‘Experience junkie’ Erica Minton is charged with smoothing the transition of CSO patrons to the Taft Theater during Music Hall’s renovation next season.
Whither the orchestra goeth, the audience must follow
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Ellen Katz and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation: positioned to make a difference
The days of cutting a big check and walking away are over. Today’s donors want to know about those they are giving to. They want to see results. It is akin to investing in a cause. Ellen Katz and the Greater Cincinnati foundation welcome that change.
Music Hall – Time to let fears subside
Every night before I go to bed, and every morning when I awake, I walk to my balcony and look at Music Hall. This majestic edifice serves as a reminder of the power of ideas and the will to change…
Joint community opera expands perceptions
An interesting amalgamation of small performing arts organizations are joining forces in April to mount a production of “Tobias and the Angel,” a – yes – community opera by English composer Jonathan Dove.
Picture/Poem: Smoking
In the poem “Smoking,” Joanne Greenway remembers her glamorous mother. Artist Sara Caswell-Pearce responds with a collage of images from mid-century women’s magazines.
Drawn to ART(ists): A family tradition continues at the Carl Solway Gallery
“I have nothing to do with it,” says Carl Solway. He’s speaking of the coming Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition that bears his name: “Not in New York: Carl Solway and Cincinnati.”
Nadine Sierra: Matinee Musicale hits the jackpot
At La Scala, in January, young soprano Nadine Sierra and legendary baritone Leo Nucci were called back for a mid-performance encore in front of the curtain, something that hadn’t happened there since 1988. On May 1, Cincinnati will hear her in performance as Matinee Musicale concert series closes its 103rd season. Come see what all the excitement is about.
YWCA names 8 Career Women of Achievement
Eight Cincinnati-area women who have contributed greatly to entrepreneurship, the private sector and the public sector are winners of this year’s YWCA Greater Cincinnati’s Career Women of Achievement award.
From helplessness to GiveHope
It wasn’t just passion that spurred Susan (Pavlech) Hunt to form the nonprofit, GiveHope. There was a lot of panic in the beginning. And the feeling there was nothing she could do—that is, until she discovered her “a-ha!” moment.
Queen City Chamber Opera preparing artists for the major leagues
For its spring production, Queen City Chamber Opera is taking a field trip of sorts, partnering with the Mayerson JCC to stage Handel’s oratorio “Israel in Egypt.”