By: Henry Sweets, 7/27/2010
Don't call it a comeback - it's been here for years, but Main Street's previous incarnations as both an eclectic art enclave and busy entertainment district are seeing organic growth as businesses begin to spring up again. Soapbox writer Henry Sweets talks with some of the area's new business owners and current residents to find out what's breathing life back into the neighborhood.
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By: Michael Kearns, 7/27/2010
You may not know photographer Michael Wilson, but if you own an album by The Replacements, Lyle Lovett, or Emmylou Harris, you've undoubtedly seen his gorgeous black and white portraits. Wilson, who lives on Cincinnati's west side, has eschewed the limelight of more celebrated photographers in deference of his subjects, both famous and not so famous, and created a unique style that is highly sought-after by artists all over the world.
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By: Rene Brunelle, 7/27/2010
Summer in Cincinnati offers endless opportunities - take a scavenger hunt through the Art Museum with your smart phone, shake to salsa in Sawyer Point, sip wine and mingle or catch a home game with some of Cincinnati's young professional energy.
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Feature films love Cincinnati's old world architecture, particularly its preserved turn-of-the-century neighborhoods like Over-the-Rhine which has hosted more than a dozen film projects over the past 25 years. Soapbox and
Seven/Seventy-Nine take a present-day look at locations from one of those feature films, the award winning drama "Traffic," ten years after the production was partially shot in Over-the-Rhine, Downtown, and Hyde Park. We found that while some things have stayed the same, many of the locations used in the film for their gritty reality have already transformed or will soon be transforming right before our eyes - and all without the magic of Hollywood special effects.
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