Flavor of Findlay Silent Auction

The Longworth-Anderson Series is pleased to provide a pair of complimentary tickets to any upcoming concert for the Flavor of Findlay Silent Auction on Thursday, September 8, at 6:30 p.m.!

Flavor of Findlay is Findlay Market's premier annual fundraising event where top local chefs collaborate with market merchants to create unique and delicious dishes. Our donation supports their biggest fundraising event of the year, contributing to vital food entrepreneurship programs, community-building initiatives, and beautification at and around the Market.

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Cincinnati Gives 2021 Challenge

The Cincinnati Gives Challenge is a friendly fundraising competition whereby local charities compete to raise the most money, with the top teams winning cash prizes from Cincinnati Magazine. We're back at it this year and looking for your support! The 2021 challenge runs from November 29 at 5 p.m. through December 9 at 5 p.m.

In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join the “Friends & Founders of the Longworth-Anderson Series” and be part of the exciting story of Cincinnati’s multi-genre, contemporary music series featuring Grammy Award-winning talent at beautiful, historic Memorial Hall.

The “Friends & Founders” are a special group of enthusiasts helping establish this premier series. Become a member during the challenge and enjoy a range of benefits while supporting one of the region's most fun, unique music experiences.

Best of all, your gift will be matched thanks to the generosity of The George and Margaret McLane Foundation.

We would be grateful for your support and look forward to seeing you back at Memorial Hall soon!

5 Questions with Josh Gerth

Get to know longtime Memorial Hall supporter and concert & event sponsor Josh Gerth!

We salute and thank Josh for his service to the Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society Board of Trustees and the Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS) Advisory Committee, supporting the development, programming, fundraising, marketing, and execution of this premier series.

1. What's your first (or favorite) memory of live music?
First concert was Paul Simon and might also be one of my favorites… next to Journey, of course.

2. Which LAS concert did you enjoy most?
My favorite LAS concert was Marty Stuart, but I’m really looking forward to John Hiatt in November.

3. What do you love about Memorial Hall?
It is an incredibly intimate and powerful place to listen to live music.

4. Are you a good singer? What’s your go-to karaoke song?
I am terrible singer but I can do a pretty incredible karaoke version of “Baby Got Back”.

5. Do you play an instrument?
See answer above.

5+ Questions with Maggie Brennan

Get to know Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society (CMHS) Secretary Maggie Brennan!

We salute and thank Maggie for her service to the CMHS Board of Trustees and the Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS) Advisory Committee, supporting the development, programming, fundraising, marketing, and execution of this premier series.

1. What's your first (or favorite) memory of live music?
When I was a kid my dad played in a softball league and following the games we would go to Les Flick's Home Like Inn for dinner and the blues.

2. What LAS concert(s) have you attended? Which did you enjoy most and why?
Lucius. Frankly, I'm a fan of female artists and Lucius can harmonize like no other.

3. What artists do you hope to bring to the LAS?
Vagabon, Ólafur Arnalds, Chet Faker, Tank and the Bangas, Celeste

4. What do you love about Memorial Hall?
I fall more in love with Memorial Hall each time I visit.

5. Describe the Cincy music scene in three words.
evolving, talented, accessible

6. What genres of music do you like?
All and any with the exception of heavy metal and super poppy.

7. What was the most recent CD/vinyl you purchased?
My most recent purchase was from Joy Ike; she had a show at the Music Resource Center in June.

8. What album would you take to a desert island (assuming you had a record player!)? Patty Griffin's A Kiss in Time

9. What songs are on your pandemic playlist? What was your favorite album of 2020-21?
NPR's playlist, Isle of Calm

10. What song reminds you of childhood? “Elvira” — The Oakridge Boys

11. What song reminds you of summertime? “Heavy Metal Drummer” — Wilco

12. What's your favorite love song?
“A Groovy Kind of Love” — Phil Collins

13. What song makes you want to dance? “Radio” — Sylvan Esso

14. Do you play an instrument?
No, but I have had the harmonica and ukulele on a Post-it for a while.

15. How has music impacted your life?
It brings me joy. I enjoy listening to it alone and with friends in person.

16. Who is the most underrated musician?
Kishi Bashi

17. What artists have you met in person?
The Head and the Heart, Of Monsters and Men, Ben Lee

18. If you could go back in time and meet any musician, who would it be?
Nina Simone

19. What advice would you give to a budding musician?
Call me; I'll be your agent.

5 Questions with Adalia Powell-Boehne

Get to know singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adalia Powell-Boehne of KNOTTS!

