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Material Witness

The Summit, A Dolce Hotel
5345 Medpace Way, Cincinnati, OH 45227

East

Material Witness features the collaborative and solo work of Cincinnati, Ohio-based artist Matt Lynch and Columbus, Ohio-based artist Curtis Goldstein. Both as collaborators and solo artists, Lynch and Goldstein mix the boundaries between the sacred and the everyday, function...

Material Witness features the collaborative and solo work of Cincinnati, Ohio-based artist Matt Lynch and Columbus, Ohio-based artist Curtis Goldstein. Both as collaborators and solo artists, Lynch and Goldstein mix the boundaries between the sacred and the everyday, function...

Elevate- Cincinnati

21c Museum Hotel
609 Walnut, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel property. Elevate provides hotel guests with unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context...

Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel property. Elevate provides hotel guests with unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context...

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.

Riverfront Market

Smale Riverfront Park
Mehring Way & Main St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Come on down to the first ever Riverfront Market at the Castellini Esplanade! Every Wednesday (4pm-8pm) & Sunday (9am-3pm) from May 12 to Oct 27 you'll find a variety of vendors and rotating food trucks. The other days of the week in the same location, you can be sure to...

Come on down to the first ever Riverfront Market at the Castellini Esplanade! Every Wednesday (4pm-8pm) & Sunday (9am-3pm) from May 12 to Oct 27 you'll find a variety of vendors and rotating food trucks. The other days of the week in the same location, you can be sure to...

Sunday Brunch with Todd Tepburn on the 88's

BrewRiver Creole Kitchen
4632 Eastern Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45226

East

Todd Zook Hepburn and BrewRiver's New Orleans Brunch go together like Forest and Jenny! Join BrewRiver each Sunday for piano and blues and the best damn brunch in town!

Todd Zook Hepburn and BrewRiver's New Orleans Brunch go together like Forest and Jenny! Join BrewRiver each Sunday for piano and blues and the best damn brunch in town!

Open House: Winton Woods Riding Center

Winton Woods
10245 Winton Road, Cincinnati, OH 45231

North

For those interested in riding for fun or competition but don’t know where to start, here is a special opportunity to learn more. The Winton Woods Riding Center will be hosting an open house on Sunday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.    The free event includes a...

For those interested in riding for fun or competition but don’t know where to start, here is a special opportunity to learn more. The Winton Woods Riding Center will be hosting an open house on Sunday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.    The free event includes a...

Creatures: When Species Meet

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

Downtown

Western civilization has long looked at the many living creatures outside of humankind as the subjects of dominion; as entities less than equals who serve a purpose rather than as peers. In this historically, almost exclusively one-sided arena, we have regarded the animal and...

Western civilization has long looked at the many living creatures outside of humankind as the subjects of dominion; as entities less than equals who serve a purpose rather than as peers. In this historically, almost exclusively one-sided arena, we have regarded the animal and...

Bubi Canal: Into the Gloaming

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

Downtown

Into the Gloaming is a new photographic series by interdisciplinary artist, Bubi Canal (b. 1980, Spain), opening at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 12, 2019, organized by independent curator and writer, Maria Seda-Reeder. Showing in the Lower Level Lobby...

Into the Gloaming is a new photographic series by interdisciplinary artist, Bubi Canal (b. 1980, Spain), opening at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 12, 2019, organized by independent curator and writer, Maria Seda-Reeder. Showing in the Lower Level Lobby...

Joan Tanner: Flaw

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

Downtown

Californian artist Joan Tanner’s oeuvre has evolved from her origins as a painter to the large sculptures and installations that now preoccupy her. Throughout her prolific, 60 year career Tanner has been absorbed with ideas of history, disruption, and inconsistency in her...

Californian artist Joan Tanner’s oeuvre has evolved from her origins as a painter to the large sculptures and installations that now preoccupy her. Throughout her prolific, 60 year career Tanner has been absorbed with ideas of history, disruption, and inconsistency in her...

