Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival The run-up to the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony includes parades, a balloon classic, a fashion-show luncheon and more. The Browns play the New York Jets in the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 3, two days before Joe Thomas and eight other football greats are presented with their gold jackets. 2121 George Halas Drive, N.W., Canton. Through August 6. DETAILS ‘Haunted Mansion' If the Haunted Mansion is one of your favorite rides at Disney World, you'll probably love "Haunted Mansion." The new film is stuffed with characters, moments and Easter eggs from the theme park attraction. The stretching room, the hitch-hiking ghosts, the lady in the crystal ball-- they're all there on the big screen! Everyone else might have trouble getting on board. Despite a compelling setup involving a mourning husband (played by the always interesting LaKeith Stanfield), the film devolves into a pretty routine family-friendly ghost story. READ MORE The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center Enjoy a screening of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” as Ludwig Wicki conducts the orchestra as it plays the musical score along with the film. Night also features the Blossom Festival Chorus. Tickets start at $29. 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls. 7 p.m., July 28-30. DETAILS Lords of the Land 3 Hip-hop and street dancing festival now in its third year. Provides a platform for both local and international talent and features dance workshops, performances & showcase, vendors and much more. 4-9:30 p.m., July 27, and 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., July 28, at Idea Center at Playhouse Square, 1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 3 - 9:30 p.m., July 29, at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. DETAILS Fuel Cleveland Invitational show featuring motorcycle builders, painters, photographers and rare bike owners. Family-friendly event also features a vendor village and food trucks. Free admission. Hale Farm and Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m, July 29. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., July 30. DETAILS Lake County Captains vs. Beloit Sky Carp The Guardians might be out of town, but you can still catch some baseball this weekend and see potential future stars in action. Promotions this weekend include Friday fireworks, a Jose Ramirez bobblehead giveaway on Saturday and a special ceremony honoring 20 years of Captains baseball on Sunday. Tickets $10-$23. Classic Park, 35300 Vine St., Eastlake. Through July 30. DETAILS Lake Erie Crushers vs. Tri-City Valleycats There’s more minor league baseball in town this weekend as the Crushers host a three-game series at Mercy Health Stadium. Friday is Teacher Appreciation Night and includes a fireworks display. Tickets start at $9. 2009 Baseball Blvd., Avon. Through July 30. DETAILS Marvelous Moons This exclusive new show at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Planetarium seeks to explore and understand Earth’s nearest neighbor and the many moons beyond. The presentation is followed by a Q&A with the audience. Included with museum admission ($7-$10). 1 Wade Oval Dr., Cleveland. Weekends through Oct. 1. DETAILS Fin Fest While Shark Week only last seven days on television, the Greater Cleveland Aquarium celebrates these (f)incredible animals all month long. See them eat, swim and glare at you from their 230,000-gallon Shark Seatube. Fin Fest also encompasses daily contests, trivia, mascot photo ops and other shark-related activities. Admission $19.95 ($13.95 kids 2-12). 2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland. Through Aug. 6. DETAILS |
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Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo The Asian Lantern Festival continues this weekend at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Large-scale displays include a nearly 40-foot-tall giant lantern, walk-through tunnels, and a 150-foot-long Enchanted Garden Experience. Tickets $19-plus. Through August 27. 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland. DETAILS Related: Cleveland Zoo’s Asian Lantern Festival ‘just beautiful’Fairview Park Summerfest Featuring food, live music, parade, carnival rides and more. Fireworks on evening of July 29. Bohlken Park, 3885 W. 210th St., Fairview Park. Through July 30. DETAILS Solon Home Days Community block party featuring movies and concerts in the park, food trucks, carnival games and much more. Solon Community Park, 6679 SOM Center Rd., Solon. 4-10 p.m., July 28; Noon - 9 p.m., July 29; 1-9 p.m., July 30. DETAILS Holy Family Parish Festival Enjoy carnival rides, food & drink, games, indoor bingo, indoor Kiddieland, live music and more. Fireworks on evening of July 29. 7367 York Rd., Parma. Through July 30. DETAILS Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Festival Dine on traditional Greek foods and pastries including gyros, souvlaki, moussaka and baklava. The taverna will serve beer, wine and spirits as you enjoy performances by a Greek band and Hellenic dancers. 