WCLV Arts Calendar
If your organization is planning an event you would like us to consider adding to the WCLV Arts Calendar, submit detailed information to John Simna via email.
Akron Art Museum
Current shows at the include Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, and William Richards: The Vastness Beyond Vision. Both shows will be on view through July 27th. The Akron Art Museum will present She Said, She Said: Contemporary Women Artists, a new exhibition in the Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries will run through Sunday, August 10th.
Apollo's Fire
Apollo's Fire will present t a series of summertime concerts called , with five performances at the Holden Arboretum June 5th through 8th and one more at Avon Lake UCC on Monday, June 9th.
Association for Continuing Education
ACE, the Association for Continuing Education at Case Western Reserve University, will presenting its annual Saturday May 31st through June 3rd at a new location, 3631 Perkins Avenue. Items available include DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, sheet music, books from A to Z and rare and collectible books.
Beck Center
At Lakewood's Beck Center, the musical , based on the Eudora Welty novella will play in the Studio Theater, May 30th to June 29th. And the 1975 musical , with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, will be onstage July 11th through August 10th.
Benjamin Franklin Community Gardens
In Cleveland鈥檚 Old Brooklyn neighborhood, the Ben Franklin Community Garden Music Series features an eclectic lineup of professional Northeast Ohio artists performing on the first and third Saturdays at 6PM, June through September. On June 7th, it鈥檚 Global Connections, a blend of Latin and world grooves. And on June 21st, you can hear the Northcoast Jazz Collective (featuring Dan Maier)
Bop Stop
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Cain Park
Coming to in Cleveland Heights, The Punch Brothers, a band known for its fusion of bluegrass, jazz, folk, and pop, will perform on Thursday evening, June 12th in the Evans Amphitheater. And Cain Park. will also present the Juneteenth Culture Fest: Rooted in Freedom, a commemoration and celebration of emancipation and Black history in America. Performances, food trucks, workshops, and more are being held at Cain Park on Saturday, June 14th.
Canton Museum of Art
Current exhibits at the include Apeiron: Eco-Art of John Sabraw, Art & Activism from the CMA Collection, and This Riverbed Is A Cradle: Fiber Art of Michelle Wentling. All three exhibits are on view through July 27th.
ChamberFest Cleveland
ChamberFest Cleveland's Thirteenth Season will take place at a variety of venues around Northeast Ohio June 11th through 28th. This year's festival theme of "Lost and Found" is reflected in thirteen concerts and events that explore the theme of discovery. Music will range from Bach to the 21st century, including 10 living composers and newly-rediscovered pieces by Mozart and Chopin.
Clague Playhouse
presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee through June 8th. 440-331-0403
Cleveland Cinematheque
will feature filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji for a Q&A after a screening of his film The Monk and the Gun as part of the Buddhism Goes to the Movies series. There are new films including Vi锚t and Nam, and the Irish film That They May Face The Rising Sun as well as a new restoration of Lino Brocka鈥檚 Bona starring Nora Aunor. The following weekend we will welcome Ivan Dixon鈥檚 daughter Nomathand茅 Dixon, Aseelah Shareef from Karamu House, and filmmaker Robert Banks for a panel discussion featuring after a screening of the new 4K restoration of The Spook Who Sat By the Door.
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art will feature an exhibit by Takashi Murakami called
Traditional Japanese art is remixed with contemporary pop culture. The show will be on view through September 7th.
At the Cleveland Museum of Art in Gallery 115 is Creation, Birth, and Rebirth, continuing until July 27th. It explores some of the fundamental moments in the sacred narratives of the medieval world: the creation of the universe, the birth of its gods and its humans, and visions of the end of life conceived as a new beginning.
Cleveland Public Theatre
The second part of Cleveland Public Theater's annual New Play Development series, , will take place through June 7th. Plays will include Unhinged: A Burlesque Play on Modern Dating Struggles, the telenovela-flavored Grandez and Future-Never Land, a 鈥渟ci-fi rap opera鈥� to compositions by Saint-Saens & Debussy.
Cleveland Repertory Orchestra
Matthew Salvaggio will lead the next concert by the on Saturday evening, June 7th at Federated Church in Chagrin Falls. The program is called Rising from Ashes: A Celebration of Artistic and Cultural Journeys. There'll be music of Carlos Simon, Ruth Gipps and Antonin Dvorak.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
The Conservancy for C-V-N-P will celebrate the Cuyahoga Valley National Park鈥檚 first 50 years with the Theron Brown Sextet in concert June 8th, opening the fifth concert series at Howe Meadow.
