Community behind St. Patrick’s Church?

“Community” was, in any case, deeply revered, and the apotheosis of that reverence — the major, capital-C community event, each year — was Harvest Moon. It’s a potluck that for 46 consecutive years has earnestly affirmed the following: A huge part of “community” is just getting to know and having fun with your neighbors. The potluck was and is a torchlit backyard soiree on Church Avenue, between West 32nd and West 29th Streets, replete with seasonal decorations and a kiddie pool full of bobbing beers.

Back in the ’90s, while the parents boozed and communed and tended the fire — there was always a fire — the urchins of the ’hood would segregate more or less by age group and play hide-and-seek and Kill the Carrier in the nearby lots, which at that time were grassy and plentiful. We roamed freely among the properties owned largely by Bill Merriman, the former mailman and deacon at St. Pat’s who arrived in the neighborhood in 1969 while studying on the GI Bill. Late in the evening, we’d be summoned by the

booming voice of George Hrbek, who’d lead the neighbors in “Shine on Harvest Moon,” a song which few people knew the words to, but during which everyone swayed and hummed along anyway.

When the Clinton Terrace condos arrived in 2000, Harvest Moon’s physical presence condensed a bit. It shrunk further still when another house or two went up on Church.

Last year, the Mariner’s Watch complex, a new apartment building that seems far too large for its lot size, graced the neighbors with its hulking backside, blocking the view of the sunset over Lake Erie for the first time. There was a physical sensation of the potluck, and the old neighborhood that produced it, being boxed in or edged out.

But it wasn’t until this year, and the escalating tension with a competing event at Saucy Brew Works, that organizers felt that the event needed defending, that Harvest Moon was under siege.

Throughout the summer, before the potluck drama emerged, I’d been talking to neighbors from the Franklin-Clinton Block Club about

some related concerns. I had a vague idea that I might write a followup to a piece I’d written two years ago about Ohio City development and the emergence of “Hingetown.” Recently, neighbors had been expressing frustration with the media portrayal of their neighborhood’s progress.

They felt the narrative was being shaped and related almost exclusively by developers.

An identical dynamic had precipitated my 2015 coverage, when the regional and national press had anointed developer Graham Veysey in oils of euphoria — “How One Couple Turned a ‘Toxic Corner’ of Cleveland Into a Development Hotbed,” read a much-derided headline from Vanity Fair. This summer, other developers were getting similar treatment. There had been a lot of eye-rolling from the block club over a July Crain’s feature on developer Chad Kertezs, for example.

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FEATURE â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m one of the naysayers, but I think all this joy and development should be spread across the city, and that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen as long as the planning is developer-driven.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gary Claxton spoke this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard at least three major developers articulate that before they came here, it was a wasteland.â&#x20AC;?

Priscila Rocha, 36, an attorney who has lived in the neighborhood for four years, said that when she read the Crainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s piece, the impression she received was that Kertesz had â&#x20AC;&#x153;discoveredâ&#x20AC;? the neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like Christopher Columbus,â&#x20AC;? added Alex Frondorf, an attorney who serves as the block clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d that go for the natives?â&#x20AC;?

To publicize these and other frustrations this summer, many of the block club members had put signs in their yards: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Community is NOT Your Commodity,â&#x20AC;? they read.

Next to the red signs for mayor Frank Jackson and the blue signs for councilman Kerry McCormack, these black-and-white ones seemed a bit aggressive. A bit hostile, even.

The message appeared to project a strain of development opposition, but there were those who interpreted the message as one of exclusion. A few motorists I spoke to whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen the signs in passing thought the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commodityâ&#x20AC;? was the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Communityâ&#x20AC;? and that the signs were explicitly saying: This is my neighborhood, not yours, so get the hell out.

But the block club said the message had been misinterpreted, and that their stance, generally, had been repeatedly distorted and stereotyped. They resented being cast as disgruntled NIMBYers, (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Not In My Backyard, in case you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hip to the acronym), and said that if the media had bothered to talk to them, they would have learned that the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positions were diverse and nuanced.

(For orientation: The FranklinClinton block club encompasses the rectangle demarcated by Detroit Avenue to the north, West 25th Street to the east, Franklin

Boulevard to the south, and West 48th Street to the west. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;deliberate branding exercise known as Hingetown,â&#x20AC;? as described by one neighbor, is fully contained within its boundaries.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the past two to three years, we have had almost monthly presentations from a variety of developers wanting to put their developments within our block club area,â&#x20AC;? said Karen Desotell, the block clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secretary, in an interview this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair to say that our block club has seen more developers than any other area in the city.â&#x20AC;?

And given the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spirit of community, it should come as little surprise that the neighbors want to participate in how the surrounding area is built up. The councilman (McCormack), the CDC (Ohio City Inc.) and the block club represent three critical nodes of power and inďŹ&#x201A;uence. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an expectation, rightly or wrongly, that developers who want to build and thrive in Ohio City should be coordinating with at least one of these three entities, and ideally all three. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see this in the pages of the Plain Dealer or Crainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? said Alex Frondorf, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to say is, the block club and the community are not opposed to development. Quite to the contrary, we very much support it. What we want to see is development done responsibly, and with the community in mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What [the signs] are getting after is the fact that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to work with developers to integrate new development into the community without destroying what made it so neat and desirable in the ďŹ rst place. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that by treating available land as a commodity, by making a quick buck and moving on.â&#x20AC;?

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Gary Claxton, 69, is a retired librarian who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 40 years. He admitted that he has a more “jaundiced, radical” view of the situation.

“I think we’ve got enough,” he said. “I’m one of the naysayers, but I think all this joy and development should be spread across the city, and that won’t happen as long as the planning is developer-driven.”

Claxton and others said one of their primary objections was to the lack of strategic planning at city hall. Officials bend over backward, they said, to accommodate developers without sufficient foresight. Which is to say, without any foresight at all. The neighbors complained that the developers were not only “shaping the narrative” in the pages of the local press, but were dictating terms at a policy level. There had been no legislative discussion

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the hundreds of new apartments and condos recently built in Battery Park, one mile west. “How many of these units does this neighborhood need?” she wondered.

Gary Claxton perked up and turned toward us. “How many can it withstand?”

about targeted tax abatements, tax freezes for long-term residents or neighborhood parking permits, for example.

The city’s strategy, to the extent Saucy Brew Works arrived on that there is one, prioritizes density. the corner of Detroit and West 29th Frank Jackson and planning Street in 2016 after an extensive officials seem to want to capitalize rehab of the long-vacant Steelman on development momentum in hot Building. The brewery-slashneighborhoods. Urbanists, too, artisanal-pizzafeel that density joint was a is essential, and partnership that almost any between brewer development beats a Eric Anderson, vacant parking lot. formerly of The old neighbors Butcher and are sometimes the Brewer, and disparaged as developer Brent parking lot-loving Zimmerman. loons. But again, Zimmerman they said it’s not had moved that simple. to Cleveland “Absolutely these from New York parking lots should City, where be built on,” said he’d worked Frondorf, when in finance, in asked directly. “Our 2005. After position, again, is managing a that we want this Karen Desotell hedge fund land developed, locally, Zimmerman began focusing but we want the development to on real estate investments and foster community, development that REspring, a company he co-founded doesn’t just take advantage of the that makes loans for infrastructure momentum and tries to commoditize in the cannabis industry. and profitize the recent success.

In the eyes of the block club, “Density is great,” he continued.

Zimmerman hasn’t been very “It allows more public transit, neighborly from the start. And walkability. But do you need a though they want to cooperate with 90-foot building to obtain density new businesses, it’s behavior like his, when a 40-foot building could do the they said, that has made neighbors same?” leery of developers. Before the rehab, “It’s about balance,” said Zimmerman had attended a block Karen Desotell. “We certainly can club meeting to present his proposal. accommodate more density. It would At the time, he agreed to four be awesome to see the area even more enlivened. But we don’t want to requests. The block club called them “promises.” be the Gold Coast.”

“We were promised four retail The neighbors said that unlike bays,” said Frondorf, recounting the Gold Coast — a wealthy district them. “We were promised no chains. in downtown Chicago comprised We were promised that the brewery chiefly of high-rise apartment would occupy one-half to two-thirds buildings — the new residential of the total space. And we were development on Detroit Avenue abuts promised parking. Not one of those single-family residences all along four things is now true.”

Clinton, and that the development Currently, the only “retail” in the should interact in a positive way building is the Title Boxing Club, a with the existing residential chain fitness center with 16 other community. locations in the state and seven “It can’t dominate over it,” said other locations in the region alone, Frondorf. including Strongsville, Mentor, When I spoke with Karen Westlake, Solon, etc.

Desotell before Frank Jackson At Zimmerman’s March 18, joined members of the community 2016, presentation before the city’s on a neighborhood walk back in August, she referenced the hundreds planning commission, his promises to the block club appear intact. The of market-rate apartment units architectural plans for the renovated coming online soon, not to mention

“We certainly can accommodate more density. It would be awesome to see the area even more enlivened. But we don’t want to be the Gold Coast.”

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The neighbors said they voted for the development, in large part, on the basis of those promises.

“The development received unanimous support,” said Frondorf, addressing a perceived antidevelopment bias. “Unanimous.

Including from people like Bill [Merriman] who were perfectly aware, and nervous about, the implications less than a quarter mile from his house. The block club absolutely wanted to cooperate, but we were lied to.”

A lack of trust between developers and the community was something that Merriman stressed at an April planning commission meeting, one that gave the greenlight to the “Church and State” project, a joint venture between Zimmerman, Alex Graham Veysey and Marika Shioiri-Clark, and Hemingway Development, a subsidiary of Geis Cos., led by Fred Geis, Jim Doyle and Michael Panzica. That project will be built on the Saucy parking lot. Two years ago, Merriman had made an impassioned plea before the Board of Zoning Appeals, accurately predicting what has come to pass.

“I anticipate that [the Saucy parking lot] is going to be developed as well as they’ve developed the Striebinger Block on West 29th Street,” Merriman said at the time.

“And questions have not been answered in terms of how to deal with the huge crush of crowds and loud, amplified music at 9 and 10 o’clock at night … I hate to use this word — this is a Trojan Horse.

This is the beginning of something that is even more than we currently have, even more of a challenge to the residential community that has not had these basic questions answered.”

The Saucy parking lot has figured prominently in the recent tension, not because of the upcoming residential development, but because in late August, Zimmerman announced an all-day Oktoberfest

event to be held there. The event would feature games, giveaways, a DJ, televised college football and limited-edition German beers. It was scheduled from 9 a.m. to midnight on Oct. 7, the same day as Harvest Moon.

