Entertainment

BRANSON, Mo. — The show must go on.

MARYSVILLE — Third time’s the charm for Night Ranger at the 2022 All Ohio Balloon Festival, following appearances in 2015 and 2017.

As you read this column, my writing partner is tramping around Europe visiting five different countries. A high point will be hiking in the Austrian Alps.

Hollywood has a long history of making films that exemplify the “best” of what this country strives to be. Whether it’s a textile worker’s struggle to earn a decent wage or seven courageous men who volunteered to be strapped to a rocket and hurled into space. It might even be a country preacher watching over his flock in a small western town over a century ago.

PERRYSBURG — The Owens Community College Department of Fine and Performing Arts will host Lee Fearnside and Simone Spruce, both of Toledo, as this year’s Artist in Residence.

With the official start of summer only a few days away, we have already had several 90-degree days. Everyone has experienced the discomfort that comes with high heat and humidity that forces us to seek sanctuary in our air-conditioned homes and autos. Early theaters advertised their air-cooled comfort to entice audiences to escape the heat before the advent of in-home air conditioning.

Saturday Night Live announced last week that cast members Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney are leaving to pursue other career opportunities, changing the trajectory of the longtime sketch show.

The reigning American box office champion (per theater average) is “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” an independent science-fiction film by the Daniels (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), exploring parallel universes through the eyes of a downtrodden mother.

And the Oscar goes to …

PEMBERVILLE — “Two Friends, Two Pianos, Too Fun” is the next Live in the House performance.