JAZZ MUSIC Aces and Eights — 7 p.m. Wednesday, LockBottom Blues & Jazz Club, Lock 4, Bowery Street, Akron. Free. Jazz Workshop — 9 p.m. Wednesday, Northside Bar and Grille, 111 N. Main St., Akron. 330-434-7625.
Classical music
CLASSICAL MUSIC Cleveland Orchestra — 8 tonight, Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Featuring: Franz Welser-Moest, conductor. Program: Bruckner, Symphony No. 8 (performed without intermission). Free. 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141 or http://www.clevelandorchestra.com. Canton Comic Opera Company presents The Rose of Algeria — 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Canton Masonic Temple Auditorium, 836 Market Ave. N.…
Theater
THEATER ANTIC Inc. — (Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls; 330-971-5665) Phantom of the Opera continues through Aug. 21. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. $10, $8 students, $6 seniors and children younger than 12. Beck Center for the Arts — (Studio Theatre, 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood; 216-521-2540) The Producers continues through Aug. 22.…
Comedy
COMEDY Choppers & Chuckles — Doors open 5 p.m. Sunday, Funny Stop, 1757 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls. A fundraiser for Rolling Thunder Ohio Chapter 2. Featuring: Jay Boc and Jeff Blanchard. All proceeds benefit military personnel and their families. $20. 330-923-4700 or 330-769-1641. Funny Stop Comedy Club — Julie Scoggins, 8:30 tonight, 8 and 10:30…
Summer fun
SUMMER FUN Akron Skate Park — Near the Akron Fulton International Airport on the Service Road for the Rubber Bowl and Derby Downs, next to the Akron BMX track. Open dawn to dusk year-round. Features areas tailored to beginner, intermediate and advanced skaters. Admission free. Rules posted; safety equipment recommended; skate at your own risk.…
Art best bets
ART BEST BETS Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore — Through Oct. 10 at Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. Also, Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien’s True North through Oct. 3. 330-376-9185. Discovering the Elusive Hugo Huber — Through Oct. 31 at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Manor House, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron. 330-836-5533.…
A chance to dance
A CHANCE TO DANCE Ballroom Dance Lessons — Thursdays, Aug. 12-Sept. 2, at the Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. Lessons offered are: beginner ballroom, intermediate ballroom, intermediate Argentine tango, and beginner club-style dances. $10 per person/per class, $16 per couple/per class. For more information, call 330-971-8225 or 330-971-8425. Contemporary line dancing —…
Auditions
AUDITIONS Akron Pops Orchestra — Seeking musicians, especially violinists, bassists and other strings, for the volunteer orchestra, which performs a variety of concert music. Most rehearsals and concerts are on Thursday evenings, with a few weekend concerts. 330-645-6211. The Akron Symphony Chorus — Chorus auditions for George and Ira Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess will be…
Fresh Air
Today Park concert — The Metro Parks Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Coventry Oaks Pavilion at Firestone Metro Park. That’s off Axline Road in South Akron. The Friends of Metro Parks will serve free desserts starting at 7 p.m. A Barberton scout troop will sell hot dogs and drinks. The show will…
Mall events
MALL EVENTS Aurora Farms Premium Outlets — 549 S. Chillicothe Road. Summer Music Series presents Island Jeff at 1 p.m. Saturday. Mall hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. 330-562-2000. Chapel Hill Mall — 2000 Brittain Road, Akron. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m.…
A chance to dance
A CHANCE TO DANCE Ballroom Dance Lessons — Thursdays, Aug. 12-Sept. 2, at the Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. Lessons offered are: beginner ballroom, intermediate ballroom, intermediate Argentine tango, and beginner club-style dances. $10 per person/per class, $16 per couple/per class. For more information, call 330-971-8225 or 330-971-8425. Contemporary line dancing —…
John Mayer lets music do talking
Malcolm X Abram Beacon Journal music writer John Mayer likes to talk. The singer/songwriter/celebrity/guitar hero has, for much of his career, been an open self-reading book, constantly sharing his feelings, thoughts, insecurities and foibles through nearly every new communicative format the the digital age has unleashed. The very media-savvy Mayer tweets, Facebooks, smiles and waves…
Music, fashion collide
By Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky opens with the fierce and furious premiere of the Russian composer’s The Rite of Spring in a Paris concert hall in 1913. The audience’s animated response does not stop at catcalls and walkouts: The muscular ballet, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky and pulsing with dissonance, literally…
Classical music
CLASSICAL MUSIC Ohio Light Opera presents Kismet — 2 p.m. today, College of Wooster Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. $45, $20 students, $10 ages 3-15. 330-263-2345 or http://www.ohiolightopera.org. Ohio Light Opera presents The Count of Luxembourg — 7:30 tonight, College of Wooster Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. $45, $20 students, $10 ages 3-15.…
Mall events
MALL EVENTS Aurora Farms Premium Outlets — 549 S. Chillicothe Road. Summer Music Series presents Tyler Rounds Duo at 1 p.m. Saturday. Mall hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. 330-562-2000. Summit Mall — 3265 W. Market St., Fairlawn. Musicians: Janet Becker, 4-7 p.m. today; Carla Holtz, 4-7…
