Free First Saturdays

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Each first Saturday of the month

Free
11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44106

MOCA Cleveland opens its doors to the community for a free day the first Saturday of every month.  On Saturday, January 5, explore the exhibition Inside Out and From the Ground Up, and experience the building the Wall Street Journal named one of the top architecture picks of 2012.

Family Free Nights

The Children's Museum of Cleveland

First Mondays in 2013, 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Free

10730 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44106

Enjoy exploring the Children's Museum of Cleveland's interactive hands-on exhibits after normal museum hours. 

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Noir Town: Eight Film Noir Classics

Cleveland Institute of Art's Cinematheque

January 5 - February 23

$9 adults / $7 members / $6 under age 25
Aitken Auditorium, CIA, 11141 East Blvd., Cleveland 44106

The Cleveland Institute of Art's Cinematheque will present eight classic American crime films from the 1940s and 1950s. 

OMNIMAX: Sea Rex

Great Lakes Science Center

Through January 31

$11.66 adults and seniors / $10.60 students / $9.54 youth

601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland 44114

Get face-to-face with the T-Rex of the seas!  Explore an amazing underwater universe inhabited by larger-than-life creatures who ruled the seas before dinosaurs conquered the Earth.

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Garrick Ohlsson Plays Tchaikovsky

The Cleveland Orchestra

January 10-12

$31-$119

Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44106

Garrick Ohlsson is renowned worldwide for his extraordinary interpretive power, his prodigious technique, and his vast repertoire.  Program includes works by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. 

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Second Nature: Cleveland Metroparks Streams

Lake Erie Nature & Science Center

Thursday, January 10, at 7 p.m.

$7 in advance / $10 at the door

28728 Wolf Rd., Bay Village 44140

This program features a discussion of the health of local streams with a Cleveland Metroparks Aquatic Research Coordinator.  From electroshock fish sampling to studying macro invertebrates and water quality, learn how the Cleveland Metroparks field research team keeps track of the health and biodiversity of our waterways.

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Painting the Light - A Healing Arts Workshop

Hospice of the Western Reserve

January 10, 16 and 22, at 6:30 p.m.

$5 suggested donation for supplies

Various locations in Cleveland, Warrensville Hts., and Westlake

Paint a candle to commemorate your loved one.  By combining acrylic paint and painting adhesion medium, we will make beautiful designs on the surface of the candle itself.  For more information, or to register, call (216) 486-6544 or email mpostotnik@hospicewr.org. 

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A Little Princess

Heights Youth Theatre presents the Ohio premiere of Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley's A Little Princess.  The musical follows the story of the young daughter of a wealthy adventurer who is sent to a boarding school in Victorian England, but soon finds adventure is also in her blood.  Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 

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Bell, Book and Candle

The Digital Divide

Zygote Press

January 11 - February 9

Free
1410 E. 30th St., Cleveland 44114
Zygote Press presents The Digital Divide, a new exhibit curated by Bruce Edwards, which presents the work and introspection of Northeast Ohio artists who have thrived through the transition from analog film to digital photography.  Free opening reception Friday, January 11, from 6 to 9 p.m.

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Luke J. Tornatzky Paintings

BAYarts

January 11-31

Free

28795 Lake Rd., Bay Village 44140

BAYarts presents paintings by Luke J. Tornatzky, featuring silent stories of love, longing and solitude.  Free opening reception Friday, January 11, 7 to 9 p.m.

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Beginning Blues Guitar Workshop for Youth

Roots of American Music presents a beginning blues guitar workshop for youth.

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American Vesuvius: The Aftermath of Mount St. Helens by Frank Gohlke and Emmet Gowin

Cleveland Museum of Art

January 13 - May 12

Free

11150 East Blvd., Cleveland 44106

This exhibition brings together and compares important series of works by two photographers, Frank Gohlke and Emmet Gowin, who independently worked and captured the transformation of Mount St. Helens after the volcanic eruption in 1980.  Photo credit: Inside Mount St. Helens Crater, Base of Lava Dome on the Left (detail), 1983. Frank Gohlke (American, born 1942). Gelatin silver print; 45.3 x 55.9 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of museum members in 1989 1989.433

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Psalter and Paprikash

Good Company: a Vocal Ensemble

Sunday, January 13, at 4 p.m.

