We say Greater Cincinnati offers a cultural feast. With Memorial Day earlier than usual, though, the warm season overlaps the traditional season. That means twice the fun and enlightenment this week, whether it’s eclectic music across an entire neighborhood, fresh sounds at a classical festival or a literal feast to kick off summer. Grab your spork and read on.
This week it’s about singing, shopping and books. All of my favorite things. May Festival steps onto the risers (don’t forget dinner in WP, first) while Simon and Garfunkel take the stage in Kentucky. Langston Hughes, Harriet Beecher Stowe and some acoustic blues each have their moment. Take your pick.
Many of our favorite groups conclude their seasons in the next few days. From Grateful Dead to Beethoven, there is plenty of music on tap. Our rich jazz scene holds its own and you can experience a “walking concert.” There’s not quite 525,600 minutes of culture, this week, but surely spring is the season of love.
I have good news and some bad news. The good: Arts and culture offerings in late spring bloom like honeysuckle in these parts. The bad: You’ll have to clone yourself to get to it all. If you can’t do that, you’ll just have to plan wisely. Don’t fret too much, though. There are no wrong answers.
Flowers are blooming and plenty of new art is on the walls. No B-movies, this week. Music in our favorite places. A little dance, a teaser by the May Festival and some radical fashion. Make every night Date Night.
We have a strangely eclectic mix of arts and culture events this week, so let’s just get In the Mood to Take the “A” Train to Fleet Street, tangle with Tango on the Square, tour the cosmos with an ancient prince, skip to the Scottish Highlands and California redwood forests, and much more …
A lecture on poetry or sea otters? A Greek tragedy or Rachmaninoff? Dance and theater companies wrap up their seasons and the legendary Quatuor Ébène finally comes to Cincinnati. Add a hint of Brazilian jazz and you’ve got a tasty recipe for a cultural feast.
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.
You’ve no doubt noticed that the first round of spring flowers exploded in color last week. The region’s stages are bursting like that this week with music and drama. Think of it as cultural March madness: We’ll make the first cut, but you have to fill your bracket from there.
Stepping in this week to pick up the slack for your regular FIXers who each seem to be occupied elsewhere. Truth be told, they all provided a note, so I could not say “No.” There is a lot of homegrown talent among this week’s selections. Pretty impressive. Pay attention as we lay out your weekly smorgasbord…
