Improper Frames at CMA’s Transformer Station
Transformer StationIn partnership with Cleveland Print Room, the Cleveland Museum of Art presents Improper Frames at Transformer Station, the museum’s satellite location in Ohio City’s Hingetown neighborhood. On view from February 14 through May 10, 2026, this free exhibition brings together artists and photographers working through Cleveland’s internal boundaries, partial views, and shifting frames. Their works engage a city recently rendered legible through a comprehensive property inventory, classifying and evaluating land across the city. The exhibition features work by Amber Ford, Jon Gott, Michael Indriolo, Da’Shaunae Marisa, Vivica Satterwhite, and Alejandro Vergara, and is curated by Theodossis Issaias.
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra revisits Woodstock
Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAOn Friday, May 1, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will perform a jazz-infused version of the seminal music festival: Woodstock. For its final concert of the season, the CJO will lead Clevelanders on a magical, mystery tour of Woodstock classics. Jazz greatly influenced many of the musicians synonymous with the music festival that set the bar for decades to come. The evening at the Maltz Performing Arts Center features the full CJO brass band reinterpreting Santana, Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, and Credence Clear Water Revival. Arrangements by Artistic Director Paul Ferguson will feature solos by trumpeters Jack Schantz and Scott McKee; trombonist Chris Anderson; saxophonists Brad Wagner and Chris Burge. Local luminaries Jackie Warren, Aidan Plank, Dan Bruce, and Dustin May will round out the percussion section. Joining the CJO is Clevelander and Tony Award® Nominee Mary Bridget Davies. Davies received rave reviews and a Tony nomination for her tribute to Janis Joplin, “A Night with Janis Joplin”. The CJO is proud to accompany her on such songs as, “Piece of My Heart” and “Try a Little Harder”. Ferguson will also arrange the jazz accompaniments for the Joplin selections. “Mary Bridget Davies sang with the CJO about 8 years ago at […]