Encore Chamber Music Festival
The ENCORE - Gates Mills Music and Ideas Festival presented by takes place June 2nd through 22nd, coinciding with ENCORE鈥檚 Summer Academy Program. This year's theme is By Leaps and Bounds, a celebration of classical music inspired by movement and dance. The public performance program also includes interdisciplinary talks based on the festival theme. performances will take place at a variety of venues, from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to Oberlin College. 216 - 559-4015
The Higgler
At Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights, there'll be two performances of Margi Griebling-Haigh's chamber Opera on Saturday and Sunday, June 7th and 8th.
Lake Erie Wind Quintet
Reed-iculous Love i s the title of the next concert by the . The program will feature
love songs of all genres. The performance will take place on Sunday afternoon, June 29th at Brookpark United Methodist Church on Smith Road in Cleveland. 440 - 332 - 7763
Lithuanian Song Festival
On June 29th, Cleveland will host an international . There will be 1,500 singers and more than 100 dancers performing at Cleveland Public Auditorium.
Medina Community Band
The Medina Community Band will present the first concert of its on Friday evening, June 6th in the Uptown Medina Square Gazebo. The music will range from Shostakovich, Bizet and Brian Eno to Karl King and John Philip Sousa.
Musical Theater Project
The will present a fully-staged version of the 1978 musical I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road. There'll be a pre-show video and post-show discussion with the authors, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford. The performances at the Dobama Theater will take place June 27th through 29th. 860-1518 x 701
Nightlight Cinema
is a non-profit arthouse cinema, located in Downtown Akron. It has been making indie films available since 2014. The schedule will include Friendship, The Life of Chuck, Goodbye Horses and The Phoenician Scheme
Northcoast Men's Chorus
The 's next concert is called Reigning Men, a tribute to the kings of pop, rock, and soul. They'll perform music by Elton John, Barry Manilow, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, and many more. There'll be two performances on Saturday evening, June14th and Sunday afternoon, June 15th, at the the Mimi Ohio Theater.
Ohio Light Opera
The 46th Festival Season at the College of Wooster opens June 14th with Rogers and Hammerstein鈥檚 Carousel, Lerner and Loewe鈥檚 Brigadoon, the Gershwins' Tiptoes and more. Six shows will run in repertory through August 3rd. 330-263-2345.
Playhouse Square
Individual tickets are now available for the touring company of the Tony-Award winning , which will make its Cleveland premiere at Playhouse Square July 15th through August 3rd
Rabbit Run Theater
in Madison will be performing Frederick Knott鈥檚 thriller Wait Until Dark through June 7th.
Radio on the Lake Theater
Northeast Ohio's only professional theater company dedicated to the audio arts, announces a new live radio play series. will spotlight classic and contemporary audio drama with actors and sound effects artists bringing the scripts to life. This summer, the company will focus on science fiction, with performances of The Time Machine and The Hitchhiker June 12th, The Day the Earth Stood Still on July 10th, and War of the Worlds August 14th. The plays will be performed at the Negative Space Art Gallery, located at 3820 Superior Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Cleveland's Asia Town district.
Renovare Music
will present To be Free: A Juneteenth Concert for a program that will celebrate the heritage of Juneteenth with music that will span generations and genres, from jazz standards to living composers.
It will take place Friday evening, June 20th at Forest City Brewery on Columbus Road in Cleveland,
Shaw Festival
The 's season is underway and will include productions of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes and Wait Until Dark, all in the Festival Theater.
Sunday Studio Series
In Cleveland鈥檚 Little Italy neighborhood, the presents concerts on Saturday and Sunday, June 7th and 8th at Studio Espressivo in the Murray Hill Galleries. The program is called Sounds of the Cinema. It features music by Italian film composers and classical music favorites commonly heard in movies
Tri-C Jazz Fest
Tri-C will presenting the 46th annual in Cleveland. June 26th through 28th, with performers including Trombone Shorty, Stanley Clarke, Kirk Whalum and Dianne Reeves. Information at Tri dash C Jazz Fest dot com.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The Wednesday Noontime Music Near the Market continues at on Lorain Road at West 30th Street. Florence Mustric plays A Swiss to Watch and Hear, music of Guy Bovet on June 4th and 11th. On June 18th and 25th, Robert Myers will play June Weddings, with music by Bach, Clarke, Lemmens, and Boellmann.
Western Reserve Chorale
will perform Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo, the traditional Psalm 100 text O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands, set in seven different languages and drawing from a wide spectrum of musical influences. The performance will take place on Sunday afternoon, June 8th at First Baptist Church on Fairmount Boulevard in Shaker Heights.
Workshop Players
The in Amherst will end their 76th season with Funny Little Thing Called Love, playing through June 8th.