Guards Drop Games 4 and 5. Browns Rally: CLE Daily

Plus, things to do this week in and around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

by Ron Ledgard | Oct. 19, 2026 | 5:00 AM

Photographed by Annie Nickoloff

🍛 Browns Rally: The Browns fell behind by 10 points, but they were able to piece together just enough offense to beat the Ravens, 13-10, and move into a first-place tie with the Steelers and Ravens at 4-2. Here are DMan's Thoughts.

🍛 India Garden Brings Its Curries to Van Aken: Brothers Ramesh and Sanjeev Sharma, owners of Lakewood's longtime India Garden, have quietly opened Star of India Garden inside the Market Hall at Van Aken District, serving a condensed menu of biryani, curries and breads for lunch and dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

🎭 Raise a Glass to Otto Moser's Famous Regulars: From 1893 to 1930, about 1,000 stage stars, including Fanny Brice, John Philip Sousa, the Barrymores and Fred Astaire, drank at Otto Moser's on East Fourth Street and left signed photos behind. Many of those photos return Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Wonder Bar, which now occupies the old tavern, for a talk by historian Chris Roy on the stars and Downtown's 60-plus lost theaters, plus pub tours with former owner Steve Dimotsis. Registration is required, and seating is limited.

🎃 Meet the Clevelanders Who Take Halloween Very Seriously: The Cleveland Haunt Club has thousands of members, nearly 34,000 Facebook followers and a Haunted Garage Sale that drew about 15,000 people this year. Members' home haunts include a 13-foot Lego skeleton in Olmsted Falls and an 1800s-themed "Royal Scare" in North Royalton.

ICYMI: Remember our Best of Cleveland editors' picks for food trends and classics? Highlights include Rosy's three-day sourdough bread platter, Makihalo's ube brownie, La Playa's viral soft-serve margaritas and the return of Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips.

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Today's Trivia

This labor leader, journalist and Cleveland high school namesake challenged Samuel Gompers for the presidency of the American Federation of Labor and ran for vice president on the Farmer-Labor Party ticket in 1920.

Sports: The Guardians drop Games 4 and 5 to put the season on the brink.

By Cleveland Magazine

Drew Rasmussen held the Guardians to one run over seven innings, and the Rays won Game 5, 3-1, Sunday at Progressive Field, taking a 3-2 series lead.

Tampa Bay scored in each of the first three innings, chasing Parker Messick after two. Cleveland managed five hits, none for extra bases, and its lone run came on Chase DeLauter’s RBI in the sixth.

That followed a 7-3 Game 4 loss Saturday. Facing elimination, the Guardians visit Tampa Bay for Game 6 at 8:08 p.m. Monday, with Game 7 Tuesday, if necessary.

Talk of the Town

An Ohio appeals court ruled the state's EdChoice voucher program unconstitutional, but the roughly 180,000 students using it keep their vouchers for now. The Tenth District Court of Appeals said the program funds a separate school system that conflicts with the Ohio Constitution. The ruling is on hold while the case heads to the Ohio Supreme Court.

CMSD's class of 2026 posted the highest graduation rate in the district's history. CEO Warren Morgan announced the 83.1% rate at his State of the Schools address and defended this year's 18 school closures. "The hard part is behind us and the better part is ahead of us," he says.

Veteran homelessness is rising in Cuyahoga County. County data show 142 veterans were experiencing homelessness as of Sept. 1, with more veterans entering the system than are moving into permanent housing.

A 119-unit apartment building could replace an old Little Italy steel site. TurnDev's four-story plan for 2100 Random Road, now a parking lot and the skeleton of the former Singer Steel building, gets a public meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation.

Akron Children's is putting $4 million into research on a little-understood eye disorder. A $2 million gift from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, matched by the hospital, will expand Dr. Faruk Örge's study of nystagmus, an involuntary eye movement condition, using what the hospital calls the world's largest collection of eye movement recordings, with help from Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland State researchers.

More Things To Do This Week

🎤 Jonas Brothers at Rocket Arena (Today): The Jonas Brothers bring back their 2000s-era Burning Up tour, complete with the original costumes and songs. Longtime fans and new ones alike can expect a night of nostalgia. 7:30 p.m., $75-$650, 1 Center Court, Cleveland, rocketarena.com

🎨 “Ten Kings of Hell” Make and Sip (Wednesday): Cleveland artist Angela Joy Oster leads a night of spooky crafting and cocktails inside the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea exhibition. It’s a creative way to get into the Halloween spirit. 6-8 p.m., $50, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, clevelandart.org

💡 TEDxCleveland State University (Friday): Twelve speakers take on the theme “Untangling Wonder,” challenging ideas and sparking curiosity at Cleveland State. It’s open to anyone interested in innovation and creativity. 3-8 p.m., $75, 2001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, csuohio.edu

🎃 Nightmare After First Pour (Friday): With the first Christmas Ale tapped, Great Lakes Brewing Co. moves on to another holiday tradition: a “Nightmare Before Christmas”-inspired pop-up with themed cocktails and spooky festivities through the weekend and into next week. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., free entry, 2516 Market Ave., Cleveland, greatlakesbrewing.com

Friday's Trivia Answer

What organization, named for a famed African American poet, was formed to help young working women but is now best known for housing and programming for senior citizens? Phyllis Wheatley Association

Check back tomorrow for the answer to today's question.

From the Editor

Baseball and football are still going, but basketball season is officially here.

The Cavs open Thursday night in Philadelphia against the 76ers and LeBron James, then come home Saturday for Rocket Arena’s first game of the year against the Brooklyn Nets.

This season carries a little extra meaning, too: It’s been 10 years since the 2016 championship, and the team is marking the anniversary with special celebration nights this winter.

So dust off the wine-and-gold jersey and clear your calendar through April. Downtown is about to get loud again.

— Ron Ledgard, Managing Editor

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Ron Ledgard

Ron Ledgard is Cleveland Magazine's managing editor and a Pittsburgh native who has made his peace with Cleveland (except on Sundays). He's a University of Pittsburgh graduate, a veteran of The Athletic and the Akron Beacon Journal, and was there for every chapter of LeBron's Cleveland story. After two decades of chasing deadlines and box scores, he's happily landed in magazines. He's a sucker for a long story done right, the kind you save for a Sunday morning (before kickoff, of course). When he isn't editing, he's out on a trail, trying a new restaurant or hunting for the next great thing to do. Sports is his subject of choice, and coffee is his fuel. Most Starbucks baristas in the area greet him like the Cheers crowd greeted Norm.