Guardians in the playoffs, 'Les Miserables' at Playhouse Square, the Killers at Wolstein Center, fall festivals, Halloween fun & more

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Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays

The playoff-bound Cleveland Guardians play two, maybe three, home games this weekend at Progressive Field against the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Wild Card Series. Tickets start at $69. MLB has announced a 12:07 p.m. first pitch for both Friday and Saturday. If the Sunday game is needed, it will start at 4:07 p.m. Progressive Field, Cleveland. Oct. 7-9. DETAILS

The Killers
Brandon Flowers and The Killers bring their modern-rock roadshow to the Wolstein Center, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. The band is best-known for indie-rock go-to records like 2004′s “Hot Fuss,” 2006′s “Sam’s Town” and 2008′s “Day and Age.” The group's most recent album releases are 2021's "Pressure Machine" and 2020's "Imploding the Mirage." Tickets $35 – $125. Wolstein Center, Cleveland. Oct. 7. DETAILS

Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra continues its 2022-23 Severance Music Center season with Boulez’s “Notations,” Stravinsky’s “Violin Concerto” and Saint-Saens, “Symphony 3″ (organ). Thierry Fischer conducts the performance, which features Leila Josefowicz (violin) and Todd Wilson (organ). Tickets $24-$32 and up. 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Oct. 7-8. DETAILS

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point
The Amazement Park’s daytime fall festival gives way to spooky and frightening fun at night. Dare, if you will, to find your way out of five haunted houses and six outdoor scare zones. Or just ride your favorite roller coasters. Tickets start at $49.99. 1 Cedar Point Dr. Sandusky. Thursday-Sunday through Oct. 30. DETAILS

Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Back for its 13th year, the CDFF features 91 documentaries from around the globe. More than 50 filmmakers are scheduled to appear during the run of the festival. Tickets start at $12. Multiple venues; Festival hub is located at Chagrin Falls Township Hall, 83 N. Main St. In person through Oct. 9. Virtual festival Oct. 9-16. DETAILS

MIX is back at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art’s MIX is back in person as Oktoberfest this month. MIX combines music, art and mingling for an evening of fun. Cleveland talent DJ Fabrizio (Fabrice Dongo) -- a favorite of club-goers and internationally acclaimed for his unique ability to combine different musical genres -- will play Latin, Cuban, and electronic dance music. A full bar and Oktoberfest-themed goodies -- brats, hot pretzels, and beer cheese -- will be available to purchase. Tickets $12 to $20. 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland. 6 to 10 p.m., Oct. 7. DETAILS

Ohio Mart at Stan Hywet
The 55th Ohio Mart -- an artisan craft showcase -- at Stan Hywet will be on the estate grounds. Enjoy gorgeous autumn weather and major retail therapy with more than 120 artisans talented in sculpture, garden art, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, hand-crafted furniture and more. The Food Court serves a variety of fare. 714 North Portage Path, Akron. Oct. 6-9. DETAILS

Cleveland Browns vs. LA Chargers

The LA Chargers (2-2) travel to Cleveland (2-2) to take on the Browns at 1 p.m. this Sunday. FirstEnergy Stadium Oct. 9. DETAILS

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers come to Cleveland to compete with the Cavaliers in the pre-season home opener at Monday, Oct. 10. The Atlanta Hawks will be in town for a pre-season game Wednesday, Oct. 12. Both games tip off at 7 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
1 Center Court, Cleveland. DETAILS

Jurassic World brings dinosaurs to Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Feel the roar when Jurassic World brings dinosaurs -- Velociraptor Blue, Tyrannosaurus rex and 22 more -- to Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. The production includes life-sized animatronic dinosaurs combined with practical scenery to create the dense jungles of Isla Nublar in the arena. Tickets $15-$25. 1 Center Court, Cleveland. Oct. 7-9. DETAILS

'Les Miserables' at the State Theatre
Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, “Les Miserables” returns to Cleveland. Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, the musical is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Tickets $30-$130
1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Oct. 7-30. DETAILS

