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<font size=3>Colleagues,<br>
Here is the OSU Retirees Association cultural Calendar for
August. Perhaps you will find some of these opportunities
interesting.<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Harold Moellering<br><br>
</font><font size=4><b>OSURA CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE ARTS BULLETIN -
AUGUST 2014 TO MID-SEPTEMBER <br><br>
</font><font size=3>VISUAL ARTS <br>
</b> <br>
<b>Thru August 3 - Graphic Art</b> <br>
The beloved Calvin and Hobbes cartoons by Bill Watterson are the subject
of Exploring Calvin and Hobbes at the new digs of the Billy Ireland
Cartoon Library and Museum in newly renovated Sullivant Hall.
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Tuesdays thru Sundays, 1-5 p.m., at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and
Museum, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High St. <br>
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<b>Thru August 3 - Graphic Art</b> <br>
To complement its Calvin and Hobbes exhibit, the Billy Ireland Cartoon
Library is showing a retrospective of the work of the National
Cartoonists' Society's 2001 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, Richard
Thompson. The show is called "The Irresistible Force Meets the
Immovable Object." (Watterson was similarly recognized for Calvin
and Hobbes in 1986 and 1988.) <br>
Tuesdays thru Sundays, 1-5 p.m., at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and
Museum, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High St. <br>
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<b>Thru August3 - Graphic Art <br>
</b>While the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library show the work of Bill
Watterson and Richard Thompson, the Wexner Center is showing work by
cartoonist Daniel Clowes, producer of a number of graphic novels. At the
same time it is showing Eye of the Cartoonist, Clowes's selections from
comics held in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library. <br>
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday thru Wednesday. Open to 8 p.m. Thursday thru
Saturday. The Wexner Center is at 1871 N. High St. <br>
<br>
<b>Thru August 31 - Painting <br>
</b>The Columbus Museum of Art exhibits American modernist paintings
(1920s-1930s) from the collection of John and Susan Horseman, calling the
show Modern Dialect. Think John Steuart Curry and Charles
Burchfield. <br>
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. except closed Mondays and 10a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursdays,
at the CMA, 480 E. Broad St. Enter from 9th Street due to
construction. <br>
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<b>Thru August 17 - Glass</b> <br>
Columbus's renowned Hawk Gallery hosts a reception for Lino Tagliapietra,
arguably the greatest glass artist in the world, to open his show. If you
have never seen his astonishing work, don't miss it. <br>
10-5:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday, 11a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m.
Sunday, Hawk Gallery, 153 E. Main St. Artist's Reception 5-7 p.m. June 7.
RSVP at 225-9595. <br>
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<b>Monday September 1 - Arts and Crafts, Pop Music</b> <br>
The annual </font><font size=3 color="#0000FF">Upper Arlington Labor Day
Arts Festival</font><font size=3> hosts nearly 200 juried artists. Pretty
interesting, good quality stuff. Local restaurants serve at booths.
There's a popular music stage as well, where striving local bands try
make an impression. There can be some pleasant surpriseslike Forest and
the Evergreens, now one of Columbus' most popular bands, a few years ago.
<br>
Time, at Northam Park, Northam and Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington. <br>
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<b>PERFORMING ARTS <br>
</b> <br>
<b>Thru the summer - Music</b> <br>
Worthington, Grandview, and Hilliard all sponsor lawn concerts through
the summer. Worthington's Concerts on the Green take place Sundays. Check
the village calendar at
<a href="http://www.worthington.org/calendar.aspx" eudora="autourl">www.worthington.org/calendar.aspx</a>.
For Grandview Concerts on the Lawn on Tuesdays, go to
<a href="http://www.ghpl.org/concerts/musiclawn.php.%A0" eudora="autourl">http://www.ghpl.org/concerts/musiclawn.php.
</a> <br>
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<b>Thru August 9 - Light Opera <br>
</b>The Ohio Light Opera begins its thirty-fifth season June 14 with My
Fair Lady. Other well-known operattas and musicals to be performed this
year include Call Me Madam, The Pirates of Penzance, and Die Fledermaus.
Less known are an early Jerome Kern musical Oh, Lady! Lady! with lyrics
by P.G. Wodehouse, a 1906 Victor Herbert operetta Dream City and the
Magic Knight, and a couple of other even more obscure but interesting
offerings. You can here sample recordings of some of them at the
company's website
<a href="http://www.ohiolightopera.org/" eudora="autourl">www.ohiolightopera.org</a>,
where you will also find a calendar and be able to buy tickets. <br>
Shows are at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays thru Sundays, at the College of
Wooster's Friedlander Theater, 329 E. University St., Wooster. <br>
Tickets are $52 at ohiolightopera.org <br>
<br>
<b>Thru August 10 - Musical Comedy <br>
</b>CATCO launches it 2014-2015 season with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. You
don't get much more Broadway than this show. <br>
11 a.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday (except 7:30 Thursday July
24), 2 p.m. Sunday, at Studio One at the Riffe Center, 77 S. High St.
