Aug. 30-Nov. 30: John Heartfield vs. Nazi Germany, photomontages by John Heartfield. Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery, Akron Art Museum.

Aug. 30-Nov. 30: Unveiled — Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Collection. Judith Bear Isroff Gallery, Akron Art Museum.

Sept. 27-Jan. 4, 2009: Jean-Pierre Gauthier — Machines at Play. First survey of work by the Montreal artist, inventor and musician. Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries, Akron Art Museum.

12 p.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 11: Move and Groove Family Dance Party. DJ Schooly Dre spins tunes in the Grand Lobby and artist Melissa Daubert creates a giant wind-powered sculpture in the classroom. Family Drop-In Day includes participation in activities and family-friendly tours of the Gauthier exhibition. Akron Art Museum.

Oct. 18-Jan. 11, 2009: Toying with Imagination — A Plastic Camera Exhibition. Mary
S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Gallery, Akron Art Museum.

Oct. 19-Jan. 18, 2009: Artistic Luxury — Faberge Tiffany Lalique at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Works by 20th-century jewelry and luxury goods designers Peter Carl Faberge, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Rene Lalique. Cleveland Museum of Art.

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 1: Studio Classes for Kids, geared for 8- to 12-year-olds. Kids investigate the Jean-Pierre Gauthier exhibition, then explore related media techniques to make a kinetic sculpture in the classroom. Advance registration required. Akron Art Museum.

Dec. 6-Feb. 22, 2009: Heresies — A Retrospective by Pedro Meyer. Works by the contemporary Mexican photographer. Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery, Akron Art Museum.

CLASSICAL AND BEYOND

6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 and Sept. 7: The Chamber Music Society of Ohio performs Strings Attached, a program of the Schumann Piano Quartet and the Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major, plus songs for soprano, violin, cello and piano by Roger Quilter. David Fisher, piano; George Pope, flute; Valerie Thorson, soprano; Alan Bodman, violin; Ann Smith, viola; and Greg Fiocca, cello. Private location in Bath; call 330-869-9113.

8 p.m. Sept. 11-13 and 3 p.m. Sept. 14: Man of La Mancha, musical performed by University of Akron students at Daum Theatre of Kolbe Hall, UA.

8 p.m. Sept. 20: Akron Symphony Orchestra with Christopher Wilkins, conductor; Stefan Jackiw, violin. Barber Overture to School for Scandal; Sibelius Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4. E.J. Thomas Hall.

3 p.m. Sept. 21: Brass Band of the Western Reserve, performing on the Kulas Concert Series. Guzzetta Recital Hall, UA.

8 p.m. Sept. 25-27: Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Moest, conductor; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. George Benjamin, new work for piano and orchestra (U.S. premiere); Bruckner Symphony No. 7. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Oct. 2, 11 a.m. Oct. 3: Cleveland Orchestra with Welser-Moest, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Mozart Symphony No. 25; R. Strauss Burleske (for piano and orchestra); Szymanowski Symphony No. 4; Dvorak Slavonic Dances from Op. 46. Burleske will not be performed at the Friday matinee. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Oct. 3: For the Love of Broadway, Akron Symphony pops concert with singers and a production company performing Broadway hits. Akron Civic Theatre.

8 p.m. Oct. 3: David Higgs, organist, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron.

8:30 p.m. Oct. 9, 8 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11: Cleveland Orchestra with Welser-Moest, conductor; Lang Lang, piano, and Joela Jones, piano. Olivier Messiaen's Sept Haikai (Seven Haiku for piano and small orchestra); Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1; Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Oct. 11: R. Jelani Eddington on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ at the Akron Civic Theatre.

3 p.m. Oct. 12: Minnesota Guitar Quartet performs in the Kulas Concert Series. Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron.

3 p.m. Oct. 12: Cleveland Orchestra with Welser-Moest, conductor; Joela Jones, piano. Messiaen's Sept Haikai (Seven Haiku for piano and small orchestra); Dvorak's Slavonic Dances from Op. 46; Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

7:30 p.m. Oct. 16: Apollo's Fire performs music of Handel at Fairlawn Lutheran Church.

8 p.m. Oct. 18: Akron Symphony Orchestra with Wilkins, conductor; Orli Shaham, piano. Bartok Dance Suite; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2; Dvorak Symphony No. 6. E.J. Thomas Hall.

7 p.m. Oct. 19: Raul Midon, UA Stage Door.

7:30 p.m. Oct. 19: Jane Parker-Smith, organist, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron.

7:30 p.m. Oct. 22: Tuesday Musical presents The Five Browns at E.J. Thomas Hall.

7:30 p.m. Oct. 23: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at the Akron Civic Theatre.

8 p.m. Oct. 23, 11 a.m. Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Oct. 25, 3 p.m. Oct. 26: Cleveland Orchestra with Nicholas McGegan, conductor; William Preucil, violin; Desmond Hoebig, cello; Joshua Smith, flute; Frank Rosenwein, oboe. Rameau Suite from Nais; Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048; J.C. Bach's Sinfonia concertante in C major; Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks. Nais will not be performed at the Friday matinee. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

3 p.m. Oct. 26: Akron Symphony Orchestra Odyssey series, Star Wars: Music and Myth, conducted by Christopher James Lees. E.J. Thomas Hall.

