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
At the Akron Art Museum On exhibit through January 25th, you can see Ordinary Miracles: Robert Glenn Ketchum’s Photographs of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. ALso on exhibit is Myrlande Constant, one of Haiti’s most prominent contemporary artists. She works in the tradition of drapo (literally meaning “flags”), a style of art created with fabric, embroidery, sequins, and beads depicting symbols, stories, and spirits from the Vodou religion.

Akron Symphony
The Akron Symphony Orchestra will begin its season on Saturday evening, October 18th, at E. J. Thomas Hall. The opening concert will include Stravinsky’s The Firebird. The orchestra will also perform music by Danny Elfman and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Apollo's Fire
Apollo's Fire and Jeannette Sorrell will open the season with a lightly-staged concert performance of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. There'll be five performances at five locations around Northeast Ohio, from Akron to Painesville Oct. 3rd through 12th.

Baldwin Wallace University
The Baldwin Wallace Symphony will perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 on Friday evening, October 31st.

Baldwin Wallace voice majors will move to Cleveland's Playhouse square and the Helen for Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas on October 9th, 10th and 11th.

On stage, Baldwin Wallace will have five performances of Mark Twain's Is He Dead? Wednesday through Sunday, October 1st through 5th.

BlueWater Chamber Orchstra
Ohio Contemporary Ballet will collaborate with the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra in a special concert on Saturday evening, October 4th at Lakewood Civic Auditorium. The program will feature the dancers of Ohio Contemporary Ballet performing with the orchestra in music of Elgar, Albinoni and Handel. The Orchestra will also perform Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 5.

Bop Stop
Coming to the Bop Stop, on Thursday evening, October 2nd, saxophonist Braxton Cook will perform two shows. On Friday evening, October 3, you can hear bassist George Delancey's sextet. Vocalist Moises Borges performs with the Brazlian Jazz Quartet on Saturday evening, October 4th, while on Sunday evening, October 5th, the group Spin Cycle with saxophonist Tom Christenen will be at the Bop Stop.
Percussionist Bobby Sanabria will come to Cleveland for an evening of Latin jazz with pianist Jackie Warren on Friday evening, October 10th, and on Thursday evening, October 16th, trombonist Natalie Cressman will be in town.

Broadway in Akron
The Broadway in Akron series will bring The Book of Mormon to Akron's E. J. Thomas Hall on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, September 30th and October 1st.

Canton Ballet
Canton Ballet Will perform Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf on Saturday afternoon, October 11th, with the Canton Symphony Orchestra. The performance will take place in Canton's Umstattd Hall.

Canton Museum of Art
Current exhibits at the Canton Museum of Art include Impressions En Plein Air: A Juried Exhibition of the Ohio Plein Air Society on exhibit until October 26th. At the same time, you'll be able to see
Plein Air From the CMA Collection.

Cathedral of Saint John
As part of its music series, the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland is presenting organist Martin Jean in recital on Tuesday evening, September 30th. Martin Jean teaches at the Yale School of Music and is Director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
The 16th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival will showcase 74 films from 32 countries, including World and US premieres that explore diverse perspectives and experiences. The Festival will run October 7th through the 12th at a variety of venues.

Church of the Covenant
The Church of the Covenant in University Circle is presenting a weekly series of Tuesday Noon Organ Concerts.

Cleveland Ballet
The Cleveland Ballet will present choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett's Dracula with music by J. Mark Scearce on Friday and Saturday, October 24th and 25th at Playhouse Square. The program will also include her Code of Silence, set to music by Arvo Paert. Costumes are welcome, and an afterparty will be held October 25th at the Hermit Club.

Cleveland Chamber Music Society
Cleveland Chamber Music Society will present the Belcea Quartet at Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights, with works on Tuesday evening, October 21st. The Quartet will have music by Britten, Mozart, and Webern on that program.

Cleveland Cinematheque
Cleveland Cinematheque will show the Academy Award nominated 2003 animated feature The Triplets of Belleville. There's a new 4K restoration of The Island Closest to Heavenas well as Bruce Robinson’s 1987 cult classic Withnail & I, and French New Wave director Luc Moullet’s documentary Origins of a Meal.

Cleveland Chamber Choir
The Cleveland Chamber Choir will begin its Fall season with two performances of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Vespers - All Night Vigil on Friday and Saturday evenings, October 24th and 25th at Trinity Cathedral in Downtown Cleveland and Fairchild Chapel at Oberlin College.

