Cleveland Plus Events Calendar

Space is limited and early registration is required. You must be registered in order to take this workshop. You can register online at http://morganconservatory.org/workshops2012.htm or by phone at 216-361-9255. Contact Program Coordinator Lauren Sammon at Lsammon@MorganConservatory.org with any questions. Carousel Book Workshop May 12 - 13 10:00AM - 4:00PM Instructed by Carol Barton Have you ever been interested in creating books that double as paper sculptures or sculptures that are truly... Visit Website

Choral Arts New Voices from Britain, Part II featuring the American Premier performance of Antony Pitt's "Jerusalem-Yerushaliyim" and oratorio about the history of Jerusalem told through Biblical Texts. Be part of an American Premiere that will leave you uplifted and inspired! An exciting listening experience awaits you! Don't miss it!  

April 14 - May 13 Tuesday - Saturday - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday - Noon - 5:00 pm Free with Garden admission cbgarden.org Some of Northeast Ohio's top interior designers bring their skills and creativity to the Garden this spring to showcase their botanically inspired home designs. More than a dozen home vignettes will be displayed throughout the Garden's main building, with each featuring inspiration from some element of plant lie. On weekends, special "Meet the Designer" sessions wi... Visit Website

Spring at the Garden April 14 - May 13 Tuesday - Saturday - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday - Noon - 5:00 pm Free with Garden admission cbgarden.org For three wondrous weeks, the Garden transforms into a sea of magnificent colors as 30,00-plus flower bulbs bloom in concert with the start of spring. You'll see tulips, daffodils, lilies, hyacinths and hydrangeas in artfully arranged arrays. Inspired by Dutch master painters, the Garden both inside and out will come alive with thousands of colorful blos... Visit Website

"Flat-out inspiring, wonderful people who immediately light up a room. Intricate and direct, raucous and thoughtful, noodley and restrained. This record puts me in a good mood. Some days it's all I need to get through. Do you like Paul Baribeau, The Weakerthans, and Bridge And Tunnel? I think that would be a great show. Let's set it up!" - Var. GOOD LUCK are friends who knew each other from playing in past musical projects like MATTY POP CHART, ONE REASON, ABE FROMAN, and MT. GIGANTIC... Visit Website

We are now taking reservations for Mother’s Day. The day will feature entree and dessert specials and best of all, every mother will receive a potted flower to take home with them. We also have a children’s menu. Reservations are strongly suggested. Grand River Cellars Winery and Restaurant 1-440-298-9838 grcinfo@grandrivercellars.com. http://www.grandrivercellars.com  

The sweetness of fine music and delectable pastries brought to you by The Fine Arts Association Woodwind Quintet.

Tickets are $14 in advance - $16 day of show *Ticket price is subject to 8% admissions tax

Lotus Petal / The Drexels / Team Of Rivals  

A day of motherly merriment, spotlights resident animal moms, their youngsters and some unique parenting behaviors. Includes half-price Zoo admission for Mom.

Mother's Day Brunch in MUSE May 13, 2012 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Indulge your Mom this Mother's Day with a three-course prix fixe meal in MUSE. Cost is $57 per adult, $24 per child. To reserve this memorable Mother's Day experience, please call (216) 902-5255.  

Presented by the Conservancy and the National Park Service, this popular concert series continues this spring. Admission: $20, $17 Conservancy members (includes a dessert reception after each concert). General seating. Idle Twittering: A Flock of Flutes Idle Twittering joins forces with a flock of flutes from northeast Ohio for a concert accompanied by readings and poems. It's a tribute to moms everywhere.

Rewind to the bastard cold winter of 1975. A small advertisement is placed in the back pages of "Melody Maker", the weekly music paper. London SS are looking for a drummer. Among the many applicants is Rat Scabies. He gets the gig and immediately hits it off with Brian James, the band's guitarist. The pair have stayed close friends and shared a strong musical bond throughout the many years that have passed since then. By early 1976, Scabies and James decide that London SS are going no... Visit Website

Second Annual Mother's Day: Family Bird Hike Sunday, May 13, 2 to 4 pm Experience spring migration in its full glory. Moms will appreciate the lengths some parents go to care for their offspring. (Fly 6,000 miles? Wow!) We'll also look for breeding birds with nests underway. A limited number of binoculars are available first-come, first-served. All ages welcome. Free.   

Lionel Bringuier, conductor - Severance Hall debut Alisa Weilerstein, cello KODÁLY Dances of Galánta SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 ROUSSEL The Spider's Feast STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) The pounding rhythms, the glowing melodic lines, the astounding creativity of Stravinsky's The Firebird ballet score comes to life again as the young French conductor Lionel Bringuier makes his Severance Hall debut. Cleveland native Alisa Weilerstein returns to perfo... Visit Website

Come and hear three choruses with over 250 total singers, among Northeast Ohio's best and brightest young performers! Recent engagements include the National Christmas Tree Music Festival in Washington, D.C. and the St. Patrick's Cathedral Guest Choir Series in New York City. The Singing Angels perform Broadway, pop, gospel, patriotic, barbershop harmony and light classical music. The concert also features a good old-fashioned sing-a-long! The Singing Angels members encompass numerous races, cr... Visit Website

NAME: USA Gymnastics Trampoline and Tumbling Stars and Stripes Cup PLACE: Cleveland Public Auditorium (500 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114) DATES: May 10-13, 2012 DETAILS: This four-day competition will take place at Cleveland Public Auditorium as nearly 400 trampoline and tumbling gymnasts prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. This event will showcase the USA's best in men's and women's Trampoline, Tumbling, Double Mini-Trampoline and Synchronized Trampoline for Levels 8-Elite... Visit Website

Today, May 13th, bring in a photo of your mom, grandma, or child so we can ooh and aah, and you get a 10% discount on your whole purchase. Go for a gift bag (usually 15% off any book + bottle of wine), make it 20% off today. Thanks mom!  

What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with Broadway and Hollywood songs written by the pioneer women who staked their claim in the male-dominated land of musicals? These composers and lyricists span more than a century - from Anne Caldwell to Dorothy Fields, from Gretchen Cryer to Jeanine Tesori, from Carolyn Leigh to Lynn Ahrens - and their songs include "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," "Deep in My Heart, Dear," &quo... 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.  

Come Fly Away is the new Broadway musical that brings together the legendary music of Frank Sinatra and the creative vision of Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp (Movin' Out). This one-of-a-kind experience combines the seductive vocals of "Ol' Blue Eyes'" with the sizzling sound of a live on-stage big band and the visceral thrill of Tharp's choreography. As 15 of the world's best dancers tell the story of four couples falling in and out of love, you will experience the exhilaration of a f... 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

Come experience the Geauga County countryside in a buggy! Through the woods and the fields and then on the back-road for a true Amish experience. Our buggy's are authentic and driven by their owners. Rides are 1/2 hour about three miles long. Ma & Pas Gift Shack 1-440-548-5521 remington@ohio.net. http://www.maandpas.com  

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

The image of women at the seaside in elegant white gowns was a popular subject for Impressionist painters. This exhibition explores the reality of summer tourism with a selection of actual garments of the style that would have been worn near and at the beach. The pieces date from the 1860s to the 1910s and include not only summer daywear for women and children but also swimwear. This exhibition is designed to coordinate with the exhibition "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" th... Visit Website