Summer Movie Guide 2022 It’s blockbuster season once again and Marvel -- who else? -- is kicking things off Friday with “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” a mind-bending exploration of the alternate realities introduced in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” But the Sorcerer Supreme isn’t the only familiar face looking to take a bite out of the box office as the movie industry continues to crawl out from under the effects of the pandemic. Here’s a look at the 30+ movies we’re looking forward to the most from now till Labor Day. READ MORE ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) opened the doorway between universes in the “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” What happens when he's pushed through it? The setup might sound like a sequel to Marvel's most successful film of all time, but the Sorcerer Supreme's second solo outing is more of a continuation of the events that played out in the Disney+ series "WandaVision." Here, Dr. Strange and Wanda, now fully embracing her Scarlet Witch side, match their extraordinary powers in a battle over a teenage girl (Xochitl Gomez) with the ability to travel between universes. Directed by the Sam Raimi (“The Evil Dead,” the original “Spider-Man” trilogy), the film is most inventive, trippiest and scariest film in the 28-movie history of the MCU. REVIEW 'The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion' Black photographers, models and stylists are the focus of a new photography exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, opening in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Gallery on Sunday. “The New Black Vanguard” looks to explore the dynamic between photographers and their subjects, plus behind-the-scenes styling work, which culminates in an image. 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland. Through Sept. 11. DETAILS Leon Bridges at Jacobs Pavilion Jacobs Pavilion will open its doors for the first time this season on Sunday night, with a show featuring blues-rock musician Leon Bridges. The show is one of only a handful of Live Nation concerts remaining at the venue, since AEG took over ownership of Jacobs Pavilion this spring. Tickets $49+. 2014 Sycamore St., Cleveland. 7:30 p.m., May 8. DETAILS Interpol at Agora Interpol’s spring tour arrives at the Agora on Sunday night, celebrating an upcoming new album produced with Flood & Moulder in London. Tycho and Matthew Dear will open. Tickets $39.50+. 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 7 p.m., May 8. DETAILS “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace Richard Thomas (“The Waltons”) plays Atticus Finch in Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin’s (“The Social Network”) adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel about an attorney tasked with defending an innocent Black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. Tickets, $20-$129. 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Through May 15. DETAILS Related: Leads in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ invite viewers to revisit (or discover) a classic at Playhouse SquareCleveland Play House presents 'The Three Musketeers' In her final production as artistic director, Laura Kepley brings this imagining of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel to the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square. The story of a young D’Artagnan and his band of Musketeers is told with swordplay and choreographed fight scenes. Tickets, $25-$75. 1407 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Through May 22. DETAILS Read more: Cleveland Play House updates ‘The Three Musketeers’ with modern sensibility, diverse cast and plenty of action Apollo's Fire Cleveland's Baroqe orchestra Apollo’s Fire celebratesits 30th anniversary with a series of “Mozart and the Chevalier” concerts this weekend. 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6 at First United Methodist Church in Akron; 8 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Severance Music Center in Cleveland; and 4 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Bay Village. Tickets: $10-$77. READ MORE |
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Free Comic Book Day 2022 In another sign of return to normalcy following the pandemic, Free Comic Book Day returns to its regular date on the first Saturday in May for 2022. The 2020 event was canceled because of COVID-19, and was delayed until August in 2021. Many local shops plan to have a selection of free comic books available for both existing customers and new readers. In addition, many stores also plan to hold additional activities, including hosting visiting artists and writers, and special promotions and sales throughout the day. We’ve compiled a list of 20 locations in Northeast Ohio that are participating in the promotion this year. More information about the books that will be available can be found by visiting freecomicbookday.com. READ MORE Cleveland Ballet The Cleveland Ballet has performed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” before, staging Spanish choreographer Ramon Oller’s take on the Shakespeare classic in 2017. But the new version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” heading to Playhouse Square this weekend is not a revival. In fact, it’s in fact completely new, with choreography by Cleveland Ballet artistic director Gladisa Guadalupe. It is also the work of a company altogether different from the one that performed Oller’s production five years ago. The performances are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 6-7; and 1 p.m. Sunday, May 7. Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets: $25-$79. Cleveland.com contributor Zachary Lewis has a preview. READ MORE Johnny Joo photography show Photographer Johnny Joo is known for capturing scenes of abandoned landmarks in Ohio and elsewhere, often taking photos of the ghosts of former malls, amusement parks and homes. Joo’s work will be on display at Matt Shiffler’s photography gallery on Waterloo Road, and he’ll also be selling prints, books and other items. 16101 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Show opens 5:30-9:30 p.m. May 6. DETAILS Joe Pera at Grog Shop Comedian Joe Pera, the host of Adult Swim’s “Joe Pera Talks with You,” will bring his soft-spoken standup to the Grog Shop for a show on Sunday night. Carmen Christopher will also perform. Tickets $25-$30. 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights 5:30 p.m., May 8. DETAILS ‘Illustrious Gravitas’ art show The power of illustration will be shown at Yards Projects’ latest show, featuring local graphic designers and illustrators. Morgan Bukovec, Shyvonne Coleman, Sequoia Bostick, Benji Diaz, Justin Michael Will and have work on display at Worthington Yards in downtown Cleveland. Free. 725 Johnson Court, Cleveland. On view through June 18. DETAILS Screw Factory Spring Art Show Screw Factory Artist Lofts will open its doors for shoppers to peruse locally made artwork and other handicrafts at this weekend’s Spring Art Show. Both resident artists and visiting makers will sell their creations at the event. Check out candles, illustrations, photography, metalwork, egg art, jewelry, ceramics and more. 13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood. 6-10 p.m., May 6 and 10 a.m.-3 p.m., May 7. DETAILS Funny Bus comedy tour Hop aboard the Funny Bus for a comedy-filled tour of Cleveland. The bus, which hosts 34 passengers, is hosted by comedians and Cleveland natives Julia Mary and Bryan Sternik. Funny Bus tours often incorporate music, games and dancing. Guests can bring beer and wine on the bus in sealed containers that fit under the seats. Tickets $28. 1250 Old River Road, Cleveland. May 6-8. DETAILS The Beatles: Get Back to Let It Be The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s newest exhibit celebrates the legacy of the Fab Four with film clips, audio, custom projections, original instruments, clothing and handwritten lyrics. Artifacts include John Lennon’s iconic wire-rimmed glasses, a black and gray shirt worn by Paul McCartney in the recording studio, Ringo Starr’s maple Ludwig drum kit and more. Tickets, $20-$30. Cleveland residents get in free. 1100 E. 9th St., Cleveland. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. DETAILS Looking for more things to do this week in Greater Cleveland? Cleveland.com's Annie Nickoloff has your guide. READ MORE |
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Barrio Tacos hits the spot We’ve been craving Barrio Tacos ever since hearing about the company’s ongoing expansion plans. Barrio, which is marking 10 years in business, expanded to Strongsville late last year after a successful opening in Ohio Stadium in Columbus. This year, the company is opening eateries with its trademark Day of the Dead mural artwork in Columbus and just north of downtown Pittsburgh. The company has multiple locations in several states. In Greater Cleveland, Barrio Tacos is in Kent, Lakewood, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Willoughby and Strongsville. DETAILS Sink your teeth into a sandwich at Larder Jeremy Umansky and Co. are always concocting something tasty at Larger in Cleveland’s Hingetown neighborhood. It’s a perfect time to head in, order a sandwich, and toast Umansky. Along with Rick Shih, Umansky co-authored “Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation.” The book recently was named a James Beard Foundation Media Award nominee in the book category. Larder is at 1455 W. 29th St., Cleveland. Hours: Noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. DETAILS |
TV & MOVIES ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" offers another twist in the space saga that keeps on giving. The Paramount+ series is set during the pre-Capt. Kirk years of the U.S.S. Enterprise, when Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commands the ship on its search for new worlds. Also in the cast: Rebecca Romijn as Number One, Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock, Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel and Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura. Akiva Goldsman ("Star Trek: Picard") wrote and directed the series premiere of the 10-episode season debuting weekly beginning Thursday. DETAILS
