Christmas – MAC Closed
Normal hours will resume on Thursday, January 2
Normal hours will resume on Thursday, January 2
Normal hours will resume on Thursday, January 2.
Manish is an athletic street dancer from Mumbai, whose working-class parents depend on their only son's support. When he accidentally walks into an inner-city dance school and encounters a curmudgeonly
70-year-old Israeli ballet master, a hunger develops within him. Ambitious and passionate, Manish is determined to make it as a professional dancer, but the odds are stacked against him.
Call Me Dancer will take you on a magical journey…from the streets of Mumbai to the stages of New York. A story of perseverance, rebellion, passion, family, culture, and an unlikely friendship – filmed in India, Israel, the U.K., and the U.S - and featuring music from legendary singer/songwriter Jay Sean and hip-hop artist/rapper Anik Khan, with a sublime score by Nainita Desai and Nina Humphreys
Call Me Dancer will make you want to jump up from your seat and, yes, dance!
In "The Little Mermaid," a headstrong mermaid falls in love with a human prince and makes a bargain with an unscrupulous sea witch to become human.
Screenings are free, but seat reservations are required (no-show seats will be released at 2 pm). Refreshments will be available for purchase. The series is presented in partnership with the Worthington Alliance of Black Families and Educators and the McConnell Arts Center, and sponsored by the Friends Foundation of Worthington Libraries.
Songs at the Center is proud to welcome songwriters Gordie Sampson, Kat Higgins, and Adam Hambrick to the McConnell Arts Center, alongside our host, Eric Gnezda.
YOUR participation is a key part of the success of our series, having been broadcast to more than 400 PBS stations from coast-to-coast in nine seasons. Bring friends, and feel free to come and go as you please!
This taping is FREE to attend, registration is recommended.
We invite you to celebrate the opening of The Returning Artists Guild and Kirsta Niemie Bendetti's exhibitions on Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Vidushi Taniya Panda – vocals and abhinaya |
Vidushi Smitha Magal – abhinaya |
Vidushi Devulapalli Sumamala – veena |
Vidwan Ajay Ravichandran – mridangam |
Students of the Silambam School of Dance |
The Thomas Worthington High School Jazz Program will present their two jazz ensembles, Cardinal Swing, and Cardinal Jazz, live in concert on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the McConnell Arts Center. Audience members will enjoy a wide variety of music including swing, bebop, funk, and more! We know our students are "jazzed" to perform for you!
For many great artists the garden has long been considered a desirable subject for the expression of colour, light and atmosphere. Claude Monet is perhaps the most well-known painter of gardens but other greats such as Van Gogh, Pissarro, Matisse and Sargent all viewed the garden as a meaningful focus for their talents. The work of these great artists, along with many others, feature in a major 2016 exhibition ‘Painting the Modern Garden’ from The Royal Academy, London.
This dazzling film takes a magical journey from the gallery to the gardens, to Giverny and Seebüll and other glorious grounds favoured by artists. Here we discover how early twentieth century artists designed and cultivated their own gardens to explore contemporary utopian ideas and motifs of colour and form. Monet said, “Apart from painting and gardening, I’m no good at anything”.
For lovers of art or lovers of gardens, this is an ideal film.
A 60 minute solo show described as a 21st Century version of ‘On The Road’ meets ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ | Written & Performed by Matt Butler | Directed by Richard Hoehler. | Reckless Son, written and performed by singer songwriter Matt Butler, was inspired by his journey performing over 100 concerts in jails and prisons across the country. Through a powerful combination of spoken word and song, Reckless Son humanizes the experience of the incarcerated by giving them voice and telling their stories...
The Wet Bandits are the most unique and entertaining 90's cover band in Columbus. Rigidly adhering to a set containing only songs released in the 3652-day span from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999, The Wet Bandits will put together a show of pop, rock, hip-hop, and everything in-between that made the 90's the great decade of music that it was.
The Harding-Buller Foundation of Worthington is honored to partner with the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington and the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce to present the next Community Health Chat introducing Empower Her: The Perfectly Imperfect You. This chat is bringing together five amazing women who are dynamic leaders and inspiring changemakers. Please join us as they share their stories on what brought them to where they are today, what empowers them, and what is the perfectly imperfect you.