The Ohio City Masonic Arts Center hosts its First Friday Arts and Music Series from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m today. October’s featured artist is recent Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Abbey Blake. Additional exhibiting artists include Christina Sadowski, Al Fuchs, Shepherd Weita, Natalia Dale, Christina Bender, Erica Butler, Nico Pico Train, Elisa Vietri, Will "Toplitzen" Sanchez and Marty O’Connor. Music and art by Xela (Alex Alverez). Free parking is available at Lutheran Hospital across the street. Admission is free. (Usmani)
Africa & Byzantium considers the complex artistic relationships between northern and eastern African Christian kingdoms and the Byzantine Empire from the fourth…