“Long story short,” said councilman Kerry McCormack. “My priority has been and continues to be Harvest Moon. This is a well-known and well-respected community event. It’s extremely important to the people, like Bill, who have been doing it for 46 years and for folks who have only lived in the area for six months.”

Paula Kampf, who lives on Church Avenue and coordinates the potluck, said she got the date for Harvest Moon on the books back in June and then gave the date to Ohio City Inc., who dealt with the permitting with the city shortly thereafter.

McCormack confirmed.

“All the ducks have been in a row for months,” he said.

“From the city’s perspective, it’s a pretty simple Frondorf logistical event.

The neighbors do most of the legwork.”

Neighbors were miffed — and in some cases, were galled — that Zimmerman scheduled a major event on the same day as their beloved community potluck.

“Without communicating with the block club, Ohio City Inc. or the councilman’s office,” read a Franklin Clinton block club email from Aug. 31, “developer and Saucy owner Brent Zimmerman unilaterally scheduled an Oktoberfest outdoor party for the same time … Two events on the same date create multiple issues within the neighborhood. Councilman McKormack is requesting full details for the event.”

And at first, the tension was chiefly personal. — Zimmerman’s actions seemed to demonstrate not only a “lack of shared understanding of what the neighborhood was all about,” but a pattern of contempt.

“It’s Harvest Moon!” said Paula Kampf by phone last week. “The Saucy rep who came to the block club [a Sep. 28 meeting, on Zimmerman’s behalf] said they’d done their due diligence by checking Google.” Kampf

“The development received unanimous support. The block club absolutely wanted to cooperate, but we were lied to.”

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said information about Harvest Moon had been on Facebook for months, and that — once again — if Saucy had thought to check with the councilman or the neighbors, they would have realized that the weekend before or the weekend after would be much more preferable, to avoid the scheduling conflict.

The tension evolved into a logistical matter when the state of Ohio denied Zimmerman a liquor permit for the Saucy parking lot and Zimmerman attempted to get a permit to close down West 29th Street for the event. Councilman McCormack, for one, was “frustrated.”

“I reached out to the city’s event planning department,” McCormack said by phone last week, “and I said, I just don’t think that works. Imagine, god forbid, that there was an emergency. How would an ambulance get down there with Church and West 29th closed? You can’t do that logistically.”

In the meantime, a debate was playing out on the Ohio City Community Facebook page. Priscila Rocha had called out Saucy in a post.

“Include people actually living in this neighborhood when shutting down a street in their neighborhood,” she wrote. “It takes a very minimal amount of effort to coordinate with the community on an event like this. Initially offering to send your lawyer to a block club meeting is not cooperative or helpful.”

Dozens of comments followed. On one side, Zimmerman was called a self-important profiteer who had only disdain for the neighborhood. On the other, the Harvest Moon folks were flagged as the ones with disdain: for small businesses and the local economy.

As of last week, McCormack still wasn’t sure where Saucy’s Oktoberfest would be held. He said city officials, including safety personnel, were working with the brewery to find another suitable location.

Brent Zimmerman initially said he’d be happy to talk to me about

all this, though he said he had no interest in “fighting a war in the media.” He did not, however, respond to multiple attempts to contact him thereafter.

Despite the heated language of the preceding weeks, Harvest Moon itself was void of animosity or hard feelings. In fact, but for a few young sojourners in college apparel walking east on Church Avenue in the direction of Saucy, it would have been difficult to detect the presence of a competing event at all.

Ultimately, the tables and chairs of the outdoor Oktoberfest were set up on Church Avenue, on the opposite (eastern) side of West 29th Street.

But in the evening, the crowds were small. There was no critical parking shortage. “My Community is NOT Your Commodity” signs greeted vehicles up and down Clinton. There was a DJ, but the music reached the potluck only as a vague and occasional disturbance.

West of West 29th, judges and state reps and city officials — many of whom have lived in the neighborhood for years — shook hands with their neighbors and pounded casseroles and chili while they talked politics and the Indians. At Mariner’s Watch, a group of young men barbecued on the building’s patio and occasionally glanced over at the potluck meters away.

When the sun went down, the fire in Paula Kampf’s backyard was encircled by young adults, many of whom had grown up in the neighborhood, others who had moved here and fallen in love. Around 11 p.m., Kampf approached the fire and, reading the lyrics from her phone, led the gathered crowd in “Shine on Harvest Moon.”

Few people knew the words, but everyone swayed and hummed along.

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Harris talks about the institution’s past, present and future. The menu includes “Cream of Shroomies” soup, “Smothered Smuggled Burrito” and “Cosmic Brownie Sundae.” (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

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Author Series with Mike Belkin By the early 1970s, Belkin Productions, the concert promotion company that Jules and Mike Belkin launched from their father’s clothing store on West 25th Street, had become synonymous with rock ’n’ roll in Cleveland. The company that booked the World Series of Rock concerts at the old Municipal Stadium brought all the biggest rock tours to town. It also managed local acts such as the James Gang and the Michael Stanley Band, enabling them to secure record deals and national tours. The Rolling Stones concert that the brothers promoted at Municipal Stadium in 1978 is reportedly the first concert to gross more than a million dollars.

Mike Belkin: Socks, Sports, Rock and Art, a new biography by Belkin and local writer Carlo Wolff, chronicles the company’s glory days and documents its history up to 2001, when it sold to SFX for nearly $11 million. Belkin and his son Michael Belkin now work for the concert conglomerate Live Nation. At 7 tonight at the Rock Hall, Belkin will discuss the book. A Q&A session and book signing will follow.

Admission is free but reservations

are required. Consult the Rock Hall website for more info. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com.

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Cantina Nights With Star Wars: The Last Jedi premiering in theaters on Dec. 15, fans around the world are waiting with anticipation for the next chapter in the epic saga. On Friday and Saturday nights through Oct. 28, the Cleveland Brewery is transforming into the Mos Eisley Cantina, from Star Wars: A New Hope, for Cantina Nights. Step into the infamous bar from Tatooine, the desert home of Luke Skywalker, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Figrin d’ and the Modal Nodes will perform, and organizers promise appearances from rebels like Han Solo, Chewbacca and Jedi knights, as well as stormtroopers, Greedo, Ponda Baba and more. You can dress in costume and bring the kids for photos too. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through October. (Josh Usmani) 777 East 185th St., 216-534-6992, theclevelandbrewery.com.

MUSIC

BEER WEEK

“1964” …The Tribute The guys in the tribute act “1964”...

The Tribute have spent 25 years perfecting their ability to recreate a Beatles concert. Choosing songs from the pre- Sgt. Pepper’s era, the group uses period instruments, clothing and hairstyles. They even engage in the same kind of onstage banter that the Beatles did. The performance begins tonight at 8 at the State Theatre. Tickets are $10 to $35. (Niesel) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

Collaboration Kickoff Beer Week is here and that means every brewery and bar that has a decent craft beer selection in town will serve up some special brews between now and Oct. 22. The event officially kicks off tonight at bars in Ohio City.

Thirty-three local breweries created seven small-batch collaboration IPAs just for the event. A passport allows you to walk to neighborhood bars to taste all seven beers. Advance tickets are required and will set you back $25. Go to the Beer Week website for more info. (Niesel) clevelandbeerweek.org.

BURLESQUE

Asylum Burlesque: Glitterally Insane!

Local burlesque dancer Ms. Fever Blister promises that Asylum Burlesque: Glitterally Insane, a special Halloween-themed show that takes place tonight at 10 at the 5 O’Clock Lounge, will be “the most disturbing show you’ll see this Halloween season.” Acts such as Lakota Shekhar, Batty Von Bleu, Rubina Mamelons and Carmen M’Knoxide are scheduled to perform.

Resident psychiatrist Dr. Rage hosts.

Ms. Blister boasts that there will be “loud noises, fog, strobe lighting, video, fake blood and sideshow techniques.” Reserved tickets cost

FILM + MUSIC

David Drazin Accompanies Enchantment Remembered for its art-deco production design, Robert G. Vignola’s 1921 film Enchantment received acclaim upon its release. The film centers on a spoiled woman (Marion Davies) whose father hires an actor (Forrest Stanley) to teach her a lesson.

Pianist David Drazin will perform the score at tonight’s screening. The fun begins at 7 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. | clevescene.com | October 11 - 17, 2017

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GET OUT ART

An Evening with the Artist: Jose Carlos Teixeira In conjunction with its current exhibition, On Exile, Spaces hosts a presentation by its R&D artist Jose Carlos Teixeira tonight from 6:30 to 8:30. An Evening with the Artist: Jose Carlos Teixeira includes highlights from Teixeira’s video essay, a Q&A and appearances by refugees featured in the video, including Hawo Abdi, Aws Alallawee and Sahar Daghstani.

Cleveland field office director Karin Wishner of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants will also be on hand. In-Sight, a global network of advocates raising awareness of the most immediate humanitarian crises, will present a collection of photographs

by Abdulazez Dukhan, a refugee from Homs, Syria. The photographs contrast the harsh environment of refugee camps with the resiliency of individuals living in those camps.

Today is also the final day to view On Exile. Admission is free. (Usmani) 2900 Detroit Ave., 216-621-2314, spacesgallery.org.

digital technology has corrected the synchronization issue, and the classic 35-mm, 3-D films are available on new digital prints. To showcase the vintage films, the Cedar Lee Theatre will screen five “Golden-era classics” as part of its 3-D Classic Film series.

House of Wax, arguably the most

2-for-1 admission in Oct.

based comedy troupe Second City.

Martin Short, Chris Farley and Mike Myers came out of Second City too, and so did Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert. Tonight at 8, the latest group of comics affiliated with the ensemble comes to E.J. Thomas Hall to present a show dubbed the Best

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Walkabout Tremont Halloween starts early in Tremont this year. Today from 5 to 10 p.m., October’s Walkabout Tremont includes plenty of tricks and treats. Activities include a costume contest for dogs and their humans, pumpkin carving, pumpkin decorating for kids and adults, the Heartbeats Jump Rope Team, pop-up vendors at Lucky Park, live music, specials at neighborhood bars and restaurants and, of course, plenty of art. As usual, Walkabout Tremont continues throughout the weekend. For business hours, an event map and info on neighborhood tours, visit the website below. Admission is free. (Usmani) walkabouttremont.com.

