Mt. Adams

Soapicks January 12-18

Catch best-selling author, Walter Mosley, discuss heaven, hell, books and plays at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park or show your support during One More Girl On A Stage. For a Better World opens at Kennedy Heights Arts Center. Soapbox’s managing photographer Scott Beseler shows off his stills in A Shot in the Dark at Fabricate all month.

Rooms With A View

San Francisco. New York. Seattle. Cities with urban living options that afford big, beautiful views at top dollar prices. How about Cincinnati?  The city's unique hillsides surrounding the downtown basin offer residents affordability and access to all the urban core amenities you can imagine but also provide million dollar views for a fraction of the cost of those better known 'view' cities. Soapbox takes a look at four homes from these affordable urban neighborhoods and the Cincinnatians who've found their own room with a view.  

Insider Ohio: Guided By Brushes

Insider Ohio conducts a guided arts tour of five of Cincinnati's more visual art-centric neighborhoods, providing an inside track on fresh exhibitions, hidden treasures, and new ideas happening in old spaces, and maybe even discovering a new 'art trail' to be followed by visual enthusiasts and tourists alike.

Cincy restaurants, hotels win AAA Four Diamond honor

Six Cincinnati-area restaurants and four hotels received the prestigious AAA Four Diamond rating.  All but one of the businesses were repeat winners, with Nicola's Ristorante in historic Over-the-Rhine being the sole newcomer. Many of the winners were located in or around Downtown, but Oakley, Mount Adams, Over-the-Rhine, Covington were also neighborhood homes for the winners. The ratings are based on surveys that judge hotels and restaurants on amenities, service and creative menus. Read full article here.

Cincinnati with friends

Chicago Tribune reporter Phil Marty takes a trip to Cincinnati and reports back on its architecture, history, activities and the cities especially friendly people. As Marty visited Findlay Market he remarked that, "it's the place to socialize, and popular with activists, judging by the genial, graying woman selling the Socialist Worker and the trio of guys buttonholing passersby to talk about the Green Party." In addition to the many things to see and do, Marty remarks on the people who may get their unique Midwestern friendliness from being part southern at the same time. Read full article here.

Krohn Conservatory to undergo major renovations

Soapicks June 16-22

What better way to explore Over-the-Rhine and its revitalization than with the annual GO OTR 5K Walk/Run that tours participants in and around the urban neighborhood. Work up an appetite and check out Taste of the NFL with host, Andrew Whitworth. Eden Park gets steamy with Some Like It Hot, the first film of the Cinema in the City series, and Mad Hatter hosts a one big Reggae Release Party, while the Cincinnati Art Museum steps Outside the Ordinary.

Soapdish: Of Parks and Platitudes

Soapbox columnist, Casey Coston takes a look at the Cincinnati Parks system and what the "Great Stimulus" could mean for Riverfront Park and The Banks projects.

24 Hours in Mt. Adams

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