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ARONOFF CENTER WELCOMES
DISCOVER DAVINCI AND MICHELANGELO: SIDE BY SIDE
PERFORMANCE EVENT

Cincinnati, OH – The original theater performance Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo: Side by Side will continue its inaugural North American Tour at the Aronoff Center’s intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater on Friday, October 10, 2014 at 7:30 PM.

Ticket prices range between $40-$28 and are on sale Friday, June 27 at 10:00 AM at http://www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office, located at 650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one intermission.

Mark Rodgers, the creator and host of the multi-media performance, is also the curator of the DaVinci Machines and Michelangelo Exhibitions from the permanent Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy, currently touring the United States and on display at the Bradenton Auditorium in Bradenton/Sarasota, FL. Rodgers originally developed the idea to compare and contrast the two geniuses while curating the DaVinci and Michelangelo Exhibition in Denver, CO.

“I realized you can’t talk about DaVinci without Michelangelo,” explained Rodgers. “Many people don’t know that they were not only contemporaries but also fierce competitors.”

The performance has evolved over the last couple of years, starting as a tour of only DaVinci. Then, over time, Rodgers incorporated Michelangelo into his tours when the Michelangelo Exhibition arrived from Florence. According to Rodgers, the more tours and presentations he gave, the more information people wanted to know about these two monumental geniuses.

“There has never been an exhibit or museum, of which I am aware, that has ever compared or contrasted DaVinci and Michelangelo in the same presentation,” explained Rodgers.

The multi-media event is a combination of host Rodgers and a presentation that includes movies, 3D-animations of machines and inventions, images of codices, artwork, paintings, and sculptures.

This original theater performance made its major theater debut at world-famous Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, FL in April 2014.

“DaVinci and Michelangelo have an outreach and following that everyone can relate to,” explained Rodgers. “Everything they said and did relates to our lives today.”

For more information, visit www.discovermichelangelo.com or www.CincinnatiArts.org .

About Discover DaVinci and Michelangelo: Side by Side
The “tour de force” performance Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo: Side by Side makes its Cincinnati debut at the Aronoff Center’s intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater on October 10, 2014. Mark Rodgers, Curator of the DaVinci Machines and Michelangelo Exhibitions from the permanent Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy, will take you on an awe-inspiring journey through the Italian Renaissance as seen through the eyes of these two monumental geniuses. This non-stop, multi-media, original theater performance features movies, videos, 3-D animations, and images of DaVinci and Michelangelo’s inventions, machines, sketches, codices, paintings, and sculptures. Rodgers compares and contrasts the incredible lives of Leonardo and Michelangelo as never before seen, while relating them to our world today. The challenge proposed is to draw inspiration from these two men and for everyone to discover their own “inner” DaVinci and Michelangelo. (Running Time: 2 Hours and 20 Minutes with one intermission.)

ALTON BROWN ANNOUNCES NEW US TOUR DATES

“Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour” Visits
Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center on November 1, 2014

(Cincinnati, OH) – Renowned foodist and television personality Alton Brown today announced the return of Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour, on the heels of the successful inaugural run to 46 U.S. cities. Over 100,000 tickets were sold for the Food Network star’s show, featuring a pinch of comedy, talk show antics, a multimedia lecture, live music (he sings!) and a dash of “extreme” food experimentation (ponchos are provided for those in the first few rows), and of course…puppets. Enthusiastic fans and critics have raved about the interactive component where Brown invites audience members on stage to serve as his assistant.

Brown will bring Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8:00 PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 6 at 10:00 AM and are available at http://www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group discount tickets for 10 or more are available by calling (513) 977-4157. The event is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2014-15 Season.

“We have combined science, music, food, and a few other things no one in his right mind would allow me to do on TV, into a two hour extravaganza that’s fun for the whole family,” says Brown. He has been cultivating the show’s material for about a decade and wrote most of the musical numbers which all take a comedic look at food.

Brown, author of seven books, including the James Beard Award-winning I’m Just Here for the Food and The New York Times best-selling sequence Good Eats, has hosted numerous food series including Iron Chef America. He currently serves as host on the game show Cutthroat Kitchen and as a mentor/judge on Food Network Star, which premiers its 10th season on June 1. Brown created, produced, and hosted the Peabody Award-winning series Good Eats” for thirteen years on Food Network, which still can be seen on the Cooking Channel.

