AP 10.15.14
No one in town is making music quite like Christa Ebert. As Uno Lady, she builds songs using only her voice as raw material, looped and layered to create skewed pop tunes. She's got an new album called Amateur Hour that she'll debut at a show at the new Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern. Sat 10/18.* The Cleveland Orchestra focuses on Bach for two-week spree. Wed 10/15-Sat 10/25.
* Rock Hall nominees announced. Let the arguments begin!
* City Music Cleveland offers Mozart, Brahms — and saxophone. Wed 10/15-Sun 10/19.
* Jazz is back at the Bop Stop with Bobby Selvaggio. Sat 10/18.
* It's zydeco dance time with Mo'Mojo at the Akron Civic Theatre. Fri 10/17.
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AP 10.15.14
We waited this long —a year and a half — for Mason's Creamery to open in Ohio City. And it finally opened last week to serve its handmade, small-batch ice cream from a permanent location. So don't say it's too cold for a cone. With flavors like pumpkin and caramel apple, and Christmas flavors on the way, it's always ice cream season. * Wondering what to do with all that harvest bounty? The Village Herb Shop in Chagrin Falls is hosting a fall harvest class that will have you slicing and dicing and mixing as you make pickled cucumbers and beets, salsa and even pumpkin pie spice. Sat 10/18.
* What's the next frontier in urban farming? It could be biocellars, greenhouses built on the basement foundations of demolished homes. Mansfield Frazier of Hough Chateau Vineyards and Biocellar has the first one under construction. Stop by his open house and see what it's all about. Fri 10/17.