Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Gets Its Hollywood Star Today; Cleveland Magazine Podcast Debuts: CLE Daily

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🐻 Hide the Honey: Black bears have been spotted in Pepper Pike and Garfield Heights over recent days.

🏀 Sticking Around: Donovan Mitchell could have signed a max contract after next season, but instead he chose security and injury protection, reportedly agreeing to a four-year extension valued at $273 million with the Cavaliers.

🧮 Numbers Count: More than 1,000 mathematicians are in Cleveland through Friday for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics conference, with a 6:15 p.m. livestream lecture tonight. Their lesson? Math is in a golden era.

ICYMI: The Crispy Chick, the popular fried chicken spot on Woodland Avenue, is opening a second location in Parma Heights this fall in a former Burger King on Pearl Road, complete with a drive-through and seating for up to 50.

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Today's Trivia

Finish this jingle, initially sung by former Indians broadcaster Jimmy Dudley and embedded in the minds of generations of Clevelanders.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony gets its Hollywood star today.

Arts & Culture | By Annie Nickoloff

Today, the iconic Cleveland hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony gets its latest accolade: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• In the first full-length episode of Cleveland Magazine's new podcast, The CLE Connection, hear from band member Krayzie Bone, aka Anthony Henderson, about Bone Thugs’ recent achievements.

Krayzie Bone: "As many times as I've been into Hollywood and walked over those stars and looked at them just to see who was over there. Now I can walk and see our name. It's crazy."

• Hitting The Road: Beyond the achievement, the band's been plenty busy preparing for a tour with Wu-Tang Clan this fall.

• Giving Back: Outside of music, Krayzie Bone also leads two nonprofits that aim to uplift his hometown and provide opportunities for young musicians.

Krayzie Bone: "Cleveland was our greatest inspiration. We were determined that whenever we got on, if we got on, that we were going to rep Cleveland." 

Read more, and listen to this episode of The CLE Connection here.

Fringe fest, art shows, concerts and more to check out this weekend.

Things To Do | By Jeff Niesel

BorderLight Theatre Festival at Playhouse Square | Theatre | July 8-11

Founded in 2015, BorderLight Festival is a nonprofit whose mission is to present innovative theater that "inspires, builds cross-cultural understanding, and celebrates the diversity of the human experience," as it's put in a press release. More than 40 productions will take part at Playhouse Square as part of this year's event that features performance art and theater. It runs through Saturday. Single ticket prices range from $11.50 to $38, and the festival also features 14 free shows and additional special events. 1260 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 866-496-0535, borderlightcle.org

The Lion King at State Theatre | Theatre | Through Aug. 16

Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the play presents a story "filled with hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals." The play also features the work of Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan and tunes written by Tony Award-winning artists Elton John and Tim Rice. Thursday's performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre, where performances continue through Aug. 16. 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org

Cain Park Arts Festival at Cain Park | Arts | July 10-11

This weekend's Cain Park Arts Festival includes artists who work in a variety of media including painting, watercolors, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, wood, leather, glass and other materials. This year's edition takes place from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. 14591 Superior Road, Cleveland Heights, 216-371-3000, cainpark.com

Women in Metal: You Will Know My Name Exhibit Opening at the Rock Hall | Music | July 11

Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Halestorm will play an acoustic set to kick off the opening of this new exhibit at the Rock Hall. The exhibit focuses on how women such as Lita Ford, Alissa White-Gluz, Taylor Momsen and Courtney LaPlante have impacted rock 'n' roll. The kickoff concert begins at 7 p.m. 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., Cleveland, 216-515-8444, rockhall.com

78th Street Studios' 25th Anniversary Party | Arts | July 11

This event honors Dan Bush, the owner and developer who founded and grew 78th Street Studios into what is reportedly the largest arts complex in Northeast Ohio. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and tickets cost $25. 1300 W. 78th St., Cleveland, 78thstreetstudios.com 

For our full list of things to do visit clevelandmagazine.com/things-to-do.

Talk of the Town

Cleveland restaurants, many in Ohio City, are pleading for community support after holiday-weekend power outages forced them to trash entire coolers of food and lose one of the summer's biggest weekends. "This is devastating to our business," wrote Rood Food on Instagram. "Losing a whole week of service is a financial burden w were not ready for."

The Cavaliers have a new part-owner. Asset manager Blue Owl Capital has made its minority stake in the team official, in a deal that reportedly values the Cavs and related holdings at $5.5 billion.

Fairlawn-based ContiTech is selling for $4.7 billion. Parent company Continental has found a private equity buyer for the rubber and industrial products division, a move that lets the German giant focus solely on tires. 

The Asian Lantern Festival returns to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo this week, running Thursdays through Sundays into late August. New this year: K-pop dance tutorials, pedal-powered lanterns and walk-through tunnels.

A Moreland Hills artist is confronting a dark chapter of mental health history. Kimberly Chapman's "86 Reasons for Asylum Admission," sculptures and photography drawn from a 19th-century asylum's admission logs, is on view at Peg's Gallery in Hudson through September.

Kelleys Island is drying out after receiving more than a foot of rain since Sunday night, causing significant flooding across the Lake Erie island.

Heinen's Downtown gamble cost $18 million. Co-president Jeff Heinen told Signal Cleveland the grocer lost that much over 11-plus years at its ornate Rotunda location before deciding to close the store July 31.

Chris Brown and Usher make their stadium debut in Cleveland.

Chris Brown and Usher joined forces at Huntington Bank Field on Tuesday night for The R&B Tour. The stacked setlist was a true co-headliner experience featuring back-to-back performances of each artist’s pop classics, plus some of their newer tunes in the worlds of R&B and hip hop.

For more music news in Northeast Ohio, head to clevelandmagazine.com/things-to-do/music.

Yesterday's Trivia Answer 

Finish this commercial jingle: Party on ‘til after dark at the… I-X Indoor Amusement Park

From the Editor

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony gets another big recognition with its Hollywood star. My question is: When will the band get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? The group has deeply influenced hip-hop since forming in Cleveland 35 years ago, and it has been eligible since 2019, according to Future Rock Legends. Last year, the band received a "Musical Keynote to the City" award, which was given to them at the Rock Hall ... but still, no nomination for induction.

"As a group it would mean the world," Krayzie Bone shares in our conversation in the podcast. "Us coming from Cleveland, right down the street from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I mean, come on, it only makes sense. But it would be a great accolade."

— Annie Nickoloff, Senior Editor

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