The Patti Smith exhibit that will open at downtown Cincinnati's Contemporary Art Center on May 17 will be a tribute to her close friend, the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Read the full story here.
Bryce Dessner, the Cincinnati-raised guitarist for alternative-rock band the National, is expecting some important guests this weekend when he curates his annual MusicNOW festival here. Representatives from Bonnaroo, Big Ears and the Sydney Opera House are coming to the Queen City to learn more about the city's influential New Music festival.
Digging up bones, uncovering hidden treasures, and figuring out how not to be eaten by animals in the wild sounds like a typical day for Bear Grylls or Indiana Jones. But Meet Gray & Pape, Inc., a Cincinnati firm specializing in equal parts archaeology, architecture, and adventure that is staking a claim as the expert at uncovering and preserving history from OTR to Alaska.
While it may not seem readily apparent, the fact that this year's National Trust Advanced Preservation Leadership Training session is focusing on Over-the-Rhine is yet another indication that the struggling neighborhood's prognosis is improving. 25 historic-preservation professionals will be in Cincinnati Saturday through July 24, to kick-start solutions for four specific "problem" buildings in Over-the-Rhine.
Cincinnati isn't always associated with being bike friendly - due in part to the topography of our politics and our 7+ hills. But soon, more pedals may be turning following the Park Board's announcement that a bicycle center is in the works as part of the new Riverfront Park.
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