Beck Center Holds Community Celebration, 5/15

To express their appreciation to the community for its continued support, the Beck Center for the Arts welcomes the public to the third annual Community Celebration of the Arts on Sunday, May 15, 2011, Noon to 2 p.m. This free event, open to families of all ages, will be held on the Beck Center campus at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Free onsite parking is available.

Entertainment throughout the event will be provided by students from the Beck Center's arts education programs. Attendees can also enjoy an afternoon of hands-on art activities and musical and theatrical experiences including:

· "Try on an Instrument" by playing various band and orchestral instruments

· Experience dancing with Beck's talented students in the dance studio

· Dress up in costume and take your picture on stage in the Studio Theater

· Learn drumming and music making with the early childhood music staff

· Show off your sidewalk-chalk skills in Beck's front courtyard

· Create "spinner art" and a clay pinch pot

· Proudly wear your personally made CATS mask

· Perform improv with "Something Dada" - Cleveland's premiere improvisational company

 Additionally, guests can view two art exhibits now on display at the Beck Center: FOCUS 2011 Photography Exhibition presented by the Beck Center for the Arts in collaboration with the Solon Center for the Arts, and Don Hisaka: The Cleveland Years presented by the Cleveland Artists Foundation. 

At 1 p.m. on the Mackey Main Stage, a programming spotlight for the upcoming Professional Theater season, as well as a special "Salute to Public Officials" will take place. The afternoon will also include giveaways, prize drawings, and complimentary refreshments.

Following the open house, guests are invited to attend the 3 p.m. matinee performance of CATS, presented by Beck Youth Theater in collaboration with Beck Center's Dance Workshop. Tickets are $12 for adult/senior and $10 for children/student (18 and under). This performance is expected to sell out quickly. For more information or to purchase tickets for CATS, visit www.beckcenter.org or call 216.521.2540 x10.

One of the region's largest arts organizations, Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional artists.

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