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MUSICAL ACTIVITIES

Jan. 24, 31 -- The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Euclid Ave., Cleveland.

Fridays-Saturdays -- Tri-C High School Rockoff, House of Blues, Cleveland.

Jan. 21 -- Canadian Brass, 7:30, the Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College's campus in Elyria.

Jan. 21 -- Phil Vassar, evening, the House of Blues, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Jan. 22 -- Ronnie Spector, 8 pm., Beachland Ballroom.

Jan. 23 -- CSNY Tribute-Ohio, evening, Tangier on West Market Street, Akron.

Jan. 23-24 -- "The Song Is You: Songs of Johnny Mercer," Jan. 23 at Tri-C West and Jan. 24 at Tri-C Metro.

Jan. 23 -- Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young tribute), evening, Tangier in Akron.

Jan. 23 -- The Nightmare (Alice Cooper tribute), evening, the Kent Stage in Kent.

Jan. 24 -- Richie Havens, Harry Manx, evening, the Kent Stage, downtown Kent.

Jan. 27 -- Motion City Soundtrack, evening, the House of Blues, Cleveland.

Jan. 28 -- Solas, evening, the Kent Stage, E. Main St.

Jan. 29 -- Winter Jam 2010 Tour Spectacular (Third Day, NewSong, Thousand Foot, Krutch, Tenth Avenue North, Firefight), 7, Wolstein Center at Cleve. State Univ.

Jan. 29 -- Acoustic Side of the Moon, evening, the Kent Stage, downtown Kent.

Jan. 30 -- Who's Bad, evening, the House of Blues, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Jan. 30 -- Rock the Cure featuring 1964 (Beatles tribute), 7:30, Cuyahoga Falls High School's auditorium.

Jan. 30 -- Cleveland Pops Orchestra "Night at the Oscars," 8, Severance Hall.

Jan. 30 -- Akron Symphony's "Gospel Meets Symphony," 7:30, E.J. Thomas Hall at University of Akron.

Jan. 31 -- Matt Hires, 8 p.m., Beachland Ballroom.

Feb. 4 -- Cowboy Mouth, Junior Brown, 8, the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland.

Feb. 5 -- Sweet Honey in the Rock, Ohio Theater on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Feb. 6 -- The Infamous Stringdusters, 8, Beachland Ballroom on Waterloo Road.

Feb. 6 -- Sutton Foster, evening, Hanna Theater, East 14th Street in Cleveland.

Feb. 6 -- 1970s Soul Jam, evening, the Palace Theater.

Feb. 12 -- David Allan Coe, evening, the Tangier, West Market Street, Akron.

Feb. 13 -- Broken Road (Rascal Flats tribute), evening, the Tangier in Akron.

Feb. 13 -- Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, evening, Hanna Theater, E. 14th, Cleveland.

Feb. 14 -- Richard Elliot, evening, Tangier in Akron.

Feb. 20 -- Masters of Persian Music, evening, the Hanna Theater in Cleveland.

Feb. 26 -- Martina McBride, Trace Adkins, 7:30 p.m., the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University.

March 12-13, 19-20 -- Michael Stanley and the the Resonators, evening, the Tangier in west Akron.

THEATRICAL EVENTS

Now-Jan. 24 -- "Chicago," Palace Theater on Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.

Now-Jan. 30 -- "The Sum of Us," Thursdays-Sundays, Weathervane Playhouse, Merriman Valley in Akron.

Now-Jan. 31 -- "Lost in Yonkers," the Cleveland Play House, 8400 Euclid Avenue.

Now-Jan. 31 -- "Jerry's Girls," Studio One Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Now-Feb. 6 -- "The Maltese Bodkin," 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Chagrin Valley Little Theater on River Road in downtown Chagrin Falls.

Now-Feb. 27 -- "Flanagan's Wake," Kennedy's at Playhouse Square, Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.

Jan. 29- 31 -- "Beowulf," 8 p.m. Jan. 29-30, 2 p.m. Jan. 31, Magical Theater Company, West Tuscarawas St. in downtown Barberton.

Jan. 29-Feb. 21 -- "Blue Door," Dobama Theater, Lee Road in Cleveland Heights.

Jan. 29-Feb. 21 -- "Ain't Misbehavin," the Cleveland Play House, Euclid Avenue.

Jan. 29-Feb. 20 -- "The Foreigner," 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Aurora Community Theater, the library building, East Pioneer Trail.

