Cincinnati Burger Week Restaurant Lineup Has Officially Been Announced

Cincinnati Burger Week is a magical seven-day event where restaurants across the city offer specialty burgers for only $5. The week-long burger extravaganza is back July 15-21, with over 75 participating restaurants — the biggest Burger Week yet.  The restaurants who will be joining in on the fun have officially been announced, so you can…

Downtown’s New Auntie Anne’s is Giving Away Free Pretzels on April 16

Beloved fast-food chain Auntie Anne's opened its downtown location on March 14 inside the Carew Tower. This will be the seventh Greater Cincinnati location for Auntie Anne's, with other storefronts including Kenwood Towne Centre, Cincinnati Premium Outlets, YMCA of Greater Cincinnati and Eastgate, Northgate and Tri-County Malls.  To celebrate their opening, the eatery is gifting their loyal…

Ohio House Poised to Vote on ‘Heartbeat’ Bill

The Ohio House of Representatives will vote soon on one of the nation's tightest laws regulating abortion after the Ohio House Health Committee today opted to move forward with the so-called "heartbeat bill."  The legislation, known as Senate Bill 23, passed out of committee by an 11-7 vote on party lines. The bill would make it…

UC Head Coach Mick Cronin Leaving for UCLA

UCLA has confirmed that Mick Cronin will be its men's basketball team's new head coach. Cronin has been the head coach at the University of Cincinnati for the past 13 years, taking the team to the NCAA tournament for nine straight years. According to the Los Angeles Times, Cronin is getting a six-year deal worth…

Representing Two Generations of Exploratory Jazz Brilliance, Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington Join Forces for Southwestern Ohio Concert This Summer

Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington, representing two generations of the exploratory spirit of Jazz, have announced that they are teaming up for a joint North American tour this summer. Kicking off July 30 in Virginia, the venture brings the pair to Huber Heights, Ohio's Rose Music Center on Aug. 7. The outdoor amphitheater, booked by…

Celebrate Earth Day with a Party at Washington Park

Washington Park is hosting a party for the planet. There will be eco-friendly activities for adults and children with vendors set up around the park including Rooted Juicery, 80 Acres Farms, Sound Bites Nutrition, Great Parks of Hamilton County and more. Listen to live Reggae from the likes of Da Squad, Jam band Peridoni and…

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra Makes its Cincinnati Debut

DIVA Jazz Orchestra’s passion for Big Band music erupts in every one of its YouTube videos and audio tracks. Twenty-six years since their first concert, the band will finally unleash its high-powered sounds in Cincinnati this week via a show on April 13 at Walnut Hills High School.   The 15-piece ensemble features top-tier Jazz…

Cincinnati City Council Passes Motion Doing Away with Monetary Bail for Those Accused of Nonviolent Misdemeanors

Cincinnati City Council April 17 passed a motion directing city prosecutors to forego monetary bail for nonviolent misdemeanor suspects awaiting trial.  Council member P.G. Sittenfeld, a Democrat, partnered with the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, local law professors and the AMOS Project on the initiative. Sittenfeld's fellow Democratic council members Wendell Young and Greg Landsman,…

Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival is Timely and Scary

The 43rd Humana Festival of New American Plays just concluded on Sunday at Actors Theatre of Louisville, which staged five productions. The company was without a full-time artistic director in 2018-2019, which surely affected this year’s festival. Nevertheless, true to past festivals, topics were squarely in the moment: conflict in the Middle East, campus rape…

NKU’s YES Festival at a Glance

Northern Kentucky University’s biennial Year End Series (YES) Festival returns for its 19th iteration with three world-premiere plays chosen out of 300 script submissions. The ambitious fest, put on by the school’s Arts Theatre + Dance program, offers lightly staged productions of these brand-new works, featuring student actors — and sometimes student playwrights. Continuing through…

Iconic Weimaraner Dog Photographer William Wegman Visits the Art Museum

Everyone loves turning their dog into a runway model; many people have even set up Instagram accounts just for their furry friends to strut their stuff. But William Wegman is possibly the only artist to have achieved international recognition by taking pictures of his own weimaraner dogs. Thirty-seven years after the Contemporary Arts Center exhibited…

Rollin’ Bowls Food Truck Does Vegan on Wheels

A plant-based food truck just rolled into town and Monica Meier is in the driver’s seat. Last February, Meier quit her nine-to-five job and bought a small bus. Out went the vinyl-covered bench seats and in came the flat-top grill, stainless steel workstation and a fridge stocked with veggies. By September, Meier embarked on her…

What to Know Before the ‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere

It may be springtime in Cincinnati, but winter is here, y’all! After a grueling 20-month wait, Game of Thrones’ (9 p.m. Sundays, HBO) eighth and final season is finally upon us. Critically lauded — it has the most Emmys of any primetime scripted series — and beloved among audiences across the globe, this just may…

