The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Happenings
Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions via email for consideration to entertainment@news-herald.com. You must include a phone number and/or web address for publication.
Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd., presents “Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper,” through May 13; “Brett Weston: Photographs,” through May 9; “Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe,” through May 20. Call 216-421-7340 or visit www. clevelandart.org. Lakeland Community
College: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents “Celebrate Women’s History Month from WOMAN XI... Created by women, of women and about women,” through March 30; Lakeland Community College Visual Arts Student Exhibition, April 8 through May 3 (artist reception and awards ceremony 7 p.m. April 12); ninth annual May Show at Lakeland Juried Art Exhibition, May 17 through July 13 (artist reception and awards ceremony 6 p.m. May 17) Call 440-525-7029 or visit www.lakelandcc.edu/gallery. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Ave., presents winter/spring exhibitions — “Induction: Tauba Auerbach and Eliane Radigue,” “Zigzags and Diagonals: Claudia Comte,” “C. Spencer Yeh” and “Simon Denny: The Founder’s Paradox,” through June 10. Call 216-421-8671 or visit mocacleveland.org. Penitentiary Glen Nature
Center: 8668 Kirtland-Chardon Road, Kirtland, presents spring art show, “Birds & Blooms,” through May 13. Call 440-256-1404 or visit lakemetroparks.com. Sculpture Center: 1834 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, presents W2S (Windows to Sculpture) Emerging Artist series -- Jonas Sebura: Confounded Into Unitary Chaos” and “Anthony Warnick: Language Games,” through April 13. Call 216229-6527 or visit www. sculpturecenter.org. Transformer Station: 1460 W. 29th St., Cleveland, presents “Dana Schutz: Eating Atom Bombs,” through April 15. Call 216938-5429 or visit www. transformerstation.org.
Valley Art Center: 155 Bell St., Chagrin Falls, presents “Mother Earth,” a multimedia exploration in partnership with Chagrin Arts, through May 2. Call 440247-7507 or visit www. valleyartcenter.org.
Children’s entertainment
Covelli Centre: 229 E. French St., Youngstown, presents PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure,” April 3 and 4. Call 800-745-3000 or visit www.covellicentre.com.
Wolstein Center: 2000 Prospect Ave. E., Cleveland, presents “Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!,” April 7 and 8. Call 877-468-4946 or visit www.wolsteincenter.com.
Comedy
Cleveland Improv: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Kountry Wayne, March 30 through 31; Tony Roberts, April 5 through 7. Call 216-696-4677 or visit ClevelandImprov.com. Hard Rock Rocksino at
Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Scotty K, J Jay Boyd, April 20 and 21; Bill Maher, May 6; Dane Cook, May 11; Ron White, July 20; Jim Breuer, Aug. 10. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. Hilarities 4th Street Theatre: 2025 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, presents Chris Distefano, March 30 through 31; Greg Hahn, April 1. Call 216-736-4242 or visit www.pickwickandfrolic.com/shows/hilarities-4thstreet-theatre.
Playhouse Square: 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Jay Leno, April 6; Darci Lynne and Friends, April 7; Whose Live Anyway, April 20; Carol Burnett,” “An Evening of Laughter and Reflection,” May 9. Call 216241-6000, or visit www. playhousesquare.com. Quicken Loans Arena: 1 Center Court, Cleveland, presents Kevin Hart, Oct. 4. Call 216-420-2200 or visit www.theqarena.com.
Concerts
Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Slaughter to Prevail, March 30; Dan Auerbach & The Easy Eve Sound Revue, March 31; Sleep, April 1; Turnstile, Touche Amore, Culture Abuse, April 9; The Darkness, April 14; Between the Buried and Me, The Dear Hunter, Leprous, April 6; Moose Blood, April 15; ; Konya Fest 3, April 13; 3Teeth, Ho99o9, Street Sects, April 17; Suicidegirls Blackheart Burlesque, April 18; Todrick Hall, April 19; Papa Roach, Nothing More, Escape the Fate, April 21; Chaos & Carnage Fest, featuring Carnifex, Oceana, Winds of Plague, April 22; The Decemberists, April 24. Visit www.clevelandagora.com.
