Top 5 things to do indoors and beat the heat this weekend in Naples, Bonita Springs

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We're not going to recommend anything outside for this weekend. It's hot, even by Southwest Florida standards. So stay cool and check out these fun things to do indoors.

5. 'Dumb and Dumber' actor performs standup at OTH

Canadian actor and comedian Harland Williams ― whose film credits include "Dumb and Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary" ― performs standup at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 21; 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday, July 22; and 6 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at Off The Hook Comedy Club, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, No. 1100. $30 general admission, plus a fee. offthehookcomedy.com or 239-389-6901

4. Enjoy ice cream, now more than ever

As ice cream parlors go, it doesn't get any cooler in Southwest Florida and Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream at 2359 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 408, which opened in 2015 in Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt, North Naples. Watch ice cream made before your eyes in a flash-freezing liquid nitrogen process. And if the heat wasn't enough reason to enjoy it, July is National Ice Cream Month and July 18 was National Ice Cream Day. So what if we're a day or too late, we love ice cream year round, so visit any of the many ice cream spots in Southwest Florida. subzeroicecream.com

3. Serious new youth play in Bonita

"Bulletproof Backpack" is an award-winning contemporary play featuring some of the best young artists in Southwest Florida. "This gripping story explores the effects of an often unmentioned aspect of American culture ― school students living under the constant threat of violence," its website promotion says, which also cautions that the show contains mature themes. See it at 7 p.m. Friday or Saturday or 2 p.m. Saturday or Sunday at Center for Performing Arts, Hinman Auditorium, 10150 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs. $20 general admission, $25 reserved or $10 for students. artcenterbonita.org

2. See one or both: 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' hit the big screen

It's hot outside and it will be inside theaters too, when two major summer movies open this weekend (some even a few days earlier). "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" both hit the big screen at Southwest Florida theaters including Regal Naples 4DX & IMAX, 6006 Hollywood Drive; Paragon Pavilion, 833 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples; and Prado Stadium 12 at 25251 Chamber of Commerce Dr., Bonita Springs. More at fandango.com.

1. Go 'under the sea' at youth theater show

Enjoy a youth theater adaptation of Disney's "Little Mermaid Jr." at Gulfshore Playhouse, 755 Eighth Ave., Naples. Talented young stars bring the popular 1989 Disney animated musical film to life. Five shows at various times July 20-23 at. Tickets $25. More at gulfshoreplayhouse.org

Dave Osborn is the regional features editor of the Naples Daily News and News-Press. Follow him on Instagram and Threads @lacrossewriter and on Twitter @NDN_dosborn.

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