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July 29, 2013 · 10:52 pm

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas | Sat., Dec. 14, 2013 | Aronoff Center

PANDORA UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS
Presents
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS BY CHIP DAVIS
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

CAA_Mannheim SteamrollerChip Davis, founder and creator of Mannheim Steamroller, announced that his annual concert tour will begin on November 12th and continue through December 30th. PANDORA Jewelry is sponsoring the tour, joining Mannheim Steamroller in presenting the best the holiday has to offer.

Mannheim Steamroller will perform one night only at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Saturday, December 14 at 8:00pm. Tickets are $78.00 / $68.00 / $53.00 / $38.00 (plus applicable fees) and go on sale Friday, June 14 at 10:00 AM at CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS (2787), and at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

The tour, now in its 28th year, is still met by sold-out audiences. This year Mannheim Steamroller’s two touring ensembles will hold over 75 performances throughout the United States.

“One thing that hasn’t changed over the years is being part of everyone’s holiday season with our annual concert tour,” says Chip Davis, founder and creator of Mannheim Steamroller. “We are privileged to continue sharing Christmas with audiences around the country.”

Grammy Award®-winner Davis will direct and co-produce the performances with MagicSpace Entertainment. The shows will feature the favorite Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller along with state-of-the-art multimedia effects in an intimate setting.

In 1984, Mannheim Steamroller released Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that changed the sounds of Christmas. Already a multi-platinum recording artist through its Fresh Aire series, Davis decided to record an album of Christmas music combining the group’s signature mix of Renaissance instruments with rock & roll beats.

The resulting album was a runaway hit and Mannheim Steamroller went on to become the biggest-selling Christmas music artist in history. The group’s Christmas tour has become an annual holiday tradition right along with decorating the tree, exchanging presents, and creating unforgettable moments with friends and family.

ABOUT MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER
Composer and creator Chip Davis started Mannheim Steamroller more than 30 years ago with his Grammy® Award-winning Fresh Aire series. Today, with 19 gold, 8 multi-platinum, and 4 platinum certified records, Davis is among an elite group of artists – including U2, Jay-Z, The Beach Boys, and Michael Jackson – holding the most certifications of such albums.

Mannheim Steamroller is the #1-selling Christmas artist of all time. With over 40 million total records sold, 28 million have been Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums. The group’s annual Christmas tour has consistently ranked among top national tours.

From founding his own record label, American Gramaphone, which has been ranked by Billboard as the #1 independent label, to creating the Mannheim Steamroller “lifestyle” of food, apparel, and other products, Davis is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the music industry.

His latest achievement is creating a cutting edge psychoacoustic technology that is being used in major medical institutions such as Mayo Clinic and is also being studied by NASA for potential use in space.

For more information, please log onto www.mannheimsteamroller.com.

ABOUT MAGICSPACE ENTERTAINMENT
MagicSpace Entertainment 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, and concerts worldwide for over 30 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. Broadway credits include Donny & Marie – A Broadway Christmas, Hello Dolly! starring Carol Channing; The Who’s Tommy, American Idiot, and RAIN: A Tribute To The Beatles On Broadway. National tour credits include Lord of the Dance created by Michael Flatley, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage starring in Mythbusters – Behind The Myths, Alton Brown Live, Post Secret – Unheard Voices, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, Donny & Marie Christmas, Experience the Beatles with RAIN, David Copperfield, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Chorus Line, and concert tours by Nathan Pacheco, Janet Jackson, Cher, and Fleetwood Mac, to name just a few. In the UK, MagicSpace credits include Let It Be in the West End and an eleven city tour of Donny & Marie Live. Special tours and events produced or presented on the road include Tutankhamaun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition, Titanic: The Exhibition, and Diana – A Celebration. MagicSpace Entertainment has offices in Park City and Salt Lake City, UT. www.magicspace.net

ABOUT PANDORA
For 30 years, PANDORA has been making its mark in the international fine jewelry industry and is world-renowned for its high-quality, hand finished designs made from genuine materials at affordable prices. The collections inspire women to embrace their individuality with romantic and feminine pieces that capture the unforgettable moments of life. The strength of the PANDORA charm bracelet is the detailed design, the high quality, and the unique threaded bracelet system. The affordable luxury collections include customizable charm bracelets, rings, earrings, necklaces and watches made from sterling silver and 14K and 18K gold. Perfect for any occasion, PANDORA jewelry is sold in over 65 countries on six continents in over 10,000 locations, including around 700 PANDORA branded concept stores. To view the PANDORA collection, build a bracelet online or locate a jeweler, please visit PANDORA.net.

