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Top 5 things to do this weekend in Cincinnati: April 9-11
1. Art Openings at CAC
There s a lot going on this week at the Contemporary Arts Center (44 E. Sixth St., Downtown). First up, the This Time Tomorrow Festival continues through Sunday. The festival brings together cutting-edge work from international, domestic and local artists, with this year s festival featuring a diverse assembly of time-based works. Begum Erciyas Letters from Attica takes over Sawyer Point Park; Kate McIntosh s Worktable installation is at Buddy s Place (1300 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine) and For the Love of Black Women, curated by Lex Nycole and MoveX, takes place at the CAC Black Box Theatre. Tickets for the festival run from $8-$12.
A Celebration of the Harlem Renaissance opens Feb. 27 with
Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance: The Legacy Continues, an exhibit featuring works by 12 artists honoring the spirit of the era while also drawing connections and sparking conversations.
With COVID-19 keeping people in their homes and limiting events, Juneteenth Cincinnati President Lydia Morgan says, We wanted to have something that was really sparkling and banging and showing the good life of African Americans in a time when there was a lot of bad things still going on.
The Harlem Renaissance is considered a golden age in African American culture, running from the 1910s-1930s and centered in the New York neighborhood where many people settled after moving north to find a better life. Morgan wants all people, especially children, to see images from that time showing Black people in a positive light.