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Cincinnati Burger Week

Downtown

From gourmet blends to off-menu specialties and even beer pairings, this is a week dedicated to America’s sweetheart, the Hamburger! Each restaurateur and Chef will prepare their unique take on the burger. Click here for a list of participating restaurants. 

From gourmet blends to off-menu specialties and even beer pairings, this is a week dedicated to America’s sweetheart, the Hamburger! Each restaurateur and Chef will prepare their unique take on the burger. Click here for a list of participating restaurants. 

Mission Aerospace

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

Downtown

Prove you have the right stuff to lead the future of space exploration. Over a dozen experiments, puzzles and activities are packed into an a-maze-ing journey of twists and turns. Learn about the history of rockets and flight, explore the technology that supports modern-day...

Prove you have the right stuff to lead the future of space exploration. Over a dozen experiments, puzzles and activities are packed into an a-maze-ing journey of twists and turns. Learn about the history of rockets and flight, explore the technology that supports modern-day...

Chocolate: The Exhibition

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

Downtown

Tracks the rich history of the cacao bean, from its beginning as a royal — even divine — Mayan drink to its current role as a romantic gesture, guilty pleasure and global commodity. Follow the history of chocolate culture and science from the 10th century rainforest to the...

Tracks the rich history of the cacao bean, from its beginning as a royal — even divine — Mayan drink to its current role as a romantic gesture, guilty pleasure and global commodity. Follow the history of chocolate culture and science from the 10th century rainforest to the...

The Columbus Crossing Borders Project

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Downtown

A visual tribute to the resilience, strength, and courage of those who have survived incredible hardship within the migrant community, this exhibit inspires understanding, compassion, and support.

A visual tribute to the resilience, strength, and courage of those who have survived incredible hardship within the migrant community, this exhibit inspires understanding, compassion, and support.

Winold Reiss: Studies for the Union Terminal Worker Murals

Weston Art Gallery

Downtown

A series of photographic, gouache, and crayon studies of the worker murals created by German-born American artist and designer Winold Reiss for Union Terminal in the 1930s will be presented by the Weston Art Gallery in collaboration with Cincinnati Museum Center. The exhibition...

A series of photographic, gouache, and crayon studies of the worker murals created by German-born American artist and designer Winold Reiss for Union Terminal in the 1930s will be presented by the Weston Art Gallery in collaboration with Cincinnati Museum Center. The exhibition...

Matt Lynch & Curtis Goldstein: Work/Surface

Weston Art Gallery

Downtown

Inspired by the monumental mosaic “Worker Murals” created by Winold Reiss for Cincinnati’s Union Terminal opening in 1933, Matt Lynch (Cincinnati, OH) and Curtis Goldstein (Columbus, OH) combined their respective backgrounds in alternative applications for industrial...

Inspired by the monumental mosaic “Worker Murals” created by Winold Reiss for Cincinnati’s Union Terminal opening in 1933, Matt Lynch (Cincinnati, OH) and Curtis Goldstein (Columbus, OH) combined their respective backgrounds in alternative applications for industrial...

Pop Up Play: Youngster Yoga

Washington Park

Downtown

Bring your mini-yogi's to the park for a FREE kid's yoga class with The Yoga Bar!  Meet us in the south end of the park on sunny days, and under The Southwest Porch tent on rainy days! Bring your own mat, or use one of the ones we provide every week. Mats...

Bring your mini-yogi's to the park for a FREE kid's yoga class with The Yoga Bar!  Meet us in the south end of the park on sunny days, and under The Southwest Porch tent on rainy days! Bring your own mat, or use one of the ones we provide every week. Mats...

Strauss Troy Market

Fountain Square

Downtown

Fresh produce, baked goods, prepared lunch foods and beverages, fresh flowers and handmade items.

Fresh produce, baked goods, prepared lunch foods and beverages, fresh flowers and handmade items.

Burger and Local Brew $12 Tuesdays

BrewRiver GastroPub

Downtown

Local beef burgers and pint of local craft draft for $12 on Tuesdays.

