Beware! Cincinnati spooks with a week of ghosts, tricks, blood and other supernatural goings on. Films, musicals and plays rule this, the best of all holidays. Too scared? Check out chestnuts or learn about music and your brain. An opera rock star comes to town. And jazz … there’s always jazz.
The annual festival will bring more than 35 local, national and international artists to venues across the neighborhood, including the Know Theatre, Gabriel’s Corner, First Lutheran Church and the Miami University Center for Community Engagement in OTR.
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.
It’s time to roll off the couch and stop moaning about dirty snow. There’s plenty to entice, including some interesting plays, Cajun and Latin jazz or J.S. Bach. Black History Month continues while Swan Lake takes the stage. Don’t miss the extraordinary James McMillan’s “Seven Last Words from the Cross.” Enjoy some culture and new-found warmth.
The series – which runs Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, and March 9 and 23 – features 15-minute episodes of new plays by local playwrights, performed live on the Underground Cabaret stage.
Some of us haven’t even finished slicing the last tasty bits off the Thanksgiving turkey, and already we’re full steam ahead with big Christmas-season events all around. It’s a busy, busy week for arts and culture. Take a look.
Enjoy your downtime over the holiday with lots of activities for the kids, plenty of jazz and some fun theater. A reimagining of “The Nutcracker?” We’ve got it. Important art exhibits, puppets and some Black Friday specials at Findlay Market round out the possibilities. Get some rest and enjoy yourself.
Costumes ready? Jack-o-lanterns lit? Creepy sound effects oozing from the boxwoods? It’s Halloween time, and even if you’re not into trick-or-treating or costume parties, there are plenty of cultural events with a Halloween twist on the calendar this week.
Both programs aim to support local and national theater artists and to provide opportunities for aspiring or adventurous playwrights at all stages of their careers.
