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The Q deal died, and three days later rose again

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Q DEAL REVIVED IN FRENZY OF NEGOTIATIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

THIS WEEK

THE GREATER CLEVELAND Congregations, a regional faith-based coalition, is now scrambling to put an adequate spin on the latest news: They have withdrawn their petitions seeking a referendum on the Q Deal; in doing so, Dan Gilbert and the Cavs have returned to the negotiating table; and the renovation will now resume exactly as planned, without the intervention of voters. (This the current assumption anyway, as of a Sept. 1 print deadline.)

The death of the deal, announced last Monday — which marked the first time nationwide that activist groups had triumphed over a sports owner seeking public subsidies — was fleeting. It now seems almost fake.

Shortly after the Cavs issued their statement declaring the deal dead, two religious leaders got in touch with GCC on behalf of county

executive Armond Budish, advising that a window still existed. They thought they could get the Cavs back to the table and still get construction underway before a Sept. 15 deadline imposed by the NBA. Construction on the arena upgrades had to start by that date, the NBA said, if Cleveland were to remain in contention as a host city for an All-Star Game in 2020 or 2021.

Budish’s “intermediaries” negotiated with GCC and affirmed Budish’s commitment to mental health crisis centers. The crisis centers — one on the west side, one on the east — had been central to GCC’s proposed community equity fund from the beginning. GCC also sought workforce training pipelines and capital investments in neighborhoods.

GCC told Scene last week that the commitment from the county was,

as of yet, not a concrete financial commitment. But the county had expressed interest in them. GCC said they intend to hold the county to their commitments, even though nothing firm is in place. These commitments are from the county exclusively, not from the city — nor, indeed from Dan Gilbert himself. (GCC initially wanted Gilbert to contribute millions of dollars personally toward the Community Equity Fund).

“As much as we have done, we recognize there is much more to do, and we are committed to doing more throughout the county (including pursuing additional facilities and services for substance abuse and mental health crises), subject to the availability of resources and determinations of the best practice to follow,” Budish wrote in a letter to GCC. GCC called the Cavs’ declaration

on Monday a “power move” which undercut their leverage. But who needs leverage? Scene asked. Hadn’t this chess game just been won?

Evidently not. GCC maintained that they didn’t want the deal to implode. They never did. Their intent had always been to find a better deal, to attain community benefits for Cleveland’s neighborhoods and to make sure that citizens voices are part of the equation in processes like these. GCC said the activist effort in this deal has changed the status quo, especially in the context of big development projects.

To some degree, GCC may be correct. The Cleveland corporate community is surely on notice that they won’t be able to get sweetheart deals without an aggressive response from the community.

But in other ways, the calculation was a divisive one. GCC had been

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Nation’s second pizza ATM opens in Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University. Psychology professors will be on-site to study what causes a person to use a pizza ATM.

Cleveland Clinic announces new CEO, Tom Mihaljevic. Administrative source tells Scene that Toby Cosgrove had a case of whoopee cushions delivered to his office the next day.

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UPFRONT vilified as scheming extortionists by the pro-deal side and will now be vilified as sell-outs by their opposition allies. Members of other opposition groups, like the SEIU and the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus, are dismayed, if not furious.

Some feel betrayed, sold out.

One activist told Scene that they spent hours collecting signatures for the referendum in order to “kill the deal, not help GCC make a deal.” The county’s commitment to investigating the costs of crisis centers — itself a tiny fraction of what GCC initially hoped to attain — is in any event considered to be vastly less important than the victory for democracy that has been short-circuited.

Steve Holecko, political director for CCPC, released a statement Thursday saying that GCC had “stolen” this victory from those who fought so hard for it.

“Although GCC may have had a legal right to negotiate a deal and withdraw the referendum petitions they had a moral obligation to at least consult with CCPC and the other activist organizations that helped gather the 20,000 signatures before any deal was made,” the statement said. “We are extremely disappointed in today’s turn of events which has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.”

The behind-the-scenes negotiating casts Dan Gilbert’s Thursday tweet in a new light. Gilbert said he would never take the Cavs from Cleveland and called threats to the contrary “silly rumors.”

But it appears, a few days removed, that the tweet was composed with full knowledge that the deal was coming back, that his Transformation will indeed happen, and that now there won’t be anyone to stop it. — Sam Allard

IRISHTOWN BEND PROJECT INCHES CLOSER TO REALITY Long in the works and much talked-about, the Irishtown Bend project received conceptual approval at a Sept. 1 Planning Commission meeting. Located along the crook of the Cuyahoga River nearest to Merwin’s Wharf, the unstable hillside of Irishtown Bend holds promise for city and neighborhood stakeholders envisioning a 17-acre park.

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farmstand, a “sledding meadow,” a canopy walk and connection to the Red Line Greenway, a “maritime theater” overlooking the city, and archaeological and historical sites to pair with beautified gardens.

The history of Irishtown Bend settlements would be proudly displayed throughout the park.

(Tucked beneath the Japanese knotweed along the hillside, it’s very possible that there are foundations for those early structures awaiting discovery.)

“From where it started in April to where it is today, it’s evolved a great deal,” Ohio City Inc. executive director Tom McNair tells Scene.

While the hillside’s threat of “imminent collapse” and general danger prompted planning to begin in the early 2000s, the latest vision began in earnest after OCI and other partners corralled muchneeded grant money to secure land ownership.

It’s an ambitious plan with as-yet-

DIGIT WIDGET 30.7 Gap between percentage of white homeownership and minority homeownership in Cleveland in 2015, the seventh largest gap among major metro areas.

10,000+ Attendees who packed South Bass Island for Toby Keith’s concert at Put-in-Bay last Thursday night.

$201,000 Cash raised by Frank Jackson’s campaign since mid-July, far more than all other candidates in the mayoral race combined.

6 Number of the 26 men on Death Row scheduled to be executed

by Ohio through 2021 who suffer from mental illness, according to a Harvard Law School report.

unknown costs, but the first order of business will take care of the nagging problem of a dangerous slope. Prior to any park installations, the plan calls for a $50-million land stabilization job, funded mostly by the Port Authority and state grants.

Once the pure grading of the land is taken care of, OCI looks forward to implementing the above vision.

The stabilization work was inevitable, what with the possibility of disrupting the region’s $3.5-billion maritime industry.

McNair says that the safety upgrade presented a unique juncture for city stakeholders: “Maybe there’s an opportunity here to not just look at this as stabilization — and we know we need to do that, that is the root of it all — but maybe we look at this as an opportunity to create a civic space around the hillside.”

Multiple public meetings took place this year; a well-attended meeting at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts will once again welcomed public feedback.

There is, through all of this, the human side of the coin. Public and transitional housing lines the top of the hillside (and further north along West 25th), where OCI has taken measures to include those residents in the planning. McNair pointed out that this vision represents the first waterfront park in the country tied intimately to public housing.

And an estimated 25 people live in Irishtown Bend itself. Over the past 20 years or so, anywhere from 20 to 40 people have called the forested area home, arranging their lives in tents and ad-hoc structures among the brush. “It’s been an important refuge for the homeless community for a long time,” Chris Knestrick says. The executive director of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless says that those residents’ individual wishes have so far been left out of the planning process.

The general idea right now is to move those residents into permanent supportive housing through the county. OCI has been working with Cuyahoga County’s homeless services and with other agencies (FrontLine, the ADAMHS board) to find a housing solution for the inevitably displaced population.

Knestrick’s contention is that the federal Uniform Act demands what would be about $18,000 to help fund the residents’ relocation. Because federal dollars will be used in a later portion of the project — specifically the extension of the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail — that triggers a Uniform Act response.

But with the Port’s land stabilization phase preceding any of that trail work, relocation will need to take place before federal dollars enter the picture. The Port’s bulkhead work is expected to begin later this year. “[The current plan] doesn’t respect people’s agency to choose what they want to do,” Knestrick says, adding that NEOCH and other organizations are experienced in helping to create individualized relocation plans that might differ from person to person.

“Cleveland is not a city that displaces people. Our priority should be the people who are most vulnerable.”

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EUCLID OFFICER PULLED FROM STREETS Last week, five months after the shooting death of Luke Stewart, the Euclid Police Department placed officer Matthew Rhodes on “desk duty” — pulling him from active street duty.

We were told that this was a distinct possibility after a rally was held at the Euclid Municipal Building on Aug. 21, when protesters from Black Lives Matter Cleveland joined the Stewart family in pleading with mayor Kirsten Gail for answers.

Gail offered a solemn response and said that the state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation has completed its review of the Stewart case; it’s out of the city’s hands at this point. The case will be sent to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office for an impending grand jury hearing.

WKYC first reported on Rhodes’ move in a news story that also included — for the first time in local media — a brief, expository report from the video of the March 13 shooting. (“At one point, officers on scene could be heard suggesting they not use their radios,” according to the news station.)

The Stewart family was scheduled to meet with city leaders on Aug. 24, including police chief Scott Meyer. Scene learned that the meeting had been canceled; it’s unclear if or when the parties will meet in the future.

When we last spoke with the Stewart family, they were calling for a meeting within 48 hours of the Aug. 21 city council meeting. They have been waiting for that meeting since March. — Sandy

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THE OLD RIVALRY IS NEW AGAIN

By Cleveland Scene and Pittsburgh City Paper editorial staffs Photo by Erik Drost

SINCE 1999, WHEN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL RETURNED TO THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE, THE CLEVELAND BROWNS and the Pittsburgh Steelers have played each other 37 times, twice per year plus one playoff game. During that dismal span, the Browns have won only five times. Five. From Oct. 5, 2003 until Nov. 24, 2012, the Browns couldn’t manage a single victory over their quote unquote “rivals.”

What a farce. This once-vaunted sports rivalry has become a cruel and unusual joke, so perverted by the Steelers’ success and the Browns’ ineptitude that Pittsburgh fans are now known to occasionally root for the hapless Browns. It’s unreal. They root for us in the way that people root for the terminally ill. Good for the Browns, these mittened soup-slurping yokels have the audacity to patronize.

Eat a turd, Pittsburgh. We don’t want whatever the hell it is you think you’re offering: Compassion? Rust Belt allyship? Prayer?

Cleveland’s not above acknowledging that the football rivalry is a thing of the past. But it is part and parcel of an antagonism that is

LOCAL BOOZE

TIKI CULTURE

CLEVELAND Photo by Erik Drost Cleveland is home to the region’s best and most widely distributed craft beer: Great Lakes. The only brewery that comes close in the Midwest is Bell’s, maker of Oberon and TwoHearted. Is Bell’s in Pittsburgh? Of course not. It’s in Michigan, which is a god-forsaken state but somehow still way better than Pittsburgh. Do they even make beer in Pittsburgh?

It turns out they’ve got a swill factory that produces something called Iron City, which the Burghers are evidently very proud of, but it tastes like Keystone Light mixed with dishwater. Why is this even up for discussion? Cleveland has emerged as a microbrewery Oz, with nationally recognized ventures like Market Garden and Fat Heads, not to mention smaller innovative brewpubs mushrooming up across town. (They don’t even know how to buy booze in Pittsburgh. Is it any wonder that they haven’t figured out how to brew it?)

CLEVELAND Photo by Ken Blaze Porco Lounge and Tiki Room has so completely dazzled and dizzied Cleveland with their delicious and powerful Polynesian concoctions that the name has become an adjective unto itself: porcoed.

That’s just the half of the charm. It takes a lot to get Clevelanders to forget that they’re actually in Cleveland — the everpresent songs of angels and affordable housing are inescapable — but step into Porco and you’re instantly transported to a tropical oasis where everything is fun, tasty and filled with three shots of Stefan Was, Porco Lounge alcohol. Don’t believe us? Of course you don’t — you’re drunk on Rolling Rock.

Then take the word of all the bevy connoisseurs at the 2016 South Beach Wine and Food Festival who gave Porco the People’s Choice Award. And did we fail to mention they hold the record for making the world’s largest daiquiri? Next!