Sandra Cinto

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

Downtown

Throughout her career, Brazilian artist Sandra Cinto has developed a rich vocabulary of symbols and lines to create lyrical landscapes that swirl between fantasy and reality. Using drawing as her point of departure, Cinto evokes mesmerizing environments including turbulent...

Throughout her career, Brazilian artist Sandra Cinto has developed a rich vocabulary of symbols and lines to create lyrical landscapes that swirl between fantasy and reality. Using drawing as her point of departure, Cinto evokes mesmerizing environments including turbulent...

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum All My Seven Faces

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

Downtown

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum explores the notion of nomadism via alter egos. The works of this Botswana-born, Toronto-based artist reflect the idiosyncrasies of her upbringing across three continents, while discussing broader notions of time and place. Shifting transnational...

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum explores the notion of nomadism via alter egos. The works of this Botswana-born, Toronto-based artist reflect the idiosyncrasies of her upbringing across three continents, while discussing broader notions of time and place. Shifting transnational...

Until We Meet Again: Cincinnati Portraits from World War I

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203

Downtown

In December 1918, just a month after World War I’s end, the US and Allied Governments War Exposition at Music Hall celebrated the Allied Victory and the Cincinnatians who served. The Expo featured more than 6,000 photographs of area servicemen and women, loaned by local...

In December 1918, just a month after World War I’s end, the US and Allied Governments War Exposition at Music Hall celebrated the Allied Victory and the Cincinnatians who served. The Expo featured more than 6,000 photographs of area servicemen and women, loaned by local...

Berry Summer 5k/1mile Run/Walk!

JackRabbit Glendale
267 East Sharon Road, Glendale, OH 45246

North

Join for this family friendly 5k/1mile walk/run through beautiful Glendale! All paces are welcome! And stick around post run for a build-your-own berry parfait station and raffle prize giveaways!

Join for this family friendly 5k/1mile walk/run through beautiful Glendale! All paces are welcome! And stick around post run for a build-your-own berry parfait station and raffle prize giveaways!

odAOMO Pop-Up Shop in OTR

BRICK POP-UP SHOPS
1327 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

A truly unique brand, odAOMO produces garments and accessories from eco-friendly materials in Kenya. The leather, hide, shell, snake and fish skin goods are constructed of food byproducts and found materials so no lives are harmed for fashion. The fine silks, cashmere blends and...

A truly unique brand, odAOMO produces garments and accessories from eco-friendly materials in Kenya. The leather, hide, shell, snake and fish skin goods are constructed of food byproducts and found materials so no lives are harmed for fashion. The fine silks, cashmere blends and...

No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man

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

Uptown

Burning Man attracts more than 70,000 active participants from all over the globe who gather in the desert outside Reno, Nevada. This thriving temporary metropolis is a hotbed of artistic expression and innovation through its shared principles. Both a cultural movement and an...

Burning Man attracts more than 70,000 active participants from all over the globe who gather in the desert outside Reno, Nevada. This thriving temporary metropolis is a hotbed of artistic expression and innovation through its shared principles. Both a cultural movement and an...

Good People Festival

Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center
620 Greenup St., Covington, KY 41011

South

Family-friendly event with live music, vendors, community and food! 

Family-friendly event with live music, vendors, community and food! 

Andrew Leicester: Cincinnati Gateway Revisited

Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cincinnati Gateway sculpture created as the entry to Cincinnati’s Bicentennial Commons in 1988, award-winning artist and sculptor Andrew Leicester (Minneapolis, MN) returns to create a new work that revisits the once controversial public...

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cincinnati Gateway sculpture created as the entry to Cincinnati’s Bicentennial Commons in 1988, award-winning artist and sculptor Andrew Leicester (Minneapolis, MN) returns to create a new work that revisits the once controversial public...

Sounds of Summer

Rhinegeist Brewery
1910 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Enjoy live music on Rhinegeist's rooftop every Sunday this summer! 

Enjoy live music on Rhinegeist's rooftop every Sunday this summer! 

Butterfly Sundae

Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve
3455 Poole Road, Colerain Township, OH 45251

North

It’s a midsummer butterfly celebration! Children can complete a take-home buIt’s a midsummer butterfly celebration! Children can complete a take-home butterfly craft and a scavenger hunt. Nature’s Niche will feature 10% off all butterfly merchandise at this event. To top...

