WCLV Arts Calendar
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Abrepaso Flamenco
Abrepaso Flamenco Presents Tablao Flamenco at the Bop Stop With special guest pianist Alex Conde. It's an evening of traditional and contemporary flamenco, including flamenco dance, song, and percussion on Saturday evening, February 15th.
Akron Art Museum
Current shows at the Akron Art Museum include the exhibit called Glow: Neon and Light through February 9th.
Akron Roundtable
The Akron Roundtable will present Jeannette Sorrell, Conductor and Founder of Apollo's Fire, who will tell her own story as A Refugee's Daughter on Thursday, January 16th at noon at Quaker Station on the University of Akron Campus.
Akron Summit County Public Library
On Sunday afternoon, January 19th, the Akron Summit County Public Library will present its 40th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lecture. The speaker will be author, political commentator and educator Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. Sunday, January 19th at 2pm. Akron Library dot org.
Akron Symphony
The next concert by the Akron Symphony will feature pianist Theron Brown as soloist in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. That concert, on Saturday evening, January 18th, will also include Of Our New Day Begun by Omar Thomas, William Grant Still's Symphony No. 4 and a suite from Leonard Bernstein's Candide.
Alvin Ailey
Playhouse Square will present the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. There'll be three performances, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 31st through February 2nd.
Baldwin Wallace
The Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Performing Arts will present Jeremy Beloate, BW music theater graduate and finalist on The Voice, for an evening of conversation and song on Thursday, January 16th.
Beck Center
At Lakewood's Beck Center, there's a new visual arts exhibition called The Superhero Project in Beck Center’s Hoffman-Stach main gallery, on display through February. It's great for all ages, including young children.
Beck Center and the Baldwin Wallace University Musical Theater Program will collaborate on the musical adaptation of the film Waitress February 14th through March 9th.
Bop Stop
Coming to the Bop Stop,
Canton Museum of Art
The Canton Museum of Art has an exhibit exploring the avant-garde, modernist artists in Bohemian Chrysalis: Unveiling Cleveland’s Infamous Kokoon Klub, on view now through March 2nd.
CLEConcierto
CleConcierto presents an evening of Spanish Baroque Music with The Resonance Project for a warm evening of Spanish baroque music in concert There'll be music by Felix Lopez, Jose Herrando and Luigi Boccherini. The concert takes place on Friday evening, January 31st at Forest Hill Presbyterian Church on Monticello Boulevard in Cleveland Heights.
Cleveland Chamber Music Society
Cleveland Chamber Music Society continues to celebrate its 75th anniversary on Tuesday evening, January 21st, with a concert by flutist Emannuel Pahud with pianist Alessio Bax at Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights. Music to be heard will include compositions by Mozart, Clara Schumann, Bach and others.
Cleveland Cinematheque
At the Cleveland Cinematheque, there are several series running, including new restorations, Classics in 35mm and international cinema.
Pianist and filmmaker James Carson will bring his internationally acclaimed Cabin Music experience to the Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art on Saturday evening, January 18th. The documentary will screen first, followed by a brief Q&A and a special immersive musical performance.
Cleveland Institute of Music
Tito Munoz will be the Guest Conductor of the CIM Orchestra when the ensemble performs at Mandel Concert Hall at the Severance Music Center on Wednesday evening, January 29th. Student Zachary Brandon will be the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The program will also include Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The concert is free, but tickets are required.
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The CIM Opera Theater department will perform Dark Sisters, a 2009 opera by Nico Muhly. There'll be two performances, Saturday and Sunday, February 1st and 2nd in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
216-421-7350.
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will collaborate with The Musical Theater Project for a program called The Gershwins are Girl Crazy, celebrating the songwriters’ famous musical with such songs as Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm and Bidin’ My Time. The concert is presented in collaboration with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra on Saturday evening, January 25th, at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will celebrate Valentine's day on February 15th at the Music Box on Saturday evening, February 15th, with vocalists Evelyn Wright and Lou Armango joining the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra to celebrate Frank Sinatra and George Gershwin.
Cleveland Museum of Art
At the Cleveland Museum of Art in Gallery 115 is Creation, Birth, and Rebirth, continuing until July 27th. It explores some of the fundamental moments in the sacred narratives of the medieval world: the creation of the universe, the birth of its gods and its humans, and visions of the end of life conceived as a new beginning.
On Monday, January 20th, the Cleveland Museum of Art will host a free daylong celebration honoring Martin Luther King Junior. You can explore how the moving passages of Dr. King’s writings and speeches shed light on the museum’s collection and create a work of art inspired by his legacy. Visitors receive free admission to CMA’s groundbreaking exhibition Picasso and Paper all day.
The Performing Arts Series of the Cleveland Museum of Art at Transformer Station will feature the duo of Venezuelan joropo maestro Larry Bellorín Appalachian multi-instrumentalist Joe Troop fuse their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on January 22nd.
Cleveland Orchestra
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 16th through 18th, violinist Augustin Haedlich will be featured in the Brahms Violin Concerto. Elim Chan conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in the Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutoslawski.
The 45th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert offers a journey through the life of civil rights leader and author Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday evening, January 19th.
The Cleveland Orchestra will perform the music for a live showing of the film The Princess Bride on Friday evening, February 21st. Lucas Waldin will be the Guest Conductor.