Local beef burgers and pint of local craft draft for $12 on Tuesdays.

Workout on the Green

Washington Park

Downtown

Rotating schedule of free fitness classes. All classes are led by licensed, trained instructors. 

Rotating schedule of free fitness classes. All classes are led by licensed, trained instructors. 

Cincinnati Wish Granter Training

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Main Library

Downtown

We’re looking for volunteers to become Wish Granters in Cincinnati! Once a child’s condition qualifies to receive a wish through Make-A-Wish, that child is paired with two wish-granting volunteers. Wish Granters get to know the wish child and their family, ask the child what...

We’re looking for volunteers to become Wish Granters in Cincinnati! Once a child’s condition qualifies to receive a wish through Make-A-Wish, that child is paired with two wish-granting volunteers. Wish Granters get to know the wish child and their family, ask the child what...

Fountain Feud

Fountain Square

Downtown

Every Tuesday from 7PM to 9PM, grab your friends and head to the Square for Fountain Square’s version of the classic TV Gameshow. The format is similar to our popular Trivia game, but the difference is that Feud challenges you to identify the most popular answers instead...

Every Tuesday from 7PM to 9PM, grab your friends and head to the Square for Fountain Square’s version of the classic TV Gameshow. The format is similar to our popular Trivia game, but the difference is that Feud challenges you to identify the most popular answers instead...

Chris Larson

Contemporary Arts Center

Downtown

Minneapolis-based artist Chris Larson's surreal carpentry transforms ordinary buildings into sculptures, stage sets, musical instruments and performative vehicles. From scale effigies of iconic structures that he builds and subsequently razes to hallucinatory studio spaces...

Minneapolis-based artist Chris Larson's surreal carpentry transforms ordinary buildings into sculptures, stage sets, musical instruments and performative vehicles. From scale effigies of iconic structures that he builds and subsequently razes to hallucinatory studio spaces...

Firelei Baez: To See Beyond

Contemporary Arts Center

Downtown

Caribbean-born, Brooklyn-based artist Firelei Báez navigates a broad spectrum of color, race and identity in her first Ohio exhibition.

Caribbean-born, Brooklyn-based artist Firelei Báez navigates a broad spectrum of color, race and identity in her first Ohio exhibition.

Mark deJong

Contemporary Arts Center

Downtown

The character of Cincinnati's architectural and artistic complexion was forever changed by the groundbreaking work of Dutch-born, Cincinnati-based artist Mark deJong (b.1966). His launch of Swing House in the late summer of 2017 welcomes adventurous renters into a...

The character of Cincinnati's architectural and artistic complexion was forever changed by the groundbreaking work of Dutch-born, Cincinnati-based artist Mark deJong (b.1966). His launch of Swing House in the late summer of 2017 welcomes adventurous renters into a...

Alison Crocetta: A Circus of One

Contemporary Arts Center

Downtown

A Circus of One will be Alison Crocetta’s first solo museum exhibition. A New York-born, Columbus-based artist and professor at Ohio State University, Crocetta works in an interdisciplinary fashion to merge performance, sculptural form, film and sound into hybrid...

A Circus of One will be Alison Crocetta’s first solo museum exhibition. A New York-born, Columbus-based artist and professor at Ohio State University, Crocetta works in an interdisciplinary fashion to merge performance, sculptural form, film and sound into hybrid...

World Fare

Fountain Square

Downtown

Enjoy food and vendors specializing in international cuisine.

Enjoy food and vendors specializing in international cuisine.

Vanessa German: Running With Freedom

Taft Museum of Art

Downtown

Vanessa German empowers people through visual art and performance. German’s mixed-media sculptures and reliefs will be featured in the Sinton Gallery and the Longworth Foyer as part of the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence Program. Constructed from found objects including doll...

Vanessa German empowers people through visual art and performance. German’s mixed-media sculptures and reliefs will be featured in the Sinton Gallery and the Longworth Foyer as part of the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence Program. Constructed from found objects including doll...