Harvest Festival at Hale Farm and Village
Go back in time to experience what fall was like during the pre-industrial age at this living history museum focusing on 19th-century life on the farm. Learn about cider pressing and fermentation while you enjoy seasonal food, live music and a special appearance by Johnny Appleseed. Admission, $8-$15. 2686 Oak Hill Road, Bath. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 8-9. DETAILS

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Trick-or-Treat Fest
The Zoo’s Trick-or-Treat Fest includes meet-and-greets with costumed characters, 20 trick-or-treat stations and the return of the Monster Mash Dance Party at the Zoo’s amphitheater. Admission $10-$20.
4101 Fulton Parkway, Cleveland. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October. DETAILS

Holden Arboretum hosts Fall Forest Fest
Fall Forest Fest is a family-friendly event featuring hikes, storytelling, wagon rides, a sugary scavenger hunt, an exhibit trail, crafts, a canine costume contest, hay pyramid, a corn pit and more. Admission $13-$19. 9550 Sperry Road, Kirtland. DETAILS

Lake Farmpark offers Corn & Pumpkin weekends
Celebrate the harvest season at Corn & Pumpkin Weekends. Help husk, shell and grind corn while younger visitors make handmade corn husk dolls and paint pumpkins. Little farmers can navigate the hay maze and play in the kids’ areas. Enjoy harvest-themed crafts and other harvest activities throughout the weekends and cooking demonstrations on Sundays. Admission $6-$8. 8800 Euclid-Chardon Road, Kirtland. Oct. 8-9, Oct. 15-16. DETAILS

Pumpkin Pandemonium at Heritage Farms
It’s fall fun for everybody at this Christmas tree farm located in the shadow of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Attractions include hayrides, scavenger hunts, a harvest maze and kids zone. The event also offers live music, artisan vendors and food trucks. Free admission, $5 fee per attraction. 6050 Riverview Rd, Peninsula. Through Oct. 23. DETAILS

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
This special exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art showcases Joseph and Nancy Keithley’s 2020 gift to the museum: a collection of more than 100 works of art worth more than $100 million. The pieces include five paintings by Pierre Bonnard; four each by Maurice Denis and Édouard Vuillard; and individual works by Henri-Edmond Cross, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Nicolas de Stael, and Andrew Wyeth. Tickets, $12-$15. Free for museum members. 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Through Jan. 8, 2023. DETAILS

Día de Muertos/Day of the Dead mask workshop
The Community Arts Center -- part of the Cleveland Museum of Art -- is offering “Day of the Dead” Mask Workshops for kids and their adults. Free
2937 W. 25th St. 1 to 3 p.m., Oct. 9, 19, 23. DETAILS

BLK JOY Festival Launched
The Hough Youth Advisory Board has organized the first BLK JOY festival with support from Twelve Literary Arts and Midtown Cleveland. The festival includes live music, a dance party, a poetry slam, live screenings of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony documentary film, Hip-Hop dance battle and more. Free. 1484 E. 105th St., Cleveland. 1 to 11 p.m., Oct. 8. DETAILS

DANCECleveland brings home choreographer Gina Gibney
Native Ohioan Gina Gibney brings her NYC-based contemporary dance company to Northeast Ohio for a mixed-repertory performance
The University of Akron’s EJ Thomas Hall. Oct. 8. DETAILS

Dobama Theater present 'The Thin Place'
“The Thin Place” is the story of Hilda and Linda. Linda communicates, professionally, with the dead, who are still here, just in a different part of here, in the “thin place.” She can make those who believe hear them. Hilda, who’s dealing with loss, takes a great interest in Linda’s abilities. Looking for answers she befriends the medium. The play transforms the theater into an intimate séance, crafting an unnerving testament to the power of the mind. Tickets $25-$41. 2340 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights. Oct. 7-30. DETAILS

Cleveland Play House presents “American Mariachi”
CPH kicks off its 107th season at the Allen Theatre with this touching play about how mariachi music brings a daughter closer to her mother, who is facing dementia. Tickets, $25-$95. 1407 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Through Oct. 9. DETAILS

