By Jara Anton, Brian Baker, Mike Gill, Dan Harkins, Ron Krestch, Frank Lewis, Jeff Niesel, Anastasia Pantsios and James Renner

Barbecue Spectacular | Summer Movies

Details about venues can be found at the end of this list.

THURSDAY, MAY 22

The Gamblers opens at Kennedy’s at Playhouse Square

Two plays by Gao Xingjian open at Cleveland Public Theatre

Touch: Amazing Rays and Sharks opens at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Blossom Time Festival in Chagrin Falls, through SUNDAY

Metroparks Urban explorations: Malley’s Chocolates

Metroparks Forest Hills Hike

Strobe Talbott at City Club of Cleveland

FRIDAY, MAY 23

Candlemass, Daylight Dies at Peabody’s

Jonny Lang at Rib Cookoff

Eastern Bloc at Winchester

Kids Conservation Series: Willie of the Willows at
Metroparks Rocky River Nature Center

Farandole: Classically Celebrating Hip Hop at Wolstein Center

Berea Rib Cookoff at Berea Fairgrounds through MAY 26

Indians vs. Rangers, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Eddie Izzard
It’s been 10 years since his Dress To Kill tour brought him to America’s attention (so please don’t be the pathetic idiot who yells “Cake or Death,” it really is fuckin’ old), and five years since his Sexie tour last brought him to Cleveland, but however many years may pass, recent James Joyce Award winner Eddie Izzard’s brilliant signature style of highly literate stream-of-consciousness stand-up comedy can be counted on to flatten audiences and send jaws dropping. Hopefully the spotlight operators will stay awake this time around when he’s at Playhouse Square’s Palace Theatre. — RK

SATURDAY, MAY 24

Larchmere Sidewalk Sale on Larchmere Blvd.

Wildflowers and Birds along the River at Metroparks Rocky River Reservation

Woodlands of Bedford: Spring Trek at Metroparks Bedford Reservation
Bedford Blue at Metroparks Bedford Reservation
Barn Sale at Clague Playhouse

Metroparks Bikeways trips begin

Cinema Saturday Night: Showdown at Grizzy River at Rocky River Nature Center

Ledge Pool opens for season at Metroparks Hinckley Reservation

White Elephant Sale at Art on Wheels

Cleveland City Stars vs. Pittsburgh

Riverhounds (USL), 7 p.m., Krenzler Stadium

Indians vs. Rangers, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Greek Festival at Church of the Annunciation, Tremont, also tomorrow

Evening Forest Hike and Campfire at Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation

Blackbird opens at the Bang and the Clatter: Sometimes in the Silence

Dennis DeYoung
The all-time best installment of VH1’s Behind the Music series was the one on Styx. I’d been a major Styx fan back in the Cornerstone, Paradise Theater, Kilroy Was Here days (shut up, I didn’t say I’m proud of it), but I had no idea what a blessing and curse frontman Dennis DeYoung was until BTM provided a peek behind the Mr. Roboto mask. DeYoung’s melodramatic, radio-friendly power ballads “Lady,” “Babe” and “Come Sail Away” propelled the band to superstardom — but then he used that leverage to produce the grandiose (even by Styx standards) concept album Kilroy, which proved to be the beginning of the band’s end. In the BTM show, guitarists Tommy Shaw and J.Y. Young recalled headlining an all-day outdoor concert featuring mostly hard rock and metal acts, having to perform a robot rock opera for an army of longhairs who’d been drinking in the hot sun all day. The band split not long after. DeYoung released solo albums but eventually gravitated toward what might have been his true calling, musical theater. He is, if nothing else, a passionate showman. He performs at the Rib Cookoff at 9:15 tonight. — FL

Veterans Memorial Bridge and Subway Tours
Did you know that there’s an abandoned subway under West 25th? It’s wicked cool — like something out of Beneath the Planet of the Apes. But the city only opens it up to the general public two or three times a year. Visitors are also taken on a tour of the streetcar level of the Veterans Memorial Bridge — a terrifying walk over steel grates suspended above the Cuyahoga. Tours from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today. Admission is free and so is parking at the County Engineer’s Garage on the corner of West 25th and Detroit. The tour is repeated SATURDAY, AUGUST 30. — JR

SUNDAY, MAY 25

Seether, Flyleaf, RED at Rib Cookoff

Spring Has Sprung Hike at North Chagrin Reservation

Indians vs. Rangers, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

MONDAY, MAY 26

Rilo Kiley at House of Blues

KC & the Sunshine Band at Rib Cookoff

Indians vs. White Sox, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

TUESDAY, MAY 27

Helio Sequence, Houseguest at Beachland Tavern

Indians vs. White Sox, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28

French Kicks, Frightened Rabbit, Boatzz at Grog Shop

Frank McComb at Nighttown

Thrity Umrigar signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Indians vs. White Sox, 12:05 p.m., Progressive Field

THURSDAY, MAY 29

Troubadours of Divine Bliss CD release party, the Elderly Brothers at Wilbert’s

Matt and Ben opens at Cleveland Public Theatre

Wings over West Creek at Metroparks West Creek Reservation

Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Most plays Bartok, with soloist Kim Kashkashian at Severance Hall, also MAY 31

Cleveland’s Arcades
The mall. It wasn’t always in the suburbs. Back in 1888, the Cleveland Arcade became one of the first indoor shopping destinations in America and Cleveland’s first skyscraper when two nine-story office buildings were connected between Superior and Euclid to form an all-weather retail destination. It became, in 1977, the first place in town listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That’s frickin’ old. You probably don’t think about that all that much, what with so many more options closer to home, but it’s important history nonetheless. It’s the motivation for the latest in the Cleveland Metroparks’ Urban Explorations series: Cleveland’s Arcades, in which historical interpreter Doug Kusak leads the curious through the Old Arcade, Colonial Arcade and Euclid Arcade for some architectural and historical sightseeing. The tour is at 10 a.m. for adults. Call 216.206.1000 to register. A confirmation letter will contain the meeting place. — DH

FRIDAY, MAY 30

The Funkentine Rapture opens at Karamu House

Pete Best, Terry Sylvester at Kent Stage

In the Garden opens at Convergence Continuum
Summerfest Kickoff at Nelson’s Ledges, through Monday

Kids Conservation Series: Dr. Wildweed at Metroparks Rocky River Nature Center

Dreamgirls (Cleveland Metropolitan School District All-City Musical) at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre

State Chancellor Eric Fingerhut at City Club of Cleveland

Metroparks monthly Moonlight Golf series kicks off at Mastick Woods Golf Course in the Rocky River Reservation

Apollo’s Fire: Scotch Snap
During the year, Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra, performs at various churches around Northeast Ohio. But in the summer, it offers a series of shows at picturesque rural locations such as the Baroque Music Barn where it performs at 8 tonight and 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and the Happy Days Visitor Center at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where it performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, JUNE 3 and Wednesday, June 4. These concerts, led by guest director and noted Cape Breton fiddler David Greenberg, will focus on Scottish and Scottish-influenced fiddle music that draws from both folk and classical traditions. Soprano Sandra Simon and hammered dulcimer player Tina Bergman will be joining Greenberg and the orchestra for these shows. Call 216.320.0012 or go to apollosfire.org. — AP

