Jeff Niesel

Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 01/08 Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Founded in 2005 in a dive bar in Brooklyn, Dr. Sketchy’s has now spread to more than 100 cities ... See more

Badfish singer-guitarist Pat Downes has lived on Maui since 2011, but he knows what Cleveland winters are like and sympathizes with our situation. It’s one reason why the group regularly comes to Northeast Ohio in the dead of winter. This year, the Badfis... See more

The New Soft Shoe, a local band that pays tribute to alt-country icon Gram Parsons by playing covers of the songs he wrote with groups such as Flying Burrito Brothers and the Byrds, was formed in 2010 for a monthly residency at the Happy Dog. Parsons famo... See more

Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. WED 12/31 Cavaliers vs. Phoenix Suns A former powerhouse in the Western Conference, the Phoenix Suns didn’t even make the playoffs last ... See more

FRI 12/26 Trans-Siberian Orchestra The prog band Savatage originally recorded “Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24” in 1995. The song would reappear on Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s debut, 1996’s Christmas Eve and Other Stories and launch the band into the behemoth... See more