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Fashion is immediate: It captures the zeitgeist, defines trends. Once the trends are over, the clothes are abandoned on the racks of outlet stores.

Oh, my, you’re so last season!

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s “Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses” changes perceptions about fashion.

The exhibition is filled with more than 100 modern and contemporary Italian fashions and accessories, borrowed from legendary houses of Versace, Pucci, Ferragamo, Armani and Valentino.

But this isn’t some rollout of iconic clothes and revolutionary designs.

Rather, it explores how Italy’s fashion houses were inspired by the Renaissance, Mannerist and early Baroque periods.

“It’s an encompassing story about how Italian fashion house have preserved and conserved their own heritage and their nation’s heritage but have also use it as a vehicle for innovation,” said Darnell-Jamal Lisby, the museum's Assistant Curator of Fashion, during a preview of the exhibition.

‘Renaissance to Runway’ underscores that the trends of the here and now come from timeless inspirations – ones that we over often overlook when a trend comes and goes.  It opens on Sunday and runs through Feb. 1. Info.

Mayor Justin Bibb is standing up to the billionaire owners of the Cavaliers and Guardians — by asking the little guy to pay up.

Bibb has proposed a plan to fund stadium and arena maintenance that includes taxing downtown restaurants, bars and parking lots.

The ‘small tax’ is needed because ‘sin’ taxes don’t cover repairs and upkeep of Rocket Arena and Progressive Field, operated, respectively, by Dan Gilbert (worth $29.4 billion) and the Dolan family ($4-5 billion).

Downtown business owners don’t like it.

“It’s hard enough to get people to come downtown,” says Nick Kostis, owner of Pickwick and Frolic. “This makes it’s harder and will hurt places that are already struggling.”

Independent eateries operate on razor-thin margins of 5%.

Also, menu prices have risen 30% since 2019, and insurance inflation has risen 20-60% since 2020.

Clubs like Pickwick and Frolic also pay city admissions taxes – 4-8%, depending on the size of the venue.

“He’s making it harder businesses and people coming down,” says Kostis. “And why only downtown? People will just go elsewhere where it costs less.”

The foodie scene took off around the city in the early 2000s, redefining Tremont, Ohio City, Shaker Square and downtown as vibrant dining districts.

Enter Brad Friedlander – the acclaimed restaurateur who founded pioneering spots like Moxie, Lopez y Gonzalez and Red, The Steakhouse.

In 2005, he founded Cleveland Independents, a group that brings together like-minded chefs to shine a light on local eateries and the city’s culinary renaissance.

Through Nov. 14, the group will celebrate the scene with Cleveland Restaurant Week. The event features 32 area restaurants making an offer you can’t refuse: three-course prix fixe dinners for $39 per person.

It would be unfair to list a few; so many are among the best in Cleveland. Check them out here.

Experience Pepper Pong, the portable ping pong set that brings the excitement of the game wherever you go — indoors, outdoors, or on the road.

👉 Bring the thrill of ping pong to your home, office, or next adventure!

WCSB: The beloved station succumbed to a hostile takeover by Ideastream and CSU. Alas, the music goes on. At 5:30 tonight, WCSB DJs will spin tunes at the Happy Dog – the first of four Friday appearances in November. Info.

Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers: One of our greatest fish-out-water comedians brings his band to MGM Northfield Park – 8 p.m. Saturday. Also on the bill: the irrepressible absurdist comedian from Cleveland, Dave Hill. Info.

Psych Ward Whacker: What do get you when cross Billy Joel with a murderous psycho? Whoa, it’s the interactive, always popular murder-mystery (served with dinner). It hits Pickwick and Frolic’s Cabaret on Saturday and plays most Saturdays through Feb. 28. Info.

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult: The industrial-meets-disco musical provocateurs bring their big beat to House of Blues. 8 p.m. Sunday. Info.

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From Kinsman house band to hitmakers: Even when they were internationally-renowned, the Dazz Band stayed true to the neighborhood.

The outfit that scored a hit and a Grammy with “Let it Whip” in 1982 started out as the house band in the old Kinsman Grill. They were Kinsman Dazz back then, with the “Dazz” referring to “danceable jazz.”

At 8 tonight, the Beachland Ballroom will host Dazz co-founder Michael J. Calhoun and his band playing songs by the Cleveland legends. Info.

A low-flying airplane flies over Brook Park in 1973. The photo was part of a project commissioned by the EPA to study noise and air pollution in America.

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