The region’s arts calendar is full speed ahead with compelling offerings on stage, screen and gallery. Further, while there’s not so much blatant pandering to the holiday, St. Valentine has filled his quiver with cultural opportunity, too. Whether you’re celebrating love or wishing the world would stop talking about it, we’ve got you covered.
This week features a number of “once a year” events that you shouldn’t miss. Early music fan? Enjoy concerts all over town for the better part of February. A film festival featuring stories of Israeli and Jewish life, a play in a courthouse and a giant craft beer tasting add to a great mix of events.
It may be the dead of winter, but you’d never know it by the variety of happenings around town. CSO members have their bows on their strings and the Woodward flips on the projector for some interesting films. New art exhibits and some Tennessee Williams pile on other cool stuff to choose from.
If you’re one of those All Hallows Eve or Day of the Dead or Halloween people, this week’s for you. Enjoy a good ghost story, scary ballet or a Stephen King film. Maybe a requiem is your thing. Of course, there’s jazz, some “true crime” theater and the last of FotoFocus. Boo!
The grants to 21 regional organizations to support a range of outreach programs focused on the promotion of music and music education.
This week offers up eclectic choices from “Barbie” to salsa. Washington Park is a hopping place and if art is your thing, Kroner and Pendleton have interesting offerings. Bourbon, barbeque and 1920s Paris round out June, catapulting us into a short, welcome holiday week. Inside or out, it’s all there.
We’re at that sweet spot in the calendar where it might not be summer officially, but you certainly can feel it: No more frost advisories. The May Festival wrapping up. Outdoor concert series sprouting throughout the area. And partying with 500,000 of your closest friends at the Taste of Cincinnati. Yep, we’re headed for summer – come what May.
What a week. From Carole King to ceramics to fairy tales, take your pick from an eclectic collection of culture offerings. High points include a CCM master class offered by CSO violinist Augustin Hadelich or a fantastical, horrific look at the potential of technology. Or check out the first City Flea of the year, Spring Vintage Market, in Norwood.
Funding is going toward the creation or expansion projects – from youth art programs to the Cindependent Film Festival – across Greater Cincinnati.
In the bleak midwinter the Cincinnati arts scene is far from bleak. Resist the urge to settle in under a cozy blanket with a good book. Venture out and continue to support artists and performers who contribute to our culture year ‘round.
