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Kids Klasses: Egg Decorating

Saturday, March 13, 10-11:30 a.m.; $, registration required; Carroll County Arts Center, 204 W. St., Carrollton.

Teacher will be Cheri Bell. Call to make reservations and for workshop cost.

For more information or to register, call 330-627-3739.

"Focus on Healing" with David Cordeau

Friday and Saturday, March 12-13, 7:30-4 p.m.; Honking Goose Inn, 5696 Steubenville Road, Amsterdam.

David Cordeau has just returned from Cambodia where he saw many healings. He will teach about healing, as well as spend time ministering. Call for information on session times and topics; no reservations required.

For more information, call 740-543-4283 or see www.honkinggooseinn.com.

Music at Jupiter Studios

Saturday, March 13; Jupiter Studios, 346 E. Main St., Alliance.

Saturday, 8 p.m., Modern Roots, Michelle Fergason & the Unknowns.

Every Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon, Winter Market.

For more information call 330-823-6776 or see www.jupiterstudios.org.

Music at Forest Lanes and Lounge

Forest Lanes and Lounge, Kensington.

Saturday, March 13; karaoke.

For more information, call 330-223-2208.

Arts and crafts bazaar

Friday, March 12, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; no admission; Salem Memorial Building, 785 E. State St., Salem.

More than 50 tables of crafts, candies, baked goods, and more. Lunch of homemade soup, sandwiches, desserts and beverages available.

Meat Shoot

Sunday, March 14, 8 a.m.; $5 breakfast buffet; American Sportsman Club, 790 Evening Star St. NE, East Canton.

Practice 7-8 a.m.; breakfast buffet at 8 a.m.; shoot starts at 8 a.m.

Olde Stark Antique Faire

Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, March 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; $4, free children younger than 12, free parking; Stark County Fairgrounds, Exhibition Hall, 305 Wertz Ave., Canton.

Indoor show featuring more than 100 dealers and collectors. Auctioneer and appraiser Dave Morris will do free appraisals and Pat Dame will demonstrate the art of chair caning.

For more information, call 330-794-9100.

Ballroom Blast . . . A Formal Event for Adults

Saturday, March 13, 7-10 p.m.; $10; Kempthorn Motors, Showroom and Cafe, 1449 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton.

Join Living Fountain Dance Company and Andrew Lopez for ballroom lessons and demonstrations, open dance floor, special demonstration by the Living Fountain Dance Company.

For more information, call 330-649-0773 or e-mail info@livingfountain.org.

Canton Palace Theatre events

Canton Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave. N, Canton.

For more information, call 330-454-8172.

Academy Award Series - "The Blind Side"

Friday-Sunday, March 12-14, 7 p.m.; $5.

Featuring the Timken High School band, GlenOak cheerleaders, hot dogs, and popcorn.

Rated PG-13, run time 2 hours.

SymphonyLand by the Canton Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, March 13, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; $5; Cable Recital Hall, Cultural Center for the Arts, 1001 Market Ave. N, Canton.

A brass trio introducing students to the world of the symphony in a fun, interactive and musical way. The performance centers around the children's story, "Bear on a Bike."

Love Songs and All That Jazz

Sunday, March 14, 3 p.m.; $10-14.

Love songs, spirituals, and jazz selections will be featured.

For more information, see www.cantonsymphony.org.

The Voice of the American Soul

Saturday, March 13, 10 a.m.-noon; $20; National First Ladies' Library, 205 Market Ave. S, Canton.

Tribute to famous African American contralto Marian Anderson, whose courageous life, remarkable voice and personal grace brought enormous change to American audiences. Refreshments.

For more information, see www.firstladies.org.

Ohio Boater Education Course/Pond Clinic

Saturday, March 13, 8 a.m./9 a.m.; $5/free; Exploration Gateway, Perry Drive NW, Canton.

Boater-education course for age 12 and up (younger than 16 must be accompanied by adult), covering boating safety, required equipment, Ohio boating laws, and basics of navigation. Study materials provided; test will be given at the end. $5 per person.

For more information or to make a reservation, call 330-409-8096, or see www.starkparks.com.

Learn the basic concepts of managing fish populations and controlling aquatic vegetation in your pond. Designed for adult audience.

For more information, call 330-409-8096, or see www.starkparks.com.

Kent State Stark Music Department Pops Concert

Sunday, March 14, 3-5 p.m.; $10; Kent State Stark Fine Arts Theatre, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, North Canton.

All proceeds go to music and theatre scholarship funds.

For more information see www.stark.kent.edu.

