The first annual report from Red Bike is in – and the numbers show great interest in the regional bike-sharing program. The report, released Monday, covers the period from the launch of Red Bike in September 2014 through the full calendar year of 2015, which saw its expansion throughout Cincinnati and into Northern Kentucky. Last […]
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Fan of “Downton Abbey”? You’ll Love this New Exhibit at the Taft Museum
“Woman like me don’t have a life. We choose clothes, and pay calls and work for charity and do the season. But really we are stuck in a waiting room until we marry.” – Lady Mary Crawley. Get ready to drool as you stroll through the Taft Museum of Art galleries for Dressing Downtown: Changing Fashion for Changing Times, on exhibit […]
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Theatre Review: Thoughtful Effort Looks Effortless in Know’s “Fisherman’s Wife”
It’s jolly, sexy-time at Know Theatre, where a well-cast, low-budget production of The Fisherman’s Wife (a regional premiere) is tucked onto the tiny stage in The Underground (a.k.a. the downstairs lobby/bar). A Squid and Octopus steal the show. The comedy is billed as a sex farce, but it’s more of a sex sitcom fantasy, with […]
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Gun Advocates Will Reach Out to Gays at Cincinnati Pride
An open-carry enthusiast hopes to attract like-minded individuals to Cincinnati Pride on June 25. Jeffry Smith created an event on Facebook called Open Carry Outreach At Cincinnati Pride – and attracted a barrage of comments urging the gun group not to attend. Smith’s event description reads, “The purpose of this event is to provide visible outreach […]
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Lakeside Park Artist Explains His “Lost in the Making”, Opening in Cincinnati
A mysterious figure punches away at a typewriter, pages forming into an impenetrable mountain range of paper. A bed is consumed by great dunes of books, leaving no room for the occupant. A botanist’s notes are swallowed by an untamable tangle of plants. They are all part of Christian Schmit: Lost in the Making, carefully […]
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Mini-Reviews: Cincinnati Fringe
My first batch of Cincinnati Fringe – home of the new and different at venues across Over-the-Rhine – hasn’t delivered The Big Wow, but there’s a lot to like. (I own that three of these are among my top picks this year, and I still think they’ll be near the favorites when Fringe ends June […]
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NKU Grads Introduce New Theatre Collective, New Work at Fringe
One of the things that’s most fun about Cincinnati Fringe is it’s a great place for new ideas. Sometimes, the idea is a theater collaborative. Meet Tongue of the Mind, a collaborative by four Northern Kentucky University new and recent grads: playwrights Robert Macke and Alexx Rouse, and directors Nate Netzley and Victoria Hawley. It’s […]
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Ft. Thomas Teen Takes to Stage with Story About Teenager Antics
Among the things Highlands High School senior Ellie Conniff learned about herself this year? “I took a directing class and discovered I have a knack for comedy. Which surprised me – I’m an angsty teen.” And she “realized how important comedy is.” So for her playwriting lab, she wrote a comedy, inspired by Joshua Ferris’s […]
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What You Should Check Out at the 2016 Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Twelve days, 50 productions (25 plays, four musicals, 10 solo shows, four dance, seven ‘other’), 14 venues, 150 performances, the nightly bar series, art projects – It’s FRINGE – that is, the 14th edition of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, opening May 31, continuing through June 11 and headquartered at Know Theatre and being performed across […]
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Bernie Sanders, Flint, War & Other Social Issues Explored by NKY Artsist at SOS
If you’re a supporter of peace and justice issues, a fan of Cincinnati Fringe or both – check out the annual SOS Art show from May 27 through June 5 at Art Academy of Cincinnati, and look for the work of veteran and debuting Northern Kentucky artists on exhibit. SOS, now in its 14th edition, […]
