A periodic report on honors and appointments across the Tri-State…
Author: Thom Mariner
Composer/arranger Knechtges sings of the dozen joys of quarantine
Eric Knechtges (kuh-NEK-TIS) may have simply had too much time on his hands during the age of corona … or maybe we should just enjoy the fruits of his imagination and not be judgemental.
‘The next normal’
When we heard the news about all bars and restaurants shuttering, we suddenly realized that, no matter how many copies we might print, we simply would not have anywhere to deliver them.
Arts groups light up cultural venues to kick off 2020 ArtsWave campaign
ArtsWave will kick off the nation’s largest annual community arts fundraising drive on Thursday, Jan. 30, by illuminating 50+ arts destinations across the Cincinnati region with luminaria.
What to Do/Hear/See | Jan. 22-28
If there was any collective post-holiday pause among the area’s arts and culture groups, we didn’t notice it, and there’s certainly no sign of it now. With the usual more-than-you-have-time-for agenda of events on tap for the week, let us help you with some select happenings that are sure to please.
Taft Museum awarded huge NEH grant toward bicentennial year
The Taft Museum of Art has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities’ competitive Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant in the maximum amount: $750,000.
What to Do/Hear/See | Dec. 18-24
Things are beginning to wind down as we approach the big holiday week ahead, bookended by Christmas and New Year’s. But there are still several key musical events on the horizon, and numerous ongoing cultural and theatrical opportunities to impress your out-of-town guests. Below is a digest for easy consumption…
Eric Lechliter – trumpeter, arranger breathes new life into local jazz
Eric Lechliter has reached that point in life where the days are long, but the possibilities seem endless. At the tender age of 26, life is full.
Largest ever gift lifts Ballet into its future home
Cincinnati Ballet unveiled design plans for the Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance, scheduled to open in summer 2021. The new center will be built on vacant land purchased by Cincinnati Ballet at 1801 Gilbert Ave., just south of the Baldwin Apartments, near the entrance to Eden Park.
What to Do/Hear/See | Nov. 6-12
This week is another monster, with a widely diverse array of choices ahead.
Get yourself out and experience all this city has to offer. And take a friend, someone new to experience whatever you’d like to share. Who knows? You might make a convert.