WCLV Arts Calendar
If your organization is planning an event you would like us to consider adding to the WCLV Arts Calendar, submit detailed information to John Simna via email.
Akron Art Museum
Current shows at the Akron Art Museum, include Barbra Stanczak: Spirit and Matter and Amanda D. King: Locusts, both on exhibit through February 4th, and Landjam, through May 12th.
Apollo's Fire
Apollo’s Fire will present Bach’s Easter Oratorio and the Easter Cantata as well. There'll be four performances: Thursday evening, April 25th at Federated Church in Chagrin Galls, Frida evening, April 25th at St. Raphael Church in Bay Village, Saturday evening, April 27th at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, and Sunday evening, April 28th at the Church of the Gesu in University Heights.
Avon High School
The Avon High School Chamber Orchestrawill present a special performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, featuring four guest professional soloists Mary Beth Ions, Victor Beyans, Samuel Rotberg and Carrie Singler on Thursday evening, April 18th at the Avon Performing Arts Center.
Baldwin Wallace University
The Baldwin Wallace Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Community Arts School Dance will present Dance Creations, including a staging of Darius Milhaud's Milhaud's "La Creation du Monde" ballet. The program will also include BW student compositions, settings of video game and movie music as well, on Friday Evening, April 19th.
There's also a series of three program called Testing Ground Spring Edition April 23rd, 24th and 25th, Danceworks in Progress, 10K Movement Present Propulsion, and In the Moment.
Beck Center
Lakewood's Beck Center is presenting August Wilson's Jitney through May 5th. And Beck will present A Doll's House Part 2, a 2017 play written by Lucas Hnath, May 31st through June 30th.
Beck Center Youth Theater
Lakewood's Beck Center has one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theater programs in the nation. Celebrating its 75th Anniversary season, the Youth Theater will present the stage version of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz, running May 10th through the 19th in the Senney Theater.
BlueWater Chamber Orchestra
BlueWater Chamber Orchestra will conclude its season on Saturday evening, May 4th with guitarist Jason Vieaux as guest soloist. He'll be featured in Vivaldi's Concerto in D, and the recently written How to Love by Israeli composer Avner Dorman. The concert, a collaboration with the
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society, takes place at the Church of the Covenant. Artistic Director Daniel Meyer will conduct.
Bop Stop
At the Bop Stop The Cleveland-based Abstract Sounds will perform on Friday evening, April 19th, followed by a jam session. Drummer Ari Hoenig's Trio will present a workshop on Saturday afternoon, the 19th, followed a concert Saturday evening. Dan Weiss celebrates his new album Even Odds with an album release concert on Saturday, May 4th. Joining him will be saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Matt Mitchell. On Wednesday, May 8th, drummer Nick Puin's Trio will be joined by saxophonist Ed Michaels
Broadway in Akron
The Broadway in Akron Seriesat E. J. Thomas Hall will bring the touring company of Clue to town for performances April 23rd through 25th.
Canton Museum of Art
Aa the Canton Museum of Art Coming soon, its A Material World: Janice Jakielski's Impossible Objects, running April 23rd through July 28.
ChamberFest Cleveland
ChamberFest Cleveland's 12th season is called Sacred and Profane. It will take place at a variety of locations around Cleveland from June 12 through 29th. And ChamberFest CFC is a Community Partner for this year's Cleveland International Film Festival, including the Saturday evening, April 6th screening at Playhouse Square of Maestra.
Cleveland Ballet
Cleveland Ballet will perform Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace April 25th through the 27th.
Cleveland Chamber Collective
Cleveland Chamber Collective will have two performances of Ty Emerson's Oath Breaker. The first performance is Saturday evening, April 20th, at Disciples Christian Church Cleveland Heights. The second performance will be on Sunday, afternoon April 28th, at Inlet Dance Theater's studio, The Estuary, at Pivot Center on W 25th St near Clark.
Cleveland Cinematheque
New films this week include the new Vietnamese film Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell. , and a repeat screening of Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves. There will be new restorations of Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr., which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 2001 romance Amélie.
John Ford’s Cavalry Trilogy as well as one other Ford western, and three comedies by the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker are coming to the Cleveland Cinemateque, in February. And the Cinemateque will continue to offer an array of other classics and first-run films, including some of the best-reviewed movies of 2023.
Cleveland Institute of Music
CIM piano faculty member Sergei Babayan will join the CIM Orchestra and Guest Conductor Sarah Hicks in Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. The concert will begin with Lili Boulanger's Spring Morning, and will also include Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. The performance takes place at Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Centeron Tuesday evening, April 16th. Tickets are free, but required.
