Valentine’s Dinner at the Cincinnati Zoo Shows Guests ‘The Wild Side of Love’ with Animal Encounters and a Champagne Toast
Wine and dine at the self-proclaimed sexiest zoo in America (our zoo animals make a lot of babies). During this special Valentine’s Day dinner, guests can experience animal encounters, eat a romantic meal (with a champagne toast) and learn all about the “Wild Side of Love” with a fun and adults-only talk about procreation in…
Strip Down to Your Skivvies for Cupid’s Undie Run for a Cause in Mount Adams
Get those briefs ready for a good cause. Cupid’s Undie Run is an organized run to raise funds for research to end neurofibromatosis, a disorder that affects 1 in 3,000 children and causes tumors, sometimes visible, to grow on nerves throughout the body. As the website says, co-founders Brendan Hanrahan, Chad Leathers and Bobby Gill…
Amy Grant Sings Her Hit Love Songs and Songs of Faith with the Cincinnati Pops
Put your heart in motion as six-time Grammy winning Pop artist Amy Grant takes the stage with the Cincinnati Pops. She’ll be singing a selection of her favorite love songs and songs of faith, as well as hits like “Every Heartbeat,” “That’s What Love is For” and “Baby, Baby.” 7 p.m. Feb. 10. $50-$125. Music…
Cincinnati’s Largest Pet Adoption Event — My Furry Valentine — Returns to the Sharonville Convention Center
My Furry Valentine is the area’s largest pet adoption event. More than 700 adoptable animals from multiple rescue agencies around Greater Cincinnati will be in one location — the Sharonville Convention Center — to make finding the perfect pet as easy as possible. From dogs, cats, kittens and puppies to other little critters, all sorts…
The Winter Xscape Beach Party at Newport on the Levee is an Heated Indoor Tropical Getaway
It’s February. It’s cold, snowy and the freezing winds hurt your face. However, for two days this week, Newport’s Festival Park is transforming a Cincinnati day in February to a Miami day in April. A huge heated tent will be set up and filled with sand, live music, beach games, food and tropical drinks. There…
Taft’s Brewpourium Hosts a Free Romantic Comedy Movie Month in February
They meet, they fall in love, there’s conflict, they break-up, they re-kindle and ultimately settle down together. It’s the romantic comedy! A tale as old as time and a formula as tried-and-true as original Coca-Cola. February is the month of love, and to celebrate, Taft’s Brewpourium is hosting a free rom-com screening every Wednesday night,…
Cin City Burlesque’s ‘Beaus and Eros’ Takes Over Bogart’s to Tease and Titillate Before Valentine’s Day
Cin City Burlesque is an award-winning classical and neo-burlesque dance troupe started in 2009, making their annual striptease stop at Bogart’s just in time for Valentine’s Day. The professional dancers are trained in styles ranging from jazz and tap to ballet and Latin but this performance will showcase the craft of burlesque, tapping into the…
The Pet Issue: Drinking and Dining with Your Dog, Pet Shops and Pet-Friendly Road Trips
The word “pet,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, has its origins in the Scottish Gaelic word peata (or Old Irish petta), meaning “a tame animal.” But a half century later, the word carries a little more prestige than the suggestion of mere domestication. The modern pet — be it a dog, cat, bird, fish or any…
Four Dog-Friendly Road Trips for a Weekend — or Afternoon – Away from Cincinnati
Despite Cincinnati’s welcoming nature toward our furry pals, sometimes you need some new scenery. Lucky for us, there are plenty day and weekend trips only a few hours’ drive away. Lexington, Kentucky Time: 1 and a half hours Get brunch. Take a walk. Play arcade games. And do it all with fido by your side. Located…
Dog-Friendly Drinking and Dining Destinations in Cincinnati
In October 2018, former Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 263, which permits "the owner of a retail food establishment or food service operation to allow dogs in an outdoor dining area of the establishment or operation." Basically, it lets you to legally hang out with your dog while you eat brunch/lunch/dinner/etc. outside. Prior…
The Cincinnati Art Museum’s ‘Art Academy at 150’ Displays the Work of AAC Alumni through the Years
The Cincinnati Art Museum is celebrating the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s 150th birthday with a free exhibition of over 90 prints and drawings from AAC alumni in their collection. Kristin Spangenberg, CAM print curator, calls the exhibition, “The museum’s way of honoring successful artists who began their careers right here in Cincinnati.” Looking at AAC’s…
February’s LGBTQ Tea Dance Takes Over Sartre OTR
This ain’t no downtown, nowhere bound, narrow-minded drag; it’s the latest Sunday Tea Dance! If you believe in manhattans and martinis, check out this queer celebration of love, life and dance at Sartre OTR. Decades ago, the LGBTQ community organized dances masquerading as afternoon tea for their own safety. Now, partners Richard Cooke and Marty…
