Rafael de Acha to Moderate a Series of 8 Conversations About Arts and Culture at OLLI This Winter

A SERIES OF EIGHT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ARTS AND CULTURE that Rafael de Acha will be moderating at OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) this winter quarter. The course will feature 8 different groups of panelists selected from Cincinnati's wide-ranging cultural community. Each session will feature different subjects of discussion, including music, theatre, literature, visual arts, alternative and ethnic cultures, dance and performance art, and arts education. All artists and arts managers interested in participating in the panels are cordially invited to contact De Acha at the addresses below. The sessions will be held on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. on the Blue Ash campus of the University of Cincinnati. Room number and building names will be announced early in January.

The names of panelists will eventually be announced on Rafael's blog, part of the website www.musicforallseasonsPeterloon.com (which will soon have the new domain name of www.musicforallseasonsCincinnati.com)

Rafael's other teaching assignment at OLLI this winter is a course titled A Brief History of Italian Opera, which will take place on Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. on the Blue Ash campus of the University of Cincinnati.

In addition to posting his writings and "musings" on his blog at www.musicforallseasonsPeterloon.com, Rafael writes reviews on music, theatre, dance and the arts as well as opinion pieces and interviews for two one-line sites:www.theatrereviews.com and www.seenandheard-international.com .He also produces the concert series Music for All Seasons at Cincinnati's historic Peterloon Estate.

Rafael may be contacted by email on his blog, on his Facebook page, and or by mail at the Rafael de Acha and Kimberly Daniel de Acha Family Foundation, PO Box 43172, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243.

Friends from foreign countries are welcome to write to or visit Rafael in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or German, if they prefer to do so..