Happenings

Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email 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 “Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925,” through Jan. 21 in the Mark Schwart and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery; “In Her Image: Photographs by Rania Matar,” through Jan. 13 in CMA at Transformer Station; “Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries and Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern,” Nov. 23 through March 3. Call 216-421-7340 or visit www.clevelandart.org.

Gallery One: 7003 Center St., Mentor, presents Dean Morrissey’s annual holiday appearance, Dec. 7 and 8. Call 440-255-1200 or visit www.galleryone.com. Lakeland Community College’s Gallery at Lakeland: 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents Lakeland Community College Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, through Dec. 12. Call 440525-7029 or visit www. lakelandcc.edu/gallery. Museum of Contemporary

Art (MOCA) Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Ave., presents “Double Takes: Historic and Contemporary Film & Video,” featuring “Mumple” by Lynda Benglis and “What’s New” by Nina Könneman,” through Dec. 2. Call 216-421-8671 or visit mocacleveland.org. Children’s entertainment Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents PBS Kids Live! Really BIG tiny Adventure, Jan. 30. Visit www.clevelandagora.com. Playhouse Square: 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Peppa Pig Live: Peppa’s Surprise,” Nov. 25. Call 216-241-6000, or visit www.playhousesquare.com.

Wolstein Center: 2000 Prospect Ave. E., Cleveland, presents “Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic,” April 6 and 7. Call 877-4684946 or visit www.wolsteincenter.com.

Comedy Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Craig Ferguson, Nov. 29; Adam Conover (TruTV’s “Adam Ruins Everything”) Dec. 7; Bill Squire’s Christmakwanzakah, featuring Al Jackson Mary Santora and Ryan Dalton, Dec. 23; Demetri Martin, March 1. Visit www. clevelandagora.com.

Cleveland Improv: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Huggy Lowdown, Nov. 23 through 25; Benji Brown, Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. Call 216-696-4677 or visit ClevelandImprov.com. Hard Rock Rocksino at Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Trevor Noah, Dec. 8; Gabriel Iglesias, Jan. 25 and 26. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. Hilarities 4th Street Theatre: 2025 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, presents Laurie Kilmartin, Nov. 23 through 25; Keith Alberstadt, Nov. 28 through Dec. 1. Call 216736-4242 or visit www. pickwickandfrolic.com/ shows/hilarities-4th-streettheatre. Lorain Palace Theater: 617 Broadway, Lorain, presents Bill Engvall, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Call 440-245-2323 or visit www.lorainpalace. com. Concerts Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Tech N9ne, Futuristic, Dizzy Wright, Nov. 25. Visit clevelandagora.com. Beachland Ballroom: 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, presents Real Friends, Boston Manor, Grayscale, Nov. 23; Odonis Odonis, Nov. 23; Rumpke Mountain Boys, Nov. 24; Dave Smeltz Project, Steel Yard Soundsystem, Nov. 24; Martin Atkins, Nov. 25; Glenn Schwartz Memorial, Nov. 25; Rubblebucket, Nov. 28; Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, Nov. 28; The Sublets, Nov. 29. Call 216-383-1124 or visit www. beachlandballroom.com. Canton Palace Theatre: 605 Market Ave. N., presents Lindsey Buckingham, Nov. 26.

Call 330-454-8172 or visit cantonpalacetheatre.org.

Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents Pajama Jam, featuring After Funk, Muzzy Bearr, The Cat’s Meow Family Funk Band, Nov. 23; Punch Drunk Tagalongs, Deadbeat Beat, Sweepyheads, The Dremers, Nov. 24; Tri-C East Pop Rock Band, Nov. 28. Call 216-321-5588 or visit www.grogshop.gs. Hard Rock Rocksino at Northfield Park: 10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents 98 Degrees at Christmas, Nov. 23; Maxwell, Nov. 24; Donny and Marie: Holiday Tour 2018, Nov. 28: Brian Wilson presents: The Christmas Album Live, Dec. 1; Jewel, Atz, Atz Lee and Nikos Kilcher, Dec. 2; Kenny G, Dec. 5; Dennis DeYoung — The Music of Styx, Dec. 14; Michael Stanley and The Resonators, Donnie Iris & The Cruisers, Dec. 15; Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Dec. 16; Night Ranger, Dec. 20; Bret Michaels, Dec. 27. Call 330-908-7625 or visit www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com. House of Blues: 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen tribute), Uptight Sugar, Tim Moon, Nov. 23; Welshly Arms, The Whiskey Hollow, Nov. 24; Sabrina Benaim, Clementine Von Radics, Nov. 26; 3OH!3 x Emo Night, Lil Aaron, Nov. 29; Griffin House, Nov. 29. Call 216241-5555 or visit www.hob. com/cleveland. Jim Brickman’s “A Joyful Christmas”: will be Dec. 26 at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Call 216-231-1111 or visit JimBrickman.com/Tour.

Kent Stage: 175 E. Main St., Kent, presents Crash Test Dummies, Nov. 27; David Crosby & Friends, Nov. 28; Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Nov. 29. Call 330-677-5005 or visit www.kentstage.org.

