THIS WEEK'S TOP PICKS

Monster Jam

Massive monster trucks will take over Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse this weekend as a part of Monster Jam’s touring motorsports show. Each Monster Jam show features competitions for drivers to win in racing, skills challenge and freestyle categories. A highlight of the show is Grave Digger, a truck that has set multiple Guinness World Records for wheelies and ramp jumps, driven by Krysten Anderson, according to a press release. Pit parties are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 and 10 a.m. on Sept. 12. Monster Jam shows take place at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 and 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 12. Tickets $18. 1 Center Court, Cleveland. READ MORE

Stewart Copeland and the Cleveland Orchestra

Police drummer Stewart Copeland performs "Police Deranged for Orchestra“ with the Cleveland Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Blossom Music Center. Copeland tells music writer Gary Graff that “Police Deranged for Orchestra” is a concert built around his old band’s music and inspired by the arrangements Copeland created for “Everyone Stares,” his Police documentary made from home movies he made during the band’s early days. READ MORE

Tri-C JazzFest

This year’s Tri-C JazzFest takes place Sept. 11-12 at Cain Park and is headlined by THE Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Catherine Russell. It also features dozens of other jazz performances, including a hefty local showcase, plus jazz talks and shows by students who are a part of the Tri-C JazzFest Academy. 14591 Superior Road, Cleveland Heights. Tickets $35-$100. DETAILS

Fresh Fest

Cleveland DJ Spinderella headlines the entertainment at this year’s Fresh Fest in Cleveland’s Kinsman neighborhood, along with performances from Kyle Kidd, Chelsea Pastel, Red Rose Panic and plenty more. And it wouldn’t be Fresh Fest without a solid food component -- featuring a farmers market, local vendors, chef tastings and more. It all goes down on Rid-All Farm and Otter Park from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday. Free. 8129 Otter Ave., Cleveland. READ MORE

Browns season opener watch parties

Cheer on the Browns as they kick off the season in Kansas City at one of Northeast Ohio’s watch parties. Here are a few to choose from:

Browns Backers Watch Party at Twist Social Club: 11633 Clifton Blvd., Cleveland 
Hi & Dry: 2221 Professor Ave., Cleveland 
Barley House: 1261 W. 6th St., Cleveland
 Solon Community Park: 6679 Som Center Road, Solon
 Garage Bar Willoughby: 37825 Vine St., Willoughby
 The Islander Bar & Grille: 7581 Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights 
Wild Eagle Steak & Saloon: 9470 OH-14, Streetsboro
 Grindstone Tap House: 826 Front St., Berea
 Jerzee’s Sports Pub: 1019 East Turkeyfoot Lake Road, Akron
 Greenisland Restaurant: 25517 Eaton Way, Bay Village
 Brew Garden Strongsville: 16555 Southpark Center, Strongsville

Comedy Cruise

Get some laughs at this unique comedy event, set to take place aboard the Nautica Queen on Sunday. The “Slap Yo Knee, Not Yo Mama” comedy cruise will feature performances by Jyst Misty, Joey Zsa Zsa, Marcus Martin, John Armstrong and more. 4:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 12. Tickets $60-$75. 1153 Main Ave., Cleveland. DETAILS

Waterloo Arts Fest

The Waterloo Arts Fest will return for its 18th year this Saturday, with plenty of art, local music, performances, food trucks and more making up the neighborhood celebration. Want to try your hand at making some art? There will be ways to do that, too, with activities for attendees to enjoy. Noon-7 p.m., Sept. 11. Free. Waterloo Arts and Entertainment District, Waterloo Road from Calcutta to E. 161 St., Cleveland. DETAILS

Heavy Metal Flea Market

This edition of Heavy Metal Flea Market will take over Goldhorn Brewery on Sunday on Cleveland’s near East Side. Merchandise and music of the metal, hardcore, rock and punk varieties will be available for purchase from a crew of local vendors that includes Morbid and Miserable Records, Glamour Edge Beauty, Rock ‘N Rummage and more. Plus, stick around for performances by Olathia, Lady Beast, Ironflame, Hostile Omish, Vulgar Devils and One Days Notice. Noon, Sunday. Free. 1361 E. 55th St., Cleveland. DETAILS

Walkabout Tremont

Take a stroll around this Cleveland neighborhood and see everything artsy along the way. The monthly Walkabout Tremont event takes place from 5-10 p.m. Friday and includes art exhibitions, shopping deals, dining specials and more. Free. Professor Avenue and surrounding streets, Cleveland. DETAILS

Looking for more things to do this week in Greater Cleveland? Cleveland.com's Ann Nickoloff has your guide. READ MORE

EAT & DRINK

Beers and cheers!

