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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Trivia question answered!!!!
Congratulations to Jennie Zwissler of Arlington, Tenn., who correctly answered my trivia question to win a copy of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s latest CD, “Come Thou Font of Every Blessing.”
The question was: The words to the hymn “Come Thou Font of Every Blessing” was written in 1757 by Methodist pastor and hymnist Robert Robinson, who was 22 at the time. Who wrote the melody?
The answer is: Asahel Nettleton.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will join Maestro Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra — along with legendary aviator, engineer and astronaut Neil Armstrong and Bengals tight end Ben Utecht — for a one-night-only Pops concert 8 p.m. Thursday, June 18 to mark the orchestra’s first summer concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of Riverbend Music Center. More to come on that later….
Thanks for all who responded… I’ll post another question on Friday for another copy of the CD.
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TweetFundraiser for ClassX Radio at Cardi’s, June 7
Sonny Moorman Group, Pete Dressman (above) and Soul Unified Nation, the Howard Brothers Band, Finale, Matt Williamson and Bob Cushing will perform in a benefit for ClassX Radio, 88.9 FM, 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Cardi’s Bar and Grill, 101 Bacher Square Dr., Fairfield. $10 suggested donation at the door. (513) 889-3952.
ClassX WMWX is a volunteer radio station that plays album rock, a mix of new releases combined with lost classic rock tracks from the past 40 years.
WMWX is a 501(c)3 corporation that survives by financial donations from it’s listeners and through it’s offering of underwriting spots to local business that support it financially. Financial contributions are 100 percent tax-deductible.
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TweetKnoxville band Vertigo plays Southgate House, June 6
Vertigo with The Host, Bastion, Riley, Vertigo, The Dig and Chakras CD Release, 9 p.m. Saturday, June 6, Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport, Ky. $7 for 21 and over, $10 for ages 18-20. (859) 431-2201.
Vertigo has been described as “darkly sexual,” perhaps because it trades in desire, risk-taking, and unblinking confession, or maybe because of the thrilling sensuality at its core. The four-piece band out of Knoxville, Tennessee, Joel (guitar) and Justin (drums) Justin’s sister, Lindsey (vocals), and Nate (bass) marry alt/pop lyricism and well-grounded composition with yearning themes and experimental musicianship, connecting with audiences in electric deeply personal live performances.
Vertigo is releasing their sophomore album, “The Coming and The Going” on July 28 and will be touring nationally in support.
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TweetMuseum of Ancient Art at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park now open
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park offers a new permanent feature this summer with the opening of its Museum of Ancient Sculpture.
While park founder Harry T. Wilks has been rounding up his collection of large contemporary work for the 265-acre outdoor sculpture park, he’s also been quietly accumulating ancient sculpture, which until now he kept in the Pyramid House, his private residence on park grounds.
As he did with Pyramid House, Wilks devised much of the design of the 10,000 square foot museum himself, based on buildings he’s seen on his European travels, he said.
“When I went to Rome, I saw these estates with inner gardens and cloistered walkways,” he said. “This is my rendition of ancient Rome and Pompeii. I call the design ‘Roman-inspired eclectic.’ If you have a building for ancient sculpture, why not make it look ancient?”
“There are no reproductions,” Wilks said. “Every one of these works of art is a true museum piece that I’ve purchased from Sotheby’s and Christie’s,” two New York auction houses that guarantee both the authenticity and the provenance of the items to ensure that they are not stolen.
Wilks said that he has focused his collection in four areas: Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Etruscan sculpture.
Steven Tuck, Distinguished Scholar in Miami University’s Department of Classics, has been working with Wilks to catalog and research the collection and has come up with some interesting information about several of the pieces.
“Even though everything was purchased from Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the information they provide is usually very limited,” Tuck said.
For instance, one piece was purchased with a label saying “Head of a god.” But upon a close examination, Tuck found a series of holes drilled in the head, indicating that there is a piece missing, most likely a halo, indicating that it was Helios, the God of the Sun, created sometime in the second century.
Tuck said that he looks for other visual clues like hairstyles and clothing to help date pieces, and some of the pieces have writing on them that helps.
He has been able to trace a funerary urn, for instance, to a particular family cemetery outside of Athens, and can pinpoint the date to between 300 and 380 B.C. because of its similarity to pieces in other museums.
The centerpiece of the Egyptian portion of the collection, for instance, is an Egyptian coffin that is covered with hieroglyphic writing.
“I found that it was the grandson of a Pharaoh,” Tuck said. “The tomb was in Luxor on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of Kings.”
Tuck said that many of the pieces in the Pyramid Hill collection are as good as or better than pieces in other museums.
“There’s an Etruscan urn here from 150 B.C.,” he said by way of example. “There’s another one almost identical to it in the Louvre, but this one is in better condition.
“The fact that he has focused his collection on these four areas gives you a good range of material in each one,” he said.
