Experience the two-time, regional EMMY nominated, original production of Sounds From The River by Learning Through Art, Inc. powered by America's River Roots. Sounds From The River is an immersive journey connecting America's musical evolution to its waterways.  Audiences will be transported on a journey across the shores of Africa and Europe to the Caribbean and into North America via the Mississippi and its tributaries through performance, narration, and visuals to explore our shared history as we mark America’s 250.

The program will feature an infusion of genres from the first drumbeat in Africa to the Indigenous of the Americas, to spirituals, gospel, blues, jazz, bluegrass, country and zydeco. Sounds From The River depicts this journey through the narration by National Storyteller, Omope Carter Daboiku, who has recently received a regional EMMY nomination for her performance, alongside another EMMY nomination for Learning Through Art, Inc. for the entire production!

Date/Time: Saturday, July 11th at 2:00p within the Newsreel Theater (off the rotunda to the left when walking through the front entrance)

KidSPACE Activity:

Join Books Alive! For Kids ® by Learning Through Art , as we celebrate literacy and the arts through an original production, Sounds From The River, in honor of our shared history and America’s 250 at KidSPACE in the CMC! Learn about the cultures of America as we listen to the music born along its waterways as we create! Journey with us as we travel to the western shores of Africa to build Ashiko drums and back to the Americas to build Native American rattle drums through STEAM activities designed by Learning Through Art and shared with thousands of students within Cincinnati Public Schools.

Families can enrich this activity by viewing the regionally EMMY nominated, Sounds From The River film on view at 2:00p in the N/R Theater this afternoon! Be a part of this immersive experience as we learn our shared stories, and our shared heritage, together. We hope to see you soon at KidSPACE!  

Date/Time: Saturday, July 11th at 10:00a-12p within KidSPACE