Fish fry guide, Cleveland Auto Show, Brite Winter fest, Elle King in concert, 'Cocaine Bear' & more

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Fish fry guide 2023: 70-plus places to go in Greater Cleveland

If you’ve been craving fish frys, Northeast Ohio is the place to be this time of year. Our weekly guide starts today and will be updated throughout Lent. The guide is for non-profit organizations only – churches, schools, scouts, VFW and other groups. It’s in alphabetical order by city. More than three dozen different locations are included. The last line of each entry is “fry time” so you can see the times, days and dates for the dinners. Note: Some places are not holding fish frys on Friday, March 17, which is St. Patrick’s Day. So plan accordingly. Good Friday is April 7. Easter is Sunday, April 9. READ MORE

Cleveland Auto Show

The Cleveland Auto Show will be at the I-X Center from Friday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, March 5. With more than 500 vehicles, the show is an opportunity to compare and shop for your next ride. Almost every manufacturer will allow show-goers to sit inside the vehicles, pop the hood and kick the tires. However, sitting in classic, pre-production or exotic vehicles is forbidden. Tickets are $15.00/adult, $12/preteens & seniors, and free for 6 & under. Parking is free. I-X Center, 6200 Riverside Drive, Cleveland. DETAILS

5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24

11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25

11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26

11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Feb. 27 to March 2

11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 3-4

11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, March 5.

Brite Winter

Brite Winter, the outdoor music and arts festival, returns to the West Bank of the Flats on Saturday. In addition to three stages of live music, compete in outdoor games and enjoy ice sculptures and as local art. Chase the chills with bonfires, warming tents and cocktail “igloos.” Food trucks will offer local restaurant favorites. Tickets start at $10. Cleveland rock band Welshly Arms is headlining. 3 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Feb. 25. Under the Main Avenue Bridge on West Bank of the Flats in Cleveland. DETAILS

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors

The surging Cavaliers are back from the All-Star break and back at home at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for this Sunday evening home game against the Raptors. 6 to 9 p.m. Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland. DETAILS

High School Rock Off: The Final Exam

The 26th Annual Tri C High School Rock Off wraps up this weekend with The Final Exam at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Twelve finalists will compete in a one-night battle royale where the winning band receives $3,000 cash and $250 for their high school music program. Second place gets $1,500 cash and $100 for their high school music program and third place will receive $500 cash. Tickets are $15 for students and $20 for adults and are available online at the Rock Hall and at the Rock Hall ticket kiosks the night of the show. 6 p.,m., Feb. 25. 1100 Rock And Roll Blvd., Cleveland. DETAILS

Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is bringing together three Central European composers -- Mozart, Schoenberg and Strauss – for a weekend of performances. Mozart’s Divertimento, written when the composer was only 16, starts the show, followed by Schoenberg’s Variations for Orchestra. The final piece is Strauss’s tone poem, Ein Heldenleben. Tickets start at $24. 11 a.m., Feb. 24; 8 p.m., Feb. 25. Severance Hall. 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. DETAILS

'Red Summer' at Karamu House

With America’s oldest Black producing theater right here in The Land, catching a show at Karamu House should be high on every Clevelander’s hometown bucket list. The production “Red Summer” uses music, dance, poetry and local artists to tell the unheard stories of America’s 1919 summer of racial violence and explore what we as a nation have learned since. Tickets starting at $25. Feb. 24-March 5, performance times vary. Karamu House, 2355 East 89th St., Cleveland. DETAILS

'Sense and Sensibility'

Based on the novel by Jane Austen, this playful adaptation tells the story of Elinor and Marianne who find themselves socially vulnerable following the unexpected death of their father. Tickets $20-89. Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th Street, Cleveland. Through Mar. 5. DETAILS

Cleveland Monsters vs. Utica Comets

See the Cleveland Monsters battle it out with the Utica Comets. 7 to 10 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24. Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland. DETAILS

Black composers celebrated

Celebrate local Black composers and artists at The Music Settlement in University Circle. Curated and performed by tenor Cornelius Johnson, cellist Khari Joyner, violist Chris Jenkins and pianist Dianna White-Gould, the concert features multiple generations of African American classical artists who perform and live in Ohio. It also honors African American composers with deep ties to Northeast Ohio. Starting at $20. 7 p.m., Feb. 24. The Music Settlement: 11125 Magnolia Dr., Cleveland. DETAILS

Black storyteller, cultural geographer at Cleveland Botanical Garden

The Cleveland Botanical Garden hosts storyteller, author and cultural geographer Dr. Carolyn Finney for a conversation about equity and inclusion. Tickets are $20. 1 to 3 p..m., Feb. 25. Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd., Cleveland. DETAILS