Sew Many Memories

Friday-Sunday, March 12-14, tours 1-5 p.m.; Hoover Historical Center, 1875 E. Maple St., North Canton.

Unique showing of quilts that reflect North Canton community history, including a full-size crazy quilt dating to the late 1800s, with numerous names of North Canton families embroidered and painted throughout. Also displayed is an 1845 coverlet made by New Berlin resident Isaac Shafer and several quilts on loan from the North Canton Heritage Society.

For more information, call 330-244-4667.

David Ling in Concert

Sunday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.; $6 adults, $3 children 12 and younger; Walsh University, Betzler Auditorium, Market Street via parking lot behind Don & Ida Betzler Social and Behavioral Sciences Center.

Violin concert.

For more information, call 330-490-7106.

From Script to You: 2010 New Works Festival

Friday and Saturday, March 12-13; $10, $8 opening night; North Canton Playhouse, 525 7th St. NE, North Canton.

One-act festival features seven never-performed plays written by national and local authors.

For more information, call 330-494-1613, or see www.northcantonplayhouse.com.

John Deere Days event

Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; free; Hartville MarketPlace, state Route 619, Hartville.

Cornhole tournament, raffle for John Deere walk-behind lawnmower from Hartville Hardware, live country band - 7 Roads to Nowhere at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., food specials, antique tractor display.

For more information, call 330-877-9860, e-mail info@hartmp.com, or see www.hartvillemarketplace.com.

Exhibition opening: Celebration in Art

Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon.

Sunday, March 14, 2-5 p.m.; free, no reservations.

Art from area schools. Performance by Ohio Youth Ballet; preview of "Imagine Africa," a children's book by Summer Allen Burns, illustrated by Sandi Thouvenin; art and ceramics classroom open house; make-and-take art project.

For more information, call 330-833-4061 or see massillonmuseum.org.

"On the Air"

Friday, March 12, 8 p.m., $8; Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m., $10; and Sunday, March 14, 2 p.m., $7; Lions Lincoln Theatre, 156 Lincoln Way E, Massillon.

Sponsored by the Lions Club to benefit efforts on behalf of sight and hearing conservation. "On the Air" will feature music by the men's chorus, including "Rock 'n Roll Is Here to Stay," "Shout," and "Crazy, Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer," as well as vocal and instrumental ensembles, solos, dance, comedy, the Lincoln Ladies, the Lions dancers and the notoriously heavy-footed, ill-clad Beef Trust.

For more information, call 330-844-1993 or e-mail turkal@sssnet.com.

"Steel Magnolias"

Friday and Sunday, March 12 and 14, 7:30 p.m.; $7 adults, $5 seniors and children younger than 12; and Saturday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. dinner theater; $17 adults, and $15 seniors and children; United Methodist Church of Canal Fulton, 363 W. Cherry St., Canal Fulton.

Canal Fulton Players present "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling, the story of six women who deal with marriage, love and death in a small Louisiana town in the 1980s. $1 of each ticket sold will be donated to the American Diabetes Association.

For more information, call 330-494-1022 or 330-854-4387.

Author Fair

Saturday, March 13, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; free; Canal Fulton Public Library, 154 Market St. E, Canal Fulton.

An opportunity to meet and talk with area authors, including Anita Graber, Marty Drexler, Tiffany Miller (a.k.a. Smiling Mousie), Melody Lee, Namiko Golden, Stan Purdum, Mike Johnson, Jeff Maximovich, and Brandice Schnabel. Authors will bring copies of works for sale.

For more information, call 330-854-4148, or see www.canalfultonlibrary.org.

Piano Concert by Harsha Abeyaratne

Sunday, March 14, 3 p.m.; free; Grace Lutheran Church, 216 N Wooster Ave. at W Third Street, Dover.

A native of Sri Lanka, Dr. Abeyaratne is an associate professor of music at Muskingum College.

For more information e-mail palmermusic@tusco.net.

Red Lantern Flames Square Dance Club

Friday, March 12, 8-10:30 p.m.; Red Lantern Barn, 12144 Mt. Eaton Road, Brewster.

Western-style square dance.

Kent Stage events

175 E. Main St., Kent

Hard Days Night

Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m.; $.

Beatles tribute band.

For more information, call 330-677-5005, or see www.kentstage.org.

Wilderness Center events

The Wilderness Center, just north of highway 250, Wilmot.

Wilderness Sprouts: Bats

Friday, March 12, 10 a.m.; $4-6 for children 3-5 with adult.

Discover the fascinating world of bats through slide show, games, and a special bat costume. Make finger-puppet bats. Dress for the weather.

The Amazing Bluebird

Saturday, March 13, 10:30 a.m.; $2 program, $12 program and birdbox kit.