Cleveland International Film Festival
The 48th Cleveland International Film Festivaltakes place through 13th at Playhouse Square. There are many related events as well - check the website for full information and information on streaming too.
Cleveland International Piano Competition
The Cleveland International Piano Competition is presenting a series of Lunchtime Concerts in the Ames Family Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art. You can hear CIPC Winners from its history in special noontime performances. Antonio Pompa-Baldi, the 1999 First Prize Winner, will perform on Tuesday, April 16th.
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestrawill conclude its 39th Season with Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, and bass player Richard Bona. The performance takes place at the Maltz Performing Arts Center on Friday evening, April 26th. The CJO will also host a CD release party at the Bop Stop on May 20th, celebrating the music of composer, arranger and teacher Chas Baker.
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Musart Society, an affinity group supporting performing arts at the
Cleveland Museum of Art, will host the internationally-known chamber ensemble Sybarite5. Their program is called Collective Wisdom, connecting
the Punch Brothers to Komitas, Pedro Giraudo to Radiohead, and more.
The concert is Friday evening, April 19th, at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art is presenting a series of programs, exhibitions, and performing arts events to honor the contributions of Black artists. The Museum will showcase the work of Black artists in a variety of genres and mediums, including recent acquisitions of works by Amy Sherald, Emma Amos, and Yinka Shonibare
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art's new exhibition is titled Into the Seven Jeweled Mountain: An Immersive Experience,a digital experience with animation inspired by a 19th-century folding screen depicting the Korean mountain’s scenery. The CMA’s exhibition will be on view through September 29.
Also at the Cleveland Museum of Art is the new exhibition, Africa and Byzantium. The exhibit includes monumental frescoes, mosaics, luxury goods such as metalwork and jewelry, panel paintings, architectural elements, textiles, and illuminated manuscripts. It's on view through July 21st.
Cleveland Orchestra
Klaus Makela, newly-named Music Director-Designate of the Chicago Symphony, will be the Cleveland Orchestra's Guest Conductor for a second week. April 18th through 20th, he'll be joined by Jean-Yves Thibaudet for the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F, as well as music of Stravinsky. Guest Conductor David Afkham will lead the Orchestra and pianist Beatrice Rana in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and music of Unsuk Chin and Bela Bartok April 26th, 27th and 28th.
Cleveland Playhouse
Peter Shaffer's Amadeus is the next Cleveland Playhouse production. it's in the Outcault Theater in Playhouse Square through April 28th
Cleveland Public Theater Danceworks 2024
Cleveland Public Theatre will present DanceWorks 2024, an annual showcase of contemporary dance running April 18 through May 18, 2024.
April 18th through the 20th, you can see Fenestella, collaborations of Sarah Holmes Villanueva Dance, Ajayi Dance, and Elizabeth Pollert. There will be four weekends of different dance performances in Cleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre.
Cleveland Women's Orchestra
The Cleveland Women's Orchestra will return to the Severance Music Center on Sunday afternoon, April 21st. The Orchestra's 89th Anniversary Concert will feature Donna Lee as soloist in Germaine Tailleferre's Piano Concerto No. 1. Eric Benjamin will the the Women's Orchestra in music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Nadia Boulanger and Claude Debussy. 216-231-1111
DanceCleveland
DanceCleveland brings the Israeli dance company Vertigo back to Playhouse Square to perform Makom on Thursday evening, April 18th at the Mimi Ohio Theater.
Dobama Theater
Dobama Theater in Cleveland Heights will close its season with the comedy Significant Other, onstage April 26th through May 19th
Encore Chamber Music Institute
Tickets are now on sale for the 2024 Encore Music and Ideas Festival, taking place June 2nd through 24th at a half-dozen different venues from the Natural History Museum to Harkness Chapel to the Village Green of Gates Mills.
This season will feature classic audience favorites and Scandinavian composers paired with works by living and underrepresented composers.
First Lutheran Church Lorain
On Sunday afternoon, April 21st, the First Music series at First Lutheran Church in Lorain will present a program called Abendmusik, with several Bach Cantatas, including numbers 32 and 166, with members of Schola Cantorum Lorain, directed by Mark Edwards, with the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble
Good Company
Good Company: a Vocal Ensemble presents its next concert, The New Day,
on Sunday afternoon, April 21st, at Lakewood Presbyterian Church. Michael Carney will direct the program will include works by Ola Gjeilo, Zhou Long, Orlando di Lasso, Joel Thompson and the première of a new composition by Adam Smith.
