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February 18, 2013 · 2:00 pm

CCPA Children Series Presents AFRICAN FOLKTALES

CCPA_American FolktalesThe Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill, continues the Saturday Morning Children’s Series:

Bright Star Touring Company – AMERICAN FOLKTALES  on March 16.

Join Akili as she shares these exciting tales that were traditionally passed down by word of mouth. These stories bring to life the vastness of the African landscape and a variety of clever animals, and include valuable character-education themes. Celebrate world cultures, literature and the art of African storytelling with the newest show in the Bright Star repertoire! A true celebration of world cultures and literature! (For grades Pre-K to 5 years old.

11 am performance. Please note that our last Saturday Series performance sold out in advance.

Purchase by one of the following methods:

Single tickets are: $5.00 each. Single tickets on sale now for all shows.

Up next: The Frisch Marionettes –RUMPELSTILZKIN April 27, 2013.

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February 18, 2013 · 12:37 pm

TC Announces Registration for Camp Carnegie: Opposite Land

Summer theatre workshops provide children with the opportunity to create and perform their own plays, design costumes and more

TC_logo_newOpen to ages 7 to 15, Camp Carnegie: Opposite Land theatre workshops will have children creating a world where everything is the opposite of what they know today. Perhaps everyday is Christmas, or maybe they live in a world where they get in trouble for not finishing their candy. Who knows where the story lines will go.

Over the course of the six-day workshop, children will have fun exploring the world of theatre through hands-on art making, character design, dramatic exercises, script writing, problem solving and more. All Camp Carnegie: Opposite Land theatre workshops will even include a live performance on stage in the Otto M. Budig Theatre for friends and family.

A total of eight, six-day Camp Carnegie: Opposite Land workshops will be offered throughout June and July:

  1. Session 1: June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
    Times: 1:00 to 5:00pm
  2. Session 2: June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
    Times: 8:30 to 12:30pm
  3. Session 3: June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
    Times: 1:00 to 5:00pm
  4. Session 4: June 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
    Times: 8:30 to 12:30pm
  5. Session 5: July 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
    Times: 1:00 to 5:00pm
  6. Session 6: July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19
    Times: 8:30 to 12:30pm
  7. Session 7: July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
    Times: 1:00 to 5:00pm
  8. Session 8: July 24, 25, 26, 31 & Aug. 1, 2
    Times: 8:30 to 12:30pm 

Advanced registration is required and must be accompanied by a non-refundable $10 pre-registration fee for each participant. Due to limited class sizes and workshop demand, students may register for only one workshop. A completed Camp Carnegie permission form is required and can be found on The Carnegie’s website at www.thecarnegie.com.

For more information and to register, please contact Angelina Caliguri-Schrand at (859) 957-1939 or at acschrand@thecarnegie.com. The Carnegie is located at 1028 Scott Boulevard in Covington, KY. All classes will take place in the Eva G. Farris Education Center.

Camp Carnegie has received support from the Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee and The Toyota Foundation.

About The Carnegie
The Carnegie is a multidisciplinary arts venue serving the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. Over the course of the past 10 years The Carnegie has “morphed” from a grassroots gallery with an education component into an all-inclusive arts organization offering professional theatre, art exhibitions showcasing the best of local and regional artists, and a comprehensive arts education program.

The Carnegie is home to the Carnegie Galleries, comprised of more than 6,000 square feet of gallery space where emerging and established artists exhibit in multiple shows throughout the year; the Eva G. Farris Education Center, which provides arts education to thousands of children, many of whom are at or below the poverty level; and the newly renovated 465-seat Otto M. Budig Theatre, which offers an affordable theatre space for local, up-and coming and established production companies and is home to The Carnegie’s Theatre and Concert Series. The Carnegie is the largest arts venue in Northern Kentucky. For more information, visit www.thecarnegie.com or call (859) 491-2030.

The Carnegie receives ongoing operating support from ArtsWave, Kenton County Fiscal Courts, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / US Bank Foundation.

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February 12, 2013 · 2:32 pm

Give to CAA in Feb by Giving Flowers or Giving Blood

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Cincinnati, OH – During the entire month of February, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) will partner with Jones the Florist and the Hoxworth Blood Center in two separate fundraising efforts in support of CAA’s arts education programs, which reach upwards of 50,000 students annually. The fundraisers include:

Jones the Florist – Charity in Bloom
During the month of February and just in time for Valentine’s Day, Jones the Florist will donate 10% of each purchase of its featured “Passionate About Flowers” bouquet to the Cincinnati Arts Association’s education programs. The featured bouquet can be purchased at jonestheflorist.com, (513) 961-6622, or any Jones the Florist location. http://www.jonestheflorist.com/cgi-bin/jones2cat-dba.cgi/PCharityInbloom 

Hoxworth Blood Center – Bleed for a Cause
Blood donors can be twice as nice in February by giving blood for local patients and earning money for their favorite charities at the same time! More than 60 local nonprofits are competing to see who can score the most points by recruiting blood donors. Bleed for a Cause is sponsored by Montgomery Inn and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America. Thanks to their generosity and commitment to the community, this competition will reward the top three charities with direct financial support.

The Cincinnati Arts Association will earn points when its fans and friends mention “Cincinnati Arts Association” when giving blood. The charity with the most points will win $10,000 (second place wins $5,000 and third place wins $2,500)!

