PREVIEW: February is Full of Great Shows
February is Full of Great Shows     By Greg Cielec There is a lot of great music over the next month at the smaller concert venues splattered across Northern Ohio. No matter what your genre, there is something for everyone. Nighttown at the top of Cedar Hill has several jazz legends playing next week, with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli [...]

Support4Eddie: Revenge of the Raffle
Fri 1/27 @ 8PM Cancer is something you can't go through alone. Join friends and supporters of Eddie Willie as they gather for what promises to be a great night at Spitfire. Billed as a raffle extravaganza, this event is your chance to win a hand-carved tiki, leather motorcycle jacket, a turntable, and many [...]

Akron Peace Project Film Series: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead
Fri 1/27 @ 7PM Akron Peace Project's Film Series rolls along w/ a showing of yet another life-changing film. Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead tells the story of Joe Cross, who, at 100 pounds overweight, loaded up with steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, goes on a mission to regain his health. And how [...]

Lebowski Bash – Hawks and Wolves @ Kent Stage
Fri 1/27 @ 7PM A celebration of all things Dude! Come early and enjoy food from local businesses, plus free coffee from Kent's Bent Tree roasters, a bowling competition, comedians, and music from Past Tense Verb, Made Like Trees, and Hawks & Wolves. And... a showing of The Big Lebowski at midnight. The Dude abides. http://ShowClix.com [mappress mapid="570"]

Cleveland is Dope live music showcase + film premiere
Fri 1/27 @ 8PM Cleveland is DOPE, ya know? Get over to the Grog Shop on Fri 1/27 for a Cleveland is Dope film premiere starring Lolah Brown & Franc West w/ performances by Darren Anthony, Durand Bernarr, Astronaut Ki, and Ebony James w/ The Loud Pack Band. http://GrogShop.gs [mappress mapid="629"]

The Playwrights’ GYM @ Dobama
Tue 1/24 - Sun 2/5 See two workshop productions by GYM playwrights produced in repertory @ Dobama. The productions this month are Telling Lives by Faye Sholiton and The Mighty Scarabs by Cornell Hubert Calhoun II. http://Dobama.org [mappress mapid="772"]

Blank Canvas Theatre presents: The Texas Chainsaw MUSICAL
Opens Fri 1/20 @ 8PM Runs through Sun 2/12 Cleveland's newest company theatre opens its doors on Friday with a frightening ambition. Blank Canvas Theatre presents The Texas Chainsaw Musical. Don't let the assumption of nightmares afterwards scare you away -- it is a comedy/horror play loosely based on the story of Ed Gein (inspiration for Psycho) [...]

Collected Gems II – Private Collectors Open Their Vaults @ Zygote
Opening reception Fri 1/20 @ 6PM - 9PM Collectors Circle Talks on Sat 2/4 What artistic splendors do private homes behold on a daily basis? If you have dreamt of viewing what the art collector deems suitable for a private collection -- what has been stowed away in private galleries -- this is your event.  Private collectors [...]

8501 to 11400 (On Moving): MOCA’s last exhibition on Carnegie
Opening Fri 1/20 @ 7 - 9PM On view through Sat 3/31 MOCA is moving from its current spot at 8501 Carnegie Ave. to its new digs at 11400 Euclid Ave. MOCA celebrates its last show at its current location w/ a show aptly titled "8501 to 11400 (On Moving)." About the show: "New commissioned drawings, photographs, performance [...]

Party like it’s 1969
Sat 1/28 6PM - midnight WRHS Somewhere In Time Something has happened at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Their attitude about history has gotten a lot more interesting lately. Take their annual fundraiser, for example. They've decided to take us back to a different decade each year and have some fun with time travel. For their 2012 [...]

Pretentious Tremont Artists
Pretentious Tremont Artists Public portraits drawn on the spot By Isaac Mell On a Friday night at the Literary Café, you'll find the Pretentious Tremont Artists sketching and painting portraits in the backroom of the bar. The group was founded seven years ago by Tim Herron and Brian Pierce as an elegant solution to a [...]

