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The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is coming to Keehner Park to offer a free performance of “Macbeth” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty and ArtsWave, a non-profit organization promoting the arts, is presenting the show.

Maggie Lou Rader and Charlie Cromer star in the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s performance of “Macbeth” on Aug. 18 at Keehner Park in West Chester. Photo by Jeanna Vella.

The performance is part of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s sixth annual Shakespeare in the Park summer tour, which brings classic theatre to parks all around the Greater Cincinnati area.

In addition to the performance in West Chester, there will be two more performances from the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company this weekend. “The Tempest” can be seen at Vinoklet Winery, 11069 Colerain Avenue, at 7 p.m. Friday and at Boone Woods Park in Burlington, Ky., at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Additional performances will take place through Greater Cincinnati through Sept. 12. For a complete list, including show titles and information about the venues, visit www.cincyshakes.com/shakespeare-in-the-park.html.

Typically, Keehner Park hosts a free concert on Saturdays in the summer. Due to the performance of “Macbeth,” there won’t be a concert this Saturday.

After Saturday’s Shakespeare in the Park performance, American Graffiti Band will perform at 7 p.m. next Saturday, Aug. 25, and the West Chester Symphony will wrap up the summer concert series with a show at 7 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 3.

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The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is coming to Keehner Park to offer a free performance of “Macbeth” at 6:30 p.m. next Saturday, Aug. 18. The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty and ArtsWave, a non-profit organization promoting the arts, is presenting the show.

Maggie Lou Rader and Charlie Cromer star in the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s performance of “Macbeth” on Aug. 18 at Keehner Park in West Chester. Photo by Jeanna Vella.

The performance is part of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s sixth annual Shakespeare in the Park summer tour, which brings classic theatre to parks all around the Greater Cincinnati area.

The summer tour started last Saturday and continues this weekend with a performance of “The Tempest” at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center lawn at 7 p.m. Saturday and a performance of “Macbeth” at Washington Park in OTR at 7 p.m. Sunday.

In addition to the performance in West Chester, there will be two more performances from the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company next weekend. “The Tempest” can be seen at Vinoklet Winery, 11069 Colerain Avenue, at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, and at Boone Woods Park in Burlington, Ky., at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.

Additional performances will take place through Greater Cincinnati through Sept. 12. For a complete list, including show titles and information about the venues, visit, www.cincyshakes.com/shakespeare-in-the-park.html.

Typically, Keehner Park hosts a free concert on Saturdays in the summer. There won’t be a concert this Saturday or next Saturday.

After next Saturday’s Shakespeare in the Park performance, American Graffiti Band will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, and the West Chester Symphony will wrap up the summer concert series with a show at 7 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 3.

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A free performance of River Rat and Cat, a comic tale of an unlikely friendship for the entire family, will be presented at Miami University’s Voice of America Learning Center 3 p.m. Sunday.

A production of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill education series, River Rat and Cat is a comedy about friendship and cooperation.

This performance is a joint presentation of the Learning Center and The Arts Council of West Chester/Liberty, and is part of Miami University’s celebration of The Year of the Arts.

Miami’s Voice of America Learning Center is located at 7847 VOA Park Drive, at the Corner of Cox Road and VOA Park Drive, in West Chester.

For more information visit www.muohio.edu/voalc or call the Learning Center at 513-895-8862.

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Connect 4, an exhibition of the work of four female artists who live and work in Southwest Ohio, will open with a public reception from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Miami University Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester.

The featured artists, who share a passion for printmaking, are Mia Knight, Barb Weinert-McBee, Sherraid Scott and Kim Vito.

This event has taken place every other year for the past ten years through the Dayton Printmaker’s Cooperative and the Gen Studio in Kyoto, Japan. The most recent exhibition for the project was at the Springfield Museum of Art, which presented the theme “House/Home.”

This local exhibition is a joint presentation by the Learning Center and The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty, and is part of Miami University’s Year of the Arts.

The artwork will be on display at the venue through June 15 and may be viewed Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Miami’s Voice of America Learning Center is located at 7847 VOA Park Drive, at the corner of Cox Road and VOA Park Drive in West Chester. For more information visit www.muohio.edu/voalc or call the Learning Center at 513-895-8862.

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Connect 4, an exhibition of the work of four female artists who live and work in Southwest Ohio, will open with a public reception Sunday, April 22, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Miami University Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester.

The featured artists, who share a passion for printmaking, are Mia Knight, Barb Weinert-McBee, Sherraid Scott and Kim Vito.

This event has taken place every other year for the past ten years through the Dayton Printmaker’s Cooperative and the Gen Studio in Kyoto, Japan. The most recent exhibition for the project was at the Springfield Museum of Art, which presented the theme “House/Home.”

This local exhibition is a joint presentation by the Learning Center and The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty, and is part of Miami University’s Year of the Arts.

The artwork will be on display at the venue through June 15 and may be viewed Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Miami’s Voice of America Learning Center is located at 7847 VOA Park Drive, at the corner of Cox Road and VOA Park Drive in West Chester. For more information visit www.muohio.edu/voalc or call the Learning Center at 513-895-8862.

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An event in connection with the first 2012 ArtsWave Sampler Weekend will take place at the West Chester Library at noon Saturday. The event will feature performances by the West Chester Symphony Orchestra, hands-on art projects from The Arts Council of West Chester & Liberty, a performance by the West Chester Silver Strings and skits performed by Children’s Performing Arts of Lakota.