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A Closing Reception John Farina and Adam Tully recently announced plans to close their Waterloo gallery, the Maria Neil Art Project, at the end of its current exhibition, Marching Ahead of the Beat, by Salvadoran-born artist Elmi Ventura Mata. Tonight, Farina and Tully host Farewell for Now, a closing reception from 6 to 11 p.m. Guests can celebrate the gallery’s time on Waterloo, the exhibiting artist, and the gallery owners, while enjoying cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The event is free, but Farina and Tully are encouraging contributions of $5 to $25 per person to benefit Northeast Shores Development Corporation and the Waterloo Alley Cat Project. Farina and Tully began the Maria Neil Art Project as a pop-up gallery in 2012.

The physical gallery space opened in 2013 with a solo show by Cleveland painter Michelangelo Lovelace. They curated an exhibition of local artwork at this year’s IngenuityFest, and promise to continue popping up at venues around town. (Usmani) 15813 Waterloo Rd., marianeilartproject.com.

FILM

3-D Classic Film Series Way back in the 1950s, Hollywood studios started showing movies in widescreen formats and in 3-D to combat the growing popularity of television. Between 1952 and 1955, Hollywood studios produced 50 3-D films using a dual projection system that required audience members to wear polarized lenses. But because of issues keeping the images in sync, studios quickly lost interest. Now,

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written heady books such as NATO and the Future of European Security, Celtic Revival: The Rise, Fall, and Renewal of Global Ireland, America’s Search for Security: The Triumph of Idealism and the Return of Realism and Global Security in the Twenty-first Century: The Quest for Power and the Search for Peace. And now, he’s turned his attention to rock ’n’ roll. His new book, Rockin’ the Free World!: How the Rock & Roll Revolution Changed America and the World, includes more than 60 interviews with artists such as David Crosby, Graham Nash, Sinead O’Connor, George Clinton, Kate Pierson, Michael Stanley, Serj Tankian, Michael Franti, the Grateful Dead, R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt and Nirvana. Kay will discuss the book and sign copies from 1 to 3 p.m. today at Fireside Book Shop in Chagrin Falls. (Niesel) 29 North Franklin St., Chagrin Falls, 440-247-4050, firesidebookshop.com.

famous 3-D film from the classic era, screens at 11 a.m. today and at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Tickets are $7.

(Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216-321-5411, clevelandcinemas.com.

COMEDY

The Best of Second City Bill Murray, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd are among the comedians who cut their teeth with the Chicago-

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of Second City. Tickets are $28. (Niesel) 198 Hill St., Akron, 330-972-7570, ejthomashall.com.

SPOKEN WORD

A Book Signing A 1985 graduate of Chagrin Falls High School and an inductee into the Chagrin Falls Achievement Hall of Fame, Sean Kay is a member of the department of politics and government at Ohio Wesleyan University. He’s

Creature from the Black Lagoon A 1954 cult classic, Creature from the Black Lagoon tells the story of the so-called Gill-man, a dangerous half-human, half-fish creature that lives in the depths of the Amazon.

After discovering a prehistoric fossil claw on an expedition, archeologists look into the thing’s origins, and that leads them to the mysterious monster.

A new digital 3-D print of the movie shows today at 11 a.m. and tomorrow

at 7 p.m. at Chagrin Cinemas. Tickets are $6. (Niesel) 8200 East Washington St., Chagrin Falls, 440-528-0355, clevelandcinemas.com.

SPOKEN WORD

History on Tap Today from 1 to 4 p.m., the Cleveland History Center features History on Tap, an event that features happy hour refreshments, light hors d’oeuvres and hands-on activities. Each event focuses on a special theme inspired

by Cleveland’s past. Today, the theme is beer, with a focus the history of the local brewing industry. There will be beer trivia, beer tastings, tacos and a chance to tip a glass with Cleveland’s first tavern owner, Lorenzo Carter.

Admission is $10 and includes entry to the museum; the drinks cost extra.

Tickets for WRHS members are free.

Details are on the website. (Niesel) 10825 East Blvd., 216-721-5722, wrhs.org.

SHOPPING

The One-Day Ceramics Sale After spending the first half of the year experimenting with new ideas, forms and decorative techniques, local ceramicist Gina DeSantis is hosting a one-day sale to clear space for new work before the busy holiday season.

The merch includes samples and “strays,” spare pieces left over from recent collections, and takes place today from noon to 4 p.m. DeSantis opened her studio in the Lake Erie Building (aka the Screw Factory) in 2013. Renovations in 2015 doubled her classroom size. What originally started as a schedule of two classes per week quickly blossomed into several teen/ adult classes, numerous kids’ classes, one-day workshops and independent studio time. Find out more on the website. (Usmani) 13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood, 440-785-5409, ginadesantisceramics.com.

of artwork by Tranberg’s friends to fund a new memorial scholarship in his name at CIA, Bonfoey Gallery presents Seven is Magic, an exhibition of paintings from the artist’s last two years, many of which were created in the hospital as he battled cancer. The exhibition opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight and remains on view through Nov. 18. Admission is free. (Usmani) 1710 Euclid Ave., 216-621-0178, bonfoey.com.

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COMEDY

Cleveland Improv Jam The Angry Ladies of Improv has hosted the Cleveland Improv Jam for four years now. A few years back, Scene described the show as “fierce, formidable and very funny.” The women have some serious experience too. Katie White-Sonby is an actress who’s performed at Clague Playhouse, Karamu and Kennedy’s Cabaret.

Marjorie Preston is an alumna of Something Dada and Rockwell 9 improvisational comedy troupes. The event begins with a short-form set of improv games, followed by a long-form improv set. It begins at 5 p.m. at Coffee Phix. Arrive early if you want to sign up and perform. Admission is free.

(Niesel) 4485 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, 216-381-5706, coffeephixcafe.com.

FILM

Nise: The Heart of Madness Set in Brazil in the 1940s, Nise: The Heart of Madness centers on a nurse who advocates for treating mental patients with art therapy rather than shock treatment. The movies screens today at 1:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and screens again at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Tickets are $10, or $7 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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Seven is Magic A beloved member of the CIA family, Dan Tranberg passed away at the end of May. Tranberg lectured and taught painting as an adjunct faculty member at CIA for more than 15 years. One of the region’s most respected art critics, Tranberg began writing for the Plain Dealer in 1991. His articles and essays were also published in Art in America and Bomb, as well as locally in the former Free Times. In total, he published more than 750 articles on art in local, national and international publications, and his personal artwork has been featured in more than 40 exhibitions. After hosting an auction

THEATER

Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’: The Impact of Oklahoma!

Seventy-five years after its Broadway premiere, the musical Oklahoma! continues to be a draw. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first musical opened during World War II. It served as a reaffirmation of the American dream.

Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’: The Impact of Oklahoma! celebrates the musical. A multi-media concert at the Ohio Theatre, it will include live performances of the musical’s songs, interviews and creator testimony, footage of Agnes de Mille’s ballet and the back-story of its creation. It

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GET OUT takes place today at 3 p.m. at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $30 to $55.

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

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Deep Brew Sea Part of Cleveland Beer Week, Deep Brew Sea takes place tonight from 6 to 10 at the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, and will feature more than 10 beer stations and food pairings.

Tickets include a special event T-shirt, a tasting cup, a souvenir photo and a raffle ticket. Advance tickets are required. Those cost $45, or $60 for VIP, which includes early entry. Check out the website for ticket purchases and a full scedule of Beer Week events.

(Niesel) 2000 Sycamore St., 216-862-8803, clevelandbeerweek.org.

MUSIC

Ádám György Piano Recital Hungarian pianist Ádám György

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comes to town tonight as part of his U.S. tour, and performs a rather unique one-hour program featuring works by Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt. The program will include Improvisations on Hungarian Folk Songs and Themes by Ádám Györgyand Keith Jarrett, and Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, along with a few other works by Chopin. The concert begins at 7:30 at Severance Hall. Tickets are $42 to $62. (Niesel) 11001 Euclid Ave., 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.

NIGHTLIFE

Monday Night Trivia Tonight’s your chance to wow your friends, make yourself instantly more desirable to someone you’re newly dating, and hang with Cleveland’s headiest hipsters and hot dog lovers. It’s the Happy Dog Monday Night Trivia. Starting at 8 p.m., expect themed rounds and general knowledge questions that seem considerably trickier than some of the other live trivia locales in town.

Obviously, have a hot dog and a craft brew while you’re at it. And arrive early: Tables fill up fast. (Sam Allard) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com.

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FOOD + DRINK

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

Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has adopted that slogan, calling its weekly wing night Wing Ding Doodle, and featuring 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. Hours are 6 p.m. to midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.

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THEATER

Waitress Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles contributes the songs to Waitress, a musical based on a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and directed by Tony-winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Finding Neverland).

The action centers on Jenna, a waitress and pie maker who aspires to find a

way out of the small town where she lives with her unloving husband. She finds just that when she participates in a baking contest and meets the town’s new doctor. The play opens tonight at 7:30 at Connor Palace, where performances continue through Nov. 5.

Tickets are $29 to $109. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

MUSIC

Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, the Winchester hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesday. DJ Kris Koch will offer 20-minute time slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. The Northeast Ohio Vinyl Club and Gotta Groove Records serve as the sponsors, and turntables will be provided. Each person will be able to play three to five songs during their allotted time, and there will be a mic available to talk about the selections. Along with theme nights, there will be giveaways, drawings and contests. (Niesel) 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-600-5338, facebook.com/ thewinchestermusictavern.

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ART

A chalkboard in a New Orleans School

FORCE AND CHOICE Amber N. Ford turns her artistic focus to Cleveland’s immigrants and refugees

By Dott von Schneider IT IS UNUSUALLY HOT OUT AS I approach Amber N. Ford’s studio near East 22nd Street and Superior Avenue. There is a woman shooting hoops on the roof of the adjacent warehouse. The striking visual shouldn’t be such an unusual sight, but she is wearing a form-fitting dress. I take a moment to see if anyone else has noticed, but I am alone; face to face with the mystery of who this person might be.

In front of the up-and-coming Ford’s photographic portraits, we relive this same experience: the familiarity of mystery and contemplation.

Ford has been working in her studio space since June 2017. It is a gorgeous spot with huge windows and white walls that reflect the magnificent natural light. She is already known for her ease in engaging her subject matter in a collaboration, in lieu of just sitting for a portrait. It is easy to open up to her exuberant personality.

In 2016, the photographer was awarded the Mary C. Page Memorial Scholarship for post-BFA travel. She visited New Orleans for a two-week stint during which she attended a National Geographic workshop and photographed the city and the people.

