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How Do You Pass No Child Left Behind When You Don't Speak English?new
Due to a simple law, the entire staff at Cleveland's Joseph Gallagher School may soon be fired because some 11-year-old named Nzeyimana can't use the word "prowl" in a sentence.
Cleveland Scene |
Bradley Campbell |
04-18-2008 |
Education
Sexual Assault: Another Byproduct of the Privatization of the Iraq Warnew
For women in Iraq, the terrorist could be the guy working beside you.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
04-11-2008 |
War
Caspar the Holy Ghostnew
This rock-star-turned-celebrity-preacher may be the phoniest guy you know.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
04-04-2008 |
Culture
Re-Making the Band in Clevelandnew
Mix 150 musicians, lots of Pabst, and a sports-like draft, and what happens? We're about to find out.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
03-28-2008 |
Music
Hot Rails Makes Its Own Heatnew
On its full-length debut, rip-roarin' Hot Rails plays the kind of punky, country-fried, bluesy rock that takes root so easily in the Cleveland's cloudy climate.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
03-21-2008 |
Reviews
From Grrly Grrl to Girly Girlynew
Avril Lavigne has had a bitch of a year, but she hopes a new tour will bring back the fun.
Cleveland Scene |
Ben Westhoff |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing
A Cleveland Cure for the Sneakerhead Cultnew
Welcome to Cleveland's Got Sole. Billed as a "shoe summit and showcase," it aims to court an obsessive cult: people who have taken their devotion to athletic shoes to scholarly heights.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-21-2008 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Mo' Money, Mo' Justicenew
Justice Maureen O'Connor says campaign money doesn't affect her rulings. Her record says otherwise.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
03-21-2008 |
Politics
Cleveland Musicians Band Together to Fight Pay-to-Playnew
Cleveland rockers are uniting in Musicians' Local 00, an informal alliance of groups opposed to the pay-to-play practices that make most local shows an unpredictable, overcrowded clusterfuck.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
03-14-2008 |
Music
How Progressive Insurance Lost What Made it Progressivenew
The Cleveland region doesn't have many Fortune 500 companies left. If Progressive stumbles, where does that leave us?
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
03-14-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
In Search of Single Hipsters in Clevelandnew
Friends had warned me that Cleveland doesn't have a real hipster scene. But I didn't believe them. This is the land of Oberlin College, the preeminent factory of all things effete. There had to be some Atari T-shirt-wearing vegans somewhere.
Cleveland Scene |
Bradley Campbell |
03-11-2008 |
Culture
The Golden Hand Behind the Cleveland Film Festival's Successnew
For a town unaccustomed to an influx of geeky glasses-and-black-cardigan intelligentsia, it's something of a minor miracle the 32-year-old institution continues to thrive.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
03-11-2008 |
Movies
Apollo Arrives in Clevelandnew
An ancient statue landed in Cleveland and touched off an international outcry.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
03-11-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Celtic Frost's Origins as Hellhammernew
This two-disc compilation gathers a trio of oft-bootlegged demos from 1983. Newly remastered, the dungeon tapes sound cleaner than ever while retaining their grit.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Demon Entrails, Hellhammer
Dennis Kucinich's Brave Talknew
He stumps about working and fighting — from the safety of the officer's tent.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
02-29-2008 |
Commentary
