Happenings

pianist Alon Goldstein, 2 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd. Visit tri-c.edu/performingarts.com. Zion Lutheran Church: 508 Mentor Ave., Painesville, presents “The Bells of Christmas,” a Christmas experience featuring handbells, handchimes, children’s choir, the Nativity and Christmas carols, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Visit ZionPainesville.com.

Parks

Observatory Park: 10610 Clay St., Montville Township, presents naturalistled night-sky viewings 7 to 11 p.m. Nov. 17 (with the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society) and Dec. 15 and 29; full-moon programs (followed by night-sky viewings if weather permits), 7 p.m. Nov. 24 (The Beaver Moon), 6 p.m. Dec. 22 (The Buck Moon); hour-long hands-on astronomy eucation (followed by night-sky viewing, weather permitting), 7 p.m. Dec. 14 and 28 (The

Southern Sky); “Astro-Nat” Chris will open the Robert McCullough Science Center and Oberle Observatory from 1 to 4 p.m., with The Sky Tonight Planetarium Shows at 2 p.m. Dec. 16 and 30. Call 440-286-9516 or visit geaugaparkdistrict.org. West Woods Nature Center: 9465 Kinsman Road, Russell Township, presents House Gues or House Pest, in which naturalist Karie Wheatong will share why she keeps spiders in her house and who to call if you find you’ve been invaded by yellow jackets, 2 p.m. Nov. 18; “discARTed REcycled Art Exhibition,” featuring “functional, decorative and youth-made art made of discarted/found materials,” Feb. 17 through April 15. Call 440-286-9516 or visit geaugaparkdistrict.org. Theater Beck Center For The Arts: 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, presents “Shrek The Musical,” Dec. 7 through Jan. 6. Call 216-521-2540 or visit BeckCenter.org. Blank Canvas Theatre: 1305 W. 78th St., Suite 211,

Cleveland, presents “Avenue Q,” Dec. 7 through 22. Call 440-941-0458 or visit BlankCanvasTheatre.com. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre: 40 River St., Chagrin Falls, presents Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 16 through Dec. 16. Call 440-247-8955 or visit www.cvlt.org. Cleveland Play House: Performing at Playhouse Square, presents presents “A Christmas Story,” Nov. 23 through Dec. 23; “An Iliad,” Jan. 12 through Feb. 10. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.clevelandplayhouse.com. Cleveland Public Theatre: 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents “Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant,” Nov. 29 through Dec. 22. Call 216-631-2727 or visit www. cptonline.org. Dobama Theatre: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, presents the regional premiere of “Ella Enchanged: The Musical,” by Karen Zacarias,” Nov. 30 through Dec. 30. Call 216932-3396 or visit www. dobama.org. Fine Arts Association: 38660 Mentor Ave., Willoughby, presents “Annie,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 and 30 and Dec. 7 and 14 and 2 p.m. Nov. 24 and 25 and Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16. Call 440951-7500 or visit www. fineartsassociation.org.

Great Lakes Theater: at the Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, presents ] 30th-anniversary production of “A Christmas Carol,” Nov. 30 through Dec. 23 at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre. Call 216-2416000 or visit www.greatlakestheater.org.

Karamu House: 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland, presents “Day of Absense,” by Douglas Turner Ward,” through Nov. 18 in Arena Theatre; “Black Nativity,” by

Langston Hughes, Nov. 29 through Dec. 30. Call 216795-7070 or visit KaramuHouse.org.

Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “Les Miserables,” through Nov. 18; “Chicago,” featuring former Ohio State Buckeyes running back Eddie George as Billy Flynn, Nov. 27 through Dec. 2; “The Sound of Music,” Dec. 4 and 5 at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron; “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reinsdeer: The Musical,” Dec. 7 through 9; “Spamilton,” Dec. 20 through Jan. 6; “Miss Saigon,” Jan. 29 through Feb. 17; “School of Rock,” March 5 through 24; “A Bronx Tale, “April 23 through May 12; “Dear Evan Hansen,” June 11 through 30; “Come From Away,” July 9 through 28; “The Lion King,” Aug. 7 through Sept. 1. Call 216-241-6000 or visit playhousesquare.com. Talespinner Children’s Theatre: 5209 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents “A Song in the Flame (A Tale of Israel),” Nov. 24 through Dec. 16. Visit www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org or call 216-264-9680. Misc.

