🎸 Local Rock Legend Pat Hanych Mourned + JACK Casino Turns 10 + Elton John Tix Available

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• A beloved local legend on the music scene has died
• A food blogger/cookbook author and Westlake native won a James Beard Award
• Elton John farewell tour tickets are still available
• And we've got the lowdown on some fun things to do, too

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1) Cleveland Rock-n-Roll Legend Patricia Hanych Has Died

Do you remember Pat's in the Flats? The owner of the longtime Cleveland rock-and-roll bar, which closed in 2018, died Sunday. Patricia Hanych was 82. The bar was in business for six decades, opening in 1945 as Pickles under her father William's proprietorship.

• Shawn Mishak, who earlier this year set up a GoFundMe to help with Hanych's retirement, wrote a lovely obituary for Cleveland Scene, describing Hanych as "booking agent, confidant, bartender, pseudo-grandmother/aunt/mother of countless Cleveland musicians."
• Health issues forced her to give up the business. She died after a short bout with cancer. RIP, Pat.
• Friends may call for visitation at Kolodiy-Lazuta Funeral Home, 5677 State Road, Parma, Wednesday, June 15, 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral service at the funeral home, Thursday, June 16, at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at Brooklyn Heights Cemetery.

Read Shawn Mishak's obituary of this great and colorful woman on Cleveland Scene

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2) 🎲 JACK Casino in Cleveland has now been in business for a decade, undergoing several changes in that time. “No one really understood the urban gaming market," General Manager Scott Lokke told Sean McDonnell in a story for Cleveland.com.

• The casino in the former Higbee building opened as the Horseshoe Casino on May 12, 2012. Dan Gilbert was the owner.
• Ohio rejected legalized casino gambling four times before finally saying yes in 2009.
• In 2021, public records show JACK Casino raked in $257 million — a record year. That fact is tempered by the predictions casino experts and advocates made in 2009 — that a Cleveland casino would post $473 million in annual revenue by 2021.

Learn more about the evolution of the casino and the role it plays in Cleveland on Cleveland.com

3) A Westlake native, Kristina Cho, won two 2022 James Beard Awards on Sunday in the categories of Baking and Desserts and Emerging Voice. Cho is a food blogger who published her first cookbook, "Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries," last fall. She blogs at EatChoFood.com.

Cleveland 19 News

4) U.S. Marshals tracked down a man suspected of viciously beating to death a 1-year-old child in January. Latrell Wilson, 38, was taken into custody in Akron Tuesday afternoon. The child suffered broken ribs and head trauma. Said U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott: "Arresting this fugitive and bringing justice to the family was at the top of our priority list."

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5) Elton John has been to Cleveland twice on his "farewell tour," and he's returning for a third gig this summer at Progressive Field on July 30. Will this really be the last show on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour? If you don't want to take a chance, tickets are still available for $125 and up.

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5 Headlines You Need To See

• Cleveland Museum of Art reports no official contact from Italy over sculpture allegedly robbed from Tuscany (cleveland.com)
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• Food truck operators feel pinch of inflation (News 5 Cleveland WEWS)
• Andrés Giménez, Emmanuel Clase pushing to join José Ramírez and Shane Bieber as Guardians All-Star contenders (cleveland.com)
• Cleveland Play House selects interim artistic director (ideastream.org)

3 Things To Do

• Corey Holcomb appears at the Improv Comedy Theater in Cleveland, 1148 Main Ave., on Saturday, June 18. He's appeared on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show." Ticket info
• Jewel and Blues Traveler at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls for Train, The 2022 Summer AM Gold tour. New tracks, Grammy hits and surprise covers will be on the playlist. Saturday, June 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Ticket info
• New Kids On The Block Mixtape Tour, with Salt-n-Pepa, En Vogue, Rick Astley, comes to the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Tuesday, June 21. Tickets start at $29. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Ticket info

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Social Notes

• Congratulations to Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital caregivers for being a nationally ranked and locally trusted children’s hospital by U.S. News & World Report. (Cleveland Clinic via Instagram)
• Congratulations likewise to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, which also has been recognized as a Best Children’s Hospital for 2022-23 by U.S. News & World Report. UH Rainbow ranks among the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in nine specialties, five of which rank in the top 25. (University Hospitals via Facebook)
• Rotations happen regularly in the Cleveland Museum of Art galleries to keep things fresh. Have you seen the latest #ContemporaryArt gallery rotation? It's packed with new and interesting, multimedia, large format works. Visit: cma.org (Cleveland Museum of Art via Instagram)
• If you're headed to University Circle for the summer's first Wade Oval Wednesday, you'll notice the Museum is undergoing a full transformation of the campus and all exhibits. (Cleveland Museum of Natural History via Facebook)
• Cleveland Cooling Centers are open through June 16 between 11:30 a.m. and 10 p.m ahead of 90 degree plus temperatures forecast for the next few days. (City of Cleveland - City Hall via Facebook)

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