Over-the-Rhine

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 EnsembleWoodward, 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.

Musicians, artists, chefs, and a distillery team up to raise funds for eastern Kentucky flood relief

The Hope for the Hills event on August 27 will raise money for individual emergency relief grants, small business loans, and CANE Kitchen.  

Confronting obstacles to implement theory of change

Four local nonprofit leaders speak out on frustrations and hopes for what Cincinnati and Hamilton County can yet become.

Restored Taft Museum of Art, 2022
This travel writer is getting something so right
Ian Strange: Disturbed Home will be at the Art Academy of Cincinnati during FotoFocus.
Ian Strange’s ‘Disturbed Home’ is published on the occasion of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial
Dog walking: Twin teens pursue first moneymaking venture

Q&A with sisters Lorraine and Isabella Williamson, and their employer Barb Faimim

Voices of Youth students (front row) l to r, Tamia and Lorraine, (back) writer Liz McEwan with Kendall
Soapbox pilots Voices of Youth project with CPS Summer Scholars

As the school year came to a close, some CPS students and teachers were preparing to get right back to work. And, this year, Soapbox was right there with them.  

A life-size Darth Vader keeps an eye on things.
Weekend in the City: cosmic comics + cocktails

Reasons to stop at the comic-shop-bar you spotted at Race and Findlay in OTR.

A detail from "Black Box," by Cincinnati artist Michael Coppage, on the side of 21C hotel, downtown.
Soapbox recognized for excellence in journalism from Cincinnati SPJ and Press Club of Cleveland

Writers David Holthaus, Bob Sandrick, and Jessica Esemplare honored in six categories for 2021 work.

Weekend in the City: Picture-worthy Somerset in OTR

Get away at an atmospheric oasis in Over-the-Rhine.

A glamorous 2016 opening weekend reception on the waterfront, underneath the Roebling Bridge.
Mark your calendars for the 2022 Fotofocus Biennial

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