Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at the Contemporary Dance Theater

ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS
1305 GALLERY

1305 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-374-5618

Cloud-Watching: Works by Keith Miller (through Sept. 26)

Works by Katy Whittaker (Sept. 20-Oct. 24)

ALCHEMIZE

1120 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-381-2400

Hosts Art Aches, a monthly art exhibit and sale benefiting young local artists working in a variety of media and styles (Sept. 30, Oct. 28, Nov. 25)

ARONOFF GALLERY

807 Race St., Downtown, 513-357-5602

Features an ongoing, changing exhibit of 19th-and 20th-century artworks.

ART ALL OVER

Various locations throughout Oxford, 513-523-3740

(Sept. 10-11)

ART FINDS GALLERY

2703 Observatory Ave., Hyde Park, 513-332-1080

Works by Jacqueline Flischel (Sept. 2-29)

Diversity in Watercolors by Robert Nowicki (Oct. 14-Nov. 15)

ART IN THE PARK

Bellevue Beach Park, Bellevue, 859-431-8866

Features more than 25 regional artists (Sept. 10)

ARTWORKS TIME WARNER CABLE GALLERY

811 Race St., Downtown, 513-333-0388

Art Thing by Antonio Adams (through Sept. 29)

Hey, doll... (Oct. 7-Nov. 4)

The Benjamin Allen Collection of African American Art (Nov. 18-Dec. 19)

Stocking Stuff II: Second Annual Holiday Show and Sale (Dec.10)

ARTS CONSORTIUM

Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., West End, 513-381-0645

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

BASE GALLERY

1225 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-721-2273

BASE Cooperative Group Show (through Sept. 25)

Photography: Debbie Avery and Kim Rice, Painting: Tom Weast (Sept. 30-Oct. 30)

Outsider Art: Stevie Grueter; Painting: Anthony Baysore (Oct. 28-Nov. 20)

Annual Atrium Show (Nov. 25-Dec. 25)

BEHRINGER-CRAWFORD MUSEUM

1600 Montague Road, Covington, 859-491-4003

freshART juried show/fund-raiser (Sept. 10-11)

CARNEGIE CENTER OF COLUMBIA TUSCULUM

3738 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, 513-321-6449

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

CARNEGIE VISUAL + PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

1028 Scott St., Covington, 859-491-2030

Works by Barb Ahlbrand, Eunshin Khang, Kim Krause, Scott Anderson, Geneva McCoy, Tom Bartel and Todd Westermeyer (Sept. 9-Oct. 7)

The Painters Group Show (Sept.9-Oct.21, Nov. 9-Dec. 9)

Carnivale d'Exposé (Oct. 15)

Clay Alliance Show (Nov. 4-Dec. 9)

CARL SOLWAY GALLERY

424 Findlay St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-621-0069

Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Arts Quilts (Sept. 9-Dec. 23)

Photography: Joseph Sterling: Age of Adolescence (Sept. 9-Dec. 23)

Jenny Holzer: Multiple Editions (Sept. 9-Dec. 23)

CHIDLAW GALLERY

1212 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-562-6262

Ongoing student exhibits at the Art Academy's new home.

Cincinnati Art Galleries

225 E. Sixth St., Downtown, 513-381-2128

Elizabeth Nourse, 1859-1938 (Sept. 19-Oct. 8)

Clermont County Public Library, Milford-Miami Township Branch

1099 State Route 131, Milford, 513-248-0700

Seductive Belly Dancing: Drawings by Adam Maloney (through Sept. 14)

CLOSSON'S GALLERY & FRAME SHOP

10100 Montgomery Road, Montgomery, 513-762-5500

Gallery Selections (through Sept. 4)

COMBONI MISSIONARIES

1318 Nagel Road, Anderson Twp., 513-474-4997

Photography by Father Bill Jansen (through Nov. 23)

COVINGTON CATHEDRAL ART GALLERY

St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1140 Madison Ave., Covington, 859-356-2360

Poetic Synthesis: Mixed media by Any Burton and Patrice Trauth (Sept. 9-Oct. 30)

Visions IX International Juried Art Exhibit (Sept. 23-Oct. 16)

The Gift of Art holiday show (Nov. 6-Dec. 29)

CRONE COTTAGE

605 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, 859-581-0690

Open House (Sept. 24)

DAAP GALLERIES

Functional Aesthetics: The Sculpture of Micheal Beresford (Oct. 7-Nov. 23, Reed Gallery, DAAP complex, UC's main campus, Martin Luther King Drive and Clifton Avenue, 513-556-2839)

