The most exciting news release regarding the upcoming fall arts season arrives in early August like a punch in the gut, and the impact is a smile of anticipation followed by a long sigh of disconten  

The most incredible of all the Bats Incredible! public sculptures scattered throughout Cincinnati, Newport and Covington this summer can be found downtown on the east corner of Fountain Square. The  

Laura Hollis, visual artist and director of The Artery, Newport's arts center, has some matter-of-fact advice for anyone looking to integrate the arts into the bustling Northern Kentucky community:  

The Stepford Wife refuses to balance her high heels on the steps of Cincinnati's landmark Music Hall. It doesn't matter if Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Music Director Paavo J#228rvi makes her  

During the whole Thomas Condon trial, the one thing I clearly understood from Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Norbet Nadel and Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen is this: Condon is not a  

Circles of blood-red seats provide an edgy backdrop for a recent weekday night dress rehearsal of the most avant-garde production on Cincinnati Opera's Summer Festival calendar. Soprano Catherine Ma  

Cincinnati's latest arts criminal sports loose-fitting chinos, a white T-shirt and wire-frame glasses over wiry brown hair. His name is David Dillon, and he's done nothing wrong except work hard as  

The "kids table" at the May 30 gala party celebrating the opening of the new Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) was located on the second floor of London-based architect Zaha Hadid's nonlinear building  

The splashy green Festival of the New brochure tumbled out of my copy of The New York Times on Sunday sometime between the second cup of coffee and the first plate of eggs. Yes, I still read The Tim  

The first must-see exhibition in a summer of essential art blasts is Mark Fox's Dust, a series of eight works installed throughout the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM), with six of the pieces grouped tog  

I have good news for Cincinnati movers-and-shakers scrambling to provide damage control over the fatal shooting on Fountain Square last weekend. People still want to come to Cincinnati. In fact, I  

It's a hot Sunday evening, surprisingly summer-like for April, and Fred Lane keeps busy bartending on the second floor of SSNOVA, the performance arts space he helped create two years ago inside the  

If I were to walk the protest line outside the new Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) during its opening festivities, my sign would read something like this: "When you stick your head in the sand, you'r  

Artist and Southgate House Gallery Director Andrew Loughnane asked me not to mention his recent arrest by Newport Police on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and, well, basically being  

The last Opening Day Parade I watched was from the front seat of my car. I was stuck in traffic somewhere close to Findlay Market. It was a beautiful spring morning, but I remember being in no mood