Second Life fiber show @ Heights Arts
Opening Fri 1/13 @ 6 - 9PM Fiber art is big around these parts. Heights Arts presents Second Life, a fiber show held in conjunction w/ the Textile Arts Alliance’s Focus Fiber show on view @ the Canton Museum of Art. So... right now you get to pick from two cool fiber shows happening in one [...]

Oddy TheaterLab Live Performances
  Fri 1/13 + Fri 1/27 @ 7:15 - 8:45PM Traditional theatre needs some spice at times. Oddy TheaterLab is a fan of the free and the odd, presenting two plays you can say are not on your roster of past viewings.  On the 13th you will also catch some live classical music. Described by Oddy [...]

Let the Chips Fall – Bob Peck @ WRG
Let the Chips Fall Bob Peck's explosive abstract expressionism   By John Benson Spoon-fed conclusions be damned. In a nutshell, that's the idea behind the William Rupnik Gallery's latest exhibit "LET THE CHIPS FALL," which appears Sat 1/14 through Sun 2/5 at the Euclid Avenue venue and features work by Bob Peck. In the press materials promoting this new [...]

Yellowman @ Weathervane Playhouse
Thu 1/12 - Sat 1/28 Yellowman is a "multi-character 'memory play' about an African-American woman who dreams of life beyond the confines of her small-town Southern upbringing and the light-skinned man whose fate is tragically intertwined with hers." The play examines internalized racism and prejudice and explores the meanings of being black, white [...]

Flanagan’s Wake – Back for another round!
Runs Fri 1/6 - Sat 4/28 Is Flanagan's Wake the longest running play ever? Seems like it. The play returns every year, which can only be seen as a testament to its popularity. Synopsis: "Flanagan’s Wake is the hilarious interactive Irish wake that is one of the longest-running shows in Chicago theater history. The audience is transported [...]

Cleveland Public Theatre Big Box Series
Thu 1/5 - Sat 2/18 Local supporters gather round! Cleveland Public Theatre has released its Big Box Series schedule! If you're not familiar with the glory that is the Big Box Series, it's when CPT hands over a theatre, staffing and advertising to area artists, fostering work and kindling creativity!  All work is original and [...]

Kids Art Class – Screen Printing: Layer Up!
Sat 1/28 @ 11:30AM Kids ages 6 - 12: Join the Akron Art Museum's educators for a class on Screen Printing: Layer Up! The scoop: "It’s cold outside, so layer up! View Winter Evening by Raphael Gleitsman and The Eviction by Ray Grathwol in the museum’s galleries to find some snowy scene inspiration. Then, make [...]

All You Need Is Love (and Food)
Sat 1/28 @ 7 - 10PM All You Need Is Love (and Food)! Come together (no pun intended) for a celebration of The Beatles and to raise awareness about hunger in Lakewood. Dozens of local musicians and Lakewood community leaders will be @ Lakewood Masonic Auditorium to perform Beatles music and raise funds for Trinity Lakewood [...]

PREVIEW: February is Full of Great Shows
February is Full of Great Shows     By Greg Cielec There is a lot of great music over the next month at the smaller concert venues splattered across Northern Ohio. No matter what your genre, there is something for everyone. Nighttown at the top of Cedar Hill has several jazz legends playing next week, with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli [...]

Consider Yourself One of Us: Benefit for Near West Theatre
Consider Yourself One of Us Party down Dickens-style with Cle's beloved Near West Theatre   By Julie Cajigas It isn't hard to "Consider Yourself One of Us" when it comes to Near West Theatre. For more than 30 years, Near West Theatre (NWT) has been bringing new people onto the stage, whether in the spotlight or behind [...]

Lunar New Year Banquet
Sat 1/28 @ 6PM Asians & Friends Cleveland presents a New Year Banquet and Lion Dance. It features a ten course banquet to ring in the Year of the Dragon. 10 courses! There will also be a traditional lion dance and karaoke, so make sure you leave room for dancing. http://AFCleveland.org [mappress mapid="787"]  

Eat pancakes & help Secondhand Mutts!
Sat 1/28 @ 9AM - 1PM Secondhand Mutts is awesome. This group rescues dogs from shelters, puts them in a cage-free foster environment and adopts them out to approved families. Support them on their mission to "respect the dog" and join their 3rd Annual Scramble Memorial Pancake Barkfeast, were they'll be serving buttermilk pancakes, blueberry pancakes, [...]

