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.

Silent stories speaking plainly

A second look at the FotoFocus Biennial 2024  

The art of getting out the vote

“It’s an important moment in American politics, and it’s a moment to bring a get-out-the-vote message to the streets,” said Shepard Fairey.

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.

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.

Street Party at Art Academy of Cincinnati during the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial.
Opening the lens

This October, more than 80 regional venues will host FotoFocus events. The Biennial festivities kick off with an Opening Weekend program Thursday-Saturday.  

The Polka Warriors enjoy a night of playing together at Arnold’s Bar and Grill downtown.
Coming Clean: 5 Questions with Jim Kohl of The Polka Warriors

Proudly proclaiming to “fight for your right to polka,” these weekend performers hold day jobs ranging from IT to teaching to law.

Chaske Haverkos will submit his third BLINK projection-mapping project. His 2022 submission, entitled “Beyond the Visible Spectrum” is an engaging AV experience flowing over Max Sansing’s mural.
BLINK artists open eyes

A trio of local artists are producing captivating festival content.  

Adventure Crew youth during the annual Paddlefest event on the Ohio River as part of Soapbox's Amplifying Youth Voices series.
Video Adventure Crew gets teens out of the house to experience the joy of nature [VIDEO]

Outdoor activity can reduce stress, calm anger, decrease anxiety, and improve memory, attention, and regulate impulse control, research has shown.

Rendering of IRS site
Building the Cincinnati basin and beyond

Community tactics include infill construction, adaptive reuse, restoring existing multi-family housing stock plus planned development to provide more housing.

Known for his writing and as an accredited film critic on Rotten Tomatoes, tt stern-enzi has served as the Artistic Director for the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival since 2021.
Truth and Innovation Artist Showcase provides platform for underrepresented artists

“It's about celebrating diversity, promoting equity, and creating a more inclusive arts community," says Showcase curator, Michael Thompson.

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