Columbus Ohio Metro Parks

Browsing the Arts for Aug. 5-11, 2011

Akron Art Museum. 1 S. High St. 330-376-9185 or akronartmuseum.org . 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday (until 9 p.m. Thursday), and holidays. $7; $5, those 65 and older and students (with valid ID); free, children ages 12 and younger. Free admission the first Sunday of the month. Exhibit: "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: 50 Works for Ohio." Through Saturday, Oct. 16. Free.

Cleveland Museum of Art. 11150 East Blvd. 216-421-7340 or clevelandart.org . Registration required for gallery talks and lectures. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday (until 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday). Closed major holidays. Free admission to the permanent collection. Admission may apply to touring exhibitions. Exhibit: "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art." Through Sunday, Aug. 28.

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. 8501 Carnegie Ave. 216-421-8671 or mocacleveland.org . 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday (until 8 p.m. Wednesday). $4; $3, senior citizens and students with ID (free on Friday). The Cleveland Play House provides secure parking for $7.50. Exhibit: "Delicious Fields: Nine Ohio Photographers at Work." Works by Jodi Boatman, Bruce Checefsky, Joy Christiansen Erb, Mary Fahy, Marcella Hackbardt, Benjamin Montague, Ardine Nelson, Pipo Nguyen-Duy and Jordan Tate. And "Terrain." Julianne Swartz, sound installation. Through Sunday, Aug. 21. Pavilion: $27-$82. Lawn: $19. Under 18 Free Lawn Pass: up to two “under 18s†are admitted free with each paid adult lawn ticket.

Ohio Light Opera. College of Wooster's Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. 330-263-2345 or ohiolightopera.org . In repertory through Saturday, Aug. 13: Loewe & Lerner's "Camelot," Victor Herbert's "The Fortune Teller," Cole Porter & Moss Hart's "Jubilee," Leo Fall's "Madame Pompadour," Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow," Sullivan & Gilbert's "The Pirates of Penzance," and a Triple Bill (Jacques Offenbach's "Evening Wind," Arthur Sullivan's "Cox and Box" and Sullivan & Gilbert's "Trial by Jury"). Free pre-performance talk at 6:30 p.m. prior to Friday and Saturday evening performances. $45, adults; $20, students. "Jubilee." 2 p.m. today. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Free.

Holden Arboretum. 9500 Sperry Road, Kirtland. 440-946-4400 or holdenarb.org .

Scioto Audubon - Columbus Metro Parks – Exploring Columbus Ohio

Columbus Metro Parks, Audubon Ohio, and the City of Columbus Recreation & Parks partnered to bring you the Scioto Audubon!

A real gem, the 94 acres in the heart of Columbus, the Scioto Audubon is nestled on the Scioto River bank on the Whittier Peninsula.

Five acres of wetland cells is dedicated to enhance wildlife habitat. Birding is very popular in this area and several species such as the blue-winged tail, wood ducks, egrets, pied-billed grebe, herons, American bittern and osprey have been seen.

Not into birding? That’s okay!