Tuck said that his plan is to create a catalog that will have entries on each piece detailing where it came from and what it means.
“You get a better sense of what this art meant to the people that made it and the people that saw it,” he said, “about their belief systems and cultural values, what they wanted to be remembered for, about their hopes.”
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TweetCommon Bond Quartet performs a church festival, June 7
Common Bond Quartet, 1 p.m. Sunday, June 7, Yankee Road First Church of God, 3029 Yankee Rd., Middletown.
The Yankee Road First Church of God is hosting an afternoon of food, games and children’s activities. The Sunday FunDay activities begin right after the morning worship with lunch at noon followed by the concert by the Common Bond Quartet, a group of cousins from Mt. Sterling, Ky.
From the Common Bond Quartet’s website: “Growing up, we were surrounded by the a cappella voices of our parents. They sang late into the night, in our homes. Often we fell asleep to the echo’s of our parents voices as they sang songs about Jesus and His love. The Senn Family Quartet sang at weddings, funerals, family gatherings, church gatherings and most importantly, in our homes. From those songs of faith and love for God - we learned more than singing from our parents - We learned to know and to love God, ourselves. We learned to express our love for Him through singing.”
Bring a friend and a lawn chair.
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TweetMUSE women’s choir sing a 26th annual spring concert, June 6-7
MUSE Women’s Choir presents “Gracias a La Vida!” 8 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 7, New Thought Unity, 1401 E. McMillan St., Cincinnati. Sliding scale $8-$50, suggested price $15. (513) 221-1118.
On the heels of an international performance tour in the Dominican Republic to participate in Justicia Global’s 11th International Summit, MUSE will spice up the stage with the invigorating rhythms and harmonies of Latin America. MUSE will add some zesty humor and a dash of the old favorites for a concert celebrating 26 years of musical excellence and social change.
Sharing the stage with MUSE will be Cincinnati-based Canela. Canela (Spanish for cinnamon) is a trio that plays fun, exciting Afro-Cuban Jazz. Incorporating the sounds of the Caribbean, this ensemble performs rhythmic and danceable music sure to get people moving.
MUSE was founded in 1983 by Dr. Catherine Roma, artistic director. Over 60 auditioned singers perform in nearly 20 concerts per year.
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TweetLebanon Theatre steps up the laughs in ‘Taking Steps,’ June 6
The Lebanon Theatre Company presents “Taking Steps” by Alan Ayckbourn, 8 p.m. June 6, 2 and 7 p.m. June 7, 8 p.m. June 12, 8 p.m. June 13, and 2 p.m. June 14, Top of the Shoe Theatre, 120 East South St., Lebanon. $15. (513) 228-0932.
Justin McClellan of the Western-Star reports: “Taking Steps” is a classic British farce filled with mistaken identities, humorous coincidences and lots of slamming doors and rushing between rooms. The play focuses on a hard-drinking tycoon considering buying an English mansion. During an evening stay, he, his wife, her brother, and his fiance attempt to sort themselves out, with hilarious results.
ABOVE: Mark (Terry Gosdin) and Tristram (David Vanderhorst) attempt to keep Roland (Brent Peebles) awake because they mistakenly believe he has overdosed on pills. Photo: Well Dunn Images
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TweetCincinnati Art Museum exhibits honor women
>> Garry Winogrand’s Women Are Beautiful, through Aug. 23. A glimpse into the world of Garry Winogrand, whose work defined a quintessential “American” photography in the late twentieth century. Winogrand’s photographs of street life, the suburbs, and the fractured, postwar, new consumer culture that emerged in the 1950s, remind us how the every day is loaded with anonymous joy and pathos and how each moment in life is filled with happenstance and the unexpected. “Women Are Beautiful” is a time capsule of the Pop and Mod 1960s, showcasing the ever-changing nature of fashion and representation of female beauty. “Street” photographs, they raise tricky issues like the “male gaze” and voyeurism, and how they relate to the paparazzi-style reportage that is a mainstay of our contemporary culture (above, “New York 1965”).
>> Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, June 6-Sept. 6. Vonnoh (1872-1955) was the leading sculptor of American womanhood of her time and a pioneer among female artists. This is the first exhibition devoted to the artist, and spotlights the artist’s small sculpture and garden statuary portraying women as both icons of beauty and moral guardians of family and home. The exhibition features over 35 works from 1895 to 1930. It presents Vonnoh’s sculpture in bronze, her favored medium, as well three rare works in terra cotta and two portraits of the artist painted by her husband, American Impressionist Robert William Vonnoh. Like American Impressionist painters, Bessie Potter Vonnoh took contemporary daily life as her subject matter, focusing on statuettes of women and children dressed in the period’s fashions. She designed these intimate works for the artistic embellishment of the home at a time when most sculptors concentrated on monuments and grand public statements.
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