Beachland Ballroom: 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, presents Of Montreal, Mega Bog, March 30; Buckethead, March 31; Acid Dad, Oregon Space Trail of Doom, April 1; An evening with Brave Combo, April 1; Moonwalks, April 2; Wolf Alice, The Big
Pink, April 3; Halo Circus, April 3; Native Harrow, April 4; Scratchy Sounds, Drew Redmond, Rob Macy, April 5; Twin Peaks, The Districts, April 5; Bumpin Uglies, Joey Harkum Band, Stimpy’s Revenge, April 6; The Bones of J.R. Jones, April 6; Beams, The Mason District, Mimi Arden, April 7; The Crystal Method, Bypass Circuit, Stout XTC, Chris/ Tucker, Jacob Bennett, April 7; Common Deer, April 8; Phillip Phillips, April 10; An Evening with Neal Morse, April 11; Marco Benevento, Caroline Rose, April 12; The Mountain Goats, Dead Rider, April 13; Phoebe Bridgers, April 14; Anderson East, Devon Gilfilliam, April 14; L7, April 15; U.S. Girls, Half an Animal, April 16; The Weepies Hideaway 10 Year Anniversary Tour, April 16; Mike Farris, Collin Miller & The Brother Nature, April 17; STUYEDEYED, Bummed Out, April 18; Fortunate Youth, Ballyhoo, Tatanka, April 18; Northeast Ohio Drum and Music Jam, April 18. Call 216-383-1124 or visit www.beachlandballroom.com.
Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents Return of Simple, Extra Medium Pony, Kitschy, Hannah Stak, March 30; Silent Disco, March 31; Lil Wop & Chxpo, T. Fonz, King Jerm, Salvatore, Chucky $upreme, April 1; Underland lv ft., Woulf, 777, Rosello, TTE, April 2; Jul Big Green, Collin Miller, Istvan Medgyesi, April 4; Floco Torres & Friends, Jean P MC, Sankuro, Luvabstract, April 5; Front Porch Lights, Mimi Arden, Mich, April 6; Punch Drunk Tagalongs, Nights, Venus Flytraps, April 7; San E and Mad Clown, Sobae, KJ’s K Pop Planet, April 8; April 8; The Lawrence Arms, Red City Radio, Sincere Engineer, April 10; Uptight Sugar, Reiginleif, Sophie Brown, Pomade, April 11; Current Swell, Holden Laurence, M. Moody, April 12; The Slackers, CRAIC, Opus, April 13; Screaming Females, Thou, HIRS, April 14; Acid Mothers Temple, Yoo Doo Right, Hiram Maxim, April 15; Rosedale, Model Rockets, War Stories, April 16; Cub Sport, M/\Z, Preacher and Daisy, April 17; Maxo Kream, Cuz Lightyear, Zell, Prince Ish, April 18; 4⁄20 Eve, Nick Samps, Jordan Grahm, jey Grant, Lord Setty, April 19; Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band, Jim Donovan and the Sun King Warriors, April 20; Guided By Voices, April 21; Werkhouse Live 6-Native Sound, Woulf, Watts, Don Mansa, Londyn Marie, Forever Luck, April 22; Amoramora, Coup De Grace, April 24; Silent Disco, April 28; MC Chris, Bitforce, April 29; Sofi Tukker, April 30. Call 216-321-5588 or visit www.grogshop.gs.
