How am I in my cozy position instead of theirs? Because I’m as lucky as someone who finds money on the sidewalk. I’m white and I’m American. I was born on the right side of the growing wealth gap. My parents had good values. College was cheap.
Eight Cincinnati community leaders on living an active, purpose-driven life: Carole and Ed Rigaud on success and happiness for all; for Kitty and Dick Rosenthal stagnation is not an option; Susan and John Tew on good health of mind and body; Barbara and Larry Kellar on the value of hard work.
While federal stimulus funding has dominated the dialogue around our nationwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a powerful force for good deserves equal credit for making a positive impact.
New creative agency C-90 hosts Fresh Error, a launch pad for the creative community to seek bolder, sometimes risky solutions, in spite of the reality of risk-averse industries.
There’s plenty of talk in America, but unfortunately not as much conversation. Talk radio hosts, conspiracy theorists, sports announcers, political pundits, influencers, people who write management and self-help books, reality television stars, actors, talent judges, sports stars, duck hunters, hucksters,…
Paris is one of my favorite cities.
I know it’s a cliche, one emphasized by the throngs of people in ill-fitting shorts and white trainers who slump through the city in summer, rubbernecking the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame.
But it’s not just the sights I love.
It’s the way of Paris. And a few things I think make the city great. Things I think make all cities great.
Strolling and sitting being foremost among them. Cincinnati is not Paris, but it has many similar spectacular things, and it’s of a size that this should be possible…
Cincinnati has a fascinating history and many fine institutions. But what animates it? What does it whisper? What does it shout? Where are the edges? Where are the fierce energies bubbling from?
Creative thinkers and makers give their communities joy, connection, inspiration, and spark thought-provoking critique of our economic, political and social systems – stimulating debate and thinking in communities, spurring them to grapple with ideas, and become engines for social progress.
The much-needed, yet highly controversial 16-month rejuvenation of Music Hall was unveiled to a sold-out house, which could barely contain its excitement … even before the Cincinnati Symphony played its first note. It was quite the electric evening.
There’s nothing quite like the excitement of the debut performance of a new composition. Combine that with the unconventional premise of a new opera about technology and a true contemporary legend, and the anticipation ramps up even more.
Will it measure up? Did it measure up?