College of DAAP Faculty Exhibition (Oct. 7-Nov. 4, Meyers Gallery, Steger Student Life Center, UC's main campus, 513-556-3088)

School of Art Visiting Artists: Siemon Allen and Kendall Buster (Nov. 15-Dec. 2, Meyers Gallery)

Gallery opening: University Galleries on Sycamore, 628 Sycamore St., Downtown (Oct. 15)

Focusing on Cincinnati: The Photgraphs of Paul Briol 1889-1969 (Oct. 15-Dec. 22, University Galleries on Sycamore)

MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Lisa Siders-Kenney and Jacob Semko (Dec. 5-9, University Galleries on Sycamore)

DEOGRACIAS LERMA PHOTOGRAPHY

1319 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-305-2535

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

DESIGN CONSORTIUM GALLERY

2012 Madison Road, O'Bryonville, 513-321-1800

Helen Zarin (Sept. 9)

Maurice Alvarado (Oct. 21)

Holiday Affair (Nov. 18)

EINE KLEINE PHOTOGRAPH

610 Main St., Covington, 859-291-5892

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

ENJOY THE ARTS/START

1338 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-621-4700

Mixed media from young artists from the Rost School and MR/DD satellites (through Sept. 27)

Mixed media by Jacqueline Vaughn (Sept. 30-Oct. 25)

Works by Vicki Foltz (Oct. 28-Nov. 21)

Photography by Scott de Fasselle (Nov. 25-Jan. 23)

ESSEX STUDIOS

490 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills, 513-476-2170

Studio complex hosts bi-monthly ArtWalks (Oct. 7-8, Dec. 2-3)

EVERYTHING ART

9283 Cincinnati-Columbus Road, West Chester, 513-236-2813

Open House featuring Mike Pankion (Sept. 2)

Works by Diedre Dyson (Oct. 7)

Works by Sondra Morris (Nov. 4)

FIFTH STREET GALLERY

55 W. Fifth St., Downtown, 859-496-0250

Sanctuaries: M. Katherine Hurley (Sept. 2-28)

Final Friday Gallery Walk

North Main Street, Over-the-Rhine, 513-621-4700

Meet an artist or two, have a drink and stroll the galleries/ shops along Main Street. (Sept. 30, Oct. 28, Nov. 25).

FITTON CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS

101 S. Monument St., Hamilton, 513-863-8873

11th Summer Quilt Show (through Sept. 18)

Sally Meyers: Resting Place (through Sept. 18)

Pottery exhibition (Sept. 6-30)

Chip Dunahugh: Structure and Improvisation (Oct. 1-Nov. 2)

Clifford Bright III: Life Divine (Oct. 1-Nov. 2)

Valerie Mann: The Domestic Arts (Dec. 10-Jan. 27)

Lise Drost: Paintings and Prints from Snapper Creek (Dec. 10-Jan. 27)

Bob, Jim & Elise McWilliams (Dec. 10-Jan. 27)

FOUNDATION GALLERY

200 W. Fourth St., Downtown, 513-241-2880

TBA opening (Oct. 14)

FUSION GALLERY

305 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, 859-431-2100

Sawhorse Mania (Sept. 2, Oct. 7)

GALLERY 636

636 Main St., Covington, 513-473-7065

4 Gallery Artists plus 4 Invited Friends (Sept. 2-Oct. 2)

GALLERY AT THE FLOWER GARDEN

3314 Harrison Ave., Cheviot, 800-388-3886

Mary Martin, photography and other regularly featured artists (Sept. 10-Nov. 5)

GALLERY SALVEO

3805 Edwards Road, Suite 500, Norwood, 513-458-6600

Making Arrangements: Floral and Still Lifes (through Oct. 31)

GALLERIE ZAUM

118 N. Ft. Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, 859-441-3838

Carola Bell, mixed media (Oct. 1-Nov. 3)

Dave Klocke, new paintings (Nov. 5-Dec. 3)

Holiday Group Show (Dec. 3-31)

HEISTAND GALLERIES

501 E. High St., Miami University campus, Oxford, 513-529-2232

Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsman (through Sept. 30)

Young Sculptors Collection (through Oct. 16)

Works by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi (Oct. 5-25)

dele jegede (Oct. 24-Nov. 11)

Works by Barbara Madsen (Oct.31-Nov. 22)

Capstone Exhibition (Nov. 15-22)

B.F.A. Exhibition (Nov. 20-Dec. 5)

Works by Eric LoPresti (Dec.12-Feb. 3)