Hard Rock Rocksino at Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Clint Black, March 30; Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo (acoustic), April 4; Robin Thrower, April 6; Ann Wilson of Heart, April 7; Daughtry, April 11; Buddy Guy, April 12; The Fab Four (Beatles tribute), April 13; Moving in Stereo (The Cars tribute), April 13; Out of Eden (The Eagles tribute), April 14; Billy Currington, Locash, April 19; Terry Fator, April 20; The Temptations, The Four Tops, April 21. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.
House of Blues: 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Decades Collide: ’80s vs. ’90s featuring DJ Biz Markey, Cleveland’s Breakfast Club, Old Skool, March 30; Straight On (Heart tribute), Invincible (Pat Benatar tribute), March 31; Fozzy, Through Fire, Santa Cruz, April 2; Dashboard Confessional, Beach Slang, April 3; Brian McKnight, April 6; DJ Questlove, April 14; Nina Nesbitt, April 14; Masionair, Mikky Ekko, NoMBe, April 15; Trey Anastasio Band, April 17; AJR, April 18; Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Allen Stone, Zac Clark, April 19; Echosmith, Banners, April 20; Rick Astley, April 22; The Afghan Whigs, Built to Spill, Rituals of Mine, April 25; LANCO, April 267. Call 216-2415555 or visit www.hob.com/ cleveland.
Kent Stage: 175 E. Main St., Kent, presents English Beat, The Twistoffs, April 1; Karla Bonoff, April 6; Thompson Square, April 7; Asleep at the Wheel, April 15; Brian Henkey, Michael Kelsey, April 20; Michael Stanley & Friends, April 21; “Always & Forever: The Music of Luther Vandross,” starring Ruben Studdard, April 22. Call 330-677-5005 or visit www.kentstage.org.
Music Box Supper Club: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Hot Diang!, April 5;
Journey Tribute by E5C4P3, April 7; The Vindys, April 12; Chris Allen & Friends, April 13; Tropical Cleveland, April 14; Rodney Crowell, April 14; Backstreet Blues Band, April 19; Nitebridge, April 20; Indigo Girls, April 24; June Sladek Benefit Concert. April 26; The FM Project, April 27; The The Band Band, April 27; Janis Joplin Brunch, April 29. Call 216-242-1250 or visit www. musicboxcle.com.
Nighttown: 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, presents Dane Vannatter, March 31; Svetlana & The Delancey Five, April 5; Jeff Lorber Fusion, April 6; Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo, April 6-7; Monika Herzig SHEroes Sextet, April 6; Dominic Farinacci “Modern Warrior,” April 12; Dominick Farinacci Quintet, April 13; Andre Cavor & The Cavor Project, April 14; The Alt, April 17; Eric Andersen, April 19; David Ake Humanities Quintet, April 21; Nicole Henry, April 22; Master Class at Nighttown: The Magic of the Muppets, April 22 and 23; Stanley Jordan and Diego Figueiredo, April 25 and 26. Call 216-7950550, or visit www.nighttowncleveland.com. Playhouse Square: 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Celtic Woman’s “Homecoming,” April 19; “Distant Worlds: Music From ‘Final Fantasy,’” June 16; Joan Baez, Oct. 3; Celtic Thunder, Oct. 3. Call 216241-6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org. Quicken Loans Arena: 1 Center Court, Cleveland, presents Justin Timberlake, March 31 and Oct. 20; Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train, May 22; Shania Twain, June 16; Imagine Dragons, Grace Vanderwaal, June 17; ; Jay-Z and Beyonce, July 25; Elton John, Nov. 3; Metallica, Feb. 1. Call 216-420-2200 or visit TheQArena.com.
Dance
Dancing Wheels Company and School: presents “Pinocchio!,” April 12, 13 and 15 at The Breen Center for the Performing Arts, 2008 W. 30th St., Cleveland. Call 216-432-0306 or visit www.dancingwheels.org.
Playhouse Square: 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Verb Ballet — Cleveland Havana Ballet in Yarini, April 7; Mystic India, April 14. Call 216-241-6000 or visit playhousesquare.org.