Nonprofit Findlay Market Restaurant Social OTR Hosts Grand Opening
OTR nonprofit restaurant Social OTR is hosting a special kick-off opening celebration 4 p.m.-midnight Feb. 7 with a 5-1-3 happy hour featuring $5 house wines, $1 oysters and $3 drafts in The Alley at Social (off Campbell Alley). A collaboration between Findlay Market and CityLink Center, which provides integrated services to help individuals break free from poverty,…
PREMIERE: Watch “Paul,” the Final Installment of Cincinnati Hip Hop Artists Ronin Halloway and JayBee Lamahj’s ‘Icarus Trilogy’
This Thursday (Feb. 7) at Over-the-Rhine's MOTR Pub, Cincinnati Hip Hop artist Ronin Halloway will headline his first show. Joining him are fellow local MC JayBee Lamahj and the Experimental/Electronic/Jazz trio FLOCKS. Besides individual sets, the performers will be collaborating on the live debut of “The Icarus Trilogy,” a three-part audio/visual project/story that Lamahj and…
Downtown’s Yum Yum Chinese Restaurant Offers a Taste of Nostalgia and 1970s Szechuan Cuisine
It’s 6 p.m. on a Wednesday evening and the front door to Yum Yum Chinese Restaurant is still locked; the “open” sign is sleeping on the job. Not even a shred of light is peeping through the blinds, but that’s how the place looks on any given day — unassuming and empty tucked between abandoned…
Classic Country Music Revivalist Joshua Hedley Comes to Northern Kentucky This Week
If the rhinestone-encrusted, turquoise Nudie suit worn by Joshua Hedley in promo photos and on the cover of his debut album, Mr. Jukebox, doesn’t give his revivalist game away, then his voice and music definitely will. This is vintage Country music — the throwback kind not often heard these days on Pop Country airwaves. Now…
Sounds From FC Cincinnati’s Coming Stadium Could be Audible in Music Hall, Report Finds
A preliminary report by acoustics experts commissioned by the Cincinnati Arts Association has found that sounds from FC Cincinnati games played at the team's coming West End stadium will be audible inside Music Hall, home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and other arts organizations. FC Cincinnati is constructing the $250 million stadium after it won…
‘Hamilton’ Ticket Lottery Announced: 40 $10 Tickets To Be Made Available for Each Cincinnati Performance of the Hit Musical
If you missed out on getting tickets to see the hit Broadway musical Hamilton during its sold-out run at Cincinnati's Aronoff Center Feb. 19-March 10, you aren't totally out of luck. In fact, you might be able to score a seat for only $10. Today producer Jeffrey Seller and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati…
It’s Officially Official: Rams Super Bowl-Losing Quarterbacks Coach Will Lead the Cincinnati Bengals
In an announcement that's been rumored for weeks now, Zac Taylor today was named the new head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. The team had to wait until Taylor’s previous job ended — he was the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Rams, who played in the Super Bowl yesterday. The Rams lost the game.…
Cincinnati Native Kevin Allison Brings ‘RISK!’ Live to Ludlow Garage
For the first time, Cincinnati native Kevin Allison — a successful actor and comedian — is bringing his popular podcast and live show RISK! to his hometown. “I’ve never brought it to Cincinnati because I was afraid my parents would be terrified of the show if they actually saw it,” he says with a laugh…
Pendleton’s New Fried Chicken Joint CHX Officially Opens Feb. 8
If you've recently ventured through the booming neighborhood of Pendleton, you have most likely come across the storefront for Cincy's newest fried chicken eatery, CHX. With an adorably inviting yellow chick popping up from the left window pane, the eatery has been telling Cincinnatians to "set your alarm clucks" for the past few months. And…
University of Cincinnati DAAP Grad Lands on ‘Project Runway’ Season 17
Cincinnatian Tessa Clark is a cast member on the upcoming Season 17 of Project Runway, which begins airing on Bravo March 14. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning program in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in fashion design and interned for Marchesa and VPL in New York…
Minimum Gauge: Biggest Plot Twist in Atlanta on Super Bowl Sunday Was About 21 Savage, Not Football
HOT: Savage ICE In Atlanta, hours before this year’s boring Super Bowl game, there was a shocking pop-culture plot twist that had nothing to do with football, try-hard commercials or Maroon 5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (aka ICE) arrested Hip Hop star 21 Savage, who, until then, had been considered an Atlanta native. ICE…
Public Enemy’s Chuck D is Still Fighting the Power