Seventh Annual Miami University Young Painters Competition (Dec. 12-Feb. 10)

HYDE PARK ART SHOW

Hyde Park Square, Edwards Road and Erie Avenue, 513-871-2458

One-day show featuring more than 200 local artists (Oct. 2)

JACK WOOD GALLERY

2039 Madison Road, O'Bryonville, 513-321-7077

The posters of Bernard Villemot (Sept. 15)

KENTUCKY HAUS CRAFT GALLERY

411 E. 10th St., Newport, 859-261-4287

Features Louisville resident Kyle Ellison, Kentucky Spring designer of Salad Tongs for One Hand (Sept. 17)

KZF DESIGN GALLERY

655 Eden Park Ave., Walnut Hills, 513-621-6211

Pluralistic Sensibilities (through Oct. 15)

LOVELAND ART SHOW

Nisbet Park, Railroad Avenue, Loveland, 513-683-3129

Juried sine art show with over 85 Tristate artists (Sept. 25)

M

523 Main St., Covington, 859-393-2054

Scale of Comprehension (Sept. 2)

The Unknown (Oct. 7)

Fabrication of a Metaphor (Nov. 4)

The Evolution of an Artist (Dec. 2)

MAC'S FARM & SCULPTURE CENTER

10538 Plainfield Ave., Blue Ash, 513-769-3358

Without Walls '05 (through Nov. 6)

MALTON GALLERY

2709 Observatory Ave., Hyde Park, 513-321-8614

Born of Spirit: Mike Elsass & Wes Hunting (Sept. 2-Oct.4)

Harmony: Works by Nancy Gollobin and Natalya Romanovsky (Oct. 7-Nov. 1)

Holiday Brunch (Nov. 13)

MAMMOTH COFFEE

515 Mammoth St., Newport, 859-291-8875

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

MANIFEST CREATIVE RESEARCH GALLERY AND DRAWING CENTER

2727 Woodburn Ave., Walnut Hills, 513-861-3638

CRUFT by Robert Spahr (Sept. 27-Oct. 30)

Drawings by Kevin T. Kelly (Sept. 27-Oct. 30)

MILLER GALLERY

2715 Erie Ave., Hyde Park, 513-871-4420

45th Anniversary Celebration (Sept. 23-Oct. 8)

Recent oil paintings by John Michael Carter (Oct. 14-29)

ML ART GALLERY

3627 Glenmore Ave., Cheviot, 513-661-5055

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

THE MOCKBEE

2260 Central Pkwy., Brighton, 513-9292-9463

Big Damn Heroes (Sept. 2-23)

Day of the Dead Exhibtion (Oct. 28-Nov. 13)

Components (Nov. 25-Dec. 18)

NORTHERN KENTUCKY FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY HOP

Various venues, 859-291-5892

These monthly gallery walks run throughout Newport, Bellevue and Mainstrasse Village (Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2)

NKU ART GALLERIES

Main and Third Floor Galleries, Fine Arts Center, NKU campus, Highland Heights, 859-572-5148

Re-Visions (through Sept. 23)

Joyce Ogden, Recent Sculpture (Sept. 29-Oct. 28)

Ross Zirkle, Recent Prints (Sept. 29-Oct. 28)

Senior Exhibitions (Nov. 10-18 and Dec. 1-9)

PATRICIA WEINER GALLERY

9352 Main St., Montgomery, 513-791-7717

Summer Selections (through Sept. 30)

PENDLETON ART CENTER

1310 Pendleton St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-559-3958

This building houses eight floors of artist studios, open to the public on Final Fridays and "Second Look Saturdays."

PHYLLIS J. WESTON-ANNIE BOLLING GALLERIES

3235 Madison Road, Oakley, 513-871-2100

From Here to Afar by Holly Schapker (Sept. 16-Oct. 8)

Panoramic Parks of Cincinnati by Thomas R. Schiff (Oct. 17-Nov. 5)

The Paintings of Jens Jensen (Nov. 5-Dec. 3)

Paintings by Russian Impressionists and Small Paintings by various artists (Dec. 2-Jan. 7)

PUBLICO

1308 Clay St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-784-0832

Ryan Mcginness/Installationview (Sept. 23-Oct. 29)

Paul Coors (Nov. 4)

QUEEN CITY ART CLUB

3738 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, 513-7232-7167

Queen City Art Club exhibition (Sept. 2-Oct. 24)

RISING SUN PENDLETON ART CENTER

201 Main St., Rising Sun, Ind., 812-438-9900

Photo Exhibit: Just Kidding (Sept. 3-30)

RON THOMAS AT STUDIO 3

1309 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-921-3147

Hosts monthly Final Friday openings (Sept. 30, Oct. 28, Nov. 25).