Free; donations accepted

Lakewood Presbyterian Church, 14502 Detroit Ave., Lakewood 44107

Directed by Karen Weaver, Good Company will present a choral concert featuring Kodaly's Missa Brevis.  Featured guests are Timothy Robson, organist; the Heritage Brass; and Andrew Pongracz, timpanist.  Also featuring works by Bartok, Lewandowski, Seiber, Lili Boulanger and William Fazekas. 

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CIA Scholastic Art & Writing 

Awards Exhibition

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

PlayhouseSquare

January 15-27

$10-$75

Palace Theatre, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44115

This outrageously fun show tells the uplifting story of a trio of friends, on a road trip of a lifetime, who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed.

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CIM Faculty Recital

Cleveland Institute of Music

Wednesday, January 16, at 8 p.m.

Free; seating passes required

Mixon Hall, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland 44106

Free recital of performances by faculty members of the Cleveland Institute of Music, featuring the music of Mozart, Shostakovich and Schumann.

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Gourmets in the Garden Winter Cooking Series

Cleveland Botanical Garden

Wednesdays, January 16, 23, 30 and February 6, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Series: $165 / $120 members; Single Session: $60 / $45 members

11030 East Blvd., Cleveland 44106

Learn to make delicious dishes from some of Cleveland's top chefs, and warm up on winter evenings while sampling some favorite comfort foods.  Meet a different chef each week, learn cooking techniques, taste samples of these selections made of local ingredients with a special wine pairing and take home recipes.  

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Playwrights' GYM presents 

Ghosts of War

Arts Prize Live: Reception, Tour and Concert at Rainey Institute

Isabel Trautwein presents the El Sistema @ Rainey String Orchestra program for 50 Cleveland students, ages 6-12.  The Ensemble will perform a special program honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Environmental Town Hall:  Ash Trees and the Emerald Ash Borer

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Thursday, January 17, at 7 p.m.

$8 / $5 members

2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland 44120

The emerald ash borer is a tiny beetle from Asia that has invaded U.S. forests.  They eat the inner layers of ash trees and ultimately kill the tree.  Join panelists Jennifer Braman, local arborist; Dr. Anand Persad, Davey Tree entomologist; Alan Siewert, ODNR Northeast Ohio urban forester; Pat Neville, Shaker Heights Forester; and Sarah Cech, NCSL Natural Resource Manager for a discussion about this beetle, how it attacks, what homeowners can do, and what steps the Nature Center has taken. 

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Big Box

Cleveland Public Theatre

January 17 - March 9

$10-$15

6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland 44102

For the eleventh year in a row, CPT's season centerpiece, Big Box, provides local artists with the opportunity to create and produce new work.  Over eight weeks, Big Box includes more than 10 world premiere workshop showings of theatre, dance, opera and genre-defying performances.

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Justin Farris Braun: The Swelling Horizon

The Sculpture Center

January 18 - February 23

Free

1834 E. 123rd St., Cleveland 44106

Justin Braun's work shows "an appreciation for the natural world" by contrasting nature with the work of human hands.  His new installation they see themselves from the inside focuses on collecting those small fragments in human experiences that come together to form "the medium of societal blood."  His work includes drawing, photography, sculpture and installation.

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Labor & New Deal Art Exhibit

Cleveland Jobs With Justice

January 18 - March 24

Free

Cleveland Public Library, 325 Superior Ave. E., Cleveland 44114

This exhibit, in commemoration of the Little Steel Strike of 1937, will display artist-signed prints from the Depression Era.  Free opening reception on January 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. on the third floor of the Cleveland Public Library's Main Library Building.

The Fox on the Fairway

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

January 18 - February 9

$16 / $12 senior or student

40 River St., Chagrin Falls 44022

A farce from Ken Ludwig, The Fox on the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club.  Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously-paced comedy.  A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life and man's eternal love affair with golf.

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Corin Hewitt: The Hedge

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

January 18 - April 14

Included with museum admission: $8 / $6 seniors / $5 students

11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44106

Continuing his series of performance-based installations developed over the past five years, Corin Hewitt will convert the Museum's Toby Devan Lewis Gallery into a combined studio, theatrical stage and exhibition space. 

