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.
Abrepaso Flamenco
Abrepaso Flamenco is a Cleveland-based flamenco company. They'll present Navidad Flamenca: Holiday Tablao and Recital on Sunday afternoon, December 15th, at the Parma-Snow Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
Akron Art Museum
Current shows at the Akron Art Museum you can see the exhibit called GLow: Neon and Light through February 9th. The exhibits Zeerak Ahmed: Mother, I Am Compelled to Leave and Where We Live: Photographs of Human Spaces continue through December 29th.
Akron Symphonic Winds
The Akron Symphonic Winds will give two holiday performances this season. On Sunday afternoon, December 15th, they'll be Brush High School Auditorium, and on Tuesday evening, December 17th at Chapel, Green Campus on Raber Road in the city of Green. 330 - 896 - 6621
Akron Symphony
The Akron Symphony will present its Holiday Pops program on Friday evening, December 13th at Akron's E. J. Thomas Hall. 330-535-8131
Apollo's Fire
In December, Apollo's Fire will have two holiday programs - Wassail, and Irish-Appalachian Christmas December 3rd through 8th, and Handel's Messiah December 10th through 14th.
Arts Renaissance Tremont
Arts Renaissance Tremont presents the annual Burning River Brass Holiday Concert on Friday evening, December 20th at Saint Wendelin Catholic Church, on Columbus Road near the West Side Market.
Beck Center
At Lakewood's Beck Center, you can view the exhibition called Art Treasures 2024. The show focuses on works by local visual artists in a variety of media including paintings, jewelry, sculptures, drawings, collages. and more. It's on display through December 30th.
On stage at Lakewood's Beck Center, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is at the Beck Center through January 5th. Waitress - The Musical will be coming in February.
Bop Stop
Coming to the Bop Stop,
On Friday, December 13th, you can hear vocalist Vanessa Rubin and her Quartet. Saturday the 14th, it's Vladimir Cetkar's Jazz, Soul and Funk Ensemble
On Sunday the 15th, Connection Through Song with Randie Shane.
Tuesday the 17th, it's Outlab. On Wednesday the 18th, Brent Kirby's 10x3 Songwriter/Band Showcase. On Thursday the 19th, bassist Aidan Plank presents compositions by Lyle Mays. On Friday the 20th Sam Blakeslee's Large Group performs Flowers for Rubber City, in co-operation with the Tri-C Jazz Festival. On Saturday the 21st, it's Hubb's Groove with a Gospel Show, followed by a Jazzy Soulful Christmas. And on the 22nd, Brian Eng will have a Cozy Christmas Concert.
Brass Band of the Western Reserve
The Brass Band of the Western Reserve will present its Christmas concert on Saturday evening, December 14th. The band will be joined by the Medina High School Concert Choir and Summit Bells at the Medina Performing Arts Center on Weymouth Road.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil will visit the State Theater in Playhouse Square through the 14th.
Cleveland Ballet
Cleveland Ballet will perform The Nutcracker at the Connor Palace Theatre in Playhouse Square. There will be evening and matinee performances
December 13th through 22nd.
Cleveland Chamber Choir
On Friday and Saturday evenings, December 20th and 21st, the Cleveland Chamber Choir will present David Lang’s Pulitzer-Prize Winning The Little Match Girl Passion, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story and, influenced by Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. A selection of holiday works from a variety of choral traditions will precede Lang’s work. The performances at the Cleveland School of the Arts on 2064 Stearns Road in Cleveland.
Cleveland Chamber Collective
Cleveland Chamber Collective will present a concert called Music of America VII on Sunday afternoon, January 12th at Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights. The program will feature works inspired by sounds from around the world, ranging from India to Buenos Aires, from Bali to Manhattan.
Cleveland Cinematheque
At the Cleveland Cinemateque, the Experimental Showcase series continues with Ann Arbor Film Festival Touring Program 2. Filmmaker Larry Gottheim will take part in an audience Q&A after a screening of a feature called Films by Larry Gottheim.
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society will present a holiday celebration featuring two guitar orchestras., the Cleveland Guitar Orchestra and the Community Guitar Orchestra, on Sunday afternoon, December 15th at Saint Paul Lutheran Church on Detroit Road in Westlake.
Cleveland Museum of Art
There are a number of music programs coming up in the galleries at the Cleveland Museum of Art. On Friday evening, December 13th, Jacob Trombetta, a pedal-steel guitarist who utilizes electronics in his playing, performs in ArtLens Gallery. On Wednesday evening, December 18th, faculty from the Music Settlement will perform works by Jules Massenet, Erik Satie, Antoine L’Hoyer, and Antonín Dvořák. On Friday evening, December 20th in the Ames Family Atrium, there'll be a holiday program by Gabrieli's Horns
At the Cleveland Museum of Art in Gallery 115 is Creation, Birth, and Rebirth, continuing until July 27th next year. 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.
The Performing Arts Series of the Cleveland Museum of Art at Transformer Station will ffeature 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
The Cleveland Orchestra' holiday concerts this year will take place through the 22nd, with a special performance on Monday the 23rd by the Canadian Brass. Regular Cleveland Orchestra concerts return January 9th through 12th with Guest Conductor Stephane Deneve and saxophonist Steven Banks in music by Milhaud, Poulenc, Gershwin and Guillaume Connesson.