PITTSBURGH With another distillery or brewery opening up seemingly every week, it’s safe to say that Pittsburgh is a great place to enjoy a beverage while supporting your community. Rich with history going back to the development of rye whiskey and the rebellion that followed, Pittsburgh is a breeding ground for innovation informed by heritage. Distilleries like Boyd & Blair, Wigle Whiskey and the award winning Maggie’s Farm Rum offer something for everyone. And the city’s first-wave craft brewery, East End Brewing, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

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PITTSBURGH Recently called an “eccentric tiki mecca” by Punch Magazine, Pittsburgh is bursting with friendly faces behind the bar that are eager to bring the aloha spirit to the city’s bar patrons. Hidden Harbor in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood is the most recent bar to join the tiki drink slingers with tons of island decor and a collection of over 250 rums to choose from. Sip 20 selected rums on their “rum passport” and you’ll be admitted to the Dead Parrots Society.

And Tiki Lounge in the South Side has been whisking patrons away to tropical locales inside their bar since the early 2000s with the help of tiki classics and an indoor waterfall or two.

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only dormant, not dead. When the Cleveland Scene and the Free Times merged in 2008, the cover image depicted something unthinkable, something unnatural, something almost profane: a Browns player and a Steelers player locked in romantic embrace. It was horrific to behold.

Why? Because even though the current legitimacy of the football rivalry is an illusion, it has produced a deep and inbred antipathy, one that transcends sports.

So Pittsburgh, ye barbarous wasteland, we invite your alt-weekly’s greatest minds to match our wits on where this rivalry is headed now.

Rest uneasy in the knowledge that your garbage football team and the rapists thereon represent the only edge that your city has on ours.

Take your victories and your stupid field. Take your shitty city colors and your interminable hills. Take the fact that your entire civic identity consists of worshipping condiments. We’ll take the fact that we’re better in every other way.

And we’re happy to tell you why ...

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SIGNATURE SANDWICH

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CLEVELAND The Polish Boy transcends the already sacrosanct word “sandwich,” becoming in Cleveland an “experience” for all ages. It’s messy, and often requires at least a half day off work simply to deal with the postconsumption buzz alone. Shoutout to Seti’s, where we eat Polish Boys at a truck on the side of the road and love it. For you uncultured PA hillfolk, a Polish Boy is a sausage topped with coleslaw, fries and barbecue sauce, all tucked neatly into a bun. It’s beautiful. And not to get off-topic, but we’ve already got the excellent Panini’s, so we don’t need no ripoff Primanti Bros. to come around here thinking they’re hot shit n’at. Pass the napkins, please.

The Primanti’s sandwich The Polish Boy

PITTSBURGH I’m actually sort of embarrassed for you, Cleveland. You brag about your “signature sandwich”? You open up a package of Hillshire Farms, slip it into a hot dog bun and slap some Bullseye BBQ sauce on top. “Sad,” as our president would tweet. The Primanti’s sandwich is a work of art starting with the two best slices of Italian bread your pollution-muted tastebuds can imagine. Then you put those fresh-cut fries, vinegar-based coleslaw and fresh tomatoes on top of proteins ranging from corned beef and pastrami to steak and sardines. Also, you know we’re right because you have a shitty rip-off joint called Panini’s. Bottom line: If the Primanti’s sandwich had a mouth and fully functioning digestive tract, it would eat the Polish Boy alive and crap it out in the middle of Public Square, which really doesn’t matter because it looks the same coming out as it does going in. | clevescene.com | September 6 - 12, 2017

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CULTURAL CULT LTURAL DISTRICT

UNIVERSITIES

CLEVELAND CLE CL LEV EV VELA EL LAN AN ND Playhouse Square is the largest theater complex in the United States after New York’s Lincoln Center. The theaters there — the Ohio, the State, the Palace — are not only aesthetic marvels; annually, they host more touring Broadway productions than any other city east of Chicago. The local theatrical energy is electric as well, with adventurous community theaters emerging in the past decade. That’s all alongside Cleveland Public Theatre, one of the country’s most highly regarded theaters for new and experimental work; and, of course, Karamu House, in Fairfax, the oldest African-American theater in the United States. In Pittsburgh, we understand they’ve given up on live theater because they all decided it was too hard to memorize their lines.

CLEVELAND CLE CL LEV EV VELA EL LAN AN ND The university landscapes in Cleveland and Pittsburgh are remarkably similar, with one key distinction: Cleveland’s colleges are much better.

Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon is ranked slightly higher than Cleveland’s Case Western in the U.S. News and World Reportt rankings, but nobody reads U.S. News and World Reportt anymore because it’s become a destitute sell-sword publication good only for stroking the egos of colleges and hospitals and used cars. Cleveland State is on the rise, while Pitt’s only claim to fame is being named after the smelliest body part. Oberlin, natch, is the wokest of the woke.

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PITTSBURGH PIT PI ITT IT TTS TSB GH Do they still have polio in Cleveland?

Didn’t think so. You can thank the University of Pittsburgh’s Jonas Salk for that one, who developed the vaccine in ’55 and gave it to the world gratis (that means free, for our Ohioan friends). Down the street, Carnegie Mellon University is leading the world in robotics and artificial intelligence, while churning out Tony Award-winning actors. Credit where it’s due: Oberlin’s a pretty good school. Facts where they’re needed: it’s 40 miles outside the 216.

Quite a reach there. Why not rope in Xavier and Ohio State while you’re at it?

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Pitt Cathedral

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PITTSBURGH PIT PI ITT IT TTS RGH GH Pittsburgh’s downtown is modestly sized, but culturally, it’s as loaded with talent as the Steelers receiving corps. Our symphony regularly tours Europe, and our ballet and opera companies are top-notch. The district boasts three accomplished theater troupes, three grand performance halls, an art-house cinema, several cutting-edge art galleries, a comedy theater, and the newly reborn August Wilson Center, focusing on African-American culture. It’s got a nationally known museum of cartoon art. The district’s bar-and-restaurant scene draws national media attention, all within walking distance of three pro-sports venues. And every summer, thanks to Anthrocon, there are more furries on this little patch of real estate than can be found in some developed countries.

CELEBRITY ALUMS CLEVELAND CLE CL LEV AN ND Hey, is anyone on your list named Harvey Pekar? No? Okay, then we’re done talking. Celebrities come from all over, their geographical origins irrelevant to their rise, really, since it’s their talent and ego that propel them on their path to stardom. Paul Newman wasn’t a better actor or more marketable because he grew up in Northeast Ohio any more than Gene Kelly y could credit his ascension to the A-list to his origins in Pittsburgh. Ah, but Harvey Pekar, the man who drew fans worldwide through his comic books and frequent appearances on David Letterman. The man who was famous because of, and whose talent resided in, his city. It made him, and he made it. You can’t come close to claiming such a dominant cultural figure who divined the ordinary straight from the veins of his surroundings. Also, you gave the world Jay Mariotti, and for that you will never be forgiven.

CLEVELAND ND Sure, you guys have some impressive bridges. But where’s the imagination? Where’s the panache? They’re all thematically colored to match your teams, but we’ll overlook that flaw for now. Here in Cleveland we put up mighty statues to technological wonders on our bridges. We house old streetcar rails under ours and provide the city’s wonderful residents annual tours thereof. We honor guys like Bob Hope with our bridges, American icons who brought joy to untold scores of the Greatest Generation. And when the public works crew isn’t looking, we paint lovely elegies to friendship on the sides of those bridges.

PITTSBURGH PIT PI ITT IT TTS RGH GH n and Mister Rogers Producing such treasures as Singin’ in the Rain Neighborhood d is just the tip of Pittsburgh’s celebrity iceberg. Film-anddance icon Gene Kelly was born and raised in Pittsburgh and Fred Rogers, from nearby Latrobe, produced his children’s show at Pittsburgh’s WQED television station for 35 years. In Cleveland, getting your face onto a Chef Boyardee can of shitty pasta is enough to be a celebrity. Pittsburgh can also claim a Batman (Michael Keaton), a dinosaur wrangler (Jeff Goldblum), a pop diva (Christina Aguilera), a Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and one of the county’s most well-known billionaires, Mark Cuban.

PITTSBURGH PIT PI IT IT TT TSB GH TS According to a 2006 study, Pittsburgh has 446 bridges. How do you even compete with that? But we don’t just top Cleveland in numbers alone.

Our bridges are also really cool. The Roberto Clemente Bridge isn’t just named for a baseball great. On big game days, we shut it down so baseball fans can get to the ballpark. We also host entire festivals on our bridges, like the annual Picklesburg. And right now the Rachel Carson Bridge is home to 27,000 multicolored LED lights as part of a temporary light display run by wind turbines. That’s right. Our bridges also generate energy.

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CLEVELAND CLE CL LEV EV ND Cleveland has a national reputation for imbecilic traffic engineers — one in particular — so do consider our handicap at a maximum. That said, we’ve got something called “guerilla stripers,” local transit activists, apparelled a laa cat burglars, who paint bike lanes on streets in the dead of night to force the city’s hand. What a cool, participatory citizenry! That’s way cooler than anything Pittsburgh’s got, which as far as we can tell is just a responsive, compassionate city government that prioritizes things like sustainability and transit equity. What a bunch of squares.

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No one in Cleveland believes that we have an accent, though we’ll quietly admit that we each have a great-aunt who pronounces “off” like “ahf.” It’s cute, and we’re all in on the gag. Plus it’s always a fun bar debate, because we’re lighthearted and easily understood people. Yinz over in Pittsburgh may as well be speaking a drunken form of Orcish. Are you intentionally slurring your words when you plead down your DUIs or is that just normal Mondaymorning banter? Readers: We had to hire a very expensive translator for our calls with the City Paperr staff, and we’re still not sure if they’re a legit paper or some sort of 1-900 outfit with a lust for writers.

PITTSBURGH PIT PI ITT IT TTS TSB GH If hearing the way Pittsburghers say “out” as “aht” or “you all” as “yinz” doesn’t bring a smile to your face, then you’re not human. Our accent is so distinct and beloved that regional grocery store chain, Giant Eagle, used to have video-rental stores called “Iggle Video,” corresponding to our phonetic pronunciation of “eagle.” Elocution is for suckers. Pittsburghers embrace efficiency when speaking; no one can talk more and speak faster than Yinzers. Why say three syllables in “slippery” when “slippy” will do?

“Bologna” is unphonetic, so just say “jumbo.” If you want to talk proper and d precise, you’re probably a jagoff from Cleveland.

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PITTSBURGH PIT PI IT IT TT TS RGH GH It may seem like Pittsburghers hate bike lanes, but they don’t. Mayor Bill Peduto’s 2017 mayoral campaign opponents basically argued bike lanes were responsible for Pittsburgh’s troubles, but Peduto won the primary in a landslide. Pittsburgh now has about 45 miles of bike lanes, including more than 4 miles of protected lanes. Penn Avenue’s protected lane in downtown sometimes gets more than 1,000 riders a day. And our Great Allegheny Passage trail provides 335 miles of car-free travel from downtown Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. All Clevelanders can do is loop the half mile around Public Square on their training wheels.

AMUSEMENT PA PARKS CLEVELAND CLE CL LEV EV VELA EL LAN AN ND When the esteemed Golden Ticket awards debuted their 2016 list of best wood and steel coasters in the world, you all probably felt tickled to see four of Kennywood’s rides on the list. How utterly and adorably cute. The kind of accolades usually reserved for kiddie parks. Maybe a town whose idea of thrills is avoiding Ben Roethlisberger in public bathrooms thinks that’s fun.

Cedar Point, meanwhile, clocked in with seven nods from the Golden Ticket voters who probably didn’t bestow more awards for the king of all amusementt parks because they still couldn’t feel their brains or hands after getting off the iconic Millennium Force.

Listen: The Terminal Tower is one of the most iconic buildings between Willard and Empire. It’s a near-perfect representation of all a metropolis can be. Then – then! – we built a modern rendition on the design with Key Tower.

We googled “Pittsburgh skyline” and just got some images of an old Tower of London Lego set strewn across a kitchen floor. Is that a backyard castle playhouse, guys? We’ve got so much choice architecture in Cleveland that we literally let it sit unused, like the Arcade, a monument only to aesthetic grandeur and food-court dining. Goodness gracious, even our downtown grocery story is the stuff of Instagram architecture porn. It’s hard to match that when everything is painted black and yellow; it’s okay.

