Music Venue
Sunday Night - Lite Brite
John Waters "hate[s] to be the one to tell you" any number of things: that there is a website dedicated to "blossoms", that he was convicted of obscenity every time charged, that he's looking for a pre-teen contortionist to include in his road show, etc.
Florencia en el Amazonas
Cincinnati Opera's first mainstage production in Spanish was last week at Music Hall. Saturday night's show was not sold out but had strong attendance.
It's not to early to get your tickets
I've never been to Lite Brite but if it's good enough for John Waters, it's good enough for me.
I bought my ticket online yesterday. It's $25 for his show on Sunday but just $5 more for the 3-day pass. (7/25-27)
It takes something special
Midpoint Venue Change
With the closeing of Club Drearm, the Midpoint Music Festival has switched the shows scheduled at Dream to Ocho Rios, the site of the former Club Clau.
Additionally a new venue map is available here (pdf).
Midpoint Music Schedule Is Out
Mike Breen has more on the conference and pre-parties.
Johnny Cash Tribute
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4 years after his death, Johnny Cash's musical influence still reach new audiences. Check out performances by Jason Kendal, Lenny Lashley, Bill Brown, Allan, and Jim Gaddis. More information TBA.
Heartless Bastards @ Southgate House
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Midpoint Venues Updated
Nixon in Cincinnati
I'm always impressed by the power required for opera singers to project their voices out over the orchestra without microphones and music hall is always a great experience. Saturday's audience for Nixon in China was a nice mix of the usual opera crowd and some < 40's.
Slice of life is an interesting style for an opera. Most operas involve big dramatic events, murder, kidnapping, weddings, etc. This one kind of moved along and then was over. My favorite part was the pig song in the second act.