It’s a midsummer butterfly celebration! Children can complete a take-home buIt’s a midsummer butterfly celebration! Children can complete a take-home butterfly craft and a scavenger hunt. Nature’s Niche will feature 10% off all butterfly merchandise at this event. To top...

The Art of Charley Harper in Quilts

The Barn at Mariemont/The Woman's Art Club Cultural Center
6980 Cambridge Avenue, Mariemont, OH 45227

East

Fun, free and family friendly quilt show featuring 120 fabric interpretations of Charley and Edie Harper. Techniques used on the art quilts include appliques, pieced, couched, embroidered, beaded, fabric painted and micro pens embellishments. These quilts are done with...

Fun, free and family friendly quilt show featuring 120 fabric interpretations of Charley and Edie Harper. Techniques used on the art quilts include appliques, pieced, couched, embroidered, beaded, fabric painted and micro pens embellishments. These quilts are done with...

STARLAB

Fernald Preserve Visitors Center
7400 Willey Road, Hamilton, OH 45013

North

A daytime celebration of stars! Stop in anytime between 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to participate in this otherworldly event! STARLAB sessions are 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. and last approx. 30 minutes. Sign-up at the door the day of the event. 

A daytime celebration of stars! Stop in anytime between 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to participate in this otherworldly event! STARLAB sessions are 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. and last approx. 30 minutes. Sign-up at the door the day of the event. 

Side Walk Talk

Super Walmart Center Eastgate
4370 Eastgate Square Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45245

East

International Community Listening Project. Anyone may take a seat and talk about anything on their mind. The mission is to nurture human connection by teaching and practicing heart-centered listening in public places.

International Community Listening Project. Anyone may take a seat and talk about anything on their mind. The mission is to nurture human connection by teaching and practicing heart-centered listening in public places.

Live at Findlay

Findlay Market Biergarten
1801 Race St, Cincinanti, OH 45202

Enjoy a brew in the Biergarten and weekly tunes on Fridays and Sundays May-October.

Enjoy a brew in the Biergarten and weekly tunes on Fridays and Sundays May-October.

Reggae Sundays

The Beach Waterpark
2590 Water Park Drive, Mason, OH 45040

North

Come to the Beach Waterpark every Sunday night and enjoy live Reggae music at the Stage at Sunset Beach.

Come to the Beach Waterpark every Sunday night and enjoy live Reggae music at the Stage at Sunset Beach.

Historic Schoolhouse Open House

Shawnee Lookout
2008 Lawrenceburg Road, North Bend, OH 45052

West

Take a step back in time and catch a glimpse of life in the early 1800s. Visit our historic springhouse schoolhouse to explore what early Ohioan life was like. Shawnee Lookout/Historic Cabin Area.

Take a step back in time and catch a glimpse of life in the early 1800s. Visit our historic springhouse schoolhouse to explore what early Ohioan life was like. Shawnee Lookout/Historic Cabin Area.

St. William Parish Festival

St. William Church
4108 W. Eighth St., Cincinnati, OH 45205

West

Enjoy food, drinks, live bands, basket raffles and games at "The oldest fest on the west side." Note: Friday night is ages 18 and up only. 

Enjoy food, drinks, live bands, basket raffles and games at "The oldest fest on the west side." Note: Friday night is ages 18 and up only. 

DBL Law OTR Performs

Washington Park
1230 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Every Sunday, enjoy an evening of free arts programming in the Park that is sure to please the whole family.

Every Sunday, enjoy an evening of free arts programming in the Park that is sure to please the whole family.

Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night's Dream & Romeo and Juliet

Washington Park
1230 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company presents a free performance series, throughout the summer.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company presents a free performance series, throughout the summer.

Saya Woolfalk A Cabinet of Anticipation

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

Downtown

Born in Gifu City, Japan to a mixed race family marrying Asian and African American heritage, Saya Woolfalk lives, works, and performs the provocative concept of cultural hybridity. Her trans-national background informs colorful, multi-disciplinary work which explores the future...