PITTSBURGH PIT PI ITT IT TTS TSB GH If we’re talking sports metaphors, sure, Cleveland might take a couple of games in a best-of-seven series. Frank Gehry’s Peter B. Lewis building at Case Western edges out Scogin and Elam’s Gates Center at CMU for best 21st century building. And Koning Eizenberg’s Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh versus Farshid Moussavi’s Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland could come down to a call at the plate. But Pittsburgh’s turn of the 20th century buildings, such as the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Frick Building, surpass Cleveland comparables, and our vernacular housing in the picturesque landscape is unmatched. Most importantly, the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail is our series-ending walk-off home run.

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PITTSBURGH PIT PI IT IT TT TS RGH GH No matter how old you are, every Pittsburgher knows the feeling you get when you’re on your way to Kennywood and you see the tips of the highest rollercoasters. It’s a thing of beauty. We don’t need chrome rollercoasters. Nothing beats the old-timey charm of the Jack Rabbit, Racer and Thunderbolt. And a great amusement park is about more than just the rides. The food at Kennywood is where it’s at. Around Pittsburgh, Potato Patch fries with a healthy serving of cheese and bacon on top are the stuff of legend. We spend the whole winter salivating over them.

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MUSIC CLEVELAND We’re known almost singularly on the national stage for rock ’n’ roll (to say nothing of the Browns’ factory of sadness), and we back it up nightly in any one of our 174 music venues across the city. Hell, we even host shows in living rooms and basements and ad agency offices. (See more below, folks.)

We’re home to one of the greatest concerts of all time — Springsteen in ’78 — and still our local bands very nearly outstrip the Boss of his title on the reg.

We might not have Nashville’s Broadway Avenue, but neither does Pittsburgh.

You guys may lay claim to some serious jazz heavyweight DNA, but we’re a blues town and we’ll always take our 12 bars with stiff drinks at 12 different bars — and we’ll do it in one evening.

Paddleboarding on the river in Pittsburgh

WATERFRONT CLEVELAND Pittsburgh’s downtown is called the Golden Triangle, which is a truly aberrant sexual reference we’d rather not discuss just now. It’s got rivers.

Big deal. Cleveland has a river, and a lake too. A Great Lake, complete with beaches and other lakefront amenities, like sailing. Like the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers in Pittsburgh, the Cuyahoga River offers watersports like standup paddleboarding, kayaking and the like. But Cleveland’s has an additional extreme-sports edge: Watercraft users get the thrill of dodging the Great Lakes freighters that chart their southward course toward ArcelorMittal Steel on a daily basis, making for sublime photo ops and a perfect blend of commerce and recreation that dramatizes the city’s diversified resurgence.

PITTSBURGH To be honest, we didn’t think a backwards town like Cleveland would have such a cool new sport like standup paddleboarding, but after some research, it appears you do. But you know what you don’t have? Surfing. Oh wait; you have that too? And you do it on a lake with real waves instead of the manmade ones we create off the back of a boat? Whatever. Our three rivers still beat your one. And none of ours have ever caught on fire.

MOVIES CLEVELAND Both Cleveland and Pittsburgh have played prominent roles in major superhero movie franchises. Significant portions of both The Avengers and Captain America: Winter Soldier were shot in Cleveland. Pittsburgh was converted to Gotham for the The Dark Knight Rises. Cleveland, with its verdant landscape and rich architectural diversity, was converted to Stuttgart, Germany; Washington, D.C.; and New York City for the films.

Pittsburgh was just sort of a droopy dimestore Chicago that everyone preferred in The Dark Knight. Cleveland has bent over backwards for the film industry — you could argue almost too much so, what with the closure of the Shoreway for Winter Soldier — but our city is obviously much nicer and more photogenic: All the best scenes from Dark Knight Rises took place underground.

PITTSBURGH There is more to a city’s film scene than simply subbing in for a fake comic-book town. Pittsburgh has movies actually set in Pittsburgh, a character in itself. Like Flashdance: She’s a welder by day, stripper by night, and a ballerina at heart; there is no greater Rust Belt queen. For eggheads, we got Wonder Boys: With great universities come rumpled professors and wine parties. Other brains come serious — Concussion asks how you tell a football town that the sport is killing its heroes — or for dinner in the genredefining Night of the Living Dead. Striking Distance is a cheesy cop actioner set on — ahem — three rivers. Oh, and Sudden Death, because Pittsburgh has a hockey team.

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PITTSBURGH Where would modern jazz’s rhythm section be without Pittsburgh?

Nowhere, that’s where. From the early work of drummer Art Blakey, bassist Ray Brown and a handful of pianists — Errol Garner, Horace Parlan, Sonny Clark — to modern drummers like ex-pat Jeff “Tain” Watts and hometown denizen David Throckmorton, the Steel City has contributed more to the music’s foundation than the Mistake by the Lake. We’ve birthed countless horn players (which could fill this space), not to mention the musicians that nurture on and off the bandstand, from Roger Humphries and Nelson Harrison to Joe Negri. While the Burgh loves its past, we’re not resting on our swinging laurels either.

DIY SCENE CLEVELAND For a time, Cleveland played host to one of the great underground punk venues in the Midwest: Speak In Tongues, which now bears legendary status in local lore and which spawned several awesome DIY spots around town.

We now hang out at Now That’s Class or any number of house shows, where dedicated guys and gals put up touring bands and pass around a beat-up Tribe hat for gas money. We’re not sure what passes for DIY in Pittsburgh, if only because we’re too busy cleaning up the basement from last night. (Don’t you Pittsburgh people all have toilets in all your basements? That’s actually pretty cool.)

PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh’s DIY scene has always evoked reactions of starry-eyed fascination. We’ve got artfully crafted flyers, venues from houses to warehouses to galleries to bars to a cooperative all-ages space. Local labels range from tape labels to full works with PR folks and marketing campaigns. There are so many good bands here, there’s not enough space to write about all of them. Any given night, there are multiple shows happening. How much time do you have? I’m just scratching the surface. I’ll sit here all day and tell you what I love about our DIY scene. It’s that damn good.

MUSEUMS CLEVELAND We could go on and on about the entire district of museums on the east side, but we’ll narrow the focus now to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Its iconic design (from world-renowned I.M. Pei) is instantly recognizable to anyone who’s spent a night of teenage joyriding with the Stones on the stereo. It’s a Day 1 agenda item for any visit to Cleveland, and we’re damn proud that it stands tall at the top of our city. Whattaya got?

Warhol? A can of Campbell’s chicken noodle? If soup is art for you people, then maybe we should just get back to the football talk.

PITTSBURGH As if it weren’t enough to celebrate the life, works and legacy of a native son who’s merely one of the most influential artists ever, the Warhol is North America’s largest single-artist museum. Visitors from around the world traverse seven floors of exhibits, ranging from archival material from Andy’s childhood to his epochal soup-can paintings and beyond. Catch his groundbreaking film and video works on demand, see temporary exhibits noting his inescapable influence on latter-day giants like Ai Weiwei, and even — if it’s rock ’n’ roll you’re into — learn about Andy’s crucial role in the career of a little band called the Velvet Underground.

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OTHER FOOTBALL LEAGUES

CLEVELAND “No matter how events of the [1960s] are reported or analyzed, Cleveland will always be the first major American city to have elected a black mayor, and Carl Stokes will have been that first black Mayor.” — Estelle Zannes.

PITTSBURGH Cleveland can probably name just one important figure (like their one measly sports title), but our social justice reach is far reaching.

Without Rachel Carson, it’s easy to imagine a world where everyone’s a climate-change denier. Carson’s book Silent Spring g is often credited with kickstarting modern environmentalism. Without Pittsburgh native August Wilson, it’s easy to imagine a world with far fewer powerful black voices.

Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning plays gave theatergoers empowered African-American characters willing to tackle racial stereotypes. And Andy Warhol was openly gay well before it was socially acceptable and his art unapologetically portrayed LGBTQ folks as the beautiful subjects they are.

STAR ATHLETES CLEVELAND With all due respect ... Nevermind. No respect given. Seriously, come the fuck on. Even though Pittsburgh’s only relevant experience with professional basketball comes from the too-shitty-to-even-be-campy 1981 film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (the plot: a struggling basketball team takes the advice of an astrologer who claims that having only players who are Pisces on the team is the recipe for success), we assume you still have the internet and television and are vaguely aware of LeBron James. Maybe you even have a movie theater where you’ve seen him deliver showstopping cameos and supporting actor roles alongside Hollywood’s biggest names. Or has your horoscope warned you not to leave the house the last decade? We just assume that’s how you make all your important decisions.

CLEVELAND Ah, and we return to football, the genesis of the rivalry. And without hesitation or equivocation, we can say that the Cleveland Gladiators, our lovable arena football squad — owned by noted, petulant huckster Dan Gilbert — which has never won the AFL championship, is far superior to the Pittsburgh Passion, your women’s pro team that has — let us just check the history books one second — yes, won a championship, been the first female team with a game broadcast on a major sports network, and once enjoyed a 23-game winning streak over three seasons. I think our case really makes itself here.

PITTSBURGH Thanks, Cleveland, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. One of these is competitive tackle football, played at a high level by passionate athletes, outdoors in the elements. The other is played by a bunch of hasbeens and never-weres in the same arena as the Foghat reunion tour the night before. The Pittsburgh Passion is a venerable franchise in women’s professional football. The Cleveland Gladiators is a nomadic AFL team that came from New Jersey by way of Las Vegas. Formed in 2002, the Passion, co-owned by trailblazer Theresa Conn and former Steeler Franco Harris, have won three world titles and two division titles. Team leader Lisa Horton — yes, I know she’s from fucking Berea — is more talented and more successful than any Browns quarterback of the past 15 years.

As for why the Cleveland Gladiators suck? It’s football played in a fucking gym. We have that here, it’s called high school P.E.

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ALL THAT BEING SAID …

The Crosby Parade

PITTSBURGH LeBron James and Sid Crosby. Few people would argue that these two guys are the best in their respective sports. Both men have won multiple world championships and MVP titles. So, let’s talk intangibles. Loyalty: In his first foray into free agency, Crosby signed a long-term deal to stay in Pittsburgh until 2025; James left for Miami during a vomit-inducing announcement special on ESPN called “The Decision” and he’s probably leaving again after the upcoming season. Drama: Crosby brings none. The Penguins fire a coach, hire a bad one, fire him and hire a good one. In all three situations, Sid the Kid played his heart out and did his job. LeBron wasn’t a fan of former coach David Blatt, despite Blatt getting the team to the finals the year before, and reportedly applied pressure to get him fired. And, finally, footwork: Crosby can skate. Skating is much harder than running. Although James is a better runner. You’ll see that when he runs to join the Lakers next year.

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If we can’t have the football rivalry — and our team certainly threw that one out the window years ago — then we can sure as hell have everything else we’ve gone through, Pittsburgh.

Like you, we’re a gritty stock built on industrial dreams and shot-and-a-beer hopes. We just happen to have better drinks here.

The pain and misery we experience on Sundays (yes, only Sundays, because everyone agrees primetime audiences on Monday and Thursday nights should never be subjected to the Browns) is eclipsed daily by the inventive fountains of culture and community that we’ve built on every street corner and in the booths of every restaurant in town. You can’t imagine how much fun we’re having. Our mustard’s better too, obviously.

But, and we should be very clear on this, you’re all right too.

In fact — aw, hell, Pittsburgh — we love ya. You’re like the kid brother we used to holler for when we needed a second player in Goldeneye. You’re doing great things over there, and we like to visit every now and then. Your riverfront is an example of good development, and we’ve been leaving long, rambling messages on our mayor’s direct line every weekend to remind him that he too should pay a visit to the banks of the Allegheny and learn something.

We’ll still demand that your bartenders put the Cavs game on, and we’ll still begrudgingly watch the Pens after being called “jagoffs.” But between the weird vocabulary you’re spouting and the ass-backward traffic patterns, we’re ecstatic to share this incredibly important scene@clevescene.com rivalry, whatever stupid form it takes. t@clevelandscene

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Mallorie Freeman explores her past

By Dott von Schneider WE ARE AT THE STUDIO OF ARTIST Mallorie Freeman in Asiatown. “Fire Fish is coming up in October,” she says. Fire Fish, spearheaded by James Levin and Joan Perch, is a festival held in Lorain, where Freeman and artistic partner Sean Jason Kelly are two of many artists creating installations in vacant store fronts and vacant spaces. The idea is to bring people in to Lorain to see something more than empty lots and abandoned buildings. At the end of the festival, children create a giant fish that they float down the river and set on fire.

