Music

Bill Cohen’s Alternative to Black Friday: Songs of Gratitude

Friday, November 24, 7:30-9pm, Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church, 2350 Indianola Ave.

Instead of spending the day at the mall buying tons of stuff we don’t really need, guitarist and pianist Bill Cohen offers another option as he sings songs expressing gratitude for the things that really matter in our lives — friends, family, freedom, nature, music, art, and more.

“Sing me to Heaven,” performed by the Columbus Women’s Chorus

Sunday, November 19, 3pm, King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Ave.

We are the city’s only feminist chorus, about fifty voices singing for you or for someone you know, since 1989. We’ve been working hard, rehearsing songs written by women for everyone, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Lady Gaga, Malala Yousafzi to Sojourner Truth, blues to Tin Pan Alley, and much more!

Our venue is handicap-accessible and our concerts are kid-friendly.

“Spirit of the 1960s” Coffeehouse to benefit the Mid-Ohio Food Bank

Friday, November 10, 7:30pm, King Ave. United Methodist Church, 299 King Ave.

Civil rights sit-ins. Bell-bottoms. Anti-war marches. Student Power. Afros. Mini-skirts. Hippies. Riots. Space flights. The generation gap.

Those hallmarks of the turbulent 1960s will be rekindled as Bill Cohen leads his annual candlelit musical year-by-year journey through the era, with live and familiar 1960s folksongs, “news reports” of sixties happenings, displays of anti-war buttons and posters, and far-out sixties fashions.

Choral Evensong and Haydn’s Mass in D Minor [“Nelson Mass”]

Friday, November 3, 7:30pm, Gloria Dei Worship Center, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, 2199 E. Main St.

You are cordially invited to Choral Evensong; the Trinity Lutheran Seminary’s 50-voice Seminary Choir, accompanied by a chamber orchestra and soloists, will sing Haydn’s beloved “Nelson” Mass within this service of Evening Prayer.

Free parking; a freewill offering will be taken.

Trinity Lutheran Seminary is located at the corner of E. Main St. and College Ave., adjacent to the campus of Capital University.

Contact: 614-235-4136

A Place at the Table: Choir Concert Fundraiser

Sunday, October 29, 7-8:30pm, Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Ave.

Are you ready to really begin the holiday season? Well, we’ve saved you a Place at the Table!

The Neighborhood Services, Inc. Food Pantry is excited to present its annual Church Choir Concert Fundraiser! Featuring the combined talented vocals of several Columbus-area churches, join us for an evening of music and community as we come together to the blessings of the Thanksgiving season.

This event is free or pay-what-you-wish so please join us in choral jubilation!

Fourth Annual Cleveland LaborFest presents “The Wobblies: A Tribute to the Industrial Workers of the World”

Friday, October 13, 7pm, First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio; Saturday, October 14, 11am, Cleveland Public Library [Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium], 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

This event will be held in Shaker Heights on Friday and in Cleveland on Saturday.

First session: “Wobbly Musical Roadshow,” Friday, October 13, 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio

“Facing Death, Celebrating Life,” a unique concert by Bill Cohen

Friday, August 18, 7:30-9pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

With guitar and piano, Bill will sing a mix of humorous and serious songs about different aspects of death: inevitability, loss, acceptance, memories, and even organ donation.

Song list clues: Pete Seeger, Tom Dooley, Sweet Chariot, Phil Ochs, Danny Boy, John Prine, Satchmo, and Teen Angel.

Also: inspiring quotes about how, once we accept that we will all someday die, we can feel free to live our lives more fully.

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