8 p.m. Oct. 30, 11 a.m. Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Nov. 1: Cleveland Orchestra with Marc Minkowski, conductor; Franklin Cohen, clarinet. Haydn's Symphony No. 100 (''Military''); John Adams' Gnarly Buttons (for clarinet and orchestra); Roussel's Symphony No. 3. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 1: David Krakauer and Klezmer Madness! Presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art at Murch Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

2 p.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 2: Akros Percussion Collective presents Snap, Crackle, Pop! in the Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium of the Akron Art Museum. 330-376-9186, Ext. 229.

2 p.m. Nov. 2: Akron Symphony Chorus, Hugh Floyd, conductor. St. Bernard Catholic Church.

8 p.m. Nov. 6-8: Cleveland Orchestra with Welser-Moest, conductor; Malin Hartelius, soprano; Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano (Cleveland Orchestra debut); tenor and bass soloists to be announced; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Julian Anderson's new work; Mozart's Mass in C minor, K. 427. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Nov. 7: James David Christie, organist, with the Oberlin Strings and Phillip Highfill, conductor. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 8: Summit Choral Society Masterworks Chorale performs ''In Remembrance,'' honoring Northeast Ohio servicemen and servicewomen. St. Bernard Church, Akron.

8 p.m. Nov. 10: Violinist Andres Cardenes performs with the UA Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guy Victor Bordo, on the Kulas Concert Series. E.J. Thomas Hall.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 12: Artistic Luxury: Music of Opulence and Decadence Around 1900, with Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano, performing music of Ravel, Debussy, Anton Arensky, and Faure. Presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art at Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 12: UA Cabaret Concert with Joe Augustine, UA Stage Door.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 13: Apollo's Fire performs Pluckfest II at Fairlawn Lutheran Church.

8 p.m. Nov. 13-15; 3 p.m. Nov. 16: Cleveland Orchestra with Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; William Preucil, violin; Desmond Hoebig, cello. Brahms' Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra; Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (''Eroica''). Severance Hall, Cleveland.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 18: Tuesday Musical presents the Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Herbert Blomstedt, performing the Brahms Double Concerto with William Preucil, violin, and Desmond Hoebig, cello, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (''Eroica''). E.J. Thomas Hall.

8 p.m. Nov. 20: Corey Smith, UA Stage Door.

8 p.m. Nov. 20-22: Cleveland Orchestra with Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Bruckner's Symphony No. 8. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Nov. 22: Akron Symphony Orchestra with Wilkins, conductor; Orion Weiss and Anna Polonsky, duo-pianists. Mozart Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio; Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat, K. 365; Zemlinsky Suite from The Mermaid; R. Strauss Till Eulenspiegel. E.J. Thomas Hall.

8 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29; 3 p.m. Nov. 30: Cleveland Orchestra with Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin. Erkki-Sven Tuur, Aditus; Beethoven Violin Concerto; Stravinsky's Petrushka; Stravinsky's Scherzo a la russe. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Dec. 4-6: Cleveland Orchestra with Mitsuko Uchida, conductor and piano; Jayce Ogren, conductor (work to be announced). Program includes Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488; Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491. Severance Hall, Cleveland.

8 p.m. Dec. 5 (Akron), 8 p.m. Dec. 6 (Wadsworth), 3 p.m. Dec. 7 (Bath): Akron Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir perform Handel's Messiah.

7 p.m. Dec. 6: Summit Children's Choir performs A Concert for the Holidays at Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium. 330-434-7464.

3 p.m. Dec. 7: UA Jazz Program ''Holiday Sampler,'' Kulas Concert Series. Guzzetta Recital Hall, UA.

7:30 p.m. Dec. 9: Apollo's Fire performs Handel's Messiah at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Akron.

7:30 p.m. Dec. 10: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, performed by pianist Christopher Taylor. Presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art at Old Stone Church, Cleveland.

7:30 p.m. Dec. 13: Des Canyons aux Etoiles, Messiaen's evening-length tone poem in homage to Bryce Canyon, performed by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble and conducted by Tim Weiss. Presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art at Pilgrim Congregational Church.

Dec. 13 and 14: Christmas Music Spectacular, Akron Civic Theatre.

4 p.m. Dec. 14: TubaChristmas. E.J. Thomas Hall.

7:30 p.m. Dec. 18: Akron Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops concert with Carl Topilow, guest conductor; Akron Symphony Chorus, Hugh Floyd, director. E.J. Thomas Hall.

Dec. 19-21: Summit Choral Society's Christmas Candlelight Concerts at St. Bernard Church, Akron.
DANCE

8 p.m. Sept. 12, 13, 19 and 20; 2 p.m. Sept. 14 and 21: GroundWorks Dancetheater, Northside Ice/Coal Factory Complex, Akron.

