Cleveland International Film Festival After two years online, one of the largest regional film festivals in the country returns with theatrical screenings at its new home Playhouse Square. With 146 feature films and 182 short films to choose from, there is truly something for everybody including documentaries, dramas, comedies, family movies and more. Many of the screenings include panels with the filmmakers. Tickets, $14-$16. Playhouse Square. Through April 9. DETAILS Related: 46th Cleveland International Film Festival kicks off with enthusiastic opening night at Playhouse Square Related: Cleveland International Film Festival ready to ‘shine on’ at Playhouse Square Cleveland Tattoo Arts Convention Get your ink on this weekend. This annual expo, held at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, features hundreds of tattoo artists from all over the U.S., including several who have been featured on “Ink Master.” Expect performances from magic and sideshow acts like Captain & Maybelle, the No Gimmicks Needed Suspension Team, Veronica Fink, Angelle, Scoops and Mischief, Nigel Backstorm the Heavy Metal Magician and more. Tickets, $20-$40. 300 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland. April 1-3. DETAILS Great Lakes Theater presents 'Much Ado About Nothing' After a lengthy pandemic-related delay, Cleveland’s classic theater company returns to the Hanna Theatre to tackle William Shakespeare’s timeless comedy about two pairs of lovers and a series of misunderstandings. Tickets, $15-$80. 2067 E. 14th St., Cleveland. Through April 10. DETAILS Related: Great Lakes Theater nails the timing with delightful new ‘Much Ado About Nothing’The Science of Rock and Roll! at Great Lakes Science Center Learn about the technology of the recording industry and the physiological effects of music on our brain or body in this new interactive exhibit. Or strum on an electric guitar, play the drums or sing in a recording studio to make your own music. Tickets, $13.95-$16.95. 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland. Through Sept. 5. DETAILS Related: Photos: New Science of Rock N’ Roll exhibit opens at Great Lakes Science Center Cleveland Pops Orchestra presents 'A Night of Broadway Favorites' Vocalists Lauren Berry and Connor Bogart join the Cleveland Pops Orchestra at historic Severance Music Center for an evening full of iconic showtunes including selections from “Wicked,” “Mamma Mia, “West Side Story,” “Les Misérables” and more. Tickets, $31-$107. 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 8 p.m., April 2. DETAILS Steve Martin’s “Meteor Shower” at Beck Center for the Arts The star of “Only Murders in the Building” and “L.A. Story” wrote this surreal comedy about two married couples who get together for a dinner party on the night of a meteor shower. Deadline calls the play, which premiered on Broadway in 2017, “one of the funniest, and wildest, games of social and sexual one-upsmanship,” Tickets, $10-$34. 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. April 1-May 1. DETAILS |
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Ukrainian Museum-Archives Easter Bazaar Shop hundreds of Ukrainian Easter eggs called pysanky and other Ukrainian artwork at Pokrova Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church. An ostrich egg pysanka will be raffled with proceeds benefiting the Ukrainian Relief Fund. Food will also be available. Free. 6812 Broadview Road, Parma. April 2-3. DETAILS Rock n Roll Drag Show at Happy Dog This variety show showcasing rock ‘n roll roots in queer and trans culture returns following a two-year absence. The theme of the comeback show is “Transmutation” and features local bands, drag and burlesque performers like Hawkbaby, Cotton Ponys, Peachfuzz, Ramona Rattail and more. Admission, $10. 5801 Detroit Ave, Cleveland. 9 p.m., April 2. DETAILS CWRU Holi Celebration 2022 This popular ancient Hindu festival comes to the campus of Case Western to celebrate the arrival of spring after a long winter. The highlight is the tradition of throwing colored powders and water at others. Attendees can also enjoy Indian street food, water games and other traditions associated with Holi. Free. 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 5-7 p.m., April 1. DETAILS Near West Theatre presents “Cinderella
Rodgers & Hammerstein put a musical twist on the classic fairy tale about a girl who meets her prince during one incredible night. This enchanting tale features songs such as “Ten Minutes Ago,” “A Lovely Night” and “Impossible.” Tickets $15 or pay-what-you-can. 6702 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Through April 10. DETAILS Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience at Akron Civic Theatre
You’ve seen these talented rescue dogs on Animal Planet and numerous talk show appearances, now watch them perform amazing tricks, unbelievable stunts and oh-so-cute behaviors before your very eyes in a show that will warm your heart. Tickets, $15-$25. 182 S. Main St, Akron. 2 & 6 p.m., April 2. DETAILS
Kountry Wayne at MGM Northfield Park
Get ready to laugh as comedian and social media star Kountry Wayne brings his “Straight Out The Mud” tour to Northeast Ohio. Tickets, $37.50. 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield. 7:30 p.m., April 1. DETAILS Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure
