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MUSICAL ACTIVITIES

Dec. 3 -- Ronan Tynan, 7:30 p.m., Playhouse Square.

Dec. 4 -- Wayne Newton, 7:30 p.m., Playhouse Square.

Dec. 4-6 -- Uchida Plays Mozart, 8 p.m., Severance Hall, Euclid Ave., Cleveland.

Dec. 4-6, 12-14, 18-23 -- Cleveland Orchestra, various times, Severance Hall on Euclid Ave., east side of city.

Dec. 5 -- Kings X, evening, the Tangier in Akron.

Dec. 5 -- Glen Phillips, Jonatha Brooke, evening, the Kent Stage, East Main Street.
Dec. 6 -- Carrie Rodriquez and the Diamond, evening, Kent Stage, downtown Kent.

Dec. 6 -- Stow Symphony Orchestra, 7:30, Fishcreek Nazarene Worship Center.

Dec. 7 -- Canadian Brass, 6 p.m., Playhouse Square, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Dec. 7 -- Kent State University Chorus, 7:30 p.m., University Auditorum-KSU.

Dec. 7 -- Hudson Community Chorus, 4 p.m., the First Congregational Church.

Dec. 9 -- A Peter White Christmas, 7:30 p.m., Playhouse Square on Euclid Ave.

Dec. 13 -- Trace Adkins, Craig Morgan, Jason Michael Carroll, evening, Canton Memorial Civic Center, North Market Street in downtown.

Dec. 13 -- Richard Elliot's Holiday Show, evening, the Tangier, the west side Akron.

Dec. 13 -- Woodchoppers Ball, 8, Kent Stage, E. Main.

Dec. 14 -- Kenny G., 7:30 p.m., the Palace Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Dec. 14 -- Tuba Christmas, 4 and 6:30, E.J. Thomas Hall, U. of Akron's campus.

Dec. 18 -- A Lowe Family Christmas, noon and 6:30, Croatian Lodge Ballroom, Lake Shore Blvd., Eastlake.

Dec. 18-19 -- 1964 The Tribute, evening, the Tangier, West Market Street, Akron.

Dec. 19-21 -- Christmas Candlelight Concerts, 7:30, St. Bernard Church, Akron.

Dec. 19 -- Jingle Bell Swing, 8 p.m., Akron Civic Theater, S. Main, downtown.

Dec. 19-21 -- Summit Choral Society's candlelight concerts, 7:30, St. Bernard Church, downtown Akron.

Dec. 26 -- Ekoostik Hookah, evening, Tangier on West Market Street, Akron.

Dec. 26-27 -- Michael Sanley, the House of Blues, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Dec. 26 -- Jim Brickman, 7:30 p.m., Severance Hall.

Dec. 29-30 -- Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 3 and 8 p.m. daily, Q Arena in Cleveland.

Dec. 30 -- Kathleen Edwards, 8, the Kent Stage.

Dec. 31 -- Three Redneck Tenors with the Cleveland Pops, 9 p.m., Severance Hall.

THEATRICAL EVENTS

Now-Dec. 4 -- "Ain't Misbehavin" with Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis, E.J. Thomas Hall, U. of Akron.

Now-Dec. 7 -- "The Nutcracker," Akron Civic Theater, S. Main St., Akron.

Now-Dec. 21 -- "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," Weathervane Playhouse, Valley in Akron.

Now-Dec. 21 -- "A Christmas Story," the Cleveland Play House, Euclid Avenue.

Now-Dec. 23 -- "A Christmas Carol," the Ohio Theater on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland.

Now-Jan. 3, 2009 -- "All Shook Up," the Carousel Dinner Theater in south Akron.

Dec. 4-21 -- "A Winner the Pooh Christmas" by the Actors' Summit, Owen Brown, downtown Hudson.

Dec. 4-28 -- "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," Playhouse Square Center, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Dec. 5, 12, 19 -- "Just Killing Time in Vegas" mystery evening, the Powerhouse Pub, the Flats in Cleveland.

Dec. 5-Jan. 4, 2009 -- "Peter Pan," the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood.

Dec. 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 -- "A Christmas Carol" by Geauga Lyric Theater Guild, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 Sundays, squad in Chardon.

Dec. 5-6, 13-14 -- "RATZ" by Stow Players, 7:30 Dec. 5, 2 and 4 p.m. Dec. 6 and 13, 2 p.m. Dec. 14, Heritage Barn, Young Road in Stow.

Dec. 6-20 -- "Amahl and the Night Visitors," the Weathervane Playhouse in Merriman Valley in Akron.

Dec. 12-14, 19-20 -- "It's A Wonderful Life" by Curtains Up Theater, 7 p.m. except 1 p.m. Dec. 14, James A. Garfield High School on Rt. 88 in south Garrettsville.

Dec. 13-14 -- Christmas Music Spectacular, 1 and 4:30 Saturday, 3 Sunday, the Akron Civic Theatre, South Main Street, downtown area.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

Currently -- "Dinosaurs Alive," "Secrets of the Pharaohs" and "Mysteries of the Great Lakes," the Omnimax Theater at the Great Lakes Science Center off E. 9th St.

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 in Cleveland.

Now-Dec. 28 -- Art of the Nativity and Deck the Hall, Stan Hywet Hall, North Portage Path, west side Akron.

Now-Dec. 30 -- Chriskindl Market, the Lock 3 area on South Main Street in Akron.

Now-Jan. 3, 2009 -- Alliance for Visual Arts juried show, Akron Art Museum, E. Market in downtown Akron.

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

Now-Jan. 4, 2009 -- Jan-Pierre Gauthier: Machines at Play, the Akron Art Museum.

Now-Jan. 4, 2009 -- Blossom Holiday Lighting Festival, Thursdays to Sundays until Dec. 14, every day Dec. 18-Jan. 4, the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls.

Now-April 26, 2009 -- "Robots + Us: Where Humans Meet Machines," Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland off East 9th St.

Dec. 4-6 -- KSU Yuletide Feaste, 8, KSU Student Center ballroom, KSU campus.

Dec. 7 -- Holiday Circle-Fest, University Circle on the far east side of Cleveland.

Dec. 9 -- Ken Burns in Town Hall Speaker Series, 6 p.m., Ohio Theater, Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.

Dec. 13 -- Comedian Jim Gaffigan, evening, the Palace Theater on Euclid Avenue.

Dec. 17-22 -- Disney on Ice Worlds of Fantasy, Q Arena, downtown Cleveland.

Dec. 27 -- Harlem Globetrotters, 1 p.m., the Q Arena.

Dec. 31 -- First Night Akron, all evening in Akron.

Jan. 9 -- Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, 9:30, State Theater.