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However, she almost didn’t apply for the scholarship, as she didn’t know what she wanted to do or where to go.

“One of my teachers suggested workshops,” Ford says, “so I looked up printmaking and photo workshops and found the National Geographic workshop. I wanted that experience and to photograph on my own. To try and capture NOLA in an image.” The artist had never been there before, but one of her former classmates lived in the city for about a year. They drove down together and stayed for 10 days.

While in New Orleans, Ford attended a second-line parade, which happens on Sundays; it was one of her favorite experiences on the trip.

But on the flip side of the elaborate costumes and extraordinary jazz

The second floor hadn’t been touched since the hurricane had hit.” There, written on the blackboard, was the date Aug. 25, 2005, the first day Katrina hit land. “It makes you wonder where all those people are.

Are they okay? All the damage done to the Ninth Ward is staggering. It’s super vacant now and will probably never be the same.” All these things hadn’t been touched in over a decade.

Ford says she hopes to return and capture more images.

Back in Cleveland, however, Ford turns her focus to immigrants and refugees in Cleveland. The body of photographs in By Force & By Choice, which was previously exhibited at Zaina Gallery, is now at the Temple Tifereth-Israel. Ford pushes forward

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is, of course, the great tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.

“I met with someone that restores buildings and such and went to what used to be a school,” Ford says. “It was eerie. Due to budget constraints, only the first floor was being restored.

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with the unfamiliar and dives deep into collaboration with her subjects.

“Usually my subjects are family or friends. This was another way for me to push myself and not to stay in my comfort zone.” The project started as a conversation between Ford and

her coworkers, which pushed her to look up organizations that resettle refugees and immigrants. After a little bit of digging, she got in touch with the U.S. Community of Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) where she connected with the director who, in turn, helped put her in contact with families that were interested in having their stories told.

“I wanted to take single and family portraits and, for some, I printed those out and gave them to families.

I wasn’t interested in just taking their photo without giving back. I didn’t want to have an unreciprocated relationship. It was my way of saying thank you, to give them a formal family photo.”

Along with the exhibit inside the Temple, there are suitcases where one can put donated materials. “So for the upcoming winter we are asking for gently used clothing up until the end of the exhibition,” she says. “A nice thing about this project is having people come experience the exhibition and open their eyes, just like I try to do with myself, and see how people want to get involved and donate or volunteer — to start a conversation.”

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STAGE NOT A HORROR, BUT A BIT ROCKY There are some loose ends to The Rocky Horror Show at Blank Canvas Theatre

By Christine Howey WHEN THE ROCKY HORROR franchise first hit the streets back in the 1970s, first on stage in London and then in the iconic film that has been featured in countless midnight screenings ever since, it was a howl against sexual repression.

Transvestites! Transsexuals!

Perverts of all descriptions!

Well, now that we’re in a world of transgender people who are insisting on becoming part of the fabric of normal life, not just a fishnet-stocking punch line, it’s harder to make this show work in the same way it did decades ago. And this attempt by the talented director Patrick Ciamacco and Blank Canvas Theatre gives this homage to B-films and the horror genre a valiant try.

But the frenetic effort falls short in a couple of major ways.

If you have always gone to bed by 10 and have never seen the film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the plot is simple so as not to interfere with the rock concert going on all around it. Straight arrows Brad and Janet are on the road when their car breaks down in a rainstorm, so they knock on the door of a nearby castle (!) and are ushered into the no-holds-barred world of sexual freedom run by the owner, the libidinous beast from afar, Frank ’N’ Furter.

From his Lurch-like butler Riff Raff to the high-heeled minions of both sexes who populate the casa, it’s clear that this isn’t a run-of-the-mill McMansion. It’s a den of iniquity where people are urged to, “Don’t dream it, be it!”

And the book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien are all focused on exploring sexual byways in songs such as “Sweet Transvestite,” “I Can Make You a Man” (sung by a man, of course), and “Hot Patootie.”

Unfortunately for this production, most of the lyrics are submerged by the over-amplified rock band under

the direction of Bradley Wyner.

That’s too bad since a lot of the words to the songs are rather sweet and not all that salacious.

Even though the story gets buried by that audio avalanche, the cast infuses the show with plenty of energy. Eric Fancher and Meg Martinez sing powerfully and are

his little Elvis is poking out of his tight satin shorts and has to be tucked back in place by a somewhat disgusted Riff Raff.

When their singing is audible, which isn’t often, Amber Revelt as Magenta and Tasha Brandt as Columbia find ways to add some interesting dimension to the

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spot-on as dorky Brad and Janet, and Danny Simpson is suitably creepy as Riff Raff. Adding some humorous touches are Jonathan Kronenberger as the very straight Narrator, and Mark Vendevender as Rocky, the muscled and enormously well-endowed boy-toy Furter has created in his diabolical laboratory.

Indeed, when Rocky first appears,

denizens of the castle. The play is bookended by BJ Colangelo as the Usherette, singing “Science Fiction Double Feature” as our way into and out of this bizarre world. And the rest of the ensemble handles Katie Zarecki’s choreography with unstinting passion.

The scripted events on stage are often interrupted by comments

shouted from the audience, some who will no doubt be in costumes echoing those in the play. These ritual, not-sospontaneous ad libs, have been a feature of all Rocky Horror shows for years, and they do add to the ambiance (Janet: “I’ll come with you.” Audience member: “That’ll be a first!”).

Of course, the show is driven by the dominant, highly sexualized personality of Dr. Frank ’N’ Furter, and in this show that task has been handed to Kevin Kelly.

Kelly is a splendid, inventive actor and a fine singer, but he is miscast in this role.

He’s quite a bit older than almost everyone else in the company. This makes FNF look more like a dowdy dowager with bad makeup who stumbled into the wrong Halloween costume party, than a dangerous purveyor of sexual liberation. And Kelly’s toe-pinching walks across the stage on sparkly platform shoes with chunky heels brings to mind an older lady looking for a chair in Dillard’s shoe department, not the subversive prowl of an unhinged sex maniac.

Kelly, who doesn’t look like he’s having much fun, has his best scene at the top of Act 2, when Frank occupies the bed of both Brad and Janet, introducing them to the joys of non-missionary-position sex. Still, Kelly’s usual ability to infuse lines with double meanings and embellish a script with his own brand of sly double takes to the audience is little in evidence.

This is a show that comes equipped with its own rabid fan base, so the seats are sure to be filled for the run at BCT. They are guaranteed to yell, scream, and shout obscenities on cue. It’s just too bad that this production doesn’t bring the audience to a shattering orgasm — theatrically speaking.

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By Sam Allard NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE 2006 football pic We Are Marshall, the 2017 courtroom drama Marshall, out in wide release Friday, dramatizes a pivotal legal case from the early 1940s. At the time, a tireless young attorney named Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Bozeman) was zigzagging the nation on behalf of the NAACP, defending black people who’d been wrongfully accused because of their race. Thurgood Marshall, of course, went on to become the first AfricanAmerican Supreme Court justice in the United States.

On his critical mission, he arrives in New York City to defend one Joseph Spell (American Crime Story’s Sterling K. Brown), a chauffeur who’d been accused by a Greenwich, Connecticut, socialite (Kate Hudson) of rape. National newspapers had already tried and convicted Spell in the court of public opinion, calling him a savage beast and drawing on grotesque racial stereotypes to insist upon his guilt. Against long odds and public resentment, Marshall enlists a conflicted local insurance lawyer, Sam Friedman (Josh Gad) whose role in the case expands on the order of a curmudgeonly judge (James Cromwell). Prosecuting the case is a Yale-educated Aryan prince (Dan Stevens, of Downton Abbey and Beauty and the Beast).

Directed by Reginald Hudlin, who has worked exclusively in television, the film bears many of the visual stamps of TV: namely, set designs, costumes and props that gesture toward an era instead of fully embodying one. The dialogue is way too expository. The pacing is too stilted. The performances, on the other hand, are by and large solid in spite of a script beset by inconclusive character development.

The film seems to faithfully recreate a true historical case, but it begs for a fuller exploration of the personal conflicts of the main characters: Sam Friedman, for

example, wants no part in the case at first. So why does he stay involved?

Why not spurn Marshall and wash his hands entirely? As Jews are being slaughtered in Europe, does he feel a kinship with blacks discriminated against in the U.S.?

And what about Marshall himself, whose wife suffers a miscarriage while he is in Connecticut? Why doesn’t he drop everything to go to her? Does he see that not doing so is cruel? And is personal cruelty required for social change? In one bizarre interlude, Marshall and his wife go to a nightclub and hang out with Langston Hughes and Zora

Neale Hurston. The scene serves no purpose, and smacks of total invention. (Marshall and Hughes were indeed college friends at Howard, but still. What’s it doing in this movie?)

Marshall is rated PG-13, which may come as a shock because the sexual themes of the case — to say nothing of at least two F-bombs — may get you thinking it needs an R. On the other hand, that would seem wholly inappropriate because the colors and tones of the film’s first 30 minutes, right down to the opening credits, are redolent of Disney’s liveaction family slate, Remember the Titans and its ilk.

The good news is that the courtroom material itself is often quite good, with two striking interrogations and a well-executed closing statement sequence.

Thurgood Marshall is granted permission to serve as co-counsel in the case, but is forbidden from speaking. He is forced to whisper and write down real-time strategies for Friedman. It’s a fresh angle, another pernicious illustration of racism and a tall hurdle for one of the great figures in American jurisprudence.

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SPOTLIGHT: LUCKY GIVEN THAT THE LATE HARRY Dean Stanton made a career out of playing loveable but cranky guys, it’s fitting that his final starring performance would be in Lucky, a drama about a 90-year-old atheist who seeks some kind of spiritual connection in his dying days. A well-crafted character study, actor John Carroll Lynch’s directorial debut serves as a fitting farewell for Stanton. It opens on Friday at the Cedar Lee Theatre.

As the film commences, Lucky (Stanton) goes about his morning rituals. He shaves, engages in a few stretching routines and then makes himself a cup of coffee. Once outside, he lights up a cigarette and begins

walking down a barren desert road.

He heads to a diner where he grabs another cup of joe while he sits at the counter and does a crossword puzzle.

He and the chef banter a bit, and

Lucky asks one of the other patrons for a bit of help when he gets stuck on a seven-letter word for “augur.”

“Portend,” she tells him. And so goes the typical day in the life of Lucky, a deceptively smart loner who can quote Che Guevara — in Spanish, no less!

