FRIDAY!

Your weekly guide to movies, arts, concerts, clubs and nightlife

Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in a well-acted mystery. Full story »

Only climbing buffs are likely to know in advance whether the men featured in this fact-based account were the ones who mastered the mountain. For the rest of us, the suspense is too harrowing to spoil. Full story »

It's a film to be endured more than experienced. Full story »

It's a so-so movie that confuses loving close-ups of Jennifer Aniston's golden highlights with a character, and stripped-to-the-six-pack shots of Gerard Butler with a plot.  Full story »

Who needs a red carpet when you can roll out so many movies? Woohoo, Cannes on the Cuyahoga is back. The Cleveland International Film Festival has hit Tower City Cinemas, in Tower City Center on Public Square. The 34th installment boasts more than 300 feature and short films from 84 countries. And a lot of parties, too. Read on for highlights.  Full story »

Catch the Canadian crooner in concert Tuesday, March 23, at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center. Full story »

Techno-folk troubadour performs Sunday, March 21, at PlayhouseSquare's State Theatre. Full story »

Start your night at Molinari's in Mentor, catch a screening of "The Ghost Writer," starring Ewan McGregor, then cap things off with a nip of Ramune pop at Watami in Parma. Full story »

After opening for the likes of Chris Isaak, Pete Yorn and the Zac Brown Band, Ryan Humbert & Emily Bates are scheduled to bring their melodic harmonies to the Beachland Ballroom. Also, punk act American Werewolves is prepping the release of its new hardcore-based effort "Wanderers Forever" with a Grog Shop gig.  Full story »

Cleveland's St. Patrick's Day Parade is in the books. But the real party continues late into the night in these Irish pubs. Full story »

I watch movies for lots of different reasons. But never to be deeply disturbed. That's what happened when I watched a screener of "Out of Place," a documentary about local Lake Erie surfing enthusiasts being shown at the Cleveland International Film Festival Friday, Sunday and Monday.  Full story »

Shubert did part of his act on an East Fourth Street curb in 2006. Full story »

Business at Lucky's has tripled since it made Guy Fieri featured it on his Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." We checked in to see how things were holding up. Busy. And still lip-smacking.  Full story »

Only in America . . . it's St. Patrick's Day -- at least as we've come to know it. The traditions surrounding the religious-holiday-meets-expression-of-pride-meets-party-hearty-marathon have come a long way since a shepherd named Maewyn Succat became the patron saint of Ireland. So much so that a Dubliner like Declan Synnott couldn't believe his eyes when he celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day in America.  Full story »