The performance at Severance Hall by the Israel Philharmonic ties in with the Maltz Museum's Violins of Hope exhibit; both emerged from the Holocaust to offer a message of survival through music. Mon 11/16.

* The FiveOne Experimental Orchestra explores sacred space in Sacrum Silentium. Fri 11/13.
* Ohio legends of Rock at Akron Civic Theatre is a local music nostalgia trip. Sat 11/14.
* Bluewater Chamber Orchestra features its own flute players as soloists in French music program. Sat 11/14.
* The Beachland Ballroom's Record Riot gives vinyl collectors another way to go broke. Sat 11/14.

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The issue of food waste has come to the foreground in recent years, as both social justice and environmental activists promote the need to address how much food is produced and thrown away. Come to the CWRU farm in Hunting Valley to hear how local businesses are tackling the problem. Sat 11/7.

* It's getting to be hot soup weather. At SouperBowlCle in Gordon Square, you can try 20 different soups at various spots in the neighborhood and vote on your favorite. Proceeds go to help those in need via the West Side Catholic Center. Sat 11/7.

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