Great Lakes Theater presents 'Little Shop of Horrors'
The first show of GLT’s 61st season is Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s cult classic at the Hanna Theatre. The musical tells the strange story of a nerdy flower shop employee, the woman he loves and a blood-thirsty plant. Tickets, $15-$89. 2067 E 14th St., Cleveland. Through Oct. 9. DETAILS

'Clybourne Park' at Ensemble Theatre
Set during and after Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play examines the politics of race through the history of a single house from 1959 to the present day. Tickets, $15-$32. 4545 College Road, South Euclid. Through Oct. 9. DETAILS

'Buyer and Cellar' at Beck Center for the Arts
Jonathan Tolins’ one-man comedy is about a struggling actor who takes an odd job in the basement of the home of his idol, Barbra Streisand. Tickets, $10-$38. 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood. Through Oct. 9. DETAILS

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Yelp Cleveland’s fall food trends for 2022
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Cleveland pizza rocks

Who knew the head of the U.S. pizza team -- Michael LaMarca—lives and work in Northeast Ohio? If you’ve watched “Best in Dough” on Hulu this week you’ve seen him compete against representatives from Detroit and Chicago for best pizza dough in the Midwest. Test the pizza at Master Pizza at the flagship store in Mayfield Heights. Located in a humble storefront, the pizza shop also has gluten-free options. Master Pizza is at 6643 Mayfield Road. Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. DETAILS

Cheers to Hofbrauhaus!
Hofbrauhaus celebrated its eighth anniversary in downtown Cleveland this week. The cavernous beer hall is a great place for a plate of hearty German food from an extensive menu and a stein of cold beer from brewer Josh Jones. Hofbrauhaus is at 1550 Chester Ave. Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. (Happy Hour is 3 to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday.)
DETAILS

Apple Butter Festival in Geauga County
Geauga County Historical Society’s Century Village Museum hosts Apple Butter Festival The event at Century Village includes volunteers and visitors stirring apple butter bubbling in cast-iron kettles as well as vendors selling everything handmade crafts, kettle corn and apple cider. Fresh apple butter, still warm from the kettle, will be available for purchase. Admission $5-$10.
14653 E Park St., Burton. Oct. 8-9. DETAILS

TV & MOVIES

‘Catherine Called Birdy’
Lena Dunham adapts Karen Cushman's young-adult novel in "Catherine Called Birdy," a spirited medieval coming-of-age tale about a 14-year-old girl named Birdy (Bella Ramsey) in medieval England. Her father (Andrew Scott) wants to marry her off for some much-needed money, but Birdy's plans repeatedly foil him. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr called the film "part 'Bridget Jones's Diary,' part Mel Brooks and all joy." Though still playing in select theaters, "Catherine Called Birdy" begins streaming Friday on Prime Video. DETAILS

‘The Redeem Team’
From some of the same producing team behind the hit Michael Jordan documentary series "The Last Dance" comes another look back on a basketball high point. "The Redeem Team," debuting Friday on Netflix, follows the 2008 U.S. men's basketball team as it seeks a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after the team's disappointing bronze finish in 2004. LeBron James and Dewayne Wade, both team members, are producers of the documentary, which digs into coach Mike Krzyzewski's leadership and Kobe Bryant's considerable impact on the team. DETAILS

‘Luckiest Girl Alive’
Mila Kunis stars in the Netflix thriller "Luckiest Girl Alive," based on Jessica Knoll's 2015 best-selling debut novel. The film, streaming Friday, takes some of the mystery stylings of "Gone Girl" and "The Girl on the Train." Kunis stars as a New York woman with a seemingly perfect life that unravels when a true-crime documentary starts looking into her dark high-school past. DETAILS

‘Sherwood’
Lesley Manville, Joanne Froggatt and David Morrissey lead an ensemble cast in " Sherwood," a drama series inspired by a 1984 miners' strike in Nottingham, England, that pitted the town against police and divided friends and relatives. Decades later, officers return in force to solve a pair of killings, with their presence rekindling past bitterness. James Graham ("Brexit — The Uncivil War"), who grew up in the real-life town of Nottinghamshire and witnessed the turmoil, wrote the series debuting Tuesday on the BritBox streaming service. DETAILS

'Amsterdam'

