Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Smale Riverfront Park is a favorite among CityBeat readers.
“Are you not entertained?” Russell Crowe bellows to a stunned crowd during 2000’s Gladiator.
In Cincinnati, we certainly are.
Even during a damn pandemic, Cincinnati is full of amazing ways to experience arts and culture. Coronavirus may have hindered or changed some things over the last year, but local artists, performers, venue owners, event planners and rabble rousers still gave us plenty to see, do and love here in the Queen City.
Below, check out a few of CityBeat’s reader and staff picks in arts and culture from our Best Of Cincinnati 2021 issue. Read about even more winners here, and see our entire Best of Cincinnati list here.
- Best Adorable Pup-litical News of 2020 (staff pick)
- Best Artistic Celebrity Troll (staff pick)
- Best Free Attraction (reader pick)
- Best Holiday Light Display (reader pick)
- Best Job Pivoting Arts Programming (staff pick)
- Best Local Artist (reader pick)
- Best Local Improv/Sketch Comedy Group (reader pick)
- Best Local Tour (reader pick)
- Best Drive-In Movie Theater Pop-Up (staff pick)
- Best Socially Distanced Swimming Experience (staff pick)
See all of the arts and culture winners here, and find our entire Best of Cincinnati issue here.
