Feast of the Assumption Little Italy’s annual street festival returns for its 125th year with food from the neighborhood’s best restaurants, live entertainment, religious processions, inflatables, casino games and more. Free. Mayfield and Murray Hill roads, Cleveland. Through Aug. 18. DETAILS Browns vs. Vikings The Cleveland Browns continue preparations for the upcoming season as Jameis Winston & Co. take on the Minnesota Vikings in the second preseason game at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Tickets start at $21. 100 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland. 4:25 p.m., Aug. 17. DETAILS International Ohio Burlesque Festival Cleveland burlesque queen Bella Sin presents this annual celebration of the art of tease. The lineup at Beachland Ballroom features more than 70 burlesque, variety, drag, circus and aerials performers from around the globe. Tickets start at $20. 15711 Waterloo Rd., Cleveland. Through Aug. 17. DETAILS “Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue” Ever wonder what Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia would be up to today? Catch up with Miami’s sassiest seniors in this hilarious and heartfelt stage production at Playhouse Square’s Hanna Theatre. Ages 18 & up only. Tickets $40-$80. 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Now through Aug. 25. DETAILS Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center Franz Welser-Möst returns to the orchestra’s scenic summer home to conduct Tchaikovsky’s famous Fifth Symphony. The program includes a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto by Víkingur Ólafsson. Tickets start at $25. 1145 W. Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls. 7 p.m., Aug. 17. DETAILS |
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Tennis in the Land Cleveland’s only professional women’s sporting event brings some of the top tennis players in the world to the Nautica Entertainment Complex in the Flats for an exciting tournament and tuneup for the U.S. Open. Tickets start at $10. 2398 Sycamore St., Cleveland. Aug. 17-24. DETAILS St. John Bosco’s International Festival This 19th annual event at St. John Bosco Church in Parma Heights features global foods, live entertainment, rides, games and fireworks. Free. 6480 Pearl Rd., Parma Heights. Aug. 16-18. DETAILS “Come From Away” This beloved Tony-winning Broadway musical returns to the Connor Palace in Playhouse Square, telling the story of airline passengers diverted to a small town in Newfoundland during the 9/11 terror attacks. Tickets $20-$110. 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Now through Aug. 18. DETAILS Caged Thunder 28 It’s fight night in the Flats as mixed martial arts returns to Jacobs Pavilion for an exciting lineup of professional and amateur MMA athletes. Featured matches include Jerrell Hodge vs. Valodia Aivazian and Alec Bailey vs. Calvin Harbaugh. Tickets start at $34.50. 2014 Sycamore St., Cleveland. 6 p.m., Aug. 16. DETAILS Milk & Honey Weekend Learn how to milk a cow and see how it becomes cheese, butter or ice cream, or ask a beekeeper to find out how bees make honey at this fun and educational event at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. Admission $7-$9. 8800 Euclid Chardon Rd., Kirtland. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Aug. 17-18. DETAILS Whiskey Island Paddlefest Grab your standup paddleboard or kayak and head to Wendy Park for a 2-mile, 6-mille, youth or kids race. There’s also a Capture the Swag Fun Paddle if you prefer to go at your own pace. Registration starts at $10. Youth and kids races are free. 2800 Whiskey Island Dr., Cleveland. 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Aug. 17. DETAILS Third Fridays at 78th Street Studios Northeast Ohio’s eclectic arts maze hosts its monthly open house, showcasing finished work and exhibits at its many artist studios and galleries. The event also features food, drinks and live entertainment. Free. 300 W. 78th St., Cleveland. 5-9 p.m., Aug. 16. DETAILS Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art Featuring more than 50 rarely-seen artworks, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s newest exhibition traces how book illustration evolved over 200 years after the onset of industrialization in the 19th century. Free. 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Now through Sept. 8. DETAILS Asian Lantern Festival The Asian Lantern Festival returns with attractions that include a 50-foot-tall pagoda, walk-through tunnels, and immersive themed areas, including Crystal World and the Blooming Gardens. Live acrobatic performances will be featured every hour and culturally inspired food will be available. Tickets start at $21 in advance (members) or $24 in advance for nonmembers. Through August 25. 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland. DETAILS “Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution” This exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art looks at history and the transformative legacy of Korean fashion. Thirty garments plus accompanying ephemera are showcased. These range from excavated 17th-century aristocratic garments to contemporary Korean couture by leading and emerging designers. Free. Through Oct. 13. 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. DETAILS Monet in Focus This special exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art showcases five exquisite paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet created during the tail end of his career, including three works on loan from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. Free. 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Through Aug. 11. DETAILS |