“It was a great experience for me,” Freeman says of last year’s fest. “I love doing installations. We had never worked together before Rooms to Let and we didn’t care who came or if it was seen; we just wanted to work on an installation together and it was great.” This year Freeman and Kelly will be participating again. “We’re thinking potentially chocolate, dead animals, potentially hair … we’re just going to let it evolve naturally

because he’s a natural evolver with his work and I am a planner, so we’re going to meet in the middle and make something.”

Quickly we switch gears on the conversation and find ourselves rooting through layers of photos on her coffee table. “We’re going to listen to the Thunderball soundtrack,” states Freeman as she places the vinyl on her record player. As Tom Jones warbles through the speaker, Freeman gets down to brass tacks about the subject of her next series of work: the pop songstress Mer-Lyn, who also happens to be the artist’s mother; and, as you might have guessed, the photos on the coffee table are all Mer-Lyn. Freeman begins her pitch: “The concept behind this work is my own perception: imagined and remembered or hazy memories; recollections; and through stories from my family, my mother’s singing career. She never talked about it. It was unspoken. I held on to it for a while and I didn’t want to talk about it. I wasn’t ready to tell that

Mallorie Freeman’s mom, the songstress Mer-Lyn

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story and then I started looking at the pictures and someone gave me a photo album, and I was like … yeah. Gonna need to tell this story.”

The artist had never seen some of the photos of Mer-Lyn, but she knew she had to paint them in some capacity. Soon she was talking about her mom more and started really digging into research about her when she found her 45 record on Ebay. Then the moment of clarity set in where she realized that there are more people in the world that know things about MerLyn. The record she had found turned out to cost $200. She didn’t buy that one, but then found someone who was selling 100 45s for $100. “So I emailed the guy and I told him that there is one record he has that was my mother and that guy let me buy it for $10.”

Mer-Lyn’s career had her touring nightclubs around the country. A flyer for Toby’s Oak Grove in Lafayette, Louisiana, describes her as “a petite young songstress on her first supper club tour … . Though small in stature, she wails and belts out a song with a big strong voice. Her stage presence is just the right touch of coquettish innocence mixed with downright sexual charisma that tugs at the heart and minds of every red blooded guy in the room.”

She used to sing at the Versailles Penthouse Club near East 55th and Euclid, which was a hotel that had a nightclub. Freeman also revealed that the racketeer, Paul “Skinny” D’Amato, “Mr. Atlantic City” himself, wrote a book about the 500 Club and her mother was mentioned in that.

“They used to refer to my mom as the Oriental Songstress,” Freeman says. Finding this bit of information

added fuel to the fire, further pushing her pursuit.

We start listening to an all-female group named the Tokyo Happy Coats that Mer-Lyn would occasionally team up with and then to more of the songstress herself. As we listened to her voice belting through the studio, we spoke of parental death and the chrysalis into adulthood we unwillingly inherit. We expound on the mystery of who our parents really are and how we construct our memories of who they were before we entered the scene, “She was singing before I was born,” says Freeman. “She wanted to end her career because she wanted to have a family, because she was tired of touring 24/7. It felt like she had no life. She was plucked right out of high school and graduated on the road.”

Freeman’s determination for this latest work is just a sample of her artistic ethos. She is a strong visual artist known for her hyperattention to detail and painstaking care through the development of her work, whether it be through her pulp fictional-style paintings or her famed “tumble weaves” series, in which she gathered abandoned wigs and weaves from the streets of Cleveland, cleaned them with care and created prints based on the mystery behind them.

Freeman next will be giving Mer-Lyn her due and we look forward to the big reveal.

You can follow the artist on Instagram @malloriefreemanart or visit her website at malloriefreeman.com.

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ICELANDIC AUTEUR BALTASAR Kormakur directs and stars in The Oath, a psychological thriller-slashfamily-drama that opens Friday exclusively at the Capitol Theatre.

Fans of Denis Villeneuve’s 2013 film Prisoners will be head over heels for this one: The film features no shortage of drugs, carnage (both sterile and not) and snow.

Finnur (Kormakur) is a respected surgeon and family man, living a life straight out of Best Life magazine on the outskirts of Reykjavík: He’s healthy, wealthy and wise, etc. He lives with his second wife and young daughter in a sleek and modern home. He is the owner of multiple high-performance bicycles and trains rigorously for triathlons, or else for the satisfaction of setting personal records. After the early death of his father, though, we see that Finnur has a problem.

His daughter Anna (Hera Hillmar) is in rough shape. She has dropped out of college and is clearly using drugs. What’s worse, she’s got a new boyfriend, an older guy named Ottar (Gísli Örn Garðarsson), who consorts with Reykjavik’s seediest underbelly and deals drugs from his pad where Anna now regularly stays. Anna is desperately in love with Ottar, she tells her dad, but Finnur’s convinced he’s all wrong for her. He attempts to nail Ottar in a drug bust, but his plans go awry, and Ottar warns him that he must cough up a substantial sum or else face the wrath of angry kingpins.

Money is not the issue for this svelt and sensitive surgeon: He tries to use the payback as a bargaining chip. He’ll pay for the lost drugs, he tells Ottar, if Ottar leaves his

daughter alone. When the plan backfires, Finnur takes matters into his own hands. He concocts and executes a crime with the aid of his medical knowledge, but it quickly spins out of control. (The film’s title is taken from the Hippocratic Oath, which physicians used to profess when they began their medical practice.)

The script is taut and, at its best, almost mercilessly tense. In one scene, Finnur must bike from his father’s secluded home to the hospital in town to legitimize an alibi. (He can’t go by car, because it was used in the crime.) When he arrives, he must perform an invasive surgery on a 9-year-old child. It’s an edge-ofyour-seat sequence.

Still, the film veers dangerously toward the unpleasant — it has none of the guilty fun, for example, of the otherwise preposterous Taken franchise. Nor are the exploits and the investigation of a hapless criminal rescued from tragedy via eccentricity, a la Fargo. Here, the violence is more intimate, more plausible. And the crime is vicious.

Visually, The Oath is crisp and dark. The camera shows off Kormakur’s pedigree as an action movie alum — he directed the Mark Wahlburg vehicles Contraband and Two Guns, and 2015’s breathtaking Everest. Scenes of Finnur racing through the Icelandic countryside are sometimes as grandiose as an ad from the tourism bureau. Not since 2014’s Land Ho have we seen Iceland on such rich display.

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Tickets are $40, $30 for aquarium pass holders and $20 for designated drivers. (Niesel) 2000 Sycamore St., 216-862-8803, greaterclevelandaquarium.com.

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Gravity The thriller Gravity centers on the disaster that occurs when a seemingly routine spacewalk goes awry and a space shuttle is destroyed, leaving its two inhabitants stranded in space. The film screens tonight at 7 at the Cedar Lee Theatre as part of the Reel Science Series. The screening includes an introduction and Q&A hosted by Jason Davis, Planetarium Manager at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Tickets are $8. (Jeff Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 216-321-5411, clevelandcinemas.com.

ART

Adult Swim: Autumn Brews comes to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. See: Friday.

ART

Visiting Curator Talk Before its annual art book and ’zine fair takes over the building later this week, MOCA Cleveland hosts an insightful discussion with Jose Carlos Diaz, chief curator of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, at 7 tonight.

Diaz was recently included on Artsy’s list of the “20 Most Influential Young Curators in the United States,” and is currently working on his first solo museum show, an exhibition of work

by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri.

Before joining the Warhol Museum, Diaz served as curator of exhibitions at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach and worked at the Tate Liverpool and the Liverpool Biennial, as well as the Rubell Family Collection.

During his visit to Cleveland, Diaz also will participate in four studio visits with local artists. Admission to tonight’s talk is free. (Josh Usmani) 11400 Euclid Ave., 216-421-8671, mocacleveland.org.

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Keep Talking Keep Talking is an exciting storytellers program where locals can share their real-life experiences on a theme. The series offers attendees the chance to grab a drink and a dog while listening to some of their Cleveland neighbors tell tall tales.

The theme for tonight’s event is “Competition.” It starts at 8 p.m. at the Happy Dog in Gordon Square.

Admission is $5. (Niesel) 5801 Detroit Ave., 216-651-9474, happydogcleveland.com.

FILM

Slipknot: Day of the Gusano Slipknot: Day of the Gusano documents not only the masked band’s

Knotfest Mexico City performance but also the lives of the band’s fans. Better known as “maggots,” the group’s fans are some of the most loyal in the metal world. The film captures “the chaos, excitement and community” that the Iowa-based band has cultivated over the past 20-plus years. The film screens at 7:30 tonight at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $12.50. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.

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Heights Music Hop Heights Music Hop features a slew of bands performing for free in three separate Cleveland Heights business districts. First, Coventry Village will host performances tonight by a slew of acts such as Mourning [A] BLKStar, Archie Green and Teddy Boys will perform. Tomorrow, venues in Cedar Fairmount will host the shows, and venues in the Cedar Lee area will feature performances on Saturday.

Music begins at 6 p.m. today and tomorrow, and at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

A complete schedule of performers and venues is available on the website.

(Niesel) heightsmusichop.com.

ART

PhotoNow Presented for the fourth time, PhotoNow is a regional, juried exhibition of photography presented by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve at Tri-C Gallery East. Juried

by Los Angeles-based photographer Aline Smithson, PhotoNow 2017

features 75 photographs by 59 photographers selected from nearly 300 entries submitted by more than 80 artists. Overall, the selected works showcase a wide variety of photographic processes and subject matter, from traditional landscapes and portraiture to alternative processes, constructed images, double exposures, lensless photographs and more. PhotoNow opens with a reception and awards ceremony from 6 to 8:30 p.m. tonight and remains on view through Oct. 12. Admission is free. (Usmani) 4250 Richmond Rd., Highland Hills, 216-987-2095, artistsarchives.org.

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Adult Swim: Autumn Brews Tonight’s Adult Swim at the Greater Cleveland Aquarium provides a showcase for autumn beers. The beer tasting includes full after-hours access to the aquarium and features about 40 autumn beers and ciders, including Revolution Oktoberfest, Brew Kettle Oktoberfest, Great Lakes Brewing Company Oktoberfest, Boulevard Funkier Pumpkin, Fat Head’s Spooky Tooth, Jack O Traveler Pumpkin Shandy, Rivertowne Headless Wylie, Southern Tier Pumking, Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza, Jackie O’s Gose, Crooked Stave Petite Sour Blueberry, Boulevard Love Child #7 and Dogfish Head Seaquench.

Admission also includes hors d’oeuvres from Dank Diners (potato-cheddarand-ale soup shooter with asiago crostini, pulled pork slider with Gruyere, stout-braised sweet onions

Artist Lecture Series ArtHouse’s Artist Lecture Series invites the public to learn more about local artists directly from the artists themselves. Stop by from 7 to 8:30 tonight to learn more about painter and muralist Natalie Lanese. Lanese has completed murals at the Akron Art Museum and the University of Toledo’s Center for the Visual Arts, but Clevelanders may be more familiar with her work at Mahall’s, Survival Kit at 78th Street Studios, and downtown under the GVV Bridge overpass on Ontario Street. A native of Cleveland, Lanese completed her undergraduate studies at Xavier University in Cincinnati, before post-baccalaureate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University. She earned her MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Currently residing in Toledo, Lanese is an associate professor of art and gallery director at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. She works primarily in painting, collage and installation. Her work has been exhibited in the Scope International Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland, as well as Space Gallery in Portland, Maine, East Hampton, New York and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Admission is free. (Usmani) 3119 Denison Ave., 216-398-8556, arthouseinc.org.

ART

Bound: Art Book + ’Zine Fair 2017 Artist books and ’zines offer emerging voices a platform for uncensored and uncompromising self-expression. For the second year, MOCA Cleveland hosts a two-day festival dedicated to handmade and small print artists’ books, ’zines, comics and more. In addition to perusing work by ’zine and art book publishers, comics creators and photo book makers, guests can enjoy live music, DJ sets, readings, book signings and demonstrations.

