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.

Apollo's Fire

Scarborough Fayre – Music from Merry Old England is up next for Apollo’s Fire. Performances take place at several locations November 21^st through 24^th. 216-320-0012

Arts Renaissance Tremont

As part of its 29^th season, Arts Renaissance Tremont will present The Blue Water Chamber Orchestra in concert on Sunday afternoon, November 24^th, at Pilgrim Congregational Church. Daniel Meyer will conduct, and Jinjoo Cho will be the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

Blue Water Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Meyer will conduct the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra in two performances of music of Schumann, Ades and Tchaikovsky – Jinjoo Cho will be the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. They’ll play at Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights on Saturday evening, November 23^rd, and as part of Arts Renaissance Tremont’s series, at Pilgrim Congregational Church on Sunday afternoon, November 24^th. 440-781-6215

Cleveland Messiah Chorus

Virginia Wieland-Mast will lead the Cleveland Messiah Chorus in selections from Handel’s Messiah. There’ll be two performances, on Sunday afternoon, November 24^th at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, and on Sunday afternoon, December 1^st, at the Church of the Western Reserve in Pepper Pike.

Cleveland Opera

Cleveland Opera and the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra will present two performances of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in the Grand Ballroom of the Tudor Arms Hotel in University Circle on Friday evening, November 22^nd, and Sunday afternoon, November 24^th. 216-816-1411

Cleveland Orchestra

Guest Conductor Nicholas McGegan will return to lead the Cleveland Orchestra in three concerts at Severance Hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, November 21st, 22nd and 23rd. The Cleveland Orchestra’s Principal Trumpet, Michael Sachs, will be the soloist in Hummel’s trumpet concerto. There’s also music by Schubert and Haydn. 216-231-1111

Cleveland Playhouse

Cleveland Playhouse presents Every Brilliant Thing in the Outcalt Theater November 23^rd through December 22^nd.

Cleveland Treatment Center

Cleveland Treatment Center presents the world premier theatrical adaptation of Rob Vollmar’s best-selling graphic novel Bluesman. There’ll be three performances on Friday and Saturday, November 28^th and 29^th, at the Breen Performing Arts Center at Saint Ignatius High School. 216-861-4246

Great Lakes Theater

Great Lakes Theater’s holiday tradition, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, is on stage in the Mimi Ohio Theater in Playhouse Square from November 29^th through December 22^nd.

Heights Arts

The second concert of the season for Heights Arts will feature music of four female composers, including Teresa Carreno, Margaret Brouwer, Rebecca Clarke and young composer Anna Weesner. The concert takes place at Dunham Tavern on Sunday afternoon, November 24^th. 216-361-3457

Oberlin Artist Recital Series

Countertenor Iestyn Davies joins the period ensemble The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in music of Pergolesi, Vivaldi and Albinoni at Oberlin College’s Finney Chapel on Friday evening, November 22^nd. And after the concert, members of the Orchestra will host an informal hangout at the Birenbaum Club in Oberlin. 800-371-0178

Playhouse Square - White Christmas

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is the stage adaptation of the classic movie. It’s at Playhouse Square for one week only, beginning November 26^th. 216-241-6000

Saint Sebastian Parish Akron

Brook Benedict and Friends will perform an organ and brass concert on Sunday afternoon, November 24^th, at Saint Sebastian Church in Akron. 330-836-2233

Trinity Cathedral

The next Brownbag Concert at downtown Cleveland’s Trinity Cathedral will feature jazz pianist Jackie Warren on November 20^th. 216-281-1700

Tuesday Musical

In Akron, Tuesday Musical’s next Main Stage Concert at E. J. Thomas Hall will take place on a Thursday – November 21^st. It’s the annual Margaret Baxtresser Piano Concert, and will feature Fei-Fei. 330-761-3460

Weathervane Playhouse

Weathervane Playhouse in Akron will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the Founders Theater November 26^th through December 22^nd. 330-836-2626