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:

11150East Blvd., presents “Photographs in Ink,” through April 2; “The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours,” through July 30; “Text and Image in Southern Asia,” through March 5; “Modern Impressions — Light and Water in Chinese Prints,” through May 7; “Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art,” through April 30; “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England,” through May 14. Call 216-421-7340 or visit clevelandart.org.

Lakeland Community College’s Gallery at Lakeland:

7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, presents “from WOMAN XVI… Created by women, of women & about women,” through March 31(artist reception 3:30 to 45 p.m. March 26). Call 440-525-7029 or visit lakelandcc.edu/gallery.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland:

11400 Euclid Ave., presents Nina Chanel Abney: “Big Butch Synergy,” Sam Falls: “We Are Dust and Shadow” and Amber N. Ford: “Someone, Somewhere, Something,” through June 11. Call 216-421-8671 or visit mocacleveland.org.

2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, presents “Magic Mountains, Magic Cities, Tia-Simone Gardner and “Fulfillment Center, Pt.1,” Alexander Si, through April 28. Call 216621-2314 or visit spacesgallery.org.

Spaces Gallery: Auditions

Cleveland Shakespeare Festival: presents is accepting video auctions through March 6 (in-person interviews and callbacks are invitation-only, with the latter on March 11and 12) for “As You Like It” (June 23 through July 9) and “Measure for Measure” (July 21 through Aug. 6). Visit clevelandshakespeare.org/ auditions.

Rabbit Run Theater:

5648 W. Chapel Road, Madison Township, is taking audition appointments for the shows in the 2023 season — “Dancing at Lughnasa,” 5:30 to 9 p.m. March 3 | “Disney & Pixar’s Finding Nemo, JR,” 5:30 to 9 p.m. March 3 and 1 to 3 p.m. March 5 | “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” 6:30to 9p.m. March 10| “Anything Goes,” 6:30 to 9 p.m. March 17 and 1:30 to 430 p.m. March 19 | “Cabaret,” 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 24 and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 27. Call 440428-7092 or visit RabbitRun.org.

Children’s entertainment Playhouse Square:

1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents the 2022-23 Children’s Theater Series — “The Gruffalo,” March 4and 5; PAW Patrol Live! “Heroes Unite,” March 10 through 12. Call 216-241-6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org.

Comedy Agora Theatre & Ballroom:

5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Leslie Jones, March 25; Noel Miller, March 31; Dan Cummins, Mary Santora, April 7; David Cross, April 21. Visit AgoraCleveland.com.

Cleveland Improv:

1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, presents Daphnique Springs, March 3 and 4; Michael Rapaport, March 10and 1. Call 216-696-4677 or visit ClevelandImprov.com.

Hilarities 4th Street Theatre:

2025 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, presents Mike Vecchione, March 3 and 4; Michael Pascak, March 5; Kevin Bozeman, March 9 through 11. Call 216-7364242or visit pickwickandfrolic.com.

MGM Northfield Park:

10777 Northfield Road, Northfield, presents Bored Teachers Comedy Tour, April 14; Bill Maher, May 20. Call 330-908-7625 or visit mgmnorthfieldpark.mgmresorts.com.

Playhouse Square:

1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents Fortune Feimster, March 3; Druski, March 9; Cleveland Comedy Awards, March 14; Taylor Tomlinson, March 18 and 19. Call 216241-6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org.

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse:

1Center Court, Cleveland, presents Bert Kreischer, April 8; Impractical Jokers, June 3. Call 888-894-9422 or visit rocketmortgagefieldhouse. com.

Dance

Cleveland Ballet: presents “Serenade” and “Spring Collection,” April 21 and 22, 2023 at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace. Visit Clevelandballet.com.

Cleveland Public Theatre:

6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, presents DanceWorks 2023, featuring Northeast Ohio choreographers, Part One, through March 11, and Part Two, April 20through May 13 in Gordon Square Theatre. Call 216-631-2727 or visit cptonline.org.

