Great Parks and the City of Cincinnati want your feedback on the future of the planned trail connecting downtown Cincinnati to the Lunken Airport area.
Weigh in on future Oasis Trail
Culture FIX: Sept. 9-15
Theater (or is it theaTRE?) wins the week with season openers from Know to Playhouse to Cincinnati’s brilliant community theaters. Sing along with some Broadway showstoppers or settle in for the Bach B Minor. Great jazz, Lili Boulanger, a little poetry and a couple of good films round out your week.
Concertnova at 20: Two decades of never looking back
Cincinnati’s contemporary chamber music collective, concertnova, announces its 20th concert season: five new mainstage programs and three additional events, ranging from a sculpture-filled forest to a Krampus-led holiday cabaret to a minimalism festival curated by composer/pianist Timo Andres.
CCJO 2026-27 season offers jazz experiences both big and small
The Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra has announced a new season of concerts for both its Big Band Series and the more intimate Jazz@First concerts.
Founded in 2013, the CCJO focuses on the works of contemporary composers and expands the jazz canon by producing and performing its own original material, both new arrangements and compositions.
Ensemble Con Fuoco season ranges from medieval to bluegrass
A relative newcomer to the local classical music scene, profesional chorus Ensemble Con Fuoco has announced its five-concert 2026-27 season, including a bluegrass mass, a pairing of Renaissance and contemporary requiem mass settings, music by soundscape composer R. Murray Schafer, plus major works by Arvo Pärt and Carl Orff.
Major gift endows Carlson-Berne Scholarship for CCM Prep
A $1.7 million gift will create an endowed music scholarship at the University of Cincinnati in memory of Ben Carlson-Berne, who believed every child should have access to music.
Christ Hospital gets $3.6M grant for 1st-of-its-kind heart research
National Institutes of Health funding will go toward the nation’s first clinical trial testing a potential treatment for patients with angina who have no major blockages in their heart arteries.
State grant to help local students learn crucial job skills
The money will help the nonprofit Partnership for Innovation in Education bring schools, businesses and community organizations together to build career pathways.
FotoFocus Biennial offers ‘The Long View’ this October
The eighth edition of the Cincinnati-based photography festival will bring 74 exhibitions to 65 venues across Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Northern Kentucky throughout October. Its theme uses photography to consider our place within the sweep of history and reflect on the past, present and future.