2023 Summer Programming Overview:
PERFORMANCES
Frisch Marionettes: OZ: June 24th at 1pm
Cincinnati Opera Storybook: May 7, 1pm
GRADES K-3
OPERA STORYBOOK HOUR
It’s story time with Cincinnati Opera! We are delighted to offer this interactive program featuring stories based on the art form of opera. Cincinnati Opera teaching artists will read an opera storybook and sing and/or play recordings of operatic selections. The students will be led in a craft activity following the story. For example, with The Magic Flute, students will create their own Papageno and Papagena masks (a bird catcher and his bride). Our teaching artist will engage students with questions about key ideas and details to ensure their understanding of the story. A fun and creative experience.
Cincinnati Opera Storybook: June 11, 1pm
GRADES K-3
OPERA STORYBOOK HOUR
It’s story time with Cincinnati Opera! We are delighted to offer this interactive program featuring stories based on the art form of opera. Cincinnati Opera teaching artists will read an opera storybook and sing and/or play recordings of operatic selections. The students will be led in a craft activity following the story. For example, with The Magic Flute, students will create their own Papageno and Papagena masks (a bird catcher and his bride). Our teaching artist will engage students with questions about key ideas and details to ensure their understanding of the story. A fun and creative experience.
Madcap Puppets: When you Wish Upon a Fish: July 9, 1pm
Cincinnati Opera: A Comedy of Errors: August 4, 7pm
Hugo West Theatre: August 2-9; https://www.hugowesttheatricals.com
UTOPIA, OHIO - A New Musical
performed by Hugo West Theatricals
August 3 - 10, 2023
The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum
Thursday, August 3, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 5, 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 9, 7:30pm
Thursday, August 10, 7:30pm
Tickets $24 ($12 Students) - Seating is General Admission
America’s first anarchist. A séance-leading abolitionist. A cult who believed that the oceans would turn to lemonade and humans would grow “long and useful tails.” Each of these was responsible for founding strange, remarkable, idealistic communities in Ohio in the 1840s. And all three communities were founded in the same location: 30 miles east of Cincinnati in a place known as Utopia, Ohio. And for the first time, their story is being told in dramatic form.
UTOPIA, OHIO is a new musical following the rise and fall of three little-known utopian experiments through the voices of individuals whose lives led them there: a widowed woman shoemaker, a Black man who escapes enslavement with his family and a Jewish immigrant fleeing persecution. Featuring gifted actors playing their own instruments and a bevy of historical images, the musical bursts with emotion and longing felt by everyday people marginalized in the young and rapidly changing United States.
Featuring Jennie Malone*, Jeremiah Savon Jackson, Zack Steele*, Brad Myers and Linsey Rogers
Directed by Zack Steele
Assistant Direction & Dramaturgy - Deondra Means
Costumes - Jim Stump
Stage Management - Clare Jaymes
Written and Produced by Joshua Steele
Performances at The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum
3738 Eastern Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45226
https://www.hugowesttheatricals.com/utopia
Accessibility: The venue is wheelchair accessible.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITES
Community BINGO Night; 8/11/23, 6pm
Join us for a night of BINGO fun! 15 games will be played, three cards per game. Admission is $20.
BOOK CLUB; 4th Wednesday of the Month, 7pm
August 23: Author Talk, 8/23: Hunting Wildflowers by Jeanette Jackson
7pm discusses her local historical fiction book.
September 27: Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow
RSVP to:
Order your book from Bookery: 3704 Eastern Ave; 513-818-8088
Produce Pop-Ups: 5/9, 6/6, 8/8, 9/12
Free produce for the community:at 10am. Bring your own bags. Sponsored by Freestone Foodbank
SPECIAL EVENTS
Read Across America Book Event! June 10th
A collaborative event with The Bookery to celebrate the National reading event! Guest authors, crafts, read alouds and more!
Community Art Day and Exhibition: August 5, 1-6pm
CAA art exhibition, art workshop, play by Hugo West
Abrakadoodle for kids
The Collective for Adults
Coffee and donuts or wine night for show
Evening theatre performance by Hugo West Theatre
New Liberty Orchestra performance and dance: July 22, 2-5pm
Live 12 piece band! Bring your dancing shoes or just enjoy an afternoon of fabulous music from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. Whether you choose to whirl around the dance floor or take in the sights and sounds you’ll enjoy this event! $15pp at the door Tickets Here
August Author Talk: Author Talk, 8/23, 7pm: Hunting Wildflowers by Jeanette Jackson
One time Columbia Tusculum resident and local author, Jeanette Jackson, talks about the local historical fiction book she wrote with her mother. RSVP to events@thecarnegiecenter.org
CLASSES
Art Workshops with The Collective:
Art Classes at The Carnegie Center Hosted by The Collective
Enjoy a variety of classes taught by beloved artists at The Collective for the community.
Prices vary by class
Register at: https://thecollective513.com/art-classes
May 14th @ 1 PM ~ Mother's Day Tea Party with Elaine of Mankai Tea
May 28th @ 1 PM ~ Shibori Dye Class with Julie Amann
July 9th @ 1 PM ~ Beginner Watercolors with Lauren Connolly
July 16th @ 1 PM ~ Block Printmaking with Kaitlin Moon
July 30th @ 1 PM ~ Alcohol Ink Planters with Abby Chavez
August 13th @ 1 PM ~ Beginner Watercolors with Lauren Connolly
August 27th @ 1 PM ~ Glass Etching with Abby Chavez
September 17th @ 1 PM ~ Painting from Observation with Talia Jackson
Bi-Weekly Monday Wine Tasting Classes with Michael Schwartzman
Tickets $50 single, $90 couples
New for this Semester…
Ticket “Bundles” Package of 3 Tickets (any 3 classes) $125 single, $250 for couples
Contact Michael directly for “Package” options @513 550 3691 or michael@daringpairings.com