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Tickets $11.50 Wednesdays, $30 Thursdays, $45 Fridays and Saturdays, and
$41 Sundays at
<a href="http://www.catco.org/" eudora="autourl">www.CATCO.org</a>
(through horrible Ticketmaster) or get them through the CAPA box office at 469-0939 ($3 per ticket fee) or in person at 69 E. State Street, with no fee at all.<br><br>
<b>Thru August 17 - Theater</b> <br>
Columbus Civic Theater presents Samuel Beckett's theater of the absurd masterpiece Endgame. <br>
Times not posted yet, but probably 8 p.m. Thursdays thru Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, at Columbus Civic Theater, 3837 Indianola. <br>
Tickets not posted yet, but probably $17.50 seniors plus a reasonable service fee at <a href="http://www.columbuscivic.org/" eudora="autourl">www.columbuscivic.org</a> or at 614-447-7529, leaving a message. <br>
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<b>Tuesday July 29 thru August 9 - Theater <br>
</b>The Available Light Theatre Company will tackle Shakespeare's dark and complicated Cymbeline. A chance to see a rarely produced Shakespeare play, not for faint-hearted actors. I have found Available Light to be one of the better small companies in town. <br>
Times are not yet posted. Check avltheatre.com. Performances will probably be at Madlab Theater, 227 N. Third St., but you better check that too. <br>
Tickets are "pay what you want," if you go to the theater. There is an as-yet unspecified charge for reserving tickets in advance at 558-7408. You can buy online through Ticketmaster or Eventbrite, but who would want to do that?? <br>
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<b>Thru August 31 Theater <br>
</b>Actor's Theater of Columbus puts on Shakespeare's rollicking The Merry Wives of Windsor. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and whatever else you enjoy. <br>
Thursdays thru Sundays, 8 p.m. at Schiller Park, 1000 City Park Ave. <br>
Free but donations coerced by sincere young people carrying buckets. <br>
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<b>Friday August 1 thru Sunday August 3 - World Music <br>
</b>Dublin, Ohio is host to one of nation's premier Irish fesitivals--the </font><font size=3 color="#0000FF">Dublin Irish Festival</font><font size=3>, second only to Chicago's in the Midwest. By some measures, it is the world's second largest. The acts range from local to international on seven stages and include both traditional and Celtic rock, as well as bagpipe bands and step dancers. See dublinirishfestival.org for more information. <br>
4-midnight, Friday; 11-midnight Saturday; 11-9 Sunday at Coffman Park, 5200 Emerald Parkway, Dublin<br>
Tickets $8 for seniors at dublinirishfestival.org/tickets or at the gate. <br><br>
<b>Sunday August 3 - Jazz<br>
</b>Richard Lopez brings his trio to play in the CMA's Jazz on a Summer's Day series.<br>
3 p.m. at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. During construction, the etrance is on Ninth Street. You can park in the museum's lot, on the street, or in the Motorist Insurance Co. lot east of the museum.<br>
Tickets $10 at the door.<br><br>
<b>Wednesday August 6 - Jazz<br>
</b>More jazz. This time the Columbus Jazz Quartet, made up of first-class local artists, at a wonderful venue. Get tickets ahead of time to assure a table. You can go earlier and get a light meal, or have one as you enjoy the band. <br>
9 p.m. at Natalie's Coal-Fired Pizza, 5601 N. High St., Worthington<br>
Tickets ($10) and more information at <a href="http://www.nataliescoalfiredpizza.com/calendar" eudora="autourl">http://www.nataliescoalfiredpizza.com/calendar</a>.<br>
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<b>Thursday August 7 thru Sunday Aug. 10 - Classical Music <br>
</b>The ProMusica Summer Series will take place over just one weekend this summer. The chamber orchestra will play in front of the Franklin Park Conservatory's Palm House, a beautiful sight later in the evening when it is all lit up. There are reserved tables available, and food and wine, but there is also space for lawn chairs and blankets. You can bring your own food and perhaps wine, but you will need to check. <br>
The performances will include Barber's wonderful Adagio for Strings, Mozart's Linz and Prague Symphonies, Bach's Concerto for Two Violins, and more. Different programs each night. To get the lineup and for more information, call 464-0066 or check <a href="http://www.promusicacolumbus.org/about/news.php?i=210" eudora="autourl">http://www.promusicacolumbus.org/about/news.php?i=210</a>. <br>
7:30 or 8 p.m. CHECK at the Wolfe Palm House, Franklin Park Conservatory, 1777 E. Broad St. <br>
Free . Thank PNC Bank for their Arts Alive Program, WOSU, and Cardinal Health. <br><br>
<b>Thursday August 7-9 and 14-16 - Musical Theater<br>