“Cincinnati! Home of King Records, Bootsy Collins and the Reds,” Chuck D says upon answering his cell phone, his signature voice booming with authority during an interview in advance of his upcoming visit to Cincinnati. The iconic Public Enemy frontman, indefatigable social activist and cultural guru will speak on Thursday as part of The Mercantile…
Check Out These Cincinnati Transit Maps That Could Have Been
If you've never wondered what Cincinnati would be like had we finished our now-abandoned, unfinished subway system, well, I'm revoking your Cincinnati card right now. Fortunately, New York-based artist Jake Berman has made our back-to-the-future transit daydreaming a little easier. Berman embarked on a unique quest after he got frustrated waiting in Los Angeles traffic,…
Federal Judge: Gorilla Must be Returned to Cincinnati Zoo
A gorilla residing at the California-based Gorilla Foundation should be returned to Cincinnati, a federal judge ruled late Feb. 1. The Cincinnati Zoo and the foundation have been locked in months of legal wrangling over Ndume, a 37-year-old silverback the zoo loaned to the Gorilla Foundation in 1991. The self-described gorilla sanctuary brought Ndume to California…
Netflix Calls Dibs On Regionally Made Documentary ‘American Factory’
Netflix has nabbed the rights to American Factory, directed by Yellow Springs, Ohio residents Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. Fresh off a Sundance world premiere, the regional film — which is backed by Participant Media — hones in on the Chinese-run company Fuyao Glass America, who opened a factory inside what was once a General Motors plant;…
Singer/Songwriter Hozier’s ‘Wasteland, Baby!’ Tour is Coming to Cincinnati
A few weeks ago, acclaimed singer/songwriter Hozier announced that his new album, Wasteland, Baby!, will be released on March 1. Today, additional dates for the Wasteland, Baby! tour — which already includes a number of sold-out shows across the U.S. — were announced and they include a Cincinnati stop. Hozier will perform Friday, June 7…
Concert Film of Joni Mitchell’s 75th Birthday Celebration to Screen at Cincinnati World Cinema’s Garfield Theatre
In November of last year, big-time musicians from a variety of genres gathered together to celebrate the 75th birthday of often genre-defying music icon Joni Mitchell. The life, career and music of the Canadian-born singer/songwriter was honored at a two-night concert event at Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which Mitchell attended, though she did not…
Ohio Ranked Seventh Best State for Singles
According to WalletHub (a credit report site that seems to spend a lot of time ranking things), Ohio is the seventh best state in America for singles. And with about 45 percent of adults in America looking for love, seems like if you're single, you're living in the right place. "Besides your looks, personality, interests…
Myrtle’s Punch House in East Walnut Hills Closes its Doors
Bar owner/mixologist Molly Wellmann announced in a Facebook post on the morning of Feb. 2 that she has made the decision to close the doors of Myrtle’s Punch House in East Walnut Hills. According to the post, Wellmann says that after splitting with her former partners in June 2018 and regaining ownership of the bar,…
‘True Detective’ Successfully Returns Following its Original Formula
True Detective (9 p.m. Sundays, HBO) is back more than three years after its apparent cancellation. After a fateful second season, the series returns with a vengeance, capturing the compelling drama and grit of the first season that made the crime anthology such a popular hit. Creator, director and writer Nic Pizzolatto features a similar…
More Crossing Guards Could Soon be Watching Out for CPS Students
You might soon see your neighbor — and maybe even Mayor John Cranley — helping your kids cross the street to school. City council passed an ordinance Wednesday which will allow for the appointment of volunteer crossing guards in addition to the paid crossing guards the school district currently has. A separate ordinance was also…
Over-the-Rhine’s Cindependent Film Festival Just Got Bigger
When the Cindependent Film Festival returns late this summer (Aug. 29-31), attendees can expect an expanded, larger event than its inaugural run last year. At a press conference, founder and creative director Allyson West noted that last year’s event drew 121 visiting filmmakers and an overall screening attendance of 2,104. Less than two months in, they’ve…
One of America’s Most Acclaimed and Influential Singer/Songwriters, James Taylor, Can Still Fill Arenas 50 Years After His Debut Album
Last year, James Taylor celebrated two milestones — his 70th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his self-titled debut album, which featured his original (and, in my opinion, superior) uptempo version of “Carolina in My Mind.” Taylor held the distinction of being the first non-British act signed to the Beatles’ fledgling Apple label, and he…
