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.

Demonstrations in support of the CAC broke out in 1990 when Hamilton County law enforcement brought charges against the arts center

When art fought the law in Cincinnati and art won

On the 25th anniversary of the Contemporary Arts Center's Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that resulted in obscenity charges against the CAC, Smithsonian Magazine tries to explain how Cincinnati has evolved.

Purple Light Walk raises domestic violence awareness

The Oct. 2 Purple Light Walk gets the community to talk about something that's really difficult to discuss: domestic violence. The annual event takes place every October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Gorman Heritage Farm hosts its 12th annual Sunflower Festival Saturday & Sunday
Fall festivals kick into gear this weekend

Greater Cincinnati’s events calendar still has plenty to offer on the first weekend of October, and it might just start feeling a little like fall.

Video MidPoint Music Festival in review

Join Scott Beseler on a photographic journey back through the 2015 MidPoint Music Festival Sept. 25-27 in Over-the-Rhine and downtown.

Soapdish: A September of festivals to remember

September in Cincinnati's urban basin has emerged as a never-ending blowout festival celebration, so I took in its three biggies on consecutive weekends: the nascent Cincinnati Food + Wine Classic, the pubescent MidPoint Music Festival and the sprawling, middle-aged Oktoberfest Zinzinnati.

Cincinnati Design Week offers peek inside local creative scene

Cincinnati Design Week offers five days and nights of events geared toward the creative design community in this region and beyond.

Alternative transportation options improve with Jungle Shuttle, Red Bike and Uber

Alternative transportation options are slowly but surely increasing around Cincinnati, including big numbers for Red Bike, expansions for Uber and a new Bengals game-day shuttle; and the streetcars are coming!

My Soapbox: Brad Schnittger launches MusicLi at MidPoint

After a nine-month journey as a People's Liberty Haile Fellowship grantee, Brad Schnittger officially unveils his MusicLi music licensing platform at this weekend's MidPoint Music Festival. Here's what it all means.

AIA Cincinnati program to address “missing 32 percent” of women in architecture

AIA Cincinnati hosts a free program Sept. 22 to discuss The Missing 32% Project about why so many women leave the architecture profession and about workplace gender equity in general.

Athletes, outdoor enthusiasts excited for annual Great Ohio River Swim (moved to Oct. 10)

The eighth annual Great Ohio River Swim Oct. 10 is expected to attract record-breaking participation for the timed 900-meter venture across the Ohio and back.

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