Head to an award-winning brewery If you’re in the mood to quaff a beer or two at a local brewery, consider Akronym, Masthead and Noble Beasts breweries. Akronym Brewing won a silver best-of-show award in the National Honey Beer Competition, which included 240 beers entered in more than a dozen categories. Meanwhile, Masthead Brewing Co. won best of show for its Svartalfheim Schwarzbier at Cleveland Oktoberfest - which continues Friday-Saturday, Sept. 10-11. And Noble Beast Brewing Co., Masthead’s neighbor a few blocks away in downtown Cleveland, won best of the rest at Oktoberfest for Evil Motives India Pale Ale. Akronym is at 58 E. Market St., Akron. Masthead is at 1261 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Noble Beast is at 1470 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland.

Best vegetarian restaurants in Northeast Ohio

What are the best vegetarian restaurants in Northeast Ohio? Cleveland.com teamed up with Yelp to give you the top picks from Yelp users in each of the region’s seven counties. READ MORE

Lekko Coffee opens in Ohio City

Matt Ashton said he studied coffee in the same way he studied classical music. Now, those studies have paid off with Lekko Coffee, his new cafe in Ohio City. It's located is located across the street from The Quarter, at 2529 Detroit Avenue -- the former Foyer and Beauty Shoppe space. READ MORE

TV & MOVIES

“Lucifer”
Lucifer" is coming to an end? The devil you say! But Netflix, which rescued the show after it was canceled by Fox, has cautioned that it's "real this time." The six-season journey of Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis), who traded his digs in hell for Los Angeles, will wrap with 10 episodes out Friday. Issues to be settled: why is Lucifer balking at taking over for now-retired God, and how will he respond as a godless world frays at the edges. Ex-LAPD detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German), now Lucifer's consultant, is along for the final ride. DETAILS

“The Card Counter”

Longtime collaborators Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader team up again in an intense thriller about an ex-military interrogator played by Oscar Isaac who uses the card-counting skills he learned in prison to exact revenge on the man who put him there. Schrader is the writer and director. Also starring Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe. Opens Friday in area theaters. DETAILS

“Queenpins”

A comedy inspired by a true story, Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste play expert penny pinchers who hatch up a counterfeit coupon ring, scamming huge corporations out of millions of dollars and delivering big savings to their fellow coupon cutters while staying two steps ahead of the authorities. Also starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Walter Hauser and Bebe Rexha. Directed by Gita Pullapilly, Aron Gaudet. Opens Friday in area theaters. DETAILS

Criterion Channel’s salute to New York
The upcoming 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 has brought with it a flood of documentaries and specials looking back on the tragedy. Some of what will be streaming, though, are celebrations, too. On the Criterion Channel, a 63-film series salutes New York and its rich cinematic history, from subway thrillers ("The Taking of Pelham One Two Three") to unsung post-9/11 modern masterworks ("Margaret"). Included here are Big Apple classics like Jules Dassin's "The Naked City" and Billy Wilder's "The Apartment," and filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Jim Jarmusch, Norman Jewison and Noah Baumbach. One standout, as always, is "Do the Right Thing," Spike Lee's prescient and still-potent landmark. Along with the Brooklyn drama-comedy (which was recently re-released in a 4K restoration) are a number of supplemental features, like interviews with the cast and filmmakers. DETAILS

"Come From Away”
"Come From Away," a filmed version of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical, is connected to two eras of adversity for New York. Irene Sankoff and David Hein's musical is about the 7,000 people who were stranded in Gander, Newfoundland, when all U.S. flights were grounded after the 9/11 attacks. A live performance of the production was staged and filmed in May at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater for an audience that included 9/11 survivors and front-line workers. It debuts Friday on Apple TV+. DETAILS

"Kate"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in the brutal assassin thriller "Kate," streaming Friday on Netflix. Winstead has co-starred in action films like "Gemini Man" and "Birds of Prey" in recent years, but she takes the starring role in French director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan's "Kate." In it, her assassin character is poisoned on a mission in Tokyo, giving her 24 hours for revenge. Woody Harrelson co-stars. DETAILS

