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  • Creating Community: BIPOC Emerging Artists Foster Connections

    • 13 December 2023
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    A group of women gathered monthly in the gallery to write. Under the guidance of local poet Jamie Lee Elizabeth, they explored Black womanhood, friendship, love, heartbreak, grief, and joy — and made connections — in ways they hadn’t before. These meaningful..

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  • Inspiring Innovation: Igniting Learning through the Arts

    • 27 November 2023
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    It’s a demonstrated fact: schools that infuse the arts see a profound impact on students and culture. A recent study by the Brookings Institute found that increases in arts educational experiences in schools led to remarkable improvement in students’ academic, social, and..

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  • Unlocking Potential: Empowering Young Musicians

    • 15 November 2023
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    It started with 26 kids from underserved elementary schools. They had not played music before, but once the door was opened, they soared to new heights. Over the next five years, their numbers swelled to 150 impressive young musicians performing on stages..

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  • CPS International Jazz Festival

    • Saturday, March 8 at 7pm
    • Aronoff Center for the Arts

    Jazz-loving Cincinnatians are invited to the 5th annual CPS International Jazz Festival, hosted by Activities Beyond the Classroom on March 8, 2025. The festival will feature 140 Cincinnati Jazz Academy student musicians as well as nationally acclaimed jazz artists Camille Thurman (tenor..

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  • Accessibility Focus Groups

    • In-person at KHAC Annex: March 4 Online: March 13

    At Kennedy Heights Arts Center, we believe that art should be accessible to everyone. That’s why we’re inviting community members to participate in an important conversation about accessibility and inclusion. We invite adults who live or work within the disability community to..

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  • Fusion of Hope – Voices of Freedom

    • Saturday, March 15 at 7:30pm (doors at 7pm)
    • KHAC Annex, 6620 Montgomery Road

    Immerse yourself in a bold expression of hope through the raw, experimental sounds of the inner city. This event brings together a stellar lineup of artists who blur genre boundaries: guitarist KAE Savage, poets Camille Jones and Kim “Duwaup” Bolden, multi-instrumentalist Jay..

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