Arts + Culture

Middletown’s homes away from home

A look at four institutions and locations that enrich the city’s social fabric as beloved third places.  

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Musician Changemaker Accelerator (MCA) jam session in Huntsville in October, 2023.
Music to Life brings workshop and showcase to Cincinnati

The Music to Life stop includes an all-day Musician Changemaker Accelerator Workshop for selected local musicians followed by a public event at Urban Artifact.

Silent stories speaking plainly

A second look at the FotoFocus Biennial 2024  

Born in Nairobi and based in Berlin, Joseph Kamaru performs under the KMRU name as an experimental sound artist.
A shoutout for the Talk Low Music Festival

Founder Ryan Hall curated Talk Low to showcase both seasoned and emerging performers who work across experimental, expectation-defying, and genre-bending sonic worlds.

Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.
Negro Motorist Green Book exhibition connects past with ongoing struggles for freedom and safety

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service exhibit's personal stories bring realities of travel for African Americans during the Jim Crow era to life.

Crunchy and Bubs, Cindependent’s cartoon mascots, have made the rounds at various local events to provide a fun dose of event branding.
A state of Cindependence

The Cindependent Film Festival elevates our film community.  

Megan Wolfkill, a Memphis native who just moved to Cincinnati for her residency at Manifest, stands beside her painting Orange Couplet, which features bright tones and slightly asymmetrical mirror images.
Cincinnati’s creative class: Inspired works of art through study and residencies

Manifest creates a sanctuary space to support artists and their striving for excellence through [MAR] and [SIR] residencies

5 ways to outsmart the summer slide

Art museum, parks and recreation, and library pros are here for this with programming that wins with kids of all ages  

Dynamic dad’s days

Diverse opportunities for year-round fun for fathers and families.  

A walk through Cincinnati’s rich history of Black musicians

Meet the super-charged project participants that got it built. Cincinnati's Black Music Walk of Fame; the latest gem to grace the riverfront.  

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