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 “Recent Acquisitions 20142017,” through June 10. Call 216-421-7340 or visit www. clevelandart.org. La Cosecha Galeria: 504 Storer Ave., Cleveland, presents its grand opening, 2 to 11 p.m. June 2. Call 216385-9545 or visit lacosechagaleria.com. Lakeland Community
College: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents ninth annual May Show at Lakeland Juried Art Exhibition, through July 13. 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.
Comedy
Cleveland Improv: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Corey Holcomb, June 1 through 3. Call 216-6964677 or visit ClevelandImprov.com. Hilarities 4th Street
Theatre: 2025 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, presents The Sklar Brothers, through June 2; Steve Gillespie, June 3; Cleveland Comedy Open 2nd Quarter Finals, June 4; Ian Bagg, June 7 through 10 Call 216-736-4242 or visit www.pickwickandfrolic. com/shows/hilarities-4thstreet-theatre.
Concerts
Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Hammerfall,
Flotsam and Jetsam, June 1; The Front Bottoms, Andrew McMahon, June 2 and 3; Combichrist, Wednesday 13, June 2. Visit www.clevelandagora.com. Akron Civic Theater: 182 S. Main St., presents Modest Mouse, Sept. 28; Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nov. 10. Call 330-253-2488 or visit www.akroncivic.com.
Beachland Ballroom: 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, presents Bro Dylan, The Whiskey Hollow, The Midnight Slander, June 1; The Lighthouse and the Whaler, June 2; Label Me Lecter, Daniel in Stereo, June 2; Jake Hill, JordanXBell, Atlas Greene, June 3; Sweepyheads, Paperilo, Exotic Fruit Club, June 4; Cauliflower Ninja, Smoke Screen, June 5; Trashcan Sinatras, June 6; American Aquarium, June 7; Shaun Martin, Acid Cats, June 7. Call 216-383-1124 or visit www.beachlandballroom.com. Blossom Music Center: 1145 W. Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls, presents Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, June 6. Call 330-920-8040 or visit blossommusic.com.
Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents Bear vs. Shark, Signals Midwest, Runaway Brother, June 1; Combichrist, Wednesday 13, Night Club, Prison, Death Valley High, June 2; Everything Everything, Sego, Uptight Sugar, June
3; Inter Arma, Earthling, Bruce Lamont, June 4; Atari Jones, June 5; Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Lithics, June 7. Call 216-321-5588 or visit www.grogshop.gs. Hard Rock Rocksino at
Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Jackson Browne, June 9; Tracy Lawrence & Purple Reign (Prince tribute), June 15. Call 330908-7625 or visit hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com.
House of Blues: 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Def Leggend (Def Leppard tribute), June 2; Kali Uchis, June 4; Tash Sultana, June 4 (moved to Jacobs Pavilion); Kayley Klyoko, Gavin Turek, June 5; Billie Eilish, June 6; Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Just Juice, June 7. Call 216-241-5555 or visit www.hob.com/cleveland.
Jacobs Pavilion: Nautica Entertainment Complex, West Bank of the Flats, Cleveland, presents Post Malone, June 2; Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, June 1; Savage, SOB x RBE, June 2;The Head and the Heart, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, June 3; Tash Sultana (moved from House of Blues), June 4; Vance Joy, June 5; Jack White, June 6. Visit www. nauticaflats.com.
Kent Stage: 175 E. Main St., Kent, presents The Del McCoury Band, June 5. Call 330-677-5005 or visit www.kentstage.org. Music Box Supper Club: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Eli’s Coming, Old No. 55, June 1; The FM Project, June 2; Brooke Annibale, June 3; Long Time Gone, June 3; Tropidelic, June 6; Sammy Miller & The Congregation, June 7. Call 216-242-1250 or visit www. musicboxcle.com.
Nighttown: 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, presents Anne Cochran & Abe LaMarca, June 1; Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, June 1; Forecast, June 2; The Answer Generation, June 3; The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, June 3 through 5; Hathaway Brown Music Program, June 6; Low Down Brass Band, June 7. Call 216-795-0550, or visit nighttowncleveland.com.
