Paavo Järvi, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and four outstanding vocal soloists will perform Mozart's Mass in C Minor, K. 427, The Great, on January 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. at Music Hall.

Film to play at the NEW Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX Theater through February 23. The NEW Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX Theater is proud to announce the highly acclaimed feature-length OMNIMAX film Rolling Stones "At the MAX" has been extended for one extra month.

Start the New Year on a musical note when Paavo Järvi returns to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra podium January 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. at Music Hall. The program includes Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture-fantasy. With its soaring love theme and dramatic depiction of the age-old rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture-fantasy is one of his best-known works. The CSO will also record it for future release on the Telarc label.

One could call them The Three Composers. Hear some of the best of Verdi, Brahms and Tchaikovsky when Paavo Järvi leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and guest pianist Hélène Grimaud on January 18 at 7:30 p.m., January 19 at 11 a.m. and January 20 at 8 p.m. at Music Hall. Ms. Grimaud performs the Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor by Brahms, a passionate, turbulent work.

Experience chamber music in an intimate setting performed by members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as the 18th season of the CSO Chamber Players Series opens January 19 at 7:30 p.m. The opening program includes music by Beethoven, Dvořák, Marais and Michael Colgrass (see complete program information listed below).

Between 1938 and 1965, three Cincinnati area high schools exemplified educational excellence during a time of racial conflict. The faculty, staff and students of DePorres, Lincoln-Grant and Lockland Wayne High Schools-three Black segregated schools-were committed to exceeding societal expectations. Excelling both academically and athletically, alumni from the three schools became role models: students who matured into leaders for the Black community.

Grab your passports as Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal takes you on a whirlwind tour of Africa. Celebrate Africa's wide variety of cultures with the 22nd annual African Culture Fest. Begun in 1985 as a program for girl scouts at the old Natural History Museum on Gilbert Avenue, African Culture Fest has grown into one of Museum Center's longest-running and most popular events.