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Reception Friday, November 2, 6-9 pm
Heights Arts Studio
2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
(west side of the library bridge)
The Joy of Text Festival
by Heights Writes, a Heights Arts literary collective
All free and open to the public
Friday Reception for:
The Joy of Text, an exhibit of artist alphabet books from the collection of The Cleveland Institute of Art, curated by Cristine Rom, Library Director
The Non-fact Archive, installation by visual artist Kate Kern and participants in her month-long Ohio Arts Council residency at Heights Arts Studio
Announcement of Harvey Likes It Award (7 p.m.)
Channel Harvey Pekar (or not) by writing copy for a comic drawing created exclusively for Heights Arts by Gary Dumm and Laura Dumm
Print a copy of the drawing to enter!
Artworks by Gary Dumm and Laura Dumm
Artist Book Sale of books made by artists Kate Kern, Amy Fishbach, Jess Stork, Rob Latkovich, Bree, Melissa O'Grady, Bonné de Blas, Ellen Strong, Gene Epstein, Ben Blount
The book sale will continue throughout the weekend
Saturday, November 3
1:00 p.m.: The History of Illuminated Manuscripts
A history, with demonstrations of techniques, of Illuminated Manuscripts by Steve Otlowski of The Society of Creative Anachronism.
2:00 p.m.: Found Poetry Reading with Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Mary Weems
3:00 p.m.: Haiku Death Match with Marcus Bales
Sunday, November 4
1:30 p.m.: Mac's Backs' Concrete Poetry Panel & Presentation: Concrete Poetry is art made with words, a kind of visual poetry that includes shape poems, text poems, calligrams and other forms. Well known practitioners include Apollinaire and E.E. Cummings.
Panelists Christopher Franke, Will Napoli and Andrew Russ will discuss concrete poetry, show examples and inspire the audience to create their own concrete poems.
3:00 p.m.: Footnotes on the History of Text
A live multi-media performance presents The Joy of Text from papyrus to pixels.
4:00 p.m.: Musical finale and release of books into the wild: Bookcrossing, n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. Heights Arts is registering books by Greater Cleveland writers atbookcrossing.com to share our local writers with the world.
Afterword
Monthly poetry workshops (the following dates at 7:00 p.m. at Heights Arts Studio)
$10 per person, limited to 10. Pre-registration required.
November 14 Mary E. Weems
December 11 Lou Suarez
February 12 Meredith Holmes
March 11 Kelly Harris
April
8:
Heights Writes of Spring, free annual poetry reading
May 13 TBA
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Fall Classes at Heights Arts Studio
2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
(west side of library bridge)
216.371.3457
Registration materials and financial aid information online
Holiday Hoopla Too! Saturday Workshops
Sign up for one, or all. Work with a different artist each week to create a unique gift for yourself or someone else. No experience necessary! All ages 8 through adult
and classes for
CHILDREN
TEENS
ADULTS
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Heights Arts House Concerts 2007-2008
216.371.3457
Enjoy
chamber music as it was meant to be heard in these intimate concerts
organized for Heights Arts by the Cleveland Orchestra's Isabel
Trautwein, played in Cleveland Heights homes. Seating is limited and by
reservation only. Reservations are $35 per person. Directions to the concerts will be provided after reservations are made.
Thanks to our sponsor,
David H. Lavelle, CFP.
Sunday, November 18, 7:00
Trombone in a Home
This Chestnut Hills home features a built-in organ.
only 9 seats left
Schnittke,
Work for Trombone and Organ; Mozart, Violin Sonata; Bach-Busoni
Ciaconna; Wagenseil, Concerto for Alto Trombone; Gubaidulina,
Ciaconna
The
Cleveland Orchestra's virtuoso trombonist Rick Stout offers a program
of works that compares 18th-century with 20th- century classical music.
He performs a Baroque concerto with Anne Wilson on the home's own
Wurlitzer Organ, as well as a piece by 20th century Russian composer
Alfred Schnittke. Pianist Christina Dahl, who is a professor at SUNY
Stony Brook, will play two Ciaconnes, the famous Bach Ciaconne and a
contemporary take by French composer Sofia Gubaidulina.
Cleveland
Orchestra violinist Isabel Trautwein and Christina Dahl also perform
Mozart's dark e-minor sonata, composed shortly after his mother's
death.
Future concerts
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Can't help but wonder where I'm bound
Saturday, November 3, 8 p.m.
The Kent Stage
Directions
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Heights Chamber Orchestra
The Heights Chamber Orchestra begins its 25th Anniversary Season
by inviting its founder, Robert Bergantino, former Director of Music at
Cleveland Heights High School, to conduct again the opening work
as he did on its first concert 25 years ago.
Sunday November 4 at 7:30 pm
Christ Episcopal Church
3445 Warrensville Center Road, Shaker Heights
Resident Conductor, Anthony Addison
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Robert Bergantino, guest conductor
Liszt: Totentanz, Nathan Carterette, piano
Verdi (pictured): Overture to Nabucco
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring
more information
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Historic Event At Judson Park
The Cleveland Heights Historical Society's
4th Annual Benefit
Sunday, November 4, 7 p.m.
Judson Park
1801 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland Heights
Auditorium inside Chestnut Hills entrance.
Featured speaker will be Klaus G. Roy, Composer, Lecturer and Former Program Annotator for the Cleveland Orchestra,
speaking about:
"Classical Music in Cleveland: The Cleveland Heights Connection"
For
more than 100 years, the musical life of the Cleveland area has been
stimulated and led by the residents of Cleveland Heights. Join us for a
visual, musical and anecdotal look at the scores of ways that Cleveland
Heights people, events and structures are linked to Cleveland's musical
preeminence.
Evening activities also will include live chamber music, coffee/pastries, and a short tour of Judson Park.
$25
per person to be collected at the door. Deming and Severance Level
members of the Cleveland Heights Historical Society are entitled to one
free admission.
932-2571 for information and reservations (or send an e-mail to heightshistory@aol.com)
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