Primetime at Federated

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Monday, January 13

Presenter: Eric Kish

Eric Kish has a lifelong passion for music, avidly attending recitals, orchestra concerts and the opera. His program will be “How Immigrant Composers Invented Hollywood Movie Music.”

The rise of the talkies coincided with the rise of Hitler, and so those Jewish artists who could get away did just that. Three giants came to Hollywood: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. Their film scores defined the Hollywood movie scores for decades. EVERYONE will remember the tunes once he plays them!

On the air since January 2004, Eric’s radio program, “Musical Passions” on WCLV 104.9, is the culmination of Eric’s dream to share his passion for music with a wider audience. In Cleveland, he was involved with the Ohio Chamber Orchestra and the Cleveland Chamber

Music Society. He has given many talks about music, musicians, and the insanity of collecting recordings, as well as about his family’s experiences during World War II in Shanghai.

In recent years, he has regularly presented courses on musical subjects at CWRU’s Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, most recently “Jews and Music During the Holocaust Era” in conjunction with Cleveland’s celebrations honoring the “Violins of Hope.”

His unique accent is a combination of a childhood in Australia, followed by nearly three decades in New York City and more than a quarter century in Ohio.

He is bigger than life! Don’t miss this one!

As one of Ohio City’s best-kept secrets, the Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) is home to a small staff dedicated to conserving and preserving some of the most historic cultural artifacts in the Midwest and around the world. It’s the oldest nonprofit regional art conservation center in the country. It is a climate-controlled facility that is equal parts art museum, mad scientist lab and high-tech invention test site! The entire 6,000-sqaure-foot second floor is an open workroom, loosely divided into sections where teams work on paintings, objects, textiles and paper. In 2018, it kept 32 collections of safekeeping for museums such as Oberlin’s Allen Memorial Art Museum and Stan Hywet Hall. It conserved Neil Armstrong’s experimental Douglas F5D jet aircraft. They also worked on one of Harry Houdini’s straitjackets to remove a layer of soot and repair damages to the fabric. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a regular client for ICA, has provided a steady stream of iconic restoration projects over the years including Cyndi Lauper’s bustier featured in the 1983 “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” video. So, let’s go see what they are working on now!

After our tour we will have lunch at The Harp. It’s an Irish pub that serves delicious “Boxty Cakes” - their famous Irish potato pancake folded over and stuffed with delicious fillings!

Cost: $10

RSVP to 440.247.6490 by January 2.

How about a little murder in 2020?

Plan on joining us for a dress rehearsal of the Art of Murder at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. We will start at the M. Italian Restaurant at 4:45pm 22 West Orange Street. Then walk a short distance to the theater to see the play.

The play written by Joe DiPietro is a comic thriller that takes us to the Connecticut countryside estate of an accomplished painter bent on killing his flamboyant art dealer. His wife, a talented artist herself, may have other plans for both the art dealer and her husband. This taut, funny play has plenty of twists to keep you guessing who’s got it in for whom between laughs

Cost: $10

RSVP to 440.247.6490 by January 8.