Film
Cleveland International Film Festival: runs April 4 through 15 at Tower City Cinemas. Call 216-6233456 or visit www.clevelandfilm.org.
Music
Cleveland Institute of Music: presents. CIM Opera
Theater: “Spring Scenes,” April 20 through 22 in Kulas Hall. Call 216-795-3211 or cim.edu/concerts.
Cleveland Orchestra: performing at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents “Brahm’s Violin Concerto,” April 5 and 7; “Beethoven’s Fifth,” April 12; “Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony,” April 13; “Festival: The Ecstasy of Tristan and Isolde,” — “Tristan and Isolde,” April 21, 26 and 29, “Turangalila,” April 25, and “Divine Ecstasy,” 8 p.m. April 28. Visit ClevelandOrchestra.com. Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra: presents concerts at 7:30 p.m. April 21 at Westlake Performing Arts Center, 27803 Hilliard Blvd., and 1 p.m. April 22 at Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, 2900 Community
College Ave., Cleveland. Call 216-556-1800, or visit www.clevephil.org. Lakeland Community
College: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents The Lakeland Civic Chorus, “You Reap What You Sow,” featuring the Lakeland Women’s Chorus and the Lakeland Chorale, 4 p.m. April 15; The Lakeland Jazz impact and The Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra, “Mingus Among Us,” 4 p.m. April 22; The Lakeland Civic Orchestra, “Sounds of Stage and Screen,” featuring music from “Les Miserables” and “Amadeus,” 4 p.m. April 29. Call 440-525-7134 or visit lakelandcc.edu/arts.
Les Delices: a group performing music from the French Baroque, presents “Let the Heavens Rejoice,” featuring grand molets by Rameau and Mondonville and in collaboration with Quire Cleveland, April. 27 through 29. Visit lesdelices. org. Maple Mountain Chorus of Sweet Adelines International: presents “Guest Night,” to introduce the new director, Pam Dickinson, 8 p.m. April 16 at St. Andrew
Episcopal Church, 7989 Little Mountain Road, Mentor. Call 440-2555259 or email maplemountainchorus@gmail.com.
Quire Cleveland: presents, in conjunction with Les Delices, concerts at 7:30 p.m. April 27 at St. Noel Church, 35200 Chardon Road, Willoughby Hills. Visit www. QuireCleveland.org. Super Button Box Bash: a collaboration between The National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and the Slovenian Society Home and featuring “Accordions All Day” with Patty C and the Guys, Ron Likovic, Kathy Hlad and more, April 8 at the Slovenian Society Home, 20713 Recher Ave., Euclid. Call 216-261-3263 or email polkashop@aol.com,
Tri-C Presents: presents Gerald Clayton, performing his new work, “Piedmont Blues: A Search for Salvation,” at Tri-C’s Metropolitan Campus Mainstage Theatre, 2809 Woodland Ave. Visit tri-c.edu/tricpresents.
Theater
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre: 40 River St., Chagrin Falls, presents “The Country House,” a “contemporary and funny drama about egos, jealousies and relationships,” by Donald Margulies, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through April 7 and 2 p.m. April 8, in River Street Playhouse. Call 440247-8955 or visit www.cvlt. org. Cleveland Play House: Performing at Playhouse Square, presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” April 14 through May 6. Call 216241-6000 or visit www. clevelandplayhouse.com. Cleveland Public Theatre: 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents “Test Flight 2018, featuring seven workshop productions by Northeast Ohio and national artists as part of CPT’s New Play Development Program, through April 21. Call 216-631-2727 or visit www.cptonline.org.
