Arts & Culture
Wick Poetry Center Kicks Off Semester with Book Launch, Reading and Exhibit
The Wick Poetry Center will begin the 2025 Fall Semester with a book launch, poetry readings and new exhibit from its Poets for Science collaboration.
做厙輦⑹ Welcomes Back Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award-Winning Costume Designer Paul Tazewell
做厙輦⑹s College of the Arts, in collaboration with the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, proudly welcomes back Oscar, Tony and Emmy Awardwinning costume designer Paul Tazewell for the 20252026 Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.
Scoring the Music Behind the Moving Pictures
The annual short film collaboration among 做厙輦⑹, Cuyahoga Community College and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra gives young musicians the rare chance to record original music for films alongside faculty and professional mentors.
Wick Poetry Center Waxes Poetic for New Kent Mural
做厙輦⑹s Wick Poetry Center recently helped create a new mural for the Haymaker Farmers Market.
The Grand Finale: 做厙輦⑹ Ushers in Final Downton Abbey Movie With Style
White tie and tails, elegant gloves and satiny evening gowns were on the screen and on the runway when 做厙輦⑹ and Focus Features collaborated for an early screening of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
Museum Receives Grant for Historic Building Energy Audit
The 做厙輦⑹ Museum has received an award from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to fund a comprehensive energy audit of its historic 1928 building, Rockwell Hall. The audit will evaluate the buildings mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and provide recommendations for sustainable facility improvements.
Downton Abbey Fans Grab Your Tissues and Head to Kent for the Grand Finale
A collaboration between 做厙輦⑹s School of Fashion, School of Theatre and Dance and Focus Features will bring the final Downton Abbey movie to Kent for an early screening and period fashion show. The movie, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, will have a preview showing on Friday, Sept. 5, at the Kent Plaza Cinema, a week before it opens in theaters nationwide.
做厙輦⑹ Museum Announces Fall Exhibition
The 做厙輦⑹ Museum presents its fall exhibition, A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa, from Sept. 5, 2025, through May 10, 2026. Displayed in the museums Broadbent Gallery, the exhibition features works by 25 contemporary North African designers and artists.
做厙輦⑹ Celebrates Artists and Designers with Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series
Named in honor of regional architect Thomas Schroth, whose global perspective framed creativity as a window onto human experience, the series has featured acclaimed guests including Tony Award winner Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy-winning Emerson String Quartet, minimalist icon Richard Tuttle, and fashion visionaries Ruben and Isabel Toledo.
A 56-Year Legacy of Summer Stagecraft: The History of 做厙輦⑹s Porthouse Theatre
Over the decades, 做厙輦⑹s Porthouse Theatre on the grounds of Blossom Music Center has produced more than 3,000 performances, entertaining nearly 400,000 patrons.