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The circus is coming — and plans to stick around awhile
- Tickets for “Over The Top,” the 138th Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, are available starting today at the U.S. Bank Arena Box Office, The Bank of Kentucky Center, at all Ticketmaster locations, online at ticketmaster.com and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets are $12-$85. The Greatest Show on Earth will be extending its stay in the Tri-State area by an extra week for the first time since PT Barnum’s Great Roman Hippodrome performed for 11 days there in 1874. “Over the Top” will play to Cincinnati crowds for two weeks starting at The Bank of Kentucky Center, Feb. 27-March 1, and then move to the U.S. Bank Arena from March 4-8.
Call for entries: Mason Arts Festival, exhibitors and poster contests
The Mason Area Arts Council is accepting entries for the fourth Mason Arts Festival to be held on Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Mason Municipal Center.
This Mason Arts Festival is a judged and juried event and will award $3,000 in prize money. Over 110 booth artists will be featured, along with another 60 artists inside the Mason Municipal Center called “The City Gallery” exhibition.
Booth applications are due April 1. City Gallery, performing arts and food vendors are due Aug. 7.
The Mason Area Arts Council is also sponsoring two poster contests:
The Art in the Garden Tour “The Daisy” theme poster will award a $200 prize.
The Mason Arts Festival “The Dragonfly” poster will award a $300 prize.
Poster contest entries need to be delivered to the Mason High School lobby at 6001 Mason-Montgomery Rd., between 4 and 6 p.m. March 3.
For applications and guidelines, please visit www.masonarts.com or the Mason Public Library, 200 Reading Rd., Mason, or call (513) 573-0007.
See last year’s winners at the jump.
Learn about creativity at Oxford Community Arts Center
The Oxford Lane Library and Oxford Community Arts Center present “Creativity & Expression: Local Artists and Their Works,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Local artists Elizabeth Brice, Leah Tuscany, Marcia B. Waller and Rebekah Powers will discuss their background, inspirations and their experiences as artists in the greater Oxford area.
Watercolor, abstract photography and lampwork beads will be on display. There will be a question and answer period after the presentation. This event is open to all ages and will take place at the Oxford Community Arts Center at 10 S. College Ave. (513) 523-7531.
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