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July 29, 2013 · 2:12 pm

LEGO® Scale-Model Replica of Music Hall on Display Aug. 4-5

LEGO® My Music Hall
LEGO® scale-model replica of Music Hall on display
August 4, 5:00 – 8:00 PM;
August 5-9, 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Music Hall Foyer

MISC_Music HallCINCINNATI, OH – How many LEGO® does it take to build Music Hall? Bring your family and find out for yourself when a 1/50 scale-model LEGO® replica of Cincinnati’s iconic landmark goes on display in the Music Hall Foyer from August 4-9, 2013. Built and designed by local LEGO® enthusiast, Mark Clark, the model is 100 inches wide by 106 inches deep by 42 inches high. Clark constructed the model to replicate Music Hall as it existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The opening of the LEGO® Music Hall exhibit in the Music Hall Foyer is scheduled for Sunday, August 4 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (prior to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s free Luminocity concert at Washington Park), at which guests can meet the model builder, Mark Clark. The exhibit will remain on display from Monday, August 5 – Friday, August 9 from 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM.

In addition to the model, the exhibit will include images of Mark’s construction process and a register-to-win opportunity for prizes and merchandise from Music Hall’s resident arts groups (Cincinnati Arts Association, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops Orchestras, May Festival, and the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall).

During the duration of the exhibit, Cincinnati Toys for Tots will have bins in the Music Hall Foyer to collect new, unwrapped toys from visitors. These toys will be given as holiday gifts in December to underprivileged children in the community.

The LEGO® Music Hall model includes the full building (Springer Auditorium and the North and South Halls), a turn-of-the-century chandelier, the Miami-Erie Canal behind the Hall (now Central Parkway) with a flatboat moving along the channel, a cobblestone Elm Street with horse-drawn buggies, and a few added surprises. The rear of the model will be open so visitors can look inside the Hall to see the stage, seats, and balconies.

“What I hope to achieve is to show the ‘original intent’ of Music Hall’s design, to illustrate what the building looked like after the first renovation, and to provide a view of what it could look like after a restoration,” said Mark. “I wanted to do a large-scale build of an iconic Cincinnati landmark, and for me, Music Hall is the most beautiful historical building in the City.”

”When Mark first called me, I wasn’t sure he was serious,” said Scott Santangelo, Music Hall Director of Operations. “Now that the model is completed, I’m both impressed and overwhelmed. Mark’s attention to detail is truly impressive. I’ve seen this sort of display in stores and at Walt Disney World, but to have Music Hall in miniature is amazing!”

LEGO® Music Hall Fun Facts 

  • More than 100,000 LEGO® bricks.
  •  More than 10,000 transparent blue “dots” that make up the Miami-Erie canal behind the building (this material is not included in the overall brick count).
  • 310 windows using more than 1,350 individual clear panels.
  • 960 seats in Springer Auditorium (with no spacing there would be more than 1,500).
  • 7.5 month build time.
  • Mark’s primary building material was a standard 2×4 brick which allowed him to purchase material in bulk from any LEGO® store. He also used standard 2×2, 1×4 palisade, 1×2 palisade (to get the textured mortar look), various types of arches, and a large quantity of inverted sloping brick to do all the roofline cornices.
  • 90% of the building is standard materials and the remaining 10% was purchased from a collection of online LEGO® storefronts, such as BrickLink.com.
  • The hardest part of the build was the large rose window and arch work above it.
  • The base floor (Orchestra level) of Springer Auditorium weighs 18 pounds, as it is solid and not hollow.
  • The only thing not original to the building is the Genius of Music statue, which was planned as part of Music Hall’s original design, but never implemented. This is Mark’s tribute to the original vision of the Hall. 