Beyond the Book Jacket

Author Series: at various branches of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, presents Elizabeth Berg, 2 p.m. Nov. 18, Parma-Snow Branch,; Kristina McMorris, 7 p.m. Nov. 19; Adriana Trigiani, “The Shoemaker’s Wife,” “Tony’s Wife,” 7 p.m. Nov. 30, Parma-Snow Branch; Mike Lupica, Sunny Randall Series “Blood Feud,” 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Parma-Snow Branch, Dec. 1; Louise Penny, 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Parma-Snow Branch; George Bilgere, 7 p.m. Dec. 12, South-Euclid Lyndhurst Branch; David Giffels, 7 p.m. Dec. 13, Independence Branch; Jen Sincero, 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at Parma-Snow Branch; Marie Benedict,” 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at South EuclidLyndhurst Branch; Claudia Rankine, “Citizen: An American Lyric,” 7 p.m. Jan. 23, Parma-Snow Branch. Visit

beyondbookjackets.com. 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, through early 2019. Visit wrhs.org. Cleveland Museum of

Natural History: 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, presents “Built to Survive: Biomechanics” an exhibit about”fascinating marvels of natural engineering as it reveals how evolultion is Earth’s greatest inventor,” through April 28; Dr. Madeleine Thomson, “Health in a Changing Climate: Opportunities for Action,” 7 p.m. Nov. 16. Call 216-2311177, 800-317-9155, or visit www.cmnh.org. Cleveland Public Theatre: 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG!, featuring “multiple acts performed by world-class variety performers,” Nov. 13 and 24. Call 216-631-2727 or visit cptonline.org. Fairport Marine Museum and Lighthouse: 129 Second St., presents Harbor Holidays, featuring a a chinese auction of Christmas cards and ornaments, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1. Call 440-354-4825, email

keeper@fairportharborlighthouse.org or visit fairportharborlighthouse.org. Great Lakes Science Center: 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, presents “Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body,” through Jan. 6. Call 216694-2000 or visit www. greatscience.com. Hard Rock Rocksino At Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents The Clairvoyants, the “world champions of mentalism,” Jan. 19. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. I-X Center: One I-X Center Drive, Cleveland, presents I-X Christmas Connection, Nov. 16 through 18. Call 216676-6009 or visit www. ixcenter.com. Maltz Museum Of Jewish

Heritage: 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, presents “Israel: Then & Now,” a new exhibition that “tells the story of a people with no home, rejected across the globe for religious beliefs finding hope in a land they can make their own,” through March 12. Call 216593-0575 or visit www. MaltzJewishMuseum.org. National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame And Museum: 605 E. 222 St., Euclid, presents annual Polka Music Awards Show, which will include the induction of Mentor bandleader Don Wojtila and Nashville polka artist LynnMarie, Nov. 24 in the Grand Ballroom of the Downtown Cleveland Marriott Hotel — the ihglight of the 55th Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, Nov. 22 through 24. Call 216-261FAME or 866-66-POLKA, or visit www.polkafame.com.

Playhouse Square: Cleveland, presents National Geographic Live: “A Magical Cirque Christmas,” Dec. 12; Sara Koenig and Emmanuel Dzotsi of the “Serial” podcast, 8 p.m. Dec. 15. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.playhousesquare.org. Posperity Social Club: 1109 Starkweather Ave., Cleveland, presents Prohibition Repeal Supper Club, a toast to the 21s Amendment, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2. Call 216-937-1938 or visit ProsperitySocialClub.com.

Quicken Loans Arena: 1 Center Court, Cleveland, presents Cirque du Soleil’s “Corteo,” Nov. 15 through 18; Disney on Ice’s “Mickey’s Search Party,” Jan. 11 through 20. Call 888-8949422 or visit www.theQarena.com.

StoneWater Golf Club: One Club Drive, Highland Heights, presents its third annual Holiday Market at StoneWater, noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 1. Call 440-461-4653, ext. 232, or email wneidus@ stonewatergolf.com. Tri-C High School Rock

Off: will be Saturdays Jan. 12 through Feb. 2, with the Final Exam, Feb. 16, at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. Visit rockhall.com/rockoff.

Wolstein Center: 2000 Prospect Ave. E., Cleveland, presents the Harlem Globetrotters, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 27. Call 877-468-4946 or visit www.wolsteincenter. com. Words and Wine Poetry Reading Series: presents JM Romig, a Northeast Ohio poet and author of “We Are Made of Found Objects,” reading primarily from his upcoming collection, “Everything Defensestrated,” 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Steele Mansion, 348 Mentor Ave., Painesville. Call 440579-5990 or email margiedelong@hotmail.com.