It’s officially here. This week is the official holiday edition of your weekly arts and entertainment picks. That is to say, it’s the last blast before the friendly folks at Movers & Makers take a two-week holiday hiatus.
Don’t worry. That ringing in your head from Sunday’s fireworks will fade over the next few days. Labor Day, of course, marks the symbolic end of summer and, by extension, the ramping up of the “regular” season.
“Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu” will return to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to honor the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
Cincinnati summers always end with a bang, not a whimper. Literally lots of bangs, thanks to Western & Southern, WEBN, et al. But there’s more!
So, did you get out of the house last weekend and see all there was to see? You have just a couple of days left before Mother Nature fires up the tandoori again.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to secure cultural entertainment for the next week, we at Movers & Makers pledge to provide you with the enlightening guidance you seek. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
Dion Brown, the new president and chief operating officer of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, likes to say he doesn’t know a lot about history because he’s an “operations and numbers guy.” But that’s not exactly true.
For many in the Tri-state, especially those near a river, torrential rains and rising waters made the last week a little stressful. If life has drained your spiritual tank, we have a few ideas for refueling it – most of them on high ground. It’s a particularly rich music weekend.
Now that we’ve been reminded that the thermometer does register above 32, it’s time to crawl out from under our blankets and see what’s going on in the area. As it turns out, there’s quite a lot. Here are a few highlights…
After you overindulge tomorrow, do yourself a huge favor and skip the shopping until some saner, later date in the coming weeks. Instead, treat you and yours to some outstanding experiences throughout the weekend and beyond.
