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; “Recent Acquisitions 20142017,” through June 10. Call 216-421-7340 or visit www. clevelandart.org.

Lakeland Community

College: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents 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. Call 440-5257029 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 KirtlandChardon Road, Kirtland, presents spring art show, “Birds & Blooms,” through May 13. Call 440-256-1404 or visit lakemetroparks.com.

Children’s entertainment

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

Hilarities 4th Street

Theatre: 2025 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, presents Gary Gulman, April 5 through 7; Tom Tustin, April 8; Dan Grueter, April 11 through 14. 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. Call 216-241-6000, or visit www.playhousesquare.com.

Concerts Agora Theatre & Ballroom:

5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Between the Buried and Me, The Dear Hunter, Leprous, April 6; Turnstile, Touche Amore, Culture Abuse, April 9. Visit www.clevelandagora.com.

Beachland Ballroom: 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, presents 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. Call 216-383-1124 or visit www. beachlandballroom.com.

Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents 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. Call 216-321-5588 or visit www.grogshop.gs.

Hard Rock Rocksino at Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Robin Thrower, April 6; Ann Wilson of Heart, April 7; Daughtry, April 11; Buddy Guy, April 12. Call 330-908-7625 or visit hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.

House of Blues: 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Brian McKnight, April 6. Call 216-241-5555 or visit www. hob.com/cleveland. Music Box Supper Club: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Journey Tribute by E5C4P3, April 7; The Vindys, April 12. Call 216242-1250 or visit www. musicboxcle.com.

Nighttown: 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, presents Jeff Lorber Fusion, April 6; Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo, April 6-7; Monika Herzig SHEroes Sextet, April 6; Dominic Farinacci “Modern Warrior”, April 12. Call 216-795-0550, or visit nighttowncleveland.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. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.playhousesquare.org.

Music

Cleveland Orchestra: performing at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents “Brahm’s Violin Concerto,” April 5 and 7; “Beethoven’s Fifth,” April 12. Visit ClevelandOrchestra.com.

NEOSonicFest: a new-music festival presented by the Ohio Chamber Symphony, featuring various performances through April 11. Visit neosonicfest.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, will be April 8 at the Slovenian Society Home, 20713 Recher Ave., Euclid. Call 216-261-3263 or email polkashop@aol.com,

Theater

Beck Center For The Arts: 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, presents the comedy “My First Time,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through April 29. Call 216-521-2540 or visit www.BeckCenter.org. 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. Great Lakes Theater: at the Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, presents “Macbeth,” through April 15. Call 216241-6000 or visit www. greatlakestheater.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 216-795-7070 or visit KaramuHouse.org.

Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “The Humans,” April 10 through 29. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.playhousesquare.com.

Misc.

Cleveland Botanical Garden: 11030 East Blvd., presents inaugural “Spring Blooms” show, featuring thousands of outdoor bulbs, indoor and outdoor flower boxes and arrangements, tips for the home gardener and children’s activities, through May 13. Call 216721-1600, or visit www. cbgarden.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, 800-317-9155, or visit www.cmnh.org.

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.

Maltz Museum Of Jewish

Heritage: 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, presents “Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews & Medicine in America,” through April 8; family-friendly Presidents’ Day celebration 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and featurng “Meet the Presidents” at 1 p.m. Call 216-593-0575 or visit www.MaltzJewishMuseum. org. Playhouse Square: Cleveland, presents singerventriloquist and “America’s Got Talent” winner Darci Lynne, April 7. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.playhousesquare.org.

Rails to Trails Conservancy: presents Opening Day for Trails, featuring activites and refreshments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Towpath Trail and Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail, Visit RailstoTrails.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.

Visible Voice Books: 2258 Professor St., Cleveland, presents Book Release: “Girlish: Growing up in a Lesbian Home,” with Lara Lillibrdige, 7 p.m. April 6. Call 216-961-0084 or visit visiblevoicebooks.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.