Three dialogue-light films, lots of jazz and bluegrass, an art opening and “The Gingerbread Man.” Tunes at the Zoo is free and an awesome string quartet plays Beethoven. The weather is warming and the sun is shining, so make a plan and live it up before a relaxing Easter Sunday with family and friends.
Festival season is upon us and it opens with a bang. Bockfest and its monk-led goat kick-off at Arnold’s and Cincinnati Wine Festival uncorks in the newly renovated First Financial Center. Brahms and Schumann dominate and you can catch some Bach in Hyde Park. Shakespeare, new playwrights, art and jazz complete the week. Enjoy.
Cincinnati Opera gears back up just as the Early Music Festival winds down. Never a dull moment in this town. A piano concerto for only the left hand? Jazz and theater (or is that thea-TRE) abound or you can live it up at Art After Dark. There’s a little bit of something for everybody this week.
It’s time to roll off the couch and stop moaning about dirty snow. There’s plenty to entice, including some interesting plays, Cajun and Latin jazz or J.S. Bach. Black History Month continues while Swan Lake takes the stage. Don’t miss the extraordinary James McMillan’s “Seven Last Words from the Cross.” Enjoy some culture and new-found warmth.
Linton Chamber Music and the CSO host works of Pulitzer Prize winners in an exciting week of diversity and thought. Martin Luther King Jr. takes his rightful place in Our Fair City, while Mother Nature is a contender for our attention. New perspectives on famous novels and some gypsy jazz complete your to-do list.
The year 2026 is off and running. We’re done with leftovers and “Messiah” is behind us. Get ready for an exciting year of arts experiences and regional culture. Community theater is up and running on the East Side; jazz and CSO take charge downtown; and chili is on the stove at Findlay Market.
If you need a break from cookie baking and making lists, bundle up for a culture trek around town for some last-minute fun and frivolity. Holiday traditions abound from “The Nutcracker” to the Vocal Arts Ensemble. Caffè Vivace and Memorial Hall welcome local jazz favorites.
Enjoy your downtime over the holiday with lots of activities for the kids, plenty of jazz and some fun theater. A reimagining of “The Nutcracker?” We’ve got it. Important art exhibits, puppets and some Black Friday specials at Findlay Market round out the possibilities. Get some rest and enjoy yourself.
Lights, lights, lights, lights, lights. If you tire of all the early Christmas cheer, check out some Beethoven. Horror is in the house at the MEMO. Louis Langrée is back at the CSO. MAD Magazine flipping some pages at the CAM and plenty of shopping will round out your week.
Edgar Allen Poe at the CSO. F. Scott Fitzgerald at the ballet. Salmon Rushdie at the MEMO. Brothers Grimm at Cincinnati Opera. Great authors are everywhere. Do lemons really make noise? Falcon Theatre knows. Christ Church serves up some terrific violin music for your lunch break. Here’s hoping your brain doesn’t explode from all of the great offerings.
