Downtown

Downtown Cincinnati is the place to live, work, and play populated by restaurants, cafes, bars, arts and culture venues around every corner, plus a long-awaited and busy Kroger's that anchors recently-renovated Court Street Plaza. The downtown urban core is alive with programming, including music during the summer and ice skating in the winter, and features the largest living room 'television' in the region overlooking The Genius of Water at Fountain Square. Downtown has experienced dramatic expansion and population growth with residential developments, including condos and apartments in all price ranges, many of which boast scenic views of the hillsides and the river and offer unparalleled access to nightlife and recreation.

“These kinds of discoveries are very exciting.” says Sung.

Behind every work of art lies a story. Sometimes those stories aren’t known for years.

Two new exhibits at the Cincinnati Art Museum reveal stories that have been under wraps for decades, even centuries.  

A life-size Darth Vader keeps an eye on things.
Weekend in the City: cosmic comics + cocktails

Reasons to stop at the comic-shop-bar you spotted at Race and Findlay in OTR.

Restored Taft Museum of Art, 2022
Taft restoration preserves historic house and puts on Jane Austen fashion show to celebrate

Experience all things Austen and travel back in time at the newly restored Taft Museum of Art  

With a lifelong dream of being artists, identical twins prepare for their first show

“The first time I saw a painting by the Winkle brothers, it stopped me dead in my tracks,” says Paul Kroner, an artist and owner of Studio Kroner, which will host the show.

A glamorous 2016 opening weekend reception on the waterfront, underneath the Roebling Bridge.
Mark your calendars for the 2022 Fotofocus Biennial
Commissioner Alicia Reece leads Cincinnati Black Music Walk Of Fame initiative
Meet Yalie Saweda Kamara, the poet laureate of Cincinnati and the Mercantile Library

"Rap is poetry. It's ubiquitous; it's everywhere. Music is everywhere. Poetry is very subtly woven into the fabric of our cultures." - Yalie Kamara 

Breaking Water installation view at Contemporary Arts Center.
Breaking Water Group Exhibit at the CAC Explores Water, Fluidity, and Feminism

Seventeen international artists use installation, video, photography, painting, sculpture, and performance to the themes of fluidity, connectivity, and resistance.

The Philanthropic City: Sharing the wealth to build strong communities

Philanthropists have built and sustained this city and many others, funding the arts, improving the quality of life, and expanding health care and education. Can they respond to changing community needs? 

View of Immersive Van Gogh exhibit
Immersive Van Gogh exhibit arrives in June

The location of The Immersive Experience has been revealed.

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