ROW HOUSE GALLERY

211 Main St., Milford, 513-831-7230

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

RUTHE G. PEARLMAN GALLERY

1212 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-562-6262

By Their Labor ... Construction Photographs by Howard Wells (through Sept. 23)

Bizarre Ball Auction Exhibit (Sept. 30-Oct. 8)

West of Eden: Art Academy Faculty Show (Oct. 17-Nov. 11)

Society of Illustrators (Nov. 21-Dec. 30)

SEMANTICS GALLERY

1107 Harrison Ave., Brighton, 513-651-5460

Nature: Systems and Responses (through Sept. 24.)

Works by Carissa Barnard (Oct. 29-Nov. 30)

SEVENTH STREET GIFTS/THE ATTIC GALLERY

114 E. Seventh St., Newport, 859-655-9444

Features artists Nancy Withers and Tiger Mountain (through Sept. 30)

SIDEWINDER COFFEE

4181 Hamilton Ave., Northside, 513-542-8321

Splash (through Oct. 9)

SITWELL'S COFFEE HOUSE

324 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, 513-281-7487

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for exhibits)

SOUTHGATE HOUSE GALLERY

24 E. Third St., Newport, 859-431-2201

Paintings by Gene Kinnamon (Sept. 9-24)

Installation by Erin Feller and Erika Johns (Oct. 7-24)

Ceramic art by Cayce Kolstad (Nov. 4-26)

33 and 1/3 Party (Dec. 16)

ST. JOHN'S UNITARIAN CHURCH

320 Resor Ave., Clifton, 513-961-1938

Organic Geometry (Sept. 1-28)

STUDIO SAN GIUSEPPE ART GALLERY

College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Delhi Twp., 513-244-4151

MSJ Art Faculty Exhibition (through Sept. 18)

A Friendly Climate: Celebrating 25 Years of the Artists' Exchange (Sept. 25-Oct. 30)

Selections '05 (Nov. 6-Dec. 8)

THOMAS MORE COLLEGE

Villa Madonna Drive, Crestview Hills, 859-344-3357

Facing Prejudice (through Sept. 6)

UC CLERMONT COLLEGE ART GALLERY

4200 Clermont College Drive, Batavia, 513-732-5281

Concerning Alzheimer's by Nancy Fisher (through Sept. 29)

Color My World by Martha E. Weber (Oct. 4-28)

Reaching by Jared Latimer (Nov. 1-12)

Student Art Show (Nov. 29-Dec. 15)

UPSTAIRS AT THE GREENWICH

2442 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, 513-221-2251

Album of the Year Visual Art Exhibition and Music Showcase (Oct. 1-29)

VISIONARIES AND VOICES

2515 Essex Place, Walnut Hills, 513-861-4333

Koffee Klatsch (Sept. 1-30 at various coffee shops around the Tristate)

Say What? (Oct. 7-8)

WARSAW PROJECT SPACE

3116 Warsaw Ave., Price Hill, warsawprojectspace.com

Meet the Press (through Sept. 24)

WESTON ART GALLERY

650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-977-4165

Circumambulator: Site-Specific Installation by Nick De Pirro and Ian Williams (Sept. 16-Nov. 12)

Dear Little Twist of Fate: Sculptures, Drawings and Bookworks by Mary Jo Bole (Nov. 18-Jan. 14)

XAVIER UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES

1658 Herald Ave., Evanston, 513-745-3811

Rome Experience Exhibition (through Sept. 9)

Romare Beardon Collection (Sept. 23-Nov. 4)

Fourth Annual Regional High School Junior and Senior Juried Exhibition (Nov. 11-Dec. 2)

Works by Debbie Davidson, David Jarred and Lisa Kiselewich (Dec. 9-16)

YORK ST. CAFÉ GALLERY

738 York St., Newport, 859-261-9675

Works by David Laug and Gilda Horn (through Oct. 9)

Photography by Linda Gillings (Oct. 14-Nov. 4)

YWCA WOMEN'S ART GALLERY

898 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-361-2127

Empty Chairs/Painful Windows (Sept. 23-Nov. 4)

ART MUSEUMS
CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, 513-721-ARTS

Strength and Will: Czech Prints from Behind the Iron Curtain (through Oct. 30)

Common Surprises: Getting to Know African Art (through Jan. 29)

Lure of Abstraction (through Jan. 22)

African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back (Oct. 8-Dec. 30)