Stanton plays the part so well that he even makes a scene during which Lucky sits in his underwear and watches TV game shows seem interesting. Additionally, Stanton perfectly captures the guy’s dry sense of humor. When the bartender at the neighborhood joint he frequents tries to convince him to add Deal or No Deal to his rotation of game shows, he responds by calling it a

“convoluted piece of shit.”

Admittedly, too much of this movie consists of a group of guys sitting at the bar and bullshitting. And some of the meditations on life and its meaning come off as a bit forced.

“Truth is a thing: it’s the truth of who we are and what we do and you have to accept that and face it because the truth of the universe is waiting,” says Lucky in one scene that seems like it could’ve been lifted from a Samuel Beckett play.

But in the end, Stanton’s marvelous performance makes the film worthwhile. — Jeff Niesel

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By Douglas Trattner YOU’D BE HARD PRESSED TO find a joint in Cleveland with more history than the Parkview Nite Club. The saloon officially opened up in 1934, when the ink was barely dry on the 21st Amendment, but it has been a public (and not-sopublic) tavern since the turn of the century. To use the phrase “hidden gem” would not only be lazy and pedestrian, it would be inaccurate.

While most certainly sequestered — the Parkview can be accurately described as a hideout at the end of the road in the middle of nowhere — the weathered spot is more dive than jewel.

What sets the bar apart from its well-worn brethren is the food, which

has always punched well above its weight. Over the years the grub certainly has ebbed and flowed, but there always has been a fundamental desire to offer guests quality fare at neighborly prices. Recent changes in the kitchen are just the latest chapter in the lengthy quest to do just that. In spring, Joseph Zegarac accepted an offer to shutter his popular Lakewood-based eatery Chow Chow Kitchen and bring his talents to Parkview, a homecoming of sorts for the chef, who previously worked at the bar. “Chow Chow at the Parkview,” as this new venture is being called, blends the best of both concepts into one seamless menu.

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Chow already know that they can count on exceptional fried chicken and even better Nashville hot chicken. Neither, we are happy to report, have been damaged in the move. The former, listed as Winner Dinner ($11), combines buttermilk fried dark meat chicken with fries and a side of mac and cheese. The latter ($10) swaps the fries for creamy, crunchy coleslaw, a blessing considering the incendiary nature of that fire engine-red chicken. When we ordered it, our server felt the need to offer up a warning to the table, one that diners would be wise to take seriously.

Likewise, if you were fortunate enough to try the gumbo and/or

ham and bean soup at Chow Chow, then you likely have fond memories of those smoky, spicy, slow-simmered brews. The gumbo ($3.75) is studded with andouille sausage and okra and ladled over white rice. The savory ham and bean ($3.75) is loaded with tender shredded ham and soft beans in a creamy, peppery base.

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At the urging of our server, we ordered a dish that we more than

For starters, crispy fried asparagus ($7.75) spears are stacked Lincoln log style and served with a smoky ranch dressing. The deepfried pierogi ($7) would benefit from a filling with more character, but the crunchy potato-filled pockets make a damn fine snack and partner to cold beer.

Next month, the Parkview will unveil yet another new menu, a further refinement of the merger of brands, along with a heightened commitment to make everything better.

That means bringing in more whole cuts, crafting items like bacon and sausage in house, and stepping up the beer, wine and cocktail programs, all in an attempt to adapt to a rapidly changing neighborhood.

For decades, the Parkview lived life as a “destination bar,” a polite way of saying that it was in a part of town few had reason to visit.

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Charred kernels of sweet corn, nubbins of carrot, braised beans and sauteed onions all rested on a crisp bed of firm but creamy-centered polenta.

Park and the Edison literally rose from the ground all around the bar.

“With all this development happening — I think there’s something like 300 new apartments coming in — we’re not as hidden as we used to be,” says Zegarac.

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Nearly 90 years of cased meat joy at Old Fashion Hot Dogs

By Billy Hallal ONE THING I NOTICE SITTING AT the counter of Old Fashion Hot Dogs is that people like to reminisce about it — even while they’re sitting right there at the counter.

“On a Friday night, you couldn’t get in this place,” says a customer six stools down. His name is Paul, and he’s been coming here since 1956. Another customer, a young construction worker on his lunch break, wasn’t alive back then, but his grandmother used to take him here when he was a kid.

I ask him if the place has changed since then. “Not much,” he says.

It doesn’t surprise me. On the corner of West 41st and Lorain, Old Fashion Hot Dogs is a true lunch counter: 9 feet by 40 feet, with a griddle perpetually loaded with hot dogs. Cleveland memorabilia and media write-ups hang behind the bar.

The menu is an old-fashioned letter board with moveable characters, and the prices — $1.75 for a chili dog, three for $5 — seem not to have inched up since the ’70s. Which makes sense for a business that started in 1928.

“We got by for many years on volume,” says co-owner Tom Sorma.

“Volume is everything.”

Volume and perhaps some history.

Emmanouel “Mike” Vasiliou, a Greek immigrant with some New York restaurant experience, opened and ran the place for decades without eating a single hot dog.

“He tried one once and spat it out,” Sorma tells me. “He avoided processed meats and all that stuff.” Vasiliou may have been onto something: He lived to be 98.

Vasiliou sold the business in the ’80s. Sorma’s brothers, John (now deceased) and Pete, knew the model from working there, so they decided to

buy it. The Sorma family has run Old Fashion Hot Dogs for 30 years.

The restaurant has a few claims to fame. One is the beloved chili sauce that graces the onion-and-mustardcovered franks (Sorma will readily divulge the sauce’s “secret ingredients are cinnamon and nutmeg). Another i its classic blade sign that hangs over Lorain with a beckoning yellow arrow The diner even had a role in a recen movie, 2016’s Nas-produced, Cleveland set and-shot The Land.

“The director talked to Pete about shooting here,” says Sorma. “We thought he was joking.” He was not.

The sign and the restaurant interior are featured prominently in several scenes. Pete and his wife even have a cameo as patrons.

Still, Sorma describes business as hit or miss. “The first 13 years were solid,” he says. “After 2000, things changed.”

Sorma points to closing steel mills, failing mom-and-pop shops, and the Plain Dealer moving from the city as contributors to the restaurant’s declin in numbers. Shifting demographics, too, have played a role.

“These young kids, they like West 25th,” says Sorma. “They want to go to a spot where they can get food and a beer at the same time. Hopefully, we can hang in there with all this new modern stuff.”

Sorma imagines it won’t be long until a developer buys the building to raze it. Or not. “I could be here anothe 20, 30 years!”

Sorma doesn’t seem mad about it. A the counter, we aren’t either.

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ORIGINAL TAVERN COMPANY SPACE HAS NEW OWNERS Cleveland Heights spot becomes Kensington Pub “YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE place three weeks ago,” says Jeff King, new owner of the tavern that commands the corner of Kensington and Lee roads in Cleveland Heights For more than 30 years, that location went by the name of the Tavern Company. That pub’s last owner, Chris Armington, took the name with him when he relocated his business last year to the Colony across the street.

King and partner Brad Poe have been hard at work on the space since getting the keys in early September. In terms of physical condition, the aged pub was more than a little worse for wear. The new owners’ lengthy punch list includes sanding and refinishing the bartop and every wooden dining room table, pulling up the spongey carpeting in the second room and laying down new wood flooring throughout the entire space, redoing the restrooms, removing a drop ceiling in the second room to reveal 10-foot ceilings, painting every chair, stool and wall surface, and replacing most light fixtures and TVs. The goal is to open the doors by Thanksgiving under the moniker of Kensington Pub. For the past seven years King has worked at La Cave Du Vin as bartender and GM, but his hospitality days stretch back decades and include a 17year run with the Johnny’s restaurant group. He and his partner worked side by side when their employer took over Little Bar. “We were working at Johnny’s when we took over the Little Bar,” King says. “That’s the kind of place where you could walk in with muddy boots or wearing a bowtie. We’d like to bring that flavor to this place, where you can come over here right after your softball game or straight from a wedding and feel comfortable.”

The owners intend for the Kensington Pub to be an unpretentious American tavern offering familiar foods that are stepped up in terms of ingredient quality, technique and presentation.

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“We’re also going to bring some new people in here,” adds Poe.

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fries, housemade chips, fresh local breads,” King promises.

In addition to the finer pub fare, the restaurant will offer a few steakhouse items like a filet au poivre, a strip steak and sharable sides like roasted Brussels sprouts and horseradish mashed potatoes.

“If you want a $10 burger, you can do that,” King says. “But if you want a $20 steak, you can do that too.”

There will be a dozen draft beers and eight to 10 great quality wines by the glass.

Unlike most of its neighbors on the strip, Kensington Pub will serve food (perhaps a scaled-down menu) every night until 2 a.m. The restaurant will also serve Sunday brunch.

Down the road, the new owners hope to reclaim the boarded-over windows along the southern side of the restaurant and install a garage door that will connect the barroom with the 25-seat sidewalk patio.

To have such an iconic property on Lee Road vacant for the past year was worrisome, but the tavern’s new owners not only are capable, experienced industry veterans, but also local residents. For that, the neighborhood is breathing a sigh of relief and is eager for the arrival.

“I’ve been in the business since I was a busboy at 14 and I’ve always wanted to have my own place,” King explains. “This is really exciting. While we’ve been in here working, there have been so many people that pop their heads in and say things like, ‘I’ve been

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Ohio City Burrito (1844 West 25th St., 216-664-0908) has been quietly chugging along for seven years, dishing up an affordable menu of satisfying tacos, burritos and salads. In November, they will open a downtown outpost of that popular spot, in the former home of Leader Bar and Grill (526 Superior Ave.).

Ohio City Burrito is best known for its mission-style burritos, those tightly constructed torpedoes filled with meat, rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, lettuce and salsa. Priced around $7, the Cal-Mex missiles are bona fide hunger snuffers.

We’ll keep you posted on opening day.

PHOENIX COFFEE RETURNS TO WAREHOUSE DISTRICT “I’ve always believed in this neighborhood and we’ve been eager to return,” says Christopher Feran, coffee director for Phoenix Coffee. “We’re hoping to bring our community vibe.”

The neighborhood in question is the Warehouse District, where the homegrown coffee company used to have a cafe. That shop was shuttered in 2011. Phoenix managed to stage a return by carving out a 650-squarefoot parcel from Jimmy John’s, both in the former home of D’Vine Wine Bar on St. Clair between West Sixth and West Ninth.

“We’re actually undergoing a rebranding right now, and we’ll be launching our new logo and updated look at the same time,” Feran adds.

