🧙 Spellbound in Cleveland

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Creepy parties. Zombified bars. A weekend of ghoulishness…

Break out the plastic fangs, Halloween is coming for us like a crazed vampire with countless soirees to tap your inner monster.

Get spellbound with these seven deadly affairs:  

Haunted Museum Tour: CMA is one of the most haunted museums in America. This tour rolls out ghosts and mysterious art. Friday-Sunday. Info.

The Cure, almost: Gathering Gloom plays tribute Robert Smith and the post-punk legends. 8 tonight at Music Box. Info.

Boo-Dog Halloween: BrewDog rolls out a weekend of parties with spooky drinks, costume contests, Monster Mash Dance Parties and lots of dogs, Info.

Club Carnival: Mahall’s is said to be haunted – and will transform into an all-out lair of costume dance parties with themed cocktails. 8 tonight. Info.

Flats Halloween Bar Crawl: The third annual bash hits party-hearty bars on the East Bank with costume contests and themed tunes, drinks and food. Friday. Info.

Mushroomhead: The monster-metal rockers in creepy get-ups hit the Agora for annual Halloween show. 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Info.

Dia de Muertos: The Day of the Dead celebration features a parade of skeletons, life-size puppets and vendors. 11 a.m. Saturday. Info.

When it opened in 1924, the Union Trust building was hailed as Cleveland’s temple of commence.

The opulent neo-classical building on Euclid and East Ninth was world’s largest bank lobby and the second-largest office building in the world.

Now called the Centennial Building, it joins the famed Statler building on the road to foreclosure, according to a lawsuit by lender Deutsche Bank

Both owned are owned by Millennia Companies, which defaulted on loans for the iconic buildings.

Centennial was purchased $40 million in 2018 by Millennia, with a $500 million plan to transform it into luxury apartments, a museum and restaurant.

The project stalled – despite Millennia receiving $75 million in grants and $40 million in loans.

As we reported, the Statler — a 1912 Beaux Arts gem – went into foreclosure last month.

Millennia also owns Key Tower, The Garfield Building, 75 Public Square and acclaimed eateries Marble Room and Il Venetian.

For years, it was easier to find water in the desert than scoring Yemeni coffee in Cleveland.

Now, stylish cafes serving the trendy, deeply flavorful beverage keep popping up. Three opened this year, with another two on the way.

While coffee originated in Ethiopia, it was cultivated and turned into a drink in Yemen.

Renowned for its complex earthiness and tones -- dried fruit, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and pistachio – the ‘Chablis of Coffee’ took off in popularity after Yemeni immigrants opened cafes in Michigan.

The wave has hit Cleveland, thanks to these spots:

All boast Arabic music and décor to go with a variety of drinks and delicious pastries like the Honeycomb: small buns featuring cream cheese and honeyed syrup.

GBH: The English punk legends mixed metallic guitars with shout-along chorus and insurgent energy to the Grog Shop. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Info.

ChargeFest: Cleveland G League affiliate of the Cavs throws a party with bands, a tour of Public Hall and a chance to shoot free throws. 5 p.m. Saturday. Info.

GOLDEN: K-Pop Demon Hunters: The dance party pays homage to the pop phenomenon and K-Pop costumers are encouraged. 10 PM Saturday at Mahall’s. Info.

Tropical Cleveland Halloween Fiesta: Colorful costumes, a Columbian band and mucho cumbia, merengue, bachata and reggaeton. 9 p.m. Saturday at Music Box. Info.

Earth: Doom-metal demons from Olympia, WA, bring their hypnotizing wall of sound to the Happy Dog. 8 p.m. Saturday. Info.

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Lorain Avenue was once a dead zone. No more. The street is undergoing a renaissance – thanks to the openings of several shops, bars and restaurants. (Read about it here.)

Soho Chicken + Whiskey is the latest step in the makeover. The bar-restaurant has just opened in the former home of Xinji Noodle Bar.

“We’ve been working hard all summer (and into the fall…) to turn this new space into Soho 2.0 – with the constant goal of making it feel The Same But Better,” said chef-owner Nolan Konkoski.

For 13 years, Soho was the go-to spot for southern cooking and innovative cocktails on West 25^th. Chipotle is taking over its old space.

Signs and traffic along Euclid Avenue, 1967.

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