Standing Rock International Short Film Fest @ Kent Stage
Sat 1/28 @ 8PM Have a short attention span? Want to see a variety of creative endeavors in one night? Get yourself to the 9th Annual Standing Rock International Short Film Fest @ Kent Stage, featuring films from Kent and around the world. It promises to be an audiovisual extravaganza! Go for... - Independent Short Films from around [...]

The Playwrights’ GYM @ Dobama
Tue 1/24 - Sun 2/5 See two workshop productions by GYM playwrights produced in repertory @ Dobama. The productions this month are Telling Lives by Faye Sholiton and The Mighty Scarabs by Cornell Hubert Calhoun II. http://Dobama.org [mappress mapid="772"]

Blank Canvas Theatre presents: The Texas Chainsaw MUSICAL
Opens Fri 1/20 @ 8PM Runs through Sun 2/12 Cleveland's newest company theatre opens its doors on Friday with a frightening ambition. Blank Canvas Theatre presents The Texas Chainsaw Musical. Don't let the assumption of nightmares afterwards scare you away -- it is a comedy/horror play loosely based on the story of Ed Gein (inspiration for Psycho) [...]

Collected Gems II – Private Collectors Open Their Vaults @ Zygote
Opening reception Fri 1/20 @ 6PM - 9PM Collectors Circle Talks on Sat 2/4 What artistic splendors do private homes behold on a daily basis? If you have dreamt of viewing what the art collector deems suitable for a private collection -- what has been stowed away in private galleries -- this is your event.  Private collectors [...]

8501 to 11400 (On Moving): MOCA’s last exhibition on Carnegie
Opening Fri 1/20 @ 7 - 9PM On view through Sat 3/31 MOCA is moving from its current spot at 8501 Carnegie Ave. to its new digs at 11400 Euclid Ave. MOCA celebrates its last show at its current location w/ a show aptly titled "8501 to 11400 (On Moving)." About the show: "New commissioned drawings, photographs, performance [...]

Party like it’s 1969
Sat 1/28 6PM - midnight WRHS Somewhere In Time Something has happened at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Their attitude about history has gotten a lot more interesting lately. Take their annual fundraiser, for example. They've decided to take us back to a different decade each year and have some fun with time travel. For their 2012 [...]

Show off your chili @ the Painesville Chili Cook-Off
Sat 1/28 @ 1 - 4PM Think you know good chili? How is anyone supposed to believe you without proof? Tasting is believing -- Painesville is holding its cook-off Sat 1/28. If you look to take home the pride of knowing your chili reigns king, enter for $10. Samples are free, so if you can't cook [...]

A Presidential CELEBRATION
Sat 1/28 @ 11AM With President's Day a mere month away, take time for some individual recognition. Born in Niles, Ohio, President William McKinley  -- our 25th president -- was born 165 years ago today.  In celebration the McKinley Memorial Library will hold a laying of a wreath at the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial by the 910th [...]

Indoor Corn Hole Tournament
Sat 1/28 @ 7PM - 1AM It's winter!  Avoid going stir crazy by breaking free from the fireplace and signing up for Woo Who's Indoor Corn Hole Tournament. Prizes reach up to $1000! Self tagged as, "LIVE MUSIC, OHIO CITY LOCATION, CHEAP BEER," this is a laid back event that will ensure a great Saturday [...]

Second Life fiber show @ Heights Arts
Opening Fri 1/13 @ 6 - 9PM Fiber art is big around these parts. Heights Arts presents Second Life, a fiber show held in conjunction w/ the Textile Arts Alliance’s Focus Fiber show on view @ the Canton Museum of Art. So... right now you get to pick from two cool fiber shows happening in one [...]