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GET OUT tomorrow. At 8 tonight, Eris Drew, Half an Animal and Kiernan Paradise perform on the museum’s loading dock as part of its Loaded concert series.

Bound is free and open to the public, but admission is still required to view the current exhibitions. (Usmani) 11400 Euclid Ave, 2164218671, mocacleveland.org.

DANCE

Dance Showcase at Playhouse Square There may be jazz hands and pas

de deux aplenty tonight, when some of Northeast Ohio’s finest dance companies take the stage in this year’s annual Dance Showcase at Connor Palace. Riverdance will make a special appearance at the event that features performances by Elevated, Inlet Dance Theatre, Kent Dance Ensemble, Neos Dance Theatre, Sarah Savelli, Shri Kalaa Mandir, the Dancing Wheels Company, Verb Ballets and Viva Dance Studio. Performances begin at 7; tickets are free but reservations are required. Go to the Playhouse Square website for more information. (Niesel) 1615 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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SPORTS

Flat Out Fridays The East Bank of the Flats features a slew of great bars and restaurants.

To take advantage of the terrific riverfront location, the venues have partnered for Flat Out Fridays, a summer music series by the waterfront that includes sweet treats, beverages and other outdoor entertainment.

Tonight’s final Flat Out Friday runs from 6 to 10 p.m. and features music from Disco Inferno. Admission is free, and you can find the details on the website. (Niesel) 1055 Old River Rd., 202-628-0123, downtowncleveland.com.

Indians vs Baltimore Orioles After a tough August during which the Tribe faced off against some of the American League’s best teams, the Indians remained in first place. In fact, the team looked so sharp against the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, a return to the World Series looks like it might happen after all.

Tonight, the Tribe begins a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles, a team vying for a wild-card spot. The game begins at 7:10, and tickets start at $13. It’s also Sugardale Dollar Dog Night. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.

NIGHTLIFE

Mix: Interact Mix: Interact, at the Cleveland Museum of Art, offers guests an opportunity to explore the museum’s new ArtLens. Formerly known as Gallery One, the innovative, multifaceted experience includes four components. Guests can engage with masterworks through touchscreen-free interactives in ArtLens Exhibition, create original artwork in ArtLens Studio, connect with the museum’s world-class permanent collection at the ArtLens Wall and enhance the entire museum experience with the ArtLens App. In addition to exploring ArtLens and the permanent collection galleries, guests can enjoy music and drinks in an animated atrium. Mix: Interact takes place from 6 to 10 tonight and is an 18-and-over event. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door and free for CMA members. Parking is available for $10 in the CMA’s garage. (Usmani) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

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NEO Cycle A bicycle and outdoor lifestyle festival held today, tomorrow and Sunday at Edgewater Park, NEOCycle features six unique races and rides and celebrates cycling in Northeast Ohio.

NEOCycle also includes a music festival. This year, indie rockers Strand of Oaks headline the festival.

Saintseneca, the Whiskey Hollow, Poro, Jul Big Green, the Mason District, Carlos Jones & the P.L.U.S. Band and many more acts will perform. Fans can check the website for the latest lineup and schedule. (Niesel) 6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway NW, clevelandmetroparks.com.

ART

Two Art Openings The latest photography exhibition at the Cleveland Print Room pairs Cleveland photographer Laura

Ruth Bidwell with New York Citybased photographer Lissa Rivera.

Perhaps better known as co-founder of Transformer Station, Bidwell is both an active photographer and avid art collector. At the Cleveland Print Room, Bidwell showcases her Gratiot series, a collection of photographs chronicling the fictional lives of Charles and Victoire Chouteau Gratiot, described by Bidwell as “immortals who have navigated and thrived across three centuries.” Rivera’s Beautiful Boy series is an ongoing project documenting her domestic partner’s transformative exploration of feminine identity. Using her photography as a testing ground for her partner, Rivera transforms the fantasy of dressing up and the experience of being photographed into a fusing of identity-creation and image-creation.

In celebration of this joint exhibition, Cleveland Print Room hosts an opening reception from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Tomorrow, Bidwell, Rivera and BJ Lillis will participate in a free, public gallery talk at 4 p.m. Bidwell and Rivera’s work remains on view through Nov. 4. Admission is free.

(Usmani) 2550 Superior Ave., 216-401-5981, clevelandprintroom.com.

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Whiskey & White Lightning Music Festival Regional and local distilleries will be on site for House of Blues’ Whiskey & White Lightning Music Festival which takes place today at 6 p.m. Attendees can sample bourbon, rye whiskey, moonshine and other spirits while bands play throughout the night in the club’s Music Hall and Cambridge Room. There also will be exclusive, one-of-a-kind whiskey samples in the Foundation Room VIP Club Lounge.

A full bar featuring whiskey cocktails and an additional menu with items created just for this event will also be available. Tickets are $12 but do not include the $10 sampling wristband, which is only available at the event.

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GET OUT local hand letterer Lisa Lorek visits Rising Star Coffee Roasters in Little Italy to discuss her work, which has been hanging on the walls of Rising Star since the beginning of July. Stop in to meet Lorek and learn more about her intricate and mesmerizing work today from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., when the artist will demonstrate her handlettering processes and sell additional prints. Born in Cleveland, Lorek graduated from the University of Dayton. She currently splits her time between her position as art director of Global Prairie and freelance work, including murals, magazine covers, coloring books and gallery shows. It’s free. (Usmani) 2187 Murray Hill Rd., 216-860-4897, risingstarcoffee.com.

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Shakespeare in Love Tonight at the Allen Theatre, Cleveland Play House takes on Shakespeare in Love, the Academy Award-winning movie that’s been adapted for the stage. The theatrical version comes “complete with swordfights, secret trysts, and backstage drama,” as young Shakespeare falls for Viola and their tryst inspires a masterpiece. CPH artistic director Laura Kepley helms the production. Tonight’s performance begins at 7:30; the play runs through Oct. 1. Tickets start at $25. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, clevelandplayhouse.com.

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ArtLens Proving that its world-class experience is accessible to visitors of all ages, the Cleveland Museum of Art hosts a special family-friendly event in celebration of both Grandparents Day and the museum’s new ArtLens.

Formerly known as Gallery One, the innovative, multi-faceted ArtLens experience includes four components.

Guests can engage with masterworks through touchscreen-free interactives in ArtLens Exhibition, create original artwork in ArtLens Studio, connect with the museum’s world-class permanent collection at the ArtLens Wall and enhance the entire museum experience with the ArtLens App. In addition to exploring ArtLens, guests can enjoy the museum’s permanent collection galleries, as well as artmaking activities and programs for all ages. The ArtLens Gallery Celebration

and Play Day at the CMA takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Admission is free. (Usmani) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

SPORTS

Browns vs Pittsburgh Steelers Rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer will lead the Cleveland Browns as they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers today in the season opener at FirstEnergy Stadium. The latest in a long line of quarterbacks who have tried to guide the Browns into the playoffs, Kizer will go up against the notoriously tough Steelers’ defense. Kizer and the Browns have played well in the preseason but that’s no guarantee of a winning season. The team is going through yet another rebuilding year, so expect the wins to be few and far between. The game begins at 1 p.m.

Tickets start at $50. (Niesel) 100 Alfred Lerner Way, 440-891-5000, clevelandbrowns.com.

BOOKS

Cleveland Antiquarian Book & Paper Show The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society dedicates itself to “the recognition, dissemination, and preservation of fine and antiquarian books.” The organization holds two annual antiquarian book fairs in addition to publishing a quarterly newsletter.

The group’s goal is to “broaden public awareness of book collecting and book arts, to stimulate the book trade, and to encourage the scholarly appreciation of publishing history.”

N.O.B.S seventh annual Cleveland Antiquarian Book & Paper Show takes place today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Shaker Heights Country Club. Roadshow-style free book evaluations will return this year; each guest may bring up to three books for a professional, informal evaluation.

Admission is $6. (Niesel) 3300 Courtland Blvd., Beachwood, 216-991-3660, nobs.nobsweb.org.

FUNDRAISER

Hike and Seek for Research The Research Institute for Children’s Health at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine aims to find treatments and cures for geneticbased diseases and disorders that affect one in 30 children. Today at 10 a.m., you can help by participating in Hike and Seek for Research, a fundraiser taking place at five Metroparks locations. Participants will receive a “seek sheet” so they can find park landmarks and local celebs at each location. Admission is $20 in advance, $30 on the day of the event.

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FUNDRAISER

Woofstock 2017 Wooftstock, Geauga Humane Society’s annual outdoor dog- and familyfriendly festival and fundraiser, moves to a new venue this year: the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field in Chagrin Falls. Starting at 10 a.m., local musicians Bill March, Amanda and Rick, All is Harvest, North Coast Goats and Matt Harmon will perform, and there will be a parade as well as a variety of contests, including “best owner look-alike.” The Humane Society hopes to raise $100,000 to help Rescue Village provide care and support to thousands of homeless animals. Registration is $25 for adults, and free for kids 14 and under.

Register and learn more on the website. (Niesel) 41324-44998 South Woodland Rd., Chagrin Falls, geaugahumanesociety. org/woofstockactivities.

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Science Cafe The second Monday of each month,

Music Box Supper Club hosts Science Cafe, an informal lecture series that brings scientists from throughout the region to the club on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, so they can talk about science topics. Tonight at 7, FBI special agents Tom Corrigan and James Boazzo will speak about how law enforcement officials try to keep ahead of white-collar crime by using high-tech equipment. Admission is free. (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.

SPORTS

Indians vs Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers will likely miss the playoffs for a second straight year.

While the Tribe hasn’t dominated them to the extent that they did last year, they’ve still fared pretty well against their Motor City rivals. The two teams begin a three-game series tonight at 7:10 at Progressive Field.

Tickets start at $13. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.

HOME IMPROVEMENT

The Scott Brothers House Party Best known for their hit HGTV programs Property Brothers, Brother vs. Brother and Buying & Selling, the Scott brothers have taken their

show on the road. They bring their Scott Brothers House Party to the Ohio Theatre tonight. Expect them to “reveal top-secret tricks of the trade” and bring fans onstage to compete in home-improvement and design challenges. Paid ticket holders receive a pre-signed copy of Jonathan and Drew Scott’s book It Takes Two; redeem your original show ticket to pick up you copy. (Complimentary ticket holders are out of luck.) The event begins at 7:30. Tickets cost $49.75 to $150. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

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The Book of Mormon When you grow up fascinated, and occasionally repelled, by the Mormon religion and Broadway musicals, what are you going to do but merge those two obsessions into a Tony Awardwinning show? And not just one Tony — make that nine, including 2011’s Best Musical. That’s what Trey Parker and Matt Stone did with the mega-hit The Book of Mormon, opening next week at Playhouse Square. This is the duo that made Southpark the nastiest, most offensively hilarious cartoon

show on TV. For Mormon, they teamed up with Avenue Q co-composer and co-lyricist Robert Lopez to fashion this tuneful, comic take on the Church of Latter Day Saints and its ways. The play returns to the State Theatre for a limited engagement tonight at 8.

Tickets start at $30 and performances run through Sept. 15. (Christine Howey) 1519 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.

FILM

May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers Longtime fans Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio have special access to the Avett Brothers and filmed May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers over the course of more than two years. The movie chronicles the band’s decade-and-a-half rise, focusing on the recent collaboration with producer Rick Rubin. The film screens tonight at 7:30 and 9:30 at the Cedar Lee Theatre. Tickets are $12.50.

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PITA CENTRAL The production facility and bakery behind Aladdin’s 40 restaurants

By Douglas Trattner WHEN FADY CHAMOUN OPENED his first Aladdin’s Eatery in 1994, diners were still very much in the dark when it came to the ins and outs of Middle Eastern cuisine. Sure, Nate’s Deli in Ohio City opened its doors six years earlier, but a full two-thirds of its customers regularly passed over exotic-sounding items like fattoush, tabouli and baba ganoush in favor of Greek salads, corned beef sandwiches and hamburgers with french fries.

In the 23 years since that pioneering Lakewood restaurant opened, Chamoun and his wife, Sally, have grown the operation to a remarkable 40 locations in four states. In those early years, Chamoun had to make weekly trips to Detroit or Canada to procure ingredients like tahini, garbanzo beans, Lebanese olive oil and fresh pita that they needed to prepare the food.