SATURDAY, MAY 31

Prevention’s Health for Good Festival at Cleveland Botanical Garden

Eric Clapton at Blossom Music Center

Umphrey’s McGee at House of Blues

Broken Spindles, Travelogue at Grog Shop

Bill Brandt: Shadows and Substance opens at Akron Art Museum

Vatican Splendors opens at Western Reserve Historical Society

Extreme Hiking at Metroparks Brecksville Reservation

Bowling for Rhinos at Cloverleaf Lanes, Independence

Evening Walk and Campfire at Metroparks Rocky River Nature Center

Alien Earth opens at Museum of Natural History

Kids in the Hall
It’s a fact! The best sketch comedy team in Canadian history is swimming across Lake Erie for a one-night engagement at Playhouse Square’s Palace Theater. Chicken Lady and Manservant Hecubus are sure to weird out your buddies from Parma who never watched the show. And don’t worry if you don’t beat the rush. Even if you get crappy seats in the back, you can still squish their heads. — JR

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

Pierre Reach piano recital at Tri-C East

The Spill Canvas, Steel Train, Sing It Loud at House of Blues

Hot Club of San Francisco at Nighttown

Race for the Place for cancer survivors at Beachwood Place

Concerto Competition concert at Solon Center for the Arts

Architectural walking tour at Lake View Cemetery

Travel Down the Watershed at Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation

Israel 60th Anniversary concert at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation (27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike, 216.831.6555)

Greg Terepka photo show at Metroparks CanalWay Center

George Weidinger photo show at Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation

’Nawlins Night: A Cleveland Independents Fundraiser
Cleveland Independents is a consortium of locally owned restaurants, holding the line against the chaining of Northeast Ohio. This event at the Grog Shop features the legendary Buckwheat Zydeco and food from various top-notch restaurants, including something called a Creole Heart Attack (crayfish, Andouille sausage, crab, shrimp and oysters with pasta) from Sergio’s Sarava. If that doesn’t set you to drooling, you have no soul. See clevelandindependents.com for more info. — FL

MONDAY, JUNE 2

The Pine Box Boys, The Misery Jackals, Heel Splitter at Beachland Tavern

Natasha Bedingfield, the Veronicas, Kate Voegele at House of Blues

TUESDAY, JUNE 3

James Taylor & His Band of Legends at Blossom Music Center

The Field, DJ PlasticFix at Grog Shop

The Breeders at House of Blues

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

Ragtime opens at Weathervane Playhouse

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band at Grog Shop

Ugly Radio Rebellion, Ike Willis at Winchester

Jealous Girlfriends, Black Girls at Beachland Tavern

The Trews, The Alternative Routes at House of Blues Cambridge Room

THURSDAY, JUNE 5

Terry Michelle: Fear, Death & Fascination opens at Loganberry Annex Gallery

Grand Archives at Grog Shop

Mic Harrison & the High Score at Beachland Tavern

Lynne Arriale Trio at Nighttown

Lizz Wright at House of Blues Cambridge Room

Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Most conducting plays Dvorak at Severance Hall, also June 7

FRIDAY, JUNE 6

High School Musical opens at Fine Arts Association

Mustard Plug Ska Prom with the Shams, Johnny Red and the Skammunists, Mein Skampf, the Karkadans at Agora Ballroom

Nylon Magazine Tour with She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, The Virgins, The Switches at House of Blues

The Blowtops, Horror of 59, Scarlet Fever, DJs’ Scary Ellen, Sade, Michigan Mom at Beachland Tavern

Raul Malo & Band at Beachland Ballroom

Seven Year Itch at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Burning River Family Jam at Nelson’s Ledges, through Sunday

Jones for Revival, Papadosio at Wilbert’s

Little Italy Art Walk, through Sunday

Cut to Pieces opens at Cleveland Public Theatre

Adventures of a Comic Book Artist opens at North Canton Playhouse

Family Friday Night: Cold Blooded Creatures at Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation

A Nervous Smile opens at The Bang and the Clatter

In Plain View photo show opens at Heights Arts, 2173 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts., 216.371.3457, heightsarts.org

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

Israeli play reading Pangs of the Messiah at Mandel JCC, also tomorrow

Art by the Falls, downtown Chagrin Falls, also tomorrow

Tropadelic, Pipeline, Drop Nation at Agora Ballroom

Earl Greyhound, Parlor Mob at Grog Shop

The Hentchmen, The In-Sect at Beachland Tavern

Daniel O’Donnell at Playhouse Square

Northeast Ohio Polka Fest at Old Firehouse Winery, also tomorrow

Inside the Beck open house at Beck Center

Feast of St. Anthony festival, Holy Redeemer Parish (15712 Kipling Ave., Collinwood), also tomorrow

Spring Fling at MAY Dugan Center (4115 Bridge Ave., Ohio City, 216.631.5800)

Geology walking tour at Lake View Cemetery

Hale Farm and Village opening weekend
Hale Farm and Village in Bath is a “living museum.” What that means is that the recreation of a Civil War-era village features actors who assume the roles of the villagers and actual artisans demonstrating crafts and essential skills of that era such as glassblowing, blacksmithing, weaving, spinning and candlemaking. Visitors can interact with the “villagers,” and kids will enjoy seeing real, live farm animals. Part of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Hale Farm and Village features special events and educational programming all summer, following its opening weekend from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today and noon-5 p.m. tomorrow. Also on opening weekend is a Barnes and Noble Bookfair with storytellers and discounts on book purchases. — AP

Dave Attell
He came to Cleveland once to shoot an episode of his TV show, Insomniac with Dave Attell, and managed to not get mugged while walking the streets at 3 a.m. That alone should get him into our hall of fame. But his stand-up is way funnier than his show. Especially if he gets heckled — the dude can rip idiots apart with words. So go check him out at the House of Blues. Door at 6:30 p.m. — JR

SUNDAY, JUNE 8

Knee-High Naturalists at Metroparks South Chagrin Reservation

Retribution Gospel Choir at Grog Shop

Polkadot Cadaver at Peabody’s

Tour de Cure for diabetes at Blossom Music Center

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at House of Blues

Cryptacize, Trouble Books at Beachland Tavern

Composer-keyboardist Marge Adler at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Walk to the Beaver Lodge, Part 1 at Metroparks Rocky River Reservation

MONDAY, JUNE 9

Josh Hoge, Ernie Halter at Beachland Tavern

Voodoo Glow Skulls, Whole Wheat Bread, Knockout at Peabody’s

The Pink Spiders, We Are the Fury at Agora Ballroom

Les Roberts signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

TUESDAY, JUNE 10

Donita Sparks & the Stellar Moments at Grog Shop

The Wailers, Passafire, Tropadelic at House of Blues

Alejandro Escovedo at Beachland Ballroom

Brad Land signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Indians vs. Twins, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Operatic Adventures at Maltz Museum

Nada Surf at Beachland Ballroom

The Refugees at Wilbert’s

Ashlee Simpson at House of Blues

David Giffels signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Indians vs. Twins, Progressive Field, 7:05 p.m.

