10/08/2026
✨ COHESION DANCE PROJECT IS PROUD TO BE PART OF ART AS TRANSFORMATION! ✨
What does art have to do with how we live, connect, and flourish?
Join us for an unforgettable evening exploring the transformative power of art through live music, dance, storytelling, visual art, philosophy, and community conversation.
📍 Ming Opera House / Helena Temple
🗓️ 5:00–9:00 PM
🎟️ FREE — $15 suggested donation
✨ Open to everyone!
Cohesion Dance Project is excited to bring live dance and performance to this one-of-a-kind immersive experience alongside an incredible lineup of local musicians, artists, thespians, and scholars.
🎭 WHAT TO EXPECT
🎶 ACT 1: EXPERIENCE
Kick back and enjoy three “mash-up” musical sets featuring local musicians and performance artists, accompanied by dance, visual imagery, narration, and live interaction—with art, history, and philosophy woven throughout.
🏛️ ACT 2: EXPLORE
Step into a world of big questions with toga-clad thespians! Is happiness and pleasure where it’s at? What about meaning and purpose, justice and beauty? Explore these ideas through the eyes of local artists.
💬 ACT 3: ENGAGE
Hear from guest artists and scholars as they explore what the arts have to do with good living, virtue, and human flourishing, followed by facilitated conversation and audience Q&A.
🍷 Cash bar available
This is more than a performance—it’s an opportunity to experience art, ask big questions, connect with our community, and consider how creativity shapes our lives.
Come experience ART AS TRANSFORMATION with us! ❤️
🔗 Learn more:
https://merlinccc.org/art-as-transformation-a-public-philosophy-project/
📅 Event details:
https://merlinccc.org/calendar-event/art-as-transformation-2026/