Happenings

247-7507 or visit www. valleyartcenter.org.

Auditions

Geauga Lyric Theater

Guild: will hold auditions for the Skip Kelly Young Production (ages 13 through 21) of “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” 6 to 9 p.m. April 29 and 7 to 9:30 p.m. April 30. Call 440-286-2255 or visit www.geaugatheater.org.

Comedy

Cleveland Improv: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Michael Blackson, April 20 through 22. Call 216696-4677 or visit ClevelandImprov.com. Hard Rock Rocksino at

Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Scotty K, J Jay Boyd, April 20 and 21. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. Hilarities 4th Street Theatre: 2025 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, presents Drew Thomas, Mia Jackson, April 19 through 23; Mike Finoia, April 25 and 29; Jay Oakerson, April 26 through 28; Maria Mamford, May 2. Call 216-736-4242 or visit www.pickwickandfrolic. com/shows/hilarities-4thstreet-theatre.

Concerts

Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Dave Matthews, performing an acoustic set in support of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich, April 20; 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 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, The Katy, April 20, Brian Fallon and The Howling Weather, Caitlin Rose, April 21; Abbey Rodeo, Dagnabit, One-Eyed Jacks, Mary Taylor Brooks, Ted Rizer, Rolly Brown, The Grateful Fred, April 22; The New Soft shoe, Charles Hill Jr., April 22; Wild Ones, April 24; The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, April 26; Of Good Nature, The Quasi Kings, April 26. Call 216383-1124 or visit www. beachlandballroom.com.

Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents 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 2. Call 216-241-5555 or visit www.hob.com/ cleveland. Kent Stage: 175 E. Main St., Kent, presents 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 Nitebridge, April 20; Indigo Girls, April 24; June Sladek Benefit Concert. April 26. Call 216242-1250 or visit www. musicboxcle.com.

Nighttown: 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, presents Moises Borges, April 20; David Ake Humanities Quintet, April 21; Nicole Henry, April 22; Master Class at Nighttown: The Magic of the Muppets, April 22 and 23; Elizabeth A. Davis “his name’s not Indian Joe, April 23; Stanley Jordan and Diego Figueiredo, April 25-26; Caroline Davis Trio, April 26. Call 216-7950550, or visit www.nighttowncleveland.com. Music

CityMusic Cleveland: presents a chamber music concert featuring compositions by deFalla, Ariaga, Turina and Boccherini, 7 p.m. April 20 at Praxis Fiber Workshop, 15301 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Call 216-321-8273 or visit www. citymusiccleveland.org. Cleveland Institute of

Music: presents. CIM Opera Theater: “Spring Scenes,” April 20 through 22 in Kulas Hall; Brass Ensembles, 8 p.m. April 23 in Kulas Hall; Intensive Duo Gala Concert, 7 p.m. April 24 in Mixon Hall; Intensive String Quartet Seminar Gala Concert, , 7

p.m. April 25 in Mixon Hall; Advanced Piano Trio Program Gala Concert, 7 p.m. April 26 in Mixon Hall. Call 216-795-3211 or cim.edu/ concerts.

Cleveland Orchestra: performing at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents “Festival: The Ecstasy of Tristan and Isolde,” — “Tristan and Isolde,” April 21, 26 and 29, “Turangalila,” April 25. Visit ClevelandOrchestra.com. Cleveland Opera Theater: presents “Madama Butterfly,” featuring RussianAmerican soprano Dina Kuznetsova, 7:30 p.m. April 27 and 3 p.m. April 28

Inn Maltz Performing Arts Center. Visit ClevelandOperaTheater.org. Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra: presents presents concert at 1 p.m. April 22 at Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, 2900 Community College Ave., Cleveland. Call 216556-1800, or visit www. clevephil.org. Lakeland Community

College: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents 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; Lakeland Civic Band concert, “Ohio’s Finest,” 4 p.m. May 6. Call 440-525-7134 or visit www.lakelandcc. edu/arts. 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, 8 p.m. April 28 at Lakewood Congrefational Church, 1375

W. Clifton Blvd., and 4 p.m. April 29 at Plymouth Church UCC, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights. Call 216223-8854 or visit www. QuireCleveland.org.

Parks

West Woods Nature Center: 9465 Kinsman Road, Russell Township, presents Meet the Artists openhouse for “2 Friends Sharing Their Love of Art and Nature,” 2 to 4 p.m. April 21; Earth Day Extravaganza, featuring presentations by wildlife experts, live animals, a nature craft (seed bombs), amphibian/reptile show & tell, wildlife discovery walks, the Hunger Squad food truck and more pegged around the them “Your Backyard,” 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22. Call 440-286-9516 or visit geaugaparkdistrict.org.

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. Blank Canvas Theatre: 1305 W. 78th St., Suite 211, Cleveland, presents “Side Show,” through April 28. Call 440-941-0458 or visit BlankCanvasTheatre.com. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre: 40 River St., Chagrin Falls, presents “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” a gala benefit production featuring Broadway performers, April 21. Call 440-247-8955 or visit www.cvlt.org. Cleveland Play House: Performing at Playhouse Square, presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” through May 6. Call 216-241-6000 or visit wclevelandplayhouse. 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; “Br’er Cotton” by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, through April 21. Call 216631-2727 or visit www. cptonline.org. Cuyahoga Community College: presents “The Split Show,” which examines the consequences of black skin in America, 7:30 p.m. April 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2 p.m. April 22 and 10:30 a.m. April 26 at Western Campus. Call 216-987-5536 or visit TriCTickets.com. Dobama Theatre: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, presents “Appropriate,” by Branden JacobsJenkins, 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 “Annie Get Your Gun,” April 20 through May 13 “Dragonsong” (GLTG Repertory Company production), 7:30 p.m. April 27 and 28. Call 440-286-2255 or visit www.geaugatheater.org.

Great Lakes Theater: at the Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, presents “Behive: The ‘60s Revival,” May 4 through 20. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.greatlakestheater.org.

Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “The Humans,” through April 29; “Bring It On!” — 19th annual All-City Musical, April 24 through 29; “tick, tick ...BOOM!”a production with Baldwin Wallace University, April 27 through 29in the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theater, “Aladdin,” May 2 through 27. Call 216-241-6000 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 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. Great Lakes Science Center: 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, presents “TapeScape-Sticky Science,” May 4 through Sept. 3. Call 216694-2000 or visit www. greatscience.com. 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. Northcoast Writers’

Showcase: presented by Lake-Geauga League of Libraries and featuring authors that include Tom Batiuk (“Funky Winkerbean”), Ramona Robinson, Les Robert (the Milan Jacovich mystery novels), D.M. Pulley (“The Dead Key,” “The Unclaimed Victim”), Carlo Wolff (Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories,” Marty Gitlin (“A Celebration of Animation,” “The Great American Cereal Book,” and others, will be at 11 a.m. April 28, with a keynote address by Christina Baker Kline (“Orphan Train”) at 3 p.m., atin the Arthur S. Holden Center at Lake Erie College in Painesville. Call 440-255-8811, ext. 213 or visit divi.geaugalibrary. net/northcoast-writersshowcase. Playhouse Square: Cleveland, presents “Flanagan’s Wake,” through April 28;. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.playhousesquare.org. Words and Wine Poetry Reading Series: presents Susan Grimm of Shaker Heights, 1999’s Ohio Poet of the Year and author of “lake Erie Blue” and “Almost Home,” 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Rider’s Inn, 792 Mentor Ave., Painesville. Call 440-5795990 or email margiedelong@hotmail.com.