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Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa), c. 1425-1450 (detail). Attributed to Angelos Akotantos (Greek). Tempera and gold on wood panel, Unframed - 96 x 70 cm. Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.154

(Cleveland Museum of Art)

The Cleveland Museum of Art will celebrate the real, religious meaning of Christmas with a free "Mother and Child" choral concert at 2 p.m. Saturday in their atrium. The performance by members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth and Children's Choruses, Quire Cleveland and Todd Wilson & the Trinity Cathedral Choir will focus on music inspired by holy imagery of the Virgin and Child in the museum's collection of medieval art. There will also be a pre-concert talk at 1 p.m. on Virgin and Child imagery by Stephen Fliegel, curator of medieval art. To cap the day, the lovely Provenance restaurant will be serving high tea at 12 p.m. before the event or after it at 4 p.m. in the museum's banquet room. Tickets $36 per person (gratuity and tax included). For tea reservations 216-421-7350.