As more visitors discover — and regional residents rediscover — the charms of Over-the-Rhine (aka OTR), most are delighted to find a neighborhood rich in art, history, and community plus plenty of food and drink establishments and independent retailers. Architectural treasures like Music Hall and Memorial Hall sit side by side with the School for Performing Arts and Washington Park in this neighborhood that's been heralded as a national leader in urban transformation. Vine Street, Main Street, Race Street, and Pendleton are the area's hot spots for an eclectic array of restaurants and shops near the Ensemble, Woodward, Cincinnati Shakespeare, and Know theaters. Findlay Market, between Race and Elm Streets north of Liberty Street, is Ohio's oldest continuously-operated public market where you will find locally sourced food, cafes and restaurants as well as the Rhinegeist Brewery taproom. The community's remarkable 19th-century buildings feature one of the country's largest collection of Italianate architecture and provide a dramatic background to the diverse residents that call OTR home.
Jacqueline Wood is an artist, filmmaker and organizer who can't stop experimenting. Her drive to share experimental film with Cincinnati won a People's Liberty grant to design a 10-week communal experiment that begins Thursday, July 2.
Looking for a way to celebrate America's birthday? Check out the variety of events around town Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Lisa Ebbert, owner of 3 Sweet Girls Cakery in Kenwood, will open a second location in Over-the-Rhine with daughters Kristen and Lauren, hoping to be ready by the July 14 All Star Game.
Look Here, historic preservationist Anne Delano Steinert's place-based public history project, will mount historic photographs around OTR as close as possible to the vantage point from which they were originally taken, comparing historic views to today's view.
Lexington-based West Sixth Brewing is contributing $1 from each can of Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter sold to a local charities throughout its Kentucky distribution areas, including The Cure Starts Now Foundation in Greater Cincinnati.
The New York Daily News has a new travel piece focusing on Cincinnati's beer brewing and baseball traditions, riverfront development, downtown hotel and restaurant options and Over-the-Rhine's renaissance.
Cincinnati's two premier nonprofit economic development organizations, 3CDC and Cincinnati Development Fund, have received federal New Market Tax Credits totaling more than $87 million, the Business Courier reported June 15.
Strategies to End Homelessness launched its Bring It Home campaign earlier this month in an effort to secure final fundraising dollars needed for Homeless to Homes' system of five new shelter facilities.
Towne Properties is working on its first townhouse project in Over-the-Rhine. The new construction (with one rehabbed building) will sit on half an acre at the corner of 15th and Elm streets.
People’s Liberty Project Grant winners John Blatchford and Alyssa McClanahan hope to become a voice for excellent craftsmanship in remodeling work via a print magazine and website, Kunst: Built Art. They were inspired by their own experience renovating a historic building in Over-the-Rhine.
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