Get Out: 'Pippin,' Jazz Festival and Benefit Concert

The Big, Bad, Savage, Scary … Amazing Wolf

Where/When: Cleveland Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation Nature Center, 7:30-9 p.m. Friday
Why Go: Hear about the history of the gray wolf, including reintroduction efforts in Yellowstone National Park, the Southwest United States and the upper Midwest
Price: Free


Fairmount Center presents Pippin

Where/When: Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Why Go: A musical about a young prince who seeks happiness in the battlefield only to find it at home with family.
Price: $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students

AltOhio.com benefit for Preston's H.O.P.E.

Where/When: Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 8 p.m. to midnight Friday
Why Go: Raise money for the largest fully handicapped-accessible playground in Northeast Ohio. Founding Fathers, Nights, Brian Straw, Fangs Out and Me will perform.
Price: $5 minimum donation

39th annual Lakeland Jazz Festival

Where/When: Lakeland Community College Performing Arts Center, 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday
Why Go: Hear the bands Organ Ism and Bobby Selvaggio's Grass Roots Movement on Friday, headliner Kurt Rosenwinkel on Saturday and the Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra and MOJO: The Generations of Big Band on Sunday.
Price: Friday – $15 adults, $10 students; Saturday – $25 adults, $15 students; and Sunday – $10 adults, $7 students

The Blacker the Berry … Dinner Theater

Where/When: Greenmont Party Center, 800 S. Green Road, South Euclid, 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday. Call 216-297-0891
Why Go: A full-course meal prepared by Ivy's Catering and a Gospel stage play
Price: $38