Great Lakes Theater
Always...Patsy Clineis the next production of Great Lakes Theater. It's directed by Victoria Bussert, and is in the Hanna Theater in Playhouse Square April 26th through May 19th.
Market Garden Brewery
On Thursday evening, May 30th, Red Light Roxy will play vintage swinging Jazz at Market Garden Breweryon West 25th Street near the West Side Market
Murphy Irish Arts Center
The Murphy Irish Arts Center will present a music and dance spectacular titled Celtic Spring at John Carroll University's Kulas Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, April 28th. Young Irish dancers will perform in the show, in a variety of acts including a unique dance called the Trinity Reel and a monumental 38-hand concert jig. There will also be musical performances interspersed with the dancing. 216-906-9143
Nightlight Cinema
The Nightlight is a non-profit arthouse cinema, located in Downtown Akron. It has been making indie films available since 2014. Upcoming films include Origin, The Zone of Interest and The Sweet East. And there'll be Oscar-Nominated Shorts, including Animation, Live and Documentary films.
Oberlin College
The Artist Recital Series at Oberlin College will present the Silkroad Ensemble in a program called Uplifted Voices. Percussionist Haruka Fujii and friends will consider women composers and their cultural influences in the concert at Oberlin's Finney Chapel on Friday evening, April 26th.
Ohio Light Opera
Ohio Light Opera will celebrate its 45th Festival Season at the College of Wooster beginning June 8th. The season opens June 8th with Frank Loesser’s Guys and Dolls. The season will also include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, Noel Gay’s Me and My Girl, Gilbert and Sullivan’s, The Gondoliers and more. Six productions will play in repertory. 330-263-2345
Ohio Shakespeare Festival
The Ohio Shakespeare Festivalis presenting L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz,’ with live actor-musicians from local folk band The Rude Sea, performing the musical score from the film, at Akron's Greystone Hall April 25th through May 12th.
Singers' Club
The next concert by the Singers’ Club of Cleveland is called Game On - A Musical Game Show Concert. The Singers’ Club will sing the questions while the audience interacts with the host. The concert takes place at First Baptist Church on Fairmount Boulevard on Friday evening, April 26th.
Song Recital Project
Song Recital Project will present baritone Jason Fuh and pianist Edward Bak ) in recital performing Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey).
They'll perform on Saturday afternoon, April 27th, at the Cleveland Museum of Art's Gartner Auditorium.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The Wednesday Noontime Music Near the Market continues at Trinity Lutheran Churchon Lorain Road at West 30th Street. On April 17th, Robert Myers plays “Bob’s Smorgasbord,” music by a feast of composers. And on April 24th, the St. Ignatius High School Chorus, conducted by David Croglio, will present its annual spring concert at Music Near the Market.
Trobár
Trobár is an ensemble which focuses on medieval music . The group's next concert is a celebration of Florentine music from the 14th century. There'll be performances on Friday evening, April 26th at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights,Saturday evening, April 27th at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on Detroit in Cleveland, and Sunday afternoon, April 28at at Saint Anselm Church in Chesterland.
Tuesday Musical
Akron’s Tuesday Musical will bring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, to E. J. Thomas Hall on Saturday evening, April 20th. 330-761-3460
Weathervane Playhouse
Akron's Weathervane Playhousepresents the musical The Prom, running April 25th through May 12th. 330-836-2626
West Shore Chorale
On Sunday evening, May 5th, the West Shore Chorale and Orchestra directed by Michael Lisi. The program will include Haydn’s Theresa Mass and Vivaldi’s
Gloria. The performance will take place at the Avon Lake High School Performing Arts Center on Belden Road in Avon Lake.
West Shore Arts Council
The Westshore Arts Council presents an evening with violinist Mary Beth Ions at the Westlake Porter Public Library on Tuesday evening, April 23rd. She'll perform a one-woman show that will take the audience on a musical journey from the Classics Downton Abbey and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Wit's Folly
Wit's Folly is a Northeast Ohio based chamber ensemble focusing on music for string quartet and clarinet performed on historical instruments. The next program is called Émigré: French Refugees in Early America and the Music They Brought With Them. Composers represented will include André Grétry, Ignace Pleyel, Michel Yost and others. There'll be two performances in Northeast Ohio: Friday evening May 17th at The Bath Church on West Bath Road in Akron and Saturday afternoon, May 18th at The Brownhoist Building on St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland. The group will also perform on May 14th and 21st as part of the noontime series at the Church of the Covenant.