About Mark Clark
Born in Western Kentucky in 1967, Mark moved to Cincinnati in 1972, attended Princeton schools from grades K-12, and graduated in 1985. He attended The Ohio State University for three years, where he majored in aerospace engineering, and transferred back to the University of Cincinnati, where he finished his degree in computer systems engineering. Mark lives in Mason with his wife Mary and daughter Ashley, and has been involved in Cincinnati technology, consulting, and various start-ups since 1993. His love for the hobby of building with LEGO® was rekindled in 2012 with two LEGO®-kit Christmas gifts from his mother and his wife, and he has been hooked ever since. Mark joined a local LEGO® User’s Group (OKILUG: Ohio Kentucky Indiana LEGO® User’s Group) this past January to learn and share with other like-minded LEGO® enthusiasts and builders. Mark first discovered the magnificence of Music Hall at the age of six, when he attended Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker. 

Cincinnati Toys for Tots
The Cincinnati-area Toys for Tots organization distributes thousands of toys to area social service organizations and families throughout the Tri-state. This year, the Marine Corps Reserve will collaborate with the Salvation Army for the toy collection and distribution campaign. These two organizations have over 200 years of history serving needy children. The Salvation Army will handle the individual family registration and distribution process for the Tri-state Toys for Tots. The Marine Corps will still conduct the Toys for Tots Campaign as in previous years and handle all organizational registration. This partnership will allow an expanded service to a greater number of children in the Tri-state.

For more information about the LEGO® Music Hall exhibit, call (513) 744-3344.

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July 1, 2013 · 11:56 am

Kevin James Live | Wed., Sept. 11, 2013 | Aronoff Center

KEVIN JAMES
ANNOUNCES HIS NATIONAL STAND-UP COMEDY TOUR
KEVIN JAMES LIVE 

COMING TO THE ARONOFF CENTER
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 – 8:00 PM

Tickets Go Onsale Friday, June 14 at Noon

Kevin James.

Kevin James.

Kevin James will perform one night only on Wednesday, September 11 at 8:00 PM at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall as part of his national stand-up comedy tour, Kevin James Live. Tickets are $58.00, $48.00, $38.00 and go on sale Friday, June 14 at Noon at Livenation.com, CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-2787, and the Aronoff Center Ticket office.

Kevin James, producer, co-writer, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Zookeeper (2011) and Here Comes The Boom (2012). James starred with Adam Sandler in Columbia Pictures’ blockbuster Grown Ups (2010) and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007). His next film, Grown Ups 2 with Adam Sandler, hits theaters this summer. He broke into the film world in 2005 in Columbia Pictures’ Hitch starring opposite Will Smith.

The King of Queens, which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination in 2006 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The show concluded its run in 2007 but continues to air daily in syndication across the country and around the world. In 2001, James brought his stand-up act to TV with Sweat the Small Stuff, a one-hour special for Comedy Central. For more on Kevin visit www.KevinJames.com.

Tickets are $58.00, $48.00, $38.00 and go on sale Friday, June 14 at Noon at Livenation.com,
CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-2787,and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.
All tickets subject to applicable service charges and fees.
Dates and times subject to change without notice.

About Live Nation Entertainment:
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Artist Nation and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five ecommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300 artists globally. Artist Nation is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.

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May 15, 2013 · 3:26 pm

Half-Price Ticket Discount Announced for MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!

Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain.

Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain.

CINCINNATI, OH –­­ Emmy® and Tony® Award-winner and Oscar®-nominee Hal Holbrook returns to the Aronoff Center on Friday, May 17 at 8:00 PM in Mark Twain Tonight! – his acclaimed award-winning one-man show which celebrates the humor, satirical wit, and timeless observations of Mark Twain. This must-see theatrical event is a presentation of Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2012-13 Season.

Half-price tickets (50% discount) are now available for students, educators, seniors, and military, with a limit of two tickets per person with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased at (513) 621-2787 or the Aronoff Center Ticket Office by using the promo code FINN. Phone orders will require a valid ID for ticket pickup at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

Hal Holbrook has never been able to quit Mark Twain and probably never will. He has toured the show in some part of every year since 1954, with over 2,200 performances, making 2013 the 59th consecutive year for this remarkable one-man show. Mark Twain Tonight! has become perhaps the longest-running show in theatre history. Holbrook adds to his Twain material every year, editing and changing it to fit the times, and has mined over sixteen hours of Twain with more coming all the time. He has no set program – he chooses material as he goes along.