RID-ALL: A Sci-fi Adventure @ Karamu
Kicking off Sat 1/14 @ 1PM + 4PM Learning about recycling and "being green" can be dry. Karamu Performing Arts Theatre has taken matters into its own hands for preventing this through the production of stage play RID-ALL, A Green Movement.  The play is interactive with a hip-hop twist, going into recycling, agriculture training and [...]

Let the Chips Fall – Bob Peck @ WRG
Let the Chips Fall Bob Peck's explosive abstract expressionism   By John Benson Spoon-fed conclusions be damned. In a nutshell, that's the idea behind the William Rupnik Gallery's latest exhibit "LET THE CHIPS FALL," which appears Sat 1/14 through Sun 2/5 at the Euclid Avenue venue and features work by Bob Peck. In the press materials promoting this new [...]

Yellowman @ Weathervane Playhouse
Thu 1/12 - Sat 1/28 Yellowman is a "multi-character 'memory play' about an African-American woman who dreams of life beyond the confines of her small-town Southern upbringing and the light-skinned man whose fate is tragically intertwined with hers." The play examines internalized racism and prejudice and explores the meanings of being black, white [...]

Flanagan’s Wake – Back for another round!
Runs Fri 1/6 - Sat 4/28 Is Flanagan's Wake the longest running play ever? Seems like it. The play returns every year, which can only be seen as a testament to its popularity. Synopsis: "Flanagan’s Wake is the hilarious interactive Irish wake that is one of the longest-running shows in Chicago theater history. The audience is transported [...]

Cleveland Public Theatre Big Box Series
Thu 1/5 - Sat 2/18 Local supporters gather round! Cleveland Public Theatre has released its Big Box Series schedule! If you're not familiar with the glory that is the Big Box Series, it's when CPT hands over a theatre, staffing and advertising to area artists, fostering work and kindling creativity!  All work is original and [...]

What is Waldorf Education? Panel discussion @ Shaker Lakes Nature Ctr
Sun 1/29 @ 2:30 - 4:30PM As our world grows increasingly high tech, the value of Waldorf education becomes more and more apparent. Learn all about Waldorf education, which values daily rhythms and immersion in nature, at a panel discussion on Sun 1/29 @ Shaker Heights Nature Center. The director of the Rudolph Steiner teacher [...]

Pets Gone Wild! Discuss Exotic Animal Legislation in Ohio
Tue 1/31 @ noon So, why does Ohio allow people to keep exotic animals? Can anyone explain this? Learn about the issues at a City Club panel featuring Tim Harrison, Founder, Outreach for Animals; L. Patricia Simmons, President & CEO, Akron Zoo and Chair, Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA); and Steve H. Taylor, Director, Cleveland [...]

Panduhmonium Open Mic
Mondays @ 7PM; Tuesdays & Wednesdays @ 10PM It's cold outside and you want to get outta the house. Where to go... where to go... How about checking out an open mic session. Panduhmonium hosts open mics three days of the week -- Mondays from 7 - 9:30PM @ MoCa - laid-back, acoustic; Tuesdays from 10PM [...]

Kids Art Class – Screen Printing: Layer Up!
Sat 1/28 @ 11:30AM Kids ages 6 - 12: Join the Akron Art Museum's educators for a class on Screen Printing: Layer Up! The scoop: "It’s cold outside, so layer up! View Winter Evening by Raphael Gleitsman and The Eviction by Ray Grathwol in the museum’s galleries to find some snowy scene inspiration. Then, make [...]

Tri-C Classical Piano Recital Series: Antonio Pompa-Baldi
Sun 1/29 @ 2PM How about a free classical piano performance to class up your Sunday afternoon? This Sun 1/29, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, distinguished professor @ Cleveland Institute of Music & winner of the '99 Cleveland International Piano Competition will give you an earful of the good stuff. No reservations needed -- just show up. http://TriCPresents.com [mappress mapid="500"]

All You Need Is Love (and Food)
Sat 1/28 @ 7 - 10PM All You Need Is Love (and Food)! Come together (no pun intended) for a celebration of The Beatles and to raise awareness about hunger in Lakewood. Dozens of local musicians and Lakewood community leaders will be @ Lakewood Masonic Auditorium to perform Beatles music and raise funds for Trinity Lakewood [...]