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Gallery Exhibit: The Moody Blues

Valley Art Center

January 19 - March 7

Free

155 Bell St., Chagrin Falls 44022

The Valley Art Center begins its 2013 gallery season embracing the many moods of the color blue.  Azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, corporate blue, cyan, indigo, navy, sapphire, steel blue - many names define the many shades that we associate with blue.  Free opening reception Friday, January 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Robert Gruca with the 

BlueWater String Quartet

Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Sunday, January 20, at 3 p.m.

$20

First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Hts., 44122

Audience favorite Robert Gruca returns to perform with members of the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra.  The program features solo guitar works, duets with concertmaster Ken Johnston and works for guitar with string quartet.  Presented in collaboration with the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. 

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Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert

The Cleveland Orchestra

Sunday, January 20, at 7 p.m.

Free; tickets required

11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44106

The Cleveland Orchestra performs its 33rd annual concert celebrating the spirit of Dr. King's life, leadership and vision in music, song and community recognition. Photo by Mychal Lilly.

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MLK Day Events in University Circle

Monday, January 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free

University Circle, Cleveland 44106

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with free family-friendly events at University Circle institutions.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

Monday, January 21, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free

2929 Richmond Rd., Beachwood 44122

Honor the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Maltz Museum's annual free admission day.  At 1:30 p.m. enjoy a special musical presentation followed by the premier of A Conversation After a Funeral, a new one-act play by Cleveland playwright and poet Dr. Mary Weems.  Two of history's most powerful and moving stories converge when Anne Frank and Emmett Till meet in the afterlife just moments after Emmett's funeral. 

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Monday, January 21, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Free

751 Erieside Ave., Cleveland 44114

To celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens its doors to the public free of charge in a celebration of community spirit and civic pride. 

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CIM New Music Series Concert

Cleveland Institute of Music

Wednesday, January 23, at 8 p.m.

Free

Kulas Hall, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland 44106

Led by guest conductor Michael Adelson, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra celebrates the centenary of the birth of composer Witold Lutoslawski, with a selection of his works. 

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Nightfall: Owl Prowl

Weekend Ink: Expand Your Horizons! Travel and Adventure Writing

Travel in your imagination to foreign lands or write about your favorite places in your own backyard.  Write a true story of adventure or write a real whopper!  Meet and be inspired by real travel writers and adventurers.  For K-12 students.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet

DANCECleveland

January 26-27

$20-$50

Ohio Theatre, 1511 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44115

San Francisco's Alonzo King LINES Ballet features gorgeous costumes, stunning dancers and a repertoire that stays true to the company name, with lines created by the dancers that fill the stage with their expansive and graceful power.

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Pickin' Party

Roots of American Music

Monday, January 28, at 6:30 p.m.

Free

20600 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 925, Shaker Hts., 44122

Roots of American Music invites guitar pickers, singers, harp blowers and everybody else to join them for their monthly Pickin' Party, featuring the music of Johnny Cash, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, among many others.  Last Monday of every month.

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Arts Prize Live: Photographing Cities - A Methodology

Cleveland Arts Prize

Wednesday, January 30, at 7 p.m.

$20

Garie Waltzer's studio/residence, Cleveland Hts. 44118

The photographs in Garie Waltzer's project Living City examine the contemporary cultural landscape of urban spaces - places made and lived-in over time.  Join Garie as she shares her approaches to image making in an informal discussion in her Cleveland Heights home studio.  Visitors will see and discuss the hybrid mix of analog and digital methods she employs to produce her highly detailed, large and compelling images.

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The Intimate Vivaldi with Lutenist Ronn McFarlane

Apollo's Fire

January 31 - February 3

$21-$68

Various locations in Cleveland Hts. and Rocky River

Recreating a cozy serata in Venice, Grammy-nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane joins Apollo's Fire chamber players to uncork the sparkling lute concertos of Vivaldi.  Dueling violinists Olivier Brault and Johanna Novom pair up with dueling theorbos in the dramatic chamber music of Vivaldi's Italian predecessors, Castello and Marini.

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