Also taking place now is a company-wide menu unification plan, wherein all five shops will largely adhere to the same playbook.

“It will mostly be modeled after the Ohio City menu, but with less emphasis on pour-overs since this is a downtown shop, where we’re hoping to

achieve a balance between speed and quality,” he explains.

The cafe has limited indoor seating yet still manages to offer space for quick breaks, short meetings and interviews. Phoenix will also use the space outside the cafe along St. Clair for patio seating.

Pastry offerings will be supplied

by Bon Bon, Metro Croissants and Philomena, along with bagels from Cleveland Bagel Company.

NOW OPEN: PARNELL’S PUB IN CEDAR-FAIRMOUNT On Sept. 21, the last shots of Jameson Irish Whiskey were poured, pondered and consumed at Parnell’s Pub on Lee Road, which began life 20 years ago as the Charles Stewart Parnell’s Pub. Over the years, owner Declan Synnott has expanded, remodeled and contracted the bar, a fixture that sat shoulder to shoulder with the Cedar Lee Theatre since 1997.

But the time had come, he says, to make a move.

For the past couple months, Synnott and his wife Liz have been renovating the former Ten Thousand Villages space on Cedar, two doors down from Vero pizza in the CedarFairmount neighborhood of Cleveland Heights, into a polished little Irish pub.

“It’s like Lee Road and downtown mated and popped this one out,” Synnott jokes, referring to the organic blend of old and new that borrows some design touches from the newer downtown location. “But it still has the feel of the old Parnell’s.”

Synnott seems genuinely excited about his pub’s new home, but he’d be lying if he claimed that the present situation wasn’t a wee bit bittersweet.

“I was just up there handing over my keys to the landlord,” he relates.

“It was tough. It was tough. A lot of history, a lot of memories — good memories, bad memories — but it was time for a change.”

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A FAMILY AFFAIR Rock singer Michael McDonald collaborates with his son on his first studio release in more than a decade

By Matt Wardlaw CLEVELAND HAS BEEN A POPULAR stop for Michael McDonald over the years, whether he was playing solo, with the Doobie Brothers or, in his earlier years, with Steely Dan. He carries one specific humorous memory with him when he thinks of the city. “It’s the Earl of Cleves, [who] founded Cleveland,” McDonald chuckles during a recent phone conversation. “I remember that because Donald Fagen told me that when we played Cleveland many, many years ago.”

Mcdonald returns to the area on Friday at Hard Rock Live. He’ll be armed not only with a hefty stack of well-known classics but also with material from Wide Open, his new album. The album is his first fulllength release of new original studio material in 17 years, but McDonald has hardly been idle during that time period.

He recorded a series of wellreceived Motown-themed albums, the first of which snared two Grammy nominations in 2003. Continuing to collaborate with a wide range of bands and artists, McDonald stepped into the studio with an array of friends, including his longtime compadres, the

Doobie Brothers, for their 2010 album World Gone Crazy, and Toto, who enlisted McDonald to guest on a trio of songs for their most recent album, Toto XIV, released in 2015.

The reverence that Toto has for McDonald is something that’s shared by seemingly everybody who has the chance to work with him. He’s seen his music continue to be embraced by new generations of bands and artists. In recent years, he popped up on a song from Brooklyn indie band Grizzly Bear and more recently, Thundercat tapped McDonald and Kenny Loggins to cowrite his single “Show You the Way,” a song which McDonald himself showed up to perform with Thundercat at this year’s Coachella Festival.

“It is definitely very flattering and totally unexpected. You know, I think every generation of musicians and/or recording artists [experiences something like this],” McDonald says. “I think in the ’80s, we felt like the wrong side of the fence on The Walking Dead or something. [Laughs] Because nobody wanted to know about anything from the ’70s. I remember that I was writing with a guy, a friend of mine, and he stopped me in the middle when we were writing a song.

He goes, ‘Look, you’ve got to figure out how to play like you’re from the ’80s.

You’re so ’70s, your style of playing.

You need to be more ’80s.’”

It’s understandable then, that when you add a few decades, McDonald might have a few reservations. Happily, his phone never stopped ringing, and the recent collaborations gave him a different perspective.

“Every time I see these nostalgic ’80s shows or hear a nostalgic radio station [focused on] the ’80s, I laugh,” he says. “Because I think, ‘Shit, I was already old in the ’80s, what chance have I got?’ But you know, we kind of went through that period and then here we are in the millennium, and I guess everything that’s old and creepy is new again at some point.”

Collaborator Shannon Forrest [also a drummer, currently touring with Toto] co-produced the new album; the two go back quite a few years. As McDonald explains, he first met his future producer at a very young age, when Forrest was about 15 and dating an old friend’s daughter in junior high school. Forrest’s father owned a studio in Nashville where he did orchestration work, so Forrest was in the recording studio environment from

his earliest days. Once he grew up, he found himself in a partnership with McDonald when the two shared studio space in Nashville.

“For me, a studio was always kind of like an oversized storage bin for all of my old gear,” McDonald says.

“I would always set up some kind of recording situation, typically pretty primitive, just so I could demo ideas and songs. Somebody in my crew would help me out, and we’d put together a rig, and typically, they would engineer for me because I’m not very adept with that technical stuff.”

Forrest was good at the technical stuff and, like McDonald, he owned a lot of old analog gear. So they were able to combine all of their gear.

While Forrest began to use the space professionally, McDonald would come in from time to time and lay down demos of song ideas. Forrest would often play drums on the recordings. When Forrest eventually moved out and put together his own studio, he pulled up the files of the sessions he had done with McDonald and used them, playing his drums in the new space, to help tune the new room. Listening to what they had recorded, Forrest got in touch with | clevescene.com | October 11 - 17, 2017

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MUSIC McDonald.

“He goes, ‘I gotta tell ya, I think you’ve got the start of a record here.’

So we sat and I listened to it, and just the new drums alone made the whole thing come up a notch,” says McDonald. “It sounded good, and all of a sudden, the songs seemed a little bit more legit to me and I thought, ‘Well, you know, you might have a point.’

So from that point on, we started reshaping all of these tracks that we had cut with real guitar players and real keyboards and real bass players and horns and stuff. We were surprised along the way, how some of these tracks came to life with each and every new overdub that we put on it.”

While it might have taken 17 years to arrive, longtime fans will find that Wide Open is more than worth the wait and quite possibly the best record McDonald has put out as a solo artist.

McDonald wrote or co-wrote 11 of the album’s 12 songs, and “Half-Truth,” one particular standout, burns with an energy that shows that he still has plenty of fire, both vocally and musically, accentuated by an intense guitar solo from Dann Huff.

“That’s a perfect example of the range of what happened with this record. Because that demo, originally, was me on acoustic guitar, playing the harmonica to a little drum machine.

It was like a little beat box drum machine,” McDonald explains. “What you’re hearing in the beginning of the song was the whole track. That’s the original vocal for the most part, too.

But all of the guitars and drums and everything were added later. That’s my neighbor down the road from me, Lance Morrison, playing bass on it,

you go there.’ He goes, ‘It’s easier to get to and it kind of leaves some of the intervals out and then the other people who are playing can kind of color the chord without clashing with what you’re playing.’ You know, he was giving me a guitar lesson basically.”

It was something that McDonald continued to think about after they parted company.

“I started messing with it some more and then my brother-in-law and I started writing lyrics.” McDonald recalls. “So in a way, it was kind of this family affair, a song that we wrote [together]. You know, I was thrilled to be able to write something with my son, because I really love his writing — although he and I, we find it difficult to write together, because we’re father and son. But the beginning of the song was most definitely his idea and but for those chords, the song wouldn’t have existed, for sure.”

As an album, Wide Open evolved in a similar fashion. McDonald toured with Toto in the summer of 2014 and several members of the band can be found sprinkled in the credits on the new album. Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule singer-guitarist Warren Haynes shares guitar duties with fellow guitarist Robben Ford on “Just Strong Enough,” which also features a guest appearance from the Levee Horns. Both Haynes and the horn section spent time on the road with McDonald over the past year touring a 40th anniversary tribute to the Band’s classic swan song, The Last Waltz.

McDonald says that the experience of doing things like the Last Waltz tour had an important influence on how the record developed.

“There’s so much about this record

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and he played on the original demo, a little bit later, just because I wanted to get real bass on it. But everything else was after the fact. The song kind of became a rock track by proxy.”

So how did things move in that direction? Well, that’s another interesting tale.

“I think in its origin, my son showed me the chords. Those are just some chords that he had. Basically, we weren’t even writing a song. He was going, ‘You know, when you play a C, you should play it like this, it’s more open, that way you’re not playing a C triad on guitar every time

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that happened only because of certain circumstances like that,” he says.

“It’s probably the main reason I stay as active in other things as I always have been kind of prone to do …

Every time you play for somebody else or with somebody else, you’re going to come back with something that you didn’t have before. That’s just kind of the way it works. For me, this record is really a real representation of the gigs I’ve been doing, if nothing else, in the last 10 years.”

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BOSTON-BRED RAPPER COUSIN Stizz turned heads with his 2015 mixtape Suffolk County. He followed up that release with the highly emotional MONDA, an album he devoted to his friend, a cancer victim.

Earlier this year, after a reported bidding war, he returned with One Night Only, his major label debut. He virtually talks his way through the album’s infectious lead single, the woozy “Headlock.” The track features a cameo courtesy of Offset, who delivers some rapid-fire raps over the plodding beats. It’s become Stizz’ first mainstream hit, making him one of the only rappers out of Boston to receive national attention.

We recently phoned the cordial rapper in Boston, where he was visiting family members, to talk about the new album. He performs on Friday at the Grog Shop.

You grew up outside of Boston.

What was that experience like?

I didn’t grow up outside of Boston.

I grew up smack dab in the middle. It was cool. There were fun times, and sometimes shit got really crazy and dark. Other times, it was really bright and vibrant and loving and peaceful.

Just like any other city in America.

What initially inspired you to start writing rhymes and rapping?

I always liked music, but I was into beats more than lyrics. That’s what got me to fall in love with hip-hop.

It was the beats. I used to freestyle with the homies and stuff like that.

One day, I missed my bus and just did some writing to pass the time, and I wrote my first rhyme. I think I was 18 at the time.

Who were your influences?

A lot of artists. Anything I grew up liking I grabbed influence from. A

gang of artists. I grabbed influence from everything.

Your mixtape Suffolk County made a lasting impression. Why do you think it made such an impact?

It was fresh, I think. It was weird.