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FOOD & DRINK The Vue Anthony Scolaro has had success with 111 Bistro in Medina, and his latest venture, The Vue, is doing brisk business in an energetic spot in Wadsworth. The chef-owner is rotating the menu with creative dishes. Wash down a nosh of fried Castelvetrano olives with a glass of wine from a fantastic list, then move on to an entree. And yes, it has a great view. The Vue is at 102 High St., Wadsworth. READ MORE Savvy Sliders What’s happening in that old Burger King on Snow Road in Brook Park? A Great Lakes-based microchain (Michigan) is slowly making its way into Ohio with delicious sliders (burgers, chicken, fish, ribeye steak, falafel) as well as chicken fingers and custard shakes. The price points are good, the quality is great, service is excellent and the adaptive reuse of space explains why this chain won’t be micro for long. We love their french fries and recommend the Savvy Sauce for dipping… no lie, we were enjoying our first sit in a 90s-era fast-food atrium since we can remember. We’ll bring you the 411 on them soon. MORE. Blue Agave Blue Agave is one of the less heralded restaurants on East 4th Street in downtown Cleveland. It’s worthy of a visit. Early guests can get a coveted street side table to people watch the busy entertainment district. Street tacos – three to an order -- are a quicky and easy decision, but why not venture deeper into the menu. The Seafood Relleno is a delightful upgrade from the standard chiles rellenos. The cheese-stuffed poblano pepper overflows with grilled shrimp, scallops and crabmeat. The menu offers several margarita variations including blood orange, pineapple habanero and hibiscus Jamaica. DETAILS Rare vintage handbags for sale at Tartine Bistro special event Pierce Morgan, founder of Chicologie, has been collecting and restoring luxury vintage handbags and accessories since his fashion school years at Kent State University. He will share a curated capsule of his collection from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, August 16, at Tartine Bistro in Rocky River. Guests can peruse handbags, accessories and more while enjoying charcuterie and summer wines selected from the Tartine cellar. READ MORE Cleveland Garlic Festival to feature garlic ice cream, cotton candy, more The annual Cleveland Garlic Festival is set for August 24-25 at Shaker Square. Garlic fries, garlic cotton candy and garlic ice cream from Mitchell’s Homemade are just a few of the many delicious bites that will be available at the food-centric festival. Other vendors this year include Chutni Punch, The Pierogi Lady, FrankieLynn Hot Dogs, Marchant Manor Cheese and many more. The event benefits the North Union Farmers’ Market. READ MORE ‘Le Diner en Blanc’ Le Diner en Blanc – the dinner in white – is back in Cleveland for a third summer on Saturday, August 24. Up to 800 participants can register for a space at the Parisian picnic-themed special event and party from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at a secret location. For the elegant, social-media-worthy dinner everything will be white – clothing, tablescapes, dinnerware and chairs, according to organizers Aseelah Shareef and Michelle Felder of Aficionado Productions. The women have been working with the international organization for three years to host dinners in Cleveland. READ MORE |
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TV & MOVIES' 'Alien: Romulus' Somewhere along the way, the “Alien” franchise became too complicated and pretentious. “Alien: Romulus” — the seventh entry in the original series — means to right the ship by recapturing the spirit of the original. By following a familiar formula — assemble a crew with a strong female lead, throw in an android sidekick, trap them on an alien-infested ship and see who makes it out alive — director Fede Alvarez (”Evil Dead,” ”Don’t Breathe”) succeeds. But this isn’t strictly a nostalgia play as Alvarez and a talented young cast breathe new life into a saga that needed it. Cleveland.com's Joey Morona has a review. READ MORE 'Jackpot!' It's always worth paying attention when Paul Feig ("Spy," "The Heat," "Bridesmaids") makes a comedy. In "Jackpot!," coming to Prime Video on Thursday, Awkwafina plays a struggling actor whose winning lottery ticket has her on the run for her life. In this near-future California, residents compete to kill the winner before sundown in order to claim the winnings for themselves. One person who is on her side, and willing to help, is John Cena. Feig told Entertainment Weekly that it's the "Jackie Chan movie I always wished I could make." DETAILS ‘Daughters’ The tear-jerker documentary "Daughters," streaming on Netflix this week, follows four young girls as they prepare to reunite with their incarcerated fathers for a dance in a Washington, D.C., jail. Co-directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, the film took over eight years to make as the directors earned the trust of the mothers, the daughters and the incarcerated men. "We really want to show the impact on families and daughters from this system and incarcerated fathers and bring more awareness around the importance around touch visits and family connection," Rae told AP earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won several awards. DETAILS ‘The Union’ Also coming to Netflix on Thursday is the Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg movie "The Union," an action comedy about a construction worker who gets entangled in the world of espionage by an old girlfriend from high school. The synopsis teases: "Knowing he's the right man for the job, she recruits Mike on a dangerous intelligence mission in Europe that thrusts them back together