We salute and thank Adalia for her service to the Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS) Advisory Committee, supporting the development, programming, fundraising, marketing, and execution of this premier series.

1. What’s your favorite memory of live music?
My favorite memory of live music was seeing Lauryn Hill at the Aronoff a few years ago. The tour was her Miseducation album and that album has accompanied me through so many life stages; it was HUGE to see her up there singing it live and to see she had touched so many others the same way.

2. Describe the Cincy music scene in three words.
supportive, diverse, DIY

3. What artists do you hope to bring to the LAS?
Would love the LAS to bring Blood Orange or Solange.

4. What advice would you give to a budding musician?
Join Facebook music groups and read books on music management; trust your first instincts in writing — the first take is probably the best.

5. Which LAS show did you enjoy most and why?
The LAS Lucius show was AWESOME!

5+ Questions with Michael Wilson

Get to know photographer Michael Wilson!

We salute and thank Michael for his service to the Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society Board of Trustees and the Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS) Advisory Committee, supporting the development, programming, fundraising, marketing, and execution of this premier series.

1. What's your first (or favorite) memory of live music?
First memory of live music is from going to church... a favorite memory of live music was hearing Doc Watson play Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” in a small cabin in North Carolina while I was photographing him. Only me and one of Doc’s good friends were in the room. The song sounded like it could have been 400 years old when Doc played it.

2. What LAS concerts have you attended?
Los Lobos, Nils Lofgren

3. Which did you enjoy most and why?
Andy Newmark was playing drums for Nils Lofgren... loved seeing him play. He has played on some of my favorite albums including one of my desert island albums, Avalon by Roxy Music.

4. What artists do you hope to bring to the LAS?
Emmylou Harris/Buddy Miller, Lyle Lovett, Brad Mehldau, Bill Frisell, Josh Redman... and in some perfect world, Van Morrison and Elvis Costello!

5. What do you love about Memorial Hall?
It is a graceful building reflecting a distinct era in public architecture — beautifully preserved. I love the intimate scale of the theater. I love that it is being used.

6. What was the first CD/vinyl you purchased? The most recent?
Most recent vinyl purchased was a used copy of Crack’d Rib by Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio. Most recent CD purchased was Wall-Message by Russian composer Vladimir Martynov.

7. What album would you take to a desert island (assuming you had a record player!)?
A Different Kind of Tension — Buzzcocks, Television — Television, Avalon — Roxy Music, Goldberg Variations — Jeremy Denk, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco — Thelonious Monk, Look Up — Bob Neuwirth, Another Green World — Brian Eno

8. What's your favorite love song?
secular: “I’m In Love With You” by Steve Forbert or “Yes, Yes, Yes” by NRBQ
sacred: “Bless the Lord O My Soul” Liturgy of St. John Chrysostomus by Sergei Rachmaninoff

9. How has music impacted your life?
Greatly... even though I am not a musician, the way music has moved me is what I aspire to as an artist.

10. What artist(s) have you met in person?
Have been fortunate to meet many musicians due to my work... from Ralph Stanley to Philip Glass, David Byrne to Doc Watson. Some that come to mind... B.B. King, Richard Thompson, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, John Prine, Brad Mehldau, Leo Kottke, The Cheiftains...

11. If you could go back in time and meet any musician, who would it be?
J.S. Bach, Thelonious Monk, Roy Buchanan

5 Questions with Melvin Grier

Get to know photojournalist Melvin Grier!

We salute and thank Melvin for his service to the Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society Board of Trustees and the Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS) Advisory Committee, supporting the development, programming, fundraising, marketing, and execution of this premier series.

1. What’s your first memory of live music?
Living in the old West End and about two blocks from the Cotton Club, I was too young to be admitted but I could hear the big band music coming through the door.