Shake off that energy @ the Kids Dance Party!
Sun 1/29 @ 2 - 5PM What to do w/ an energetic kid in the winter? Don't leave 'em cooped up in the house. Take 'em dancing. The Kids Dance Party @ the Beachland is the PERFECT kiddo winter event. Expect lots of crazy dancing, plus music from special guest DJs, a puppet show, crafts and [...]

PREVIEW: February is Full of Great Shows
February is Full of Great Shows     By Greg Cielec There is a lot of great music over the next month at the smaller concert venues splattered across Northern Ohio. No matter what your genre, there is something for everyone. Nighttown at the top of Cedar Hill has several jazz legends playing next week, with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli [...]

Consider Yourself One of Us: Benefit for Near West Theatre
Consider Yourself One of Us Party down Dickens-style with Cle's beloved Near West Theatre   By Julie Cajigas It isn't hard to "Consider Yourself One of Us" when it comes to Near West Theatre. For more than 30 years, Near West Theatre (NWT) has been bringing new people onto the stage, whether in the spotlight or behind [...]

Lunar New Year Banquet
Sat 1/28 @ 6PM Asians & Friends Cleveland presents a New Year Banquet and Lion Dance. It features a ten course banquet to ring in the Year of the Dragon. 10 courses! There will also be a traditional lion dance and karaoke, so make sure you leave room for dancing. http://AFCleveland.org [mappress mapid="787"]  

Harvesting the Gifts of ADHD
Wed 2/1 @ 6:30PM One of Independence's newest additions, The Attention Center, is bringing in author and doctor Edward Hallowell to discuss ADHD through an open forum entitled, "Harvesting the Gifts of ADHD."  The lecture is an hour long, with 20 minutes afterward for questions.  Dr. Hallowell is author of several books, including Driven to Distraction.  [...]

2012 Winter Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show
Sun 1/29 from 10AM - 5PM Over 100 vendors are gathering at Wagner's Country Inn to showcase their homemade goods. Be assured there is something at this show you will like -- be it anything from CLE t-shirts to stained glass art. No run-of-the-mill products allowed. Show features range from jewelry made of reused American coins to [...]

Support4Eddie: Revenge of the Raffle
Fri 1/27 @ 8PM Cancer is something you can't go through alone. Join friends and supporters of Eddie Willie as they gather for what promises to be a great night at Spitfire. Billed as a raffle extravaganza, this event is your chance to win a hand-carved tiki, leather motorcycle jacket, a turntable, and many [...]

Akron Peace Project Film Series: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead
Fri 1/27 @ 7PM Akron Peace Project's Film Series rolls along w/ a showing of yet another life-changing film. Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead tells the story of Joe Cross, who, at 100 pounds overweight, loaded up with steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, goes on a mission to regain his health. And how [...]

Lebowski Bash – Hawks and Wolves @ Kent Stage
Fri 1/27 @ 7PM A celebration of all things Dude! Come early and enjoy food from local businesses, plus free coffee from Kent's Bent Tree roasters, a bowling competition, comedians, and music from Past Tense Verb, Made Like Trees, and Hawks & Wolves. And... a showing of The Big Lebowski at midnight. The Dude abides. http://ShowClix.com [mappress mapid="570"]

Eat pancakes & help Secondhand Mutts!
Sat 1/28 @ 9AM - 1PM Secondhand Mutts is awesome. This group rescues dogs from shelters, puts them in a cage-free foster environment and adopts them out to approved families. Support them on their mission to "respect the dog" and join their 3rd Annual Scramble Memorial Pancake Barkfeast, were they'll be serving buttermilk pancakes, blueberry pancakes, [...]

