'Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Trick or Treat Fest'
Dress up in your favorite costume, take photos with characters and collect candy at 20 trick-or-treat stations spread across the zoo. This daytime Halloween celebration also includes a Monster Mash Dance Party at the park’s amphitheater and unlimited rides on the Pumpkin Express. Tickets, $9.95 (members), $19.95 (non-members). 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 28-30. DETAILS Halloweekends at Cedar Point Enjoy the final weekend of the season at Cedar Point with a daytime fall festival that 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. DETAILS Cavaliers vs. Knicks
Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs host the New York Knicks at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Tickets $18 and up. 1 Center Court, Cleveland. 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30. DETAILS Smashing Pumpkins at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
It’s time to relive your youth as two of the biggest alt-rock bands of the ‘90s perform at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Jane’s Addiction opens the show before Smashing Pumpkins take over with hits like “1979,” “Cherub Rock” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” The bill also features singer-songwriter Meg Myers. Tickets start at $49. 1 Center Court, Cleveland. 6:30 p.m., Oct. 29. DETAILS The Cleveland Orchestra's Halloween Spooktacular
Family-friendly concert features a costume contest, musical highlights from the Harry Potter films as well as "Ride of the Valkyries" and other spooky favorites. Tickets start at $17. Severance Music Center, Cleveland. 2 p.m., Oct. 30. DETAILS The Great Pumpkin Party
Head downtown for a family-friendly event featuring trick-or-treating, face painting, a magic show, live music and much more. Free admission. Costumes encouraged. Public Square, Cleveland. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Oct. 29. DETAILS Boo Bash at Tower City Center
This kid-friendly Halloween bash features trick-or-treating around Tower City, pumpkin-carving demonstrations, giveaways, costume contests, character appearances, dancing and more. Free. 230 W. Huron Rd., Cleveland. noon-4 p.m., Oct. 29. DETAILS Browns vs. Bengals Get ready for a primetime showdown as the Browns host the Bengals on Halloween night in a nationally televised game at FirstEnergy Stadium. 100 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland. 8:15 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31. DETAILS “How Did This Get Made? Live!” at MGM Northfield Park
In this live version of their popular podcast, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas break down the infamously bad 1993 film “Ghost in the Machine.” Tickets start at $37. 10777 Northfield Rd., Northfield. 7 p.m., Oct. 29. DETAILS |
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Great Lakes Theater presents ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Cleveland’s classic theater company returns to its Shakespearean origins with one of the greatest love stories ever told. This timeless tale of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families is sure to make your heart swell and burst. Tickets, $20-$84. 2067 E 14th St, Cleveland. Now through Nov. 6. 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. Through Oct. 30. DETAILS Pumpkin Village at Mapleside Farms
Show off your Halloween costume during the final weekend of Mapleside’s fall festival. You’ll find over 100 acres of family fun including a giant corn maze, super slide, pig races, pumpkin patch, train and hayrides. And don’t forget the orchard’s famous apple cider and apple cider donuts, too. Tickets, $13. 294 Pearl Rd., Brunswick. Oct. 28-30. DETAILS Owls & Howls at Cleveland Museum of Natural History
This popular one-day event returns as a weekend celebration. Show up in your Halloween costume and take part in a variety of activities and presentations that celebrate Ohio’s native animals. Included are pumpkin decorating, dino mask making, a spooky photo booth, special “Current Science” presentations and wildlife demonstrations. 1 Wade Oval Dr., Cleveland. Oct. 28-30. DETAILS All Hale’s Eve: Sleepy Halo-O at Hale Farm and Village
This adults-only, Sleepy Hollow-themed bash has live music, two cash bars and “Trick & Treat” tasting stations from a variety of local food vendors, breweries, vineyards and meaderies located throughout the museum’s haunted historic village. Costumes encouraged. Tickets, $45-$50. 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath. 7-11 p.m., Oct. 29. 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 Looking for more things to do this week in Greater Cleveland?Cleveland.com's Joey Morona has your guide. READ MORE |
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FOOD & DINING Welcome to Lakewood, Studio West 117!