3352 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights. Through July 30. DETAILS Seussical: The Musical A musical extravaganza for fans of all ages, the show brings to life some of Dr. Seuss’ most beloved characters. Tickets are $18, $15 for children. Lorain Palace Theatre, 617 Broadway Ave., Lorain. 7 p.m., July 28-29. 3 p.m., July 30. DETAILS The Prom Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s professional outdoor summer theater, presents a new musical that features dance numbers and laughs while inspiring you to be the star you were always meant to be. Tickets $15-$45. 3143 O’Neil Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Now through August 6. DETAILS Tabaimo: Blow The Cleveland Museum of Art presents its first immersive exhibition since taking over the Transformer Station in Hingetown. On view for the first time since 2012, this installation by contemporary Japanese artist Tabaimo blurs the lines between fantasy and reality through a series of animated digital projections of bubbles, fragmented body parts and various plants accompanied by evocative music. Free. 1460 W. 29th St, Cleveland. Through Feb. 3. DETAILS 'Once On This Island' Beck Center of the Arts presents this Tony-winning musical from Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, the story is a loose retelling of “The Little Mermaid” about a peasant girl who falls for the rich heir of a fancy hotel on the other side of the island. Tickets $10-$38. 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Through Aug. 6. DETAILS Bloom! Botanicals & Birdhouses Enjoy hundreds of unique birdhouses, glass art and more from Cleveland artist Asia Amour. Exhibits are included with regular admission to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. 11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Through Sep. 3. DETAILS Related: Whimsical glass botanicals adorn Cleveland Botanical Garden for summerDinosaurs of the Sahara Take a trip back in time to explore original skeletons and flesh models of dinosaurs from Africa at the Great Lakes Science Center. Have a chance to touch real fossils and much more. Included with regular admission to the GLSC.6601 Erieside Ave, Cleveland. Through Sep. 4. DETAILS Sean Kenney’s “Nature Connects” made with Lego bricks Holden Arboretum invites you to explore the grounds and check out 14 larger-than-life flora and fauna exhibits brought to life through the use of over 350,000 building blocks assembled by noted LEGO artist Sean Kenney. Admission $13-$19. 9550 Sperry Road, Kirtland. Through Sept. 4. DETAILS Related: Holden Arboretum opens summer season with larger-than-life Lego exhibit |
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FOOD & DINING Steve’s Gyros When we get hungry at the West Side Market, 1979 West 25th Street, Cleveland, Steve’s Gyros is a hearty option. We almost need two pitas for all the filling -- meat, onions, tomatoes, lettuce and tzatziki. The food vendor at stall E-13 has been at the market almost 35 years and often has considerable lines. Go early enough because the stand usually sells out. And so, it often closes early. DETAILS Mustard Seed Market & Café: Shop, eat, drink With the recent news of the Off the Vine food and wine event set to return at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, we got to thinking about area restaurants with affordable wine and good beers. Mustard Seed Market & Café hits the spot. It has a great wine list / bottle prices and a small but well-chosen draft list (plus cans) to go along with an extensive menu that has a strong but not exclusive vegetarian focus. It’s at 867 W. Market St., in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood. Bonus: The first floor is a grocery store, with the restaurant above. DETAILS ‘Dine Drink CLE’ offers lively guide to restaurant, bar scenes Get the latest news about Cleveland’s restaurant and bar scene in the new weekly "Dine Drink CLE" newsletter. With the latest on openings, closings, tastings and other events, plus recommendations, features and guides from our team of writers and critics. SUBSCRIBE |
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TV & MOVIES ‘The Beanie Bubble’ Zach Galifianakis takes on a different kind of role in "The Beanie Bubble," playing Ty Warner, the founder of Ty, Inc. and creator of the Beanie Babies, which in the mid-1990s surged in popularity, and resale value, for several years. The film is not exactly about him however. Based on Zac Bissonnette's "The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute," directors Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash Jr. look at the women around Ty — his business partner, played by Elizabeth Banks; a single mother he dates, played by Sarah Snook; and a temp who puts his company online at the beginning of the e-commerce age, played by Geraldine Viswanathan. "The Beanie Bubble" will be available on Apple TV+ on July 28. DETAILS ‘This Fool’ Comedian Chris Estrada's "This Fool" drops its 10-episode second season Friday, July 28 on Hulu. The show is a working-class comedy about Estrada's character, Julio, living in South Los Angeles, who has the best of intentions but often finds himself in absurd situations. When we first met him in season one, Julio is living with