“When we opened our first few Aladdin’s, it was a little frustrating because every time we needed something we would have to drive to Detroit to buy them,” Sally explains.

“Sometimes they would have the brands we wanted and sometimes they didn’t. So my husband said, ‘I have to have my own bakery and

commissary.’”

That first hub, opened on Lorain Avenue following the birth of the third Aladdin’s Eatery, was a cramped space with a basement bakery. Approximately eight years ago, when the organization was up to six or seven locations, it was time to upgrade the facility, explains Fady’s son Fares, president of Aladdin’s.

“This facility supports our 40 stores,” he says of the 50,000-squarefoot warehouse, which is tucked behind the Lakewood Home Depot and employs 40 staffers. “Half of our stores are company owned and the other half are franchises that we sold to people who grew up with us in the business, either at Aladdin’s or Taza.”

Those road-tripping days are over, thanks to a large warehouse stocked with all the raw ingredients needed to keep each and every shop humming. All food is made from scratch and cooked to order at each restaurant, with the exception of a few items like stuffed grape leaves and kibbe, says Sally, who created all the recipes. “It’s very timeconsuming with everything done by hand,” she says.

Behind a pane of glass, a handful

of employees are hunched over a table. With the care and precision of Cuban cigar makers, the workers stuff California grape leaves with a mixture of seasoned rice, chickpeas, tomatoes and parsley before rolling them into tight, impeccably precise logs. In another room, myriad spices are measured, blended, bagged and labeled for use in marinades, salad dressings, tabbouleh, falafel and other menu items. The practice not only assures that the shish tawook in Clintonville tastes identical to what’s enjoyed in Pittsburgh, it also keeps the proprietary recipes out of the wrong hands.

The heart of the operation is a brand-new automated production line that cranks out 10,000 to 15,000 fresh-baked pita per day.

The gymnasium-size space is hot, steamy and heavy with the heavenly scent of rising and baking bread.

Massive blobs of dough move from commercial mixing bowls into a large hopper that spits out hockey puck-size portions. Those pucks travel on lengthy switch-back conveyor belts that give the dough time to proof. Each puck passes through a pair of perpendicular rollers that leave them perfectly round and wafer thin. After making

their way down a second, equally long conveyor belt, the discs enter a 1,000-degree baking tunnel where they immediately puff up to the size of a fully inflated whoopee cushion.

They bake for just seven seconds before exiting the other end to slowly cool, deflate and get loaded into bags.

In addition to stocking all Aladdin’s restaurants, the pitas are shipped and sold under the Jasmine Bakery brand at approximately 100 Middle Eastern markets all over the region. You will not, however, find these pita at American grocers, where they tend to linger too long and go stale. If you live or work in the area, you can also purchase fresh-baked bread at the bakery (12117 Berea Rd.), where a small retail shop also sells a variety of Middle Eastern ingredients and products.

“Ten years ago, this was my husband’s dream,” Sally says of the compound. “Today, this is exactly where he wanted it to be. And I think 10 years from now it will be an even more state-of-the-art bakery supplying another 50 Aladdin’s.”

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By Vince Grzegorek DANTE’S INFERNO, THE FIRST in a trio of new spots slated to debut in the Flats East Bank in spaces vacated by shuttered Crop projects, opened its doors this past Tuesday.

Chef Dante Boccuzzi has turned the former Crop Sticks space into a quick-serve Italian eatery serving fresh, made-to-order pizzas. Tribe fans may already have gotten a taste of these pies at the Progressive Field location, which debuted last season.

The Flats East Bank location has a music-themed layout and an outdoor pick-up window for late-night orders, as well as delivery service.

“Our pizza concept was so well received during the exciting Indians season that we decided to make it accessible to the general public,” Boccuzzi told us back in May when the project was announced. “Being from Cleveland, I am so happy to be part of the revitalization and renewed energy of the Flats.”

Diners can expect a similar experience to the one at the ballpark with a expanded menu and a kitchen capable of pumping out 500 pies a night. After a rocky stretch that saw a few of the initial East Bank restaurants close their doors, Inferno and others coming online in the near future have brought a renewed sense of energy to the neighborhood.

“Things seemed tough at the time, but I always wanted to open up down here,” Boccuzzi told Cleveland. com. “I was just waiting to see how it all panned out.”

ALSO NOW OPEN: MELT IN AVON Western Cleveland suburbanites and cheese lovers rejoice: Melt is now open in Avon. Plans were announced for Melt’s 10th location back in May, and Matt Fish and company made

quick work of getting the space ready by the end of the summer.

The latest outpost in the everexpanding grilled cheese chain seats approximately 270 people. Find them at 35546 Detroit Rd.

RIBSTICKS BBQ IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS CLOSES UP SHOP Ribsticks BBQ, which promised to do BBQ a little differently when it debuted in 2016, announced earlier this week that they’ve permanently closed.

Open for less than a year, it might have been that choice to do BBQ a little differently that doomed the restaurant. Pre-cooked via sous vide before being smoked and grilled, the meats were far from the tasty, smoky briskets, ribs and pork one might find at other BBQ joints around town that do it the old-fashioned way.

As Scene noted in our review earlier this year, “We didn’t detect any smoke flavor in the brisket, pulled pork or spare ribs on my tray. None of the meats arrived with any trace of bark — that gorgeous dark crust that forms on the exterior of slow-smoked ’cue —even the so-called “burnt ends.”

Worse, those burnt ends actually are dry nubbins of pork and not the typical gloriously charred bits of fatty beef brisket.

“The pulled pork was tender, but neither juicy nor exceedingly flavorful. The ribs were so soft and squidgy that the bones slid right out like a piston. And for some reason, the brisket in my sandwich was shredded into long, obstinate cords.”

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A TIP OF THE HAT The Mavericks construct a ‘wall of sound’ on their new album

By Matt Wardlaw THE MAVERICKS HAVE A SOUND that, true to their name, is hard to pin down. Sure, the band might’ve made a lot of noise on the country radio charts in the ’90s, racking up a string of hit singles in that format, but it’s anything but strictly a country band.

In fact, across the history of the group, which now spans nearly 30 years, it has continued to expand upon and incorporate more of its collective influences, genres be damned, to create music that incorporates any sort of style you might be able to conjure, all in the name of good songs.

Brand New Day, their latest album and the first studio material they’ve released independently on their new label, Mono Mundo, finds them continuing to explore. The majestic title track recalls the mammoth sound of popular music in the ’60s, most notably Phil Spector’s legendary Wall of Sound production. The group carried those influences with it into the studio, literally, as each band member arrived at the studio every day with a stack of his own favorite

albums. They sat around the console, having their morning coffee and listening to music as they waited for album co-producer Niko Bolas to get ready for that day’s session.

“We were talking about what turned us on [about the albums], and it’s always a great time,” guitarist Eddie Perez shares during a recent phone conversation. The band performs on Sunday at House of Blues. “Because it just seems to really fuel what comes next. On that particular day, we were listening to all of that Phil Spector stuff on the big studio speakers and just thinking and imagining what it must have been like to be in that time and recording those things.”

Perez says that as the band worked on that title track, it quickly became apparent “how much we were vibing on all of that stuff.” It left a definite imprint on the song that came out.

“All of us, we really are students of all of that stuff. I mean, that’s kind of the world that we live in, in terms of our inspiration,” he explains. “With those things, you try to take the stuff

that turns you on about that particular era and then you try to throw yourself into it and I feel like we were pretty successful.”

He says that track in particular has a “bigness” to it and features “Wall of Sound epic production.”

“The thing that I’m most proud about all of that is that that’s entirely us,” he says. “Each one of us, we play lots of different instruments, all of us.

[Drummer] Paul Deakin was on the big mallets with the church bells and the tympani and then the vibraphones.

I mean, it was pretty massive, to think about it now! But you know, we’re such big fans of the Wrecking Crew and all of those guys — and lady, I should say. You know, we can’t forget about Carol Kaye in all of that! But what a sound they created and what an era it defined. That’s certainly a tip of the hat to that stuff that we love so much.”

The band first began working on material for the new album in 2015, knocking out two songs at the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood. They continued to craft

new material for the developing album in between touring, logging additional recording time at home in Nashville.

Perez says that the road work along the way added a healthy energy to the sessions.

“We’re always trying to find a block or a space of time where we can go in and try to harness some of this creative energy that we seem to have,” he says. “I think it all spawns itself. It starts with the shows and the energy from the audiences and the venues and also, too, the traveling all of the time.

You’re always in motion and you’re always thinking about it, so it’s kind of like a big creative wheel that happens.

Over the last couple of years, we’ve actually been able to map out a few different breaks in the action in terms of the touring schedule, so that we could pop into a studio and try to see if we’ve got something worth recording.”

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MUSIC Capitol. All they knew was that they wanted to plant some seeds for the future, wherever that might lead. A combination of heavy touring mixed with navigating the logistics of having their own record label for the first time found them doing a bit of juggling. “[The sessions at Capitol] were a very inspired affair,” he says. “That took a couple of days and that’s really what got the ball rolling. And then we kept doing the same thing. We kept trying to see where it would make sense for us to be able to get into a studio and to try to take another swing at it. Before we knew it, we had amassed a record. Then we just kind of started honing it in. But really, it was done because of the way the schedule was. It was the only way we could do it. We were so busy all of last year and toured extensively. Europe, Canada, the States, I mean, back and forth every which way! So we were quite busy and I think it’s quite a feat that we found a way to put it all together. And especially, being our own label now, we were not just doing the music, we were also doing the artwork and doing everything. For a bunch of guys that have been at it a real long time, I feel like we made a really great effort at it.”

Perez is quick to admit that it was a total thrill, getting the chance to work at Capitol Studios.

“It was beyond cool, I’ve got to tell you. All of us in the Mavericks, we’re all really big audiophiles,” he says.

“We all are record collectors, and we’ve been doing that since our teen years.

The historic content of what that building stands for is completely not lost on us. In fact, I feel in large part for our time that we were there, I feel

the guys mix in a diverse selection of choice cover songs that offer additional examples of the versatility of the group. Bruce Springsteen’s “All That Heaven Will Allow” has become a setlist staple, while the band’s version of “Harvest Moon” by Neil Young sounds like a lost Mavericks’ catalog classic.

“Raul [Malo] is really the spearhead of all of this creative stuff. The way we work, it usually starts with him,” says Perez. “I mean, first of all, you have that beautiful, lush voice. That rock ’n’ roll, operatic, beautiful toned voice. So that certainly gives you a wide range of music to pull from when you have a singer that has that ability.

And then on top of that, you’ve got a bunch of musicians who are wellversed in American music, let’s say, in general, from ’30s jazz to ’70s rock and roll to soul music, Motown and everything else in between. When it comes together in that playful way, it’s a lot of fun.”

When you’re least expecting it, they might pull out something that really will surprise you, like their epic and lengthy version of Pink Floyd’s classic “Us and Them.”

“You know, that just evolved out of soundchecks. Whenever we do soundchecks, we have been known to work up something and just throw it into the set for that night and then we never play it again,” he shares. “I think that’s one of the biggest things and it’s also showing our influences. It’s also showing the range of what this band can do together. I think it’s a special thing to showcase, because you know, there’s not a lot of bands out there that can do that sort of thing, I think. You know, do their own music in their own particular style and then, on a dime, turn into something, whether it’s Neil Diamond or Engelbert Humperdinck or Pink Floyd, for that matter.”

He says that “just good playful

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like we really channeled a lot of that great legendary stuff that was there in terms of spirit and energy. It really is what kicked off this new record.

That’s how we kind of started it. It was pretty amazing, the energy there and the sounds and the equipment and just being there was pretty spectacular and we all felt the specialness of it. There are a few tracks on this Brand New Day record that really show that part of it too.”

In the live setting, the band tours with an expanded lineup, adding accordion and a horn section, and

fun” remains at the heart of the band’s approach.

“We hope that people respond to it favorably, but it’s just a lot of fun,” he says. “At heart, I will tell you that it’s just a bunch of guys who grew up together, knowing how to play music from being in the garage with all of their friends. We’re still that bar band that played covers five nights a week.”