Cleveland is Dope live music showcase + film premiere
Fri 1/27 @ 8PM Cleveland is DOPE, ya know? Get over to the Grog Shop on Fri 1/27 for a Cleveland is Dope film premiere starring Lolah Brown & Franc West w/ performances by Darren Anthony, Durand Bernarr, Astronaut Ki, and Ebony James w/ The Loud Pack Band. http://GrogShop.gs [mappress mapid="629"]

Standing Rock International Short Film Fest @ Kent Stage
Sat 1/28 @ 8PM Have a short attention span? Want to see a variety of creative endeavors in one night? Get yourself to the 9th Annual Standing Rock International Short Film Fest @ Kent Stage, featuring films from Kent and around the world. It promises to be an audiovisual extravaganza! Go for... - Independent Short Films from around [...]

Think you know all about Euclid Beach Park?
Wed 2/1 @ 7:30PM Euclid Beach Park. Depending on your generation those words will remind you of a bustling amusement park or a state of decay. What else do you know about the park? Chances are your park knowledge will be expanded at the next Park History Lecture Series for Adults on Wed 2/1. The talk [...]

The Playwrights’ GYM @ Dobama
Tue 1/24 - Sun 2/5 See two workshop productions by GYM playwrights produced in repertory @ Dobama. The productions this month are Telling Lives by Faye Sholiton and The Mighty Scarabs by Cornell Hubert Calhoun II. http://Dobama.org [mappress mapid="772"]

Blank Canvas Theatre presents: The Texas Chainsaw MUSICAL
Opens Fri 1/20 @ 8PM Runs through Sun 2/12 Cleveland's newest company theatre opens its doors on Friday with a frightening ambition. Blank Canvas Theatre presents The Texas Chainsaw Musical. Don't let the assumption of nightmares afterwards scare you away -- it is a comedy/horror play loosely based on the story of Ed Gein (inspiration for Psycho) [...]

Collected Gems II – Private Collectors Open Their Vaults @ Zygote
Opening reception Fri 1/20 @ 6PM - 9PM Collectors Circle Talks on Sat 2/4 What artistic splendors do private homes behold on a daily basis? If you have dreamt of viewing what the art collector deems suitable for a private collection -- what has been stowed away in private galleries -- this is your event.  Private collectors [...]

8501 to 11400 (On Moving): MOCA’s last exhibition on Carnegie
Opening Fri 1/20 @ 7 - 9PM On view through Sat 3/31 MOCA is moving from its current spot at 8501 Carnegie Ave. to its new digs at 11400 Euclid Ave. MOCA celebrates its last show at its current location w/ a show aptly titled "8501 to 11400 (On Moving)." About the show: "New commissioned drawings, photographs, performance [...]

Party like it’s 1969
Sat 1/28 6PM - midnight WRHS Somewhere In Time Something has happened at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Their attitude about history has gotten a lot more interesting lately. Take their annual fundraiser, for example. They've decided to take us back to a different decade each year and have some fun with time travel. For their 2012 [...]

Show off your chili @ the Painesville Chili Cook-Off
Sat 1/28 @ 1 - 4PM Think you know good chili? How is anyone supposed to believe you without proof? Tasting is believing -- Painesville is holding its cook-off Sat 1/28. If you look to take home the pride of knowing your chili reigns king, enter for $10. Samples are free, so if you can't cook [...]

Live Music @ Wolf Creek Winery
Mon & Wed in Jan @ 7PM Take a break from winter with a glass of wine and an earful of great music. The Winery at Wolf Creek in Norton offers a series of shows each month on Mondays and Wednesdays to offer just this.  Local grapes... local wine. January Acts: 16th – Zach – acoustic pop 18th [...]

A Presidential CELEBRATION
Sat 1/28 @ 11AM With President's Day a mere month away, take time for some individual recognition. Born in Niles, Ohio, President William McKinley  -- our 25th president -- was born 165 years ago today.  In celebration the McKinley Memorial Library will hold a laying of a wreath at the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial by the 910th [...]

Indoor Corn Hole Tournament
Sat 1/28 @ 7PM - 1AM It's winter!  Avoid going stir crazy by breaking free from the fireplace and signing up for Woo Who's Indoor Corn Hole Tournament. Prizes reach up to $1000! Self tagged as, "LIVE MUSIC, OHIO CITY LOCATION, CHEAP BEER," this is a laid back event that will ensure a great Saturday [...]

