At the center of change in Cincinnati sits Over-the-Rhine. As more and more residents and visitors rediscover the charms of OTR, most discover a neighborhood rich in art, history and community. The sound of renovation can be heard throughout the busy neighborhood as machines move earth to make way for the new School for Creative and Performing Arts in Washington Park next to the majestic Music Hall. Vine street looks brand new as a new restaurant and shopping district takes hold next to the Ensemble and Know Theatres. The community's remarkable nineteenth-century buildings feature one of the largest collections of Italianate architecture and provide a dramatic background to the diverse residents that call OTR home.
By: Margy Waller, 12/16/2008
Margy Waller recently took a job at the Fine Arts Fund's Arts and Culture Partnership which meant she would need to leave her D.C. apartment and find a new place to live in Cincinnati. We asked if she would write about her search for a new home here on the pages of Soapbox.
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By: Jeff Syroney, 12/16/2008
Keeping up with the Macintoshes - as well as the news, trends, latest celebrity gossip or whatever else you might be into, is a lot easier than it used to be thanks to the virtual explosion of the new social media landscape. But staying ahead of the pack, as new technology is created faster than we can invent uses for it, proves to be little challenge for some Cincinnatians.
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By: Sheila Owens, 12/9/2008
Mark your calendars!
The Soapbox crew is hosting the first annual Bubbles and Holly Holiday Spectacular on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at the downtown Cincinnati Athletic Club located at 111 Shillito Pl. The party starts after work at 6:00pm and all Soapbox readers, writers and well wishers are invited. Music and videos will be provided by Soapbox’s own Mix Master, Casey Coston.
Snow flakes are falling and temperatures continue to drop. This week head inside to stay warm with holiday parties big and small, a Club Clau décor art exhibit and a Christmas play that will have you laughing out loud.
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By: Casey Coston, 12/2/2008
Cincinnati is the home of 52 individual and unique neighborhoods that, some say, serve as the the "key to city's success." But how did we come to have such a rich, quilted patchwork of localities and how will these 52 different personalities work to create a charged and united region? Soapdisher turned explorer, Casey Coston takes us on a quick tour...
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By: Sheila Owens, 12/2/2008
Mark your calendars!
The Soapbox crew is hosting the first annual Bubbles and Holly Holiday Spectacular on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at the downtown Cincinnati Athletic Club located at 111 Shillito Pl. The party starts after work at 6:00pm and all Soapbox readers, writers and well wishers are invited. Music and videos will be provided by Soapbox’s own Mix Master, Casey Coston.
December is here and you all know what that means: letters to Santa, crowded mall parking lots and a collection of unique winter activities. This week enjoy CCM dancers shakin' it, a Winter Yoo-Hoo of gifts, Santa rappelling and a NVISION fashion show! Oh and a reminder to all you artists out there, the
Cincinnati Fringe Festival is now accepting submissions!!
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