SchoolTime

Presented at the Aronoff Center and Music Hall, SchoolTime offers programs that entertain, educate, and support the academic curriculum. Since 1996, the SchoolTime series has welcomed nearly 500,000 youth, teachers, and chaperones. Ticket and transportation subsidy is available for SchoolTime performances.

2023-24 SchoolTime Series

Cows Don't Fly and other known facts

Based on the popular children's book series The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down, The Pig Who Ran a Red Light, and The Goose Who Went Off in a Huff, Cows Don't Fly captures the vision of a world where extraordinary things happen on a regular basis.

  • Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 AM & NOON
  • Recommended Grades: PreK-3
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The Pa'akai We Bring

The Pa'akai We Bring follows a family with multiple generations of salt farmers on the island of Kauai, mixing in ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs, and plenty of audience participation into a tasty potluck of performance, joyously served up with aloha.

  • Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 AM & NOON
  • Recommended Grades: K-8
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Pete the Cat

For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth.

  • Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
  • Time: 9:45 AM & NOON
  • Recommended Grades: PreK-3
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Past 2023/24 SchoolTime Performances

Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Don't miss your chance to catch the oldest, continuously operating professional dance company from the Dallas-Fort Worth area as Mutual Dance Theatre and the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series kicks off their season of celebrating women dance artists and women-led dance companies.

  • Date: Friday, October 20, 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM
  • Recommended Grades: 3-12

Mister C Live! Vol 1. Air is Everywhere

Are you ready for some hair-raising science, toe-tapping music, and mind-blowing media? Join Mister C for an amazing day of learning in the lab as he explores all things air!

  • Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023
  • Times: 10:00 AM & NOON
  • Recommended Grades: 3-8

Giraffes Can't Dance – The Musical

All the animals in the jungle know their own special dance, but Gerald the Giraffe can't seem to move without a clumsy step. But with the help of a wise cricket, he finds his own song, and dances to the beat of his own drum!

  • Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM
  • Recommended Grades: PreK-2

The Smartest Girl in the World

Leo and Lizzy Martinez want to be the smartest kids in the world! The first step in the plan – Leo will win the local TV kind's quiz show. The Smartest Girl in the World looks at the bonds of family and the key to facing life's challenges together.

  • Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
  • Time: 10:00 AM & NOON
  • Recommended Grades: 3-8

Hot Chocolate

The region's FIRST African American Nutcracker experience is back! Experience the magic, joy, and absolute beauty of Hot Chocolate, Revolution Dance Theatre's completely original twist on the classical Nutcracker tale.

  • Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
  • Time: 10:00 AM & NOON
  • Recommended Grades: K-8

Frindle

Based on the multiple award-winning best-selling novel by Andrew Clements, this quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have your young audience inventing their own words.

  • Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
  • Time: 11:00 AM
  • Recommended Grades: 3-8

The Cincinnati Arts Association and its Education and Community Programs

are supported [in part] by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EDUCATION SPONSORS

 

Ameritas; ArtsWave; Charles H. Dater Foundation; The Cincinnati Herald; Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust—Fifth Third Bank, Trustee; Fifth Third Bank; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.; The Hearst Foundation; Greater Cincinnati Foundation; The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust (Edward V Arbaugh III); Local 12 WKRC-TV; Louise Taft Semple Foundation; The Luther Charitable Trust—Narley L. Haley & Fifth Third Bank, co-trustees; Ohio Arts Council; The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation; Paolo A Modern Jeweler; P&G Fund; Pepsi; The Stillson Foundation; Summerfair Cincinnati; TriHealth; Tri-State Chevy Dealers; The Western and Southern Financial Fund; The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation; WOW Windowboxes