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Celebrate the joie de vivre of Paris at Art After Dark on March 29

3/22/2019 12:00:00 AM

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CINCINNATI— Escape to the city of entertainment at the Cincinnati Art Museum’s free evening event Art After Dark: Passport to Paris, Friday, March 29, 5–9 p.m.

Passport to Paris celebrates special exhibition Paris 1900:City of Entertainment with live music by the Faux Frenchmen, dance performances by Madame Gigi’s Outrageous French Cancan Dancers, food for purchase from Urban Stead Cheese, Macaron Bar and the Terrace Café, specialty wine from The Skeleton Root, docent-led tours with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and star gazing with Cincinnati Observatory. 

Experience over 230 works of art–paintings, sculpture, furniture, prints, and ceramics and fashion–made by artists such as Renoir, Rodin, and Toulouse-Lautrec at the turn of the century in Paris 1900: City of Entertainment.

The timeline for Art After Dark includes:

  • 5:00–6:00 p.m.: Happy hour for beer, wine and cocktails. Guests 21+ only.
  • 5:30–7:00 p.m.: Solar viewing with the Cincinnati Observatory.
  • 6:30–8:30 p.m.: Live music from the Faux Frenchmen in the Great Hall.
  • 5:00–9:00 p.m.: Food for purchase from Urban Stead, Macaron Bar and the Terrace Café. While supplies last.
  • 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.: Guided tours of the permanent collection with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Meet in the Front Lobby.
  • 8:00 p.m.: Guided star gaze with Astronomer Dean Regas. Weather permitting.
  • 5:00–9:00 p.m.: Guests may complete a survey for a chance to win 4 tickets to Kimono” Refashioning Contemporary Style and a Cincinnati Art Museum canvas pouch.

Art After Dark is free and open to the public. Parking is free. To learn more, visit cincinnatiartmuseum.org/artafterdark. Art After Dark is presented by PNC. Additional sponsors include P&G, Dewey’s Pizza, Cincinnati CityBeat, and 91.7 WVXU Cincinnati.

 

About the Cincinnati Art Museum

General admission to the Cincinnati Art Museum is always free. The museum is open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. with extended Thursday hours until 8 p.m. The Cincinnati Art Museum is supported by ArtsWave, the Ohio Arts Council, the City of Cincinnati and our members. cincinnatiartmuseum.org.

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