It was my first time really rapping and taking music seriously. As a kid, I was just new to music. I had no musical background. I just came in and made something that sounded cool to me. It was relatable because I was talking about real things that were going on in my life and people just gravitated toward it.

The songs certainly have an honesty to them.

For sure.

Talk about creating MONDA, which is named after your friend Damone Clark who died from cancer. That must’ve been an emotional experience.

Oh man, absolutely. It was a very, very emotional time. I told him I was going to do it. It’s one of those things where you have to keep your word.

done in the past?

All my projects have been pretty different from each other. If you listen to them, they just sound different. I make music that goes on with my life. That’s just what it is. I’m not one of those people who can just write crap. I can only write about my experiences. That’s how I’ve always been. My music is just about my life. For One Night Only, I’m now in L.A. I’m not in Boston anymore. I’m not in the hood, and I don’t have to deal with all of those things. I’m signed now and better off financially. Everything is a little bit easier, and the music feels easier. It has that easy vibe.

I like the sparse, drum machine-heavy production of “Lambo.” Talk about that track.

That was my boy Tee-WaTT. He has pretty much produced half of my catalog. He sent me that track. I just did what I do with everything, and I freestyled a melody in my head. I started freestyling rhymes in the back of the Uber and by the end of the night, it was a song.

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I had to force myself to make that happen. It was tough.

How did you know him?

I knew him from around the way.

We all hung out like a brotherhood like that. Anybody I grew up, we were like brothers.

And what about One Night Only? What did you try to do with the album that you hadn’t

“Headlock” has such a great hook. Talk about what inspired the song.

Alcoholism. I was in the studio in New York with [the producer] Vinylz, and I had my bottle of Hennessy in my arm in a headlock. I literally started rapping to my bottle. Vinylz was like, “Yeah, bro, keep that.” Boom, there it was.

What does Offset bring to the track?

The sauce. He brings all that sauce to it. It’s one of my favorites.

Did a particular incident inspire the song “Doubted Me”?

That isn’t a directly inspired thing. It’s just throughout my years of living hearing everyone tell me I couldn’t do it. I like flipping people off, and it gives me the motivation to wake up in the morning.

What’s been the key to leaving your troubled past behind you?

Oh, man. To move on from the thuggery? Music for sure. Selfbelief and optimism. I think that’s it. Without those three things, I wouldn’t be in this position.

The album ends with “Jealous,” a tune that seems rather optimistic.

Talk about what that song is about.

It’s about anyone who ever has had anyone tell them that they couldn’t do something. I’ve had girlfriends that told me I should stop rapping.

I’m living proof that you should never listen to anyone but yourself.

Critics often refer to the ’80s and ’90s as the golden age of hip-hop.

How do you think today’s hip-hop scene compares to that of the past?

I think it’s its own thing. People will obviously compare the two. It’s different at this point. They’re not sonically the same. This is another era. Twenty years after this, they’ll be saying this is the golden era. Twenty years after that, they’ll be saying that was the golden era of hip-hop.

It’s just evolving.

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MUSIC ART AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE Seattle soul band Pickwick tries to deal with life’s hardest questions, just like you ON OCT. 1, A MAN GUNNED down at least 58 people and injured hundreds more at a country music festival in Las Vegas. And when Pickwick frontman Galen Disston answers the phone from his Seattlearea home, today, he’s trying to make sense of it all, too. He wonders if fewer people will come out to concerts, including his, for a while, or if fans will show up in droves as an act of defiance.

“Every one of these tragedies we acknowledge from the stage, but we’re not that particularly wellspoken or intelligent,” Disston says.

“All we can do is provide people with a safe place by coming together for an artistic purpose. I think the people in this band, I think we’re just as confused as anyone else. We do our best.”

For Disston, being in a band has always made the most sense. Ever since 2005, when he moved up from California to live in Seattle, he’s only ever wanted to make music — even if that meant working shitty part-time jobs to pay the bills, like a recent gig he took powerwashing moss off a houseboat.

But there was once a point where Disston thought his indie-soul band might be able to go full-time. He still hopes for that day.

In 2012, Pickwick were hometown heroes. Sold-out Seattle crowds watched the clean-looking then-sixpiece sweat and preen and rock hard all over town. NPR Music included them in a “Next Big Thing” article.

Two years later, their debut indie album came out to critical acclaim, and they scored a national tour opening for Neko Case and Black Joe Lewis, along with a slew of festival dates.

Yet when it came time to do the dirty work and write a new record, the pressure and taste for stardom took its toll. After crafting about two albums’ worth of material, tensions flared, and percussionist/producer Kory Kruckenberg left the group.

Pickwick was devastated. They worried fickle fans would forget them; they worried a new record wouldn’t ever materialize. They had to begin again.

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wasn’t that much pressure,” Disston admits. “We got bogged down in the ‘What does it all mean?’ for a long time. We could have released a really shitty record and played to full rooms. But I’d rather play a record I love to a less-filled room.”

And this Friday, Pickwick is back at Beachland Tavern, finally braced

Pickwick path.

Produced by Seattle hotshot Erik Blood (Shabazz Palaces), the album leaves much of that scuzzy rock ’n’ roll sound behind, moving into a distinctly groovy yet futuristic feel.

The leadoff track “Turncoat,” with its pulled-up bass, wouldn’t even be out of place at a disco hall, and

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with a fierce album, one which took four years to release. One that Disston loves.

“It felt great to finally get it out,” Disston says. “It’s a special record because it was such a difficult labor.

We went through a lot personally what it took to make it … once we figured our shit out.”

While the band’s most well-known single “Hacienda Motel,” which has 4.7 million listens on Spotify, is more of a hoppin’ garage-rock tune — one which got them likened to the Black Keys early on — the songs on LoveJoys veer off the forged

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“Never Gonna Be Enough” adds a smoldering psychedelic trip to the mix. Somehow, without exactly meaning to — although Disston admits to falling in love with Marvin Gaye during the making of the album — Pickwick found a fresh sound.

“It does feel like a new thing,” Disston says. “Not all of that was deliberate but, along with the help of Eric Blood, we wanted do what these songs needed. It became this special place or destination for us once we were there making it. It didn’t make sense to fight it.”

Already the band has a bunch of new material ready to record, and Disston promises fans won’t have to wait another four years to hear the fresh stuff; but in the meantime, performing LoveJoys is the priority.

This week, while driving through this resilient country on tour, the five guys will pass the time talking about the state of the world, throwing knives and snacking.

Often, Distton says, he’ll read old French erotica aloud to the crew, just for laughs. He says that other than his wife, there’s no one else in the world with whom he’d rather be stuck in a van or on stage.

“There’s not a formula for a band to become successful or write songs; you’re always just showing up and trying to engage,” Disston says. “On the one hand, that’s really scary. It’s a skillset that’s impossible to put on a resume, but it’s the thrilling experience that keeps me coming back. I’m addicted to that magic of pursuing this … of continuing to make art as an act of defiance.”

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The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die/ Rozwell Kid/Slow Mass: Since forming in 2009 in Willimantic, Connecticut, indie rockers the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have regularly released singles, EPs and even demos. The ensemble often makes use of strings and horns in sculpting its ornate tunes. Earlier this year, it added another boundary-pushing album, Always Foreign, to the catalog as well. Songs such as the punk-y “The Future” suggest a “darker and angrier” tone; but with its whispered vocals and sparse production that highlights crisp guitar tones, “Faker” represents the album’s softer side, showing the two aspects of the band. The album’s mid-tempo single, “Gram,” features upper-register vocals and beautiful guitar harmonies. Its content, however, isn’t so pretty.

The song provides a commentary on the healthcare system and pharmaceutical industry. Expect to hear it alongside a slew of old and new tracks at tonight’s show.

(Jeff Niesel) 8 p.m., $15. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

10 X 3 Singer Songwriter Showcase hosted by Brent Kirby: 8 p.m.

Brothers Lounge.

Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Happy Dog. Benny Bennack Quartet: 7 p.m., $15.

Nighttown.

Bob Frank and Austin Walkin’ Cane: 7 p.m., $12. Bop Stop.

Anthony Gomes/Nick Schnebelen: 8 p.m., $20. Beachland Ballroom.

Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas/ Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons: 8 p.m., $10. Musica.

Motionless in White/The Amity Affliction/Miss May I/William Control: 7 p.m., $23 ADV, $29 DOS. The Agora Theatre.

Shwizz/Coup De Grace: 9 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Theory of a Deadman/Ayron Jones: 7 p.m., $26-$36. House of Blues.

Wheeler Walker Jr./Tim Montana and the Shrednecks: 8:30 p.m., $16 ADV, $18 DOS. Grog Shop.

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simply come to town to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her breakthrough album This Fire. But last year she launched a Kickstarter campaign, so she could record Ballads, a 20-tune collection of covers of songs such as “Blue Moon” and “What a Little Moonlight Can Do.” She actually recorded another 11 tunes that have yet to come out, though she promises they eventually will. The tour supports both This Fire’s anniversary and Ballads’ release, so you can expect to hear songs from both albums at tonight’s show. (Niesel) 8 p.m., $30 ADV, $35 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

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.

Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls (in the Supper Club): 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Istvan Medgyesi/Space Funeral/ Aerial Ruin/Marc Lansley: 8:30 p.m., $7. Beachland Tavern.

Moose Blood: 8 p.m., $18.99 ADV, $22 DOS. Grog Shop.

Northeast Ohio Drum & Music Jam: 9 p.m., free. Beachland Ballroom.

Randie Shane Presents A Tribute To George Michael: 8 p.m., $12. Bop Stop.

Superjoint & Devil Driver/One-Eyed Doll/King Parrot/Cane Hill/Child Bite/Doll Skin: 5 p.m., $25 ADV, $30 DOS. The Agora Theatre.

TV Girl/Brothertiger: 9 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

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Kesha/Savoy Motel: “Bastards,” the acoustic country-ish tune that opens Rainbows, the latest offering from pop singer-songwriter Kesha, shows the extent to which she’s embraced a different approach.

Known for clubby tunes such as “TiK ToK” and “We R Who We R,” Kesha puts the emphasis on the songwriting. Poppy tunes such as “Let Em Talk” and “Woman” hearken back to her pop star past, but Rainbows ultimately shows how much Kesha’s sound has matured.

(Niesel) 7:30 p.m. Lakewood Civic Auditorium.