Ansel Adams: A Photographer's Evolution

Taft Museum of Art

Downtown

This exhibit traces the photographer’s path to his signature style, beginning with rare early works and ending with prints Adams made late in life. In his earliest photographs, made in the 1920s, Adams embraced the prevailing Pictorialist style with intimately sized,...

This exhibit traces the photographer’s path to his signature style, beginning with rare early works and ending with prints Adams made late in life. In his earliest photographs, made in the 1920s, Adams embraced the prevailing Pictorialist style with intimately sized,...

Market Muscles

Findlay Market

Downtown

Get shred in the Farm Shed! Join us for a different workout class at 5:30p each week. Classes are $10 and include a beer ticket.

Get shred in the Farm Shed! Join us for a different workout class at 5:30p each week. Classes are $10 and include a beer ticket.

Old Green Eyes

BrewRiver GastroPub

Downtown

Singing old standards.

Singing old standards.

Smale Mind & Body: Modo Yoga

Smale Riverfront Park

Downtown

MODO Yoga will conduct free yoga classes every Wednesday from June 6th through September 26th.   Classes are held on Schmidlapp Event Lawn which is located next to Moerlein Lager House.

MODO Yoga will conduct free yoga classes every Wednesday from June 6th through September 26th.   Classes are held on Schmidlapp Event Lawn which is located next to Moerlein Lager House.

Reggae Wednesday

Fountain Square

Downtown

Put a little "weekend" in your Wednesday with the help of free Reggae concerts on the Square. Fountain Square concessions offers beer, wine, drink specials, and Coca-Cola products for purchase. Bar opens at 6p with nightly drink specials!

Put a little "weekend" in your Wednesday with the help of free Reggae concerts on the Square. Fountain Square concessions offers beer, wine, drink specials, and Coca-Cola products for purchase. Bar opens at 6p with nightly drink specials!

The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel Live!

Taft Theatre

Downtown

Enjoy The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel Live! featuring the creative team behind the graphic novel: Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, and Travis McElroy. At this live show, your ticket to the show gets you a copy of THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS graphic...

Enjoy The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel Live! featuring the creative team behind the graphic novel: Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, and Travis McElroy. At this live show, your ticket to the show gets you a copy of THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS graphic...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

Downtown

Watch as three actors bring the entirety of Shakespeare’s works to life on the stage in one fell swoop. 

Watch as three actors bring the entirety of Shakespeare’s works to life on the stage in one fell swoop. 

Summer Cinema

Washington Park

Downtown

Movie screening every Wednesday at park. Bring lawn chairs, grab picnic basket and enjoy relaxing evening. Schedule subject to change. 

Movie screening every Wednesday at park. Bring lawn chairs, grab picnic basket and enjoy relaxing evening. Schedule subject to change. 

Pop Up Play with Mission2Move

Washington Park

Downtown

Join us for an action packed 30 minutes of fun. Learn how to warm up your body, calm down you mind, and try your hand at our famous relay races. Bear crawls, back pedals, and bunny hops are a few of our favorites. This FREE class consists of a neural warm up, aerobic exercise...

Join us for an action packed 30 minutes of fun. Learn how to warm up your body, calm down you mind, and try your hand at our famous relay races. Bear crawls, back pedals, and bunny hops are a few of our favorites. This FREE class consists of a neural warm up, aerobic exercise...

FSQ Eats

Fountain Square

Downtown

Enjoy lunch from your favorite neighborhood food truck.

Enjoy lunch from your favorite neighborhood food truck.

Community Night

Findlay Market

Downtown

Join us for Community Night at Findlay Market! Each Thursday, a rotating lineup of arts groups, community groups and non-profits will showcase their amazing talents, and provide entertainment and learning opportunities. 

Join us for Community Night at Findlay Market! Each Thursday, a rotating lineup of arts groups, community groups and non-profits will showcase their amazing talents, and provide entertainment and learning opportunities.