Cleveland Composers Guild
On Friday Evening, October 24, the ensemble Opus 216 will perform music of the Cleveland Composers Guild at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the Ames Family Atrium. Violinist and director Ariel Clayton Karas leads the ensemble in music by Inna Onofrei, Matthew C. Saunders, Lorenzo Salvagni, Stephen Stanziano, Ryan Charles Ramer, Jeffrey Quick, Jeremy Piper, William F. Rayer, and Chris Neiner.

Cleveland Institute of Music
The Cleveland Institute of Music will celebrate the reopening of Kulas Hall with a Day of Music on Saturday, October 4th. The event will feature live performances, refreshments, and activities for all ages.

Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art and FRONT International present New Work: Amanda D. King, Charmaine Spencer, Erykah Townsend, Antwoine Washington, the capstone exhibition of the FRONT 2022 Art Futures Fellows. The exhibition is on view at the CMA’s Transformer Station from October 2nd through December 27th,

Cleveland Orchestra
On October 2nd and 5th, Music Director Franz Welser-Moest leads the Cleveland Orchestra concert that includes Arthur Honegger's Symphony No. 3, Symphonie liturgique, and Gustav Mahler's Song of the Earth, with tenor Limmie Pulliam and baritone Iurii Samoilov.

And on October 9th, 10th and 11th, Daniil Trifonov joins the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Moestfor the Second Piano Concerto by Brahms.

Cuyahoga Community College
The Music Department and Tri-C's Western campus has two concerts in October. On Saturday afternoon, October 11th, it's a concert by the Music Faculty and Alumni, and on Saturday afternoon, October 25th, the Tri-Concert Band and Chorale will be in concert at Westlake United Church of Christ.

Federated Church Chagrin Falls
The 2025-2026 Performing Arts Series at Federated Church in Chagrin Falls will begin with pianist Roman Rabinovich performing music of Haydn, Debussy, Beethoven and Schumann on Thursday evening, October 9th.

Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Ohio
The Fryderik Chopin Institute of Ohio will present its season-opening program, a recital by pianist Jiana Peng, featuring the 24 preludes by Chopin and Ravel's La Valse on Wednesday evening, October 17th at
St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Chagrin Falls.
The Institute's second program will take place on Saturday, November 1st at Harkness Chapel at Case Western Reserve University and will feature Polish songs by Chopin, Paderewski, and Szymanowski performed by the Polish soprano Matgorzata Trajanowski in her American debut.

Great Lakes Theater
Great Lakes Theater will open its new season with Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, running through October 12th in the Hanna Theater in Playhouse Square. 216-241-6000

Heights Arts
Heights Arts will present a free Gallery Concert with the Amani Strings, the collaborative project of Afro-Colombian cellist Carolina Borja and Ismail Douglas, a multi-instrumentalist specializing in the kora, guitar, and various traditional instruments from around the world. They blend global musical influences with rich string textures. The performance will take place at the Heights Arts Gallery on Lee Road on Thursday evening, October 9th.

Heights Chamber Orchestra
The season-opening concert by the Heights Chamber Orchestra will take place on Sunday afternoon, October 12th, at Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights October 12th. The program will include the Chamber Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9.

Lakeland Community College
There'll be a pair of concerts in October at Lakeland Community College. The Lakeland Civic Band's program on Sunday afternoon, October 12, is called Hocus Pokus. And on The following Sunday afternoon, October 19th you can hear the Lakeland Civic Chorus performing Beyond all Mortal Dream. Both concerts will take place in Rodehorst Performing Arts Center ad Lakeland Community College.

LatinUs Theater Company
LatinUs Theater Company presents the world premiere of La Versión Infinita (The Infinite Version) by acclaimed playwright Daniela Contreras, Maria Del Olmo and Carolina Sturla. The play will run through October 12 at the Pivot Center's LatinUs Black Box Theater on West 25th Street near Clark.

Les Delices
Les Délices' Concert Series officially begins in October with three performances of Bohemian Rhapsody on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 17th, 18th and 19th, in Akron, Cleveland Heights and Rocky River.
Les Délices will present a program of 18th century music for oboe and strings by Czech and Bohemian composers along with music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Magical Theater Company
The Magical Theater Company in Barberton will present The Third Wave October 10th through the 19th at the Park Theater.

