Guards Fest 2023 Traditional winter fan festival returns from its COVID hiatus. Meet some of your favorite Guardians players including Steven Kwan, Amed Rosario, Oscar Gonzalez, Emmanuel Clase and Triston McKenzie, get photo ops, check out player panels and much more. Early access for season ticket holders. Tickets $15 for general admission. Huntington Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland. 1:30 - 7:30 p.m., Jan. 21. DETAILS Disney Animation: Immersive Experience The makers of Disney Animation: Immersive Experience want guests to feel like they’re inside their favorite Disney films. To pull it off, Lighthouse Immersive, the same studio behind Immersive Van Gogh, uses 50 digital projectors to bring some of the most memorable Disney moments to life on the walls, floors and ceiling of its 500,000-cubic foot gallery at E. 72nd St. and St. Clair. The exhibition, which mades its U.S. debut at Lighthouse ArtSpace Cleveland this week, runs through April 10. Timed tickets start at $35.99. Cleveland.com entertainment reporter Joey Morona and photographer David Petkiewicz have a preview. READ MORE
Cleveland Cavaliers Watch as Darius Garland, Donavan Mitchell, Kevin Love and the rest of the Cavs host the Warriors and Bucks on back-to-back nights. Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, 1 Center Court, Cleveland 7:30 p.m., Jan. 20 and Jan. 21. DETAILS Lunar New Year celebration Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with live dance and acrobatic performances, drum team, DJ and more. Free. Asia Plaza, 2999 Payne Ave., Cleveland. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Jan. 21. DETAILS Today’s Bride Cleveland Wedding Show One of the largest bridal shows in the nation featuring more than 150 wedding vendors from Northeast Ohio. See the latest decorating trends, check out runway fashion shows and much more. Tickets $15. Children 6 and under are free. I-X Center, Cleveland. Noon - 6 p.m., Jan. 21 and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Jan. 22. DETAILS Avenue Q Tony-winning musical show featuring puppets with human actors. Production is not appropriate for children. Tickets $20. Akron Civic Theatre, 182 S Main St., Akron. 7:30 p.m., Jan. 20-21. DETAILS Forbidden Broadway the Next Generation Featuring spoofs of some of your favorite Broadway shows and musical hits. Hear new takes on songs from shows like “Hamilton,” “Moulin Rouge” and many more. Tickets $30-55. EJ Thomas Hall, 198 Hill Street, Akron. 7:30 p.m., Jan. 21. DETAILS An Evening with Greg Sestero and ‘The Room’ Join one of the stars of the cult film ‘The Room’ for a night featuring a screening of the movie, Q&A and fan meet & greet. This is a second show, added after the first sold out. Tickets $18. Cedar Lee Theatre, 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. 9:30 p.m., Jan. 21. DETAILS Dancing with the Stars: Live An all-new production featuring fan-favorite pros from the show as well as other guest stars. This is a 21-and-over show only. MGM Northfield Park, 10777 Northfield Rd., Northfield. 7:30 p.m., Jan. 22. DETAILS |
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'Beetlejuice' at Playhouse Square The musical version of Tim Burton’s film, tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Through January 29. DETAILS Cleveland Charge vs. Capital City Go-Go Check out some up-and-coming talent as the Cavs’ G-League affiliate takes the court again Washington. Tickets start at $5. Wolstein Center, 2000 Prospect Ave., Cleveland. 3 p.m., Jan. 22. DETAILS Flanagan’s Wake at Kennedy’s Cabaret Centered around an Irish funeral, “Flanagan’s Wake” doesn’t sound like an inherently humorous play. But the interactive performance, which has taken place in Cleveland regularly since 1996, relies on audience-interactive improv, usually producing hilarious results. Tickets, $29. 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Weekends through April 29. 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 Summit StageFest Theater-focused festival with a variety of performances throughout the afternoon including improv, dance and much more. Free admission. Akron Civic Theatre, 182 S Main St., Akron. Noon, Jan. 22. DETAILS Winter 2022-23 ski guide Skier visits soared during the pandemic, as Americans gravitated outside for entertainment. Now, as the pandemic wanes and life gets back to normal, it’s unclear whether the sport can retain its new followers. Ski resorts sure are going to try. Plain Dealer/cleveland.com Travel Editor Susan Glaser has compiled resort information, including new features, prices and more, for 14 ski parks in Ohio, western New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Michigan for the upcoming winter season. Northeast Ohio’s three resorts -- Boston Mills, Brandywine and Alpine Valley -- have set a tentative opening date of Dec. 17. READ MORE |
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FOOD & DINING Biga Wood Fired Pizza Americans eat an average of 46 slices of pizza in a year. If you need to up your contribution to the stats and like to dine around, check out the traditional and specialty pies at Biga Wood Fired Pizza, 9145 Chillicothe Rd., Kirtland. 440-379-7503. bigawoodfiredpizza.com. They even have a drive-up window for pickup. DETAILS Fuel up at Gasoline Alley We love the fact the Akron RubberDucks are changing their name for one game to the Akron Sauerkraut Balls this season. Got us thinking about eating at Gasoline Alley in Bath in Summit County. It’s one of the places that carries the classic Akron dish on its menu. It’s at 870 N. Cleveland Massillon Road, Akron. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. DETAILS Cordelia a hit on E. 4th Street We’ve had Cordelia on our minds since Tasting Table recently tabbed it as one of the 22 best new restaurants in the United States for 2022. Clevelanders already knew about the restaurant that took over in the former Lola Bistro space, but it’s nice to see a national hat tip. Andrew Watts and chef Vinnie Cimino are crafting creative, comfortable spins on dishes in a place that exudes Cleveland pride (it’s like a photo gallery with artwork of dozens of famous Clevelanders on the wall). It’s at 2058 E. 4th St., Cleveland. Hours: 4 to 10 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Sunday brunch. DETAILS |