Lake County Captains vs. Delmarva, 12:05 p.m., Classic Park

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

Swingtime Canteen opens at Actors’ Summit

Greater Cleveland Chorus at Independence Library

Anything Goes opens at Porthouse Theatre

Hiking for Your Health — Year of the Frog at Metroparks Mill Stream Run Reservation

Marjorie Greenfield signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Indians vs. Twins, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Iron Maiden
Metal gods Iron Maiden are rolling through Ohio this summer. The Blossom Music Center show starts at 7 and the ear-shredding begins at 7:01. With a 2006 release preoccupied with war and religion, the band is stronger than ever. Most of 2007 was eaten up by the popular A Matter of Life And Death Tour. Currently on the Somewhere Back In Time World Tour, the guys have logged over 50,000 miles in the past year and won’t slow up until mid-’08. Will they play material from their concept time-travel album, Somewhere In Time? Or will they showcase music from after their 1999 reunion? I can’t friggin’ wait. — JA

Girls Night: The Musical and Late Night Catechism 2
The Cleveland Play House is trying something new this year: a summer season of the type of light fare that generally fills summer stock and community theaters. Girls Night: The Musical uses hit pop tunes such as “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “We Are Family” and “I Will Survive” to sew together a theatrical trifle about female friendship and bonding. Late Night Catechism 2 is another of what seems like an ocean of cutesy plays about growing up Catholic. Both open tonight, Girls Night at 8 in the Bolton Theatre, Catechism at 7:30 in the Brooks Theatre, and run Thursdays-Sundays through July 6. — AP

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

Altar Boyz opens at Beck Center Studio Theatre

Seussical opens at Near West Theatre Youth Theatre

Death Cab for Cutie, Rogue Wave at Plain Dealer Pavilion

Cross Canadian Ragweed, Not So Good Ol’ Boys at House of Blues

Sasquatch and the Sickabillys, Hell’s Fire Sinners at Beachland Tavern

Chagrin Falls Home & Garden tour, also tomorrow

Akron Art Museum’s Wine XIII at Portage Country Club, through Sunday

Fink & Jakeway at B-Side Liquor Lounge

Duct Tape Festival in Avon

Indians vs. Padres, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Tremont Art Walk

Nicholas Megalis, Thee TV Oh Dees, No Target Audience
Nicholas Megalis, 19, is definitely one to watch. Megalis was featured in Spin and Alternative Press before he could legally buy cigarettes and received attention from Ante Up Studios here in Cleveland. Three years and four CDs later, Megalis is still rocketing up and out of the over-crowded Cleveland local scene. Megalis will be headlining his own show at the Agora tonight. High School Rock Off winners Thee TV Oh Dees, phenoms in a post-punk, garage-rock kind of way, will open the show. Kent indie favorites Birds and Elephants and No Target Audience open at 8. — JA

Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin Celebration
Tell me this doesn’t rock: The best Zeppelin and Floyd tribute bands in the country, playing along with laser-light shows, while skydivers descend from above, in the middle of a large quarry where women often go topless and everyone is smoking but nothing smells like tobacco. If you work in the summer, be sure to take MONDAY off to recoup. Get the Led out! It’s at Nelsons Ledges Quarry Park. It’s $50 for the weekend; $40 if you show up on Saturday. — JR

Detention Comedy
A new troupe of jesters, Detention Comedy Group, is pumping out the product in Cleveland, and by the looks of their publicity, it’s got a very specific niche: A letter from troupe member Brian Trapp says the group’s show at the Powerhouse Pub (2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland) will concern “anything from pure absurdity to biting political satire, from an atheist summer camp to what people are really doing with their $600 stimulus check. There’ll be a nice mix of high and low brow: a meeting of the obscure reference with the timeless penis joke.” So it’s a little bit of everything in this showcase of live and video sketches, monologues and stand-up, featuring several rising local comedy figures tackling subject matter best suited to the 20-something crowd. Call 216.235.4995 or visit aoneproductions.com for info. And worry not: The regular coterie of banana-hammocked dancers in the pub’s male review won’t be around until Saturday. — DH

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

The Natural History of Asparagus at Museum of Natural History

Meet your Best Friend at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Akron Air Show, also tomorrow

Devon Allman’s Honeytribe at House of Blues Cambridge Room

Mike Rep and the Quotas, Mors Ontologica at Beachland Tavern

Raccoon County Music Festival at Geauga Historical Society’s Century Village Museum (14653 E. Park St., Burton)

Fab Faux at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre

Family Creek Stomp at Metroparks Brecksville Reservation

Indians vs. Padres, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

CanalWay Acoustic Players Circle: Train Songs at Metroparks CanalWay Center

Parade the Circle
Especially if you’ve got kids, you don’t want to miss Parade the Circle. (Of course, if you’ve been before, the kids have probably got you participating this year.) The 19-year-old festival is strictly community-based and DIY. There won’t be any Disney characters or politicians hitting you up for your vote, just hundreds of masked and costumed and stilt-walking and puppet-brandishing families, scout troupes, church and school groups, artists and eager volunteers. The procession kicks off at noon in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art. From 11 a.m.-4 p.m. across the street on Wade Oval, there’ll be all sorts of participatory activities sponsored by 30 University Circle institutions. Go to clevelandart.org/parade for info. — AP

Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure
There is simply no better way to get to know Ohio than to see it all on a bike. GOBA celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a course that will steer hundreds of bicyclists through some of our state’s most panoramic settings — Wellington, Galion, Mt. Vernon, Orville. Make new friends. Sleep under the stars. And bring your dad, ’cause it ends on Father’s Day. Register at GOBA.com. — JR

SUNDAY, JUNE 15

Father’s Day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Christian Death at Peabody’s

Indians vs. Padres, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

MONDAY, JUNE 16

Fish of Marillon at House of Blues

The Tarbox Ramblers, Broken Circle Gospel Deluxe at Beachland Tavern

Brooks and Dunn at Blossom Music Center

Steven Hren signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

Jack Johnson, Mason Jennings, Money Mark at Blossom Music Center

Ferret Young Guns Tour featuring Elysia at Peabody’s

Chris Botti, Nyee Moses at Palace Theatre

Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, others at House of Blues

Jonathan Miles signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

Jersey Boys opens at Playhouse Square’s State Theatre

Richard Julian at Winchester

Anthony Doerr signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

The Cure
One kind of has to hand it to Robert Smith. Though his output has been wildly erratic, almost literally alternating record to record between fine albums and total garbage since the early ’90s, he’s kept the Cure going as one of the most important and vital bands in alternative rock for 30 years. Having quickly abandoned its early Buzzcocks-derived sound in favor of a vivid melancholia that put it, along with Siouxie and the Banshees and Bauhaus, at the forefront of the burgeoning gothic movement, it’s milked that downer vibe — sometimes poignantly, sometimes cartoonishly — ever since, and been one of the most enduring and influential bands of post-punk’s earliest years. It’s at the Wolstein Center tonight. — RK

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

The Wiz opens at Cain Park

Groundworks Dancetheatre at Cain Park, through Sunday

Hanzel und Greyl, Living Dead, Colombine at Peabody’s

Margot Kahn signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Coventry Street Arts Fair
Whew! The Coventry Street Arts Fair escaped the ax, and returns for a couple of Thursday evenings of low-key hanging-out on the Coventry Village shopping strip in Cleveland Heights. From 6-9 p.m. Coventry Road from Euclid Heights to Mayfield will be closed to cars and open to strollers, street musicians, vendors, information booths, artists and craftsmen, art projects sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art and performances by the Something Dada sketch comedy group. Come out, bring your dog, buy some dinner from a local merchant and eat it outside in the fresh summer air. The second fair is July 17. — AP

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

Carla Bozulich’s Evangelista at Beachland Tavern

Silver Apples, Loto Ball Show, Emeralds at Grog Shop

Linda McRae at Wilbert’s
Cleveland City Stars vs. Wilmington Hammerheads (USL) at Krenzler Stadium