7 p.m. Sept. 12: Dance Showcase, presenting African Soul International, Dance/Theater Collective, Double-Edge Dance, Inlet Dance Theatre, Lisa K. Lock and Verb Ballets at the Ohio Theatre of Playhouse Square. Free.

8 p.m. Oct. 4: DanceCleveland presents Doug Varone and Dancers, E.J. Thomas Hall.

2:30 p.m. Oct. 5: Manchester Dance Ensemble performs Collaborations: Meet the Company, a performance of socially-oriented works including the premiere of Erika R. Young's In-tense, created on a theme of teen depression. Pre-professional dancers perform free concert at the Akron-Summit County Main Library. 330-245-1155.

2 p.m. Oct. 18 and 19: Canton Ballet, Peter and the Wolf and Bugs, Crayons, and Moving Violations.

8 p.m. Oct. 24: Verb Ballets performs at Ohio Theatre of PlayhouseSquare.

8 p.m. Nov. 1: DanceCleveland presents the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square.

1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 15: The Snow Maiden, performed by the University of Akron Dance Institute at E.J. Thomas Hall.

8 p.m. Nov. 21, 2 p.m. Nov. 23: Dance 2008, Excellence in Motion. KSU students perform at E. Turner Stump Theatre.

Nov. 29-Dec. 7 (times vary): Ballet Theatre of Ohio performs The Nutcracker at Akron Civic Theatre.

2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 6, 2 p.m. Dec. 7: Nutcracker Swings! performed by the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet to big band holiday music at the Performing Arts Theatre of Our Lady of the Elms High School.

3 p.m. Dec. 7: Verb Ballets performs Peter and the Wolf at Tri-C Western Campus Theater, Parma.

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 13 and 14: Canton Ballet, The Nutcracker. THEATER

Aug. 27-Nov. 1: The Wizard of Oz, Carousel Dinner Theatre.

Sept. 4-21: The Rainmaker, Weathervane Playhouse.

Sept. 5-Oct. 11: The Lieutentant of Inishmore, The Bang and the Clatter Sometimes in the Silence . . . Theatre in Cleveland.

Sept. 8-Oct. 5: Main Travelled Roads (musical comedy by Paul Libman and Dave Hudson), Actors' Summit in Hudson.

Sept. 12-Oct. 5: The Glass Menagerie, Cleveland Play House.

Sept. 24-Nov. 7: Macbeth, Great Lakes Theater Festival. Hanna Theatre, Cleveland (new location).

Oct. 2-19: Steel Magnolias, Coach House Theatre in Akron.

Oct. 3-12: A New Brain, performed by Kent State University students. E. Turner Stump Theatre, KSU.

3 p.m. Oct. 5: The Magic Tree House — The Musical. Akron Civic Theatre.

Oct. 8- Nov. 8: Into the Woods, Great Lakes Theater Festival. Hanna Theatre, Cleveland (new location).

Oct. 9-26: Children of Eden, Weathervane Playhouse.

Oct. 10-19: Louis Sachar's Holes, Magical Theatre Company, Barberton.

Oct. 14-26: A Chorus Line, Palace Theatre, Playhouse Square.

Oct. 17-19: Militant Language, The Bang and the Clatter Sometimes in the Silence . . . Theatre in Cleveland. 330-606-5317.

11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 18: Jason and the Argonauts (family presentation), Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at PlayhouseSquare.

Oct. 23-Nov. 9: Nixon's Nixon, Actors' Summit in Hudson.

Oct. 24-Nov. 22: In a Dark, Dark House, The Bang and the Clatter A Shot Rings Out . . . Theatre in Akron, location to be determined.

Oct. 31-Nov. 22: International House of Hamburgers, The Bang and the Clatter Sometimes in the Silence . . . Theatre in Cleveland.

Oct. 31-Nov. 9: Three Sisters, performed by KSU students at the Wright-Curtis Theatre.

2 p.m. Nov. 2: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Akron Civic Theatre.

8 p.m. Nov. 8: Frankenstein, New World Performance Laboratory. UA Stage Door.

Nov. 11-23: Legally Blonde, Palace Theatre, Playhouse Square.

Nov. 28-Dec. 21: A Christmas Story, Cleveland Play House.
Nov. 28-Dec. 23: A Christmas Carol, Great Lakes Theater Festival. Hanna Theatre, Cleveland (new location).

Dec. 2-4: Ain't Misbehavin', E.J. Thomas Hall.

Dec. 5: How His Bride Came to Abraham, The Bang and the Clatter A Shot Rings Out . . . Theatre in Akron, location to be determined.

Dec. 5-27: Blasted, The Bang and the Clatter Sometimes in the Silence . . . Theatre in Cleveland.

Dec. 4-21: Light Up the Sky, Coach House Theatre. 330-434-7741 (performance weeks only).
Dec. 4-21: Sanders Family Christmas, Actors' Summit in Hudson.

Dec. 4-28: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. State Theatre, Playhouse Square.