MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Nov. 25 -- After Midnight Project with Random Stereo, evening, House of Blues.
Nov. 27 -- Ekoostik Hookah, 9, Beachland Ballroom.
Nov. 27 -- Red Wanting Blue, evening, House of Blues, downtown Cleveland.
Nov. 27-29, Dec. 11-21 -- Cleveland Orchestra (Christmas concerts are Dec. 11-21), various times, Severance Hall on Euclid Avenue.
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, the House of Blues, Euclid Avenue in 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, Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland.
Dec. 4 -- Paul Fayrewether, evening, House of Blues.
Dec. 4-5 -- The Scintas Christmas show, the Tangier, W. Market Street in 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, Kent Stage in Kent.
Dec. 11 -- Neil Zaza's "One Silent Night," 8:30 p.m., Playhouse Square Center in downtown Cleveland.
Dec. 11 -- Doug Elkins and Friends "Fraulein Maria," 8:30 p.m., Playhouse Square on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland.
Dec. 11 -- Janins 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, Kent Stage in Kent.
Dec. 14 -- Kate Voegele, Howie Day, Joshua Radin, evening, the House of Blues.
Dec. 15 -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, evening, House of Blues on Euclid Avenue.
Dec. 18 -- Michael Stanley and the Resonators, evening, House of Blues, Euclid Avenue, downtown Cleveland.
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, 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-Dec. 13 -- "Wicked," Playhouse Square on Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.
Nov. 27-Dec. 20 -- "A Christmas Story," Cleveland Play House on Euclid Ave.
Nov. 28-Dec. 6 -- "The Nutcracker," Akron Civic Theater in downtown Akron.
Dec. 2 -- "That's Amore: Dean Martin and Friends," 7:30, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain Co. Comm. College.
Dec. 3-19 -- "Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge," Weathervane Playhouse in the Valley, Akron.
Dec. 3-20 -- "A Little House Christmas," Magical Theater Company, West Tuscarawas Street in Barberton.
Dec. 10 -- Susan Werner and Janis Ian, 7:30 p.m., Stocker Arts Center, Lorain Co. Comm. College, Elyria.
Dec. 18-19 -- "A Christmas Cabaret," 7:30 Dec. 18, 3 p.m. Dec. 19, the Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria.
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 -- Gazette du Bon Ton," "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 on KSU's front campus.
Currently -- "Do You Know Your Lincoln?" and "Choosing to Participate" exhibitions, Western Reserve Historical Society, East Boulevard, Cleveland east side.
Currently -- "Chuck Close in Ohio Collections," "Nuclear Enchantment: Photographs by Patrick Nagatani," "The Legend of John Brown," the Akron Museum of Art, downtown.
Now-Nov. 27 -- Ohio Collage Society exhibit, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Front Street in Cuya. Falls.
Now-Nov. 29 -- Holiday Tree Festival, John S. Knight Center, downtown Akron.
Now-Nov. 30 -- Fall Hiking Spree, various parks in MetroParks, Serving Summit County (northern Summit).
Now-Jan. 18, 2010 -- "Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889," Cleveland Museum of Art, University Circle, east side.
Now-Jan. 31, 2010 -- "Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries," Cleveland Museum of Natural History, University Circle, Cleveland.
Nov. 28 -- Cleveland Winterfest, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Public Square in Cleveland.
Nov. 28-29 -- Dunham Tavern Antiques Show, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Ratner School in Pepper Pike.
Dec. 3 -- Yule log celebration, 6-8 p.m., Hale Farm and Village, Bath Township.
Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-23 -- Lantern holiday tours, Hale Farm-Village in Bath Twp.
Dec. 6 -- "Christmas Cookie Tour" of Amish country's finest inns, 1-7 p.m., many sites, Holmes County.
Dec. 11 -- Comedian Gallagher, evening, the Tangier, W. Market Street in Akron.
Dec. 28 -- Harlem Globetrotters, 2 and 7 p.m., the Q Arena, downtown Cleveland.
Jan. 8-18, 2010 -- Disney on Ice, the Q in Cleveland.