his mother and grandmother, still using his childhood bedroom, and working for a gang rehabilitation group called Hugs not Thugs. In season two, Hugs not Thugs has shuttered. Julio, along with his ex-con cousin and now roommate Luis, and former support group boss, a minister played by Michael Imperioli, decide to open a coffee shop and name it Mugs not Thugs, which employs ex-felons. DETAILS ‘Heels ‘ Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig's family wrestling drama "Heels" is back two years after its debut on Starz. The actors play brothers, Jack and Ace Spade, who are professional wrestlers in a small Georgia town called Duffy, where their drama and rivalry extends outside the ring. Ace, who is the hero character (known as "the face" in wrestling-speak) has the potential to leave their Duffy Wrestling League for the big time while Jack — the villain known as "the heel" — also dreams of stardom but carries the burden of keeping the family business afloat. Season one followed the breakdown of the brothers' relationship and in season two, debuting Friday, July 28 on Starz, the two must come together to restore the Duffy Wrestling League. Amell, who starred as Oliver Queen in The CW's "Arrow," has said he never thought he would find a role as satisfying as that, and playing Jack is like lightning striking twice. DETAILS ‘God’s Country’ Thandiwe Newton plays a former New Orleans cop-turned-college professor living in a remote part of Montana who catches two hunters trespassing on her property in the thriller "God's Country," streaming on Hulu on July 28. Based on James Lee Burke's short story "Winter Light," the Julian Higgins-directed film debuted last year at Sundance to largely favorable reviews. In the Los Angeles Times, Robert Daniels wrote that "'God's Country' is a film that wants to disarm you at every turn, and it often succeeds with a transfixing, acute spirit of retribution against society's toxic racial and gender power dynamics." DETAILS ‘The Day After Trinity ‘ And in honor of "Oppenheimer" debuting in theaters, the programmers over at the Criterion Channel have waived the subscription fee and made Jon Else's riveting 1981 documentary "The Day After Trinity" available for free until July 31. J. Robert Oppenheimer had died by the time the filmmakers started on this endeavor, but the film features interviews with an army of names that anyone who watched the movie, or read "American Prometheus," will recognize. They include his brother Frank Oppenheimer, Haakon Chevalier, Hans Bethe, Isidor Rabi and more, reflecting on Oppenheimer and what they created at Los Alamos. It's an essential historical document and fascinating companion piece to Christopher Nolan's film. DETAILS |
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Post Malone The music week belongs to Post Malone, whose new album "Austin," signals a move away from rap. There's already been the excellent single synth-pop tune "Chemical," the hungover ballad "Mourning" and the power rock of "Overdrive," where he sings "I'll remove my tattoos if that's cool to you/I'll do anything to be cool to you." Post Malone says he played guitar on all of the 17-tracks and posted on Instagram: "It's been some of the funnest music, some of the most challenging and rewarding music for me, at least — trying to really push myself and really do some cool stuff." DETAILS The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are reissuing their stuffed 2002 album "Forty Licks" digitally for the first time this week. It's got over 2 1/2 hours of top-level Stones, including "Satisfaction," "Miss You," "Brown Sugar," "Paint It, Black," "Honky Tonk Women," "Get Off of My Cloud" and "Angie." "Forty Licks" would sell seven million copies around the world, and has come to be seen as the definitive anthology of the band's recording career, bringing together songs from their early days via Decca UK and London US through to the establishment of their own Rolling Stones Records. DETAILS Grand Funk Railroad Celebrating the 50th anniversary of “We’re An American Band” single and album, the group finally makes its way to Akron. Friday night’s show was originally scheduled for April and previously purchased tickets are valid for the new date. Tickets $47.50 - $77.50. 1201 E. Market St., Akron. 8 p.m., July 28. DETAILS Donny Osmond Former teen idol brings his summer tour to Northeast Ohio for one night only. 21 and over show. Tickets start at $134. 10777 Northfield Rd., Northfield. 8 p.m., July 28. DETAILS Rockin’ on the River Head to picturesque Black River Landing in Lorain for part of Northern Ohio’s longest-running outdoor concert series. Friday night features the music of Queen from tribute band Queen Nation with special guests Black River. Saturday’s special concert brings you the sights and sounds of the ‘70s courtesy of Bee Gees Gold and Dancing Queen. Special guest, The Michael Weber Show, will also be performing. Tickets are $7 on Friday, $20 on Saturday. 421 Black River Landing, Lorain. 6:15 p.m. July 28-29. DETAILS Want more concert & music picks? Cleveland.com's weekly virtual concert guide is HERE Cleveland.com's weekly new music guide is HERE |
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