Arts of Africa Gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art

The cultural significance of historic African art pieces at the always-free Cleveland Museum of Art is reexamined in the museum’s newly reinstalled Arts of Africa Gallery. Artifacts include a central African elite’s luxurious wooden sandals and a Zimbabwean ceremonial ax, as well as popular pieces made by the royal Asante goldsmiths’ guild. Free. Through July 2. Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. DETAILS

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Modern art really is for everyone, and the early 2023 events and exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) showcase the diversity of the human experience. The spring exhibits include Nina Chanel Abney’s “Big Butch Synergy,” which explores and celebrates expressions of Black masculine women. Free admission. Through June 11. Museum of Contemporary Art, 11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. DETAILS

‘The River’

On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she’s not the only woman he has brought here – or indeed the last. The Ensemble Theatre production runs through March 5. 7:30 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Notre Dame College Performing Arts Center, 4545 College Road South Euclid. DETAILS

Orchids Forever at Cleveland Botanical Garden

With more than 3,000 flowers from all over the world, this annual celebration of the Orchid highlights the vibrant colors and uniqueness of what some call the most stunning flower on Earth. The show features over 100 different types of orchids. Tickets, $14-$20. 11030 East Blvd., Cleveland. Through Mar. 12. DETAILS

Disney Animation: Immersive Experience

Feel the magic when you step inside some of your favorite animated Disney films. This one-of-a-kind experience at Lighthouse ArtSpace gives you a front-row seat at Simba’s presentation ceremony, sends you on a magic carpet ride with Aladdin and transports you to snowy Arendelle for a song by Elsa. Tickets start at $36. 850 E. 72nd St., Cleveland. Through April 10. DETAILS

'Ghost the Musical

Based on the beloved 1990 film, this Beck Center for the Arts musical, a collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University, tells the story of a dead man who, with the help from a medium, warns his girlfriend of a dangerous plot. Tickets, $10-$38. 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Through Feb. 26. DETAILS

The Rink at Wade Oval

Lace ‘em up and skate around the ice at Wade Oval’s ice rink in the University Circle neighborhood. Don’t know how? Ice skating lessons are offered every Saturday at noon. The concession stand offers hot cocoa, coffee and snacks. Admission $1-2; skate rentals, $2-$3. 10820 East Blvd., Cleveland. Weekends and holidays through Feb. 26. DETAILS

Tobogganing in the Cleveland Metroparks

Find your thrill in the chill at the Chalet in Mill Stream Run Reservation, whooshing down twin 700-foot refrigerated ice chutes on an old-timey toboggan. Reservations required. Tickets, $11-$13. 16200 Valley Parkway, Strongsville. Fridays-Sundays through February. DETAILS

FOOD & DINING

Happy anniversary, Sibling Revelry Brewing!

The folks at Sibling Revelry Brewing love to celebrate their anniversary. The brewery’s seventh anniversary party is coming up Saturday, Feb. 25. To commemorate the occasion SRB will theme its all-day party with Vegas lucky 7. So expect $7 beers and specials – including $7 pretzels. Live music is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Doors open at noon. The brewery is at 29305 Clemens Road, Westlake. DETAILS

Cleveland Bagel Co.

Feel like rewarding yourself after a Saturday morning at the gym? Grab coffee and a cinnamon cranberry bagel from The Cleveland Bagel Company on the Westside at 4201 Detroit Ave., Cleveland near the Cleveland Clinic at 7501 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland. These are the real thing, with the perfect texture and mouth feel. Also found in some local coffee shops. DETAILS

Karl’s Inn of the Barristers

Get down to Karl’s Inn of the Barristers, 1264 West 3rd St., Cleveland, before the 32-year-old restaurant closes for good on March 22. Karl Abounader’s corned-beef has been fueling lawyers, cops, politicians and other downtown working folk for generations. The restaurant, sadly, is closing soon, a victim of times, the pandemic and such. READ MORE

TV & MOVIES

‘Cocaine Bear’

The plot of this man v. beast movie is so crazy, it has to be true... and it is! The beast in this case is a 500-pound bear who goes on a rampage in a Georgia forest after ingesting a large amount of cocaine. DETAILS

‘EO’

Since its prize-winning debut at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Polish filmmaking legend Jerzy Skolimowski's "EO" has been moving audiences like few other recent films. Skolimowski made "EO," nominated for best international film at the Academy Awards, from the perspective of a circus donkey on a spiritual journey as it experiences cruelty and kindness while traveling through Poland and Italy. "The idea was from the very beginning that we don't want to tell the story about the donkey, but that we want the audience to feel like it is a donkey," Ewa Piaskowska, Skolimowski's wife and co-writer told AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. " EO" begins streaming this on the Criterion Channel and is also available for digital rental. DETAILS

