Casting Light

We are so thrilled to share with you the Women in the Arts Roundtable! Our incredible moderator (Courtney Hammonds, Broadway in Cincinnati Apprentice) sat down with our panelists (D. Lynn Meyers of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Cincinnati Arts Association’s own Brenda Carter, and Annie Fitzpatrick one of Cincinnati’s talented actors) for their insight on why women play such an important role in Cincinnati’s Arts Community. Huge thank you to our moderator and panelists who brought through wealth of experience and candor to this conversation.

Step into the circle with Lakota artist, educator and hoop dancer Starr Chief Eagle. She takes us behind the art of hoop dancing, from how she prepares to perform to the personal meaning of her work and the Indigenous stories she carries forward.

We sat down with Cincinnati-based artist Rebecca Nava Soto to talk about how she is using her art to heal and ignite change in her community. View her Ritual of Imagination and Reconnection exhibition at the Weston Art Gallery here.

INDIGENOUS IS PUNK. What does that mean? In this conversation, Urban Native Collective's Executive Director Briana Pocaigue Craig Mazzolini and curator Leonard Harmon explore the Indigenous Punk Aesthetic at the heart of this year's Indigenous Peoples' Day Convergence. It's a celebration of Indigenous abundance, sovereignty, creative defiance, and joy. Not a recovery of what was lost, but an affirmation of what has always survived.

We sat down with Organist Richie Gregory to talk about his origin story, what makes theater organs different from typical church organs, and why Music Hall's own Mighty Wurlitzer Organ is so special. Richie will be leading the Friends of Music Hall's annual Happy Holiday with the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ concert on December 4.

Looking for a Wurlitzer deep-dive? Visit Friends of Music Hall to learn more.