Join TWC Bird Club representative Pat Soehnlen to learn about setting up a bluebird trail, and attracting them to your backyard. Participants will have the opportunity to make their own bluebird bow. Reservations required.

Ohio's Mining History and its Impact Today

Saturday, March 13, 1-2 p.m.; free.

Tim Jackson of ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management and Kirk Beach, Geology Program manager of ODOT, will present an overview of the adverse impacts caused by past underground mining activities and present the processes used by state agencies to identify, monitor, design and remediate underground mining problems.

Fare Passage Concert

Saturday, March 13, 7 p.m.; $8-10.

Folk music of the Celtic lands by the award-winning folk music group, playing hammered and lap dulcimers, Belgian humle, melodeon, concertina, accordion, marimba and guitar.

Space Day

Sunday, March 14, 1-3 p.m.; free.

Take a trip through the solar system and stop at each planet, the moon and sun for a simple experiment that emphasizes a concept about it. You can: play with a solar-powered toy, create craters of Mercury, use "radar" to discover the surface of Venus, enjoy the special attributes of Earth, take a walk in the moon's gravity, erupt a Martian volcano, see the swirling storms of Jupiter, shoot a "spaceship" through the rings of Saturn, explore the strange Uranus, and walk in the light on Neptune.

For more information, call 877-359-5235 or see www.wildernesscenter.org.

Maple Syrup Festival

Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14, noon-4 p.m.; free; Malabar Farm State Park, 4050 Bromfield Road, Lucas.

Horse-drawn wagon rides to the sugar camp for demonstrations of sugar-making, pioneer life, and entertainment. Food is available and maple products are for sale.

For more information, call 419-892-2784.

Art and Ale

Friday, March 11, 7-9 p.m.; $20; Akron Art Museum, One South High, Akron.

Beer-tasting event featuring a wide variety of more than a dozen delicious and unique brews, from lagers to ales to wheat and fruit beers. Beers will be paired with foods, such as nachos, soft pretzels, baseball-stadium brats, and more.

For more information, call 330-376-9186. ext. 222.

E.J. Thomas Hall events

E.J. Thomas Hall, Akron University, 198 Hill St., Akron.

Akron Symphony Chorus Spring Concert

Sunday, March 14, 2 p.m., ; $7.50-15; E.J. Thomas Hall.

A concert of choral masterpieces.

Gospel Celebration

Sunday, March 14, 5:30 p.m.; $5-10; Stage Door.

Inspiring gospel performances by favorite local talent, including Leslie Parker Barnes & Friends, Allen Swoope, the Christian All Stars, and the House of the Lord Praise Team.

For more information, see www.ejthomashall.com.

Free Concert/Craft Demonstrations

Friday, March 12, 7 p.m.; free; Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland.

Concert by Joshua Smith of the Greater Cleveland Choral Chapter.

Saturday, March 13, 1:30 p.m.; free.

Craft demonstrations by local Native American artisans.

For more information, call 1-877-262-4748.

Happy Birthday OHS

Saturday, March 13; free; Ohio Historical Center, I-71 and 17th Avenue, Columbus.

Special day of fun activities, including a display of OHS milestones from 1885-2010; Uncommon Ohio tours "Ohio Garden's Path", noon and 2 p.m.; Echoes in Time Theatre presents "Saints Preserve Us! The Irish in America," 1 and 3 p.m.; cake at 1:30 p.m.

For more information, see www.ohiohistory.org.

For the lazy cooks:

Lenten fish fry-St. Gabriel Catholic Church

Friday, March 12, 4:30-7 p.m.; fish dinners-$8 adults, $4 ages 6-12, free for children younger than 6; rigatoni-$5 adults, $3 ages 6-12; St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 400 W High St., Minerva.

Lenten fish fry-St. Francis Catholic Church

Friday, March 12, 5-8 p.m.; $8 fish or shrimp, $7 spaghetti, $4 children 10 and younger; St. Francis Catholic Church, 125 Carrollton St. N, Malvern. For more information, call 330-863-0760.

Minerva Senior Center Swiss steak dinner

Saturday, March 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; $8 adults, $4.50 children 3-12, free children younger than 3; Minerva Senior Center, 1200 Valley St., Minerva. For reservations, call 330-868-0004.

Bayard Grange chicken dinner

Sunday, March 14, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; $8 large, $5 small; Bayard Grange. For more information, call 330-894-2902.

Relay for Life ham dinner

Sunday, March 14, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; by donation; Minerva First Christian Church, 300 W Lincoln Way, Minerva. Benefits the Happy Feet team.