Borrowed Time: Photograph as Music Album Cover (Oct. 22-Jan. 29)

Holiday Expressions (Nov. 10-12)

Cat Chow (Nov. 12-March 5)

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER

Sixth and Walnut Sts., Downtown, 513-721-0390

Gadget: Mechanics and Motion in Contemporary Art (Sept. 3-Dec. 2006)

Tony Oursler (Sept. 3-April)

Guy Ben-Ner: Honey I Shrunk the Kids (Sept. 3-Jan. 8)

Sacred and Profane: A Collection of Sonic Art (Oct. 1-Jan. 1)

Star Star (Oct. 1-Jan. 1)

A Thousand Years Too Late: A History of Cincinnati Soul (Oct. 1-Jan. 1)

MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford, 513-529-2232

Rockwell Kent: An American in Moscow (through Oct.22)

Ann Sperry's My Piano: The Fragmentation of Memory (through Dec. 10)

Civil Rights: Looking Back (through Dec. 10)

European and American Art from the Permanent Collection (through Dec. 15)

America Seen: Politics of Vision 1920-1940 (through Dec. 15)

Hindu Darshan: Exploring the Art of India (Nov. 1)

TAFT MUSEUM OF ART

316 Pike St., Downtown, 513-241-0343

Black Is a Color: African American Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Sept. 23-Nov. 20)

Small Paintings (through April 2006)

THEATER
BROADWAY IN CINCINNATI

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Procter & Gamble Hall, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-241-SHOW

Evita (Sept. 6-18)

Dora's Pirate Adventure (Oct. 6-9)

Shangri-La (Nov. 15-27)

THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI

Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, 513-569-8080

Cinderella (Oct. 21-23)

Frosty: A Magical Adventure (Dec. 9-11)

CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF MASON

Mason Community Center and High School Auditorium, Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason, 513-779-1913

Holes (Sept. 16-18)

CINCINNATI BLACK THEATRE COMPANY

Gallagher Student Center Theater, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Pkwy., Evanston, 513-241-6060

Black Nativity (Dec. 1-4)

CINCINNATI MUSIC THEATRE

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, 650 Walnut St., 513-241-SHOW

42nd Street (Nov. 4-12)

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK

963 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, 513-421-3888

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Sept. 6-Oct. 7)

Love, Janis (Sept. 22-Nov. 6)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Oct. 18-Nov. 18)

Reduced Shakespeare Company (Nov. 15-Jan. 15)

A Christmas Carol (Dec. 1-30)

CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

719 Race St., Downtown, 513-381-BARD

Our Town (Sept. 8-Oct. 9)

Titus Andronicus (Oct. 27-Nov. 13)

Private Lives (Dec. 1-23)

CLEAR STAGE CINCINNATI

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-621-ARTS

The Lark (Sept. 23-Oct. 30)

COVEDALE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

4990 Glenway Ave., Western Hills, 513-241-6550

Grease (Oct. 20-Nov. 6)

A Christmas Carol (Dec. 8-23)

THE DRAMA WORKSHOP

Westwood Town Hall, 3017 Harrison Ave., Westwood, 513-598-8303

Broadway Bound (Nov. 11-13, 17-19)

ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI

1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-421-3555

Intimate Apparel (Sept. 7-25)

Permanent Collection (Oct. 12-30)

Cinderella (Nov. 30-Dec. 30)

FALCOLN THEATRE

Monmouth Theatre, 636 Monmouth St., Newport, 513-481-9042

Angels in America (Oct. 7-22)

FITTON CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS

101 S. Monument St., Hamilton, 513-863-8873

Nick Cearley: The Most Overdone Songs Ever: A Not So New Revue (Nov. 26)

THE FOOT LIGHTERS INC.

Stained Glass Theatre, 802 York St., Newport, 859-291-SING

South Pacific (Oct. 6-23)

GREATER HAMILTON CIVIC THEATRE

The Historic Palace Theatre, 215 S. Third St., Hamilton, 513-737-PLAY

You Can't Take It With You (Oct. 6-9)

George M! (Dec. 8-11)

KNOW THEATRE TRIBE

Gabriel's Corner, 1425 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-300-KNOW

Tick, Tick ... BOOM! (Oct. 13-Nov. 12)

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Dec. 4-20)

LEAGUE OF CINCINNATI THEATRES

leagueofcincytheatres.com

Curtain Up 2005 offers a preview of local organizations' upcoming productions (Oct. 3)