Those craving Brownian wit and wisdom from its truest source can find additional show and ticketing information at www.altonbrowntour.com

About Alton Brown
Although Alton Brown spent plenty of time in his mom’s kitchen growing up, his real interest in food sparked in college when he discovered that girls who said “no” to dates sometimes said “yes” if he offered to cook for them. His social life may have not ignited, but the food spark did, and after spending a decade behind the camera in the commercial industry, he headed to culinary school in hopes of one day creating a new kind of cooking show. Good Eats, the show that Brown would go on to write, produce, and host ran for thirteen straight years on Food Network before making the jump to Cooking Channel where it airs today. Combining food science, pop culture, skit humor, innovative cooking, and the occasional belching puppet, Good Eats has millions of fans and garnered a coveted Peabody Award for broadcast excellence.

About MagicSpace Entertainment
Alton Brown Live is produced by MagicSpace Entertainment. The company is headed by Lee D. Marshall, Joe Marsh, John Ballard, Steve Boulay, and Bruce Granath, and has been producing and presenting national tours, Broadway shows, concerts, and museum exhibits worldwide for over thirty years. Consistently one of the top promoters in North America, MagicSpace Entertainment typically produces and presents more than 250 events in 75 cities per year. They have offices in Park City and Salt Lake City, UT. www.magicspace.net

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

SEASON SPONSORS: AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), FURNITURE FAIR, LOCAL12 WKRC, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS: Cincinnati Herald, Coldwell Banker/West Shell, CityBeat, Heidelberg Distributing, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Millennium Hotel, Pepsi, Skyline Chili, Ultimate Air Shuttle

Cincinnati, OH – WMKV-FM and WLHS-FM revive the glory days of the Music Hall Ballroom with a big band concert and dance with The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra on Tuesday, May 20 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM at the Ballroom. The evening will be emceed by special guest, John Morris Russell, acclaimed conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Tickets are $30 and are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. $3.00 pre-paid parking at the Town Center Garage is also available.

This ‘One-Night-Only’ engagement benefits public radio and features the national-touring World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, now back in the room that hosted the great bands of the 1940s and ’50s. Listen and dance to The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and create new history at Music Hall Ballroom – Classic Big Band Music in a Classic Venue!

The legendary Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all the dance bandleaders back in the Swing era of the 1930s and ’40s. A matchless string of hit records, the constant impact of radio broadcasts, and the drawing power at theaters, hotels, and dance pavilions built and sustained their momentum of popularity.

Due to popular demand, the Miller Estate authorized the formation of the present Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 under the direction of drummer Ray McKinley, who had become the unofficial leader of the Army Air Force Band after Glenn’s disappearance. Since then, other leaders have followed Ray, including clarinetists Buddy DeFranco and Peanuts Hucko; trombonists Buddy Morrow, Jimmy Henderson, and Larry O’ Brien; and tenor saxophonist Dick Gerhart. The band continues to perform all the many hit songs made famous by the band such as “Moonlight Serenade,” “Sunrise Serenade,” “In The Mood,” “My Reverie,” “Little Brown Jug,” “‘Nearness of You,” “I’ve Got A Gal In Kalamazoo,” and “Indian Summer.”

Reinventing Radio – Ira Glass
brings his American Life to Cincinnati

Proudly presented by 91.7 WVXU

Saturday, October 25
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets on sale Friday, May 9 at 10:00 AM

Cincinnati, OH – Ira Glass, creator and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life, will bring his unique brand of storytelling to Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center on Saturday, October 25 at 8:00 PM.

Tickets to Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass go on sale Friday, May 9 at 10:00 AM at http://www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

Known as one of America’s most respected broadcasters and journalists, Glass will recreate the sound of the show right in front of the audience by live mixing favorite stories with pre-taped quotes and music that illustrate the power of the spoken word to both entertain and inspire.

Glass’s quirky, unassuming, and impossible-not-to-like persona translates as well onstage as it does on radio as he shares an insider’s look at how radio is made and the art of pushing the boundaries of journalism.

This American Life premiered in 1995 on Chicago’s public radio station WBEZ and is now heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.7 million listeners. Most weeks, the podcast of the program is the most popular podcast in America.

Under Glass’s direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including several Peabody and DuPont-Columbia awards. In 2013, Glass received the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Proudly presented by 91.7 WVXU and produced by Show and Tell.