Jam Bands Kitchen Dwellers and Magic Beans Bring Their Collaboration-Crazy Tour to Northern Kentucky This Weekend
A pair of progressive, improv-minded grassroots groups from the Western U.S. have teamed up for a nationwide tour and, as their “Jam band” credentials and the members’ friendships would suggest, a collaborative spark was ignited right off of the bat, leading to some one-of-a-kind onstage sessions featuring members of both ensembles throughout the jaunt. This…
Cincinnati is One of Just Three Dates Announced for Indie Folk Act Iron & Wine’s Orchestral Mini-Tour
In March, SubPop Records is releasing an expanded deluxe edition of Our Endless Numbered Days, the breakthrough sophomore album by singer/songwriter Sam Beam's Indie Folk act Iron & Wine. The reissue — which will include eight previously unreleased demos, expanded liner notes and more — is timed to the album's 15th anniversary and will be…
Northside’s Wildfire Pizza Kitchen Announces New Hours, Menu Items and Specials
Northside's Wildfire Pizza Kitchen has announced new flavors and longer hours of operation to allow visitors more opportunities to enjoy their wood-fired pizza. The self-proclaimed "neo-Neapolitan" pizza joint with an imported wood-burning oven serves pizza, calzones, appetizers, salads and more out of the taproom of Urban Artifact using housemade sauces, fresh toppings and handmade, cold-fermented dough.…
Got Science? From Ultima Thule Flyby to Trashed National Parks — What You Missed in January
1. Ultima Thule Flyby NASA’s New Horizons’ probe, which performed a flyby of Pluto in 2015, passed within 4,200 miles of Ultima Thule, a snowman-shaped object around 21 miles across. Orbiting the sun in the Kuiper Belt, roughly 4 billion miles away from the Earth, Ultima Thule is the farthest object ever explored by a…
Bunbury Music Festival Announces Fall Out Boy, Run The Jewels, Greta Van Fleet, The 1975 and More for 2019 Fest
Tonight (Jan. 31) at The Woodward Theater, the lineup for this summer's Bunbury Music Festival was announced. Returning to Cincinnati's riverfront May 31-June 2, Bunbury 2019 will feature headlining acts like Fall Out Boy, The 1975 (which plays a sold-out Cincinnati show at PNC Pavilion less than a month before Bunbury, on May 12), Greta…
Sittenfeld, Duke Energy Propose Partnership That Would Provide LED Lights for Every Cincinnati School Zone
Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld and Duke Energy President Amy Spiller announced a plan Thursday afternoon under which the city would partner with Duke Energy to install LED street lighting for all of Cincinnati’s 154 school zones. Should legislation creating the partnership pass council, the initiative would involve a multi-year implementation effort, Sittenfeld said.…
Sen. Sherrod Brown Previews 2020 Fight with Iowa Tour Launch
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown left the Buckeye State for Iowa on Jan. 30, ostensibly to launch a multi-state “Dignity of Work” tour highlighting what he says are progressive ideas to boost the nation’s working class. But it’s easy to read Brown’s tour starting in the famous early presidential primary proving ground as a launch of…
‘Travel Pulse’ Names Cincinnati One of the Top 20 Wallet-Friendly Last-Minute Winter Travel Destinations
TravelPulse (some travel content website) named Cincinnati one of its top 20 wallet-friendly last-minute winter travel destinations. And while we assume this list was made prior to this week's Polar Vortex, we'll take the positive nod. The write-up claims, "Cincinnati is one of the most affordable cities in the country but visitors don't have to sacrifice…
Listermann Brewing Company Hosts All-Female Brew Day for International Women’s Day Beer
On Feb. 1, Listermann Brewing Company is hosting a community brew day inviting all women to help brew a special beer. And this event is not just for seasoned or home brewers, but for any and all women who enjoy beer. The event will start at 9 a.m, and the female-crafted Berliner weisse will be…
Salon 21’s ‘Parallels’ Premieres Five New Works by Women Composers
Women composers continue to dominate the local chamber music scene. Last month, New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider performed five works by women as part of their Cincinnati debut at Memorial Hall. And on Feb. 6 at the Weston Art Gallery, Salon 21 will collaborate with Cincinnati Soundbox to present five world premieres for piano…
TripAdvisor Names Orchids at Palm Court One of the Top 20 Most Romantic Restaurants in America
Cupid’s arrow is aimed right here in Cincinnati. TripAdvisor recently released the Most Romantic Restaurants in America for Valentine's Day 2019 and Orchids at Palm Court has made the list, coming in at number 20. Located inside the historic Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza downtown, the restaurant incorporates Art Deco flair with a AAA five diamond…