LEBANON THEATRE COMPANY

Top of the Shoe Theatre, 120 E. South St., Lebanon, 513-228-0932

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Dec. 3-12)

MAD ANTHONY THEATRE COMPANY

Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument St., Hamilton, 513-863-8873

The World Goes 'Round (Sept. 22-25)

My Emperor's New Clothes (Dec. 1-4)

MARIEMONT PLAYERS

Walton Creek Theatre, Walton Creek and Muchmore Rds., Mariemont, 513-684-1236

Visiting Mr. Green (Sept. 9-25)

Brighton Beach Memoirs (Nov. 4-20)

MIAMI UNIVERSITY

501 E. High St., Oxford, 513-529-3200

Stone Heart (Sept. 22)

Scapin (Oct. 5-9)

In the Heart of America (Oct. 26-30)

A View from the Bridge (Nov. 17-Dec. 4)

MIDDLETOWN LYRIC THEATRE

Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Pkwy., Middletown, 513-425-7140

The Complete History of America, Abridged (Sept. 16-24)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Dec. 9-10)

NEW EDGECLIFF THEATRE

Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave., Columbia-Tusculum, 888-866-9981

3 Times the Tail (Dec. 1-18)

NEW GATE CELTIC THEATER

Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave., Columbia-Tusculum, 513-305-7958

A Child's Christmas in Wales (Nov.11-20)

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Black Box and Corbett Theatres, Fine Arts Center, NKU campus, Highland Heights, 859-572-5464

The Importance of Being Earnest (Sept. 29-Oct. 9)

Triumph of Love (Oct. 27-Nov. 6)

The Diviners (Dec. 1-11)

OVATION THEATRE COMPANY

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Fifth Third Bank Theater, Main and Seventh Sts., Downtown, 513-369-1544

Jeffery (Oct. 26-29)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Nov. 25-Dec. 3)

THE RENEGADE GARAGE PLAYERS

Various venues, 513-328-6300

Theatrical Performance at Florence Mall (Oct. 1)

Theatrical Performance at Cincinnati Art Museum (Dec. 4)

RISING PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY

4 N. Main St., Middletown, 513-705-4131

Bedroom Farce (Sept. 30-Oct. 9)

Taking Christmas to the Troops (Dec. 9-18)

ROSENTHAL NEXT GENERATION THEATRE

Rosenthal Plaza, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 936 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, 513-421-3888

Masked Marvels and Wondertales (Oct. 1)

Dinosaur Babies (Oct. 8)

Rapunzel (Oct. 22)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Oct. 29)

Aesop Bops! (Nov. 12)

The Hoop of Life (Nov. 19)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Dec. 20-30)

SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS

1310 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-363-8100

Dark of the Moon (Oct. 21-23)

SHOWBIZ PLAYERS

Various venues, 513-325-7842

Putting It Together (Oct. 6-16)

SHOWBOAT MAJESTIC

Public Landing, Downtown, 513-241-6550

Once Upon a Mattress (Sept. 14-Oct. 2)

STAGECRAFTERS

Brookwood Retirement Community, 12100 Reed Hartman Hwy., Sycamore Twp., 513-351-1234

Door to Door (Nov. 10-20)

SUNSET PLAYERS

Dunham Recreation Complex, 4320 Guerly Road, Price Hill, 513-598-4988

Lost in Yonkers (Oct. 3-18)

Puss in Boots (Dec. 5-14)

TRI COUNTY PLAYERS

Cincinnati State Satellite Campus, 10100 Reading Road, Evendale, 513-569-1643

Spoon River Anthology (Oct. 21-29)

UC COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Patricia Corbett Theater, UC campus, 513-556-4183

Floyd Collins (Oct. 20-22)

Noises Off (Oct. 27-30)

The Glory of Living (Nov. 2-5)

Crazy For You (Nov. 17-20)

THE VILLAGE PLAYERS

Fort Thomas Women's Club, 8 N. Ft. Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, 859-781-3583

Harvey (Sept. 29-Oct. 8)

Hyronomous A. Frog (Dec. 2-11)

THE WYOMING PLAYERS

Wyoming Civic Center, 1 Worthington Ave., Wyoming, 513-588-4910

It Could Be Any One of Us (Sept. 30-Oct. 2)

XAVIER PLAYERS

Gallagher Center, XU campus, Evanston, 513-745-3576

Smokey Joe's Café (Oct. 20-23)

'Night Mother (Nov. 17-20)

CLASSICAL MUSIC
BLUE ASH/MONTGOMERY SYMPHONY

Blue Ash Towne Square, Cooper and Montgomery Roads, Blue Ash, 513-232-0949

Labor Day Concert (Sept. 5)

