Grammy Award winner Mavis Staples and her band performed their trademark blend of gospel, soul, folk, pop, blues, rock and R&B at Memorial Hall.
Longworth-Anderson features Mavis Staples
Category: Performing Arts
Madonna and Boy George spotted
Leg warmers, oversized T’s and plenty of headbands were on display as Cincinnati Ballet hosted Club B “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” an ’80s-themed dance party at the American Sign Museum.
Hitting all the right notes
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Bourbon Barrel Ball took place at the former IMAX theater lobbies at Newport on the Levee.
What to Do/See/Hear | May 16-22
By any measure, this weekend is one of the year’s best for the number and variety of happenings around town. Chalk it up to May, traditionally the transitional month from spring to summer and indoor to outdoor. Obviously, this year’s weather has skipped the “spring” part of that transition, but the events are blooming right on schedule.
Art of the Piano Festival returning to CCM
For 22 days this spring, more than two dozen aspiring concert pianists from around the globe will listen, learn and play alongside some of the world’s top soloists, composers and faculty.
Cincinnati Symphony Club hits the runway
About 245 members and guests attended the April Affair luncheon and fashion show hosted by the Cincinnati Symphony Club.
Change is blooming large at the new May Festival
The May Festival – the oldest, continuously active choral festival in the Western Hemisphere and the oldest arts institution in the Queen City – is embracing real change.
What to Do/See/Hear | May 9-15
A lot of work (and money) has been put toward turning Elm Street into Cincinnati’s arts axis. How is that paying off? Well, four of our first five picks this week take place along a two-block stretch of Elm. And that doesn’t even count the CSO – and they’re playing, too. So park once, and enjoy often.
What to Do/See/Hear | May 2-8
This week is proof that some of the biggest events can come in the smallest packages. Whether it’s a museum or a movie for the little ones, the personal connection of music performed just feet away or the beauty seen in small pieces of art, we have an event that’s just the right size for you.
Faces of Fringe: kinda weird, kinda wonderful
Cincinnati’s Fringe Festival describes itself like this: “Kinda weird, like you.” Produced by Over-the-Rhine’s Know Theatre, this annual summertime theater-bender draws a fleet of artists – dancers, actors, playwrights, musicians, visual artists, puppeteers, clowns and storytellers – from across the country to share their strangest, riskiest work with audiences in spaces scattered throughout Over-the-Rhine.