Born in Gifu City, Japan to a mixed race family marrying Asian and African American heritage, Saya Woolfalk lives, works, and performs the provocative concept of cultural hybridity. Her trans-national background informs colorful, multi-disciplinary work which explores the future...

Cincinnati SEO and Social Media Bootcamp

Scott Keever SEO
1335 Main St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Learn what you need to know to be a SEO specialist and Social Media Manager for your company! Learn how to make your business more visible online and how to reach your target audience on social media. Would you like to sharpen your skills needed to handle SEO and social media...

Learn what you need to know to be a SEO specialist and Social Media Manager for your company! Learn how to make your business more visible online and how to reach your target audience on social media. Would you like to sharpen your skills needed to handle SEO and social media...

Reading Church Council VBS

St. Paul Lutheran Church
106 Maple St., Reading, OH 45215

North

The Reading Council of Churches invites you to our 2019 Vacation Bible School! Join us in ancient Athens, where we'll explore what life was like for the Apostle Paul on his dangerous journey to share the truth. You'll create cool projects in the Marketplace, laugh as you play...

The Reading Council of Churches invites you to our 2019 Vacation Bible School! Join us in ancient Athens, where we'll explore what life was like for the Apostle Paul on his dangerous journey to share the truth. You'll create cool projects in the Marketplace, laugh as you play...

The Legacy of the Art Academy of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Galleries
225 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

The Art Academy of Cincinnati has been a dynamic force in cultivating a wealth of artists here in the Queen City and beyond. Artists included in this exhibition include the following: Tom Bacher, Terry Boyle, Paul Chidlaw, Jim Dine, Frank Duveneck, Kim Flora, Tim Folzenlogen,...

The Art Academy of Cincinnati has been a dynamic force in cultivating a wealth of artists here in the Queen City and beyond. Artists included in this exhibition include the following: Tom Bacher, Terry Boyle, Paul Chidlaw, Jim Dine, Frank Duveneck, Kim Flora, Tim Folzenlogen,...

Kids Art @ Inwood

Inwood Park
2326 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45219

Meet Clifton Cultural Arts Center at Inwood Park for nature-inspired artmaking activities for kids and families. For children ages 3-8, parent participation highly encouraged.   Artmaking will take place at the Inwood Park Shelter Area (Enter from Wellington Place off­...

Meet Clifton Cultural Arts Center at Inwood Park for nature-inspired artmaking activities for kids and families. For children ages 3-8, parent participation highly encouraged.   Artmaking will take place at the Inwood Park Shelter Area (Enter from Wellington Place off­...

Business After Business Weekly Hub Offered By Atlantic Sign Company

Atlantic Sign Company
2328 Florence Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206

East

We don’t ‘network’ at our hub sessions as we prefer to encourage people to relate to one another on a personal level. This is so that business owners feel that they can be really honest about what they know and don't know – and are able to ask questions and ask for...

We don’t ‘network’ at our hub sessions as we prefer to encourage people to relate to one another on a personal level. This is so that business owners feel that they can be really honest about what they know and don't know – and are able to ask questions and ask for...

Yoga at Inwood Park

Inwood Park
2326 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45219

Uptown

Join Clifton Cultural Arts Center for a free, gentle yoga class led by a certified instructor each Monday night June 24 – August 26 from 6-7 pm. Bring your mat and a bottle of water and meet us on the newly designed lawn at Inwood Park.   Free parking available behind...

Join Clifton Cultural Arts Center for a free, gentle yoga class led by a certified instructor each Monday night June 24 – August 26 from 6-7 pm. Bring your mat and a bottle of water and meet us on the newly designed lawn at Inwood Park.   Free parking available behind...

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz

Locoba by Platform
1201 Main St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Every Monday night Locoba by Platform is hosting trivia! There will be 8 rounds of audio, visual, and live hosted trivia. 6 players or less per team.

Every Monday night Locoba by Platform is hosting trivia! There will be 8 rounds of audio, visual, and live hosted trivia. 6 players or less per team.