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MOVING TOWARD MATURITY The songs on Sleeping with Sirens’ new album reflect the band’s maturation

By Jeff Niesel

AS SLEEPING WITH SIRENS frontman Kellin Quinn started to write the songs for Gossip, the posthardcore band’s latest effort, he had one goal in mind. He wanted to write songs that reflected his maturity.

“I just wanted to sound 31 [years old],” he says. The band performs on Sunday at the Agora Ballroom.

“I still feel like our fans are such young kids. I feel like it’s my responsibility to make a record that’s more mature, for my sake. I don’t want to feel like an impostor. I feel like there are bands that try to hang onto being 18 even though they’re really not. I wanted to make a record that felt my age. I wanted to relate to the songs. That was No. 1 for me.

Everything else fell into place.”

The band has certainly evolved since forming on a whim in Orlando in 2009. Now, only guitarist Jack Fowler remains from that original lineup.

“We don’t really have a home base, but if Orlando claims us, that’s fine with us,” says Quinn, who explains that the band’s original guitarist initially approached him about helping him on some music he was recording with producer Cameron Mizell (Memphis May Fire, Palisades, Fit for a King).

“I wanted to give it a shot,” Quinn says. “I wasn’t doing much on my own, but I didn’t think it would go anywhere. I took the chance to go out there and give this band a shot. I could tell it was a lot more professional in terms of how the

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music was sounding. I felt like our music was on par with the other bands who had recorded where we were recording. Cameron was also in A&R and helped us get in the door. It felt special, but it felt like I was acting a part. Coming from a post-hardcore scene, it felt like I was acting out a part. Now, it feels like we’re just a rock band, and it feels natural and right.”

For Gossip, the band teamed up with producer David Bendeth (Paramore, All Time Low), whom Quinn says had a “clear vision” for the album.

“He just showed up at these shows of ours in New York for like three years. He has a deep scratchy voice and would go, ‘Hey, I wanna do your next record.’ He’s known for doing these heavy bands like Of Mice & Men. And he did Paramore’s Riot! record. Everything he’s done up until our band has been heavy. We weren’t sure. We had some influence of heavy in us, but we’re definitely not Of Mice & Men. What

before gang-style vocals kick in.

The tune even features a mid-song spoken segment with some really poetic lyrics.

“That song is about the world we live in,” says Quinn. “I think we feel like we could be trapped in this cage that we can’t escape. We wake up every day and worry about how to survive and support our families and forget how to live. That’s what that song is about. The lyrics aren’t so literal. I am very literal and that song is more metaphorical. It’s nice to just paint a picture. That’s how it took form. People say it reminds them of Game of Thrones. I didn’t mean that, but there is stuff in there that comes off as very Game of Thrones. If you’re an avid watcher, it’s pretty funny. Some kids have taken quotes from the song and correlated them with the show.”

With its shimmering synthesizers and echoing vocals, “Legends” features layers of vocals. Quinn worked with 30 Seconds to Mars bassist Stevie Aiello on turning

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“Legends” into something special. “[Aiello] had this music and different lyrics and a whole vision for the song,” Quinn explains. “He was singing me the words and I wasn’t really feeling it. I did get inspired by the song. I wanted to write

[something that] felt anthemic and gave people hope. I think everyone has a dream they want to follow, but the important thing is about the climb and the work you put in and how that will help you become a legend at some point.”

The vocals in “Cheers” are particularly snotty and the song sounds less refined than Gossip’s other tracks.

“When I was working on that song, I told the guys in the band that I wanted it to feel like we were in a dirty, grungy bar,” says Quinn. “It’s like you’ve been working all day and going through the motions, and it’s like a Friends or Seinfeld episode and you get home from work and your friends are there, and it doesn’t matter how shitty life is. As long as you have people around you, you can make anything happen. It’s also like if we could write our version of ‘Party Hard’ by Andrew W.K., what would it be?”

After numerous lineup changes, Quinn says he’s finally found a lineup he can live with.

“This is the final lineup,” he says.

“I’m at the point now where if there are any more member changes, it would be the end of the band. I don’t see anyone being replaced. I love everyone in the band, and I think they’re meant to be here.”

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MUSIC PARTICULARLY POTENT Shock rocker Alice Cooper returns with a hard-rocking new album

By Jeff Niesel LAST YEAR, SHOCK ROCKER Alice Cooper staged a fake presidential campaign to go along with the reissue of his tune “Elected.” His slogan: “I can do nothing as well as they can do nothing.”

Now that we have a president who’s living up to that mantra, what does Cooper have to say?

“Who would want that job, first of all?” Cooper, one of rock’s most affable personalities, laughs in a recent phone interview from a Texas tour stop. “I don’t understand why anyone would want that job. You’re a figurehead, basically. You might as well be a good-looking one or something. At the same time, I think people around the world think our president is the king, but he can only do what Congress will let him do.”

Cooper, who’s currently on a summer tour with the Edgar Winter Group and Deep Purple that comes to Blossom on Saturday, has moved on from politics to other topics.

His current tour promotes his new album, Paranormal, a particularly potent collection of tunes that features guests such as U2’s Larry Mullen Jr., who plays on nine of the 12 new songs, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and Deep Purple’s Roger Glover.

The album also includes a minireunion of the original Alice Cooper band members, who join Cooper on two bonus tracks.

On songs such as the swirling “Fireball” and the moody title track, Cooper embraces a gritty garagerock sound that simultaneously sounds retro and contemporary.

Though he purposely wanted to avoid writing a concept album, he inadvertently came up with songs that revolve around the idea of the paranormal.

“We’re always writing songs,” he says. “When you’re in a rock band, you’re always writing. It’s just what you do. We started writing, and I said, ‘Let’s not do a concept album.’

[Producer] Bob [Ezrin] and I are used to doing concept albums, and I said, ‘Let’s not do that. Let’s just write 13 great rock songs with a

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lot of attitude and make ’em really sexy.’ We wrote 13 songs, and we were very happy with them. All of a sudden, it dawned on me that we had written a concept album. The characters were all ‘paranormal.’

That’s the only word I can think of that sums them up: paranormal.

Even though we didn’t sell it as a concept, it does have a string of things that runs through it.”

The semi-autobiographical roadhouse blues number “Fallen in Love” features some simmering guitar licks courtesy of ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.

“All your life, you get to know these different musicians, and we have an art of knowing who belongs on what,” says Cooper. “We just said, ‘If we have a choice, who would be great?’ When we did ‘Fallen in Love,’ [Ezrin and I] both said Billy Gibbons should play on it. We sent it to him, and he said, ‘This song is written for me.’ Certain songs are exactly right for certain people. After 27 albums, you know who those people are.”

To “change something basic,” Ezrin suggested U2’s Mullen Jr. play on the album. Cooper knew the members of U2 were fans of his because they used to play his track “School’s Out” at the end of their shows.

“I thought it was the greatest idea in the world [to have Mullen Jr. on the album],” says Cooper. “There he is. He kills it. I never had a drummer come to me before a song and ask

it with [guitarist] Mike Bruce and [drummer] Neal Smith. After it got written like that, I realized it wasn’t special. I thought, ‘What would Alice have said in 1972?’ Alice would have said he wanted to be that girl and every parent in America would have been really pissed off. I said, ‘Let’s go there.’ The way to make the song so it really works is that you have to do it hard rock and can’t show any weakness. You can’t make it sound feminine at all. It has to sound tough. It has to sound like a truck driver singing it.”

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for the lyrics. Drummers just don’t care about the lyrics. He interpreted the lyrics for U2, so he wanted to interpret the lyrics from this album.”

Another highlight comes when Cooper sings “Genuine American Girl,” a snotty glam rock tune about gender confusion, in the first-person.

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Two of the bonus tracks feature Cooper and the members of the original Alice Cooper Group. Cooper says that it was quite natural that he and members of the old band, Bruce, Dunaway and Smith, would still converse. When Bruce and Smith were in Phoenix visiting, they mentioned they had some songs.

Cooper suggested they head to the studio together.

“I didn’t want to layer it,” he says of the collaboration. “I wanted Dennis on bass and Mike on guitar and Neal on drums and me singing.

I wanted to do it live in the studio and see if it sounds like 1974. And it did. Those two songs came out sounding like that. The line, ‘I’m only 30 out of 50 shades of gray,’ is one of my favorite lines ever.”

If Alice Cooper’s stage show changed with the times, Cooper says he intends for the music, which he hasn’t altered over the years, to stay true to rock’s spirit.

“The one thing that doesn’t change in rock ’n’ roll is full-on guitar rock,” he says. “Look at where rock has gone. It’s gone to grunge, metal, punk and disco and yet the one form that doesn’t change is Alice Cooper and Aerosmith and Guns N Roses-style rock ’n’ roll. That kind of rock doesn’t change. That’s the only kind of music that doesn’t change.

It seems to go right through the middle of the whole thing. I don’t think I’ll ever move away from that.”

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Under One Sun: A percussionist/ drummer living and teaching at the Oberlin Conservatory, Jamey Haddad, a Cleveland “Legend of Jazz” and a Cleveland Arts Prize recipient, has built quite a resume. His latest endeavor, the band Under One Sun, came together formally a few years ago at the Tri-C JazzFest. Members of the band have performed with Alicia Keys, the Vanguard Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, the Sacred Music Festival of Fez, Paul Simon and Sting. Haddad spent his summer touring with Paul Simon. The group recently recorded a CD at Oberlin and celebrates its release with a series of three shows at the Bop Stop; tonight is the fi nal one. (Niesel) $20. Bop Stop.

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. Bluewater Kings Band: 8 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge.

Cleveland Made Featuring BFA KEV/Ducky Smallz/FlyTye/BFA Bleed/Bellaire Roseff: $10 ADV, $15 DOS. Grog Shop.

Froggy Fresh/Uncle Gnarly/ Mayor Wertz: 8 p.m., $15-$50.

Beachland Ballroom.

Sam Hooper Group (in the Supper Club): 6 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club.

Jaerv: 7 p.m., $15. Nighttown.

Songwriter in the Round with Joshua Jesty/Greg Thompson/ Rob Kovac: 8 p.m., free.

Beachland Tavern.

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Mister F/The Jauntee: Enmeshed in the dynamic Upstate New York jam scene, the Albanybased Mister F has definitely delivered on its promises of tight, funky grooves and inviting improvisation. Check out the band’s 2014 release, The F Stands Four, where you’ll find deep layers of songwriting and complementary approaches to jamming. “This One Goes to 11” features some really meaty bass work beneath a jittery keys melody up top (a recurring theme across the album). The

The jazz group Under One Sun wraps up a three-night stand at the Bop Stop. See: Wednesday.

band is just four years in at this point, but they’ve all got longrunning roots in the regional jam community. They’re road tested, and tonight’s show in Cleveland should bear that out quite nicely.

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

Freek-A-Leek: 2000s Rap Party Cleveland Edition Featuring ClockworkDJ/NicNacc/Corey Grand: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

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

Heights Music Hop Featuring Teddy Boys/The Dorian Walker Experience/Mourning [A] BLKstar/Archie Green/The Cats Meow/ Moriarty/Case Barge/All Is Harvest/DJ Corey Grand: 6 p.m., free. Grog Shop.

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

Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow: 8 p.m., $12. Bop Stop.

Mobley/The Katy: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog. Razing the Bar: 8 p.m., free. The Euclid Tavern.

Eric Seddon’s Hot Club (in the Supper Club): 7 p.m., $7. Music Box Supper Club.

Venom Inc./Goatwhore/Toxic Holocaust/The Convalescence: 6 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

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’80s Night with the Sunrise Jones (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club.

Craig Brown Band/Oongow/Sir Coyler & His Asthmatic Band/ Second Hand Suits: 9 p.m., $5.

Happy Dog. Cloudchord/Dreamers Delight/ Bypass Circuit: 9:30 p.m., $12 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

Couch Slut/Wooly Bear/Lies from the Tablecloth: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

Cowbell Fever: 9:30 p.m., $8.

Brothers Lounge.

Electric Guest/Nine Pound Shadow: 8:30 p.m., $15 ADV, $17 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Fuzz Zine Vol. Release Party with Cotton Ponys/Oongow/Real Regular: 9 p.m., $5. Now That’s Class.

Heights Music Hop with City Limits/The Rainbow Emergency: 8 p.m., free.

Nighttown.

