EVENTS CALENDAR

2014-15 EVENTS CALENDAR

Northeast Ohio's performance entertainment pedigree serves up everything from breakaway indie-rock bands to Broadwaycaliber musicals (everything from fist pumps to finger claps). Search our website for more event listings at thisiscleveland.com.

ONGOING

3rd Tuesday each month, Classical Revolution Cleveland. Happy Dog, Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.

happydogcleveland.com

1st Friday each month, Mix at CMA. Cleveland Museum of Art. clevelandart.org

2nd Friday each month. Tremont Artwalks. Tremont neighborhood. tremontartwalk.org

3rd Friday each month, Third Fridays Art Walk. 78th Street Studios, Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.

78thstreetstudios.com Through July 26, Burning River Roller Girls. Ohio Nets Sports Complex. burningriverrollergirls.com

Through August 2014, new season starts December 2014, Northcoast Men's Chorus For more than a quarter-century, Cleveland's gay men's chorus has brought the tears, laughs, and plenty of well-earned groans. Few groups can promise campy and moving performances in the same show; they deliver. www.ncmchorus.org

Through Aug. 24,

Nature Connects:

A Lego Brick Experience.

Cleveland Botanical Garden. cbgarden.org

Through Sept. 24, Walnut Wednesdays. Food Trucks on Walnut Ave. & E. 12th St., downtown Cleveland. downtowncleveland.com/events Through Sept. 28, Cleveland Indians Baseball. Progressive Field. indians.com

Through Oct. 5, Silk Road. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. cmnh.org Through March 2015, Common Ground:

The Music Festival Experience. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

and Museum. rockhall.com

JUNE 2014

June 22-Sept. 7, Yoga:

The Art of Transformation. Cleveland Museum of Art. clevelandart.org

2014-15 LGBT VISITORS GUIDE

June 26-28, 35th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland. Playhouse Square. tricpresents.com/jazzfest

June 27-Sept. 7, Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent. Museum of Contemporary

Art Cleveland (MOCA).

mocacleveland.org

June 28, Waterloo Arts Fest. Waterloo Arts District/Collinwood. waterlooartsfest.com

June 28, 2014, LGBT Pride Now in its 26th year, the Cleveland Pride parade and festival offers live entertainment plus special areas for families and teens. As always, the real action is in the beer garden. clevelandpride.org

JULY

July 2, The Cleveland Orchestra's Free Star-Spangled Spectacular. Public Square, downtown Cleveland. clevelandorchestra.com

July 3-Aug. 31, The Cleveland Orchestra 2014 Blossom Festival. Blossom Music Center. clevelandorchestra.com

July 11-13, Cain Park Arts Fest. Cain Park. cainpark.com

July 12,

Lakewood Summer Meltdown. Downtown Lakewood, OH. downtownlakewood.org

July 12-Nov. 15, TADA! Parties, Outings and Dinners supporting the LGBT Community Center. lgbtcleveland.org July 20, Taste of Tremont. Tremont neighborhood.

tasteoftremont.com July 25-26, Great Lakes Burning River Fest '14. Historic Coast Guard Station at Whiskey Island. burningriverfoundation.org

AUGUST

Aug. 2-3, Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival Enshrinement Weekend. Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH. profootballhof.com

Aug. 1-2, Vintage Ohio

Wine Festival. Lake Metroparks Farmpark. visitvintageohio.com Aug. 2, 2014. 37th Annual Lakewood Arts Festival. Lakewood, OH.

lakewoodartsfest.org

Aug. 3, Warehouse District Street Festival. W. 6th St., downtown Cleveland. warehousedistrict.org Aug. 14-17, Feast of the Assumption. Little Italy. littleitalycleveland.com Aug. 15-17, Weapons of Mass Creation. Cleveland Public Theatre. wmcfest.com

August 8-16, 2014, Gay Games 9 After years of planning, it's finally here-the biggest LGBT event our town has ever hosted. 20,000 participants and spectators will gather for nine incredible days of athletic and cultural events, parties, a rocking festival village and more. gg9cle.com

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Labor Day Oktoberfest. Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, OH.

bereaoktoberfest.com Aug. 30-Sept. 1,

Cleveland National Air Show. Burke Lakefront Airport. clevelandairshow.com

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 6-7, Cleveland Garlic Festival. Shaker Square.

clevelandgarlicfestival.org

Sept. 7-Dec. 15, Cleveland Browns Football. FirstEnergy Stadium. clevelandbrowns.com

