Master classes, lectures and recitals form the base of this weekend devoted to the best in classical guitar. The 13th annual classical guitar weekend welcomes a roster of internationally acclaimed concert artists, teachers and scholars in a concentrated examination and celebration of guitar, presented by Guitars International in cooperation with Cleveland Institute of Music.

May 23-25, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd, University Circle, (216) 752-7502.

 Honeck Conducts Tchaikovsky's Fifth
Cleveland Orchestra
At Severance Hall
Thursday, May 23rd - Sunday, May 26th

Tchaikovsky is often considered the most Romantic of composers. His Fifth has long been an audience favorite, ever since its premiere in 1888, for its soaring, memorable melodies and deeply passionate emotional richness.

May 23 and 25 at 8 p.m., May 26 at 3 p.m., Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, (216) 231-1111.

 The Story of the Oliver Hazard Perry Statue: A Lesson about Marble
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Friday, May 24th

A marble statue of the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie once stood on Cleveland's Public Square. Dr. Joe Hannibal will recount the history, controversial early moving and weathering of this statue, Ohio's first monumental marble sculpture, and the timing of the 19th-century realization that marble statuary weathers outdoors. He will also discuss statues carved of other stone types, as well as bronze statues and plaster replicas.

Friday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m., Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr., University Circle, (216) 231-4600.

 The Music Man
Weathervane Community Playhouse
Thursday, June 6th - Sunday, June 30th

Music Professor Harold Hill has arrived in River City, Iowa, in 1912 for the purpose of forming a boy’s marching band. He swoops into town and creates a false frenzy by declaring the local pool hall as the source of all things immoral. Harold declares that River City’s 'Trouble with a capital T’' can only be corrected if the townspeople fork over their money to him for band uniforms and instruments. The town embraces the charming newcomer and his marching-band scheme — but what they don’t know is that the “professor” is actually a fake. He’s only a con man just looking to grab a quick buck and then scram before the townspeople can run him out of town. But when Harold falls for Marian Paroo, the prim and proper town librarian, will he answer his heart and tell the truth before time runs out?

June 6 - 30, Weathervane Community Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron,(330) 836-2626

 Countryside Concerts
Apollo's Fire
Thursday, June 6th - Tuesday, June 11th

Apollo's Fire presents its popular countryside concerts JUNE 6 - 11! "My Father was a Matchmaker" with Irish storyteller Tomáseen Foley weaves hilarious tales of romance and courtship alongside joyous dance tunes.
seven performances in rustic venues around the Cleveland-Akron Area. tickets to a children's version also available at 216-320-0012.

 Art by the Falls
Valley Art Center
At Riverside Park
Saturday, June 8th - Sunday, June 9th

Live music, food a children's art tent and raffle; FREE two-day fine arts and contemporary crafts festival.
Riverside Park in Chagrin Falls. Saturday, June 8th, 10am - 7pm and Sunday, June 9th 11am - 5pm.

 Music in the Meadow
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
At Howe Meadow
Wednesday, June 12th - Wednesday, August 21st

A series of six Wednesday concerts at Howe Meadow with family activities at 5:30 and concerts starting at 6:30.
June 12 - Carlos & the PLUS Band.
June 26 - Sammy De Leon Latin Jazz Orchestra
July 10 - Boy=Girl
July 24 - HeartBEAT Afrika
August 7 - Cletus Black Revue
August 21 - The New Barleycorn Band

 Music by the Lake
Metro Parks Serving Summit County
At Munroe Falls Metro Park/Lake Area
Wednesday, June 12th - Wednesday, August 7th

Enjoy an evening of free lake swimming and an one-hour performance by the MetroParks Ensemble at the Maple Beach Shelter. Concert starts at 6:30. Call 330-865-8060 for status weather status after 4pm.
June 12, July 9 and August 7 from 5pm till 8pm.

 The King and I
Ohio Light Opera
At College of Wooster
Saturday, June 15th - Thursday, August 8th

Placing his hand on her waist and issuing the command 'Come!' the King of Siam and Anna launch into what must be Broadway's most exuberant dance sequence. The polka 'Shall We Dance,' together with such R&H classics as 'I Whistle a Happy Tune,' 'Hello, Young Lovers,' 'Getting to Know You,' and 'I Have Dreamed' all support an endearing, but bittersweet, tale of the clash between Eastern and Western cultures.

June 15 - Aug. 8, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave., Wooster, (330) 263-2345.

 Silk Stockings
Ohio Light Opera
At College of Wooster
Thursday, June 20th - Friday, August 9th

Suave, sophisticated, and filthy rich, Cole Porter brought more of himself and his times to his stage works than any of his contemporaries. His double entendres - some quite risqué - were so cleverly integrated into his lyrics that they sailed right over the heads of the censors into the laps of his audiences.

Russia has sent the stern and ice-cold envoy Ninotchka to Paris to retrieve a composer, who, encouraged by his American agent Steve Canfield, is thinking of defecting. Steve and Paris work their magic on Ninotchka, but her Russian pride intervenes and she returns to her home country. Steve follows, but is detained for conspiracy to undermine the government. The immensely witty dialogue bristles with Cold War jibes: When informed that the composer Prokofiev is dead, a Russian official retorts: 'I didn't even know that he was arrested.'

June 20 - Aug. 9, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave., Wooster, (330) 263-2345

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