Carl Pope of the Sierra Club at City Club of Cleveland

CanalWay Sunset Concert: Third Boxcar at Metroparks CanalWay Center

Cleveland Shakespeare Festival
The al fresco Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, in its 11th season, has come a long way. Once its casts of inexperienced actors put on shaky, abbreviated versions of the Bard’s work. While it still does some editing to fit its 7 p.m. no-intermission programs in while it’s still daylight, it now mixes some of the town’s top actors with those just cutting their theatrical teeth. This season it will tackle a biggie: Hamlet, performed in repertory with Tom Stoppard’s 1966 take on two minor Hamlet characters, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. It opens tonight at Tri-C’s Western campus in Parma before heading to outdoor venues all over Northeast Ohio, from Elyria to Kirtland, and winding up Ausgust 3 at Tremont’s Lincoln Park. All shows are free and weather permitting. Go to cleveshakes.org for info. — AP

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

North Coast Men’s Chorus with Armistead Maupin at Waetjen Auditorium, also tomorrow

Train Day at Metroparks CanalWay Center

Junior Brown at Beachland Ballroom

First Light 10-year Reunion Show at Plain Dealer Pavilion

Peter Murphy at House of Blues

California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews at Akron Art Museum

LeBron James Bike-a-thon in downtown Akron

Cleveland Fusion (women’s tackle football) closes season against Ft. Wayne

Dr. Z Amp 21st anniversary jam at Wilbert’s

Cogswell Hall benefit with Chris Allen, Obie Shelton and Pat Tamburro at the Lake Erie View Club at Browns Stadium

Anat Cohen Quartet at Nighttown

Tremont Home Tour

Woodlands of Bedford: Hemlock Creek Adventure at Metroparks Bedford Reservation

Lisa Lampanelli
“Thank you so much! Sit down, you raging homos. What, are your asses sore? Sit down, ya queers. I just did a show in freakin’ Connecticut. I hate them. All those soccer-mom, mini-van-driving whores. I hate them, they should die of cancer of the face. I hate every one of them. All during the show they’re all politically correct, staring at their watches, ‘Oh mah gahd, you know, the babysitterrr.’ Screw you, bitch. I hope your kid gets molested.” And this is just the start of a typical Lampanelli rant. If you’re easily offended, avoid the show tonight at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron — better yet, just leave town altogether. — FL

Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival
There’s no party in town quite like Cleveland Pride, celebating its 20th anniversary. The festive parade, featuring bands, floats and marching groups, steps off from West 3rd and Rockwell at noon and proceeds to the festival site at Voinovich Park at East 9th and the lake for a 1 p.m. rally with speakers and music. The partying in the park starts at noon and continues until 9 p.m. with entertainment that’s usually an eclectic assortment of acts from earnest singer-songwriters to stomping rockers to flamboyant disco acts, food, DJs and dancing and lots of vendors and information booths. Or you can just sit by the water and hold hands with your honey and know that no one will be judging the gender of your chosen partner. Go to clevelandpride.org for info. — AP

Garrison Keillor
For being so damn hokey, prolific humorist/storyteller Garrison Keillor still has a way of appearing both downhome and contemporary, like when he recently called Karl Rove a “turd blossom.” Founder of the still-burgeoning radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion nearly 35 years ago, Keillor is still riding the Prairie Home train full-tilt, heard on nearly 600 public broadcasts across the States and seen on perhaps hundreds of thousands of trademarked coffee mugs. This show at Blossom Music Center, Keillor’s fourth, will feature original skits starring his regular cast of actors, musicians and sound-effects masters, all wrapped in the apropos charm of green hills and summer breezes. What better way to hear the latest “News From Lake Wobegon”? — DH

SUNDAY, JUNE 22

Sloan, The Golden Dogs at Grog Shop

Circa 1939 at Nighttown

Shaker Historical Society Garden Tour

Ari Heist, Mike Genovese at Beachland Tavern

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood
Tom Petty is on the road again, teaming up with his Heartbreakers for another blockbuster summer tour that stops at Blossom Music Center, and legendary Steve Winwood is the “opening” act. Petty has been rocking since he met Elvis as a young kid. He has more Grammies than God and he’s been on The Simpsons AND King of the Hill. Career-wise, where else is there to go? Petty and the Heartbreakers’ catalogue is nothing but hit singles. Petty put out some solo stuff but soon returned to his stellar career as a rock ’n’ roll pioneer. Tickets for the Blossom date went on sale Feb. 4, the day after the band played the Super Bowl half-time show. So if you think there are any tickets left, you’re not completely out of your mind. A few of these prize tickets are available at Ticketmaster locations. — JA

MONDAY, JUNE 23

David Sirota signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

TUESDAY, JUNE 24

Return to Forever at Plain Dealer Pavilion

Carolyn Wonderland at Beachland Tavern

Jakob Dylan at House of Blues Cambridge Room

Jacon Fred Jazz Odyssey at Wilbert’s

Indians vs. Giants, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Salamander Hunt: Year of the Frog at Metroparks Garfield Park Reservation

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25

Edwin McCain, Brian VanderArk at House of Blues

Scott Raab signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Indians vs. Giants, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Lake County Captains vs. Delmarva, 12:05 p.m., Classic Park

Walking with Dinosaurs
I personally feel that if dinosaurs still walked the earth, life would be way more interesting. Like, you’re trying to get on the bus for work and a pterodactyl rips your head right off. Sweet. So, while I wait for genetic engineering to catch up to our humdrum, non-threatening lives, I’ll make do with Walking With Dinosaurs at Quicken Loans Arena today through June 29. Based on the BBC TV series on the Discovery Channel, the live performances also use animatronic dinosaurs and special effects to simulate what it was like to live when dinosaurs roamed the planet. The show depicts the dinosaurs’ evolution, with the climatic and tectonic changes which led to the demise of many species. The earth’s continents split and the audience will see how that produced terrain ranging from the arid deserts of the Triassic period to the lush prairies of the Jurassic. After seeing oceans form, volcanoes erupt and a forest catching fire, viewers will see the impact of the great comet that is thought to have struck earth, ending the dinosaurs’ reign. The creatures — 15 in all representing 10 different species — appear as their actual size. The 96-minute show is ideal for all those pint-size dino enthusiasts, as well as the egghead adults who still know what a dilophosaurus is. — JA

THURSDAY, JUNE 26

Two Gentlemen of Verona opens at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Indians vs. Giants, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Unwed Sailor, Cybris at Grog Shop

Lake County Captains vs. Lakewood, 7:05 p.m., Classic Park

FRIDAY, JUNE 27

The Promise Hero, Barely Blind, Flee the Casinos, The Thrifters, Which Way Is Home at Grog Shop

Dive-In Movie at Hinckley Metroparks Reservation

16 Volt, Bella Morte at Peabody’s

Corey Smith at House of Blues

Boston Mills Art Fest at Boston Mills Ski Resort through Sunday, also next weekend

Gina Sicilia, The Blue Drivers at Wilbert’s

Mike McCartney’s Liverpool Life opens at Rock Hall

Italian American Summer Festival at Berea Fairgrounds, through Sunday

Indians vs. Reds, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Brookside Lawn Chair Concert: The Ex-Chromatones at Metroparks Brookside Reservation

Chris and Terry at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Lake County Captains vs. Lakewood, 7:05 p.m., Classic Park

SATURDAY, JUNE 28

Larchmere Flea Market and Festival on Larchmere Blvd.

