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MUSICAL ACTIVITIES

July 1 -- The Fray, Jack's Mannequin, Richard Swift, evening, Time Warner Am-phitheater, Flats, Cleveland.

July 2 -- Livingston Taylor, evening, Cain Park, Coventry Road, Cleve. Heights.

Fridays during summer -- Rock'n on the River, 5 p.m., Falls River Square in downtown Cuyahoga Falls.

Fridays during summer -- Live bands, evenings, Lock 3 Park, South Main Street in downtown Akron.

July 3-Sept. 6 -- Cleveland Orchestra performances at Blossom, Saturdays-Sundays most weekends through Sept. 6, Blossom Music Center.

July 3 -- Zappa Plays Zappa, evening, House of Blue, Euclid Ave., Cleveland.

July 6 -- Il Divo World Tour, 7:30, Wolstein Center.

July 9 -- Van's Warped Tour, the Time Warner Am-phitheater, Flats, Cleveland.

July 10 -- Kid Rock, Lynryd Skynyrd, evening, Blossom Center in Cuya. Falls.

July 11 -- Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson, the Classic Ballpark.

July 11 -- Rosanne Cash, evening, Kent Stage, East Main St. in downtown Kent.

July 12 -- Lennon Sisters, 5:30 p.m., Parma Auditorium, West 54th Street in Parma.

July 14 -- Whitesnake, evening, Time Warner Am-phitheater, Flats, Cleveland.

July 16 -- Brass Band of the Western Reserve, 7 p.m., Home Savings Plaza, Kent.

July 16 -- Maxwell, evening, Allen Theater, Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.

July 17 -- Eclectica, evening, Cain Park, Cleve. Hts.

July 17-19 -- George Clinton and P-Funk, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson Township.

July 18 -- Arlo Guthrie, Richie Haven, evening, Cain Park.

July 19 -- TubaSummer, 7 p.m., Buchtel Common at the University of Akron.

July 19 -- Glass Harp, Ryan Humbert Band, 7, JB's, North Water St., downtown Kent.

July 22-23 -- John McCutcheon, evening, Cain Park.

July 24-26 -- Summer Hookah Weekend, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson Township.

July 25 -- Squirrel Nut Zippers, evening, Cain Park.

July 31 -- Pointe of Departure, evening, Cain Park.

Aug. 7-9 -- Midwest Reggae Festival, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Nelson Township.

Aug. 21 -- Keith Urban, Sugarland, 7:30, the Q Arena.

Aug. 27 -- Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparak, Honor Society, 7:30, the Q Arena, Cleveland.

THEATRICAL EVENTS

July 2-3, 5, 11-12, 15-17, 24, 26 -- "Unforgettable," Actors'' Summit, Hudson.

July 3-4, 8-10, 18-19, 22, 25 -- "Don't Hug Me," Actors' Summit in downtown Hudson.

July 9, 23, 25-26 -- "Mark Twain" by Actors' Summit, Hudson Library.

July 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 -- "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," 8 p.m., Aurora Community Theatre in library building.

July 10-12, 16, 18-19 -- "Clarence Darrow" by Actors' Summit, Hudson Library.

July 17-Aug. 8 -- "The Andrews Brothers," Western Reserve Playhouse in Bath.

July 17-Aug. 9 -- "Mary Poppins," the Playhouse Square Center, Euclid Ave.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

Currently -- "Alaska: Spirit of the Wild," "Secrets of the Pharaohs" and "Mysteries of the Great Lakes," the Omnimax Theater at the Great Lakes Science Center off E. 9th St. in Cleveland.

Currently -- "The Kokoon Arts Club Cleveland Revels," Michael Kors Designs, "Confessions and the Sense of Self," "Great American Glass," "The Art of the Embroiderer" and "Rudi Gernreich Bold," Kent State University's Museum.

Currently -- "Car Club Showcase: Best of the Best," "Carl and Louis Stokes," "WW II: Up Front and Personal," "Treasures," Western Reserve Historical Society, University Circle, Cleveland.

Currently -- "Global Artistry of Leo and Diane Dillon," Lee Friedlander's "Factory Valleys," "William Wegman: Fay," the Akron Museum of Art, downtown.

Currently -- "Dinosaurs," Ceveland Metroparks Zoo, southwest side.

Now-July 5 -- The Trumbull County Fair, Cortland.

Now-July 10 -- "Face to Face," works of Diane Joy Stone, Solon Center for Arts.

Now-July 29 -- Faculty-student art show, Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls.

Now-Aug. 30 -- Surviving the Body of Evidence, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Univ. Circle, Cleveland.

Now-Sept. 13 -- Animatronic dinosaurs, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on the southwest side of Cleveland.

Now-Sept. 19 -- "Darwin" exhibition, Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland.

Now-Dec. 31 -- Best Foot Forward exhibit, the Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Museum, University Crl. in Cleveland.

July 2-4 -- Rib, White & Blue Food Festival, Lock 3 Park, S. Main, downtown Akron.

July 3-5 -- The Boston Mills Artfest, Riverview Road, Peninsula.

July 7-11 -- Harrison County Fair, the fairgrounds on the south side of Cadiz.

July 10-12 -- Italian American Festival, Lock 3 Park, S. Main, downtown Akron.

July 10-12 -- Ingenuity Fest, Playhouse Square, Cleveland.

July 11-Aug. 16 -- Great Lakes Medieval Faire/Marketplace, Rt. 534 in Geneva.

July 17-19 -- St. Joseph Ox Roast Fair, 6-11 p.m. July 17, 3-11:30 p.m. July 18, noon-10 p.m. July 19, St. Joseph's School off Pioneer Trail, Mantua.

July 18-19 -- National Hamburger Festival, Lock 3 Park, S. Main, downtown Akron.

July 20-26 -- Carroll County Fair, fairgrounds on northeast side of Carrollton.

July 23-26 -- Akron Arts Expo, Hardesty Park, Akron.

July 28-Aug. 2 -- Summit County Fair, the fairgrounds on Howe Road, Tallmadge.