Cleveland Public Theater
Cleveland Public Theater will present the world premiere of SoftLaunch, a groundbreaking festival that seeks to reinvent what theater and art can be. Patrons become part of the art as they immerse themselves in installations and intimate performances. The event will feature more than twenty experimental performances and visual art installations ranging in level of completion―some pieces are new, while some have been developed over a longer period. Performances run Thursday through Sunday, January 23rd through 25th. here will also be free panel discussions on the 25th.
Dobama Theater
At the Dobama Theater, Katori Hall's Pulitzer-Prize winning The Hot Wing King opens January 24th. It will continue through February
Ensemble Theater
Ensemble Theater will return to the stage at its new home at the Marinello Little Theater on the campus of John Carroll University. The opening production will be Henrik Ibsen's Enemy of the People: A Rust-Belt adaptation by Les Hunter. It will run February 7th through 23rd.
Great Lakes Theater
Great Lakes Theater will continue its season with Peter and the Starcatcher February 7th through March 2nd. Twelfth Night will follow in April and Noises Off will conclude the season.
Heights Chamber Orchestra
The next concert by the Heights Chamber Orchestra on Sunday afternoon, February 16th, will feature the Cleveland Orchestra's Principal oboe, Frank Rosenwein, as soloist in the Oboe Concerto by Ralph Vaughan Williaims. Music Director Travis Jurgens will lead the program at the Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center at Gilmour Academy. The concert will also include Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and Dvorak's Ninth Symphony.
Home and Garden Show
The Home and Garden Show will return January 31st through February 9th at the I-X Center. It will showcase new ideas and practical advice from local experts.
Lake Erie Wind Qintet
The Lake Erie Wind Quintet invites you to its annual chamber music concert, Something Flutiful, a celebration of the flute. This special performance will take place on Sunday afternoon, January 19th, at Brookpark United Methodist Church on Smith Road in Cleveland.
Near West Theater
Near West Theater will be performing the cult classic musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors three weekends from January 31st through February 16th at Near West's building in the heart of the Gordon Square Arts District. 216-961-6391
Musical Theater Project
The Musical Theater Project's next program is called The Gershwins are Girl Crazy, celebrating the songwriters’ famous musical with such songs as Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm and Bidin’ My Time. The concert is presented in collaboration with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra on Saturday evening, January 25th, at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.
Nightlight Cinema
The Nightlight is a non-profit arthouse cinema, located in Downtown Akron. It has been making indie films available since 2014. The schedule will include A Different Man, The Exorcism of Saint Patrick, Frankie Freako, Shaun of the Dead and Psycho.
No Exit
Cleveland's New Music Ensemble No Exit will welcome St. Paul-based new music ensemble Zeitgeist back to Cleveland for performances in three Cleveland-area locations: Heights Arts, CSU’s Drinko Hall, and The Bop Stop. There'll be world premiere works by Christopher Goddard, Luis Daniel Jiménez, James Praznik and Timothy Beyer, as well as pieces by John Cage and Jin Hi Kim. Additionally, No Exit and Zeitgeist will be joined by acclaimed saxophonist David Milne. Those performances take place Thursday through Saturday, January 16th, 17th and 18th.
Playhouse Square
Playhouse Square is presenting the Tony Award-winning play Life of Pi in the Connor Theater through January 26th.
The legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to Cleveland for three performances in Playhouse Square's State Theater on Friday and Saturday, January 31st and February 1st.
Renaissance Theater
The Renaissance Theater in Mansfield presents its annual Emerging Artists Festival. Events include a new play titled Switzerland by Veronique Autphenne on Wednesday evening, January 15; What Remains Unseen, Still is new screenplay by Matthew Piper, playing Wednesday evening, January 22nd;
MLES2GO, a new play by Michael P. Adams on Saturday evening, January 25th; and You Are Not Gay, a new musical by Timothy Leech and Alexander Ronneburg, playing Friday and Saturday evenings, January 31st and February 1st.
Saint John Cathedral
The Chicago-based early Music Ensemble Schola Antiqua will perform a free concert at the Cathedral of Saint John in Downtown Cleveland on Friday evening, January 31st, as part of the Helen D. Schubert concert series.
Tri-C Classical Piano Series
Tri-C’s Classical Piano Series will present a concert by pianist Roman Rabinovich on Sunday afternoon, January 26th at Tri-C’s Metro
Auditorium. He'll play music by Rameau, Ravel, and Scriabin, as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. The concert is free, but tickets are required.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The Wednesday Noontime Music Near the Market continues at Trinity Lutheran Church on Lorain Road at West 30th Street. The program for Wednesday January 15th, has been delayed by heating problems. Concerts will resume on January 22nd and 29th, when Florence Mustric plays Closely Connected, three pairings of pieces by (chronologically) Boehm, Grigny, J.S. Bach, Widor, and Larry Visser.
Weathervane Playhouse
In Akron, Weathervane Playhouse will present The Amen Corner, James Baldwin's drama of faith and family through January 26th, marking two significant milestones: the 70th anniversary of the play's first production at Howard University and the 60th anniversary of its Broadway premiere. 330-836-2626
Wooster Symphony
Jeffrey Lindberg will conduct the next concert pair by the Wooster Symphony Orchestra on Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, February 14th and 16, at Wooster's Scheide Music Center - Gault Recital Hall. Jinjoo Cho will be the soloist in the Brahms Violin Concerto in a program that will also include music of Holst and Stravinsky.