Visual Arts

The CAC Staff went on a little adventure. Here's what they had to say:

Cincinnati Ballet's season opener, New Works, is a great introduction to Ballet for the arts fan who wants to explore an art form new to them. Last night's opening was an extra special event with live music from world class musicians all from Cincinnati.

My favorite thing about opera is actually the pre-opera crowd that gathers in the lobby of Music Hall just before the show.

It's one of the last places in Cincinnati where people get dressed up. Really dressed up. Tuxedo, yes. Jeans & flip-flops, no.

My second favorite thing about last night's performance of Ainadamar was Jesus Montoya's solos. He doesn't have many things to say so he makes them count.

Third was Jesus' costume change at the end during the applause. It's subtle but you'll know what I mean if you go on Saturday.

Enjoy the Arts is becoming part of the Fine Arts Fund. Details to follow but it will be exciting to see how they will combine the strengths of both organizations.

Monday's installment of the Historical Horror film series was very intimate. Held in the basement performance area, the screen dwarfs the seating arrangement giving most a premium view in spite of the flat floor. Not many people attended, 20-25 at most.

The films were interesting, especially the first Haxan. It makes me wish I hadn't missed the first night of the series but ensures that I will make greater effort to see the next.

Next week is the kind of week I either love or hate, depending on energy level.

Last night's Russian Rhapsody concert at Music Hall was not well attended. The solo pianist, Jon Kimura Parker was undaunted by the lack of audience and gave a great performance, even coming back for an encore, addressing the audience from the stage as if it were an intimate setting.

The afterparty at Lavomatic was fun. The food was fantastic, of course and it was a perfectly crisp fall night. We occupied the upper floor and patio and projected The Big Lebowski on the wall of the condos next door.

Congratulations to Enjoy the Arts for another unique 20/20 event!

Saturday, 9/27: Fountain Square hosted Cincy Couture, part of the 20 Days & 20 Nights Arts Festival. Designs were from Mustard Seed boutique and DAAP student originals.

Song	Artist
Pattern Skies	The Greenhornes
I'm A Carrier	Eat Sugar
We All Get Off	Pearlene
Changes Less The Moon	The Seedy Seeds
New Resolution	Heartless Bastards
Domingo	The Newbees
The Little Patton	The Seedy Seeds
Rigor Mortis	Wussy
These Days	The High And Low
Sixteen	Eat Sugar
I Stole Your Wallet (The Hummer Song)	The Newbees
Travelin Shoes	Pearlene
Swamp Song	Heartless Bastards
Mayflies	Wussy
Fake It	Viva La Foxx
70 30	The Lions Rampant
Lies	The Greenhornes
Hosannah!	Pearlene
Brown Boots	Eat Sugar
The Children's Progress	Pomegranates
Blue Day	Heartless Bastards
Intro : The Da-Da Song	The Seedy Seeds
Black Eye	Eat Sugar
Doomed	Buckra
Searching For The Ghost	Heartless Bastards
Alberta	The Seedy Seeds
It's Not Real	The Greenhornes
Dickity Doo	Star Devils
Fanfare for the Common Man	Aaron Copland/London Symphony
Queen City Rag	Jake Speed & the Freddies
Shadow Of Grief	The Greenhornes
Gray	Heartless Bastards
My Love	Ann Driscoll
Wake Up Terrible Motion	The Stapletons
Nothings Forever	The Staggering Statistics
1993	Pomegranates
Shot Gun Shells	The Lions Rampant
Christian Moerline Saved the Day	Jake Speed
Black And Blue	The High And Low

Location: Music Hall, then Lavomatic
Date: Friday, October 3rd
Timing: Concert at 8PM. Afterparty until 12:30AM
Cost: $35

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's version of The Big Lebowski begins with Rachmaninoff, Glinka & Shostakovich at Music Hall conducted by Vasily Petrenov.

Then grab your favorite bathrobe & get to Lavomatic for light bites, white russians & the Coen brothers classic.

Call the ETA office (513.621.4700) to purchase your membership & tickets by September 24th.

The 20/20 Festival returns to Cincinnati this September. Get your Enjoy the Arts membership now to take advantage of all the benefits during the festival & throughout the year. If mere attendance is not enough, ask about volunteer opportunities.

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.

Henri Loyrette is a charming Frenchman, who also happens to be the director of the Musée de Louvre. In a lecture at the Art Museum this afternoon he garnered quite a crowd despite the lovely weather. Trivia: at any given time there are 35,000 items on display at the Louvre and that's over half of the entire collection.

This year's Mother's Day outing included Cincinnati Ballet's Serenade & Carmina Burana. Min Usha brought her mom as well. This was an ETA Member Event and a significant number of ETAers bought in. The show was great. I especially liked the opening & closing numbers of Carmina. I felt a little sleepy toward the end of Serenade but that's more a result of recent activities than the ballet performance. Dracula is part of the 2008-09 Season and a lecture by George Balanchine. Good stuff.

to get me out of my normal Saturday routine. This Saturday's tribute to Patricia Corbett qualified. Several of the many organizations that Mrs. Corbett loved, came together for this free concert. Music Hall's orchestra and first balcony were almost full. It was lovely. Mrs. Corbett's grandson spoke and challenged everyone in the audience to continue supporting the arts via event attendance.

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is celebrating 10 years of cutting edge contemporary programming. Get your tickets by calling the box office (513) 300-KNOW. More info about the party here. Stay for the after party and have a drink with me.

Min Usha aptly called this weekend's heavily scheduled itinerary of arts the Deathmarch of Fun.

Day 1 - Thursday - CCM production of The Good Person of Setzuan - Good, but a little long. Min said there were more characters in this production than the one she saw in Chicago last year. Drinks & pizza after at Macs served as pleasant reminder of my college days.

Don't miss Topdog/Underdog at Know. You can probably guess how it ends if you've read the summary but the story is pretty good. A little redundancy in the first half but it's pretty realistic in that sense. Saturday's show sold out and Red Light Winter is opening this weekend.

The double-bill at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (No Exit & Endgame) is well worth the trip. I did get a little antsy about 1/2way through the second play but that's usually what happens if I have to sit for a while on a Friday night.

The Musical of Musicals

A fun show, even if you’re not a fan of the genre. Joanne Bogart as Abby and Rich Silverstein as Jitter are what make it worth seeing. It’s relatively short, just 90 minutes including intermission.

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