Sept. 12-Nov. 2, Fri.-Sun. nights, HalloWeekends. Cedar Point. cedarpoint.com

Sept. 20, SPARX City Hop. Downtown Cleveland & surrounding neighborhoods. downtowncleveland.com/events Sept. 20-21, Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival. Tremont neighborhood. tremontwest.org Sept. 26-28, NEOCycle Urban Cycling Festival. Edgewater Park. neocycle.org

Sept. 26-28, IngenuityFest of Art + Technology. Cleveland Lakefront. ingenuitycleveland.com

OCTOBER

Oct. 3-5, Murray Hill Art Walk. Little Italy.

clevelandlittleitaly.com/art-walk

Oct. 10-18, Cleveland Beer Week. Various venues.

clevelandbeerweek.org

Oct. 19-Jan. 11, 2015, Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography. Cleveland Museum of Art. clevelandart.org

Late Oct.-April 2015, Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball. Quicken Loans Arena. 800.820.CAVS. cavs.com

NOVEMBER

Nov. 14-16, Fabulous Food Show

& International BeerFest.

I-X Center. fabulousfoodshow.com Nov. 28-Jan. 4, 2015, GLOW. Cleveland Botanical Garden. cbgarden.org

Nov. 29, WinterFest Downtown Holiday Lighting. Public Square, downtown Cleveland. 216.621.3300. downtowncleveland.com/events

DECEMBER

Dec. 5-7, Murray Hill Art Walk. Little Italy.

clevelandlittleitaly.com/art-walk

Dec. 7, Holiday CircleFest. University Circle. universitycircle.org

Dec. 4-7, 11-14, 16-23, 26-30, Deck the Hall.

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. stanhywet.org

JANUARY 2015 & BEYOND

Feb. 14, Brite Winter 2015. Ohio City neighborhood. britewinter.com

March 18-29, 2015, The Cleveland International Film Festival Breaking attendance records year after year, the 39th edition will draw about 100,0 0,000 film-lovers-

some for a a single film, others who literally won't see daylight for more than a week. For LGBT audiences, the popular "10% Series" focuses on films about our community, although you'll find yourself represented throughout. clevelandfilm.org

April 2015, CLAW.

At 14 years, the Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend has become an established tradition, raising money for charities and earning a reputation as one of the most welcoming LGBT fetish events in the world. There's no title competition, so attendees can focus on camaraderie-and on having a grand time. clawinfo.org

May 16, Cleveland International Tattoo. Playhouse Square. 216.906.9131. tattoocleveland.org

May 17, Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, 1/2 Marathon and 10K.

Downtown Cleveland.

clevelandmarathon.com May/June TBD, Fashion Week Cleveland. Downtown Cleveland. clevelandfashionweek.com

June 2015, GIFT Cruise Hosted by the annual bowling tournament, this sunset cruise aboard the Goodtime III up the Cuyahoga River and out onto Lake Erie has been drawing pride-celebrating

men and women for more than 25 years. After sunset, the dance floor becomes a celebration. clevelandgift.org

June 13, Parade The Circle. Wade Oval, University Circle. universitycircle.org

June TBD,

Summer Solstice Party. Cleveland Museum of Art. clevelandart.org

Visit while you're in town there's always something fun going on!

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2014-15 THEATER SCHEDULE Beck Center for the Arts beckcenter.org Through June 29, Seminar

July 11-Aug. 17, Young Frankenstein

Cleveland Play House clevelandplayhouse.com

Through June 29,

Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life Sept. 12-Oct. 5, Little Foxes

Oct. 24-Nov. 16, How We Got On

Nov. 28-Dec. 21, A Christmas Story

Jan. 23-Feb. 15, 2015, Five Guys Named Moe Feb. 27-March 22, 2015,

The Pianist of Willesden Lane April 3-26, 2015,

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike May 1-24, 2015, Fairfield Cleveland Public Theatre cptonline.org Aug. 10, I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians

and The American Musical Great Lakes Theater greatlakestheater.org Sept. 26-Nov. 2, The Merry Wives of Windsor Oct. 3-Nov. 9, Les Miserables

Nov. 29-Dec. 23, A Christmas Carol Feb. 27-March 22, 2015, Dial "M" for Murder April 10-26, 2015, The Tempest

Playhouse Square playhousesquare.org July 8-Aug. 3, Million Dollar Quartet Aug. 13, Gay Games 9 Choral Extravaganza "The Big Cleveland Sing"

Oct. 3-19, Motown

Nov. 4-16, Disney's Newsies

Dec. 2-14, Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Feb. 3-15, 2015, Pippin

March 3-22, 2015, Dirty Dancing

April 7-19, 2015, Kinky Boots

July 21-Aug. 2, 2015,

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

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