Cleveland Events Calendar

MUSE is presenting a red hot dining event in honor of The Rock Hall Inductions. Indulge in a four-course Chili Peppers Dinner on Friday, April 13. This sizzling menu will surprise your palette, and don't worry, we will have plenty of milk on hand if you can't handle the heat. Cost is $75 per person, $40 for wine pairing and $30 for beer pairing. Reservations are required. Please call 216.902.5255 to reserve. For more information, please visit our Hotel Events page at www.ritzcarlton.com/clev... Visit Website

Doors: 09:30 PM Show: 10:00 PM Prices: $20.00 - GA Standing Room Only $25.00 - Reserved Floor Seats $25.00 - Balcony Reserved Seats $30.00 - VIP Ticket Ages: all  

The exciting and virtuosic New York Gypsy All-Stars blend traditional Gypsy and Turkish melodies with a supercharged jazz and funk sensibility, creating an exhilarating sound that is just delightful. The band exemplifies New York in the most eclectic sense possible, with members hailing from Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, and Brooklyn, and have played internationally prestigious venues both formal and casual, from Carnegie Hall to Central Park's SummerStage. Musicians include the kanun (Turkish zit... Visit Website

Combining technical metal and post-hardcore instincts, Whitby, Ontario's Protest the Hero are comprised of Rody Walker (vocals), Tim Millar (guitar/vocals), Luke Hoskin (guitar/vocals), Moe Carlson (drums), and Arif Mirabdolbaghi (bass/vocals). Starting as many bands do - with a common musical passion found among high-school friends - Protest the Hero worked hard on developing their own identity; their sound soon became reminiscent of a combination of Coheed & Cambria, At the Drive-In, and ... Visit Website

The Terrace Club at Progressive is hosting a special edition of its standing Fridays at the Field lunch. On April 13th the Terrace Club will feature a Rock and Roll themed menu and music highlighting this year's Rock Hall Inductees. Lunch is only $11 per person and that price is inclusive of tax and gratuity. In addition to the vibrant food and atmosphere, prizes will be raffled off from the Cleveland Indians and the Rock Hall, and Slider will be stopping by along with staff from the Rock Hall.... Visit Website

Comedian Ron "Tater Salad" White, best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the "Blue Collar Comedy" phenomenon returns with his new stand-up show, Moral Compass. Tickets for Ron White will go on sale to the public starting January 13, 2012 and will be $46.75 and $56.75. VIP packages are only available through Ron's website at: http://tatersalad.com/tour/vip/4605/

Todd Breit performing in the Wine Bar 8pm

As lead / rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter in the world renowned Raspberries, Wally Bryson recorded four albums with Capitol Records in the early 1970's with their song Go All The Way reaching #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 charts, earning the band a gold record. The Raspberries toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe including a critically acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall. Wally has loaned the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over 40 exhibit items from his personal collection, including hi... Visit Website

Whipping Post and the Southern Rock All-Stars (Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Neil Young Tribute) 9:30pm  

Event Name: 2012 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championships Where: Freeway Lanes, 28801 Euclid Avenue, Wickliffe, OH 44092 When: April 12-14, 2012 What: Join the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and the Mid-American Conference as they host the 2012 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championships. The best in NCAA women's bowling will take to the lanes April 12-14 at Freeway Lanes in Wickliffe, Ohio as the top eight teams compete to be named national champion. Tickets pr... Visit Website

In celebration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions in Cleveland the Cleveland Police Museum presents a special exhibit of Cleveland and other local law enforcement officers in the music industry. Gospel, Doo Wop, Rock and more! Exhibit opens Monday, April 9, 2012 Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.   Featuring: The Edsels: Sgt. Marshall Sewell (CPD Retired) Bennie D'Agostino (former CPD Detective) Lyndhurst Police Chief Rick Porrello (Sammy Davis Jr. Band) His D... Visit Website

What: Code Breakers of Rock and Roll: A tribute to the Induction Class of 2012 and Miss Jane Scott. • A limited engagement exhibit featuring authentic memorabilia from the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inductees with a spotlight on local legend Jane Scott. • Exhibit will feature items from the Beastie Boys, Guns N Roses, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. • Embedded in the exhibit will be a tribute to the Pioneer Rock and Roll Journalist, and fellow Clev...