15 Cincinnati Easter Brunch Destinations

Celebrate the resurrection of Christ — or just indulge in a lavish brunch — on Sunday, April 21. These local restaurants are offering special family-friendly meals in honor of the Easter Holiday, but you don't need to be religious to opt into these expansive options, replete with carving stations, special desserts and plenty of mimosas.…

Cincinnati’s JACK Casino to Be Sold to Hard Rock International

Downtown Cincinnati's JACK Casino is getting a new owner. The company has agreed to sell the property to Hard Rock International and VICI Properties, which is also purchasing Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky.  Pending regulatory approval, JACK and Turfway will be sold for $780 million and fall under the Hard Rock International brand. “We viewed…

In State of the County Address, Driehaus Touts Reduction in Overdoses, Promotes Shared Services Effort

Focusing on gains in the fight against the opioid addiction crisis, a new initiative to foster collaboration between Hamilton County’s 49 municipalities and efforts to increase diversity on county boards, county commission President Denise Driehaus today delivered her first State of the County Address. Driehaus’ speech comes as Democrats hold a rare three-member sweep of…

Where to Find Fantastic French Fries in Cincinnati

French fries are the culinary equivalent of beer: They’re available basically everywhere, their quality ranges from common fare to mind-blowing-gourmet and there’s probably something healthier on the menu. Diehard loyalists favor each variety of fry — crinkle-cut, curly, shoestring, steak, waffle, wedge, etc. — with such voraciousness they’d have you believe anything besides their preferred…

History in Bloom at Spring Grove Features Horse-Drawn Carriages and Historic Reenactors

Spring Grove Cemetery celebrates “history, heritage and horticulture” with History in Bloom on Sunday, April 14. Horse-drawn carriages will offer rides past trees, flowers, gardens, art, architecture, wildlife and some notable graves. You may even spot a reenactor or two dressed like some of the cemetery’s more famous residents. Three walking tours are also available…

The Burlington Antique Show Opens for the Season This Month

The first couple weeks of spring are traditionally set aside for throwing away any and all clutter while intensely organizing one’s home, but wouldn’t it be more fun to add vintage collectables and antiques to the mess? Over 250 vendors will be setting up shop, rain or shine, for you to do just that at…

Lucy Wainwright Roche and Suzzy Roche, Contemporary Folk Music Royalty, Team Up for a Concert in Newport This Week

Mothers and daughters often have relationships fraught with emotional tension, manipulation and in-fighting, while creative people can have similarly conflicted interactions that become clouded by professional jealousies and personal differences. Conventional wisdom would indicate that a mother/daughter creative endeavor might be a minefield too difficult to navigate but renowned Folk singer/songwriter/actress/author Suzzy Roche and her…

Win Big or Eat a Ton at the Brew House’s 30th Annual Chili Cookoff

Brew House is hosting its 30th-annual chili cookoff with some fun twists. Chili-cookers are invited to bring their meat or vegetarian chili to Brew House in a Crock-Pot by 2 p.m. for the judges to sample, but make sure to bring a non-cash bribe to win the judges favor; get creative with your bribe as…

Kids Can Discover 10,000 Candy-Filled Eggs at the Washington Park Egg Hunt

Little humans are invited to Over-the-Rhine’s largest egg hunt at Washington Park. The free event features more than 10,000 candy-filled eggs hidden throughout the park, plus photo ops with Mr. Bunny, a petting zoo from Sunrock Farm, a music activity with Buddy Rogers Music and additional things to do from Red Balloon Café and Explore…

Celebrate Spring at the Taft Museum of Art’s Outdoor House Party

The Taft Museum of Art hosts a happy hour house party to celebrate spring. They’re setting up a tent in the garden full of food from Harvest Mobile Cuisine and cocktails, with bonus DIY opportunities to build your own herbal sachet with filling from the Civic Garden Center and make your own flower out of…

Broadway’s ‘Miss Saigon’ Comes to the Aronoff Center

From the creators of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon is the 13th longest-running Broadway show, and it is currently touring nationally after a successful 2017 revival. The story is a tragic tale of love between a young Vietnamese "bargirl"/sex worker and an American G.I. and set in 1975 war-torn Saigon, Vietnam. Based on the Italian opera…

Mann Introduces ‘Pared-Down’ Short Term Rental Regulations

Cincinnati City Council member David Mann will introduce a new, pared-down version of an ordinance he's been working on that would regulate and tax Cincinnati's short term rentals such as those found on sites like Airbnb.  That ordinance would levy a 7 percent excise tax on those rentals — an amount comparable to what hotels…

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Ed Stern Has Died

Sad news from Cincinnati’s theater world today: Ed Stern, who led the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park from 1992 to 2013, died yesterday, April 2, at age 72. His artistic direction for 20 seasons constituted almost a third of the Playhouse’s history, which is all the more remarkable because when he arrived there were significant…


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