</b>The Short North Stage presents Murder Ballad, a steamy off-Broadway hit (not so successful when it moved to a larger stage). It got good reviews from critics and audiences, although it is clear that how good it is depends on the quality of its players. Although graphic, clothes stayed on in New York, and probably will here too. Music has a rock beat but many numbers still have that musical comedy feel, judging from the clips online.<br>
8 p.m. at the Garden Theater, 1187 N. High St.<br>
Tickets $30 at <a href="http://shortnorthstage.org/calendar/v/351" eudora="autourl">http://shortnorthstage.org/calendar/v/351</a>.<br><br>
<b>Friday August 8 - Jazz</b> <br>
Ragtime, Blues & All That Jazz with the Columbus Jazz Arts Orchestra at its series at the zoo, Jazoo. Featuring Helen Welch. <br>
8 p.m. (doors open 6:30) at the Water's Edge Events Park, Columbus Zoo, 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell. <br>
Tickets $25 in advance, $35 on the day of performance at <a href="http://www.columbuszoo.org/" eudora="autourl">www.columbuszoo.org</a>. Or call the Jazz Arts Group at 294-5200x110. Maybe the fee will be smaller. <br>
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<b>Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10 - Hispanic Music and more <br>
</b>Two days of all things Latino and Latina. Besides Latin American food vendors and markets, well-known Latin American bands and singers appear, including traditional salsa sonero Herman Olivera and progressive salsa singer Frankie Negrón on Saturday night, with the headliners the lively Mexican band Brazeros Musical de Durango. On Sunday the top billing toes to longtime merengue hitmakers Los Hermanos Rosario, a 14-piece meringue orchestra. They'll be preceded by salsa vocalist José Alberto, known as "El Canario" for his amazing whistling. The evening will be led off by bachata group Vena. <br>
Bicentennial Park, 233 Civic Center.<br>
Free.<br><br>
<b>Friday August 15 - Jazz <br>
</b>The Columbus Jazz Arts Orchestra features the piano at its series at the zoo, Jazoo. Pianist Dave Powers jazzes up pop standards in Elton John, Bill Joel & Some Rock 'n Roll. <br>
8 p.m. (doors open 6:30) at the Water's Edge Events Park, Columbus Zoo, 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell. <br>
Tickets $25 in advance, $35 on the day of performance at <a href="http://www.columbuszoo.org/" eudora="autourl">www.columbuszoo.org</a>. Or call the Jazz Arts Group at 294-5200x110. Maybe the fee will be smaller. <br>
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<b>Friday August 15 and Saturday August 16 - Pop Music and Food Trucks <br>
</b>Another chance to see Columbus' up-and-coming folk rock band Angela Perley and the Howlin' Moons, this time surrounded by food trucks, plus other leading local acts. <br>
Time, at Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St.<br>
Free.<br><br>
<b>Friday August 15 - Rockabilly<br>
</b>And now for something completely different (for the Cultural Arts Committee, anyway). Rockabilly and southern roots with the Paul Thorn Band. The show is led off by local country rockers Grassinine, six artists when at full strengthguitars, banjoes, mandolin, and what they call "percushin" and gut bucket, whatever that is. Here is a chance to hear something different in an environment easier for us retirees to handle. Bring folding chairs and vittles. This is an appropriate show to sneak in something generally prohibited in city parks. <br>
7:30 at the Bicentennial Park Performing Arts State, 233 Civic Center Dr.<br>
Free <br><br>
<b>Sunday August 17 - Jazz<br>
</b>Richard Lopez brings well-known local jazz singer Kelly Delavaris to the Jazz on a Summer's Day series.<br>
3 p.m. at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. During construction, the etrance is on Ninth Street. You can park in the museum's lot, on the street, or in the Motorist Insurance Co. lot east of the museum.<br>
Tickets $10 at the door.<br><br>
<b>Friday August 22 - Rhythm and Blues<br>
</b>Rhythm and Blues great Mavis Staples comes to Columbus. The chops aren't quite the same as they were when the Staples Singers made "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself," but she remains a great presence and song stylist. See her sing "I'll Take You There" at the White House at the Scioto Mile website <a href="http://www.sciotomile.com/event-listing/mavis-staples/" eudora="autourl">http://www.sciotomile.com/event-listing/mavis-staples/</a>. She appears with Fo/Mo/Deep, which I think will back her.<br>
7:30 p.m., Bicentennial Park Performing Arts Pavilion, 233 Civic Center Dr.<br>
Free!<br><br>
<b>Saturday August 23 - Celtic Music<br>
</b>Here is a chance to see Lone Raven, one of Columbus's best celtic music bands, playing at one of Columbus's best music venues. Get tickets ahead of time so that you have a table reserved when you arrive.<br>