NOTACON is an annual event that focuses on people who like to build, make, break and hack stuff. For many, it is a different kind of conference experience, while maintaining some familiar aspects of other hacker conferences. We showcase technologies, philosophy and creativity often overlooked at other events. Our goal is to enlighten, educate, and entertain THOSE who choose to enlighten themselves. This is done by finding new ways to apply technology to everyday life, the creative arts and soc... Visit Website

A day of fun. . . a lifetime of memories! The I-X INDOOR AMUSEMENT PARK, presented by MARC'S, will be at Cleveland's I-X Center March 23-April 15, 2012. Enjoy great amusement park rides for the whole family indoors, plus first-rate entertainment including the Big Cat Encounter featuring live tiger shows, and the NEW Cirque Shanghai whose thrilling acrobatics will keep you on the edge of your seat! Special appearances by teen celebrities and cartoon characters for the little ones make this a gr... Visit Website

This inspiring evening will feature original drama, story and poetry created and presented by the Cleveland Public Theater Women's Voices Project, a program for women recovering from domestic violence, addictions and other adversities. Women's Voices is a 13 - year collaboration between Cleveland Public Theatre and the Elyria YWCA Women's Campus Project. The Program equips Women's Campus Project residents with the tools for creative expression and supports their transition to independent living... Visit Website

The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in The Addams Family. This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is created by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, Drama Desk-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys) and Olivier Award-winning director/designers Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter) with creative consultation by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks. This i... Visit Website

Presented in partnership with Oberlin College Written by Charles Mee Directed by Matthew Wright Iphigenia 2.0, is an edgy adaptation of Euripedes' Greek tragedy set amidst the war in the Middle East and American tabloid culture. As the play begins, Agamemnon faces a horrific choice - whether or not to have his own daughter killed in order to justify a war. Iphigenia 2.0 asks critical issues that continue to face us. What sacrifices are too great to make? Is our way of life worth the lives of ou... Visit Website

At the dawn of electricity, a remarkable treatment for "hysterical" men and women is taking place. Patients arrive troubled and depart delighted with the assistance of the doctor's "little helper." One of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights to emerge in recent years, Sarah Ruhl offers an inspired new comedy about the mysteries of our inner lives. Content Advisory: For mature audiences.

From: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM* Preview this class or come to ask questions*This is for all those who have been CERTIFIED in Thai Massage, whether it was through the Studio, Thailand, or any other school of Thai massage. Look for this practice around the 3rd Sunday's. Going our workshop and events page register, the practice is free, donations for the use of the space will be greatly appreciated. You will be free to come and go as you please, stay for an hour, stay for the whole time. Those that know ... Visit Website

Join the Cleveland Institute of Art as it celebrates one of Cleveland's most unique artists-in-residence programs during a final public event, The Cuba Project: Works in Residence. This is the last opportunity to view the work of Cuban artists, created during their seven-month residency at CIA. The exhibition runs through May 19.  

Two one-act plays dramatize the psychological struggle within individual consciousness. Working within distinctly different genres, Sylvia Plath and Arthur Miller penned short discourses on the workings of the human mind. Plath's verse monologues examine the female psyche. Miller's two character male "reverie," confronts morality and mortality. Stylistically and intellectually, the two pieces compliment each other. Tickets for this event will go on sale to the public starting February... Visit Website

Rembrandt in America will be the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting of Rembrandt paintings in America. Consisting of approximately fifty works, the exhibition will bring together autograph paintings by Rembrandt as well as others thought to be by the artist when they entered American collections but whose attributions can no longer be maintained. The exhibition therefore also presents a survey of the long career of Rembrandt as a painter, including his studio and a broade... Visit Website

The Gallery at Old Stone is currently showing "Metamorphosis" a photography exhibit which runs through the end of May. This show focuses on the transformation of lives through the Transitional Housing, Inc. (THI) program in Cleveland. See the before and after of eight women's lives represented through photography and short descriptions of their positive metamorphosis. Regular Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM-4PM through May 31  

Come and enjoy the stunning objects in this exhibit which explores the influence of culture in the works of four young Hungarian/American artists: Krisztina Lazar, Janos Nadas, Peter Tabor and Krisztina Walter. All four artists grew up immersed in the greater Cleveland Magyar community, from Hungarian Scouts to Hungarian school, and as members of the Regos folk ensemble where their cultural expressions found further form in dance, song and various folk-art. Fluent in Hungarian, all four shar... Visit Website

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to present a major exhibition devoted to a truly unique American rock and roll band, Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip. The exhibit will open on Thursday, April 12, as a part of the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Week events. "The Grateful Dead is a band that is identified with a remarkable era in American history, and, inasmuch as they embody that era, their work is timeless," says Jim Henke, Vice President of Exhi... Visit Website