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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>News Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Chagrin Foundation
for Arts & Culture Announces Winter Programming<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>“Chagrin Arts” Series
Features Noteworthy Lectures, Music, and Dance<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>December 31, 2007 – Chagrin Falls,
Ohio – </span></i>The Chagrin Foundation for Arts & Culture has
announced its “Chagrin Arts” winter series that will bring select
programs to Chagrin Falls including speakers in the Chautauqua tradition,
musicians from the renowned Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the acclaimed
GroundWorks Dancetheater.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>
“The Chagrin Foundation is pleased to continue to bring stellar arts
programming to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Our first
winter series features nationally recognized speakers, musicians and
dancers—and further supports our commitment to arts partnerships, our
community, and the region,” notes Christina Thoburn, Executive Director
of the Foundation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>
The Chagrin Foundation, created to promote, support, and encourage the
development of arts and culture as integral contributors to the quality of life
and economic well-being of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, presents programs
that encourage artistic collaborations and add to the region’s cultural
enrichment. Its broader, long-term vision is to create an Arts &
Entertainment District in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;
font-style:italic'>“Chagrin Arts” Winter Series<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>
The “Chagrin Arts” winter series begins on Saturday, January 26,
with “Chautauqua Saturday”, a daylong lecture series hosted at
venues throughout <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Building
upon the success of last summer’s Chautauqua-in-Chagrin series and billed
as a “one-day spa for your mind,” the day’s speakers include
Ralph G. Williams, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of English at the University of
Michigan and frequent speaker with the Royal Shakespeare Company; Ori Z.
Soltes, professorial lecturer in Fine Arts and Theology at Georgetown
University and former Director and Curator of the National Jewish Museum; Ross
W. Duffin, Kulas Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University; and The
Honorable William Purcell, former Mayor of Nashville. Additionally, and
in the Chautauqua tradition of the Young Readers Program, the Chagrin Falls
Library hosts the free “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Ashanti</st1:country-region></st1:place>
to Zulu: African Traditions,” with an interactive drum performance by
Rhythm Culture. Gate passes for the entire day are $40 for preferred
seating and reception with speakers and $25 for general seating.
Individual lecture tickets, if available, will go on sale at $10/lecture on
January 21. Complimentary shuttle bus service is provided from venue to venue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>On Tuesday,
February 19 at 7:30 p.m., Chagrin Arts presents “Artists from Oberlin:
Darrett Adkins and Friends”<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>at
the United Methodist Church of Chagrin Falls. The program includes works
by Schubert, Beethoven and others and features Oberlin faculty musicians Darrett
Adkins and Amir Eldan on cello, David Bowlin and Marilyn McDonald on violin and
Karen Ritscher on viola. Tickets are $18/adults and $10/students. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>The
series finale on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the newly-opened Performing
Arts Center of Chagrin Falls High School features a performance by GroundWorks
Dancetheater. Hailed as one of “25 to watch” nationally by <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Dance Magazine</span></i>, GroundWorks performs
“Latitude” by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara with live music
accompaniment by Hal Walker, the virtual one man band from Kent Ohio; a new
work by Artistic Associate Amy Miller; and the ever-popular
“Always” by New York guest artist Gina Gibney, set to the music of
vocal legend Patsy Cline. Tickets are $18/adults and $10/students.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>
The complete schedule of events for the “Chagrin Arts” winter
series is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Chautauqua Saturday</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a
one-day spa for your mind<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Saturday, January 26, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Gate passes for the entire day: $40/preferred seating and reception
with speakers; $25/general seating<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Individual lecture tickets: if available, will go on sale for
$10/lecture on January 21<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Complimentary shuttle bus service provided from venue to venue<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>10:00am, Federated
Church, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">76 Bell Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Ralph G. Williams,
Professor of English at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-style:italic'>“Be
Your Tears Wet?” Shakespeare, The Sense of Touch, and the Human<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>1:30pm, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lutheran</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">87 East Orange Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Ori Z. Soltes,
Professorial Lecturer at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Georgetown</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and former
Director and Curator of the National Jewish Museum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-style:italic'>Sacred
Signs: Shared Symbols in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>1:30pm, Chagrin Valley
Little Theatre, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">40 River Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Ross W. Duffin, Kulas
Professor of Music at CASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-style:italic'>Reconstructing
Shakespeare’s Songbook<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>2:00pm, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Library, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">100 East Orange Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Young Readers Program in
the Chautauqua tradition<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-style:italic'>Ashanti</span></font></i></st1:country-region></st1:place><i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-style:italic'> to Zulu: African
Traditions</span></font></i><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>, with
special interactive drum performance by Rhythm Culture<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>3:00pm, Federated Church,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">76 Bell Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>The Honorable William
Purcell, former Mayor of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nashville</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-style:italic'>Title
to be announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Artists from Oberlin: <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Darrett Adkins and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>United <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">20 South Franklin Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>$18/adults; $10/students<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Faculty musicians
from the renowned Oberlin Conservatory of Music bring their artistry to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. The program includes the
beloved String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert, Beethoven's Sonata No. 1
in C Major, Op. 102, for Cello and Piano, and other works to be announced.</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>GroundWorks Dancetheater<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>Performing Arts Center, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High
School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">400
East Washington Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'>$18/adults; $10/students<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>GroundWorks
Dancetheater, hailed as one of “25 to watch” nationally by <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Dance Magazine</span></i>, comes to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for one performance only. The region’s most talked about
professional contemporary dance company, GroundWorks performs
“Latitude” by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara with live music
accompaniment by Hal Walker, the virtual one man band from Kent Ohio. The
program also features a new work by Artistic Associate Amy Miller as well as
the popular “Always” by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State></st1:place> guest artist Gina Gibney, set to the music of
vocal legend Patsy Cline.</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;
font-style:italic'>To Purchase Tickets<br>
</span></font></i><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>
Tickets for “Chagrin Arts” may be purchased through the Chagrin
Valley Little Theatre box office at 440-247-8955; online at <a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/" title="http://www.cvlt.org/">www.cvlt.org</a>; or
in person, Monday through Saturday from 1-6 p.m., at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">40 River Street</st1:address></st1:Street>. Plan ahead and
save: purchase six or more tickets in any combination and save 10%.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;
font-style:italic'>To Obtain Additional Information<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'>
For more information regarding program details, event locations, and pricing
for the “Chagrin Arts” series, or to schedule an interview with the
speakers and performers, call the Chagrin Foundation for Arts & Culture at
440-247-9700.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-75.0pt'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Contact:
Christina Thoburn, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-75.0pt'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Chagrin
Foundation for Arts & Culture<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-75.0pt'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold'>440-247-9700/cthoburn@chagrinfoundation.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.5pt'><a href="http://www.chagrinfoundation.org/"
title="http://www.chagrinfoundation.org/">www.chagrinfoundation.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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