The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Happenings
June 27; Los Straightjackets, June 28; Dead Boys, June 29. Call 216-383-1124 or visit www.beachlandballroom.com.
Cain Park: Superior Road between Lee and South Taylor roads, Cleveland Heights, presents “The Monkees Present The Mike and Micky Show,” with Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz, June 16; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, June 21; Dave Koz and Friends, July 21; Arlo Guthrie, July 22; O’Jays, July 27; Punch Brothers, Madison Cunningham, Aug. 9. Call 216-3713000 or visit CainPark.com.
Goodyear Theater: 1201 E. Market St., Akron, presents “Disney Junior Dance Party on Tour,” April 28; moe., July 19. Call 330-690-2307 or visit goodyeartheater.com.
Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents Project Moonlight, April 27; Silent Disco, April 28; MC Chris, Bitforce, Mayor Wertz, April 29; Sofi Tukker, Kay-Lo, LP Giobbi, April 30; Unknownphrasezes, Alias, Acethehypstar, Henry Annen, Novi, May 1; The Worn Flints, Balik Alistane, Roid Rage, May 2; The Happy Fits, Moon Rocks, Strange Messenger, May 3; The Clarks, Return of Simple, May 4; Archie Green, Dom Deshawn, Feed the People, H9RU, Sam Supreme, May 5; Toobe Fresco, Uptowne Buddha, Jul Big Green, Curly Chuck, May 6; Alex Zinni and Hanna Stakolich, Kim Haffey, Phil Carroll, Alyssa Boyd, Jessica Yafanaro, May 8; Joyner Lucas, Eli, May 9; Savage Master, Bewitcher, HAMMR, May 11; The Mason District, The Whiskey Hollow, Smoke Screen, May 12; The Sword, The Shelter People, May 13; Hinds, May 14; Fu Manchu, Mos Generator, Red Giant, May 15. Call 216-321-5588 or visit www.grogshop.gs. Hard Rock Rocksino at
Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Queensryche, May 4; Tony Bennett, May 12; Greg Kihn, May 12 Call 330908-7625 or visit hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.
House of Blues: 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Vinyl Theatre, May 1; Trixie Mattel, May 4; Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd tribute), May 5; Smallpools, Great Good Fine Ok, Half the Animal, May 7; Jonathan Davis, May 9; Madison Beer, May 10; The Struts, Glorious Sons, Spirit Animal, May 11; Tropidelic, Carlos Jones & The PLUS Band, Persons Places Things, May 12; Moder’s Day World Famous Gospel Brunch, featuring Detrich Burgess and Company, May 133. Call 216-241-5555 or visit www. hob.com/cleveland.
Jacobs Pavilion: Nautica Entertainment Complex, West Bank of the Flats, Cleveland, presents Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd tribute), May 12. Call 216-861-4080 or visit nauticaflats.com.
Kent Stage: 175 E. Main St., Kent, presents Dweezil Zappa, May 1; Tom Rush, Christine Lavin, May 4; Mary Bridget Davis, Mia Dyson, May 5; John Popper (of Blues Traveler), May 8; The Accidentals, May 12; Marty Stuart & The Superalatives, May 13. Call 330-677-5005 or visit www.kentstage.org. Music Box Supper Club: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents The FM Project, April 27; The The Band Band, April 27; Janis Joplin Brunch, April 29; Hollywood Nights, May 4; Cleveland Sessions: The Whiskey Hollow, May 6; Billy Joel Brunch, May 6; Iris Dement, May 6; Glen Phillips, May 9; Sam Hooper Group, May 10; Hey Mavis, May 11; Patsy Cline Tribute by Rachel and The Beatnik Playboys, May 13. Call 216-242-1250 or visit www.musicboxcle.com. Nighttown: 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, presents Jimmy Webb, April 27-28; Lou Armagno Sinatra Selects, April 29; Lucky Peterson, Tamara Tramell & Band, April 29; Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Program, April 30; Hubb’s Groove, April 30; Ernie Krivda Fat Tuesday Big Band, May 1; The Lucky Losers, May 2; John McCutcheon, May 3; Corky Siegel and Howard Levy, May 4; Dan Pugach Nonet, May 5; Jessica Lee with Mark Strickland Duo, May 10; Forecast, May 11; Nellie McKay, May 12; Nan O’Malley, May 13; University School Jazz Ensemble, May 14. Call 216-795-0550, or visit www.nighttowncleveland.com. Playhouse Square: 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Cleveland Jazz Orchestra: “Caribbean Music Explosion,” May 12 Call 216241-6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org.