Kindel Memorial Day Concert (Dec. 4)

CATACOUSTIC CONSORT

Various venues, 513-772-3242

Fellowship of the Viol (Oct. 8-9)

English Renaissance Celebration (Nov. 19-20)

CHAMBER MUSIC CINCINNATI

College-Conservatory of Music, UC campus, 513-522-2652

Chamber Raves (Sept. 6-10)

Beaux Arts Trio (Oct. 6)

Cavani Quartet (Dec. 6)

CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM

953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, 513-721-ARTS

Music in the Art Series: African Music Traditions (Sept. 28)

CINCINNATI CAMERATA

Mother of God, 119 W. Sixth St., Covington, 859-491-2362

Cecilia Meets Mary (Dec. 4)

CINCINNATI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Memorial Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-723-1182

Russian Masters (Sept. 25)

From Russia With Love (Oct. 16)

Russia: Inside and Out (Oct. 30)

CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA

Music Hall, 1243 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-381-3300

Bohème to Phantom: The Music of Puccini and Lloyd Webber (Sept. 9-11)

Dave Brubeck Quartet (Oct. 9)

Jekyll & Hyde: The Concert (Oct. 28-30)

Happy Holidays from the Pops (Dec. 9-11)

CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Music Hall, 1243 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-381-3300

Paavo Jarvi conducts Beethoven (Sept. 16-17)

Paavo J#228rvi conducts Brahms, Honegger and Sibelius (Sept.23-24)

Xian Zhang conducts Chen Yi, Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)

Erich Kunzel conducts John Williams, Brahms and Steven Reineke (Oct. 7-8)

Jesus Lopez-Cobos conducts Bruckner (Oct. 14-15)

Paavo J#228rvi conducts Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Nielsen (Nov. 11-13)

Paavo J#228rvi conducts Kodaly, Bartok and Grieg (Nov. 17-19)

Junichi Hirokami conducts Mozart, Takemitsu, Piazzolla and Mahler (Dec. 2-3)

FITTON CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS

101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton, 513-863-8873

The Lenox Avenue Express Jazz Band: The Music of Gershwin, Nat King Cole and Friends (Oct. 8)

Great Miami Youth Symphony (Nov. 21)

KENTUCKY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Greaves Concert Hall, NKU campus, Highland Heights, 859-431-6216

Overboard with Overtures (Sept. 3, at Devou Park, Covington)

Sergei Polusmiak and students (Sept. 9)

Comedy Tonight (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)

Caught on Film (Nov. 11-12)

LINTON CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

First Unitarian Church, 536 Linton Ave., Avondale, 513-381-6868

Alex Kerr, Eric Kim, Anton Nel perform Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (Oct. 2)

Opus One (Nov. 20)

MERCANTILE LIBRARY

414 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-621-071

Violinist Stacey Wolley with pianist Sandra Rivers (Oct. 7)

William Mennefield Jazz Trio (Nov. 4)

Raison D'Etre vocal trio (Dec. 2)

Holiday concert with Michael Chertock (Dec. 16)

MIAMI UNIVERSITY

501 E. High St., Oxford, 513-529-3200

Imani Winds with Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet (Sept. 28)

Emerson String Quartet (Oct. 24)

Ensemble Kaboul, Featuring Ustad (Master) Farida Mahwash (Nov. 9)

Krystian Zimerman, pianist (Nov. 16)

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Greaves Concert Hall, NKU campus, Highland Heights, 859-572-5902

Classical Music with Sergei Polusmiak and students (Sept. 9)

SAINT PETER IN CHAINS CATHEDRAL

325 W. Eighth St., Downtown, 513-421-2222

The Choir of Westminster Abbey, London, England (Oct. 24)

Advent Lessons and Carols (Nov. 27)

A Chanticleer Christmas Concert (Nov. 29)

UC COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Various venues, UC campus, 513-556-4183

CCM offers almost daily concerts and recitals.