Cleveland Philharmonic
The Cleveland Philharmonic's Holiday concert will include Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, as well as Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Leopold Mozart’s Sleigh Ride, Prokofiev’s Troika, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Christmas Overture, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve Suite. There'll be two performances, on Saturday evening at Cleveland State University, and Sunday afternoon, at the Westlake Performing Arts Center.
Cleveland Playhouse
At the Cleveland Playhouse, you can see the stage version of A Christmas Story through December 22nd in the Allen Theater in Playhouse Square.
Dunham Tavern
At Dunham Tavern, there'll be two readings of Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol, on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, December 14th and 15th by The Lantern Theater, followed by Christmas carols sung by all.
Encore Chorale
The Encore Chorale of Northeast Ohio will present its winter concert on Sunday afternoon, December 15th at the Federated Church in Chagrin Falls. Admission is free, but tickets are required
Federated Church
Federated Church in Chagrin Falls will present The King's Brass Christmas Celebration on Sunday afternoon, December 22nd in a special Christmas Celebration concert.
Great Lakes Theater
Great Lakes Theater will stage the 36th anniversary production of A Christmas Carol at the Mimi Ohio Theatre in Playhouse Square through December 22nd. 216-241-6000
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.
Magical Theatre Company
In Barberton, the Magical Theatre Company's holiday show is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, playing through December 22nd at the historic Park Theater.
Maltz Performing Arts Center
There are several holiday concerts coming up at the Maltz Center in University Circle. On Wednesday, December 18th and Friday, December 20, the program is Candlelight evening of Christmas Carols on Strings.
Saturday, December 21st will feature the Cinematic Symphony Orchestra's Christmas at the Movies, and on Sunday, December it's A Little More Naughty Than Nice with vocalist Helen Welch
Medina Community Band
Medina Community Band will present its annual Winter Concert on Sunday afternoon, December 15th, in the Community Room of the Western Reserve Masonic Community in Medina. There'll be music by Victor Herbert, John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Henry Fillmore, Johann Strauss Senior and Leroy Anderson.
Music at Bath
The Music at Bath Concert Series will present a Holiday concert by the Burning River Brass on Thursday evening, December 19th.
Musical Theater Project
The Musical Theater Project is presenting A Christmas Cabaret, featuring classic holiday songs.. There'll be two shows at Stocker Arts Center on December 13th and December 14th as well as dinner performances at The Cleveland Skating Club on December 15th, 16th, and 17th.
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.
North Coast Men's Chorus
The North Coast Men's Chorus will give two performances of the groups holiday concert, called It Isn't Christmas Until... on Saturday evening, December 14th and Sunday afternoon, December 15th, at the Maltz Performing Arts Center. It's a mix of holiday classics and some unexpected songs as well.
Ohio Shakespeare Festival
Ohio Shakespeare Festival is presenting a holiday farce titled Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) through the 29th at Akron's Greystone Hall.
Playhouse Square
Playhouse Square is presenting the Tony Award-winning play Life of Pi in the Connor Theater January 7th through the 26th.
Also in Playhouse Square, at the Mimi Theater, it's Potted Potter - The Unauthorized Harry Experience, January 7th through 15th.
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.
Singers' Club
The holiday show of The Singers' Club of Cleveland is called The Longest Night of the Year. The performance will take place in one of the newest venues in Cleveland, Majestic Hall at East 30th and Euclid in Downtown Cleveland on Saturday evening, December 14th.
Saint James Episcopal Church, Painesville
Ton conclude its bicentennial year, Saint James Episcopal Church in Painesville will present its Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 22nd.
Snowbelt Symphony
The Snowbelt Symphony Orchestra will present its annual holiday concert on Thursday evening, December 12th at Lake Catholic High School in Mentor. The concert will popular Christmas favorites, selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, and many favorite traditional carols. Vocalist Emily Stack will join the orchestra.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The Wednesday Noontime Music Near the Market continues at Trinity Lutheran Church on Lorain Road at West 30th Street. On Wednesday December 18th, Robert Myers plays Music for Christmas by Bach, Paul Manz, Helmut Walcha, and others. There'll be no concerts on December 25 and January 1st. The weekly concerts will resume on Wednesdays Wednesdays January 8 and 15 when Florence Mustric plays Closely onnected, three pairings of pieces by (chronologically) Boehm, Grigny, J.S. Bach, Widor, and Larry Visser.
Trobar
The Cleveland-based medieval band Trobár's next concert, on January 5th, is called Make We Joy! A Medieval Twelfth Night Festival. It's a musical journey through an early English Yuletide season. Yorecraeft Productions makes the evening even more merry with medieval games, dances, treats, and wassail!
The celebration takes place on Sunday evening, January 5th, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights.
University of Akron
The University of Akron's Music Department has several holiday concerts on the schedule. On Sunday afternoon, December 15th, there'll be a program of Community Horn and Trombone Holiday Carols at Guzzetta Recital Hall. And on Saturday, December 21st it's Akron's Tuba Christmas with two performance at E. J. Thomas Hall.
Weathervane Playhouse
In Akron, Weathervane Playhouse presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice as part of its 90th season. Performances will run through December 22nd.
Workshop Players
In Amherst, Workshop Players will present the visiting theatrical group Spark Theater 4 Youth for one performance of The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly on Saturday afternoon, December 14th. 440-634-0472