Masonic Auditorium: 3615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, hosting concerts presented by Live Nation: Halestorm, In This Moment, New Years Day, Nov. 26; Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Dec. 5; Clutch, The Messthetics, Lionize, Dec. 31; Tom Segura (two shows), Feb. 16; Excision, SQUINTO, Sullivan King, Feb. 17; Cypress Hill, Hollywood Undead, March 9; Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), March 16; Chris D’Elia, March 28. Visit LiveNation.com. Music Box Supper Club: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents CSNY Brunch with Long Time Gone, Nov. 25; Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones, Marys Lane (acoustic), Nov. 27; Fireside Canned Heat, Nov. 29. Call 216-242-1250 or visit www. musicboxcle.com.

Nighttown: 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, presents Forecast, Nov. 23 and 24; All City Vocal Group with David Thomas & Friends, Nov. 25; Sarah Partridge with Dan Maier Trio, Nov. 29 Call 216-795-0550, or visit www.nighttowncleveland.com. Playhouse Square: 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Harry Connick Jr., Nov. 29; Thom Yorke (of Radiohead), Dec. 1; Dave Koz, 21st Anniversary Christmas Show, Dec. 8; Straight No Chaser, Dec. 16; Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, Dec. 22. Call 216-241-6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org. Quicken Loans Arena: 1 Center Court, Cleveland, presents Travis Scott, Dec. 4; Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Dec. 6; TransSiberian Orchestra, Dec. 30 (two shows); Metallica, Feb. 1; Cher, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Feb. 6; KISS, March 17;Ariana Grande, March 28; New Kids on the Block, SaltN-Pepa, Tiffany, Naughty by Nature, Debbie Gibson, May 4. Call 216-420-2200 or visit TheQArena.com.

Wolstein Center: 2000 Prospect Ave., presents An Evening of Soul Music Festival, featuring Jeffrey Osborne, Angela Winbush, Keith Washington, Peabo Bryson, Dec. 8; Winter Jam 2019, featuring Newsboys United, Danny Gokey, Mandisa, Rend Collective, March 31. Call 877-468-4946 or visit wolsteincenter.com. Film Great Lakes Science

Center’s Cleveland

Clinic DOME Theater: 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, presents Pajama-Roma screening of “The Polar Express,” 9 a.m. Dec. 8. Call 216-621-2400, or visit www.GreatScience.com. Music Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra: presents Handel’s Messiah, 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Bay village, and 7:39 p.m. Dec. 3 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron. Call 216-320-0012 or 800-314-2535, or visit www.apollosfire.org. “Charpentier’s Midnight Mass”: a co-production of Les Delices and Quire Cleveland, will be 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at Holy Trinity Luthern Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron; 8 p.m. Dec. 21 at

Lakewood Congregational Church, 1375 W. Clifton Blvd.; and 4 p.m. Dec. 23 at Our Lady of Peace, 12601 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland. Visit LesDelices.org or call 216302-8404.

Cleveland Orchestra: performing at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Christmas concerts featuring a guest appearance by Tledo native and “M*A*S*H” star Jamie Farr, Dec. 14 through 23; “Opera: Strauss’s Ariadne Auf Naxos,” 4 p.m. Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 and 8 p.m. Jan. 19. Visit ClevelandOrchestra.com. Fine Arts Association: 38660 Mentor Ave. Willoughby, presents Brass Band of the Western Reserve, TheCoastliners of the North Coast Men’s Chorus, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Call 440-951-7500 or visit fineartsassociation.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. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre: 40 River St., Chagrin Falls, presents Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 16. Call 440247-8955 or visit cvlt.org. Cleveland Play House: Performing at Playhouse Square, presents “A Christmas Story,” Nov. 23 through Dec. 23. 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 the 30th-anniversary production of “A Christmas Carol,” Nov. 30 through Dec. 23 at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre. Call 216-2416000 or visit greatlakestheater.org. Karamu House: 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland, presents “Black Nativity,” by Langston Hughes, Nov. 29 through Dec. 30. Call 216795-7070 or visit KaramuHouse.org. Playhouse Square: Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, presents “Chicago,” featuring former Ohio State Buckeyes running back Eddie George as Billy Flynn, Nov. 27 through Dec. 2. 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 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 Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch; Claudia Rankine, “Citizen: An American Lyric,” 7 p.m. Jan. 23, Parma-Snow Branch; Pete Buttigieg, “Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future,” 7 p.m. Feb. 12; Lissa Marie Redmond, 2 p.m. March 2, South Euclid-Lyndhurst 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 evolution is Earth’s greatest inventor,” through April 28. Call 216231-1177, 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 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. 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 highlight 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 Disney on Ice’s “Mickey’s Search Party,” Jan. 11 through 20. Call 888-894-9422 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. Tall Ships Festival: featuring various waterfront events, will be July 11 through 14 in Cleveland. Visit TallShipsCLE.com Wildwood Holiday Craft Show: will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at Wildwood Cultural Center, 7645 Little Mountain Road. Call 440974-5735 oremail wintersteller@cityofmentor.com.

Wolstein Center: 2000 Prospect Ave. E., Cleveland, presents the Harlem Globetrotters, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 27. Call 877-468-4946 or visit wolsteincenter.com.