German-American Festival at the German Central, Parma, also tomorrow

Don Dixon & the Jump Rabbits at Winchester

Shades Images photo show opens at Peninsula Arts Association

National Assembly to End the War at Crowne Plaza, also tomorrow

Cleveland City Stars vs. Richmond Kickers (USL) at Krenzler Stadium

Indians vs. Reds, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Lake County Captains vs. Hagerstown, 7:05 p.m., Classic Park

Burning River Roller Girls at North Olmsted Soccer Complex

SUNDAY, JUNE 29

Rock and Soul Festival at Rock Hall

Daniel Hathaway Farewell at Trinity Cathedral

Indians vs. Reds, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Lake County Captains vs. Hagerstown, 1:05 p.m., Classic Park

MONDAY, JUNE 30

Kelly Chapman signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2

Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Halfway to Hazard at Blossom Music Center

Cleveland Orchestra at Public Square

Green Jelly, Mensrea at Peabody’s

THURSDAY, JULY 3

Blossom Festival Band with Loras John Schissel conducting: An American Salute with fireworks at Blossom Music Center, also tomorrow

Contemporary Cloth Artists: Words to Live By opens at Loganberry Annex Gallery

Alice opens at Porthouse Theatre

Rhythmfest
Not sure who’s responsible for putting together this eclectic line-up but they did a good job of making the artists live up to the festival’s “Rhythmfest” name. The JULY 4th weekend show at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park includes funkadelic maestro George Clinton, upstate New York jam rockers moe. and former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart as headliners. That’s not to mention the slew of jam bands (everyone from upstarts Cornmeal to the Hookah side project Katz N Jammers). There will also be fireworks, drum circles and morning yoga on the beach. And we’re told a number of fire breathers will be on hand to try to get their place in the record books. Now that’s hot, as Paris Hilton might say. — JN

FRIDAY, JULY 4

Boston Mills Art Festival at Boston Mills Ski Resort, through Sunday

Car Show at the Falls in downtown Chagrin Falls

Polish Joke opens at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Independence Day Fireworks at Geneva-on-the-Lake resort golf course

Cleveland City Stars vs. Western Mass. Pioneers (USL) at Krenzler Stadium

SATURDAY, JULY 5

Cleveland Orchestra with Robert Porco conducting, fireworks at Blossom Music Center

Dragon Boat Festival in the Flats

Civil War Wedding at Hale Farm & Village, also tomorrow

RX Bandits, Portugal. The Man, Maps and Atlases at Grog Shop

SUNDAY, JULY 6

Coldplay at Quicken Loans Arena

MONDAY, JULY 7

Lake County Captains vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m., Classic Park

TUESDAY, JULY 8

Chicago at Plain Dealer Pavilion

Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends at House of Blues

Tramps and Thieves at Beachland Tavern

Lake County Captains vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m., Classic Park

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9

Killwhiteydead, Varnifex, Dance Club Massacre, The Demonstration at Peabody’s

Lyle Lovett
For almost three decades, singer Lyle Lovett has been a steady presence on the American roots and country scene. The Texas native started as a songwriter butgradually became a performer of some stature, and his beautiful voice and terrific band should translate perfectly on the Lakewood Civic Auditorium stage. Lovett, who’s played Blossom and Cain Park on past tours, is a gracious performer who often tells short anecdotes about his songs. While he’s most famous for his short-lived marriage to A-list actress Julia Roberts, his music, which touches upon gospel, country and bluegrass, stands well on its own. — JN

THURSDAY, JULY 10

The Casualities, the Episodes at Grog Shop

Indians vs. Rays, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

FRIDAY, JULY 11

Indians vs. Rays, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

3 Doors Down, Staind, Hinder at Blossom Music Center

Gov. Ted Strickland at Cleveland Marriott Hotel (City Club of Cleveland)

Kittie, Dope, Anew Revolution, Panic Cell at Peabody’s

Tremont Art Walk

Teddy Geiger, Hilary McRae, Scott Harris at Agora Ballroom

Cain Park Arts Festival
The Cain Park Arts Festival in Cleveland Heights is a favorite with many folks and families who don’t do the summer art fair scene that much. Held along the tree-shaded paths of Cain Park, the juried show features artists and craftsmen from across the country as well as a few blocks away, showing oils, watercolors, photography, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, glass and wood objects, and handmade furniture and clothing. The festival also includes food from area restaurants and entertainment for both kids and adults in the pavilion all weekend. It’s always been free, but this year, with Cleveland Heights suffering the financial woes of most cities, it’s charging $2. It’d be a bargain at twice the price. — AP

SATURDAY, JULY 12

Brookstock: A Celebration of Music and Nature at Metroparks Brookside Reservation

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA AT BLOSSOM
The price of gas might make one think twice about a trip out to Blossom Music Center, but seriously, few things in Northeast Ohio are more pleasant than packing a picnic basket and enjoying a Cleveland Orchestra performance from the wooded, out-in-the-country facility’s sweeping lawn. At 8 tonight, for the orchestra’s first non-Independence Day program of its summer season, Giancarlo Guerrero and Jayce Ogren will conduct a program just right for the somewhat casual classical music fan: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (with Kirill Gerstein in his Cleveland Orchestra debut), Rossini’s Overture to Semiramide and Sierra’s Fandangos offer both substance and accessibility. Pack that picnic and go. — AP

Mission to Mars Marathon at Great Lakes Science Center

Gypsy Dave & the Stump Jumpers at Beachland Tavern

All-Grateful Dead Lazy Daisy Fest at Nelson’s Ledges

33rd Annual Music in the Valley Folk Festival at Hale Farm & Village, also tomorrow

Virginia Coalition, The Alternative Routes at Beachland Ballroom

Cleveland City Stars vs. Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL) at Krenzler Stadium

Indians vs. Rays, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

SUNDAY, JULY 13

Zoo Blooms at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Cleveland Orchestra with Robert Porco conducting: Bravo Broadway at Blossom Music Center

Jenny Owen Youngs at Beachland Tavern

Indians vs. Rays, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

MONDAY, JULY 14

Les Breast Feeders at Beachland Tavern

TUESDAY, JULY 15

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush at House of Blues

Keri Noble at Beachland Tavern

Chautauqua-in-Chagrin: The Ethical Frontiers of Science at various venues in downtown Chagrin Falls

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
I remember a Christmas in which I asked for an Alanis Morisette CD, and I got an Alison Krause CD. (My parent’s weren’t always the best listeners.) Thus began a fairly heady, completely accidental love affair with bluegrass music. As a 13 year old, it was imperative that I commiserate with a female voice with angsty-angstful things to say. Instead of blow jobs in theaters, I found a true musical role model. And no childhood musical memory is complete without the magical moments that only Led Zeppelin can supply. Robert Plant’s gigantic voice dripped with sex even before I really knew what any of it meant. It was the ultimate summer music: loud, rebellious and most of all it made you just want to destroy something, or at least grill something real hard. Robert Plant and Alison Kraus are blowing through town for a show at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, and young and old will be at this show, as timeless classics never go out of style. — JA

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

Boris
In well over a decade since their debut, Japanese experimental rockers Boris have genre-hopped from hardcore to drone metal to bluesy buttrock. While it’s near impossible to know which Boris one is going to get on record, in concert they cover it all. Bring earplugs and an open mind to the Grog Shop, and satori can be yours for the low low cover price of $12 advance, $14 day of show. — RK

THURSDAY, JULY 17

Suffocation at Peabody’s

Right Guard Open/AST Dew Tour at North Coast Harbor, through Sunday, AST.com.

