MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Nov. 18-22, 27-29, Dec. 11-21 -- Cleveland Orchestra (Christmas concerts are Dec. 11-21), various times, Severance Hall, Euclid Ave.
Nov. 18 -- Mannheim Steamroller, 7:30 p.m., E.J. Thomas Hall, U. of Akron.
Nov. 18 -- Slightly Stoopid, evening, House of Blues
Nov. 19 -- Gary Allan, evening, the Akron Civic Theater, S. Main St., Akron.
Nov. 19 -- Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, evening, House of Blues, Cleveland.
Nov. 20 -- Eddie Money, evening, Tangier in Akron.
Nov. 20 -- Will Hoge, evening, House of Blues, Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.
Nov. 20 -- Hill Country Revue, 8 p.m., E.J. Thomas Hall U. of Akron's campus.
Nov. 21 -- Jonathan Edwards, Brewer & Shipley, evening, Kent Stage, East Main St. in downtown Kent.
Nov. 22 -- KSU Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., the University Auditorium at Kent State U.
Nov. 22 -- Boombox, evening, the Kent Stage, East Main St. in downtown Kent.
Nov. 24 -- Thunder From Down Under, evening, the House of Blues, Cleveland.
Nov. 25 -- After Midnight Project with Random Stereo, evening, the House of Blues.
Nov. 27 -- Ekoostik Hookah, 9 p.m., Beachland Ballroom, west side Cleveland.
Nov. 27 -- Red Wanting Blue, evening, House of Blues, downtown Cleveland.
Nov. 28 -- LMFAO's Party Rock tour with Shwayze and guests, evening, House of Blues, downtown Cleveland.
Nov. 29 -- "Holiday in Toyland" with Cleveland POPS Orchestra, 3 p.m., Palace Theater, Euclid Avenue.
Dec. 1-3 -- Rat Pack is Back, evening, E.J. Thomas Hall, U. of Akron's campus.
Dec. 2 -- Matisyahu, evening, House of Blues, Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.
Dec. 3 -- Star Wars in concert (Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra), 7:30 p.m., Q Arena in Cleveland.
Dec. 4 -- Dave Koz and Friends, 7:30 p.m., Playhouse Square on Euclid Avenue.
Dec. 4 -- Paul Fayrewether, evening, House of Blues.
Dec. 4-5 -- The Scintas Christmas show, the Tangier, West Market Street, Akron.
Dec. 9 -- Dan Auerbach, Justin Townes Earle, Jessicca Lea Mayfield, evening, House of Blues, Cleveland.
Dec. 9 -- Papa Roach with Halestorm, evening, House of Blues on Euclid Avenue.
Dec. 10 -- Over the Rhine, evening, the Kent Stage, East Main St. in downtown Kent.
Dec. 11 -- Neil Zaza's "One Silent Night," 8:30 p.m., Playhouse Square Center, Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
Dec. 11 -- Doug Elkins and Friends "Fraulein Maria," 8:30 p.m., Playhouse Square on Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
Dec. 11 -- Jannis Ian, evening, the Kent Stage, Kent.
Dec. 12 -- David Archuleta, 7:30 p.m., Palace Theater on Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
Dec. 13 -- Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, evening, the Kent Stage, East Main St. in downtown Kent.
Dec. 19-20 -- Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 3 and 8 Dec. 19, 3 and 7:30 Dec. 20, Q Arena, downtown Cleveland.
Dec. 19 -- Jim Brickman, 7:30 p.m., Playhouse Square, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Dec. 19 -- Waterband, evening, the Kent Stage, Kent.
Dec. 19 -- 1964 the tribute, evening, the Tangier, Akron.
Dec. 20 -- Carlos Jones, Plus Band, Robin Stone, the House of Blues, Cleveland.
Dec. 21 -- Ozark, evening, the Kent Stage, E. Main St.
Dec. 28 -- Chris Isaak, evening, the House of Blues.
Dec. 31 -- Buddy Guy, Kristine Jackson, evening, House of Blues, Cleveland.
Dec. 31 -- Cleveland Pops Orchestra's "Broadway Rocks," 9 p.m., Severance Hall, Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
THEATRICAL EVENTS
Now-Nov. 21 -- "Lie, Cheat and Genuflect" by Hudson Players, Barlow Community Center, Hudson.
Now-Nov. 21 -- "Taking Steps: A Comic British Farce" by the Stow Players, Heritage Barn, north Stow.
Nov. 18 -- Neil Berg's "101 Years of Broadway," 7:30, Stocker Arts Center-Lorain Community College.
Nov. 18-Dec. 13 -- "Wicked," Playhouse Square on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Nov. 20-21 -- "Rumors," 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Aurora Community Theatre, library building, E. Pioneer.
Nov. 20-21 -- 'Taking Steps" by Stow Players, 8 p.m. except 2:30 Nov. 15, the Heritage Barn in Stow.
Nov. 20-21 -- "Vital Signs," 8 p.m., the River Street Playhouse, River St. in downtown Chagrin Falls.
Nov. 22 -- "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," 6, Wolstein Center, Cleveland.
Nov. 27-Dec. 20 -- "A Christmas Story," Cleveland Play House, Euclid Avenue.
Nov. 28-Dec. 6 -- "The Nutcracker," Akron Civic Theater in downtown Akron.
Dec. 2 -- "That's Amore: Dean Martin and Friends," 7:30 p.m., the Stock Arts Center, campus of Lorain County Community College.
Dec. 3-19 -- "Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge," Weathervane Playhouse in the Valley, Akron.
Dec. 3-20 -- "A Little House Christmas," the Magical Theater Co., Barberton.
Dec. 10 -- Susan Werner and Janis Ian, 7:30, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College campus.
Dec. 18-19 -- "A Christmas Cabaret," 7:30 Dec. 18, 3 p.m. Dec. 19, Stocker Arts Center, campus of Lorain County Community College.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Currently -- "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk," "Sea Monsters" and "The Light Before Christmas," the Omnimax Theater, Great Lakes Science Center off East 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," KSU Museum, the front campus.
Currently -- "Car Club Showcase: Best of the Best," "Carl and Louis Stokes," "WW II: Up Front and Personal," "Treasures," Western Reserve Historical Society, University Crl. in 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," Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the southwest side of town.
Now-Nov. 27 -- Ohio Collage Society exhibit, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Front St. in Cuyahoga Falls.
Now-Nov. 30 -- Fall Hiking Spree, various parks in MetroParks, Serving Summit County (northern Summit).
Now-Dec. 31 -- Best Foot Forward exhibit, the Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Museum, University Crl. in Cleveland.
Now-Jan. 31, 2010 -- "Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries," Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Wade Park area, Cleveland.
Nov. 20-22 -- Cleveland Christmas Connection, 9-9 Nov. 20-21, 10-6 Nov. 22 -- the IX Center in Cleveland.
Dec. 6 -- "Christmas Cookie Tour" of Amish country's finest inns, 1-7 p.m., various sites in Holmes Co.
Dec. 11 -- Comedian Gallagher, evening, the Tangier, West Market Street, Akron.
Dec. 28 -- Harlem Globetrotters, 2 and 7 p.m., the Q Arena, downtown Cleveland.