Five things we love this weekend: June 21, 2024

Celebrate LGBTQ pride

Kokomo Pride is returning to downtown Kokomo this weekend. Now in its third year, festivities that celebrate LGBTQ pride will be held outside Sun King Kokomo, 500 N. Buckeye St. Visitors will be able to find music, entertainment, vendors, food and free resources. Admission is free and open to all ages from 3-7 p.m. Saturday. Kokomo Pride will sell T-shirts and merchandise at the event. A drag show after party will be held in the brewery’s second floor, which does not have elevator access. Doors to the after party open at 7 p.m. and the show is set to begin an hour later. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased on Sun King’s or Kokomo Pride’s Facebook page.

Orchestra TV fundraiser

The Kokomo Symphony Orchestra will hold its fifth annual TV fundraiser on Saturday to raise funds for its 51st season. The singalong show has a tropical paradise theme this year and will be held at The Hobson, 110 N. Washington St. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the orchestra’s quartet will hold a performance at 6:30 p.m. with light appetizers and a cash bar. The TV dinner band, Johnny and the Remotes, will play music from artists like the Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffet. The dinner menu will be based on “Cheeseburgers in paradise.” The event will also feature music trivia, a name that tune competition and silent and live auctions. For more information, visit the Orchestra’s website, kokomosymphony.com.

Osogbo youth art workshop

The Carver Community Center, 1030 N. Purdum St., will host a youth art workshop on Saturday. Attendees will learn to make indigo cloth designs from Nigeria and make two wax art pieces, one to take home and another to create a public art installation. The workshop is free to attend for the first 20 participants. To register, reach out to kokomocarver@gmail.com or call 765-457-9318.

Summer launch party

The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main Branch, 220 N. Union St., will hold camping-themed activities this weekend. Attendees will learn about wild animals, maps, compasses, story telling, first aid, songs and more. The event is free to the public and is set to begin at 10 a.m.

Return of SummerFest

SummerFest Weekend is returning to Kokomo this weekend. The event was formerly organized by the Carver Community Center and is being brought back by Flowerbomb, a co-host on Power 104.9 WTSX, as a three-day festival. Each day will be held in Studebaker Park, 901 E. Havens St. Friday’s festivities will kick things off with D.J. performances from 6-10 p.m. The festival will pick back up the next day with the fifth annual Bobby Pettigrew Kickball Tournament, a mobile skating rink with separate times for kids and adults, an appearance from the Kokomo BobKats and community resources, like a voter registration booth, from 9 a.m to 10 p.m. Finally, on Sunday, the festival will hold a Praise in the Park worship service, with a broadcast of Second Missionary Baptist Church’s service and live music.

More live music this weekendKokomo Alehouse

The Kokomo Alehouse, 1134 Home Ave., will host The Peaceful Kings on Friday. The local rock band will perform from 8-10 p.m. for a $5 cover charge.

The Coterie

There are two shows at The Coterie, 107 W. Sycamore St., this weekend. The Todd Harrold Trio will perform Friday and the Colby Miller Band will play Saturday. Both shows are set to begin at 9 p.m. and there is a $5 cover charge for each show.

Kokomo Country Palace

Keyton Romero will perform at the Kokomo Country Palace, 2011 N. Market St., from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday.

In theaters this weekendThe Bikeriders

Rated: R for language throughout, violence, some drug use and brief sexuality

Running time: 1 hour 56 minutes

Starring: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy and Michael Shannon

Plot: A Midwestern motorcycle club evolves over the course of the 1960s from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.

Review: As the Vandals’ original ideals disintegrate, it can feel like “The Bikeriders” gets locked into a familiar “Goodfellas”-like structure, but with a telling shift in narrator for a drama that’s ultimately about masculinity. This is a movie that’s juggling a lot of contradictory ambitions. It wants to be authentic but it wants to tell a grand America saga. It wants mythology but also naturalism. It’s those instincts that have made Jeff Nichols one of the most essential filmmakers of his generation, even if the results have sometimes been underwhelming by a hair.

Three stars out of four.

— Jake Coyle, Associated Press

Rotten Tomato score: 86%

Showtimes: Friday: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00

The Exorcism

Rated: R for language, some violent content, sexual references and brief drug use

Running time: 1 hour 33 minutes

Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins and Sam Worthington

Plot: A troubled actor begins to exhibit disruptive behavior while shooting a horror film, causing his estranged daughter to wonder if he’s slipping back into past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.

Review: A movie about making an exorcism movie should allow "The Exorcism" to have some fun with the sub-genre's trappings, but aside from some bits involving a robotic puppet, the movie comes up short. The cast is committed, though. Crowe seems slightly weary, but that ties into his character's mental state, so it doesn't distract. Also good: David Hyde Pierce, lending a touch of class as a real priest working as an advisor on the film. Pierce's character really doesn't have much to do here, but he's such a good actor that he's able to make the most of his scenes.

4 out of 10

— Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm

Rotten Tomato score: 35%

Showtimes: Friday: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45