Dance
Cleveland Public Theatre: 6415 Detroit Ave., presents DanceWorks 2018, featuring Verb Ballets, MorrisonDance, Inlet Dance Theatre, Oberlin Dance Project, Marquez Dance Project and DoubleEdge Dance, through June 16. Call 216-631-2727, or visit www.cptonline.org.
Film
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
And Museum: Cleveland, presents “Purple Rain,” June 6. Call 888-588-ROCK or visit www.rockhall.com.
Music
Hillcrest Concert Band: presents concerts at 7:30 p.m. June 5. Visit www. hillcrestconcertband.org.
Legacy Village: Beachwood and Richmond roads, Lyndhurst, presents performances at 6:30 p.m. — No Name Band (1960s and 1970s dance), June 1. Visit Legacy-Village.com.
Parks
Observatory Park: 10610 Clay St., Montville Township, presents hour-long hands-on astronomy education, June 8 and 22 (Exoplanets & How to Find Them); naturalist-led night sky viewing, 7 to 11 p.m.
June 9 and 23; The Sky Tonight Planetarium Shows with “Astro_nat” Chris, 1 to 4 p.m. June 10 and 24. Visit geaugaparkdistrict.org. Walter C. Best Wildlife Preserve: 11620 Ravenna Road, Munson Township, presents Astronomy Night with CVAS, 8:30 p.m. June 16. Call 440-286-9516.
Theater
Beck Center For The Arts: 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, presents “Bent,” June 1 through July 1 in the Studio Theatre. Call 216-521-2540 or visit BeckCenter.org. Blank Canvas Theatre: 1305 W. 78th St., Suite 211, Cleveland, presents “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” June 8 through 23; “We Will Rock You,” Aug. 3 through 18; “Cannibal! The Musical,” Oct. 5 through 27. Call 440-941-0458 or visit BlankCanvasTheatre.com. Cleveland Play House: Performing at Playhouse Square, presents “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin,” June 7 through 17. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.clevelandplayhouse.com.
Dobama Theatre: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, presents 40thanniversary Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival, June 1 through 3. Call 216932-3396 or visit www. dobama.org. Fine Arts Association: 38660 Mentor Ave., Willoughby, presents “The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m. June 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 and 2 p.m. June 10, 17 and 24. Call 440-9517500
or visit www.fineartsassociation.org.
Geauga Theater: 101 Water St., Chardon, presents “Our Town” (Teen Drama Project production), June 1 through 3. Call 440-286-2255 or visit www.geaugatheater. org. Karamu House: 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland, presents “Passing Strange,” through June 3. Call 216795-7070 or visit KaramuHouse.org.
Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” June 5 through 17. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.playhousesquare.com. Rabbit Run Theater: 5648 W. Chapel Road, Madison Township, presents “Harvey,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, June 1 through 16. Call 440-428-7092 or visit rabbitrunonline.org. Misc. Art in the Village with Craft Marketplace: will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 2 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 3 at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst. Visit artfestival.com, email info@artfestival.com or call 561-746-6615. Aurora Farms Premium
Outlets: on Route 43 in Aurora, , presents the third annual Scrumptious Showdown, an “event welcoming foodies of all ages to indulge in delicious eats, family fun and friendly competition,” noon to 3 p.m. June 2. Visit premiumoutlets.com/ aurora-farms.
Cleveland History Center of the Western Reserve Historical Society: 10825 East Blvd., Cleveland, presents “Mad for Plaid,” an exhibition dedicated to the “timeless pattern” pulling from the WRHS costume collection, June 1 through early 2019. Visit wrhs.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 Play House: presents its annual benefit, The Disco Ball, June 2 in the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square. Visit ClevelandPlayhouse.com.
Fairport Harbor Lighthouse & Museum: 129 Second St., is open 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays through Oct. 31. Call 440354-4825, email keeper@ fairportharborlighthouse.org or visit fairportharborlighthouse.org. Great Lakes Science Center: 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, presents “TapeScape-Sticky Science,” through Sept. 3. Call 216-694-2000 or visit www.greatscience.com. Maltz Museum Of Jewish
Heritage: 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, presents Holocaust Remembrance Day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 3; Everyday Heroes Activity Center, a kids indoor play area, June 5 through Aug. 12. Call 216-593-0575 or visit www.MaltzJewishMuseum.org. Playhouse Square: Cleveland, presents Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, June 7. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.playhousesquare.org.