David O. Russell (”Silver Linings Playbook”) directs this inspired-by-true-events mystery about two soldiers (Christian Bale, John David Washington) and a nurse (Margot Robbie) accused of murder in 1930s Amsterdam. Their search for the truth uncovers one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. The all-star cast also includes Chris Rock, Anya-Taylor Joy, Robert DeNiro, Zoe Saldana, Mike Myers, Rami Malek and Taylor Swift. REVIEW

'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'

Pop star Shawn Mendes stars as Lyle, a fun-loving, singing CGI crocodile who befriends a little boy having trouble adjusting to his new life in New York City. Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, the cast also includes Javier Barden and Constance Wu. DETAILS

'Hellraiser'

Director David Bruckner (”The Night House”) helms this reimagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic. This time, the film centers on a young woman struggling with addiction (Odessa A’zion) who comes into possession of the ancient puzzle box that summons Cenobites, sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension led by Pinhead (Jamie Clayton). Streaming this week on Hulu. DETAILS

‘Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show’
"Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show" returns Friday for its second season and none too soon. Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock") is the beaming center of the show that aims to help preschoolers appreciate the value of small acts of kindness. Shouldn't the adults in this fractious world be watching, too? The Apple TV+ series, co-created by McBrayer and Angela C. Santomero ("Blue's Clues," "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"), will welcome guest stars including Tony Hale, Stephanie Beatriz, Kristen Schaal and Kumail Nanjiani. DETAILS

MUSIC

Charlie Puth
For his third album, pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is going with a very simple title — "Charlie," due out Friday. It's his first full-length project since his 2018 Grammy-nominated LP "Voicenotes." You've likely already heard at least one of the 12 tracks — the earworm "Left and Right" featuring Jung Kook of BTS. Some other singles are the brooding ballad "That's Hilarious" and the slinky "Light Switch." Still not sure? listen to the lovesick up-tempo "Smells Like Me." DETAILS

The Cult
Guitarist Billy Duffy and singer Ian Astbury rejoin for a new album from The Cult, with their signature mix of heavy metal, goth and rock. The eight-track "Under the Midnight Sun" has triggered two singles, "Give Me Mercy" and "A Cut Inside," with Astbury singing: "No heathens in heaven/ No sweet surrender/ Outsiders forever/ Ghosts of our lives." Astbury says he pulled in influences from Brian Jones, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Buddhism, the Beats and the Age of Aquarius. DETAILS

Quavo and Takeoff
What do you get when two of the three rappers from Migos release an LP? We'll find out Friday when Quavo and Takeoff give the world "Only Built for Infinity Links" without third member Offset. The lead single "Hotel Lobby" has a video inspired by "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and another club-ready single is "Us vs. Them," with Gucci Mane. Then there's the Birdman-featuring "Big Stunna" and the memorable lyrics: "I was sick before carona/ice cold like pneumonia." The title of their joint record is a reference to Raekwon's 1995 solo work "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx." DETAILS

Danger Mouse
Wasn't super-producer Danger Mouse just celebrating an album release last month? Well, here's another. Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) reconnects with The Shins' James Mercer as Broken Bells for the album "Into the Blue." Three singles with wildly different styles have preceded the album drop, including the spacy "We're Not In Orbit Yet..." and the gorgeous "Love On the Run," that has a sunny, '70s vibe leading to a Pink Floyd-ish guitar solo. Last month, Danger Mouse teamed up with The Roots' Black Thought for the album "Cheat Codes." DETAILS

Blackberry Smoke tour stops at Masonic Cleveland
Blackberry Smoke starts the celebration of the 10th anniversary of its breakthrough album “The Whippoorwill” on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. Tickets $35-$79. Masonic Cleveland - Temple Live. 3615 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Oct. 7. DETAILS

iHeartRadio Music Festival
The iHeartRadio Music Festival, held in Las Vegas at the end of September, is getting a four-hour, two-night special on the CW network. Among the dozens of artists at the festival: Sam Smith and Kim Petras, who performed their new song "Unholy"; a set by Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo that included "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Heartbreaker," and Megan Thee Stallion closing out the festival with songs from her new album, "Traumazine," and past hits. The special airs on Friday and Saturday. DETAILS

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