Soapicks September 14-20

The Original Greater Cincinnati Independent Restaurant Week

Through Sunday, September 19th 

Support local restaurants, farms and food culture by dining at over 40 independent Cincinnati restaurants offering 3 courses for 2 prices this week only. Enjoy local fare with local flair and eat lots while spending little, just $26.10 or $14.10 including pairings, tastings and more. For more delicious information, click here.

Mt. Adams Christian Moerlein Oktoberfest

Wednesday, September 15, 6:00-10:00 p.m.

Pavilion Street, Mt. Adams

Experience a pub crawl between eight bars on the hill, celebrating Cincinnati’s vibrant German heritage. Presented by Moerlein Lagers & Ales, the 2010 Mt. Adams Oktoberfest is an outdoor celebration of beer, food and music carrying on the Mt. Adams tradition of Oktoberfest. Taste and listen to the Bavarian traditions with live music and food during this free event, open to pedestrian traffic. 

Fuel Cincinnati Kick Off

Thursday, September 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave

Have a dream bigger than your bank account? Or a fantastic idea that could use guidance and polish to pull it off? Attend the kickoff event of Fuel Cincinnati to learn about a new opportunity that provides resources to young professionals that will help launch great ideas into action. Attendees will have the opportunity to receive a $1,000 grant to implement their aspiring ideas for Cincinnati. Drink special and free appetizers will be available at this free event. For more information, click here. 

Hejira
Thursday September 16, 7:00-9:30pm
Baba Budan's

Hejira, an arabic band that  includes CCM grad Don Baragiano, makes a handful of stops in Cincinnati this week.  Baragiano migrated to Seattle in 2001, and met Ashraf Hakim a first chair cellist for the Cairo Opera House in Cairo, Egypt.  Baragiano was already a talented American world music composer who had formed Hejira in 2001. Over time the dynamics of the group shifted, and Hejira was pared down to just Baragiano and Hakim, whose collaboration and interplay has become the core spirit of the group. 

8th Annual StreetScapes: A Street Painting Festival

Saturday, September 18 & Sunday, September 19, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Telford Street at Ludlow Avenue, Clifton

Watch as the Clifton business district is transformed into a canvas of famous works of art using custom-made chalk on the bare streetscapes. Local artists will recreate works from the Renaissance to the Modern Contemporary Art periods during this two-day festival. Children can showcase their inner artist by participating in the creation of a giant chalk mural on the pavement. Event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the festival hotline at 513-230-5126.

Hanging Garden presented by The Global Tree Project

Saturdays & Sundays, through October 17, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Holy Cross Church, 1055 St. Paul Place, Mt. Adams

View the most recent site-specific installation from the Global Tree Project, an international art initiative that seeks to open and affirm connections between audiences and the natural world. In the abandoned deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church in Mount Adams, Shinji Turner-Yamamoto’s forty-foot installation features a live birch tree supported by a large inverted dead birch tree creating a suspended garden. The flora makes visible connections and similarities between plant life and humanity, and emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life. Exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information, click here. 

Dancing Allowed

Through October 24

Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center 

Dance your way around the works of one of the most influential artists of this generation, Brazilian sculptor Ernesto Neto. The exhibition is an environment created by the artist specifically for the CAC which engages all the senses. Neto brings new life to the very concept of sculpture and architecture by creating these soaring spaces and immersive environments that invite engagement on many levels, both formal and philosophical. For more information on the exhibit, hours and admission, click here.