Maltz Museum
The Maltz Museum will presenting El Sueno Americano - The American Dream, an exhibition on the migrant experience at the U.S./Mexico border. The exhibit will feature works by photographer Tom Kiefer and artist Elizabeth Z. Pineda. It will continue through February 26th.

Music at Akron FCC
On Sunday afternoon, October 19th, First Congregational Church of Akron's Music@AkronFCC Concert Series will feature pianist Teresa Walters as part of her worldwide Celebration of Light Tour, celebrating the 800th Anniversary of the Canticle of the Sun written by St. Francis of Assisi in 1225.

Music at Bath
On Saturday afternoon, October 11th, the Music at Bath concert series will present singer and songwriter Kahrin in a program of original material; she'll be joined by cellist Trevor Kazarian.

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 includes Familiar Touch, Daniela Forever, the 1996 Japanese musical Shall We Dance, Granite Rapids and Evil Puddle.

Oberlin College Allen Memorial Art Museum
The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College will present Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City. The exhibit will feature Monet’s early cityscapes of Paris as it emerges as a modern metropolis. The show is on view through December 23

Ohio Contemporary Ballet
Ohio Contemporary Ballet will collaborate with the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra in a special concert on Saturday evening, October 4th at Lakewood Civic Auditorium. The program will feature the dancers of Ohio Contemporary Ballet performing with the orchestra in music of Elgar, Albinoni and Handel. The Orchestra will also perform Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 5.

Playhouse Square
The company of dancer-illusionists known as MOMIX will be in Cleveland for two performances of Alice, their adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice stories. Both performances take place on Saturday, October 11th in the Mimi Theater in Playhouse square

Radio on the Lake Theater
Radio on the Lake Theatre, Northeast Ohio's only professional theater company exclusively dedicated to the audio arts, announces the start of its new live radio play series. The Audio Gallery Series at Negative Space will spotlight classic and contemporary audio drama with actors and sound effects artists bringing great stories to life. On October 30th it's War of the Worlds and on December 4th, A Tale of Two Cities.
All performances will be at the Negative Space Art Gallery

Renaissance Theater
Mansfield's Renaissance Theatre will perform an original adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, reimagining the classic for today’s audience. It will run October 3rd through the 12th.

Resonance Project
The Resonance Project will present A Circle of Her Own, a concert that presents the modern premiere of the newly discovered Keyboard Concerto in E major by Marianne Martinez, as well as the orchestral piece called La Tempesta. The program will also include music by her contemporaries, C. P. E Bach and Mozart. The concert will be given at Forest Hill Church Presbyterian on Monticello Boulevard in Cleveland Heights on Friday evening, October 3rd.

Sunday Studio Series
In Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood, the Sunday Studio Series will present concerts on Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th at Studio Espressivo in the Murray Hill Galleries. The program is called Dramatic Duets and features operatic love duets by Puccini and Bernstien. There will also be instrumental duets by Debussy, Ginastera, Respighi, Donizetti, and Scarlatti.

Trinity Lutheran Church
The Wednesday Noontime Music Near the Market continues at Trinity Lutheran Church on Lorain Road at West 30th Street. On October 8th, Florence Mustric plays a program called Out of This Hemisphere, pieces by composers all active in the Western Hemisphere, including Alberto Ginastera, Guy Bovet and Robert Elmore. On the 15th and 22nd, Robert Myers plays Music for Reformation.

Tuesday Musical Akron
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin will be the first performer in Akron's Tuesday Musical concert series on October 21st at E. J. Thomas Hall. He'll perform Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata, Robert Schumann's Waldszenen and Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit.

Weathervane Playhouse
Weathervane Playhouse will present the Ohio Community Theatre premiere of ‘Come From Away’, based on the true story, of the occasion of the diversion of 38 airplanes were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland on September 11th. The show will run through October 12th.

Wit's Folly
In 1784, there was a party which featured music performed by Haydn, Dittersdorf, Vanhal, and Mozart. Wit's Folly will recreate that program on Saturday evening, November 1st at Praxis Fiber Workshop on Waterloo Road and on Sunday afternoon, November 2nd at Bath Church., in a program called Matched Wits.

Wolfs Gallery
Wolfs Gallery is presenting the works of Cleveland-born artist August Frederick Biehle in an exhibit titled Reckoning with Modernism. The show will opening Friday, October 10th and will be on view through December 30th.