‘Bruiser ‘

Director Miles Warren makes a compelling directorial debut in "Bruiser," a tender coming-of-age tale streaming Friday, Feb. 24, on Hulu. "Till" actor Jayln Hall stars as 14-year-old Darious. Set during his summer between 7th and 8th grade, the quiet Darious, back from boarding school, is adjusting to life with his working parents (Shinelle Azoroh, Shamier Anderson) and friends who he's drifted apart from. With Trevante Rhodes, of "Moonlight." DETAILS

‘Snowfall’

FX's critically-acclaimed series "Snowfall," about the crack cocaine boom in Los Angeles in the 1980s kicks off its sixth and final season this week. The final episodes are high stakes for all the characters including Damson Idris as Franklin Saint, who rose to drug kingpin status throughout the series and had declared war on everyone around him. DETAILS

‘Party Down ‘

It's been 13 years since we last saw the cater waiters of "Party Down" suffer through another event thrown by the rich and sometimes famous of Los Angeles. Original cast members including Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally reprise their characters in a third season debuting Friday, Feb. 24 on Starz. This new batch of episodes sees the characters older and (somewhat) at different places in their lives but they're still just as funny. Jennifer Garner, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Zoë Chao also join the cast. Original player Lizzie Caplan was unavailable for season three but the cast has said they're game for another season, especially to work with her again. DETAILS

‘A Man Called Otto’

Adult dramas have generally been having a hard time in theaters in recent months, but one notable exception has been "A Man Called Otto." The film stars Tom Hanks as a despondent and ornery widower whose suicide plans keep getting foiled by the needs of his neighbors. After having made nearly $100 million in ticket sales worldwide, "A Man Called Otto" arrives on video on demand this week. Marc Forster's adaptation of Fredrik Backman's bestseller and a remake of the 2016 Swedish film "A Man Called Ove," "A Man Called Otto" is well tailored to Hanks' screen presence while subtly tweaking it. DETAILS

‘Outer Banks ‘

Netflix's "Outer Banks" returns for its third season on Thursday and JJ, Sarah, and the gang have discovered a deserted island they've named Poguelandia. If we've learned anything from "Lord of the Flies" and "Yellowjackets," teens on a deserted island equals trouble. And that's just how the third season begins, promising more action, romance and of course, hidden treasures. DETAILS

MUSIC

Elle King

Americana singer-songwriter Elle King's “A-Freakin-Men Tour” kicked off on Valentine’s Day in New Orleans. It comes to Cleveland on Monday, Feb. 27., for a show at the Masonic Cleveland Auditorium. King, who grew up in Jackson, Ohio, just east of Chillicothe, first came to prominence with her 2015 hit “Ex’s and Oh’s." Her new album, “Come Get Your Wife," was released in January. Joining the tour are special guests Red Clay Strays. Tickets $39 to $79. 8 p.m. Feb. 27. DETAILS

Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert offers his takes on some great past pop songs with "High Drama," an album of covers of such hitmakers as Duran Duran, Bonnie Tyler and Culture Club. The frontman for Queen takes on Sia's "Chandelier," Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire" and even Noël Coward's "Mad About the Boy." His version of Tyler's "Holding Out For a Hero" is a showcase for Lambert's vocal fireworks, while he turns Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" into a lush, moody ballad and he turns in a glam rendition of Billie Eilish's "Getting Older." It drops Friday, Feb. 24. DETAILS

‘KPOP’

If you missed "KPOP" on Broadway, there's still the chance to hear what you missed. The original cast recording out Friday, Feb. 24, features music, lyrics, music production and arrangements by Helen Park and music and lyrics by Max Vernon. It was the first Broadway musical to celebrate Korean culture with Korean, Korean-American and API representation on and off-stage. The musical is a backstage look at some K-pop performers as they get ready for their debut show in New York City. Conflicts break out and get resolved, ending in a concert-like performance. DETAILS

Dierks Bentley

After writing and recording two albums over the past four years that he later scrapped, Dierks Bentley is poised to release a third, one he says he "had to get right." The 14-track "Gravel & Gold" has songs featuring Ashley McBryde and Billy Strings. The single "Gold" is all about freedom, with the lyrics: "I got some rust on my Chevy but it's ready to roll/I got a rhinestone sky and a song in my soul." Bentley promises a diverse album, "from the arena shaker to the barroom weeper to the bluegrass fireballer." DETAILS

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