Below is the full schedule for the event:

• 12 p.m. - Children’s Performing Arts of Lakota: Theatre Skit written and directed by Samantha Burbank and Devin Armbruster, students of CPAL
• 12:20 p.m. - Arts Council of WC & L art lesson: Artist Darla Kirchner will direct an art project to take home
• 12:40 p.m. - Children’s Performing Arts: Theatre Skit written and directed by Samantha Burbank and Devin Armbruster, students of CPAL
• 1 p.m. - West Chester Library Sculpture Dedication
• 1:20 p.m. - Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G Major: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Strings by Mozart Performed by the West Chester Symphony
• 1:40 p.m. – String instrument petting zoo: Children get hand on experience holding and playing violins and cellos
• 2 p.m. - Children’s Performing Arts of Lakota: Theatre Skit written and directed by Abby Koch and Claire Rowe
• 2:20 p.m. - Overture for Winds Op. 24 by Mendelssohn Performed by the West Chester Symphony
• 2:40 p.m. - Arts Council of WC & L culinary artist, Karri Durham, will demonstrate food art
• 3 p.m. - Carnival of the Animals Suite by Sans-Saens, Trans. by Rosenhaus performed by the West Chester Symphony
• 3:20 p.m. - Performance by the West Chester Silver Strings, youth string program

For more information about the event and others taking place Saturday in Cincinnati, visit the ArtsWave website.

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“Big Spaces and Large Planes,” a multi-media art exhibition, at Miami University’s Voice of American Learning Center will open with a public reception from 2-to-5 p.m. Sunday.

The exhibition to be featured in the gallery at VOA Learning Center is part of the ongoing collaboration between the VOA Learning Center and The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty, and part of Miami’s university-wide celebration of the “Year of the Arts.”

The works of eleven area artists are featured in this exhibition, including work by Amy Mitchell and Maureen Nimis, whose works were in the first exhibition this season, are joined by Pattie Byron, Cathy Fiorelli, Donna Gingrich, Bonita Williams Goldberg, Jolie Harris, Linda Peetz Kramer, Michele B. Lea, Brian Luman and Masha Misco.

Pattie Byron, president of The Arts Council of West Chester & Liberty, noted that “many times in art it is not the main subject that makes the piece – it is the area around the subject. Regardless if the piece is representational or abstract these works are dynamic and interesting because of the spaces and planes in the compositions.”

The exhibition will remain on display through Feb. 9 and may be viewed during normal business hours at the Center – from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

The Voice of America Learning Center is located at 7847 VOA Park Drive, at the corner of VOA Park Drive and Cox Road, in West Chester.

For more information, visit VOA Learning Center events’ page.

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Children and adults can prepare for Halloween at the Streets of West Chester next Friday, Oct. 29, during the first ever Treats on the Streets Fall Fest.

During the event, children can decorate trick-or-treat bags and pumpkins, enter a costume contest and become a zombie with the help of makeup artists between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Later in the evening, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., One Day Steady will perform as adults will have their own costume contest.

For the children’s contest contest, prizes will be awarded for best family or best group costumes, scariest, cutest and totally random. Meanwhile, the adult costume contest, will have awards for best group costumes, scariest, authentic and totally random.

The event is being put on by the Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty and the Streets of West Chester.

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The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty will present its final Art Market of the season during the West Chester Farmers’ Market at the Square at Union Centre this Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m, to 1 p.m.

The Art Market is new to West Chester this summer and took place on the second Saturday of each month during the market season. The Art Market features the work of artists from the region and will celebrate all aspects of the arts.

The schedule for West Chester’s final Art Market is below:

• 9-10 a.m. – Story Telling with Christy Williams from Book Bums
• 10-11 a.m. – Music with Marissa Rinehart
• 11-12 p.m. – Dancing with The Millennium Robots with Julius Jenkins
• 12-1 p.m. – Music with the West Chester Jazz Dogs

To participate in or to find out more information about the Art Market, email Darla Kirchner or visit artscouncilwcl.org.

The farmers’ market features all local vendors with produce and meats grown and raised locally and products made by hand. The availability of produce is dependent upon weather conditions, but shoppers a variety of foods including homemade breads and desserts, honey, jams and jellies and more will be available. The market season ends next Saturday, Oct. 15.

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After sponsoring first Shakespeare in the Park performance in three years at the Keehner Park Amphitheatre this past August, the Arts Council of West Chester & Liberty and ArtsWave will present another Shakespearean play this Sunday at the same venue.

“It has been about three years since Shakespeare has been performed at Keehner Park,” said Barbara Wilson, public information and marketing officer for West Chester Township. “The Arts Council and ArtsWave have once again made it possible for residents to enjoy Shakespeare in a relaxed setting, exposing people of all ages to these classic plays.”

Sunday’s performance, which will feature the play “Julius Caesar,” will begin at 7 p.m. The actual show will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Arts Council will be offering popcorn, drinks and art making.

The Arts Council of West Chester and Liberty is a non-profit organizations working to promote the arts in the communities of West Chester and Liberty.

For more information, visit the Arts Council of West Chester & Liberty website.

Keehner Park is located at 7211 Barret Road in West Chester Township.

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