Points are tallied as follows: one point for a whole blood donation, two points for a double red donation, and three points for a “platelet” donation; a first time donor will earn the charity two bonus points.

For more information, a list of donor centers, or a list of participating charities, visit the Hoxworth Blood Center website at http://www.hoxworth.org/groups/cause.html.

Cincinnati Arts Association
Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 700,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies, including Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops Orchestras, May Festival, and Fifth Third Back Broadway in Cincinnati. www.CincinnatiArts.org

Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.2 million students. These programs include:

· School Time: This series of nationally-recognized touring arts programs that entertain, educate, and support academic curriculum are presented for students at the Aronoff Center and Music Hall. For some students, this is their first visit to a live performance and/or to these arts venues.

· Artists on Tour: The finest local teaching artists in the region are scheduled into schools to enhance learning with unique programs that vary in culture and art form.

· The Overture Awards: The nation’s largest, regional, annual high school arts scholarship competition, in which students compete in six disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theatre, Visual Art, and Vocal Music.

Jones the Florist
For many years, as Cincinnati’s premier florist, it has been Jones the Florist’s pleasure to serve customers who are appreciative, enthusiastic flower lovers! Their splendid team of professional, hard working florists, and design specialists is committed to creating artistic and beautiful floral arrangements using only the highest quality of flowers. www.jonestheflorist.com 

Hoxworth Blood Center
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati (UC), is the only blood center for the greater Cincinnati area. Serving a 17-county area in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, Hoxworth collects, tests, processes, and distributes blood and blood components to 31 hospitals and medical centers. Hoxworth needs to collect blood from 350 volunteer blood donors and 40 volunteer platelet donors each day to meet the needs of Tri-state patients. Hoxworth’s purpose is to enhance the well-being of patients in its service area by assuring a reliable and economical supply of the safest possible blood. www.hoxworth.org

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February 11, 2013 · 11:12 am

CCM’s THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE Earns 2 LCT Nominations

CCM_Time of Your Life2Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have recognized University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music’s THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE with two LCT nominations, for Ensemble in a Play and for scenic design (Mark Halpin).

William Saroyan’s sprawling, elegant and bittersweet play was the first drama to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics’ Circle Award. Set in a waterfront bar on the docks of San Francisco, the play is filled with colorful characters, love and the follies of humanity in what the New York Post calls a “tender and hilarious, probing and elusive” portrait of life.

Panelists praised Mark Halpin’s “beautifully detailed, well designed, and functional” set. The ensemble cast “showed mature, deep understand of their characters, from leads to walk-ons”; “this was an ensemble delight…with strong and lively performances.”

Final LCT awards will be determined at the end of the season and announced at the LCT gala in the spring.

The League of Cincinnati Theatres was founded in 1999 to strengthen, nurture and promote Cincinnati’s theatre community. LCT provides its member companies and individual members with education, resources and services to enhance the quality and exposure of the theatre community in Cincinnati and increase community awareness, attendance and involvement. More information about the League can be found at www.leagueofcincytheatres.com.

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February 11, 2013 · 11:00 am

KTC’s WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING Earns 8 LCT Nominations

Kate Wilford as Gabrielle York & George Alexander as Joe Ryan. Photo by Deogracias Lerma.

Kate Wilford as Gabrielle York & George Alexander as Joe Ryan. Photo by Deogracias Lerma.

Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have recognized The Know Theatre’s WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING with eight LCT nominations, as well as distinguishing it as a recommended production: Direction (Brian Isaac Phillips), Ensemble Acting, Lead Actress (Sara Clark), Featured Actress (Kate Wilford), Featured Actor (George Alexander), scenic and lighting design (Andrew Hungerford), and sound design (Doug Borntrager).

An intricate fabric of overlapping connections, When The Rain Stops Falling moves seamlessly through time and across continents between the years 1959 and 2039. In a world where the rain rarely stops falling, four generations searching for truth and hoping to mend broken connections discover the impossibility of escaping the past. We are all shaped by what has come before and we create the shadow of what comes next.

Panelists praised Brian Isaac Phillips for his “flawless” direction of a ”complex and interwoven plot”. The ensemble cast was all “equally emotionally invested”; “everyone’s contribution was like a puzzle that gradually fit into place.” Sara Clark, Kate Wilford and George Alexander were singled out specifically for acting nominations. Andrew Hungerford’s scenic and lighting design, and Doug Borntrager’s sound design, fit together “seamlessly” to set the mood and ambiance of the play: “the constant rainfall against the pale blue windows, the cave-like stone and stark emptiness of the room itself were heavily symbolic of the themes of the play.” Overall the panelists described the show as “totally gripping on both an intellectual and emotional level”—“the play unfolded like a beautiful flower.”

WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING continues through March 16th. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.knowtheatre.com.

Final LCT awards will be determined at the end of the season and announced at the LCT gala in the spring.

The League of Cincinnati Theatres was founded in 1999 to strengthen, nurture and promote Cincinnati’s theatre community. LCT provides its member companies and individual members with education, resources and services to enhance the quality and exposure of the theatre community in Cincinnati and increase community awareness, attendance and involvement. More information about the League can be found at www.leagueofcincytheatres.com.

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