This Cincinnati Zoo video offers some up-close-and-personal reasons for helping protect natural gorilla habitats by recycling old cell phones to cut down on the need to mine coltan ore in Africa. read on…

The United Way of Greater Cincinnati provides help to the community in many ways via 2-1-1, its 24/7 health and social services information and referral helpline. read on…

Soapbox writes this week about Cradle to Cincinnati's "Happy to Wait" initiative, a partnership with Ryan Mulligan, assistant professor of fine arts at UC's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. See his students brighten up the Price Hill Health Center in this video slide show. read on…

Soapbox Managing Photographer Scott Beseler and guest shooter Jacob Crews document all three days and nights of last weekend's exciting Bunbury Music Festival on the downtown riverfront. Enjoy!  read on…

Soapbox has a preview story this week of Startup Weekend Women's Edition May 29-31, organized by the all-volunteer UP Cincinnati team. Here's a Startup Weekend video trailer produced by the UP Global network.   read on…

May 16 marked opening day for one of Smale Riverfront Park's new signature features, Carol Ann's Carousel. This video shows the final construction and installation work at the pavilion in the past few weeks. read on…

Green Umbrella is working to improve the economic vitality and quality of life in the Cincinnati region by maximizing the collective impact of individuals and organizations dedicated to environmental sustainability, including hosting the Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit on May 1. Here's what they're all about. read on…

UC's Economics Center runs the Student Enterprise Program (StEP) to teach students throughout Greater Cincinnati the benefits of entrepreneurship, spending and saving. Here's how and why they do it. read on…

Soapbox photographer Scott Beseler presents the year in photos, a collection of his home page "masthead" images from throughout 2014. See how many local spots you can identify. read on…

Cincinnati Parks and the Haile Foundation have released a video showing the animal/character design and construction work currently underway for Carol Ann's Carousel, expected to open this spring at Smale Riverfront Park downtown. read on…

The City of Cincinnati introduced Kolar Design's branding system for the Cincinnati Streetcar, unveiling the logo and guidelines for applying the brand identity on vehicles, signs, stations, operators’ uniforms, website and printed materials through a cool video. read on…

Just in time for the holidays, Findlay Market has published a new cookbook that includes profiles of the farmers and vendors that make up the Findlay community, along with recipes that come from both the sellers and Cincinnati's top chefs. Catch a sneak peek! read on…

Art on the Streets is collaborating with local artists in response to community interest to co-create art in public places, and residents' desire to reflect the creative community in on-street infrastructure. read on…

Walnut Hills kicked off the fall season with its annual Street Food Festival, which included the grand opening of Fireside Pizza. read on…

The application deadline for People's Liberty's two $100,000 Haile Fellowships is next week. Learn more about these innovative grants. read on…