Happenings

Beachland Ballroom: 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, presents Whiskey Daredevils, The Mortals, May 7 (sold-out); Myth & Company, The Fiddle Revolt, May 8; Consider the Source, May 21; Post Saga, SUMMER SCHOOL, May 29; Them Dirty Roses, June 3; King Solomon Hicks, Kristine Jackson, July 2; Godspeed You! Black Emperor, May 4, 2022. Call 216-383-1124 or visit beachlandballroom.com.

CityMusic Cleveland: presents “In Search of Peace,” at Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, May 14 and available virtually 7p.m. May 15. Call 216-632-3572 or visit citymusiccleveland.org.

Grog Shop: 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., presents Red Rose Panic, May 7; Mixed Feelings, Esther Fitz, May 8; Oregon Space Trail of Doom, Terrycloth Mother, May 13. Call 216-321-5588 or visit grogshop.gs.

Jacobs Pavilion: Nautica Entertainment Complex, West Bank of the Flats, Cleveland, presents Barenaked Ladies, July 2. Call 216861-4080 or visit www. nauticaflats.com.

Music Box Supper Club: 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Journey Tribute by E5C4P3, May 7and 8 (sold-out); Patsy Cline Mother’s Day Brunch, May 9(sold-out); STYX Tribute by Best of Times, May 14. Call 216-242-1250 or visit musicboxcle.com.

Stocker Arts Center at Lorain County Community College: 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, presents LCCC Civic Orchestra, 7;30p.m. May 8. Call 440-366-4040 or visit StockerArtsCenter. com.

Wildwood Cultural Center: 7645Little Mountain Road, Mentor, presents its spring concert series Music at the Manor, featuring The Chardon Polka Band, May 19; The Castaways Band,

May 26; The Shootouts, June 2; LiveWire, June 9; Plaid Sabbath, June 16. Call 440-974-5735 or visit cityofmentor.com/events.

Nightlife

Ferrante Winery and Ristorante: 5585 N. River Road W., Geneva, presents Porch Rockers, May 7; Face Value, May 8; Dennis Ford, May 9; Mitch Larson, May 14; Night Shift, May 15; Uncharted Course, May 16; On the Rocks, May 21; Gregg Greyson, Dede Daub, May 22; Jay Wonders, May 23; Eric Brook, May 28; Mitch & Melissa, May 29; Chuck Ditri, May 30. Call 440-466-8466 or visit ferrantewinery.com.

Parks

Geauga Park District: presents Live from Geauga Park District!, a virtual series including “Exoplanets & How to Find Them,” May 7 and 21, “Homeschool Days: At-Home & Outdoors Pollinators,” May 14, “Benjamin Banneker: Astronomy Pioneer,” June 11 and 25; Birding at Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve in Mentor with a naturist, May 3through 5. Visit geaugaparkdistrict.org.

Lake Erie Bluffs: 3301 Lane Road, Perry, presents Return of the Birds, 1 p.m. May 8(pre-register required). Call 440-358-7275 or visit lakemetroparks.com/ parks-trails/lake-erie-bluffs.

Lake Metroparks Farmpark: 8800Chardon Road, Kirtland, presents Shearing Weekend, May 8and 9; HorseFest, May 22and 23; Railroads in the Parks, June 5and 6. Call 440-256-2122 or 800-3663276, or visit goto.lakemetroparks.com/farmpark.

Penitentiary Glen Reservation: 8668 Kirtland-Chardon Road, Kirtland, presents a series of Concerts in the Parks — Mitch Larson & Melissa Harvey, June 11, Storytime Puppet Theater: Fabulous Forest, June 17, Pickin’ Rocks, June 25, Red Light Roxy, July 9, Storytime Puppet Theater: Marvelous

Meadows, July 15, Ballinloch, July 30, Storytime Puppet Theater: Fond of the Pond, Aug. 5, Remember Then, Aug. 13, Resonanz Opera presents The Skoker – ‘I love you’, Aug. 27. Call 440-2561404 or visit lakemetroparks. com/parks-trails/penitentiary-glen-reservation.