WORLD PIANO COMPETITION

Various venues, 513-421-5342

Main Public Library, 900 Vine St., Downtown (Sept. 29)

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, 650 Walnut St., Downtown (Oct. 3)

XAVIER UNIVERSITY

Gallagher Student Center, XU campus, 513-745-3161

Bob Adams and the Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band (Sept. 11)

William Bolcom and Joan Morris (Sept. 18)

Vassily Primakov (Sept. 25)

Byron Stripling and the Jazz Trio (Oct. 9)

Roberto Plano (Oct. 23)

Becky Kilgore, Eddie Erickson & Dan Barrett (Nov. 20)

VOCAL MUSIC
CINCINNATI MEN'S CHORUS

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-542-2626

Chillin' Out: A Swingin' Holiday (Dec. 10-11)

CINCINNATI MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS

Music Hall, 1243 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-621-1919

Public choral workshop (Nov. 12)

MUSE: CINCINNATI WOMEN'S CHOIR

Various venues, 513-221-1118

Resounding Voices of Feminism with Women Writing For (a) Change (Nov. 4-5 at St. John's Unitarian Church, Clifton)

SORG OPERA

65 S. Main St., Middletown, 513-425-0180

TBA (Check weekly CityBeat listings for productions)

UC COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Cohen Family Studio Theater, UC campus, 513-556-4183

Babette's Feast (Nov. 10-13)

VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE

Various venues, 513-559-0000

May Festival Youth Chorus (Oct. 9, 16 at Cathedral Basilica, Covington and St. Xavier Church, Downtown)

Holiday concerts (Dec. 9-11 at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Northside; St. Thimothy's Episcopal Church, Anderson Twp.; and St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Downtown)

DANCE
BALLET TECH OHIO

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-241-SHOW

Tango Flamenco (Oct. 22)

CINCINNATI BALLET

Various venues, 513-621-5282

Ballet and Beer (Sept. 15 at Mickey Kaplan Performance Studio, 1555 Central Pkwy, Over-the-Rhine)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sept. 23-25 at Aronoff Center for the Arts, Procter & Gamble Hall, 650 Walnut St., Downtown)

New Works Festival (Nov. 1-6 at Kaplan Performance Studio)

The Nutcracker (Dec. 16-26 at Music Hall, 1243 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine)

CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-241-SHOW

Evidence with Ronald K. Brown (Sept. 23-24)

Risa Jaroslow & Dancers (Nov. 18-19)

MIXED MEDIA
CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION

Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-621-ARTS

Celtic Woman (Oct. 28)

The Flying Karamazov Brothers (Nov. 10)

Break! The Urban Funk Spectacle (Nov. 12)

FRISCH MARIONETTE COMPANY

Wyoming Civic Center, 1 Worthington Ave., Wyoming, 513-451-8875

Hansel and Gretel (Sept. 17-18)

RAYMOND WALTERS COLLEGE

9555 Plainfield Road, Blue Ash, 513-745-5600

Silk & Ivory (Oct. 22)

Clifton Jazz Quintet (Dec. 3)

ARTrageous Saturday series:

Emperor's New Clothes (Nov. 12)

Tim Olphant: Cartooning (Nov. 19)

Cincinnati-Dayton Taiko Group (Dec. 3)

SHADOWBOX CABARET

Newport on the Levee, Newport, 859-581-7625

Freak Show (Sept. 29-Nov. 27)

EVENTS
Streetscapes: Sept. 24-25

Telford Street, Clifton, 513-588-0560.

In this street painting festival, artists replicate 16th-century masterpieces on the street; part of Enjoy the Arts' 20/20 Festival.

ENJOY THE ARTS/START's 20 DAYS & 20 NIGHTS FESTIVAL: SEPT. 30-OCT. 19

Various locations, 513-621-4700

ArtMoves: Poetry and Art on the Buses (Sept. 30 on METRO and TANK buses)

Drumbeats for Justice: Ending Hunger in Cincinnati (Sept. 30 at St. John's United Church)

Tha Blast III: Music Concert (Sept. 30 at UC's Tangeman Center)

Three's Company: A Stellar Night on the Town with Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati May Festival Chorus (Oct. 7 at Music Hall)

Ultimate Arttrek Scavenger Hunt (Oct. 12 at Cincinnati Art Museum)

Open for Havoc screenprinting workshop/open house (Oct. 16 at Powerhouse Factories)

Cincinnati Experimental Arts' Artists for Change (Oct. 19 at The Mockbee)

AUTUMEDIA: OCT. 8

The Mockbee, 2260 Central Pkwy., Brighton, 513-651-4171

Media Bridges' third annual celebration of "new" media -- film, video, sound installation -- and more moves from Media Bridges' parking lot to The Mockbee

FITTON CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS

101 S. Monument St., Hamilton, 513-863-8873

Riverbank Poetry Project: Rhythm & Worlds Beat Poetry Night (Sept. 13)

Riverbank Poetry Project: Halloween Haiku (Oct. 11)

Riverbank Poetry Project: Pilgrims, Poetry & Pies Food For Thought (Nov. 8)