We went to see Cleveland Shakespeare Festival’s The Tempest on Fri 7/22. As the play begins, we see a ship caught in a storm or rather, we see a ship’s wheel attended by Leonard Goff as the Boatswain.

Back when the Plain Dealer actually covered such things, reporter Carolyn Jack did some excellent investigative journalism on the behind-the-scenes nuts and bolts of the area’s arts and culture scene.

Afro-Colombian cellist/vocalist Carolina Borja and bassoonist/CSU faculty member Arleigh Savage formed indie global music ensemble Sororii in 2021, with a mission to promote women’s voices from ...

The monthly Bainbridge Swing Dances at the Family Life Center in Chagrin Falls offer an opportunity for all sorts of people — families, couples, singles — to get out, have some fun, learn some dance ...

Since early September, the Sculpture Center has been hosting a show of new work by Chicago-based “mixed-Reality artists” Bun Stout called The Dream Continues. It brings together fashion, poetry, drag ...

It may be a day late, but Halloween is its own season now. So the Cleveland Museum of Art has chosen “Supernatural” for the theme of this month’s MIX party. Among other things it’s celebrating the ...

You know that local drag artist Anhedonia Delight wasn’t going to miss the chance to do something dark and nasty at her monthly GlamGore event at the Grog Shop the day after Halloween, didn’t you? Her ...

Soon there will be holiday sales and market everywhere as well as arts organizations expanding their handmade artist offerings for holiday gifting. First out of the gate is Heights Arts, which has ...

This is peak season for fundraisers, and if you’re a supporter of the Akron Symphony Orchestra, you can join them this weekend for their second annual “Night at the Races” benefit taking place at ...

There’s a new classical music series in town called the Resonance Project that aims to get an audience to listen to music with the ears of a musician. Its opening program features art songs Franz ...

Jazz trumpeter/composer Sean Jones, now 46, has come a long way since he grew up in Warren, Ohio, where he got a background in gospel, jazz and classical music. He went first to Youngstown State ...

The head “Plastic,” Regina George (a sweet-voiced, if not sweet-natured, Maya Petropoulos), smiles a lot, but judges everyone ...