Cuyahoga Community
College: presents “With Faith and Fury,” based on the novel by Delos McKown,” April 6 through 14 at the Metropolitan Campus Student Theatre, 2900 Community College Ave., Cleveland. Call 216-9874211 or visit TriCTickets. com. Dobama Theatre: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, presents “Appropriate,” by Branden Jacobs Jenkins, April 20 through May 20. Call 216-932-3396 or visit www.dobama.org. Fine Arts Association: 38660 Mentor Ave., Willoughby, presents “The Importance of Being Earnest,” 7:30 p.m. April 20, 21, 27 and 28 and 2 p.m. April 22 and 29. Call 440-951-7500 or visit www.fineartsassociation.org. Geauga Theater: 101 Water St., Chardon, presents “Number the Stars,” performed by the Geauga Lyric Theater Guild Repertory Company,” 7:30 p.m. April 4 and 5; “Annie Get Your Gun,” April 20 through May 13. Call 440-286-2255 or visit www.geaugatheater.org.
Karamu House: 2355 E.
89th St., Cleveland, presents the American premiere of “The Adventures of the Black Girl and Her Search for God,” by Lisa Codrington, through April 15. Call 216795-7070 or visit KaramuHouse.org.
Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “The Humans,” April 10 through 29; “Bring It On!” — 19th annual All-City Musical, April 24 through 29; “Aladdin,” May 2 through 27; “Miranda Sings ... You’re Welcome,” featuring Colleen Ballinger, May 6; “Hamilton,” July 17 through Aug. 26; “Martin Luther on Trial,” Sept. 29 and 30. Call 216241-6000 or visit www. playhousesquare.com.
Misc.
Beyond the Book Jacket
Author Series: at various branches of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, presents Lisa See, April 15, South Euclid Branch; Kate DiCamillo, July 22, ParmaSnow Branch. Visit beyondbookjackets.com. Cleveland History Center of the Western Reserve Historical Society: 10825 East Blvd., Cleveland, presents “Wow Factor: 150 Years of Collecting Bold Clothes,” through April 22. Visit wrhs.org. Cleveland Humanities
Festival: presented by Case Western Reserve University, features various events around the theme “Health,” through April 13. Visit chf. case.edu/events. Cleveland Museum of
Natural History: 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, presents “PTEROSAURS: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, an exhibit showcasing the diversity of prehistoric flying reptiles, through Aug. 12; “Sailing for Science: The Voyage of the Blossom,” which “tells the extraordinary story of the voyage of the three-masted schooner Blossom and its 16-man crew that set sail on Oct. 29, 1923,” through Aug. 5. Call 216-231-1177, 800317-9155, or visit www. cmnh.org. Geauga County Public Library: presents author and hiker Jim Klopovic, “The Honest Backpacker,” 9 a.m. March 31 at the Chardon Branch, 12701 Ravenwood Drive, and 7 p.m. April 3 at the Bainbridge Branch, 17222 Snyder Road. Visit GeaugaLibrary.net. Hard Rock Rocksino At Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Australia’s Thunder From Down Under, April 6 and 7. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.
I-X Indoor Amusement Park: runs through April 15 at the I-X Center in Cleveland. Visit ixamusementpark.com. Maltz Museum Of Jewish
Heritage: 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, presents “Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews & Medicine in America,” through April 8. Call 216-593-0575 or visit www.MaltzJewishMuseum.org. Mentor Area Chamber Of Commerce: presents Taste of Mentor, 5 to 7:30 p.m. April 25 at Noah’s Event Venue. Call 440-255-1616 or visit www.MentorChamber.org. Playhouse Square: Cleveland, presents singer ventriloquist and “America’s Got Talent” winner Darci Lynne, April 7. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.playhousesquare.org.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Cleveland, presents Rock Week in Cleveland, a number of events leading up to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, April 7 through 14. Call 888-588ROCK or visit www.rockhall.com. Words and Wine Poetry
Reading Series: presents Lynn Powell, who teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Oberlin College and is the author of poetry book “Season of the Second Thought,” 6;30 p.m. April 10 at Rider’s Inn, 792 Mentor Ave., Painesville. Call 440579-5990 or email margiedelong@hotmail.com.