Studio West 117 is now open in Lakewood. The all-inclusive spot has a gym, sports leagues and three very different restaurants – Muse, Trellis and Eat Me Pizza. It’s open seven days a week and is billed as a haven for the LGBTQ+ community. It’s got outdoor activities in addition to the gym, which can host volleyball, basketball and other sports. Studio West 117 is at 1384 Hird Ave., Lakewood. READ MORE
Hoist a Haze Jude at Platform Beer Co. Platform Beer Co. is donating a portion of sales of Haze Jude, its Hazy India Pale Ale, through the end of the year to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. It’s a good sipper, and with each pint the food bank gets some needed support. Why not belly up and order a pint or two? Platform is at 4125 Lorain Ave., Cleveland. READ MORE Ranking meatball subs
Our Best of Cleveland team recently hit the road again to find the best meatball sub served up at Northeast Ohio fast-food sandwich shops. Check out the 5 best options they found. READ MORE |
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TV & MOVIES 'Wendell & Wild'
For something more family friendly, this Netflix stop-motion animation pic features the voices of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as demon brothers. An original idea from director Henry Selick, who also directed the spooky but kid-friendly classics “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Coraline.” “Wendell & Wild” starts streaming on Friday, Oct. 28. DETAILS
'The Good Nurse'
In the new Netflix film, Jessica Chastain plays an overworked ICU nurse and single mother who, after a patient’s death, starts to suspect things about about her new colleague Charlie, played by Eddie Redmayne. Danish filmmaker Tobias Lindholm directed the thriller, which began streaming on Wednesday. DETAILS ‘Barbarian’ This low-budget indie horror starring Justin Long became a sleeper hit at the box office. “Barbarian” also stars Georgina Campbell as a woman who is inadvertently double booked with a stranger (“It’s” Bill Skarsgård) in a creepy Detroit-area Airbnb run by Long’s character, a TV actor facing sexual misconduct allegations. Now streaming on VOD. DETAILS ‘Pearl’ Ti West’s technicolor horror prequel starring Mia Goth as a farmgirl in a pandemic plagued Texas town in 1918 whose dreams of movie stardom drive her a bit mad. There are references to everything from “Singin’ in the Rain” to “The Wizard of Oz,” but with a sinister, murderous edge. Currently available on VOD. DETAILS ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ An anthology produced by the Oscar-winning filmmaker aimed at challenging “traditional” expectations of horror. Eight stories include “The Autopsy,” based on a Michael Shea short story and starring F. Murray Abraham, Glynn Turman and Luke Roberts; the H.P. Lovecraft-based “Dreams in the Witch House,” with Rupert Grint and Ismael Cruz Cordova, and “Lot 36,” one of two episodes based on an original story by del Toro and starring Tim Blake Nelson and Elpidia Carrillo. Currently available on Netflix. DETAILS ‘A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting’ HBO feature on a gunman’s deadly attack on a house of worship, its causes and the aftermath. Directed by Trish Adlesic, the film delves into the 11 lives that were lost in the October 2018 tragedy and the effect on family members, survivors and the community at large. Michael Keaton, Billy Porter and Mark Cuban, the film’s prominent executive producers, are natives of the Pittsburgh area. DETAILS |
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Lainey Wilson Breakout country artist of the year Lainey Wilson’s new studio album comes out Friday, featuring 14 tracks, all of which she co-wrote except one cover. Singles from “Bell Bottom Country” include the sweet first-love ditty “Watermelon Moonshine” and “Heart Like a Truck,” with the lyrics: “I got a heart like a truck/It’s been drug through the mud/Runs on dreams and gasoline.” DETAILS Garbage
A new compilation called “Anthology” will be available on double transparent yellow vinyl and two CD editions, as well as through major online streaming platforms starting Friday. It contains the hits “Stupid Girl,” “I Think I’m Paranoid,” “Why Do You Love Me” and “Only Happy When It Rains.” Among the 35 tracks is a rare recording called “Witness to Your Love.” DETAILS Mushroomhead at the Agora
Bang your heads as these heavy metal rockets in matching jumpsuits and artsy masks return to their hometown with a Halloween weekend show at the historic Agora theatre. Half Raised Heathens and Bittersweet Revenge are the opening acts. Tickets, $30-$55. DETAILS 'Till' Chinonye Chukwu’s fact-based account of Emmett Till’s mother’s quest for justice, is a powerful film, made that much more stirring by its score. The soundtrack by Abel Korzeniowski, who composed, orchestrated and conducted, is out Friday, and has stirring strings, dark pulses and thrilling sequences. Listen to “This Is My Boy” and try not to be moved. Korzeniowski says: "It is a tribute to those, who against all odds, and despite the world’s indifference to their plight, continue to preserve their humanity.”" DETAILS 'Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule' Having never released on during his lifetime, this marks Louis Armstrong's first official Christmas album. “Cool Yule,” “Christmas Night in Harlem” and the swinging “’Zat You Santa Claus?" are three of the eleven tracks included on this album, releasing digitally on Friday with a CD and vinyl release to follow on Nov. 11. DETAILS Rakim at House of Blues Rakim, one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, takes the stage at House of Blues Cleveland in what promises to be an unforgettable show. Tickets, $28-$60. DETAILS Want more concert & music picks?
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