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BBQ Rib Dinner

Vinoklet Winery and Restaurant
11069 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45252

North

Half slab BBQ ribs, glass of wine, baked potato or rice, broccoli or corn.

Half slab BBQ ribs, glass of wine, baked potato or rice, broccoli or corn.

John & Francie Pepper Freedom Lecture Series with David Blight

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

David W. Blight, a teacher, scholar, and public historian comes to the Freedom Center to share about his book Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. RSVP required. 

David W. Blight, a teacher, scholar, and public historian comes to the Freedom Center to share about his book Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. RSVP required. 

Live Racing at Turfway Park

Turfway Park
7500 Turfway Road, Florence, KY 41042

South

Enjoy live Thoroughbred racing and vintage charm at Turfway Park through December 31st. Simulcast racing is available daily except Monday and Tuesday.

Enjoy live Thoroughbred racing and vintage charm at Turfway Park through December 31st. Simulcast racing is available daily except Monday and Tuesday.

Live Jazz at the Symphony Hotel

Symphony Hotel Restaurant & Jazz Bar
210 W. 14th St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Come listen to live jazz and enjoy a seasonal cocktail in our lounge! We feature like jazz every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night and there is NEVER a cover. Thursdays also feature complimentary valet parking. Friday and Saturday nights valet is also available for a nominal...

Come listen to live jazz and enjoy a seasonal cocktail in our lounge! We feature like jazz every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night and there is NEVER a cover. Thursdays also feature complimentary valet parking. Friday and Saturday nights valet is also available for a nominal...

Concert:nova

Mercantile Library
414 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

concert:nova presents its artistic directors in CELLO + a concert of duos, featuring dedicated world premieres by Pierre Jalbert and Michael Ippolito

concert:nova presents its artistic directors in CELLO + a concert of duos, featuring dedicated world premieres by Pierre Jalbert and Michael Ippolito

Fences

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
1195 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Set against the backdrop of 1950’s Pittsburgh, August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama tells the story of Troy Maxson, a one-time star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man, holding court and expounding on life from the chair in his backyard. Due...

Set against the backdrop of 1950’s Pittsburgh, August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama tells the story of Troy Maxson, a one-time star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man, holding court and expounding on life from the chair in his backyard. Due...

Josh Wolf

Funny Bone Comedy Club Liberty
7518 Bales Street, Liberty Township, OH 45069

North

osh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and “After Lately.” He has become one of the most sought after personalities in comedy, headlining stand up comedy tours...

osh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and “After Lately.” He has become one of the most sought after personalities in comedy, headlining stand up comedy tours...

Dancing with the Stars LIVE!

Taft Theatre
317 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

TV's bigget dance show come to Cincinnati. The show features fan favorite professionals and troupe dancers. Marvel in numerous styles of dance. 

TV's bigget dance show come to Cincinnati. The show features fan favorite professionals and troupe dancers. Marvel in numerous styles of dance. 

In the Heights

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
962 Mount Adams Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Uptown

Lights up on the landmark musical that started it all for the creator of Hamilton! Set to a hip-hop and Latin-flavored score and featuring high-energy choreography, In the Heights captures the vibrant spirit of a tight-knit, New York community. From his Washington Heights...

Lights up on the landmark musical that started it all for the creator of Hamilton! Set to a hip-hop and Latin-flavored score and featuring high-energy choreography, In the Heights captures the vibrant spirit of a tight-knit, New York community. From his Washington Heights...

Ripcord

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
1127 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 452002

Downtown

A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate at Bristol Senior Living Facility, so when cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with happy-go-lucky Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman ... by any means necessary. A...

A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate at Bristol Senior Living Facility, so when cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with happy-go-lucky Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman ... by any means necessary. A...

The Graduate

Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
801 Matson Place, Cincinnati, OH 45204

West

A Play Adapted by Terry Johnson; Based on the Novel by Charles Webb And the Motion Picture Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry  By Special Arrangement with StudioCanal Benjamin Braddock is a confused young man. Having spent four years crafting a brilliant...

A Play Adapted by Terry Johnson; Based on the Novel by Charles Webb And the Motion Picture Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry  By Special Arrangement with StudioCanal Benjamin Braddock is a confused young man. Having spent four years crafting a brilliant...

Red Bike

Know Theatre of Cincinnati
1120 Jackson St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

What kind of future will you have living in these here United States? Remember when you were eleven years old and you had a bike, one that made you dream about a world bigger than the one in which you live? This is that memory. Except it is now.

What kind of future will you have living in these here United States? Remember when you were eleven years old and you had a bike, one that made you dream about a world bigger than the one in which you live? This is that memory. Except it is now.

The Exonerated

Falcon Theatre
636 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY 41071

South

Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record, THE EXONERATED tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words.

Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record, THE EXONERATED tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words.

