The Mid West Reggae Fest has been through many changes and venues in its 24 years. Recently it's landed at Clays Park Resort near Canton with three days of bands and D Js? from Ohio as well as Florida, Brooklyn & Jamaica. Fri 7/31-Sun 8/2. * Cellar Door Rendezvous 3 spotlights the local music scene for five days at six venues. Tue 8/4-Sat 8/8.
* MOCA free summer concerts on the plaza open with a Generators reunion. Thu 7/30.
* Jazz pianist Joe Hunter performs at Nightgown with strings. Sat 8/1.
* Ryan Humbert & Emily Bates channel the Everly Brothers at the Music Box Supper Club. Fri 7/31.
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If you've always wanted to be a farmer -- and you know what it involves and have a solid business plan -- the Conservancy at Cuyahoga Valley National Park has two more farm homesteads available for lease. The deal is that you live and work there and open your farm to the public once in a while. * Sooner than you think, you home gardeners are going to have more vegetables than you know what to do with, if you're lucky. Learn how to preserve that bounty for the winter at the Countryside Conservancy. Thu 7/16.