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TV & MOVIES “That 90’s Show” Eric and Donna Foreman of "That 70s Show," (along with Kelso, Fez and Jackie) are all grown up now with a teen daughter, Leia. In the spin-off "That 90's Show," Leia decides to stay with her grandparents (played by Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp) in Point Place, Wisconsin for the summer. She makes a new group of friends, and they all hang out in the basement, just as Eric and his friends did. Most of the original cast reprise their roles on a recurring status with Smith and Rupp back full-time.) The 10-episode series debuts Thursday on Netflix. DETAILS “Jung_E’ "Train to Busan" and "Hellbound" director Yeon Sang-Ho has a new sci-fi action pic arriving on Netflix on Friday. In the dystopian future of "Jung_E," Earth has become uninhabitable, and war is about to break out in the shelter, where one side figures out how to clone a famous mercenary into a A.I. robot army. The film stars Kang Soo-yeon, in her last role, Kim Hyun-joo (as Jung-E), Ryu Kyung-soo and Park So-yi. DETAILS “Your Honor” "Your Honor" starring Bryan Cranston, returns for its second and final season on Showtime on Sunday. Cranston plays Michael, a prominent judge in New Orleans whose teen son Adam accidentally kills another teenage boy in a hit-and-run. The dead teen ends up being the son of a powerful mob boss. Michael takes his son to the police station to turn himself in but realizes who the victim's family is, so he helps Adam cover it up. Season two picks up where season one left off. DETAILS “The Price of Glee“ "The Price of Glee" is a three-part, gossipy docuseries about the former hit Fox musical series "Glee" created by Ryan Murphy and starring a cast including Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Darren Criss. The series, debuting this week on ID, charts "Glee's" instant success and popularity and alleged drama and turmoil behind-the-scenes. It also details the tragic death of Cory Monteith during the show from a heroin overdose, Mark Salling, who died of an apparent suicide after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography, and Naya Rivera, who died in 2020 in an accidental drowning. DETAILS “Happening” Audrey Diwan's "Happening" got a bit lost in the shuffle after winning the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2021 after it wasn't chosen to represent France in the Academy Awards (the country's choice, "Titane," did not get nominated). But her riveting adaptation of Annie Ernaux's true story of an unwanted pregnancy in the 1960s, when abortion was illegal in France, only got more relevant, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Ernaux's subsequent Nobel Prize honor. The film, a harrowing but essential watch, arrives on Hulu on Sunday. In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote, "It's a movie about abortion, yes, but it's also a coming-of-age tale about a woman's resolve." DETAILS |
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The Day Nites Art Blakey is best known as a member of The Hesitations, the Cleveland vocal group that had charting pop hits with “Soul Superman” and soulful takes on pop tunes, including “Born Free” and “Climb Every Mountain,” in the 1960s and ‘70s. He performed on stages all over the country in clubs and bars and theaters and throughout the old chitlin’ circuit during the group’s heyday, performing on bills with the biggest names in R&B. These days, at age 81, he’s reinvented himself as the lead singer of the The Day Nites, a Cleveland-based retro soul group performing at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Beachland Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Tickets are $12 advance, $14 day of show and are available via ticketweb.com. Go to beachlandballroom.com for more information. Plain Dealer/cleveland.com music writer Malcolm X Abram talked with Blakey about the new group and his musical history. Lukas Graham It's back to basics for Lukas Graham. Returning to his songwriting roots, the singer behind the hit "7 Years" wrote his new album in a comforting old rehearsal space that's a 10-minute bike ride from his house in Copenhagen. His new full-length offering — "4 (The Pink Album)" — includes the singles "Wish You Were Here" featuring Khalid, "Home Movies" featuring Mickey Guyton and "Share That Love" with G-Eazy. "4 (The Pink Album)" is out Friday and finds Graham "navigating the highs and lows of fame, pulling himself out of a creative rut and finding the joy in sobriety after being stuck in a cycle of self-medication." DETAILS John Cale John Cale's "Mercy" is the former The Velvet Underground co-founder's first full album of new tunes in a decade. The 12-track set from the 80-year-old is called by his team the "continuation of a long career's work with wonder" and includes help from Laurel Halo, Sylvan Esso, Weyes Blood, Dev Hynes and Animal Collective. In the moody dance number "Night Crawling," he recalls being out and about with David Bowie in the 1970s and in the slow-building "Story of Blood," Cale meditates on mortality, singing "I'm standing here waiting, waiting in the morning/Sleepy and hoping for the tide to turn." DETAILS The Four Horsemen Tribute band invites you to this all-ages show for a night featuring the music of Metallica. Special guests 72 Legions. Tickets $20. House of Blues Cleveland, 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 8 p.m., Jan. 20. DETAILS Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular Celebrate the music of the King from his early years all the way through his time in Las Vegas. Tickets $10-49. KeyBank State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 7 p.m., Jan. 22. 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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