For more information, call the Aronoff Center Ticket Office at (513) 621-2787.

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May 9, 2013 · 12:24 pm

New Date! COLIN MOCHRIE & BRAD SHERWOOD: TWO MAN GROUP | NEW DATE: Fri, Nov. 15 | Aronoff Center

CAA_Two Man Group“Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood:
Two Man Group”
Rescheduled
** NEW DATE: Fri, Nov. 15, 2013 – 8:00 PM **
Aronoff Center

CINCINNATI, OH – The Cincinnati engagement of the Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: Two Man Group tour has been rescheduled for Fri, Nov. 15, 2013 at 8:00 PM at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall (this event was originally scheduled for Sat. oct. 12, 2013). The change of date is due to the taping of all new episodes of Whose Line is it Anyway?, set to premiere this summer on the CW Network.

Current ticketholders will be sent new tickets with the rescheduled date and time. These tickets will be mailed on Oct. 21.

Ticketholders who are unable to attend the rescheduled performance may contact the Aronoff Center Ticket Office for refund information at acbox@cincinnatiarts.org or (513) 621-2787, Monday through Friday between 9:00am – 5:30pm.

Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Ticket prices range from $35-$55 (subject to change).

Following the enormous success of ABC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Colin and Brad, two stars of the Emmy®-nominated series, have teamed up to present an evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy. Using their quick wit, Mochrie and Sherwood take contributions from the audience to create hilarious and original scenes. Throughout the evening, the show becomes truly interactive as audience members are called to the stage to participate in the fun.

Due to the overwhelming response of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, both Mochrie and Sherwood can be seen performing over fifteen times a week on Comedy Central and ABC Family. Their new DVD, Two Man Group: Live and Dangerous Comedy, hit stores in March of 2011.

Colin Mochrie began his improv career when he was first introduced to Ryan Stiles by a friend and the two teamed up. Shortly after doing Expo ’86, Colin moved to Toronto. There, he auditioned for The Second City, a famous North American comedy theater, where Stiles was working at the time. Mochrie worked at Second City for three years.

Mochrie’s first appearance on Whose Line is it Anyway, the British version, was in 1991. His role on the American Whose Line got off to a rocky start when ABC wanted to drop Mochrie because they thought the comedian looked too old and not hip enough. Thankfully, those involved in the show held their ground, and ABC was smart enough to see that talent and creativity were more important than ‘hip’, and the fans agreed, making Mochrie a popular mainstay on the American Whose Line stage.

Lately Mochrie has been as busy as ever. He’s spent time touring with the Improv All Stars, and he continues to travel with An Evening with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood regularly. He has also been busy appearing in commercials as the Nabisco Snack Fairy. He’s been heavily involved in independent and small movie projects and is even involved in ‘The Movie Co-op’, which is a Canadian venture to help produce great Canadian movies funded by and run by the artists themselves.

Brad Sherwood is a regular cast member on ABC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? and was a regular on the British version on Comedy Central as well. His credits include The Drew Carey Show, The Green Screen Show, over 100 appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, numerous appearances on VH-1’s I Love The 80’s’ & 90’s, and guest hosting Talk Soup.

Brad’s other past credits include a season on LA Law, To Tell the Truth, The Newz, and hosting The New Dating Game. Brad occasionally performs with Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles as a member of the Improv All-Stars and recently was the guest announcer on The Price is Right.

Both Colin and Brad can currently be seen in primetime on the brand-new improv sketch comedy show, Drew Carey’s Improv-a-Ganza on the Game Show Network.

Cincinnati Arts Association Sponsors

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

“CAA PRESENTS” SPONSORS: Coldwell Banker/West Shell, Heidelberg Distributing, Macy’s, Ultimate Air Shuttle

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS: CityBeat, Cincinnati Herald, Cincinnatian Hotel, Furniture Fair

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management 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. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.3 million students.

CAA is proud to be a member of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and Performing Arts Center Consortium.

For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.org.

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