Tony Woods

Go Bananas Comedy Club
8410 Market Place Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45242

North

  Tony Woods is a one-of-a-kind comedic legend that is always in control of his audience. A seasoned veteran in the comedy business, Tony is recognized not only by fans but by his peers as one of the best and most engaging comedians in the business.   Tony has a...

  Tony Woods is a one-of-a-kind comedic legend that is always in control of his audience. A seasoned veteran in the comedy business, Tony is recognized not only by fans but by his peers as one of the best and most engaging comedians in the business.   Tony has a...

Truth or Dare: A Reality Show

21c Museum Hotel
609 Walnut, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Truth or Dare: A Reality Show features works that utilize illusion to entice, entertain, and explore the terrain between fact and fiction, presence and absence, reality and imagination.

Truth or Dare: A Reality Show features works that utilize illusion to entice, entertain, and explore the terrain between fact and fiction, presence and absence, reality and imagination.

The World Illuminated

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Main Library
800 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

In the early part of the 20th century the Library began collecting lantern slides, which were loaned to customers and used for Library programming, such as lectures. Highlights from this vast collection are on display at the Main Library throug

In the early part of the 20th century the Library began collecting lantern slides, which were loaned to customers and used for Library programming, such as lectures. Highlights from this vast collection are on display at the Main Library throug

1919 Cincinnati Reds World Series Champions Exhibit

Behringer-Crawford Museum
1600 Montague Road, Covington, KY 41011

South

This new exhibit features authenticated baseball cards, autographs, postcards and souvenir books from the 1919 Championship Reds. The exhibit also includes memorabilia commemorating the notorious "Black Sox" betting scandal that rocked baseball and led to eight White Sox players...

This new exhibit features authenticated baseball cards, autographs, postcards and souvenir books from the 1919 Championship Reds. The exhibit also includes memorabilia commemorating the notorious "Black Sox" betting scandal that rocked baseball and led to eight White Sox players...

Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

The exhibit commemorates the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela through photographs by Willman as he revisited many of the locations that played an important role in South Africa’s route to racial equality and Mandela’s personal fight for...

The exhibit commemorates the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela through photographs by Willman as he revisited many of the locations that played an important role in South Africa’s route to racial equality and Mandela’s personal fight for...

Dominic Guarnaschelli: Incognitum

Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Dominic Guarnaschelli draws inspiration from the fields of natural history, religion, education, and museological display. Through an array of sculptural and image-based work, he produces an evocative environment that recalls a museum yet whose subject remains out of reach.

Dominic Guarnaschelli draws inspiration from the fields of natural history, religion, education, and museological display. Through an array of sculptural and image-based work, he produces an evocative environment that recalls a museum yet whose subject remains out of reach.

Migiwa Orimo: Proximity of Syllable

Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Using disparate material and techniques in her installations, Migiwa Orimo (Yellow Springs, OH) focuses on words/texts that are hidden, erased, redacted, or invisible from public view. She has compiled various lists and texts that purport to communicate as they disappear in...

Using disparate material and techniques in her installations, Migiwa Orimo (Yellow Springs, OH) focuses on words/texts that are hidden, erased, redacted, or invisible from public view. She has compiled various lists and texts that purport to communicate as they disappear in...

Thoughts Made Visceral

Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

C. M. Turner curates a group show of artists and writers addressing the parallels between marginalia and marginalization.

C. M. Turner curates a group show of artists and writers addressing the parallels between marginalia and marginalization.

Mamma Andersson Memory Banks

Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Painters often draw from 
existing visual materials, such as photographs and reproductions of past works of art, to inspire and construct their work. Swedish artist Mamma Andersson (born 1962)—known for her dreamlike, faintly narrative compositions inspired by Nordic...

Painters often draw from 
existing visual materials, such as photographs and reproductions of past works of art, to inspire and construct their work. Swedish artist Mamma Andersson (born 1962)—known for her dreamlike, faintly narrative compositions inspired by Nordic...

Akram Zaatari: The Fold- Space, time and image

Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Acclaimed Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, filmmaker and critical theorist to explore the role photography plays in both instituting and fabricating identity. For this exhibition he positions the seemingly simple fold as a...

Acclaimed Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, filmmaker and critical theorist to explore the role photography plays in both instituting and fabricating identity. For this exhibition he positions the seemingly simple fold as a...

Romeo and Juliet

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor, Sergei Babayan, piano, Robert Sullivan, trumpet.

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor, Sergei Babayan, piano, Robert Sullivan, trumpet.

Travels with Turner

Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Follow nineteenth-century British painter J. M. W. Turner on his travels throughout the United Kingdom and Europe—through his watercolors and an interactive digital map. On his journeys, Turner filled sketchbook after sketchbook, gathering reference material he would later...

Follow nineteenth-century British painter J. M. W. Turner on his travels throughout the United Kingdom and Europe—through his watercolors and an interactive digital map. On his journeys, Turner filled sketchbook after sketchbook, gathering reference material he would later...

