Michele DeFrasia was the longtime manager of The Phantasy Nite Club, just inside the Lakewood border with Cleveland on Detroit Avenue, the scene of local and national original music at a time during the 1980s and 1990s when music was moving out in all directions. The DeFrasia family owned the entire block, which they developed into multiple stages and venues for cool music. Many of us performed on those stages, danced on those dance floors and discovered new music week in and week out. Michele created a reason to travel to Lakewood from all corners.
Michele now battles stage four pancreatic cancer and her friends are helping out by mounting a GoFundMe to assist with expenses.
As her friend Shannon Dolan says of Michele DeFrasia, “As the ever-smiling, hard-driving owner and manager of the Phantasy Entertainment Complex in Lakewood, she created far more than a venue — she built a home. Through the Phantasy Nite Club, Phantasy Theater, Symposium, and Chamber, she opened doors for local dreamers and welcomed national and international alternative, goth, industrial, punk, rock, reggae, salsa and metal acts to our corner of the world.”
Those who would like to help can join the GoFundMe here to help with medical treatment, bills and household costs:
One Response to “She Gave Us A Stage”
dion sliman
Thank you for all the shows and great times! RiP you’ll never be forgotten.