This exhibition recreates the signs, symbols and early language created by our earliest ancestors and left behind on their migration out of Africa and around the earth. These ancient marks are incorporated into colorful sculptures, painting and ceramic works and pay respect to our ancestral human creativity. There are also a series of paintings in response to the artist’s own relocation around America and the world.
Worthington Community Theatre would like you to consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart’s classic musical Oliver!, based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Join Worthington Community Theatre on the streets of Victorian England as it comes to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.
Worthington Community Theatre would like you to consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart’s classic musical Oliver!, based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Join Worthington Community Theatre on the streets of Victorian England as it comes to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.
oin exhibiting artist, Cindy Rasche, in an informative and in-depth tour of her exhibition, Journeys, at the McConnell Arts Center.
Birdsong is a special concert in the classical music style of South India first presented at the Hyderabad Music Festival in India. The work is inspired by Anne Lammot's book - Bird by Bird.
Take flight in to a melodious realm with 'Birdsong by birdsong' - a soaring celebration of our winged muses that set a flutter in the hearts of Tyagaraja, Kabirdas, Maya Angelou, Amir Khusro and the Beatles.
Ranjani Sivakumar will enchant you through her wondrous storytelling and melodic songs in this interactive-style concert.
Being an avid birder with bird calls being her primary interest, Ranjani’s research led her to the poetry of Maya Angelou, articles ...
Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 3.
Amritha Murali - vocals
R K Sriramkumar - violin
K Arun Prakash - mridangam
This is an exceptional team of musicians. Amritha is a popular and proficient young singer who has received many awards and accomplishments. RK Shriramkumar is a multi-talented musician and composer. He has performed widely for several decades, and his music is a connoisseur's delight. Arun Prakash’s mridangam artistry combines the best of tradition and modernity. While his technique of handling the instrument is very traditional, his playing is characterized by mathematical innovation, brilliance, and modernity.
Inspired by the ‘spacewalkers’ that repair the Hubble telescope, Spacewalkers is a series of street art installations and indoor work that explore figures who exist in liminal spaces, spaces both human and otherworldly, spaces of creative possibility and personal peril. These figures tell a different story about the purpose of public art as well as the women and marginalized people who are too often excluded from participation as well as representation.
The series re-imagines what--and who--deserves to be made visible in public space. Traditionally, monuments exist to reaffirm and reinforce power. I believe it is important to consider not only who is represented and glorified by monumental art, but also who is not represented, who is perpetually absent, who is denied recognition. I see the Spacewalkers series as anti-monumental, a series of artworks that resist--and, more importantly--rebuke the assumption that public space exists to exalt the already powerful.
Public space is deeply gendered. It is no accident that few female-identifying persons are depicted in monumental art and statuary in Columbus, and Spacewalkers is designed to challenge that. I am especially curious about the way that women react to spaces that are not built for their flourishing and, in some cases, their very survival. My spacewalkers refuse their containment, protest their restriction, and defy efforts to subordinate them.
Finally, Spacewalkers is resistant to a primary goal of monumental art: the creation of a work that appears invulnerable, permanent, and transcendent of death. I work with paper, which, by definition, is ephemeral and in outdoor spaces likely to fall away within the year. I'm not looking to sustain illusions of a world without loss. I also work with stencil art, a technique that is often in contrast to the traditions of fine art and identified with the visual language of protest. In this way, I invite new questions about the form of public art and its purpose, and create dynamic space for female voices to emerge in our city.
Join us for a screening of The Alsatian Queen!
This amazing film features two dozen Columbus musicians, dancers, and artists under the musical leadership of bassist Phil Maneri. This multi-disciplinary adventure tells the compelling saga of Maneri’s 160+ year-old bass, the Alsatian Queen, through music, animations, dance and songs. Follow its musical life through classical, jazz, rock, and hip hop, with live painting, improvisation, and more.
Experience the enchanting world of Miss Marlene, a cherished children's musician captivating Central Ohio families since 2003. Join us at the McConnell Arts Center for a family music concert filled with boundless energy, instant connections, and a repertoire of over 150 songs that blend traditional favorites with new gems.
With a dynamic setlist featuring sing-alongs like "Wheels On the Bus" and covers such as "We Are the Dinosaurs," Miss Marlene's concerts offer an interactive and joyful experience for children under 6 and their big people. Don't miss the chance to be part of this musical journey, where laughter, silliness, and cherished memories abound in a celebration of two decades of musical excellence in Central Ohio.
P Praveen Kumar is one of India's leading exponents of the traditional Bharatanatyam dance form. He has received numerous awards and has performed at many national and international art festivals. He will present a traditional Margam performance with a talented orchestra.
Praveen Kumar - Dancer
Smt. Krupaa Lakshmi - vocals
Barghav Hariharan - vocals
Umesh Venkatesan - nattuvangam
Ethirajan Ramanujan - mridangam (drum)
Visveshwar N - Bamboo Flute
Paisha Thomas is an American singer/songwriter who commands attention from the moment she takes the stage. Equally at home singing Soul, Gospel, R&B, she creates music about love, self-discovery, and the condition of the world.
Paisha released her first album in 2016, which drew immediate praise from critics and fans alike, and she frequently collaborates with Counterfeit Madison, Scott Woods (Holler & Streetlight Guild), and many others on a variety of engaging projects, including the ongoing “Say it Loud Columbus”, featuring compelling original protest music.
A descendant of the Randolph Freed People - a group of 383 freed slaves who traveled by foot from Roanoke, Virginia to their promised land in Ohio in 1846 only to be met by violent white mobs. Their land was seized and sold from under them – they scattered throughout Ohio. Paisha's music preserves not only her family history but sings to the current social and racial injustices in our country.
Paisha's performances seek to inform and inspire. To ask the question - When will we overcome? And present a call to action to the audience, bringing them into the movement.
In response to ongoing police violence in 2020, Paisha organized a collective of musicians to perform at protests around central Ohio – Say it Loud Columbus. The performers not only appeared on street corners, at vigils and in front of the Statehouse, they also recorded and released an album of original songs – Music for the Movement Vol.1.
Paisha uses music to educate, heal and unite. Her songs capture both the struggle and pride of being Black in America.
Paisha Thomas and the Soul Strings Band guide the audience on a music history journey of Black people’s contributions to Americana music.