This new exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art showcases the Swiss modernist’s major postwar masterpieces. The 60 works include sculptures, paintings and drawings that examine the artist’s devotion to the human figure. Tickets, $5-$15. Free for museum members. 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Through June 12. DETAILS “Bassline to Baseline” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Originally curated for NBA All-Star Weekend, this exhibit looks at the intersection of music and basketball. Highlights include will.i.am’s “Let’s Get It Started” All-Star outfit from 2004 and Chuck D’s Air Jordans. Tickets, $20-$30. Cleveland residents get in free. 1100 E 9th St., Cleveland. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. DETAILS Immersive Van Gogh This popular art experience at the new Lighthouse ArtSpace offers a unique way to experience Vincent Van Gogh’s post-Impressionist works. The projection-based displays unfold on the walls around you, showcasing the Dutch master painter’s iconic works, including his most famous, “Starry Night.” Tickets $39.99-$49.99. Through May 30. 850 E. 72nd St., Cleveland. DETAILS Looking for more things to do this week in Greater Cleveland? Cleveland.com's Joey Morona has your guide. READ MORE |
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Cleveland International Wine Festival Lago Custom Events in the Flats hosts what is billed as the biggest wine event ever in Cleveland with classes, tastings and food. Learn about pairing wine with food, the aging process of wine, how to navigate a restaurant’s wine list and more. Sample wines from all over the state and across the globe. Experiences range in price from $30-$100. 950 Main Ave., Cleveland. April 1-3. DETAILS Royal Docks: Have a beer, get educated If you are looking to sip a pint, you can go almost anywhere. But if you want to drink a beer and learn about England, then Royal Docks Brewing Co. is your place. Dave Sutula is an expert on all things England. The brewery-brewpub, with locations in Canton and Massillon, offers some great suds and grub, and the Anglophile brewer will educate you on our pals across the pond. Take a drive south and pick a location: Taproom and kitchen: 7162 Fulton Dr. NW, Canton; Foeder House and Kitchen, 2668 Easton St. NE, Canton; 5646 Wales Ave. NW, Massillon. DETAILS Greater Cleveland's newest restaurants We’re only a few months into 2022, but plenty has changed in Northeast Ohio’s dining scene, with new restaurants and bars opening their doors for business. Some local restaurants have expanded with new locations, while other concepts have surfaced for the first time. A few national chains of note have also popped up in Greater Cleveland. Plus, check out a country music venue, an arcade bar, dives and more. Check out some of the newcomers in the local eating and drinking world. READ MORE Fish fry guide 2022: 50-plus places to go in Greater Cleveland Fish-fry frenzy is in full swing in Greater Cleveland. Things are getting back to normal this season after two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic. Cleveland.com’s Marc Bona and Anne Nickoloff have put together an essential guide for 2022, showcasing fish fry events from churches and nonprofit organizations across the region. We’ll update the guide each week, posting them online each Friday through April 15. READ MORE |
TV & MOVIES ‘Moon Knight’ “Moon Knight is difficult to describe. Marvel's latest series, now streaming on Disney+, starts off with a “The Bourne Identity” meets “Venom” vibe before going into full Indiana Jones and Lara Croft mode. But just when think you have it figured out, a mind-blowing twist changes everything. Oscar Isaac is brilliant as a mild-mannered museum gift shop worker battling the voices in his head, which include a mercenary who can turn into a superhero and also a Egyptian god with a giant bird skull for a head. Can they all come together to stop a cult leader played by Ethan Hawke from unleashing an ancient demon? "Moon Knight" is certainly out there and unlike anything in the MCU. But it's also dark, funny, violent and always interesting even if the action gets off to a slow start. But mostly, "Moon Knight" is refreshing departure from all things Avengers. DETAILS ‘Apollo 10½’ Richard Linklater returns to animation with "Apollo 10½," which comes to Netflix on Friday. But this is no "Waking Life" or "A Scanner Darkly," though parts do use the rotoscoping technology he used in those films. It's about being a kid in Houston during the summer of the Apollo 11 moon landing and is loosely based on Linklater's own childhood. Glen Powell and Zachary Levi voice men of NASA, while newcomer Milo Coy takes on the leading role as Stanley, with Jack Black voicing the adult version. Critics called it sweetly nostalgic after its well-received debut at the South by Southwest Film Festival. DETAILS ‘The invisible Pilot’ Adam McKay, the Oscar-winning writer-director of "Big Short" and a nominee this year for "Don't Look Up," turns to nonfiction TV as executive producer of the HBO docuseries "The invisible Pilot." Filmmakers Phil Lott and Ari Mark explore the life of a small-town Arkansas family man and pilot who, in 1977, appears to have met a tragic end, leaving his family and friends bewildered. Years passed before a tangled story of a double life and drug smuggling came into focus — and that, HBO promises, is just the beginning. The three-part series, including interviews with Betzner's