I Fight Fail/Grim Republic/ Last Year’s Model: 9 p.m., $10.

Musica.

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

Stan Edward Moore and the NeoStoneXperience: 7 p.m., $15.

Bop Stop.

Reggae for Food 9 with Carlos

Jones & the P.L.U.S. Band/ Umojah Nation/Jah Messengers: 8 p.m., $20 ADV, $25 DOS. Music Box Supper Club.

Seedeater Pillars/DEATHCRAWL/ Space Funeral: 9 p.m., $15 ADV, $17 DOS. Grog Shop.

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

Nighttown.

Twisted/Moonshine Bandits/ Blaze Ya Dead Homie/Whitney Peyton/Insane E/Alla Xul Elu/10/31/MBK/Kamban: 6 p.m., $25 ADV, $30 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

Uptowne Buddha/Starship Mantis: 9 p.m., free. The Euclid Tavern.

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Ed Sheeran: It’s probably best to start squealing with delight now, just to get warmed up. Ed Sheeran comes back to Cleveland tonight and fans worth their salt will need to scream their brains out at the show. The 26-year-old Brit, who recently made a controversial appearance on Game of Thrones, is, after all, one of the most swoonedover singer-songwriters on the planet. Touring behind his new album Divide (stylized as ÷), the one-man act is sure to play all of those radio hits like “Shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill,” | clevescene.com | September 6 - 12, 2017

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along with all the sappy old tunes. Get ready for the noise.

(Laura Morrison) 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$99.50. Quicken Loans Arena.

Brand X/CuDa KrishNa CuDa: 7:30 p.m., $27-$72. Beachland Ballroom.

Jake Briggs Band/XT Louis: 8 p.m. Musica.

The Cars Tribute by Moving in Stereo (in the Supper Club): 8 p.m., $10. Music Box Supper Club.

The Chestertons/Emily & Ivory/ Anita Louise: 9 p.m., $7.

Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Chronixx & Zincfence Redemption/DJ Maul: 9 p.m., $22. Grog Shop.

Billy Ray Cyrus: 8 p.m. Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park.

Ron Davis And The Groove Machine Featuring Crazy Marvin: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop.

Deep Purple/Alice Cooper/The Edgar Winter Band: 7 p.m., $25$89.50. Blossom.

Dominick Farinacci: 8 p.m., $22$195. Ohio Theatre.

Fascist Insect/Perestroika/ Plague Mother/Shadows (in the Locker Room): 8:30 p.m., free.

Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

Jared Goldweber & the Park Brothers/Saul Glennon: 8 p.m., $5. The Euclid Tavern.

Hubb’s Groove: A Tribute to Natalie Cole: 8:30 p.m., $20.

Nighttown.

Brent Kirby and His Luck: 9:30 p.m., $5. Brothers Lounge.

Nas/Wale/Nick Grant: 7 p.m., $42.50. The Agora Theatre.

Nights/Brujas del Sol: 9 p.m., $5.

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

Nighttown.

The Woggles/Public Squares/ Tufted Puffi ns: 9 p.m., $10.

Beachland Tavern.

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09/10

Antibalas/Pureplex: Cast in the Fela Kuti mold, Antibalas has kept the vigorous Afrobeat spirit alive through dozens of musicians since the late 1990s.

(Some of the founding members are still in the band too.) You can’t go wrong with any of the band’s output, but check out 2012’s self-titled album for a good sense of the energy in this music. This is a cornucopia of

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percussion accented with bright brass and strains of proud dub and funk throughout. Tunes like “Dirty Money” and “Him Belly No Go Sweet” hint at the syncopated dance grooves that accompany Antibalas’ live show.

Consider this the exact sort of party you need to cap another sweet summer on the north shore. Bring your dancing shoes.

(Sandy) 8 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

Never Shout Never: Alternative indie pop-rock band Never Shout Never (aka Christofer Drew) and his fellow band mates have released more than 100 songs in the relatively short time that they’ve been a band. Two years ago, Drew delved into his back catalog and picked out a few fan favorites to re-record for Recycled Youth. A “re-imagining of nine previously released songs but recorded with entirely new styles and instrumentation to make them unique once again,” the album was the first installment of what Drew, whose wispy, highpitched voice can silence a noisy crowd of punk rockers, has said will be a regular series. Expect to hear some of those songs at tonight’s show. (Niesel) 8 p.m., $20. Grog Shop.

Sleeping with Sirens/The White Noise/Palaye Royale/Chase Atlantic: As Sleeping with Sirens frontman Kellin Quinn started to write the songs for Gossip, the post-hardcore band’s latest effort, he had one goal in mind. He wanted to write songs that reflected his maturity. He succeeded. For Gossip, the band teamed up with producer David Bendeth (Paramore, All Time Low), whom Quinn says had a “clear vision” for the album. The mid-tempo “Empire to Ashes” features upper-register vocals as Quinn sings about “not giving in” before gang-style vocals kick in. The tune even features a mid-song spoken segment with some really poetic lyrics. With its shimmering synthesizers and echoing vocals, “Legends” features layers of vocals. Quinn worked with 30 Seconds to Mars bassist Stevie Aiello on turning the song into something special.

Expect it to get a great response when the band performs it at tonight’s show, part of a small

hall tour to build anticipation for Gossip’s release. (Niesel) 6 p.m., $23.25 ADV, $27 DOS. Agora Ballroom.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: 7:30 p.m., $45-$100.

Connor Palace.

David Liebe Hart/King Buu: 8:30 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

The Mavericks: 7 p.m., $35-$60.

House of Blues.

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

Rixe/Bad Noids/Roobydocks/ Deche/Scum Guppies: 9 p.m., $8.

Now That’s Class.

Sleeping Bag/Sad Baxter/ Packwolf/Truman Freeman: 9 p.m., $5. Happy Dog.

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Skatch Anderssen Quartet: 8 p.m., $7. Brothers Lounge.

BoDeans: 8 p.m., $25. The Kent Stage.

Grassroots Bluegrass Jam: 7:30 p.m., free. The Euclid Tavern.

Mothers: 8:30 p.m., $12. Beachland Tavern.

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

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

Yowler/Leonard Baum/Mary Kekic: 8 p.m., $10 ADV, $12 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes.

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AJJ/Ogikubo Station: 8:30 p.m., $15 ADV, $17 DOS. Grog Shop.

Kittens Slay Dragons/Reginleif: 8:30 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Beachland Tavern.

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

Joe Purdy/Amy Vachal: 8 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Beachland Ballroom.

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Toward Space/Johnny in the Grave: 9 p.m. Now That’s Class.

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BAND OF THE WEEK

TOMMY WOMACK

By Jeff Niesel MEET THE BAND: Tommy Womack (vocals, guitar) A MAN WITH A MEMOIR (OR TWO): Born in Sturgis, Kentucky, singer-songwriter Tommy Womack played with the band Government Cheese from 1985 to 1992. (His first memoir, Cheese Chronicles, covers those years.) After a good run with that group, he joined the Bis-quits and then issued his first solo album in 1998. Last year, he issued his latest solo effort, Namaste, and he’s currently at work on a second memoir, which he says will arrive before another studio release of original tunes.

HE’S A SURVIVOR: In 2015, as he drove through “the boondocks of Kentucky” to a concert in Grand Rapids, he came to what he thought was a four-way stop. It wasn’t. A semi-truck plowed into the passenger side of his car, spinning him around and shattering the windshield. Glass was everywhere.

The crash broke Womack’s pelvis in four places.

A NEW LEASE ON LIFE: When he finally left the hospital to go home in a wheelchair, his friends were ready, willing and able to help take care of him. One built a wheelchair ramp at the back of the house. Others started bringing food and visiting. A couple of friends put up a GoFundMe page to help raise some money to cover medical expenses and supplement his income. Some of his favorite alt-country acts — Dan Baird and the Georgia Satellites, Jason and the Scorchers, Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks and Will Kimbrough — played a benefit concert on his behalf. He documents parts of the experience on Namaste. “It has had a profound impact on gigs where I drive

myself,” he says when asked about his accident. “I definitely look both ways before entering an intersection.

I thought after that car wreck that I wouldn’t get on the road with any group for anything. So many people came together and were so supportive of me and my wife and son that it had the effect that I felt like I have to do keep doing it, because there are so many people who care.”

WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR HIM: Like all the albums in Womack’s catalog, Namaste features a bit of everything. The album opens with tender, twangy ballad “Angel,” a song that finds Womack singing in an upper register as he croons “angel, you got me on my knees/I got problems.” Womack even adopts a Tom Petty-like sneer for the midtempo “The End of the Line.” In the piano-driven “Darling, Let Your Free Bird Fly,” he references rock’s various tragedies. For his show at Wilbert’s, he says he’ll play the stuff that works well in an acoustic format. “I’ll be playing the stuff that comes across well as a solo acoustic act,” he says.

“There are some songs that don’t work that way at all. In the electric band show, there are some songs that work well acoustically but don’t work well with a band. I’ll do my best to keep my eyes open when I play and sing. I will do my best to be alert, sober and ready to entertain.”

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by Dan Savage Dear Dan, I’m a lady considering taking on a foot fetishist as a slave. He would do chores around my house, including cleaning and laundry, and give foot rubs and pedicures in exchange for getting to worship and jack off to my model-perfect feet when I’ve decided he’s earned it. Am I morally obligated to tell my roommates? Technically the guy would be in their common space too.

I will fully vet him with references and meet him in a neutral location at least once — and anything else you might suggest I do for security’s sake. Though my roommates are not what you would call conservative, I’m not sure they’d understand this kind of arrangement. I would have my slave come over when no one is around, and then my roommates could come home to a sparkly clean common area! My slave would never have access to their personal spaces, nor would I leave him alone in any area of our home until a strong bond of trust had been established. No harm, no foul? Or am I crossing a line?

— Man Into Cleaning A Shared Apartment A friend in Berlin has a similar arrangement. This guy comes over to clean his apartment once a week and — if my friend thinks he’s done a good enough job — my friend rewards him with a knee to the balls.

It’s a good deal for both parties: My vanilla-but-kink-adjacent friend gets a sparkly clean apartment (which he loves but doesn’t want to do himself), this guy gets his balls busted on a regular basis (which he loves but can’t do himself). But my friend lives alone, MICASA, and that makes all the difference. Or does it?

Time for some playing-gameswith-foot-fetishists theory: If you were having sex with a boyfriend in the common areas of your apartment when your roommates weren’t home — let’s say your boyfriend (or even some rando) wanted to fuck you on the kitchen floor — you wouldn’t be morally obligated to text your roommates and ask their permission.

But we’re not talking about a normal guy here or normal sex — we’re talking about a fetishist who wants to be your slave. Does that make a difference? It might to people who

regard kinksters as dangerous sex maniacs, MICASA, but a kinky guy isn’t any more or less dangerous than a vanilla guy. And a kinky guy you’ve gone to the trouble to vet — by getting his real name and contact info, by meeting in public at least once, by asking for and following up with references — presents less of a threat to you and your roommates than some presumed-to-be-vanilla rando one of you brought home from a bar at 2 a.m.

Strip away the sensational elements — his thing for feet, his desire to be your chore slave, the mental image of him jacking off all over your toes — and what are we left with? A friends-withbenefits arrangement. A sparkly clean apartment benefits you (and your roommates); the opportunity to worship your feet benefits him.

This guy would be a semi-regular sex partner of yours, MICASA, and while the sex you’re having may not be conventional, the sex you have in your apartment — including the sex you might have in the common areas when no one is at home — is ultimately none of your roommates’ business.

That said, MICASA, unless or until all your roommates know what’s up, I don’t think you should ever allow this guy to be alone in your apartment.

Dear Dan, My girlfriend drunkenly confessed to me that she used to pee on her ex. I’m not sure what to do with this info.

— Dude’s Relationship In Peril Did she ask you to do something with this info? Did your girlfriend say, “Hey, I used to pee on my ex — now go make me a dream catcher with that news, would you?” Your GF got a little kinky with an ex, most likely at the ex’s request, and so what? If piss isn’t something you’re into, DRIP, don’t obsess on the distressing-to-you details and focus instead on the big picture: You’ve got an adventurous GF. Congrats. If she doesn’t have an equally adventurous BF, here’s hoping she finds one.

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