<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Feel a song coming on? Must be the opening of the 2013-14 AHa! (At Home with the Arts) season!</font></font></span></div><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1120865858MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The performance series presented by the <span id="lw_1379955372_0" class="yshortcuts">Shaker Arts Council</span> opens <span id="lw_1379955372_1" class="yshortcuts">Friday, Oct. 11</span> with “Serate Musicali,” a delightful program of vocal selections from the classical Italian repertoire performed by Cleveland-area artists Diane Menges, soprano, and Jennifer Woda, mezzo soprano.</font></font></span></div><div><font size="3" face="Times
New Roman"></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1120865858MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The evening will feature songs, arias and duets from works by favorite composers, including excerpts from Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” beloved arias of Puccini, ariettas and duets by Donaudy, and finally, canzonettas and duets from Rossini’s<i> </i>“Soirées Musicales.” “Serate Musicali”will be presented in a memorable setting: a handsome Shaker Heights home whose address will be provided to ticket buyers. </font></font></span></div><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1120865858MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><font size="3"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN"><font face="Times New Roman">AHa! performances have a special quality that makes
them unique experiences for audiences, said Shaker Arts Council President Leslye Arian<span> </span>“There's an interaction between the artist and the audience that's different from the club experience or a venue like a bar,” she said. “It's more intimate</font></span><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";' lang="EN">.”</span></font></div><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1120865858MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Events on the AHa! series begin at <span id="lw_1379955372_2" class="yshortcuts">7 p.m</span>. with a reception, featuring fine food and drink that are included in the ticket price; the performance follows at <span id="lw_1379955372_3" class="yshortcuts">7:40 p.m</span>. </font></font></span></div><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font><span><font
size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1120865858MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Tickets for the <span id="lw_1379955372_4" class="yshortcuts">Oct. 11</span> AHa! reception and performance are $30. Subscriptions for the entire 2012-13 AHa! series of four events are $90 and include the <span id="lw_1379955372_5" class="yshortcuts">Oct. 11</span> “Italian Song”program as well as the literary drama of WordStage (<span id="lw_1379955372_6" class="yshortcuts">Jan. 24</span>), pop and Americana guitar performances by Victor Samalot and Bruce Jennings (April 25), and<span> </span>an <i>al fresco</i> concert by noted Cleveland contemporary troupe MorrisonDance (July 18<b>).</b> To purchase, go to </font><a href="http://www.shakerartscouncil.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#2862c5" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span id="lw_1379955372_7"
class="yshortcuts">www.shakerartscouncil.org</span></font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> ; call 216-916-9360 or e-mail </font><a href="mailto:aha@shakerartscouncil.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:aha@shakerartscouncil.org"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></a><font color="#2862c5" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="mailto:aha@shakerartscouncil.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:aha@shakerartscouncil.org"><span id="lw_1379955372_8" class="yshortcuts">aha@shakerartscouncil.org</span></a></font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">for further information. </font></font></span></div><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1120865858MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div><var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></div></div></body></html>