intimates, law officers and journalists, will be released in weekly installments beginning April 4. DETAILS ‘Better Nate Than Ever’ And for the family set, Disney+ will start streaming "Better Nate Than Ever" on Friday. The musical comedy based on Tim Federle's 2013 novel follows an unpopular 13-year-old in Pittsburgh (Nate, played by Rueby Wood), who dreams of being a Broadway star and decides to take matters into his own hands and go to New York City with a fellow theater kid, Libby. Lisa Kudrow co-stars as Nate's Aunt Heidi. Federle wrote and directed the film, too. DETAILS 'Morbius' The latest hero from Marvel is hard to explain. He’s a man and yet also a bat. No, not Batman. Let me try again: He’s a daywalking vampire, but, no, not that cool cat Blade. This guy is good but also very bad. Look, he’s clearly got an identity crisis and his film is equally in trouble. “Morbius” is a forgettable, often laughable, entry in Sony’s attempt to fill its own Spider-Man-adjacent cinematic universe, a poorly edited, derivative time suck — pun intended. READ MORE ‘Moonshot’ Space travel is big on streaming this week, apparently, as HBO Max is unveiling its own sci-fi rom com, "Moonshot." Produced by Greg Berlanti and directed by Chris Winterbauer, "Moonshot" stars Cole Sprouse as a barista who sneaks on a shuttle to colonize Mars and teams up with "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" star Lana Condor to avoid getting caught. Zach Braff also co-stars. DETAILS ‘Whitney, A Look Back’ A decade after the loss of Whitney Houston, CBS remembers the music great's life and final days with "Whitney, A Look Back," airing Saturday, on the broadcast network (and streaming on its Paramount+ sibling). The hour-long special produced by "Entertainment Tonight" promises "lost performances and rare moments" with Houston, as well as new interviews including with Dionne Warwick, Clive Davis and CeCe Winans. Houston, 48, died by accidental drowning in her hotel room bathtub in Beverly Hills, California in 2012. Coroner's officials ruled that heart disease and drug use were contributing factors. DETAILS ‘Harry Wild’ Jane Seymour stars as a literature professor opening a new chapter in "Harry Wild," which debuts with two episodes April 4, on the Acorn TV streaming service. A mugging has sent Harriet "Harry" Wild to recover with her police detective-son Charlie (Kevin Ryan), who's immersed in an intriguing murder case. Turns out it has parallels to a little-known, Elizabethan-era play — and who better to join the hunt than the well-read Harry? Fergus (Rohan Nedd), her troubled teenage attacker, joins her for further sleuthing on the eight-episode series set in Ireland. DETAILS |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers The Red Hot Chili Peppers return on April Fool's Day with a new album and some old friends. "Unlimited Love" marks their first recording with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006's "Stadium Arcadium" and first with producer and longtime collaborator Rick Rubin since 2011. "Black Summer" is the slow-building, arena-ready first single and it features Flea's energetic bass work and multiple solos from Frusciante. The second is a delicious slice of funk called "Poster Child" that celebrates music itself: "The '70s were such a win/Singing the Led Zeppelin/Lizzy looking mighty Thin/The Thomson's had another Twin." DETAILS Daryl Hall at Northfield Park
Daryl Hall is making a statement about the music he creates outside of Daryl Hall & John Oates. He’s just released a 30-song collection called “BeforeAfter,” which compiles material from his solo career and performances from his "Live from Daryl’s House” TV show. He is promoting that release with a tour that stops April 7 at the MGM Northfield Park racino. Music writer Gary Graff talk with Hall about the “BeforeAfter” release, the new tour and life in and outside of Hall & Oates. DETAILS JoJo at House of Blues JoJo was just 13 when her first single “Leave (Get Out)” hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart. 18 years later, she’s back on the road, performing some of those classics plus new music from her “Good to Know” album, too. Tickets, $25. 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 7 p.m., April 1. DETAILS Thomas Rhett Thomas Rhett will release "Where We Started," with Katy Perry as the guest on the album's title song and closing track. Riley Green, Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard, and Russell Dickerson will also be featured as album collaborators. Everyone — including Rhett — expected him to follow "Country Again: Side A" with "Country Again: Side B" but it was just pushed back in favor of "Where We Stand." Of the new album, he says: "There are songs that'll make you cry on this record, there are songs that make you kiss the person you love, there are songs that'll make you want to dance and there are songs that'll make you want to party." DETAILS Foo Fighters What was supposed to be a spotlight for Foo Fighters on AXS TV this weekend will be more poignant in the wake of drummer Taylor Hawkins' death on March 25. The network will offer the broadcast premiere of 2008's "Foo Fighters: Live at Wembley Stadium" at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2, on air as well as via the AXS web site, apps and social media platforms. DETAILS Want more concert & music picks?
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