Jan. 30 -- Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, 8 p.m., the Ohio Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Feb. 5-28 -- "Is He Dead?" Beck Center in Lakewood, Lee Road, Cleveland Hts.

Feb. 9-21 -- "In The Heights," evening, the Palace Theater, Euclid Avenue.

Feb. 12-March 7 -- "The Great White Hope," Karumu Theater, E. 89th, Cleveland.

Feb. 12 -- "A Trick of the Lail" by Musical Box, evening, the State Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Feb. 16 -- "Jesus Christ Superstar," evening, E.J. Thomas Hall at U. of Akron.

Feb. 18-21 -- "Sesame Stret Live," the State Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

Feb. 19 -- Yu Wei Chinese Dance Company, evening, Tri-C Metro, E. 30th Street.

Feb. 21 -- Peking Acrobats, evening, Allen Theater.

Feb. 27 -- Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin, E.J. Thomas Hall.

March 2-14 -- "Xanadu," Place Theater in Cleveland.

March 13-14 -- Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, 2:30 and 7:30 May 13, 2:30 March 14, the Civic Theater in Akron.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

Currently -- "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk" and "Sea Monsters," the Omnimax Theater, Great Lakes Science Center off East 9th Street in Cleveland.

Currently -- "George Stavropoulos Designs," "Gazette du Bon Ton," "The Kokoon Arts Club Cleveland Revels," Savanah Vaughn Clark, "Confessions and the Sense of Self," "Great American Glass" and "The Art of the Embroiderer," KSU Museum, the front campus.

Currently -- "Do You Know Your Lincoln?," "Choosing to Participate," quilts and "Car of the Future," Western Reserve Historical Society, East Boulevard, the far east side of Cleveland.

Currently -- "Welcome to the Akron Art Museum," "Nuclear Enchantment: Photographs by Patrick Nagatani" and "The Legend of John Brown," the Akron Museum of Art, downtown.

Now-Jan. 18 -- "Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889" and "CIA Students: Cleveland," Cleveland Museum of Art, University Circle, east side.

Now-Jan. 24 -- Mid-America Boat and Fishing Show, the IX Center near Hopkins Airport, Cleveland.

Now-Jan. 31 -- "Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries," "Through the Eyes of the Eagle" and "Fieldwork: The Rare and the Wonderful at Singer Lake Bog," Cleveland Museum of Natural History, University Circle, Cleveland's east side.

Jan. 21-24 -- Remodel Ohio Show, IX Center, the southwest side of Cleveland.

Jan. 22 -- Comedian Ron White, 8 p.m., State Theater, Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.

Jan. 22 -- Cleveland Home and Garden Show, the Great Lakes Expo Center.

Jan. 22-24 -- Canton Hot Rod Show, Civic Center, Market St. North in Canton.

Jan. 23 -- Monster Truck Nationals, 7:30, the Wolstein Center at Cleve. State Univ.

Jan. 24 -- WWE Smackdown, 3 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena, downtown Cleveland.

Jan. 25 -- Dr. Stan Gerson in Town Hall Speakers Series, 6 p.m., Ohio Theater.

Jan. 29-30 -- Great Outdoors Sportsman's Show, Medina County fairgrounds.

Jan. 29-31 -- Cycle World motorcycle show, IX Center near Hopkins Airport, southwest portion of Cleveland.

Feb. 5 -- Comedians Colin Mochhrie, Brad Sherwood, 8, Akron Civic, S. Main St.

Feb. 5-7 -- Akron Sportsman's Supershow, Summit County fairgrounds, Tallmadge.

Feb. 6-14 -- Home and Garden Expo, IX Center, near Hopkins in Cleveland.

Feb. 11-14 -- Cleveland Sport, Travel and Outdoor Show, the Great Lakes Expo Center, Babbit Road, Euclid.

Feb. 13-14 -- Monster Jam truck spectacular, 2 and 7:30 Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Quicken Loans Arena.

Feb. 19-20 -- Cleveland Golf Show, IX Center near Hopkins Airport, Cleveland.

Feb. 20 -- Battle of the Bulls, 7:30 p.m., the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Feb. 22 -- Lisa Dennison in the Town Hall of Cleveland series, evening, the Ohio Theater on Euclid Avenue.

Feb. 27-March 7 -- Greater Cleveland Auto Show, IX Center near Hokins Airport, southwest side of Cleveland.