The Cleveland Obon Festival, a Japanese festival honoring the ancestors, is celebrating its 80 th annual event this year. That means it debuted immediately after World War II, a fraught time for ...

Judge Sara J. Harper passed away on July 8, 2025, days short of her 99 th birthday. Out of the limelight for the last decade, as her health declined, Judge Harper was a trailblazer for women and ...

There’s probably no genre of music better suited to a summer setting than reggae with its sun-drenched irie vibes. And while Fairport Harbor just brought down the curtain on its July 4 th Mardi Gras ...

A Chorus Line, the 1975 musical created by Michael Bennett, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, was a sensation, transferring from Off Broadway to Broadway where it was a huge ...

Northeast Ohio film lovers — or at least those who love big-budget superhero movies — are all excited about the release of ...

Back in March, the Darl Center for the Arts in Slavic Village hosted another of its distinctive and exciting events—a wearable art fashion show, featuring garments made from materials such as plastic, ...

Thu 7/10 @ 6:30-8:30PM The Akron Art Museum has been hosting its free Downtown @ Dusk music series for just over four decades. And once it opened its Bud and Susie Rogers Garden adjacent to its main ...

Bluegrass has come to be associated with Appalachia and other areas of the American southeast. Its distinctive sound was popularized by acts such as the Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe & His Blue ...

The 2025 Ohio Light Opera season includes classic Broadway musicals Carousel, Brigadoon, and Tip-Toes, along with operettas Patience, Bitter Sweet, and The Cousin from Batavia. The 2025 seasons runs ...

This week, M.U.S.i.C. (Stars in the Classics), the organization that puts together performing opportunities for rising classical musicians, is presenting two concerts in what it describes as a ...