Theater

Beck Center for the Arts:

17801Detroit Ave., Lakewood, presents “Honk! JR.” (youth theater), based on “The Ugly Duckling,” May 20 through 23 (virtual). Call 216-521-2540, or visit beckcenter.org.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre: 40 River St., Chagrin Falls, presents a virtual production of Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” May 7 through

9. Call 440-247-8955 or visit CVLT.org.

Cleveland Play House:

Performing at Playhouse Square, presents its final virtual play this season, “Blackademics,” written by Idris Goodwin, available to stream May 22through 26. Call 216-241-6000 or visit clevelandplayhouse.com.

Cleveland Public Theatre: 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents Second Spring Season: Alive on Line (virtual via CPT’s Facebook and YouTube pages) — “Frankenstein’s Wake,” 6p.m. May 6, “... Or Does It Explode?,” 7 p.m. May 7, “Dream Rust Workshop” (A Hypothesis Project), 6 p.m. May 13, “Savory Tanha” (16 short plays performed by a rotating ensemble), 7 p.m. May 14, “Dragon Hypothesis,” 6p.m. May 27; “An Extraordinary Love” (three short plays in progress live via Zoom), 7 p.m. May 21, 8 p.m. May 22 and 6 p.m. May

23. Call 216-631-2727 or visit cptonline.org.

Misc.

Beyond the Book Jacket: a series of what for now are virtual author appearances, presents Jodi Berg, Karen White, May 2; Cate Holahan, May 3; Dr. Robert Lustig, May 10; Mary Beth Modic and Joyce Fitzpatrick, May 12; Daniel James Brown, May 13; Mary Alice Monroe, May 14; Mary Kay Andrews Katherine Center, May 17; Andrew H. Knoll, May 19; Wade Rouse (Viola Shipman), May 21; Willy Vlautin, May 27. Visit beyondbookjackets.com.

Cleveland Humanities Festival: an annual festival from Case Western Reserve University, which partners with numerous cultural organizations for events on race, class, gender, ethnicity and other identity-related topics, with the 2021theme of “Identity,” runs through May 24. Visit case.edu/artsci/chf.

Fine Arts Association: 38660 Mentor Ave. Willoughby, presents “Light Up the Night: An Evening of Fun-raising,” featuring food, festivities and films, 8 p.m. May 13(movie “August Rush” at 9 p.m.) at Mayfield Road Drive-In Theatre, 121000 Route 322, Munson Township. Call 440-9517500or visit fineartsassociation.org.

Great Lakes Science Center: 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, presents Science Under the Sun, a “STEM adventure,” in tents overlooking North Coast Harbor, with monthly themes: Weather and Water Month, May (starting May 16, when GLSC resumes its normal seven-day-a-week summer schedule), Robotics Month, June, Space and NASA-themed Month, July, Machines Month, August, and Flight and Aeronautics Month, September. Call 216-694-2000 or visit greatscience.com.

Mentor: presents an Independence Day celebration featuring a concert by country artist Darryl Worley and fireworks, 9 p.m. July 4 at Mentor Civic Center Park. Visit CityofMentor.com.

Mercury Theatre Company: presents Balls Over Broadway, a drag bingo extravaganza, May 9, June 6and July 11at the MTC Depot Theatre, 1668 E. 40th St., Cleveland. Call 216-7715862

Lake Metroparks Farmpark hosts Shearing Weekend May 8 and 9 at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. Throughout the weekend, guests can meet fiber-producing animals (sheep and goats) that grow their fleece, learn about the care of the animals and harvest the fleece and fiber of the animals as they help shear the sheep. A border collie demonstration will show off their precision skills of herding sheep, as well. Get information at 800-366-3276, or visit goto. lakemetroparks.com/farmpark.

or visit mercurysummerstock.com.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Cleveland, presents the exhibit “The Biggest Show on Turf: 55 Years of Halftime Shows,” April 23 through Sept.; Virtual Fam Jam: The Building Blocks of Rock, May 8. Call 888-588-ROCK or visit

rockhall.com.

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens: 714N. Portage Path, Akron, presents “Restoration: If This Hall Could Talk,” an exhibit celebrating restoration projects completed throughout the stage since 2015, through Nov. 1. Call 330-315-3287 or visit StanHywet.org.

COURTESY OF LAKE METROPARKS