9 p.m., Natalie's Coal-Fired Pizza, 5601 N. High St., Worthington<br>
Tickets ($10) and more information at <a href="http://www.nataliescoalfiredpizza.com/calendar" eudora="autourl">http://www.nataliescoalfiredpizza.com/calendar</a> <br>
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<b>Friday August 29 - Popular Music <br>
</b>Country rockers McGuffey Lane, Columbus favorites of a few decades ago, will make one their rare appearances. They are good. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Opening band to be announced. <br>
7 p.m. at Columbus Commons, enter from Third or High St., south of State. <br>
Free. <br>
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<b>Friday August 29 - Ballet <br>
</b>If country rock's not your thing, Ballet Met offers its annual preview of the year's upcoming performances, outdoors at Bicentennial Park. Bring cheese and wine, and blankets or folding chairs. <br>
8 p.m., at the Bicentennial Park Performing Arts Pavilion, 233 Civil Center Drive. <br>
Free. <br>
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<b>Friday August 29 thru Sunday August 31 - Ethnic Music and Dance <br>
</b>It's time for this year's Greek Festival, the city's premier ethnic festival. Food, music, marketplace, and dancing. <br>
11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, noon to midnight Sunday, at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 555 N. High St.<br>
Tickets $4 for seniors ($5 regular), good for whole weekend. More information at <a href="http://www.columbusgreekfestival.com/" eudora="autourl">www.columbusgreekfestival.com</a>.<br><br>
<b>August 29 thru September 13 - Theater<br>
</b>MadLab Theater Co. presents The Playdaters, in which roommates send each other on phony dates where they play pranks on the unsuspecting victims, getting points for the quality of the pranks. Of course things get complicated when one of the pranksters falls for one of the dates. Despite the unpleasant-sounding premise, reviews have found the play hilarious, although it may not work on all the levels it is supposed to. The play runs about an hour.<br>
Special Thursday night preview at 8 and 9:30 on August 28. Then 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, at MadLab Theater, 227 N. Third St.<br>
Tickets $10 for seniors ($12 regular price), available at <a href="http://www.madlab.net/" eudora="autourl">www.madlab.net</a>.<br>
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<b>Thursday September 4 thru September 28 - Theater <br>
</b>Berthold Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children by the ambitious Columbus Civic Theater. <br>
8 p.m. Thursdays thru Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays at , at Columbus Civic Theater, 3837 Indianola. <br>
Tickets $17.50 seniors plus a reasonable service fee at <a href="http://www.columbuscivic.org/" eudora="autourl">www.columbuscivic.org</a> or at 614-447-7529, leaving a message. <br>
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<b>Friday September 5 thru September 14 - Theater <br>
</b>The mastiffs howl at Schiller Park as Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of The Hound of the Baskervilles, as played by Actors' Theater. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and food, but they try to stop you from bringing alcohol in. Want you to buy it. <br>
7:30 Fridays thru Sundays, at the Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St. <br>
Free but donations coerced by sincere young people carrying buckets.<br><br>
<b>Friday September 5 - Jazz<br>
</b>Here is a chance to see the Columbus Jazz Orchestra for free! They are joined by British-born vocalist Helen Welch, a regular vistor with the CJO. Orchestra leader and trumpet-meister Byron Stripling plans a tour from early jazz to the present in Byron, the Blues, and All That Jazz. Well worth seeing.<br>
7:30 at the Bicentennial Park Performing Arts Stage, 233 Civic Center Dr.<br>
Free!<br><br>
<b>Sept. 7 - Classical Music</b> <br>
Sundays @ Central presents Robert Takacs (piano) and Robert DeMaine (cello) playing Beethoven!! Part 2, the completion of <br>
3 p.m. at Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. <br>
Free. <br>
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<b>September 10 thru September 20 - Theater <br>
</b>Evolution Theatre Company puts on Bare, a rock musical about identity, sex, and religion at a co-ed Catholic boarding school. (Well, what did they expect when they made it coed?) <br>
Thurs-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m., at the Shedd Theater, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave. <br>
Senior tickets only $15 thru Brown Paper Tickets (no service charge if picked up at will-call!) at <a href="http://www.evolutiontheatre.org/" eudora="autourl">www.evolutiontheatre.org</a>.<br><br>
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