Art Academy of Cincinnati at 150: A Celebration in Drawings and Prints

Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Uptown

The Art Museum celebrates 150 years of creativity with this exhibition of works on paper by alumni and faculty of the Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC). Selected from the museum’s collection, more than 90 masterful drawings and prints reflect the intrinsic connections between...

The Art Museum celebrates 150 years of creativity with this exhibition of works on paper by alumni and faculty of the Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC). Selected from the museum’s collection, more than 90 masterful drawings and prints reflect the intrinsic connections between...

SkyStar Observation Wheel

The Banks
150 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Enjoy unique views of downtown Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and the Ohio River from aboard the 150 foot Skystar Observation Wheel. Each of the 36 gondolas is enclosed, climate controlled and can hold up to six passengers. The SkyStar experience consists of four revolutions and...

Enjoy unique views of downtown Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and the Ohio River from aboard the 150 foot Skystar Observation Wheel. Each of the 36 gondolas is enclosed, climate controlled and can hold up to six passengers. The SkyStar experience consists of four revolutions and...

MOVE

Rhinegeist Brewery
1910 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Enjoy an evening of spectacular flight, feats, grooves and maneuvers featuring aerial acrobatics and other amazing acts from the Cincinnati Circus Company, as well as performances from the University of Cincinnati Dance Team, QKIDZ Dance Team, and Exhale...

Enjoy an evening of spectacular flight, feats, grooves and maneuvers featuring aerial acrobatics and other amazing acts from the Cincinnati Circus Company, as well as performances from the University of Cincinnati Dance Team, QKIDZ Dance Team, and Exhale...

Restoring Your Life Conference

New Life Vineyard
2470 Princeton Rd, Hamilton, OH 45011

North

This 8-day inner healing and sanctification event promises to be empowering, impactful, and life-changing on many levels! Watch this video to learn more!  Are you: Struggling with depression, fear, PTSD, stress and anxiety feeking healing from physical sickness and...

This 8-day inner healing and sanctification event promises to be empowering, impactful, and life-changing on many levels! Watch this video to learn more!  Are you: Struggling with depression, fear, PTSD, stress and anxiety feeking healing from physical sickness and...

Cincy Winter Beerfest

Duke Energy Convention Center
525 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Sample over 350 craft beers. Named one of top 10 craft beer fests in nation. Choose from 3 different sessions.

Sample over 350 craft beers. Named one of top 10 craft beer fests in nation. Choose from 3 different sessions.

Trevor Noah-Loud & Clear Tour

Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

revor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning ‘The Daily Show’ on Comedy Central. This past year, ‘The Daily Show’ was nominated for a Writers Guild Award (Comedy/Variety Series) and a GLAAD award for...

revor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning ‘The Daily Show’ on Comedy Central. This past year, ‘The Daily Show’ was nominated for a Writers Guild Award (Comedy/Variety Series) and a GLAAD award for...

Cincinnati Cyclones

Cincinnati Cyclones Hockey
US Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

The Cincinnati Cyclones are Cincinnati's Kelly Cup Championship winning hockey team and ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. Cincinnati Cyclones hockey games are more than just a game! Non-stop action, affordable family entertainment, and intermission activities provide...

The Cincinnati Cyclones are Cincinnati's Kelly Cup Championship winning hockey team and ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. Cincinnati Cyclones hockey games are more than just a game! Non-stop action, affordable family entertainment, and intermission activities provide...

College Hill Gardeners Meeting

Llanfair Retirement Community Campus Center
1701 Llanfair Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45224

North

Members plan winter greenhouse workshops, herb and plant sales in spring, annual garden tour and fall festival. Volunteer teams lead community beautification projects. Outings to local and regional destinations and speakers on topics of interest regularly scheduled. All are...

Members plan winter greenhouse workshops, herb and plant sales in spring, annual garden tour and fall festival. Volunteer teams lead community beautification projects. Outings to local and regional destinations and speakers on topics of interest regularly scheduled. All are...

Stones Throw

Madison LIVE
734 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011

South

With special guests Arcadian Bliss and Chalk Eye

With special guests Arcadian Bliss and Chalk Eye

Shoreline Mafia

Bogart's
, Cincinnati, OH 45219

Uptown

California hip-hop collective that delivers trap rap. 

California hip-hop collective that delivers trap rap. 

Brent Gallaher Quartet

Caffe Vivace
975 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206

Uptown

Presently, Brent continues to freelance and can be heard with a wide variety of groups including The Vintage Keys Project, the Pete Wagner Orchestra, the Blue Wisp Big Band, the Art Gore Quartet, and the Cincinnati Pops.

Presently, Brent continues to freelance and can be heard with a wide variety of groups including The Vintage Keys Project, the Pete Wagner Orchestra, the Blue Wisp Big Band, the Art Gore Quartet, and the Cincinnati Pops.