LEAGUE OF CINCINNATI THEATRES

The theatre community lost a wonderful friend with the passing of Bob Fritzsch. Bob and Evelyn have been involved with many groups over the years, beginning, we think, with CMT in the Indian Hill Days. He is a former recipient of the Mario Pitocco Award. For the past many years, Bob has been the set designer for almost all of Lebanon Theatre Company’s plays. In fact, he recently finished the design for our May show “Angel Street.” His health declined rapidly over the past three weeks. Here is the obituary:

Robert, age 84, loving husband of Evelyn Fritzsch (nee Woodall). Beloved son of the late Charles and Alice Fritzsch (nee Rebisso). Brother of the late Betty Andrews. Beloved father of Deborah (Ross) Cirincione, Robert (Christina) Fritzsch, Jr., and Steven (Yvonne) Fritzsch, grandfather of Nicole, Steven, Jr., Tina, Eva, Katie and Carrie, great grandfather of Kiara. WWII navy veteran, member of Lebanon Theatre Group as performer and award-winning set designer. Visitation at Vorhis & Ryan Funeral Home, 5501 Montgomery Road, Norwood, Thursday, December 22, 2011 from 6-8 PM. Funeral service on Friday, December 23, 2011 at 10:30 AM at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association . Condolences towww.vorhisandryan.com

The Cincy Emerging Arts Leaders is hosting an Americans for the Arts’ Creative Conversation on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 5:30-7:30 PM, on the topic of Creative Industries. Creative Conversations are local gatherings of engaged citizens in communities across the country and are part of a grassroots movement to elevate the profile of arts in America during National Arts & Humanities Month every October.

Creative Industries contribute more than $25 billion to Ohio’s economy annually. The 2011 Creative Conversation will discuss: What are the Creative Industries? What role do the arts play in Creative Industries? Why are Creative Industries important to the Greater Cincinnati region?

Panelists:

• Matt Distel, Visionaries and Voices
• Kelly Kolar, Kolar Design
• Dr. Katerina Ruedi Ray, Bowling Green State University

The event is free and open to the public. However, preregistration is strongly encouraged.

REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT

(through the American for the Arts website)

http://artsactionfund.org/page/event/detail/jrv

INFORMATION

www.cincinnatiarts.org/eal or contact

Kathleen Riemenschneider at kriemenschneider@cincinnatiarts.org or (513) 977-4119

FACEBOOK

Cincy Emerging Arts Leaders

http://www.facebook.com/CincyEAL

Cincy Emerging Arts Leaders is an extension of the Emerging Leaders Network of the Americans for the Arts and affiliated with the Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Arts Education. It supports the professional development needs of arts administrators in the Greater Cincinnati area. The group first met in October 2006 as part of the Creative Conversations series that Americans for the Arts sponsors annually.

Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Arts Education (GCAAE) supports and fosters the arts as a vital component of education in the Greater Cincinnati region, through advocacy, professional development and integrated arts experiences for students, teachers, and other professionals. www.cincyartsalliance.org

National Arts and Humanities Month is coordinated by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. The month-long celebration has become the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation. More information about Americans for the Arts, Creative Conversations, and National Arts and Humanities Month is available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org.

Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA)

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 700,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.2 million students. CAA is a founding member of the Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Arts Education.  For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.ORG.

GENERAL MEETING:

SEPTEMBER 19^th, 6:00 PM

ARONOFF  5/3 BLACKBOX THEATRE

Nominations being taken for NEW Board Members

All are Welcome whether you are LCT members or not—Please come and find out about LCT!

The League has been hard at work this summer re-designing our website so that we can provide our members and the entire Greater Cincinnati theater community with more timely and complete information.  The new website will continue to be a work in progress as we add more content, new updates and additional services from the League.

LCT is currently evaluating all our services and our place in the theater scene.  We are dedicated to helping to bring theaters and theater artists together and to helping provide them with the resources they need to be effective in the arts.  Check back to our site frequently to read about what we’re doing and how you can help and participate.  We want this to be your League…and your website!

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