Marjorie P. Lee started off April on the right note as residents joined other local patrons of the arts for a special concert by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in appreciation of season ticket holders. No joke!
Take a look at what else we have in store now that spring has truly arrived.
Saturday, April 12
2:00 PM: Friends and Family Easter Egg Hunt
Marjorie P. Lee will be hosting our annual Friends and Family Easter Egg Hunt this afternoon with special guests Madcap Puppets who will present the show “Fantastic Fairytales” a series of fairy tale classics that weave through a unique mystery plot. Each tale unfolds with giant puppets, audience participation, and a surprise twist to each classic tale. Our egg hunt will begin after the show, and the Easter Bunny will be stopping by for photos!
6:45 PM: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Resident ticket holders can take advantage of our shuttle service to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performance “Mendelssohn and Mena” featuring artist-in-residence, and rising violin star, Augustin Hadelich as conducted by special guest conductor Juanjo Mena of the BBC Philharmonic!
Tuesday, April 15
2:30 PM: Hazel and Elizabeth: Two Women of Little Rock
This afternoon, residents will have the opportunity to view the Book TV program Hazel and Elizabeth: Two Women of Little Rock. Author, David Margolick recounts the lives of Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan and the photograph of the two women, then both fifteen years old, taken on September 4, 1957. On that date, Ms. Eckford, entered Little Rock Central High School on the first day of its desegregation and Ms. Bryan is photographed angrily screaming at the young, African-American woman. Mr. Margolick examines both women's lives leading up to that day and after as Ms. Eckford and Ms. Bryan attempted to live outside of the shadow of the photograph and develop a friendship later in life
Wednesday, April 25
1:15 PM: Omnimax Film
Our resident naturalists will have the opportunity to see the new Omnimax film “Journey to the South Pacific,” the story of Jawi, a young boy from West Papua who travels through the islands and reefs of the South Pacific to teach other children the importance of protecting the ocean and its creatures, as narrated by Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett. The five-story domed screen will put you right into the action, swimming with sharks and other marine life, celebrating with local islanders and learning about the science of living in balance with our ocean planet.
Thursday, April 24
7:00 PM: Queen City Gothic
Queen City Gothic author JT Townsend will be joining us in the Event Center to take us on a sinister descent into the dark side of Cincinnati history. Based on his experience exhuming cold cases and quizzing the detectives haunted by them, Townsend examines the most enigmatic aspects of a homicide investigation...rumor, coincidence, premonition, and incompetence. In this riveting program, learn how an armchair detective confronts a fragile chain of circumstantial evidence and spins it into a strong rope with many strands, turning the possibility of blame into the probability of guilt.
Saturday, April 26
12:00 PM: Shuttle Service to Oakley
Opera aficionados can take advantage of our in-house shuttle service to catch the Oakley Cinemark Theater’s simulcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” and get some shopping done, too!
Tuesday, April 29
5:00 PM: Dinner at Primavista
Marjorie P. Lee is dining out in style this evening! We’re headed to Price Hill to enjoy Cincinnati Magazine’s “Best Italian” and the wonderful view of downtown Cincinnati at Primavista.
Wednesday, April 30
11:30 AM: Lunch and Learn
Did you know that the Cincinnati Museum Center has a program dedicated to Cincinnati-style chili? A heritage program volunteer will be joining us in the Event Center for an audio-visual presentation on this storied Cincinnati dish while we enjoy food from local favorites Skyline and Gold Star.