into a world of spies and high-speed car chases, with sparks flying along the way." DETAILS ‘Immaculate’ Finally, the Sydney Sweeney nun thriller "Immaculate" makes its Hulu debut on Friday, Aug. 16. Sweeney produced and also stars as a young American nun, Cecilia, who's decided to join an Italian convent where she's to help tend to older, dying nuns. The prettiness of the new surroundings is just a front, of course, and she starts to discover some sinister happenings within the ancient walls. The Associated Press wrote that it's "a great showcase for Sweeney's range (she gets to go from somewhat meek to primal scream) and is full of interesting visuals, beautiful costumes and accomplished makeup work showing all manner of bloody, mangled faces and limbs. But it's also a movie that does not seem as sure of itself or the point it's trying to make." DETAILS ‘The Tyrant’ Hulu is out with a new original Korean drama called "The Tyrant." Rogue government scientists create a deadly virus to put South Korea on the same power level as the U.S. and other countries with nuclear arms. The four-part series premieres Wednesday. DETAILS ‘The Challenge’ MTV's long-running competition show "The Challenge" began as a spinoff of the "Real World" and "Road Rules," and is still charging full steam ahead with season 40. Debuting this week, "The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras," has 40 contestants from the show's history, including mainstays Johnny Bananas and Chris "CT" Tamburello. Episodes air on MTV and will also stream on Paramount+. DETAILS ‘Emily in Paris’ — Guess what? Emily is still in Paris! Part 1 of the Lily Collins- led romance, workplace comedy's fourth season drops Thursday on Netflix. And rumor has it in the new season of "Emily in Paris," the star also visits Rome. DETAILS ‘Bel-Air’ The Fresh Prince is on summer break in season three of "Bel-Air," Peacock's updated, more dramatic version of the series that once starred Will Smith. Jabari Banks now plays the teen from West Philly. "Bel-Air" returns to Peacock on Thursday, Aug. 15. The parallels between Smith and Banks seem tailor-made for Hollywood. Like Smith, Banks is from West Philadelphia. He's also a musician working on his own EP. DETAILS ‘Drag Race’ Twelve fan favorite "Drag Race" contestants from around the world compete on "RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars" debuting Friday, Aug. 16 on Paramount+. The prize: $200,000 and a spot in the coveted Drag Race Hall of Fame. DETAILS ‘Chimp Crazy ‘ Eric Goode, the director of Netflix's "Tiger King," has a new docuseries about the private ownership of chimps. At the center is an exotic animal broker named Tonia Haddix who calls herself "The Dolly Parton of Chimps," and raises chimpanzees as her children. "Chimp Crazy" debuts Sunday, Aug. 18 on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. DETAILS ‘OceanXplorers’ James Cameron dives back into the ocean with his new six-part National Geographic series called "OceanXplorers." Cameron teamed with BBC Studios and the nonprofit research organization OceanX to explore remote parts of the ocean. They used a 285-foot research vessel called OceanXplorer to get there. The docuseries premieres Sunday, Aug. 18 on National Geographic and streams next day on Disney+ and Hulu. DETAILS |
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Post Malone
Was Post Malone's journey into country music inevitable? On Friday, Aug. 16, Malone will release "F-1 Trillion," a country album. While more and more pop acts venture into country music, Malone's approach is different: He's participating in the Nashville music industry, working with acts like Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen and Blake Shelton, instead of operating inside the genre and outside of its politics. It's working: His forthcoming album is one of the year's most anticipated in and out of the country music machine, and with good reason. "I Had Some Help" is already one of the year's biggest songs, and it doesn't appear to be slowing down. DETAILS Dweezil Zappa One of the most recognizable guitarists from the 1980s, the son of Frank Zappa brings his “Rox(Postroph)y Tour” to the Agora. Tickets $32.50-$92.50. 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 8 p.m., Aug. 17. DETAILS Rock Hall Live ft. Midnight If you love metal, you’ll love this trio of acts as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s outdoor summer concert series on the plaza continues. Midnight is the headliner in a lineup that also includes Manimals and Purgatory. Tickets $25 or $45 with museum admission after 5 p.m. 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., Cleveland. 7 p.m., Aug. 17. DETAILS Tinashe It is the lyric heard 'round the world, or at least, the internet: "Is anyone going to match my freak?" R&B-pop experimentalist Tinashe is back; her sexy single "Nasty" acquiring a new level of virality for the performer. It can be found on her forthcoming album, "Quantum Baby," which promises to deliver similarly addictive hooks — so ready the dances, TikTok. DETAILS Lupita Infante The twice Grammy-nominated Lupita Infante, known for her mariachi, norteño, and ranchera music, will release a new five-track covers EP, "Puras De Mi Abuelo Vol 1," on Friday, Aug. 16 — the first of a two-part series. It is a celebration and ode to her grandfather, the beloved Mexican ranchera singer Pedro Infante. Prepare the tissues. DETAILS Apostle Jones Cain Park’s free summer concert series, Sunset Sounds, continues at the intimate Alma Theater with a performance by one of Cleveland’s favorite local bands. 14591 Superior Rd., Cleveland Heights. 7 p.m., Aug. 16. DETAILS |
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