Public Library preps student readers for All-Star summer
Summer Reading continues a 40-year tradition at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in July, as students strive to keep their skills sharp and become All-Star Readers.
Mt. Auburn / Prospect Hill
Cincinnati's first "suburb" sprung up when downtown and Over-the-Rhine dwellers began to crawl out of the once sooty basin seeking the fresh country air of the surrounding hillsides. At Mt. Auburn's base, homes in the eclectic Prospect Hill Historic District cling to the swift rising slope (stop in at Milton's Prospect Hill Tavern if the climb up Sycamore Street proves too much) providing gorgeous, panoramic views of downtown, Mt. Adams and Northern Kentucky. At the top of the hill, the Flatiron Café anchors the southern edge of the business district, once a Mt. Auburn millionaire's row, now home to medical offices and organizations along modern day Auburn Avenue (including the birth home of bathtub-bursting U.S. President and Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft). Home to Christ Hospital, one of the oldest medical facilities in Cincinnati and a perennial national contender for top heart hospital, and three city parks and tennis courts, you're sure to keep your ticker in tip top shape here. This diverse community offers multiple, affordable living options including single family historic homes, student apartment housing and gorgeous Italianate mansions.
My Soapbox: Dan Schimberg, Uptown Rental Properties
From the tangled intersection of Auburn, McMillan and William Howard Taft avenues you can see Uptown's past, present and future all at once. You can also see Dan Schimberg's Uptown Rental Properties organization hard at work in every direction.
Soapdish: Cincinnati Neighborhood Summit tries to erase boundaries, promote partnerships
Cincinnati’s 52 neighborhoods are a patchwork quilt of different sizes, shapes, allegiances and demographics cobbled together into a diverse and sometimes non-cohesive unit. The 2015 Neighborhood Summit looked to erase boundaries and emphasize the results of successful partnerships among our neighborhoods.
Get Smart: Women Helping Women’s Sunday Salons are a win for everyone
Women Helping Women is hoping to make you smarter while looking for a little help themselves. Their Sunday Salon series kicks off this weekend, offering amazing speakers in intimate settings in cool private homes — more importantly, it's one of the nonprofit's two annual fundraisers.
My Soapbox: P.G. Sittenfeld, Cincinnati City Council
If there’s one individual in Cincinnati who embodies the calendar's January transition from past to future, it has to be City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld. Just 30, he has his finger on the pulse of today's defining urban trends while looking to possible statewide (and even national) office.
Video 2014: The year in Soapbox images
Soapbox photographer Scott Beseler presents the year in photos, a collection of his home page "masthead" images from throughout 2014. See how many local spots you can identify.
The Christ Hospital to provide free surgeries to individuals in need
Four local residents will be beneficiaries of free joint replacements thanks to The Christ Hospital's participation in Operation Walk USA for the second straight year.
HOME encourages dialogue, shares best practices for stronger communities
Housing Opportunities Made Equal will host a forum next month to generate discussions about best practices for community building.
New all-inclusive popup gallery to open on Final Friday
Inspired by the idea that art should be all-inclusive, a group of Cincinnati artists and creatives have launched Cincinnati’s newest art gallery, The Red Door Project. The gallery will feature artwork from several Cincinnatians from different backgrounds and will be a popup style gallery only open on Final Fridays.
Nourish Yourself offers healthy, home-cooked meals to busy clients
After a 15-year career with P&G, Cherylanne Skolnicki became a certified health coach and started teaching people how to eat better. In January 2011, she started Nourish Yourself, a service that will cook dinner for you.