Coventry Street Fair at Coventry Village, Cleveland Heights

John MAYer, Colbie Caillat, Brent Dennen at Blossom Music Center

Artwalk in downtown Chagrin Falls, also tomorrow

Brave Combo at Grog Shop

Hamlet opens at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Warped Tour
It’s just not summer without the Warped Tour. It brings back my own sweet memories of the relentless sun beating down on my back, punk-rock tots barfing in porta-potties and mini-vans full of self-titled MySpace phenomenons. Braving the sea of Hot Topic T-shirts is the only downside of the Warped Tour at Time Warner Cable Amphitheater; it is truly a sampler of what’s going on now in music. The tour kept its focus on punk, hard rock, scream metal and all-around kick-ass music. Bands like the Bronx, Cobra Starship, Every Time I Die, Norma Jean, Reel Big Fish and Katy Perry will round out the eclectic day. It seems as though As I Lay Dying and August Burns Red will be on the Cleveland dates only and not the whole tour, so make sure you make the trip down for those guys. If nothing else the people-watching is top shelf and the energetic salesmen at the booths are always a good time. Just don’t wear black or camouflage. Because everyone else will be. — JA

FRIDAY, JULY 18

West Side Story at Near West Theatre summer youth theatre

Dive-In Movie II at Metroparks Hinckley Reservation

Buckeye DockDogs Big Air Competitions, through SUNDAY at Chagrin Metroparks Polo Grounds

Puerto Rican Festival at Municipal Parking Lot

Guy Forsyth Band at Beachland Tavern

Widespread Panic at Plain Dealer Pavilion

Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival
Not since the Guinness Fleadh festivals of the ’90s, at the height of the Irish-American awakening, have I seen a fair bring together so many great artists in one place. This year’s Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival at the Berea Fairgrounds boasts a truly remarkable lineup, including violin prodigy Eileen Ivers, divinely gifted tenor John McDermott, supergroup Cherish the Ladies, former De Danaan vocalist Maura O’Connell, Celt rockers Seven Nations, the Young Dubliners, the Elders, trad sensation Gaelic Storm, and local favorites Mossy Moran, Brigid’s Cross, Brace Your Bridget!, the New Barleycorn and the Kilroys. Somewhere Tommy Makem will be smiling. Go to clevelandirish.org for more info. — FL

SATURDAY, JULY 19

Nature at Night at Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation

Cleveland Orchestra with Andrey Boreyko conducting plays Tchaikovsky at Blossom Music Center

Hudson Wine Festival benefit for humane society outside Vue restaurant in Hudson, also tomorrow

Roy Book Binder at Winchester

The Nighthawks at Wilbert’s

Kidz Bop Kids at Lakewood Civic Auditorium

Burning River Roller Girls at North Olmsted Soccer Complex

Walk+Roll Lakewood
Chicago has a habit of plucking some of Cleveland’s best and brightest progressives, in part because their visions have a hard time gaining traction here. So it shot a little pang through the heart to hear that the Windy City had contacted Lois Moss to pick her brain about Walk +Roll, events that close streets to cars, trucks and busses to let bikes and pedestrians rule the day. She’s been doing this in Rockefeller Park for the last two summers — with great reception from the public, but no small amount of resistance from institutional powers. Lately she has been circulating a video of Bogota, Colombia’s “ciclovia” events, which exuberantly show the possibility of turning the streets over to people: smiling people, unstressed by cars, pedal along, skate without a care, and at the exercise stops shimmying to salsa beats. No doubt they’ve seen that video in Chicago, too. And they’re talking to Moss to see how they might make the magic happen there. Meanwhile, she’s branching out here with an event in Lakewood. Lakewood is surely one of the most walkable cities in the state, and it will become more so as you join your friends and neighbors on Detroit Avenue from 4-9 p.m. today for a stroll, a ride up to the lake or a multitude of programs from dance to yoga to skateboard demonstrations. With traffic banished, you can appreciate the streetcar era architecture in a way that’s simply not possible with cars whizzing by. Visit the restaurants and bars and one miracle of a coffee shop. Check out the Bike Rodeo. Ride your bike there, so you don’t have to worry about parking a car, because you can leave your bike in the secure bike parking facility. Of course, it’s free. See August 24 for the Rockefeller Park Walk+Roll. Go to www.walkroll.com for info. — MG

SUNDAY, JULY 20

Cleveland Orchestra plays Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Stravinsky at Blossom Music Center

Hale Family Day: Horse & Carriages at Hale Farm & Village

Phantom Rockers, Koffin Kats at Beachland Tavern

Kids Village at Legacy Village

MONDAY, JULY 21

Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Madison Crawl at Peabody’s

!!!, Extra Golden at Grog Shop

TUESDAY, JULY 22

King Khan & the Shrines at Grog Shop

Over the Rhine at Cain Park

Wednesday 13, Marazene at Peabody’s

Chautauqua-in-Chagrin: American Foreign Policy, Leadership & Dialogue at various venues in downtown Chagrin Falls

Summit County Fair
The county fair season in Northeast Ohio kicks off with the Summit County Fair at the Fairgrounds on Rt. 91 in Tallmadge. You know the drill: lots of 4H exhibits, animals, really large vegetables, rides, little kids with big voices singing country songs, food you probably shouldn’t eat every day, horsemanship displays, tractor pulls and, of course, the ever-popular demolition derbies. Go to summitfair.com for more info about this one which runs today through JULY 27. — AP

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

Jeremy Jay at Beachland Tavern

THURSDAY, JULY 24

The Music Man opens at Porthouse Theatre

FRIDAY, JULY 25

Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift at Blossom Music Center

Foo Fighters, Supergrass at Quicken Loans Arena

Urinetown, The Musical at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Joan of Arc at Grog Shop

Indians vs. Twins, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Summer Hookah 12
Come Sunday, whether you’re a fan of Ekoostik Hookah’s long-form psychedelic jamming or not, this weekend festival will have you back in top form, reset button fully deployed. One of two of the veteran act’s annual summer festivals at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Summer Hookah is one of the closest woodsy getaways you can find near Cleveland, set to a mellow yet rousing soundtrack of jam-oriented ear candy and amongst some of the most laid-back people you’re likely to find in Northeast Ohio. This year, LA-based Buckethead augments the offerings with his unique brand of costumed quirk metal a la Serj Tankian. Also on the weekend bill: San Francisco’s Aphrodesia, Australian blues jammer Harper, Greenleif, Jason & the Fossils, Turbine, the Pussy Pirates, Winslow, Hot Day at the Zoo, Jones 4 Revival and Joe Prichard. A fireworks display, vendors, food and a multimedia onslaught rounds out the festivities and ensures plenty to do when you’re hell-bent on doing absolutely nothing at all. The event kicks off this afternoon. Bring your own damn tent. — DH

Freakshow at convergence-continuum
When dog-faced women, human torsos and pinheads start to resent the sidehow freak’s life of confinement and display, questioning and rejecting what’s long been held as their place in the world, what follows is an amazing tale that only Cleveland’s daring convergence-continuum theater company could tell — not that anyone else around here has the stones to touch such a play. Directed by longtime c-c repertory player Geoffrey Hoffman from a script by Carson Kreitzer, this one seems likely to be a don’t-miss. Go to convergence-continuum.org for info. — RK

Ingenuity Festival
The Ingenuity Festival, conceived as a melting pot of the arts and technology, got off to a fumbling but intriguing start in 2005. It stirred a lot of head-scratching of both the good and the bad kind as it attempted to define the balance of its two not-always-compatible fields and moved the event to a different location each year. Now it seems to have found a home at Playhouse Square which, with its ready-made venues, offers Ingenuity the ability to focus less on structure and more on content. Past festivals have been heavy on local artists from a range of genres including music, dance, theater, film and visual arts, often in collaboration with artists from other disciplines or techno geeks; this year promises still more national and international artists. Wherever the creators are from, it’s the one-of-a-kind, often one-time-only collaborations that make the festival special. Go to ingenuitycleveland.org for more info. — AP