“La Strada” at Cleveland Cinematheque
Catch Italian filmmaker Federico Fellin’s Oscar-winning film “La Strada” this weekend as part of the Cleveland Cinematheque’s ongoing “Fellini 101” series. The “Fellini 101” series marks what would have been Fellini’s 101st birthday (the filmmaker, born in 1920, died in 1993). 7 p.m., Sept. 11 and 4 p.m., Sept. 12. Tickets $8-$11, face masks required. 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. READ MORE

"POV Shorts”
A PBS showcase for short films begins its new season with a trio of projects that explore family roots and how strong their hold can be. "Sing Me a Lullaby," directed by Tiffany Hsiung, "A Broken House" from Jimmy Goldblum, and "Joychild" from Aurora Brachman are part of "POV Shorts," available at POV.org. Homesickness permeates the multiple prize-winning "A Broken House," in which Syrian architecture student Mohamad Hafez realizes he must recreate in the U.S. what he's left behind. DETAILS

“It Couldn't Happen Here"
Crime and punishment is different in small towns vs. the big city. That's the premise of "It Couldn't Happen Here," a docuseries that examines how rural communities and legal systems are affected by violent crimes and burdened by a lack of resources. Actor Hilarie Burton Morgan ("One Tree Hill," "The Walking Dead") delves into cases in the six-part series debuting 10 p.m. Thursday on SundanceTV and AMC+. The first stop is Adel, Georgia: Has a wrongly convicted man been imprisoned for more than two decades for a crime he didn't commit? DETAILS

“Malignant”

Master of modern horror James Wan (”Saw,” “The Conjuring,” “Insidious”) is back with the terrifying tale of a woman haunted by visions of grisly murders as they’re happening. Could an imaginary friend from her childhood be responsible? Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White. In theaters and streaming exclusively on HBO Max starting Friday. DETAILS

MUSIC

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards will get a dose of "Bieber fever" for the first time in six years. Justin Bieber returns to the VMA stage for an all-star caliber event held Sunday at the Barclays Center in New York. The pop star leads this year's show with seven nominations, including video of the year and artist of the year. Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, BTS and Drake are other top nominees. Bieber last took the VMAs stage when he performed "What Do You Mean" in 2015. Other performers include Lil Nas X, Camila Cabello, Chloe, Kacey Musgraves, Shawn Mendes, Olivia Rodrigo, Machine Gun Kelly and Doja Cat — who will also serve as the show's host. Foo Fighters will receive the first-ever MTV VMAs' Global Icon Award. DETAILS

Concerts at Jacobs Pavilion

Two big shows will take over the Jacobs Pavilion stage this weekend. Up first is Flogging Molly and Violent Femmes on Saturday, along with support from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Thick. Then, Coheed & Cambria and The Used will co-headline a rocker on Sunday, with pop-punk group Meet Me @ The Altar set to open. Tickets to both shows available on Live Nation’s website. 2014 Sycamore St., Cleveland. DETAILS

BTS

K-pop sensation BTS are set to appear on a special episode of YouTube Originals' "Released." The band will be joined by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on the weekly music series that will premiere on Friday at midnight. An intimate conversation will be held about their shared experiences as musicians and BTS' inspiration for the #PermissiontoDance challenge. The three-week challenge, which began July 23, had BTS encouraging people to make 15-second YouTube short videos incorporating the international sign gestures for joy, dance and peace. The episode will also feature a "Permission to Dance" music video, which will be remixed by BTS. DETAILS

Reggae Fest

Cleveland Some of Cleveland’s most established reggae acts will perform at Reggae Fest on Sunday. The Ark Band, Jah Messengers, The Flex Crew, Mighty Mystic and Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. Band are all set to perform, and the fest will also include some food vendors. Noon-10 p.m. Tickets $25-$70. Lago Veranda, 950 Main Ave., Cleveland. DETAILS

Jukebox Breakdown

Head to the Foundry Concert Club on Friday night for the next installment of Jukebox Breakdown (aka, Emo Night Cleveland). The free event will feature the best pop-punk and emo tunes, past and present, all night long, for attendees 21 years and older. 9 p.m. Free. 11729 Detroit Ave, Lakewood. DETAILS

Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum performs Thursday, Sept. 16, at Cain Park, 14591 Superior Road, Cleveland Heights. Leader Dave Pirner talks about the tour and the group’s latest recordings, including the album “Hurry Up and Wait” and its acoustic companion, plus “Stand Up and Be Strong,” an EP of previously unreleased live songs. READ MORE

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