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  • Local artist aspires to be Black Dr. Suess

    • 27 October 2022
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    Local artist Ke’Monte Figgs aspires to become the Black Dr. Suess of Cincinnati. His new book, Dreams, Art and Success, is a guide to young people to follow their dreams. He will release the book at an event at Kennedy Heights Arts..

  • Jazz Students Shine

    • 3 September 2022
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    This year saw tremendous growth in our Cincinnati Public Schools youth jazz academy. Launched in 2018, Youth Jazz Cincinnati (YJC) inspires underserved students to develop their creative ability and confidence through the dynamic music of jazz. In partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools,..

  • Hello & Welcome!

    • 11 April 2022
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    This year, we set out to make the idea of “welcome” tangible, partnering with diverse artists to create spaces that are unassailably welcoming and deeply inviting for everyone. The Hello & Welcome project developed out of our participation in OF/BY/FOR ALL, a..

  • 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..

  • 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..

  • 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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