SATURDAY, JULY 26

Summer Beach Party at Metroparks Huntington Reservation

Cleveland Orchestra with Nicholas McGegan conducting plays Mendelssohn at Blossom Music Center

Wish You Were Here at Time Warner Cable Amphitheater

Earth Wind & Fire at Plain Dealer Pavilion

Cleveland City Stars vs. Bermuda Hogges (USL) at Krenzler Stadium

Indians vs. Twins, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

SUNDAY, JULY 27

Celebration Festival at Rock Hall

Cleveland Orchestra with Nicholas McGregan conducting plays Vivaldi, Haydn, Handel at Blossom Music Center

Indians vs. Twins, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

MONDAY, JULY 28

Medina County Fair opens, Medina-fair.com

Indians vs. Tigers, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

TUESDAY, JULY 29

The Black Crowes at House of Blues, also tomorrow

Chautauqua-in-Chagrin: Healing the Globe at various venues in downtown Chagrin Falls

Indians vs. Tigers, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30

Indians vs. Tigers, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Dave Matthews Band
Don’t know how he does it, but somehow Dave Matthews and Band fill Blossom to the gills every frickin’ summer, whether they have a new album out or not. Rumor has it Matthews and the guys don’t get along so well these days, but like any big rock group, the whole is greater than the parts and Matthews must know it. Without his fine band, he wouldn’t draw half the number of fans he can with the band. Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson opens at 7 p.m. — JN

THURSDAY, JULY 31

Harold & Maude opens at Cain Park

Summerdance at Nelson’s Ledges, through Sunday

Indians vs. Tigers, 12:05 p.m., Progressive Field

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

Magnolia Drive Block Party at University Circle

Spiritualized at House of Blues

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

Cleveland Orchestra with Jahja Ling conducting play Gershwin, Brahms at Blossom Music Center

Cleveland City Stars vs. Charlotte Eagles (USL), 7 p.m., Krenzler Stadium

Waterloo Arts Festival
One of several longtime summer festivals to die last year amid a worsening economy was the venerable E. 185th Street Festival in the North Collinwood neighborhood. But North Collinwood residents still have a place to celebrate: the nearby Waterloo neighborhood is again hosting its more modest one-day Waterloo Arts Festival on the strip that’s home to the Beachland Ballroom (which will hold its Rock and Roll Flea Market today as well), several art galleries and a batch of new locally owned small businesses and boutiques. Kids’ activities, hands-on art-making opportunities, art exhibits, food and live music on four stages will be on tap from 1-8 p.m. and there’ll be music at after-parties in local venues until the wee hours. Go to artscollinwood.org for info. — AP

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

Cleveland Orchestra with Jahja Ling conducting plays Sibelius, Ewazen, Beethoven at Blossom Music Center

MONDAY, AUGUST 4

Cuyahoga County Fair through August 8, Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, cuyfair.com

Radiohead
Radiohead raised eyebrows last year when it issued its latest album, In Rainbows, digitally through its Web site. The band allowed fans to download the thing for free if they wanted, and the site was overwhelmed by the response. Since then, Radiohead has given the disc a proper retail release and even issued it on vinyl. The atmospheric songs, as well-sculpted as those on any Radiohead album, should fit well alongside material from the band’s oeuvre as it makes its return to Blossom, the site of at least two previous fantastic Radiohead shows. Indie rockers Grizzly Bear open at 7:30 p.m. — JN

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5

Mamma Mia! opens at Playhouse Square’s State Theatre

RX Bandits, Portugal. The Man, Maps & Atlases at Grog Shop

Extreme, Kings X, Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp at House of Blues

Chautauqua-in-Chagrin: Faith in Public Life at various venues in downtown Chagrin Falls

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

Dance Gavin Dance, A Static Lullaby, Four Letter Lie,

Secret & Whisper, Lower Definition at Agora Ballroom

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

Elizabeth McClellan: Collage with Emily Dickenson opens at Loganberry Annex Gallery

Browns vs. New York Jets, 7:30 p.m., Browns Stadium

I Hate Hamlet opens at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

Dive-in Movie III at Hinckley Metroparks Reservation

Cleveland Orchestra wiith Franz Welser-Most conducting plays Schubert, Messiaen, Dvorak, Strauss at Blossom Music Center

Midwest Reggae Fest at Nelson’s Ledges, through Sunday

Soundtrack of your Summer with Good Charlotte, Boys like Girls, Metro Station at Tower City Amphitheater

Tremont Art Walk

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

Creature Comforts at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Bug City at Metroparks Garfield Park Nature Center

Burning River Fest at Nautica Complex

Civil War Reenactment at Hale Farm & Village,
also tomorrow

Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams at Blossom Music Center

Lake County Captains vs. Delmarva, 7:05 p.m., Classic Park

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

Cleveland Pops Orchestra with Carl Topilow conducting: Time for Three at Blossom Music Center

MONDAY, AUGUST 11

Indians vs. Orioles, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

KT Tunstall, Martha Wainwright at House of Blues

Indians vs. Orioles, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Lake County Fair opens, lakecountyfair.com

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13

Billy Bob Thornton at Beachland Ballroom

Indians vs. Orioles, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

Bill Maher at EJ Thomas Hall

She Swings, She Sways at Wilbert’s

Indians vs. Orioles, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Feast of the Assumption
Real Clevelanders never miss the Feast of the Assumption or, as they call it, just “The Feast,” in Little Italy each August. You’ll find Mayfield Road from the Rapid station to the bottom of the hill blocked off and filled with food stands and mobs of people partaking of canolli, spumoni, rigatoni and a bunch of other stuff ending in vowels. Yeah, sourpusses might complain that eating standing up while being elbowed isn’t much fun and isn’t this supposed to be a religious holiday anyway? Well, Holy Rosary Church (12009 Mayfield Rd.) has the obligatory mass and processional on the actual feast day, August 15. And since when is eating not a religion to Italians? The feast runs through August 17 when it closes with fireworks. — AP

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

Waterfest at Nelson’s Ledges, through Sunday

Indians vs. Angels, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Cute Is What We Aim For at Grog Shop

GroundWorks Dance Theater at Lincoln Park in Tremont, also tomorrow

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

Empire Brass at Blossom Music Center
Indians vs. Angels, 3:55 p.m., Progressive Field

O.A.R., Ozomatli at Time Warner Cable Amphitheater

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17

Blossom Festival Orchestra with Loras John Schissel: music from Disney films at Blossom Music Center

Hale Family Day: 19th Century Pastimes at Hale Farm & Village

Indians vs. Angels, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

MONDAY, AUGUST 18

Lorain County Fair opens w/ Vince Gill, loraincountyfair.com

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19

Projekt Revolution with Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, the Bravery, Ashes Divide at Blossom Music Center

Blake Shelton, Danielle Peck at Lorain County Fair

Indians vs. Royals, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20

Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:AM, Trapt at Blossom Music Center

Indians vs. Royals, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

Indians vs. Royals, 12:05 p.m., Progressive Field

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22

Jonas Brothers at Blossom Music Center

The Hackensaw Boys at Beachland Tavern

Nine Inch Nails at Quicken Loans Arena

Verb Ballets at Lincoln Park in Tremont, also tomorrow

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

Bat Gala at Metroparks South Chagrin Reservation

Celtic Feis 2008 at Old Firehouse Winery, also tomorrow

Burning River Roller Girls at North Olmsted Soccer Complex

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

Blossom Festival Orchestra with Loras John Schissel conducting: A Bernstein Celebration at Blossom Music Center