2. What LAS concerts have you attended?
The Tillers, Pat Metheny

3. What genre(s) of music do you like?
jazz

4. What artists do you hope to bring to the LAS?
José James, Charles Lloyd

5. What’s your favorite love song?
”The Secret Garden” from the Quincy Jones album Back On The Block

5 Questions with Laura Ann Gentry

Get to know Laura Ann Gentry, Owner of LAG Productions, LLC and President of Jazz Alive!

We salute and thank Laura for her service to the Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society Board of Trustees and the Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS) Advisory Committee, supporting the development, programming, fundraising, marketing, and execution of this premier series.

1. What's your first memory of live music?
My first concert at Dayton Hara Arena when I was twelve years old. Heatwave, Rufus with Chaka Khan, and Michael Henderson.

2. What genres of music do you like?
I enjoy all genes of music except heavy metal, but I love jazz.

3. What song reminds you of summertime?
“Summer Madness” — Kool & The Gang

4. Are you a good singer? What’s your go-to karaoke song?
Yes, I am a good singer. I started singing when I was five years old in my mom's church. I sang in some type of organized format (choir, choral groups, musical theater, garage bands, R&B cover bands) from five years old until I graduated from college. I sing any chance I get, but I've never sung karaoke.

5. What artists have you met in person?
I've met many artists in person, but I went into full fan mode when I met alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett. I started crying when I told him how much his song "She Waits for the New Sun" meant to me.

CMHS Promotes Staff and Welcomes New Board Members to Expand Preservation & Programming Efforts

Cori Wolff has been promoted to the position of Executive Director of the Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society (CMHS) and Longworth-Anderson Series (LAS). Wolff has directed the contemporary music series featuring Grammy Award-winning and other nationally recognized artists such as Keb’ Mo’, Mavis Staples, and Marty Stuart since February 2018. In this broadened capacity, she will continue to work alongside Chair Bill Baumann and the CMHS Board of Trustees to grow the LAS and LAS Underground virtual concert series, with a renewed focus on preserving and enhancing historic Memorial Hall as a place for culture, arts, and community.

Photograph by Marlene Rounds, Photographer

The board also salutes new trustees Amy Conroy, Destinee Thomas, Karen Tully, and Michael Wilson, whose expertise in fundraising, marketing, music, and preservation will advance the organization’s mission and strategic goals.  Additionally, CMHS welcomes Darren Blase, Jim Blase, Karla Boldery, NaQuia Chante, and Adalia Powell-Boehne to the LAS Advisory Committee, a diverse group of music enthusiasts, promoters, and writers who support the development and execution of this premier series.

Cincinnati Gives 2020 Challenge

The Cincinnati Gives Challenge is a friendly fundraising competition whereby local charities compete to raise the most money, with the top teams winning cash prizes from Cincinnati Magazine. We're back at it this year and looking for your support! The 2020 challenge runs from November 30 at 5 p.m. through December 10 at 5 p.m.

In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join the “Friends & Founders of the Longworth-Anderson Series” and be part of the exciting story of Cincinnati’s multi-genre, contemporary music series featuring Grammy Award-winning talent at beautiful, historic Memorial Hall.

The “Friends & Founders” are a special group of enthusiasts helping establish this premier series. Become a member during the challenge and enjoy a range of benefits while supporting one of the region's most fun, unique music experiences.

Best of all, your gift will be matched thanks to the generosity of The George and Margaret McLane Foundation.

We would be grateful for your support and look forward to seeing you back at Memorial Hall soon!

Cincinnati Gives 2019 Challenge

In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join the “Friends & Founders of the Longworth-Anderson Series” and be part of the exciting story of Cincinnati’s multi-genre, contemporary music series featuring Grammy Award-winning talent at beautiful, historic Memorial Hall.

The “Friends & Founders” are a special group of enthusiasts helping establish this premier series. Join today during the Cincinnati Gives Challenge (December 2-12) and enjoy a range of benefits while supporting one of the region's most fun, unique music experiences.

Best of all, your gift will be matched thanks to the generosity of The George and Margaret McLane Foundation.

We would be grateful for your support and hope to see you at Memorial Hall soon!