With a decade of helping minority-owned businesses flourish under its belt, Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator is now serving as a model for other chambers of commerce across the country.
From engineers to college students, costume designers to corporate professionals, cosplayers (costume players) in Cincinnati revel in opportunities to get their geek on. Soapbox's Aiesha Little takes a closer look.
Christy Johnson, chair of Millennicon, the Tri-State’s oldest science fiction convention, talks to Soapbox about what it’s like to run a large-scale convention and geek out with sci-fi authors, and why sci-fi isn’t a “guy thing.”
Local spoken word poets aren't trying to be famous. They just want to open your ears and possibly your minds.
Independent comic book store owners in Greater Cincinnati are in the business of sharing their passion with the masses. In the age of e-readers and iPads, they satisfy die-hard fans and cultivate new ones by nurturing a sense of community.
Read It. Jeff Suess and his graphic novel discussion group meet at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, at the Mercantile Library. They'll be discussing Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol. There are copies available at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. [414 Walnut Street, 11th floor, downtown, 513-621-0717] Buy It. The 2011 Cincinnati Comic Expo takes place on Saturday, September 17, at the Duke Energy Center. Nearly 30 vendors will be on hand, selling everything from comics to figurines. [525 Elm Street, downtown] Try It. The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day, in which stores give away comics and other goodies to entice would-be customers. "Rockin' Rooster has a ton of graphic novels and a variety of new titles," Suess says. "Up Up & Away has great back issues. Queen City and Mavericks run the gamut in titles. Arcadian has a nice selection of independent titles. And Comic Book World in Florence has been around a long time and has a big selection. And the people who work at all these shops really know their comics." Go online to find out which local shops participate.
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