5th Annual Taste of Legacy at Legacy Village

Walk+Roll Cleveland
The birthplace of Walk+Roll Cleveland is a winding, sylvan shrine to our ethnic heritage. And if the only way you’ve traveled Martin Luther King Boulevard is in your car, then you’ve mostly missed it. Dozens of formal gardens celebrate the city’s multicultural past with monuments to poets and philosophers, dignified patterns in stone and flowers all along the banks of Doan Brook. There’s a spectacular new sculpture in the new Azerbaijani cultural garden. The Hungarian Cultural Garden will be celebrating their 70-year anniversary and a neighborhood organization is bringing musicians and artists for a fair. You should bring your bike and a picnic, and bunch of friends to make a day of it. MLK Blvd is closed from 11 .a.m-6 p.m. for the free event. Go to walkroll.com for info. — MG

MONDAY, AUGUST 25

Farm to Table at Cleveland Botanical Garden

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

Geauga County Fair opens, through Sept. 1, geaugafair.com

Browns vs. Chicago Bears, 7:30 p.m., Browns Stadium

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

Indians vs. Mariners, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Brad Paisley at Blossom Music Center

Taste of Cleveland At Time Warner Cable Amphitheater Amphitheater, through Sept. 1

Fintroll, Warbringer at Peabody’s

Gratefulfest #9 at Nelson’s Ledges, through Sunday

Michael Stanley & the Resonators, Donnie Iris & the Cruisers at Taste of Cleveland

Oktoberfest at Berea Fairgrounds, through Sept. 1

Indians vs. Mariners, 1:05 p.m., Progressive Field

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

Blossom Festival Orchestra with George Daugherty conducting: Blossom Goes to the Movies at Blossom Music Center, also tomorrow

Veterans Memorial Bridge tour

Heartfield opens at Akron Art Museum

Larchmere Sidewalk Sale on Larchmere Blvd.

Squeeze, Blue King Brown at Taste of Cleveland

Indians vs. Mariners, 3:55 p.m., Progressive Field

National Air Show at Burke Lakefront Airport, through Monday

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

Antique & Classic Car Show at Hale Farm & Village

Latino Heritage Day at Rock Hall

Big Head Todd & the Monsters at Taste of Cleveland

Los Lonely Boys at Taste of Cleveland

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

11th Congressional District Labor Day Parade and Picnic at Luke Easter Park

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at Taste of Cleveland

Indians vs. White Sox, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field

Cleveland Peace Show
Seriously — five and a half years we’ve been in Iraq, watching our global reputation, our financial resources, our military readiness and our troops’ lives squandered. The annual Cleveland Peace Show was protesting this MAYhem long before popular opinion came around to its side, but the event has grown as more people have seen the light. Held each year at the Free Stamp at East 9th and Lakeside to capture the attention of the air show crowd, the event features food, speakers, music, information tables and hands-on fun for kids. It runs from noon-6 p.m. and it’s free. — AP

Agora Ballroom/Theater
5000 Euclid Ave., 216.221.6911, clevelandagora.com

Bang and the Clatter
Summit ArtSpace, 140 E. Market St., Akron;
Sometimes in the Silence, 224 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 330.606.5317, bnctheatre.com

Beachland Ballroom/Tavern
15711 Waterloo Rd., 216.383.1124, beachlandballroom.com

Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216.521.2540, beckcenter.org

Blossom Music Center
1145 W. Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216.241.5555, livenation.com

Browns
Browns Lakefront Stadium, ticketmaster, clevelandbrowns.com

Burning River Roller Girls
North Olmsted Sports Complex, 31515 Lorain Rd., burningriverrollergirls.com

Cain Park
Lee and Superior roads, Cleveland Hts., 216.371.3000, cainpark.com

Cedar Point
Cedarpoint.com

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
40 River St., Chagrin Falls, 440.247.8955, cvlt.org

Children’s Museum of Cleveland
10730 Euclid Ave., 216.791.KIDS, clevelandchildrensmuseum.org

City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Ave., 216.621.0082, cityclub.org

Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Blvd., 216.721.1600, cbgarden.org

Cleveland City Stars (soccer)
Krentzler Field, East 19th and Chester, 216.916.6586, clevelandcitystars.com

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
3900 Wildlife Way, 216.661.6500, clemetzoo.com

Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd., 216.421.7350, clevelandart.org

Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval, 216.231.4600, cmnh.org

Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center
1145 W. Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216.231.1111, clevelandorchestra.com

Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Ave., 216.631.2727, cptonline.com

Cleveland Shakespeare Festival
877.280.1646, cleveshakes.org

Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
164 Eastland Rd., Berea, 440.243.0090, cuyfair.com

Debonne Winery
7743 Doty Rd., Madison, 440.466.3485, debonne.com

Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave., 216.694.2000, glsc.org

Grog Shop
2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., Cleveland Hts., 216.321.5588, grogshop.gs

Hale Farm and Village
2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath, 887.HALEFARM, wrhs.org/halefarm

Happy Days Visitor Center
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
500 W. Streetsboro Rd., Peninsula

House of Blues
308 Euclid Ave., 216.241.5555, hob.com

Indians
Progressive Field, indians.mlb.com

Jigsaw Saloon
5324 State Rd., Parma, 216.351.3869, myspace.com/jigsawsaloon

Joseph-Beth Booksellers
24519 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst, 216.691.7000, josephbeth.com

Kent Stage
175 E. Main St., Kent, 330.677.5005, kentstage.org

Lake County Captains
Classic Park, Eastlake, captainsbaseball.com

Larchmere Merchants
Larchmere.com

Legacy Village
Richmond & Cedar roads, Lyndhurst, Legacy-village.com

Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Blvd., Shaker Hts., 216.795.9800, loganberrybooks.com

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
2929 Richmond Rd., Beachwood, 216.593.0575, maltzjewishmuseum.org

Metroparks
Clevelandmetroparks.com

Nelsons Ledges Quarry Park
12001 Rt. 282, Garrettsville, 440.548.2716, nlqp.com

Nighttown
12387 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Hts., 216.795.0550, nighttowncleveland.com

Old Firehouse Winery, Geneva
5499 Lake Rd., Geneva-on-the-Lake, 440.466.9300,
oldfirehousewinery.com

Peabody’s
2083 E. 21st St., 216.776.9999, peabodys.com

Plain Dealer Pavillion
2014 Sycamore St., 216.241.5555, livenation.com

Playhouse Square
East 12th and Euclid, 216.241.6000, playhousesquare.com

Porthouse Theatre
1145 W. Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 330.672.3884, porthousetheatre.com

Quicken Loans Arena
One Center Ct., 216.241.2121, theqarena.com

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
1 Key Plaza, 216.781.ROCK, rockhall.com

Severance Hall
11001 Euclid Ave., 216.321.1111, clevelandorch.com

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
714 N. Portage Path, Akron, 330.836.5533, stanhywet.org

Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St., Kent, 330.673.4970, standingrock.net

Ticketmaster
216.241.5555

Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
351 Canal Rd., Tower City, 216.241.5555, livenation.com

Tremont Art Walk
Tremontartwalk.org

Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Blvd., 216.721.5722, wrhs.org

Wilbert’s
812 Huron Rd. E., 216.902.4663, wilbertsmusic.com

Winchester Tavern and Music Hall
12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216.226.5681,
thewinchester.net

Wolstein Center
2000 Prospect, csuohio.edu/wolsteincenter