‘Meltdown: Three Mile Island’ "Meltdown: Three Mile Island" examines the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant's brush with disaster in 1979. The four-part documentary uses re-enactments, archival footage, home video and interviews to detail what is considered the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history. "Meltdown" relies on the perspective of engineer and whistle-blower Richard Parks and members of the community that lived through the partial meltdown of one plant reactor. Directed by Kief Davidson ("The Ivory Game"), the docuseries premiered Wednesday on Netflix. DETAILS
’Sheryl’ A documentary about Sheryl Crow is described as an "intimate story of song and sacrifice," detailing her life and career through interviews with the Grammy-winning musician and friends and collaborators including Laura Dern, Emmylou Harris and Joe Walsh. "Sheryl," debuting Friday, May 6, on Showtime, includes footage from two decades of touring as it covers the obstacles she faced from sexism in the music industry, her driving need for perfection and struggles with depression and cancer. Her influential legacy and late-in-life motherhood also are part of the film directed by Amy Scott. DETAILS
‘Hatching’ The suppressed emotions and anxieties of a seemingly flawless 12-year-old girl gather monstrous proportions in Hanna Bergholm's "Hatching," a Finnish body horror fairy tale that begins streaming Friday, May 6, on Hulu. In the film, young Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), whose mother runs the artificially upbeat video blog "Lovely Everyday Life," hides a dead bird's egg in her bedroom that grows unusually large and hatches a very metaphorical beaked beast. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr praised "Hatching" for "poking holes in the gnawing fear of all perfectionists, especially girls on the verge of puberty, that the pretty veneer is hiding something ugly, or worse." DETAILS
‘Along for the Ride’ Sofia Alvarez penned two well-received Netflix teen rom-coms adapted from Jenny Han's novels: 2018's "To All the Boys I've Ever Loved" and its 2020 sequel, "To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You." In "Along for the Ride," debuting Friday, May 6 on Netflix, Alvarez makes her directorial debut. Adapted from Sarah Dessen's 2009 novel, set in a seaside town over summer, it stars Emma Pasarow and Belmont Cameli as two insomniac teens who connect on moonlight walks. DETAILS |
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Arcade Fire Arcade Fire's sixth album, "WE," is only about 40 minutes long but there's a lot in those 40 minutes, ranging from throbbing, chilly electronica to earnest camp-fire singalongs. The band says the seven tracks are split into a side "channeling the fear and loneliness of isolation" and the other "expressing the joy and power of reconnection." Second single "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" is definitely from the latter, with the lyrics "Some people want the rock without the roll/ But we all know there's no God without soul." The band has tapped Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich to produce alongside the band's Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. Catch the result on "Saturday Night Live" the day after the album drops. DETAILS The Black Crowes It's the 50th anniversary of 1972 and The Black Crowes are celebrating with an EP of covers from songs that came out that year. There are renditions of The Rolling Stones' "Rocks Off," T. Rex's "The Slider," Rod Stewart's "You Wear It Well," Little Feat's "Easy to Slip," David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" and The Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone." The Black Crowes' album is titled "1972" and frontman Chris Robinson says that year was a watershed, saying "some of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs ever made came out of that year." DETAILS The Quiet Room A new local concert series fills the Underdog, located in the Happy Dog’s basement, with local music best heard in quiet atmospheres. The next installment of “The Quiet Room” takes place Saturday night, featuring RA Washington, Michelle Gaw and Brent Kirby. Tickets $5. 5801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. 7 p.m., May 7. DETAILS Waterloo fun This Friday, enjoy the monthly Walk All Over Waterloo art event, and also a free concert featuring acclaimed jazz vocalists Shirley Cook and Ava Preston. The seated event will take place at the Beachland Ballroom, kicking off this season’s installment of the Waterloo Makes Music concert series. Free. 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. 7 p.m., May 6. DETAILS Rosavelt at Forest City Brewery Cleveland rock band Rosavelt will celebrate a momentous occasion on Saturday night: the 25th birthday of its first album “Carp & Bones.” See them perform a special anniversary show at Forest City Brewery’s Waldorf Beer Hall. Tickets $12-$14. 2135 Columbus Road, Cleveland. 7 p.m., May 7. 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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