There are many awards programs in our region, but we felt the need for one focused entirely on the nonprofit sector. We are proud to honor M&M readers’ favorite events of 2018!
Movers & Makers Awards 2018
Category: Features
5 Cincinnati creatives on ‘mindfulness’
The term “mindfulness” is seemingly everywhere these days, as evidenced by the explosion in yoga and pilates throughout our culture. But is mindfulness new to the arts, or is this just a different way of thinking about the path toward creativity that artists have followed for centuries? Have we captured your attention?
CAC’s Drew Klein: Cultivating our love of ‘edgy’ with a new performance festival
“This Time Tomorrow” is a four-day festival featuring more than two dozen presentations by 11 artists. “My hope is that this is something that will feed the cultural ecology of the city,” said founder Drew Klein of the CAC.
Piecing together a Cincinnati Symphony season
In January, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announced its 125th anniversary season schedule for 2019-20, a lineup that required years of planning by “artists” you don’t see on stage. Here’s how the magic is put into place…
CCM Dean Stanley Romanstein: preparing students for the future
His charge is a sprawling one: to revitalize and broaden the reach of the College-Conservatory of Music, to integrate it more deeply with the community and with the rest of the University of Cincinnati. In short, new dean Stanley Romanstein
has been asked to bring CCM into the 21st century, by any means necessary.
2019 Heart Ball honors Fisher family’s generous spirit
Altruism is so infused into the Fisher family fabric – and their involvement in the Greater Cincinnati community so broad – that the decision to give them this year’s Heart of the City Award at the American Heart Association’s Cincinnati Heart Ball was obvious.
Beyond the lens
I’m not a photographer because I love photography. I’m a photographer because I’m passionate about other things… The camera is the passport.
Visionary leadership for a new era
When the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center opened last month in its new location at Union Terminal, it became the first museum of its kind to reside in a public, civic space.
Madcap (finally) settles into Westwood
At first, it seemed like a pipe dream. It was 2012, and Madcap Puppets engineered the purchase of a former telephone switching station in Westwood…
Gift local! Books and music by Cincinnati creatives
With the decline in the number of book and record stores, it has become more challenging to learn about new releases – so we’ve done the legwork for you. Here’s a selection of books and recordings from 2018, by local artists, authors and musicians.