Michael McDonald/Marc Cohn: While it might have taken 17 years to arrive, longtime fans will find that singer Michael McDonald’s new album Wide Open is more than worth the wait and quite possibly

the best record that McDonald has put out as a solo artist. The former Doobie Brother wrote or co-wrote 11 of the album’s 12 songs, and “HalfTruth,” one particular standout, burns with an energy that shows that he still has plenty of fire, both vocally and musically, accentuated by an intense guitar solo from Dann Huff. (Matt Wardlaw) 8 p.m. Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park.

A Benefit for Puerto Rico with Inmates/Peace Talks/Los Jacks/ Rosello Stone/Bad Noids/Mr. California/DJ El Rey and DJ Red Tailed Hawk Luna: 8 p.m., $20.

Now That’s Class.

Black Pistol Fire/The Got It Got It Need It: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Cousin Stizz/Big Leano/Swoosh: 9 p.m., $16-$50. Grog Shop.

Disco Paradiso Presents: Gialloween Pt. II with Glacial 23/MX Silkman/The Voids: 9 p.m., $7.

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Evil Ways: 10 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge.

Travis Haddix Blues Band (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club.

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

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Toadies/Local H: While they’re mostly known for Rubberneck-era hits like “Possum Kingdom” and “Tyler,” Toadies have been kicking around heavy Texas rock riffs for more than two decades. The band’s latest album, The Lower Side of Uptown, dishes some pretty great rhythms and songwriting; frontman Vaden Todd Lewis says that the record is “full of riffs and time shifts.” From “When I Die” to “Keep Breathing,” it’s clear that the distortion-laced guitar takes center stage on this new album. These songs should translate well to the stage, and don’t forget that we’ll all be rocking to classics like “Backslider,” too. (Eric Sandy) 9 p.m., $22 ADV, $24 DOS. Grog Shop.

Wesley Bright & the Honeytones/ Alanna Royale: 8:30 p.m., $15.

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Brooklyn & Bailey: 2 p.m., $25.

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I Prevail/The Word Alive/We Came As Romans/Escape the Fate: 6 p.m., $24 ADV, $27 DOS. The Agora Theatre.

Jack Fords: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge.

Nellie McKay: 8:30 p.m., $30.

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Mo Lowda & the Humble: 8:30 p.m., $10-$15. Beachland Tavern.

Modernism/Chil/The Skies Above Us/Lonely Pirate Committee/ Funeral Proposals: 7 p.m., $10.

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Thor Platter (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Red Giant & the Great Iron Snake: 5 p.m., $25 ADV, $30 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

Suitcase Runaway/The Lords of Lichtenstein/Neon Sailboat/ Passenger Trip: 7 p.m., $14.

Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Katie Thiroux Album Release Party: 8 p.m., $20. Bop Stop.

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

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Paramore/Best Coast: For anyone coming of age in the mid-aughts, Paramore was a band you listened to when you wanted to throw things and jump around a lot. While the Nashville three-piece came onto the scene in a hard-rock emo rage, their sound has matured. Their most recent album After Laughter still makes fans want to move, but now in a celebratory-dance kind of way. The trio’s frontwoman, Haley Williams — as famous for her ever-changing hair color (she even has her own hair-dye line, GoodDYEYoung) and straight-edge lifestyle as for her powerhouse lyric soprano vocals — continues to impress with these new ’80s-infused tunes. Check out “Hard Times,” and ballads such as dream-filled “26.” No wonder tonight’s show is reportedly sold out. And obviously, if you managed to score tickets to this concert, you’ll get there in time for Best Coast’s set. The indie rock act opens the show. (Laura Morrison) 8 p.m., $39.50-$65. Akron Civic Theatre.

Amine/Towkio: 9 p.m., $21-$49. Grog Shop.

Breastfest 2017: 3 p.m., $20. Brothers Lounge.

Dope & Hed PE/Mettal Mafia/Half Knocked Out/Two Dead Roses/ Dub: 6:30 p.m., $20 ADV, $24 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

Fried Egg/Weed Whacker: 9 p.m., $5.

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

Mikrowave Cafe with DJs Uptight/ Unikove/Nasor: 5 p.m., free. Now That’s Class.

Mo Mojo: 7 p.m., $10. Nighttown.

Whitney Rose: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Orlando Watson: 6:30 p.m., $12. Bop Stop.

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Man Forever/Mourning [A] BLKstar: 8:30 p.m., $10. Beachland Tavern.

Jeremey Poparad Jazz Orchestra: 8 p.m., free. Bop Stop.

Shit Show Karaoke: 10 p.m. B-Side Liquor Lounge & Arcade.

Velvet Voyage (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Wolf Parade: 7 p.m., $25-$35. House of Blues.

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An Evening with Leftover Salmon: Leftover Salmon has been a stalwart member of the jam band and bluegrass intersection for years now. Tonight’s show in Kent promises to be a more intimate affair, one that will get you up close to the band’s improvisational talents. Cue up 25 immediately, and check out soulful takes on songs like “Keep Driving,” which dissolves into an ethereal space, and “Aquatic Hitchhiker,” which stretches on for nearly 15 minutes. “We wanted to celebrate our years of being able to make music in beautiful places for beautiful people,” the band wrote at the time of the 25 release. (Sandy) 8 p.m., $27 ADV, $32 DOS. The Kent Stage.

Citizen/Sorority Noise/Great Grandpa: 7:30 p.m., $19 ADV, $22 DOS. Grog Shop.

Dead Horses: 8 p.m., $10. Musica.

The Manhattan Transfer and the Hazelnuts: 7:30 p.m., $46-$58. Ohio Theatre.

MisterWives/Smallpools/Vinyl Theatre: 6 p.m., $27-$37. House of Blues.

Oulab Session: 9 p.m., free. Bop Stop.

Our Great Country Night with Mary Taylor Brooks (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m. Brothers Lounge.

Soulfly Does Nailbomb/Cannabis Corpse/Noisem/Lody Kong: 6 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

The Stone Foxes/The Whiskey Hollow: 8:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $14 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

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By Jeff Niesel MEET THE BAND: Aaron Civil War (vocals, guitar), Andy Stibora (guitar), Lisa Ellis Schafer (vocals), Eric Schulte (bass), Jason Weiner (bass) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS: In 2015, local singer-songwriter Aaron Civil War was recording some songs he’d written on his phone and posting them on SoundCloud. “I didn’t exactly know what to do with them,” he says. “I sent them to people who I thought would like them.” One of those people was local musician Clint Holley of Well Made Music. Holley invited him to his house to properly record the tunes and introduced him to recording engineer Dave Polster. Polster encouraged Aaron Civil War to form a band, so he would flesh out some of his songs.

The band, dubbed Aaron Civil War and the Brave Girls in reference to a John Irving novel, rehearsed in October 2015 and recorded its debut album, Sugarless, in March 2016.

THE BAND’S THE THING: The music on Sugarless runs the gamut as the band effortlessly shifts from mid-tempo rock tunes to wispy ballads. “I played acoustic guitar on the album, and I played the songs the way I play them when I do a solo show,” he says.

“For the most part, I’m doing the same thing. [Guitarist] Jason Schafer [who plays on the album] brought some country twang but Andy has a ’90s guitar rock feel. I was listening to the playing, and they go together perfectly. What

you hear on the record is the range of the musicians.”

WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: “This Is a Dangerous Song” benefits from a bluesy guitar riff as Aaron Civil War softly sings, “I will never be cruel to you/that’s not how I am.” “Let’s Get Tested” features a grunge-y guitar riff that sounds like something Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis might unleash. The somber “Made It Worse” references a relationship on the brink. “In a disagreement with a wife or significant other, you get to a point where nothing is getting better,” says Aaron Civil War when asked about the song. “The conversation goes downhill fast. That’s what it’s about.” Aaron Civil War and Lisa Ellis Schafer harmonize well together on the ballad, “This Ain’t Nashville,” a tune about being a musician in Cleveland. “It has these classic country themes in it and it pokes fun at itself,” Aaron Civil War says of the song. “Lisa is amazing. She’s like the secret sauce in the band.” The band plans to begin recording another album this fall.

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WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: Aaron Civil War and the Brave Girls perform with Herzog and Farther Shore at 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Happy Dog.

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by Dan Savage Dear Dan, I’m a 25-year-old woman currently in a poly relationship with a married man roughly 20 years my senior.

This has by far been the best relationship I’ve ever had. However, something has me a bit on edge.

We went on a trip with friends to a brewery with a great restaurant.

It was an amazing place, and I’m sure his wife would enjoy it. He mentioned the place to her, and her response was NO, she didn’t want to go there because she didn’t want to have “sloppy seconds.” It made me feel dirty. Additionally, the way he brushed this off means this isn’t the first time. I go out of my way to show him places I think they would like to go together. I don’t know if my feelings are just hurt — if it’s as childish as I think it is — or if it’s a reminder of my very low place in their hierarchy. I hesitate to bring this up, because when I have needs or concerns, they label me as difficult or needy. Is this part of a bigger trend I’m missing? Should I do anything to address this or just continue to stay out of their business and go where I wish with my partner?

— Treated With Outrage I’m having a hard time reconciling these two statements, TWO: “This has by far been the best relationship I’ve ever had” and “when I have needs or concerns, they label me as difficult or needy.” I suppose it’s possible all your past relationships have been so bad that your best-relationship-ever bar is set tragically low. But taking a partner’s needs and concerns seriously is one of the hallmarks of a good relationship, to say nothing of a “best relationship ever.”

That said … I don’t know you or how you are. It’s entirely possible that you share your needs and concerns in a way that comes across as — or actually is — needy and difficult.

Our experience of interpersonal relationships, like our experience of anything and everything else, is subjective. One person’s reasonable expression of needs/concerns is another person’s emotionally manipulative drama. I would need to depose your boyfriend and his wife, TWO, to make a determination and issue a ruling.

That said … It’s a really bad

sign that your boyfriend’s wife compared eating in a restaurant you visited with him to fucking a hole that someone else just fucked, i.e., “sloppy seconds.” It has me wondering whether your boyfriend’s wife is really into the poly thing.

Some people are poly under duress (PUD), i.e., they agreed to open up a marriage or relationship not because it’s what they want, but because they were given an ultimatum: We’re open/poly or we’re over. In a PUD best-case scenario, the PUD partner sees that their fears were overblown, discovers that poly/open works for them, embraces openness/polyamory, and is no longer a PUD. But PUDs who don’t come around (or haven’t come around yet) will engage in small acts of sabotage to signal their unhappiness — their perfectly understandable unhappiness. They didn’t want to be open/poly in the first place and are determined to prove that open/poly was a mistake and/or punish their ultimatumissuing partner. The most common form of PUD sabotage? Making their primary partner’s secondary partner(s) feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.

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