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Middletown's arts calendar begins to take shape
Friday, December 28, 2007
The following is a list of Middletown-area events slated to occur throughout 2008. Don't see yours listed here? Click the "entertainment" link off the home page, then click "submit your event."
Art Central Foundation
•May 3: Taste of the Rose wine-tasting/Got Art
•June 7: Main Street Art and Music Festival, typically downtown around the intersection of Main Street and Central Avenue
•Week of Thanksgiving: Got Art/holiday kickoff
Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway
•Through Jan. 7: Exhibit by Oxford resident Jean Vance
•Starts Jan. 11: Stained Glass Art by BeauVerre/Riordan studios
•Feb. 22: Tomorrow's Artists Today
Middletown Lyric Theatre, 1530 Central Ave.
•Feb. 1, 2, 8, 9: "Circus of the Dead" murder mystery fund-raiser
•April 18, 19, 25, 26: Supernatural drama "Night Watch"
Middletown Symphony Orchestra, Dave Finkelman Auditorium, Miami University Middletown
•Jan. 26: All-American concert with Chris Brubeck
•March 8: Soloists concert, with music by Haydn, Prokofiev and others
•April 20: "Classic style" concert highlighting the cello
Sorg Opera Company
•"The Marriage of Figaro," Sorg's first full-fledged opera in three years (Location to be announced)
Summer Youth Theatre
•July 24-27: "Children of Eden" by Stephen Schwartz. (Location most likely Dave Finkleman Auditorium.)

Linda Fisler's artwork has been part of the current 'Got Art' exhibit in downtown Middletown, which concludes Jan. 5, 2008. Shown here is her piece, 'Ohio Balloon Challenge - Middletown 2007,' which may be seen online at www.lindafisler.com.