Cleveland Orchestra

Opera, film and stage combine in the festival this month.

The multimedia piece will be presented free at Severance Hall.

The lifelong Clevelander was recently in a similar post at the Greater Cleveland Partnership.

Many arts and cultural organizations pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. this week. There’s also winter fun outdoors tubing and owl watching. Find something that interests you in this week’s list of things to do.

Akron will distribute around 3,200 free, at-home COVID tests this Saturday at four locations; three parents in Hudson have filed a lawsuit challenging the school district's quarantine and mask-wearing rules; University Hospitals has closed its freestanding Madison Health Center emergency room in Lake County; and more stories.

COVID-19-related cancellations continue to wrack Cleveland’s performing arts scene.

Northeast Ohio arts venues and organizations continue to shut down performances and exhibitions in the wake of the latest COVID-19 surge.

The concert Saturday night was canceled hours before the "Pictures at an Exhibition" performance due to a "possible COVID case in the Orchestra," according to a message the orchestra posted on its web site and on Twitter. At the time, the orchestra intended to go on with its Sunday afternoon performance.

Summit County public transit workers will not be going on strike Monday as planned; The Cleveland Orchestra canceled two concerts over the weekend after a performer tested positive for COVID-19; Ohio's COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all increasing; and more stories.

Despite the financial hit of the pandemic for nearly 20 months, the Cleveland Orchestra announced Tuesday it has balanced its books for the third year in a row.