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 …
What? More snow? Fortunately, there’s plenty going on this week to warm your heart (Valentine’s Day is coming!) and take your mind off the weather. Shake it off and read on …
The Aronoff Center for the Arts turns 30 this season. In those three decades, the Aronoff has gone from a sometimes-controversial development that some believed was part of a plan to abandon Music Hall to what is arguably the hub of the city center’s arts and entertainment.
A bevy of terrifying choices might suggest Halloween is approaching . From “Rocky Horror Show” and vampires to “Friday the 13th” and dancing clowns, the Queen City is celebrating from top to bottom. You don’t celebrate all things macabre? How about some coffee or Shostakovich? There’s the full complement of lectures, jazz and theater. Something to suit each of you.
Well, the neighbors down the street put up their Halloween decorations on Labor Day weekend, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that some local cultural groups are starting October with spooky doings. But the week also brings big events that are more delight than fright. Let’s see what we can scare up:
The smoke may have just cleared from this year’s Labor Day weekend Riverfest party, but plenty of fireworks are ahead this week, with a mix of still-summer outdoor fun and fall arts seasons gearing up.
As the Ol’ Lefthander might say, we’re rounding third and heading for home, as far as summer is concerned. Way too many kids are already back in school, and Labor Day weekend may be a bit more than a head-first slide away, but there’s plenty of summer fun ahead this week.
With apologies to T.S. Eliot (and to our local TV meteorologists), April is the coolest month. This week brings new cultural offerings from boogie-woogie piano to classic ballet, the daffodilian emergence of outdoor events, colossal Mahler at the CSO, a grand opening for ArtWorks, plus two landmark hippie-era rock musicals. How cool is that?
As the last traces of snow melt into the ground – for the last time this season, we hope – the arts calendar continues to heat up with a bloody good “Macbeth,” some hot jazz, the warmth of Brahms’ “Requiem,” an Irish Mardi Gras celebration and more, much more …
Some “once-a-year” festivals continue this week – early music and Jewish/Israeli films – but there’s plenty more afoot. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra celebrates incoming Music Director Cristian Măcelaru, Cincinnati-born playwright Theresa Rebeck comes home to direct a play, and several events focus on themes of love to get us in the mood for Valentine’s Day.
