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MUSICAL ACTIVITIES

May 7 -- Engelbert Humperdinck, 8 p.m., Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland.

May 7 -- Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, 8 p.m., Playhouse Square Center, Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.

May 8-11, 15-17, June 5, 7 -- Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Euclid Ave.

May 8 -- Average White Band, evening, House of Blues, downtown Cleveland.

May 9 -- Harmonia, 8 p.m., Kent Stage, E. Main.

May 9 -- Zarbang: The Percussions of Iran and Afghanistan," 7:30, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Univ. Circle.

May 10 -- Doo Wop II (the Coasters, Chiffons, Reflections, 4 and 8 p.m., Kent Stage, downtown Kent.

May 10 -- Benefit for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 7, Public Hall in Cleveland.

May 11 -- Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, no time available, Allen Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

May 13 -- Type O Negative, evening, the House of Blues, downtown Cleveland.

May 15 -- Augustana, evening at the House of Blues.

May 16 -- Panic at the Disco, evening, Time Warner Amphitheater in the Flats.

May 17 -- Kid Rock, 8 p.m., Q Arena in Cleveland.

May 17 -- Dream Theater, Opeth, evening, Time Warner Amphitheater, Flats.

May 17 -- Roberta Flack, 8, Cleveland John Hay High.

May 17 -- Blessed Union of Souls, evening, Taniger, West Market Street, Akron.

May 23 -- Jonny Lang, evening, Time Warner Am-phitheater, Flats, Cleveland.

May 23 -- Cleveland Pops Orchestra's Salute to Our Armed Forces, 8 p.m., Severance Hall, Euclid Avenue.

May 23-24 -- Eddie Izzard, 8 p.m., Playhouse Square Center, Euclid Ave.

May 23 -- Abbey Road Beatle tribute, 8, Kent State.

May 24 -- Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes, Sammy Hagar, Gary Allan, Cleveland Browns Stadium.

May 24 -- "Kings of Swing" by Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, evening, Fairmount Temple Auditorium.

May 24 -- Dennis DeYoung, evening, Tower Time Warner Amphitheater, Flats.

May 25 -- 51st annual Cleveland Feis, 7 a.m., Wolstein Center at Cleveland State. Univ., Carnegie Ave.

May 25 -- Seether, Flyleaf, Red, no time available, Time Warner Amphitheater.

May 26 -- KC and the Sunshine Band, Time Warner Amphitheater, the Flats.

May 29 -- Raven Symone, 7 p.m., the Wolstein Center.

May 30 -- Pete Best Band, Terry Sylvester of the Hollies, the Return, Kent Stage.

May 31 -- Eric Clapton, evening, the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls.

May 31 -- Kids in the Hall, 8 p.m., Playhouse Square Center, Euclid Ave.

May 31 -- Umphrey's McGee, evening, the House of Blues on Euclid Avenue.

June 12 -- Iron Maiden, evening, the Blossom Music Center, Steels Corners Road.

June 13 -- Death Cab for Cutie, evening, the PD Pavilion in the Flats, Cleveland.

June 14 -- Raccoon County Music Festival, Century Village, the square, Burton.

June 18 -- The Cure, evening, the Wolstein Center.

THEATRICAL EVENTS

Now-May 11 -- Humana Festival, Drury Theater, the Cleveland Play House, 8400 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Now-May 11 -- "All Hail Hurricane Gordo," the Cleveland Play House, 8400 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Now-May 17 -- "Spinning into Butter" by Hudson Players, 8 Fridays-Saturdays, Barlow Community Center.

Now-May 18 -- "Born Yesterday," 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Actors' Summit, Owen Brown, downtown Hudson.

Now-May 18 -- "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Playhouse Square, Euclid in Cleveand.

Now-June 28 -- "Damn Yankees," the Carousel Dinner Theater on East Waterloo Road, south side of Akron.

May 8-10 -- "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother," the Cleveland Play House.

May 9-10, 16-17 -- "Cabaret," Aurora Community Theatre in the library building, E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora.

May 9-10, 16-18 -- "A Year with Frog and Toad," 7:30 May 9, 16, 2 and 7:30 May 10, 17, 2 May 18, Magical Theatre Company, W. Tuscarawas St. in Barberton.

May 10 -- Leine and Rorebana by Dance Cleveland, 8 p.m., Playhouse Square Center in downtown Cleveland.

May 11 -- "The Swell Season," 8 p.m., the Allen Theater on Euclid Avenue.

May 13 -- Reach Out and Dance, 12:45 p.m., the Cuyahoga Falls High School auditorium on Fourth Street.

May 14-31 -- "And the Winner Is," Weathervane Playhouse, Valley in Akron.

May 16-18 -- "Elyia and the Ghosts of the Missing Animals, 7:30 May 16-17, 3 May 18, Kent Stage in Kent.

May 28-June 1 -- "Hamlet," Cleveland Play House.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

Currently -- "Roving Mars" and "Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag," the Omnimax Theater at the Great Lakes Science Center off East 9th St. in Cleveland.

Currently -- "Mood Indigo," "Vionet," "Dean Harris Jeweler," "Charles James," "Edward Curtis and the Legacy of Collectors," Carnival Glass: The First Decade," "Art of Needle and Bobbin" and "Japanese Men's Haori," Kent State Univ.'s Museum.

Currently -- "A Proud Tradition: Cleveland Baseball History," Western Re-serve Historical Society, University Circle, Cleveland.

Now-May 4 -- "Chocolate: The Exhibition," the Great Lakes Science Center on the lakefront, Cleveland.

Now-May 11 -- Fusion Fest at the Cleveland Play House, 8400 Euclid Avenue.

Now-May 11 -- Ohio Independent Film Festival, most screenings at Cleveland Public Theatre's Godon Square Theater, Detroit Ave.

Now-June 1 -- "Arms + Armor from Imperial Austria," Cleve. Museum of Art.

Now-July 13 -- "Kaleidocope: Exploring the Experience of Disability Through Literature and the Fine Arts," Akron Art museum, Akron.

Now-Oct. 31 -- Great Garden Adventure, Stan Hywet Hall, North Portage Path on west side of Akron.

Now-Jan. 4, 2009 -- Belle Epoque Brides exhibition, Kent State University museum, the front campus, Kent.

May 12 -- Author-poet Maya Angelou, 7:30, the Allen Theater on Euclid Ave.

May 17 -- Chagrin Falls Herb and Flower Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Riverside / Triangle parks in Chagrin Falls.

May 17-18 -- Horse Fest, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Lake Farmpark, Chardon Rd., Kirtland.

May 17-18, 23-25 -- Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine, 9:30 to 5, the Boston Mills station near Peninsula.

May 23-26 -- Great American Rib Cookoff and Music Festival, Tower City Amphitheater, Flats in Cleveland.

May 24-25 -- Civil War re-enactment, Century Village on the square, Burton.

May 26 -- White House Antiques Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Hawken School, County Line Road, Gates Mills.

May 31 -- Opening of "Vatican Splendors," Western Reserve Historical Society, Univ. Circle, Cleveland.

June 7 -- The Great Geauga Antique Market, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Geauga County fairgrounds, Burton.

June 12-15 -- Kirtland Kiwanis Strawberry Festival, 6-11 Thursday, 5:30-mdinight Friday, 11 a.m.-midnight Saturday, noon-6 Sunday, Lakeland Community College, Rt. 306, Kirtland.