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.
This year’s awards will support projects across Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and eastern Indiana, ranging from youth orchestras and vocal scholarships to free community concerts and music outreach initiatives.
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.
Apparently, it’s Film Week in Cincinnati. Cincinnati World Cinema, Woodward Theater and the OTR International Film Festival offer up some unique flicks. Movies not your thing? Cincinnati doesn’t disappoint with other CSO, Matinée Musicale and Mutual Dance Theatre events. How about a Manifest art opening? Yours Truly checks out “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at CCM Opera.
Yours Truly always appreciates the outdoor creativity this town inspires. Fountain Square and The Genius of Water lend themselves to seasonal activities. Our riverfront always provides something fun and interesting to do, eat, hear or buy. Make your way downtown to hear some iconic film music performed by the best Cincinnati has to offer.
Sauerkraut, Stowe, Summermusik, Shakespeare, Superstar, Sexton. Not that we’re keeping track of the alphabet or anything, but check out the letter “S” this week. How about great food in Waynesville, a visit to the Harriet Beecher Stowe House for pb&j or an iconic musical about Jesus and some supper?
Fall is upon us, though, which means season openers in all sorts of places. Enjoy some theater at Falcon or Matinee Musicale on Sunday afternoon. Peruse a FotoFocus exhibit at the 21c Museum while you plan what to do for the rest of the week. It’s all there, just for you.
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.
Do you like jazz? How about lights? There’s a lot of both this week. Not a bad thing. And Shakespeare is plentiful, if that’s your gig. The CSO performs an interesting operatic version of “Hamlet”, fully staged and designed by Paris’ famed Opéra Comique while Xavier stages “Twelfth Night.” Enjoy.
Jasmine Choi was appointed associate principal flute of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2005. She was just 22 and it was already apparent that she was destined for musical greatness.