1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents “Riverdance,” March 3through 5; CSU Spring Dance Concert 2023, March 10 through 12; Alonzo King Lines Ballet, March 11 and 12. Call 216-241-6000 or visit PlayhouseSquare.org.

Playhouse Square: Film Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque:

11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, presents “To Leslie,” March 3; “James Baldwin Abroad: Istanbul — Paris — London,” 9:20 p.m. March 3 and 2:15 p.m. March 5; “Lord of the

Flies (1963), 5p.m. March 4; “Marat/Sade,” 6:40p.m. March 4; “Una Vita Difficile” (“A Difficult Life”); “Pacification, 6:30 p.m. March 5. Call 216-421-7450 or visit CIA.edu/Cinematheque.

Cleveland International Film Festival:

presents CIFF47, with the them “Look Closer,” March 22 through April 1 at Playhouse Square; CIFF47 Streams, April 10 through 17 online. Call 216623-3456 or visit clevelandfilm.org.

Lorain Palace Theatre:

617 Broadway, Lorain, presents a showing of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” with meet-and-greets, performances, readings from the books, a marketplace and more, March 4; The Princess Movie experience, featuring a meet-and-greet with princesses, performance and dance lesson before a showing of “The Little Mermaid,” March 26. Call 440-245-2323 or visit lorainpalace.com.

Short. Sweet. Film. Fest.: featuring 226 films representing 18 countries but with about half made in Northeast Ohio, runs through March 5 at Atlas Cinemas Shaker Square, with different events and themes planned for different days. Visit ShortSweetFilmFest.com.

Music

Agora Theatre & Ballroom: 5000 Euclid Ave.,

Cleveland, presents Skillett, Theory of a Deadman, Saint Asonia, March 3; Morgan Wade, March 4; International Anime Music Festival, March 8; Mod Sun, Stand Atlantic, Tom the Mail Man, March 9; Blue October, March 10; Kelsea Ballerini, March 15; Goose, March 26; Masego, March 28; And That’s Why We Drink, March 30; Andrew Bird, April 8; Killswitch Engage, April 15; Bikini Kill, April 16; Dying Fetus, Suicide Silence, April 19; Bruce-O-Rama starring Bruce Campbell, April 20; Father John Misty, April 29; Ministry, Gary Numan & Front Line Assembly, May 5; Silverstein, May 6; Sabrina Carpenter, May 7; Coheed and Cambria, May 10; Chimaira, May 12 and 13; Future

Islands, May 24; Ugly Kid Joe, May 25; Seven Lions, May 31; Death Cab for Cutie, June 4; Fleet Floxes, June 13; Jinkx Monsoon, July 8; The Smile, July 11; Le Tigre, July 17; Death Grips, Aug. 2; Gojira, Mastodon, Lorna Shore, Aug. 8. Visit AgoraCleveland.com.

Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra:

presents “Exile & Resilience: Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas,” 7:30 p.m. March 8 at The Bath Church (UCC), 7:30 p.m. March 9 at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood, 7:30 p.m. at West Shore Unitarian Universalist in Rocky River and 7:30 p.m. April 4 at Cleveland Museum of Art; “Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered,” 7:30 p.m. April 7at West Shore Unitarian Universalist, Rocky River, and 7:30 p.m. April 8 at Federated Church, Chagrin Falls. Call 216-320-0012 or 800-314-2535, or visit apollosfire.org.

Beachland Ballroom:

15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, presents The Modern Electric, Beach Stav, Jack Harris, March 3; Zip-Zapp!, Wynton Existing, Blanket Part, March 3; Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express, Ray Flanagan Trio, March 4; The Stolen Faces,

COURTESY OF THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART CINEMATHEQUE The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque on March 3 is screening “To Leslie,” for which Andrea Riseborough is nominated for the best-actress Academy Award. Details: CIA.edu/Cinematheque.