Pretentious Tremont Artists
Pretentious Tremont Artists Public portraits drawn on the spot By Isaac Mell On a Friday night at the Literary Café, you'll find the Pretentious Tremont Artists sketching and painting portraits in the backroom of the bar. The group was founded seven years ago by Tim Herron and Brian Pierce as an elegant solution to a [...]

Second Life fiber show @ Heights Arts
Opening Fri 1/13 @ 6 - 9PM Fiber art is big around these parts. Heights Arts presents Second Life, a fiber show held in conjunction w/ the Textile Arts Alliance’s Focus Fiber show on view @ the Canton Museum of Art. So... right now you get to pick from two cool fiber shows happening in one [...]

RID-ALL: A Sci-fi Adventure @ Karamu
Kicking off Sat 1/14 @ 1PM + 4PM Learning about recycling and "being green" can be dry. Karamu Performing Arts Theatre has taken matters into its own hands for preventing this through the production of stage play RID-ALL, A Green Movement.  The play is interactive with a hip-hop twist, going into recycling, agriculture training and [...]

Oddy TheaterLab Live Performances
  Fri 1/13 + Fri 1/27 @ 7:15 - 8:45PM Traditional theatre needs some spice at times. Oddy TheaterLab is a fan of the free and the odd, presenting two plays you can say are not on your roster of past viewings.  On the 13th you will also catch some live classical music. Described by Oddy [...]

Let the Chips Fall – Bob Peck @ WRG
Let the Chips Fall Bob Peck's explosive abstract expressionism   By John Benson Spoon-fed conclusions be damned. In a nutshell, that's the idea behind the William Rupnik Gallery's latest exhibit "LET THE CHIPS FALL," which appears Sat 1/14 through Sun 2/5 at the Euclid Avenue venue and features work by Bob Peck. In the press materials promoting this new [...]

Yellowman @ Weathervane Playhouse
Thu 1/12 - Sat 1/28 Yellowman is a "multi-character 'memory play' about an African-American woman who dreams of life beyond the confines of her small-town Southern upbringing and the light-skinned man whose fate is tragically intertwined with hers." The play examines internalized racism and prejudice and explores the meanings of being black, white [...]

dont you luv me @ Karamu
Sun 1/15....Sun 1/22....Sun 1/29 @ 1PM Angela has a new boyfriend. C.J. is romantic, amazingly handsome and a senior. He sends her flowers. He texts her day and night. Angela is swept off her feet, but her best friend, Jen, is troubled by changes she sees in Angela... Explore the world of teen dating [...]

Flanagan’s Wake – Back for another round!
Runs Fri 1/6 - Sat 4/28 Is Flanagan's Wake the longest running play ever? Seems like it. The play returns every year, which can only be seen as a testament to its popularity. Synopsis: "Flanagan’s Wake is the hilarious interactive Irish wake that is one of the longest-running shows in Chicago theater history. The audience is transported [...]

Cleveland Public Theatre Big Box Series
Thu 1/5 - Sat 2/18 Local supporters gather round! Cleveland Public Theatre has released its Big Box Series schedule! If you're not familiar with the glory that is the Big Box Series, it's when CPT hands over a theatre, staffing and advertising to area artists, fostering work and kindling creativity!  All work is original and [...]

Holiday Sounds: Mark your calendars…
Holiday Sounds Mark your calendars for these upcoming concerts By Greg Cielec As there is every holiday season, Northeast Ohio's clubs and smaller concert venues have a wide range of great shows featuring both national and local talents... the Beachland Ballroom features Cleveland punk legends Rockets from the Tombs on Fri 12/9; their annual old [...]

Free History every First Thursday!
First Thu of the month @ 1PM The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is giving everyone the chance to learn their history with its Target Free First Thursdays program. On Thu 11/3 -- and each first Thu of the month --  the museum will be free to visitors between the hours of 1 and 5PM. [...]