Anne Nickoloff

Cleveland

Senior Editor at Cleveland Magazine

☀️ senior editor of @clevelandmag • dj of sunny day on @wruw • player of pinball • person of cleveland ☀️

Articles

New Cleveland Music: Big Hoke, The Shootouts, Truss and More

3 weeks ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

This summer, refresh your playlist with some selections from Northeast Ohio’s music scene. There's no shortage of new releases from artists of all genres — and we capture a sampling of it in our 30-track Cleveland Current playlist every month. Tune in.
Midtown Collaboration Center Is the Newest Piece of Cleveland Foundation’s Developing Midtown Campus

3 weeks ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

Collaboration is key at the new 100,000-square-foot building at East 66th Street and Euclid Avenue. Stepping inside the space, which stretches down the length of 66th with colorful picnic tables and lawn games alongside it, and you’ll see offices for Case Western Reserve University, Hyland, Cleveland Institute of Art, University Hospitals and more.
AC/DC’s Power Up Tour Brings a Rock 'N' Roll Triumph to Cleveland: Review

1 month ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

The objective of an AC/DC show is simple: “We’re gonna play some rock ‘n’ roll and we’re gonna party,” announced Brian Johnson early-on in the show. On Wednesday, thousands of Clevelanders crammed into Huntington Bank Field for the iconic Aussie rock band’s first performance in the region since its Rock or Bust World Tour in 2016.
Devo’s Farewell Tour Was a Treat for Northeast Ohio Spuds: Review

1 month ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

Devo’s music endures. Political, funny and catchy, even on its "50 Years of De-Evolution" farewell tour — and also on the "50 Years of De-Evolution... Continued!" extension to the farewell tour, which arrived at TempleLive at the Cleveland Masonic on Sunday night for a sold-out stop. The show marked a grand hometown return to Northeast Ohio after 16 years away, according to setlist.fm records. It’s a significant gap for a band that started on the campus of Kent State University in the early ‘70s.
SNL’s Marcello Hernandez Creates a Scholarship at His Alma Mater, John Carroll University

1 month ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

A new annual scholarship will support students pursuing comedy, entertainment and content creation at John Carroll University, courtesy of 2019 graduate Marcello Hernandez, known for his performances on Saturday Night Live since joining the show in 2022. The Bo & Tom - Marcello A Hernandez ‘19 Scholarship was funded by Hernandez to support one senior student every year. Herndanez will also mentor selected students, according to a JCU announcement.
New Cleveland Music: Andrea Nicole King, Bill Fox, Midnight, More

1 month ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

Crank up the volume on our batch of 30 songs from Northeast Ohio’s music scene, all featured in this month’s edition of our Cleveland Current playlist.
Globe Iron Music Venue Is a Marker of AEG’s Big Push in Cleveland

2 months ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

Nestled under the blue arches of the Main Avenue Bridge, a once-dormant piece of Cleveland music history comes to life as Globe Iron. The new venue, run by AEG Presents, is the entertainment company’s latest stake in the Cleveland market — just half a mile from AEG’s biggest local venue, Jacobs Pavilion. The Globe Iron building, dating to the 1800s, will welcome concertgoers with flashy upgrades: new lighting and sound systems in the concert hall, plus accessibility updates.
Rock Hall Announces Class of 2025: Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Chubby Checker and More

2 months ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

Say hello to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025. The museum will induct seven new musicians and bands in the performer category this year:Bad CompanyChubby CheckerJoe CockerCyndi LauperOutkastSoundgardenThe White StripesAdditionally, Salt-N-Pepa and longtime Rock Hall snub Warren Zevon will both get in by receiving the Rock Hall’s Musical Influence Award, while Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will receive the Musical Excellence Award.
Justin Bibb Gives 2025 State of the City Address: “This Is The Cleveland Era”

2 months ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

More than one thousand attendees gathered in Public Auditorium for Mayor Bibb’s State of the City address on Wednesday — his fourth, and final, address in his current term. Bibb and WKYC journalist Russ Mitchell discussed a handful of topics, followed by a Q&A with the audience, in the one-hour event hosted by The City Club. Here are a few things Bibb talked about.
Melt’s Matt Fish To Compete on “Guy’s Grocery Games”

2 months ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Anne Nickoloff

Matt Fish, who founded and ran the famed former Cleveland restaurant Melt Bar & Grilled, will grab a shopping cart and speed through the aisles in tonight's episode of Guy’s Grocery Games on "The Food Network." The show brings together four chefs — in this episode, all chefs who have had sandwiches featured in Guy Fieri’s sister show Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives — in a competition where they must quickly nab ingredients from a grocery store and then compete in a cooking competition to wow the...