Film
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame And Museum: Cleveland, presents “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the Word,” 7 p.m. May 2; “Who the F**k Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago,” May 16; “Head,” 7 p.m. May 30; “Purple Rain,” June 6. Call 888-588-ROCK or visit www.rockhall.com.
Music
Cleveland Institute of Music: presents. Chamber Music Spotlight, 7 p.m. April 27 in Mixon Hall; Percussion Ensemble, 8 p.m. April 30 in Kulas Hall; Woodwind Ensembles, 7:30 p.m. May 1 in Mixon Hall. Call 216-7953211 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 26 and 29 and “Divine Ecstasy,” 8 p.m. April 28;
“Festival: The Prometheus Project” — “Beethoven’s Fourth & Seventh,” May 11, “Beethoven’s Eighth & Fifth,” May 12, Beethoven’s Sixth & Second, May 13, and “Beethoven’s Ninth,” May 17 through 19. Visit ClevelandOrchestra.com. Cleveland Opera Theater: presents “Madama Butterfly,” featuring Russian American soprano Dina Kuznetsova, 7:30 p.m. April 27 and 3 p.m. April 28 Inn Maltz Performing Arts Center. Visit ClevelandOperaTheater.org. Hillcrest Concert Band: presents its spring concert, “Tributes,” 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Regina Auditorium at Notre Dame College, 1857 S. Green Road, South Euclid. Visit www.hillcrestconcertband.org. Lake Erie College: 391 W. Washington St., Painesville, presents the Joe Augustine Trio, 2:30 p.m. April 29 in the C.K. Rickel Theatre of Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts. Call 440375-7030 or visit www.lec. edu. Lakeland Community
College: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents 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 440-375-7225 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 Congregational Church, 1375 W. Clifton Blvd., and 4 p.m. April 29 at Plymouth Church UCC, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights. Call 216-2238854 or visit www.QuireCleveland.org.
Tri-C Presents: presents “Late Night With Leonard Bernstein,” an “affectionate multimedia portrait of the charismatic figure” hosted and narrated by his daughter Jamie and featuring soprano Amy Burton and pianists John Musto and Michael Boriskin, 2 p.m. May 6 in the Cleveland Museum of ARt’s Garner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd. Visit tri-c.edu/ tricpresents.
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. Cleveland Play House: Performing at Playhouse Square, presents “The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” through May 6; “The Royale,” May 5 through 27. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.clevelandplayhouse.com.
Dobama Theatre: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, presents “Appropriate,” by Branden JacobsJenkins, 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 27 and 28 and 2 p.m. April 29. Call 440-951-7500 or visit www.fineartsassociation. org. Geauga Theater: 101 Water St., Chardon, presents “Annie Get Your Gun,” 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.
Karamu House: 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland, presents “Passing Strange,” May 10 through June 3. Call 216-795-7070 or visit KaramuHouse.org.
Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “The Humans,” through April 29; “Bring It On!” — 19th annual All-City Musical, through April 29; “tick, tick ...BOOM!”a production with Baldwin Wallace University, April 27 through 29 in the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theater; “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.
Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Tool Music Clinic — “a rare immersive dissection with Danny Carey, Justin Chacellor and Adam Jones, May 19. Visit www. clevelandagora.com. Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra: presents The Spring Revels: A Tudor Musical Banquet, a gala to benefit Apollo’s Fire, 6 p.m. May 12. Call 216-320-0012 or 800314-2535, or visit www. apollosfire.org. Believeland Beer Fest: an event featuring more than 150 beers from 60 breweries, will be April 28 at the Huntington Convention Center. Visit BelievelandBeerFest.com. 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. Cleveland Public Theatre: 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents Station Hope 2018, an annual celebration featuring 250 artists performing social justice-inspired works at Cleveland’s first authenticated Underground Railroad site, 6:30 p.m. May 5 on the grounds of St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Ave.. Call 216-631-2727 or visit www.cptonline.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. LaurelLive — Music With a Mission: a festival featuring performances by Stephen Marley, Matisyahu, and many others, will be June 9 and 10 at the Laurel School’s Butler Campus, 7420 Fairmount Road, Russell and Chester townships. Visit laurelive.com. 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., at 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;”Stuff You Should Know,” May 23; Rebel Force Radio: “‘Solo’ in Ohio,” May 25. 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.