The Cleveland Composers Guild has been around more than 60 years, encouraging composers to create by collaborating with various musical organizations to offer opportunities for performances. Its ...

Cleveland ensemble Alla Boara was founded in 2020 by one of northeast Ohio’s many rising young jazz musicians, drummer/percussionist Anthony Taddeo, inspired by Alan Lomax’s 1954 Smithsonian Folkways ...

It was just a few weeks ago that we learned that Michele DeFrasia, long-time owner/operator of the Phantasy Nite Club complex in Lakewood, was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Just as she was ...

The next offering from local ensemble Radio on the Lake, which presents readings of classic radio plays, is a classic radio play based on a classic film: Sunset Boulevard. Most people have at least ...

Long-running Cleveland indie rock band Kiss Me Deadly, fronted by songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Jen Poland, is getting ready for its next chapter, as it released its new full-length recording Ship of ...

Saturday April 25 is independent Bookstore Day and we could not recommend more highly visiting one of this city’s many locally owned small (and mid-sized) bookstores. Many area stores will have ...

For about a decade and a half, singer/songwriter/guitarist Alex Bevan, along with fellow (retired) musician Charlie Wiener, has been co-hosting a series of “In Celebration of” shows, mostly at the ...

Cleveland Heights quintet With Windswept Hair describes itself as an “indie/art/pop band.” They’re pretty new on the scene, having been working together as an ensemble since 2023. Now they’re ...

His exhibition at moCa is divided into three parts that explore the connection between place and belonging. “Unforgiven Souls Sing Hymns” addresses faith and survival; “Situated at the East End of ...

Guitarist, vocalist and prolific songwriter Ray Flanagan is one of those “everywhere” musicians, who performs in so many contexts, so many locations and with so many other musicians that you never ...

Bassist/guitarist/composer Toby Summerfield is yet another widely traveled musician in the field of improvisational music ...

Once again, glamour, sparkle, beauty and fun will flood the stage of the Beachland Ballroom when Cleveland Burlesque returns to present Burlesque! Burlesque!, which it describes as “a high-energy ...