DANCE DanceWorks ’12 — 7 tonight-Saturday, Cleveland Public Theater’s James Levin Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave. MorrisonDance presents Syzygy, and Travesty Dance Group presents I Fight. $10 Thursday, $25 Friday and Saturday. 216-631-2727, ext. 501, or www.cptonline.org.
Auditions
AUDITIONS Akron Pops Orchestra — Seeking musicians, especially strings and keyboards, for the volunteer orchestra, which performs a variety of concert music. Rehearsals are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. Most concerts are on Thursday evenings, with a few weekend concerts. Contact Kristan Crane at 330-203-1926 or www.akronpops.org…
Art Best Bets
ART BEST BETS Katrina Radwalski Exhibit — Through May 25, Akron Woman’s City Club Gallery 732, 732 W. Exchange St. There will be a reception from 5 to 7 tonight. 330-762-6261. Ray Turner: Population — Through May 27, Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. Also, Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster,…
Comedy
COMEDY Funny Stop Comedy Club — Quinn Patterson, 8 tonight; Dustin Diamond “Screech,” 8:30 and 10:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Cowboy Bill, 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 1757 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls. $5 and up. Students with college ID get in free Tuesday. Cowboy Bill, May 17-19. 330-923-4700. Hilarities 4th Street Theatre — Greg Warren,…
Nightspots — week of May 10
Jazz
JAZZ 2012 Brick Street Jazz Festival — Noon to 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Minerva’s historic North Market Street. Featuring a Canton Symphony Orchestra trio, Bob Hill Orchestra, New Orleans Funk Orchestra, Swing Machine Live, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Quartet and the John Trapani Big Band. For more information, call Denise Freeland at 330-862-3323 or email thefreelands@frontier.com. Jazz…
Classical music
Jubilation! The Elizabeth Stuart Church Choir Festival — 8 tonight and Friday, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, East Ninth Street and Superior Avenue, Cleveland. Presented by the Helen D. Schubert Concert Series. Free. 216-771-6666, ext. 5510. Cleveland Orchestra — 8 tonight and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Featuring Lionel…
Fresh Air
Today Trail cleanup — Volunteers are needed from 1 to 5 p.m. on the Tree Farm Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley park. Meet at the Horseshoe Pond off Major Road in Boston Township. Wear sturdy boots and bring a small pack with lunch, water and work gloves. 216-407-6936. Contra dance — Join Hu$hmoney with its…
Details: ‘See How They Run’ at Weathervane
Details Comedy: See How They Run When: Continuing through May 20 Where: Weathervane Community Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron Onstage: Jo McGarvey, Jennifer Hayek, Eileen Moushey, Scott Davis, Beau Reinker, Ian Haberman, Tom Stephan, Jeff Bixby, Adam Alderson Offstage: Philip King, playwright; Eileen Moushey, director; Mary Kate Clancy, stage manager; Tom Abdoo and Sylvia Collier,…
Great cast can’t make ‘Marigold’ bloom
Movies draw into theaters in different ways. They may offer what look to be spectacular stunts. Or a big star. Or a reworking of an old concept. But regardless of the promise that gets us to buy a ticket, a movie still has to deliver on that promise once we are in our seats.
Mailbag: What happened to limits on commercials?
If it’s Thursday, this must be the mailbag. Q: I’ve never seen you review the series “Flashpoint” on ION. Don’t like it? A: I have been reasonably entertained by the police drama, made for Canada’s CTV as well as CBS in the U.S. before moving to ION here. It’s a sturdy show, though not one…
Rich Heldenfels: Let’s shed some light on ‘Dark Shadows’
The trailer for Dark Shadows promises comedic, bloody and anachronistic lunacy, with Johnny Depp as an 18th-century vampire discovering life in 1972, and Tim Burton at the directing helm.
Akron Art Museum photo draws $2.5 million at auction
The Akron Art Museum’s Untitled #96 photograph by Cindy Sherman sold Tuesday for $2.5 million at Christie’s New York Postwar Contemporary Evening Sale.
Art review: Summit Artspace showcases Arts Alive! award winners
Akron doesn’t ignore all of its treasures.
Through June 3, Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., exhibits Why Art’s Alive in Akron!, an exhibit of works by the visual arts winners of the biennial Arts Alive! Awards from 2001 to 2011, and the two winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Local history: Akron music teacher’s legacy hits many high notes
Slim, gray-haired Nellie Glover, always prim and proper, sat in the front row, just to the left of the conductor, nodding her head to the music and trying not to wince when students hit wrong notes.
