Did you feel it? That touch of fall in the air? That means the new arts season is starting. Orchestras, bands, theaters, museums, galleries – they’re all working to start the cultural year with a bang. Shutterbugs are in for a huge feast. We’ll help you with your itinerary. Read on.
The Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra has announced a new season of concerts for both its Big Band Series and the more intimate Jazz@First concerts.
Founded in 2013, the CCJO focuses on the works of contemporary composers and expands the jazz canon by producing and performing its own original material, both new arrangements and compositions.
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.
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.
Festival season is upon us and it opens with a bang. Bockfest and its monk-led goat kick-off at Arnold’s and Cincinnati Wine Festival uncorks in the newly renovated First Financial Center. Brahms and Schumann dominate and you can catch some Bach in Hyde Park. Shakespeare, new playwrights, art and jazz complete the week. Enjoy.
Cincinnati Opera gears back up just as the Early Music Festival winds down. Never a dull moment in this town. A piano concerto for only the left hand? Jazz and theater (or is that thea-TRE) abound or you can live it up at Art After Dark. There’s a little bit of something for everybody this week.
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 …
What we need this week is a good-ol’ Christmas miracle. Short of figuring out how to clone yourself, that’s the only way you’ll be able to get to all the great events in store for us over the next seven days. Read on and pick your favorites. Then relax and enjoy: There are no wrong answers.
“There’s nothing we could add to the original source material – Tchaikovsky – or the classic Ellington-Strayhorn work, so we had to approach this thinking, ‘How can we add to the legacy?’ There’s a little bit of everything in it; Brazilian, hip-hop, R&B, swing, New Orleans jazz – it’s all in there,” Lechliter said.
Uhhhh, what was that falling from the sky earlier this week? Could it be that winter will actually come? Don’t panic. Just find someplace cozy to settle in with a good book, a good story, good jazz or good chamber music. Don’t know where to do that? Fortunately, I have a few suggestions. Read on.
